The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-16 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS having obtained a ich occasions, includ d '25, none of which Eibrrpool &tanbarb. TUESDAY )RNING, FEBRUARY 16, 1847 rnia brings us little in formation which is not of a commercial character. There are no news from the seat of war in Mexico, the American army being apparently detained in their position by the want of means to transport or . • . •, ever, has f 3. An important letter, how-. vay into the American papers, r, Commander-in-Chief of the n, which throws a little light of things, as connected with tnsatlantic brethren. from General Tai Occuna Army ( noon t that effort of on General Scot is decidedly opposed to ther than ,_ wind; concentrated their troop, The former place possession of as soon as the period of cessatil would be on the of hostilities expires, which about a peace, by the t Ge b( ‘rovembei. To bring of Mexico itself, the nly available course will of N ) possess himself of Vera'Cruz in the first i and from thence to march u 10 e 1 n any of out of the qi estton ; at ,h M exi c o is a peace 1? pended will be comp( noun yri the Capital considers Idmitting that the result does not think it pos blood and treasure ex- le victory, if the _ iered is ultimately to be given up, which he considers the only course left open to the United Strates. The precise view of General Taylor, as to the future conduct of the war, will be best conveyed in his own words : I do no ieemin - ff ii7apract ~i,n4- :e. ). It t ion as to ie most judi- lon our part, would be to takE possession [ld accent by dation, ext acid occupy session of i and that slready have pos hich 1 hope to take oon as I can get us all on this side I occupy Saltillo, inces, thus hold- Saltillo, Monclova, mai Wool has possession of the S will includ or Pr ing. Tar of by thi to Mexie her the 2.4 sive war- Californias' and say Drive us from the country ! —throwing on of carrying on otien blockading all her ports arse of this kind, if per- in the Pacific and the Gulf ie, would soon bring her to her provided there is ly stable for us to a governme treat with, hich, I be the case for many years to come Leers from the United Sta inforeements of volun ten or fifteen thousand, tg already been greatly sualties,) I do not be- advisable to march beyond Saltillo, which 0 miles beyond our depots on the Rio Ong line on which to keep up supplies a in a country like this) for a large force, attended with an expense which will be mplate, when closely looked into. " antic brethren will find this war an r ; and if they get out of it with 11 be most fortunate. The publica- and certain frightful to 'Our tra expensive affai honour th tion of th seems to have occa- Pz -6'un ( the 31st January gives the followin, which, how( nts confirmation As the 1 Mexican lor's advance wider General s they approached Victoria, met f Alexi !er Canales, to whom th No other 'p'articulars were 'oh- General Worth and Wo Wool arrived with I lv fortified at Satillo nmand on Christmas day. He pursued by Santa Anna, whose advance hung al days without offering battle e same journal that the io be the ultimate policy of the American Govern' it, with a view to throw-ing he commerce of the world. Mexican open ports to &vita Anna his d lded from the Governmen )ns of dollars, as his only means a carryir Phis, it is con- duded, can only be raised from the coffers of the id the demand has created great excite- church merit amongst the clerg WHOI T,l PVT V THE LANDLORDS THE CO upon Lord Georg( upon the conduct pursued towards thc destitute poor in different parts of Ireland, the Chancellor of the Exchequer made the following statement with res pect to the devastating course adopted by the landlords of ," he remarked, " I find, so g been entered into to main- vtions . hay is or their agents are iern of ejectment, under process for rent, to - had ever been known in the The number of processes entered II very considerably anything the County N far from subs tain the pursuing a s an extent I at the quarter s( they have been kt the quarter sessions of the - -c.s have been entered, of `‘e landlords for rent. that these proceed nulated the country, the people , ssed, to prevent their pro perty from being seized, or themselves thrown into prison, under decrees. There are districts in this barony where the towniands hitherto occupied by 400 or 500 persons are now uninhabited.' (Hear, hear.) This may account, per haps, for some of the thousands landed on the quays of Ltverpool from the Irish steamers—(hear, hear)—and if this course were to be generally pursued I should despair of the country ever being relieved." _ _ which 4000 are at the suit of ti The same 1 tugs haN hiving fled with all they poss, There can be little qi evictions to the fact that to these ,nay trace, in some measure, the large influx of - Irisli into Liverpool. There is one consideration, however, which tends to mitigate our censure of such proceedings as those adopted by the Mayo landoivners. The people, it is said, have expatriated themselves " with all.they possessed, to prevent their property being seized, or themselves thrown into prison under decrees ;" and it broadly in proof of a general combination to when so many as 4000 suits are speaks ver compelled to be instituted for the recovery of just claims in one barony. It is scarcely just, either, to set down the enforcement of such against refractory holders as synony mous with the set design to depopulate the country. Another important conviction is forced upon us by the Chancellor's statement, that the Irish population thus forced into Liverpool are farmers in Mayo, viz. the con viction that beings so wretched, so deplorably pauperised, could never, in a sound state of things, be permitted to be dependent solely upon the precarious issues of cultiva tion of mere patches of the soil for support. No such state of society, as that which must have existed in Mayo, could have grown up, had Ireland been provided with a liberal system of poor laws ; nor would the evictions com plained of have been thus recklessly and sweepingly resorted to, had the onus of supporting the dispossessed been imposed upon the proprietors of and famine-stricken beings besieging the door, of .ustomerth )t these classes cOttiers or farm the.soil. If the poor we►e been ontlitivate office, are a f existing in any part of ti stand in need ( THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSOCIATION AND BENEVOLENT FUND. If providence in youth and 'health for the demands of sickness or age be a good as regards any class of men, it is especially so in the class contemplated to be advaNtaged by the above association. The clerks of this country are n ill-paid class of men. Holding a position hant and the professional man et little permanent stake in m inadequate consideration, A its full prime ; for, in P;Overbiall the pros Peri and in 'many for les we, require the L education and appearance of a higher station, and thus preclude them the opportunity of laying rp. a little store for what, in homely phrase, is termed a day." A few instances there are, it is true, in uperior clerk rises to a junior partnership, and iced beyond the too usual fate of his class. ulk of cases, however, the lot of the clerk is aid toil and insecurity of employment in his nd of neglect and penury in sickness and which the is 'thus p 1 In: t best dm deelinc We annot blame the employer class altogether for this state of things. There are many concurring causes for istence, of which, strange to say, the improved edu- To an educated youth the distasteful, as affording little ration of the masses is one pursui ,pe for the devolopment of his awakened faculties. The mere handling of the rule and plumb, the hammer and the chisel, the lathe and the file, with the inferior ,ions, into which the mere artizan is thrown, revolt th e minds of those who have imbib e d even the shallow Dof our mecha nics' institutes, and our second-rate schools. Possibly, however, this obstacle to the "i higher cultivated class to artizan pursuits 'veneration or two, as the influence of may disappear „6, n, and the growing education of the artizans themselves in the principles of the pursuits in which they are engaged, induce a conviction that superior tatent is not thrown away in such pursuits• In the mean time, it is an acknowledged fact, that the youth of the country are crowding into the avocations of the clerk with far greater rapidity than the means of employment, which Other commerce or the professions afford, can obsorb our schools of dE the class of clerl of situations, and, in their old most helpless of any portion of our industrial population. The society to which we have referred appears to us to offer peculiar claims upon the gratitude, and invitations for the support, of the clerks of every description through out the empire, as well as of other parties similarly situ ated. It combines the benefits of lite assurance at a very cheap rate, with a system of annuities to commence at a specified age, secured by a guaranteed capital andmanaged with great economy. The benevolent department, sup ported, in part, by subscriptions, but principally by dona tions from our leading mercantile and banking firms, affords annuities to distressed members of three years standing, and. to the widows of such members, loans and gratuities to members, and medical advice gratis. Ano ther important and valuable feature is the use of . a " Situation Book," in which members out of employment can enrol their names, and thus be enabled to be provided with situations by the patrons and friends of the society. We cannot but urge upon our readers the strong claims of the " Provident Clerks' Mutual Benefit Association" to their support, and direct their attention for more detailed particulirs to an advertisement in another columr AIGBURTH RELIEF FUND The Aigburth Relief Committee, for Ireland, request us to return their best thanks to thoSe Friends who have so liberally contributed, and enabled them already to send pecuniary aid to the following Dioceses, viz. : 10 0 0 Killala Kilmor 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 70 0 0 Limerick Ossory .. So soon as the accounts are closed, a detailed statement will, we understand, be published of the receipts and ex penditure. Any further contributions will be thankfully received ALLEGED CRUEL TREATMENT BY A CAPTAIN DEATH OF A SEAMAN. On Friday, a long examination took place, before the borough coroner, relative to the death of John Dominic° .ecently arrived. It appeared that th deceased shipped from this port in August last, for Benin Whilst in the Benin river he caught the yellow fever Albert Doc which considerably reduced his whole of the homeward pas , mplained of area. less, though able to eat ;mu, atter part of the voyage he I )(wing the was, on severely beaten by the captain. He had been struck, kicked, and beaten by him with a rope's end, on several _ occasions. A few days before the arrival of the ship, the captain, it was stated, again struck him violen-ly, and his face was afterwards observed to be much bruised. Two days afterwards he took to his berth, and died. On the coroner adjourning the inquest till Saturday, Mr. Dow- ling, who ;at in court part of the time, said he considered it his duty, from what he had heard, to take both the captain and chief and second mates into custody. The _ _ examination lasted upwards of five hours On Satura (the captain and m only witness N;rho s se tesiimonv was of import was Mr. Woods, surgeon, who had made a post mortem examina tion. He stated, in effect, that he found the deceased had been internally diseased naturally for a considerable time, and that this complication of diseases was sufficient to cause death ; but that he had also found an injury of the brain, which had accelerated the death, and that the injury alluded to had been produced by external violence. He scarcely thought this injury could have been produced by a blow of the fist ; but it was probable that it might have been occasioned by a fall, or a blow given by a rope, knotted or loaded. The coroner briefly summed up, and the jury, after an absence from the room of nearly four hours, returned a verdict of " manslaughter" against the captain, but exonerated the two mates (Taylor and Thompson). The coroner, on his warrant, committed the captain for trial at the next assizes, and discharged the mates. The prisoner was taken in custody of a police officer to Kirkdale gaol, but will probably be released on bail on application to headquarters. The several witnesses were on Saturday morning taken before Mr. Rushton, but that gentleman, after briefly examining them, declined to interfere officially, leaving the case in the hands of the coroner. The following bills were read a second time in the ITouse of Commons on Friday :—Birkenhead Improve ment (Gas Works) and Purchase of Birkenhead and Claughton Gas Works. At eleven o'clock to-day will be launched, from the building-yard of Mr. Peter Cato, a fine new ship, of about 570 lons, and we believe she is to replace the Duke of Lancaster in the China trade. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST'S CHURCH, TOXTETTI PARK. —On Sunday last, in obedience to the Queen's Letter, a collection was made for the distressed Irish and Scotch, when the sum of £6l lls. Od. was raised after a sermon by the Rev. James Hassall. On Sunday morning last, a sermon was preached at St. Mary's Church, Bootle, by the Rev. John Crump, in aid of the funds for the distressed poor in Ireland, and in the Highlands of Scotland, and after a most powerful and eloquent appeal the sum of £lOO 33. 6d. was collected for the above objects. MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meeting of the Board of on Downes hip, one of the `British and North American royal mail iackets, and Mr. Jas. Sparrow, first officer of the steamer Levantine, of London, were examined, and found so well acquainted with all the higher kinds of nautical astronomy and surveying, as to entitle them to first class extra certi ficates as masters. At a meeting of the same board, held on Saturday the 13th instant, Mr, Francis Alexander Sims, mate of the Joshua Waddington, was found duly qualified for a first class certificate as master. Captain John Leary, of the ship Queen, was also examined, and found so well acquainted with the higher branches of nautical astronomy and surveying, as to entitle him to a first class certificate as master. We understand two sermons will be preached on Sun day next, in St. Andrew's Church, in behalf of the dis tress in Ireland and Scotland ; that in the morning by the Rev. John Jones, and that in the evening by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile ; and with such advocacy, in such a cause, and the acknowledged liberality of the congregation, we look forward to an amount being collected worthy the oc casion ; nor will we for a moment entertain the idea that the circumstance of there having been three handsome collections in that church during the last two months will in any degree steel the hearts of the congregation against that unparalelled and overwhelming distress, with which an Allwise Providence has visited the sister kingdoms ; but from which, so far, we have been mercifully spared, and which distress (extending as it does to starvation) needs immediate relief. We may add, that a new organ, both chaste and elegant, the workmanship of our towns man, Mr. Bewsher, has been lately erected in the church, and will be opened on Sunday next. THE WEATHER. — On Tuesday last there was a slight thaw, but in the evening frost set in, with a strong easterly wind, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning. On Wednesday, about noon, there was another heavy fall of snow, followed, however by a thaw, which cleared the streets considerably. During the night frost again re turned, and on Thursday the atmosphere was keen, though the sun was shining. On Wednesday a fine sledge, drawn by one horse, was driven rapidly through the town. On Thursday, the curlers were at work on the lake in Prince's Park. The frost continued, and the snow remained thick on the ground until Saturday, when the thaw set in in good earnest. On Saturday night and Sunday rain fell, which helped to clear the streets of much of the dirty snow, which gave them so cheerless an aspect. On Sun day, we had a brisk but mild breeze from the westward. We gather from the newspapers, that the snowstorms of last week were very general throughout the country. In the south they were particularly severe, and the railway trains-have, in many places, been greatly retarded. PROSPECTS OF POon.—'Contrary to expectation, the grain markets have again risen. In London, the fall of Monday week has been pretty nearly recovered. And at Wakefield, yesterday, a panic of purchasing seemed to have seized the buyers. It is, nevertheless, the opinion of those who may be presumed to be best informed, that there is no scarcity of rain to justify any such prices as Scotch and Enzlish naners con- cur in representing the quantity of grain held by far at_iresenti than the average usually helc Drdinari demand this Period. Whilst to meet the ext arising from the failure of the potato crop, the import have already been large, and are likely to be greatly in creased. As, however, winter has returned upon us again, the holders of grain are realising a temporary harvest. But the scarcity by which they profit is one of specula tion, not of profit. The stock of flour in Liverpool at the commencement of this month was 500,000 barrels. And the arrivals in Liverpool alone, during January ; ex ceeded 250,000 quarters of grain, and 1500 tons of pro _ . The quantity yet come from America Irn from Peters - burgh, that, on ti shipments of graiii will be made to the extent of 1 - 10,000 chetwerts of wheat, and 800,000 chetwerts of oats, rye, and rye-flour. These purchases have already been effected, and it is said that other 900,000 chetwerts are held, and coming down for shipment. The following letter from SEED FOR POTATOES Messis. Keeling and Hunt, eminent fruit broke! London, is of some interest. These gentlemen were in structed by Government to search for supplies of seed potatoes, and the letter announces their failure so far as the search has proceeded. Bermuda, they say, is their last resource ; but has South America been tried ? We presume there was not time for that, nor would it matter much if there had been. There seems to be a blight in the air or in the earth, and, until that be " killed," the soundness of the seed will not save it "Monument Yard, London, Bth February, 1847. " Dear Sir,—Your's of the 3rd is to hand. We iegret to state, that with all our exertions to obtain potatoes for seed, hope turned out a failure. France has prohibited the exporta tion. The Azores have likewise stopped the shipment, the drain for Indian corn from that quarter compelling the autho rities to fallback upon the crop of potatoes to prevent a dearth of provisions themselves, in proof of 'which the shipment of Indian corn is now stopped as well. We have tried Rus sia, both by steam and sailing vessel; both parcels were landed in a bad state, and disheartenect us from another attempt. "We haiie sent out instructions for a supply from - Bermuda, which will be our last resource. It is very evident that Ireland must fall back upon grain food; we look to the present visita tion as a Providential warning as to the futility of depending upon so precarious a root as the potato. The affliction will, no doubt, be severe ; but it will tend to the regeneration of Ire and--and God grant it so speedily, with the exercise of His mercy,--Faithfully your's, KEELING! & HUNT," THE LIVERPOOL STANDAIIO. WATER INQUIRY BEFORE THE ADMIRALTY COMMISSIONER, Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, JAMES ABER NETHY, Esq., Civil Engineer, opened a court of inquiry, under the Board of Admiralty, with the view of making such inquiries as would enable them to judge how far the proposed waterworks for Liverpool at Rivingtou would be calculated to affect the navigation of the rivers Douglas and Ribble. The business was opened by the TOWN-CLERK making a short statement of his case for the promoters ; after which, some conversation took place relative to the re quirements which they should give evidence upon, and also regarding the maps, plans, and sections which they intended to use kBERNETITY stated that he would confine the strictly to how far the rights of the Admiralty would be affected. Mr. BAWKESLEY examined :—I produce a plan of the entire water shades on the River Ribble. It is intended by the proposed works, to collect and impound the falling on a district of sixteen square miles of a mounta tainous country, ten miles of which will be reserved for the use of the inhabitants of Liverpool, and the remainder to be passed down the river Ribble. This plan I propose to put in before the Committee, and also a copy of the bau wing in a more uestauci plan LIIC zivurs which we affect. Mr. H. then showed on the maps the extent to which the rivers would be affected. We collect part of the water to reservoirs, which we will convey to Liverpool, by means of a main pipe, and the remainder , , r • to he kept in reserve until the inhabitants of Liverpool should amount to 800,000 people. The surplus will be turned into the river, and used for the supply of the ma nufactures on the river, and also for the use of the Leeds Canal The contents of the whole of the reservoirs are about 467,000,000 cubic feet. From the source of the Rodelsworth to the point where it enters the reser voir is two miles and one quarter. The discharge of the Ridelsworth, at the point where it enters, will be one yard, and we know that the depth of water is 54 inches ; and we know also that the evaporation is 14 inches ; so that the balance will be the amount of discharge. The united discharge of all the streams will be 231 millions of gallons per diem, or some where about 3,500,000 cubit feet. About 16,000,000 of gallons out of the 231 will be removed. Mr. ABERNETHY.—It would shorten our inquiry very much if you could give us the quantity. which is discharged by the river Ridelsworth at the point where it enters the Darwin_ and also the tmantitir taken from all the-ctreamo )ouglas HAWKESLEI -The entire water shad 4 square miles. The proportions would be one million and half cubic feet per diem at the junction of the Ridelsworth with the Darwin. The portion included within the oink line on the map would be about 916,000 cubic feet'per diem. The discharge of the Yarrow, at the point of its junction with the River Rostock, is 6,873,800 cubic feet, of which there would be affected by the pro posed works 1,968,300 cubit feet. It is necessary to ob- serve that the Yarrow runs through low land, and there will be more rain on the hills, therefore, these numbers are not to be taken as exact. The discharge from the Douglas, at a point near to its junction with the Yarrow, is, taken the same way, 21,310,000 cubic against 716,000 cubic feet. This is to be taken with the same reservations as before ; and it is on the supposition that 36 inches will be the total rain fall. The total dis charge of the river Ribble is 201,640,000 cubic feet per diem, of which the promoters Would affect 3,725,000. But one-third of the water which they would affect they are prepared to turn down the Old Channel. The rise and fall of the Ribble opposite Lytham is stated to be no less than 23 feet 71- inches in the month of July, 1836. The river is navigable to Preston for vessels drawing about from 50 to 100 tons. The Douglas is not navigable for larger vessels than those in the canals. The Darwen is not navigable, nor is the Riddlesworth. I do not think that the portion which we propose to pump from the Ribble would sensibly affect the navigation of the river. Cross-examined by Mr. HAILSTONE..—I cannot give any evidence other than I have given about the actual discharge of water from either rivers Ribble or Douglas. Mr. HAILSTONE stated that he intended to make but very few observations on the subject of this proposed bill, on the part of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company. Mr. ABERNETHY said that they did not intend to take cognisance of anything which did not affect the tidal har bours. Mr. HAILSTONE wished to impress upon the court that he only wished to offer evidence as regarded the lock at Tarlton, which was a tide lock -Mr. W. Stanley examined.—l have been engineer for the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company for the last 20 years. The water that passes by Tarlton tide lock is derived from Rivington arid the hills thereabout. I made a survey in 1842 of the river Douglas, from Tarlton tide lock to its junction with the river Ribble. That was done with the view of having the navigation of the river im proved, as we had for_ some time previous been seriously affected by stoppages from the dryness of the season. We have depended on the floods of the Douglas to keep open the navigation of the river. Having examined the proposed schemes, I am of opinion it will have- some effect, as they are about to take all the flood water of the Douglas and Yarrow. This scheme, in my opinion, will have an injurious tendency on the navigation of the river below Tarlton tide-lock. To the COURT.—I cannot give the quantity of water proposed to be taken from the rivers Yarrow and Douglas. Cross-examined by the TOWN-CLERK.—The river Los tock falls into the - Yarrow about. Croston. There is a very large amount of water shade which will not be affected by the proposed works. Tarlton lock is about 400 feet above the level of the sea. To the COURT.—I never guaged these rises. To the TOWN-CLERK.—Several persons have places for Thomas Turner, examined by Mr. HAILSTONE.—I have been two years lock-keeper at the Tarlton Lock. 1 have known the lock for twenty-five years,—and I have known boats to be waiting for ten days of an accumulation of sand in can only be removed by freshes or floods. It takes seven feet of water to allow the boats to pass up and down. The chief traffic is to Ulverston and Wales, in the articles of slate, limestone, marl, and grain. If no freshes came down the river it would be stopped up altogether. To the COURT.—The heaviest freshes occur in the Lry weal winter time. To the TOWN-CLERK.--TI feet and three at neap tide, a which pass up the Dougl - The TOWN-CLERK, in n as are abo pl stated that although they . proposed to take away some portion of the water, that still it would be inappreciable, and not at all calculated to injure the navigation of the river. This - closed the inquiry. CORRESPONDENCE ST. JUDE'S RELIEF FUND TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STA2VDAEn. SlR,—Permit me, as chairman of the " St. Jude's Relief ICommittee," to address a few lines through the medium lof your paper First—To those friends in England who have given us their kind and generous aid. Accept our sincere and hearty thanks. You have con ferred upon us the mournful but real satisfaction of act ing as your almoners : and it will be as gratifying to you to hear generally in this authentic shape, as it has been to us to learn by special cases in detail, that you are the honoured instruments of saving men's lives. men's lives ! Exalted privilege ! Yes, nothing less. We have it in evidence before us, that many— unable to venture to say how many, but literally many of our fellow-men who now live would have been now dead : that many children who still have parents, would now have been orphans : that many wives who still have husbands, would now have been widows, but for your bounty. Thanks_ frienfla • warm_ enr,li,d thanks for your Saving -we are seasonable gifts. "The blessing' of him that was ready to perish has come upon you." Secondly—To those of our brethren in Ireland and Scotland to whom we have sent relief. Pray excuse the wretched inadequacy of our remit . The applications made to us were very nume rous, and the funds at our disposal very limited. In the exercise of a conscientious discretion, we selected your cases ; but even the selection was numerous compared with the fund. We did what we could. And now our hearts are repaid by your grateful assurances that our contributions, though small, have replenished your fail ing stores, so as to prolong your successful efforts in si lencing the cry of hunger, and checking the advance of tanreg 7 , . 7 disease. You tell us, you have, by means of our help, saved men's lives ! The God of all mercy be praised. We thought of publishing a list of your names, and of our remittances : but to shelter you from a probably in creased urgency of demand on the spot, accompanied by a deteriorated sense of gratitude in those whom you sup ply,.we.postpone such publication. n Thirdly—To those of our brethren in Ireland who have applied to us in vain. . We cannot we do confidently rely on your forbearan hat it was w when we asst ourselves compelled to refuse any applications : that among the multitudes we received, many refusals were absolutely inevitable : and that in every instance we were )y what appeared to us the relative or comparative urgency of the localities under our consideration. Dear brethren, your unanswered letteri, still piled upon my table, are a reproach to me—a reproach which, I must candidly confess, I am wholly unable, in the 'ordinary way, to remove. Pray accept this acknowledgment; and believe that I have been so occupied while your letters were arriving, and am still so occupied, (the same applies to our Secretary, of whose untiring diligence in this good work I cannot speak too highly,) as to render it altoge ther impracticable to answer you all seriatim. Let no imagination of neglect, or even of discourtesy, damage the brotherly affection of any of you towards us. Fourthly—To the public generally ; and especially to those who appear to be still sceptical as to the existence, or at least the extent:of the►distress, and doubtful as to the wisest measures for adoption. Evidence, public and private—painfully convincing evidence—abounds on every side. Inquest after inquest has recorded the awful verdict, until (what is yet more awful) our ears have become accustomed to the sound — DEATH BY STARVATIQN. Read the following : Extract of a letter from John Limrick, Esq., J. P. Aidmana House, Schull I, lan. 6,-4347, "Stn,—ln forwarding to you 'a forinal report of four in quests, I beg . leave to direct your attention to the truly horrible details therein embodied, testifying so strongly the Melancholy condition of the population. "The medical officers being there examined on oath, de clared that these four cases, so far from being isolated, a f ford no more than a mere illustration of what is taking place with thousands around us, who must all sink under the same cala mity unless relief be speedily and extensively administered." Extinct from the evidence "Ellen Driscoll, sworn-LLives at Gubbeen, in the western division of Sohnll ; knew Michael Crowley—knew him to be exceedingly distressed—he had been at work on the Lowertown road, but was put off, a number of hands besides having been little bolt came into witness' hou - se, asking for somethini>::tOe4t; another child was with him, and witness gave a few spoonfuls of food to each, but the other child said that Crowley wanted it worst, as lie had not eaten anything for some days. On this, witness inquired of the child, why his father was not out look- ing for frt° ? the boy answered, he was lying on the straw, and not sick at all, and.was saying nothing, but had been kicking with his feet. Witness went instantly to the house, and found the door built up with loose stones, through the crevices of which the child had crept out; the child said that his father had built tip the door in that manner before he lay down. On throwing down the stones, Mick Crowley was found dead in side, and his little daughter lying beside him, quite emaciated and weak. From what witness heard and saw, she is fully per suaded that Crowley built himself in with his family, that they might all lie down and die together." This witness's evidence was corroborated by one of the jurors, who was present when the hovel was opened, and the body found. _ "Drs. Sweetman and APCormick, sworn—The countenance ?resented the appearance of much pain ; the body was emaci ated to the most extreme degree, not weighing more than five stone. The immediate cause of death was the obstruction created by Indian meal undigested. It is thus that the starva tion, now prevalent, usually terminates, as there is no strength in the system to restore action, and death ensuea, and with great anguish. "Grace Gogblan, sworn—Lives at Gubbeen, in West Schull ; dted, witness went into the cabin w her in a dying state. She was too "Catherine Hunt, sworn—Lives at Gubbeen; knew Marl M'Carthy ; she, her husband, and two children, came to the but little food, and had no employment.' One evening the hus band brought a pint of meal, of which a supper was made for the four. They had then tasted no food 'for two days. The day following he fell sick : before this he had been swollen, this he died scarcely any foOtt: witness had none to them, terrible, blitat last he died lying on the mother's avourin wick, SNIT bodiesof Mary M'Carthy, and child. Part of the woman's eye-brow and nose had been eaten away by rats, as also the limbs of the child. Witnesses had no hesitation in ascribing the death of both—no food being found in their stomachs—to " Case of Denis Brian, of Kilrnoe "Diary Brian, sworn and examined through an interpreter, being unable to speak English—Her husband died last Satur day;. they were in extreme want; had been four or five days before without any food, but a quart of barley meal among six of them ; her husband died of starvation, and nothing else; he was buried without a coffin, and they were all so weak that they were not able to carry home the door on which they conveyed him to the grave; they would all have died but for a shilling given them by a neighbouring gentleman. • "Michael Crowley - That actual starvation was the remote cause, and obstruction in the bowels the immediate cause, of death. "Mary M'Carthy—Actual starvation. "Timothy M'Carthy—Actual starvation. "Penis Brian—Actual starvation. " This painful narrative may be suitably concluded with a . . being examined on oath, declared that these four cases, so far from being isolated, afford no more than a mere illustration of what is taking place with thousands around us.'" The Rev. James Hill, of Rostellan, near Cloyne, writes " To know how thankful I must be for your assistance, you should see the scenes I witness, in visiting in this parish every conceivable ;Wieii of wretchedness, cold, hunger,--naleilnessj; no food, no fuel, no covering; the sickness of the body, the sickness of the heart ; utter helplessness, utter hopelessness. Food is the one great cry of the mighty famine of the nation; but some effort must -I ‘. to clothe the uc maae women and children. It is pitiable, it is terrible tq see them. There is a total want of bed covering. A young creature, ahoy, said to me, . 4 You gon't know how cold we are at night.' The words were simple, but they went to my heart." The Rev. Henry Sadlier, of Inchagala, writes : "I cannot say the distress is diminishing ; on the con- Lz au y, ii la ai.ul uli me increase, and, owing to the debilitated state of the poor from the miserable fare with which they are endeavouring to support nature, fever, diarrhoea, and a disease called by our people " the road -- amonf, them. Yeiterday I ascertained that many poor crea tures travel from this to Bantry, some of them a distance of 40 Meanwhile hunger and disease accomplish their quick work. On this simple ground we appeal for a temporary Whatever your views may be of the proposed Fifthly - -To the. congregation of Jude's. ' My dear Friends, We have now in operation our plan for a weekly contribution which shall cost us no - money, but be derived from a weekly abstinence—a day fixed on which we shall have no dinner ; calculation fairly made of how much is thereby saved in our domestic expenditure ; and the amount placed in our treasurer's hands every Sunday after morning service. Ido not know how many families among you have joined in it, or to what extent the members of your households have volunteered to carry to the credit of our relief committee was £2B 4s. 7d. I have proposed that this should be continued till the first stance; of the country may warrant. Persevere in this small sacrifice of self denial. It has many recommenda- sources from which you have hitherto been deriving your accustomed charities : and it is of high importance that we should bear in practical remembrance those words of comprehensive wisdom, " This should you have done, and . . I am, your's, with faithful affection, HUGH WNEILE Albury House, Aiyburth, Feb. 15th, 1847. --- POSTSCRIPT.—Our treasurer, Mr. Webster, of Rumford place, desires me to add to this letter, that our funds are exhausted, while communications of the most painful character, accompanied by earnest entreaties for help, are daily accumulating on our hands. FORGED BEGGING LETTERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR, — Permit me, through the medium of your columns to warn the public against a set of imposters, who are going about the town with fictitious statements of cases in distress in forged letters, purporting to be written by my self, and others of my brother clergymen, and earnestly to urge benevolent persons, on no account to give money to individuals bringing letters or petitions, without pre viously ascertaining from the clergyman, or other person, genuine one. The extent, and, fear the success, with which this system has been for some time carried on, ren ders it a duty incumbent upon every one to endeavour to discourage and check it. For myself, lam ready at all times to reply to any enquiries which may be addressed to me with reference to letters, or petitions, in which my name occurs. I am, Sir, Yottis truly, FREDERICK PARRY , 4, Falkner Square, Feb. 15, 1847. LADIES' RELIEF ASSOCIATION FOR IRELAND TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, DEAR have been requested by a valued friend, one of the ladies connected with this association, to draw attention to the following generous proposal recently made, the value of which may be lost unless it is speedily responded to : • N.B.—The committee beg to call attention to the following communication just received:— "A lady, deeply feeling the extreme misery of the starving Irish, convince that every one ought to , do the utmost in their power, though having a small income, offers to give .t 100 to the Ladies Relief Committee,' feeling sure it could not be entrusted to better bands, if, by the end of March. nine other ladies shall have contributed a similar sum each. But it will not be given unless other ladies will do the same." My correspondent, whose patient persevering labours amongst the suffering poor have for many years been known to me, and of which the extent will only be known on the day when all things shall be revealed, wished me Ur. M'Neilers name as a referee, in order to to secu of your pul )lication of to-morrow But I venture to add from myself, that Mr. M`Neile's consent would certainly have been given had I been able to make timely applica . •„ your's truly, THOS. NOLAN Hope-street, Feb, 15, 1847. P.S.—I subjoin. the names of the Hon. Secretartes lion. Mrs. Newcome, Ely-place; Miss A. Palliser, 15, :tier inu-zquau In 111 j Anisesu pper reiummte-Ktreet Miss Digges La Touche, 18, Fitzwilliam-square South, Dublin he Committee aM onorary Sec retavies by the Tr Messrs Purret and Co. London, and at the Office of theAssoci: W. GOWRING TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD My attention has ust been called to a paragraph in your paper of the 9th, which is altogether incorrect. I must, therefore, beg that you will have the kindness to insert this letter in your next paper. I have never been appointed examiner to any college, nor am I likely to be, for, owing to the loss of my sight, it is not a lik e ly s it ua ti on for me to occupy. Again, the article is incorrect in stating that I was for merly incumbent of St. Matthew's, Liverpool, as I was only the licensed curate. I also take this opportunity of correcting a former statement, viz. that I had been ap pointed to some church in London, as this was completely without foundation. I have never been offered, nor do I hold any Church preferment ; but I gladly avail myself of opportunities that have been afforded me of preaching to a few poor people in school-rooms, one of which is situated at Thomas -street, Kennington Common, where I have for more than four years lectured on Sunday and Wednesday evenings. Although Ido not hold what is usually called Church preferment, yet I have no doubt that the great Head of thd Church has preferred me to a post of useful ness, in ministering the glorious Gospel of the ever-blessed God to the lost sheep of Christ's fold, that are scattered of sin and unbelief. J. W. GOWRING. Yours faithfully, Stockwell, Feb. 11th, 1847 [We gathered the main features of the announcement in the paragraph from the Cambridge Chronicle, and we are of course unable to say how the mistake has arisen.] The Coroner yesterday held no less than four separate inquests, on as many children who had been burnt to death, in this town, through their clothes catching tire, in the absence of their parents. ANOTHER EXPERIMENT OF THE LIVERPOOL AND HARRINGTON WATERWORKS COMPANY, FOR THE MORE EFFECTUAL EXTINGUISHMENT OF FIRES. - Yesterday, about one o'clock, workmen belonging to the, waterworks named, under the superintendence of Mr. M`Donald (engineer of the company) and Mr. M`Gill, made ano one, of the ther experiment, and a highly satisfactory . force of ,their mains in projecting water to a great height, without the aid of ordinary fire-eng ines,_ so as to pro ve the applicability of the plan and the resources of the company for the speedy suppression of fires. One of the objects was to show the plan to the Government Commis sioners now here on an inquiry relative to the supply of the town with water, and who, wa learn, were much pleased with the result. The spot selected was by no means the most favourable—being at the top. of Lord-street, and close to the east end of St. George's Church, a site of considerably more elevation than many of the mercantile portions of the town. Short lengths of hose, with pipes of 7-Sths of an inch in the nozzle, were attached to a stand pipe from the main, and from one up to four of these branches were played for upwards of an hour, the addition of one, two, or three, to the first appearing to make little or no difference in the respective power of any of them. The quantity of water which they projected was very great and continuous. It completely lashed the east end of the Church, and not only went clear over the blocking above the cornice, and on to the roof in heavy volume, but at times ascended to the top of the flag staff, a height, we shoald think, little, ifat all, short of Soft. A great number of persons were gratified by witnessing the experiment, albeit many of them were pretty well drenched by the respective jets being dashed into heavy showers by the force of a strongish northerly wind, which was rather against the experiment. One of the pipes also played clear over a lofty house on the south side of Lord street. The plan, which combines hydraulic pressure with engine power, is decidedly much more effective than hand-worked engines, and if adopted will afford great and rapid protection to property in cases of fire — especially the lower parts of the town, and that, too, with a large saving of expense. MONS. JULLIEN'S CONCERT.—We beg to draw the attention of our readers to the concert to be given by Mons. Jullien on Monday evening next, in the Concert hall, Lord Nelson-street.. The announcement is of itself sufficient to attract all the lovers of fine instrumental music—such music as Jullien and his unrivalled staff can give in perfection. As an additional attraction, however, we learn that an engagement has been formed with Miss Birch, whose vocal powers will diversify the p erformances. It is seldom that such a treat is g i ven i n the provinces as that which will be enjoyed by the audience of MINIS. Jullien on this occasion. leb. 16, 1847. EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE IN A SNOT STORM, AND NARROW ESCAPE One of the most remarkable adventur s on record (v. ---.,, -_ ~ any inners wnicn you tmnK ougut to De curred last week to two influential gentlemen, the 00 proposed as the basis of a permanent arrangement ; join Jame's Sidebottom, Esq., of Waterside Mills, Hollins us cordially, and cooperate with us zealously, in saving wood, (Whose family will be well known to many of owl' men's lives. Liverpool and Manchester readers), and Mr. Edward When life is threatened in your own dear circle, where Wrigley, colliery surveyor and civil engineer of CrosS 4 your heart is indeed touched; when every passing hour street, Manchester. The scene of the adventure in clues' is watched as possibly th e l as t . h ow unseasona bl e, nay tion was, the bleak and lofty hills between Derbyshir4 how unfeelingly intrusiv e , would be the best and wisest and Yorkshire, only five miles from the spot on which 5 remarks upon schemes for permanent domestic improve- soldier of the 69th regiment perished a few weeks ago, meat ! how harsh all reflections upon the patient as having under similar circumstances, incurred his sickness by his own fault ! how barbarous all Mr. Wrigley, on this occasion,, was on a professiOnal predictions that. if spared, he will transgress in the same journey to search for the inlet of the Great Crowder way again ! and 0, how welcome, with the last and almost Brook, into the river Etherow. Hs was accompanied by forlorn hope of saving life, is the recurring visit of the Mr. Sidebottom, and they reached Woodhead Station. physician ! the nearest point to their destination they could attain by Look, then, on the famishing Irishman at the point of a travelling conveyance, by about nine o'clock on Monday death, not as a squalid intruder from whom you are in morning, by the train of the Manchester, Sheffield, and haste to avert your. disgusted glance,—not as a hopeless Lincolnshire Railway, which leaves Manchester at a guar idler who deserves to suffer, and whose life„if you save it, ter before eight. From thence they walked down the will be but idleness prolonged,=not as an agitator, or a turnpike-road towards Huddersfield, as far as the summit willing victim of agitation, keeping the country in a tur- of Holme Moss, and turned west war d our t o th e moor s, moil, and rendering life and prope r ty i nsecure ; —f or th e endeavouring to follow the boundary between the counties love of of thes HIM e things l o ved look upon him as a brother a snow storm came on, and they got completely-bewildered under the canopy of your domestic affection, and send, They took a direction which they conceived would lead send and pay the physician who can save his life. Look them into the valley down which the Great Crbwden upon him as a child, wayward -and wilful, if you please, flows ; but after a cold and fatiguing walk, theyrcame to when he was in health, but now sick, dangerously sick ; the road from Greenfield to Holmfirth, a distance' of sew and bear with me while I cry to father his necessary veral miles from the point at which they aimed. The - snow food, in the words of the anguishedin the Gospel was coming down at this time very fast ; there are neither' imploring the Great Physician, " Sir, come down, ere my paths nor vegetation in the desolate country they had tra child die." Sirs, send food, ere the people die. Govern versed, and the snow prevented them from obtaining tr them, manage them, improve them, educate them ! 0, sight of any landmarks by which to direct their course: yes : but how so, unless you keep them alive ? How so, They bad a copy of the ordnance man, however, with "if the silver cord be loosed, and the golden bowl be them, and after some consideration as to the course they broken" ? Alas ! " there is no work, nor device, nor should take, they again left the turnpike-road to cross the' knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave whither they are moors. This was about one o'clock on Monday, and they:, hastenine." had reason to believe that their best guide to the point or which they were in search was to walk in the teeth of the snow. To their astonishment and disappointment, how ever, after traversing a rough and precipitous coun try for nearly three hours, they came, at nearly four o'clock. upon the turnpike-road to Greenfield, at little more than a mile from the point at which they had first left it. Mr. Sidebottom, having confidence in his knowledge , of the country, they took a second time to the moors ; ,s 44.- , „ • winun racy believe was Crowden, and with difficulty reached its bed down a ledge of rocks. Darkness, however, had now overtaken thin, • utiem ; ann in following the stream Mr. Wrigley fell with violence from a rocky ledge into a pool four or five feet deep, from which he escaped with difficulty. The moors in this place affording a most treacherous foot:— Af- .noting, mr. Sidebottin, who is a stout man, being greatly fatigued, and having had several severe falls, proposed to rest there all night under a ledge of rock, as an irresistible sense of drowsiness was coming over him. Mr. Wrigley, however, opposed the proposition, feeling' assured that the morning would see neither of then alive ; and they made an effort to find the turnpike road. In this, however, they failed on account of Mr. Sidebottom's exhausted state. Mr. Wrigley, in addition to his fall in the brook, had been immersed up to the arm-pits in a great bog. In this dilemma, it is a singular circumstance that Mr. 'Wrigley, who had seated himself on a ledge of rock, regardless of the snow, to wait for his companion (who had called upon him to stop, de claring his inability to continue the journey,) feeling an opening beneath his feet, which he could not fathom even by holding on the rock with the bands, was led to hope there was some recess in which they could obtain shelter for the remainder of the night. In the darkness, how ever, it was impossible to see of what depth it might be ; and they were afraid to trust themselves to a descent which might involVe serious injury, or loss of life.- At length, Mr. Sidebottom, taking hold of the hands of Mr. Wrigley, was let down, and enabled to touch the botto m with his feet, and both of them descending, found them selves immediately in a cavern of the rocks, of irregular shape, but about three yards in length. anti or about one and a-half in width. ITere they at once resolved to peg, the night. After encountering severe sufferings through. out the night, in the effort to keep themselves, wet and benumbed as they were, in a state of consciousness, day light -at length gladdened their sight, when they dis covered that they were miles away from the spot which they imagined they had reached. Instead of finding themselves on the Great Crowden Brook, they found it was the. Greenfield Brook ; and the object by which they first made this discovery was the plantation, at no great distance, at the top of which stands the house known•by' the name of Bills-o'-.Tack's, the scene of a notorious , murder, committed some years ago upon a father and son; the perpetrators of which have never yet been discovered.• They pressed forward as fast as they could, having dis covered the locality, and soon arrived at a farm-house called Ashway Gap, where they broke a fast which had been protracted to twenty-six hours' duration ! It is a singular circumstance, that though they must have walked a distance of not less than nine or ten miles on , the Monday night, after leaving the Greenfield turnpike road, the cave in which they sheltered is not more than half a mile from the point they started from, and at which they had a second time found themselves at four ..ur o'clock : so that they seem to have journeyed, probably from some peculiarity of the country, continually in a circle. Mr. Wrigley states that the position of the cave is such that it is doubtful if it has ever before been visited ; and that if they had perished, it is probable that years would have elapsed before their bodies would have been discovered, if, indeed, they had ever been discovered ! Both of thf gentlemen Buttered-have ffeVeYely from the eff c e ts of eolu and bruises since—Mr. Sidebottom in particular —hut wv believe they are now fast recovering from them. WHAT IS LIFE ASSURANCE Under the above head, an able pamphlet h •-• published by Mr. Jenkins Jones, actuary to the National Mercantile Life Assurance Society, whiCh is well worthy terms, the claims upOn every provident person Of assurance societies, as the best media for supplying the absence of realised property, to be left after death, an d secur i ng en dowments for surviving relatives and friends. In addition to the valuable advice given, the work contains full infor - the various modes of assurance, the premiums 'rent offices, and the mode of proceeding iescription of assurance. To those who seek matron as to charged by diff w avan tnemseives of the opportunities offered by these societies, for securing reversionary benefits to their chil dren or friends, this work ought to be most acceptable, as coming from one practically acquainted with the suoject, upon which he writes, and, as is evident from its peru sal, weltinformed upon all its bearings. * What is Life Assurance? explained by practical illustra tions of its principles, with observations on each description of Assurance, and on the Rules of Premium by the different Offi ces: By Jenkin Jones, Actuary to the National Mercantile Assurance Society. Longman and Co. 7 H E CHASE, The Cheshire hounds meet to-day, (Tuesday,) at Astle ; Thursday, at Baddeley Hall ; Friday, at Hankelowe Saturtty, at Wrenbury Village. Sir W. W. Wynn's hounds meet to-morrow, (Wed nesday,) at Penley Hall; Thursday, at the Queen's Head; Saturday, at Plas Teg. GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON, 100 BUILDINGS BURNT.--"' The American papers, by the Hibernia, bring us an ac— count of a dreadful fire, which broke out in Boston on the night of the 29th ult., and spread with fearful rapidity, until upwards of a hundred buildings were destroyed. No loss of life, however, is recorded. GOING-A-HEAD.---In the United States Senate on, the 29th ult., a memorial was presented from the editor of s' daily Cincinnati paper, asking Congress to invest. Win with power to form a company to extend the magnetics telegraph across the Atlantic ocean ! The request was referred to the Post-office committee. _ Lord Lyndhurst, at present high steward of the, Uni versity of Cambridge, is mentioned as _ likely the chancellorship which is vacant by,the death of the. Duke of Northumberland. Prince Albert is mentioned in other quarters. In the event of Lord Lyn.dhurst's eleva tion to the chancellorship, Lord Lyttelton will be put in nomination for the high stewardship. HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.—The study of these sciences is so important in relation, to the public health, that every opportunity for acquiring a. knowledge thereof should be eagerly sought after. To-night, at the Concert-hall, R. R. Philp, Esq., Physiological Lecturer, intends to deliver a lecture profuse with beautiful illustra tions of the most interesting parts of the human economY. The subject, divested of technicalities, and rendered in- cyc as W Cll 1 Lae ear, cannot tau to highly interesting instrucjive,a_nd " 1/ and we shall expect to find the Hall crowded. A SCIENTIFIC ENTERTAINMENT.-It is with great pleasure that we call the attention of our friends to our advertising columns, where it will, be seen that the Rev. 11. Hampton has requested our benevolent and much esteemed townsman, Mr. W. M. Fisher, to deliver a lec ture on astronomy, and exhibit the dissolving views the Royal Assembly Rooms, the proceeds of which are to be applied to a charitable object. We need scarc ely say that Mr. Fisher's high position as a gentleman and scholar—his character as an eminent instructor—and h l5 popularity as a lecturer on scientific subjects, together with his varied and beautiful, apparatus, will be sure W command a full atiendance, and ensure a delightful enter tainment. He was recently in London, and spent 9 considerable time with the conductors of the Polytechnic Institution. He made a very large purchase of exquisite sliders, &c., some of which will be exhibited, for the first. time, on Monday eve n i ng . At hi s last lecture on natural scenery, for the benefit of the Church Missionary S o ciety, the place was so completely crowded, that many wil ° went could not obtain admittance. We therefore advis e our friends to procure tickets in time, in order to proven,' disappointment on the present occasion. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1847. 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On the contrary, it is now well ascertained and acknowledged, that we shall have a superabundance of " bread stuffs," the markets here are glutted, stocks are accumulating, and within the next three weeks or a month, we shall have upwards of 200 sail of vessels into our port, with bread stuffs, from all quarters. Yet prices are going up, such is the force of public opinion, and the operations of a speculative mania. The accounts received by the Hibernia as to the stocks of cotton are confirmatory of the calculations given in a correspondence inserted in this paper about a month since. We may have some further information on this subject for our next. We understand that Messrs. W. S. Dixon and Co. have taken the 60 barrels Indian corn meal, subscribed for the distressed Highlanders, to Glasgow, free of charge. PORTRAIT OF THE REV. T. NOLAN.—We have seen an excellent engraving by Lupton, from a painting by Mr. Hawksett, of the above rev. gentleman, which strikes us as the only faithful portraiture of him which has yet been published. It will be remembered that Mr. Hawk sett is the artist whose admirable likeness of the Rev. Hugh M`Neile is familiar to most of the friends of that rev. gentleman. The engraving may be seen at Mr. Jef freys, carver and gilder, 88, Bold-street. miles, to collect sea which they boil with a little tom, INQUESTS YESTERDAY BEFORE THE BOROUGH CO- order to eke out th eir one w o e s ed r s m all pittance of food. When speaking RONER.—On view of the body of a new born female child, on this subject to t he p olice, he assured me that a few which on Wednesday last was found thrown over the wall nights before he found a n umber and ..- ‘, ee li restingn t iLn u of the Workhouse burying-ground by a man who' dis , , the roadside :. each had parc el o n : e s i e l Bantry Bay, and they told, it was the chief part of air appeared. The body was encloSed in a box. There was food. This at any time is unwholesome fare; but under their no mark of violence on the body, and the ()Pinion of Mr . musLntp,c)lsrocnumsr.nc%Anedsdian th a e s m l a i nner they use it, it is ab fooiwnfrteo.proonat I ab- Grimsdale, surgeon, who made a post mortem examinatio n cabin was that it had been still-born. Verdict accordingly.— On the body of Margaret Flynn, aged 53, a married we- 1 the way side. On entering a miserable hovel, I f i o u un a o was requested to look at sonj , children " : children in fever, the youngest apparently at the lt of death. ur Approaching them, I perceived a figure covered up in the heap man, residing in Paul-street. It appeared deceased had been complaining for some time, and that she died from of straw, and inquired from d a young lad who stood by me. He p u se y o u f u th m e a ni y other Wing by the poor 'u o ra n the re disease of the lungs. Verdict in accordance. — On the u dwr n he c en o n. ve l r sb e ie d iehe t i h ilad e dt fa dilie c e e cd judge what my feelings were bodies of Margaret Gore, Ashby-street ; Mary Ann Alil three days. 'This woman I p eft " a uus chil ligan, Vernon-street; Isaac Evans, Lambert-street; and loss. Her husband had been for two months m e family o p, ptid had lain there eatn2F mploy- Ellen Boote, Woolf-street,—all children, and each of ne to . lament her ment on the public works. and had lust obtain x .Ti his family, though fret whom, during the absence of their parents or friends, that were so severely burnt, by their clothes catching fire, uently relieved from my fund, they died soon aftentards. In one of the cases the ver- duced to extreme misery. A short time since ho was one of Of most athletic mountaineers I had ever seen. He is now a diet was accidental : in the others "no evidence to show how their clothes took fire." miserable, famished object ; and all his children equally exhibit evidences of star va tio n All ac k now l e d ge th a t th e THE NIGHT ASItLUM.—The Mercury states that at relief administe re d h ere h as save d num b ers f rom p eris hi ng , an d this asylum shelter and warmth are all that can be offered to-day the priest told me th a t w ere it not for what I have be en tb poor applicants, with the exception of a few potatoes enabl ed to do for them, hundreds more must have been in their on a Sunday, when the inmates have no chance of earning graves.. a dinner ; and goes on to say that Mr. Councillor Parker The Rev. Thomas Tuekey, of Dromaleague, writes : proposes to improve on this plan, by sending a cart round "Famine, disease, and death, are daily increasing, and claim on Saturday to the principal residents of the neighbour- ing their victims among us. Two men were by . mere accident hood, for such broken meat and bread as can be spared. found dead this day. In the consequent search in the house of He has also offered to find the man, cart, and horse for one of three children were found dead together, the vie • fever. Help from every . quarter . will be found neces this purpose for a few weeks, te try the experiment fairly, il and said he would speak to some of the inhabitants to nary to prevent the utter depopulation of this unhappy country." Rector of Schell, h e s ays induce them to forward the plan. The cart passed through lna letter I received on Saturday from Dr. Trail!, several streets in the south part of the town on Saturday, and with very considerable success. We concur with our " Our average mortality now amounts to 40 per day." contemporary that the suggestion does great credit to the I might, but must not, multiply such extracts. heart as well as the head of the worthy councillor, and What shall we say to these things ? Doubtless it is right sincerely hope the plan may successfully be extended to that statesmen should deliberately discuss the general other parts of the town, so that not only a Sunday dinner questions of the relations between landlord and tenant, of but an occasional meal ma y b e a ff or ded to the destitute poor-law regulations, of such remunerative improvements inmates of the asylum. The result of the experiment, so as railways, of emigration, of protection and provisionfor the liberally made, was that 110 inmates of the Night Asylum working classes and the poor of England, of what a govern were provided with a substantial dinner on Sunday ; and ment ought or may be expected to do, and what a govern the sum of 255. was received to be distributed in soup ment ought riot, and should not be expected to do ;—doubt tickets. The receipts would have been much greater had less it is most fitting that, after a careful, and candid and . more publicity been given to the proceeding ; and next comprehensive discussion, such general measures should be week it is believed that sufficient meat for at least 200 will adopted as will (so far as human sagacity can anticipate) be collected. Mr. Parker's cart went down Norton-street, remedy existing evils and establish a better system. But Islington, and the Crescent, to Richmond-row. Such an discussions of necessity require time ; and - the wisest effort P *cod* waking in every ward in our town. measures, when adopted, must be of gradual operation. He diet ,r}i2,ii Second Nir,. -..... I F S PI b Povverfal inl OR, T, , r ,A Quadri] oin I B ,,,tYrian, by VPping j, Mr. and Mir To TO-MORI rit IGHTEN O n MON] T e asurer,) t 1 (1'321 su con clud s o usan, Miss 2s PR ICES o Gd• ; Pit Years of k. 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