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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 Anisesupper 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 likely situation 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-engines,_so as to prove
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 performances.
It is seldom that such a treat is given in 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 CrosS4
your heart is indeed touched; when every passing hour street, Manchester. The scene of the adventure in clues'
is watched as possibly the last . how unseasonable, nay tion was, the bleak and lofty hills between Derbyshir4
how unfeelingly intrusive, 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 westward our to the moors,
moil, and rendering life and property insecure ;—for the endeavouring to follow the boundary between the counties
love of
of thes HIM e
thingsloved 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 bottom
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 effc
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, and securing 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 scarcely
say that Mr. Fisher's high position as a gentleman and
scholar—his character as an eminent instructor—and hl5
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 evening. At his last lecture on natural
scenery, for the benefit of the Church Missionary Society,
the place was so completely crowded, that many wil°
went could not obtain admittance. We therefore advise
our friends to procure tickets in time, in order to proven,'
disappointment on the present occasion.

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