The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

IRELAND.

Lord Morpeth has sent £lOO to the Pand for the relief
of the Irish poor.
DEEDS, NOT NORM !—J. L. W. Ishtper, Esq., of
Loughcrew, has converted his kennel yard into a soup
kitchen, .and is now killing his fine herd of deer, which
have been the pride and ornament cf his family for a cen-
tury* of years, to provide for the hungry people.
The Galway Vindicator reportsthe death of a labouring
man from starvation, when fifteen days' wages were due
to him by the Board of Works, and he could not procure
a penny to purchase food. Several other deaths are men-
tioned in conmvnnications from Galway.
The horrors of the west have quickened private charity.
The funds in the hands of many of the relief ccommittees
re, •if wisely administered. --qte t

o a large amount a
.4414 an hand ; the
.f. 564 ; and the Westport committee over £5OO.
On Tuesday last, there was an important meeting of
the landed proprieters of Londonderry, -attended, by every
magistrate in the county, to consider the propoktion of
Sir Robert Ferguson, that the landlords should submit to
a voluntary uSsesSment of ss. in the pound for reproduc-
tive labour. All acquiesced in the proposal, but few were

-, adequate
The Castlebar•committe,e has

STATE OF Roscommox.—Coroners' inquests have been
held on the bodies of three men in the course of last
week, and from the evidence adduced it was fully proved
that the wretched creatures had died from absolute hun-
ger. In consequence of the continuance of outrage and
robbery, the magistrates of the enmity haves marls OTI

plicatilin for an additional police force to be stationed in
the barony of Boyle. No man can count on the posses-
sion of his sheep or cattle fora single night.

OUTBREAK IN KERRT.—On Monday, about 306. pe-
rsons assembled at Killerglin, opposite the relief commit-
tee stores, and menaced the gentlemen employed in dis-
tribution. The police had to interfere to ward off a direct
assault on the establishment. They seized a fat ram at
the house of Mr. de Moleyn. The military were sent
for ; but before their arrival, the police succeeded in dis-
persing the mob. The cause of the attack is said to have
been the stoppage of the public works in the neighbour-
hood the day previous.

DEATHS FROM STARVATION.--The Mayo Constitution
of last week publishes seven cases of coroner's inquests
on persons died from starvation. One was found lying
dead in a field. Another, who died in a sheep house, was
with her family in the utmost state of destitution, and
one of the children had nothing to wet the lips of its
dying parent but a drop of water or a little snow. The
body lay for eight days before a few boards could be pro-

tne locality. A third was on a boy, one of a numerous
family. The evidence of the mother as to their destitu-
tion was truly melancholy. The last words of the dying
child to his famishing parent were, 'Mother, give me
three grains of corn.'
THE bust' LANDLORDS.—Government must have
some bitter pill for these gentlemen, to warrant the
Morning Chronicle using such language as the following
which appears in that paper on F "

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render the transaction obligatory. The Jury, after a
short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiffs—
Damages, £l5OO.
THE GUARDIANS
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tnhsgoeumrl,aerc
ti
map stee.
occupied Mr. Vice-Chancellor Bruce last week. It
Nreolarttehd, tofortmheercluysotofdt
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four
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ago, he then being a member of the Established Church.
The widow has recently become a convert to Romanism,
, in conse of which the grandmother and other ren-
_ -.lim ..istration and social influence were con- tives havee interfered, and having obtained permission of
centrated in the hands of the landed interest. The day the children, Mrs. North had them brought before the
of reckoning has come at last, and no class that we have court on a writ of habeas, to try the right as to their cus-
ever heard of has so many sins, both of commission and tody. After very lengthened arguments by counsel, the
omission, to answer for. The Irish landlords, then, are. Vice-Chancellor was of opinion that this was a case in
entitled to no favour from the Legislature ; stern, which the Court should interfere, and direct that these
rigorous justice is the utmost they can claim. They children should be brought up as members of the Church
alone, of all people in this vast empire, require to be of England, and that if they were placed with the mother
taught the great lesson that property has its duties as they might receive an inclination and a disposition towards
well as its rights." the Roman Catholic religion, in which it was the duty of
A DEMAGOGUE'S LIBERALITY.—At a meeting in Dub- the Court to see that they should not be educated. The
lin to provide funds for the distressed in that locality, children were consequently ordered, ad interim, into the
Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., presented his own dona- care of their Protestant relatives, and to reside at Hastings,
tion of £lOO, viz. £5O to the Dublin Fund, and, as evi-- the mother to have access daily for two hours, in the pre-
dence that his liberality extends further than to the popu- sence of one of the guardians, but wholly to abstain from
lation which he once represented, another £5O to a general religious conversation. The case was then, referred to
fund. A voice in the meeting, where this large contribu- the Master in the usual course.
tion was made towards the necessities of a people whom
he has assisted to impoverish, asked the question, " Will
you give up the repeal funds ?" The reporter of the' RAILWAY
meeting says nothing as to any reply being made ; but he

- During the
two centuries which made Ireland what'we now see her,
1 • •

AFFAIRS,

very naively remarks that the -hod. member " made a 10.

uke of Rutland will cut the first sod of the Am-
lway this week at Bottesfield, near Nottingham.
ie present month amount to

halfp'orih Of cheese, in Falstaff's tavern bill.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—The usual weekly meeting was
held on Monday. The attendance was above

£4,717,200
An extensive central railway station is about to be built
us average I at Chester, to cost £BOOO, and a commodious approach to
"- -"-- -'so contemplated. For the latter purpose,
;ended station

told us that he belongs half to Norkshire and half to
Lancashire, and I am sure you iih be all glad to join me
in twining a chaplet of red aura white roses to bind upon
his respected head. It has been observed that the quar-
rels-of railways are like the quarrels of lovers, and I can
only hope that all such will end in the closest nuptual
embrace (laughter and cheers). I feel that you must
all have better opportunities than I can have of becoming
acquainted with the excellent qualities of our worthy
chairman, but short as my opportunity has been, I can
readily understand the advantages the North Western
Railway must derive from the co-operation of one whose
public spirit and good humour are so conspicuous."
Wily ARE NOT OUR RAILWAY CARRIAGES WARMED ?-
-It is now nearly two years since this question was first
propounded in this paper. Since that time railway car-
riages in America have been heated ; and during this
winter some of the Belgian and French companies have
.also adopted means to warm their carriages. Have any
English companies taken up the scheme ? No, not one
that we know of. Some may ask, is the thing practicable ?
or will it pay ? It is easily practicable, and it will pay
better than other outlay on any line adopting the plan.
The swift boats on the several canals have long had the
scheme in operation—to warm their best cabins. Copper
tubes, about four feet long and six inches in diameter, are
filled with hot air, and laid on the cabin floor ; these will
preserve and give out heat quite sufficient for comfortable
warmth during a space of five or six hours. Indeed, we
have travelled with one for eight hours, the water un-
changed, and there was a comfortable heat at the end of
the journey. How you may say, can this plan be applied
to carriages ? Nothing easier. In all carriages a narrow
recess or box may be made across and under the floor
tthreemsta,
make
eeotwixf
thet tehaerriszetsfr,
frame
pwarhearlleeltwihethptahsesemng;
will allow of an outside opening to put in the hot-water
tubes they may be fitted, with doors. If this is not
passengers
if
practicable, let the door be in the floor, and be perforated,
shutting over the door, and then covered with the mat or
carpet ; this will equalise and diffuse the heat. One or
two stations will require a boiler to heat the water ; there
must be tubes to hold it, and the present staff of porters
would place them in the carriages in a few moments, even
in the longest train. Think of going to London, or
elsewhere, this cold weather, warm all the way, and warm
feet at the end. Reader, would you give an extra shilling
for such a luxury ?---Journal.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ALTCAR COURSING MEETING, FRlDAY.—Concluding
Ties.—Sefton Cup : Mr. Ball's Breeze beat Mr. Eden's
Eleus. Molyneux Plate : Mr. Deakin's Dusty beat Mr.
Woolf's Intrepid. Croxteth Purse : Mr. Hornby's He-
resy beat Mr. Ball's Madman. Altcar Stakes : Mr.
Deakin's Dot beat Mr. Matthews' Mountain. Christmas
Box : Mr. Jebb's Lapwing beat Mr. Swan's Sovereign.
West Derby Stakes : Mr. Ball's Miss Elis beat Mr. Jebb's
Hazard. Lancashire Stakes : Mr. Eden's Energy beat
Mr. Garvin's Grinder. New Year's Day Stakes : Mr.
Bennett's Byron beat Mr. Woolf's Nimble.
The mile race for £lOO aside came off on Monday, at
Bath, between Davies and Maxfield, when the former
came in winner by about thirty yards.

7 HE

CHASE,

-
The Cheshire hounds, on Wednesday, at• Bruera Staple-
ford ; Thursday, at Oulton Park ; Saturday, at Tatton
Park—at half-past 10.
Sir W. W. Wynn's hounds, on Tuesday, at Dudleston
Chapel ; Thursday, at Carden ; Saturday, at Penley Hall.