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the a ee were, in the conening Seperate 80,549/. | defeated. ss Be all. events, let them come at now | ment. The second part of the scheme is,.as Sir Harry 
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ids. .; mercha ndise departme 3,974, 19s. Nd. with their m oney, get a Parliament of thei nd | has not yet taken any decided part in politics, to entangle 
\ coal depattonent, 3,006/. 3s. 4d. ; me 137,5300. 17s. then they need fear nothing. Mr. O’ Connell wit in the | him into a proses wide ite - ical Association called 
he g xpenditure for the as 7 ‘t80r . | fir: A dei he did not mate md to die until repeal was | the Pro Bono Publico Society, in the assurance that no 
5s. 7d., leaving a net profit for the half-year ending the | obtain and in the » he felt satisfied that the | step would more effectually injure him in the esteem of the 
3lst Dec., 1841, of 67,4507. 12s. 4d. Add to the profit pebpla" a Treland vine eiiicien ntly w ni instructed, were | haughty and aristocratic girl. The first of these plans suc- 
the surplus from the half-year ending June, 1841, and the | too sober and temperate, and knew too well their duty | ceeds, Sir Harry falli ing ied love with Clara, whom he sees 
disposable fund is 74,1822. 9s.7d. The number of shares | to the higher powers, ‘i do ap gas cate ed to pro- | at thi fair, which is introduced on the stage with some 
entitled to a dividend is 12,090 hundred pound shares. | duce a revolutionary convulsion. Several other subjects | e e receives a iaiier from Clara making an ap- 
The directors recommend a dividend of 5/. per share, | of little interest were discusse , and Mr. O’Connell poitment, when he writes a note accepti ing it; ; but before 
amounting to 60,450/.: also the payment of a third in- | continued his address ~ a great length. On the even- | it is sent, a deputation from the Pro Bono Publico So- 
stalment of the reserved interest on 5,100 original 100%. | ing of the same vi left Dublin for vere *- ek ciety wait on him to request that he will take the chair at 
shares, 12. an eve -tciabe ; and on the 5,100 first quar- | present at the rig of Pe rliament on rsday. one of their meetings, which he indignantly rejects. They. 
ter shares 2s. per share, 510/.; total, 66,060/., which, Cork.—A loc a papers states eS the old eres ae It is | however, require his refusal in writing, to which he con- 
- aiag edie 5 eee the available Mega as above stated, | a bad wind that blow ody good ”’ has just been veri- | sents; but in mistake gives them the note he had written 
will leave a balance of 8,122/. 9s. 7d. to be carried to the | fied a f Denerdhe teams ch a cae wn storm, which blew | for Clara, and sends to the latter the answer meant for 
next half-year’s account. We are fnfeead y the ‘* Rail- pre nearly 1,000 trees on the estate of Lord Viscount | the deputation. This brings about an éclaircissement. 
way Times’ that the number of passengers carried on | Do eral, has brought comfort to the poor of that town | Clara in an interview with Vivid discloses the plot which 
= Great Western bees on somes pe Ae ult. (the | and neighbourhood ; his lordship having ordered that | is working against his happiness; and Miss Temple, who, 
day of tlie christening f the Prince of Wales) was 6,375. ee should be permitted to take away for their own use | in revenge for Sir Harry’s fickleness, had employed Bald- 
A few days since the ss senger get from Haswell to | the tops and branches of all the trees so blown dow win to spread a counter report of her intended marriage 
| Hartlepool was proceeding towards Castle Eden, when a PANS EAT he Te ts LB St with him, becomes reconciled to Sir Harry ; whilst Mr. 
. rail was sprung in — ar ~ as <2 enter oe ae part THEATRICALS. Baldwin suddenly renounces the error of his ways, and 
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Sof the cae Paee ng Are ite rt Of the root, eThe |, DavRY-Laxz.—On Monday his Majesty the King of | Eeen in secret devoted tohim, ‘Theacting of the performers 
coach was full of passengers, but no one, fortanatcls, re- Prussia. hon pm aa this ie theirs with a hie bree scletiny ene was good, and well ustained ; more especially that of Mr, 
: ceived any injury. The bar, however, it seems, touched ue ss iie Wasi eer “e © | Wallack,. Mrs. Pettingall, and Mrs. Yarnold, The piece 
, King’s request to admit of his Majesty s “i at Staf- 
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one gentleman’s hat, and another was thrown from his {sed Hoesoy S caltth, died Tuk e and Ehncieeot Ot feather land, 
seat by the shock, to which circumstance his ppt Ricete 
is attributed, as the rail struck through the ci #) where af half-past gam The play selected for the occasion py 
was sitting, and, had he retained that position, would, it i the King was ‘The Two G 
appeared to be regarded by the audience as too long, and 
in many parts tedious, the Bite ormance occupying more 
than four hours: but on whole it was well received, 
ie for sedis every night, amid consider- 
thought, inevitably have killed him on the spo dirs Majesty, who arrived at the theatre punctually at six, was able lau 
uesday some alarm was occasioned by a send that an | 7eceived by Mr. Macready with formalities observed Ce 
accident had occurred by the fall of the buildings at on such occasions, and conducted to the Queen's private Miscellaneous. 
ps ‘ ation! e Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, | 2OX,*on entering which he was greeted with loud cheers 
The e much exaggerated, a portion caer: ro from every part of the house, which he acknowledged by Capture ws winieget Pg 4 itelngente reais at Ports- 
the building having ie: by which five men were injured, bowing eepeehany both to the notes and the pit. The | mouth, we that H.M. brig Waterwitch, 
Sates Waatib ait house, though full, a not crowded, owing. it is supposed, Matson, captured on the 20th Oct. the duvet Don 
to the fact that his Majesty’s visit had not been made | Francisco, fitted for receiving slaves. On the 28th of the 
IRELAND. m oe by previous announcement. The national anthem same month she captured the notorious slaver the Erma- 
Dublin—The contested election for this city, which | was first sung by the aie yastipente of the company, a linda, with a cargo valued at upwards 0 4000/., including 
terminated on Saturday, passed over without much ex- a forth eas nd. long-continued applause from al a London-built carriage that cost 400/., and a pair 0 
citement or any disturbance of eace; an an- | parts of the H , in King j . | handsome greys, intended as a bribe from the slave-mer- 
nouncement being officially made by the sheriffs, that Mr. | medy then followed, and was throughout well githirtaed hant (owner of the prize) for the rowan os ase ves 
regory was returned by a large majority, all parties re- Pthe acting, though not 1 received with gene eral en mbhusinsms prize was sent to Sierra Leone for condem 
turned to their ee without any gréat demonstration of | appearing to g ty, 2 ewspaper Statistics.—A morning paper re the fol- 
public fe@ling.— us accounts have been received from | who was more frequent in the appl lause he gave t ‘aie lowing | 
the Borie: aoesitag the effects of the Gira on the | one else in the house, and appeared perfectly to aoderstand in different parts of theworld: —In Spain there are 12 news- 
26th ult., from which it appears that loss of life and pro- | its different merits. "The King was furnished, on entering papers; in Portugal, 17; in Switzerla nd, 36; in Russia 
perty toa ak extent has been the consequence. The | the box, with a sap containing te pl ay, and paid great aid Polan a, 84; in Holland, 150; in Gre eat Britain, 
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injury done to Wellesley-bridge, Limerick, is said to | attention to every scene Immediately on its co ve sc nearly 300; in Prussia, 288; in the other Germanic: 
amount to upwards of two thousand pounds. The manors | or rather before the last scene was quite over, his Majesty states, 305 ; "in Australia,9; in Asia, 27; in Africa, 12 pe f 
and demesnes of Lords Waterford, Carew, and Duncan- | retired from the sre midst the cheers of the house ; aod and in America, 1,138. T ee number of newspapers — 
non, have suffered greatly ; the finest timber being de-| on entering t the carriage in waiting for him, was also much | published in Europe i is 2,14 
stroyed and all the beautiful seats in the county of Water- | cheered by the maultitude without ed Crab of India.—An scene ire of tho 
ford being more or less damaged. In some parts of the| | Covent-GarpEN.—On Wenn cate King of Prus- | Times recently gave a long a of a species of crab, 
south, it seems, large quantities of eee have been | sia honoured this theatre with his sence, where a | which he appears to ‘think ei “hitherto been unnoticed ; 
swept away ; and the demesnes in the county Limerick | crowded audience had assembled to eaiedies him. His | the following extracts from his letter may be interesting 
have lost some of bay ae aes trees. Several ves- | Majesty had dined with the Duke of Cambridge, and for | to our readers :—* Within stot distance of Point Pal- 
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sels were wrecked on the coasts of Kerry and about Lime- | his accommodation the hou aot: anes was post- | myra, on the Coromandel coast, and on the road leading. 
m rick. way ae pee cates the intelligence of | poned till eight, and the pant played as the first | by the sea-side to the Rit famed Black Pagoda, is to be 
m the loss of thi irty-five fishing boats during the night of the piece, to allow of his pneunes the F tvath play selected by | met with, at certain sea of the year, a pe species - 
_ hurricane, with crews of from five to six persons in each | his mere, for t € occasion, which was the ‘‘ Merry | of crab, whieh it wand-< appear has hitherto escaped the 
_ boat, making a total loss of life of 170 to 180 persons. Wive indso The King entered the theatre | notice of naturalists. As myself and a friend were walk- 
_ This event took place to the north of Sline head. Several shortly ater a. ‘si his appearance was the signal for the | ing, during the — of ees — the fae ie to- 
other wrecks, attended with serious loss of life, are also | same gratifyi 7 demonstrations as have marked his pro- wards Patam s befo: med a 
_ detailed in the provincial papers.—The eae Res of the | gress aencade a very class of the English public. The | un uniform red hue, as if ny ee Wivined with: a 
Society of Friends have, it is said, been strenuously ex- | audience rose to receive him, and heed again and again, | scarlet cloth, Dn hi extended as seve > as the eye 
_ erting themselves to save the life of the murderer Dela- | whilst his: Majesty proces himself in front of the hor,” 
hunt, on the ground that he is a monomaniac. His exe- | and repeatedly bowing to the different so of the house, myriads ¢ minute 
cution is angamnted to take place this day.—A meeting of | seemed fully to appreciate this kindness. The whole ars ng ps 4 the moment they became sensi = our 
_ the Repeal Association was held on Tuesday, when, after | vocal strength of the company then appeared on the stage, | approach mp gens or paca h bef eset behind as: ee 
_ Some preliminary business, Mr. O’Connell rose, and hay- | to sing the ane lacigereats nthem of ‘ Der Landes | the sand ata — rt distance, both before and be Ss, in 
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_ ing made some allusions to a repeal meeting that had been | Vater,’ barmoni this occasion by the Chevalier | its ma apne 1 Bors 
a Palherihe held in Dundalk, referred to the recent election | Neukomm, and the wor rds rien Faas ed b Bs ts nig egy ee 6 ge = der ee jalawto 
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or this city, observing that they could no longer measure | ‘‘ God Save the Queen ” was Fn gc toe Si thelatter, and in lieu of it being furnished with an acicular 
swords with the Tories. They had, he said, an overwhelm- | lowed the drama, which was throughout well performed. " 
ing majority to support them in England, and in Ireland | The ballads i sete were cleverly sung, more par- spike, whit SS eal i 
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One or two additional Se gh were not so much a mat- | ticularly the duet ‘I know a bank,” by Madame Vestris las a we ces 0 
_ ter of importance to Meira s that they ee ee the | and Miss Rainforth, which was encored by his Majesty also, instead of ‘be: hte ne red on Ape et hi 
_ Tepeal fiag. The lat afection o s the last at which he | and the whole audience. hout the entire play the and compressible, and filled with a red flui spproad ing 
i an r| Ki t and was fre- | the colour of vermilion At some s 
_ lose, he would never again vote for any but a Repealer in | quent in his plaudits. His Majesty and suite stayed till ‘i 2 — gm cates busily y engaged in eae ee 
_ Dublin. He had courted the Orangemen, he proceeded | the middle of the fourth act, when he retired privately, | creat and th ; e M this bi ing 0 : righ 
_ to say, for years, and had made the experiment of the | and = eth without Kee = for any farther demon- | scarlet ot probably enables it 0 e yataoe Lites stea pre 
_ Precursor Society to ascertain whether an Imperial Par-| stration of respect. A lar ge of persons Ae watchful prey unheeded, and without alarming them. 
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_ liament would render justice to Ireland, and the utter in- pa ka a utside the Senie: eo Youd cheered his | In about a month afterwards the periodical = atte rite ® 
_ utility of both attempts had been demonstrated. Yet, he | Majesty ae his ee t i we aa 
_ Would ask, had they deserved the contempt and injustice | HayMa —A dy as produced : at this te se 
with which they had been treated? He trusted, however, | theatre on “Saturday under the ttle of “Marriage.” | The P which, 
that the contrast between them and their enemies would following is an ou of the plot :—Mr. H Wallet) | ete as 
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_ perfect political rights. Mr. O’Connell then proceeded, has at heart no disinclination to receive the addresses of 
F ‘some considerable length, Be comment on a letter that | Sir Harry Vivid (Mr. Wallack), a ay. and somewhat 
_ had been published some time since by the Earl of Shrews- | fickle gens = fashion. But there is a certain Mr, Bald- 
_ bury, in reference to the Baan Catholic religion; after | win (Mr. Stuart), a mystert erious and gloomy earn rot 
_ Which, some subseriptions were anno mame and the se- | fatally nidicted to era who. 49 ‘ayes his affections 
fees informed the meeting that the signatures to peti- | upon Miss Temple, but suspecting hi Shrim aputeg 
3 tions for repeal received since last day of meeting amounted | favour of Sir. Harry, he deems it bapors sible to gain the 
55,000; Mr. Fitzpatrick, a town’ councillor, then ad- | lady unless he can succeed in estranging her regard from 
= eeting, alluding with considerable warmth to | the baronet. To effect this, he pelea ze Pyrng sch em 
® recent election for this city, and calling on his fellow- | concert with a gambling ece Si Her ee We bster) ; 
r repeal. If M atta i 
