IRELAND.

The Omnge.Journals are very angry with Mr. Littleton for having ordered the release of ten Catholics wbo were sentenced at the Ferma- nagh Assizes in Janoary last, some to twelve, and the others to eighteen months' imprisonment, for riotous behaviour, and an assault upon a per- son who claimed to be the owner of some tolls in the neighbourhood, but whose right to them was disputed. There was a cross-indictment against the toll-owner and two of his men, who were Protestants. The men were found guilty, but sentenced to only a fortnight's imprisonment, by tin righteous and impartial Justices. '1 he matter was represented in its true light to Mr. Littleton, sad he has therefore ordered the dise *barge of the Catholics : hence the Orange lamentation and rage:

A deputation from the Irish Apothecaries waited upon Mr. Secre- tary Littleton last week, for the purpose of ascertaining the nature of the medical reforms contemplated by Government. Mr. Littleton said that the subject was still open to inquiry, and he could not pledge himself to any particular measure. He fully expected that a mo- tion would be submitted early next session, by Mr. Warburton, or some other Member interested in the question, for a select committee, empowered to obtain the requisite evidence to enable Parliament to adopt a comprehensive measure on the subject. Be thought it very likely, that, ultimately, distinct bills would be enacted for the regulation of the medical profession, especially apothecaries, containing a separate and uniform code for the profession of pharmacy, with a view to its as- similation throughout the empire. Its professors would thus be no longer left the sport of laws frequently differing much in principle, and sometimes conflicting in practice. Ile wished the deputation would furnish him with a statement of their grievances and wishes, which they premised to do, and retired.

The commission appointed by the Government to investigate the conduct of the county of Armagh Magistrates, has given unequivocal satisfaction to the public ; and the mode and spirit in which the Soli- citor- General (Mr. Crampton), has conducted the inquiry, have won the unreluctunt and sincere approbation of those svho are very little in the habit of bestowing praise upon the functionaries of Government. The principal delinquent is one of that most pernicious class of the Irish Magistracy, a sacerdotal justice of the peace. The charges preferred against Dean Carter, of having encouraged a riotous mob who were burning a brother magistrate in effigy, were fully established, and he has been deposed from the magisterial office. It is also expected that he will be severely reprehended by the superiors of his church. There can be no doubt that Colonel Blacker will also be sent to " the right about left." He has always been a violent partisan ; and, with the habitual insolence that has always characterized his party, has fancied that be could defy with impunity the instructions of the Government. —Dublin Correspondent of the True Sun.

In the course of the last week, information was received at the Dub- lin Head Police-office that there had arrived in that city, four or five persons, who were busily engaged with the tradesmen. and called them- selves delegates from the Liverpool Union of Trades. Intelligence was also received, that on Friday evening there would be a meeting of the cabinetmakers of Dublin, to make, at the suggestion of those dele- gates, some new regulations for trade. Mr. Farrell, a Policeman, pro- ceeded to Bardin's public-house, in Swift's Row. where he found the tap.room crowded with tradesmen. He then proceeded up stairs, and found in the drawing-room a man who appeared to be placed as a guard. This man armed with a sword. Mr. Farrell demanded admittance, which the guard refused him. He then attempted to force his way into the room ' • but the guard resisted. The man asked if he had a warrant; and upon his being informed that he had not, he declared that nothing but force would make him open the door, or let any one know what was going on in the room, upon which he was placed as a guard. Mr. Far-

rell Nen sent for the watch ; and upon a sufficient body of arriving, the door of the private room u-as opened; and it was then perceived that in the room, which was a very small one, there were from ninety to one

hundred persons, closely jammed together. The matter appeared so extraordiattry, that Mr. Ferrell thought it necessary to mike five of them

into custody. Upon being brought before the Magistrates, they ad- mitted that there were in Dublin five delegates from Liverpool. Tiley denied that any secret oaths were administered ; but said that what they were engaged about was lowering the admission of the freedom of their trade, which hitherto had been a, but was now to be only 2s. 6d. All the.traidesinen arrested were obliged to enter into their own recogni- zances to appear when called upon.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.

A disclosure has just been made, affecting the privileges of the cor- porators of Cork, which will have a considerable influence on the next election. At the registration in that city previous to. the last election, the decision of Baron Pennefather in favour of the rights of non-resi- dent freemen to register and vote, created considerable surprise, and led to a similar attempt to register non-residents in the town of Carrick- fergus. There, the presiding barrister, however, would not submit to such a repeal of one of the principal provisions of the Reform Bill On the authority of Baron Pennefather's doctrine, and at once rejected the

applicants. On an appeal to Baron Smith, the next going Judge-of Assize on the North-eastern Circuit, he (after expressing a decided opinion against the claim of the non-residents) declared, that in defe- rence to the opinion of his learned brother, he would reserve the case for the Twelve Judges. This splitting on the question between our two Judges most imbued with Tory and corporate predilections, baded.ill for the claimants.; and at a subsequent meeting or meetings (always secret) of the Twelve Judges, the question brought before them by Baron Smith has been set at rest, and the pretensions of the non-m- sident freemen of corporations to register and vote were decidedly dis- allowed ; and it is now admitted (though the fact has been for some time carefully concealed) that Baron Pennefather himself Concurs in their judgment.— Times Correspondent.

Baron Smith, on Saturday last, delivered a charge to the Dublin Grand Juries ; which, of course, is as unlike as possible to what a charge frotn.the bench of justice ought to be. It is filled with meta- phors and fine phrases, instead of Jaw; with quotations, not from acts of Parliament, hut from Horace and Gil Blas ; and with discussions on the Repeal of the Union, the Coercion Bill, and the right of peti- tion, instead of the state of the calendar. We subjoin a few quotations from this heterogeneous, egotistical, and absurd production.

" Two years ago. I very unequivocally pronounced, that tithe resistance was but one or three Cerberean heads, or which rent and tax resistance formed time other two: that Law, Property, and the Constitution, were in fact %hat this triple monster bayed, awl would, if placed within its reach, delour ; hut that a force less than herculean,'! applied with firmness, and in time, would drag himintolight, and tame him to submis. nun; and withal, that he would be far more surely quelled by coercion, than by sops.

" Praise of my style has been trade a italking-borse. from behind which to disparage the matter which my words conveyed. • From theatrical pomp and embroidenes of style, my taste, under any cirenn stances, would recoil; while on .grounds distinct from any consideration of mere teite. I would banish every this, fererdatnar. eifected from the &nth But I trust a man dies not disentitle himself to attesting. by %Hang 'proper WOH:S in proper platen+ r' and this -1 have heard offered as the definition of a good style. If a speaker be convicted of pure language and pervicuelas earn-

aeon, I hope it may he admitted in mitigatiou, that he was not um!, rtaking to address a reob—aud therefore was not talking in au unknown tongue. If I do uot read, 1 have read classic authors in my day ; and have been conversing with educated pm-sons, male and female. all my life. From such an atmosphere I have imbibed habits that are be- come a second nature. Can it be expected that a dotard (for so some Liberal papers

have pronounced me) should e strength of mind to cast those habits off ? In the mean time. I take my style to be but the language at a gentleman, and to be met with in every circle of a class which is not yet quife explotledand obsolete.

" Gil Bias graciously complied with a petition. of the financial kind. while he was counting his ducats into his hat ; but the suppliant had a musket levelled at his un- covered 'head. During the last Commission at which I sr,t, the Court deiermined that a war of petition might be illegal. The prayer, which must be yielded to, ought to be called by its true name; and teat name is despole and irresistible command: a mob- lash tyranny. the legitimacy of which our laws and Coustitation have not yet dis- tinctly recognized.

"Your thorough-bred innovator is a mighty hunter arier abuses. If this were all, such keen pursuits might accomplish good ; for abuses are a proper subject for correction. Fended we do not pluck up the gc: 1 produce with the tales—provided we do not make tee great a work about those faults

— • quits ant ineuria (edit, Aut humane parum eavit nature.' 'Where I find a venerable institution, sound upon the allele, non ego paucis • Offender maculis: Not so those innovators, of whom I have had experience, but against whose tube and whose designs our Crown and Legislature will-be on their guard."

The unfortunate tenantry of the Synge property, in the county of Clare, have been again thrown into consternation, by being served with

• ejectment processes, with the view, it is said, Of clearing a colony for Protestants. They are about to assemble to prepare a representation to Lady Elizabeth Synge, to whom they imagine the acts of her agent are unknown. We have heard of some violent proceedings on the pro- perty of Lady Ross, instituted also for the purpose of clearing a colony for Protestants. We trust the Government will take care that the powers of the State shall not in any manner be employed in aiding in such undertakings.—Dublin Morning Register.

Mr. O'Connell has accepted the invitation of a number of citizens of Cork to dine with them on the 4th of November, the birthday of Wil- liam the Third ! a day on which the Orangemen will also feast and re- joice according to custom. Arrangements are also making for the active collection of the " tribute" in that city ; so that Mr. O'Connell has no choice but to accept the invitation.

The Trustees of the O'Connell tribute have published an address to the Irish People, calling on them to prepare their contributions to be made on the 10th instant. The Trustees observe, that " the claim has now assumed the character of a national debt, incurred by us—the people—to this distinguished man, who, in devoting wholly to our 'service his eminent talents and 'time that might be sold,' sacrifices thereby his private interests to an extent as unexampled as his public utility is inestimable." A public meeting was held at Cork, on Sunday, to make arrangements for the more effective collection of the tribute in that county.

The sum of 63/. 7s. Id. has been sent over to Mr. Edward Dwyer, by the Associated Friends of Ireland, in Baltimore,- "to be handed to' Mr. O'Connell, to be appropriated to such purposes as he may deem conducive to the political amelioration of Ireland."—Dublin Paper.

A joint stock company is about being formed in Belfast, for the pur- pose of opening a direct trade with China, chiefly in the article of tea. The harvest has been got in, generally speaking, in pretty good con- dition; and the crop throughout Mayo s considered an average one. The potato is the only commodity in which any serious deficiency has -occurred ; and we are sorry to find that many fartners are complaining that this important article of food is smaller and less atundant than for several seasons past. .Wheat will fully repay the agriculturist, notwith- standing the unfavourable appearance which this crop presented a short time since.—Mayo Constitution. On Sunday last, whilst a young woman was under examination at the Belfast Quarter-sessions, in an action brought by her against a married man who resides at Moira, for a sum of money to support an illegitimate child which she swore she had to him, the following most .appalling disclosure took place. The defendant's attorney, in his cross- e7amination, asked whether she had not, before, made a charge against the defendant, of a much more serious nature than that of seduction ? She said she had. On being asked what it was, she replied "Murder !" This disclosure created a very strong sensation in Court ; and the young woman was desired by the bench to state the particulars. She said, that about ten years ago (being then nine years of age), she was a ser- vant with the defendant ; and one night she saw him and his wife eriorder a man. After the commission of the deed, he washed the blood off his hands, and, with his wife's assistance, buried the body near a quarry. The body, the witness said, was afterwards found, and reburied by two men, whom she named. The murderer swore the girl to secrecy ; and she said she would never have revealed the crime but for the seduction, and refusal to support the. child. After the details of this most mysterious affair, the man and his wife (both being in court) were put under arrest, together with the witness; and the Police were despatched to make inquiries at Moira regarding the men who were said to have discovered the body. The three persons are now confined in the House of Correction, waiting the result of the inquiry at Moira. The girl still persists in the particulars of her very extra- ordinary charge.—Belfast Northern Waig.

A few evenings since, at the mess of a distingaished cavalry regi- ment at present in Dublin, a wager of rather an unusual kind, though perfectly in keeping with military character, was decided. Lieutenant C., of the — Dragoons, undertook to sever in the middle a thick iron poker with his sword, within a given number of strokes ; and actually did so on the fourth stroke, being under the number of cuts allowed. The temper of the blade was proved to be of first-rate excellence, it not being in the slightest degree turned or otherwise injnred-