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been taken up, with the president 
of their committees, their cashier, 
the landlord of the public-house 
where they assembled, and about 
40 others. They set on fire one 
ship, but, fortunately, it was soon 
extinguished. They were divided 
in--opinion, or much mischief 
would have been done. Some of 
them were for setting fire to a 
tier of ships; others were for 
boarding them, which they would 
have effected, but for the arrival 
of the troops. Upwards of 300 
sail of ships went out this day, 
and the sailors are going on board 
very fast. The ship-owners have 
given more wages, and agreed to 
take two men and one boy to every 
100 tons, more than usual. 
Rome, Oct. 24.—The official 
annunciation of the return of all 
our treasures of art from France 
excites here the greatest enthusi- 
asm. People do not cease to 
praise the justice of those Powers 
who contributed towardsit, as well 
as the generosity of Lord Castle- 
reagh, who has placed 100,000 
francs at the disposal of Canova, 
to facilitate the packing up and 
conveyance of these precious ar-. 
ticles. Abbe Canova, a brother 
of the celebrated sculptor, and- 
Abbe Marini, received from the 
French library the MSS. medals, 
andstones taken from Rome. The 
French museum, besides what 
it formerly possessed, has, a 
valuable addition to the works of 
art, bought of prince Camillo 
Borghese. In order to make the 
museum at Paris the sole point of 
union of the finest monuments of 
antiquity, Napoleon forced his. 
brother-in-law to sell his collec- 
tion to him, and an imperial de- 
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cree of April 27, 1807, fixed the 
conditions. This decree was pre- 
ceded by strict examinations or 
the part of the French govern- 
ment, and commissioners, at the 
head of whom was Denon, who 
was sent to Rome to make an ex- 
act inventory of all the articles, 
and fix their price. Connoisseurs 
at Rome, among whom was Ca- 
nova, declared the Borghese col- 
lection to be invaluable; how- 
ever, he gave it an approximative 
value far above the twelve mil- 
lions, at which Napoleon set the 
price. 
Waterford, Oct.26.—Y esterday 
evening, about half-past four 
o’clock, the cathedral of this city 
was discovered to be on fire. It 
is probable that the fire had been 
burning an hour or two before, as 
the flames had then reached to a 
very considerable degree of vio- 
lence. No service had taken place 
in it for some Sundays, as the 
outer roof was undergoing a tho- 
rough repair. That repair was 
nearly completed, and we under- 
stand that fires properly secured; 
as was imagined, were placed in 
different parts, particularly near 
the organ, for the purpose of re- 
moving damps, and preparing the 
church for being re-opened.— 
When the fire was discovered, the’ 
bells were rung, the alarm spread 
throughout the whole city, and 
all the engines were brought to 
the spot as speedily as possible. 
The mayor and other municipal 
officers, with colonel M‘Carthy, 
and the officers and men of the. 
97th regiment, and a great cone 
course of inhabitants, immedi- 
ately attended, all of whom mani- 
fested the most ardent zeal and 
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