The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-16 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

IRELAND.

The repeal rent for the week amounted to £539 12s. 11d.
Lord Plunkett has expressed to Mr. Steele his willing-
ness to attend at any time to give whatever evidence may
be required of him.
REVOLTING TRIAL AT atataw.--On the Bth inst.,
Thomas Ratcliff, • half-pay marine officer, and Jane
Hunter, were convicted of a conspiracy with the view of
debauching the daughter of the said Jane Hunter, she
being about fourteen years of age.

REPRESENTATION OF TrpritßA.u.Y.--The Nenagli
Guardian states, " from authority," that " not one but
several of the Roman Catholic priesthood purpose, and
have signified their intention, to support Mr. Ponsonby
Barker!"

HORRIBLE MURDER.—A young man named John
Kinshella, was barbarously murdered on Saturday night,
in his own house, at Knockboy, a few miles from this city,
by a party who attacked the house. They had a previous
altercation the same evening at a public house.—Water-
ford Chronicle.

IRISH STATE TRIAL.—The exclusion of Romanist,
from the jury is exciting a strong feeling in Ireland. The
Dublin Evening Poet (Romish journal) of Tuesday says—
" We have every reason to expect that simultaneous meet-
ings will be held all through Ireland on Sunday next,
when every congregation amongst the seven millions of the
Catholic population will give expression to the deep dis-
content and indignation produced by the act of the govern-
ment agents."

DARING OUTRAGE : GALLANT RESOLUTION.—On
Tuesday night last, about the hour of eight o'clock, a
party of five men entered the house of a man named D.
Flinn, in the neighbourhood of Gurthagarry, Tipperary,
one of them was armed with a blunderbuss, the remainder,
who bad sticks, remained outside. The man who entered
ordered Flinn and his two brothers (one of them a child)
to go on their knees, upon which Flinn said he would not,
and asked what had he done. Flinn then took a chair
that was near him and struck the ruffian with it who had
the blunderbuss presented at him, which knocked him
down. Some of the party outside then rushed in, but
were gallantly beaten by Flinn's brother, who armed him-
self with a reaping hook, and upon seeing such brave re-
sistance the party made off. Flinn and his brother re-
ceived some severe blows.—Nenagh Guardian.

THE DUBLIN SPECIAL JURY.—There is a rather hu-
mourous story in circulation in Dublin, respecting two of
the 24 gentlemen whose names have turned up as the
special jury to try the issue in the case of " The Queen
v. O'Connell and others." As soon as they ascertained
o n Friday that they were not struck off the list of 48, but
stood pretty high upon the reduced list of 24, they de-
cided, according to previous engagement, to pay a ♦isit
to foreign parts before the dread summons should be
served. All the preliminary arrangements were com-
pleted, and the 9 o'clock packet was to have conveyed
them from the Green Isle to some more enviable clime ;
but, alas ! the Crown Solicitor was too quick in his move-
ments, as was ascertained before the evening closed. In
short, the summonses were served in a few hours after
the jury was struck. To prevent mistakes in a matter of
such importance, the service in almost every instance was
personal, and each summons contained an intimation that
the presence of the recipient was solicited on pain of
£2OO. It is needless to observe that the two contemplated
travellers have changed their intentions.—Globe.