New-York daily tribune., 1843-07-29
English Supremacy In Ireland.
rhe following curious article IS extracted froin

one of the Anglo-Irish journals:
To the Editor Of tke Merry Teiesraph:
S1R-It will not, | trust, be out of place 10
glance at the commencement OF British power IN
Ireland, more especially as this topic hes been
stuliously and may say, cautiously passed over
by the repealers, who have generated such DAN
gerous excitement among us, as unworthy OF
their notice This event, so important among US
in the present day, occurred In the 18th century
It was at this period that Pope Adrian sold Ire
land to King Henry H.. as fit had been mere
cha;tc,, transferable al his sovereign viii and
pleasure. This Pope granted bull to Henry,
which empowered him '' to enter and possess the
land and there to execute, according to his Wis
dom. whatever shallb necessary for the honor OF
God and the safety of the reaIm.'
And be itremclnbered that his infallibility made
this grant, in right of St. Peter and the Church
of Rome, to whom Ireland he said, "and the
islands whcrc Christ is known, beIong.' The
ostcnsib!e objects wcrc-frst, (" that the people
might be brought into obedience to the law, and
sin rooted out from among them second, that
the payment OF Peters pence should be enforced,
and the rights Of the people preserved nvioate
third, =" that the people might be reformed 10 some
better order of trade OF life His Holiness, thus
assuming Ireland to belong to himself, "in right
OF st. Peter made formal transfer OF it to the
King OF England, at the rate of penny a head :;
and on condition, | imagine, that the pence
shoull be paid. This transfer was accompanied
by gold ring, in token of nvestiture, and was
afterwards confirmed by BREEvE from Pope
Alexander Ill.
The opposition that Henry met with in Ireland
was trivial and unnportant. On the very day,
Of his arrival his title to the Iordship OF Ireland
was acknowledged by an immense number OF the
CHEFS and Princes Of the country Indeed Rod
crck O;Connor, the last native King of Ireland,
shortly aitcrward (ii75J entered into a treaty
with Henry. In this treaty, on his part, he un-
dcrook TO do homage and pay tribute to the King
of England. Such. then, was the commence
mcnt Of British power in Ireland. And those
who have not imbIbcd the repeal mania vii! per-
ceive that since that time, but especially since
the period of the Union, the prosperity OF the
country has increased to an extent unparalleled
in the history of any other state. am, sir,
Your very obcdient servant !ALrA.
fortadown, June -, lSi3.
u The C0mmcrcial thinks the above would
afford a bard Job for Mr.EO'Conncil. but VIC can
not sec how Suppose Mr.. O'Connell holds that
the Pope ever had any power or right tllus to give
away Ircland-which we do not believe MIR. orc.
actually does or ever did hold-wc see nothing In
the act of Adrian, Englishman as he was, at all
inconsistent with the present effort OF lrcland.-
Neither Mr. OConnc nor any other Repeater in
ireland has ever disputed the legitimacy or right
fulncss of the Royal domination in Ireland, but
all of them expressly regard and rejoice in Ficto
ria as the rightful sovereign of Ireland. The SUI
prcmacy Of the British Parliament and the corrupt
and fraudulent dissolution of the Irish Legislature
in '9S arc very different matters, which VIC do not
find nominated in the bond Of Pope Adrian.
TRIAL OF ABNER RoGERs.-The counsel for
this wroichcd man are making out better case
for him than VIC had supposed possible. 1t APP
pears that he was severely afflicted by fits when
IA child, and has been subject to fits of violent and
unreasonable passion, if not absence of moral
consciousness, ever since. Repeated instances
of his doing as no properly sane pcrsen could do
are sworn to. Still, if such insanity affords a
good defence for murder there can be little pun
shment for that awful crime, for few murders
have been committed while the reasoning powers
were perfectly awake and unclouded. lmmedi-
ately on rcopcning the Court after the mid day
adjournment OIL Wednesday, Geo. Il. Bigelow,
commenced the closing argument for the prisoner
He concluded at 6 o'clock, when S. d. Parker
commenced the argument in behalf of the Gov
crnmcnt. The nature Of the verdict was III doubt
at our last advices. We shall probably have it
this morning.
FlREs.--A destructive fire occurred on Wedncs
day night las, at Baltimore, originating in the
extensive gcntlcmcn's furnishing store of Mcssrs
Parker n Manchester, Baltimore street, between
Light and Charles street, and reaching the large
hat establishment of Elms & Seaver Both stores
were furnished with large and valuable stocks Of
goods, which, from the combined effects of fire
and water, were nearly If not entirely destroyed.
The former were insured to the amount OF II 500
dollars in the franklin Insurance office. The lat
ter in the Merchants to the amount of $500,
which will probably cover the loss.
Another fire broke out the next morning about
, O'Clock in the lumber yard of John Griffin near
Pratts,rect Bridge Damage not much more
than Sl00, winch is covered by an insurance in
the Firemen'S Insurance Office.
TnE NuloSAL ExrENDlruREs-Th following
official statement appeared with two gross and
fatal errors in the aIoney Article Of yesterdays
Tribune The true statement is as follows:
Statements II "a, expenses of the United States from The
an M1roh 1851. to the 81 March 1913 irciusire
F'rom March :, From March 1.
Heads gi tspsndi- ISL, TO Mdrch 3 lsi? to March 3
lures 1912. 1913
-
Civil miscellaneous *
foreign i7teIccurse. s6,2l5o 10 30 Sc s65 l5i 6s
Military II, ,oo3, SOS IL s2Is9I7 So
Naval 62t6,50a So 1858 617 90