3 OCTOBER 1846, Page 11

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SAWEDAY Nrcarr. The Dublin correspondent of the Times, writing on Thursday, reports si " hitch " in the Irish Government, that may lead to important changes- The Dublin correspondent of the Times, writing on Thursday, reports si " hitch " in the Irish Government, that may lead to important changes- " Mr.Redington, the Under-Secretary, returned from London this mooning; and scarcely had the honourable gentleman set his foot within the Castle of Dublin, when rumours flew abroad to the effect that certain proposals which had been sub- mitted by Lord Besborough, through Mr. Redington, to the Premier, having for their object the immediate application of a large sum of mewl towards the em- ployment of the poor, had not met with the concurrence of Lod John Russell.. Accordingly, the report was, that both the Lord-Lieutenant and the Chief Secre. tarp., conceiving that they were thus debarred from carrying out, in a compre- hensive form, the Government measures of relief, had actually resigned their offices- Of course no very great credit is to be attached to this rumour; but this much is certain, that there is a' hitch' somewhere; which, however, may be got over with- out precipitating a resignation. "Up to post-hour this afternoon, the Lord-Lieutenant and the Chief and Under Secretaries remained in close conference. Nothing, therefore, certain is known— au is enveloped in mystery."

The Morning Herald enumerates the war-steamers and store-ships em- ployed by Government in helping to distribute relief along the coasts or Ireland and the Western coast of Scotland. On the coast of Ireland, there are twelve men-of-war steamers, collectively of 1,756 horse-power, 5,864 tons, and 720 officers and men; three depOts of 3,000 tons and 100 men, and two ordnance lighters; making in all seventeen sail, of nearly 9,000, tons, and above 850 men. On the coast of Scotland, two steamers are to be employed, to rendezvous at Oban, and act under the orders of Commissary- General Sir Edward Coffin.

Accounts received in Dublin on Thursday, from the Irish provinces, in- dicate continued disturbance, without any marked change in its elm racter. One of the men wounded on Monday at Dungarvan died on T1106 day. Apprehensions were entertained that an attack would be made Go the city of Cork by great bodies of rioters who had shown themselves in the neighbourhood. At Sligo, on Tuesday, a large box of bread was seized; and the mob, not finding its contents sufficient, compelled the bakers to supply more.

Mr. Osborne, M.P., has addressed a letter to the landholders of Ireland, urging them to adopt a suggestion of Mr. O'Connell, (" fas eat," he exclaims, " ab hoste doceri,") to form a national committee in Dublin, in order "to assist at this disastrous moment in the management of such Irish affairs as relate to the approaching famine."

"The property of the landlords," says Mr. Osborne, "is a convenient stop-gap; accordingly, should the present system of the 10th Victoria continue, proprietors will eventually be reduced to break stones on the very roads which are about te be created by their own liberal contributions; at least, it cannot be objected, that you have shown an ignorant impatience of taxation!' when one looks at the enormous amount of the various presentments. I would, therefore, humbly advise the proprietors of Ireland, great and small, to act on the suggestion of Mr. O'Con- nell, and that with as little delay as possible. • • • A meeting of the land- holders of Ireland, with the Duke of Lemster in the chair, would at °Tree in.m.er the respectful attention of Government, and the warm sympathy of the English people."