The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-15 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Mn. DARuAN, the Irish railway-king, has declined as
invitation to a public entertainment from the town council
of Waterford, saying that his habits and course of life led
him to pursue his avocations of quiet industry, without
seeking or accepting honours.

THE " NATIONAL " EDUCATION SYSTEM.—It is stated
to be the intention of Lord Clancarty to move in the
House of Lords, and Mr. G. A. Hamilton in the Com-
mons, for a committee of inquiry into the working of the
national system of education in Ireland, with a view to
have such alterations made therein as will render it less
objectionable to Protestants.
THE SIX-MILE BRIDGE AFYAIR.—A committee of
" influential magistrates" has been formed in Dublin with
a view of raising subscriptions, " not exceeding £1" from
each contributor, towards defraying the legal expenses
of the defence of Mr. J. Delmege, J.P., who is to be
prosecuted by the crown at the ensuing Clare Assizes for
his share in the transaction at Sixmile-bridge.

THE EARL OF RODEN.—The new lord-lieutenant hag
offered to restore the Earl of Roden and the Messrs. Beers
to the commission of the peace, and has permitted Mr.
Kirwan, at Roscommon, to resume the execution of his
magisterial duties. This latter gentleman was visited
with the sentence of six months' suspension (of which S
large portion has already elapsed) for alleged deficiency ill
his duties during the late election for the county of Mayo.
Lord Roden, however, replied in such terms to the offer
made by the lord- lieutenant to restore him to the cog•
mission of the peace that Lord St. Germans withdrew his
proposal. The terms of the vice-regal message were not
deemed satisfactory, as Lord Roden was not prepared to
admit that there had, at any time, been a necessity for his
suspension.

THE RIBBON CONSPIRACY.—The Westmeath Guard'
ian announces that the Ribbon organization is more es.
tensive and perfect in that county than in any other
portion of the Queen's dominions. " Cattle are destroyed/
houses are destroyed, and within one month four saw
guinary murders have been perpetrated." As the inevit..
able result, " several enterprising English and Scotch
farmers, who have recently settled in this connty, haf°
determined upon quitting it immediately, and betaking
themselves to a land where there is some better securitl
for life and property than in this. They embarked their
capital in our soil, but Ribbonism has driven them froo
it; and in consequence of this the country will lose 01
advantage of useful example, in an agricultural point 11,
view, and a vast source of employment will be destroyed.
THE REV. T. D. GREGG.—On Thursday a soiree ooh
given at the Rotunda, Dublin, to the Rev. Tresholl
Dames Gregg. by his Protestant friends, as a mark °
their appreciation of his services. There was a numeroo;
attendance, and the banners with which the room ~0
PI) decorated were inscribed with the mottoes, " God save
Queen," "NoPopery," " No Mavnooth Grant," "Chii,r„Ce
Education," and " The Protestant Champion." 'l•Pg
chair was taken by Mr. G. W. Maunsell, T.C. An3°l:oi
the toasts were, "The glorious, pious, and imnOrof
memory of William 111., the uncompromising. foiLer
Popish tyranny and arbitrary power, and firm mailg;ho
of the religion and liberties of our forefathers." 40
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