The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-04-17 00:00:00

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n his ordinary income

of one

legacy left to him in 1847 to the relic,.
parishioners • but he and his family, can.
and nine children, are now menaced with
vation, though his sons would gladly earn ti
wimonlabourers. Again: they may read of a
. his wife and ten children, who lived for months on
die.) meal and turnips, and but for the timely aid of a
ene lent friend " must have perished"'
--house." We cannot forbear M extrat
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to extract the fol-

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mi which we are now living. We would w_
engage in any way to help ourselves, and are not too prc
any honest calling. My boys are well able to dig and 1..„
ground, but we have no means of supplying seed, so our glebe i
lying idle, our only cow having been sold for poor rates."

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TRIAL OF DUFFY.—This trial commenced on Tuesday.
Sir Colman O'Loghlen was absent., and Mr. Butt, Q.C.,
appeared in court, having travelled all night from Cork
in order to be present. The prisoner has the advantage
of the distinguished talents of Mr. Napier, Q.C. There
was a very small number of jurors in attendance, which
in itself is significant of the kind feelino.
t --ds Mr. Doff"

,uwa.. Mr. Duffy, for few would keep now away,
club system is utterly extinct. After the prisoner'
scl had challenged fourteen

e fifteen, the Attorney-enera'l

indiscreet enough
g to select a jury

s coun-

to taunt the prisoner with endeavor
to try him ! Mr. Butt then offered the

A jury was
is called here

uu cue same, Out 111 r. Monahan a.
at last sworn, and it is thought to be
"a very doubtful one," i. e.. one on whom the crown
does not rely for a verdict. Mr. Monahan, in his state-
ment of the case, traversed the same ground as he went
over before, but he exerted himself beyond his former
effort to produce effect upon the jury. Mr. Butt deli-
vered his speech for the defence on Thursday. The
evidence for the defence was heard on Friday, after which
the Solicitor-General replied. Judge Jackson having
summed up, the jury retired at twenty minutes past six
o'clock. At ten, it having been intimated that they
could not agree, they were called into court, when they
stated that there was not the slightest chance of their
agreement, as they were equally divided. This was
greeted by a loud cheer, which was enthusiastically taken
up by the crowd outside, where the prevailing impression
was that the prisoner had been acquitted. The jury were
given in charge and locked up, and the court adjourned.
On Saturday morning they were recalled into court.
They said they had not agreed, and declared that it was
not at all likely they would agree. The Attorney-General
consented to liberate Duffy on bail for his appearance at
the next commission.

WHAT BECOMES OF THE MAYNOOTH GRANT ? —The
Rev. Daniel Foley said, at the meeting of the Irish Sock ty
in Dublin, on Thursday, (Lord Roden in the chair,)—
" The other day I was dining with a gentleman who
began to tell of his grievances, and amongst other things
mentioned, that one of his tenants owed him several
hundred pounds. " Why don't you turn him out ?" I
inquired. "Oh !" he replied, "he has a numerous
party connected with him, and as I am fond of proceeding
often to his neighbourhood, I am afraid I would be shot
if I did." " Well," I observed, " your's is certainly a
bad case." " Moreover," he continued, " I could gain
nothing by turning him out now, for I have a little expec-
tation of £4O which he promised me on such a day, for he
has a son in Maynooth, and he will get £4O on that day
from him, and says he will give me the money. (Hear•r.)
That, you see, is what the
grant has done ; it has not
made gentlemen of the priests, but it goes to pay the
farmer's rent. (Hear.) I tell you what I believe. If
John Bull hears that the money for Maynooth goes to
pay the Irish landlord, he will soon stop the grant.
(Laughter and applause.) Another woman, I was told,
could never pay her rent until she received. £3O, which is
allowed from Maynooth to the students as if to buy books.
I remember heaiing it stated what a grievance it was that
if a Protestant wanted to make a minister of his son, he
must pay a large sum to the university to get him through,
but if a man wants to make his son a priest, let him go
and make interest with the Roman Catholic bishop, and
he will exert his influence, and not only have his son
made a priest, but get himself £4O a year to Fay the
landlord."