The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-01 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The Limerick Chronicle brings an account of another
murder in Clare, the third or fourth which has disgraced
the annals of that county during the present month.
In consequence of rumours that demonstrations would
be made in Ulster on the sth of November, reinforcements
of troops have been sent from Dublin into the county of
Down.
Two members of a petit jury locked up for the night at
the Tralee sessions just concluded, came into the town
during the night, and conveyed refreshments back to their
fellow-jurors. In the morning the matter came to the
ears of the barrister, who ruled heavy fines against the
jury, which were subsequently reduced to £5.
On Friday, the 19th, the Lord Bishop of Tuam held a
confirmation at Selerna Missionary Station, when thirty
converts, who a few short months ago belonged to the
Church of Rome, came forward boldly in spite of much
opposition, and from a distance of fourteen miles through
wet and cold, to profess openly their belief in the finished
work of Jesus, the only Saviour and Mediator.
The landed proprietary of the county of Limerick,
marshalled by Lord Monteagle, of Brandon, have taken
the initiative towards the preparation of a " case" to be
laid before Lord Clarendon, setting forth their inability
any longer to cope with the difficulties which beset them
on every side, the monster grievances being, the poor law
and free trade—the latter as it affects Irish agriculture.
It is rumoured in some fashionable society that a cer-
tain young lady. who lately vowed eternal constancy to
one of the transported Confederate pa' riots, and whose
affectionate parting in the gaol melted the turnkeys to
tears, is about to transfer her plighted vows to the scion
of an ancient family, and to change her faith with her
affections—this having been insisted an by the new
lover.—Limerick Chronicle.
THE NENAGH CHAPEL.—The rebellion of the parish-
ioners, or rather a portion of them, in Nenagh, continues
to rage as fiercely as ever. All the doors of the chapel
were completely walled up on Wednesday. Crowds of
persons filled the yard, while the process of barricading
was in progress. A sum of £162 has been already raised
with which to present the Rev. Mr. Power. It is said
that the subject will be referred to the Pope.
RECLAMATION OF LAND FROM RIVERS.—The Lords
Commissioners of Woods and Forests have served notices,
claiming the land taken in from the river by the Cork,
Blackrock, and Passage Railway Company, and they have
written to say that a valuator is instructed to come over
and value the property for their lordships. The Corpora-
tion of Liverpool, within a few days, completed a corn-
promi.e with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests,
by consenting to pay to the credit of their lordships a
sum of £160,000, for land they took in from the river.—
Cork Constitution.

ENGLISHMEN AND IRISHMEN.—Mr. Bright, in his
recent harangue on the state of Ireland, has so expressed
himself as to encourage the inveterate tendency of Irish-
men to look to everything and everybody, excepting only
themselves, for the causes of their misery. Had English-
men indulged much in the sentimental speculations which
form the staple of Mr. Bright's Irish sympathy, they
would never have emerged from pristine barbarism,
wretchedness, and dirt. It is not one Englishman in
twenty who has a chance of getting, we do not say a free-
hold, hut a holding of any sort that a man can live unon.
Not one in twenty has a pecuniary interest in the Esta-
blished Church, or any reason besides his religions con-
victions for remaining a member of it. In fact, there is
not an Irish grievance but we could show the like. Yet
we are comparatively, though only comparatively, pros-
perous, happy, awl peaceable. The reason is obvious.
Englishmen are in the habit of considering that every
man must take care of himself, and has himself to thank
if he does not maintain, and even improve, his position
in society.
7'lir PURLOINF.D LETTER.—Cireumstanc::s connected
with the now notorion% letter of Mr. Christopher Fi4,z-
Amon, son-in-law of Daniel O'Connell, arid, by the
grace of the Whigs, clerk of the Hanaper. were laid fully
beforc us so long ago a., the day of her Majesty's a rival
in Dublin. We had then no evidence of Lord Claren-
don'6 having taken any step upon this most audacious
suggestion ; such evidence has, however, since been sup-
plied by his official organ, the Evening Post, in the fol-
lowing semi-official sentences :—" After the 12th of
July, one of the .most disgraceful modes talked of for
annoying the sovereign was to offer some qtrront to Lady
Jocelyn, on account of her relationship to Lord Roden,
as it was published in the newspapers that she would
accompany her Majesty. This fact (already known to
the government) was communicated by the gentlemen
whom the Newry newspaper so grossly libels, and than
whom a more honourable man or loyal subject exists not
in the Queen's dominions." Contrast, we beseech you,
honest reader, the free translation of Lord Clarendon with
the plain text of Christopher Fitzsimon. The following
is the letter it: elf

"July 21, 1819.
" MY DEAR CONNELLAN,—I trust I shall be pardoned for
mentioning a suggestion—l make it from my sincere anxiety
that no chance accident should in any way damp the enthu-
siasm with which the people are ready to receive the Quecn.
" Lord Itod,n is looked on as the cause of the late lamented
affair in the North. His daughter in-law, so immediately after
coming in attendance on her Majesty, would be of ' Mauvais
augure.' I know the people of Dublin would feel it so.
Could not Lady -Jocelyn get tooth•ache, or some other great
malady, to entitle her to sick leave for the time—and allow
some other less dangerous name to appearin the Queen's suite?
" Ever, dear Connellan, most sincerely yours,
" C. FITZSIbTON.

" C. Cnnnellan, Esq.," &c., &c.
—Dublin Herald.