26 OCTOBER 1839, Page 5

A complimentary address, e by five thousand Protestants of

Down, has been presented to the Earl of Roden.

Colonel Magregor, Inspector-General of the Irish Constabulary—in which there are about five hundred officers formerly belonging to the Army—has issued a circular, declaring that any member of' tge Con- stabulary who shall be concerned, directly or indirectly, in giving or accepting a challenge to fight a duel, shall be immediately dismissed. Letters have been received from Chief Baron Woulfe, who is at Roden, stating that he has derived much benefit from the waters, and proposes to resume his duties in the Court of Exchequer next month.

Floods in Ireland have done much , damage lately, especially in Wex- ford.