Mr. Maurice Brennan, a tenant of Lord Kenmare, whom that
nobleman refused the free use of lime and stone on his estate, for voting against the Knight of Kerry at the last election for that county, lee: been elevated by the Lord Chancellor to the commission of the peace for Kerry. through Mr. O'Connell's influence. Daniel O'Con- nell, Maurice O'Connell, and :Morgan J. O'Connell, have been also appointed Magistrates for Kerry.—Limerick Chronicle.
The Magistrates of Armagh have refused permission to keep arms to an Orangeman, who was dismissed two years ago from the Yeo- manry for attending an Orange procession. He was recommended to be allowed the privilege by two Justices of the Peace, one a Yeo- manry Captain, the other Lord Mandeville's agent.
In the evidence on Orange Lodges, published by order of the House of Commons, is a curious correspondence, between Lord Caledon, Lord-Lieutenant of Tyrone, and Sir Henry Hardinge, the Secretary for Ireland, relative to the appointment of Lord Claude Hamilton to the Magistracy. It is clear that the Tory Earl was opposed to the ap- pointment, and that Sir Henry Hardinge pretended to misunderstand him : he dared not do his duty in this instance. The following is the correspondence referred to.
" Dublin, 9th February 1835.
" Ste—As Lord Claude Hamilton has requested me to recommend him for the com- mission of the peac.s it becomes necessary for me to mention. for the infiwmation of his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant, the difficulty I feel in complying with his Lord- ship's wishes. " Since I had the honour of being named Limitenaut of the county of Tyrone, it has been my study to suppress party feeling ; and I had the satisfaction to know that my exertions had been so far successfel as to prevent the display of it upon all periodical occasions, except in the town of Dungannon. " Ou the requisition of the CtiSiOS notutorion. of Lord A bercorn, Lord Castlestewart, and nineteen Magistrates, in addition to several clergymen and country gentlemen, I convened a meeting of the county on the 19th of December. for the purpose of address- ing the King on his Majesty's assertion of the Royal prerogative ; and it was upon this occasion, I MAY SAY IN THE FACE. OF THE COUNTRY, Lord Claude Ilanlilt011 wits initiated into the Orange Society, was decorated with Orange emblems, and was publicly chaired through the town by a tarn e body. of Orangemen who were assembled or. that ',crayon. " This open and arowed adhesion to a particular party, and this disregard of what I con- shier the spirit which guides his Majestya councils, has been very painful to me, and places me in the embarrassing position which I attempt to describe. " tram I consider how mg hopes ef tranquillizing the country hare been frustrated, and KNOWING AS I GO that the conduct of Lord Claude Hamilton has caused INCREASED EXCITEMENT, 1 cannot offer this recommendation to the Lord Chancellor without ex• posing myself to animadversion. " On the other hand, when I reflect that he has been elected Member for the county. and that his rank and station fully qualify him for the appointment. I know nut how to withhold my recommendation. more especially as I do nut believe that the act of which I complain was in itself illegal, and, above all, when I am willing to hope. that. if appointed to the :Magistracy, his decisious will not he biassed by party prejudices. " Under these conflicting considerations, I lay the case before his Majesty's Ga. vernmcnt, and if no eljeetion is taken on their part, I shall submit his Lordship'a name to the Lord Chancellor. l have, &e.
(Signed) "CALEDON.:' THOM SIR HENRY HAROINGE TO THE EARL OF CAMERON.
"Castle. 9th February 1835. •• My 1.0R0-1 have laid before the Lord-Lieutenant yeti*. Lordship's letter of this clay's date. and I :tin desired by his Excellency to say that the sentiments you express and the jatliciaits cuntlect you have always obserctel in the county Ty roue in suppress. ing all p trey Nelings, meet with his Escelleney's entire couctirrence. The line son have pursued is in strict accordance with the principles by which his Majesty's councils are gelded ; and it is only by afro' and impartial adhcienee to this system that the ;weer of the country cats be preserved. (1"“m) The Lool.Lioutenant regrets that any circumstance should have occurred by which your 1.0r.wiip should have been thwarted in carrying into effect this most desirable system of discount-Me popular excitement : bet his Excellency, after an atlentive coustideratiou of the statement made by your Lordship. macnre in opinion with you ;!) that in the exercise of your discretion it is expedient NUT to se ithhold the commis- sion of the peace. I have the honour, 8:c. (Signed) " II. ITARDINGE."
The Court of Inquiry into the conduct of the Military in Carlow has been superseded ; Lord Mulgrave having sent down Colonel Warm to investigate the proceedings de novo.
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