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      -0 E AMERICAN AGRARIAN REFORMERS * _, _rm _<\ _M from the Northern Star , of Nov . 28 tU . ) _Si _essis . Windt and hvans bad announced in 'he _dumber of the People ' s Rights their _determina-*! Z io iorm an " _Agragrian League , " aud to that i invited the readers of their journal to affix their _^ nature s to an "agrarian pledge , " binding tbem _* k io vote for sny man for any legislative officer , ¦ _T _pW _' _-nld not pledge himself in writing to oppose fl far ther traffic i thc public lands ; and to use his _-. _«<«>•*<* to cause them to be laid out in farms and

      _tL far the free and exclusive use of actual settlers _, _^ p ledge was adopted by the association formed at L . public mooting on the 20 _tU of March . 1841 wead * however , of the - Agrarian League , " the _^¦ ptv took the name of the " National Reform _ignrjatinn . " Doubtle 33 it was io consideration of fte stnp _id prejudice attached to the word " Auraj _^ _n , " that the associationists chose the latter of the se names : we must say , for ourselves , that we _jjioiiM have preferred the title of "Agraiian le _** £ ne- . " .. . . _.

      Weekly mectmjK were regnlarly held at Croton jj _„ _3 during the spring ; and in tbe summer _opene r meetings were holden in different parts of New For a considerable time the journals tried to stifle { he ne w movement by the lurking system . None of the meetings were reported , and not a word said in p ake or censure of the reformers . At length , as ( jje party increased in strength , the New Tork jourjab _b-eaa to wake up . The _IWoune discovered the _gdftcnee of the new party through the help of a monthly journal , called the Phalanx . The Express (!) and " tlie Courier (!) made the discovery through some of the papers published in the state of Rhode Island . Tiie Sun got thc new * from a Gincinati paper , which paper got it from our columns ( the Northern Star wis then _ publitlied at Leeds )!!! Of course now tint the discovery had been made that" Agrarians _*•" really existed in the United Statesa vast deal of

      , virtuous _indication waa vomited against the anarchists . "'" imitators of French Jacobins , " " transplanters and teachers of English Chartism , " & e ., & c Notwithstanding abuse the movement went on . In _^ less than six months , some sixteen _npfn _^ ir meetings had been held , besides as manv jnore meetings in-door . Messrs . Evans , Windt , Devyr , Walsh , _Manning , Commerford . Bpeny , ami the well-known patriot and philanthropist , Parke Godwin , were regular _speakers at the meetings . As the time for the " " fall elections" approach d , the reformers resolved to nominate men pledged to their princip les , and to vote for none others . Accordingly Messrs . WinJ (; Commerford , and Godwin , were nominated for _Congress ; and twelve candidates for the Assembly . Of course none of the reform candidates were elected , nor wa * the number of votes " realised" large , but the object designed was attained , that of commencing practical operations .

      The early part of the year 1845 witnessed the _National Reformers actively engaged in _enlightening th _epublicmindasto the true merits of the Anti-R _* nt q nestion , with the view of exciting public sympathy in favour of that persecuted party . We have _rec--ntly explained the objects of tbe Anti-Renters , and ibe history of their struggle . The principles o : the Reformers were now spreadin" * through the state of New York , and also through the states of Pennsylvania , Massachusetts , and Ohio . In January , 1 _S-15 _, the National Reformers of Pittsburgh ( the American Birmingham ( started a candidate for the Mayorship . Alexander Hay , who , _thoosh unsuccessful , obtained more votes than either the ' Native" or the * * Liberty" candidate .

      In April , Ihe Reformers of New York proposed Eans 9 m Smith for Mayor . The result , a slight increase of votes on the number polled atthe _preceding fall election , of course encouraged onr friends to farther perseverance . About this time the Reformers of Ohio succeeded in electing a number of municipal officers in two township . The agitation wa * continued during the _snirruer of It *© , and tbe good work was greatly advanced by the adfa «" on of several new and talented speakers and writers . Amongst these we must single out Allan E . Bovay . whose lectures in different parts of New Tork have been productive of immense benefit ; William West , a clever speaker ; Louis Masquerier , a pnwerful and eloquent writer ; and M . F . O'Connor , a hold and enthusiastic advocate of real democracy , editor of tbe Irish _Toluntter .

      On the 14 th of October an " Industrial Congress " summoned hy the National Reformers assembled in _Xew York . A great number of delegates assembled , including the following celebrated characters : —Parke Godwin , Xew York City ; A . J . Wright , Boston . Mass . ; L . W Ryclman , Brook Farm , Mass . _; A . Bri _** i > ane . Sew York City ; Thomas A . Devy , Albanv , N . Y . ; Charle A . _D-tna , Brook Farm , Mass . ; Francis C . Trcadwell , Brooklyn , New York ; Elvan E . Bovay , Xew York City ; Theophilus Fisk , Washington ; Gerrit Smith , Peterboro , N . Y . ; Cassiu 9 M . Clay , Kentucky ; Jobn A . Collins , Skaneatelas , N Y . ; Horace Greeley , New York City ; Wm . L . Garrison ; and G . II . Evans . New York . The following were the principal resolutions adopted by the Congress : —

      That an inherent and unalienable right of land is the right of parental protection from society , and that as a _member of the human family man has an inalienable right to the _asi * of a portion of the universal patrimony , the EML asa home where he mav exercise his useful industry , _vrhereon he may enjoy his personal independence , niich should never be wrested from him by the operation flaw or otherwise . That the proper objret of civilized i ? ociety is to guarantee to every Individual the Bights of Ifature , the means of existence and happiness , which are the common io * i * ritance « f all . That to secure the right ofthe son to all , it is necessary lo limit the _possessing of families or communities .

      That the most practicable measures for a restoration ofthe soil are , 1 st . to limit the quantity of land to be _hereafter acquired by families O 1- associations , and . 2 d . to _pnreat all further traffic in land by the government , and to make the Public "Lands free on the principle proposed in the National Reform Association . Whereas , The _flagrant wrongs inflicted upon the useful f * assts by the false arrangements or usages of civilization , embodied in the competitive aad antagonistical system of commerce , which abstracts from wealth producing in-¦¦ "¦ _so-y its surplus products , and creates a hostile class of ciiiiuifots and others—wealth consumers but non-profacers : And , whereas , these anti-social vtrojigs , these fines against humanity , have accumulated in number _** B til their baleful Influence * affect the interests of all

      mankind and : whereas these complicated evils are most _i % developed _through the deadening influences of Ihe _Jrtsent _evsteiK of _-faciory labour , _-whSd * -withers life ' s _WtTfriej" _ert n in chiLihoud , producing by excessive toil * % * ical deformity , and through lack of opportunity and _uc means to acquire mental cultivation , deterioration a _& _degradation , of both mind and body , therefore That the members of this Convention solemnly pledge _flfcaiselves > o use all their means , as men and citizens , to shew forth the horrible « _ffsclsof this false system of hsonr , and endeavour to have adopted legislative acts for _^ tectum of youth against excessive toil and to secure - "dent educati-m . This _Consress also resolved to form an association . to be styled " The Industrial Brotherhood ; " and father

      resolved—Thata MILITARY ORGANIZATION be recommended * * i tbe several Associations of Industrial _Brotherhood _ftroagb' _-ut the United States , wbich organization shall •* Smited to the formation of independent companies in _Unconformity with the consutution and laws of the hul The uniform to consist of a plain citizen ' s dress , " * t _* ich nay be worn with propriety on the Sabbath . And f o rder that merit alone may be considered in the » p-( _Dtt-tme & t ol officers without reference to peculiar _abi-% _. it is especially recommended that no difference in _** ¦ * ¦" _** between commissioned officers and rank and file _^ _a ll he allowed , beyond what is indispensable to the I *** , rvatiou of discipline . The arms and equipments to - * ** ept at all times in good order , and the discipline " * _- _* Htred perfect and efficient . The general name of _ttiustrial Guards is _recommended to the whole .

      _ The Industrial Brotherhood was to be composed of ¦ j _^ _iationg of actual producers of wealth throughout _™ _z Union , on a plan of mutual insurance similar to " e Odd Feliows , and with the additional object of _™> _dcal action to carry into effect the views above _J * ribed . This Brotherhood " was not to supersede X * National Reform Awoeiation . The National _** j orm movement includes all of every class who _? _" si gn the pledge for restoring the | Land to the r ° P _* e- The Industrial Brotherhood was constituted J * 9 U Organization of labour against capital , to meet _^ manifold combinations of capital against labour . _? tbe " fell election ** approached , National rin

      n ? ,, _C andidates were again put in nomination . U ! _"SU , S - t " ft- " * " " - ™ - * * 3 were defeated , but had the _fa ction ot seeing the votes for their side , though x V , gradually increasing . Several like attempts _* _* . _n-sde in other parts of the Union . At this i _^"" * the Anti-Renters elected a senator , and In \ ' n maaoara ofthe Ilouse of Assembly . it \ - -J ? _- _* w , the . German Communists , residing _J-j _^ f - " _* _ * joined tbe National Reformers ; pro-, ! u : * tbeir adhesion bv the following resolutions : * V fc . ! . - « t _jj . t * _" " * * solemnly before the face of the world that - * _'on | " ° tou ,, u " - _' out " _> e earth , and that all men have _^ " _* ht to live upon it . , t 5 * _S"UV ' _^ ' es Americans , and have no other inte * J _jj _, * _* _* ose of ihe American people , because America _-v _^ _""a _oftbeoppresied ever v where , and because

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      he interest of the American people is tue interest ol tha whole human race . We care n _„ t for party names and professions , but wilt sustain whatever furthers the great _cau se of humanit _^ We recognize m the National Reformers our fellowlabourer _, in the cause of progress , as pioneers of a better future , as the advocates of the cause of the oppressed children of Industry , and as the only true democracy of the land . * W « I ** not ourselves be led astray by the clamorous outcries of selfish interests , and pledge ourselves with joy to sustain tlie following proclamation of the National Bfformers : That all men are created _vqual ; that tbey are endowed by their Creatoi with certain _inalienible rights ; amsng which are the Bight to Life and Liberty : to the use of such a portion of the earth , and the other elements , as Shall be sufficient to provide them _trith the means of subsistence and comfort ; to education and paternal proteotion from society . he interest of Aim-rim ,. „ -..,.. „ - .

      In accordance herewith we engage ourselves individually and collectively to co operate with all our strength with our co-workei s . the National Reformers , to bring before the whole Am _. rican People those simple principles , and thus to aid in carrying out gloriously this new reform . The adhesion of the German Democrats brought to tbe ranks of the R ,- _* f . _* _rmers another talented writer and speaker , the _E-litor _wf the _ZrituHC of the People , ( German paper , ) well known to the German Dcmocrais of Loudon , where he resided for some time before _settling in the United States . ( _Toheet _. _xfii't _& _l . )

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      FRANCE . The most important portion of the intelligence contained in the Paris Journals relates to the continued rise in the . corn markets or France . The National states" That tl-. e different journals received from thc departments are filled with afflicting details relative to the existing distress occasioned by the high price of provisions . In some place - the population , exasperated by the high price of corn , have assembled in the market-places , and lax the price at which wheat should be sold . In other districts barn ' s of mendicants compel the farmers to supply them with bread . Elsewhere malefactors attack the millers and cornfactors , and indulge in the must criminal excesses . The distress must indeed be great when the population proceed to such unlawful extremities . " The Journal des Debate states ,

      that—** Bands of _men'iicaHts continue to spread terror inthe whole of the Bocage . These individuals _, dressed in grey blouses , tbeir faces smeared witb soot , six or seven or more together , obiain grain and money , uttering the most horrible threats against those who ventnre to make any observation te them . They generally apply at lonely farm-houses . They have robted persons in the night on the _highwayamon-iSt others , a miller , whom tbey threatened with death , after bavin *; stripped bim of his money , if he denounced them to the authorities . Similar scenes have taken place in the district of Parthenay . " _IhttPropre * du _Fasde Calais states that in the northern departments there were at the present moment 2 , 000 , 000 of indigent persons .

      The weather in Paris throughout last week was nuusally unpleasant—fog , snow , shet , and frost _alt-i natcly . On Saturday a smart frost set in , which continued ou Sunday . Immense Hock of aquatic fowls , _coming frotu the north , passed over the French capital on Friday and Saturday—an indication , it was considered , of the approach of a severe season . During many years so much snow bad not fallen in Fran , e so early in tbe winter as in tlie present .

      PORTUGAL . The Cira Wab . — -The Queen ' s troops have re covered Coimbra .

      POLAND . TIIE AUSTRIAN DESPOTISM IN CRACOW . ( Correspondent of the Times . ) Chacow , Nov . 25 . You will have received long before this letter can reach yonr hands intelligence ol the definitive occupation of Cracow by the Austrian troops , —of the three protecting Powers having declared her independent existence to be at an end . For months a presentment that such a step was in contemplation had taken possession of the minds of the inhabitants , but the final sentence , though tben anticipated , was when at length pronounced not the less bitterly felt . On Monday week , amidst the roar ofthe Austrian artillerv , the tears ofthe female portion ofthe

      inhabitants , and the curses ofthe male , the proclamation was read by which Cracow is declared to be for ever a portion of the Austrian empire . Since tbat thus- the usurpers have been actively employed in administering , first to all th « employe * , and now to the inhabitants , a most stringent oath of fidelity to the emperor ; the proclamation hinting , in no _uncguivocal language , the treatment to be expected by those who hesitate , but for an instant , to comply with the orders of the Government . As you will readily believe , the utmost _consternation prevails . The unhappy Cracovians find themselves delivered up , bound band and foot , to Austria . Already the inhabitants have bad experience of the nature of the Lovernment to which they will henceforward be

      bound to submit ; a military tyranny no less absurd than odious . To give you one or two of many instauees from which you may estimate its character : —It is , according to tbe Austrian code , a grave offence to smoke a cigar while passing before a sentinel ; though a creature himself rodolent of tobacco for a German mile , his person is considered so sacred that if thc unweary passenger does not , on the first summons , remove the offending pipe or cigar from his mouth , he must instantly be admonished by a stab of ihe bayonet . There are numerous instances of persons who have been grievously wounded on this account . I will name one

      only—Air . Bukowski . Mr . Slizowski , the son of a merchant iu that town , succeded in defending himself against the attack of the sentinel ; but he was immediately thrown into _pii _* _-on , where he still remains , though two months have elapsed" since his arrest . The police , in order that they may not be outdone by the militaiy , have lately employed themselves in making domicilary visits in search of a lithographed pamphlet , written by M . Meciszewski , which has no tault except that of giving a correct version of the events of February . Several inhabitants in whuse houses tbtse pamphlets have been found have been arrested . The author bas long

      languished in an Austrian prison . Nor is the property of the citizens less threatened with destruction than their liberty by the usurpation of the Austriai . s . The moderate prosperity _ei-joyed by Gracow of late years has arisen entirely from commerce , the advautafee of a total absence ot imports duties rendering the free city an admirable de } Ot for the foreign merchandise required by central Europe . But with the other blessings which Austria promises to bestow upon Cracow will coine the Austrian tariff ; a tariff no less illiberal than her policv ; so destructive to trade and national deTelupenTent as to be with difficulty endured , eyen bv her German subjects . The merchants of Cracow will seek other lands , but the pour will remain with a diminished field for employment , and the price of theft * " ** luxuries they have hitherto enjoyed

      greatly enhanced . The peasantry of the republic , till now perhaps the happiest and _mojt contented in the world , being , in fact , proprietors of a great _prepiotion ofthe soil , will receive the additional _^ boons of a grinding taxation and subjection to military impressment from the paternal Government . Poland does well to weep over her fallen capital , — over tbe walls of her senators , —over the fane which enshrines the ashes of her long line of kings and heroes— where . Kosciusko slumbers ; wh _. re the deliver of Nieuna reposes from h _> s ungrateful labour , over that temple whieh ihe most _indifferent cannot enter without feeling tbat Poland was once glorious and power , ul ; but her tears should flow the fastest for tbat bold peasantry , so true in war , so gentle and light-hearted in peace ; whose simple virtues will excite distrust and aversion in the breasts of

      rulers skilled in the arts of corruption . Tou will perceive that the pretext by which Austria endeavours to justify the occupation of Cracow is as clumsily imagined as the act itself is nefarious . The chief charge against the city in General Castiglione ' s proclamation is , that Cracow became the seat of a central committee , calling itself a revolutionary Government , which afforded assistance to the insurgents in the provinces belonging to the protecting Powers , But the General omits to add that _previously to the central committee establishing _^ itself in Cracow , Austria had made hersef respoimb . e

      for the tranquility of the town by taking military possession of it ; that her troops afterwards abandoned it , carrying with them all the civil __ functionaries and all the military force of the republic ; that even under these circumstances public order was preserved , and no insurrectionary movement took place amongst the inhabitants ; that the central committee waa supported by those very insurgents ( _stran-Kcrsfrom distant provinces , not citizens of the republic ) whom the Austrian General considered formidable enoBR h to render it _necesBary for him to retreat into Galicia and break down the budge

      over the Vistula behind him . But , supposing thatall the disorders which occurred in Cracow could be justly laid at the door of the _Uivernment ofthe city , what are they in comparison to th * excesses which took place in Galicia ? In the Senate of Cracow be made to _answer tor the former , shall not the Austrian Government be held responsible for the latter ? Yet i « Galicia more than 1 _. 400 net-sons were put to death in cold blood , without even the form ofa trial-many oi tbem by processes ot torture which , in their devilish cruelty , have never been exceeded , if tlcy have ever been equalled , 03 the most barbarous nations during tbe most barbarous periods . The property of these persons was destroyed , the families , in many instances , reduced to absolute beggary . In the cirele of Tarnow alone there are 800 orphan children , many of them of nouie birth and nurtured in luxury , who are preserved

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      tution 0 l" diarity al ° De fr ° ab 8 olute de 8 ti _" Yet the perpetrators of these atrocities have not been punished by the Austrian Government ; on the contrary they have been rewarded . The _surviving sufferers have not . been indemnified for the losses they have sustained ; their petitions have been reje . ted without inquiry . And now , though these tacts are notorious as tho sun at noonday , Austria dares to come forward in the face of Europe , and , laying her hand upon Cracow , to say , " This city is unfat to govern itself ; it is proper that it should be « _iven over into my hand ** . " And the Prussian _Monarch , too , who , though he doos not call himself apostolic , wishes to be considered humane , and just , and pious , ventured to put his hand to the fatal scroll , by which he has lowered himself in the eves of Europe to the position he _occuoies in the estimation of his subjects .

      I can assure you tbat the last hopes ot the inhabitants of Cracow are fixed upon Lord Palmerston . It is certain that Austria holds her new possession with a trembling and unsteady hand ; that no arrangements arc to be made respecting its government until it is known how England will brook the insult which ha 9 been cast upon her . A ustria is , indeed , in no condition to go to war about Cracow . Uer finances are in a desperate state ; her troops wretchedl y equipped and badly officered ; besides , many regiments are not to be depended upon . 1 believe the mere rumour of a certain old commodore having * received orders to hoist his penant in the Adriatic would send the Austrian troops to Podgorze more rapidly than they have ever yet executed the march .

      The loss which England will sustain in the way of trade , if the occupation is permitted , will be by no means inconsiderable ; the principal articles imported by Cracow , cotton goods and hardware , being chiefly of English origin . Cracow , Nov . 30 . —The greatest vigilance appears now to be _exe-tcii-ed . in respect to travellers at the barrier which they have to pass on the way to-the Pru sian frontiers . The diligence was yesterday stopped by an Austrian police officer . Tbe diligence was surrounded by soldiers , the passengers obliged tn alight , and to follow the police officer into a room of

      the Custom-house . Here their papers were demanded , and minutely examined . A Pole , in whom the police officer thought he recognised the person whom ho sought , was arrested . The Jews of Cracow , says a letter from that place of the 1 st , were not , before tbe incorporation , burthened with taxes se heavily as the Jews ot Gallicia , but now they have imposed upon them a tax upon light , for tbey are made to pay a considerable duty upon every candle lighted on Fridays , in celebraiioii of their Sabbath ; thoy are also to pay three tim s the amount ofthe tax upon meat paid by Christians The Rabbi of Cracow has bad an audience of the

      Austrian Commissioner , and petitioned that the Israelites might be released from these charges . But the Commissioner replied that it would be difficult to grant his application , as Cracow now forms part of Gallicia . and partial exceptions and privileges cannot be accorded . A letter from Limberg ( Austrian Gallicia ) states , that all the military prisoners who bad been sentenced by the Court Martial for rebellion bave been pardoned by the Emperor , with the _exception of 34 ,

      who are to be imprisoned in chains for different periods between 8 and 20 year . The sentences on the civil prisoners have not yet been published . Chacow , Dec . 2 . —It is stated that the Police Department , when tbey expected to arrest John Schubert , at the barrier of Zwierzynice , were in the hopes of thereby discoving an important secret . His disappearance has , however , frustrated their expectation . Report points out the said John Schubert as one ofthe ringleaders ofthe new conspiracy , which is said to be brooding _against the Austrian

      Government . Viknna , Deo . 3 . —Two days after we received the intelligence that the well-known Polish insurgent chief , Dembinsky , who appeared after the defeat of the Galician nobles at Lisa Gora , and had not been heard of since , has been arrested in Cilli . He had been kept in concealment on the _estate of au Hungarian nobleman , but had latterly obtained a passport for him _* _-elf and a female , and under a false name had succeeded in getting as far as Cilli , where he was arrested . _Brumai * , Dec . 6 . — -Letters from the Polish frontiers states tbac the time in which the kingdom of Poland is to cease , is approaching , and that it is no secret that Prince Paskewitsch has orders on the slightest revolutionary movement to fire on Warsaw from the citadel , and utterly destroy it .

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . The steam-ship Great Western arrived at Liver pool on Saturday evening , after a fine run of sixteen days from New York . Our _accounts from New York by this steam-ship announce , that the expedition despatched from the American squadron in the Gulf of Mexico had partially succeeded in its purpose . Two Mexican steamers , and a small fleet of Mexican trading schooners at anchor in tho river , were captured : and . having penes rated up the river during the night , the town of Tobasco on the following day was bombarded , guns and batteries were spiked , and the American forces then returned to Anton Lizardo , the rendezvous ofthe main squadron . Two American vessels had been made prizes for attempting to run the blockade of the coast .

      Tbe accounts from the fleet reach to the Sth ult . inclusive ; but from the interior of Mexico we have no intelligence beyond that received by the West India mail . The American papers publish vast masses of official documents , rumours , and statements of every description with regard to Mexico , lier internal position , and the prospects of the war . If we may judge from these , the Mexicans are raised to a surprising degree of energy witb . regard to the American war , In the United States nine additional regiments of volunteers had been called for by the executive .

      From Monterey , the head-quarters of the Army of the Left , we have accounts to the 4 th _| ult . General Taylor was preparing for another movement , and all tbe regular troops were being advanced up the river . The volunteers were relied up to maintain the line of communication with the Rio Grande . From tbe Army ofthe Centre we have official despatches to the 14 th of October .

      THE BOMBARDMENT OF TOBASCO . The following particulars of the attack and bombardment of Tobasco , by the United States squadron , are from the New York Sun : — " Our squadron consisted ofthe Mississippi , Commodore Perry ; tbe Vixen , Commodore Sands ; Boneto , Lieut . Com . Benham ; Reefer , Lieut . . Sterritt ; Nonita Lieutenant Hazard ; the revenue steamer Me Lane , Captain Uow . ttd ; the revenue cutter Forward , Capt . Nones , ( all small craft , ) two hundred seamen and marines from . the Raritan and the Cumberland , under the command of _Cap-. ain Forrest , Lieuts . Cest , Winslow , Walsh , Hunt , Capt . Esdon and Lieut Adams of marines . They left Anton Lizardo , October 16 th , and arrived at

      Frontera the 23 d , and captured two steamers , and several small schooners ; on the 24 th and 25 th they ascended the river seventy-two miles to Tobasco , towed bv the Petrel and the Vixen . They _pasBi d the Devil ' s Turn at two P . M ., landed and spiked fonr _2-l-pounders . They arrived off J ' obacao at six , p . m . ; and anchored in line ahead , distant one hundred and fifty yards from the shore . The city waa summoned to surrender . The Governor refused , when three shots were "fired from the Vixen . An officer came off with a request that we __ would spare the hospitals , which was granted . Skirmishing immediately ensued . On Sunday no damage was done . W " e captured one brig , three schooners , and a _large sloop , in all . At the town and below , there were

      nine vessels and _tuanr boats captured . On Monday , the 28 th , at daylight , there began a sharp fire of musketry from the shore , which was returned by our guns , and continued fer some time , at intervals . A Sag of truce came off , beseeching us to spare thc town . The Commodore assented , because , as he said , he only wished to frighten the soldiery . The prizes were got under way , and were ready for returning . The enemj's white flag was flying all the while , W . A . Parker , the lieutenant , got ashore with his prize vessel , and was attacked by eighty soldiers , whom he beat off with eighteen men only , losing one and getting two wounded . This action lasted thirty minu tes , when Lieutenant C . W . Morris was dispatched fo him with orders , and he , passing thc heavy fire of the enemy , was wounded it ) the neck _banil

      a musket-ball . He stood up in his boat , cheered the men on gallantly till he fell in the arms cf Midshipman Cheever . The Commodore then commenced cannonading in good earnest from the Vixen _, the Bonita , the Nonita , and tbe Forward ; and iu three quarters of an hour he almost destroyed thc city , sparing the hous _« s of the foreign consuls . At mid-day the fleet left , firing up the streets as they passed them . All the prizes were saved except one . which grounded , and was burned by the Commodore ' s orders , to prevent her falling into the hands * of the enemy . The McLane struck on tbe bar at tlie mouth of the river , and did not get over to participate in the engagement until it was ended . The Patriota , on her return , captured the American bri « Plymouth , Capt . Packerson , discharging cotton at Alvarado bar . "

      From Mexico . —Another effort has been made to produce a revolution in the city of Mexico , by the attempted assassination of General _Salis , who is now at the head of the provisional government . The attempts having been frequent , Salts , escorted by a regiment of dragoons , retired to Tacubaya . " Salis , and as may be inferred from an official letter , Santa Anna also , ascribe these crimes to agents of the United States . Thc gr . _atest energy and industry are employed in increasing the defences nf Vera Cruz . The garrison at present numbers 4 , 500 men , and reinforcements are daily arriving . A rich individual at the capital bad advanced 50 , 000 dollars to be applied to the use ** of the government at this place . The feelings of tbe Mexican government and people , judging from the papers we have received from Vera Cruz , are more than ever exasperated against tha American people

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      and army . The appeals in the various journals are inflammatory beyond all precedent ; and these are m _j- e than _ _rosponded to b > the authorities . Some Vif ! , ! ' _Zalapa have asked permission to remain with the rear guard of the National Militia to take charge of the wounded . The convicts of the prisnns at _Peubla have petitioned the government to allow them to fight , under a guard , the enemies of their country . - . LATER INTELLIGENCE .

      SURRENDER OF TAMPICO . _Livebpool , Wednesday . The Royal mail steam-ship Acadia , Captain Harrison , arrived in the Mersey shortly after nine o ' clook this morning . Tampico had been quietly invested by the American squadron , under Commodore Connor , on the 14 th ult . No _osposition was offer d , and the town surrendered unconditionally . The Mexican force , as we are informed by the West India mail , had ret ' red to San Luis de Potosi . Commodore Conner garrisoned the town with a force of 150 sailors and marines .

      Fr . ) m the interior of Moxico important , though indistinct , advices had been received ; the announcement being made in the New York journals of the 30 th ult ., by telegraph from Washington , that important despatches had been received from the squadron in the Gulf , that the Mexican administration was di ssolved , and that Almonte was going to England . The authenticity of this communication is doubtful . The elections for the constituent Congress had taken place . Ilerrera was one of the elected .

      INSURRECTIONS AGAINST THE AMERICANS . Accounts from California , via Mazatlan _, reported that the occupation ofthe . erritory by the Americans was not peaceful ; that insurrections had occurred at several points , and that the French Consul at the seaport of Monterey had been arrested for having protested against the American usurpations . An attempt of the boats of the United Statu _s _sloop-of-war Cyane to seize a Mexican brig at _Gu-iymas had been repelled . The . Cyane , it is said , lost twenty men in ihe _.-. ffair .

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      ALARMING STATE OF IRELAND . SPREAD OF DESTITUTION ! DEATHS _Blf STARVATION !! The . reports from tbe country are truly appalling . The trustees of the Indian Relief Fund in _Dub'in , received in one day one hundred and seventy letters , chiefly from Mayo , and several of them from Lord Lucan ' s town of Castlebar . The accounts of the state of destitution are utterly deplorable . A magistrate , writing from the neighbourhood of Ballycastle and Doonfeeny , _Mtyo , states that there has been thirteen deaths from stavation within the last few days . In those one hundred and seventy letters there are accounts of forty-savin deaths from actual starvation . There are evidences of utter destitution npon all sides . The Dublin Evening Post says : —

      The workhouses all through the country , with the sole exception of Oastlebar , are crowded to excess , and , in many cases a species of out-door relief is humanely afforded by the guardians . . The workhouse of Kilkenny , on Thursday morning , contained 1 , 301 inmates , upwards of a hundred more than the allotted number . In addition , " 1 , 800 _periouB are daily obtaining a meal of stirabout and milk , which they eat within the house , and then i _? o away . Our correspondent , a gentlemen of the highest character , states that he saw men , women , boys , and girls waiting , iri the cold and rain for that meal , with scarcely a rag to . cover them . The guardians ofthe Kilkenny electoral division , in order to provide this meal ,

      are incurring an additional expense of £ 13 10 s . per day , they are thus taxing the town division , nhicli already pays neurly double the rate applotted upou the rural districts ofthe union . The same state of things exists in various other unions . The Casbel workouse , intended for 700 , contains 873 inmates ; and , in addition , a pound of bread each is daily given to an average of 520 persons , who come to the workhouse to receive relief . In the letter of our Jleath correspondent , and other . communications , a statement of destitution equally afflicting is described ; and but for the vast amount of employment afforded by the public works , we do believe that the country , by this time , would have been one terrible sceno of starvation , pestilence , and anarchy . "

      The provincial journals supply details of the most afflicting kind . The Cork Emminer gives the following in a report of the meeting of the Skihbereen Relief Committee on Tuesday : — Doctor Donovan detailed some lamentable instances of death and sickness from hunger , and a want of protr-ction against the inclemency of the weather , and stated that he had no hesitation in saying that , before the close of the ' spring , half the papulation of this portion of Ctorbery would hav * been swept off the earth by starvation . While the doctor was addressing the committee , an _=. pplicntion for a coffin for a person who had beed dead for the previous four days , w _» b handed into the chairmiin . Some of the gentlemen present remarked they were not at all surprised at this , for they had known numerous instances in which dead bodies had to be kept over ground for several days for wnnt of coffins .

      To . my own knowledge , the friends of one poor creature who died from want , were obliged to bury him without a coffin . It is not an uncommon thing now in the neighbourhood of Skibbeibeen , Ballydehob , Skull , Castlehaven , Castletownsend , tic , to meet ten or a dozen funerals in the day . In fact , the mortality here is greater than during the ravages of the cholera . The story is the same all through the Carberies and the barony of Bere and Bantry—starvation is everywhere . I regret to have to add that another death from starvation occurred here thu morning . At the hour I write the corpse lies about two miles from Skibberbeen _, on the Cerk road . Three young children surrounded the remains of their wretched father on the spot where his strength yielded to _famins , and bewail his loss with henrtpierciiig _2 erie 8 * Deceased was a stout , able-built man , apparently about 40 years of age . The same journal contains the

      _following;—Crohkhavek , Dec . 9 . —To add to the misery of the people , some of the landlords have already canted their cattle for rent . I am sorry to add that the Rev , J , Burrctt , It . C . C , nn last Sunday made a collection in the chapel to purchase a bier to take the dead bodies to the graveyard without coffins , as being hitherto tired of making collections towards buying them . As to larceny , there is no limit to it ; sheep , corn , or anything they can lay hands on , are carried away by the starring people . Counit or Conn . The Conn . Western Districts . — -If the Board of Works can feel _oompassicn _, or can command the means of staying pestilence and death , they will instantly direct the resumption and extension of public works in the two parishes of _Kilinacabea and

      Kilfaughnabeg in the West of Cork . We insert two letters , one from the respected—the almost brokenhearted , Catholic pastors ot those parishes , and the other from a correspondent who is intimately acquainted with the locality , and who tells ihe public what he himself has seen . They are subsisting on sea-weed for the moscpart , and on field-weeds , eating which they are subject to diseases , we will not curdle the blond by naming . They are , many o ' them , in a state that physicians could hardly investigate . Raw tainted tubers have been crunched and swallowed with more than a beast ' s avidity by the

      famishing people ! They are dying in tons and twenties ; famine is sweeping them off faster than Asiatic cholera , when it was most malignant , did the inhabitants of lanes and alleys in the towns of Ireland . Itisusless to ask what ire the landlords doing . The only , and the sufficient , answer is , they are not there . There is not a resident landlord in one of the parishes , and in the other they are so lew , or so iucomnetent , as to render their presence of no avail . The parish priest and his curate are the only residents who have _intelligence and energy _enough to plead for the people : to assist them with money is beyond their power . —Cork Reporter .

      The Rev , Joseph Sheahan , P . P ., in a letter _datad ' ¦ _Clounties , Glandore , Dec . 10 , " says" On Tuesday I visited a man , named Scannell ; the number of his family was nine ; his pay while at work , only a few days , 8 d . per day . From cold and a want ot sufficiency of food he was attacked with dysentery , and died in my hands . Numbers are similarly circumstanced . On Saturday , the llev . Thomas Walsh , my curate , proceeded to the north , about five miles , to the house of Malony _, _wIiobo three children were on the week before last buried . He went in , and the first object that attracted his uotice was the body of Molony ' s fourth child . Hesat down between the corpse and the bed where the father lay , aid heard Iiis confession . He , too , is now

      no more . Aftet visiting four others in that locality , my eurate started for Glandore , and there f nd -ii poor creatures forming one family , the father , three sons and two daughters , on a bed of straw , not three feet broad , all in fever , and so exhausted hat he dared not attempt to remove any . He hatd to hear the confessions of each while the others listened . ' On this morning again , while on duty , he found the body of another of our people , Pierce ( _jocgin , on the road side ; the body was conveyed to Skihbereen , where an it-quest will be held . From his emaciated appearance , my curate has not the _slightest doubt he died of want of food . They are even burying some of the poor creatures now without coffins '

      County or _Webtmeatii . —Aiulonb . _*— Some landlords , either residents or possessors of considerable property in our neighbourhood , from which they dorive large revenues , refuse , at least they have as yet refused , to contribute a farthing , and remain inexorable in the face of a great national calamity . Such conduot , particularly at a time like the present , when hundreds are dying from actual starvation , and pestilence and deatli ravages the land , ia deserving of censure , and we shall feel bound , in the discharge of a public duty , to publish the names of those to whom we allude , should they persevere in refusing

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      te _discharge a duty which we consider incumbent on them . Death frou Starvation . —A man named Dolan , residing in Connaught-street , died on Tuesday evening last , in consequence of utter destitution and hardship . On the night of Wednesday last , about eighto ' olock , as some carts of flour were coming from Clara to Mr . Malachy Nolan of this town , they were attacked by some persons at Bunavalley , within a short distance of the police station , who forcibly carried away four bags , despite of the resistance of the carmen .

      On the night of Saturday last , three heifers , value from £ 15 to £ 16 each , together with a fat sheep , the property of Mr . Mathows , were killed on his lands near Ballidahown _. The parties did not take away the meat , but out ifc up in pieces , and attached to each a piece of paper , on which was written , in a legible hand , the words " here is meat for the poor . " —Athlone Sentinel . _Counti of Leitrim . —There is , at present , a fearful mortality raging in the poor house of Mohill—the number of deaths , in little more than a- week , amounted to 15 _l—Ballinasloe Star .

      County of _Watbbforo . _—Dukgarvan . —There were 186 persons received into the workhouse on Thursday last . Of this number were several ofthe poor fishermen , with their wives and children . The house now is over-crowded , having in it 660 persons , though having been built to accommodate only 600 . Over _eighty othor applications for admission were rejected , as the house could not contain them . A rate of tenpence in the pound has just been levied , though a eonderable portion of the former rate as yet remains uncollected . —Waterford Freeman .

      _Cocntt of Tippkrart . —Robbkrt op Shesp at Knocrdovty . —On Wednesday night last five sheep , the property ofthe Earl of Donoughmore , were killed at Knocklofty , and the carcases taken off . The Bkins ofthe sheep were left behind . Our readers will recollect that it la not very long since Lord _Donougbmore _' s agent was robbed of a considerable sum on his way from Knocklofty to Clonmel . There is no lande _d proprietor who gives more employment than the noble earl , or who has been more kind to the people on his estate , and therefore such acts of depredation are , if possible , the more disgraceful and ungrateful . On Friday morning as the servant of E . Mu cahy , Esq ., J . P ., wag returning to _Ballyraackreefrom Clonmel , after getting change for a ten pound rMe , he was attacked by an armed party near Russeltown wood . They placed him on his face and hands arid robbed him of the money . No man is safe now in travelling " -. through this country . —Tipperary

      Constitution . _Cocntv ' of Wexforo . _—Wexforh . —Our accounts from the northern parts of this county are deplorable . Since the extreme cold set in , sickness and death have accordingly followed in its train . Many died in the course of last week , and the illness , in every case , was traceable to the want of clothing and _firinp , if not of sufficient food . Complaints against the relief committees are very general . Mr . Boyse , of Bannow , has expended £ 1 , 000 in the purchase of corn , to guard _agninst the alarming contingency before us .

      County of Clarb —Mr . J . Hill , of Miltown Malhay , under date Cth December , writes to say— " Three deft-lis from starvation have taken place in this village within the last ten days ; oa woman of the name * Mary Flaherty , another a po r woman of the name Ellen Dolehy ; she died nn the side of the roa between Miltown and Liskehone ; during a dreadfu storm of hail It is now no unusual sight to see three or four persons faint from exhaustion each day , for when they are brought into some house and that restoratives are administered in the form of food , they usually recover "

      Coumtt of Kilkbnnt . —The Kilkenny Moderator contains a _lengthened detail ofthe outrages which took place in Kilkenny a few days since , upon which occasion several shops were broken into and plundered . The military were called out to protect thc city , and it was * only by the _vigilmce of strong patrols , and . the presence of a large force , that the property of the inhabitants ofthe city was preserved Robberies on an extensive scale are prevalent in that county , particularly in the colliery district . Cavav . — -Tin ? . Anglo Celt says : — " Our table this mornin _*"* - is literally covered with accounts of outrages perpetrated in this county and Meatli , none of them , it is true , attended with bloodshed ; but the subjoined _catalogue is , notwithstanding , indicative of a state of society but only too likely to lead to it .

      [ Here follows a long list of highway robberies , cattie-stealing , and various other outrages . ] Increase of Crime ik Tyrone We aro sorry to remark that the fears which we formerly expressed of evil _disprsed persons taking advantage of these times of comparative distress ns a pretext for deeds of robbery and _outrage , would appear to be justified even in our own county . On Tuesday last four persons were lodged in the gaol of this town , on a charge of feloniously entering some houses in the neighbourhoodo * Fintona , from which they stole bread , whiskey , and tobacco . On thesame day ninemen and woman wcr transmitted from Dungannon bridewell to our _^ aol charged with having stolen oats , turnipB , yarn , am ' several other articles . It is feared that our calender at next assizes will be unusually heavy . —• Tyrone Con stitution .

      County of Westmeath . —The sale of fire-arms stili continues throughout the country , and as aconsr . quence , armed parties are to be nightly met with ii . all directions . Dubli » , Dec . 14 . —Refkoouctive Works . —The Board of Works have just issued a circular to count engineers and surveyors , conveying instructions tithe effect , that no more public works ( such as newroads , cutting down hills , & o ., ) are to be commenced _, while those in progress of execution are to be _finished with all possible speed ; as in future the money is to be expended on works of a reproductive kind , —viz . drainage and snbsoiling . The circular also specifichow tbes _' e works are to be executed , and lavs dowi fresh regulations for the employment ot the labourerengaged upon them ,

      An adjourned presentment sessions for the barony of Raphoe was held on Friday , at which theMarqui of Abcrcorn and all the leading proprietors of the dis trict were present . Presentments were passed to tin amount of upwards of £ 15 , 000 , £ 10 , 946 of wliich _waller drainage . Before the meeting separated the following resolutions were agreed \ o ;—That we regard the present system of expending tk > public money , whether under the letter of Mr . Labouchere or _umler the Labour-rate Act , ns completely defective , altogether _unsuitod to the _circumntaaceg , wholly Insufficient for the wants ofthe country , and so encumbered with difficulties as to be incapable of practical application .

      That our proceedings at tbis sessions have not origin ated from any expectation that it will be found to work satisfactorily , bui because we consider it preferable , and some _mitigation of the evil effect , rather to apply the money necessary for tbe employment of the people to some purpose that may , _posnibly , give a productive return , arid , so tar , assist the country in meeting its difficulties , than to squander vast sums in road and other works , useless in themselves , and sure to weigh it down heavily hereafter _. Agricultural _SociEir . —Afc the general _^ halfyearly meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society . _; Secretary having reaa the minutes of former proceedings , and the report uf tho council for the half year . The Duke of Leinster moved that the report should be received and adopted .

      The Earl of Clancarty , in seconding the adoption of the report , said lie cordially responded to the opinion unanimously expressed by the council , that one of tbeir fundamental rules , which had been recently rescinded , should bo restored to its original integrity . It was essential to the Society that the members should act in perfect harmony—( hear , hear );—and in order to preserve that , harmony which substantially existed in the council , he _acquiesced in rather than approved of the resolution , bv which the 14 th rule would be restored in its original integrity . He hoped the measure of restoring that rule would have the effect of inducing Lord Downshire to return to them , and that his noble friend would not adhere to the opinion he had expressed of not joining a society except upon tbe ruins ofthe present .

      Mr . Lambert moved the second resolution , which was to the effect , that thc _14 th rule , which had been partially rescinded , should be restored to its original integrity . Sir Gr . _Hodsos , Bart ., seconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted amid loud cheers .

      MBW _SOCIBIT OF LANDLORDS . The Evening Mail publishes the following in a second edition : — " A most influential meeting , including men of all parties , assembled ( Friday ) , to take into consideration the propriety of adopting some energetic step on the part of the landed interests of this country , in reference to the present alarming state of affairs . The proceedings were strictly private , but we have reason to think that they will lead to combined exertion on the part oi those whose interests are so deeply involved . "

      TIIK DISSENSIONS IN THE REPEAL PARTY . The following resolutions were adopted at a meeting of the _seccders from the Repeal Association , residing at Dublin , assembled at the office of the Nation , on the 11 th Dec ., James Haughton , Esq ., in the chair : — Moved by Richard O'Gorraan , jun ., Esq . ; seconded by Charles Taaffe , Esq ., and adopted : — 1 . That we have read with satisfaction the overtures to a reconciliation made by Mr . O'Connell , on behalf ol the Repeal Association , ou last Monday ; and that we believe thc diiiscussion by a conference of all the point * of difference between us and the association to be thu best and most judicious course towards effecting that r » conciliation . Moved by John Mitchell , Esq ., seconded by tbe Reverend Mr . Mehan , and adopted : —

      2 . That inasmuch as all these points of difference have been _repeatedly placed before , and distinctly known by the Irish people , we deem it unnecessary to reiterate tbem at length on tbis occasion . Moved by T . F . Meagher , Esq ., seconded by T . D . _M'Gee , Esq ., ( on behalf of thc committee of the Dublin Remonstrants ) , and adopted : —

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      _^ 8 . That althoug h we might insist on our evident right to nominate the persons to represent our opinions in that conference , still , influenced by a _d-sire of set . tling the real questions at issue , we are willing to waiv * that right , nnd assent to the nomination of those gentle . men already suggested by Mr . O'Connell , with one qualU _ficntion . Moved by Charles Gavan Duffy , Esq . ; seconded by P . J . Sraythe , Esq ., and adopted : — *• That inasmuch as Mr . O'liagan has publiciy sign * fled his determination not to interfere in thc settlement of any question relating to the future policy and management Of the _asEOciation , and inasmuch as we _helieva _sueh questions to be the material points at issue , we ara of opinion that some gentleman should be substituted ( to be named on behalf of the _seceders ) , whose political position will not prevent him from _entering upon the consideration of all the matters at issue between tho parties Mr . _O'iTsgan to lend his assistance to the conference should any legal difficulty arise .

      Moved by William Bryan , Esq ., Raheny ; seconded by Dr . Duffy , Finglass , and adopted :- — 5 . That , with a view to make tim . " reconciliation ' universal and lasting , immediate steps be taken by personal communication , to ascertain the opinions of th « aecedera residing at a distance upon the questions prope * to be submitted to thc proposed conference . "

      REPEAL ASSOCIATION . The weekly meeting ofthe association , held on Monday , was very numerously attended . The chair was taken by Nicholas Maher , M . P , for Tipperary . The Chairman said he had intended to havo alluded to some of the proceedings connected with Young _Irelandism in the county of Tipperary , and to have corrected some errors which had crept into the press with r . 'gard to that county , but as there , waa a shadow of hope thata reconciliation might take place with Young Ireland , he should not then discus g them . Mr . _Sti-ehc , at the . request of Mr . O'Connell , read a letter from Mr . _^ Dobeny , barrister , a leading member ofthe Young Ireland party , apologising for some expressions he made use of at the . recent meet _» ing ofthe " seceders" at the Rotunda , reflecting ! on Mr . O'Connell .

      Mr . O'Connell could assure Mr . Deheny that the "xpressions he referred to did not hurt his ( Mr . O'Connell ' s ) _feelines . If his feelings were to be hurt ivy the abuse which was so constantly heaped upon him , he did not imagine that he would then be in existence . ( Laughter . ) A letter from Mr . Fowther , Town Clerk ofthe Corporation , having been read of a- complimentary nature , Mr . Pat . Costello said that for his part he did net care a straw whether the Young Irelanders rejoined the Association or not . The time had come fo ? nraetical work , and ho believed Mr . Ford , who was lately appointed crown prosecutor for Meath , had as much work in him as all of them put together , with one or two exceptions ' . ( Hear . ) After the receipt of several sums of money ,

      Mr . O'Connell came forward to make his speech of the day . _^ He said he bad come there to effect a reconciliation , if possible , and if he could not do so _,, he would , at least , show the _worAu who it was that receded from the . proposition . ( Hear . ) There was a great secret in political life , and that was to bt honest and intherisht , and he ( Mr . O'Connell ) waa in the right , and , _fh-refore , could afford to make an-• ffer of conciliation . ( Hear , hear . ) He had been abused for doing so , and he was told the Young Irelanders had a triumph . Now , on the contrary , ha considered that it was he who had a triumph , forthe real question was , who would first come forward and act most kindly _towarrls " old Ireland ? ( Hear . ) He had ' made an offer of a conference to consider a legal

      question , but he had conceded nothing—all he wanted was to seo if he could concede anything—for _principl e he would never concede . ( Hear ) What waa tho _Youne Ireland party , after all , with tbe exception of Mr . William Smith O'Brien . They were the scribblers fora newspaper ; in fact , the split with tha Association was between it and the compositors ' room ofa newspaper _^ ' The Repeal Association had « et at defiance the . Crown lawyers , a partial Judge , and a packed Jury ; and . was it to be barked at by the yelping ofa compositors' room ? ( Cheers . ) No , certainly not . As he said , he was willing to make every concession short of principle , and to receive back those young gentlemen upon a legal footing , but he would never admit the doctrine of physical force . ( Hear . ) His plan was simple . He had proposed a conference , not an arbitration—a discussion , and not a dissension , He proposcd'tlia't the law * of the case should be ascertained , and how was he met ?

      Was he met by a generous [ acceptance of hia terms ? He regretted to say , he was not met as he ought . ( Hear , hear . ) He had proposed that _himself , Mr . William Smith O'Brien , and four others ( three of whom he did not agree with ) , should meet and settle the law ofthe case ; but his proposition was not acquiesced in ; on the contrary , they bad passed resolutions quite foreign to the subject . ( Hear . ) The Learned Gentleman then read a letter which lie had ' received from the Rev . Dr . Miley , whom he had _* ent down to Limerick , to Mr . O'Brien , to _f-ndeavour to induce him to join in the proposed confer-• nce . ( The letter stated thatthe reverend nogociator had totally failed in his attempts to induce Mr , O' Brien to accede to the proposition of a conference , except upon such _termB as he ( Mr . _O'BrieH ) would irescribe . ) Now he ( Mr . O'Connell ) had done all in his power to effect a conciliation , and it was not his fault if it wero not effected . ( Hear , hear ) The rent for the week was announced £ 101 .

      RKPRODUCTIVB WORKS The Board of Works have issued an important cir-• ular respecting the commencement and _continuance f reproductive works . The Board says"The employment of the destitute on road- andother public works miist soon terminate , and _reproductive works be substituted for them . To render * uch works really beneficial and morally useful , the landed proprietors must join hand in hand with ths Board of Works . " The Cork Examiner says : — " The Indian corn * sellers are making a whacking profit at the expense 'if the poor . Indian corn was selling : at £ 16 lo £ 17 a ton on Friday and Saturday , although a cargo had been just received by ship afc £ 10 15 j . a ton . To the 'ortunate buyer the market price would leave £ 7 a ton , or seventy-five percrnt . This is the legitimate course of trade , so lauded and protected by the Whif premier . "

      The other correspondent alluded to by the Cork Reporter says"On the 18 th of September last , the gentry and cesspayers ot the barony of Bere passed presentments to the amount of over £ 6 . 000 , to secure the employment for three mon hs of these miserable people . Uf this pretty lame _suna . the amount of 2 _J days' ' labour to 100 individuals , at 8 d . per diem , is all tha elief which has reached thc parish ; this was due seven weeks previous to its being paid . In it are 1 . 050 families ; of these 800 are in a state of absolute <' e 'titution , 400 being in an actual state of starvation ! 1 attended mass on Sunday , in the _Clinlaurenoa

      chapel of this parish , where I was surprised to see a number of coffins ( rather shells ) _ranced at the bottom i > C the aisle . This I _understood to arise from a custom among the people of _having any bodies intended for Imrial on a _Sundny present at the celebration of the sacred mysteries on that day . Before the last Gospel , the parish priest . Rev . Jeremiah Sheahan , told the congregation that during the twenty-five years he was in the parish , he had never seen such a number of bodies there ; that they were all cases of undoubted starvation ; that on the previous day he had been called to visit an old man named Conolly at Coolireagh , who had not tasted any food for fourteen days , some sea-weed , excepted . "

      COUNTT OF LONGFORr , Robb-buy o * r a Patmastkr of Public WonKs . —On Wednesday last , at mid-may , about half-past twelve o ' clock , as James Boyce , Esq ., paymaster of the Drainage Commissioners , was proceeding on one of Mr . _Sutcliffe ' 8 carts from this town , where he is residing , to _Strokestown , two men , armed with pistols , came up to him ; one presented his oistol at the car driver ' s head , tho other presented his pistol dose it , Mr . Jovce ' s breast , and demanded his money .

      Findin 2 resistance , under the circumstances , useless , one of the fellows took his carpet bag out of the well of the car , and finding it heavy , and hearing the jingle of the silver , he decamped with it , thinking he had the whole booty , but fortunately Mr . Joyce , had £ 200 in notes on his person , with which he escaped , the robbers not waiting to search him . There were between thirty and forty men working in a quarry on the roadside , not twenty perches from the spot , but t hey tookno notice of the attack . T he bag contained £ 101 in silver , with which he was going to pay . the men employed on drainage works in the Strokestown district . —Zonoforc * Journal .

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      Awdover UsiON . —In the Union , this year , the annual Christmas dinner is to be discontinued ; therefore , instead of the poor inmates having good roast beef and beer , as in former years on that day , this vear they will have a cheerless meal of bread and

      _cbeei-e . - This Wood Pavement in thu Citt . —On Monday , ' by order ofthe Commissioners of Se wers , the wood _pavemtBttt in Queen-street , Cheapside , was taken up , for the purpose of having the thoroughfare paved with stones . SnoRT Time . —This is the sixth week that the cotton mills in Stockport have been working four days per week , and except we can see a much better prospect than at present , it is very likely that the spinners and manufacturers will be compelled to work only three days per week . — Stockport Paper . Omnibus Accident . —On Monday evening , between four and five o'clock , as Mrs wood cutter , residing at Dep omnibus in Wellington-street from thc steps , which were pitching on her head , she thc braini March op the Cholera . — dated Trebizonde . Nov . 20 , progress of the Cholera to

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19121846/page/7/