The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Peter Purcell, Esq., a prominent public man in Dub-
lin, and a great government contractor, died on Friday.
MURDER.—A man of the name of Stokes was waylaid
near Oula, county Limerick, and killed on Friday, return-
ing from the fair of Emly.
The average quantity of Indian meal sold daily to the
poor at Limerick. on behalf of the relief committee, is
four tons, at 2d per bottle. Allowing one pound per diem
for the support of each person, four tons supply at least
8,960 individuals.
AN husu GRIEVANCE.—The Limerick Chronicle
states, that the East India Company have only voted an
annuity of £2,000 to Lord Gough (an Irishman) ; while
Lord Hardinge, " who acted in a subordinate and irres-
ponsible capacity," is to have £5,000. Really, the inge-
nuity of our neighbours at discovering a grievance is ex-
traordinary.

OUTRAGE.—Mr. Arthur Irwin, on his return from the
fair of French-park, in the county of Roscommon, on
Wednesday week, was stopped on the public road, be-
tween one and two o'clock p.m., by a party of " Molly
Maguires," who served him with a threatening notice, in
the presence of a number of persons, who refused to
interfere, or arrest any of the gang. Another outrage
was committed by a large party of Molly Maguires, at
Lissymulhere, near Ardcarne, in the same county. They
amounted to nearly twenty, and visited three houses on
the night of Tuesday last. We hear that they swore
several of the parties. Two Molly Maguire notices were
found posted on the walls in the town of Boyle, ordering
no person to charge more than 2s. 6d. per cwt. for cup,
and Is. 10d. for lumper potatoes. A large concourse of
persons assembled last week near Clare, with intent to
plunder the brig Hope, of Cardiff, laden with Indian meal.
from Liverposil. The police, however, got timely notioe,
and prevented the intended depredation.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meeting
was held on Monday. Letters from Mr. O'Connell and
Mr. Smith O'Brien were read, in which there was much
about the necessity of mutual forbearance, for the sake
of the common cause. A Captain Seaver, in moving the
insertion of Mr. O'Connell's letter on the books, said
that Mr. O'Brien had " most unqualified approbation in
every thing he had done." This called up Mr. Steele,
who, in an excited tone, said, " They all had a solemn
duty to perform to their absent leader, O'Connell, and to
Ireland. The son of O'Connell was there. His kins-
man, Captain Broderick, was there. They were all there
but his friend, Mr. Ray, and in consequence of holding a
sacred official responsibility, had a deep responsibility to
O'Connell and to Ireland ; and he would tell his friend,
Captain Seaver, that it would be deeply imperilling the
safety of the association, if they were to identify them-
selves with everything their worthy friend Mr. O'Brien
had choose to do, however much they admired the purity
of his principles and the chivalry of his conduct. A.
" pretty quarrel" was thus on the point of arising; but
it was prevented by Capt. Seaver merely moving that Mr.
O'Connell's letter be inserted on the minutes. The re-
peal rent of the week was announced to be about .£llO.
MURDER BY ITALIAN SAILORS.—The vicinity of this
city has been the scene of a murder devoid of every cha-
racteristic that usually marks the crime in this countryl..
Here it seldom happens that a man falls by the stiletto or
knife, and the fact that the murderers in this case are na-
tives of Genoa, belonging to one of the Austrian vessels
now discharging Indian corn at our quays, has caused a
vast excitement to prevail amongst all classes here. The
victim in this case was the driver of a jaunting car, named
Keane, and the circumstances connected with his un-
timely end are as follows. About one o'clock on Wed-
nesday morning, two sailors, natives of Genoa, accompa-
nied by two women of bad character, hired a car from
the deceased in John-street, and drove along the quay to
Mary-street, where they took up two other women named
Keane and Power, and pnt down the two in whose com-
pany they originally were. They were then driven out
the Cork-road, a little beyond the Manor Castle, where
they alighted. The driver immediately demanded his
fare, which was refused. He drove back again into town,
and having informed the owner of the car what had hap-
pened, he put up the horse and car, and they both pro-
ceeded to the place where he had dropped his passengers.
The fare was again demanded, but refused, and some
blows were struck, and one of the sailors immediately.'
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attempted else to stab the owner of the car, a man named
Elliott. but he warded the blow from off his breast, the
knife passing through his arm. Elliott escaped as quickly
as possible. and gave the alarm to the police, who on pro-
ceeding to the spot found Keane dead. After a little de-•
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lay they arrested all the parties implicated in the affair.
Elliott is severely wounded.—Waterford Chronicle.