The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

IRE. LAND.

LIBERATION OF THE STATE PRISONERS.
In the early part of Friday, a communication was made
to the High Sheriff, by means of an official letter from Mr.
Lucas, that he should hold himself in readiness to dis-
charge the state prisoners as soon as the order of the
House of Lords should arrive.

M r. Gartlan, one of the agents for the traversers arrived
in Dublin on Friday evening with the order for their dis-
charge. Immediately after his arrival, shortly before six
o'clock, he proceeded at once to the Richmond Bridewell,
and informed Mr. O'Connell and his fellow-prisoners
that they were at liberty, which intelligence having spread
rapidly through the neighbourhood, a considerable num-
ber of persons collected round the entrance door of the
prison in order to see and welcome them upon their liber-
ation, it having been generally understood that they
would go to their respective homes for the night, and re-
turn in the morning for the purpose of leaving the prison
in triumph—passing along the same route by which they
were conveyed there. Shortly after seven o'clock, Mr.
O'Connell left the Penitentiary leaning upon his sons,
Mr. John O'Connell and Mr. Daniel O'Connell, junr.,
accompanied by Mr. Steele, and proceeded on foot
amidst the shouting of the mob, down the Circular-road,
along Harcourt-street, Stephen's-green, Upper Merrion-
street, to MerrWn-square, where he arrived about a
quarter before eight o'clock. The other prisoners subse-
quently left the gaol, and were also loudly cheered upon
making their appearance.
A considerable assemblage of persons of the lower orders
were collected about Mr. O'Connell's house, and in a few
minutes after his entrance he appeared upon the balcony,
and briefly addressed them to the following effect, as far
as we could collect under such unfavourable circumstances
for hearing accurately, which were considerably increased
by the noise and confusion arising from the anxiety of all
present to be the auditors of " the first speech after the
incarceration":—

He commenced by stating that he had at last returned
to his honest home from prison, and proceeded to say,
that in other countries it was generally rogues and vaga-
bonds that were sent to gaol, which was not the case in
Ireland, as they were all aware that he and his brother
martyrs were doomed to imprisonment for endeavouring
to make their fellow men free. (Great applause.) He
then briefly thanked the Irish people for the peace and
tranquility which they had manifested during his incar-
ceration, and said that he had no doubt that they would
continue in the same course now, that they had reason
to be joyful. He then alluded to the procession, which,
he said, would take place in the morning at ten o'clock,
and said he would give his countrymen an opportu-
nity of testifying their love for him, which was only
equalled by his love for them. After exhorting them
to go home peaceably and quietly, and telling them that
he would meet them in the morning, the learned gentle-
man re-entered his house amidst loud cheers, which con-
tinued for some time.

The crowd, however, dispersed shortly after, without
any disturbance taking place, as far as we could learn.

THE PROCESSION.
At an early hour on Saturday morning Mr. O'Connell
and all the other state prisoners (who were discharged on
the previous evening) returned to the Richmond Bride-
!yell for the purpose of leaving it in procession, and pass-
ing along the same route by which they were conducted
there.
in The morning was very inauspicious for such a dis-
play, consequence of which it was postponed from ten
until nearly two o'clock, by which hour the weather had
taken a change for the better, when Mr. O'Connell took
his; seat, accompanied by Mr. John O'Connell, in the
chair in which he and Mr. Ruthven were chaired after
their return for the city of Dublin, in 1832 ; and pro-
ceeded after the trades, corporation, committee of the
Repeal Association, &c., to pass through the specified
line of streets, to his own house.
Previous to the arrival of any of the carriages, the Cir-
cular-road was crowded from the turnpike to the prison,
and as far again upon the other side by thousands of
the lower orders, who relinquished. all ideas of business,
and regardlers of wind. or weather, attended for the pur-
pose of seeing the " Liberator liberated." Several gen-
tlemen also arrived early, and called at the prison, amongst
whom were a considerable number of Roman Catholic
clergymen, to congratulate the traversers upon their libera-
tion. Many of them who came from the country pre-
sented Mr. O'Connell with addresses, including the
mayor and ex-mayor of Limerick, who handed him an

address adopted by the+ corporation, which he announced
his intention of replyingto after his arrival in Merrion-
square.
At about one o'clock,the first part of the procession
which formed at Mr. O'Connell's, in Merrion-square,
arrived opposite the prison-gate, when they were loudly
cheered for a long time ; shortly after which Mr. Steele
made his appearance, with an olive branch in his hand,
and passed through the crowds to keep them in order;
which occupation he was constantly employed in all the
time that elapsed previous to the arrival of the state car.
The first banner which made its appearance on the Cir-
cular-road was that oldie bricklayers, which was the most
conspicuous in the procession, bearing the arms of the
trade upon one side, with a tolerably Lair representation
of the bank on the reverse, and the inscription of " our
old house at home," underneath. It was accompanied by
a temperance band, one of which attended each trade ;
and all the different members, who walked two and two,
wore repeal buttons with blue ribbons round their necks,
from which the majority of them suspeaded temperance
medals.

The horseshoers followed, also attended by a band,
headed by an idiot, (whom, we presume, acted as drurr.-
major,) generally known upon the north side of the city,
and particularly by the magistrates of Henry-street police-
office, by the name of " OWNEY," who was decked out
with ribbons, medal., &c., and bore a huge wand, and oc-
casionally giving a shout for repeal. He was loudly
cheered, and frequently recognised by his acquaintances
en passant. Next followed the ship-carpenters, the house-
painters, nailors, clothiers, woollen operatives, coach-
makers, machine smith society, cabinet-makers, the post-
office ward, nitzble sawyers, coopers, tanners, silk trade,
butchers, saddlers, house smiths, slaters, bakers, sweeps,
poulterers, pipemakers, and the temperance society, (Mr.
Spratt's.) After the trades followed the carriages of the
several repeal wardens, from which banners were ex-
hibited.

The several trades were followed by the committee of
the Trades' Political Union in eight carriages. Then
came the members of the committee of the Repeal As.
sociation, followed by the Corco!ation, the members of
which occupied 29 carriages, including the Lord Mayor's
two carriages, in the first of which was seated his son,
and secretary, Patrick O'Brien, Esq., and some other
members of the family. His lordship then followed in his
stlte coach, and was accompanied by Mr. Smith O'Brien,
M.P.

Immediately after this carriage a large green flag was
borne, upon which was printed the word " Patriots,"
and then came the state car, upon which were placed two
handsome arm-chairs, unoccupied, covered with crimson
and gold. When this vehicle, which, as we before ob-
served, is of rather ancient construction, although brushed
up for the occasion. had arrived opposite the prison-
door, the band struck up, " See, the conquering hero
comes;'' upon which Mr. O'Connell, accompanied by
Mr. John O'Connell, came forth from the prison, amidst
tremendous cheering, and took their seats upon the car—
Mr. Steele, the Rev. Dr. Meyle-, and Mr. Daniel
O'Connell, jun., sitting at their feet.
It is, perhaps, worth observing that in front of this
machine, which was drawn by eight greys, was seated an
Irish harper, upon each side of whom stood a page
dressed in green velvet.
When Mr. O'Connell had taken his seat, and the
cheering had in some measure subsided, the procession
again moved on up the Circular-road.
The other traversers followed in carriages with their
families, and were again followed by a great number of
vehicles of every description that reached along the whole
of the road. The line was then kept perfect, amidst the
applause of the crowds resembled in the streets through
which the procession passed.
When Mr. O'Connell entered his house in Merrion-
square, he was greeted with immense cheering. He
afterwards shortly announced that he would make known
his intentions as to future proceedings at the meeting of
the Repeal Association to be held on Monday (yesterday.)
We shall give a report of his speech in a second edition.

Mr. O'Connell gave the sum of seventy pounds, on Sa-
turday, for the liberation of persons confined in the Rich-
mond Bridewell for petty assaults, &c.
THE AFFGHAN HEROES.—Sir Robert Sale and his
heroic lady, accompanied by Mrs. Sturt and her child,
arrived from this town at Londonderry on Tuesday last.
They were received very enthusiastically by the loyal in-
habitants. Guns were fired, and the bells were rung,
whilst the gallant officer was conducted round the city.
On Friday evening a splendid banquet was given in honour
of Hs visit, at which the Mayor presided, the High Sheriff
and the Lord Bishop of Derry being present, along with
upwards of ISO highly respectable gentlemen. Sir Robert
was to leave Derry for Dublin yesterday, and on Friday
a public ball will be given in the Corporation Hall, in
honour of Lady Sale.

LORD HEYTESBVRY'S POLICY.—It will be seen by the
official announcement published on authority, and under
the heading of " Viceregal Court," that Doctor Murray
has been elevated to the rank, and is designated by the
title of " Archbishop." During the administration of
Lord de Grey, this gentleman took his proper place at the
viceregal dinners, and was properly described in their au-
thorised announcements ; but the Packet of last evening
—acting of course under orders, and publishing the list
of guests in the order and form in which it was trans-
mitted by the comptroller of the household for publication,
prints the list in such order as to give Doctor
Murray precedence and position before baronets.—
Dublin Mail.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The weekly meeting was held
on Monday. Mr. D. O'Connell, junr., handed in £75
from Brooklyn, New York, and then proceeded to make
his usual weekly report, which stated that the State pri-
soners were in excellent health and spirits. Adverting to
the proceedings before the Lords he said that "the deci-
sion of the Judges should be waited for with the utmost
indifference. The eleven questions referred to the En-
glish Judges were so framed as to exclude the considera-
tion of the great merits of the case of the traversers in
particular • no question had arisen upon the charge of
the chief justice, a charge that nobody had been found,
either in or out of the House of Parliament, to defend:
yet the traversers were deprived of any advantage from
the illegality of that charge. The traversers were also de-
prived of any benefit from the Irish Judges having admit-
ted newspapers as evidence of the facts therein contained
against the traversers. Under those circumstances it
would be quite idle to expect any thing favourable from
the decision of the English Judges. Let the people,
therefore, throughout Ireland, receive with the utmost
tranquility, and without the slightest irritation, the an-
nouncement of an unfavourable decision by the Judges."
—A notice of motion by Mr. Gordon, suggesting the re-
vival of the volunteer organization of 1779 and 1782, in the
event of a war with France, was objected to by Mr. R. D.
Browne and the Chairman, as likely to bring them into
collision with the Government, and was withdrawn.—The
repeal rent of the week was announced to be £750.

OPINIONS OF THE IRISH PRESS AS TO THE
LATE JUDGMENT.

The Pilot of Friday exults in " the victory " achieved
by Mr. O'Connell, as an indisputable proof of his infalli-
bility as a lawyer, and designates his liberation as "the
first real act of justice to Ireland" performed by England.
The Weekly Register, another repealer, thinks justice
will be incomplete unless " every culprit who has had any
thing to do with the injuries inflicted on these innocent
men (the repeal martyrs) be IMPEACHED."
Another weekly paper announces that " a crisis has
arrived when moderation cannot be expected even from
' moderate men,' under such circumstances, who have
suffered wrong and are now liberated, flushed with vic-
tory."

The Evening Mail of Friday observes :--
" If we could feel that the dignity of the law had been
asserted, and that Mr. O'Connell would use his regained
liberty with discretion; that he would see and acknow-
ledge that Saxon lords and Saxon law were sufficient even
for ills purposes, and outstrip in their measuring it tits
most sanguine expectations, we could see him with plea-
sure, at his time of life, exchange at this season of the
year the gloom of a prison for the free air of his own na-
tive mountains. But, alas, we have no such hope for him,
or for Ireland. He will embark with fresh energy and
with an increased hatred Of English rule, and commence
a fresh series of attacks against the laws and liberties of
his country.
The 2Valion of Saturday, giving its orders to those who
compose the procession, says :
" Shout bravely—you did not desert your chiefs when
the gaol shut upon them. SOME SHRANK—you shrank
not—you have no blame for the past. Shout boldly, now
—shout till your cities shake again, and the kine troop in
terror on your mountains at the voice of a glad people.
Meet your neighbours in hobday array with bright eyes
and swelling words—dance and sing in your market-
places, and deck your altars. Let your lovers interchange
vows on the festival—let your old men revive your boy-
hood, and your strong champions go forth in order as if
after a victory. We shall not labour the less to-morrow
for the gladness of to-day. IN REVERSING THE JUDG-
MENT OF THE IRISH AND ENGLISH JUDGES, THE
HOUSE OF LORDS HAS SENTENCED THE CONSTITU-
TION!"

The Limerick Reporter of Saturday observes :
" Even ' monster' meetings have been vindicated, and
the conspiracy to suppress them utterly defeated. The
idol of the nation has been liberated, not by Royal favour,
but the tardy award of justice. Such a victory was
never achieved over a desperate faction, whose power is
for ever extinguished. Their sanguinary pceans are
turned into the howlings and ravings of despair ! But
as the people have borne adversity with patience, let them
enjoy their triumph with moderation. Hurra for repeal!
Victory ! Glory ! Freedom !"
TheNenagh Guardian of Satin day remarks :
" I he country must, therefore, look upon this reversal
of the solemn decision of the Court of Queen's Bench in
Ireland as a conciliatory peace-offering on the part of the
Queen's government to the repeal seditionists of this
kingdom. But will it be taken as such ? We fear not.
It will be looked upon more as a matter of triumph than
an act of conciliation, and will be far less binding upon the
gratitude of the disaffected people, than an act of grace
would have been, if there had been a unanimity of princi-
ple and decision between the judges of the two countries.
One great evil will be produced by this termination,. viz.,
the want of confidence amongst all suitors and crinpoala,
whose causes or cases may be brought before the judges
of the Irish Queen's Bench, either in their own court or
upon circuit, regarding the purity and infallibility of their
judgments. It was scarcely fair to sacrifice and impugn
the legal knowledge and integrity of such men as the
Queen's Bench judges in Ireland, for the chance of taming
the hyena spirit of discord on Burgh-quay.
The Newry Telegraph of Saturday contends that the
reversal of the judgment does not warrant a repetition of
the " monster meeting" at Clontarf as a decisive test.
" Let one be held there," says the Telegraph," and we
will admit that the state prosecutions have been profitless
—that the government has been stricken down, and that
the victory of O'Connell is complete and conclusive."

CLERICAL NEWS.

In the late population reports, the number of clergymen
(we presume of the Church of England) is returned for
England at 13,574.

The vicar of Sheffield has proposed a plan for the divi-
sion of the entire parish into twenty-four or twenty-five
ecclesiastical districts.

A stone pulpit elaborately and beautifully worked by
Mr. Rowe, will be placed in the parish church of Lang-
ford Budville, being the gift of Captain Perceval, Bindon
House, Milverton ; and another is also in preparation for
Oldridge chapel, near Crediton.
Archdeacon Thorp, of Durham, in his Visitation Charge,
admonished the clergy to be " scrupulously attentive to
the parish registers. The general registration (he said)
will probably fail. In case of death it gives a rumour, not
a fact within the knowledge of the officer • and the griev-
ous frauds incident to this, some of which have been re-
cently detected, destroy its authority as a book of evi-
dence. Witness a case in this Archdeaconry, where, out
of 829 registers of death, 115 are shown to be deceptions,
names of persons who never lived, and therefore never
died ; or, living and dying, were alike unknown, and
never buried. The church register is the record of a pub-
lic act, done in the sight of day, and before many wit-
nesses ; admitting no doubt of imposition ; and its guar-
dianship, committed to you, is of lasting importance to
the public interests."
CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—The grants of this
society at the present date are, to 224 incumbents, having
under their ministerial charge an aggregate population of
1,822,466 souls, or 8,448 on an average to each. They
provide stipends for 226 Clergymen, and 29 Lay-Assis-
tants, at a cost, when all the appointments are made by
the Incumbents, of £20,108 per annum. And as from
local resources a further amount of £3,165 is raised to
meet some of the grants, the society is made ins:rumen-
tal in bringing to the aid of the National Church the sum
of £23,273 per annum. They also provide for 368 addi-
tional full services on each Lord's-day; 149 on week-
days ; 278 cottage lectures, and the increased pastoral
care and oversight of nearly two millions of souls, one-
eighth part the entire population of England and Wales.
The grants of the society since its commencement in 1836
have led to the erection of 120 school-rooms, which are
now used, under the Bishop's sanction, as places of
worship, and to the building, opening, or keeping open
87 ;churches and chapels among the crowded popula-
tions of the manufacturing tows, or the distant ham-
lets of widely-extended parishes. In this town, (Li-
verpool) the society provides for thirteen additional full
services on the Lord's-day, and eleven cottage lectures,
and increased oversight of upwards of one hundred and
twenty thousand souls, nearly one-half of the population
of the town. The districts to which these grants have
been made, are All Saints, St. Barnabas, St. Bartholo-
mew's, Christ Church, St. James, Toxteth-park, St.
Mark's, St. Mary's, Edge-hill, St. Michael's, St. Paul's,
St Simon's, St. Thomas, Toxteth-park.