The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-05-10 00:00:00

IRELAND.

THE HANGMAN who executed the two murderers at
Waterford, a few days ago, and who bad to be taken to
gaol to protect him from the populace, died on Tuesday,
in Clonmel gaol, of delirium tremenB.
INCUMBERED ESTATES.—The number of petitions
lodged for the sale of incumbered estates in Ireland is
2692, of which 2668 were granted, and 406 dismissed.
The total produce of the sales is 8,;90,9171. 17s. Ga.

TERRIBLE OUTRAGE.—The New Telegraph report
that on Saturday morning attempts were made to burn
two houses, with their residents, in the neighbourhood in
which Mr. Chambre was nearly assasinated a short time
since.

BOILER EXPLOSION.—On Wednesday morning an ex-
plosion took place of one of the boilers in the extensive
premises of the York-street Flax-spinning Company, when
two boys were killed on the spot, and five others seriously
injured.—Beljast Northern Whig.
CLERKSHIP OY THE CROWN.—James -Naugle, Esq.,
sessional solicitor for Cork, has been appointed to the
clerkship of the Crown for the Queen's Bench, vacant by
the death of the late Pierce Mahony, Esq. This is pro-
nounced to be an arrant job.

CONSPIRACY TO MURDER.—A vile conspiracy has just
been revealed, the object of which was to, murder and rob
Mr. Boyd, the pay-clerk to Mr. Dargan, engaged on the
Dundrum and Bray Railway. The accused were brought
before Messrs. Porter and Magee, at the head office of
police. The approver detailed minutely the plans that
had been arranged. Immediately on the murder being
accomplished, the money was to have been divided into
three equal portions, and the perpetrators to separate and
make the best of their way to Amtica. The magistrates
adjourned the inqu'ry to this day, (Tuesday).

THE CLERGY AND THE 'INCOME TAX.—It is stated
in the Evening Mail that some modifications are to be
made with respect to Ireland, and the statement is corro-
borated in the Cork Examiner on the authority of Mr.
John Francis Maguire. The Roman Catholic priests, it
appears, are not to be exempted from the tax, but they
are to be freed from its " inquisitoria/ 'r operation, and
their own return (sent in through respective bishops) to
be accepted. It is further rumoured that the mode of
rating the incomes of farmers will be as in Scotland, on
one-third of their rent.

A FAMILY OF MURDERERS, named Stackpoole, we►e
executed at Ennis on Friday morning week, for the bar-
barous murder of a relative at Miltown,Malbay. Richard
Stackpoole and his wife, Bridget, were executed together.
While one of the executioners was adjusting the rope
round the neck of the female, she called out to him in
Irish, to " Squeeze it well ;" and Honors Stackpoole
(whose husband, Thomas, would also have been tried last
assizes but that he was ill), was afterwards conducted to
the place of execution. She appeared considerably weaker
than the others, and when she gained the platform
turned round towards the reverend gentleman In attend-
ance, who addressed some observations to her, after
which she appeared to continue praying most fervently
until the dreadful fall, which terminated her earthly career.

THE BUDGET.—The agitation produced by the threat-
ening infliction of the income tax is spreading over the
country. Meetings are being held in all directions, and
the provincial press teems with protests against the ob.
noxious measure. The movement is likely to prove as
formidable as that which put an end to the tithe system
in Ireland. The orators at the country meetings tell their
audiences that the scheme of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer is an attempt at " robbery ; " that even though
parliament sanction it, and the Queen give her assent, the
Irish people will be justified in evading, and, if necessary,
"openly resisting the levy of such an unjustimpost."

EUSL'S NATUILE.—A curious lamb is at present exhi-
biting at the Royal Standard Gardens, Queenstown. It
is the property of a farmer named John Ahern, residing
near Foaty, the residence of Mr. John H. S. Barry. The
animal was yeaned the 25th March, and after being
dropped lay motionless for about twenty-four hours. It
then revived and has since continued in perfect health.
The legs are like those of a goat, covered with hair; the
head and face are short, puggish, and not unlike those of
the bull-dog breed. The tongue is black, and the teeth
are only in the lower jaw, which protrudes outside the up-
per. The tail is long and nearly black ; and on each side
over the loins are stripes of a drab-coloured wool—one
represents the letter " Y." accurately formed, and on the
other the letter "N." It is in good condition, but short
and stumpy in appearance, and not equal in growth to
lambs of the age of the one referred to.—Cork Con.sti.
tution.