The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-10-09 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Turf is used in preference to coal for the railway engines
between Limerick and Tipperary.
Lord Stanley has reduced his rents twenty per cent.,
and his conduct to his tenantry in Tipperary is the theme
of general praise.
The repeal association is to resume its labours—or
rather its weekly nonsense. The first resumed meeting
would be held yesterday.
Mr. Daniel Callaghan, M.P., for Cork, died of cholera.
Mr. F. A. Walsh has addressed the electors, as has
Colonel Chatterton, a Conservative ; and Mr. Sergeant
Murphy is expected to be a candidate ; Mr. Isaac Butt is
expected to offer himself.

Lord Stanley visited on Monday the Schools of the
National Board in Dublin. He was present for more
than two hours, and expressed himself much pleased
with the system of education, and with the discipline
enforced.

The conspiracy against the payment of rent has, we re-
gret to say, extended from Munster and Leinster to a few
districts in Ulster; but it is to be observed, that this or-
ganized system of plunder is carried on by the Popish te-
nant farmers alone. We believe it to be a fact, that not
even in a solitary instance has a Protestant tenant at-
tempted to defraud his landlord by carrying away his
crops.
A RAILWAY CHAIRMAN IN A DILEMMA.—At a meeting
of the Dundrum Railway Company, in Ireland, a few
days since, it was moved that the chairman should be
thrown out of the window ; an amendment was proposed
that he should be shoved down stairs; the original motion
was, however, adopted, and was about to be carried into
effect, when a general fight ensued, and directors and
shareholders appeared next day at the police-office.
Some years ago an Irishwoman married a sailor, who
shortly disappeared. Deeming herself a widow, at length
the woman married again and subsequently entered the
Killarney workhouse with her new husband and their four
children. Here her husband died ; but shortly afterwards
her first partner returned and claimed his wife. The
children, however, he refused to receive. He has since
been committed on an information from the Poor-law
Commissioners.

THE POTATO.—Unhappily there is no longer any con-
flicting testimony as to the extent of the fatal blight in
Ireland. It has set in everywhere, and in some districts
with a rapidity far exceeding anything that marked its
destructive progress in the former. From north and
south, east and went, the accounts scarcely vary, and the
most sanguine are now reluctantly compelled to admit
that no reliance can be placed on the late crop as an arti-
cle of food. The people are night and day employed in
digging them out ;—so says the Irish correspondent of the
Times. The Sligo Champion, however, says that the rot
is not nearly so widespread as here alleged, and that there
will still be plenty of potatoes for the requirements of the
people.
THE RIBBON MASSACRE AT DOLLY'S BRAE.—The
Dublin Herald says that " There is much reason to be-
lieve that this murderous onslaught was but an incident
in a deep-laid and formidable conspiracy. There is rea-
son to believe, that while the Ribbonmen of the neigh-
bourhood were in conference with their priests, and pre-
paring for the assault on the processionists, multitudes
who came from long distances were waiting, as a reserve,
the moment when th'y were to strike in and finish the
work of extermination which was to be begun at Dolly's
Brae. To fathom that deep conspiracy should have been
the aim of the investigation. Was it to turn out it of its
proper course aspersions were cast upon the Orangemen,
and on the magistrates who dared to do their duty ?"

A NEW UNIVERSITY FOR IRELAND.—A long commu-
nication has been addressed by Prince Albert to the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, advocating the establishment of a
second university in Dublin. the government of which he
suggests should be intrusted to a senate consisting of not
more than seventeen persons, including the presidents of
the Queen's Colleges and representatives, the most dis-
tinguished that can be obtained, of the several faculties of
arts, law, and physic, of the exact and natural sciences of
agriculture, and of belles lettres, with a chancellor and
vice-chancellor, all of whom are to be appointed by the
Crown. This senate, his Royal Highness further suggests,
should have the control over the system of education prac-
tised in the provincial colleges, and of the arrangements
for graduation. It is nearly certain that the plan thus
shadowed forth will be acted upon without much loss of
time.

PERSECUTION.—A clerical looking character, who de-
scribed himself a priest of the " Catholic Church," went
the other day into the shoe of a resident in Patrick -
street, in this city, and solicited some money for a sub-
scription, for the purpose of sending a Catholic Mission-
ary to America. He was not known to the shopkeeper,
who respectfully yet firmly declined to subscribe, urging
the badness of the times, a numerous family to provide
for, heavy rates, and occasional donations to Catholic
charities and similar objects. The " priest"—if priest he
was—still urged his suit, but observing there was little
chance of its being complied with, he left the shop—
assuring the owner that on the following Sunday " he
should be denounced from the altar, and that he would
follow that up by excommunicating him from the pale of
the Holy Catholic Church !"—Cork Constitution.
IRISH MlLLlONAlRES.—Notwithstanding all that is
said about the poverty of Ireland by its friends and
foes, it is an undeniable fact that there have died
within the last thirty years individual citizens of Dublin
who have left behind them money upon which duty has
been paid in proportion to £10,000,000 worth of personal
property, without any reference to sums varying from
£4,000 downwards. Enormous sums have also been
derived from the legacy duty paid by the representatives
of citizens of Cork, Belfast, and other towns. There are
some curious events connected with the life of the late
Mr. William Murphy, of Dublin, the announcement of
whose demise has lately appeared in this journal. His perso •
nal property was sworn at £646,000. Repossessed extensive
estates in the counties of Mayo and Dublin, and held mort-
gages on many others. During the last 15 years he was on
terms of intimacy with every hig Lord Lieutenant. He
died as he had lived for many years, a stanch Whig and a
determined opponent of the repeal of the union. By reli-
gion he was a Roman Catholic, and though his politics have
been moderate of late years, they were not so in his early
days. Mr. Murphy was obliged to fly the country in 1798.
Himself and some others fled to America, where they re-
mained for several years. His career in the new world
was a most adventuresome one. On his return home he
devoted himself entirely to business, carefully eschewing
physical force doctrines •, but, notwithstanding his im-
mense wealth, he followed his occupation of salesmaster
with great perseverance up to a short time previous to his
demise. Amongst other wealthy Irish commoners lately
deceased we may mention the names of Mr. Nathaniel
Hone, who left behind him upwards of £500,000 in ready
money, Mr. Peter Purcell, Mr. Nicholas Mahon, Mr.
Alderman O'Neil, Mr. Martin, the celebrated timber
merchant, who died about twelve months since at the
advanced age of 108 years, Mr. Grogan, father of Mr.
Edward Grogan, one of the city of Dublin members, also
died possessed of immense wealth, and Mr. Luke White,
the eminent bookseller, father of the Messrs. White, who
have on many occasions represented the counties of Long-
ford, Leitrim, and Dublin, left the sum of £BOO,OOO in
hard cash to his children.

CARRYING AWAY CROPS.—At Clougbjordan sessions,
Tipperary, on Friday, 25 persons were fined 4s. 7d. each,
and costs, for cutting down and carrying away, on Sunday
week, the produce of an acre of oats. At Nenagh sessions
several persons were fined for similar offences.
On Tuesday, Mr. F. Morgan, late the solicitor of the
Corporation of Dublin, was held to bail for sending a
letter to the proprietor of the Dublin Evening Mail—a
letter calculated to lead to a breach of the peace. The
cause of offence was an article in that paper reflecting on
Mr. Morgan.
The entire furniture, necessaries, &c., of the Castlebar
workhouse and auxiliaries have been seized under execu-
tion, at the suit of a person named Quin, a butcher, for
milk and water supplied the inmates. So particular was
this butcher in having an inventory of the goods and chat-
tels, that he had the paupers' clothes taken down.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY—THE QUEEN'S COLLEGES.—
The Irish general assembly, specially convened, have, it
seems, in effect refused to entertain the question of not
permitting their students to attend the Queen's College ;
but with admirable liberality they decline to sanction the
attendance at any but the Northern College. The object
of this is, according to the Belfast Whig, to make that
establishment as sectarianly Presbyterian as may be. Dr.
Cooke has been appointed Dean of Residence.
BALLINASLOE GREAT OCTOBER FAIR.—The prices o
sheep in the fair, on Thursday, were quite as high as they
were last year ; if there was any difference, it was in wed-
ders, which were, perhaps, a shade cheaper. Ewes were
quite as high, if not higher. The prices of what were
considered the top lots of wedders in the fair were as fol-
lows :—Mr. Robert Taaffe, 100 wedders, £2 9s. ; Mr.
Burton Persse, 100 ditto, £2 9s. ; and Mr. James Smith,
100 ditto, £2 7s. 6d. The supply was estimated at fully
10,000 short of last year.
ELOPEMENT.—A respectable family, residing in this
county, (says the King's County Chronicle,) have been
thrown into a state of great grief, during the past week, in
consequence of the elopement of a young and beautiful
daughter, whose age was love-breathing—just eighteen—
with a person of inferior rank, who was employed at the
family residence. The gallant Lothario was what is gene-
rally called " a handy man," and, consequently, was
frequently, sometimes daily, employed at " small jobs"
in the house ; thus an opportunity was afforded him of
wooing and winning Miss , who, in her more imme-
diate neighbourhood, was " the admired of all beholders."
The " happy couple," notwithstanding an active pursuit,
have escaped detection. It is thought they have gone
abroad.
EXPORTS or PROVISIONS.—The Nimrod steamer car-
ried the following cargoe to Liverpool on Tuesday :-501
sacks flour, 750 ditto oats, 60 ditto bran, 200 ditto wheat,
1125 firkins butter; Magnet for Neath, 40 firkins butter,
10 barrels oats ; Isabella, for Liverlibol, 480 quarters oats ;
Alice Yoe, for Newport, 400 quarters oats, 102 firkins
butter; Unicorn, for Cardiff, 400 quarters oats; Rowena,
for Liverpool, 525 sacks wheat, 180 ditto flour, 182 ditto
barley, 120 ditto oatmeal ; Harry King, for Newport, 500
firkins butter, 1230 brls. oats ; Margaret, for Cardiff, 420
brls. oats, 130 firkins butter; Moderator, for Portsmouth,
650 brls. oats ; Speedy, for ditto, 990 firkins butter ; Pretty
Maggy, for ditto, 1100 barrels oats. Foreign Food.—On
Monday two vessels arrived in:Queen's-town, one with

wheat and the other with maize ; same day three sailed
with maize for other ports. On Tuesday one arrived with
maize, and five sailed with a simlar cargo, for home con-
sumption.—Cork Paper.
A TERRIBLE AFFRAY NEAR BLARNEY.—On Sunday
last a terrible affray took place, at Bantry, near Cork,
arising out of the removal of crops. The scene was the
farm of a widow, Mrs. Callighan. On Sunday night 45
horses and carts arrived at the farm. On each of the
carts were six or seven men, carrying a scythe, hay-fork,
or reaping-hook. They were accompanied by seven com-
fortable-looking farmers, on horseback. All having dis-
mounted, they rushed towards the barn, where the keepers
were assembled, and, with a fiendish yell, commenced
removing the roof. This was the work of but a moment,
considering the numbers engaged, and the bailiffs were
ordered to retire or they would be murdered. The keepers
obeyed the command, and when outside the door, one of
the sons of the widow pointed at two of them, roaring
out, " Pin them fellows." Immediately, one of them
was knocked down and severely beaten. The alarm being
given, seven policemen appeared. A battle ensued, and
the policemen were beaten off. A company of lancers
was sent for, and, after another conflict, several prisoners
were made; but several loaded carts got away. Singularly
enough, no life was lost ; one man, however, is in a dan-
gerous state.
DREADFUL MURDER IN QUEEN'S COUNTY. —An
inquest was held on Saturday week, at Tolerton,
in Queen's County, on view of the body of a man then
unknown, which had been found, dreadfully mutilated, in
the wild and lonely bog of Rossmore. The murdered
man, Patrick Moore, was husband of the murderess,
Catherine Moore, and the tragedy was participated in by
her daughter, Bridget Thompson, Catherine Thompson,
an interesting peasant girl, married some time ago a per-
son in her own class of life--Patrick Moore. The mar-
riage was an unhappy one, and a separation took place.
The husband went to live at the house of a relative named
Brennan. He contemplated going to America, and went
to Liverpool, but having a hankering for home he returned
to his old locality. On the 2nd September a message
was sent to him through a girl, from his wife, to the
effect that she wanted to see him that evening. He
attended to the assignation. Between ten and eleven
o'clock on that night he was seen by two men leaning
against a ditch at the back of his mother-in-law's house,
in company with his wife. After this night he was not
seen or heard of in the neighbourhood. He did not re-
turn to Brennan's ; but a rumour was set afloat that he
had left for America; and the following Sunday Mrs.
Moore left Tulla for the ostensible purpose of joining him
in Liverpool-, in order that they might proceed together
to New York. After she left, vague reports were circu-
lated through the village, and people surmised strange
things, and asked why the wife did not accompany her
husband. These reports reached the ears of the sub-
inspector, Mr. Warburton, and the coal pits in the neigh-
bourhood were searched for the body, but in vain. Whilst
thus engaged he received a letter from a brother of Mrs.
Moore, to the effect that his sister and her husband had
gone off from Dublin to America, and that they were
quite reconciled. This allayed suspicion at the time.
On Wednesday week, however, the body of a man, or
something like it, was found in a hole, in the centre of
the bog of Rossmore. Dogs had devoured a portion of it,
and one of the arms was uplifted. The nose and one of
the cheeks had been cut off, the eyes were gone, and the
face otherwise fearfully mutilated. On examination the
limbs were found to be very much mangled. The remains
were identified and removed. At the inquest several wit-
nesses deposed to the fact stated. On the same morning
when it was held, who should return from Liverpool but
Catherine Moore; she had come home with a pitiful tale
of how her unnatural and brutal husband had deserted
her on the quay of Liverpool, leaving her a lonely and
unfortunate woman to beg her way home. Her astonish-
ment—her horror on hearing of the discovery of the
mutilated remains of her husband, operated so strongly on
her feelings, that she confessed her guilt, and all the
circumstances connected with it. It seems that Moore's
brains were beaten out on the night he was last seen with
his wife; and that on the next day the wretched woman
and her motherdislocated the limbs, so that they fitted on
an ass's car ; being concealed by straw, they then pro-
ceeded to Rossmore bog, which was seven miles distant;
and, in the loneliest part of that lonely place, they flung
their gore-clotted burden into an unclean hole. The
jury, after some brief deliberation, found a verdict of
wilful murder against Catherine Moore and Bridget
Thompson, mother and daughter. It further appeared,
that Mr. Warburton, not being able to discharge from his
mind the impression of Moore's murder, wrote to the
man wi; h whom he had stopped during a previous trip to
Liverpool, and who had been a friend of his, to ask if he
and his wife arrived safe, and inquiring if he was aware of
their getting off to America, as the neighbours were an-
xious to hear of their welfare. Mrs. Moore happened to
be at the time an inmate of this very lodging-house at
Liverpool ; the man read the letter for her. She expressed
her uneasiness, and said she should return home, as some-
thing must have happened to poor Pat. She accordingly
left Liverpool for Tolerton, and reached at the very
crisis when her presence was so necessary for the fulfil-
ment of the ends of justice.