... Sea-It bag often been said that the Roman Catholic gr relief bill of 1829 has been practically repealed. Now, re Sir, although I cannot go quite so far an to admit this (for at many and eubstantial benefits have undoubtedly been con- Ct ferred by it on Roman Catholics, especially on the higher cc classes of them), yet, I must admit that it has been mate St rially obstructed in fully producing ...

... | The ne'ial weekly meeting of the guardians o0 tnis union r took place yeoterday at the board-room. PE A!&dr'ian sc PNRy BoWLEs, in the chair. The fu'bvirg guardians wero ai50 present :-Captaen hr Nowladd, JSoth Ou31ey l3rinsall, Simeon Boileaui, Thomas a Dodd Smith, Colancl Shaw, William Creozier, John H. sb Asking, Thomas Wilans, Edward D. Williams, Cornelius | P. Sbannon, Francis Purcell, ...

... UBLtN ?? CIaBr,147l DUBLIN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1847. THE COERCION BILL-IRISH(?) MEMBERS. The Hue and Cry bill has had another easy stage in the House of Commons-coercion stepsthrough that constitutional assembly with marvellous smoothness. One night is sufficient for the introduction and first reading. The English members disdain even to raise a debate on a question so seriously ...

... PETITIONS AGAI(NST SITTING MEMBERS. The petition against the return of Mr. Richard Samuel GGuineess, for the borough of Kinsale, has been presented to the House of Commons. The petitioner is Mr. William .H. Watson, the lets member, a gentleman who is already inown to the public by the persevering efforts which he has made year after year to introduce into parliament legis. lative measures for ...

... TO THLE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN. -.JIl-+In o f westerday, and under an ar. Iyour punuto - -- -. - -- I I headed, Serious Accident, I am given credit for f010tsering to pay for any damage that had been done ,benrst briefly beg to disclaim any euch avowal as either Nsp ed or understood. I myself have been a consider. 6eP infferer en the seriousinjuries sustained by my servanto, tlh vehicl5, ...

... 2- of The Diaris of Rome publishes the following as the reply )rof the Pope to the address of Prince Corsini, in the name of the municipality :- 1 The words whlch you have just addressed to me, my Lord Senator, are a source of consolation to me ; for they give me the assurance of the good sentiments which eni- mate the municipal magistracy, whose duty is to watch as over the interests of a ...

... I . A meeting of the council of the Chamber of Commerce -. in reference to the claims of the spirit grocers of Ireland, as was held at the Commercial Buildings yeeterday. in TuOMAS CEOSTHWAITz, Esq., in the chair. f- Mr. S. F. Dickson and a deputation from the spirit fo grocers attended. Mr. Dickson stated that the adjudged m claims of the spirit grocers on the Crown were for the sum of 12 ...

... I TO T'lE EDlIrORS OF TIE FREEMAN. 'j Ptt1-lrom t'te shost conversation I enjoyed with you Isom weeks sinoe, I star aware thit you have been apprised of the recent discovery of two rein deer, and thirty Irish elk, in a glen on the Dublin mrountnins. No doubt you, like myself, ahstained from notioing this event, in the expectation that aco.,, coo of the many learned societies in the city would, ...

... ?? * 111vua 1 f IRISH TFNANCWE. _ In the din of coercion, subjects of far more impor- ,- tant intereat are overlooked or forgotten. It argues more vigour to subdue by force, or intimidate by fears . than conciliate by justice. Improvement is sacrificed ,, to retrogression, and under the plea of disorder, mi- nisters demand a suspension of all legislative reme. d It dies, without which force ...

... THE RIVERt PLATE. Fraenvl aed English governments bave at length come it to -,I acrll oeet wk'ich *ill, ae trust, put an ecd to the very ?? state of affairs between Buenos Ayres nrid !Mont Video. The dispouition shown by tbe French ?? during the conmiinncations which have led to this rtfilft cffords the best ground for believing that this ri qla-tio, v;ill be coon finally and satisfactorily ...

... PROGRESS OF DESTITUTfON=CONDITION OF | TE NORTH. , I- - . . - I The pressure of destitution that we were told by our bu mane rulers would be confined to twenty-two of the western and southern unions, has, even at this early period, with rebellious disobedience to the dictum of the economic mi- nister, made itself felt in the once prosperous and plentiful Ulster. Unfortunately for the Whig ...

... I (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) A numerous and respectable meeting of the ratepayers iof the Longford union was held in the court-house of Long.- !ford on Wednesday, to take into consideration the an- ,nounoement of government to give no public assistance to support the destitute of this union. ?? before the hour of meeting the court-house was ldensely thronged. All the large proprietors of the ...