The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-06 00:00:00

IRELAND.
THE PRESBYTERIAN MOVEMENT.
trnuN APRIL 4.—At length the Presbyterians of
tbuisbteli;i are about to co-operate with their brethren in
n the marriage question. A meeting is to be
held o, n
n Friday evening, in the round room of the Ro-
tunda, to petition Parliament in favour of the rights of
the Presbyterian body.
In Ulster meetings continue to be held in all direc-
liims, and the proceedings are characterised by inereas-
-4 vigour and determination to resist the arrogant pre-
tensions of the Established Church.
MUNSTER, PROVINCIAL DINNER IN CORK.
Mr. O'Connell is to leave Dublin on Saturday next,
i"° attend the provincial banquet in Cork, on Easter
aYay. •
"'TING THE FIRST STONE OF ST. JAMES'S
NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The imposing and interesting ceremony of laying the
first Church
stone of the contemplated new Roman Catholic
sk,,purch for St. James's parish took place this day. M.
the officiated as mason. The site chosen is about
tue middle of the south side of James-street. The
it7uld:ng will be, according to the accepted plan,
feet from the ground to the spire, and being en
fan elevation, will be observable from the most dis-
tant
th_,, parts of the city. Like all the other great Ca-
,,n•Tc temples lately erected, this classic structure
contribution
nothing to the State, but will be the voluntary •
sentrilmtion of the parishioners, and any other benevo-
vnt citizens who choose to aid in the work Shortly
Ltlr two o'clock to-day, the very Rev. Doctors Yore and
anarthn; accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Caoavan,
Rev. Mr. Carroll, appeared in their canonicals
tip_fn. the ground, at which time there was a large and
onitble assemblage present, among whom we ob-
torved Mr. O'Connell, Sir John Power, Bart., James
;11 vier, M.P.,
Alderman Butler, and several other
arei.reiyhrs of the Corporation. The Lord Mayor did not
118 u until the proceedings had terminated. After the
had4LserTice prescribed by the Church for such occasions
141,1
,dedeteneszelebrated, Mr. O'Connell was presented with
which was read by the Rev. Mr. Canavan.
document tendered the thanks of the Catholic
parishioners of St. James to " their Liberator." It ad-
yertedio the persecutions which wete endured by the
rojii'le of Ireland previous to the period of Mr. O'Con-
sla s active exertions to deliver them from the state of
viever7 in which they were at his birth. To him they
unjust
Indebted for the abrogation of those tyrannic and
filer claw& which prevented them from worshipping
by ce;ateturLutinnlgess in secret, and the address concluded
countrk
lire, this ,
smut upon having the proof before
day, of the cess of his toil n behalf of his
ap64em.en• The Rev. Gentleman concluded amid loud
coc
by afe o, Nnte in reply to this address, commenced
is _ rient expression of his thanks for what he termed
ta!sreatl! exaggerated opinion of his exertions in the
e his county
ld be satisfied with
saying this ; and h e WOU
o
tO Mu* if the address had not adverted to
cs which at the present moment he could not pass
unheeded,cxjunheeded,They had assembled this day for an
Exclusive Catholic purpose, and he was, therefore, justi-
ert, int adverting to the state of Catholicity in all parts
e of
world. It was true that he had aided to the best
,g:itT ability in striking off the chains of 800,000 persons
tread
the British dominions; but in so doing he felt he
dtne approbation of his countrymen, who were ever
~Y to give that liberty to others which they loved so
themselves.—(Hear, hear.) He then alluded to
ofe passage in the address a hich described the effect
tne penal laws affainst the Catholics and, after
ticturh, ' . . .
_ g some few of their iniquities, proceeded to
iutesre that bigotry and intolerance were speedily
of
'ding, or becoming comparatively injurious to
ti. not possessing them. He spoke in terms
,igh approbation of the late declaration of the
eeis" Catholic prelates—that they would not re-
Iv ye anything from the State; that, in fact, they
_ nuid not touch the filthy mammon of lucre,
duties acknowledge any allegiance over their spiritual
t
-° any Minister of the Crown, but look to the
In! e for that support which the people were ready to
-Oder the —(Hear, hear.) He alluded to Belgium,
he alleged,
was an exclusively Catholic country, and there,
6,4 ftLePCI., there was the most perfect liberty of con-
f4lnrereeeTnnializiptherefect freedom of the subject, and per-
press. He next adverted to the state
;the Catholic religion in France, and said that he
iswo_ l!ld now express a belief in the transmutation of
ls+when he found the conduct of some of the men in
dutnority in that country. Danton and Marat mur-
C:ed hundreds of Catholic priests, simply because they
t_r,e priests, with the view of destroying religion. Well,
;es' believed, that the souls of those men had taken pos-
h of the bodies of Villemain and Dupin of the iDre-
bi.l""a3.- They were not for cutting the throats of the
t-e,!ts. but they hoped to injure religion as effectually
,eirt heir interference—by their exertions to destroy their
alerr.isaY—:to separate the people from the clergy. He
o'Connell) had been making speeches every other
th-f, for forty-four years, and he could confidently allege
an man could accuse him of ever acting or speak-
tug ea favour of religious intolerance. He concluded,
and retired amid great applause.
10,
po.'''IMER OF MARY WEST BY HER HUSBAND.
ite a,,e gave yesterday a brief account of thiS appalling
hue years
unfortunate deceased was about twenty-
tee years of age, or perhaps something more, and was
L.Le_ daughter of Mr. Scott, the postmaster at Rathfarn-
isZ Her conduct as a wife and a mother was unim-
41_ nable, and the only thing at all derogatory to her
10,.raeter was the unfortunate vice of drunkenness, to
teta appears she was much given. The people who
Bred
in the house state that the deceased and her hus-
alle rettivel on the beat and most affectionate terms while
Elate wael sober, but that innumerable quarrels took
4310.1Vrtte, she broke out," as they called it, to drink.
was- aiway'r longhand was a very temperate man, and
rrillen she weir teitttlY annoyed by the tongue of deceased.
in_wonia'n,:r. The mother of West, an old and
the room, but her efforts to save
-146 t the atii-vuct unavailing, and it is probable that,
ceaeirld Period been given, the man would have put
awe e,3- in int° his existence. As it was, he sue-
r' 4a tofeting a tolerably large wound with the
atteaa,
eatA,.,_rter Part of his abdomen, but his medical
vro,lln, an, 6 '',,l4ain the strongest hopes of his recovery.
,„.." an accounts, was an industrious and hard-
ngtt.ate;,._°ll, and, up to the present time, bore an
si esterdi
ilted by J-71,,ury... Kirwan, one of the city coroners, as-
"'"T. . ilYndman, Esq., held an inqbeluest on the
It a
eared from the evidence that the deceased and
Sem.ater
un were married about ten years. They were
but were ii some time, owing to her drunken habits,
wIY of the 'l'ig together for the last three months. The
faraite,r_
to Murder the deceased pledged some articles of
atprocure drink. The husband was working
theoutTnea on that day, when the deceased followed
thetthere after breakfast, and annoyed him so much,
distei; was told if she came there again he would be
the e:ed, from his employment. When he went home in
Aft4:mg, deco ised commenced abusing him again.
with th daring with her for some time, he armed himself
,e sword-cane, with which he stabbed her in seve-
on t• rt.' Of the body, after which he turned the weapon
nuself
thalthtel jury found the following verdict :—" We find
levee," said Mary West came by her death from the
1141:8 of several wounds inflicted on her person by her
0,0, and, John West, with a eane•sword, at about eight
in the evening of the 2d of April instant, in a
optoc d by said West and wife, in the house, 45,
•.,ssex-ste"
IrtNIT HALF-PAST SIX, P.M.
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