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

THE LIVERPOOL STANDAIII4.

_ ted out to us, we have broken thy statutes, vio-
ted the covenant, and transgressed thy laws.
But, even as a father hath compassion on his son, so
dost thou compassionate us ; if we return unto thee with
truth and sincerity, if we circumcise our heart, and cast
away, each of us, our vanity ; if we are charitable alike to

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES,

re far off and to those that are near; then

_ greatness, and again hast mercy upon
us ; for thou woundest and bindest up, thou smitest and
thine own hands heal
Thou, 0 I

cl, our Rock and Shelter, behold, our soul
our spirit is dejected to the ground. Be

Sir Thos. Branekei, LiWrpool.
Sir Joshua Wa!msley, Wavertree Hall

not silent to the tears of those Who are faint With hunger.
Do not abandon thy children to the evils which are let
loose. Bid the famine stop ; and let disease not touch
us. _ Let us not encounter any calamity ; and let no mis-

muntagne Ainslie, Esq., uoreame
Thomas Eastwood, Esq., Brindle Lodge.
F. D. Astley, Esq., Fell Foot.
Wm. Rayner Wood, Esq., Singleton Lodge.
John Ireland Blackbume, Esq., Rutland He

_ __rchibalct, Esq.
James Dawson, Esq., The Wray

i gracio'

are made the harbingers of salvationrcommand the earth
that she renew her youth and resume her pristine vigour,
so that she may bring forth her produce, and ripen her
choice fruit ; rebuke also the consumer, that he do not
destroy the fruit of our ground. Let the earth be full of
th) goodness, and with thy blessing replenish our land,
the land in which we delight.

Leigh Clowes, Esq.; Broughton-Hall.
It. C. B. Clayton, Esq., Abercromby Square.
William Earle, Esq., Liverpool.
Adam Hodgson, Esq., Brecklield Lodge.
George Hall Lawrence, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool
Hugh Hornby, Esq., Wavertree.
William Rathbone, Esq., Green Bank.
Abraham Wnnri Van Ctarlasy

We pray thee, 0 Lord, as thou showfdst marvellous

Richard Walker; Esq,
John Woodcock, Esq

M. P., Bury
The Elms.

according _to the days whe-refn thou hast

John Potter, Esq., Mtin'ehester

:ommission having.

,een read,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD

His LORDSHIP proceeded to address the Grand Jury to
the following effect :—Notwithstanding the great distress
which pervaded this town and its vicinity, he was glad to

considerable number of the Irish clergy'for nearly three
mnritiva Wl3 fr.r.ml 1-...0:1s- 'Ars rronchel

perceive that in the present calender there was not so very
great an increase in crime as might have been anticipated
under the circumstances. The crimes themselves, with
the exception of four or five, were not of very great mo-
ment. There were indeed some cases at which common
humanity shuddered ; one of them was of the nature of
those cases where the sacred relation which existed be-
tween parent and child had been violated. That case
would require their very careful and serious atten-
tion should it come before them. They would, he
hoped, give that case their serious consideration, and un-
less they had full grounds for putting him upon his trial,
of course they would not do it, because they must be
aware that the publication of such a case in an open
court had a direct tendency to corrupt and destroy
the morality of the public mind. They should be
careful, and put no person on their trial in a court
of justice, on a charge of that nature, unless they
thought there was every likelihood of the guilt of the
party charged being fully and substantially proved. But in
cases of a doubtful description it would be their duty to
make the most careful preliminary investigation in their

of their himgry neighbours•of all creeds and parties. Had
they received no assistance, this their good work must have
been of very short duration ; but they have been assisted

and enabled to persevere in (to use the expression of one of
them) " detaining men alive." Their time and attention,
their feelings and anxieties, as well as their means, have
been absorbed in this work. Their health, both of mind
and body, has been endangered. In some instances it has
given way. Their own private affairs have been neglected ;
and now I fear I speak the truth concerning a great number
of them, when I say that they have not, and cannot by any
unassisted efforts of their own procure, seed for their glebe

I.do not speak from pOsitive knowledge, because
'one of them have written on this particular point. I
ascribe their silence to their delicacy, since while spending
all they had, and all they could beg. on others, they have
been nobly forgetful of themselves. The Government

poor; anc

attention has become painfully alive to the protracted
difficulties, not to say destitution, which must be entailed
on our devoted reverend brethren, if they do not get their
glebes properly cultivated and cropped. Sir, will you
circulate these few lines, and appeal in your valuable paper
to British liberality (already grievously taxed) on this
point ? Will you ask your readers to select Irish parishes
for themselves, and instantly to communicate with the
clergy on the subject of seed (of all kinds) for their glebes,

and wages for their labourers? The "Irish Clergy List"
will supply names of both incumbents and parishes.
If enabled duly to cultivate their glebes. they will em-

ploy, as they ever have done, labourers of all creeds and
parties : and at this moment whatever adds to the amount
of agricultural labour is of the utmost importance, not only

pation of men withdrawn from the public works

But I will not prolong this letter by attempting to plead
this clause. I may, however, commend it to Christian

to My dear reverend fi

Grattan beautifull

said Concerning the self-exhausting labours of Dean Kir.
wan—" In feeding the lamp of charity, he has almost ex-
hausted the lamp of life."

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
HUGH M`NEILE

Aigburth, Liverpool, March 19, 1847

LIVERPOOL FOREIGNERS' MISSION.—The Rev. Joseph
Baylee preached on Sunday last in St. Barnabas Church,
for the above mission, under his superintendence, after
which a collection was made of £l2 towards its support.

K'n Mount-pleasant. Police-officers, strange to say, accom-
RT panied the vehicles to and from the hospital.
is CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.—The
;o, anniversary meetings of the Bowden and Wolverhampton
13- Associations in aid of this important society, were held on

port criminals no longer. He would sentence him to one
year's imprisonment, with hard labour.
The Commis'sion of Assize, for this county, was opett'eti Samuel Diygle, alias Samuel Scott was charged with
yesterday, at the Crown Court, by Mr. Baron. Alderson. having, at Brittle-cum-Bamford, feloniously entered the
Shortly after 11 o'clock, the learned Judge entered the dwelling-house of John Berry, and stealing from it a
Court, and took his seat on the bench, when the usual quantity of groceries. Not guilty.
formalities were gone through, and the following gentle- Timothy Kelly was then• placed in the dock, and in-
men sworn as a Grand Jury . dieted for having, at Manchester, married Mary Cronan,
William Brown, Esq., M.P., Richmond Hill, Foreman. his former wife being then alive. The prisoner pleaded
Elkanah Armytage, Esq., Manchester. guilty. Sentence deterred.

Thomas Eden and Thomas Williamson were indicted
for committing a highway robbery on the nerson of Thns_

Blackshaw, on the morning of the 2nd of January last ;
and also for committing an assault on him at the same
time. Not guilty.