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

soup
from the actual pressure of the starving poor ; and our

[lens are now in o

attention nas necome 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
as regards the hope of harvest. but also the present occu-

But I will not prolong this letter by attempting to plead
this cause. I may, however, commend it to Christian
sympathy, by applying, and with strict truth and justice,
to my dear reverend friends, what Mr. Grattan beautifully
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."
The season for spring labour is on the wing. There is

not a day to spare.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
:HUGH M`N:

Aighurlh, Liverpool, March 19, 1f

LIVERPOOL FOREIGNERt' MISSION.—The Rev. Joseph
Baylee preached on Sunday last in St. Barnabas Church,
for the above mission, under his superintendence, after
which a colh •

ion was mac

FEVER.—Yesterday, two coaches, Nos. 15 and 99,
were observed to carry fever patients to the hospital,

Mount-pleasant. YoDee-of-Ewers, strange to say, acc
panied the vehicles to and from the hospital.
Cnuacn EDUCATION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.—

ssociations•in aic

the 10th and 16th instant

The Rev

T. Nolan, of St

Barnabas, attended in both places as a deputation.
CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY AND DAILY SCHOOLS.
We beg to direct attention to the advertisement

another column of the Sermons to be preached in aid of
the above excellent Schools. Few schools better deserve
support than those connected with Christ Church ; and

none wilL be more eloquently a,
THE ASSIZES.—THE BAR.—
attending the present assizes ai

as on any former occasion, and we believe that some a
still expected to arrive. We counted about
cupying seats in the outer bar yesterday

venty oc-

The following

gentlemen sat, as usual, within the bar :—Mr. Knowles,
(the Attorney-General for the Palatine,) Mr. Baines, Mr.
Watson, Mr. Martin, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Sergeant
Murphy, Mr. Ellis and Mr. Bain.
REPORT ON THE Gns QUESTION

-The Council meet

to-day to receive the report of the Sub-committee ap-
pointed to inquire relative to the merits of the gas bills
now before Parliament. The report of the commissioners
just published, recommends an amalgam
companies. with a rate of interest n

mi of the three

cent. ; and should the Council adopt the recommendatiOn,
and the rival companies consent to such an arrangement,
the public may derive much benefit from the consolidation
of the present opposing companies.
TOXTETTI -PARIL—ELECTION OF OVERSEERS.—The
Conserxative rate-pavers of Toxteth-park should bear it

in mind, that Friday next is fixed for the election of over-
seers of the poor for that township. We believe the
friends of fair play intend to bring forward one gentleman

of Con

do away with the impression that the overseers make im-
proper use of the power in their hands in making out the
lists of electors, we trust that one gentleman of each

One -will have cause to find

fault with being off the register

.free men,

Cates, and Walls; were charged with having atiem

tempting

to get Over the back-yard wall of a house, and had been
followed, on suspicion, from other streets. On the case
being investigated, some of the prisoners having been pre-
viously committed, Lloyd was sentenced to be imprisoned
for one month, Bates for two; and Walls for three months.

bomas

bbing an e

Waring, of his watch on Saturday night in Scotland -
road, was committed for trial at the sessions.—Eliza Jones,
charged with stealing cloth, value 18s., was also committed

for Trial

ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF NIGHT-SOU

Yesterday, at

brought up charged by Mr. Pickering, of Vat;xhall-road,
the head contractor (under the new act) for the removal
of night-soil in the town, with having carted away some
night-soil, representing himself as one of Mr. Pickering's
servants. Mr. Rushton said that, according to the act, it

was requisite to proceed by information,-and that he
should endeavour to put a stop to a practice which would
render the contract of the complainant unprofitable. The
?rison-er was then discharged, as the case was not cognis-
lble but by information.

THE CAUSE LlST.—This list contains the unusually
small number of 132 causes-32 in the Salford Hundred
list, and 100 in the West Derby Hundred (or Liverpool)
list. The Salford list includes 3 special-jury causes, viz.,
Doe dens. Molesworth v. Elliott and others, ejectment ;
Lees v. Huddersfield Railway Company, debt ; and Wat-
son v. Aspinall, prom. The West Derby list includes
nine special juries, namely : Kendall and another execu-
tors v. Bronnall, prom. ; Sowler v. Simpson, prom. ;

Gibson v. same, prom. ;
indictment ; Wliitwell v
England. prom. ; M'Callum

Lueen v

Harrison, prom. ; same z
ispinall, prom

prom. ; and Bi

!ASSOCIATION IN AID OF THE I

and after the

,t. Bride's Churcka sermon w

preached. by the Rev

criminals. The. remedy, in his mind, for this system was,
instead of having a jail for the common purposes of all classes
of prisoners, they should have several, one of which would
be devoted to each particular class. For instance, why might
there not be a house of detention, or separate prison for
. .

persons who were not tried, as it was not in his opinion
fair to treat such persons whom the law always presumed
to be inocent until after their conviction. Such a house
or gaol of detention should be governed by rules of dici-
pline, totally different to those adopted in a prison for

, - -
been convicted had to be reformed and punished whilst
the other should be merely a house of detention for
such persons as were accused of the commission of
crime. It appeared to him that in each county there
should be a gaol of detention. Then, where the prisoners

were convicted, and placed in a state of punishment and
reform, surely no man would say that the punishment of
the men should be the same as the penetentiary discipline
of girls and boys. The discipline of boys ought to be no
more severe than a severe strict school; but that, he was cer-
tain, would not do for grown up men. Until they established
prisons for each of the three classes he had named, he was
of opinion that they would not have made even the first
step in prison improvement. They might so.y that such
a system would entail a great deal of expense upon the
country. He, however, was not of that opinion, for he
knew that in this county they had three goals—Lancaster
Castle, Kirkdale, and Preston ; and why not, instead of
hwinofhean annrnnristiod trithe mes of all classes inriio_

for each of the three

rate prisons
As they had

%11 one common object in vie'

nely, the prevention of

of a

god s ystem of prison punishment

neighbours, risked the lives of their fellow-creatures,
under the plea of performing without pain a simple
operation on the eye or the teeth ? A well-educated and
thinking medical man must have known that he was
endangering life. A dentist may not. In conclusion, I

that if those who have practised puffing by
inhalation, and are not ashamed of their names, would
discuss the question, they will find an opponent in No. 4,
Upper Parliament-street.—Yours, &c.,
H. G. HARBORD.

FEVER HOSPITAL