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were present, and the band of the national guard of 
Boulogne played some of the national airs of France and 
England during the entertainment.—The directors of the 
Brighton Company have issued their new list, reducing 
the fares and altering the time table. Six trains will 
carry third-class passengers to and fro every day ; the fare 
is reduced to 5s., and on Sundays every train will convey 
third-class passengers.—The up and down morning mail 
trains on the London and Birmingham Railway have 
been accelerated this week, the whole distance being 
accomplished in four hours andahalf. For this increased 
speed, and for the superior accommodation which these 
trains, composed wholly of first-rate carriages offer, an 
additional 2s. 6d. per passenger is charged. 
IRELAND. 
Dublin.—The Commissioners of the Great Seal, in the 
absence of Sir E. Sugden, have superseded Mr. Geoffrey 
Martin, from the commission of the peace for Mayo, for 
having attended a Repeal meeting at Ballinrobe on the 
24th ult. The Lords of the Treasury have given notice 
that all revenue officers who may attend Repeal meetings 
will be dismissed from her Majesty’s Service. The 
meeting of the Repeal Association took place on Monday, 
when Mr. O’Connell announced that he had received 
a letter from M. Ledru-Rollin, for which he felt 
exceedingly grateful. It was exactly suited to the 
temper of the times ; but the Jetter was written in French, 
and he had not had time to have it translated. He 
would therefore not read it then, but would move that 
the society adjourn to Friday, for the purpose of reading 
M. Rollin’s letter, and paying it that respectful attention 
to which it was entitled. This gentleman, he said, had 
tender claims upon Ireland, as he had married an Irish- 
Woman, who had shown her taste in making so good a 
choice. He next spoke of the miserable condition of the 
people amongst whom he had recently travelled. Nothing, 
he said, could be more dreadful than the increasing fatness 
of the beasts of the fields, and the increasing leanness of 
the population. They lived in habitations not fit for 
Swine. ‘The clothing they were ragged—not robed—in, 
was disgusting. The brute beast was there everything— 
and man nothing. The soil was abundantly calculated, 
under a better system, to support four times its present 
population. The rent for the week was announced to be 
2,0047. 10s. Sid. It was ordered that the Association 
bands should play none but Irish tunes, with the excep- 
tion of ‘God save the Queen.’”’ Great preparations, it 
Was also stated, were making for an extraordinary and 
purely Irish meeting on the celebrated hill of Tara, and 
new Irish harps were making for the occasion. 
Mayo.—The Repeal demonstration of the county of 
Mayo took place at Castlebar, on Monday. Mr. Mark 
Blake, M.P., in the chair. The local papers estimate the 
numbers present from 250,000 to 300,000 souls. The 
Meeting presented little novelty, but at the dinner in the 
evening, at which Mr. D. Browne, M.P., presided, Mr. 
O'Connell and Dr. M‘Hale, titular Archbishop of Tuam, 
Spoke at great length on the affairs of Ireland, Dr, 
M‘Hale called upon the enemies of Ireland seriously to 
apply themselves to redress her wrongs, to heal her evils, 
to restore her to equality by the management of her own 
Soncerns, and by the enactment, with the consent of the 
British Sovereign, of her own laws. hen, and never 
Until then, would they see the end of this, or of a similar 
agitation. It was well for the Government, for England, 
and for the empire, that the discontent of the people 
flowed through such legitimate and innocuous channels, 
and grateful ought they to be to their illustrious guest 
and the Catholic hierarchy for their lessons of wise 
forbearance, compassionate sympathy, and active co- 
°peration, in forwarding the only measure which could 
bring relief to the people on a large national scale. He said 
that in reply to a petition for an increased grant to May- 
Rooth, the Secretary for Ireland had demanded what quid 
Pro quo would the trustees of the college give the Govern- 
Ment in return? But he would venture to say that the 
Catholics of Ireland were not yet prepared, and never 
Would be, to hand over, for an additional grant to May- 
Nooth, to the Secretary of the Castle, any further control 
Sver the education of their priesthood. The quid pro quo 
Was at the bottom of everything. This it was which Whigs 
the Pories, for they were all equally Saxons, aimed at in 
t ©ir grants for education, and in all their insidious over- 
ures for pensioning the Catholic clergy ; and he was con- 
“inced that if the Government did get the control 
jemanded, it would soon happen that their books of 
*struction and theology would be intrusted to some Saxon 
sacle whom habitual revilings of the Irish people and 
“Ir creed happened to place on one of the archiepiscopal 
Tones of Ireland, recommended by the bigotry of his 
Past life as the fittest instrument silently to work their 
Perversion,’" The Rey. Prelate then proceeded to con- 
oe what would be the result of the present movement, 
“ cluding by assuring his auditors that it must end in a 
Peal of the legislative union. 
At 
in ine verary.— Another murder has just been perpetrated 
fay he north division this county. A respectable 
Too? named Rody Donohoe, who lived at Nicane, near 
mutilated and shapeless mass, with stones and 
The resident magistrate, from Nenagh, was 
of the outrage at midnight, when he concen- 
olice from the adjacent stations, and scoured 
nding country, but without any success. Some 
characters were arrested, but were released 
The murderers, who were four in 
seen by several persons. They were 
rmed with sticks only ; they had been lyin 
pit, and rushed out of it upon their victim. 
This murder, like all others in the same county, with 
one or two exceptions, is attributed to the taking of land, 
and Rody Donohoe was murdered in mistake for his 
brother John, who had lately taken some land in the 
neighbourhood of Toom, from which the Shelleys, rela- 
tives of his by marriage, had been ejected. The mistaking 
of one brother for the other is a further confirmation of 
the four men being strangers in the locality. 
Ahascragh.—The presiding magistrates, after a patient 
investigation into the cases of the different prisoners, 
have determined upon a summary conviction of twenty 
upwards of 40 feet above the level of Frogmore. 
obtain a supply of water on the premises of the New 
Royal Gardens at Frogmore, (which extend over an area 
of upwards of twenty acres,) the Commissioners of Woods 
and Forests determined upon the erection of an enormous 
tank in the private gardens at Windsor Castle, to com- 
municate by means of iron pipes with Frogmore-house 
and gardens ; the private gardens at Windsor Castle being 
This 
tank which is 100 feet long, 10 feet wide, and 7 feet in 
depth, has just been completed by Mr. Stacey, bricklayer 
to Her Majesty. It is composed of brickwork, of a most 
of them. Different judgments were p d, varying 
from 10s. fine (or imprisonment) to 2d. 10s., which was 
the highest penalty inflicted. Ten of the prisoners have 
gone to Galway gaol, the other ten paid the fines. War- 
rants have Ween issued for the apprehension of ten more 
of the rioters. 
Cork.—In pursuance of orders received by Admiral 
Bowles from the Admiralty, the entire fleet at present 
stationed at Cove, is said to have received orders to be in 
readiness to sail in a day ortwo. In pursuance of those 
orders, the Racer and the Tyne have already sailed.—The 
arrangements for the meeting of the British Association 
are nearly completed. The sectional meetings are to be 
held in the Court Houses and Grand Jury Rooms, the 
Chamber of Commerce, and Commercial Building Rooms, 
&c., and it is said that besides the two p des and 
ubstantial and durable character, and faced with cement. 
It will contain 7000 cubic feet of water, or upwards of 
42,000 gallons, and will be kept constantly supplied by 
the Queen’s engine from the Thames, in Datchet-lane ; the 
water pumped up by the Royal engine first supplying a 
large tank on the top of the George 1V. Tower, which 
supplies the fountain and reservoir in the private gardens, 
and thence it proceeds to the newly-erected bricked tank. 
Iron pipes, 6 inches in diameter, are laid down across the 
Home-park from the Castle to Frogmore, with 25 branch 
pipes from the main carried to various parts of the exten- 
sive kitchen-gardens, for the convenient supply of water 
at every part of them. Branch pipes also from the main 
will communicate with Frogmore-house, for supplying the 
whole of the establishment of the Duchess of Kent. Frog- 
soirées given by the associution, a ball on an extensive 
scale, under the direction of the local committee, will 
take place at the Corn Exchange Rooms, which is to be 
boarded over for the occasion, and a gallery raised so as 
to accommodate 1,200 persons. Prince de Canino, 
nephew of Napoleon, is expected to visit this city during 
the meeting of the iati Ballincollig powd ill 
near this city, exploded on Saturday, and two persons 
were killed. 
Monaghan.—As Dr. Coote, of Carn Cottage, was re- 
turning home on the 20th ult., after driving a friend in 
his car to the ferry at Foxshore, Lough Erne, he was fired 
at when going down a hill by an assassin whom he did not 
see. After having travelled some distance on the road he 
got out of the car, and discovered that the ball had per- 
forated the step. The only cause that can be assigned for 
this outrage is, that Dr. Coote had attended an Anti- 
Repeal Meeting in his neighbourhood a few days before. 
SCOTLAND. 
Glasgow.—The local papers announce the death of Mr. 
Charles Mackintosh, of Dunchattan and Campsie, whose 
name is known far and wide as the inventor of the Indian- 
rubber cloth. At an early period of life he distinguished 
himself as a chemist, and became the friend and corre- 
spondent of many of the most celebrated men of his day. 
His successful practical application of scientific principles 
to the manufacture of various ingredients used in the pro- 
cesses of dyeing, printing, and bleaching, is known to the 
whole mercantile world ; and the large works which he 
carried on for these purposes at Hurlet, Campsie, and 
Dunchattan, have long been objects of interest to 
strangers visiting Glasgow. The discovery of a cloth 
impervious to wet, with various other ingenious contriv- 
ances, for some of which patents were taken, extended his 
celebrity, and secured his election as a fellow of the 
Royal Society. 
THEATRICALS, 
HAYMARKET.—A new comedy, in five acts, called 
Moonshine, from the pen of Lady Emmeline Stuart 
Wortley, was produced at this theatre on Thursday night. 
The authoress has laid her scene in Rome, among a party 
of English fashionables who are staying in that city. An 
intriguing mother with a brace of marriageable daughters, 
anda wealthy unmarried nobleman and his younger brother, 
a titled but penniless French adventurer, and a modern 
specimen of a member of Parliament, were the chief 
characters of the piece. There was a good deal of applause 
at the outset, evidently prompted by something of a 
feeling of gallantry ; but as the play went on it became 
less frequent and more feeble in itsexpression. As early 
as the close of the first act there were some sounds of dis- 
approbation, which were occasionally repeated as the 
succeeding acts proceeded. At length coughing and 
sneezing succeeded hissing, and had increased so much 
before the close of the fourth act that Mr. Webster came 
forward and entreated the audience to hear the play to the 
close. This appeal had the effect of restoring silence 
during the remainder of the performance ; but at its con- 
clusion, when Mr. Farren came forward to announce the 
piece for repetition, he was greeted with such a volley of 
cries of “off, off,’’ amidst some very pertinacious applause, 
that he was unable to obtain a hearing. The characters 
were strongly cast, and Mr. Farren, Mrs. Glover, Madame 
Vestris, &c., did their best to ensure success.—On 
Wednesday night, Mr. Webster, the manager, devoted the 
entire receipts of a crowded house towards the fund now 
raising for the relief of the orphans of the late Mr. Elton. 
Tue Parent THEATRES.—It is stated that M. Benedict 
has been engaged by Mr. Bunn as conductor of the music in 
the forthcoming season at Drury-lane Theatre, which will 
open on the Ist Oct. It is presumed that the new lessee 
will make opera, ballet, and spectacle, his staple commo- 
dities of attraction. Mr. H. Wallack, on the other hand, 
is making engagements for Covent-Garden Theatre, which 
lead to the conclusion that he will follow in Mr. Mac- 
ready’s footsteps to uphold the national drama. The 
theatre will open under his management in September. 
#Pligcellancous. 
New Tank at Windsor Castle.—In consequence of the 
difficulties which presented themselves in the attempts to 
use is now but scantily supplied with water from 
some wells in its immediate vicinity, at considerable un- 
certainty and inconvenience. The tank in Her Majesty’s 
private gardens will be covered with cast-iron girders and 
(stone) landings, and will be completely hidden from view. 
It may be observed, that in attempting to obtain a suffi- 
cient supply of water for the new gardens at Frogmore, 
upon the premises, several borings took place, and some 
to the depth of upwards of 200 feet ; but although plenty 
of water was obtained, it would not rise in any one in- 
stance within 15 or 20 feet of the surface. Under these 
circumstances it was deemed necessary either to have a 
steam-engine erected over one of these wells to pump up 
the. water, or to adopt the plan which has now been 
perfected. The latter will prove in the end by far the 
least expensive, as not one farthing further outlay of 
money will be required for a period of many years, and 
an immense daily supply of water obtained for all the 
purposes for which it willbe required. The whole of the 
works, which are most substantial and complete, will have 
been accomplished within a period of five weeks from their 
commencement.— Time. 
Egyptian Antiquities—A letter from Dr. Lepsius, a 
member of the scientific expedition sent by the King of 
Prussia to Egypt, has just announced that the ruins of the 
ancient labyrinth and of the Pyramid of Moeris have been 
discovered. The account states that former descriptions, 
particularly of Messrs. Jomard and Coutelle, by no means 
agree with the real localities, and that the drawing of Mr. 
| Perring Colonel Wyse’s clever architect, gives but a poor 
idea of the existing ruins. There are some hundreds 
of chambers standing, with walls of from fifteen to twenty 
feet high, and the name of Mceris has been frequently 
found amongst the inscriptions. Dr. Lepsius says that 
the supposition of Manethan that this monarch belonged 
to the twelfth dynasty is confirmed. The supposition 
that the ancient Lake of Moeris was at Birke-el-Kernn is 
found to be incorrect. Tbe immense embankments, 160 
feet wide, of the real lake have been discovered by M. 
Linant, a French architect in the service of the Pacha. 
Its use was as a resevoir for the waters of the Nile in 
order to pour them out in times of drought over the 
plains of Memphis and the provinces bordering on the 
Delta.— Times. 
Yaw. 
Vice Cwancenior’s Courr.—(Before Vice-Chancellor Wig- 
ram.)—The Corporation of Gloucester v. Wood.—This was an 
application on the part of the Corporation of Gloucester, calling 
on the Court to order the executors of the will of the late James 
of the Corporation, that amount having been left to the Corpora- 
tion by the will of the deceased. The case, which has been 
before his Honour for several days, closed on Friday. It was 
expected that the Vice-Chancellor would have given judgment, 
bot he deferred doing so until next term, 
Dupuy v. Truman,—(Before Vice-Chancellor Knight Brace.)— 
A motion in this case was made to discharge an order made by 
his Honour on the 22d of June last, saspending the decree pro- 
Chancellor on the 30th of June, and the twenty-eight days during 
which a petition of appeal might be presented had now expired, 
and the defendant had taken no steps to prosecute one. 
Campbell, who appeared for the defendant, said that it had been 
the intention of the defendant to appeal, and in proof of this, he 
stated that he had paid the 1000/., and had entered into the other 
‘The period for an appeal 
pable of any dishonest or improper action. In th 
circumstances, he wished it tc be clearly understood that nothing 
like a compromise had been entered into. Mr. upell, who 
appeared in support of the motion, saitl that not the slightest 
idea of a compromise had ever been entertained. i 
made the order. The decree must therefore be executed as if the 
order for suspending it had not been made, The defendant 
must pay the costs up to the present time. 
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