The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-11-06 00:00:00

LORD MULGRAVE'S TOUR IN IRELA.ND.

• (From the Dublin Evening Mail.)
BALLYCASTLE..-01 course you will be anxious to hear of the
effect produced by the appearance of Mr. O'Connell's Lieute-
nant-Govern-Jr, within the boundaries of the county of Antrim.
If, like his master, the servant be ambitions of mob-approba-
tion, his vanity must have been sorely disappointed; for, anv
thing more wretched or more ludicrous could not be conceived.
Before entering the town one of the traces broke, and the
postillion (not being a member of the Temperance Society,)
having fallen into disgrace with the Viceroy, at the same time
that he fell from his horse, was forthwith dismissed from Nis
office " about the court." A cooper who happened to be an
accidental spectator of the casualty, was elevated to the vacant
seat o' the' instant, and, with h►s leathern apron tastefully
tucked up under his unshorn chin, twigged (not tooled) the
wretched posters along in their triumphal progress.
Before reaching the final destination of the procession, five
old women were tumbled bv the throng (it being fair day) over
their respective baskets of apples, an event that appeared to
produce a much greater sensation in the minds of the be.
holders than even the approach of the great o—Mulgrave
himself. _ _ _

But the crowning circumstance of the day was his Excel-
lency's reception, and the presentation of the address. To give
suitable eclat to the former, there were assembled the parish
priest of Carey, and three or four other of the long-skirted
gentry, and an Arian teacher, who were busily employed in
conning or spelling over the document, the original of which I
enclose you, it having been left in the inn after the Viceregal
party had taken their departure.
The only equipage which graced the procession was a jaunt-
ing-ear, on which Father Walsh and his niece were seated; and
there was not a single decent person in the town who paid the
slightest attention to the proceedings of the day.

THE ORIGINAL ADDRESS.
" To his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, Governor and General
Governor of Ireland.
" We, the Roman Catholicks of the Parish of Colfeightrin,
beg to approache your Excellency with Sintiinents of the most
profound respect. We hail in your Excellency cys Person
from your known attochment to liberal and ginerous principals,
a giasious dissposition on the part of his Majesty to promote
those kind and salutory measures that will tend to the wellfare
and happeness of our coentry. Yeur Excellenoy will excuse
the imperfacting of this Address, having no timely notice of,
bour Excellency cys visit to this pert of the Kingdom; but we.
eg to say that our best feelings and most warm attocliment
are secured in your Excelly's person and Guvrnment.
"The If omen Catholcks of Culfeightrin.
" Octr. 27th." " L. WALSH, P.P.
His ExCELLENCY'S RECEpT•ION IN NEW Ry.-011 Sunday it
ass bruited about that the Lord Lieutenant would arrive in.
Newry yesteiday morning; the time and circumstancesconnect-
ed with his reception seem to have been well known by the Ro-
man Catholic population ; for, with some portion of them, the
anxious inquiry was, as a correspondent acquaints us, ," Blar-
au-ages ! an' must we all approach his MaiestyP On inquiry,
we uscertainod that a circular note had been sent, late on the
previous evening, by Denis C. Brady, Esq., the Radical, alias
Repeal Member for this borough, 'to the Seneschal and magis-
trates informing them that he had received a communication
from Colonel Yorke, Private Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant,
intimating the period of his Excellency's arrival in Newry, and
requesting to know if they, the Seneschal and other magistrates,
would "join iii any manifestation' of respect to his Excellency ?"
T. this note, we understand, the constituted authorities of the
town replied with that spirit and promptitude which we would
have expected. 'their reply was, we believe, to this effect—that
although at all times anxious to evince their respect to the King's
representative, yet, that being in utter ignorance of what the in-
tentions of Mr. Brady and his party were, and, of course, of the
nature of-the " manifestation" alluded to, they would not give
any pledge on the subject. About, half-past ten o'clock yester-
day marning, aguard of honour of the 33d regiment, command.
ed by Colonel knight, was drawn up, and lined the street in
front of Davis's Hotel. A trumpeter was stationed at the
Sugar-island stone-bridge to give note of the first appearance of
the viceregal cortege; and, about ten minutes before eleven, his
Excellency arrived in Hill-street, the band striking up the na-
tional anthem. His Excellency and the Countess of Mulgrave
were assisted from their travelling carriage by—Mr. Brady !
and ushered into Davis's Great Room, which was used as a pre-
sence chamber. Notwithstanding the rain, which fell inces-
santly, a large crowd had collected in the street, the day, Saint
Monday, as it is called, being an idle one amongst the generality
of tradesmen in Newry. Soon after the Lord Lieutenant's ar-
rival, it was notified to Mr. Brady, by the A. I). C. in waiting'
that his Excellency was quite ready to receive the address. A
deputation, headed by the " Honourable" factotum, Mr. Brady,
was then ushered into the Viceregal pretence, and two or three
of its members were formally introduced to his Excellency, who
bowed to them with much dignity, but did not, it appears, con-
descend to the slightest approach of cordiality. The address—
where or by whom concocted, or signed, it is needless to inquire
—was then read by Mr. Brady, and very briefly replied to by
the Viceroy. The Roman Catholic Bishop, the. Right Reve-
rend Doctor Blake, accompanied by several of his clergy, then
advanced, and presented an address to his Excellency.
DUNDALK, Nov. 2.—His excellency, Earl Mulgrave, has
• just (one o'cloCk) passed through our town, escorted by a
cavalcade of the 14th Light Dragoons, now quartered here.
While changing horses at the inn, a few of our worthy, and as
the sequel will prove, highly respectable townsmen presented
him with a splendid address,l representing, no doubt, (the radi-
cal press will at least say so,) the sentiments of the loyal and
influential portion of the community. In the Commercial
News-room—a news-room, by the bye, confined to the Roman
catholic shopkeepers of our town—a deputation was hastily got
up this morning for the purpose of waiting upon his excellency
with the address in question. On that memorable occasion
there were about sixteee persons assembled, comprised chiefly
of priests and publicans—a goodly display, you will say, in-
tended to represent such a town as Dundalk, containing, as it
does, aboutl4,ooo inhabitants. Upon his excellency's arrival,
the gentlemen—l should have said esquires—just alluded to,
were joined by, perhaps, 150 of the most influential and re-
spectable butchers, porters, and others in the neighbourhood.
It is, I presume, unnecessary to add, that the deputation was
received by his excellency with his accustomed politeness and
condecension. One thing, however, l thought rather singular
that, 'amid so numerous and highly respectable an assemblage,
there was no such thing as even a cheer of approbation; but,
perhaps, the circumstance may be accounted for by the fact that
he was unaccompanied by the Right lion. Daniel O'Connell.
DRoGHED a, Nov. 2.—lt haviug been notified to the inhabi-
tants of this town, that his excellency the Earl of Mulgrave
would pass through on his return from his northern tour, I re-
paired at the appointed hour (two o'clock), in order to witness
his lordship's arrival, and also to convey to your truly valuable
journal the best information I could collect. His reception was
such as we anticipated a short time previous to his arrival—a
few flags were displayed from the windows of some of the adja-
cent houses. I own I was disappointed at not seeing the weaver's
flag exhibited; but I suppose the colours (orange and blue) were
considered rather mat a propos for the occasion. About three
o'clock his excellency arrived, accompanied by the Countess of
Mulgrave and one aid-de-camp; faint shout (1 cannot call it
a cheer) was raised by the congregated rabble. His lordship
alighted white fresh horses were being fixed to his carriage, and
appeared on the balcony of Keappock's hotel, which was deco-
rated with green. At first the mob did not appear to recognize
him till a voice from the assembled raggarnuffins cried out—
"there's Alulgrare horror' A shout followed, to which he
repeatedly bowed, and then retired.- Among the nobility and
gentry who mustered to greet the lieutenant of Dan, we ob.
served w host of priests, butchers, grocers, and huxters, too
numerous to mention; and though last, not least, the popish
justices of the peace, Messrs. Carty, Ennis, Gernon, Tiernan,
and Co. John Cheshire, Esq., was appointed to present a con-
gratulatory address to his excellency upon his safe return from
amongst "the bloody orangemen of the north," accompanied
with an invitation to honour the democracy of Drogheda with
his presence at a dinner on a future occasion. I confess I was
truly rejoiced to hear that his lordship, with a spirit becoming
his rank and dignity, positively refused to accept of either. I
presume that the indifferent reception with which his excellency
met on his last passing through, so totally disgusted him, that
he was feign to dispense with the attendance of the above-named
gentlemen. His excellency left the town at about half-past
three, in the same manner as he entered, unaccompanied by a
vehicle of any description. A company of the 89th Regiment
awaited as a guard of honour to receive his excellency at the
hotel.

CHALLENGE FROM MR. ROTCH, THE COUNTY OF
MIDDLESEX CHAIRMAN, TO THE LORD MAYOR
OF LONDON.

There has been a good deal of conversation on the subject of
a very remarkable occurrence—the delivery of a challenge to
the chief magistrate of London from the chief magistrate of.
Middlesex. the following is the version given by one of our
contemporaries:—Mr. Hutch, in making the returns of the
Middlesex magistrates to the Lords relative to the prison of
Newgate, appended a long note, stating several charges against
the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, amongst which it was spe-
cified that the returns made annually to the House of Com-
mons showed a mixture of deceit and insufficiency, and that the
county gaol was only made available for such .county prisoners
as were, by the fees paid on their trial or conviction, likely to
enrich the city purse. In the Court of Aldermen, on, Tuesday
week, Alderman Thomas Wood, in a very indignant manner,
repelled these accusations, and declared them to be a tissue of
'wilful and deliberate falsehoods, the snore remarkable, and. cals
culated to do the more mischief,_fram having- been gravely
etated by aperson holding the situation of a ma.gistrate and a
judge. This was evidently the feeling of the-where-6'AM; and
the Lord Mayor expressed that feeling by briefly remarking
that the court was much indebted to Aid. T. Wood for bringing
forward this scandalous matter. After a few other observations
the subject dropped in the court, but it was not doomed to drop
so soon elsewhere. On the day the. account appeared in the
newspapers impugning the veracity of Mr. notch, a gentleman
waited not upon Alderman Thoinas Wood, but upon the Lord
Mayor, and in the name of the chairman of the Middlesex
magistrates, desired to know whether his lordship made ace of
the words above stated, as the Lord Mayor's comment. Te this
his lordship, we are informed, replied, that it would .be quite
time enough to speak upon that subject when Mr. Rotel-, should
have purged himself of the charge of having made the calum-
nious statements in his gratuitous observations addressed to the
Lords. Mr. Retch soon afterwards sent another friend to the
Lord Mayor, and required that his lordship should either apolo-
gise for the language he had thought proper to use, or appoint
his time and place for deciding the matter with pistols. To
this terrific message it is said the Lord Mayor replied by point-
ing to the door, and desiring the messenger to walk out. The
chairman then wrote to the Lord Mayor his opinions, very we-
equovically expressed, upon the whole transaction, and his
lordship, with the advice of every one to whom he spoke upon
the subject, directed the city solicitor to give Mr. Retch notice
that a criminal information would be moved for against him.
This was done by the recorder on Afouday, and a rule granted.