The High Sheriff of Mayo was obliged to dissolve the
county meet- ing at Castlebar, assembled to petition against repeal of the Corn-laws. The farmers were outvoted by the townspeople ; and when the resolu- lution was put, such confusion and tumult arose between the contending parties, that the High Sheriff could not ascertain the sense of the meet- ing., which he therefore dissolved. Extraordinary to say, Sir Samuel O'Malley, one of the largest agriculturists in the county, led the dissen- tients, and moved the rejection of the petition. Counsellor O'Dowd, a political agitator, sided with the agriculturists, and pronounced Mr. O'Connell's vote on the Corn-law question a "pernicious one."—Lime- rick Chronicle.
The "O'Connell Rent" collection at the chapel of Boveen,. which took place lately, amounted only to 198.1 'The priest, however, harangued his flock on the insult they offered to the "Member for all Ireland," and indignantly returned the money ; which was apparently the most agreeable part of the business to the poor people.—Leinafer Express.
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