The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-08-09 00:00:00

IRELAND

CLITIIEROE ELECTION.--On Thursday, the witness
committed by the Clitheroe Election Committee to New-
gate for prevarication, was released from Newgate, on
payment of the required fee, £l4. _ _

- LARGE CAPTURE OP WIIALES.—On Tuesday week, two
boats and twenty men captured, off the Wesfi

THE ROYAL is now officially announced
that her Majesty will arrive at Kingstown on the 29th
inst., and remain in Dublin for one week. The necessary

THB CONVICT KIBWAi.--:The Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland has appointed G. W. Creighton, Esq., Q.C., and
F. White, Esq., barrister, commissioners to inquire into
the forfeited estates and chattels of William B. Kirwan,
convicted of the murder of his wife.
ALLEGED EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT. The Com-
mission Grand Jury havd found a true bill against Mr.
George Birch, " one of the attorneys," for the embezzle-
ment of £35,000, the property of Mrs. Sarah Kelly, of

great will case
RE(

' notorie
—A

—The difficulty of

procuring recruits for the army has been so great that
orders have been received from the Horse Guards further
lowering the standard for enlistmer'

which is

)w fixed

at five feet five inches
BLEO3- IllcuAßDs.—Owing to t
health, Baron Richards has, by the advice of his physician,
left Ireland for a visit to the Pyrenees. The laborious
duties of Chief Commissioner of the Encumbered Estates
Court have well nigh made shipwreck of the learned
baron's constitution.

Ito of his

STATE OF THE CEOPE,—The returns from the country,
particularly respecting the potato crop, are looked to with
much interest, the vast burg of them are highly favourable.
That the blight has appeared in a few districts is fullT
proved, but it is apparently in a very mitigated form as
compared with that of last year.
HARVEST PEOSPECTS.—We have had several days of
ettremely fine weather, and if no untoward change sets
in, harvest-work will probably commence something ear-
lier than was anticipated a few Weeks since. The agricul-
tural reports are all favourable, with the exception of a
few isolated complaints of the " appearance" of blight in
the potato.
MunnE2.—At Galway assizes, John Hurley was found
guilty and sentenced to death, for the murder of Katherine
Kendrigan, a fellow-servant, at Dunsandle, in revenge for
the young girl, a mere child, having mused his dismissal
by giving evidence of a series of dishonest practices on his
part. When sentence was_passed upon tie hardened mis-

areant, he deelared he -crania hay

the jury

and the prosecutors, " either in this world, or the next."
ANOTHER SINOD AT THITELES.—The Tipperary Free
Press—high Romanist authority--announces that, " in
compliance with the, instructions of the Most Rev. Dr.
Cullen, delegate of the Holy See, a provincial Synod,
under the presidency of the Most Rev. Dr: Slattery, of
Cashel, will be held at Thurles in the ensuing month.
The preliminaries- have not been as yet finally arranged,
but in all probability the sittings of the Synods will com-
mence about the Ist of September." The " Apostolic
delegate" is determined not to do his work by halves.
The Romanist Primate (Dr. Dixon) is now, it seems, a
mere cypher as regards spiritual al
ment of the Irish " Church

.overn-

m the

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A CLEEGYMAN.—Con Friday
night, a little after eleven o'clock, the Rev. Wm.. Turpin,
vicar of Clara, was fired at in his own house, about three
stiles from the town. He had just entered his study, with
a lighted candle in his hand, when a shot was discharged
through the window, the shutters of which had not been
closed., He escaped unhurt, although the assassin fired in
the.direction of a desk at which Mr. Turpin is in thehabit
of sitting. Mr. Turpin is• of a singularly gentle and un-
offending disposition, and had only recently taken posses-
sion- of the vicarage. He succeeded the Rev. Skelton.

Gressel', whose life vas attempted in a some

at similar

manner about twelve years.aio.
A MASONIC BALL wa& given, on Wednesday, in. the
Roturda, at Dublin,. for the purpose of raising a fund to
liquidate the cost of erecting the Masonic 'Female Orphan
School, recently built in that city. Among the distin-
guished. personages presentwere :—The Lord Lieutenant
and the-Countess of St. Germans, the Duke and Duchess
of Leinster, Sir Edward and. Lady Blakeney, Niscountess-
Gough, Earl and Countess. of Bective, Lord and Lady
Castlereagh, Viscount ands: Viscountess Avonmore, Earl
and Countess of Lucan, Lord. and Lady Rossmore, Lord
and Lady Howth, Lady Dormer, Lady Elizabeth and
Louisa Cornwallis, Ladies Mary and Emily St. Lawrence;
Sir E. andrtad Elizabeth Ifca•ongh, and Lady Redington..
ATTACEZON PROTESTANT. STREET-PREACHERS IN IRK-
LAND.—Two missionaries, the Rev. Messrs. Dickenson and
Lewis, were assailed by a mob, in Limerick, on Sunday
evening, in-.consequence of Mr. Dickenson having com-
menced preaching in the street ' • and it was with difficulty
that they were rescued. When some of the persons con-
cerned in the assault on them, were brought up at the
Police-court, it was stated by the-.police that the peace of
the city was seriously endangered_ by street preaching, and
the rev. gentlemen consequently promised not to attempt
again to preach in the open air.. Disturbances of a similar.
kind have taken place in several other towns in the south
of Ireland. It instated that WO missionaries have gone or

are going from England and Scotland, for the purpose of
open-air preaching.
IMPERTINENCE REBUKE-Ur—it lady, plainly dressed,
went a short time ago, into, a shop in Dublin, and pur-
chased several articles, which. she was about to pay for,
when the shopman teased her:to look at some other things,
which she did not inquire for:. After wasting his eloquence
in vain for some time, he at last said, " Oh ! if yon would
but buy this dress, you would,tben look like a lady indeed."
The-inference to be drawn from this was anything but
complimentary, .and the patience of the lady being com-
pletely exhausted, she resented the fellow's impertinence
by refusing to purchase the articles already selected. Th
shopman stormed and talked of legal proceedings, to corn
pel her to complete her bargains.
to her solicitors, or to her broth

'ect him

Lieuten;ant

(not the present, but a late• Lord Lieutenant). Had a.
thunderbolt fallen at the feet of the shopman, he could
not have lookedlmore frightened. His insolent demeanour
vanished in an instant. Ha was now all humility; he.
begged, he prayed, he entreated the lady to say nothing
about it ; as it-• would ruin, the concern. She contented
herself with writing to the•prindpals, but the affair• got
wind sufficiently -to injure the• establishment con:Ailembly

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST B

BY EL' CTRIC TELEGRAPIr.

A Privy Council was held to-day at Buckiiighant
Palace.

STOCK ExcE.ANG-E.—lfter the regular boars of busi:
ness Consols were quoted 98,1.
On 'Change to-day Tallow was done at 514.- to- 51s. 3d.
In other articlOs a full demand at fair prices... b Iron no
alteration.