The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-06 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL 'STANDARD.

inperißl arliamtnt:

• HOUSE OF LORDS.—
The Lord Chancellor took his seat on the
five o'clock

Marquis of LONDONDI

jesty's governu
the House of C

tit whether tt

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s the intention of tl
o issue her royal wa

~uenus LV LII Ulll.
replied to the objections urged by Mr.
lhering to the provisions of the bill as they Saltpetre
le assured the. right hon. gentleman had not Sugar ..
without very mature consideratfon. Rice....
)013 would support the motion for going into Hides

great 113
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Major 1.4 AYARD opposed the amendment, contending "In freights a very material advance has been es to _ _
that the bill would effect an immense improvement in the blished, and although many parties have as yet refrai ne
present system. from operating at the rates current, we must say, th at The new Provincial College of Belfast has been con-
Mosomr. Mr. S. HERBERT said the time at which soldiers usually taking all circumstances into consideration, we think there tracted for at a cost of £34,000.
woolsack at left the army was about fifteen years' service, and if the is every prospect-of their continuing to rule high for some A number of vessels, among which is the fine ship
right hon. gentleman (Mr. Fox Maule) had adopted that time to come, excepttin the event of accounts being re- Dromahair, belonging to Messrs. Kernahagan, are to sail
:sr inquired of her Ma- time in his bill, or fourteen, instead of ten years, he ceived of a very considerable reaction in the home mar- next, week with emigrants.—Sligo Journal.
bill now introduced into would have removed many of the difficulties in the way of kets, which does net seem probable." The British Association's report states that £240,000
ing the time of service in carrying out his object. - The right hon. gentleman also There was a disposition to a rise in the market for cot- has
follow- £5O been receiv
fed
he for the
roceeds relie
resulting from the Qf of Irish distress, including
nnrobation of the Corn- suggested several other alterations, which he thought ton piece goods. In metals less was doing.
The ,000, part o t pueen's
le
1-3tter.
." -km ilia- were the latest rates of freight:—
rn, _ ~,___ fi_z___ m_7_____. _4-4. 44..4. T.,Thl Kilmaine has

To London and Liverpool. The uasueoar retegraprt SLIALCS LUcst, .E•va ... .....------ --
£6 6 oto £6 10 0 per ton of 20 cwt. ordered to be supplied to his tenantry sufficient potato and
6100 to 6 15 0 ditto. - white Holland oats and barley to crop all the lands capable
615 oto 7 0 0 ditto. of tillage on his extensive property,
510 oto 517 6 14 cwt. LIBERALITY OF THE MARCHIONESS OF WATERFORD.
al5 oto 7 0 0 4 hhds. —We have been informed that the above lady is making
- - ' condition of

rnittee, though he did not altogether approve of the "UM ..... •• • k' .., s" .s. . -- -
ns of the bill. Molasses 7lO oto 0 0 0 the most strenuous exertions to
• some further discussion, the bill went through Oilseeds, jutes, and Lacs Nominal. the distressed in her neighbourhood:--Waterford Free-
ttee pro forma, and the chairman reported progress, Indigo, silk piece goods, and silk, £6 15s. to £7 !for man.
London, and £6 10s. to £6 15s. for Liverpool. The as

mitigate

sizes have just closed at Nenagh, and have re-
-52 sentences of transportation passed on different

and obtained leave to sit again.
The Marine Mutiny Billwas read a third time and passed.
SPAIN.
The house went into committee on the Fever (Ireland) . .
convicts. There were 26 such sentences passed au
Bill. Our accounts•from Madrid are of the 27th ultimo. It sessions in the same place, making in all 78 transports in
Lord MORPETH brought in his bill for the improvement was again reported that M. Salamanca would take a pro- the northern division of that county. within a few months.
of the health of towns, which was read a first time, and minent part in the formation of the new cabinet which EMIGRATION.—The quays are crowded every day with
ordered to be read a second time on the 23d of April. M. Pacheco and M. Pastor Diaz would most probably the peasantry from all quarters of the country, who are
NT,- c nonvrn. bromrht in his bill for the more effectual enter. The other persons spoken of were the Marquis de emigrating to America, both direct from this port, "cross
-ostitution, and Miraflores, M. Arrazola, M. Pena y Aguayo, M. Ros de channel" to Liverpool, as t'he agents here cannot procure
Olano, and Llorente. There was, however, as yet no- enough of ships to convey the people from this unhappy
winch was also read a
thin decided. The Heraldo denies that the Portuguese
country.
.., read a second time cm the 14th g
SPRING WORK.—Mr. Bradley's report to the Board of
government had demanded the armed intervention of
_______,o„.______ Spain. Works for the week ending the 27th of March, states that
HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNEsDAY. . PORTUGAL. the farmers were generally very busy, and much of that
The Sun of Satinday., in a third edition, gives the fol- apathy which heretofore existed was removed, and that
On the motion for bringing up the report on the Poor
Relief (Ireland) Bill, lowing particulars, received by express from Portsmouth: potatoes were in many instances planted, and that food
Mr. G. A. HAMILTON made a statement exculpating " Orders arrived this morning (Saturday) at Portsmouth • of all kinds had fallen in price fully 20 per cent. This is
f and Woolwich for the immediate embarkation of a batta- cheering news indeed.—Kilkenny Moderator.
e lion of marines for Lisbon, and we believe the same order The weather in Ireland continues extremely ungenial ;
_ .....noer 01 Llizis, ....----,
has been forwarded to Plymouth and Chatham. The indeed, the first two days of April more resembled De-
.aue against his conduct, as an Irish landlord,
Woolwich and Portsmouth detachments embarked this cember or January than the opening of the last month
on aiormer evening by Sir B. Hall.
B. HALL held in his hand two letters from rev. afternoon in the Sidon steam frigate, and left instanter of spring.. The ground yesterday and to-day was in some
Sir
gentlemen connected with that part of Ireland, telling for their destination. The Sidon is ordered to return to places covered with snow to the depth of two or three
England immediately after the disembarkation of the inches, with a bitter wind blowing from the north-east.
him that every word he had formerly said on that subject
troops. 'From the above orders and movement, it is Vegetation all about the city is completely checked, and
was perfectly correct. plainly stated that English interference has been solicited spring work materially retarded by the inclemency of the
Mr. LErROY hoped that the statement of Mr. Hamil-
ton would teach Sir B. Hall and other hon. members not by the Queen of Portugal to bring to a speedy close the late change.—Times' Correspondent.
to make statements affecting the character of Irish land- long pending and dangerous differences which have torn The returns of the Irish relief fund collected in the
lords without due inquiry. her kingdom." The Observer of Sunday clears up the United States are as follows :—New York, 78,414 dollars ;
."-r. YOUNG had received many letters from Ireland matter as follows :—" The Sun of last night sends forth New Jersey, 5,222 ; Rhode Island, 7,550 ; Virginia, 8,267 ;
' 'rig of the terms in which the order obtained by an alarming third edition, announcing the sudden em- North Car, 1,350; Alabama, 750, District of Col, 500;
sir B. Hall, on the 4th of February last, was drawn up, barkation of a battalion of marines from Portsmouth and Maine, 429 ;*Pennsylvania, 29,483; Massachusetts, 31,574;
"' that it ought to be expunged from the Woolwich, on board the steam frigate Sidon,: yesterday, Maryland, 7,500 ; Ohio, 12,000 ; Georgia, 2,400 ; Mis-
at Snithead, for conveyance to Lisbon, and revives' thereon
. .

,ngress to convey the

provisions purchased by the fund.
OUTRAGES IN THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK.—A mon-
strously audacious attempt was made to assassinate Darby
O'Grady; Esq., D.L., on Monday last, in the town of
Rathkeale, shortly after the assistant barrister had opened
his court, and while the streets were full of people. Pro-

videntially the weapon missed fire. The ruffian immedi-
ately withdrew, and thus escaped detection. Uis object
evidently was o murder the above gentleman, because he
dared to seek by legal process for the recovery of rents on
the Guillamore estate.—On Saturday last, while in the
• • •. 1 •11

lam—ere, for non

;ayment of rent, Wm

s-server w

attacked by an armed

party of men, who discharged four shots at n]
tunately without effect.—Limerick Chronicle

VAGE MURDER IN IRELAND.-
r has been committed near Shan

—Another

The victim was a
eircumstan,,, , named O'Donovan
between 400 and 500 acres of land,

and working

)duce of which he sold, the local
-narket prir smallest

es, in the

Mi. O'Dono.

a was al
a Cathol

returning from the R

e d him off his horse, and h

pointed more than one firearm against nm
rig missed fire, they beat him on the head wit
beatinz in his skull. He lingered until Mor

LE TOWARDS 6UF-
titution states, in

Cork Con_
t by the English towards ti

prom 01 LUC nyulFaLaa,
suffering Irish brethren, that he is at liberty to publish
the following particulars :—" A lady in Cheshire and her
two daughters—we trust they will pardon our giving their
names—Mrs. Robert Cook, of Liscard, and the .Misses

neighbourhood of

the destitute state of the poor in-thi.
Moate, and especially of their miserable condition on tilt,
estates of Ballinahown and Kilgarvin, resolved to try
what they could do for that locality by soliciting contiq-
butions from a small circle of their own immediate neigh-
They had at first little expectation of Obtainihg
iy considerable sum, as the more wealthy individuals