New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-08
IRELAND.
An old story.


The historian saws OF Rome IN her &C.
,ererate cays.-when approaching the extinction Of
her freedom, By suffering herself to be made the
play.hing of ambitious despO,s org before she bad
Fmperors,-that az if .xaansted, she had become
incapable Of producing mighty men one Is tempted
to apply The principle TO those old countries and
er,nfs. tina. salasi employs With regard to Rome
ard men TIA, ttey are incapable OF any nsr Effort,
and can only repeat themselves aud that when
certain cy,ls has run cut the same events are re-
produced anew.
Nortstanything unusual for rulers. by Their syco-
rbants landed fer state .crali to shoS every now
and then how lutte wisdom Is required for govern
i1s mankind Neither Is II uncommon for those who
boast Of living under Constitution - the envy OF
surrounding nalons and the Al niration ofthe world
To call for few-lust few-improvemenis IN Is
such as would allow the nnety-niRe paris 70 share
with the hundredlh the night of returning 10 Parha-
Eent Their la< makers, and Otherwise managing
Their own affairs. Nor is 1t peculiarly novel IN lie
land hat the people, more than decimated by fan
me- disease landlord evicil ms, poor house desoia'
tons and emigration. should be torn 10 pieces oy
internal religious and political sflie and un"arhed
by many VlsltatoDe less loud anu stu0nihs should
not have learned wisdom by his latest thar, IKE the
vhiwind Tenoing the air and he thunder rocAngthe
earth threatened social chaos Oftne nation.
However, Dad DSttfT give you NOuic lhiti.u4hef
illustrative OF these events thai, lAe old friends with
new faces almost make you think them resuTfes-
tons, not new occurrences And begin win one
that shows great novelty Of invention, IN me mode
Of governing Ireland.
TUE "LoRD' (LIEuTESANT) AND THE WORLD
Be known, therefore, tina. weekly newspaper
has, for some years, struggled % erisf IN Ddoiia-
for TO the credit OF the taste. m)ra and respeciaoi
lily Of the metropolis, could Iot be said to Hrt-
by catering for the vicious, the impure the lovers Oh
depraVing denominations, by lerretIng out scandal
and nfamy, and then requiring hush money' as
the prlce Of suppressing then II Is OF the same
same stamp as The SafrlSf OF London. ! cthnot
MONT out Us tyne in keS-A ok, as | know not one
and perhaps you are so happy as not to have one
Mr. Birch, the proprietor and editor OF this DIS
reputable concern, knowing nat all Irish Govern
ments had hired the Of such as Aooody else
would accept for nothing, and which were " oi no
use but 10 the owner and an irish government
had "pestered AS his Excellency said on his ex-
animation BY counsel in the tIlal which Bncn insti
tuted ag ainst his chief Secretary for more money
the Government with applications 70 be taken lnto
pay-in ls4s-and though he had been doing his
dirty worst to blacken the Government all along no
doubt with view TO beng bought up" he promised
10 become thick and thin supporter.
He succeeded was closeted with the Lord Lieu.
tenant-conespOnded with his private secretary, vi.
Cory Connelsn--was hand and glove with clr W IL
ham Somervie-hsd access 10 the Castle back stars
--pockeed 80 700 and then, when the emergency was
over and he was dismissed, demanded $4,000 as the
balance due for services rendered "-mOiesty es-
tlmatIDg these services supernumeray 10 MS Ie5u-
lar employment, AZ $1,000 per snQum-and tull sure
that the balance would be paid to avoid exposure.
For this balance Birch brought his action IN the
Court of Queens Bench produced the corfeSp0a-
dence had his ExCele ncy, the Secretary and other
officials examined and displayed, to the disgust and
indignation of the whole community, the represen-
tatve of the ruler Of the British Empire IN close ald-
ance with a man whom no man OF Tespectaoihsy
mi ENcelleu(V ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS society 10
tuppoTt--vhlch he SAID was ms design" the cause
OF law and order, when stra ghtfoT ward and nlgn-
minded course would have commanded the service
OF the nobles pens, and TO put do wn fe hot headed
enthusiasts though with an army OF 10000 at MS ell
bow. ma col
erony6 IThe Castle lawyers blackened MIN ahh
his pSpsr-as Unconscious that the more infamous
they made hm and H. The deeper au lney sum 'Is
Government INTO degradation by It's connection Win
them. Bmchs plea for damages was thhl ms
paper lost its popularity from MS connech9 WIN ne
Government" which could moi nave Oeen 'sy
great as It's circulation az the time was out l,31O
weekly The object OF the Government IN paying
so high pnce fortnese worthless articles was, thar
buying up large quantities cnculalDg tnem WllsIy,
and getting them inserted In the papers OF England
and Scotland they might get the Impression pfoduced
that the Press OF ireland was In their faFor,-oi
which, by the way, they had not the support OF Il
single member, TIE ErtHlng Post excepled-a paper
widely different, indeed, IN character from The
World but nevertheless a hireling of the Castle
The Nation has put the finishing stroke 10 the IN
fanny OF Tue IOTl Ascfe ia ttAs
business by mentioning that at the very time when
The World Was body aud soul-but II hal no soul r.
sold TO the Government il offered any price Tor tne
use OF The Nations types and Office 10 pIlnt al IN
preston under plea OF a arrangement OF It's Owl
10 get al The NdtIonS secrets, ana betray them
It's proposed-as Lord Clarendon Is said 10 be
about TO leave Ireland-to have his VIce-R9yaly
commemoTated by colossal statue under IAe cnif-
aCttr Of Atlas leaning on a Post, and carrying The
World on his back
"sSAwLEY" REDIvWUs
Immediately following the trial Of the
Irsh Government for bribery, the charge being, no.
that they had bribed al all but that they would not
brbe more, came on another which Aas occupied the
Courts twice as long and which, from It's romantic
disclosures, Tiyals the iar.ianed story Of Richard
savage and will afford materials to some futaTe
Dickens 10 engage the feelings of his readers IN a
character more interesting than thai OF SmlAe.
young man who had obtained a Szarship' and
subse Quently honors and distinction in the DI5ln
University, brought an action for false imprisonment
IN Lunaiic Asylum against DR.. Harry VINO, De-
sides his situation Physician 10 the prisons, has
private LuBatc Asylum az F.nglas, fe. miles
north OF Dublin. The Doctor has a penchant for
taking care of those who, he faRcies, may require
his care ard, few years ago, had to pay LOO
damages TO a clergyman, who persuaded jury that
he was quite capable o. taking care Of hlnseh.
lie had hten smUggled into the asylum, and kept
there against his will But the Doctor wished to
make il appear thai he had a better clam here.
Inc Young man stoIy 10 the 'OliI was Ahh "
knew nothing OF his parents or friends only DR. n
~ who had actec his guardian slRce he could re-
Eaber any thin sed II HIM tha, AWE
of Monmouth. By the Doctor he placed At various
schools snd told when he entered College that be
must now make his own way IN HE. Accordingly he
did obtain a SizaIship with hoBors ami taught
sometimes young men N College, sometimes In IA u
ines IL Dublin and the eouatEy. He Sc zed by
the Doctors orders, and placed IN cell Ia WIS
Hospital for lunatcs-and 50 treated that he would
soon have been one. On the lri4l Dr. IA SAID he was
forced to acknowledge himself his father - his
mother being Mrs. SheTsIn, who had been marion
IN the Blue Coat Hospital lie did not swear ne toas
his 4IheT. Fifty stores are ahoat-tha the you,a IS
OF high birth and The Doctor well paid for the part he
has acted, and the like However the Jury took the
Doctor at LIS word, and gave 81 geo as ne
boys share OF the family property
THE CONTROVERSIES
But it is time 10 glance at matters of
more general, not to say national moment and