At an adjourned Meeting of the Catholic Association Finance Committee,
held on Monday last, at the Corn Exchange, Dublin, Mr../Eneas Macdonnell, late London agent to the Association, reiterated his claim to some of the rent still remaining in the hands of the Treasurer. In the course of the discussion on this claim some squabbling took place between Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Macdonnell, No determination upon the subject has yet been come to.
Lord Glengall and Lord Castlemaine are the candidates for the vacant seat in the representative peerage of Ireland.
Seats for the representation of Clare, Cork, Wicklow, and Down, are at present vacant.
The Irish papers announce the death of Lord Clermont, at his seat, Ravensdale, in the county of Louth. The title is extinct; but the landed property, which is very considerable, and comprises the two magnificent demesnes ol Clermont and Ravensdale, goes to Sir Harry Goodriche, his Lordship's nephews
The Lord Lieutenant has determined, that after the Summer Assizes the King's troops shall not he employed in guarding the prisons of Ireland.
Limn DUEL.—On Tuesday afternoon, a meeting took place in the Kilburn meadows, between W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P. for Ennis, and Mr. Steele, of the county of Clare. Mr. O'Brien was accompanied by his friend, Mr. Woronzow Greig ; Mr. Steele by Mr. O'Gorman Mahon, of Clare. A letter hid appeared in several of the papers addressed to the electors by Mr. O'Brien; this letter was replied to by Mr. Steele in a manlier which induced the former gentleman to demand either an apology or a meeting. A reference was made to Mr. O'Gorman Mahon, who acceded to the latter. A meeting was then decided upon, and within an hour it was accepted by Mr. Steele's friend. An exchange of shots took place without effect ; a second pistol was then handed to Mr. Steele by Mr. O'Gorman Mahon ; but it was rendered unnecessary, by Mr. Greig's advancing towards that gentleman, and saying that they were quite satisfied. Mr. O'Gorman Mahon, who had, on a previous occasion, stated his determination to call for a satisfactory explanation on some points upon which his feelings had been excited, took that opportunity of applying to Mr..O'Brien, through the medium of a friend, for his answer ; upon which, Mr. O'Brien disclaimed all intention of applying any thing that had ever emanated from him either to Mr. O'Gorman Mahon or his two brothers.
Sir James Moncreiff; the eminent Scotch lawyer, has taken his seat on the bench as a Judge in the Court of Session and in the Cburt of Justiciary. His title is Lord Moncreiff.
Some of the Sub-Collectors of Taxes in Edinburgh have been carrying on a trade of gross peculation. Their books have been seized by authority of the Court of Exchequer, and their monies in the banks or elsewhere arrested in security of their deficiencies. The guilty individuals have absconded. The collectors, says the Caledonian Mercury, were a gallant major and a writer to the signet. The military collector offered 20,000/. for a compromise ; the amount of the defalcation being under 10,000/. This offer was, however, rejected. The two principal delinquents were persons of the highest respectability, and accustomed to mix iii the best society of Edinburgh. THE CROPS.—It appears from the country papers that the recent rains have had very beneficial effects on vegetation. The grain crop varies, of course, with the circumstances of soil. Fruit promises to be abundant. A good report is given of the breed of game of all kinds. In the West of Scotland, the wheat will in general be ready towards the end of August. The Edinburgh Courant gives a promising report from the Lothians. The Dumfries Courier states that wheat will come first to sickle, and that oats and barley are healthy and bulky. Potatoes in all places promise a plentiful return. The good people of Preston and those of Sowerby have made a strike against the farmers; and have fixed their own prices for butter, cheese, and milk. According to the Liverpool Mercury, the doings at Preston are "likely to cause some embarrassment to agriculturists" in that quarter; and the Leeds Mercury tells us, that from the " partial strike against the farmers, several landlords have reduced their rents," and a few farmers are now lowering the price of milk and butter.
There has been a meeting at Paisley to devise some plan of evading the corn
laws. The scheme proposed was, that "a national association should be formed to raise a fund for paying the duty on foreign grain, by collecting a penny a week from each family ; thus holding out a bonus to the foreign grower to bring his grain to our market, and by so doing create a glut of that important commodity , and thereby counteract the designs of the landed interest in ohlignig the people
to eat their bread at a starvation price, and create a demand for the i manufactures of the country." The meeting came to no determination on the point, but t only stands over.
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