The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-02 00:00:00

IRELAND.

At a meeting of the Cork town council on Thursday,
the mayor's salary for the ensuing year was, after consi-
derable discussion, reduced from £1,200 to £5OO.
John Cahill has been committed for examination, on
suspicion of being conceetied in the murder of the late
Mr. Waller and Miss Veteker.—Dublin Statesman.

Mas.
WALLER.—Mrs. Walleti;out of danger, and
recovering, though slowly. There are some persons in
gaol, on suspicion of being concerned in the massacre.
Two men are missing from the locality of Finnoe ; they
are supposed to be the two who were wounded, and that
they will not return, if ever they do so, until their
wounds are healed.

THE STATE TRlALS.—Notices have been issued by the
Crown Solicitor, and served on the several traversers, that
the pending issues will receive trial at bar, in the Court
of Queen's Bench, on Monday, the 15th January, pur-
suant to order.

NEW POTATOES ON CHRISTMAS DAY !—As the
strongest proof that could be advanced of the unparal-
leled mildness of the present season we mention the fact,
that on Christmas Day our table was graced with a dish
of new potatoes, grown in the open air, at Killevy Castle,
in: 4 e county of Armagh.—Newry Telegraph.
ORTATION OF POTATOES.—We stated this day 4+
week that a vessel had arrived at Barbadoes with a cargo
of potatoes, and found a remunerative market. The Prim-
rose, of this port, has sailed hence with a freight of Irish
potatoes for the Havanah ; and the China, of this port,
for Charleston, with a similar cargo.—Limerick paper.
SHUTTING THE GATES OF DERRY.-011 Monday the
usual demonstrations of rejoicing on the anniversary of
shutting the gates of the " maiden city," passed off with
much spirit ; the bells of the Cathedral ringing, the
ancient cannon from the old wall firing, and many of the
loyal inhabitants cheering. There was no procession, nor
any disposition to opposition.—Derry Journal.
DREADFUL AFFRAY.—On the night of the 15th in-
stant, being a fair day at Kenmare, some persons, return-
ing home, called into a public-house about four miles
distant from that town, in a village called Dourass, where
some difference arose between the parties drinking, and
a general fight took place. One of the combatants, a
schoolmaster, took out a penknife, with which he con-
tinued stabbing his opponents untill one got so mortal a
wo uud that he fell dead. Five parties have been commit-
ted to take their trials.— Tralee Chronicle.

SHOCKING MURDER.—We regret to state that a fearful
murder was committed in the neighbourhood of Cloyne.
The unfortunate victim was a young girl, named Fitz-
gerald, a servant in the employ of an officer residing in
the vicinity of Cork, and she was returning to her friends
in Cloyne, to spend the Christmas holidays with them,
when she was met by some men, who, it is supposed,
murdered her; for she was found dead on the road, her
face disfigured, most of her clothes taken off, and with
marks of violence on other parts of her person.—Cork
Examiner.

THE DUBLIN JURY:LIST.—The revised Jury list, ar-
ranged in alphabetical order, has been transmitted to Mr.
F. Shaw, the Recorder, who is now in England, for his
final inspection, previous to its delivery into the hands
of the high sheriff, Mr. D. C. Latouche. In the general
list there are about eight or ten thousand names, com-
prising all classes of jurors, but placed according to rank
and property. The special panel will probably contain
seven or eight hundred names, including, in all likelihood,
not much more than 200 Roman Catholics,
PROTESTANT ORGANIZATION.—A large meeting of
gentry and Protestant yeomanry was held, on Thursday
last, for the purpose of forming a Protestant organization
n subservience to the exist ng laws. Among those pre-
sent there were Lord Loftus (who presided in the chair),
and almost every person who was formerly connected with
the late Orange Society as officers in the district. The
utmost unanimity prevailed on the ‘ccasion, and all ex-
pressed their stern resolve to preserve at any hazard the
connexion between this country and Great Britain. Se-
veral most excellent speeches were made on the occasion,
all breathing the most devoted loyalty to the Sovereign,
and a determination never to surrender, but with their
lives, the blessings which they in common enjoyed under
the British constitution.—Fermanagh. Reporter.