Glasgow Courier. — 1850-05-16 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

IRELAND.  •mouyi  tiiil  Savage Attempt to Assassinate Two Roman Catholic Clergymen at the Altar, in Dublin, on Sunday.—Dublin, Surs&y, May 5.—A correspondent informs us that, at nine e..m.'on Sunday, at mass, a maniac, young and well dressed, from Cabin telly, yam rd *Mahon, rushed into the sanctuary, White Friars Street, Dublin, as the Rey. Mr. Corrigan was celebrating mass, prostrated him by a violent blow on the back of the head with a piece of ash branch, three feet long, about four inches think, and three pounds weight, made for the purpose. The assassin then made another attack on the side altar on the Rev. Mr. O'Rooke, who was officiating there, inflicting severe wounds over his temples, and felling him to the ground. The man was instantly secured, and was with difficulty saved from the vengeance of the congregation. The lives of both clergyman, who are advanced in years, are despaired of; and, as might be expected, the greatest excitement prevailed. The Pope's Blessings.—" Cock 'em up with the Gospel!" So said Father O'Flogarty, when be tried all rigorous methods to gain the affections and subdue the stubborn disobedience of his flock. He bad called them on the altar, cursed them, quenched the candles against them, flogged them over and -over again, without the slightest bene- ' Mal effect; but—" Cock 'em up with the Gospel!" Eves so his Holiness the Pope comes back to his scowling subjects, with proscriptions, banishraenta, and confiscations. i Before him marched a vindictive Triumvirate, whose first , act was to reopen the peison gates, not for the purpose of i setting captives free, but to 11l the dungeons with new in- 1 habitants. Around is a host of foreign guards; and in his train are threatened prosecutions, and reprisals against every soul in Rome that ever dared to dream of freedom.— West.. swath Guardian.  Palace of Holyrood.—We are glad to observe that extensive improvements have been commenced at Holyrood, with a view, we believe, to the residence of the Queen in that ' palace, when her Majesty next visits Scotland. The .4 at which the Queen may be expected has not yet, so as we can learn, transpired.—Courant. Peblje Sale.—The lands of Mauricewood, lying in the parish of Glencorse, in the county of Edinburgh, with dwelling-house, offices, garden, Iso., extending to 61 acres Imperial measure, or thereby, were sold at public sale On Tuesday, at the upset prioe of .6'2,250, Lady Yeger's Church—The Rev. Mr. Gray was introduced to his new charge on Sunday forenoon by the Rev. Mr. Ritchie of LongfOrgan, who performed a similar service to his rev, friend at Perth three years ago. At the conclusion of an excellent discourse, he briefly passed an eulogium upon the high talents and character of Mr. Gray, Whose meals in his last charge was so marked that in less than three years the communion roll increased from 400 to 900. The Rev. Mr. Gray preached to his congregation in the afternoon; and the eloquence and fervency of his discourse prove him to be one of the foremost among the rising ornaments of the Church of Scotland.  The Rev. G. R. Davidson, of Lady Glenorchy's Free Church, Edinburgh, has been called by a majority of the Free Church, Handy, to preside over them.  Mg% Court of Justiciary.—This Court sits on Thursday, when it is understood that Pearson, the murderer of Dr. Wilson of Juniper Green, will be placed at the bar to answer the charge. Signs of Sumac—A gentleman who was walking the other day in the neighbourhood of a newly-established medical retreat in the north, inquired at a labourer who was at work on the road, how the concern was getting on. " Weel, Sir," was the answer, "its my opinion that it's just thrivin' uncommon. It mann be doin' a deal o' business, Sir—l've seen as molly as twa hearses standing at the door at ae time."—Courant.