A deputation of shareholders in the Dublin and Drogheda Railway
seated on Lord Morpeth on Tuesday, and complained of the inter. ference in their line recommended in the Second Report of the Rail- • way Commissioners. Lord Morpeth had nothing decisive to say on the subject; but the impression of the deputation was, that the Report would not be ncted on.
John Joseph Carrick, who called himself a Catholic priest, but who je probably an impostor, has been apprehended on the warrant of the Dublin Coroner, on at charge of killing, by bad usage, a child, son of a deceased Italian, committed to his care. One of the witnesses said that Carrick burnt the child's legs, dragged it on the ground, and beat it savagely.
For some time past, a good deal of annoyance hns been sustained by farmers who brought potatoes to the quays of Belfast for shipment to Scotland, where they are now scarce and dear. By way of rousing the feelings of the people still more on the subject, a bell has frequently ken rung about the quays at lute hours, cautioning all persons from attempting to ship off potatoes ; and the same mode of excitement was resorted to in Smithfield on Wednesday week. The parties engaged in the ringing affair even went so far as to assume the use of the sove- reign's name as authority for their conduct. On Wednesday, between ten and eleven o'clock, whilst the shipping of potatoes in casks on heard the Rapid steamer, for Glasgow, was going on, and whilst several carts, loaded with hampers, were waiting on the quay for the same purpose, a large mob assembled, and violently proceeded to pre- vent the business being carried on. T hey rolled three casks of pota- toes into the docks; and taking forcible possession of the horses and loaded carts, drove them into Montgomery's market, amidst loud shouts, yells, and cheering. In the midst of the ussault on the quay, Mr. Hill Charley, the active agent of the Dublin, London, and Glas- gow steam-packet companies, exerted himself very much, and at great personal risk, in saving the property front destruction. Before any effective police aid arrived, Mr. Charley, supported by his workmen, secured eight of the ringleaders, and confined them in his own stores ; where they were kept till removed to the prison of the House of Cor- rection, under El strong military force. The steamer sailed in the evening, and we have not heard of any serious injury being done.— Northern Whig.
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