The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-29 00:00:00

MARCH 20, 1853.

IRELAND.

nip: Limerick Chronicle says that every person com-
mitted to Clonmel gaol for being drunk in the streets is
immediately submitted to the operation of the stomach
pump, and for this the apothecary of the prison receives
as his fee is. 6d.

NATIONAL DEFENCES.-It is stated that the Board of
Ordnance have determined to erect a battery on the
eastern pier of Kingstown Harbour, consisting of guns of
large calibre, for the protection of the harbour and the
approaches to the River Liffey.

MALICIOUS BURNING.—On the night of the 22d inst.,
a house, the property of Sir Percy Nugent, Bart., was
maliciously burned on the lands of Ballinruddera. Ten
pounds reward has been offered for the discovery of the
incendiaries.

THE REPORT of the president of the Queen's College,
Galway, for the past academic year, has been published.
It states that " a considerable increase in the number of
students has taken place within the year," and that the
reports of the professors exhibit favourably the amount of
their application and improvement.
GOLD IN MAYO.—The fact of the existence of gold in
the soil of Mayo was established last week, in the yard of
Mr. Brennan, where his workmen were sinking a hole for
the erection of his gasometer. The ore found has been
tested by Dr. Atkinson, who pronounced it to be pure
gold.—Castlebar Telegraph.

IMPORTATION OF CATTLE FROM ENGLAND.—It 15 3
strange revolution in the affairs of Ireland, when cattle of
every kind are being severally imported from England
and Scotland to different parts of the kingdom. Up-
wards of 20 graziers in the neighbourhood of Galway are
about to proceed to the next Chester fair, to purchase a
number of calves.—Galway Packet.

DEATH OF DR. GRAVES.—This distinguished physi-
cian died on Monday last week, on his 56th birthday, at
his residence in Dublin. Dr. Graves, who stood de-
servedly high among the brightest ornaments of his pro-
fession, was the founder of the clinical system of instruc-
tion which has been so successful in the Dublin School of
Medicine.

COURT-MARTIAL.—A general court-martial will as-
semble in Dublin this day (Tuesday), under the presidency
of Colonel the Hon. J. G. Scarlett, sth Dragoon Guards,
for the trial of Captain Blosse, of the Royal Artillery,
stationed in this garrison, on a charge preferred against
him by the Assistant Adjutant-General of the Royal Artil-
lery in Ireland.

MANIFESTO FROM MR. W. S. O'BruEisi.—The Nation
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Van Diemen's Land, addressed thus :—" To the Nobility,
Clergy, Members of Parliament, Corporate Bodies, and
Gentlemen who have memorialised in favour of the Irish
state prisoners now living in penal exile in Van Diemen's
Land."

ATTACK ON ROMISH CHAPELS. It is stated from
Naas, that there is great excitement there. Several
Chapels have been broken into and robbed all around—
Newbridge, Kildare, &e.,—the Chapel at Naas on two
occasions; the mass books torn, the valuable ornaments
carried away, and no clue as yet to the perpetrators. The
priests threatened at the altar that whoever did it would
be turned into goats, but al to no purpose—the plunder-
ing still goes on.
THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD.—Mr. Charles Bianconi,
who is at present in Rome, writes to the Telegraph, say-
ing that he has found there the heart of O'Connell in the
same condition in which it was deposited by the hands of
t ofe agitator.
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the man, he will, at his own expense, raise a monument to
perpetuate the memory of Mr. O'Connell in Rome.
THE EXODUS.—The accounts still continue the tale of
many past weeks, that the tide of emigration is growing
stronger rather than weaker. The Galway Packet states
that every post from America brings its supply ofremittances,
upon the receipt of which crowds hurry away. Neither is
the tide alone from the west, other provinces furnish their
quota. The Tipperary Free Press states that on Thurs-
day forty " stalwart men and fair women," tenants and
labourers of Lord Donoughmore, passed through the tovsn
on their way to Liverpool for embarkation. On Friday,
320 sailed from Waterford. Judging from appearances,
" the majority appeared to have been comfortable at home,
but seeing no prospect of advancing, they have made the
far West the land of their adoption. The Clomel Chro-
nicle, writing upon the same engrossing topic, states that
according as the season progresses, the flight of the
people marches with it, adding Wholeparishes are pre-
paring to leave the upper part of this county, and the isolated
groups which pass through this town onward to Waterford
en route to Liverpool, there to take shipping for the far
West, present to our eyes a very painful spectacle indeed,
inasmuch as they demonstrate the miserable state of our
country. Within the last ten days, upwards of 150 per-
sons of both sexes left Clonmel upon Bianconi's long cars
to Waterford; and when we add to them, if in our power
to do so, the numbers which have passed on either their
own or hired cars or drays, the amount would be really as-
tonishing, if not incredible. Such it is, however, and
where it will end, no one can tell. The number of letters
from all parts of the States passing through the Post-office
here, and dispersed all over the country is amazing ; and
it is calculated that 95 at least out of every 100 contain
remittances to pay the passage of either one, two, or per-
haps three out of every family. Spring work is very brisk,
and better wages are giving ; and the result is, that be-
tween the flight of the people, the scarcity of labourers,
and the advance in the labour market, neither her
Majesty's recruiting officer, nor the serpent of the llon.
East India Company, although the latter have lowered
the standard, can do business. No idlers, and therefore
no recruits."