682 Provincial Occurrences : Kent, 
work, exceeding 100, had decorated the road by 
wreaths of laurel and-a triumphal arch, to wel- 
come the approach of the mail, which, on its ar- 
rival, was covered with laurels and appropriate 
flags,and went over the 4 miles in about 16 minutes, 
followed by a train of carriages and equestrians. 
KENT.—The committee appointed to ascertain 
the state of the Gate of St. Augustine’s Monas- 
tery of Canterbury, have given notice that the 
subscriptions already entered into for carrying 
into effect the repairs intended for the preserva- 
tion of that beautiful structure, being at present 
inadequate to defray the estimated expense, they 
solicit the aid of the admirers of this antique 
and elegant architectural ornament, to enable 
them immediately to proceed with the intended 
repairs. 
WILTSHIRE.—The Wiltshire Society held 
their anniversary meeting at the Albion Tavern, 
May 13, when the report of the Committee was 
read by the Secretary: it stated that, since the 
last anniversary, the Committee have been enabled 
to confer on the objects for whom the society has 
been established, more extended benefits than 
during any preceding year since the charity has 
been founded; and that eight candidates had been 
elected for apprenticeship during the present year, 
tive of whom have been already apprenticed to 
respectable tradesmen, and the remaining three 
are only waiting until suitable masters shall have 
been provided forthem. <A long list of subscrip- 
tions and donations were announced. 
DEVONSHIRE.—It is with much concern that 
we send forth the announcement of the robbery 
of the firm of Floud and Co., of the Exeter West 
of England Bank, which was burglariousy en- 
tered on Saturday night, or early on Sunday 
morning last, and property, in drafts, notes, 
and cash, stolen therefrom to the amount of seve- 
ral thousand pounds. In consequence of this 
event, the bank has suspended its payments for 
-\ the present, with the view, it is presumed, of pre- 
_jventing the negociable property getting into cir- 
culation, and so far of frustrating the anticipated 
7 booty of the thieyes.— Taunton Courier, May 13, 
CORNWALL.—At the Easter Sessions for this 
county, the calendar was unusually light; on 
which the Chairman, in his address to the Grand 
Jury, complimented them, as well as on the re- 
duced expenditure of the county, and the conse- 
quent diminution ofthe county rates : he also was 
rejoiced to say, that the most beneficial effects 
had been accomplished by the alterations that had 
been so judiciously introduced into the manage- 
ment of tle prison. 
WALES.—A considerable number of work- 
men engaged in the iron and coal trade, in Mon- 
mouthshire, have been discharged, and a reduc- 
tion in the wages of those employed is contem- 
plated. One great iron-master in Wales has, it is 
reported, upwards of 40,000 tons of manufactured 
iron lying in one only of his warehouses at Car- 
diff. Indeed, the over-productiveness of the iron- 
trade, in consequence of new works opened, and 
old ones improved and enlarged, is stated to be 
such, that the works of Monmouthshire and South 
Wales are supposed to be alone capable of supply- 
ng the demand for England and Wales, home and 
foreign. 
Wiltshire, Devonshire, §c. [J UNE. 
SCOTLAND.—On Friday week, a list of the 
unemployed in Paisley was taken by order of the 
provost and magistrates. According to the returns 
it appears that there are no fewer than 1,112 
heads of families, and 1,099 boys and girls, wholly 
destitute of work. There are about 800 weavers 
at Kilbarehan, nearly one-third of whom are at 
present idle. The aveaage of a silk-weaver’s 
wages is from 9s. to 103.; of a muslin weaver, 
from 5s. to 6s.—The distress of the weaving body 
seems to increase, The number of idle hands, as 
far as yet ascertained—some of the districts hay- 
ing not yet forwarded their reports—was, on Sa- 
turday, stated by the delegates’ reports, at 2,200; 
and, if the females and apprentices are included, 
the total number idle will exceed 3,000.—Glasgow 
Chron. 
IRELAND,—Very great anxiety was occa- 
sioned by the arrest, at Doneraile, of 22 persons, 
on the warrant of Lord Kingston. The rumour 
ran that fifty or sixty persons conspired to avenge 
the death of Patrick Magrath, who was convicted, 
at the last Cork assizes, of having fired at G. B. 
Low, Esq., and executed. It was further added, 
that one of the conspirators, becoming approver, * 
gave informations to Lord Kingston and Genera 
Barry, of an intention,on the part of the conspi- 
rators, to murder every magistrate in the county 
who rendered himself at all obnoxious to the peo- 
ple. The investigation took place May 9.—22 per- 
sons, several of them respectable farmers, of the 
surrounding parishes, were brought to the bar, 
when Mr. Creagh, late high sheriff of the county, 
addressed them on the enormity of the crime la 
to their charge, and added, that they (the prison- 
ers) were aware there was amongst them the man 
who fired at Dr. Norcott’s carriage the shot, which 
was not intended for the doctor, but for him (Mr. 
Creagh), and that there was also amongst them. 
the man who lay in ambush on the bridge. A 
dreadful conspiracy, he said, was planned amongst _ 
them—a conspiracy, which aimed at the life o abe 
Admiral Evans, for no-other reason than becau 
of his having dared to deliver his honest senti- 
ments in the House of Commons,—Mr. Creagh 
then called the names of eight persons, whom he 
gave in custody to the chief of police, directing. 
him, under the warrant of Earl Kingston, to con- 
vey them tothe county jail—Admiral Eyans ad-, 
dressed a few words to the prisoners,saying it was 
strange they see have resolved to murder him 
time in that part ‘of the country, and 
any one to impeach them with an act discredit 
to themselves, or injurious to society.—Of th 
maining 14 prisoners, 7 were sent for re-exa 
nation to the Mallow Bridewell, and 7 oth 
Fermoy. 
The country is now all in bustle, preparing fo1 
the registry of freeholds under the new act. The 
county of Clare men are bestirring themselves ae 
tively, but whether for the advantage of the mem- 
ber elect, or not, is as yet undetermined. The 
clerk of the peace for the district called the Is- 
lands, alone has been served with more than 600 
notices to register £10. freeholds, Upwards of 
500 notices have been served on the clerk of the 
peace for the county of Limerick, 800 on the coun- 
ty of Tipperary, and 300 on the county of Kerry. 
