The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-13 00:00:00

THREE HUNDRED POUNDS

to any person or persons (except the person or persons who ac-
tually committed the same,) who shall, within six months from
the date hereof, give such information as shall lead tO the ap-
prehension and conviction of all or any of the persons concerned
therein.

"By his Excellency's Command,
"T.DaustmoNo

" It is supposed that one of the perpetrators of this murder
was wounded in the face by a shot fired at the parties by Mr.
Samuel Cooper."
(From the Dublin Gazette of Friday.)
" MARCH 27, 1838.—0 n the 25th instant, about four o'clock,
a.m., a large quantity of hay, consisting of about lOU tons, the
property of the Earl of CharLemont, was maliciously set on fire
at Marino, county of Dublin. £5O and a free pardon.
" M A Emit 29, IS.—About eight o'clock on the evening of
the 3d instant, a number of country people returning from a
funeral commenced to quarrel and fight with each other at
Ballvvaldou, in the parish of Ballyvaldon, in the county of
Wexford, when a man named Michael Redmond, of Bally-
garret, received a severe beating, from the effects of which he
died on the 2-Ith.—£so and a free pardon.
" MARCH 30, 1838.—0 n Monday, the 26th instant, about
six o'clock, p.m., James Walsh was struck with a tongs by
Thomas Kilchrest, at a forge near Kilcrust, parish of Knock-
naconra, in the county of Galway, from the effects of which
blow he lies dangerously
" Masco 31, 11;38.—Ahout the hour of 12 o'clock on the
night of the 25th instant, three or four men, at present un-
known, came to the house of John Hayes, on the townland of
Ballintemple, parish of Templehany, in King's county, and
broke the door and windows in pieces, with large stones, and
otherwise injured his property.—£so and a free pardon.
Apnli, 3. 1838.—0 n the night of the 30th ult. the dwell-
ing-house and barn of Mr. Richard Davies, were maliciously
set on fire, and totally consumed, on the the ton bland of Round-
hill, and parish of Druinculkn, in the King' county, by some
person or persons unknown.—Eso and a free pardon.
" On the night of the 30th ult. about the hour of one o'clock,

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file fiw^ilii7-house of I..,awrenee Murray ws.s maliciously set
lire to in the townianq ,Itillinafmrati, parish et" I)rumcuilen,
in the-I,:intes county, by some persons tinknown.—£so and a
free parri.n.

"On i)e 28'h ultimo, about the hour of Ik o'clotk, p.m. the
dwelling-house and cow-house of James 114‘ Carthv, were mali-
ciously set On fire, and totally consumed, with ten cows, &c., by
some person or peisons unknown, on the townlau,l of Lad:-
amone, parish of Door), in the county of Limrick.—i:loo and
a free pardon.

" On the evening of Tuesday, the 27th ult., about the hour
of eight o'clock, as Daniel Griffin was returning from the fair
of Adare, he was waylaid on the tOwnland of Mundelehy, parish
of Adare, in the county of Limreick, by Patrick Walsh, and
Michael Sullivan, who inflicted two wounds on his head, from
the effects of which he died on the 30th ult.—Eso.

A pail. 4,1838.—0 n the 30th ult., about two o'clock, a.m.,
the house of James Murphy was maliciously levelled by a large
party of men, on the townland of Newlane, parish of St. Mary's
Shandon, in the county of the city of Cork.—£so and a free
pardon.
" APRIL 6,1839.—0 n the morning of the sth instant, about
the hour of seven o'clock. as Mr. Austin Cooper, of Kilmore,
in the county of Tipperary, accompanied by his brother, Mr.
Samuel Cooper, and by Mr. F. \Vavland, were proceeding to
the fair of the town of Tipperary, they were attacked and filed
at by four armed men, lying in ambush, by which Mr. Austin
Cooper was instantly killed, and Mr. 'Wayland was severely
wounded.—£3oo."
THE BARBARMIS MURDER OF AUSTIN COOPER, ESQ., AND
ATTEMPT TO Si WIDER TWO OTHERS.

When the news of this dreadful butchery reached the fair of
Tipperary, about half-past eight in the morning, not more than
an hour after the atrocious deed, a marked feeling of exultation,
approaching to delight, was quite apparent in the features of
the peasantry, who passed from one to another the tale of blood,
with a satanic grin of triumph, in which malice and ferocity
were equally blended. The gentleman who thus fell a victim,
in the prime of life, to the deadly aim of remorseless assassins,
was a magistrate of the county, most respectably connected,
and intimately acquainted with all the surrounding gentry.
He held the charge of several large landed properties, having
been agent to the Archbishop of Cashel, Lord Hawarden, and
the Board of Erasmus Smith's schools. Mr. Cooper has left
an afflicted widow with a young of phan family. There is
nothing to account for the above shocking outrage, which was
perpetrated in the neighbourhood of military and police sta-
tions, and at the close of the maiden assizes for Tipperary—over
70 persons having been returned for murder, and not one con-
victed! What will Judge Moore say to this homicide in his
next charge, if he goes that circuit? Reckless indeed must the
desperadoes in that county be
,of human life, after so clear an
acquittance of blood-stained malefactors at last assizes. There
is, however, in the eyes of a Christian and moral world, a black
stain upon the character of the county of Tipperary, which not
all the rhetorical artifice of judicial oratory can efface, whether
administered from the bar or the bench, to enlighten the appal-
ling enormities of habitual bloodshed and crime in that devoted
quarter, and which retributive justice can only atone for in a
full and ample punishment.
TILE TIPPERARY MURDER•

Fifteen hundred pounds in addition to the three hundred
by Government) have been offered by the magistrates and gen-
try of the county of Tipperary, for the discovery and conviction
of the murderers of Mr. Cooper. What a contrast to this is
presented in the conduct of the "excellent population," on the
same occasion :

" A curious circumstance (says the Tipperary Consiitut;on)
connected with this dreadful and long concocted murder is,
that immediately after the several shots had been fired, Mr.
Cooper distinctly heard shots fired in the direction of Ballin-
temple road, also several shots evidently proceeding from
another party of six persons, who had undoubtedly been placed
on that line in case Mr. Cooper should have gone that road.
There were also scouts placed in different directions, and on Mr.
Cooper* return with the dead and wounded gentlemen, he met
two of thitse. Mr. Wayland said to them, Boys, this is a bad
business; s-ton't you bring on the hats, and catch the horse for
us?' To which they returned a most impertinent and brutal
answer, and said,‘ Bad luck to them if they'd have anything to
say to them ! V-4 When the police and magistrate§ went to
search fur the ruffians they were mocked by the women, who
used to call them, and, in a jeering manner, say, Why don't
you come here, may be you'd find them here.' Some said—
` One of the nobs was shot and there would soon be more of
them.' In fact, the entire conduct of the farmers and peasan-
try, before and subsequent to this tragical circumstance, fully
demonstrates the league which exsists for the persecution of
those concerned with rents or otherwise."

After perusing these details—and they only constitute
a thousandth part of what we might lay before our
readers—it is impossible not to feel the most intense
disgust with the present administration, tolerating, nay,
encouraging, as they do such outrages upon life and pro-
perty. The time will assuredly soon arrive when they
must he called to an account for their glaring partiality
towards the priests of Ireland, to all whose representa-
tions, however murderous their object, they have always
lent a willing ear.
[reland wants a firm and determined government.
The only men that can rule her turbulent population
successfully are men who will cripple the power of the
priests and interpose the strong arm of the law between
their deluded followers and the persecuted protestants.
Such men are alone to be found in the conservative op-
position in both houses of parliament.

TILE " ALBION" ANp SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.—Our
contemporary of Monday last is very angry with the
conservatives of Liverpool for their alacrity in inviting
Sir Francis Burdett to a public dinner. The Albion,
however, is peculiarly unfortunate in its allusion to this
subject, especially in its comparison of past times with
the present; for it is well known by thousands in this
town that, whatever change has taken place in the poli-
tical views of Sir Francis Burdett, it has not been a
change so radical in its character as that which has
marked the career of the Albion. There was a time
when this print was the advocate of principles the re-
verse of what are now called liberal—a time, in short,
when the Mercury used to attack it as the enemy of re-
form and the friend of corruption. The Albion has been
far more of a weathercock politician than the worthy
baronet. He continues to avow himself the friend of
rational reform ; but then it is reform for the sake of
preservation—for the sake of upholding in unimpaired
integrity the glorious fabric of our constitution, and not
for the sake of destroying it and levelling it with the
dust. We have every assurance that Sir Francis Bur.
Jett is as much as ever attached to the cause of real re-
form; but we deny, as he denies, that that term implies
anything like organic change in the principles of our
constitution. We believe that the venerable baronet is
as much as ever opposed to corruption and venality in
every shape in which it may be developed in the govern-
ment of the country, and that he is as ready as ever to
condemn those very evils which existed in the constitu-
tion of the House of Commons prior to the passing of
the Reform Bill. Indeed, this is the very reason why he
opposes the present ministry. He sees them conniving
at the worst practices in the election of members of par-
liament—practices of a far more derogatory character,
as regards the honour and independence of the House of
Commons, than any which existed prior to the accession
of the present ministry to office. He sees that they
have cunningly contrived to secure to their own parti-
sans the nomination of twenty or thirty members of par-
liament under the close borough system, against which
he had so strongly inveighed. He sees that the return
of about sixty of the Irish members is absolutely invest-
ed in the hands of Daniel O'Connell—an instance of pa-
tronage to which the old boroughmongering system pre-
sents no parallel. He sees that those seats are bartered
for money, and that, by this means, the independence of
the Irish constituency is virtually annihilated. He sees
that the present ministry and their servile adherents ha-
bitually interpose every obstacle in their power to the
fair and unbiasel expression of public opinion—that they
practise every species of bribery and intimidation, and
resort to every kind of corrupt influence at the election
of members of parliament—that they refuse justice to
those who have been illegally defrauded of their rightful
representatives—and that they set at defiance every
maxim of honour and every semblance of consistency,
in their iniquitous decisions in reference to election pe-
titions. Sir Francis sees that the contemptible imbeciles
now in office govern the country not by the force of their
talents—not by virtue of their public character—not by
means of an honest and straightforward policy. No!
he perceives that their ambitious tenacity of office is not
greater than their ignorance—that their public character
is not worth picking up out of the kennel—and that all
their measures are characterisedby tor tuousness, disinge-
nuousness, and deception. He sees that they contrive
to govern the country by, their degrading alliance with
the bloated beggar who, by means of the despotic influ-
ence of the popish priests, can command the votes of
sixty members of the House of Commons. He sees
that they hold office by the most scandalous exercise of
patronage—by the creation of a multiplicity of new of-
fices to reward their• creatures—by the appointment of
fat commissionerships—by the promotion to the magis•
terial dignity, and to other offices with which political
influence is associated, of men who will unscrupulously
use that influence in favour of the government. Seeing
all these things—witnessing evils of a far more aggra-
vated character than any which existed under what is
called " Tory domination"—cognisant of so much and
such gross misgovernment—how can Sir Francis Bar-
tlett, consistently with his character as a reformer, do
otherwise than devote all his energies to the honourable
task of labouring to supersede so corrupt, degraded, and
imbecile an administration ? We defy our radical oppo-
nents to prove any inconsistency in the conduct of the