Glasgow Courier. — 1854-05-11 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

RAILWAY IRARES--CLOSING PRICEB.  Railways farther advanced, and close with an ap, pearance of firmness. The principal transactio were in Great Western and Lancaahire and York. shire.  -North-Western Midland 571 81 North Stafford 64 1 Dovers 5B/ 91 Ambergates 4l 1 Caledonians Eastern Counties Great Northern BBl 71 Do A 73 1 Do. B 119 21 Great Western 721 31 Lancashire and Yorkshire 591 801 Brighton 971 81 Manchester, Sheffield & Lincoln 19 20 Newcastle dt Berwick B4 5 North Midland 441 51 Northern of France 304 1 Aberdeen,  MISTAKEN LENIENCY is A CASE On the 291-h ult we called attei,tion tended by the Irish Government to on convicted upon the clearest testimony murder, and left for certain execution t by the judge, Mr. Chief Justice Monaha the wretch was tried. The case was hr notice of the House of Lords, in a mos pirate speech by the Marquis of West, sure any exercise of the prerogative of an Invidious task ; but it is a teak from not shrink when the prerogative appea abused in the manifestation of tendernes fully proved to have been committed murder is the greatest crime which en against his fellow man; and the death er was enjoined by the Almighty as penalty, long, verylong, before the Mos Whom, sheddeth man's blood by man s abed, for in the image of God made he the commandment directly common (Genesis ix., 6). To spare the murders certain, beyond all doubt is, therefore disobedience to the Divine command. when our streets exhibited per human sacrifices to Mamon, executiUn such like offences, this was our argurn punishment ought to be reserved for min der only, but that in the case of murde that punishment ought never, upon any be remitted, as the necessary effect of th be to peril the life of man of all things t The value of this rule is preyed by the i every time and in every country in whit regarded. In England murder has ha since murderers have had a monopoly since the gibbet has been assured to •icted ; the cases that have occurred years being the acts of mongers, perlaa moral as in physical nature. Such, on case i n Ireland. Doubtless emigration population generally, and the progres fry reducing still farther the numbers hurendered Irish murders less fruit., years ago, when they were moderately for the island—but still they are of for t rence, and we must think that 'ltch Cr mercy extended to Loney most greatly notion in number. Of. the villain's t donht whatever. His was not one which the administration of justice i cases in which a doubt of the justice gents not • free pardon, of the cons ought to do, but an irrational and sha under the shape of a mitigation of one who( ought either to he pnnishe punished at all. Such an irrational I promise ia the worse course, for its • to extenuate the guilt of the most hid putting it on the footing of an infer Loney MO properly convicted we has the Chief Justice who tried him; tin ban's words, as quoted by the Marq 'We give • line or two of introduction 'The murderer remained concealed year; he was at last taken; he was t tiee Monaghan, whose language at tl wan to this effect That be had neve trial where guilt was more clearly pr. could WU as to the justice of the s hold oat no hope of merry, and he sonar to employ the remainder of his Von in endeavouring to obtain the which he could not hope from man. was fixed for execution, yet a cowl; meet had taken place. Now, no one curred, except that a memorial had by • Roman Catholic Bishop and s and the only reason given for the t they did not wish the man to be Is Every one the least conversant with easy it was to get up a memorial th whatever, however improper or ridl The apology for the remission of moot was, that it was recominerded I each be the case, Mr. Monahan 'inc ferent person from Mr. Nlonalian 'ii not think that the exhibition of sacl of her Majesty's principal judgea ea the effectual administration of justi eumstaneed as Ireland is circumstan our limited space forbids us saying a , we could wish to nay of the adminis Ireland; but, even confined as we e our testimony to the justice of tl, Marquis of Clanrirarde, that in Ire! In England also, properly is too mu‘ care of penal justice, while life ril anxiously guarded than they ought i