Sta 35 dmt seems to have been drawn atithe elections, lies between the support-

of the ministry and those candidates 6:0 pledged themselves unequivocally to :henltra demands of the populace. But as the ministerial candidates were very

enerally succesful, and as the ballot and septennial Parliaments are held by the ad-

lp' ministration to be depended on expediency, I] ‘t becomes difficult to speculate upon the 0M lrobable fate of those questiOns that are Id dpgimed and calculated to effect an alter- ]? attic; to the electoral institutions of the ' country.—Londou Paper.

:5 In Ireland, affairs appear to be rapidly

approaching to a crisis. Mr. O‘Connell is the only authority to whom the vast majority of the people pay any sort of respect. He is now about to enter the House of Commons, at the head of 40 men devoted to him, and pledged to sup- port every measure kthnt he shall either roposc or advocate- He can also calcu- late on about ten English members, so that he will out no contemptible figure even inaminority. I‘he Huskisson party sel- dom mustered above thirty. Mr. O‘Con- nell has announced that there shall be a petition presented every night for the Re- pealpl‘ the Union, and that every repealer shall speak upon it. He expressed his determination to force the House to at- tend to the distresses of Ireland and to comply with the 'demands of her people.

The Cork Caustitution says:— The Cler- gymen are coming into town, and have been driven to this step for the preserva- of their lives. In the county of Mayo, the military are on the alert every where, to assist inthe collection of tithes. and their services were found necessary to bring on the Dublin Mail- In the county Louth, too, the people have in many places, come in collison with the police and soldiers. In short the papers teem with accounts of the disturbed state of the country." 4

It is believel that a considerable body oftroops have been ordered to Ireland, as the country is represented to be in a most frightful state, many districts being invol- ved in an universal storm of outrageous crime, all law being despised and laughed at.

The state of Ireland, according to the ac- counts betnre us. is, mast lamentable. and we fear that matters in that country are hastening toa fearful contest. A large additimial military force is on the point of being sent thither. The county of Kilken- ny Is in a very distracted state. 22 houses had been attacked by the Whitefeet, prin- Clpally with a View of dispossessing hol- d8" of land taken in opposition to the regulation of the Whitefeet. 30 persons Were committed to the county Jail, during the month of December, for alledged offen- ce‘agalnst the government. Near New- Port, in the county of Mayo, and near

“witnessed.

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Newmarket in the county of Cork, the police and peasantry had met and blood had flown profusely. The collection of tithes was the exciting cause. Contested elections in the counties of Westmeath and Longford, had considerably aggrava. ted the disturbed state of the public mind there. On the 16th January, the Nation- al Council as denominated by Mr. OCon- nell, would meet with a view to consult on measures which would bring about a repeal of the Union. 258 members of Par- liament, recently elected, had intimated their intention to attend.

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CAPE m: Venus.—-A meeting of the ci- tizens of Philadelphia was holden on the 25th ult. for the purpose of contributing further aid to the famishing inhabitants of the Cape de Verds. At the meeting a letter was communicated from Captain IIayes, commander of the Emma, which was sent out in November last with provi- sions forthe relief ot'the sufferers in those islands. Captain Hayes’ letter is dated at the Isle of Mayo, Januarde, 1833, and contains some interesting particulars which have not before been published in our pa- pers. The first Island at which Captain Hayes tou'ched was Antonio, where the famine had been most severely felt, and its ravages most dreadful. From the mo- mentof his landing, he every where met the terrible testimony that _ the report of the calamity, which was desolating those islands, was not exaggerated. He was surrounded by haggard, emaciated wretch- es, whose appearance, though they yet survived, bore witness to the extremity of their sufferings. M. Gozales, the Chief Judge ot'St. Antonio, in acknowledging the benefaction of the. citizens of Phila- delphia, states that in that island alone. the famine had carried offfifteen thousand inhabitants. Captain H. visited the prin- cipal towns of the island, and while at sup- per in the house of the collector, heard continually the piteous cries of the people for something to eat On his return to his shiphe overtook hundreds of the inhahi~ tants travelling thither to receive the ra- tions, of whose arrival they had heard. Many ofthem sunk dovvn by the road side from absolute exhaustion, and entreated Captain II. with the utmost ardent prayers, to reserve a portion ofhis provisions for them ll’ il they should be able to reach the vicinity of his ship. Such scenes as these met him at every step It is impossible to describe the misery which be every where

I The provisions brought by Captain H. were distributed with much judgment un- der the direction ofthe officers and princi- pal citizens of the island, and effected a great though temporary alleviation of suffe-

ring. - With the letter of Captain H. a state-

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ment was communicated of the progress of famine, from M. J. C. Fena, the Governor, and M. J. J. Oliveria, Deputy Collector of St. Antonio. The famine, which com menced in 183], was occasioned by the usual periodical rains.

The season is thus described“ It seemed as if t. 3 four elements had combined in a league the better to effect the annihilation of the ill-fated inhabitants. Rain, which was wont to be plentiful in the months of August and September, was eagerly, but in vain looked for. The seeds and plants which the husbandman. with so much toil and care, had committed to the ground, produced disappointment and despair. The intense heat of the sun in October, scorched the fruit, and utterly destroyed all sorts of fruitful vegetation.”

The statement then proceeds:—

Here began the work of famine! Its ravages spread into every corner of the Island, individual property was no longer respected, and men, as famished lions, laid the country waste; whatever plants or seeds had escaped the combined rage of the elements, at once disappeared be- fore them. ’I‘he want of laborers, seeds, water and naval resources. served to shar- pen theinstrument of death. Calamities were increased in proportion to the wants of the people, and things arrived at such extremes that not even places fit to bury

the dead could be had, and hardly suffici- ent assistance in this work of charity, so much so that burning was resorted to, and (hard to say) part of those half burnt victims were eaten by their starving fel- low creatures! The plague was hourly ex- pected by the surviving, owing to the corruption of the dead. A man was how- ever found, who having till then led a li- centious life, became an example of chris- tian charity, and attended to the disposal of the dead. Famine and death continued with double vigor in the followinvyear,

B ov‘ving to the causes already stated.

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the owner on the spot. THOMflS ROB ERTS. N O T I C E is hereby given. that all persons indebted to the Estate of Henry Loggia, late of New. London, yeoman, deceased; are requested forth- with to pay the amount of their respective debts to the undersigned; otherwise pro- ceedings at Law will be immediately com~ menCed for the recovery thereof a 3 Administrator

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