The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-07-13 00:00:00

IRELAND,

rom this

port to America.—Limirick Chronicle.
Five persons have renounced Popery in St. Andrew'
church, Dublin.
FEVER.-831 cases of fever are reported in the five hos
pitals in the city of Cork. As yet, there a

crease in the epidemic
THE IRISH RELIEF WORKS.—The gross total daily
average number of persons employed on the public works
in Ireland in the week endinc, the 26th of June last was
45,639, and the total expense £23,257.

3 vessel;, with 12,374 emigrauts sailed tc

the North American colonies, and 38 vessels, with 3,778
emigrants, to the United States, during the quarter ending
June 30th.

A few days ago, a farmer, named Murphy, living at
Carignavar, near Cork, whilst in conversation with hi
wife, leaner

his arm on t

[e of a fowlin,

and whilst in this position, his child touched the trigger
the gun went off and killed him on the spot,
The Judges of Assize have adopted the advice of Dr
Kingsley for cleansing and fumigating their courts.—Am
they will adjourn one hour each day of the commission ti

admit of a purer atmosphere in their courts under the
above process.

Mr. Frederick BI
Works, at Barren, ii

, pay-cler

rk unc
fitly drc

, ver from the well of his car. An honest. peasant found
the money, restored it, and refused a single penny reward;
yet in the same county several pay-clerks have been this
year attacked and plundered.

The Lord Lieufenant has directed such extracts from
the reports of the Poor Relief Commissioners as impugned

the conduct of certain magistrates and landlord; CO be
forwarded to them with a request for explanations. The
Commissioners reported that, in 1,700 committees, they
had found instances of abuse.
THE RELIEF OF IRISH DISTRESS.—The official esti-
mate just laid before parliament by the royal command
gives £600,000 as the further sum that will be required
from the national Treasury, in order to defray the ex-
penses which will probably be incurred for the relief of
distress in Ireland, during the year ending March 31,
1848, namely, £500,000 to be applied in donations in aid
of rates by the Relief Commissioners, under the act of
the present session, and £lOO,OOO for other purposes
IRISH INDUSTRY

—The Dublin exhibition of native
manufactures contains a great variety of products which
exhibit the mechanical skill of the Irish artizan in a very

ravourame light. They chiefly consist of Limerick laces,
exquisitely designed and wrought, tapestry from the once
famous Liberty, tabourets and tabinets of remarkable

te, jes

in Irish oak, arid light fancy articles of all de

scriptions. The exhibition, according to the opinion of
competent judges, is superior in the number and excel-
lence of the articles to all previous exhibitions, and re-
flects great credit on Irish industry.
ENCAMPMENT AT KNOCKPIERNA.—Tradition saith,
that once upon a time fairies revelled, and chieftains mar-
shalled their clansmen on "Knoeldierna's heights ; but
alas ! " the light of other days is faded

the tranquillity Of t

deed

litany interf

hat government determined upon
mi-
and the Light Infantry of the 59th,

las encamped on the mountain's
ide. A spectacle so novel has attracted gay parties of
the county's aristocracy. We are happy to repeat, that
since the arrival of "the men of valour," peace has re-
turned to the Liskennet hills.—Limerick Chronicle.