The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The repeal rent last we,k amounted to £337*
REPEAL SINCERITY.—We have heard of a thorough
Repealer who, when engaged in business with his lawyer,
in London, stated that if Ireland could but have all the
railways she wanted, and due'encouragement given to the
efforts of monied -men to increase her commerce, sbe
would neither want Repeal nor think about it.
Parties have been inquiring about a house at Clifton for
Mr. O'Connell, and the honourable gentleman purposes
for the future to reside there occasionally. It is said that
the Liberator is investing much property in land. If this
be the case we may look forward to a cessa!ion of agita-
tion. He is not the man to encourage any disquietude
that will affect theNalue of his own estates.

FIRST BLOW AX vu INDEPENDENCE OF THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH.—Rumours have reached us within
the last few hours of the most profoundly painful nature—
rumours which we would fain persuade ourselves are
untrue, but which,,unhappily, the channels whence:they are
derived forbid us to disbelieve—that Catholic prelates high
in rank, and Catholic layman of respectability in their
private stations, have consented to become commissioners
under the Catholic bequests act.—Popish paper.
THE IRISH Form LAW...—lti the Court of Queen's
Bench, Dublin, on Friday, Mr. Whiteside showed cause
against the conditional order for a mandamus to compel
the Guardians of the Limerick Union (who, as we have
already stated, had Tesigned their offices rather than obey
the Poor Law Commissioners,) to hold regular meetings
of the Board, in compliance with the dictum of the Somer-
set House triumvirate. The court decided that a specific
remedy having been provided by the act, by which the com-
missioners were empowered to proceed to the .election of
another board in place of those that refused to act, the
court could not interpose by granting a mandamus. Their
lordships intimated that it was lot in the power of the
guardians to resign their offices, and that it was optional
with the commi,sioners to receive their resignation or not,
as they deemed fit.
IRISH " PATRIOTISM."—A few years since a silly at-
tempt was made by the repealers and radicals of Dublin
to exclude all articles of British manufactrire from the
Irish market. As a fair example of the theory versus the
practice of these pseudo patriots, it may be mentioned
that there has been recently opened in one of the leading
streets of Dublin, a " Reform Club," conducted on a
very extensive scale, the members of which are composed
promiscuously of whigs and repeaters. It might be sup-
posed that in the fitting out, &c. of such an establishment
an ample opportunity would be afforded for the wholesale
patronage of " Irisu manufacture." But alas, for patri-
ots' promises, the very reverse was the case. Plate, the
most important item in furnishing, carpeting, and Heaven
knows what else besides, were, on the principle of econo-
my, all purchased in the Saxon market, to the manifest
surprise and disgust of the Irish artizans. The Dublin
silversmiths were the first to denounce the insult, and a
seri-sof resolutions were adopted, in which some home-
thrusts are made at the offending " Reformers" in gene-
ral. and the Repeal Lord Mayor in particular. _ _

Ma. O'CONNELL AND THE . RECHABITES.--Mr.
O'Connell's attack upon the Rechabites, in a recent let-
ter to the Repeal A,,:sociation, has drawn forth a number
of champions in defence of their order. Mr- Grimshaw
stoutly denies that there is anything unlawful in the so-
ciety. He says—" The Independent Order of Recha-
bites ranks in law with a class of societies, comprising the
Oddfellows, Foresters, Druids, Shepherds, Gardeners,
and others. Any law or other thing which applies to any
one of these orders affects the whole; and as some of
them have existed for more than half a century, and in
times when it was dangerous to unite together for any
purpos3, without being interfered with by government,
lawyer, or common informer, it affords a presumptive
proof that they are not of that unlawful character which
you appear to believe them to be. There is no law di-
rectly affecting these societies, and therefore, to make
them unlawful, some law, passed for another purpose,
will have to be construed so as to make it apply to them."
A little further on he adds, that " So far as the Recha-
bites have dispensed with their secret signs and pass
words, they are much farther removed from any approxi-
mation to the unlawful than the Oddfellows' who still re-
tain both." The writer proceeds to contend, in opposi-
tion to Mr. O'Connell, that the order, instead of doing
great mischief, is producing great good, by demanding
" from members perfect sobriety and good moral con-
duct," snd teaching " men of all creeds, and of all politi-
cal opinions, that they are brethren, and ought to dwell
together in harmony ;"—that " Father Mathew, instead
of condemning, has unequivocally stated his approbat'on
of the principles, effects, and tendencies of the order of
Rechabites ;" and, finally, that it is a groundless and ma-
licious libel to describe the order, as Mr. O'Connell had
done, as " a vicious and worthless society."

THE FIRST GRUBBERY FOR THE SEASON.

(Fret)? the Dublin Evening Mail.)

The elaborate banquet at Limerick has turned out to he
a very poor and stupid affair. The forenoon proceedings
were by far the liveliest, and they owed their animaton
to the folly or the fault of the simple Friar who gave the
money (which is now seeking to be repaid by public sub-
scription), to set up the Temperance bands which enliven
the orgies of sedition.
The bands played, and Mr. O'Connell tumbled, until
the hour appointed for dinner; and though he seems to
have pumped his memory dry, and exhausted his imagi-
nation, fora new trick, there was nothing in his gambols,
either new or true or very attractive, save a diatribe, now
issued for the first time against the inhuman practice of
cold-blooded assassination. This, we must say, is " a
move to the right direction."
Come we now to the dinner--vvbich, though it might be a
banquet, was no entertainment to any one
\present ; and,
served up cold again, can give little arnu,ernent to the
public. Iu fact, the recent letters from Darrynane, mi-
nistrant as they were to the success of Tribute Sunday,
appear to have forestalled everything in the way of political
news which the demagogue had to tell, or the public
would be curious to hear; and so threadbare has the one
become in topics, so saturated the other with the perpe-
tual pal 6 d'onguilles, that new ground must be broken,
and the agitator has announced the welcome intelligence
that he is about to bestow all his tediousness fur a time
on the pock-pudding Englishers. "To be sure," quoth
he. " I cannot undertake for their capacity, or their vera-
city, or for their genius. They have not the shrewdness
Of Paddy, which enables him to get at a fact much sooner
than his neighbours. It is to that.l will devote the en-
suing months."
Repeal had not half the honours of the evening, for the
Charitable Bequests were in great demand, and every one
had a pluck at its sleeve. "The Lion of the Fold of
Judah," the most rapacious of the tribe ecclesiastic, took
the lead in denouncing the measure; and, with teeth and
talons, menaces the destruction of 'the pen-fold, with
which the law would fence in the property of the people,
and protect the sheep and lambs—themidows and orphans
of the laity—from the ravening wolves which prowl round
the death bed of the wealthy penitent. " Formerly " said
" the penal code was framed to bind the Catholic body ;
but it is the more recent, and the more fatal policy in
forging penal fetters to endeavour to have them fastened
on by some of their own deluded members." The " de-
luded members" mean, of course, such innocents as
Anthony Bhtke—such simpletons as Dr. Murray—and as
they are very competent to their own defence, we commit
them to the quarrel, and the tender mercies of the
Vatican.

The affair on the whole-was rather more shabby than
shabby-genteel. The muster-roll of presentable names
amounts to twenty three, and Sir Benjamin Morris Wall
viz. ; :

" William Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P., took chair.
On his right sat the Liberator, the Most Rev. Dr.
Mac Hale, the Right Rev. Dr. Browne, Bishop of Elphin ;
John O'Brien, M,P., E. B Roche, M.P., James Kelly,
M.P., Caleb Powell, M.P. Sir Valentine Blake, Bart.,
M.P., H. Bridgman, M.P., N. Maher,, M.P., M. J.
O'Connell, M.P. On the chairman's left sat the Mayors
of Limerick, Cork, and Clontnel, Sir Benjamin Morris
Wall, Sir R. Musgrave, Thomas Steele, Richard Barrett,
Dr. Gray, Alderman Lyons, Martin Honan, ex-Mayor of
Limerick, D. Callaghan, M.P., &e."
The sum total may be analysed into two Titulars, ten
M.P.'s, three Martyrs, one Chairman, and a City
Knight.
There were two great drawbacks to the perfect content-
ment of the parties : the treatment of the Liberal Press,
and an insult to the national flag. The first is thus stated
in a special note appended to the report :
"The only drawback upon the excellence of the ar-
rangements made for this splendid banquet was the very
bad accommodation, in point of room, provided for the
press. This should not have occurred in such a city as
Limerick."

The second is a more momentous grievance, and is
stated at proportionate length and commensurate vigour
The government steamers are again at their old
pranks—a strip of green bunting can't make its appear-
ance on an Irish River, that cannon, small guns, and cut-
lasses are not put in readiness for action. As the Kul-
rush Reapers, with their band, were coming up to Lime-
rick on Wednesday morning, one of the banners attracted
the attention nf the Cyclops, and the packet was at once
hailed, ordered round, her paddles stopped, and herself
boarded by the lieutenant commanding, who minutely in-
spected the little boat to the no small annoyance of the pas-
sengers. The boat was delayed one hour by this absurd
exhibition."—Evening Freeman.

When shall a domestic Parliament in College-green put
an end to such intolerable afflictions on a suffering and
patient people?

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The
judges have taken time to consider their judgment in the
case of Howard, Stockdale's attorney.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE—SMITH V. EARL
FERRERS.—In the Bail Court on Friday a rule was
granted to show cause why the venue in the case of Miss
Mary Eliza Smith v. Earl Ferrars, should not be changed
from Warwickshire to London. The defendant has
pleaded infancy at the time of the alleged grievance."

REFUSAL TO OBEY A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.--
The Court Royal of Jersey have decided that the jailor
shall take no notice of Mr. Justice Patteson's writ, com-
manding Mr. Carus Wilson to be brought before him. On
Thursday, on the showing of the Solicitor-General, the
time was enlarged for making a return to the writ of habeas
corpus, and a rule nisi granted to quash it, on the ground
that the Sovereign's writ does not run to Jersey.
FIFTY POUND TENANTS AT WILL.—The Court of
Common Pleas decided yesterday week, in the appeal of
" Gadaby v. Barrow," against a decision of one of the
revising barristers for South Lancashire, that a person
occupying land and buildings of the annual value of £5O
and upwards, is not entitled to be registered as a voter
for the county in respect of the occupation thereof, unless
he
holds at " a yearly rent" of £5O under one landlord.

THE COURT (5- FASHIONABLE WORLD.

THE ROYAL FAMILY.—Their Royal Highnesses the
Reigning Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha,
and His Royal Highness the Duke Ernest of Wurtem-
burg, arrived at Windsor Castle at twenty minutes before
two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, from Ostend. The
Queen and Prince Albert received their illustrious visi-
tors at the grand entrance, attended by the Marchioness
of Douro, the two maids of honor, &c.—Thursday being
the birth-day of the Princess Royal, the band of the horse
guards serenaded at seven o'clock in the morning on the
eastern terrace of the castle, perforMinc, several martial
and other pieces. The Duchess of Kent arrived at the
castle early, from Frogmore Lodge, to offer her congratu-
lations on the return of her royal god-daughter's birth-
day. Her royal highness afterwards took breakfast with
her majesty and the royal party.—The royal children
continue in excellent health, and, weather permitting,
take their customary exercise in the neighbourhood of
Windsor Castle. It is currently reported, that within
ten days, should the weather continue favourable, her
majesty and the prince consort will honour his Grace the
Duke of Wellington with a visit to Strathfieldsaye, and
Arundel Castle is also named as likely to become the
scene of an early royal entertainment.

Thursday last was the birthday of the Princess Royal.
Lord and Lady Francis Egerton are entertaining a
fashionable circle at Hatchford Hall, near Cobham.

EATON HALL—The Marquis and Marchioness of
Westminster have left for Halkin Hall, and intend to re-
main there abcut a fortnight, and then return to Eaton
for the winter.

The Royal yacht has been dismasted, and had her funnel
unshipped, and her alterations will be proceeded with in-
stanter. We are informed that she will have a false keel
of six inches added, and her rudder widened. It is reported
notwithstanding, that she will never be used again by her
Royal Mistress, who has ordered another vessel to be
built.

Prince Albert's German groom was seriously injured on
Tuesday, whilst he was following his Royal Master through
Windsor Great Park. His horse ran away with him
through the trees, and the unfortunate man had his col-
lar-bone fractured and sustained a frightful con!usion of
the face, by coming in contact with a projecting branch,
which unhorsed him.