The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-26 00:00:00

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

11!52

IRELAND.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT.—it is stated in " certain
places," that in the event of her Majesty's health bete
completely restored, she will leave London for Dublin
day after the prorogation of Parliament, which is u;

petted to take place on the 25th of August.
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THE POTATOES.—The reports respecting the pots4l
crops daily received from the country are watched.lo.,a
intense interest. Up to the present there has been "of
evidenco discovered of anything at all like the diseasep.A
the past four years in. the splendid crop which is
arriving at maturity.
tAhne.
.daecmtivisee opfrotraheoteCrounoitsesyseoryf Bantry,werk ef thebe
the removal of this excellent lady will be a general
DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF BANTRY.—In noticing
tulion says :—" In the neighbourhood in which she
utility, she was endeared to a large class of the PoPua4
ticia, and she will be followed to the grave by the rex,r.-„
of many whose struggles she assisted, and whose snot(
ings she relieved. Her ladyship was the third daughterJ
the late, and niece of the present, Marquis of TheMolla•
CAPITAL CONVICTION FOR MURDER.—On ThlarSClll;
Alexander Mullen received sentence of death at Tyrooo
Assizes for the barbarous murder of his aunt, a wore •
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neevarolkenCofiefige!
of nearly 70 years of age. The wretch effected
object by cutting her throat. They had had some inteol;
perate words, but the murder was not committed 1,,°
some time afterwards, and when the poor old creator
was quite off her guard. Judge Torrens, in passing see:
tence, held out np hope of a mitigation of punishment'
and named the 20th of August for the execution.
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THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.—The result of•
extraordinary case, which has occupied the ass.ize
at Athy, in which the notorious Birch sued oe.tifying
Freeman's fovrnat for an alleged libel, must begr".,,dent
to every man in the empire who values an indePe-rnap,
and honourable press, as it is a relief to every
woman and child in Ireland, not so entirely destitute
to be beyond the incidence of 'blackmail. The•
turned a verdict for the defendant on all the ceti-rae
They pronounced, in effect, that it was but a wholes°the
exercise of the liberty of the press to comment ul,°,ll,rbe
plaintiff's conduct as the several papers had done. on
press," said Judge Crampton in his admirable cbar;er
"is a noble engine. It is an engine of immense Pee is
and value ; and I only add, that the noblest ty=ing bed
nature are those which do the greatest mischief T',;o4
sac.- fg
they are abused." As an incident in the tran Aop
another wreath bas been added to Lord Clareou„bS
Civic Crown. We envy not his feelings wile,,,,l'ArYS
shall read Mr. Justice Crampton's withering rep's
upon upon his motives, his measures, and his assoeia"oefr
" Lord Clarendon said he did not read Mr, Birch's .cleS,
and was not therefore aware of the nature of the
published in it. However, the work was done for oaf
Clarendon by Mr. Birch, and was paid for. If I oaf
a man to do work for me, and if without any corarnot Slid
tion with me he does other work, and that I adt'Sd 00;
pay for it, I cannot afterwards be heard saying f "' coin
employ him to do it. The letter from Mr. Coll
~os
nellan, telling Mr. Birch that the morale of the cP„liel
the great Communist leaders in France might be aPbge°
to Mitchel and Co., appears to me to have been 1010
too far. That and the other letters from Mr. Col volls,
to Mr. Birch show that Mr. Birch was,
in intimate communication with the governor.
hie
country and his secretary. They also show Or: frsg
services were highly appreciated. Ultimately Psytonat;
paid for them. Observe, then, how the ease ablY
as he to' f'
with regard to the first count. It is unquestion these
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libel ; but in answer thereto there is a
two facts—first, that Birch was unscrupeloisAp, tkeis
conduct and management of his paper ; and secon",fritel
he was employed by Lord Clarendon for wages te of 01,1/0
support of government, and that in pursuance. in tea
agreement he wrote the various libels set forth °f
first plea. if those libels were written entirely. out "of
own head—if they were the voluntary effusion r 0,1
malicious mind, having no connexion
plea allegiolo
whatever 50,
government, why you ought not to take them;_; 50
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count at all ; but if they were written for the pn PL„ t? 1,
supporting the government, and were paid. for
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government, my opinion is that there Pre g euis 5
a d
your arriving at the conclusion that the, first
tained." The jury agreed with the, learned .1,1"m/ill
found accordingly aa to tottt rilliSter and man'--4`
svening