The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-11-26 00:00:00

THE FIRST GRUBBERY FOR THE SEASON.

(From the Dublin Evening Mail.)
The elaborate banquet at Limerick has turned out to be
a very poor and stupid affair. The forenoon proceedings
were by far the liveliest, and they owed their animation
to the folly or the fault of the simple Friar who gave the
money (which is now seeking to be repaid by public sub-
scription), to set up the Temperance bands which enliven
the orgies of sedition.

The-bands played, and Mr. O'Connell tumbled, until
the hour appointed for dinner; and though lie seems to
have pumped his memory dry, and exhausted his imagi-
nation, fora new trick, there was nothing in his gambols,
either new or true or very attractive, save a diatribe, now
issued for the first time against the inhuman practice of
cold-blooded assassination. This, we must say, is " a
move to the right direction."
Come we now to the dinner—which, though it might be a
banquet, was no entertainment to any one present ; and,
served up cold again, can give little amusement to the
public. I❑ fact, the recent letters from Darrynane, mi-
nistrant as they were to the success of Tribute Sunday,
appear to have forestalled everything in the way of political
news which the demagogue had to tell, or the public
would be curious to hear; and so threadbare has the one
become in topics, so saturated the other with the perpe-
tual pate'd'anguilles, that new ground must be broken,
and the agitator has announced the welcome intelligence
that he is about to bestow all his tediousness fir a time
on the pock-pudding Englishers. "To be sure," quoth
he.," I cannot undertake for their capacity, or their vera-
city, or for their genius. They have not the shrewdness
of Paddy, which enables him to get at a fact much sooner
than his neighbours. It is to that I will devote the en-
suing months."
Repeal had not half the honours of the evening, for the
Charitable Bequests were i❑ great demand, and every one
had a pluck at its sleeve. " The Lion of the Fold of
Judah," the most rapacious of the tribe ecclesiastic, took
the lead in denouncing the measure; and, with teeth and
talons, menaces the destruction of the pen-fold, with
which the law would fence in the property of the people,
and protect the sheep and lambs—the widows and orphans
of the laity—from the ravening wolves which prowl round
the death bed of the wealthy penitent. " Formerly " said
he " the penal code was framed to bind the Catholic body ;
but it is the more recent, and the more fatal policy in
forging penal fetters to endeavour to have them fastened
on by some of their own deluded members." The " de-
luded members " mean, of course, such innocents as
Anthony Blake—such simpletons as Dr. Murray—and as
they are very competent to their own defence, we commit
them to the quarrel, and the tender mercies of the
Vatican.

The affair on the whole was rather more shabby than
shabby-genteel. The muster-roll of presentable names
amounts to twenty three, and Sir Benjamin Morris Wall
viz.; :

" William Smith O'Brien, Esq., M.P., took the chair.
On his right sat the Liberator, the Most Rev. Dr.
Mac Hale, the Right Rev. Dr. Browne. Bishop of Elphin ;
John O'Brien, M,P., E. 13 Roche, M.P., James Kelly,
M.P., Caleb Powell, M.P., Sir Valentine Blake, Bart.,
M.P., 11. Bridgman, M.P., N. Maher, M.P., M. J.
O'Connell, M.P. On the chairman's left sat the Mayors
of Limerick, Cork, and Clonmel, Sir Benjamin Morris
Wall, Sir R. Musgrave, Thomas Steele, Richard Barrett,
Dr. Gray, Alderman Lyons, Mertin Honan, ex-Mayor of
Limerick, D. Callaghan, M.P., &c."
The sum total may be analysed into two Titulars, ten
M P.'s, three Martyrs, one Chairman, and a City
Knight.
There were two great drawbacks to the perfect content-
ment of the parties : the treatment of the Liberal Press,
and an insult to the national flag. The first is thus stated
in a special note appended to the report :
"The only drawback upon the excellence of the ar-
rangements made for this splendid banquet was the very
bad accommodation, in point of room, provided for the
press. This should not have occurred in such a city as
Limerick."

The second is a more momentous grievance, and is
stated at proportionate length and commensurate vigour :
" The government steamers are again at their old
pranks—a strip of green bunting can't make its appear-
ance on an Irish River, that cannon, small guns, and cut-
lasses are not put in readiness for action. As the Kil-
rush Reapers, with their band, were coming up to Lime-
rick on Wednesday morning, one of the banners attracted
the attention of the Cyclops, and the packet was at once
hailed, ordered round, her paddles stopped, and herself
boarded by the lieutenant commanding, who minutely in-
spected the little boat to the no small annoyance of the pas-
sengers, The boat was delayed one hour by this absurd
ex hi bition.' '—Evening Freeman. _ _

When shall a domestic Parliament in College-green put
an end to such intolerable afflictions on a suffering and
patient people?

LA IV INTELLIGENCE,

PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.--The
judges have taken time to consider their judgment in the
case of Howard, Stockdale's attorney.
BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE—SMITH V. EARL
FERRERS.—In the Bail Court on Friday a rule was
granted to show cause why the venue in the case of Miss
Mary Eliza Smith v. Earl Ferrars, should not be changed
from Warwickshire to London. The defendant has
pleaded infancy at the time of the alleged grievance."

REFUSAL TO OBEY A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.—
The Court Royal of Jersey have decided that the jailor
shall take no notice of Mr. Justice Patteson's writ, com-
manding Mr. Carus Wilson to be brought before him. On
Thursday, on the showing of the Solicitor-General, the
time was enlarged for making a return to the writ of habeas
corpus, and a rule nisi granted to quash it, on the ground
that the Sovereign's writ does not run to Jersey.
FIFTY POUND TENANTS AT WILL.—The Court of
Common Pleas decided yesterday week, in the appeal of
" Gadsby v. Barrow," against a decision of one of the
revising barristers for South Lancashire, that a person
occupying laud and buildings of the annual value of £5O
and upwards, is not entitled to be registered as a voter
for the county in respect of the occupation thereof, unless
he holds at " a yearly rent" of £5O under one landlord.

THE COURT c - FASHIONABLE WORLD.

THE ROYAL FAMILY.—Their Royal Highnesses the
Reigning Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Gotha,
and His Royal Highness the Duke Ernest of Wurtem-
burg, arrived at Windsor Castle at twenty minutes before
two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, from Ostend. The
Queen and Prince Albert received their illustrious visi-
tors at the grand entrance, attended by the Marchioness
of Douro, the two maids of honor, &c.—Thursday being
the birth-day of the Princess Royal, the band of the horse
guards serenaded at seven o'clock in the morning on the
eastern terrace of the castle, performing several martial
and other pieces. The Duchess of Kent arrived at the
castle early, from Frogmore. Lodge, to offer her congratu-
lations on the return of her royal god-daughter's birth-
day. Her royal highness afterwards took breakfast with
her majesty and the royal party.—The royal children
continue in excellent health, and, weather permitting,
take their customary exercise in the neighbourhood of
Windsor Castle. It is currently reported, that within
ten days, should the weather continue favourable, her
majesty and the prince consort will honour his Grace the
Duke of Wellington with a visit to Strathfieldsaye, and
Arundel Castle is also named as likely to become the
scene of an early royal entertainment.

Thursday last was the birthday of the Princess Royal.
Lord and Lady Francis Egerton are entertaining a
fashionable circle at Hatchford Hall, near Cobham.
EATON HALL.—The Marquis and Marchioness of
Westminster have left for flalkin Hall, and intend to re-
main there about a fortnight, and then return to Eaton
for the winter.

The Royal yacht has been dismasted, and had her funnel
unshipped, and her alterations will be proceeded with in-
stanter. We are informed that she will have a false keel
of six inches added, and her rudder widened. It is reported
notwithstanding, that she will never be used again by her
Royal Mistress, who has ordered another vessel to be
built.

Prince Albert's German groom was seriously injured on
Tuesday, whilst he was following his Royal Master through
Windsor Great Park. His horse ran away with him
through the trees, and the unfortunate man bad his col-
lar-bone fractured and sustained a frightful contus.on of
the face, by coming in contact with a projecting branch,
which unhorsed him.