The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-08 00:00:00

IRE I_, AN D.

RE PEAL ASSOCIATION.

The usual weekly meeting of the above association was
held on Tuesday last in the Corn Exchange, Dublin.
Mr. Ray read a letter signed " Anne Kennan," of the
Strawberry Beds, inclosing £1 14s. She said that as the
strawberries were out of season she had preserved some
political strawberries, which she presented to the associa-
tion to send to his Grace the Duke of Wellington to sup-
port his shattered constitution, and relieve him from the
nervousness consequent upon having been proposed as a
repeal warden by Mr. Steele. (Laughter.)
Mr. O'Connell received a letter from the Rev. Mr.
Tyrrell, of Carlow, denying that he had authorised any
one to propose him a member of the association, or that
he had written any letter to the association on the sub-
ject. When his (Mr. O'Connell's) son was nominated for
the representation of Carlow, he refused to identify him-
self with the agitation for repeal, though he gave his sup-
port. He has lived long enough to know the horrors of
a civil war ; and as he thought that repeal could be carried
by a civil war only, if even by that, he would not join the
association. It was his (Mr. O'Connell's) duty to move
that the letter be inserted upon the minutes. The person
who committed the forgery sent an excellent good pound
note along with the letter, and he wished he would-conti-
nue to joke in that fashion. He had every respect for the
rev. gentleman, but he differed with him, as he was sure
they would carry repeal without a civil war, and he begged
be would console himself with this certainty.
Mr. O'Connell handed in £BO from Ballinrobe, and
£6O from Cappoquin, including the subscription of Sir
Richard Musgrave, who was proposed as a member, and
admitted with acclamation. He then proposed Dr. Gray
and Counsellor Davis as volunteers. (Cheers.) He next
read a letter from Mr. Wellesley Ashe, late Captain of
the 93d Highlanders, enclosing £5, with hearfelt wishes
for the cause of right, justice, and liberty.
Mr. Ray read a letter from Mrs. Elizabeth Yourell, in
which she stated that she had sold her coat to be enrolled
as a repealer; and she would advise her countrywomen,
situated as she was at present, to sell their coats, not to
buy bayonets, as Lane Fox wanted, but to be enrolled as
repeaters.
Mr. Davis proposed that the association earnestly re-
commend the people's bands to use Irish airs and no
others, with the single exception of God save the Queen !
Mr. O'Connell seconded the motion, which was adopt-
ed, and then announced that the repeal rent for the week
amounted to £2,004 10s. 81d.
Mr. Mathews, the first chairman, announced that the
necessary preparations had been made for the repeal meet-
ing on the hill of Tara, on the 15th of the present month,
and that Irish harps, manufactured by Irishmen, and
played on by men with Irish hearts, were prepared for the
occasion. (Cheers.)
Mr. O'Connell said that the harp which bad long been
mute in Tara's Hall would be heard again on Tara's Hill.
The meeting then adjourned.

EXORBITANT TAXATION.—The county cess is so high
as sixteen shillings the acre in Corkaguiney, Kerry—half
the rent !

The owners of houses rented by the constabulary
throughout Ireland, are recalled upon by government to
secure the lower windows with strong iron bars.
The statement which has gone the round of several
papers of a seizure of cannon and powder destined for
Caher Castle, the seat of Lord Glengall, is utterly ground-
less.

A poor young woman in Belfast, who crawls along on
crutches, is said to be between 7 and 8 feet in height.
She is much debilitated from her overgrowth, and though
only 17 years of age, weighs 25 stone.
At two o'clock, on Sunday last, the house of William
Murdock, of Ballintue, was entered by five men (two of
whom were armed with pistols), who robbed it of five
stand of arms and three bayonets.— Westmeath Guardian.
A party of police who had gone to enforce the collection
of poor rate at Kilchrist, near Loughrea. met with resist-
ance from the people, and were in a short time completely
repulsed.—Limerick Paper.
A poor woman, wife of a man named Sullivan, a sawyer,
residing at St. John's square, Limerick, was on Friday
safely delivered of four children—one male, and three
females, who, with the mother, are all doing well.
STAMP DUTY—IRISH MARRIAGES.—According to a
clause in a bill now before the House of Commons, the
duty on marriage certificates in Ireland is repealed ; and
also the stamp duty upon leases for property of small
value, under certain circumstances.
" Out of forty cases which stand for trial at the present
assizes," said Judge Crompton, the other day, to the jury
of Kilkenny, in his charge, " no less than 21 are charged
with murder, or conspiracy to murder More than one-
half of the entire number 1"

Mr. Fayle, of Enniscorthy, is still alive, but his disso-
lution is momentarily expected. The perpetrators of the
horrid deed have not been apprehended, and not the
slightest clue has even yet been afforded which might tend
to tbs apprehension of the party or parties concerned in
this savage transaction.— Waterford Mail.
A paragraph has been making the tour of some of the
newspapers, to the effect that the army in Ireland amounts
to above 34,000 men. This statement is based in error.
Our force in that country, including all arms and ranks,
does not at present exceed 20,000 men.—United Service
Gazette.

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—A fishing-boat from
Malin-well port, having been out at Innistrahull island
on Friday night week, Was returning home on Saturday
morning, and when a short distance from the island, she
was struck by a sea and upset, and melancholy to relate,
five of the poor men who were in her found a watery
grave.—Londonderry Sentinel.
DEMAND FOR. REDUCTION OF RENTS IN IRELAND.—
A very numerous meeting of the landholders and occupi-
ers of five baronies of the King's Counts took place at
Raheen, on the 24th of July. The landhOlders attended
in great numbers, snd resolutions were passed demanding
a large reduction of rents, proportioned to the diminished
prices of agricultural produce.
One of the villains concerned in the attempted assas-
sination of Mr. Shee has been found guilty, and the trial
discloses a fearful feature in the iniquitous confederation
against human life—the existence " of a Black Sheep
office." " Black sheep," it will be remembered, was the
term which Mr. O'Connell instructed his followers to
apply to persons who voted for the Tories or in other re-
spects rendered themselves popularly obnoxious, and the
office is a place where the aforesaid followers can be sup-
plied with arms and money for the work of assassination !
Such is the machinery by which the war against the land-
lords is carried on.

MURDER.—A man of the name of Daniel Sullivan was
murdered last Sunday on the high road from Fethard to
Killinaul. Some time since he was in partnership with
two men of the name of Hely ; but a dispute having arisen
between them, Sullivan withdrew, after which the Helys,
r man named Timothy Murphy, and a process-server
named John Dooley, went to Sullivan's, and under the
pretence of having a civil bill decree, broke into his house
and carried off three cows and two heifers. Sullivan
swore an information against the parties, and Murphy
and Daly were arrested, who are to take their trials at the
present assizes for house breaking and robbery. On
Saturday last Sullivan was seen at market at Fethard,
with a lot o f lambs, in company with a man named Lucy,
and with whom he had latterly connected himself in the
purchase of cattle, and who travelled with him into the
county of Tipperary. Sullivan having sold the lambs was
on his way to this city to attend the assizes, to prosecute,
when he was murdered.—Cork Constitution.

CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND
IRELAND IN THE YEARS 1841-2.—We take the following
totals from a recent parliamentaryreturn:—

_
1841. 1842.
England and Wales ...... 20,280 .... 22,733
Scotland 2,688 .... 3,176
Ireland .

Total United Kingdom .. 32,254 .... 35,783
This exhibits an increase of convictions for criminal offences
in the whole United Kingdom, of 3,529 in last year, as
compared with 1841. But the most remarkable fact in
connection with these numbers is the relative proportions
they bear to the population—namely, England and Wales,
15,911,646 ; Scotland, 2,620,207 ; and Ireland, 8,175,238.
It will be seen that, in Scotland, the most educated peo-
ple, the proportion of convicted criminals to the popula-
tion is considerably smaller than in the other parts of the
United Kingdom. The proportion is the largest in Eng-
land and Wales ; but the calendars in almost every county
show that a considerable number of Irish, and very few
Scotch, are included in the convictions.

EXPLOSION AT A POWDER MILL.—On Saturday, an
explosion of Gunpowder, attended with the loss of two
lives, occurred at the Ballincollig milis, worked by Sir
John Tobin and Sons, of Liverpool, and so great was the
concussion, that houses in the western outskirts of the
city were shaken, and the noise was distinctly heard in
every part of this city, although the casualty took place at
six miles distance. The names of the sufferers are John
Carroll and Jeremiah Long, labourers in the mills. Not
the least clue, it appears, can be given as to the cause of
the unfortunate catastrophe. The quantity of powder
which had ignited amounted to twenty-one barrels, con-
taining 100 lb each. The mill technically called the gran-
ulating mill, has been shivered to atoms by the explosion,
the fragments spreading for a considerable distance around.
The bodies, too, of the unfortunate sufferers were riven
asunder, their limbs scattered, and as black as coal, pre-
senting a fearful spectacle. When the powder ignited,
masses of timber, machinery, slates, &c., were forced to
an enormous height, followed by thick, dark volumes of
smoke, which were seen several miles distant. Not the
least blame is attributed to the proprietors or the persons
in charge.—Cork Constitution.

IRISH NOTION OF REPEAL.—The letter of a corre-
spondent of the John Bull, who writes from Mayo, in
Ireland, communicates the following racy anecdotes,
showing what is understood by repeal among the enlight-
ened followers of O'Connell :—" On my way home this
day, I was overtaken by a lad with whom I entered into
conversation, during which he informed me he had just
paid a penny for repale.' Pray what is repale ?' asked
I. Why, the priest tells us she will do us a mighty de,il
of good, and will bring the union back to the county,'
answered the boy. And pray what is the union ? '
Fegs 1 they say it is a power of coarse linen ! !
(N.B. ' Union' is the name given here to a species of
cloth made of flax and cotton.)—An acquaintance of mine
received a somewhat similar answer a few days back from
one of his tenants, who had informed him his reverence'
bad told his flock at mass, that, in return for the shilling
he was endeavouring to extract from each of them, they
would, with other good things, get their parliament back.
Pray what is the parliament ?, asked my acquaintance.
Troth, they say it is a mighty big book, which the Sas-
senachs stole from Dublin at the Union I ' replied the
man,"