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cate of your entrance into Parliament, down to 1846, vou eens a steady advocate of economy and retrench- nent—in 1848 you were quite the reverse. You were ‘t satistied with increasing the Salary of an old office, ut vou assisted to create a new one. In the Jast Par-| hament you opposed every grant infavour of Government House—in the present Parliament you have voted to vive that establishment 500/. a year. And on this ques- én, as well ason the preceding ones [ have enume- rated, connected with the Session of 1848, you were supported by Messrs. Conroy and Montgomery, and opposed by Messrs. Rae, McIntosh, D. McDonald, Coles, Jardine, Mooney, Le Lacheur, Fraser, Clark, and my- seli, You will scarcely venture to assert in reference to all these, the same stupid falsehood you have asserted of me, namely, that they had received £60 each for turning their backs upon you and Donald Montgomery; or that they had any expectation of getting offices from a Governor to whoin they refused te vote £500 a-year. I am glad you have given me the opportunity of stat- ing these things. You assert f have shewn a want of judgment by informing the readers of the Examiner of the 16th May, that you had changed your politics, and sold yourself tothe Compact. I think I have clearly proved my case against you, and if I have not already shewn your defence to be ill-judged and contemptible, I will do so.most satisfaetorily before I have. finished this correspondence. The use of the term ‘sold’ inthe article which has. excited your indignation, was not meant to imply that you had received asum of money from the Compact for your adhesion to. their views, for i believe they. have quite a sufficient number to provide for without you. The term ‘ sold? has often a wide and general signification, though, like many other words in| the English language admijtting of various interpreta- tiens, it has a fixed and.definite meaning in the Dic- tionary. Ina general sense it was applied to you, and, as I have proved, your votes justified its application, I would not. probably have scrutinized these votes, had you not made me the subject of your blackguard insi- nuations and worn-out lies. At your hands, at. least, | merited no such treatment. My pen, in.times gone by, fgeble though it. was, was ever, at your service, when your character, both public and private, was brutally assailed by your present friends—when a Rebel in Politics and.an Atheist in Religion, were the terms by which you were stigmatized in the columns of theJslander. But let the past be forgot*en: it is not our business now to be suaviler in modo, but fortiter in re; and offering you my hand in enmity, I take my war-cry from Macbeth: |

Lay on, Maclean, And d——d be he who cries—he cries in wain.

EDWARD WHELAN. September 1, 1848.

Arrival of the English Mail.

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On: Briday-morning we received the English Mail, veing the second for August, brought to Halifax by the new Steamship Niagara. In the following Summary will be found all the intelligence, possessing any interest, which the papers. afford:

IRELAND.

»APTURE OF MEAGHER, LEYNE; AND O’DONOGHOE. STATE TRIALS—CONVICTION OF MR. MARTIN— MORE’ ARRESTS—PETITION: OP THE CATHOLIC CLERGY OF TUAM—PROPOSED ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING A FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

‘Phere has beea no further disturbance in-Ireland since our last. ‘The most interesting news: is the capture of Meagher, Leyne, and O’Donoghoe, leaders ofthe Young irclanders. The following accounts of the arrests. is derived from @ letter dated: Thurles, Aug. 13.:

“On this morning, about oneo’eléck, Messrs.Meagher, ‘OrDoneghoe.and Leyne; were walking along the high road between Clonoulty and Holycross, where they. were set byConstable Madden and a large party of police,who were patrolling near the pelice barrack at Rathcannon, to. which station. the party had only returned witlin the ‘net two days. Madden accosted: them saying, ‘fine night, gentlemen,’ to whieh Mr.Meagher replied, ‘good aight, boys.’ A. few more ordinary words passed, and voth partios.separated, the police goiag in the direction; of Ratacanaorn, and: the others.oomiguing-on.their-roate

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more than three hundred yards when they were overtaken by six of the same police party, who were armed with their carbines, and called upon them to halt, They did. so, and were then commanded to accompany the police to their barracks.

‘Mr. Meagher demanded the reason; upon which Sergeant Madden replied that he had strict orders to act as he was doing. Mr. O’Donoghoe asked him if he had a Warrant orany other authority for their arrest > Madden said he had not ; and then demanded of Mr. O’ Donoghoe

tion. Mr. Leyne was next asked his name, and he also gave it atonce. Madden thendrew Mr.Meagher aside, and ina low tone asked him his name, to which he answered, ‘anything you have to say to me say it pub- liely before al]. I will not hold any private conversation with you.’ Then, said Madden, 1 ask you your name publicly—what is it? My name is Thomas Francis Meagher, was the answer. Then, said Madden, { arrest you in the Queen’s name. The others were also made prisoners of in like manner; the police fell in, one at either side of each prisoner, and they marched them to the barracks at Rathcannon, about a mile further up the road.

and subsequently sent off by special train to Dublin,

bled in considerable numbers abont the-station. The prisoners are described as having looked cheerful

is thus given: ‘Mr.Meagher looked in as good health‘as usual. He wore his. ordinary dress—a blue frock coat and tweed

attempt at disguise of any kind. He smoked a cigar on his way to the station. Mr. Leyne was likewise in his ordinary dress, but wore a large. Irish freize overcoat. Mr. O’Donoghoe wore a dark fur cap and his usual

dress.’ THE STATE TRIALS.

Were. progressing, In the case of theo Queen vs. O’Doherty, the Jury did not agree and were consequent- ly discharged. ;

The trial of Mr. John Martin, proprietor of the lately suppressed Felon newspaper, commenced on Monday, August 14, and excited remarkably little interest in the aity. Several hours of the time of the court were wasted with the usual preliminary discussions. It was just two o’clock before the Attorney General rose to state the case for the crown. The day’s proceedings were com. menced with the arraignment of Mr. Martin, who was charged with having published in the Felon newspaper certain articles of a felonious character, to deprive the Queen of her style, honour, and title, &c., and levy war against her Ma esty.

The defence was ably conducted by Mr. Butt, Q. C. The trial extended over two days. The Jury were charged by the Chief Baron, and, after an absence of several hours, returned with a verdict of ‘ Guilty,’ with a recommendation to mercy—in consequence of the letter upon which they find him guilty having been written in prison, and under circumstances of excitement.

Mr. C. G. Duffy was brought down for trial, which was postponed.

Several more arrests had taken place—among them Eugene Martin, brother of John Martin, of the Felon, five American sympathisers, and a member of th Pro- testant Repeal Association.

A Petition tothe Queen had been got up by the Catholic clergy. of Tuarn, praying that Smits,O’Brien and his associates may be mercifully dealt with.

A large number of noblemen and gentry had met together in Dublin with the view of procuring the perio- dical sitting of Parliament in Ireland.

FOREIGN SUMMARY.

Our continental news is still of deep importance. Al] the preliminaries for an active renewal of the war in the Duchies:have taken-place ; but with the exception of a slight skirmish with the Prussian.outposts, near Skder- leben in which six Prussians were killed, no further hostilities have taken place. The blockade would re. commence on the 15th, and- we wait the next accounts with great anxiety.— The combined troops-on the frontier already amount to 12,000 men, and. these will speedily be joined ty 10,000 more in reserve. General Wrangle

eyeacis: Upleerogs, “They had: not however nroceeded) was-exnected.to.cross the frontieron the Mth inst.

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The confederates were examined by a Magistrate,

without the: slightest manifestation of excitement or attempt at interference from the people,who were assem-

and free from any anxiety—their persona) appearance

trowsers. He had on a short overcoatof Irish freize, a} black and white straw hat, and was without the slightest |

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THE ITALIAN AND AUSTRIAN WAR

We deeply. regret to learn, from authentic sources that whilst Radetzky commands Northern Italy trom Main, General Weldon has crossed the Po, and has penetrated into Romagna. He issued proclamations, declaring that he would destroy any town whith offered the least resistance to his troops, as he had destroyed Sermide; and he advanced without opposition as far as Bologna. ‘There, having levied contributions, the people rose and tle tocsin was sounded. Considerable slaughter ensued, and the Austrians were beaten out of the town as far as Montagnola. From this spot the Ailstrians

his name, which was given without a moment’s ‘hesita- |bombarded the town, which was set fire to; but the

people again attacked the Austrians, and took Montag. nola by assault. A good deal of bloodshed has been thus caused, and a severe check has been given to the further advance of the Austrians in the Papal States,

Ravenna is already occupied by the Austrians, and we cannot suppose that the brave Bolognese will be abie long to resist the superior forces brought against them, Charles Albert having retired to Novara, was, at last accounts at Alexandria, but the head quarters of his army were at Vigevano, within his own dominions, Milan was held by Radetzky, who has appointed Prince Felix Schwartzenberg governor. In this state of things, it is evident that the only hope of a favourable issue out of all these troubles for the Italians, is by means of a mediation by France and England, to which we have alluded elsewhere. On Wednesday, Lamartine delivered an energetic speech, in the committee of Foreign Affairs, in favour of an armed intervention in Italian affairs by France, as the only means,.forsooth! by which she can observe the solemn engagement. which. Lamartine made in the name of the couatry,.and with its evident appro- bation. This is a sad marplot step.—If it should succeed, an European war becomes inevitable, as most assuredly: Austria, flushed with victory, and backed by the German Confederation, will never yield to French violence alone. The wise pacific counsels of Nngland and France united may bring about a far different result, and our only hope sin the firmness of General 'Cavaignae. The moment is in the highest degree-eritical. 1s ow

FRANCE. i

The state of seige still continues in Paris. About 1700 more persons have been found guilty of having taken part in the insurrection, and 2000 have been set ar liberty.

The Jatest news from Paris describes an unsettled stats of things. Numerous arrests continue to take place.

At Lyons there has been a serious riot, hut it does not seem to have been of a political character.

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At Berlin the Cholera continues to spread, but slowly: The English Government have taken precautionary. measures to preventing its spreading to England.

COMMERCIAL.

We cannot note any improvement in- commercial affairs this week , on the contrary, the weather continu- ing most unfavourable.for harvest operations, and the Potato disease being on the increase, a feeling of des- pondency is here and there exhibiting itself among merchants and traders in general.

NEWS FROM THE UNITED STATES:

Awful Conflagration in Albany, U. S.—600 Houses Burned—The area of the Fire em- bracing many- Acres—Property to the Value of $ 10,000,000—Four Millions of Dollars literally destroyed ! ! !—Several Lives Lost.

Albany is literally cesolate: A fire: broke out about noon yesterday, ina stable inthe rear of the Albion Hotel, corner of Broadway and Herkmer street, be- tween Broadway and the river. The wind was a gale from the south, the heat of the weather andthe fire in- tense, and every, thing dry and combustible, In an inconceivably short time the fire spread over a wide surface, prostrating every thing before it. The efforts of the firemen were directed as well as they could be under sueh appalling circumstances,’ but they were powerless against such.an amazing force of flame, of raging wind, and the fierce heat of the wide-spreading, and all-consuming element:

The fire was not arrested till after Sin the afternoon, and only then by a providential change of the wind, which threw the current of flame back.upon its vast. track of devastation, followed by a heavy and drenching. rain. This alone preserved'to the city all the business and commercial portion of it that has escaped.

Full four hundred: buildings are.econsumed, and pro- perty prabably not less than two or three millions,

although no estimate of value is yet attainable. We

hear of two forwarding lines that estimate property

under their charge to the amount of $90,000, al! con-

sumed, Another line suffersto an amount from $60,000,

to $80,000. The loss of flour afloat and.in store, is not

less than 10,000 barrels.

The area of the fire embraces many acres, perhaps

fifty or sixty, of the: most compact: and valuale part of

the city. It includes at least twenty squares. Amidst the ruins which. every-where meet the eye, it 1S difieut:

to. trace the outlines of the former state-of things, Dstt