The electors of Drogheda held a public meeting on the
11th instant, and passed the following resolution ; which, it will be seen, is highly complimentary to Mr. O'Dwyer-
" That we cannot allow this, the first public meeting held in this town since the de- cision of a Committee of the House of Commons unseated our respected and itivaltt- able representative, Andrew Carew O'Dwyer, Esq., without expresing in the stnngelt manner our unabated confidence in him. and our gratitude for the honest and Ole manner in which he invariably discharged his duties as Member of Parliament for the town and county; and our deep regret that a gentleman should be substituted foe hie, to whom rine.tenths if the inhabitants are determinedly opposed." In his reply to the letter in which this resolution was forwarded to him, Mr. O'Dwyer says- " I believe the public generally are now fully acquainted with the feet. connected with the loss of my seat, and I am quite careless of the future attempts of my assail. ants to injure me. It is, I ours, a Justice if deep regret to me Mat the deelietoof tase was, and he a bitter political partiian. and nrulest t of mine. should hew ejected me from Me present Parliament. I t wool!' be, hal , must gratifying to me to Item oae of that body of Independent Representatives of the People who ace now engaged in work- ing out good reforms in our institutions. I should have been happy to cooperate with
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the faithful Irish, and the generous English and Scotch Mem who, with unprece- dented energy and determination, are struggling to procure full ass *mutat. and to cement the empire in the indissoluble union which equal not WI to effect. I should have been proud, too, to have given at this crisis fri be aise Ad- ministration that governs us a steady support in all the measures which they would adopt for the public improvement; but I can only regret that events have taken Iron me the power of representing effectually your wishes and your interests." Upwards of 4001. was subscribed by Liberal Members of the House of Commons towards defraying the expense incurred by Mr. O'Dwyet its defending bis seat against two petitions ; but that gentleman pot& tively declined accepting the money.
Mr. Shea Lalor has been sent down by Government to Tralee, to biquire into certain charges against Henry Brownrigg, Esq., a Muftis-
• Ante and Chief Constable, for conduct pursued by him whilst assisting the Reverend Conolly O'Neill in the collection of tithes, with a party of police and military.— Times Correspondent. The great fishery case tried at Donegal Assizes, has ended in a ver- dict for the plaintiff-6d. damages and 6d. costs ; thus establishing the exclusive right of the Irish Society to the whole of the salmon fishery - 'M the Foyle to the sea, and from which they derive an income of from -4000t. to 10,0001. a year. Mr. Feargus O'Connor having had a dispute with a Mr. Coghlan, at sit inn in Cork, respecting a racing-bet, the parties met to fight a duel. Mr. Coghlati had the first fire, and missed ; Feargus then magnanimously fired his pistol in the air, and the affair terminated.
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