The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-24 00:00:00

DROGHEDA ELECTION

an Tuesday, the election of a representative to serve in Par-
liament for the 'town of Drogheda, in the room of A. C.
'O'Dwyer, Esq., whose election was declared void by a com
luittee of the House of Commons, commenced.
By 'previous arrangements with the the condidates
and their friends were admitted at 'half-past ten o'clock. .The'
Hon. Randal Plunkett first appeared. He was vehemently
,cheered. He was accompanied by John Cooper, Esq., mayor;,
Mt. Smith, of Annsbrook, Captain Anderson, Mr.*St. G:
Smith, Mr. Hardman, Mr. F. Ball, recorder; Mr. H. Smythe,
of BarbaVille, Mr. 1. Steele. Mr. F. W. Leland, Captain
'Ackland, &c. &c. • '
Mr. Smith, of Anasbrook, was loudly cheered upon his ap-
pearance. He returned thanks for the honour done him, and
requested that the friends of Mr. Plunkett would observe strict
order, otherwise they would injure the cause they had assembled
'to advocate.

Soon' after, the sheriffs came on the benah, accompanied by
William Hodsonsq., their assessor.
Mr. O'Dwyer soon after came on the bench, and complained,
that' the'gallery was solely occupied by the friends of his op-'
ponent.
Sheriff Grendon said if order was not observed he would
hrve the court again cleared.
At II o'clock the door of the court-house was thrown open,
when every part of it was in a moment crowded to. suffocation.
The sheriff read the writ, when Mr. Gienon nominated and'
Mr. Matthews seconded Mr. O'Dwyer, but the noise was to
tremendons that not one.word could be heard. It was at length
detertnined to adjourn' the court for an hour, and after great
ditlicultrthepolice succeeded in expelling both parties.
In about half an hour the sheriffs and candidates again came
on the bench, when Mi. Matthews conclided his speech.
Mr. Smith, of Annsbrook, In a brief and energetic speech,
proposed the Hon. Randal E. Pluukett.,, Captain Anderson se-
conded the nomination.

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The candidates respectively addresSed the electors.
The polling soon after commenced, and continued till six
o'clock.

A large body of police arrived from the neighbouring coun-
ties, and,were sworn in as special constables.

AStENDANCY OF IRELAND.

It has already been noticed in this journal, that since the
Catholic question assumed that degree of importance which at
length forced concession from an unwilling ministry—all the
great constitutional subjects agitated in thelinperial Parlia-
ment have been decided against the consent and'interest of the
British constituency, by Irish majorities—majorities consisting
of the nominees and tools of thelrish Roman Catholic priest-
hood. It was thus that " Eniancipatiorr" was wrested from
government against the sense of the people of England—it was
thus that the protestant church in Ireland ads laid prostrate at
the feet of popery in spite of her protestant sister in EnglAnd.
It is thus that cabinet after cabinet has been dissolved by the
power and intrigue of a popish lush faction. It is thus that a
majority of three-and-thirty Irish Roman catholics have de-
prived England of the service of the ablest statesman of mo-
dern times, and rendered the royal prerogative of none effect.
In fact, Ireland now governs England, and is at this moment
taking ample 'revenge for the "seven centuries of [alleged]
misgovernment and tyranny which she has endured under the.
British sceptre."
-Is there no remedy for this?

Yes, several; some of which we shall indicate at a more con-
venient season: for the present, we most content ourselVes with
one; and we say it is in the power of the people of England,
without the alteration of a single law, or the infringement of
one constitutional principle, to set all to rights at the 'first ge-
neral election that may occur. _

Let them return to the Commons House of Parliament such a
representation as will. enable the king and his ministers, sup-
ported by the• House of Lords, as will enable them to disregard
the clamour 'of Irish faction, and to put down Popish disaffec-
tion, and all will be right again. Great Britain will assume
her place in the triple alliance; and the church of Rome be for
ever defeated.

It is, in the people—and now in the people alone, to rectify
the inverted position of the national government. We call on
them to do their duty.—Dublin Evening Mail.

CARLOW QUARTER SESSIONS.

EXTit•AORDIN•ARY'LANGUAGE OF A PRIEST FROM TITS ALTAR-
RIOT AT MORRIS CHAPEL.

Thomas Kehoe, TanellZehoe, and Patrick Cody, were in-
dicted for having been concerned in a riot in thechapel yard of
•Borris. on theist of February, and with having committed an
assault on Edmund Mulligan.
Richard Kelly, sub-constable, sworn—l was at Borris chapel
on the Ist of February ; I saw a freeholder named Edmund
.Mulligan there also; he had voted for Mr. Kavanagh.
Court—How do you know that?
Witness—By what the. priest said from the altar. Witness
continued—l saw, from the gallery I was on, a rush made at
Mulligan into the opposite one ; in order to protect him I went
round, and saw about fifty men dragging him off the gallery,
after which they commenced pelting him with mud, stones, and
or,ravel; saw one of the leaders was Patrick Cody, the prisoner
I-succeeded in rescuing him from the mob; I was also kicked
'at the bar • with the assistance of a few of Mr. Kavanagh's men
and bruised while protecting him; saw the two Kehoes also aid-
ing and assisting ; heard the priest say, that " there were many
persons in the chapel who voted for Mr. Kavanagh and Colonel
Gruen, and he thought if the-people threw mud at them, pushed,
hoOted, or threw gravel at them, no law could be taken of them"
(great sensation) I heard the priest also say at the commence-
ment of the mass tha' the people should be quiet until mass was
dyer.

Court—Which of the priests made use of the above language ?
Witness—The Rev. John Walsh,
.sen., the parish priest.
CrOSs-examined by Mr. Tierney.—Mr. Kavanagh's men were
not riotous, they were only protecting Mulligan; nor were they
endeavouring to provoke the mob to fight; Mulligan could have
no stones in his hands, being knocked down and then kicked
about by the mob.
James Roche examined=—Was at Borris Chapel on the lat of
'February, and saw Mulligan dragged out of the *gallery by a
mob, anYknocked down and pelted with gravel and mud; went
to protect him With a few others, but were surrounded by a
great crowd, who dragged theta about; he received a blow of a
stone in bringing Mulligan through the chapel gate; Thomas
Kehoe was there and collared witness.

Cross-examined by Mr. Barrett—ls a Roman Catholic; calls
-any number of ireople a mob who assemble shouting, and beat-
ing an innocent man ; does not think that any man of christian
feeling could stand by add see Mulligan get such treatment.
John Neil sworn, and•examined by Mr. Butler.—Was at cha-
, pet on that day, and saw a crowd rush out of the chapel and go
upon the gallery and drag Mulligan off and beat and kick him ;
saw James Kehoe there, shouting and acting as leader.
Matt Holden, sub-constAble, sworn—Was ar chapel on • that
day; saw Mulligan at the last gospel; heard a great noise in
the chael, and saw Mulligan pointed at, and the people say,
he ought to he dragged out of the chapel as a Brunswick Ca-
tholic, who voted for Mr.•Kavatragh; heard the priest say that
no noise should be made until mass was over; saw Mulligan
then dragged out, beaten, and knocked down on his hands and
knees; he was then pelted with-stones, mud, and gravel; wit-
ness and his friends went to Mulligan's protection, and suc-
ceeded in saving him Trom the fury of the mob; saw the! pri-
loner James Kehoe very active as one of the rioters.
'John Gilion gave similar testimony.
'FOR :THE DEFENCE.
David Byrne wai examined by*Mr. Tierney—Was at the cha-
pel; Mulligan was•not in until the end of the mass; he saw no
person doing aoy thing unless Mulligan's friends who wanted
to fight; he only saw two women pall Mulligan out of the cha-
pel. Other witnesses-were 'called up and• attempted, in the
most barefaced mariner, to patch up a case by false testimony,
to show that Mulligan's -friends were the rioters. Their' gross
prevarication, was evident to the-court, add they were not cross-
.examined.
The court eh'arged the-jury, and recapitulated the evidence,
after which the -jury-retired, and returned a verdict of guilty
against Cody; but as thay could not agree in their verdict re-
pecting the other prisoners, the jury was discharged, and the
•parties hound over to stand their trials at the next sessions.

QERMIN
H uNir ING.—On Saturday lastit transpired that Mr.
Vernon Smith was in searctkof a place that would •-vacate his
seat for this town, and that he had written directions to his
agent to make the borough safe. -It order to assist Mr. 'Vernon
Smith in this the conservatives invited the Hon. H. Fitzroy to
meet him, and preparations were made to give Mr. Smith a
most gratifying reception, in company with Mr.,Fitzroy. •Being
made aware of this, Mr. Sinith became; from some reason or
other, suddenly alaimed, and a less profitable office, that will
not vacate the borough, is now to be condescendingly taken by.
this honourable member and Church apostate.—Northampton
Herald..

The Cbuntess Pout) di Borgo, niece of the ambasSadnr, is at
length on her route from Paris, and is hourly expected at Ash-
burnham house. The lady is a daughter of the French Duke
de Crillon, and it was on' the celebration of her 'marriage with
the count's nephew and heir at Paris that the Russian Princess
Bagratiou gave a fele, which it is said cost ;£4OOO.
-It is very generally understood that Sir Charles Cockerel!,
Bart., will be 'included in the first-creation of peers by the new
whig administration, under the title of Baron Sezincote. Sir
Charles's name has been found in the 'majority against 'Sir
Robert Peel's ministry in almost all the late important divi-,
sions. trorcester Herald.

111:11ALDRY.—The heraldry of Europe, according to Captain
James Lowe.(vide his MSS.• read lately at the Royal Asiatic
Society,) has evidently derived its origin from the East; and it
was intimately associated with religion and superstition. Mau-
rice observes that by the same hardy race—the deceudants of
the Tartar tribes, which tenanted the north of Asia—were in-
troduced into Europe armorial bearings, which were•originally
nothing more than hieroglyphical symbols, mostly of a religious
allusion, that distinguished the banners of the potentates of
Asia. The eagle belongs to the ensign of Vishna, the bull to
that of Siva, and the falcon to that of Rama. The sun rising
behind a recumbanc lion blazed on the ancient ensign of the
Tartar, and the eagle of the sun on that of the Persians. The
Hanna, a famous goose, one of the incarnations of Boodha, is
yet the chief emblem of Burman banners. •The Russians, no
doubt, had their standard from the eastern nations; it is the
type of Garuda. The Islarnite took the crescent, a tit emblem
either of a rising or declining empire, and of their primeval
worship.

The marriage of Major Frederick Hill and Miss Bringhtirst
was celebrated at Marcharrilev on Wednesday last, when more
than two hundred females of the vicinity were treated with tea
on the occasion; while the yeomanry assembled at the hosin
table table of Mr. Thornton; and the evening' estfrities were
'concluded by a dance, kept up with- the utmost spirit until a
late hour.

THE HONEY OF TREBIZOND.—In a letter from Keith Abbott,
Esq.., to the Secretary of the Zoological Society is an account
of this famous honey, spoken of by Xenophon as having pro-
duced the effect Of temporary madness, or rather drunkenness,
on the whole army who ate of it, without causing any serious
consequenees. "It is supposed to be," he observes, from the
flowers of the azalea vuntica that the bees extract the honey,
that plant growing in abundance in this part of the country,
and its blossoms emitting the most exquisite odour. The effect
which it has on those who eat it is, 1 have myself witnessed
precisely that which Xenophon describes. When taken in a,
small quantity causes violent headache and vomiting, and the
unhappy individual who has swallowed it resembles, as much
as possible, a tipsy man; and a larger dose will completely
deprive him of all his 'senses and power of moving for some
hours afterwards.—Athentek.n.
An address from the members of the bar to Sir Robert Peel is
in course of signature. The address will lie for signatures. till
Wednesday next at Messrs. I'emberton and Thessiger's chana-
hers

The health of Prince Talleyrand, who is rusticating at Roche-
cote, improves considerably ; he is at present occupied in dic-
tating his memoirs to his nephew, the Marquis of Perigord, a
young marine officer.—Cabinet de Lecture.
Mr. Cartwright was so far recovered from his-late severe in-
disposition US to be present in the House of Commons on Mon-
day last. But, with the deepest regret, we have to inform our
readers that Sir Charles Knightlev's progress towards recovery
is reported to us as having suffered a serious check.--Northamp
ton tierald.