The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-04-18 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

regret troubling you; but as journalists give
their readers to understand that their chief aim is invari-
ably to guide public opinion in the proper direction, and,
if erroneously formed, to correct it, in' matters commercial
as well as political, I offer no further apology for this in-
trusion. In the recent trial for libel, Shrivall versus
lifTlellan, many of my friends, and especially those at a
distance, take for granted that I have been one of the
parties in the transaction. I have frequently experienced,
and I still continue to experience, much unnecessary annoy-
ance on meeting many of my friends, and as no one can
more highly appreciate the approbation of friends, or set
a higher estimate on the good opinion cf the public than
I do, you will do me a lasting favour if you will kindly
allow me to state distinctly in your widely circulated
paper, for the information of my friends, acquaintances,
and the public, that I had nothing whatever to do with
the said trial. The truth of this assertion may readily be
seen by comparing my name, as subscribed, with that of
the party connected with the trial, his name being David
31`Clellan.—I remain, yours respectfully,
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JAS. MACLENNA.N.
Emporium for. Foreign and British Shawl. 4
and Mantles, 41, Bold-street.

TILE WILL OF PETER THE' GREAT.

MENTION• has been lately made of the will of Peter the
Great, but we believe that no copy of it is to be found in
any book of general access. The following translation
m has been made a German work, entitled Geschichte
Peters des Grossen. Von Eduard Pelz, Leipsic. It is
there stated to have been transmitted by the Chevalier
d'Eon, French Ambassador at the Court of St. Peters-
burg, to the French King in the year 1757,. and to have
been made public shortly afterwards.
Various opinions have been expressed as to its authenti-
city and genuineness, which, at this period of time, it is
difficult to clear up. Independently, however, of its
authenticity, there is much intrinsic interest in the docu-
ment, as embodying principles of action which have been
notoriously followed by Russia during the-fast 100 years,
with such modifications as time and circumstances and
the variations of European equilibrium have rendered
necessary. The 13th rule is especially worthy of attention
at the present moment.
" TIDE WILL OF PETER TILE GREAT.
"In the- name of the holy and invisible Trinity, we,
Peter, Emperor and Autocrat of All the. Russias, &c., to
all our successors on the throne and in the government of
the Russian nation ;
" Forasmuch as the great God, who is the-Author and
Giver of our life and crown, hath constantly illumined us
with His and upheld us with his support," &c.
Here-Peter sets out in detail that, according to his
view, which he takes to be also that of Providence, he
regards. the Russian nation as destined hereafter to
exercise supreme dominion over Europe. He bases his
opinion on the fact that the European nations have for
the most part fallen into a condition of decrepitude not
far removed from collapse, whence he considers that they
may easily be subjugated by a new and youthful race, as
soon as the latter shall have attained its full vigour.
The Russian monarch looks upon the coming influx of
the northerns into the east and west as a periodical move-
ment, which forms part of the scheme of Providence,
which, in like manner, by the invasions of the barbarians,
effected the regeneration of the Roman world. He com-
pares these migrations of the Polar nations to the inunda-
tions of the Nile, which at certain seasons fertilizes the
arid soil of Egypt. He adds that Russia, which he found
a brook, and should leave a river, must, under his succes-
sors, grow to a mighty sea, destined to fertilise worn-out
Europe, and that its waves would advance over all
obstacles if his successors were only capable of guiding the
stream. On this account he leaves behind him for their
use the following rules, which he recommends to their
attention and constant study, even as Moses consigned his
tables of the law to the Jewish people :
RULES.

" 1. The Russian nation must be constantly on a war
footing to keep the soldiers warlike and in good condition.
No rest must be allowed except for the purpose of
relieving the state finances, recruiting the army, or biding
the favourable moment for attack. By these means peace
is made subservient to war, and war to peace, in the
interest of the aggrandisement and increasing prosperity
of Russia.

" 2. Every possible means must be used to invite from
the most cultivated European States commanders in war
and philosophers in peace, to enable the Russian nation to
participate in the advantages of other countries without
losing any of its own.

" 3-. Ni; opportunity must be lost of taking part in the
affairs and disputes of Europe, especially in those of Ger-
many, which, from its vicinity, is of the most direct interest
to us.

"4. Poland must be divided by keeping up constant
jealousies and confusions there. The authorities must he
gained over with money, and the assemblies corrupted so
as to influence the election of the kings. We must get
up a party of our own there, send Russian troops into the
country, and let them sojourn there so long that they may
ultimately find some pretext for remaining there for ever.
Should the neighbouring states make difficulties, we must
appease them for the moment by allowing them a share
of the territory until we can safely resume what we have
thus given away.
"5. We must take away as much territory as possible
from Sweden, and contrive that they shall attack us first,
so as to give us a pretext for their subjugation. With this
object in view, we must keep Sweden in opposition to
Denmark, and Denmark to Sweden, and sedulously foster
their mutual jealousies. _ _

"6. The consorts of the Russian princes must always
be chosen from among the German princesses, in order to
multiply our family alliances with the Germans, and so
unite our interests with theirs ; and thus, by consolidating
our influence in Germany, to cause it to attach itself
spontaneously to our policy.
"7. We must be careful to keep up our commercial
alliance with England, for she is the power which has
most need of our products for her navy, and at the same
time may be of the greatest service to us in the develop-
ment of our own. We must export wood and other
articles in exchange for her gold, and establish permanent
connexions between her merchants and seamen and our
own.

"8. We must keep steadily extending our frontiers—
northward along the Baltic, and southward along the
shores of the Black Sea.
"9. We must progress as much as possible in the three-
tion of Constantinople and India. He who can once get
possession of these places is the real ruler of the world.
With this view, we must provoke constant quarrels at one
time with Turkey and at another with Persia. We must
establish wharfs and docks in the Euxine, and by degrees
make ourselves masters of that sea as well as of the Baltic,
which is a doubly important element in the success of our
plan. We must hasten the downfall of Persia, push on
into the Persian Gulf ; if possible re-establish the ancient
commercial intercourse with the Levant through Syria,
and force our way into the Indies, which are the store-
houses of the world. Once there, we can dispense with
English gold.
"10. Moreover, we must take pains to establish and
maintain an intimate union with Austria, apparently
countenancing her schemes for future aggrandizement in
Germany, and all the while secretly rousing the jealousy of
the minor States against her. In this way we must bring
it to pass that one or the other party shall seek aid from
Russia ; and thus we shall exercise a sort of protectorate
over the country which will pave the way for future au-

premacy,
" 11. We must make the House of Austria interested
the expulsion of the Turks from Europe, and we must
I neutralize its jealousy at the capture of Constantinople
either by preoccupying it with a war with th old European

States, or be allowing it a share of the spoil, which we can
I afterwards resume at our leisure.

collect round our house, as round a
centre, all the detached sections of Greeks, which are
scattered abroad in Hungary, Turkey, and South Poland.
We must make them look to us for support, and then, by
establishing beforehand a sort of ecclesiastical supremacy,
we shall pave the way for universal sovereignty.
" 13. When Sweden is oars, Persia vanquished, Poland
subjugated, Turkey conquered—when our armies are
united, and the Euxine and the Baltic are in the possession
of our ships, then we must make separate and secret over-
tures first to the Court of Versailles, and then to that of
Vienna, to share with them the dominion of the world. If
either of them accepts our propositions, which is certain
to happen if their ambition and self-interest are properly
worked upon, we must make use of this one to annihilate
the other ; this done, we have only to destroy the remain-
ing one by finding a pretext for a quarrel, the issue of
which cannot be doubtful, as Russia will then be already
in the absolute possession of the East and of the best part
of Europe.

"14. Should the improbable case happen of both reject-
ing the propositions of Russia—then our policy will be to
set one against the other, and make them tear each other
to pieces. Russia must then watch for and seize the
favourable moment, and pour her already assembled hosts
into Germany, while two immense fleets, laden with
Asiatic hordes and convoyed by the armed squadrons of
the Euxine and the Baltic, set sail simultaneously from
the sea of Azoff and the harbour of Archangel. Sweep-
ing along the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, they will
overrun France on the one side, while Germany is over-
powered on the other. When these countries are fully
conquered, the rest of Europe must fall easily and without
a struggle under our yoke. Thus Europe can and must
be subjugated."—Times.

ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Rev. H. And, ➢I.A., to the Vicarage of Uttoxeter, Stafford-
shire.

Rev. G. Allier, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Peter's Church.
Preston.

Rev. C. J. Armitstead, 8.A., to the Curacy of Westwell,
near Maidstone.

Rev. R. Bickersteth, M.A., Rector of St. Giles's-in-the•
Fields, to the Canonry Residentiary in Salisbury Cathedral,
rendered vacant by the preferment of the Rev. W. K. Hamil-
ton to the Bishopric of the diocese.
_ . _ _

Rev. S. W. BOurne, M.A., to the Curacy of Winfarthing,
Norfolk.

Rev, H. De Burgh, M.A., to the Curacy of Mallow, Ireland.
Rev. G. Dobree, BA., to be Curate of St. Barnabai Church,
Liverpool,
Rev. S. Edwardes, M.A., Fellow and Mathematical Lec-
turer of Merton College, to the Vicarage of Woolvercott.
Oxford.

Rev. W. Elliott, MA., to the Rectory of All Saints', Wor-
cester.

Rev. F. W. Farrar, 8.A., to a Mastership, at Marlborough
College, Wilts.-
Rev. 'F. Gardner, M.A., to be the Chaplain to the Garrison
at Cork.

Rev. J. Gilmore, 8.A., to a Curacy at St. Barnabas,Church,
Liverpool.

Rei. A. Greenwell, M.A., Rector of Golforne, to be Chap-
lain to the Durham County Gaol.
Rev. H. J. Hare, MA.. to the Curacy of Docking, Norfolk.
Rev. G. A. Hayward, 8.A., to the Curacy of Nettlestead:
Kent.

Rev. R. Henderson., M.A., to the Rectory of Brompton-
Ralph, near Wiveliscoinbe, Somerset.
Rev. Dr„ Higgs, to, the Rectory of Handhorough, Oxon.
Rev. G. Lawless,. M.A., lately Preacher at the Cathedral,
Cashel, to be one of the Chaplains to that portion of the
British Army destined for the East.

Rev. A. H. Leech, M.A., Curate of Thurles, to the Vica; age
of Em'y: _ _

Rev. J. H. Noyes, M.A., to the Curacy of Ketton, Rutland.
Rev. L. F. Page, M.A., Rector of Woolpit, near Bury St.
Edmund's, to be Chaplain, to the High Sheriff of Suffolk.
Rev. T. Richardson, M.A., to be a Priest Vicar of St.-Da-
vid's Cathedral.

Rev. E. H. Rogers, M.A., to the Curacy of St. Mary's
Church, Kilkenny.
Rev. H. T. Salmon, M.A., to the Curacy of Streetford, near
Banbury.
Rev. F. A. Savile. M.A., to the Rectory of North Huisb,
near Ivy-bridge, Devonshire.
Rev. G. A. Todd, to the Curacy of St. Peter's Everton, near
Liverpool.

Rev. L. Tuttiett, to the Incumbency of Lea Marston,
Warwickshire.

Rev. H. G. Williams, M.A., Fellow of Emanuel College,
Cambridge, to the Rectory of Preston, near Sudbury, Suffolk.
Rev. J. Wilson, M.A., to be Sub-Dean of St. David's Ca-
thedral.

Rev. H. Wright, M.A., to the Rectory of Hambledon, near
Godalming.
_ _

Rev. P. ‘Wynter, D.D., to the Rectory of South Warnbo-
rough, Hampshire. -

DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

VACANCIES.—The Perpetual Curacy of Hugill, or Ings,
in the parish of Kendal, in the county of Westmoreland,
by resignation of the Rev. Matthew Isaac Finch : patron,
the Vicar of Kendal. Value, £BO with a house.—The
Perpetual Curacy of Burnside, in the parish of Kendal,
by death of the Rev. W. Robinson : patron, the Vicar of
Kendal. Value, £llO.
DIOCESE OP MANcnnsTnn.—Preferments.--Theßishop
of Manchester has licensed the Rev. J. Ridgway to the
stipendiary curacy of the parish church of Kirkham near
Preston. His Lordship has instituted the Rev. John
Sparling, M.A., to the rectory of Eccleston, near Chorley,
vacant by the death of the Rev-. W. Yates, the last incum-
bent, on the presentation of Mr. Wm. Sparling, of Petton
Park, Shropshire, the patron. and father of the present
rector ; and his Lordship issued his mandate for his induc-
tion thereto. The Bishop has also licensed the Rev. Wm.
Wilbraham Johnson, M.A., to the minor canonry in the
Cathedral Church of Manchester, vacant by the promotion
of the Rev. Win. Wilson to a canonry, on the election and
nomination of the dean and canons, the patrons ; and the
Rev. John Marshall, (late curate of St. John's, Longsight,)
to the stipendiary curacy of St. Philip's, Salford, on the
nomination of the Rev. P. C. Nicholson, the incumbent.
THE CANONRY RESIDENZIAEY IN SALISBURY CATHE-
DRAL, rendered vacant by the preferment of the Rev.
Walter Kerr Hamilton to the bishopric of the dioceseibas
been conferred upon the Rev. Robert Bickersteth, M.A.,
rector of St. Giles's-in-the-Fields, formerly incumbent of
St. John's Church, Clapham. The new canon is a nephew
of the late Lord Langdale, Master of the Rolls.
THE REV. CANON JAasss.—The Rev. Edward. James,
M.A., canon of Winchester, vicar of Alton, and a canon of
Llandaff, died, on Thursday, in the sixty-fifth year of his
age. Mr. James was son of Dr. James, head, master of
Rugby, and canon of Worcester, and brother of the Right
Rev. J.. T. James, D.D., Bishop of Calcutta. Mr.. Edward
James was educated at Eton school, and while there
formed intimate friendships with Dean Milman, Sir John
Patteson, Judge Coleridge, Dr. Hawtree, and the Bishop
of Winchester : with the two latter especially he continued
in the most affectionate intercourse till his death. After
taking his degree at Christ Church, Oxford, about 1812,
he became tutor to the Hon. E. G. Stanley (now Earl of
Derby) at Eton School, and he was honoured by the
cordial friendship of this eminent nobleman, who ac-
knowledged his obligations to Mr. James' talents and
worth.. When his most intimate friend, Mr. C. Sumner,
was made Bishop of Llandaff, Mr. James was appointed
by him a canon of his cathedral (an office honourable, but
of no value);: and, when raised to the see of Winchester
in 1828, his lordship presented him to the first vacant
stall in his cathedral, shortly after which he became vicar
of Alton. Mr. James was eminently hospitable as a canon,
hardworking as the parish priest of a large and laborious
town, and much beloved by his friends..
ORDINATIONS for Trinity Sunday, June 11, are an-
nounced by the Archbishop. of York, the Bishops of Ro-
chester, Gloucester and Bristol,. Ripon, Peterborough,
Chichester, Lichfield, Ely, Oxford, Hereford, Chester,
Norwich, and Lincoln. By the Archbishop of Canterbury,
at Michaelmas ; by the Bishop of Bath and Wells, on
Sunday, the 23rd instant ; by the Bishop of Exeter, on
Sunday, the 18th of June • by the Bishop of Winchester,
on Sunday, the 9th of July ; by the Bishops of Peter-
borough, Lichfield, and Lincoln, on Sunday, the 24th of
September ; and at Christmas by the Bishops of Peter-
borough, Lichfield, and Lincoln.
THE BISHOP OP NEW ZEALAND is now daily expected
at Southampton by the Commodore, which was to sail
from Auckland, in New Zealand, about Christmas last.
The Bishop will be accompanied by Mrs. Selwyn, and his
second son, and will take up his residence for the present
with his father, W. Selwyn, Esq., Q.C., at Richmond. It
is understood that his lordship will remain in England
probably till the end of the year, and then return to his
distant diocese. During the bishop's absence, the affairs
of the diocese will be transacted by Archdeacon Abraham.
PRAYER IN THE TIME OP WAR.—No pastoral or order
is required from the bishops. The clergy are bound and
expected to use the prayer on their own knowledge and
sense of the fact. This is "a time of war," and the clergy
do not want their bishops to announce it. Upon know-
ledge of the fact, the Prayer-book requires the clergy to
use the prayer ; and this, we are informed, is what the
bishops expect the clergy to understand..—Morning
Chronicle.

REMOVAL OF CfluacHEs.—Lord Harrowby's Church
Building Acts Amendment Bill, now before the House of
Lords, proposes to enact that the provisions of 1 and 2
Victoria, c. 106, and 13 and 14 Victoria, c. 98, for the
union of small contiguous benefices, shall extend to the
union of benefices in cities or market towns without
regard to contiguity, population, or value, provided the
distance between the churches shall not exceed half a
mile. It is then provided that, on the union of benefices
in the city of London, or in any place having a municipal
corporation, the Bishop may, if he think fit, subject to
the consent of the Church Building Commissioners, cause
to be pulled down any church which, in consequence of
such union, he may consider unnecessary ; and the com-
missioners shall dispose of the site, materials, and burial-
ground (if the same has ceased under competent authority
to be used for interments), and apply the proceeds, with
the Bishop's consent, towards the erection of a parsonage
house or of additional churches in the diocese. The site
or ground, however, is not to be disposed of till after two
voiefwsutcokgilanveatimfore
fmoronathsast'insfoateitoceryinoirthere
fGoraztehtete,puwricthhasae
public improvements or sanitary purposes. The repre-
sentatives or relatives of those who have been interred in
such burial-ground may cause the bodies to be removed
to other consecrated ground. A subsequent clause pro-
vides that, if it shall be found necessary to interfere with
any burial ground, the graves shall be as little disturbed
as possible, and that the representatives or relatives of
those who have within the last twenty years been buried
in a grave which shall be disturbed may cause the remains
to be removed, and the expense (to the extent of £10)
shall be defrayed by the commissioners out of moneys
which may come to them under this bill, and that the
bodies not so removed by the relatives shall (except in
such graves or vaults as shall finally be closed up) be
removed at the expense of the commissioners. Monu-
ments may also be removed ; and the commissioners, if
they think fit, may defray the expense. When it shall
appear to the Bishop that the revenues of the benefices
proposed to be united are more than sufficient for the due
maintenance and support of an incumbent, the Bishop is
to represent the case to the Archbishop, who, after inquir-
ing into it, may, with the consent of the patron (six weeks'
notice being previously affixed to the church door), certify
to the Queen in Council that part of the revenues might
with advantage to the interests of religion be made over
to some other benefice in the diocese, and the Queen in
Council may make order accordingly. Compensation is
to be made out of moneys coining to -the commissioners
under this bill to parish clerks displaced. Facilities are
Oven for the surrender or disposal of church patronage,
in order to obtain as% consideration an augmentatien of
income for ilk-endowed benefices,

TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1854.

CHESHIRE AND Trilos.
.„,, one of
BODY FOUND.—On Thursday the men on b 0.".„ the
the magazine boats found a dead body
river, between the Egremont and Seacombe Ferliord
the deadhoase the body was recognized
Gant, the captain of the flat Neversweat,
a 3 that or ,„„]; of
floating, '" .
from thetre r.. 10
which he fell into the river, off Hale-bank,duralg
on the 30th January last. ~..d.ed o:Leif
THE ROYAL CHESHIRE MILITIA termwo' uointi
annual period of training on Monday, last vreek, ';nic,
received the unqualified approbation of Colonel Pe'!.:ii,
for their steadiness, cleanlipness, and soldier-like 3Pr.iii
cautions
ance, and the rapidity and precision of their es' :4s shol4
the field. The conduct of the regiment during `"
ST. JOHN'S, BIRKENHEAD.—Th
stay in Chester has been most exemplaryJolllll°
h 0 ir of St. rov
e c , erfo
District Church, Grange-lane, will give a choraL,P_,,reisi
ance of sacred and secular music, at the Sc be free,
Oliver-street, on Friday next. Admission Al "" of
but a collection will be made on behalf of the fands
church schools. trfic fl't

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY The
fthe week ending 9th April, 1854, was aa 10,L;
Passengers, parcels, &c., per railway,
steam-boats, £361 Os. ld. ; total, £2631 153. 11€1.‘ife, per
£1516 7s. 9d. : total, including Carnarvon tr.!, Ca'
rail, £3787 Bs. 7d. ; steam-boat, £361
responding week last year, per rail, X 2960 ,2d,
per steam-boats, £242 3s. Bd. Increase, £946
HOYLAME. —Four fatal cases of cholera have he
at Hoylake ; but as the disease confined itself t 00,416„
mates of one house, which is situated in the centre liowbi,
and the malady can be clearly traced to the Oh, Ybitott
of the occupants, no alarm is felt by the inilacsasei
£2270 10
005,
generally, especially as the present excitement hasieoi,
the authorities to bestir themselves, and a c -
of the village is now being proceeded with.
y Wie
VIOLATION OF THE GAME LAWS.—On
Jeffries was brought before the magistrates a' oito`
head, and fined £2 and costs, for trespassing in PI stos
game on the lands of Joseph Brocklebank, Esq., °deteca'
ton, a short time ago. It appeared that he was bi3gap'
by the keeper, who, after a struggle, took away neo
but failed in securing him. A warrant was suhsec.l„, tbe
issued for his apprehension. In default of OP'
fine, he was to be imprisoned for one month. floi,lB
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday
about eleven o'clock, a pretty little child, i.r.r;
Jane Jones, aged four years, daughter of 311 r; 1
government tax collector, Birkenhead, was ran 1:),
horse and cart, the property of William Hope Joa:';'„
Chiltren, Thornton. The driver was loading r, n'be
with timber, in Crowe and WilliamOs yard, 13ir'eolire
when the horse took fright, and, running along at
street, threw down the child, who was playing f, °IIJ
time. The poor little innocent was rolled efenecV
received such severe injuries about the chest and
to cause immediate death.
WILFUL DAMAGE.—At the Birkenhead Peli_A
Patrick Cheamers, an Irish youth, was charg°-
breaking the palisading of Claughton-park, on seep
afternoon. The prisoner, with two others, vralthen;
break with his feet the stone in which the raf;deti
fixed, and abstract the lead. The officer sne7-Abli
capturing the prisoner, but his companions ecarre
forty railings, together with the plinthing, we
101'
destroyed ; and Mr. J. A. Byrne, surveyor to the. CO
sioners, stated that damage to the extent of te njactOL,l3.'
had been sustained. The magistrate, Mr. J. c
ordered him to pay a fine of £5, or, in default, to
soned for two months, E 11,4°1
BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT NA"
has been elected commodore, Mr. W. Laird, iaR,)/
commodore, and Mr. W. Scott honorary seeretarlitiO
Birkenhead Model Yacht Club. At the last nie
103
was stated that the finances of the club were eoto tb,
Two cups were voted, of the value of £2O eaclif4s
sailed for by fixed keel boats, and the other by %Ilea fo
centre boards. Two cups were also voted to be NO'
by yachts of the second-class (two tons and tm—di,
the event of there being no yachts of this class ref' be rtia"
money is to be applied to the purchase of a curls
Z„edle,,;
for by boats with fixed keels and centre boards' ?tell l`!'.
In addition to the foregoing, there will
the challenge cup of 250, the present owner ot
building a new boat to sail the deciding CO,
proposed to run the second-class yachts in the 'that
Float, to be manned by members only;
10
amusing races may be expected. thall ol:
REFUSAL TO PROCEED TO SEA.—NO leWersto ato
seamen, belonging to the troop-ship Shooting 010 oa
lying in the river, under orders to proceed t° aP 0
to take on board troops for Malta, were brots'
Thursday before the magistrates at Birke,llll,4ooloe
be the pniieb
charge of refusing to proceed to sea, after na" oeor
the ship's articles. Their objection was that a earn the'.
tarn had been appointed. The prisoners were,t,
advised by the magistrates to fulfil their COntr3;sed rel,,
whole of them, with the exception of one, exP.,rhe thell.tf
ference for goal and hard labour to sailing wil,„le
to of
The refractory men were then each senterie— h bow-
t
days' imprisonment, with hard labour, 111
correction.

IRELAND.
A S.
THE MURDERERS OF MR. P'" O
Af OS
th e /
The following account of the executioll_,Thos;"
Ribandmen convicted at the last Monaghan. '
murder of Mr. Thomas Douglas Bateson, abr.' 1,4
the Northern Whig of Tuesday :—Yesterday
the mortal career of Bryan Grant, Neal Quin, anio
Coomey, convicted at the late Monaghan spring yordi
being concerned in the murder of Mr. Thom a° giro i
Bateson, on the 4th of Deeeruber, 18.51, on the Pu
' IpitA
leadince to Castleblaney—the two former as be
actual perpetrators of the crime and the latter; OL,
an accessory before the fact.
an
appeared to be in the best of spirits ; and Quiricere'
mey expressed, in the strongest terms, that they 't
prepared for the fate which awaited them—tha ba '5O
to the attention which, had been paid to thelf ,„to
clergymen, they were ready to meet their Goaiered
course of conversation, Coomey particularlY eilthe Op,
religions topics, remarking that he never in 000,wg
course of his life felt so happy as he did at thioe ipeele
with the confidence before. him of in a brief co
P'
his Saviour. Quin, said that, if a reprieves to r pre of
would not accept it,.as.he never should be bettelittiPtico,
to die than he was at that time. Grant spot' ver"g 003
did he seem to havea wish to share in their ec'onl.rf t°00;
The sub-sheriff, in the morning, said he was, ~sac of tsir
three men in their position. Sorry !" saiu,:ajd
in a tone of surprise, Why, it is glad you suent to
He then asked them if they had any statene' oeee
" No," said Coomey, " our Saviour said nothigol3 tiro
was executed:!" The last rites of the Romish
administered.. to them in the chapel oft orrlo.
priests, named Hughes and Smith. WheWhentar se,
in the press-room, Quin said, " Hell cannule!s tiri rof
(When the-hangman pinioned his arms.) •sts•itjld
best job ever was done for us." (To the P,rl;o
return you many thanks, gentlemen. lbea sin;
them. Mr.
eMrros.s.Sraihthonsaie din:om"
us your blessing before you go ?" 134:4,1400
es
Re:tnlyeomulrbeth;
eiirifice,fos•pror:
have eternal happiness within your reach. repd ;fleo
mother of God, receive us ! Prepare u—„„reS,o
Grant did not say anything audible, but "peer"
repeating prayers in an under tone. Thetralle I,etl
adjusted round their necks, and in a short te,
dead. scre
• tlllsBlonga tti
The. Morning Post, in commenting
.en at 6*-q
scene, says :—The scene of the execution,-cter,' esel'oo
seems to us so full of mischief in the- e.11%;1- to 'seel!ebe-
it, and in the feeling allowed to be milini_Lver,?hst iS
ble and ignorant people; and it is, inur`-",,ee, "'Zoo
frequently repeated in a greater or less de?"riesi payte
comes a grave question whether, so long asp I:vie ooppoS
not better directed and regulated, the slime ca5e,45
executions is not in danger of workingll.;:was
of the example for which it is meant. aiost:stiel) It
which the crime had been of the worst cue,
n,l
extes'lip
in its effect—most horrible—and without', its cim"
the cold-blooded and deliberate manner 01 are
was the assassination, from motives which an rvilePioscrp
and opprobrium of a whole country, of 3 131ej hinttOtdie
heart and honest conduct would have sectiiity bid t.0„,003
and length of days in almost any coin ban, n.,",
which it was his misfortune to live under a tics suoocie r
by cowardly murder. For the sake of ins t 1314.. t
tha 3ir• peoi
government, nothing is more needed than , ,be
where the spring and source of such deenvidaisoi
's t
sou's murder still exist, the fullest truth
forth in the punishment as to the horrord;aa•
paid assassination in the sight of Gud tinnt at }lip
Monaghan—and, we are sorry to saY, mlibite" ea r of
only—we find the worst of criminals eat of
iilti°joi
of martyrdom. That passage, which th prep ,De
made with fear and trembling, after the t'brolo
earnest and deep repentance for sins frol„„tare, 00'41
are not free, was made by these wretched er,cri Po
the sequel of the most repulsive crime, W,ll' bsord 0,10 to
and confidence which, blasphemous and awe, %peter
may seem to educated readers at a distance' ,vhat ifr
had an immense influence in neutralising ag 0011.9,00
have been the effect of the punishment gin habit' Apo
sionable and thoroughly ignorant Pe°ol6 w‘f,fee
dined to side against the law and
murderers of Mr. Batesou are described as ,ijerbee.a
(of
period after their apprehension, shown the 5T03,40-000
or compunction. Their conduct throng
°f
of defiance of the verdict of truth, anu 00-0
their own righteousness. At the last aw' 4100 pouliie
of them is reported to have justified his „said' , in „tit
crime by the example of his Saviour, who ctr°lll
when he was executed." Wretches thus, -wort", cat.o
hypocrisy of crime are allowed to leave tae• d °' of if
_ _es
up by a fanaticism which gives them ,a the ey_peo.
pasia—almost an odour of sanctity---inii COnjeJwtO
ignorant people, of whom we cannot n:left• erl itiolll
they conclude that the deed was not iu tre st,
fiable which could lead, by so iminedia,te„
such a happy frame of mind and to suet
both not
bliss. Where religious zeal on the part oi, 00,01,
0 -*,41,
and people is so very blind and ill-ad. It of
should surely be very carefully viratei_l., 006.4 ev,i'op,
are sorry to say, in Ireland alone, or °lle.'" folly rolvo:
ists, that we have had to laments. tu., Ivo t_fs
making the gallows a short and s•Yof weia,":,cet ocll
Even in England, and on the PasrLiiar insrop o!.10
church, we have had to report ,°,_'eopethe ra"..,e110,0t0
cli
shame and regret. But in Ireland_ tia,Lt. b,
a mischievous agency is multiplied. both at_pro".bot;sicit,
which it works and by the material'!" wretenerriisilbitilo
instances as this at Monaghan, wher`
orted bYhe eswst:cstVeil
given no sign of repentance are suPlco _a t
io
in the contempt of justice to the last,,,a4:be peel,
of themselves as innocent sufferer: ein!ritorlo9
harm. Unless more judicious cl to4l'st vopri
by the Government than seems to
_nftstbirik ci of 14
too many eases at present, we u'
Instate ef '-'suclloidter
that is seen by the public of the
and'
nvies.7_e bet.
derer before execution the better ; hua"ri can
_Poo ,locrilies
and blasphemy as that at Monag
_„xiside7 Atat:eo,
will become a matter for serious cu
is the rwethe I'3lo°o
solemn official privacy, such
_tsrninisteriugstic exo:l4
may not be a better mode of au
blicity of failthe be till
remedy of justice, than the Pu such bit, as Aro
Impenitence and presumptuous
of Mr. Bateson were alloweat;e'of oki" "
them scathless in mind, and sec
their ordeal.