The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

IRELAND.

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There are now ten regiments of cavalry in Ireland,
while there is but one in Scotland.

Mr. Mitchel and his friend Mr. Devin Reilly, have both
retired from the Irish Confederation, which seems to con-
sider them as dangerously violent.
The Roman Catholic Bishop of Killaloe has suspended
the Revs. Mr. Kenyon and Bermingham till they une-
quivocally recant their recent treasonable speeches and
letters.

An attempt was made on Monday, within a mile of
Limerick, in the county of Clare, to assassinate Mr.
Banytine. Six balls were lodged in his gig, but for-
tunately none took effect on the gentleman's person.
At Youghal, on Thursday, twelve young men, respect-
ably attired, were charged with assembling in numbers
and practising themselves to the use of arms. On pro-
mising not to offend so again, they were discharged.
In the old oak door of the Chart.- 'louse of St-
Patrick's Church, Dublin, may be seen to this day an
in +ho year 1564, for the Earls of Desmond
and Ormonde to shake hands through ; each gentleman
fearing much to be poignarded by the other, during the
opportunity. They had quarrelled and fought, but Queen
Elizabeth commanded them to be reconciled.

At a Privy Council, held in Dublin on Monday, it was
determined to proclaim the county of the city of Lime-
rick under the Crime and Outrage Act, and the procla-
mation was accordingly issued. By the provisions of this
law, all persons not duly qualified must deliver up their
arms within nine days. Another proclamation was also
issued, warning the people against taking part in the
proposed Convention of 300 delegates, and also against
the formation of a National Guard.

MAYNOOTH.—Among the loyal addresses to the Lord
Lieutenant of Ireland, we look with anxiety for one from
the College of Maynooth, and the neighbourhood. It is
true that the master-elect of the future Roman Catholic
College at Galway now receives his salary, though now
there is neither college or student. This favoured master
was appointed, or recommended, by Sir Robert Peel.
Lord Anglesea, when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, used to
boast that he had put down the Orangemen : what does
he think of them now ?

UNABATED SEDITION.—There was a large and excited
meeting of the Irish Confederation in Dublin on Wednes-
day. The members arrived in well-arranged columns,
having previously organized their movements in their re-
spective clubs. The speeches of Messrs. Gavin, Duffy,
and Meagher, were fully as violent as any ever delivered
by themselves previous to the recent Act. A proclamation
read by the latter gentleman, and which is to be posted
throughout the country, is a bold and daring attempt to
bring the proclamations of the Castle into contempt.
An attempt was made last week to murder the governor
of Cork gaol, by a fellow named Connor, who had been
liberated after an imprisonment of two years, for serving
threatening notices on the Dean of Cork. As Mr. Mur-
phy, the governor, and Mr. Perry, the local inspector,
were proceeding from bridewell to the bank, Connor
rushed from behind a corner, and struck Mr. Murphy a
blow with a sharp stone on the ear, which divided one of
the principal arteries and knocked him down. He then
made a rush on Mr. Perry and felled him to the ground,
and was in the act of choking him, when assistance came,
and the fellow was taken into custody.
TRAINING TO ARMS.—At the Head Police-office,
Dublin, on Thursday, two young men, Andrew English,
of 14, Anglesea-street, and Michael Keane, of 71, Peter-
street, were brought before the Bench on the information
of Sergeant Scott, of the County Dublin Constabulary.
It appeared :that on Sunday`week, in a field in the neigh-
bourhood of Dundrum, a number of young men and lads,
to the number of about 40, assembled for target practice.
Sergeant Scott, at the time, arrested English and brought
him before two neighbouring magistrates who discharged
him. On Wednesday Sergeant Scott swore informations
against English and others for training to arms, on which
English and Keane were arrested. They were fully iden-
tified, English as the person in command and supplying
them with percussion caps; Keane, as firing himself-and
also loading the arms of others. They had about 20 guns.
They were committed, under the 60th of George 111., to
take their trial at tho ensuing county Commission. It
may he recollected that, about a month since, English
was the person sent for trial for training people to military
evolutions in Ship-street.

SMITH O'BRIEN AND HIS THREE COPATRIOTS MOBBED.
—On Saturday, Messrs. O'Brien Meagher and Mitchell
were entertained at a soiree in Limerick. The Old Ire-
landers were determined to oppose them, and, in conse-
quence, a dreadful riot took place. The' windows and
doors of the building where they were assembled were de-
molished, stones and missiles were hurled in through
the broken window sashes, shots were fired by; the
confederates, who in self-defence, were obliged to tear up
the seats and forms to protect themselves—an. effigy of
Mr. Mitchell was burned outside the doors. The scene
was frightful. Smith O'Brien received a cut on the head,
and a severe contusion on his side, one of his ribs
being said to be broken. The rioters were at last dis-
persed by the police and military. After the troops
had withdrawn, the mob broke all the cups, saucers,
plate, benches, and ornamental festoonings. The mob
would have murdered Meagher and Mitchell but for the
police. When Mr. O'Brien appeared at the Queen's
Bench on Monday, his head was bound up with straps and
plasters. Mitchell and Meagher were protected home by
the Mayor, the latter having a drawn dagger in his hand to
protect himself ;• they were hooted and hissed, and pelted
the whole way to the hotel. Mr. Meagher was smuggled
out of Limerick on Sunday. Mr, O'Brien resigned the
representation of the county of Limerick in consequence
of the treatment he experienced, but has since consented
to withdraw his resignation. The row was got up by a
rev. father, who reverenced the name Of O'Connell, and
instigated the Old Irelanders to the attack, in consequence
of a libellous charge brought by Mitchell against the
" Liberator." In a meeting of Young Irelanders at Cork,
on Monday, Mr. Meagher gave a description of the scene
at Limerick, tallying in all the main points with the pre-
vious account. He added that, while he was entering his
inn, a stone was hurled at him by one of the mob, who
missed his aim, and struck the landlord with such violence
as to deluge his face with blood. Mr. Mitchell was forced
to conceal himself in a blacksmith's shop, where he re-
mained for several hours, until at length he ventured to
his inn.

THE STATE PROSECUTIONS

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, DUBLIN,-MONDAY

The Court was much crowded, as Mr. O'Brien had to
appear in person, when charged with the informations
filed against him by the Attorney-General ; and it was
understood 'Mr. Mitchell meant to apply that he might
appear by attorney.
Both Mr. Mitchell and Mr. O'Brien appeared. On
Mr. O'Brien being charged with the indictment filed
against him be pleaded not guilty.
Sir C. O'Loghlen, on the part of Mr. Mitchell, applied
that he might be at liberty to appear by attorney, but on
failing to make out any case, the application was refused,
and Mr. Mitchell has again put in a dilatory plea in
abatement, on the ground that an indictment has been
found against him for the same offence as that for which
the Attorney-General has proceeded by ex officio infor-
mation, and has been quashed. The plea is, that
the indictments should have been quashed, instead
of having notie prosequi entered upon them, as has'
been done by the law officers.

The trials of O'Brien and Meagher, will come on about
the 15th inst. Mr. Mitchell will have a slight respite.
On Tuesday, the attorney general having joined issue on
the plea in abatement, sought to. force Mr. Mitchell to
join issue at once, instead of in four days, according to
the established practice. The Court refused to deviate
from its usual course. The result of this is, that Mr.
Mitchell cannot be tried this term. Add to this, there is
a tolerably general opinion at the bar that the plea is a
good one. •