

Oct. 5,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



cost of the works. — The Sheffield anc 



Infh October next, be worked under the control 

 Midland Company. The basis of the arrangem 



atiinl annuity at the rate of six per cent, per annum 

 ' et " The Sheffield, Ashton, 



of the 

 ement is a 



Krhim Tillway it is stated will, from and after the 



10th 

 Mid 



to e be paid by the latter company. 



d Manchester Company is working successfully, and 



the whole line will be shortly opened. Arrangements it 



rshave 5 een ma de with Lord F. Egerton and the 



Manchester and Birmingham Company for the formation 



f the South Junction through Manchester to connect 

 themselves with the Liverpool and Manchester and the 



• er and canal navigations. Other measures for 

 improving the traffic of the line in connection with the 

 Sheffield, Lincolnshire, and Midland Railways, are also 

 " progress and the shareholders have giveu the directors 

 full powers to carry them out. — The Liverpool papers 

 state that one day last week no fewer than 8000 persons 

 passed from Leeds and York to Hull in three excursion 

 trains ! Not a single accident of any kind occurred. 



IRELAND. 



Dublin.— Lady Heytesbury, the lady of the Lord 

 Lieutenant, was seized with a severe attack of gastric 

 fe«er last week, which assumed so alarming a character 

 that no hopes were entertained of her recovery, and 

 prayers were offered up for her on Sunday at the Castle 

 chapel. We regret to say that her Excellency is still in a 

 precarious state. — It is stated that the Deanery of Killala, 

 vacant by the death of the Hon. G. Gore, is to be conferred 

 upon the Rev. F. F. Trench, perpetual curate of Cloughgor- 

 don, in the county of Tipperary. This is the first benefice of 

 a superior class in the gift of the Crown which has be- 

 come vacant since the appointment of Lord Heytesbury, 

 and considerable interest has been manifested respecting 

 the selection of the new Dean. Mr. Trench has been a 

 supporterof the national system, and has vindicated his 

 opinions on the subject in a published correspondence 

 with his relative, the Earl of Clancarty, whose hostility 

 to the National Board he had endeavoured to remove. — 

 The Land Commission were engaged last week in pro- 

 secuting their inquiries in Tipperary. Their inquiries, it 

 is understood, were very particular, and directed princi- 

 pally to the causes of the agrarian outrages which have 

 disgraced the county. — The projected railway from Derry 

 to Coleraine involves the reclamation from the sea of 

 waste land, whose estimated value is 800,000/., which 

 will be double the estimated expense. So great is the 

 demand /or Irish railway shares, that 10,000 more than 

 could be given were solicited for the Belfast and Balli- 

 mena line.-- The weekly meeting of the Repeal Associa- 

 tion took place on Monday in Conciliation-hall, Alder- 

 raaa Keshan in the chair. Several remittances were 

 announced, including some from the West Indies, Man- 

 chester, Liverpool, and Edinburgh. On the motion of 

 the Hon. Mr. Hutchinson, two resolutions were adopted, 

 one recommending the, weekly collection of the Repeal 

 rent, and the other, that correspondents through whom 

 the money came should be instructed to mention the 

 amount sent from their localities for the preceding six 

 months. The hon. gentleman said that the plan proposed 

 would have the effect of stimulating the country to in- 

 creased exertion in the collection of the Repeal rent. It was 

 well known that the largest contributors to the national 

 fund were a class of persons, comparatively speaking, in 

 the greatest digress, and this fact ought to prove to the 

 Government that the men who made these sacrifices 

 were in earnest. Yes ; the people of Ireland were de- 

 termined to carry out by legal and peaceable means the 

 object on which they had set their hearts. The adop- 

 tion of the principle of conciliation was the very best 

 that could be adopted at the present important juncture, 

 lueirduty was to show their opponents that they were 

 yong and themselves right ; anything like menace 

 should be avoided, for a generous mind would refuse to 



M° ? f\u nj °P inion8 that w ere dictated by force. Mr. 

 *. UConnell read a letter from Mr. Smith O'Brien, 

 containing the following recommendations :— 1. A suffi- 



l T. 8,alf ot Repeal wardens to be appointed for every 

 [,, ' 2 - In every pari>h Repeal rent to be regularly 

 3 "ected, and forwarded to Dublin at least once a month, 

 bl'i , a evei 7 town and village reading-rooms to be esta- 



8 led. 4. The name of every Repealer in the kingdom 

 to M P p 8e ,* the qualifications necessary to entitle him 

 on If ™ 1,ame ntaryor Municipal franchise to be placed 

 read r , e 8 ,8ter of electors. Mr. M. O'Connell then 

 bv rfc • of the sum8 remitted to the Association 



from u ty . 01 Dublin ' from January to September, 1844, 



that 



mat rit • 1830/. 3s. 3d. had been subscribed from 

 lin-ton M , n ? Ju| y la8t - What did the Duke of Wei- 

 the^ is aD h d o Sir R- Peel think of that ? Y 



es ; he pledgt 



c *Patriat d I °- Ur &S &n Irishrnan tbat there were 100 » 000 

 *o co on ll ^ e P ea ' er 8 in London, who were ready 



Much of,? 16 - with their countrymen in all their efforts, 

 could a* lndu »try of England was with them, and he 



h *d atter U | r V hem lbat at al1 the numerous meetings he 

 e *er U ttJ a n that country, not one Englishman had 

 fte cour °° 6 ? ffensive word to him or his cause. In 

 speaker J* 6 0t a ' 8 8 P eec b, which was very long, the 



of thr H preSSed hi8 del »ght that by the recent decision other time; for it was an evidence that the tnousanos 

 knd \u?l l)t Lords . the packed jury system in Ire- who surrounded him, though they might love their fel- 

 foldor,! sent80man y » brave fellow to the scaf- low-countryman much for his humble efforts in tneir 



°een 8a f> COnvict - 8 *ip, bad met its death-blow. It had behalf, were united to a man in their more intense and 

 »f vou pL 7 1 80 " 16 Philosopher— « Get money-honestly more transcendent love of Ireland. Newer at the t 

 «aid «.p°r" tget mon cy." So he (Mr. O'Connell) ster meetings," where the energy and the patriotism of 

 w your Parliament— honestly if you can-but { Ireland were concentrated as if animated by one great 



have your Parliament." He, of course, meant a Par- 

 liament obtained by legal and constitutional means. 

 He advised them to persevere ; to consider those 

 who were not with them against them ; and to duck any 

 person who attempted to inveigle them into secret so- 

 cieties. No power in Europe could trample on the 

 standard of their liberties, and no Government spy could 

 sap their freedom. They had a great leader. Napoleon 

 was a great man, but his glory was obtained by the 

 effusion of blood ; and Washington suffered under the 

 same stain, which, happily, did not blot the fame of him 

 who was destined soon to open those doors whose hinges 

 had been rusted for the last 45 years. They would, 

 under his guidance, turn out the bankers, and see the 

 Repeal flag floating proudly in College-green. All 

 honour to the glorious — the immortal Denman, who 

 had placed the wand of his legal knowledge within the 

 portals of the House of Lords, whence it had come 

 forth like the rod of Aaron — blossoming with justice to 

 Ireland. They had got a Repeal army in London, and 

 should 200,000 Russians land on the English coast to- 

 morrow, if Her Majesty were pleased to call upon the 

 Inspector of Repeal in London, he could tell her, 

 u There are 100,000 fighting Repealers at your service 

 this instant. Let mi', please your Majesty, go out 

 against these Russians with Paddy, and see what we can 

 do." What did they suppose they would do ? Beat 

 the invading army to be sure — with their own weapons 

 too — and return with their Repeal flag triumphant before 

 the throne of the Queen. Peace, order, perseverance, 

 and conciliation must be the instruments through which 

 their independence would be achieved. By adherence to 

 those principles they had hitherto defeated the objects 

 of their enemies. They had fortified their barracks. 

 He was glad to hear it, for the sake of the mason and 

 the bricklayer. They had sent over splendid rifles and 

 musketry, but he had not heard there had been much 

 use for them, except shooting some rats about the bar- 

 rack yards, and, please God, that time twelvemonth 

 there would be still less use for them. The Irish people 

 were loyal to the back-bone, but they owed no allegiance 

 to the Tory faction, and they should pay them none. 

 In conclusion, he told them, amidst tremendous cheering, 

 that the happy day must soon arrive when they could 

 say, in the words of the poet — 



" We tread the land that bore us; 

 The green flag flying o'er us. 

 The friends we tried are by our side ; 

 The foe we hate before us." 



Mr. M. O'Connell, in reference to the last speech 

 begged to say that he was afraid his esteemed relative 

 thought in Irish, and found it difficult to express his ideas 

 in English, and so was hurried into language which he could 

 not approve of. The hon. gentleman then went on to 

 make an elaborate repudiation of M the ducking" doctrine 

 and the Parliament plan recommended by that gentleman, 

 and to administer a gentle rebuke, which was very well 

 received. Mr. H. Grattan handed in 41. from Trim, 

 county Meath, and then addressed the meeting at con- 

 siderable length. He dwelt on the general discontent 

 which at present prevailed — the manufacturer, the agri- 

 culturist, and the landed gentry were all equally dis- 

 satisfied. He declared he could not coincide with the 

 declaration " that those who were not with us were 

 ;ainst M." His colleague, Mr. Corballis, a Roman 

 Catholic gentleman, was not with them, but he certainly 

 was not against them ; and he trusted the time was not 

 far distant when he would be numbered amongst them. 

 It was to the Catholic clergy, the safeguards of the 

 morals of the people, that the salvation of the country 

 was to be attributed. The Government would make an 

 attempt to buy them as well as to sell the Protestant 

 clergy ; but he would tell the Catholic clergy that they 

 would regret to the latest moment any pecuniary favour 

 they might receive from the British Government.— After 

 the* disposal of some routine business, Mr. M. O'Connell 

 announced the Tent for the week to be 349/. 18s. 



Killarney.— The reception of Mr. O'Connell at Kil- 

 Iarnev, on his way from Dublin to Derrynane, is de- 

 scribed by a local Conservative paper as enthusiastic 

 beyond measure. There was a procession on a monster 

 scale, with the usual paraphernelia of flags, bands, and 

 triumphal arches, in honour of the event. On reaching 

 the Kenmare Arms, Mr. O'Connell addressed the people, 

 and, towards the conclusion of his speech, thus touched 

 upon the Repeal agitation in its present state :— Men 

 of all parties, he said, were beginning to look on each 

 other as fellow-countrymen— to hate each other less, and 

 to love Ireland more. Catholic and Protestant were be- 

 ginning to lay aside the shiboleth of party, and to find 

 out that Ireland was indeed a country to be loved. He 

 had come to invigorate his frame in his mountain home ; 

 but he would soon be at his post again. He had left the 

 machinery after him. He had left Repealers and Fede- 

 ralists, Irishmen of different shades of opinion, working 

 together in the cause of Ireland ; and he would pro- 

 phesy that the day was not far distant when they would 

 have " Ireland for the Irish," and Kerry for Kerrymen. 

 How could he thank the men of Killarney for the heart- 

 warm, the splendid reception they had given him ? It 

 was not the first time the honest, leal-hearted, and he 

 was proud to say, the temperate men of Killarney had 

 exhibited their affection for him. That exhibition was a 

 hundredfold dearer to him now than it would be at any 

 other time ; for it was an evidence that the thousands 



heart, had he felt such pleasure as he did at that mo- 

 ment ; for, with the love of country and the hope of 

 country which the vast array before him, combined in 

 their moral power, presented to the mind, there was 

 mingled the soft and the endearing associations which 

 consecrate home. Oh I it made him young again to 

 hear that cheer. There was a heart in that cheer. He 

 then adverted to the state prosecutions. They had taken 

 three months of his life away. How would he repay 

 them ? He would tell them ; he would work harder 

 than ever. (A voice — " Prosecute them.") No, you fool. 

 (A. voice — *' Do.") No; but were they all listening to 

 him ? He would laugh at them, and that will be worse, 

 for all Ireland wo.uld join in the laugh. 



Limerick. — Mr. O'Connell was received with great 

 enthusiasm in this place on his way to Derrynane. In 

 his speech he said, " Repeal is coming. Many of the 

 Protestant gentry have adopted the federal system, and 

 are coming over to our ranks. We hail them as Irish- 

 men and brothers. Thus united, and persevering in our 

 peaceful and constitutional struggle, the day is not dis- 

 tant when we shall see a Parliament in College-green, 

 and Ireland — what God and Nature intended her — pros- 

 perous and contented, happy and free." 



Cork. — Lieut. Puddicombe, of the Royal Marines, 

 whose case has excited so much interest, was brought to 

 trial on Friday, before Mr. Plunket, Assistant Barrister, 

 at the Quarter Session for the East Riding of Cork 

 County. The charge, as our readers are aware, was 

 " stealing plate" at a ball given by Capt. Warren. The 

 Court-house was densely filled, and the trial occupied the 

 entire day. Mr. Puddicombe called no witnesses, but 

 was ably defended by counsel. The verdict of the Jury, 

 after not more than five minuted deliberation, was Not 

 Guilty. The verdict was received with vociferous cheer- 

 ing by the crowded Court, and some time elapsed before 

 order could be restored. 



SCOTLAND. 



Glasgow. — It is stated by the local papers that the 

 intention, which has for some time been entertained, of 

 inviting Professor Liebig to a public dinner in this city, 

 is now in the way of being fulfilled. A large and 

 influential committee has been formed to make the neces- 

 sary arrangements, and the dinner is expected to take 

 place about the 11th inst. The Earl of Eglinton has 

 agreed to preside. — The inauguration of the Wellington 

 statue will take place on Tuesday next, the 8th inst. It 

 is not expected that the Duke of Hamilton will be pre- 

 sent, and the duty of addressing the subscribers will de- 

 volve upon Sheriff Alison, the historian of Europe. The 

 ceremonial will be chiefly military, and extremely simple. 



mon- 



tE&tatricals. 



Drury-Lane. — On Monday Drury-Lane opened 

 with an iclat which promises a brilliant season. This 

 theatre has now assumed entirely the character of an 

 opera-house. The musical company comprises the best 

 dramatic singers that England can produce ; and for 

 the ballet, the array of talent rivals that of Her Majesty's 

 Theatre. The theatre is complete, too, in all the acces- 

 sories of an opera-house. The orchestra contains fifty 

 performer.-, under the direction of M. Benedict ; there is 

 a strong chorus, and a numerous aud effective corps de 

 ballet. The opera of Monday was Balfe's Bohemian 

 Girl, which was performed for the 81st time, and the 

 ballet was a new one called the Corsair, composed by 

 M. Albert. Miss Rainforth and Mr. Harrison were the 

 principal singers in the opera, and on Tuesday Miss 

 Delcy made her appearance in Cinderella, supported by 

 Mr. S. Jones, Mr. D. King, and Mr. Harley. In the 

 ballet the principal dancers were Mdlle. Dumilatre, Miss 

 C. Webster, Mdlle. Delbe's, MM. Albert, Montessu, &c. 



Haymarket. — This theatre opened on Monday even- 

 ing with Mrs. Centiivre's comedy of the Busy Body t 

 one of the successful revivals of last season, aud the after- 

 pieces of Used Up and the Milliners Holiday. After 

 the first piece " God save the Queen" was sung by the 

 company. During the recess the theatre has been re- 

 painted, and a new drop-scene has been painted by Mr. 

 Marshall, representing an Italian seaport, with a stately 

 palace in the foreground. The house was well attended, 

 and the old favourites of the theatre met with a hearty 

 welcome on their several entrances. The patrons of this 

 theatre will learn with regret that Mrs. Nisbett has 

 quitted the stage, and married a colonel in the army, 

 holding a high appointment in the Customs. Mrs. Nis- 

 bett (then Miss Mordaunt) made her appearance at 

 Drury-Lane in '8-9, in the character of " Widow 

 Cheerly" in the Soldier's Daughter, since which period, 

 with the exception of two years after her marriage with 

 the late Captain Nisbett, she has continued to be a mem- 

 ber of Drury-Lane and the Haymarket, the latter being 

 the last establishment in London where her professional 

 exertions were exhi bited . 



miscellaneous. * 



Tithe Commutation A Parliamentary document, 



moved for by Mr. Manners Sutton, has been recently 

 printed, embracing returns of all agreements for the com- 

 mutation of tithes, which have been confirmed by the 

 Tithe Commissioners in the several counties of England 

 and Wales, from the 1st of January to the 1st of July 

 last, specifying also in each case the amount of rent- 

 charge agreed to be paid in lieu of tithes, and showing 

 whether the same be payable to appropriators, impro- 

 priators, or clerical incumbents ; of all awards for the 

 commutation of tithes which have been confirmed by the 

 Tithe Commissioners in the several counties of England 

 and Wales in the same period ; and also of all appoint- 



