11r. O'Connell has actually gone to Mount Atelleray, upon "
a re- treat" for eight days; during which, it is said, he is to devote himself to religious exercises, according to the rigid system adopted in that monastery The monks who inhabit it, known by the name of the Trappists, were expelled from France by Louis Philip five or six years ago and having obtained a tract of waste land from Sir Itichard Keane, in the vicinity of Cappoquin, county of Waterford, they erected a large house, and have been gradually reclaiming the waste which surrounds it. Their system of discipline is described to be much more severe than that of any other monkish order. They labour hard during the day, with intervals of prayer, never interchanging a word with each other or with strangers. They sleep on hard beds, and never indulge themselves with animal food. It is to this silent house of earthly privations that Mr. O'Connell has betaken himself ; so that, if he observe the rules, his tongue stands a fair chance of obtaining its first holyrlay, and his high temperature, as exhibited with poor Shar- man Crawford on Saturday, is likely to be brought down to something like moderation. The readers of the Times may laugh at all this as a joke ; but I can assure them that it is sill quite true, or, at least, that O'Connell has gone down upon " a retreat" to the monks of La Trappe, located at Mount Alelleray. Thence he is to proceed to Cork, on his way to Darryname Abbey ; where his beagles are in training to agitate the pour hares in the mountain fastnesses over- looking the Atlantic.— Times Dublin Correspondent.
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