IRELAND.

The disposition-to disorder, which suffered some abatement towards the middle of September, has reappeared in a more aggravated form in the county of Cork. On Wednesday in last week, at Clashmore, near Youghal, a most violent outbreak occurred. The occasion was the ad- journed meeting of the extraordinary presentment sessions, at which Lord Stuart de Decies presided. Thousands are said to have congregated out- side the Sessions-house; the crowd being composed mainly of Lord Stuart's poor tenants on Shove Greive Mountains. Many were clamorous for food. The business of the sessions was despatched with a good deal of confusion: nearly every work asked for was granted, to the amount of thousands of pounds. As the proceedings were drawing to a close, it was apparent a bad spirit was abroad among the people. Several expressions of a violent nature were made respecting Lord Stuart's small subscription of Si. only to the relief-fund: much umbrage was taken also at his having stated from the chair that 10d. a day was ample wages, and that the work could not be commenced in less than ten days. The Magistrates endeavoured to quiet the people, but without effect. " When Lord Stuart, who:was one of the last of the authorities to leave the Sessions-house," says a local writer, 'appeared among the crowd, their excitement grew to an intense pitch; menaces, threats, and opprobrious epithets, were showered on him, which were succeeded by attempts at violence. With some difficulty he got into his carriage ; when immediately his servant put the horses in a gallop, and flogged them most violently to keep them at the fullest speed. The mob followed in numbers, many of them by a short route, to stop his departure, and pro- ceed to extremities; which Sir Richard Musgrave perceiving, a party of the Hussars were despatched for his escort and protection. With difficulty they were enabled to keep them back, and his Lordship fled to Dromana at full speed. On the Hussars' return, the mob gathered in the churchyard, which is much higher than the road, armed with stones; and with most violent yells and execrations against the military, they immediately com- menced an attack on them. A ringleader, named Power, from the parish of Grange, was very severely sabred, but was carried off by the populace; when their assaults were redoubled. Several of the horsemen were severely hurt; and the force being small, they had to retreat for their lives to Lord Huntingdon's farm-yard, which was immediately barricaded. The crowd committed no violence on the inhabitants of Clashmore, and left the place by degrees as night approached."

On Thursday, a mob of thousands marched down to Fisher's mill at Pill- town, just opposite Youghal, vowing vengeance if Indian meal were not sold at ls. per stone from the mill, and corn ground for ld. per stone. They they proceeded, armed with sticks, stones, spades, hammers, (such as are used in repairing roads,) and other weapons, to the Ferrypoint. But they contented themselves with threats of vengeance against the ferrymen and boatmen should they carry corn or provisions over to the Youghal merchants. The house of a farmer named Wynne was plundered; several other farmers were compelled to swear that they would not take their corn over to Youghal; and again the mob marched down to the Ferrypoint to show themselves.

"An express having gone off to the Admiral at Cove, from the Magis- trates, informing him that the navigation of the river was impeded, the Myrmidon was immediately despatched; and having a fair wind, it arrived off the harbour at about half-tide— three o'clock, p.m. The commander got out all his boats, filled with Artillery and Marines, and pulled into the harbour; the launch, carrying a nine-pounder in her bow, coming in last; the steamer coming to an anchor about half-past four o'clock. This sea- sonable arrival seemed to deter the country boys, and they again returned to their homes."

Meanwhile, the disorder broke out in other parts of the neighbourhood. "The poor-relief committee of Killeagh met at Father Power's residence. After the meeting, a large mob entered Mr. Conolly's mill, and carried off quantities of meal and flour. The Magistrates used every exertion to pre- vent the attack, assisted by Father Maurice Power, but without avail; and a requisition was despatched by Mr. Hudson to Youghal, for the military. Before their arrival at Killeagb, in consequence of the apprehended attack on Youghal, they were countermarched back. Meantime matters wereit some degree appeased. An advance of wages was given,—the refusal having been the occasion of the disturbance,—and the greater part of the corn and meal was returned to Mr. Conolly.

Friday brought no change. "At an early hour, Sir Richard Musgrave proceeded up the river with the Marines, Artillery, small-armed men of the Myrmidon in their boats, with a twelve-pounder in the bow of the launch, and taking a lighter of corn seized above Ballynatray, towed her into Youghal without difficulty. The country people were deterred by the strength of the force, and came to no collision with them; and, with the exception of shouting and yells, no harm has yet happened." An attack on the town was at one time apprehended; and there was con sequently great alarm. Requisitions were coming in from the neighbour- hood for the military; but none could be spared.

The merchants held a meeting at eleven o'clock on Friday; and a strong memorial was adopted to the Government, calling on them to send in food and make the town a commissariat &pot, or the consequences will be fear- ful: a resolution was come to immediately to bring into the town some thousands of barrels of Indian corn. A deputation set out for the purpose of purchasing it; and a subscription-list to an amount between 2,0001. and 3,000/. was signed to guarantee any loss arising from a fall in the markets.

On the following day an immense mob of people from both sides of the Blackwater came into the town armed with clubs. The military were under arms; and every preparation made for resisting an attack: none, however, was attempted. A number of merchants met, and subscribed 2,5001. to purchase Indian meal and keep down the market. On the Sa- turday all was quiet. On Sunday, arrived Mr. Benson. who had been commissioned by the Government to give employment to the labourers at one shilling a day. His presence was hailed with gratitude by the people; who dispersed quietly.

At Duugarvan, the tumultuous assemblage of the people has resulted in bloodshed. A letter written in the place, on Tuesday evening, relates the event. " Yesterday, vast numbers of people, to the amount of eleven or twelve thousand, marched in here from the surrounding country, and pro- ceeded to attack bakers' shops, from which they took quantities of bread, The mob were about to attack the stores of merchants and others; but, for tunately, a troop of Dragoons, which had been ordered in consequence of the apprehension of riots, arrived from Nilmacthomas, and, with the co- operation of the military force already here, prevented further depredations. In the afternoon, however, in the dusk of the evening, some of the populace commenced throwing stones, and the Dragoons had to charge them repeat- edly. The people, however, still continued throwing stones, and the state of affairs began to look very serious. The Dragoons were then ordered to fire, and it is stated about twenty shots were discharged. Two men were seriously wounded. They are still living; but several others, it is feared, Were wounded more or less severely amongst the crowd; who fled subse- quently to the firing. The town has been since perfectly free from all dis- turbance; but dreadful excitement and alarm prevail amongst all classes here. It was owing to the commendable forbearance of the military that much more disastrous results did not ensue."

"So far as I can learn, those riots are attributable to discontent amongst the peasantry as to the amount of wages of the public works—no definite sum having been fixed as yet. In the first instance eightpence a day was offered, but the people refused that rate as utterly insufficient. Tenpence was then offered, but also refused. In the course of yesterday a written paper was handed from the people to the Magistrates, requiring that their wages should be le. per day, and that they should be supplied -with Indian meal at a corresponding price by the stone, to enable them to give sus- tenance to their families. My own impression is, that if those terms are complied with, we shall no further disturbances.

"The shipping of grain from this port to Liverpool had been suspended, owing to reports that the fishing-boats prevent any vessels from exporting food; but one of the merchants is now about to despatch a vessel with wheat."

Kilworth has also been the scene of a riot. A meeting of the relief committee had been appointed to be held on the Tuesday. "Early in the morning a threatening notice was found thrust under the hall-door of the Earl of Mountcashel; at the hour of twelve, his Lordship walked from his mansion to the town to attend the committee, where he found thousands pouring in, in bodies, from the adjacent glens and mountains. Fearing a serious breach of the peace, he lost no time in sending a requisition to the officer in command of the Seventy-seventh Regiment, stationed at Fermoy, and took other precautions for the maintenance of public order." Dense masses of people, with implements of husbandry in their hands, assembled opposite the place of meeting. At first they were peaceable; but as the numbers increased, signs of tumult were manifested. Unmindful of the advice of the Reverend Mr. Daly, the mob proceed to attack the bakers' shops. They put a loaf of bread upon a pole, and paraded the town. Having made an attack upon a publican, they proceeded to the gate of Lord Monnteashers demesne, and endeavoured to break in; but on the ap- pearance of the Police, they retired. Some soldiers then arrived, and the rioting ceased.

At Castlemartyr, a mob broke open the bakers' and hucksters' shops, and seized the bread. The people then proceeded to the residence of the Earl of Shannon; and they threatened to pull down the castle- but ab- stained from further violence. When the Dragoons who had been sent for arrived, the mob had retired. The village remained quiet under the pro- tection of the military.

At Fermoy, on Thursday the 24th September, the contractor's cart, which was carrying the daily supply of bread to the Fermoy Workhouse WM stopped on Barrack Hill by a large number of persons, who declare they were starving;"and they carried away the entire contents by force. "On Saturday morning," says the Limerick Chronicle, "the carriers of six loads of oats, which were being conveyed from Croom to market in this city, were attacked near Caress by a large party of countrymen, who stopped the horses and ripped the bags open, allowing the grain to be strewed in the mire. They swore they would not permit corn to be sent out of the county; and subsequently destroyed three firkins of butter which another countryman was bringing to town."

At Crookhaven, the misery is described as most appalling. Of the masses who crowded into Golen on the morning of the 25th September, many had been living for some time on one bad meal in twenty-four hours. The people listened to the exhortations of the priests, and dispersed.

' The Nenagk Guardian an Orange paper, records an affecting incident. A large body of famishing men had come into Nenagh, some of whom had walked nine miles, and had not eaten a single morsel, "with the exception of a bad potato, since the day before." They waited upon Mr. Crawford, the county-surveyor, beseeching employment- " The appearance of one of the men was truly pitiable. He stated his name to be Ryan, and said he was from the parish of Lateragh. His care-worn visage and emaciated countenance too clearly indicated that the stamp of gaunt famine was upon his brow. Mr. Crawford having again reiterated his assu- rance that he would lose Dot a moment in setting them to work, the deputa- tion retired, expressing their thankfulness to the county-surveyor, and then pro- ceeded to tell the crowd outside the building what they had learned from Mr. Crawford. On hearing of the result of the conference with Mr. Crawford, some impatience was manifested among the populace. It is impossible,' says one of them, we can wait any longer! there is corn in the fields and !niggards, and we cannot starve.' 'Wait with patience a little longer—God is good,' exclaims a , female voice in the crowd. I have,' she says,' five children—they are hungry— they are in want—I do not mind myself nor my husband: but do not rob--do nothing mean, boys—do nothing to disgrace us.' After some short time, the people separated with the hope and under the impression that employment would speedily be granted."

The Longford Journal reports an active movement in the district round Ballinalee against the payment of rent. Mr. J. Johnston, of Dundalk agent to Mr. George Maconchy, ha 1 given notice that he should sit in Ballinalee on the 21st September to receive rent. On the previous night,' Mr. Maconchy's tenants were visited by a number of armed men, who threatened with death any persons who should pay rent. Accordingly, on the Monday, Mr. Johnston waited in vain—none of the tenants made their appearance.

At the various presentment sessions money has been voted without stint —nearly 200,000/. has been presented at the first six sessions in the county of Cork. In Clare, the total presentments exceed 300,0001. At one baro- nial sessions in the county of Donegal 40,0001. was presented without a question; and at Castlebar as much as 80,000/. has been voted for local works. A sum of 80,0001. has been presented for the barony of Murrisk in Mayo. Trughenackny has agreed to an assessment of 65,0001.; Clanmaurice, 25,9741.; and Iraghticonnor, 20,4911. At Cahirciveen, the Magistrates or the district are stated to have increased the amount previcat ly granted to 20,0001. A similar sum was presented at Knockcroghery in Ro.common.

At Clifden, one of the wildest parts of the extreme West of Ireland, a meeting was held; at which the concourse of people is likened to the monster meeting of 1843. There was at first some confusion among the people, but order was ultimately restored, and a sum of 40,000/. was pre- sented. These are a few of the most notable presentments: in many other districts smaller sums, amounting in some cases to ten and twelve thousand pounds, have been voted.

The following resolution for employing the poor on reproductive labour was brought forward and adopted by the assembled landlords at the Den- nifore sessions in Meath, on the 23d September-

" We, the undersigned landlords, whose properties are now under the act of the 9th and 10:h Victoria, for the employment of the labouring poor in this district, feeling anxious that the employment of the labouring poor may be made avail- able for remunerating purposes, as well as for the best advantage and interest of the country, and to those persons liable to the assessment, as well as to lessen the tax the occupying tenants may be liable to, hereby propose and offer to our re- spective tenants to furnish them with as many labourers from the public list, for additional work on their respective farms, as they may require, and to pay them for two months their wages weekly; the tenant repaying one moiety thereof in six months, whereby the tenant will have his work done forthwith at half-price, and will lessen the labourers employed on the public works on the roads; for which they will receive no benefit, and by which means the tax may be by degrees ultimately reduced to a very low rate: and that in payment of their respective rents, to allow a deduction therefrom for such parts of the land as have been under an un.productive potato crop. That the object of confining the time to two months is, that it is hoped and considered that Government will within that period have the act amended, so as to permit the labourers to be employed on re- munerative works."

After Mr. Naper had signed the resolution, Mr. O'Reilly of Beltran& made an appeal to the meeting on the duty as well as policy of making every possible remission of rent, thus to insure the maintenance of good feeling with the tenants. "I think," he said, "the first rule for this com- promise should be this—first, let the tenant retain, if he have it, what will be sufficient to feed himself and his family; secondly, let him retain what will be sufficient to crop his farm. Anything beyond this will belong to the landlord. A good landlord will go a little further, namely, forgive the half-year's ground-rent of all potato lands. And tenants must bear in mind that landlords will not be able to pay their labourers and support themselves unless tenants make every exertion to pay as much as they possibly can according to their means."

The Lord Chancellor has issued a notice to all guardians, committees, and receivers of the estates of minors and lunatics under the Court, calling upon them to see how far the Labour-rate Act can be beneficially applied to estates under their control. "The act empowers guardians and com- mittees to make application to the Commissioners of Public Works for advances by way of loan, according to the terms therein prescribed; and it will be proper to obtain from the Commissioners such instructions ar they may have framed for the purpose of carrying out its provisions. When it is ascertained that the act can be beneficially made use of on any estate,

it will be the duty of the receiver-committee, or guardian of it, to lay a statement of the facts before the Master in the matter, or the Vacation

Master, for his direction; who will decide whether application for an ad- vance should be Made and give instructions accordingly." With regard to useful works other ;ban public ones, guardians and others are desired to submit them to the Master with a view to his procuring the requisite order of the Court.

Lord John Russell has replied, in a rather lengthy communication, to the memorial emanating from the public meeting held in this city, in fa- vour of such naval works in Cove as would render our harbour in some respect equal to its natural advantages, and to the pet naval ports of Eng- land.—Cork Examiner.

A deputation, consisting of Sir David Roche and Mr. Monsen of Tervoe, had an audience of the Lord-Lieutenant, on the 24th September, to present a memorial agreed to at a baronial meeting held in the county of Limerick, on the 22d. The main point in the memorial was the recommendation that all relief monies should be expended in permanent improvements of the soil, by drainage or otherwise, but not in ordinary cultivation. Lord Besborough is reported to have entered warmly into the spirit of the reso- lutions laid before him: he fully acceded to the necessity of adopting the plan; and concluded by giving the deputation reason to believe that, pre- viously even to the assembling of Parliament, the Executive in this country would adopt the suggestions recommended.

A deputation from the Royal Agricultural Improvement Society also waited upon the Lord-Lieutenant, for the purpose of presenting an address, the prayer of which was nearly similar to the memorial from Limerick. In his reply, Lord Besborough held out hopes of compliance with the main wish on the subject. He said that he fully concurred in the general prin- ciple laid down in it—namely, the propriety of employing the labouring classes upon works connected with husbandry, if possible, and of a profit- able and reproductive nature; but be feared that the Presentments Act did not enable them to do so, as the law-officers of the Crown had given it as their opinion that its operations were confined to public works alone, such as are contemplated in the Grand Jury and Presentment Acts, by which it was construed. He had, however, communicated his views on the subject, as well as those of others, received from all quarters in a simi- lar strain to her Majesty's Government; and without being able to pro- mise anything specific, he hoped to have it in his power shortly to give them information on the result of the communication, which he trusted would be satisfactory.

The Daily News, exhorting the Government and people of Ireland against giving way to panic, sums up the actual state of available re. mimes—

"The stores of food already in the country, or on their way to it, are sufficient to feed the people till the next harvest. There is a very considerable amount of

home-grown grain and Indian corn in. private hands in Ireland. About the

middle of August there were in the various d4pflts 430 tons of oat-meal; 7,500 sacks, 13,000 barrels, and upwards of 5,000,000 pounds of Indian corn meal, besides 8,000 bushels of Indian corn. The stores since that time have rather been increased than diminished. The Commissariat sent out large orders for In- dian meal and other grain to the United States by the packets of the 4th and 19th of last month, and farther orders are to be sent by the packets of the pre- sent month; so that large supplies may be expected in the course of six sleeks. Commercial letters from New York mention large shipments of grain making there to private account. The military stores in Irehuid have been placed at the disposal of the Commissariat. Six Government steamers are incessantly busy carrying fresh supplies of grain and meal to the various depOts; and several fri-

gagates me being fitted up as floating dEpOts . , While Government is thus providing reserve stores to meet any possible short- coming in private supplies, the arrangements for providing employment whereby the people may earn the means of purchasing the food, are in active progress. There are (including counties of cities and towns) 322 baronies in Ireland. Ex- traordinary presentment sessions have been proclaimed for 202 of them; and a majority of these have met, passed presentments, and voted assessments. The county-surveyors and the officers of the Board of Works have in all these baronies lists of works which can be begun immediately; and the money is to be advanced ,out of the Treasury; so in a month or six weeks at furthest, the unemployed destitute may beto work in every barony where immediate distress prevails

in Ireland. y, labourers are employed on some of these works in Tipperary.

Mr. Ralph Osborne, M.P. for Wycombe, has written a letter to Lord John Russell on the tendencies of the recent Irish Relief Act. After stating that although lie deprecates the measure, he has endeavoured to the utmost of his power to give effect to it, under the conviction that there was no alternative between "the refusal of a bad measure and the starvation of a people," Mr. Osborne comes at once to the substance of his strictures-

' Can your Lordship be fully informed as to the state of this unfortunate coun- try? ate you aware that in some baronies they have lately presented sums of money exceeding the valuation of the rental of those baronies, on the speculation that they can never be called on to repay the borrowed money? Further, are you aware that the entire of this money will be laid out on works of public inutility? that we are literally endeavouring to make mountains of mole-hills,' laying out roads that lead nowhere, and planning works which will benefit no one but the county-surveyors—creating, in fact, a gigantic system of' unproductive labour, to be repaid by borrowed money '—introducing habits of laborious indolence in the shape of breaking stones among an agricultural population, whilst the land which is to pay for all will derive no benefit from the labour about to be wasted on the roads? I believe there is but one opinion among all classes, of the mis- chievous tendencies of this measure. Mr. 1?oulett &rope himself would never have contemplated such a scheme of out-door relief: his plan was to employ the able-bodied poor on productive labour; nor does he dispute the fact, that if em- ployment does not pay for itself and enable the rate-payers to meet the increase of taxation, they (the rate-payers) must eventually be classed among the destitute poor. For my own part, I would infinitely prefer the enactments of the Forty- third of Elizabeth to the introduction of an act which trains labourers to the de moralizing work of breaking stones, and offers a premium to indolence and road- jobbing."

He condemns that part of the Treasury minute of the 31st August which directs that the wages given to persons engaged on relief-works shall in every case be at least twopence a day less than the average wages in the district. Referring to the Ministerial declarations that Indian meal would be retailed to the people at one penny per pound, he avers that the price of meal has been and is rising; being now in many parts as high as Is. 10e/. the stone. The destitution being universal, the remedies must be of a like character. The landlords do not quarrel with the imposition, but the application of the tax- " The present enactment is a direct impediment in the way of an improving proprietor, and will inflict an infinite degree of private loss, without effecting any corresponding public good. I do not urge the levying a tax on the mortgagee, since it may be a matter of doubt if such a measure would be practicable, even if it were jest; but surely persons deriving jointures and annuities front land might justly be called on to furnish their quota of taxation in aid of the public distress."

"If your Lordship will turn to the report of Lord Devon's Commission, page 27, you will see that it strongly recommends 'giving greater facilities for the sale of landed estates.' Indeed, the laws with regard to the transfer of real pro- perty—the settlements, charges, &c.—are one cause of the backward state of this country. Out of a population of 8,000,000, there are scarcely 8,000 pro- prietors in fee, and there are few spots in Ireland (as I have been mformed on competent authority) where the blighting influence of the law as relates to real property is not traceable; and unless greater facilities be given for the circula- tion of land by purchase there can be no effectual improvement in Ireland. It is difficult of credence but it is a fact, that scarcely one man in 100,000 lives in his own house, rent being paid for it in some shape or another. To buy a spot free from rent is most difficult: large estates may -be purchased, but to sell an estate is an affair of enormous expense; and owing to the defective nature of Irish titles, the purchase is a matter of risk and time. Would it not be in the power ef Government to remedy this state of things without any eventual loss to the pub- lic, viz, by lending money at a moderate rate of interest (say three and a half per cent) to landholders for the clearance of their properties from debt? The pro- prietors who were willing to avail themselves of such loans should be allowed to surrender their properties to the Government; the loans thereon should be for any time not exceeding twenty-five years; there should be a final settlement at the end of this period, and if it should be necessary to sell a portion of the property, such portion should be sold, the purchaser receiving a title from the Government. The object of this plan, which is but faintly shadowed out, is to give the present own- ers of real property the means of extricating themselves front their difficulties in a manner as easy and simple as is the transfer of funded property. "Na entail under a new title should be allowed. Lessees in actual possession under a lease for ever should have the right (as Crown rents are bought up) to redeem all rent paid to head landlords. The system of granting leases for ever is most injurious to the country; no lease, except for proposals of building and re- claiming laud, should exceed thirty years; but leases should be universal.

"Whatever may be thought of these suggestions, one thing is quite evident, viz, that if Government persists in levying and applying the relief-tax in its pre- sent mode, the property of Ireland must speedily change hands. The English with its enormous influence, is occupied in preaching a crusade against

press, with the eccentric opinions of Lord Mounteashel are taken as a faith- ful exposition of the feelings and logic of all Irish proprietors; in addition to this, my Lord, have brought forword a 'comprehensive plan' for their ruin! Now, without attempting to defend the specific acts of a large class who are little known but much abused, I will take upon myself to affirm, that Irish landlords are fair average specimens of their kind; they may not be all that a speculative writer could wish, but they are not such as the English newspapers represent. I have not stooped to flatter them in prosperity; but I cannot see a large body of my countrymen Cwho have the misfortune to be Irish landlords, and who, I beg the bah public to recollect, are not represented in the House of Commons,) de- aCra as a heartless race, altogether at variance with their humbler brethren, without raising my voice, however feeble, on their behalf, and entering my protest against the introduction of a system of taxation which will at once despoil the proprietor of his land, and convert the agricultural labourer into a demoralized pitpe.r, a mingled union of profligate road-jobbing and laborious indolence. ft is not by sending an Irish nobleman to preside over the festivities of Dublin that Ireland can be elevated from her present degrading condition; the entire spa- • of Irish government must be changed, from the Lord-Lieutenant in the Cas- tle to the rate-payer in his cabin. The country expects something more from a Liberal Administration than paltry shifts and miserable expedients. Should your Leedship be disposed to make a vigorous attempt at reform, you will find many Mace ablet upporters, though few more willing than " Your Lordship's humble servant FALrit OSBORNE." The scarcity in Ireland has also called forth Mr. Poulett Scrope, with a long letter to Lord John Russell, published by the Morning Chronick. How different, he says, would the condition of Ireland be at present if an improved provision for the poor had been made betimes—a real poor-law. He questions the policy of making grants for public works to poor districts, it being in them that there is the greatest scope for reproductive employ- ment. And impressed with a growing conviction, he observes—" To the outcry about confiscation and incumbrances, the reply is obvious—' Sell your estate, or a portion of it, and pay the debts with which you or your predecessors have burdened it.' And if, as I trust Government will, early next year, take a power to purchase waste lands for a great scheme of improvement, a purchaser will be insured to them."

On the rent question, he considers that Government should interfere by an order in Council, or a law empowering the Lord-Lieutenant to suspend proceedings of distress against corn of any kind, where the holding is below ten or fifteen acres.

The Sligo Champion of the 26th September reports a case of ejectment— "A few days ago about thirty families were turned out by the Sheriff, on the property of Sir Robert Gore Booth, at Lisadell. When the Sheriff went to execute the habere some of the poor people were, as we have been informed, lying in fever- but this circumstance did not prevent the law-form taking its coarse.' A few af the families returned to their oil dwellings, having no other place on God's earth to shelter them from the winds of heaven. Such an infringement upon the rights of property_ could not be tolerated; they. were summoned before the Magistrates at Teeson Petit Sessions, and on consenting to leave their hovels during the week the matter was arranged. We are aware that these tenants were in arrear of rent; but was this a time to dispossess them?"

The Irish Government, it is confidently reported, has determined to up.' point six additional Stipendiary Magistrates. The names mentioned for appointment, are Mr. Miller (son of Lieutenant-Colonel Miller, one of the

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Inspectors-General of Constabulary); Mr. O'Brien- Mr. Arabia; Mr. Ffrench; Mr. Plunket, (of the constabulary); and Mr. Birmingham.

Mr. Smith O'Brien has at length been restored to the commission of the peace. The following official explanation of the delay is conveyed in the letter addressed to Mr. O'Brien by the Lord Chancellor's Secretary, Mr. W. Brady-

" The Chancellor directs me to say, that, on examining the lists of Magistrates who had been removed from the commission of the peace, which he did in con- sequence of a communication from the Lord-Lieutenant, (as you are no doubt aware from the statements in Parliament and the public papers,) he found that you had not been removed for any specific cause, but had yourself resigned the commission, and been superseded at your own request. Under these circum- stances, he did not cause any communication to be made to you on the subject, deeming it matter altogether for your own discretion and judgment whether you would think it fit to intimate your wish to be replaced in the magistracy; but having received such a statement from a large body of the Magistrates of the county, he cannot hesitate to inform you of it, in order that you may apprise him of your intentions as regards the resumption of the office." To this Mr. O'Brien discreetly replies-

" I will not conceal from you that I felt some surprise that I had not received an intimation similar to that communicated on the part of the Executive to other Magistrates who resigned their commissions for political reasons; but I now re- joice that this delay has taken place, as it has elicited towards me a demonstra- tion of generous feeling which upon every account I highly appretiate. "The present Government having wisely renounced the principle of exclroling individusls from the magistracy on account of their advocacy of the national rights of Ireland, the motives which induced me to resign my commission ne longer exist. I shall, therefore, cheerfully resume my functions as WM as re- instated."

The leading feature of a very thin meeting of the Repeal Association, on Monday, was Mr. O'Connell's letter on the present destitution. Referring to the necessity for a general combination amongst proprietors, Mr. O'Connell says— "My suggestion is, that the landed proprietors, instead of continuing their scattered and isolated attempts to meet the coming mischief, should immediately form a national committee to meet in Dublin and assist at this disastrous moment in the management of such Irish affairs as relate to the approaching famine. The committee might be composed of as many of the High-Sheriffs as may choose to attend; also, as many. Deputy-Lieutenants and justices of the peace as would choose to assist; together with such other landed proprietors as may be requested by their own local districts to give their aid and attendance.

Mr. John O'Connell supplied the speech of the day. He expressed a hope that the country would bear the present calamity with patience, de- precating violence. To the Government, however, he would say, "Do not depend on our exertions to preserve the peace, do not depend on any means you can adopt for that purpose, whether moral or physical, if the people should be driven to an extremity. Your course is plain before you. Bring all the soldiers that you can procure into the country, all the armies in the world will not be able to prevent dis- turbances, all arguments will have the same effect if this starvation be not checked. Pour food into the country,—food, food, food, for the people. If necessary, take the men-of-war, let them land their useless guns, store them with Indian corn, and send them to every Irish port." The Government, he sincerely believed, had the best intentions, and it was therefore un- worthy in certain parties to cavil at their exertions. The urgency of the case was great, and they should keep crying out, "food, food, for the people." He trusted the Government would consider: and he felt they were considering, that there was not a moment to be lest if they would pre- serve this country from the horrors of famine, of bloodshed, of crime and outrage.

Captain Broderick urged upon the Executive the necessity of promptitude. According to a calculation which he had made, it would require 800,000 tons of Indian meal to feed the people of this country for twelve months.

The rent was 98/.

A Kilkee correspondent of the Limerick Chronicle tells of two fatal disasters on the coast of Clare. "A respectable young woman, Bridget Ilanrahan, from Groom, whilst preparing to stand under a cascade, or natural shower-bath, which falls at low water amongst the rocks, was taken out to sea on Tuesday by an impending wave and drowned. All efforts to save the unfortunate -girl were unavailing. The body was brought in yesterday by an intrepid fisherman, John Daveen; who, with three others, have since met a watery grave by venturing oat to sea to set their nets early this morning. Over twenty nets belonging to other fishermen were carried away, or rendered useless, by the unexpected gale and great swell of the sea on Tuesday and yesterday. Daveen and his partners considered themselves fortunate, for a moment only, in regaining their nets entire; but a greater loss awaited their poor families, consisting of twenty-six individuals, who

are now reduced to the greatest distress by the loss of all four outside the Dug- genah Reef."

Thomas Connelly, a farmer of Glenarm, has been killed by Agnew, a nailer, who struck him on the head with a hammer. Two men who went to the farmer's assistance were also assaulted. This murder was perpetrated in cold blood, on Connelly's entering a yard to fetch some sheep of Ins; and there is no assignable cause for the deed. The ascassin has absconded.

A Rockite was shot in the neighbourhood of Roscommon on Monday, by a young lad named Farrell, whom a party of ruffians met, and attempted to deprive of a gun which he carried. They fired at him, and he returned their fire; shoot- ing one of them dead. An inquest was held on the body, and a verdict of "Jus- tifiable homicide" was returned