IRELAND.
The tithe sales and tithe seizures are going on in Ireland ; but the particulars in every case are so similar, that they have lost all novelty. The Repeal test, from the latest accounts, would appear not to an- swer O'Connell's purpose; but only the result will bring out the truth.
100/. The " Protestant Rent" waxes : the last weekly contribution was
The squadron under the command of Sir Pulteney Malcolm sailed from Cork on Saturday morning. Four or five vessels, however, are to be on the Cork station during the winter. A frightful outrage was perpetrated in the county of Maryborough .on the 17th. Mr. Anderson, of Fisherstown, a gentleman very much liked by the people, and not having in any way transgressed the code of Captain Rock, was returning home from the residence of his mother at ten o'clock, and when at his own gate•was attacked by three villains, who immediately fired at him. Two balls struck him, one in the chest, and the other in the left shoulder, which caused him to fall from his horse, when the assassins fell upon him with some sharp instrument, hacking his hands and wrists (which he held up in self-defence) in a frightful manner. He lies ilmost without hope of recovery, his hinds being nearly severed at the wrists, and numerous severe wounds inflicted about his head and body.—Morning Herald.
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