in the morning, red snow fell on our hills and mountains in a very considerable extent, and particularly between the Enza and Taro torrents. During the fall of this snow, the air appeared red. In half an hour afterwards white snow began to fall, and this was followed by a shower of insects, which were extremely brisk and lively. The inhabitants of this part of the Appenine were a good deal frightened at the phenomenon. The depth of the coloured snow was different. In certain places, it was half a line, and in others, it exceeded six lines. A quantity of the snow and insects, from different spots, has been sent to Parma in its solid state, with the necessary precautions. The colour was real orange, more or less dark, according to the thickness of the snow. On its being dissolved, even very slowly, it left nothing at the bottom; but it lost its colour, and when melted, it preserved a light shade, which could not be observed without comparing it to pure water. The insects belong to five well-known species, very distinctly to be observed, and very different."

30th. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE. On the night of Sunday last, about the hour of twelve, a party of men, whose number and equipment for the work of blood yet remain to be accurately known, paid a fatal visit to the house of Timothy Collins, an honest and industrious farmer, residing at Ballygarran, nearly on the road which leads to Ballymacaw, and about four miles distant from the former and three from the latter place. The family were asleep, and some little time elapsed before the command to open the door was complied with. This was at length done by Collins himself, who was instantly shot dead. Some of the assailants immediately

entered, and knocked down the sister of Collins with the butt-end of their pieces, whom they met in the first instance, and who appears to have advanced towards the door on the report of the shot. They then went forward, and deliberately fired into a bed, in which the two brothers of Collins lay. The ball entered near the shoulder of one of them, and inflicted a dangerous wound. The other brother was repeatedly and ferociously struck with the instruments in the hands of his enemies, while a boy, who was making a considerable noise, experienced similar treatment. The female, in the mean time, having somewhat recovered from the blows, had crept for safety under the bed. The assassins, imagining that they had fully accomplished their deadly purpose, went to the outside of the house, and joined their associates. There, as it may be fairly presumed, some consultation took place, when, like Macbeth, they resolved" to make assurance doubly sure, and take a bond of fate." The door was shut and firmly secured on the outside, and fire set to the house, in order that the flames should perfect what unexampled barbarity might possibly have left unfinished. The whole party withdrew, as soon as they saw that this concluding scene of their dreadful tragedy had taken effect. The brothers, already weltering in their blood, speedily felt the horrors of their situation accumulated by the rapid and furious approach of the smoke and flames. The wounds they received had deprived one of them of the power of exertion; but the other, although enfeebled, had yet sufficient strength to go to the door, and, by an effort of despair, to pull it open, having laid hold of it by the under part and dragged it inwards. He

then returned, and took out his brother and the boy, and immediately went back to search for his sister. By this time, the room was complete ly filled with the flames, which had particularly seized on the bed, under neath which this terrified and wounded female had taken refuge. He distinctly heard her groans; but to rescue her was now impossible; and he was compelled to abandon her to her fate, in all that agony of mind of which kindred affection alone can judge! Her body was found next morning almost wholly consumed. The three survivors found accommodation in a neighbouring house till the morning, when the man who was shot at in the bed and the boy were brought to the Leper Hospital, where their situation receives eve ry attention. The ball has not been extracted, nor can the consequences of the wound be as yet pronounced upon. The boy is likely to recover, and the wounds of the other brother are not material. Of the abandoned wretches who, in violation of every law of God and society, have perpetrated the crime we have described, nothing whatsoever is known. If report and suspicion be well founded, they must have come from some distance. It is said, that some horses were taken from lands in the western part of the county on the evening of the day on which the transaction took place, and that several strangers were seen returning in the same direction on the morning of Monday last. The cause of the murder appears to be no other than that which has so of ten disgraced the name of Ireland, and brought death and calamity on so many of its inhabitants. Collins was a resident of the county of Waterford for nearly twenty years; but his original extraction from another

county, is a delinquency for which there is no mercy in the code of these ferocious savages. He had received from them official notice, for such is the regularity of their tremendous proceedings, to quit his dwelling, or abide the consequences of disobedience to a mandate which puts to shame and terror every feeling of civilized men. By a sum of money he had purchased the promise of immunity and peace; but the contract was broken by those with whom it was made, or disregarded by some of their associates. His own and his sister's blood, the ruin of his family, and the safety of the community at large, loudly and impressively call upon the government and the magistracy to search his murderers out, and consign them to that punishment which their guilt deserves, and which justice demands.

On

On Friday se'nnight the inn at which the mail-coach stops at Castle-Blaney, kept by Mr Faughey, was burned to the ground, and Mrs Faughey, her two children, two maids, and two dragoons perished in the flames. About two o'clock in the morning, Mr Faughey was awoke by a suffocating smell proceeding from the apartment below, and he instant. ly got up to explore the cause. coming to the room which had excited his suspicion, he found it all in a blaze; at that moment the door burst open, and a body of flame forced its way up the stairs, which rendered all access to the apartment which he had just quitted impossible, and there lay his wife and infant children. He immediately gave the alarm, and endea voured to procure assistance: a ladder was brought with as little loss of time as possible; his wife and children were his first care, and he placed the ladder to the front of their bed

or purple silk, with variegated border and ends. Gloves of white French kid, and opera fan of carved ivory. AGRICULTURAL REPORT.--The growing wheats have so much improved by the dry weather, that, if the thin plants keep clear of mildew, we calculate upon three-fourths of may an average crop. In Norfolk, and other parts of the eastern district, the corn has seldom gone into ear with a better promise. The beans are generally short; but the peas, under good horse hoe-culture, never looked more kindly. Oats do not promise a crop, except where they had benefited by partial rains. The barleys hold their colour, and have time enough to turn out productive. A large breadth of the early sown turnips have been taken off with the fly, which a second sowing in many parts has not remedied. The hay crops are lamentably defective through every part of England, and Ireland also; 101. per load was given for it currently in the hay market last week. Clovers, tares, and other green food, are equally short, so that the succeeding winter will probably be the most trying for horses and cattle ever known. The grass is generally burnt up on light soils, and even the strongest meadow lands have afforded but little feed. Hops continue strong in bine, though in Kent and Sussex they have been loaded with the fly, which in some of the weaker plantations have been succeeded by the honey. dew: speculations, notwithstanding, are in favour of a high duty for the year. The plants of potatoes promise a general crop, particularly in - the old grounds of Essex and Kent. The meat markets have held up their prices, in consequence of the deficiency in the usual supply of garden peas and beans; but lean stock are

considerably lower, from the scarcity of seed in all parts. Horses of almost all kinds are lower in price full 20 per cent. The wool trade is dull for home produce, and foreign imports of Spanish have experienced a reduction of price from 12s. to 88. per lb., and few buyers are to be found on these terms: the recent speculations in this article have been to an immense amount, which, whatever may be the national benefit arising from them, threatens considerable loss to adventurous individuals. Fine South Down fleeces reach 3s. per lb.; but for long wool there is no fixed price, as there is little or no demand for it.

JULY.

3d.-OXFORD.-INSTALLATION OF LORD GRENVILLE AS CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.The Right Hon. Lord Grenville arrived yesterday, and took up his residence with the Rev. Dr Parsons. This morning, at half past ten, the chancellor, vice-chancellor, noblemen, heads of houses, doctors, and proctors, proceeded in grand procession from Baliol College to the theatre, where the business of the day was opened by the chancellor, and the following distinguished characters had the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws conferred on them, viz. The Duke of Somerset ; the Marquisses of Buckingham, Downshire, and Eiy; the Earls of Essex, Abingdon, Jersey, Fortescue, Carysfort, and Temple; Lord Viscounts Bulkeley and Carleton; Lords Braybrook, Cawdor, and Carrington; the Right Hon. William Wickham, George Tierney, William Elliot, Sir J. Newport, Bart.

and Sir John Anstruther, Bart. and Mr Fagell, of the United Provinces. Lord Grenville walked in procession in the full costume of the chancellor, (a gown richly embroidered with gold, a velvet cap, with gold tassels, &c.) along with the heads of colleges, principals and professors, doctors, &c. Many young noblemen belonging to the university, also formed a part of the splendid train, in their purple robes, trimmed with gold. The heads of houses, &c. completed the shew. The whole being seated in a semi-circle, to which, from the variety and gorgeous richness of the costume, they gave a most splendid appearance.

The annual speech, in commemoration of the benefactors of the university, in Latin, was delivered by the public orator, Mr Crowe, of New College, in an animated style. The prize compositions were then recited by the gentlemen to whom they had previously been adjudged. The Installation Ode, composed by the Rev. Mr Copleston, Professor of Poetry to the University, and set to music by Dr Crotch, was next performed, and was well received.

The theatre was crowded with a brilliant assemblage of nobility and gentry. It is supposed that there were between 3000 and 4000 persons in the room. Sir Sidney Smith was amongst the illustrious visitors.

In the evening, a grand miscellaneous concert was performed at the theatre, under the direction of Dr Crotch, in which Madame Catalani, Mrs Bianchi, Mrs Ashe, Messrs Braham, Bartleman, Vaughan, Bellamy, &c. performed. Madame Catalani's song, "Ah ti nuova," was rapturous ly encored; as were those of Mr Braham, "Last Words of Marmion," and Mr Bartleman's "O Lord, have

mercy."-" God save the King" was called for at the conclusion of the concert, in which Madame Catalani sung the first verse, to the delight and admiration of the whole company. The theatre was as much crowded as in the morning.

The nobility and gentry dined with the vice-chancellor at Baliol College, where an elegant dinner was served up, consisting of every delicacy the season produced.

A surprising mixture, and variety of characters and professions, are brought together in this place.To say nothing of real Oxonians and their lordly visitors, here is all that London can spare in the shape of milliners, mantua-makers, and hair dressers a la Brutus, and a la Titus. Here are tailors with the newest cut; even a quack-doctor with his nostrums and specifics; and moreover a corn-cutter, who styles himself a great chiropodist! Likewise, the wonderful Signior Polito, who has come here (as he says, in consequence of the vacancy of the natural philosophy chair,) to exhibit and lecture on the qualities of a number of inhabitants of Asia, Africa and America, 'yclept wild beasts, amongst which is a beautiful elephant, who has come all the way on purpose, with his travelling trunk. Also Mr Sadler, the aeronaut, with a large balloon, and a very elegant car, in which he will ascend from Merton Fields, "an earthly guest," to visit the upper world.

A most remarkable phenomenon presented itself on Monday afternoon about three o'clock, at Ramsgate. During a squall of thunder and rain, a stream of water, apparently seven or eight feet in diameter, was observed to issue from a very heavy black cloud in the east; which, after taking a horizontal direction towards the