V OL. l.-No. 20.

POL] CK 0FFICK—SATUIU>A\

Mag istrates present—Tlie Mayor , J. R. Tabiteau , Esq.,ami Mic liiiel Dobbyn , Ksq.

Sonic casi's oi' drunkenness and street-begging havingbeen disposed of,

A man named William Clancy was brought up in cus-liidy oi' Constable Harty, charged with having in his pos-session a quantity of oats, supposed to have been stolen.—Hemande d.

John By rne and Martin Farrell, who were remandedfrom yesterday, were brought up this morning in custodyd f .Sub-Constable Clifford , on a charge of stealing a cablerope from a fisherman named Patrick Power, at Westtown,near Tramore. James HelTernan, in the employment ofMr. Brown, NCT- street, identified the prisoners as thepersons from whom he purchased the rope. The informa-tions of Power , Heifernan , and the policeman Clifford,havin g been sworn to, tney were committed for trial.

John Burke and Michael Ji i/ an for breaking one of thestreet lamps, were fined 5s. and costs, and in default ofpayment sent to gaol for two months with hard labour.Those parties were yesterday charged with breaking thewindow of Mrs. Boyle, Barronstrand-street , but were dis-charged in consequence of her declining to prosecute.

Wilh 'nm Ainwrig hf , charged with sheep-stcaling} wasremande d.

A. woman named Margaret Leary, charged with havingin her possession a bag, the property of Messrs. White,was discharged , those gentlemen declining to prosecute.

Messrs. Campion and Kenned y, poor-rate collectors,summoned several persons for non-payment , and arrearsof poor-rates.

MONDAY.The same magistrates attended this day.Joi n Clear\j and Ellen Clcary, parents of a young hoy

about nine years of age, remanded from yesterday for street-b(' (j rging, when he said that his mother had sent him tohi'}!, appeared to answer the charge. They denied thestatement of their son, and promised to take care of himin future. They were discharged.

Sub-Constable 0'Hare brought up a wretched-lookinglad named John Jiritt , whom he detected breaking a.street lamp in Broad-street. The prisoner said that hedid it for the purpose of getting into gaol , as he was starv-ing. He was lined 10s., and in default of payment sentU» pris on for two months.

SERGE AXT'S-I.AN'K.One of those unfortunate creatures who infest this neigh-

bourhood was brought up in custody of Constable Rooncy,who stated that he found her, at a late hour the previousI'veiiing , in a door-way in Sergeant 's-lane.

Head-Constable Brown.—That is the lane, your wor-shi p, alluded to in the NEWS.

The Mayor—I am very glad to find that Captain Gunnhas stationed some policemen in that nei ghbourhood.

She was ordered to find two securities in 20s. each,and herself in 40s., for her future good conduct , or be im-prisoned one month.

Another woman of the same class, also found in Ser-geant 's-lane , was discharged. The Mayor said, you haveseen how the other woman has ben dealt with ; you arebetter take care of yourself, for if you are brought here::gain , you will be severel y punished.

Two women , natives of Clonmel , charged with street-begjjin g, were discharged on their promising to leave thetown , and go home at once.

A man named Patrick Quirk, who had been in custodysince Wednesday last , on a charge of having some fowl inhis possession (supposed to have been stolen), was dis-<-bari^'d—tlie. fowl being detained until he shoul d findsoinc respectable person to prove that they were his pro-perly.

HOrK-STEAI. l N 'f i .Two men. in the emp loyment of Messrs. "White & Co.,

;i.l <lr c - s- <l their Worshi ps, and said that a quantity of rope,a l iiiut. ."'D fathoms in length , had been stolen from therop e-walk of their emp loyers , and that they found it inihe shop of Mrs. O'Connor , John-street. Patrick Payne,y \v *. O'Connor 's servant , said that he purchased the ropefrom a man named Patrick Hayes , whom he knew. TheMao ist rates desired the several witnesses to be in attend-ance at two o'clock , that their informations might betake n.

Two young women from the county Kilkenny claimedM >ine fowl ( in the possession of the police), which hadh 'T ii stolen from their dwelling houses. It appeared thatthe toll -collector at the brid ge took them from a young,','irl , who was about crossing to Waterford, suspectingI hem to be stolen ; but the thief immediatel y decamped.The fowl were ordered to be given up to them, and theywere bound over to prosecute , should the culprit be here-.' iffer arrested .

SIIEEP-STEALIN 'G.If illitun Ainwrir/ht, who was remanded from Saturday ,

was :iir; ihi broug ht up this morning,and informations sworn;i ;j -:iinst him.

Thomas Phelan stated thai the sheep which he saw inthe po lice barrack was his property ; that on the night;>f the :.'<>th inst. he locked it up, with another , in hissheep-house at Ball yshonagh, and next morning he foundthe door open, and one of his sheep gone. It was valuedat £1.

Constable M'Mahon said he found the prisoner in Bal-l y brickcn , offering the sheep for sale ; that , from hisw retched appearance, he at once suspected it was stolen,and according ly arrested him.

The Mayor—Pris oner , you have heard the charge—doyon wish to say anything ?

Prisoner—Not at present.lie was committed for trial.

TUESDAY.Magistrates present—The Mayor and Michael Dobbyn,

Esq.THE "SMASHING " SYSTEM.

After some cases of drunkenness and street-beggingwere disposed of,

A young man named Edward Ry an was brought up incustod y of Constable Dwyer, charged with passing baseroiu. " He tried the " dodge" on a publican , but found it"no go." On being searched , a counterfeit shilling andsome good money were found upon him. Several otherparties were cheated , it is thought by the prisoner. Hesaid he had been for some time in England, and was anative of "Krry, county Tipperary. He also stated thathis mother resided in Portlaw.

H« was remanded.

FRIDAY EVENING,DISCUSSION SOCIETY—EMIGRATION.

On Tuesday evening an adjourned meeting of this So-took place at the Town-Hall, JOHN BLAKE , Esq., in thechair.

Amongst those present were—Messrs. W. B. Jacob)T.C., Joseph Ambrose, John Farrell, Hudson, Wright ,H. N. Nevins, W illiams, J. G. Davis, Thornton, Linehan,&c, &c. Several ladies were also present.

A letter was read from Mr. Clarke, apologising for hisabsence.

Mr. W. B. Jacob spoke (in support of the opinions con-tained in his essay on emigration.

The Chairman called on ; Mr. Whitney to resume thedebate in the absence of Mr. Edward O'Meara.

Messrs. Whitney, Hudson, Williams, Farrell, Ambrose,and Wright took part in the discussion, all agreeing in thenecessity of emigration.

The Chairman then announced that Mr. McClellandwould give an essay on that night fortnight, when theyadjourned.

PREACHING AGAINST THE MASS INCAPPOQUIN.

To tbe Edithur of The Mater ford News.Cappoquin, January, 1849.

MISTHER EDITHUR —I hope you will excuse the thrnb-ble I'm puttin' you two, be raysin ov ine axin you to la rethe whole counthry no the crasses an' trials we're goin'trough in this quiet an1 paycable town, an' all trough themanes of thim ininisthurs that do be goin1 about pervartin 'lhe poor people, as they tinks they can do what they likesnow—but faix, whatsumever they may have to say forthemselves elsewhere, I tinks they'll steer clear ov the" Ould Cornerstone" from this out, whatever oder rockthey'll build their church an.

We had wan ov 'em here about three weeks ago (theyse2 his name is Ellis) ; he came to preach agin' Purgatory,an' he got sich a warm reception here, that he went awayquite sartin that there was a Purgatory, in this world atany rate.

Well that didn 't satisfi 'em, but another (wan RowlyArchall) must tliry his hand on uz , an' giv uz an invite tillhe'd prove we was fools to be hear in' Mass. Now, thothere aint a quieter or dacinter set ov people in all Irelandthan in Cappoquin (an* 'tis the karacter they have.fnr an'near), still they have their little failins,and wan of 'em is—they're no. way related to Jobe, especially if any thin' cumsacross 'em that promises fun an' divilmint , for thsre mityfond of that. So whin Rowly gev 'em the invite.they tukhim at his word , aud divil such a congregashun lie iverpraiched too I'll be bail, for young an' ould ,boys and girls,wint there, most ov 'em for divarshun, an' sum to difindthe ould riltgun be argemint, an' kotin scripture. ButRowly got vexed whin he saaw there war lamed people tooppose him , an' he cauled wan daicint young man thatwas able to discourse him like Father Tom,the Heavens behis bed—so, as I was sayin ' he called the daicint boy " ashweep," sain he couldn't allow the likes ov him to spaikin church ,when sum one axled him "was the gagginbili medto apply to Pollymicks as well as well as Pollyticks, an'that iv it was, what was sauce for the goose was sauce forthe gander1 an' so he shudn't spake eder" (loud cheers an'cries of divil a sintince). Thin he wanted to hav 'em goaway as they wudn't be quiet, but faith they wudn't cum-ply. " Where was he axin' 'em." In the mane time thecroud outside wur gettin' wild to hear the fun , an' as thepeelers shet the door , won ov the boys (that had a drop in)volunteered to praich a sarmun for tliimsclves on the stepsladen to the door—an' so he did in stile, an' if you herdhow butiful tho dark cried " Emen" youd wander. Sumov the faymales inside, gettin' an alloverness for want ovair, the peelers tride to open the dure, but cudnt from thescroogin there was agin it—so sum considerate boys out-side war forced to smash a few panes of glass in the win-dys, an' as sum ov the stones, be mistake, skimmed theprachers pole, he cut short his norashun, an' jumped fromthe pulpit, sayin1 he wudnt stay to be stoned to death.—'Twas in vain he was reminded that "Blessed are they whosuffer parsecution for justass saik." He'wuldn't be molly-ficd ; but he had the impidince to blaim the faymales forthere waikness,an' whinhe was axed did his mother ever getan alloverness, he med no reply, but slinged off , garded bethe peelis, himself an1 his left hand man ( • they callshim), an' av they warn't serenaded thro' our darlin' littletown, naboclish. :.;:;.

Hopin' sum uder boys will folly our example, I remain)Misthur Edithur , yours truly,

A CORNERSTONE BOT.

LOUIS PHIT.LIPPE AND Louts BONAPARTE.-—We readin the Cursairc—The ex-King Louis Philippe has justwritten to M. Louis Bonaparte and to M. 0. Barrot. Inhis letter he protests that his intentions are pure, and thathe has no desire to engage in politics in case he should bepermitted to return to France. " All my desire," he says," would be to live en hon bergcois." He does not ask ashis residence for the Chateau of Neuilly, whrch is toonear Paris, but for the Chateau of Randau, in Auvergne.In returning to France, his sons and himself would takean oath to abandon all pretentious to the throne. Neitherthe President of the Republic nor the President of theCouncil has paid any attention to this strange letter.— Ga-lignaui.

On Christinas day there were 150 deaths of cholera atNew Orleans, and during the last week of 1848 30,000persons quitted the city, flying in terror from the pesti-lence. Trade was almost suspended.

There is a firm in Cincinnati which employs very pro-fitabl y a capital of 10,000 dollars in the rather singularbusiness of preparing'sflwsa e skins for the Europeon mar-kets.

In all Ireland there are but 22,501 hands employed inmanufacture, while in Scotland there are 67,233, and inEngland 45.r> ,042.—Packet.

There has been about 150 applications for appointmentto the " style, title, and dignity" of " engineer" to theWaterford Corporation , salary £120 a year—the appoint-ment not yet made.—Limerick Examiner.

FEBRUARY 2, 1849NO TCHES ON A PRISON D^OK.

[We have good reason to know that the following,which we copy from the Province of Munstcr, a newweekly paper, is from the pen of our gifte d youngtownsman, THOMAS FHANCIS MEAGJIER :J

I wish you could have seen our state apartment ! Itwas such an out-of-the-way, rakish-looking little place—something between a smugglers cave and an oldFrench guardroom. And yet, if you take this descrip-tion , I must suppress the idea of a family-vault underthe pavement of a parish church, of which— subtrac-ting the furniture and windows, it was strongly sugges-tive at first sight. This idea however, would merelyhave reference to its shape and dimensions, and a cer-tain musty, thick moisture that kept constantly break-ing out through the white-wash, with which the wallsand ceiling were so decently embellished. .All thingsconsidered , it would not be comprehensive enough, andhence I prefer the two former illustrations, and applythem conjointly.

Situated at the top of the Gaol, nearly fifty feet abovethe level of the street—from three small windows itcommanded an extensive view of the slates, sky-lights,chimney-pots, gutters and garr ets of the neighbouringhouses. Beyond these, beautiful hills, springing fromthe opposite hank of the river, which washedthe town, were distinctly seen ; so that the prospectbefore us, whenever we shut our eyes to the very pecu-liar legal difficulty of our situation was extremely di-versified and pleasing.

The windows as I have just mentioned, were three innumber ; and in size each of them corresponded to thearea of an ordinary back-gammon box.when shut up andat rest. A system of bars and cross-bars, with great roundknots of iron where they met each other, contributed ,of courso, a good deal to the pleasure we felt in scan-ning the landscape through the windows. Each win-dow, in fact, consisted of a series of little blank squares—each square being capable of affording accomodation ,and entertainment moi eover, to one eye at a turn. In-side these bars a wooden frame, set with glass, turnedupon two hinges, and served tc exclude the air, wheneverits free admission might be found inconvenient. Theroof was arched , the floor was flagged , and a foot or soabove it,, a deal bench ran round the cell, affording fa-cilities for many practical operations, of which we shallhereafter speak.

The enttance opened into a long, bleak, dusky cor-ridor, and was furnished with two gates—tbe outsideone being mainly emposed of some species of stoutwood, three inches thick i and accoutred with bulkystraps of iron, astonishing nails, ar.d bolts of an over-whelming appearance. The inner one was made upof several large bars, longitudinally and latitudinall ydisposed, and, in the same manner as the other, waspainted a deep brick-red.

Three of the political prisoners slept in this apart-ment ; and their beds, ranging along the wall furthestfrom the entrance, bestowed a look of considerablertarmth throughout the interior. A fire -place comple-ted the arrangements ; and served, from time to time,to develope many generous resources, which greatl yimproved the social condition of the settlement in ques-tion. Along the deal bench mentioned' a while ago, avariety of articles were laid out for inspection. Bootsand saucers, egg-cups and shirt collars, steel pens andcrusts of bread , towels and envelopes, jugs with brokenlips, and a bellows without a clapper. Then, of course,there was a spoon here, and mustard-pot there, a carv-ing knife eticking out from under a carpet-bag, and adrab gaiter, an odd one, with a japanned buckle, in theimmediate vicinity.

The wall over the fire-p!aee was wrought in hierogly-phics, commemorative of local incidents, and deejaypregnant with personalities of the most inexcusable se-verity. Long noses, thin legs, peculiar eyes, corpu-lency, emaciation—all the ills to which flesh is heir,were there set forth with the boldest art , and in a spi-rit of the most exterminating satire.

Interspersed among these performances , round towers,wolf-dog3> antient battle-axes, flowing beards, saffronshirts, a tomb fron the Abbay of Holycross.or a brokenwindow from Cashel , with a vast accumulation of blackivy and shamrocks, were distinctly observable ; inscrip-tions—quotations from the poets, living and dead—ori-ginal sentiments —autograps—epitaphs—these, andmany other things of smaller note occupied the inter-stices of the ruins—were jammed it between the wolf-iJog's legs—hovered above a battle axe—got entang ledin the beard of a Tanist—or came tumbling through awindow of old King Cormac's chapel .

And in this dingy, rakish-looking, out-of-the-way,little old place, just sixteen feet by twelve in breadth ,and just ten in height—did we spend many a week ;getting through a multitude of breakfasts and dinners ;toasting rasher's and boiling eggs ; writing and pencilingsinging songs and telling stories ; through every sceneand turn of our existence there, keeping up light , merryhearts ; and never for an instant thinking with remorse-ful feeling of the walls and gates which shut us out fromfairer scenes, gentler amusements, and more noble duti?sOf all that time, and that poor cell, I shall ever have alaughing, fond exulting recollection. Course as tbe soilwas, it was thick-set with flowers of the fi eshert fra-grauce and the brightest bloom. Every heart I metthere was a generous) stirring, gallaut heart ; and fromeach, as from a cleft in some wild rock, there never cea-sed to gush a stream of noble sympathies and hopes ,which it would have been well for our country, and wellfor its decaying strenght, had it swept acrossit long since, and washed away its rubbish and erup-tion. Whilst such hearts beat, spite of all her sores,infirmities, and evil habits, there is a portion of soundlife within the old sad nation yet—the sa dest and theoldest in the world !— aportion smal l, indeed , but largeenough for all that, to heal the parts arsund it, and b ydegrees at last restore a frame once beautiful and strongto health , activity, and power.

Three of the prisoners slept in the cell, as I have al-ready mentioned The circumstance , however , did notforbid its dedication to other purposes—for instance ,fourteen of U9 breakfasted there—dined there—spentthe day —and spent the evening there, up to 9 o'clock.

The breakfast, by-the-byc, was a great scene. Twoor three at one little table ; or one or two at another lit-tle table ; five or six at a third ; and so on—the wholeparty being divided into a serios of little encampments,united together by one appetite and * common kettle.

PRICE 3dFrom arWLhave told you, it is quite necessary to add,

at this particular point , that the furniture was of a li-mited and humble description, three, chaira, two of themrush-bottomed ; a trunk covered with red and white hair,and having for its contents a tooth-brush, a couple ofshirts, and a magnesia boltle, two ricketty loo-tables,and a deal one, painted blue ; this was the sum-total ofour furniture—these the main drops and treasures ofour household. Throw in however, the handle of aspade, which we discovered iu the yard where we per-formed , day after day, a "merry-go-round," and the listis complete.

A last-mentioned instrument could not possibly beforgotton—an old fork , lashed on to one end of it withthe wire of a soda-water bottle, enabled us, at the dis-tance of four feet from the fire, to toast several roundsof rashers for breakfast, without toasting our knuckles—a result inevitable from the use of the ordinary fork.

Yet, happy as we were ; full of kindliness and merri-ment as our moments were ; swift and musically as thehours, in that old cell, went reeling by ; yet, there fella shadow sometimes, and the old cell grew dark, andcold, and silent. For, which of us could look back onthe events that had occurred, and not feel saddened atthe thought of all the high and radiant hopes that hadfallen to the earth , and been there extinguished ? Oh !to a good and noble heart , such thoughts are worse, athousand times, than all the rough restraints , th an allbuffettings and crosses of a prison life ; worse a thousandtimes than all its dulness, in its dullest mood i worsethan all the checks with which it curbs and frets thespirit of our manhood ; worse than all humiliations towhich it subjects a proud and educated mind , and towhich, I may here observe, even such a mind , unfortun-ately for its own grace, and purity, and power, becomesin a short time habituated , and that, insensibly, andirrecoverably, perhaps.

But among the inscriptions over the fire-place, wa«Paul Feming's favourite motto, of which we read inLongfellow's gentle, glorious work—" Look not mourn-fully into the ji ast, it comes not back again. Wisely im-prov e the presen t it is thine. Go forth to meet the sha-dowy f uture, without fear, and with a manly heart "So, with this before us, our thoughts seldom went adismal loitering over the barren track behind us ; andwhen they did (for spite of every effort, they did so some-times) we recalled them with a joke, a laugh , or a song,and sent them tumbling over the golden castles and en-chanted gardens that gnilt the shadowy landscape of thefuture .

And a wonder it was they went so easily upon so gaya trip. A very great wonder I-1-for we had DEATH con-stantly before , oi rather, I should say, constantly rightunder our eyes. The three little windows looked outover the grave yard in which , for many years, thebodies of those who had suffered execution , had been in«torreil.

There it was- -ri ght below us, at a distance of fift yfeet—a plot of musty , lump ish , reeking earih—choke-full of long, broad , sharp grass, dock leaves, snails, net-tles, spiders, sciaps of broken bottles , and bunches ofbilious-looking hemlock. A wall, full twenty feet inheight surrounded it , and in the centre stood a littlestone-built house, roofed with heavy purple slates, andhaving neither a chimney nor a window.

This was the SOLITARY CELL. In that foul cage, inutter darkness, and in utter silence, with the dead crum-bling to pieces all around him, has manj ^ a poor wretchbeen doomed to count, one by ono , the minutes, thehours, the days of a terrible imprisonment. Chained inthat utter darkness, and that utter silence, he has satfrom morning until night , thinking—of what ? Think-ing of nothing—of nothing upon this earth , above it, orbelow it. The mind , immortal as they say it is, dies insuch a place ; or, if it dies not, it runs to waste, andlike some river amid the sands, loses itself in a sterilevacancy, though it may not be for ever. Chained inin that utter darkness and that utter silence, the poorwretch has sat from morning unto night , meditating no-thing, seeing nothing, unless (the stillness was so pro-found) he mi ght have heard the worms piercing theirstealthy way through the soft clay beneath him.

The graves were marked by little mounds of earthand gravel , and were close upon each other. In the righthand corner, the corner fu rthest from our windows, agrave of unusual bulk struck our notice the first mpmentwe " looked down upon that foul place of burial . Weasked the turnkey whose it was, and he told us, that" two brothers werc ly iniy there since the middle of thewinter."

(To he continued if po ssible J .

INDIA BOARD — RESIGNATION OF MR. WYSE.The Hon. John Elliott , who was long employed in the

civil service in India , has been appointed oue of the Se-cretaries of the Board of Control, in the place of Mr.Wysc, who has resigned.— Globe.

'SYMPATHY WITH THK POPE.On Monday a numerous and respestable meeLing was

held in Clonmel. The Mayor occupied tbe chair. Anaddress was adopted to his Holiness , which is to be for-warded to him.

The Society of St. Vincent de Paul , Limerick , willhave, earl y in March , a grand bazaar and lottery in aid oftheir funds.

At Quebec 17 ships, of 15,185 tons , are in course ofconstruction.

There were 250 vessels chartered fcr California fromNew York and other States on the 1st of this month.

A man named Wilkinson , in Cumberland has evictedfrom his stomach a reptile six inches long, resemblingan eel. A servant girl residing in Limerick about ninemonth s since had a similar happy riadancc. The animalwas like a common worm rather more than six inchesand was dislodged by some medicine administered by aa local practitioner.—Limerick Exannner.

There are 100 men in the Cork Workhouse without ashirt ! "It would require 22,000 yards of cn//co,"says amember of tbe Board , " to give the paupers a single changeof linen / " ¦

A seedsman from Essex has suddenl y embarked fromSouthampton for California with .£445 which he had col-lected in London. He is gold mad.

It has been said in the America I Congress that GeneralTaylor, President, is decidedly in favour of the annexationof Cuba.

Virulent small pox prevails to a considerable extent inthe city of Cork.

To Correspondents

igy The Conductors of this Journal cnnnotvte heW^R^pnsiplefor the sentiments or opinions of their Cqrfi^'p6 4«iht9i ^.~ v

11. (Kilca sh)—Your communication is too Ibtig fo^ our spa-itf?;itul we, tlicrefore , must decline publishing it. Your Hues•• To Spring " next post.

The public are requested to send all communicati ons intended1\r THE N EWS to 9, Little George's-strect.

€bc aatcrforfr jacfo&FRIDAY EVEXING , FEBRUARY 2, 1S40.

THE PRESEN T SESSION.\V(: have now commenced another of those periodical

^.•(herings , called parliamentary campai gns. Heaven

knows there is enoug h to do , if it be done. If eland alonewould occupy the undivided attention oi ihe entire 65Smembers until Christmas next. Everything is in the ut-most confusion at this side of the water. We arc- poor ,!>< ¦ .•> !:iless., either d y iiy with hunger , perishing with .pesti-lence , or (l y ing to other countries to avoid both—care,anxie ty , and dismay dep icted in the countenance of every7-i :>.:i who has rent to pay, or a a small famil y to supportOur shopkeepers doing nothing, and consequentl y swellingtho insolvent list everyday ; our mechanics loitering aboutour streets , evidentl y sick and tired of seeking employ-ment where there is nothing to do. The dark and dismalsh'-ii nv of despair looming over the castl e as well as the

Yin—confiscated estates, deserted forms, crowded poor-iisvs. bankru pt tr adesmen , idle mechanics, starving ope-

ltives of every class, with a rising generation , either by!iendic".!:cy or thievery, seeking refuge in a j ail. All thesethin gs must be forced upon the attention of our rulers,andlet us see what thev will do with them.

WITHDRAWAL OF THE NAVAL FORCE ATWATER FORD.

'i'iio naval force,which was for so long a period stationedL e i 1, has j ust been withdrawn. The vessels we allude to:i:c the Rhadcimanth :<s, Commander Aylen ; the Allan,Coir.mandci Bradshaw ; the Sprightly , commanded byLieutenant Barnard : and the Dwarf, Commander Os-lvrne. The two latter sailed about ten days ago, and onTuesday afternoon , at a quarter past four , the Alban leftthe Quay, but did not proceed farther than Passage tillWednesday morning, when she was j oined by the Rhada -viunthus , and both sailed for Plymouth. From thencethey will proceed to Portsmouth , and on to Woolwich,where they will be immediatel y paid off.

The Rhadamanth:r has been at this port since the cotn-iiv.nccmcnt of the club-movement last year , and the Albans.itico the end of September.

2seither of tnose vessels are expected to return to Wa-k-iTo".; , av.-l from the intimacy which has existed betweeni heir c! .'. -crs and the bon bourgeois, the greatest regret hasbeen the consequence of their sudden departure. Great(.Towds were collected on the Quay when the Alban got

> ier steam up, though the day was extremel y cold and wet,.Did as she went down the river , the people cheered herloudly .

We understand our old acquaintance , the Lucifer , is tobe sent to Ireland about the commencement of the fishingseason. It is also rumoured that she is to be placed atvhc disposal of the Lord Lieutenant.

DEATH FK03I DESTITUTION.O'i Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock, a young man,

aki'.if 10 years of age, was discovered on a JiT.e-kiln inJohnstown , in a d ying state. Medical aid was procured ,but could render no assistance, and in a few minutes afterhv. exp ired. lie was in the garb of a peasau t, and no oneknew whore ho was from , or who he was. His death wascaused by cold , and hunger. He had a temperance medalhum: round his neck.

ADDITIONAL WORKHOUSE ACCOMMODATION.The timber sheds at the Leper Hosp ital and Fever IIos-

]> ii.".i i s avL1 been fitted up as dormitories for to accommo-date L'-O able-bodied female paupers. A good sign of thep rosperous condition wo are in about this quarter.

I ' ¦ IWI I !¦ I B I M I|« I I < I |> I I n t . . -" -i- -. .

TIIK DANGER OF USING FIRE-ARMS—FATA LACCIDENT.

On last 1' rida y throe young-men went on a car fromi' minoro id Annstown , on a car, for the purpose of fowling,;,i\d havin g stopped on the road, Mr. John O'Neill ,r»u: ' of the party, whilst getting up on the car, incautiousl yhclil his gun , (which was loaded at the time with largo:;-.•:!;: shot), in the direction of the driver , when it exp loded ,:iinl the contents struck him in the head. The upper part•A' tin ; poor fellow 's skull was blown olf', and his braius\v . 'n> scattered about the road ! His name was Patrickl' nwer. On Sunday an inquest was held in Tramore , and:i verdict of " Accidental Death" returned.

'I he Fi'ccintin contradicts , we believe on good au thority,i ll.'.- r umour that . iidennan ATe.-igher is about to withdrawt ". 'MII tli t: reprt. - '.- ' s ia t ion of this city.

The first of the Helvick Fishery Company 's vessels, in-tended i'r-r the deep-sea fishery, was launched last week inih 'j iip 'seiicc of the several gentlemen who have been mostactive in establishing this source of wealth to the poori i i - ' ip k' on the WiiU 'r furd coast. The craft was named theCalifornia. ¦

' in last l*Y:(!:r , th 'j Ri ght Hon. Lord Tompleinore laidt i i c firs ' > !ono {< : t! ;» new Pier at Duiicanuon , and LadyTf i ) , j !c:P.i.-rc ; HK;\\T( I great prcliciun cy in spreading thei:!' »rtar. When his iordshi p had adjusted the stone , hep laced y. pier? of gold undernenth it , and snid he wishedpr osp erity to so usefu l an undertaking. His lordshi p or-dered refreshments to be provided for nearl y 100 workmenwho were present.

MORE TROOPS FOR INDIA.The East India Company have , it is understood , np-

iiliod to the government for three regiments in additioni,-i those which have ju st embarked for India. ShouldIhcir request be acceded to. a force amounting to 6,000rank and file will embark for IndU during this year, theentire cost of maintaing which will be borne by the corn-pa nv. —Evening Mail.

Jhe late Anthony R. Blake. Esq., bequeathed£10 000 to the R.C. College of Esker, Gal way.

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!'* '''C^ 'iPungarvan , Februa^^ !$*?•\- ' ~ \' : ''.' ''"' . '¦.; v „• ' ] ';>j'T&» •>•>'.>>/Vv-\;< FILTHY ^

TJSTE »F THE Tow^ffi ,e»¦>v-.. " - .. •«• '&*'•*¦ *&,* »i"::U« ti*As there are so many generous " Engineers in the

Urbs Irtacta , "ready and willing" to " work ¦ for no-thing," and anxious for an opportunity to, give, their omnrtry the benefit of their talents and experience ,' p'erhapsyou would be good enough to send, by the earliest convey-ance, a couple of them to this neighbourhood. In the firstplace, our streets are in a wr^tpl^ed ..state ; .and makingand repairing sewers, and removing alf matter injurious''to the health of the community, would afford them anoppdrtuuity of displaying "some of their dormant abilities.'Our streets once purified , the auxiliary poor-houses' wouldoccupy their labours. At these establishments there arcno " necessaries," and, as a matter of .course, all aboutthem is in a " pretty pickle"—so much so that the inha-bitants must, ere long, leave " dirty Dangarvan and all thehake that 's in it" to the paupers , unless the accumulatingprocess of nuisance be soon arrested.

At Jail-lane workhouse the scene is frightful , but atAbbeyside,. near the chapel, the thing is altogether intolera-bly revolting. I dare not commence to describe it. Thepaupers are quite demoralized there, and.the congregation ,when going to Mass , are shocked and horrified by thescenes which present themselves. . ' .-.- . .' ¦' • .

The erecting of these ."necessaries" would immortali zethe " Engineers ," and confer an incalculable blessing onthis town. • ¦

Next, the " Engineers" could display a great share oftheir skill in sinking a water pump in the " Dukes'Quarry," at Abbeyside , for public service. It is a thingabsolutely necessary ; and Mr. Flahavan of Abbeysidewould be glad to give the " Engineers" the benefit of hisvaluable experience in the art of the " diving bell ," or" pump-siuking," and every other assistance in hispower. •

This accomplished, the " Engineers" could turn theirattention to convey ing the beautiful water of "The Spring"into the town of Dungarvan , where the people pay now sodearly for water. This would be a wide field for thu exhi-bition of their talents, and the pious people of this townwould bless them forever.... We could next employ the " powers" of the " Engi-neers"- in establishing gas-houses, and "ligh ting thetown," which is so much needed in a place of such extentand importance as Dungarvan. Many persons have been,at different periods, drowned by walking over the Quay indark nights.

Then the " Engineers" would be engaged in deepeningour river—the stuff taken up would pay the labourers em-ployed about it , as masters of vessels would buy the rur>-bisli for ballast. What a benefit would not- the1'-"- Engi-neers" have rendered in this way to their fallen country,men ! • • • • ' ¦• ¦ ¦

All those sundry works ami matters perfected , the capa-bilities , and talents, and science of the " Engineers" wouldbe sufficientl y tested and manifested. And then we shouldentrust them with the achievmerit of a grand and mightyobject—namely, running1 a t( fort" from the church-yardto the Cunnigar Point , across the " Western Bay." Thisfort would shut out the boisterous and idle tide from some1800 dr 2000 acres of ground, which time and labourjudiciously applied would turn out arable land that wouldemploy " surplus labour ," and give foo d, raiment, andcomfort to some thousands of human beings to the " endof time"—aye, to every able-bodied pauper in our uuionworkhouse.

Now, Mr. Ncior, I have wooed the attention of your" Engineers" to various things and works, in the under-taking of which , "for nothing." they may acquire " aworld-wide fame ;" and I hope they will no longer keeptheir light under a bushel , but let it shine upon us here,where we are "groping in the mud" in. the dark.—To do all this would be a consummation to bedevoutly wished for. But it will be asked whereis the " tin" to be had ? Where is the tin got that sup-ports 3,000 paupers in idleness in the workhouse, and theone thousand and one commissioners, officers , et hoc genuspecus, that are engaged about them ? '

If you send us here the generous " Engineers" thatare ready to work for philanthropy 's sake, or " nothing,"and if landlords, farmers,and other rich folk make up theirminds to give employment and wages, instead of workhousediscipline and rations, in less than two or three monthsour poor-house bastile , now crammed and daily besieged ,will be disgorged and thinned , and we shall hear no morechildish whining, and vain disclaiming against poor-lawsand ruinous taxation.

CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE.The condition of the people here is deplorable. They

have no employment—there is no " out-door relief" given—all seeking relief " must go into the house." Lastweek 400 went into it , 200 came out of it, and there arcin it now 3,260 ! Notwithst anding this , there are asmany beggars going about as if there was not one pau-per in it.

DEATHS FItOM DESTITUTION AND WANT.On Tuesday last a man was found dead at Cushcavn.—

The bod y was brought to the Workhouse , where an in-quest was held. It appeared the deceased left the Work-house a few days previous to his death—made applicationto a farmer at Cushcam for a night's lodging, and was re-fused it. The following morning his dead body was foundin this inhuman farmer 's yard. Verdict—" Died ol' coldand want."

Another man was found dead in Baker*s lime-kiln. Noone could give, any account of him , but his skeleton re-mains told a sad tale—that he died of want in a Christiancountry !

ONE OF THE BLESSINGS OF FIIEE TRADE.On the first day of " free trade" yellow meal raised one

hal f-penny in the stone in this town. The poor peoplethought this very strange—and why not ?

The subjoined note was taken out of a bottle pickedup this week floating in Brandon bay, abtv.i fc t wentymiles from Tralee :—-• » • •

SHIP ISABtffcLA WATSON.Lt>»7. 18*N>, 15- -m Wv; Dec. 12, IS4S.—This

bottle was thrown /overboard for the- purpose af ascer-taining the dir6#|btr and velocity of the North* Atlan-tic curre'nt, JftndTt » particularly requested that thosewho find it \»ill publish the same.

Blowing a gale at S.S.W.,TnoMAS CLAHIC E, Commander.

At Nenagh Sessions, Sur<r n a i<t Howley sentenced 28jflFencb rs to transportation, and disposed of 1000 pri-soners at the sessions throughout Tippcrary, now ter-minated.

Last week a poor man named Madden died in Clon-rusn , Scariff union , of starvation , and his corpse re-mained unburied for "fire (lays.

The Cholera at Belfast is on the increase—22 newcases on Wednesday.

Wednesday Pierce Mahony, Esq., was sworn into theoffice of Clerk of the Crown, in the Queen 's Bench, be-fore the full court.

The gaol expenditure of the county Cork last year was£3000 under that of 1847.

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^I ''' haetmirke~cE:nge& weeing drunk , wefe finM irimitigated penalties,. .... - • .

Three poor men named William Dalton, James tlynn ,swV.WWw Murpty (Wm;.?e£t , E8q.>. ptosdctitiiig tthelatter), were charged with street-begg ing. They were allsent to prison. .^"'OVi'o Christian £«yrT wiTcIiafgeJI" with "cutting andwounding

fellow-seamen named John Isberg.—Re-

.WINDOW-BREAK ING.A young lad, named Patrick M • Grath, for breaking

the window "of" Jlrs. Durii'ey,' ToKu]stowri» ' was ' fined 10s;and costs, and in default of payment was sent to gaol foxtwo months. •

Edward Kavanagh, brought up in custody.of Sub-Con-stable Gillan, for stealing a trowsers and other articles,the property'of William Sheehan , Blakes Lane, was com-mitted for trial at the next Assizes.

YESTERDAY.Magistrates present—The Mayor and J. R. Tabiteau,

Esq.John Phelan and Patrick Phelan, father and son, were

charged with being drunk—the former , who was alsocharged with assaulting the police, was fined lOs and costs,or 14 days imprisonment , and the latter Is and costs, or24 hours imprisonment. They were committed in defaultof payment.

FOWL-STEALING.EllenMulcahy and Margaret Hennessy were charged

by Sub-Constable Pallis with having in their possession anumber of .fowl, supposed to have been stolen. Those•' ladies" are well ;known to the police as receivers . of thespoil of various hen-roost visitors. They were remandedfor a week. - . ' . , • :

A woman named Margaret Po>t,er, an old offender , wasbrought up in custody of Constable Vaughan on a similarcharge.—Remanded. : .. . . ; ;

Patrick Foley was charged by Constable ' Greany withhaving in his possession a quautity of cow Thair , supposedto be stolen.—Remanded till Saturday.

..WATERFORD UNION. . .The following was the state of the house on Saturday :

Able-bodied .. .. .. 1136Infirm . .. . .. .. . 251 *Boys .. .. .. 453Girls .... . . . . . . .. 421Children (under two years) .. 84Admitted during the week .. 507

' Total .. .. .. 2S52

Died ,. ,. .. CDischarged .. .. 220Total remaining in the house .. —: 2(32(3

The average cost of an inmate for the week was Is. 4d.

EMIGRATION.•One of the greatest misfortunes poor emi grants have to

encounter is delays to which all vessels, exc ept steamers,are liable. The Helen and Francis, advertised to sail 021the 16th ult., with passengers, for New Orleans, is stillat Passage, wai ting, it is said, for favourable wind. Whe-ther this delay could npt have been obviated during thelast fortnight, we will not undertake to say ; but that itmust be a disadvantage, if not a serious loss, to the pooremigrants , must he apparent to all. We would recom-mend emigran ts to keep those tilings in mind for the fu-ture, and to be prepared for such contingencies.

. FRANCE.The Moniteicr of Monday contains the following :—" A Cabinet Council was held this day at^the Pulace

of the President of the Republic. The Ministers havingannounced the events of Saturday to the President, hereplied that he saw no reason to change his course of po-licy, and that the Cabinet might depend upon his firmand persevering support."

The rappel was beaten at a quarter to ten o'clock onMonday throughout the c ty, in consequence of a reportthat the Garde Mobile intended to attack tho NationalAssembly the same day, and force it to dissolve. Con-siderable. alarm was created , as it was the first time therappel 'vf as heard since the month of June last.

. K/JStK P.OiiR HW'-A public meeting of the gentry and xate-pay.ers of the

county Clare, convened for the purpose of taking intoconsideration the working of the present Poor Law,was held in the court-house ofEunis on Saturday last.

A requisition is being got up in Kilkenny, callingupon the Guardians not to strike u new rate till the va-luation is again revised.

7.'he Vice-guardians will be superseded on the 25thMarch, in such Unions as the Commissioners may issuetheir order to hold elections of Guardians in.

LIBERATION- OF STATE PRISONERS.On Saturday the following persons, who had been oon-

fincd six months for being concerned in what is known asthe " Blanchardstown affair," were admitted to bail at theHead Police-office , Dublin:—John Gruy, Thos. O'Rourke ,Thomas Fahey, Michael M'lvcnna, James Hayes , andJohn Lee.

FOREIGN PROVISIONS .—On last Monday twentyAmerican dead pigs were sold by auction in the porkmarket of this town (Belfast), and were purchased by Mr.Bodel , of Henry-street. The prices at which they wereknocked down was 31s. 9d. per cwt., and upon trial theyturned out of a decidedly better quality than was at firstsupposed by the bidders. The distinction between thefigure obtained in this case and that which the home arti-cle has commanded, is anything but favourable to our far-mers. *

GOLD FROM CALIFORNIA .—The bark Charles Brown-all, Captain Splatt, arrived at Liverpool on Saturday lastfrom Valparaiso, with , a quantity of gold from California.valued at 15,000.dollars.

Cholera-iB paging amongst the Irish population atKensington.

Monday last eight men lost their lives by upsetting ofa boat on the river Lune, at Lancaster.

Mr. Herbert, M.P. has communicated to the Killarneyguardians, that he and the Earl of Kenmare are willingto advance .money to carry out the provisions oi the actfor emigration.

A mail died of starvation in the village of Six-mile-E ridge, County Clare, on Monday !

The number of prisoners in Nenagh gaol exceeds sevenhundred. .

The number of persons for trial at the assizes f orClonmel is—high .treason , 49 ; murder , 02 ; conspiracyto murder, 1 aiding John O'Mahony. art outlaw , to es-cape from justice ?, and having arms , ckc, 2 ; attackingand firing at the police, at Glenlowcr , burning theSlate Quarry Barrack, &c. 16 ; harbourin g a felon , 1 ;seditious practices, 10 ; shooting ;it p . r.r, •}'}—total125j besides minor offences.

FO i t IJ .I 0 S . II 'ff Sf &;-;v ^LATEST FROM FRANCE.I Th^h^vs ftom Paris is of

a\more favourable ctnrac-

ter than could have been expected. Although muchuneasiuess prevailed throughout the city on Tuesday, no-thing occurred to disturb the general quiet. The promptand energetic measures adopted by the Minister of theInterior contributed 11 uch to this end , and had no doubta due influence in the Assembly, upon the decisioa ot¦M. Gravy's fepoftV which was opposed to any period be-ing fixed for its dissolution ; for when the question wasputho ithe vote , the committee were defeated by 41 fc to405, giving a majority of 11 in favour of considering theprinciple of abolition," and of course favourable to minis-ters-. -This 'decision' is highly important , when taken inconnexion with the.'defeats they have recently sustained .and goes to prove that there is something like a reaction-ary movement in favour of the government.

In the sitting on Tuesday, the Minister of the Inte-rior justified the millitary precautions taken by theGovernment on the previous day ; for in so doing, theyhad in all probability! prevented the shedding of humanblood. The secret societies had been at work, and hadendeavoured to induce revolt among- the Garde Mobile ;but the conspiracy to overthrow the government wasdetected in time, and by the firmness and promptitudeof the latter, those societies had been frustrated in theirplans. No less than 100 individuals were in custody,and would be brought to trial to answer for their mis-deeds, among whoni was Colonel Forestier, of the 6thlegion of National Guards. He (the Minister) hadbeen asked where was the danger ? He replied in theclubs, where the enemies of order had sought a refuge,and where vile conspirators were always to. be found.

The divisions on M. Grevy's report produced a favour-able impression at the Bourse, and both the funds andthe railway shares advanced in price.

SPAIN.Accounts from Madrid to the 23d contain little infor-

mation. ^ - .. ¦ ; ,The.Carlists were collecting their scattered forces toge-

ther in .the mountains of the Ithune. Several have beenarrested , disarmed; and carried off towards Bayonne.

The Journal du Pcuple speaks of a severe .enga.^ementon-the-J 6th, in the.: environs of .. Vich . in which the Car-lists lost four killed and twenty wounded.

GERMANY. - , . . j ,.- -The Frankfort Assembly, on the 27th inst., dgci^ecL.

by a majority of 214 to 205; that the title of the^chie^

of Germany should be " Emperor, of the Germans ;" thathe reside at the seat of government of the empire, andcontinually so during the sitting -of-the Diet.

AMERICA.At Baltimore the..\reather was intensely cold. The

harbour was .frozen , and markets . stationary. TheBoard of Health at New Orleans , on the 10th , pio-nounced the cholera no longer epidemic in that city. TheMalady was rapidly disappearing. Business was re-suming its customed channels, and citizens were return-in?. j

THE MISSES. M'VETGH.We have received a letter ft om Belfast, exposing a,

shameful imposture on the part of the Misses M*Veagh ,whose heroism in fighting the rick burners has gone theround oi the journals. It has been proved that one ofthem, on the evening of the alleged act of bravery, pur-chased a quart of blood from a butcher in Belfast, an.Isprinkled the road therewith , to give the appearance otthe struggle they said took place.—Packet.

The Banner of Ulster reiterates its belief in the nar-rative given by those females. It says that on a prcvi-our occasion Mhen an attempt to fire a farmers premiseswas defeated , a peculiar kind of patent lights was foundto have been used by the incendiaries, and that *heycorresponded exactly with those which were left in thestackyard of M'Veigh. The same paper attributes thecharge of fabrication to religious anti pathies, becausethe witnesses who were examined at the recent investi-ga tion were known to be all Roman Catholics.

IRISH RUIN .A gentleman whose veracity we have no reason to

question has communicated to us , confidentiall y, thenames of no less than twenty Clare proprietors, who ,are, it is understood , about to sell out their estates andseek a home in another clime. Some of the numberhave already broken up their p .stablishmcnts, dismissedtheir household and left the country. We have alsobeen informed that an ex-offi<3S5» Guardian, in the neigh-bourhood of Charlevillc , is about to sell out and emi-grate to a foreign land.—Limerick Examiner.

:A GOOD LANDLORD .—Stephen Poche, Esq., now re-siding on his estate at Rye Hill , county Galway, hasdetermined to give the magnificient abatement of FIFTY

PER CENT, on the November Rent to his tenantry .In Glasgow 10,000 men, a great part Irish, go to bed

drunk every Saturday night, are drunk all Sunday andremain drunk the greater part of.;Monday.

On Sunday, Rees Jones, chief mate of the schoonerMargaret and Rachel , of Limerick , was struck dead bylightning.

Miss Edwards, daughter of the Postmaster of Car-marthen , is committed for trial for stealing money let-ters to the amount of £600.

The library of the late Princess Sophia ia to be broughtto the hammer next week.

A new educational hospital, making the ninth in thecity, is about 'to be erected in Edinburgh, Dr. D. Ste-wart having left £90,000 for the purpose.

Sub constables Tutty and Brennan , of the Coolcaseystation , county Clare, have been reduced to the lowestgrade, and dieprived of the benefit of their past servi-ces, for being in a state of intoxication in a public-house in Thomondgate, and quarelling . with soldier*there. .

A meeting of magistratss of the countv of Dublin washeld yesterday in the court-house of Kilmainham, p ur-suant to requisition from Viscount Brabazon, Vice Lieu-tenant, for the purpose of urging the importance of athorough revision of the present poor-law system in. Ire-land. The chair was takun by the High Sherift* MajorShaw. . , • , - . . -

The emigrant ship Atlantic,.. Cap tufo Ross, whichsotted from Liverpool for New Orleans on Friday. , h£$rbeen run on shore near Ardrossan, nnd gone to pie^«u .The Atlantic had 400 emigrants on brm«J, god, consider-ing tfie tempestuous weather, it is trondcrfuVthaYno 'lives were lost.\ SIGN OF THE TIMES .*—The Cork Screw Schoon :r,

Capt. Fudge, "which vessel used to trade botween thisport and London , in cjnseqae.nce gf the complete frus-tration oi' business, is cinslore^^a .lighter conveyingIndian corn fr«m Passage to tdvk'.^Cork Examiner.

Mr . J. B. DilV.n has not , as reported , been admittedat once to the A-m-viean bar , as the law requires a fiveyenrs residence - Bui it is expected that the New YorkLegislature will , as in the case of Thomas Adilis Em-met, pass a special act to enable the distinguished exileto practise his profession in the lund of liberty.

Of 250 operative stone masons in Cork , 200 are un-employed. '

The'Rev. John O'Rourke-tvas-killed by a fall from hishorse at Moy lough , Tuam , on- Friday , while inspecting-'his cattle in a field. . ~r . -a

~~i>oon LAWS— PROPOSED AMK NDMENT .

Tiic proposed amendment in tin--5 piece of hotch-potch

lo- 'j hiion is to invest the Poor Law Commissioners

wit h the power of superseding the Vice-Guardians , and

nf issuing their f itit for the election of divisional guar-

iliati * . wit h one Vice to gee the measures of each board

properly carried into cfiect. This would be an obviousimprovement , in as much as elected guardians must nc-

ivssuily Utum more of the wants, necessities, and real

pDj itum of (heir several divisions thwn strange—it may

W foroiixn—officials, who merely carry out a law, with-

out ccmsultim ; any intci cst but their own , and the wishes

of their employers. Besides, the elected guardianswould endeavour to lessen the burden on the rate-payers by continual ly suggesting some means t>f em-

ployment in his own locality . ' If the sair.e attention tothe interests of (he rale-payers, aiul the wants of thepoor, was exhibited elsewhere as it is with us , thtrcwould bo no necessity for a change in the law.

However , this matter has been so abl y discussed byan '* Ex-Poor Law Guardian ," in our last number , that itwou ld be a worl/ot' supcrerrogation on our part, t > dwell

on it. We wc.e happy to learn that Mi. John O ConneH-i»-n ;fied his approval of the sentiments and views of

our correspondent , and stated his intention of availinghimself of them when the House of Commons" shall

take the matter into consideration.

T11K l.ATK MUSICAL HUMBUG.Oip- WaU'iford fashionables were most cgrcgiously

;; [i l!i '< l on M onday evening last by a " gentleman " and• lad y " wi th an Italian termination to an Irish name, TIIO

uii .i i ' i nu ik to treat mnforcit n-loving citizens to a vocal. -nierlai ninenl at ihe Town Hall. We must confess our-M'lves ii fli .trhted with the humbug , as being richl y deserved.We are tm> fond of exotics , at (he expen.su of everything ofu:i t "r.e growth—no matter how superior. It appears the.irch-huinbu gger upon this occasion^ Mr. M'Carth y, alias

l l i i i i t hy , uliits Way,' alias White , was. we underst and , a

4jiioh <l(i >n baker in Hnblm , ami* subsequentl y manager ofa ihree] )enny th eatre in this town , where , as the story goes,lie p'n-ked up Madame Castaglioni , alias Castles, whom,wish t rue Iri sh impudenc e , he paraded 'before the ' elite 6fniir riiy as a star of an Italian sky.' We sincerely lionethey w'ill sueeeed in gulling the Wexford folka , if they beas sill y as our own , for people cannot he too badly treatedwin. patronise forei gn knavery, whilst sterling nativemerit is left pining and starving at home without a singlehaii 'l to lift it from obscurity,

INQUEST AT THE WORKHOUSE.On Friday last an inquest was held at the Workhouse

by .1. R. Tubitcau, Esq., U.M., and William Morris,

Ksq., J.I 1, (in the absence of the coroner) , on the bodyuf a man named John Donovan, whom it was allegeddied from the neglect of some of the officers of thePoorhousc.

The Vice-guardians were most anxious that the fullestinvesti gation should take place. !

It appeared from the evidence that deceased was la-liomii -r wider congestive bronchitis, and had i beenbouiiig wider congestive bronchitis, and had j beenunder the care of Dr. Burkitt , one of the medicaloilic ers of the house, as an out-patient, for several daysprevious to his death'. He was breaking stones theday before . The doctor stated that the disease underwhich deceased was labouring very often caused • deathsuddenl y ; aiid even those who keep their carriage, andprocure every" comfort necessary for invalids, thoughthey might prolong life for a time," would ultimatelyfall vict ims to it. He did not consider that what workdeceased had performed hastened his death.

A verdict of " Died by the Visitation of God"' wasrelinked.

CoNir uiMATioN.—This day the Holy Sacrament ofConfirmatian was administered by the Right Itcv. Dr.Foran to about fifty adult ' paupers in the Auxiliary\Vorkhou$\ John-street. " \ Assisting-clergy men—TheItcv. Messrs. Nowlan, Walshi Keon, and Heffcrnan.

1 HE STATE PRISONERS IN KILMAINHAM. *We understand that some most extraordinary work

has been going on in Kilmainham during the last fewdays. What the precise nature of it has been we havenot as yet ascertained ; but rumour ,says that most un-heard of severities have been inflicted on, the state pri-soners . They have been debarred of the privilege, even[¦•f speaking to or looking at each other—each is nowlucked up in a sepaiate cell ; and those untried a'ld un-aceuscd men , who have been so long deprived of theirliberty , are denied the privileges usuall y ceded to com-mon pick pockets.

This matter demands immediate and public itivesti-cj ftUon. In any country possessing freedom the barerim our of such things should not exist without themost public inquiry following it. I his inquiry we willdemand , no less for the sake of the gentlemen who aresaid to be suffering than for the character of the officialsCMi'mecbod will) the prison.—Freeman.

Til l - : X K W SK Y R K T A R Y OF TJIK HOARD OFCONTROL.

Wr ' iln urn know a more flagr ant act of jobbe ry than thefur iug oi ' t Mr. W y.se from the secretaryshi p of the' Board•f Control , in order to force in his place an Elliot 1—DailySe . .-•.

Ti'.i -iv :u\ - sj in. l y as good and as experienced men as Iilr.I-'.iHou in p - ir liamcn i , unconnected with the " govenrnj

f :>u:! y," :i:id we reall y think lhat decency' forbade the im-:.:• .- ::iu i i of any uiore of the uncles , brothers , sons, or. i.iisins ol that prolific ami omnivorous race on ihe publicrerenn*. However , we admit ' that ' ' Lord John knowslicat fchkt is most likel y to conduce ' to the credit of " thefimi l y '' and the interests of the country at the present' t i - i s . —Mu mmy Chronicle. '

The Hon. John Elliott is unclc-jn-law to Lord John•. i i ! . N S ( : i ! .

Ivlwiird Mahoriy, tenant of Captain Welsh, Roriard,

liooVa-*, on being requested by his landlord to settle-.vith him for a year and a half rent , on Sunday night:;-id ove r thirty horses and cars on his farm , aud removedto the mountains all his stock, consisting of five largerick s of corn, above twelve tons of hay, nine cows, &c.to evad e payment of a just debt to a resident and in-dul gent landlord. This man and his father have beenij <» years on Capt. Welsh's estate, and out of the lastpayment of £50 made by Malony, Capt. Welsh returnedhim £o() ! Limerick Chronicle.

Letters have reached the British Government fromPiermm'.a , Vtatih g that Mr. Mitchel' s health is exceed-ingly )-recariov.3. It fhas therefore been determined torenuivo the distinguished marty r to truth , to anothercolony.

LONDON , WEDNESDAY NIG M ' lThe opinion gains ground that ministers have advised

her Maj esty to recommend ,in her speech from tl:o throne ,the continuance , far another year , of the habea s corpusact , and •! is very confidentl y j- innuiired lhat Lord Claren-don declares his unwillingness to remain at the head ofoffice in I reland , unless he possesses irresponsible powersfor repressing the liberties of Irishmen. Whether thestatement be correct or unfounded , I am not prepa red todetermine , but there is a general belief here , dial the pre-sent occupant of Dublin Castle lifts wr i t ten to Lord JohnRussell enforcing the necessity for liis coercive measurebeing retaincd. on the statute book of Knglaud ; and thiscommunication was, if [am ri jhtl y informed, this veryafternoon hi Pi-ivy Council laid before the Sovereign , to-gether- with the draft of.the speech prepared by the P rimeMinister for her Majesty 's approval.

The principal object in seeking to prolong the rei gn olcoercion Is to secure for the Lord Lieutenan t power tocrush the Repeal Association , should the leaders of thatbody, determine on again throwing open ConciliationHall. ;

The Protectionist 's had rather a. large meeting to-dayat Lord Stanley 's in St. Jamcs's-sqir-ire: I believe theypurpose making, another battle for a fixed duty on corn.— Loudon Correspondent of last night 's Freeman.

CALIFORNIA.Letters from California state that further discoveries

were made in the gold rcgion;which y ield more abundantsupplies than the previous diggings. According to thelatest accounts the gathering amounted ou the average toabout 100,000 dolls daily, and was constancy increasingwithout" apparently an exhaustion or any limit to thesupp ly. There was a great amount of-distress amongthe diggers 1'rom the want of the common necedsarios oflife, and attended \\ 1th very extensive sickness and mor-tality . Men loaded with gold appeared like haggardvagabonds , . clothed in- filthy garments of the meanestkind. Everything, aud particularly articles of food andraiment, were at most t;nheard-of prices; for gold wasso plentiful in the possesiou of every one that it seemedto have 'losfits value.

OPPOSITION SHOPS.To ilie Editor of « The Watcrford News." ,

'Sin—As 4I opposition" was, at least a few years ago," the life of trade ," you will , I am confident , be happyto learn thai t!ie shop, whioh formerl y vended its intel-lectual wv.ics on the Custom House Quay, has removedright opposite t'.ie Old Repealers' shop in Kinj -strcet.ls.it "not a bright omen to see trade stirring after such amanner ? Your obedient but devoted sei vaut ,

Srj JCULATOH.Waterford , Friday, Feb. 2.

CHOLEHA .—Mr. Howe!1 , of London , states that hehas made an important discovery in the treatment ofCholera. In ar. csti.ig the collapse , which is tne lastand fatal stage of tne disease. Mr. Howell sponges thewhole body, aud particularl y the spine, with tu.peutiaeof boiling heat. This poweii'u! stimulant at once prOrducesreaction over' the Whole body, removing the cold-ness of the skin , ahd'dispe'rscs the cramps. -

The losS of sixly thousand pounds , by the defalcationsof the actuaries in the 'lialee Savings' Bank , hasdest roy ed these institutions altogether in Kuvy.—Ibid.

There is-a vast flood in the vivcr irom the great rainsof the last two days and nights-, and the riehls are co-vered with water at both sides of the Shannon.—Ib id.

The Dutch ship, Wit'ile Lieu, for the laBt three weekson the piles of .trie Floating Docks near the Pool , wasgot off on Monday, much damaged.—Ibid. ' ¦

WKLCOKE THE FAMILY FIUKN O .—Under :the appro-priate i'itle of The Family Friend; * new.chcap.and reall yuseful publication commenced'wkli the present year, tobe continued Monthl y* Nearly One Hundred Papershave already reviewed this Work, speaking of it in termsof the highest praise. Tha Gatcshead Observer says :—¦" The Boys and Girls will like it, for it contains GoodStories ; the Young Ladies will like it, for the sake df itsPretty Poetry, and its Receipts foV various kinds of Fancywork ; the Young Men" will like it, for it smacks ofScience ; the Women will like it, for it abounds in Use-ful Household Receipts ; the Men wi'l like it , for it treatsof Gardening and Natural History—and advises Wivesto be kind to their 'Husbanda ; those who love Amuse-ment will like it , for it swarrrJs with Conundrums ; Every-body will like it , for it has a'Corner for Everybody; andNobody will be afraid of .finding any na;m in it, for it isPubl:shed by II CULSTOX AND STONKMAII." The Janua-\j p"nd I'Y'bruui/ Numbers are now ready, price Two-pence each containing together sixty-f our pages of beauti-fult y-printed matter , stitched in neat iVIaga^ine form.The readers of The WATKHFOUD NEWS, by ordering thesenumbcis at once may secure them by the 1st of the ensu-ing month. They will , indeed , " Welcome the FamilyFriend," when they discover the rare interest and utidtywhich distinguish its numerous pages.

JSuiIjs, ifflnvvfoges , mrt IDcmljs.A^V^^^. » . * f \s \ >*.* * A-Aj

11IUTUS.Jan. 27, in Clomiel, the lady of SI Kill ," Esq., of ii 'Jau^Iiter ,J:in. yl ,iu London , Lady Carol'.nc Gurnier , of. a son.Jan . 23, in C.irriddei'o'us, tlie l;ulv of Cupui-i KOWJJI, lloyal

Navy, of a daujj l'tor..AtHuM ,tlio iaily of Mr. Tlioinus Colgai:, of Limerick , of a

daughter.

MAIUUAUJiS.In Clon-ncl, ^^r. Jolri Walsh , of Cork.' to j Vlieo, or.'y daugh-

ter of the late M r. Matt ' icw Uculy, of [ \\ '- A cit y.h\ Dublin , Jan. J$>: , IMmii'id U'Hi;'.nio, Esi|., Mannjjdr of the

National lV.mk, C:iri*ickina<.-ross , to Clare, clilest daujjiiler of thelat o John l'oloy, K SIJ ., of Knnckulara , in this county.

J.-in. IK), i-.i Dublin , the ftarl of Devon , of Powileiiiani Cuatle ,Devonshire, lu Kli/.aliolli Jiulli , ri.-uighlorbf t.lio late ]lev! JohnMidiUelo n Seott , of thu uoir.ily Wieklow , anil niece to the Earlol Jkltf.itI ) . J'liiiioilial '.-ly after the ci.'ceinohy tho Ji;ippy'p:i:r startedfor Kilrudtlery House, the seat of the Earl of Mcath.

DKX ' VUi i .At Bdlylj '.ncen , in th 's county, a;.jcd o'7, I\Ir, Johri Lciiihan.On the 20'Ui ,.:t , i i tho Main-street , Cainek-on-Suir, Mr

Wlll iiitn l'owea, iuuo.li rcarolled by his-fa-nilyand friemlb.At Clojjheeu, eo. 'i'i;>;»erary, Miirt-us Jackson, Es<j:, aged HI

yenrs.In London, Chcval' or Don Jose Maria Uarrero, Consul-CJen'.

of Ii.'C.Maj esty in th.i 1::M-IIOUI. ;

S?D '..-'-- 'J rnicllij icrtce .

T I D ;;- N O T E , P A S S A G E .A in: l v i:i>.

Jan* 30—Sara h, J'arfiold , CardilK . coals; Sarah Ann, Kava-nagh, Llaiiell y, Dunuttr van , culm ; ltecolution, Gibbons, Dun-!garvaVi, ballad ; Sarah Jane, Currccn , Llanelty, Dungarvan,ciifin ; Lavi iie, Wal.^li, do. do. ; Victory (S5), Jarvls, Marseilles,wheat.

31st—Enma. Uarry, Canlifl , Passage, coals ; Malcolm, Ed-munds, Neath , do. ; Victory (st.), Stacey, liristol, g.e. ; WilliamPenn, (st.), Vliirkr ,-Liverpool , g.c. Put back—Lord Win.Pa. etjJones, and Victoria, Nichols ; Comet,.Stroud, Llanelly, coals;Lady Constable, Muson, lialtimorc . U.S., Ross, Indian corn ;Abeoha, IJartlet, Genoa, do. do. ; EJward Palmer. Hunis,. Con-stable, wheat ; Edward, Giiftiihs, Elanelly, coals.

Tub. 1 Ilil ia/Seott , Odessa , wheat.SAI !.i:i> .

Jan. i'i0 — Rose (st.) ])nsto!,Jackson; g.e. ; Gratitude, Phil-li j iN , before iiionlioncd.

1.1.M.S. Alban , to Plvinout h ; H .M.S. ilhadamamhus, to do.Feb. 1—Nil.NViSu—S. W to S.S.W.

. ^Vi JA T iiEU—Thick , .with heavy rain , aad moderate breezesl'li-iiic' llli; (':'y > ;it "' 'l l il • "•> s<-1 fojj.

". " '¦;¦-¦

TO BE SOLD ,

A Corporation City Seal:' rX for £553,

"H EARING- INTEREST at the rate of FOUR PER13 CEN T.

App lication to be made toJOSEPH AMBROSE, Esq., Solicitor

Henrietta-street.',

I P 1 "" ' -¦ 1 ¦ "

"STou IVIay be Cured Yet.TT 0 L L 0 \) «V V ' S 0 I N T HI 11 N T .

Cure of Flstnlous Sores and Pleurisy .Extract of a Litter Jrom Mr, 'Robert-Culvert, Che-

mist, Stokcslcif, dated Sep t. 3tf , 18-J7.To Professor HOI.I.OWAY.

Sin,—Mr. Thompson, National Schoolmaster of this1'own, desires me to' send you the particular s of hisson , who had been bad for three years and a half , andhas received the ijreatest bendfitbv 'the use of your rillsand Ointment , He is: of: a scrofulous constitution : apleurisy had left a large collection of matter in the client—tlii f eventually formed a passage through the waleof the chest, and ended in three fistulous sores, whichdischarged large quantities of pus, when he \Vas inducedto try your rills and Ointment; "At this ' date he wasapparently in a dying condition ; the stomach rejectedevery thing it took. Your rills and Ointment had theeffect of completely'curing both the 'cough and stomachaffections. His strength and flesh are also restored ;liis appetite keen ; and digestion good. There is everyprospect tha}; a little further continuance of your me-dicines will finish the cure.

(Signed) ROBERT CALVKKT.The " Mofussulitc" Nmospapcr, publ ished at Mcenit ,• has, on tlie \hth October, copied an article - from the

" Benares Recorder," of which the fol lowing is an Ex-¦ tract : ' ;:

" Tho Prince of MAHARAJAH BISSONATII SINGU.-XVIIO watemporaril y residing at Chlttercoto, was suddenly tsikcc ill withSpasmodic Colic, and, during his illness, His Highness oftenasked for Holloway's Pills and Ointment, as he had heard muchol ' their virtues, but none could bo obtained in the neighbour-hood , and Professor TTollowny, no doubt , unfortunatel y loses aucrtiiicut-c which would have "graced and dignified his^iist ofcures."

Cure of Ulcers where there existed 'W«eased -Hon 'rii* • •ExlraH of a Letter from Mr. James Weimore,Hmhp-

ton ,' New Brunsioick , dated February \Oth, 1817.To Messrs. PETERS'and TILI.EY. •

G KNTLBMKN ,— feel it is but. duetto Professor Holloway toinforiti you , as- his Agents-- for this Province, of a remarkablecure performed upon my Sou. lie had been afflicted with IJU;cron his limbs and body for more ' than three yearn, from whichsmall pieces of bone" lirt d been removed. tri * d several medicalmen in St. John's, but.'all to no purpose, w s then induced totry Holloway 's Pills and Ointment .whiehmadc a complete cure.Several months have since elapsed, but there is nottfko slightestappearance of the cure being the most complete.

(Signed) JAMES WETMORE.The Testimony of a Physician iu the Cure of 0kiu

Diseases.Extract of a Letter from W. E. Powell, M.D., 10,

• Blessing ton-street, Dublin, dated 'Feb? 9th, 1847.• DBAK SU»,—Having devoted my attention for some time' to-

cutaneous or skin diseases, thiiik it but rieht to infonh <you?that have, in various-cases, recommended thjp me of your Pills'and Ointment, and invariab ly found them to have the most per-ftx't OH'eet in reJiiOvin^- those diseases.

(Signed) W. E. POWElL, M.D.

A Case of Dropsy.Extract of a Letter from : Mr. William Gardner, of. Hang iiK/ Iloughton, Northamptonshire , dated Sept.

' \4th, 18-17.s To PKOFF-SSOII '-JO LLOWAV. :

Srit ,—I hefore informed you that my wifd had beentapped three times lor the Dropsy, but by the blessingof God upon your pills, and her perseverance in takingthem , the water lias now been kept olT IS month s bytheir means, which is a great mercy.

(Signed) WILLIAM GARDNER .A Disorder of the Chest.

Extract of a Letter fr om ' Mr. WiUiamBrowne , of21, South' Main-street, Bandon, Ireland, dated Marchthe 2nd, 1U47. > •

To Professor HOLLOWAY . 'SIR ,—A young lady who -was suffering from a dis-

order of the chest, with her lungs so exceedingly -deli-cate that she hud the greatest difficulty of breathing ifshe took a little cold,- whiclv-was generally accompaniedby neaily tot al loss of appetite, together with -suchgeneral' debility of body-as to oblige her to rest herself whengoing up but one fli ght 6P stairs. She commenced taking yourPills about six months since, and I am happyto inform yo'u thatthey have restored her to perfect health. •

(Signed) WILLIAM BROWNE.Disorder of the Liver and Kidneys."

Extract of a Letter from Mr. J. K. Heydon, dated70, King-street, Sy dney, New South Wales, the 30thSept. 1847.

To PROFESSOR HOLLOWAY.Sin,—I have the pleasure to inform you that Stuart

A. Donaldson, Esq., an eminent Merchant and Agri-culturalist , and also a Magistrate of this town , calledoh me on the 10th instant, and purchased your medi-cines to the amount of Fourteen Pounds, to be for-warded as soon as possible to his sheep stations in NewEngland. He stated that one of his Overseers hadcome to Sydney some time previously for medical aid ,his disorder being an affection of the Liver and Kidney,—that he had placed the man for three' months -unde rthe care of one of tho best surgeons, without any goodresulting from the treatment ; the man then in de-spair used your Pills and Ointment, and , much to his own andMr. Donaldson 's astouishment , wan. completely restored to hisihealtli by their means. Now this surprising eure nas effectedin about 10 days.

(Signed) J. K. UFA'DON.The Earl of Aldborough (lured of a Liver and Stomac Ii

Complaint.Extract of a Letter fro m his Lordship , dated, Villa

Messina, Leghorn, 2lst Feb., 1845.To PitoFKssou HOLLOWAY .

Sin ,—Various circumstances prevented the possibility olmy thanking you beforo this time for your politeness ii. send-ing me* your Pills as you did. I now tako thia Opportunity ofsending you an order for the amount,' and, 'at the same time ,to add that your Pills have effected a cure oT a disorder in myLiver and'Stomach, which all the most eminent of the Facultyal homo, and all over tho Continent , had not tiocn able to dlVet

nay, not evorithc waters of Carlsbad and Mariendab . 1 wishto have another Box and a- Pot of the.Ointment, in case any olmy family should ever require either. ., '

Your most obliged and obedient Servan t; ,$.(Signed)' ALDl SOUOtf GIjL

The Pills should be used' conjointly with the Ointment , iumost of the following cases :—Bail Log1* Chiego-foot Fistulas Sore-lliroatsHad ltyoasts Chilblains Gout Skin-diseasesUnitis Chapped-hand,-) Glandular Swellings Scui vyBunions Corns (Soft) Lumbago Sore-headsBite of Mos- Cancers Piles Tumours

chetoes and Contracted and Rheumatism HirersRand-ilit 'S Stift'-joints Scalds Wounds

Cocr-Bay Elep hantiasis Sore Nipp les Vans

Sold by the Proprietor, K2A^. Strand, [near TempleBar), London, an<J, by all respec table Vendors of PatentMedicines throughout the Civilized World, in Pots andBoxes, Is . id., 2s. Od., 4s. 6d., Us ., 22s., and ;!.>.v'.each. There is a very considerable saving in taking thelarger sizes.

N.B.—Directions-for-th e guidance of Patients arc .af-f ixed to each Pot and Box.

Waterford Vs&ion,rilHE VJCE-GUARDIANS of the above Union wiiX receive TENDERS from competent parties foisupplying the following Articles for I 'MRE E MONTI-ISviz. :—

TORT WINE, per Dozen .WfilSKEY, per Gallon.GREY FRIEZE, per Y.-ml.13LEA CALICO (of different wid'ths) per Yard.BLANKETS (in sizes), pt<r Pair .QUILTS.BED-TICKING, p;r Yard .BLUE PRINTS for CI,Havens1 Frocks, per Ytn-JSTRIPED LINSEY , :icr Yard.M EN'S and BOYS' CAPS.LEATHER AND FINDINGS:MEN'S . WOMEN 'S , &. C M l L D U t f N 'S SHOES

per Pair.COFFINS , in Three Sizes .CARRO TS, per Cwt .'J URNIPS , pcr Cwt.LEEKS or ONIONS , per Stone.THYMEand CELARY.PEPPER , per Stone.

Scaled Tenders , marked " Tender for " sis thocase may be, accompanied by Samples , whon practica-ble, to be left with me on WEDNE SDAY , the 7thInstant, to be considered the following day.

By Order ,MA RTIN DOYLE.

Clerk of the UnionBoard- Room, Waterf ord ,

'2<l February , 1H4G.

The National Art-ITm.onFOE IRELAND.

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION , r) s .Patron—His Royal Hicj 'mess Prince Albert.

Vice-Patron—His Excellency the ' Earl of Clarendon,Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

President— 7he Rev. Franc Sadlicr, Provost ., T.C.D.

•Thiar d Year , 3,3^3.PnflE. COUNCIL has c-Rti8raction in announcing, that_L the very beautiful Engraving for this year, of, : . K a t e B T i c k l e by ,is now ready for delivery to all Subscribers, on paymentof their subscriptions.

This much-admired Work was painted by W. P.FIIITH , A .R.A.. for Charles Dickens, Esq., to whosekindness the Council was indebted for permission to ex-hibit it in Ireland. The Engraving, by W. lloll , hnspreserved all the exquisite beauties of the original ; itwill be highly prized by every collector, and has alread ybecome exceedingl y popular.

Subs.'-ribers of FIVK SHILLINGS will receive a PUINTof this beautiful Engraving, with ONU CHANCK of aPrize at the Annual Distribution.

jSubscribers of Ten Shillings will receive a LetteredProof , and Two CHANCES of a Prize.

j Subscribers of £1 will receive a Proof before Lctle:s,rj nd -'F'Oim CJIANCKS of a Prize.'* [The Woeks already published by the National ArtUnion arc :—

"SUNDAY MORNING ," by Bell, after Biocas .'* THE SPINNING WHEEL," by Fr. IIoll, afte r

Topham." SANCIIO AND THE DUCHESS," by Humphries

after Leslie.T,he Council, at the suggestion of many friends of tho

Society, have resolved»to allow Subscribers the privilegeof selecting an impression of- any of the above Engrav-ings , instead of " KAT'E NrcKLKitY.

1MUZES F0II TllF TII1UD YEA11.In addition to the usual selection of Painti ngs , as

[Prizes, from the public Exhibitions in Dublin .the Councilwill select a number of

FIRS T-CLASS ENGRAVINGS,which will be cleijantly frame d, and drawn for as Prizes.

The p lan of g iving First- Class Engravinge as Prisesivas strongly recommended m evidence hefore the Com-mittee of the House of Cotiimons on Art- Unions ; andthe Council conceives, that the distribution of such worksin Ireland will have the happ iest effects in diffusing a cor-rcct taste for high Art. They also hope, ¦ that hy thismeans they-will encourage f irst -class engraving in thiscountry, an art they havo been mainly instrumental in in-traducing '

The experience of last year has full y convinced the Councilof tlu policy-and utility of giviui: lirst-class engravings as prizesThe Engravings selected and framed last year gave general sa-tisfaction, and subscribers, who Were fortunate enoug h to obtainthem as prizes, expressed themselves highly gratified with thisnovol and very attractive feature in the revised arrangement ofthe Council.

JAMES IIAUGHTON, \ n „DURHAM DUNLOP. $

Office , 11, D 'OUer-strcet , Dublin.All early S«I#s<:ri j»<i o« is otf im'slly m/ ii csicil. 8;;')-

srrihers should take out (heir Vouchers without di-lav ,ftvthc liii^ravhii; for (he year is liau.le;l in each su<> ¦

Hcrib^r «j> paying bis subscri ption.Ai/ ent for Waterford :

T. D. SMI TH,'22, BAILEY'S NEW-STREET .N.B.—Members f or 1S-1G and 1847, who have not ob-

tained their Engracings, are requested to apply at theOffice.

TH K WA TKKF ORir Mltftm ~ "'

Wc '.crford , this Day.Our supp lier of fanners' gram were larger this week than

for the past , and Ji .-ivt1 met a better I'l-inaurt , at an advance of (5d.to Is per band on Wheat, and about ild. to (5d. per barr :1 ouOats and Barley.

Bakers have bought Flour move freel y U I.T'I of late. Sellerstiiod lo establish more than the rates cirrcul of this day wool;.

Indian Corn has met both a speculative atid a la-.-ge consu'iip-tive demand , at rallu -r enhanced rates.

No change iiJ 1'ic value of Pigs, j :or i:i that of Hutter.>Yhi«at, Millers ... ... 2.'?s M to 2.3s 0.1Shi pping Wboat ... ... 2ls Od to 22s «dPrepared Wheat ... ... 27s Od to 28s OilBlack Oats ... ... V* Od to 9* <>dWhite do ... ... lte 0d to Il« 3dBarley ... ... 12s Od to Ids 0dBran , per barrel ... ... 3s Gd to 3s 9dOatmeal , per cwt ... ... 1-s Od to 12s GdIndian Corn, pt-V brl ... ... liAs Oil to 21s Odl-'lour (supi -rli t ie) ... ... 34s (Id to 3Gs OdSeconds •• • ••• 3Is 0.1 to 32s OdThirds ••• • • • -?s Od to 80s Odllayper ton ••• ••• 2;>s Od to 4os 0dStraw , per t<m ... ••• 23s Od to 00S 0dBi-ef, per lb ••• • • • . 00s 3d to 00s 4dMutton per do ... ... 00s 4d to 00s odLurb (per ([uartor) ••• ... 3s Od to O't .s 4< 1Voal do ••• ... 00s 4d to 00s (!<lPor.i pel lb ••• ... (K)s 5d fj 00s (».](iood American Pork ... ... (10s 3d lo 00s :<¦'Heads, ' ••• ... 20s 0d to 3!>s UdBacon P'.gs . • • • ... 45s 0d to 47s I IdBarrel Lanl ... ... 44s Od to 4is 0dOlSal ... ... 29s Od to 32s 01Feet ... ... I2s 0d to 14s 01Scotch Herrings, per brl ... 21a 0d to 00s CdCoals ... ... 16s >h\ to l.r>s 0JPotatoes ... ' ... 00s f)d to Oils 0dTallow ... ... ' 43s Gil to 0U 0.1Whiskey, per gal ((wholesale) • . ••• 6s 0d to 0* olDo. - . \ I ,• " - (rctaj i) . ... Gs 4d to 0s

. -| , . j RUTTElt. -i ' 70s 75s. «i

M Y 0 F V [•] 11 I N O .

To AI L K K N .(For The Wnlcrf hril Kens .)

I cannot otter priceless itemTo cherish Cor my sake—

Nor woul 'l I from iis parent stemTin- gentle roso-buil break ,

Lost you illicit take such tji ft from mo,Ass emblem moot and true ,

|'iir soon tho (lower will withered be—Xnt <n mv lovo fur von !

What tv n I noxl ?—A face more fanMi aht ornament ilisu.se,

l.'nt l i i ino could ill a rinttlet sparo—Wha l h.'ivc I then to clioo.so ?

Ali " ni ino 's no costl y Rift to give ,Or fri l le , rare to view ;

!'civ loktM i s Ihe unloved receive—J' vo none to oiVer you !

Pncli j;ift as mine was nover sold ,And , thoug h no wondrous priz <',

'J'is never bought by biig hU'.st gold'l'bal dazzles mortal eyes i—

l! is ivl foftion—often f eigned ,Vet rarel y felt Iiy few—

Thai, in this* heart lias ever reigned,Siiu c childhood's hours, f or vou !

Then wishes—bad <hoy power to blessThan yours—no lot more blest •,

If prayer could wile away distress,(Jrio f ne 'er shall be th y jj uest !

Or hive could win all bliss, I claimSuch guerdon as my duo

Tor one—Oh ! need I name the name ?—Dear Ailrou 'tis for you !

Kilkenny. ' Zr.i.i.v LA U IASCA .

* K it necessary to bint th a t Ellen is Angllcr. for the mostau l ifij] (o.\f i>| ,tin'^ Mary ) of our own, or any other, land's ie-de names , A ilecn 't

LINKS TO A LAI) }

(For The Water ford - \ctrs.)<; ]Io\s too iray—he 's too ¦ridd y."- Aui t i)

l ie 's not that " gay," that " Ridd y Him:,'Which he may seem to thee ;

'Tis but the flittin g sunshineH]ioii a wintry sea.

lie has seen so much of sadnessTI11V life's uneven way,

Koig ivc him for Itoint ; happyWilh "the yiiM/'—with ' " tlio yny/ '

As life- is but. a j ourney() f sunshine mid of SI KI/U V,

l , i-l him then bask a little whileIn the sunshine you have made ;

Let him enj oy more frequentl ySuch " gay and gid.l .y ''seiMips ;

Let l. r 'U be what In; canr.ol boWhen silenee supervenes .

When nought. i\ left to gladden him ,Nothin g to console,

Ami j *looiny recollectionCasts its shadow on the smd —

I t is not then " frivolity, "At intervals to be

T.'ie ;;"ay partici patorOf vour ••' giddiness and gliv. '

li! li ^ion and philosoph y.May solace us a while .

tint i>rief alone can teach usThe value of a smile '. J. H

I The above lines wore addressed to a lad y who, on being askedher opinion of the writer , said , "lie's too gay—he 's too pi tid y.""'!u> writer , of whose presence she was unconscious, tlnnked herfor th ;> compliment , and assuring her it should not be forgotton,iiii l . the nt r tnti ^ eri p! into her hands tho same evening.]

1*1115 FUGITIVES—M ESSRS DOHENY &STEPHENS.

(From the Cork Examiner.JNow t!:nt these " good men and true" arc exiled

from their native land , which they loved , perhaps, " notwisoly.bnt too well ,"and. as all reference to therr , cannotnow in any way endanger llieir personal safety, a short: "d truthful narrative of a portion of their sufferings•.¦.¦A miraculous escapes cannot but interest their country-;.;eu ; and , us many statements and anecdotes have heent ii\:ii];-.ted in many cf the provincial newspapers whichhad no foundat ion in fact, and which represented them(especial l y Dohcny,) in no very flattering views, one who!ris had some grounds for personal observation feels itonl y an act of justic e to say that , during periods of dan-ger", whilst a fugitive and (according to law) a felon , hesr.ul his companion exhibited traits of extraordinary self-sn>sses>:ion , enduring perseverance, and calm determin-at ion.

Dohcny felt much at the report circulated that he ur-•icd on the proceeding s of July : and it is pretty certain ,that , so far , he has been done an injustice. On the 22ndof .Iulv, he was 11 atle acquainted with the fact of a war-rant , under the felony act , having been issued for hisarrest ; upon which he left his home , secreted himself ata friend 's house, where he remained until the night ofthe '24th, when he was informed by a female connex-ion , as heroic a lady as ancient Greece could produce ,that the Habeas Corpus act was suspended , and thatO'Brien had left Dublin ; upon which he immediatelydetermined on seeing O'Mahony, which he cffected~'be-forc the break of day, and fom whom he learned that

had been there the pre, and D, Mviou s ni 'j ht, and had gone on to C 1; O M.proceeded to C—k, and shortl y returned with M ,between whom and Doheny a conference was held, atwhich two female friends of O'M 's were present ;at the termination of which they addressed him , (whowas the last of a time-honoured race, that had lost andsuffered much for their country,) saying— ( Go, returnno more , or come victorous ," like to the Spartan motherwho , to her onl y son sj oing to battle , siid , on handingli 'mi his shield , •' Return witli it , or upon it." Andihe three proceeded to Slievenamon , when Dohcny firstbecame- aware of the state to which matters were dri-ven by the fear of O'Brien 's arrest ; and he there urgedhis views against any immediate resistance ; however,othertcounsel prevailed, and orders accordingly issued ,unnecessary now to state ; suffice it to say, that FatherB^i-and Dr- R frustrated the objects intended , inwl'lph they were seconded by Father M .

• '0ohcny was not at Killenaule, nor at Mullinahone ;and*on the July he and D—R—attended a meet-ing at S , where there were 100 armed men ; andthat evening proceeded to Ballinga rry, where lie, to use)iis own language, saw " a ragged crowd of men hal farmed/ ' He there represented to O'B the folly ofexpecting that so ill-organised a body could defend himfrom arrest , or , and required that the collectedopinions of his friends present should be taken ; and ,accordingly, after dining at , on potk steaks, with-out even"?! glass of punch , a council was held, at whichOT, D , O'D , C , Stephens, and Do-licny were presen t, (tlie first time thu two latter met,) atwhich Dohcny represented the utter folly of any attemptat that period. He was, it is believed , over-ruled ; andand here it was that the chivalrous and pure mindedO'Brien declared that no man 's property should be dis-tmbed , not a fheop or a sheaf of coi n should be taken,that reliance should be placed on those who could armr.ml equip at their own expense. This was opposed byDuhcny and others , but O'B over-ruled all , and theyagreed to separate finally. How far those who separ-ated from O'Brien were just ified at the time , is a qucs-

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tion upon wliic ii many will inner. D adlierred toO'Brien's views and person , and Dohcny and D— 11—left with sick hearts , and shattered hopes, and havingarrived at —, found — of Limerick waitin g for orders ,(who could muster a powerfu l force) ; but all was inde-cision and division ; yet there v. r:.i i.r .-pe ; and on thenext day Dcheny proceeded to the mountains ,and met there certain delegate.?, where he also expectedto me-t M , and them it was agreed to muster asstrong a force as possible, D'M to head theC men , and aH to meet at , and then force onO'Brien the adoption of the opinions of the majority.Shortl y after circumstances occured which rendered thiscourse impracticable , and it was deemed necessary , inthe desperate position in which all were involved , tohave another interview with O'Brien ; and , accordingly,Doheny, O'Mahony, and D R proceeded , on acommon car, and got the same night as far as the house, where thcy slept on a pallet in. hotel, andwhich was even forced from the proprietor.

On the next morning, July, they got a car, andproceeded towards KilJen a ule , but on the way heard thatO'Brien had gone to Ballingany, for which place theychanged their course through tqe fields, and after a . longsearch came up with aim , at , and all proceededto the C , which C- . T reached, wetted to the skinhaving been followed the 1 : i.hre way by a erowd of halfnaked men and mostly unarmed ; and here a coucil washeld in 's house, at which 15 were present;and each having given his opinion , one voice, full of allthat was high minded , and generous, and brave, but oferror too , was heard to pronounce , "I overrule you all."An unconditional surrender was then proposed , whenthe same voice was hoard , " I want no one to stay ."—Doheny then took D—n aside, in whose wisdom all hadconfidence, and endeavoure d to dissuade him from coun-tenancing the course which the ruling voice commandedbut he was resolved to shate the fortunes or fate ofO'Brien , as was also M!M and Stephens ; and there-upon Doheny, M , O'Mahony, D— R—, andB , and one to whose name no allusion can now bemade, took leave of them , deeply apprehensive that theysaw them for the last time ; and they slept that nightattho house of afriend of Dohcny's.where they were littlewelcome. Now far those men were justified in aban-doning O'Brien at the moment , is a question the readermust decide for himself—the writer only narrates.

They left early, and travelled eight miles through mea-dows and corn fields , and got to B where they woreagain made comfortable ; and here D— It— partedfrom Doheny, to meet onl y in; another laud ; the othershad gone in another direction. Here Doheny wasjoineJ by ) '.,- • ulued friend , who lias since iufte iod muchin the*cause ; and nothing gave him more deep anxiety.It is, however, satisfactory to him to know that ho isnow a freeman.

Next day was Sunday, " and Doheny had arranged tomeet ten men , representing 300, at , but 111 thecourse of the day he heard that the Rev.P >-L , ofF ¦, preached a sermon alluding personally toO'Brien and Dohcny, and further that he had refusedsacraments to young men who admitted that they wereready for the struggle (Doheny afterwards exnrcssedhimself in very indi gnant terms of Mr. L ) ; however ,of the 10, onl y 2 came, and they represented that theeffect of the clergyman's address was such, that no hopev as left in that quarter at that moment. Dohcny wasyet unacquainted with O'Brien's disattcr on the day be-fore—ontlie contrary,he had heard a rumour thatO'Brienhad disarmed the police, and Doheny and his friend slep t,that night at B k.

Next day, they ascended the -mountain , wherethey spent the day firing at marks, and after nightfalldescended and slept at the same house as on the prece-ding night ; and here it was they were informed ofO'Brien 's misfortunes, and of a proclamation for theairest of the leaders. The reader will judge of theirfeelings and of their sufferings thenceforward.

Doheny had still hopes, and through , he andO'Mahony again met ; and it was then stated that theC k men were still ready to fight. It was arrangedthat Doheny and O'JVIahony should sleep in a cabin,and at 's house , where he was that night arras-ted.

Next m orning Doheny heard of 's arrest withdeep regret, and asked O'Mahony 's advice as to thepropriety of surrendering himsslf and taking his trial atNenagh.to save his sureties. Others were also consult-ed ; the result of which was, that they thougut hissurrender would be considered the act of a coward at£hattime ,aud that his services may still be needed ; andhe according ly abandoned the idea ; yet it was ever af-terwards a matterof constant embarrassment to him—heused to say, " If I escape 'tis well I can redeem myhonour ; but if captured and doomed to die, Oh God !what an inheritance to my poor orphans !"

A UGUST 2xu.—Doheny expected to see O'Mahonythis day. ft rained heavily, and he took shelter by afurze fence ; sent a meisen^or for his pistols , which hegot , and some bread ; received the same night a messen-ger fro m a .'nend of the fathir of one of the most dis-interested of tho fug itives , to say that a ship would beprovided for .all if they would, consent to fly ; if not ,recommending a surrender on the terms of perpetualt*xile. Dohcny agreed to cither alternative , peeferringi%ht however if , for safety of those whom the leadersinculpated and for the sake of the country, a surren derwas not deemed more honourable. After nightfall he_ — Q proceeded to a farmer's house, where he was received.

Next day, he sent td^ck.f ov O'Mahony, .who appoin-ted a place of meeting fofek pt evening where they ac-cording ly met, O'Mahony T)eing accWwparTted by Ste-phens who was thenceforth to be the compaion of Dohe-ny's flight , hazards

^and sufferings, and whom he hal

seen before onl y <W Ballingarry. At this interviewO'Mahony declared all was lost , and there was no hopefrom the people. He parted , leaving Stephens withDoheny, both of whom slept that night in a barn , hav-ing previously arranged to meet O'il next day attheir first haunt.

AUGUST 4TH .—This day Doheny find Stephens chan-ged their clothes , and set out, downright fug itives, andarmed ; they arrived at the place of rendezvous agreedupon the previous day, where Dohcny left Stephens tomeet O'Mahony, and proceeded to Comeragh Mountainin search of M , of whom he could get no account ,b .it sent a message to his father 's friend that his planof escape would be adopted.

A HEROIC WOMAN !On returning from the mountain , weary and hungry ;

at the close of day, he saw a car coming towards him.His guide was_ greatl y alarmed , but it contain ed onl y alady, a dear friend of Doheny 's, whom he was wont'todesignate as his fond and faithful E , a noble-minded lady certainly, and who subsequentl y provedherself a heroine, L y her faithful adherance to her friends,her extraordinary fatigue endured in their service:' TMHIher constant ?.nd unremitting exertions to accomplishtheir fli ght. Suffice it to say that sub:.2-;uently she wasthe sharer of their sufferings and dangers for threewhole days and nights, from mountain to mountain ;and of her exertions Doheny said he was sure (he Govern-ment was aware, but that a feeling of shame preventedLord Clarendon fro m having her arrested.

She brought toDoheny money to facilitate his escape ,and returned with him to , where they remained upthat night , and it was arranged that the lady should

proceed next day on foot to W d, to see M sfriend , and to arrange about the vessels.

AUGUST 5TH .—Early in the morning the heroine pro-ceeded on her mission, and Doheny returned to his firsthaunt , where he found O'Mahony and Stephens, andwhere they heard of Dr. 's arrest, which Dohenydid not regret, aa he blamed him and Father C forluining the cause. 1:1 ear J ah>o of J O'D sarrest , whom they considered a gallant young fellow,full of honour and true courage ; and fearing their own,they, after nightfall, walked 4 miles across the moun-tains to the house of a sympathise r.

Next day they had a conference with O'Mahony, andfel t disapointed st not hearing from, W d. In theevening they heard of O'Brien's arrest.

August 8th—Doheny was awakened to say a ladywas waiting for him at quarries. On arrivingthere, found the faithtul E and O'Mahony ; she in-formed him that M 's friend would not confer withher on the subject of providnig the vessel, and seemedalarmed that any one should have known anythingabout it, and advised to surrender ; but it was then toolate to save his sureties , he yielded to the advice of hisdear E , and determined on proceeding to D n,in the County of Waterford , to try and get off from thatport ; and accordingly, he, Stephens, and the heroinecrossed the highest of the Comeragh mountains, overwhich she went trippingly and uncomplaining, and sleptat a shooting lodge—E in rather a good bed—Do-heny and Stephens on hay. Next morning proceededacross the mountains , and on the way were informedthat one of the Roman Catholic Curates at Fa na.was a patriot and a worthy man ; and they thereuponbent their course for his dwelling, at which in a shorttime they arrived , and E alone entered . She metthe Parish priest , who asked her to dine (the curatewas absent on dut y), but Dohcny deeming it more ad-visable, she refused, and on they went, the gentlemennow and then assisting their fair companion over fencesand streams. Towards evening they were re/used theuse of a jkettle. This stung the geuerous girl to theheart, and she exclaimed—" Are these the people forwhom you have staked your life ?" (I may here re-mark that Doheny was also under the imprcssioii thatthe inhabitants of Cashel refused to receive his furnitu reinto their houses). However, at length , they succeededin getting or. rather forcing the use of a ketdc, and ha-vin"- purchase^ some eggs and new milk, partook of amuch needed repast, se asoned by a grateful cup of tea.It was now late in the evening-, and having thrown outrather broad hints that some place to rest in for thenitrht would b« a favour , besides offerinj r remuneration .a positive refusal was given ; at the same time it wasstated that there was a public-house a mile further ,where they would be accommodated ; no alternative rfc-mair:ing,n<rain were the fugitives on their wayward track.

The mile , as generally in such cases, proved to benearer three ; and here again were they doomed to dis-appointment. A plump refusal—no beds ; but a half amile further on they mi ght be accommodated. Nightwas fast coming on , and the way-worn travellers wereonce more upon the lonely road, unknown, uncared for ;on however they proceeded, the men encouraged andsupported by the animation and endurance of their fe-male companion , whose fragile form seemed to acquirenew strength and vigour by every disappointment andvissitude that befel them. The second public housewas gained , but no rest for the weary, •' there were nolod gings for such people in such times." Nothing wasnow left , but to sleep outside in hay ; it was accordinglysearched for, but not found. Another resource' wasleft ; rather than have E exposed during a wetnight , Dohcny would go to the priest's house, tell himall , and he could not deny a lady.in such circumstances ,an asylum. E and Stephens advised against sucha course ; however , Doheny would do so, and they went.Doheny entered ; the parish priest was fro m home ; sawthe curate , whose brother Doheny knew well ; he wasgrieved to see Doheny, and several times prayed Godto have pity on him ; but his parish priest was fro m homeand he could only try and secure a lodging at someneighbouring farmer's bouse ; and as " beggars cannotbe choosers ," they accepted the shelter of a house inha-bited by dirty selfish people, where E was obligedto sleep in r. handlnl of hay after a day of suffering,toil, and fatigue, sufficient to weary the strongest framesand to bow down the more buoyant spirit.

(To be continued in our next.)

It is stated that the whole present number of ordainedmissionaries ii: the world is about 1,200.

Bail to any amount , was read y and , could be given , iftho Judges agreed to Mr. Duffy's application to be re-leased.

The verdict in the case of " Carmichael v. the Water-ford and Railway Co.," has been set aside, after hearingin the Queen's Bench.

Siairii E CURE raa TOOTH A CHE .—A gentlemanwho suffered severely from the Toothache , arising fromthe exposure of the nerve in a decayed tooth , tried theexperiment of filling the hollow with Gutta Percha , pre-viousl y warmed sufficientl y to render it plaistic , and tohis great delight found immediate relief from the agonyhe endured. In a short time the stuffing became hard ,firml y fixed , and has ' hitherto prevented any recurrenceof the pain.— Cork Constitution.

The poor rates in Scotland Ia^t year amounted to£550,000. the largest sum ever incurred on that head.

A hogshead of wine has been shipped from WesternAustralia for, London with the, view of obtaining Englishwine merchau^upinipjis on ' the quality of Australianwine. " **• • --""¦

A tube of gutta percha , 190 feet long, now conveyswater to the top of the Monument .London.i^It

is calculated that electricity travels through thecopper 192,000 miles in a second.

In the course of the last sessions there were no lessthan 225 divisions in the House of Commons.

It is computed that two thirds of the seed sown byfarmers never germinates.

A printer worked hard and manfully to get his breadby toil, but failed. He went to brewing beer, and madea fortune. He used to say every body had stomachswhereas very few were blessed with heads.

J ESSY LIXD i.v NORWICH .—The two concerts awhich Mademoislle Lind assisted during the week inthis city produced the sum of £1,859 lls., snd above£1,250 will remain for the charities when the expensesare paid. This will make an aggregate of more than£12,000 contributed to charitable,, purposes through thaagency of Jenny Lind within the-last two months .

RoUBEiiY.—We learn that two soldiers.one a colour-serjeant .andthe other a lanco-corpbral ,belonging to a de-tachment stationed in Castlecomer, absconded a few dayssince with a sum of £30, the property of the command-ing officer , and about £29 in small sums, with whichthey were entrusted to pay some of the shopkeepers ofCastlecomer. We have not received any intelligence oftheir capture. One of the parties was most respectablyconnected in England , and would have received hiscommission in a f ew days after he absconded.— CarlowSentinel.

It appears from \ par liamentary return that during tholast three years 1,500 icw places have been created , thesalaries of w'lich exceed ;-. quarter of a million.

Mr D. JLVUT.VKTT of Aj bey feale, gallant " DannyDan" has arrived in Paris.

APPALLING COLLIERY EXPLOSION ATBARNSLEY—EIGH IT-ONE LIVES LOS1\*

Another of those sickening catastrophes, for the pre-valence of which Barnsley and its neighbourhood haveobtained a painful notoriety, occurred at Darley Mainecolliery on Wednesday last, and has resulted in a sa-crafice ef human life perfectly appalling. No less thaneighty-one human beings and eight horses havefallen victims to an explosions of fire-damp—anexplosion so terrific , and unexpected that out of 105persons employed in the pit at the time only 24 survive.

ILLNESS OF THE POPE.The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 22d quotes

a letter from Gaeta, of the 13th, announcing that theHoly Fatheris seirously indisposed.

JtttfttHame*.BANK OP IRELAND NOTES.—Fhe public should be

exceedingly cautious in examining the smaller notes pur-porting to belong to this bank, as well executed forge-ries are at present in circulation.

A coal mine is said to have been discovered near thevillage of Preston, in the Wellington district , Upper Ca-nada.

EDITOR'S BANQUET.—Whenever a feast like the fol-lowing is spread before the fraternity, be they secularor religious, a remarkable similarity of tastes will beseen in the preference which they all manifest for thelast course :—^An American writer says, " Poetry is theflour of literature ; prose is the corn, potatoes, and meat :wit is the spice and pepper ; love letters are the honeyand sugar ; and letters containing the remittances arcthe apple-dumplings."

QUACKEBY .—It has been computed that quackerydeprives the medical bodies of five millions annually inEngland alone.

CArrTA r, PUNISHMENT —Being kissed to death by apretty girl.

THK SWORD AND T .IE PEN .—T hat was a beautifultribute of Napoleon to the supremacy of mind over phy-sical iforcc in the long trial. *• Do you know, Fontan'es.''he said , '* what I admire most in the world ? It is thepowerlessness of force to found anything. There areonly two powers in the world—the sabre and the pen—¦and , in the end, the former is always conquered by thelatter."

HE HAD HER THERE I—A thin faced sable lookinglady stepped into a store in Washington street, a fewdays ago, to buy a steel reticule. The clerk handedout a variety of soits, sizes, and prices, all of which thelady deliberately viewed , handled , and commented upon ,until at length having made her selection of a small oneat two dollars fifty cents , she gave the clerk a tea dol-lar note to deduct that amount. The clerk went to thedesk, and returning, gave the lad y her change. " Whyhere's but two dollars and a half." says she. " Exactlymadam," replies the clerk. " Wel l, but I gave youa ten dollar bill , Sir !' " Precisely, madam ," said thepolite clerk. " This bag is two dollars and a hal f, isit not ?" says the lady, holding forth the purchased reti-cule. '' Two dollars and a half is the price, madam."" Then why do you take out seven dollars and a half*Sir, ?"! "Why, madam this reticule is two dollars-anda half." "Very well, Sir," says the lady. " And thatone attached to your dress, beneath your cardinal ," anddisplaying a very handsome steel-headed reticule theresecreted. The lady became quite agitated , but the hu-mane clerk assured her it was all perfectly right. '; Youdon't for a moment suppose, sir," said the lady, in «low husk y voice, " that I intended—" " Oh, it's allright, madam—perfectly correct," continued tho clerk." Good morning, Sir !" said the lady, bowing and grin-ning a ghastly smile. " Good morning !" respondedthe gentlemanly clerk, bowing the lady safely out ofthe premises. No fancy sketch this.—Boston Mail.

The son of a rev. gentleman living in this town havingpurchased pickaxes, spades, and other tools, has lei'tBrighton for the purpose of seeking his fortune in thegold mines of California. Another of the rev. genthmnn 'f isons has emigrated to Australia.—-Briy hton Pap er.

SIR. JOHX FR A X K U N 'S EXPEDITI ON*.—We regret t t>announce, by accounts from Mazatlan , under date Nov. 29,that her Majesty's survey ing ship Herald , 22. CaptainKellette, had arrived at . that port from Behring 's Straits ,without having been, able to obtain any intelli gence of theexpedition under Sir John Franklin.;— Times.

Twenty-eight adju rations of Prostestanism have ta-ken place in the Diocese of Cambray during the year184S.—-Univers.

The Jnteret Puf ilic of Caen announces that the steamerPasse Partout , Capt. Jayet de Gercourt, has capturedand brought in"'an:"Bft{*feU-*looj»rcaught:. dredging foroysters out of the prescribed limits.

The Dublin University Corporations are the owners of230,000 acres of land in Ireland.

Considerable quantities of plate, with crests and coatsof arms, have, we understand , been sold at some of therecent Auctioneer's sales in this city.— lAmeeick Exami-ner.

The price of bread in London is from 7d. to 8d. per4ld loaf—the price here is only 5d. per 41b leaf.

EXTREMES MEET.—The extremes of heat and coldproduce the same perception on the skin ; mercury fro-zen at 40 deg, below zero occasions the same sensationas the touch of red hot iron. "" — -

MORE CONVERTS TO ROMANISM .—Miss Bxaine, ofBuckfast Abbey, Devon , was received into the cKurchon Christmas Eve . by the Right Rev. Dr. Hendren ,Vicar Apostolic of the Western District.—London Pa-per.

SOKXET—MOTHER

(Written for the Waterford News.)Mother ! dear Mother 1—there 's magic in the somul

The majjic of the heart's mysterious ways ;The secret thrill, the holy spell, that 's wove around

Tliat seat of life, the fountain of love's rays !Tho soft, or wild emotions of the filial throe ;

The rush of 'cxtacy, the flash of thought ;The yearning to thy arms we while children know—

So full of impulse, and divinely fraught!These are the tributes, mother, of thy sacred name

These the delights which 'round my soul now wcarc—The hallow'd chains which make us nature's slave ;And in my bosom kindle that brigh t, deathless Hame,

Which e'en the impious wretch dare not smother—The love, life, hope that's in the name of MOTIIKR !

Wntnrford. O. II. O

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