IRELAND.
The King's County Magistrates have received something like a re- primand front the Lord-Lieutenant, in the shape of a reply to the me- morial adopted at the Tipperary meeting. Mr. Secretary Drummond, by Lord Normanby's direction, wrote as follows to Lord Oxinantown- Dublin Castle, 17th :hammy 1839. " My Lord—I have time honour to lay before the Lord-Lieutenant yen'. Lord- ship's letter of the 12th instant, conveying a copy of the resolutions agreed to at a meeting of the Magistrates of the King's Comity, assembled at Tulla- more, in consequence of a recent lamentable event.
"His Excellency need not assure your Lordship that those resolutions
which express abhorrence of the crime, and sympathy for the afflicted family, have his eordisl approbation and assent ; but his Excellency deeply regrets that there are other resolutions, and much of the proceedings of the meeting, of which he is coastrained to speak in terms of strong condemnation. "" ith respect to those measures of the Government which were the subject of observation at the meeting, his Excellency feels that the present would not be a fitting opportunity to ewer on their defence. It' called ill gut st ion in the proper place, Ins Excellency will be prepared to maintain and justify them, and all other acts of his Government.
" Vile his Excellency is disposed to male allowance for the excited feel- logs produced by the recent melancholy occurrence' lie cannot but lament t hat a hotly of Alagistrates, called together such, and presided tire:. ir, the Lieu- tenant of their county should have so flu' fir orotten the olittit of meeting,
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us to convert it into a aisplay, of political feellug ; and his Excelliiitcy believes that those who took a prominent part in the proceedings will. 22 hen they re- turn to the exercise of their cooler judgment, perceive that the intemperate WiLleh they have pursued is ill-calculated to promote the professed ob- ject of the meeting, or to lessen those social evils, the existeuce in' which they deplore. "Anxiously deprecating at such a moment the effects of any possible mis- construction which might arise in an vacter, of the ..'ist1111Ids Of a more direct mark of censure, his Excellency preteers taking no fist-, her notice of what is ob- jectionable in these proceedings, mud he will continue to dhiect every energy of the executive to the discovery and punishment of the guilty in this ease, and the prevention of similar atrocities, lit :inn:less of the inipcdoncois millet' may be throw!' in his way by the indiscreet comluct of those from whom, looking to their rank and station, lie wotald have anticipated on such an occasion as -the present conlial and effective cooperation.
" I have the honour to be, toy Lord, your Lordship's obedient humble
A requisition has been presented to the High Sheriff of King's County to tall a counter-meeting. It was signed by Lord Rossmore, Sir 'Phonies Esmonde, and about 15'1 gentleineu of the cotthty. So it is doubtful whether Lord Oxtuantown's self etde for injuring the Go- vernment will have much success. T h.; t noble per-mu addressed a letter to Mr. Rafferty, the Catholic priest at Ifurrow, requi, hill.; ;01 answer to the question, whet her, in his address to the people at Lord Norbury's funeral, Mr. Rafferty had reproached the Protestant noblemen and gentry with exhibiting exultation at the evidence! afforded by Lord Norbury's murder of the disturbed state of the country. Mr. Rafferty denied Lord Oxmaetown's right to questhm him on the subject ; but added, that he had made no allusion to the noblemen who spoke at the Tulla- more meeting.
The Leinster Express states that a requisition to the Lord-Lieutenant of the Queen's County is in course or signature, to convene ;t meeting for the purpose of coi.perating with the (Tory) Lads.: ales of King s County.
The subscription for the discovery of the murderers continues to receive additions ; but no evidence likely to lead to their conviction has been procured.
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