The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-11 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The first of August is fixed for the reduction of the
Irish spirit duty.
L.The Cork Constitution says :—" Repeal has stopped
the immigration which usually sets in at this season. No
English visitors will come to us in the midst of this agita-
tion. Killarney is deserted."

JUSTICE TO IRELAND.—The Times, in replying to the
charge that parliament pays no attention to Irish affairs,
affirms, that since the Easter recess only, no less than one
hundred and four and three-quarters of its columns have
been filled with debates on Ireland.

REPEAL V. TEMPERANCE.—Number of drunkard s
committed to bridewell, during the month of
June, 1842..
Number of drunkards committed to bridewell,
during the month of June, 1843 246

Increase in favour of repeal
—Cork Constitution.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—An unfortunate accident occurred
at the Theatre Royal last evening. A young man respec-
tably dressed, whose name we could not learn, was about
to be taken into custody by the police in the upper gallery
for some misconduct, when in order to escape he climbed
over the front and dropped into the middle gallery, and
from thence he precipitated himself into the pit. He was
taken up in a state of insensibility and conveyed to Mer-
cer's Hospital, where be died in a short time.—Dublin
Paper.

O'CONNELL'S VENERATION FOR AN OATH.—O'Con-
nell's method of extricating himself and others from the
charge of perjury would baffle the imagination of any up-
right mind. He considers, it would appear, that he is
absolved from the crime of perjury, not because he has
acted within the letter of his oath, but because the church
he has sworn not to subvert was in fact subverted by the
Act which reduced the nusbber of its bishops! This is
worthy of the dark ages. What must be the character of
the man by whom such an unblushing statement is pro-
mulgated.

DECLINE OF IRISH EMIGRATION.—There has been
an immense falling off in the amount of emigration from
Iteland this season, and this decline has been observable
at all the outports. In Londorderry, for instance, the
number of emigrants for British America and the United
States, during the months of April, May, and June, last
year, was 4,518. This year it has been only 1,687, show-
a falling off at this single port of 2,531, notwithstanding
the increased facilities afforded to the emigrant this year,
both by reduced passage money, and the government
allowance of one pound of bread to each emigrant per
day.

THE REPEAL MEETING IN DUBLIN.—WeII may Mr.
O'Connell call this " a great day for Ireland." It is a
sad one for the constitution. The shops are closed—busi-
ness of every description is suspended—not a tradesman,
an artizan, or a labourer—except, perhaps, a few of the
letter-press printers, necessarily occupied—has struck a
stroke of work—and all this that repeal may celebrate its
victory in ironical strains, assuming the mockery of loy-
alty, within the very precincts of the castle, where lies or
' sleeps the outraged representative of an insulted sove-
reign ! Let none of our readers be led away to imagine
that it was a vile and filthy rabble; it was no such thing.
It was a formidable array of at least thirty thousand well..
organised, well drilled, and well disciplined men—decent
and orderly in their demeanour—cleanly and well clad in
their persons—marshalled in battalions—obedient to the
word of command, delivered in a military tone by their
officers—marching to bands of music, and proceeded, each
regiment by its distinguishing colour, or flag. These, for
the most part, were green, the great majority represent-
ing the arms of Ireland—exhibiting the wolf-dog, and the
harp without the crown, or surmounted with the pointed
crown of Ireland—many of the trades wore green sashes,
scarfs, and neckcloths, and the bridles of the horses were
ornamented with ribbons of the same national colour, and
most of them on their right breast a bright medallion;
and all this was suffered to pass without " let or molesta-
tion ;" while, if a few poor loyal Protestants in the north
—ready to spill their heart's blood in defence of the
throne and constitution—venture in a peaceable manner
to meet in celebration of one of those victories, to which
her Majesty and her predecessors are indebted for the
throne of England—straightway are proclamations issued,
troops put in motion. The procession commenced passing
this office at twenty Minutes past twelve, and had not
ceased until five minutes after two. Every battalion—for
the designation is much more appropriate than that of
trade—every battalion, we say. was preceded by its banner,
which was generally affixed to an open carriage, drawn by
four, and, in several instances, by six horses. Opposite
the Exchange, being the nearest point to the Castle on
the line of march, the band played God save the Queen !
It was evident from the bungling and imperfect manner in
which they performed the anthem, as compared with their
execution of " party tunes," that their practice in the
former had been very imperfect.—Dublin Mail of Mon-
day.