The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-07-08 00:00:00

O'CONNELL'S LAST.

It is altogether a supertluoys task to proVe Mr. O'Connell a;
liar that has been done "over and over again • nevcrtheless„ iG
is necessary sometimes to do so in justice to again;
objects of hitst
calumny. In this detestable inan's second, letter to the people
of Engliind, appear the following parity' aphs
"The rector of this parish is the Rev. Mr. Longfield. If (3,
has been rector for the last 10 or 12 years ; I believe he has not.
been as many days in the parish. .I never saw him.; hod the
only service the ever did me,-wasleaviiigiris usual residence at
Bath or Cheltenham, and coining to an election to Kerry for
the purpos of voting against ills—that is

"lii; composition for tithes ous of the parish amounts 4o
' £5OO per annum, or tliereabou.s. Ile- has also three or four
glebes There are two parishes according to the Catholic divi-
sion. We, the .Catholics, cheerfully sudport the Catholic cler-
gymen of both.
" The case, then, is this.--I, as a catholic, have to suppor
my awn clergymen, to build toy own church, and keep it in
repair. The parish is poor, and the principal burden of all
these falls on me; and now the ReVerend Mr. Longfield in-
sists that, in addition, I 'shall pay him £5O a-year for tithes ;
and because I deem this demand, as it manifestly is, most un-
just and unreasonable, he causes a bill to be filed against mein
the Court of Exchequer, hands me over to a voracious attorney-
to mulct me in heavy costs, and then, forsooth, tells me.that the
religion which stimulates him to, and sanctions, this gross and
palpable injustice, is better than my religion."
The Rev. Mr. Longfield thus replies to the above in a letter
addressed

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE CORK CONSTITUTION,
Sir,—l have seen in your paper a letter to the people of
England, in which my name is introduced. If it ivere addressed
to the people of Ireland I should not take the trouble of con-
tradicting the false assertions in it, which the writer calls facts,
as his facts are too well known in ibis country ; but ip this (as
I state it) apology for not paying his debts to me, though as
could prove, he has paid other clergymen when it was his in-
terest, there is hardly one fact, except, indeed, it may be true
that he will not pav me.
"As to my residing in Bath or Cheltenhard, I never spent a
day in either, but have resided in another parish, and officiated
without a curate for 38 years, and never spent us much as one
month out or if. so much for Ibis fact; and as to the tithe
composition in Mr, O'Connell's parish being £5OO, it is little
more than half that sum, being but £2SS.
" As to the number of days I spent in the parish, he knovrs
nothing; but when I got the parish there was neither churCh;
clergyman, nor glebe-house in it. Now there are all three. As to
the glebes, there is one, for which I payannually £3O for twenty
had acres, on which the glebe-house stands—the glebe belonging
to the parish being a mountain at the remote end of it, of little
value, and, if the curate is badly paid, the charge comes badly
from a man who has, ut paid his tithes these four years.
" I am, sir, your obedient servant, M. I,ONGFtELD.
" Church-hill, Couuty qlCork." .
How a plain tale puts down the agitator!

The following passehgers came in the sltip Aliqu.is, Captain
John nhich arrived here on the sth instant, James
Campbell, rilpbellFe.
,eEsq., lady, and family ; John Purvis, Esq.; Wit.:
Liam Henry Martineau, Esq.; 'i t
;•to...as Weston Clay, ,Esq.
This splendid vessel brought a freight of 2115 bales of cotton.
The Right Honourable the .Earl of, Carrick has appointed
the Rev. James Wright, of La,tchford Parsonage, in the
diocese of Chester, to be one of his lordship's domestic chap-
lains.

A handsome marble statue of Locke., by Westmacott, R. A.,
has been recently erected in the vebtibule of the London Uni-
,
versify.

. . .
etH'KTY MAGISTRACY.-At fhe Lancastersessions last week.
James Cornelins'Satterthwitite, of Lancaster, Esq. and William
Moore, of Grimeshill, near Kirkby Lonsdale. Esq. and at Pres--
ton sessions, on Wednesday last, Charles Dickson Archibald,
of.Rusland-hail, near Milothorpe, Esq. qualified as magistrates.
Since the accessiou of the present administration to,office,thirty-
Ave gentlemen (exclusive of the above) have been appointed .
and qualified as county magiitrates; of these 10 ate churchmen,
1 Roman catholic, and 24 Di-viewers.
For some time Mr. Gawthorpe, the Governor of the House of
Correction, had been surprised by hearing the soft strains of a
flute within that prison, and in vain had lie exercised his vigi
lauce to dicover whence those souuds proceeded, as no such in-'r
strtitnent 'could be discovered in any part of the prison, nor
upon the person of any of the prisoners. The other day, how-
ever the mystery was cleared up, for on removing a stool in the
day room, one of the fei,q came otf, and it was then found. that
one of the prisoners had most itigeniously constructed a flute put.
of it, iu order to lighteo the weary hours of his incarceration.
We can hardly think that one Who this disposed of his leisure
time is irreclaimably viciiins.—York 1-li.al‘t.
The Liverpool ApotheCories' Company have purchased, the
house in Colquit-streeet. corner of Wood-street, formerlyt;tho
~k
residence of the late P.W. Brancker, Esq. on the site of w
they intend to erect a hall for the purpose of carrying .0n i the.
business of the company.
-che spirited direc-
tors THE ROYAL ROCK FERRY AND PAritc.—. •
..
of.
,theihtritl3oPel.'it
isthe
intention
of Mrs
to and from the Rock lintel, to, atihools.
The children
tors of the Royal Rock Fen y on Tuesdajyt gave
.200 actifiii(eireen
of
st.
Michael's Church day
walked in procession,
-hleModer.a re otifiel‘ylrr,elt.:ll.r.l.Aleld. Poilocuhetre,izthhet.
as.Anuidiji,,,B,2,(cDi..:lldlkNe,
rti)ethire.)teeantilli,earrsk,edh7asrining
flags, down to George's Pir,,
packet left the pier. They
vB--',,t0h.6. Dobson,
.the worthy hostiss,.
ing " God save the King',
After enjoying a most de-,
withov e
ta afterwards
aad eofferee gaiainuliebrted 1,a1,1
again swag tile, National
lightful afternoon, 0
and three c. h ' f •
vers for the success qf the Ferry,'
Anthem, rave,T,calsm,,lainnddoOtnheiresaving
grand opening dinner at the
Fame to
when a band of music will be.in attendance..
Hotel,
nin)dtbeslto,bntein,l:,
rhee ft friends elll rds; tio%la'si,°•en'a
preparations have been made to render the afternoon as
proprietorS of the Rock Park have
of land facingthe R. a ad-
Gurreelhta agreeable
se d as possible. i
arg e
l aTtl lt ii et y
P 4.• iver an
joining the Rock Ferry Hotel, which it is intended to lay out
in building lots for Jetacherl villas, in the manner of a park..
Each building lot to have a certain quantity of land attached to
it, and the houses to be built after a specified plan. The grounds ,
and gardens to be
knteriected with park trees and carriage
drives, and the whole to be called the Rock Park. Fronting
the river it is intended to build an esplanade running the whole
length of the park. There will also in the neighbourhood of
the park be a church erected, the full amount of subscription.
towards
.thi expense of which is nearly obtained. We have,
seen a plan of the intended improvements, and when com-
pleted-; the' Rock Ferry will form one of the most delightful re-
sorts', Judging from the plan, there is nothing equal toot ad '
the neigt4ourhood of Liverpool.