The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

IVELAND.

Unless out-door relief be speedily a;'
who feel for the people, Irela
grave-yard for famine's
The Central Reli
received, by "

.1 most become ohe great
,victic—Netcry lxvnziner.
Committee of the Society of Friers

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the handsc

sum of £7,000,
contnouted by the Society in America, for the relief of
the distressed in Ireland.
MURDER IN THE COUNTY KILKENNY, —A letter re-
ceived in this town this morning states that Mr. Prim, a
clerk, together with one of the constabulary, were
nurdered yesterday morning at Kells, county Kilkenny.
—Dublin Evening Herald of Tuesday.
ARRIVAL OF GRAIN AT CORK.—The arrivals of grain-
laden vessels—maize being the principal import—at this
port during the last few days, have been as follows :—On
the 11th, 7 vessels ; 12th, 8 ditto ; 13th, 9 ditto ; 14th,
5 ditto. In addition to these, our Cove correspondent
announces at least twenty others.—Cork Examiner.
The Cork Examiner says :—" There are nearly 1,000
prisoners in the county gaol ; and of these about nine-
tenths are in fever—the ' famine fever.' The extraor-
dinary number. of prisoners is principally owing to the
existing distress, the charges being generally for larceny
and sheep-stealing."

.
The *perary Vmdtcator says :—" The chapel gates
in many parishes are posted each Sunday with notices
from persons desirous of disposing of their small farms, and
of quitting them on any terms that may be offered.
Whilst this is the case, the land is idle ; no effort is made
to prepare it for the spring crops ; the landlords, in the
majority of cases, either will not or cannot interfer6."
Goon EXAMPLE.-We understand that the Messrs.
Keating, of Sylvanpark and Cabra, have raised the rate
of wages to their labourers from 10d to 13d per day. The
peasantry, to mark their gratitude for this act of season-
able thoughtfulness on the part of the Messrs. Keating,
lit bonfires on Sunday night last, at Fordstown, where
Mr. J. Keating holds a farm.—Meath Herald.

RENTAL OF IRELAND.—A return of the aggregate net
rental of all Ireland as assessed to the poor-rate of the
several unions, has been made by the Irish poor-law com-
missioners, in obedience to an order of the House of
Commons. According to this return, the aggregate net
annual value of all Ireland, as assessed for the poor-rate,
is £13,187,421 6s. Bd.

• ARRIVALS OF CORN AT CORK.—There have been fur-
ther very extensive arrivals of bread-stuffs at Cork, chiefly
Indian corn, from New York, Vienna, Lisbon, Oporto,
Genoa, and Leghorn. The Cove Shipping List announces
the arrival of upwards of twenty vessels, with bread-stuffs,
including two cargoes of wheat from Marseilles. , Indian
corn declined .£l'per ton in the Cork market on &tur-
d...,

EMIGRATION FROM SLlGO.—Upwards of three hun-
dred persons, including men, women, and children, will
take their departure from Sligo upon Monday next, per
the Rover steamer. They are all emigrants, who, in
despair of obtaining a living in this wretched land, are

about trying their
them without any-

Fortunes, with little means—many of
in a distant country beyond the seas.

Sligo Champion

FOOD RIOTS IN FRANCE.—CHFRBOURGH, MARCH 12. MICILLINGAR, MARCH 18.—I am sorry to say the corn
Things have come to a fearful pass at Cherbourgh. The market here to-day was beyond the market price in Dub-
soldiers are kept at the barracks ready prepared, and two lin, on Tuesday, according to your quotations—Oats, 96s
fights since were called out, but only a few stones were per barrel ; oatmeal, 28s. to 29s
,wn. The night before, the mob broke into a baker's to the great demand f-- 'd.

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house and distributed the bread. For two nights then
has been a cahn, although the corn is daily rising in price.
DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY AT CONSTANTINOPLE.
—A postcript to our Constantinople correspondent's let-
ter, dated Feb.. 27, announces that a conspiracy had just

G tor seed, as I am happy to say the
sowing is getting on far better than was expected, but it
raises provisions fearfully.—Correspondent of the Dublin
Evening Mail.

EMIGRATION FROM WATERFORD.-We are informed,
on the authority of a highly respectable gentleman from

Justice, and a great many influential paellas, were com-
promised. Numerous arrests had been made, but no par-
ticulars had got . wind. Great excitement pervaded all
classes.—Morning Herald..
_ A correspondent of a London paper, describing the recent

the county of Waterford, that upwards of two hundred
tenants of the Duke of Devonshire, in that county, have
tendered their leases, being resolved to emigrate this
spring to America. They are solvent and substantial
farmers, and, therefore, of the class which Ireland can
least afford to lose, and furnish, we fear. an index to th,w.

Roman carnival, says that the English have generally
distinguished themselves in the war of sugar-plums; but that
none rivalled a peer, who stood on a balcony and scattered
his comfits till they lay ankle-deep in the street. He dis-
dained to retreat when a lemon struck his face, and only
requested the police to prevent the use of such " illegal'
missiles.

from among whose ranks emigration is likpy to prevail.
Cork Reporter.
A JUST ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—At the assizes for the
county of Donegal, just terminated at Lifford, the grand
jury entered the following resolution in their order book :
—" Resolved,—That the grand jury of the county of Do-
negal, assembled at the Spring Assizes, 1847, cannot se-
parate without expressing their grateful sense of the sym-
pathy so liberally displayed by the people of England
towards the distressed state of this country, and stating
their conviction, that without reference to country, dis-
tress was never' proved to exist that England did not
hasten to its relief."

PLENTY or FOOD IN AMERICA.—We have been favoured
with.the following extract from a letter, dated Baltimore,
23d.February, 1847 :—" We regret to hear of the scarcity
of food in Europe ; here there is a great superabundance,
and though vast amounts have been sent ,forward, the
granaries of the great west are as yet comparatively un-
touched. The canals will soon be open, and great amounts
will then be sent to the seaboard."

" PRIESTLY TYRANNY."—A correspondent of the
Kerry Post says—" The man (Mahony), who was so
violently used by the Rev. George O'Sullivan, P.P., as
described in your paper of Saturday last has carried his
complaint before Bishop Hegan. He has served three
processes on his reverence for the amount of his loan ;
and has summoned him and his assistants for the assault
and forcible entry. If the priest does not succeed in hav-

RUMOURED MASSACRE IN RUSSIA.—The Constitu-
tional contains an account of a disturbance, which was
said to have broken out at Mohilef, in White Russia.
The disorder commenced at a banquet given by the offi-
cers of a Russian regiment, at which some seditious toasts
were given, for which several officers have been reduced
ks. A -

—Le ran _ rising oA ne peasantry on several estates
followed, accompanied by the plunder of a number of
houses and some loss of life. The troops from a neigh-
bouring town were called in, and put down the distur-
bances.
IMPORTANT

ing the matter compromised, there will be a nice expose
of his violent and tyrannical conduct ; not to say a word
about the worst, the money part of the transaction."
AWFUL STATE OF DESTITUTION IN CASTLEREA.—A
correspondent in Castlerea states—" That the number of

:!ONVENTION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE
BANK OF FRANCE.—The Moniteur Parisien of Wednes-
day evening contains the following article :—" An arrange-
ments has been concluded by the Bank of France for the
disposal of a portion of the government stock of which it

deth; not only in the town, but for miles around, and
also in the workhouse, is truly appalling. The deaths in
the house, for the last week, exceed 50 ! The poor people
are nearly dead before they obtain, or probably seek, ad-
mission. Their principal object appears to be that of ob-

is proprietor. on the Z7tb of February last the Emperor
of Russia gave, through Count Nesseirode, orders to M.
Kisseleff, his Charge d'Affairs in France, to present him-
self to the minister for foreign affairs (M. Guizot) to in-
form him that the Russian government was ready to pur-
chase the French government stock of which it wished to
dispose at the medium price of the day (March 11 inst.)
to the extent of 50,000,000 f. (X 2,000,000 sterling.) This
sum will be placed in cash at St. Petersburg at the dispo-
sal of the Bank of France.

taming coffins. There are upwards of 1,100 in the house,
830 of whom are ill of dysentery or fever ! ! The medi-
cal officer, Dr. M'Tucker, has resigned—the matron, wife
of the deceased master, continues ill, and her death is
hourly expected.—Boyle Gazette.

Tu-n EARLY WHEAT.—We regret to say that a portion
of the early wheat crop has been destroyed by the grub,
and that in several instances in Louth and Meath farmers
are ploughing their land again for the reception of another
crop. This news will tend to stimulate the American
farmers to sow more largely still. We hope that the in-
jury is not of an extensive nature, as we have seen some.
beautiful and luxuriant fields in the neighbourhood. To
the farmer and cottier we say. sow as great breadth of

GERMANY.—The following account is given as a proof
of the misery occasioned by scarcity of food in Hungary :
---" The misery which prevails in Hungary is such, that

surpassed in accounts of cities famished by a long seine.
A workman at Pesth, being no longer able to provide for
his numerous family, walked with two of his children to
the banks of the Danube, and threw the youngest into the
stream ; but his anguish at seeing it st— for its life in

turnips as you possibly can. Several fields about this
town are already let in conacre for that purpose. If this
advice be followed. it will be a preventative against the
future scarcity.—Drogheda Conservative.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—There was the usual miserable

the waters, impelled him to jump in to endeavour to save
it. The child that was left on the bank uttered cries of
distress, and said that he would not ask again for bread if
they would but save his father. The man was saved, but
the child he had thrown in was drowned. The unhappy
man has been imprisoned, and the authorities have taken
charge of his family."

gathering at Conciliation-hall on Monday. The promised
letter of Mr. Daniel O'Connell was not forthcoming, and
in its stead was read another interminable epistle from the
hon. member for Kilkenny, who, in reference to the state
of his father's health, assures Mr. Ray that the accounts
have for the last four days been of a character greatly to
strengthen the hope that a change of climate for a few
months will re-invigorate and enable him once more to
labour for the country he so dearly loves. His medical
attendants counsel his immediate departure for the south
of Europe, and cheer his family with the hope of his re-
turn in renewed health before autumn. The rent for the
week amounted to £27 4s. 9d.

AMERICAN RELIEF OF IRISH FAMINY

-The Irish

nearly 40,000 dollars in all, and the same energetic move-
ment is going forward in Boston, Albany, Utica, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, New Or-
leans, &c. It is impossible for us to give every instance of
individual charity in the various cities. We shall endea-
vour to keep the run of contributions in this city, and
eventually we hope to receive from the relief committee
full lists of all the donations made in the city and neigh-
bourhood for Ireland and Scotland. At the city of New-
ark, New Jersey, a meeting has been held, 1,500 dollars
subscribed, and measures adopted to send out a ship
laden with grain to the Irish poor. Mr. 11. 11. Grinnel,
the shipping merchant, has made arrangements to deliver
in Ireland, at his own expense, 1,000 bushels of corn, pre-
sented by Mr. James "Wadsworth, of Genessee, Livings-
ton county, New York. A lady in this city has sent 1000
dollars to the relief committee, but she modestly with-
holds her name. The New York relief ship Victor, new
loading at this city; was chartered some time ago, when
freights were cheap, by Messrs. Dutilh and Cousineri, who
cheerfully transferred their favourable bang
lief committee. At Cincinnati

CATTLE EXPORTS.—A most remarkable falling off has
taken place in the export of cattle, pigs, &c., from this
country to England, within a short time back. During
the last two months the number of pigs shipped in. the
Cork Steam Ship Company's vessels from this port, was
exactly ten thousand less than for the corresponding
period last year. There has been also a great falling off
in the exports of horned cattle and sheep. One of the
most extensive firms in this city, engaged in the export
cattle trade, has recently given up altogether, and turned
its attention to the import grain and :provision trade,
for which purpose one of the firm has proceeded to New
York, as its representative in that market.—Cork Re-

porter.
A man named Donoghue died of starvation some ten or
twelve days back at Corran, in the county of Cork, leaving
a widow and three children. The poor widow had in a
box a small piece of bread, and not more than half a stone
- mother and eldest

subscribed in one evening, and committees appointed to
increase the sum. At New Bedford, Massachusetts, Mr.
, • Botch, jnn gave 400 dollars, and Mr. G. Howland, 300
of Woonsocket, Rhode
uted 1,000
:on trib uted

of flour for the__ _ •
child left the house, and the two other children in charge
of it ; one seven, the other four years old. She went to
seek a basket of turf, and the child took a vessel to bring
home soup. In. their absence some person came to the
hut (which is not many yards from where nearly 200 men
are at work, and not only took the small piece of bread
and trifle of flour he found there, but, horrid to relate
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Island,' 500 dollars

Rochester has contri'

dollars

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RAILWAY AFFAIR

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their heads from their bodies

It is calculated that the railway " calls " for March
will amount to upwards of X 2,209,000.
The first sod of the Liverpool, Ormskirk, am
_

E NV HEAT CROP IN ME ATH . --A correspondent of
the Drogheda Argus of Saturday writes as follows :
" I regret to leant that several farmers in this district have

a necessity of ploughing up fields of wheat ; , indeed I
saw some fields, which after the late frost and snow had
a healthy appearance, plougl

The kind of land in which

March 23, 1847.

A " CROCK" OF GOLD.—This interesting object of the'
search of all road-makers, .foundation-diggers, old men
and old women—haunters of ruins and dreamers of
dreams—has been actually realised near Monivea, in the
county of Galway, as we are informed on the authority of
the Rev. Lowry M'Clintock, secretary of the relief com-
mittee, of that district. • Whilst some people were em-
ployed in making a new road in the neighbourhood under
the relief act, a crock, containing a considerable number
of coins—" gold, silVer, and brass"—was turned up by
one of the men, who helped himself to the gold, dividing
the meaner coins amongst his friends. The gold coins
are guineas of _the reign of George 111., bearing the date
1791, and the number is said to have amounted from
fifteen to twenty. It is unnecessary, perhaps, to add, that
the public works in that particular district are going on
'with the utmost briskness and alacrity I—Mail. .
JOBBING ON THE PUBLIC WORKS.—A baronet, the
heir apparent of £6OOO a year, two lawyers, and three
doctors, in considerable practice, have made application
this week to be placed inspecting officers by the Board of
Works. Captain Farren, government officer, is in pos-
session of the fact that the Board of Works have been
charged wages for " horses and colts" in Mayo, that never
were engaged on the public works. An investigation is
ordered into the conduct. of the check clerks. In one'
neighbourhood a check clerk told a man " to drive his
horse and cart up and down the road, and he would enter
him on the pay sheet as working on the road !"—Limer-
ick Chronicle. • A gangsman has been dismissed off the
public works in the parish of Kinard, near Kilrush, for
sending some of the workmen employed by the board,
into the garden of a farmer and member of the commit-
tee, and allowing them to be checked for that day's work
and paid by the board, as though they hed been working
the entire day under his charge.—Clare Journal.
IMPORTATION OF FOOD INTO CORK.—On Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, we had the satisfaction of an-
nouncing the arrival into one harbour of no less than 45
vessels, laden with grain and every description of bread-
stuffs. We have to-day to point attention to the extra-
ordinary large imports since our last importation, men-
tioned in our Cove note. Among them are four cargoes
of wheat, two do. of corn, and one of nuts, from Mar-
seilles. Three cargoes of flour, meal, and Indian corn
from New York ; one do. from Philadelphia ; twe do.
wheat from Odessa ; one of barley, and one of Indian
corn, from Trieste ; one do. beans from Alexandria ; four
do. Indian corn from Viana ; two do. do. from Carril;
two do. do. from Vigo ; three do. do. from Canimbo ; and
one do. do. each from Oporto, San Sebastians Leghorn,
Cephalonia, Corfu, Venice, Constantinople, Valencia,
Bilboa, and Corunna—making in all thirty-eight cargoeS
from Saturday to Monday inclusive. Our Cove corres-
pondent adds that "several foreign vessels have also ar-
rived, but from the severity of the gale could not be
boarded."—Southern Reporter.
CONTRAST BETWEEN THE COUNTRY AND THE POPU-
LATION OF MAYO.—A correspondent of the Manchester
Express, thus describes the scenery and the people of
the above unfortunate county;—What muse what inspi-
ration shall I invoke in writing of Mayo ? I question if
even fable has yet imagined a. muse, or patron 'saint, or
-,d-ink spirit, able to gather into a writer's brain all
Mayo from which ideas may be drawn out
finger ends. It is at once the most mag-
nificent and most mean of Irish shires. Its mountains
and islands rise out of lakes and bays to the sublimation
of altitude ' • the wall-like rocks, founded deeper in the
ocean than fathom line can reach, rise a thousand feet in
upright majesty, with mountains one thousand and three
hundred feet enthroned above them. In caves beneath
those mountains, and in passages open from the top, and
so deep that the spiritual daylight hardly finds its way
down, the tides of the ocean, as if lost and imprisoned,
roll and roar in their prisons, and ceaselessly work at,
gnaw at, and knock upon the rocks until they waste them
away, and again make passages to the open sea. How
narrow sea m s tin t blue ocean from hence to the western
horizon, where the great ships of America and of En-
gland are as small as birds—like small birds on the edges
of their nest the setting sun, it is but a narrow border of
blue. But heavens, what a depth to look down into that
sea, a thousand feet below us ! And to be able to leap
into it ! "You cannot gaze a minute, without an awful
wish to plunge within it." Look at this pointed rock, a
long narrow stone abutting out and over the gulf, were
the tides hold tumult so far down that you can hardly see
them ; a creature of flesh and blood, body and soul, with
hands and feet creeping out on the narrow rock on peni-
tent knees, to bend his head over the rock, round it, and
kiss its farthest point for grace and forgiveness ! Well
done, sinner of the strong nerve ! you have done it; you
may return and sin again. Your brother and aister, with
less iron in them, or less ether, with less sin mayhap, are-
giddy—going—gone—down—are down. The ocean has
more wreck, eternity has more spirits, and the priest more
pence. There is a mixture of the savage and the sublime
in this legend, which gives a fearful interest to more rocks
than one on the west coast of Mayo. But there is a fall
which is no legend that we must submit to ; a plunge
which we must make from the montains of Mayo, with all,
all their grandeur of ocean, of islands, deep bays, high
headlands, lakes, waterfalls, fertile meadows, and green-
ness which knows no withering ; we must plunge from
the grand and the beautiful in the inanimate works of
nature, to the most degraded and farthest lost of her
works—the 'men made after God's own image. There
they are; all that remains of them in Mayo, living where
the worms live, in holes of the earth ; crawling as the
worms crawl ; but dying of shere hunger and helplessness
in their clay holes, where even a worm would do something
to preserve its own life and provide its hole with health.
They move not hand or foot for that purpose.

the matter of
at the writer',