The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-09 00:00:00

IRE AND,

REPEAL RENT.—The repeal reat for the past week was
only £289 2s. 2d.
The justices at Macroom, in the county Cork. have re-
fused licenses to carry arms to persons who avowedly
belong to the Repeal Association.
The. Attorney-General has informed the Nenagh guar-
dians that all foundlings brought to the workhouse suall
be reared in the religion of the state—that of the esta-
blished church.
The Dublin correspondent of the Times copies an.award
given in the Repeaters' Arbritration Court at Mary-
b:u ~ugh, to which one of the amateur magistrates, Mr.
I boroas Quinton, had appended his mark!
Tric hall-yearly meeting of the Mining Company of Ire-
-1 tout was heid, on Thursday, in the Company's-office,
Luwer Ormond-quay, Dublin, when a dividend of ten per
cent. on the profits of the past half-year was struck.
The Dublin Mail of Friday states that the authorities,
by some extraordinary and mysterious means, have be-
come possessed of a list of persons marked out for assas-
sination, and have given warning to those intended vic-
tims of the Tipperary Tongs.
A man named Thomas Walton, a clothier, who had
originally been In the London police, was waylaid and
brutally beaten by four men in the neighbourhood of the
"Abbey," (county Cork.) on Tuesday evening. Walton
was left for dead with 18 wounds on his head, and now
lies in a precarious state.
THE ARMS ACT,—According to the Dublin Evening
Mail, the machines for marking fire-arms cannot execute
more than seventy-three a day, while the notices to regis-
ter amount to so many thousands that the entire marking
cannot be completed for months to come, unless a large
supply of machines be sent to the counties.
THE REPRESENTATION or TIPPERARY.— We are glad
to find that Mr. Ponsonby Barker, a gentleman of un-
questionable and well-proved conservative principles, has
manfully come forward to offer himself for the represents-
' tion of the county of Tipperary, in the loom of Mr. V.
Maher, lately deceased.
A gentleman of the most extensive property in the
county of Clare, who through the year has afforded labour
to one hundred and fifty of his neighbours, and also paid
the poor rates of his tenants, has left that place in disgust,
for England, in consequence of a portion of his ha,gard
being twice maliciously consumed within a month,.
MELA NCHOLY ACCIDENT.It is with regret we an-
nounce that Captain Bennett (formerly of this port),
master of the Tamerlane, of Liverpool, was washed over-
board by a tremendous sea, whilst crossing the Newfound-
land bank, in long. 52. The mate was knocked down by
the same sea, but unfortunately escaped the melancholy
fate of the master.—Walerford Chronicle.
MELANCHOLY DEATH.-00 Wednesday great excite-
ment was caused through the sudden disappearance of
the Rev. John Augustine Cronin, Prior of the Augustin-
ian Convent, Brunswick-street. It appeared that he at-
tended the dinner given to Mr. Beamish on Monday
evening, and that he had not been seen or heard of atter
10 o'clock, at which hour he left the dinner table, until
the following morning, when a diligent search was
made, but without effect, and casually his body was dis-
covered in a sewer running into the rivet on Merchant's
Quay. It appeared at the inquest that the deceased was
subject to vertigo and temporary loss of sight.—Cork
Constitution.

DREADFUL MURDER.--A Tim correspondent of the
Dublin Evening Packet writes as follows :—" Saturday,
Dec. 23.—This day a most inhuman murder was com-
mitted on John Shirlock, a respectable farmer, holding,
in conjunction with his brother, 200 acres of land in
Croalstown, a few miles from Trim, in the Athboy dis-
trict, co. Meath. This man came to Na Vali to consult
Dr. Byron on the case of his wife, who was extremely ill.
The doctor being absent on a medical call, the poor man
waited his return. The doctor gave his advice, and me-
dicine • being prepared agreeable thereto, the man pro-
ceeded home ' • on his way beyond the village of Dun-
derry-bridge (a short distance), he was waylaid and fired
at; the shot took a sure effect; he dropped, and survived
only a few hours.
MINISTERIAL WITNESSES FOR THE REPEAL DE-
FENDANTS.—Mr. Steele has given instructions to have Sir
Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, the Duke of Welling-
ton, and Lord Lyndhurst immediately summoned to give
evidence on his trial. Sir James Graham is his principal
witness, we believe in consequence of the fact that Mr.
Steele was a member of the Birmingham Political Unir
when the presitit Secretary for the Home Department was
a Whig. So decided is Mr. Steele's purpose of compel-
ling these four ministers of the crown to undergo his per-
sonal examination, defending himself as he did before
without counsel, that, notwithstanding his perfect know-
ledge of the extent of English prejudice at present against
O'Connelites and Repealers, he will, after examining
Lord Plunket, offer to go to Loudon and take his trial be-
fore a jury of Englishmen, if the Cabinet Ministers
should try to deprive him of justice by evading coming to
Dublin.—Dublin Evening Freeman.
RECALL OF LORD DE GREY.—The recall of Lord de
Grey from the Lord Lieutenancy of Ireland is reported to
have been decided on by the cabinet. The necessity of a
more cordial union, a more perfect agreement in opinion,
arid consequent decision of purpose arid act than have cha-
racterised the present executive of Ireland, in order to
creating and maintaining confidence in the government,
has been long since seen and felt. The return of Lord De
Grey may not take place till early in the ensuing spring ;
but that his lordship's recall has been determined
is—
we are assured from a quarter on which we place full re-
settled, -914..-121..ke. of. Richmond in MCTS
as the new viceroy.—Globe. There is• no truth in the
Globe's surmise, or rather his suggestion. Were it com-
plied with, the triumph of agitation would be complete,
and the ruin of both countries would follow. Lord De
Grey will neither abandon Ireland—nor be recalled—till
the great work which has providentially fallen to his lot
shall have been completed.—Evening Mail.
CONSPIRACY TO MURDER THE REV.E.NANGLE.-111•
formation has been given of a horrible conspiracy to mur-
der the Rev. Edward Nangie, his family and others, anti
to set fire to the colony in Achill. The circumstances, as
we understand, are these ;—A person who stated that he
was solicited to become one of the conspirators, gave in-
formation to the Rev. Mr. Nangle that a number of per-
sons had combined for the purpose of executing the des-
perate and murderous purpose alluded to ; that they in-
tended to enter one of the upper windows in the Rev.
gentleman's house, to murder himself and the other in-
mates, as well as the other persons connected with the
colony, and then set it on fire. On receiving this alarm-
ing intelligence Mr. Nangle, brought his informant before
Capt. Nugent, a magistrate, who took informations, and
issued a warrant for the apprehension of two persons
named by the informant as being of the conspirators.
They have been arrested and admitted to bail.—Mayo
Constitution.

SHIPWRECKS.—On the morning of the 24th ult., the
French brig Alpet, of and from Charonte, for Liverpool,
with a cargo of brandies, wines, &c., ran on shore in
Ballyteigue bay, and in a short time went to pieces. The
crew are saved, with the exception of the captain; and
the cargo, much of which was stove in on the breaking
up of the vessel, is under charge of the French Vice-
Consul for this district. We regret to have to state that
one death has ensued among the country people, from
having made too free with the brandy.—On the morning
of Christmas day, the Sicilian brig Salvadora, from Li-
verpool to Naples, with a general cargo, struck on Black-
water bank. She was soon after boarded by a boat from
Cahore, belonging to Mr. Matthew Byrne. Mr. Byrne,
finding his boat would not in the broken water approach
sufficiently near the wreck, plunged into the waves, and
succeeded, at the most imminent risk of his life, in gain-
ing the vessel, and rescued five men—the remainder,
seven, having taken to the rigging. With the five he
proceeded to the shore to bring with him a boat of lighter
draft, but before assistance could be rendered, three of
the unfortunate crew, including the captain, had perished.
The vessel is a complete wreck.—Wexford Conservative.
THE STATE PROSECUTIONS.—Wednesday last was
the day appointed for striking the special jury panel, and
counsel for both sides being present, Mr. Whiteside, on
the part of the traversers, applied for a postponement,
on the ground that they had been unable to obtain a copy
of the jury panel. This was objected to by the prosecuting
counsel, but ultimately it was arranged that an adjourn-
ment should take place until the following day. This
concession on the part of the crown is much censured by
the Dublin conservative journals, the Dublin Evening
Nail alleging that they have been in possession of the list
from the time it was struck, and that the traversers had
the dame means of obtaining it. On Thursday and Friday
the counsel for the crown and the traversers again at-
tended, when the list was finally reduced to the twenty-
four wlu are to be summoned as special jurors in this
case; and the first twelve of whom, answering to their
names, will constitute the jury to try Mr. O'Connell and
his fellow-conspirators. The names stand in the follow-
ing, order :-
1. James Hamilton, 14, Upper Ormond-quay, wine
merchant.
2. J. C. Papworth, 106, Marlborough-street, architect.
3. Captain E. Roper, 15, Eccles-street, Esq.
4. Stephen Parker, 2, St. Andrew-street, pawnbroker.
5. Edward Clarke, 128, Stephen's-green, W. Esq.
6. Benjamin Eaton, 8. Prince's-street, builder.
7. James Hamilton, 15, Chamber-street, ironmonger.
8. Francis Faulkner, 78, Grafton-street, grocer.
9. John Croker, 36, North Great George's-street,
merchant.

10. Henry Flinn, 25, William-street, piano-forte maker.
11. Henry Thompson, 28, Eustace-street,wine merchant.
12. Anson Floyd, 19, Wellington-quay, china warehouse.
13. John Rigby, 185, Great Brunswick-street,gunmaker.
14. Robert Hanna, 12, Henry-street, wine merchant.

15. John Holmes, 10, William-street, merchant.
16. William Longford, 19, Harcourt-street, Esq.
17. William Ord, 79 and 81, Cork-street, tanner.
18. Robert S. Stubbs, 5, Dame-street, linen draper.
19. Joshua M'Cormick, jun., 16, Usher-street, whole-
sale merchant.

20. William Scott, 42, Stafford-street, cabinet maker.
21. William Morton Woodroofe, 50, Abbey-street,
merchant.
22. George Mitchell, 20, Lower Sackville-street, to-
bacconist.

James Waller, 20, Suffolk-street, engraver.
24. George Fowler, 4, Anglesea-street, merchant.
The whole are stated to be Protestants and conservatives,
and, therefore, of course, the solicitors for the traversers
indulged in no little petulance on such a result. Nothing,
however, could be more impartial than the conduct of the
officers of the court ; and Mr. Mahony (Mr. O'Conne,l's
solicitor), at the close of the proceedings, said he felt
bound to return his thanks to the high sheriff and the
clerk of the court for their fair and courteous conduct.
The mode of proceedu re adopted on such an occasion as
this we have detailed in another paragraph, and it certainly
appears to us to be free from all reasonable objection.