The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-07-30 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR!).

IRELAND.

MAYNOOTH AND THE MINISTRY.

The Morning Herald, of Friday, reveals, by way of
hypothesis, the intentions of Government with respect to
Mavnooth, and general education in Ireland. According
to this organ of the Government, the Irish Romanists are
to be tempted out of their thraldom by offering them a
really liberal education, at the outlay of a few thousands.
But, no second Maynonth! sacs our contemporary, " nor
any increase of the grant to Maynootb, while left on its
present footing ! Not to speak of the filth of Dens, or of
the morals of Bailly, think of a British Parliament actually
paying a body of professors to inculcate such doctrines as
the following :
" ' It is proved by natural reason, that heretics can
justly be excommunicated, and therefore PUT TO DEATH.'
Experience teaches that there is no other remedy ; for
the Church has tried every other in vain.' if you con-
fine them in prison, or send them into exile, they corrupt
the neighbourhood with their books and speeches ; there-
fore. the only remedy is, to send them at once to their own
place.' ' All these reasons persuade us that heretics
ought to be put to death.'"
Such is the decision of Bellarmine (book iii. chap 31)
and Bellarmine is a class-book at Maynooth. The Herald
then asks zealous Protestants if it is not possible to frame
a plan which, giving to the Irish Romanistsfar more than
they now receive, may yet relieve our Protestant con-
sciences from the pain and guilt of teaching and propagat-
ing Popery ? The Herald supposes a large college founded
for liberal education of the middle and higher classes of
the Romanists of Ireland; the state to find the fabric, and
the endowment of a body of professors in all the various
branches of a liberal education, theology only excepted:
and then it asks if the state were to do all this, would it
not be (tally justified in throwing upon the Romish priest-
hood themselves, who are at this moment raising some
£50,000 per annum as " repeal rent," the charge of fur-
nishing theological tuition, with which the government
need have nothing to do?—Church and State Gazette.

REPEAL FLAGS.—On Monday Captain Postle, and
other officers of Her Majesty's steamer Flamer, prefered
informations before Alderman Watson and Alderman
Boyse for breaches of the Admiralty statute, by vessels in
this harbour, decorated with flags not national. The
legal penalty is £5OO, and not less than £5O. However,
in a commercial port so seldom visited by ships of war,
it is not surprising that neglect of the Admiralty regula-
tions should be apparent.—Limerick Chronicle.
THE lIARVFST IN IRELAND.—The reports from all
parts of the sister country speak most sanguinely of the
prospects of the harvest, which has already commenced in
some of the more favoured districts, several fields of barley
having been cut down in the neighbourhood of Dublin.
The grain crops will be abundant beyond the average of
preceding years, but hay, from the excessive drought,
will be scarce, and of inferior quality. Potatoes are said
to have failed in some instances ; but the complaint is by
no means general, nor is there at present any reason to
apprehend a scarcity of this necessary article of food. The
heat of the sun for the last two days bas been almost in-
tolerable. Some rain fell on Saturday night and Sunday,
the effects of which on the after grass must have been

neutralized by the intense heat which followed.

TRANQUILITY IN IRELAND.—There was no convict
left under sentence of death at Clonmel Assizes. Kildare,
Carlow, and Queen's County Assizes occupied only a day
each.—Dublin paper.—PEACE OF TIPPERAI.Y.—For the
last 30 years this is the only assize at which the respected
coroner for this division of the county had not returned a
case of murder or manslaughter ! Between this and the
last assizes there has not been a single outrage of the kind
—a fact unprecedented for 30 years. This is one of the
effects of the repeal agitation : but if the youths who rule
the destinies of Ireland can help it, this is a fact that shall
not again be told.—Repeal paper.—[There is no denying
the fact, that " for the last 30 years" there has been sel-
dom witnessed so apparent an absence of crime on the
face of the calendars, not only of Tipperary, but through-
out the four provinces, as shown at the present summer
assizes ; and it is also equally undeniable that this grati-
fying state of the country has been "one of the results
of the repeal agitation," inasmuch as the blow struck at
the leaders of that agitation has had the effect of partially
restoring order, by convincing the people of the delusions
under which they so long laboured with respect to the in-
vincibility of the great agitator, and hence their gradual
return to habits of peace and industry.]

THE STATE PROSECUTIONS.—NO small stir has been
made by the repeaters in consequence of an alleged ad-
mission by Lord Lyndhurst'' that the jury list was fraud-
ulently made up, &c." As some misapprehension still
exists on the subject in the minds of many persons, not-
withstanding the-explanation of Lord Lyndhurst, it may
be necessary to give the following explanation :—On the
15th of January last, and before the swearing in of the
first juror, a challenge to the array was put in by Sir Col-
man O'Loghlen for the traversers, on the ground, as alle-
ged, that the names of certain persons recited in the plea
were omitted from the jury list—" that the names omitted
from thefraudulene paper writing were also omitted from
the jurors and jury list to the manifest injury of the said
Daniel O'Connell," &c.—" that the fraudulent paper
had been made out without the knowledge, assistance, or
contrivance of the said Daniel O'Connell, or any person
acting on his authority ; and it was therefore prayed, that
the panel might be quashed or set aside." To this the
counsel for the crown demurred; and it may be necessary
to apprise the general reader that the very essence of a de-
murrer is the admission of a matter as a matter of fact,
for the purpose of raising an argument on the law ; for it
refers the law arising on the fact to the judgment of the
court; and, therefore, the fact—as, for instance, the
alleged " fraudulent paper"—is, for the occasion, taken to
be true on such demurrer, or otherwise the court would
have no foundation on which to make any judgment. It
was in reference to this principle of pleading that Lord
Lyndhurst addressed himself in reply to Mr. Hill, when
arguing the prisoners' case ; and his lordship no more de-
clared the jury list to be " fraudulently made up" than
the Court of Queen's Bench in this country did when the
point was argued before the judges, upon the legal admis-
sion of the fact, and when they unanimously decided in
favour of the crown.
ARRIVAL OF LORD HEYTESBURY IN DUBLIN.—On
Friday morning, shortly before eleven o'clock, the Mer-
lin, Admiralty steamer, the vessel which conveyed his Ex-
cellency the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from this
port to the shores of the sister country, as noticed in
another paragraph, entered Dublin harbour under a sa-
lute from the guns of the revenue cruisers, and amid the
most enthusastic cheering from the assembled multitude.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Donoughmore, and the Right
Hon. Frederick Shaw, the two Privy Councillors ap-
pointed to receive his Lordship, immediately proceeded
on board. His lordship then landed, attended by the
above-mentioned personages ; and, amid the continued
cheering of the vast crowd which had assembled, pro-
ceeded to the Railway Station, where a special train was
in waiting to convey him, and the cortege by which he
was accompanied, to Dublin. His lordship appeared to
be in the enjoyment of excellent health, and acknowledged
in the most courteous and dignified manner, the cordial
greetings which were tendered to him as he passed along.
At a quarter past eleven o'clock the train started from
Kingstown, and reached Westland-row in nine minutes.
There a detachment of the Ist Royal Dragoons was sta-
tioned, who received his lordship with the usual military
honours, and formed his escort to the castle. His lord-
ship having entered his carriage, accompanied by the
Right Hon. the Earl of Donoughmore and the Right Hon.
Frederick Shaw, proceeded to the castle. Manifestations
of welcome from the crawd were loud and repeated, inter-
mingled with some occasional faint cheers for the repeal
prisoners and repeal. It was a matter of remark that
amongst the immense crowd which filled the streets, and
even amongst the groups of people who raised these party
cries, not even a solitary repeal button could be seen.
The repeal Lord Mayor of Dublin, attended by tke cor-
porate officers, and preceded by the City Marshal, who
was becomingly attired in a cocked hat and top boots, and
carried in his right hand something resembling a gilt rail-
ing-pin, took his place in the van of the procession until
it reached the entrance to the castle, when the carriage of
our Chief Civic Magistrate was by that functionary or-
dered to the right about, and he "politely" turned his
back on our future Lord Lieutenant at the moment ap-
pointed by the nobility and gentry of the country to wel-
come him to the seat of government. The ceremony of
inauguration then took place in the usual form, after
which his excellency held an undress levee.
THE ADARE CONSPIRACY.—The miscreants convicted
of this nefarious case of incendiarism have been all sen-
tenced to transportation for life. Previous to the learned
Judge passing sentence, the principal offender, James
Regan, made the following confession of his guilt:—He
said " there were never so many witnesses seen on :the
table before as appeared against him, though it was not
for conscience sake they came forward ; but to hang or
transport him if they could, when he was in a hobble : if
he was in the country as formerly, the very persons that
swore against him, would, if he committed White-boy
offences, call him a brave fellow, and a lover of his coun-
try.' If was easily known that what was sworn against
him was false, when his own mother-in-law, his brother-
in-law, aye, and his wife, if taken, would prosecute him :
his brother-in-law didn't swear informations for six weeks
after the burning, when his mother tutored him, and
taught him his lessons so well, that unless he began at
a particular word he could'nt tell his story. He should
inform his lordship that he was formerly a member of a
White-boy society, which was carried on by secret signs
and pass words : while connected with it, it was planned
to assassinate Lord Dunraven, which would have been
carried into effect were it not for his informing the priest
about it. The prisoner then alluded to his having prose-
cuted four men to conviction for attacking Mr. Lyndsay's
house near Adare, and said that was the reason the people
of Adare would not trust him : sooner than be much
longer under the separate system,' he would be as well
pleased to be transported.' The Limerick Chronicle
thus remarks upon this extraordinary case :—"l'he con-
dition of these miscreants has been singular; for the
Crown was obliged heretofore to employ them as prose-
cutors of White-boy offences, and having therefore lost
their caste in the rural district—for nothing is more de-
testable than the name of a common informer, or spy'—
these outcasts were necessarily beholden to Government
for the means of support, as they must else have abso-
lutely perished of want. Finding their paltry stipend was
reduced, if not entirely suspended. they formed a plot to
burn the farming stock of the Earl of Dunraven, and to
fix the odium, of that midnight outrage upon the character
of the populace, in the midst of which his lordship and
family have resided for so many years, dispansng "
of the sup-
tality, and exercising all the social viltuest.iolni their
exten-
sive neighbourhood. By giving
inf°rfaulrather bounty from
posed incendiaries they anticipated a
of innocent persons,
the Crown, and, upon the conviction
i,enaslves. The diabolical
a permanent provi,ion foroft
Divine Providence, and the ,
design failed by"the mercy in the very act of
lordships property, which they, mi.
conflagration of his infamous gang
d Id doom
to the gallows or ,
wore detected almost
serable wretches, expected would

IiRPEAL AND THE ORINGEMEN OF IRELAND.-At
Rathfriland, the following resolution was adopted last
week at a respectable meeting of loyal Orangemen and
Protestants :—" That we view with disgust the treason-
able invitation of the repeal party sent from the Concilia-
tion Hall to the Orangemen of Ireland, holding out in-
ducements to join with them in making Ireland, as they
style it, a nation, expecting at the time we are unjustly
treated that we will join them, which we fling back in
their face with contempt. Our determination, therefore,
is to rally round our beloved Sovereign, with our lives
and properties, in maintaining the union of Great Britain
and Ireland."

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN COURT.—The following
scene could only be enacted in Ireland :—Last week two
men, named Crane and Conway, were tried at Limerick
for riot, and the jury not being able to agree for some
time, were locked up in the usual way. At twelve o'clock
at night they intimated to the officer in charge of them
that they had agreed to a verdict. Judge Ball was in
consequence sent for, and soon appeared in court. The
jury being asked in the usual form whether they had
agreed to a verdict—the foreman replied " Yes my lord. "
" Then hand it down, sir." At this matter-of-course
order the foreman looked greatly embarrassed ; and, after
much fumbling, leaned over the box with his hands
placed together as if retaining snipe shot or other small
particles. Judge Ball looked unutterable things at the
foreman, and again called upon him to " hand down the
issue paper at once." " Here it is my lord, " said the
embarrassed juror. handing down a handful of bits of
paper varying in size from that of a shilling to a four-
penny piece.—Judge Ball : What is the meaning of this ?
—The Foreman : My lord, this is the issue paper. The
fact is the jury quarre'led among themselves, and tore it
up in this manner. 'I did all I could to save it, but with-
out effect.'—His lordship condemned in strong language
this "most scandalous and disgraceful conduct," and
after giving the jury a sound rating, intimated that he
deemed it his duty to receive the verdict.—The prisoners
were found guilty with a recommendation to mercy.—Judge
Ball declared that he would not pay any attention to the
recommendation of a jury who had behaved in the dis-
graceful manner which he felt it his duty to reprobate as
he had done.

THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The weekly meeting of
" The Great National Confederation," as it calls itself,
was held yesterday week. A Mr. Gordon complained
that the committee had determined that it would be inex-
pedient to bring the repeal question before Parliament
this session; and Sir V. Blake talked of " the discussions
that might arise, after the repeal, as to the best form of
government," thus showing that it is not the mere repeal
of one act of Parliament they contemplate, but a new go-
vernment of their own, apart from England. Mr. Wlslevin,
a young barrister, endeavoured to show how little of the
public money was expended in Ireland, and spoke of " the
insane intolerance of the bigetted and besotted George
III.," forgetting that at a Dublin meeting, in September,
1810, the " Liberator" himself had said that that monarch
" abounded in every great and good qualification to make
his people happy." He then alluded to the war in China,
perpetrated under the " felon flag" of England ; but sub-
sequently withdrew the odious word felon. Mr. Gratton
urged his countrymen not to enlist, but refuse the shil-
ling, and nothing could prevent their success. The Rev.
Mr: Hearne, of Manchester, referred to the strike of col-
liers in the north of England, and besought the Irish not to
go over to replace the men who stood out, to favour the
Marquis of Londonderry. Mr. Smith O'Brien was sorry
that Lord de Grey had gone, as he produced " an aliena-
tion of feeling towards England." He stated that the
signatures of the Repeal Petition to the Queen now
amount to 872,000 ; but obser% ed, that in some of the
smaller counties, it must have been signed almost univer-
sally." It would be prudent, not to have the number in
any county larger than the amount of population. The
week's rent reached no less a sum than £1,558. One
Person handed in 255., collected the day before in penny
weekly subscriptions ; but, said he, " I was all day at the
chapel,"