IRELAND.

Press, Volume VII, Issue 804, 29 May 1865, Page 3

IRELAND.

Hp*rj ' (From the Some Fetes.) trial of the rioters at Belfast comdays ago, and is still proceeding, Bifcefcitt &c most*unsatisfactory manner. In cases the juries have been diswithout having come to a verdict. isl'JgP&e C ase of Davidson (a Catholic), with the murder of Murdock (a ll&ftttteetant), no verdict was had, and in the iiiiflfce-<£ Laverty (a Protestant), charged-with §Sl?ft6Jttttrder of Gormon (a Catholic), the jury |9fi§te jjgo discharged without having come to l|r*tirdict. At a recent sitting of the Court, PPjfr. Butt applied for and obtained an attachfS§iieai; against tne Belfi&t e "> s Letter, in Ifecsisequence of an article published in that liN&per relative to the juries in the cases of and Laverty, tried for murder, the Kjiijyinboth cases disagreeing. The News Iffrifylter in its article points out the fact that B'itt fiie case of Davidson (a Catholic), charged ifegtJi shooting a Protestant, nine of the jury ipweie for a conviction, and three for acquittal, Iffffojary being composed of nine Protestants % fllft three Roman Catholics, and that it* the I i&dee of Laverty (Protestant), charged with j itTg&Qcting a Catholic, 10 were for acquittal lit fad two for conviction, the jury being comjihMßd °$ Protestants and two Roman liliSibolics- The learned counsel, having read Bfte article in question, argued that it was te ;e jculated to prejudice the panel against his Davidson, who was to be put on his ferial again, and that it was a libel on the ifytannstration of justice at the assizes. ||\At the Donegal Assizes, Frances Bradley ipTtraS placed on his trial for the third time, for gillie wilful murder of Adam Grierson, in If April, 1863. At the two former trials the iljir? disagreed. Grierson was steward to ||y P _ Adair, and lived at a place called Grlenfiteegh, in the county of Donegal. He super-§r-ijjfcended an eviction of tenants, and Bradfather was amongst the evicted. It B\jas supposed that this was the motive which 'Siaduced the prisoner to commit the crime, l-.tpfetierson was shot, and died in a few hours, flawing, before his death, fully identified jj?3fea«fley as his murderer. The jury was locked up, and finally discharged without an E-agreement. The prisoner was discharged. has not been victorious in ftjSpperary. It, however, made such a dempsesbation as not only to astonish, but to feiase alarm to the weak-minded at the ex&t&Bt of disaffection which revealed itself at K&fr poll in Tipperary. By a majority of 11150 Mr. Moore has been returned, but 880 iPTUters, principally tenant-farmers, came P&rward at much inconvenience and at some impersonal expense to record their votes for Bpc GilL In seeking to get into St. llstephen'e, Mr- Gill has departed from the fejwian programme, and for this* desertion mm was nigh havingbeen roughly handled by 11» compatriots. The, Waterford Mail states Bp he had visited Carrick-on-Suir and made llpjeral attempts to address the people, but Bh i Fenians would not listen to him. They Bitok they did not want a representative in and would not let fiam speak. After making some ineffectual I efibrts to obtain a hearing Mr. Gill was retire. |k Jife Robert Romer, late a senior wrangler t-ftf Trinity hall, Cambridge, has been apPndmted to the chair of mathematics left PwewitW the death of Professor Boole in the IrQrieea'e "College, Cork ftr.JL Parliamentary return shows that the pSetri revenue of Ireland paid into the Exchein the year ending the 31st of March, 1?J1364, amounted to £5,734,231. This shows p jB» rnefc receipts, and does not include charges

Ik Mt Eobert Bomer, late a senior wrangler }|ftf Trinity ball, Cambridge, has been apPotimied to the chair of mathematics left fiwaßltbY the death of Professor Boole in the "College, Cork. ftr.JL Parliamentary return snows that the ISetal revenue of Ireland paid into the Exchein the year ending the 31st of March, i?J1364, amounted to £5,734,231. This shows S jB» neb receipts, and does not include charges -of collection. The following items make up 3§lt total :—Customs, £1,955,000; Excise, tSieaAXXK); stamps, £553,000; property plftfc income-tax, £575,000 ; miscellaneous, ?y&S7£3l 15s 4*L Senior, one of the Irish poor-law has been, killed on the .Irish He persisted in crossing when a train was coming up in spite SjHfallTemonstrances. agitation originated in the -Town v-Cbanril of Dublin by Sir John orey, For the C; abolition of official oaths offensive to Eoman * has been joined in by the corpora- '\ 3£eii of limerick, whose last meeting -was Vi&ffoted exclusively to a discussion on the ? subject It was brought forward by Mr. pC-Byan, the ex-Mayor, who claimed priority i-Jaa Limerick in the movement, on account f ~v£ a resolution adopted by that corporation >ciaMarch, ISG4, that a petition should be presented to Parliament for the abolition of r!;all each offensive oaths. He proposed: — \ : f * H»at a petition be presented to each House f ; ef liegislature, praying for the substitution V-t£ a simple oath of allegiance, -which may be iakenby all classes of her Majesty's snb- ■ -J^ B * or the offensive and insulting oaths and declarations now required to be taken by Catholics and by Protestants, and for the tV-maoval of all disabilities which still affect " :r . the Catholic subjects of the Queen." The Mayor, Mr. John Biekard OSnsly, in putting ;~'itaß resolution, said that, as a lioman Catho- ,; Iw, he felt degraded by being obliged to take " fte oaths which he had to take before he \ eoald enter the civic chair. The resolution * was passed unanimously, as was also another pledging the corporation to co-operate with " tiat of Dublin in the effort for the removal of these oaths, and for " perfect emancipation of conscience by removing all distinc*kma."~A few dap subsequently the Lord Mayor and a number of the members of the several corporations of Ireland waited on the Lord Lieutenant at the Castle to lay before him resolutions and petitions in reference to Hie abolition of obnoxious oaths. Sir John 6my explained the object of the deputations. Bjs Excellency, in reply, said he shoulc - abstain ftom giving ins own individual opinion, as the opinion of her Majesty's Government would, doubtless, be elicited by a i WL on this subject, which had been intro-1 dueed by Mr. Monsell in the House of Commons. A meeting has been held by the tenant femera ofTippMary, for &c pw?p»p <* founding a "ifationfllClub " forthe defence

of "free thought and action" against the attempts of the priesthood—as seen in the late election of Mr. Moore—to " control the one and unduly influence the other in matters strictly temporal." This gathering took place in Clonmel, and has caused quite a stir among the priests. It is a direct flying in the face of Archbishop Leahy, who selected Mr. Moore as a passed resolutions in his favor at a meeting of the clergy, and forced upon him an unwilling constituency, by bringing all the power oV the Church to bear in his interest. There is, as the step taken by the tenant farmers show, a strong feeling in Tipperary on the subject of what they themselves call '* clerical dictation," and they declare that they have founded this club as the " surest means of counteracting such undue influence, and securing in future the full and uncontrolled exercise of the franchise." This movement is entirely one within the Roman Catholic ranks, and it will, in all probability, make itself manifest during the approaching elections.