The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

THE LIVERT6OIST4 lUD.

COURT AND FASHION.

The Queen and Royal. Family remain at Buokingham.
Palace.
Her Majesty heie a drawing-room at St. James's Palace
.on Saturday. The dresses of the ladies were most splen-
did. Figured silks.s,nd satins predominated, and some of
the fabrics were sotheautiful that velvets suffered by com-
parison with them. One of the exceptions to silk, sating
and velvet was Laity Frances Sandon, whose train was of
silver tissue shot !with green, and had an effect at once
both magnificent :and brilliant. The young ladies gene-
rally were attired ia simple colours. The dress of the
Queen was of white satin, splendidly trimmed with,gold
lace and diamonds. Prince Albert wore the dress of field
marshal.

We have again Cite gratification to announce the.ap-
proach of an event. .calculated to increase the domestic
happiness of our sovereign and the prince consort. tier
Majesty's accouchernent, it is confidently stated, will take
place in August next.—Morning Post.
On Friday the Dae. of Bedford was elected a Knight of
the most noble order of the Garter.

IRELAND.

REPEAL AssocumoN.—The week's rent was :an-
nounced to be £2O 19s. 6d.

The Eliza and Mary, -a Cork, from Youghal to Clone-
kilty, corn laden, was.kst on the 26th inst. and all.bands
perished.
EMIGRATION FROMtIRELAND.—The Leinster Express
says—" The extent of emigration from Ireland to America,
this year, is likely to exceed tenfold that of any 'former
period. The small farmers, who are enabled to provide
sufficient means, are leaving in thousands."
MORE IRISH JOBBINI.—A baronet, the hair-apparent
of £6,000 a year, two laswyers and three doctors, in consi-
derable practice, have made application this week to be
placed inspecting officers by the board of works.—Li-
merick Chronicle.

A LANDLORD AND Saßga.—The Duke of Leinster, by .a
circular to his poor tenants, has promised them an abate-
ment of half a year's rent, if they consented to sow par-
snips, carrots, mangel wuezel, beans and cabbages, accord-
ing to directions ; for this purpose he will lend them seed.
which is to be paid for hereafter.
Mr. O'Connell arrived on Monday at Boulogne, from
Folkestone, on his way to Italy, for the benefit of his
health, accompanied by his eldest son. His other sons
accompanied him as far as Folkestone, but returned to
London to attend to their ,duties in parliament. Mr.
O'Connell was to leave Boulogne yesterday for Paris.—

Galignani's Messenger.
THE COFFINLESS DEAD.—NO sooner are the funds for
the supply of coffins exhausted, than those scenes which
disgrace our nature again occur. On Monday an unfortu-
nate creature was seen dragging the lifeless remains of
her sister to the churchyard for interment, without a
covering. The police interfered, and on application to
John C. Larminie, Esq., a coffin was provided.—Mayo
Constitution.

THE POTATO MARKET.—The potato market continues
to be occasionally well stocked, and we learn with some
degree of surprise that many of the farmers who hoarded
their stock and concealed them as the miser does his gold,
are now apprehensive they will not receive famine prices,
and accordingly potatoes which could not be procured for
less than £1 10s. may now be procured at £1 per barrel
for seed—Carlow Sentinel.

A quantity of potatoes, planted by Mr. Donohue, of
Tullowrock, last October, are over ground at present, and
present a sound and healthy appearance.—Bid.
RIBBONSSM IN A JURY Box.—At the present assizes
for the-county, a prisoner, who was on trial for a felony,
was observed to give the sign of the Ribbon fraternity to
one of his jurors, which was duly answered. The evidence
in support of the charge was very strong ; but the accused
was acquitted. A policeman not of this county, who
happened to be in court, observed the recognition, and
communicated the matter to the legal officers of the
crown. The circumstance created, at the time, much
talk and surprise, but the result could not have been
guarded against.—Cork Examiner.

Ten persons occupied one house in Castletownroche
within the last month. Of these, nine of the number
have died, chiefly of fever and if it were not for the, ex-
ertion of a few, the mortality and starvation would be fear-
fully great, as the principal owners of property take no in-
terest and subscribe little or nothing to the relief fund.
In the parish of Kilcummer (with the exception of the
rector, and a poor farmer) not a single individual has given
a farthing, and, there being no resident landlord or gentle-
man of property, the poor would have died of fever or fa-
mine, if it were not for the public work procured by the
Castletownroche relief committee.—Cork Constitution.
FOOD IMPORTS INTO Conic —We continue to record
the arrival of immense• supplies of every description of
bread stuffs into our harbour, and the continued fall in
prices of Indian corn, beans, &c. Our readers will bear
in mind the very large number of grain-laden ships noted
in our last publication, few of which have yet found a
market, in addition to which we find the following arri-
vals on Thursday and Friday :—Two cargoes wheat, and
two of Indian corn from Leghorn ; one cargo wheat,
and three of beans from Alexandria; two cargoes of oats,
and one of Indian corn from Marseilles; one cargo wheat
from London ; two cargoes Indian corn, each from Villa-
garcia and Ancona; one cargo Indian meal from New
Orleans, Terrol. Bilhoa, Trieste, Carrill Naples, Venice,
Caininho, and Constantinople.---Southern Reporter.
THE YOUNG CROPS IN LIMERICK.—The wheat plants
With the exception of the Euclid colt and Sting, who were beginning to look very parched and sickly from the
protracted dry easterly winds, but on Monday evening the
were in high favour for the Newmarket Handicap, very
rain broke from its long confinement, and vegetation is
feed horses were in request. and in most cases the quota-
tions showed a decline. This observation;particularlyap. manifestly improved by the welcome moisture, so refresh-
plies to Antler, Sir Tatton Sykes, Conyngham, the Libe- in; to the fields, after long drought.—Limerick Chronicle.
rator, Pavilion, Christopher, and Black Dwarf, azaiwt First accounts told us of failing wheat crops and the-4ickly

TLe bodies of the young coun.
r the peasants to the chateau. It

Northampton

s generally was very flat

NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
7 to 2 agst Mr. Gregory's Euclid colt (400 to 100
taken).

5 - 1
10 - 1 -
12 .-- 1
12-1

Lord E.-Russell's Sting (taken freely)
Lord Oxford's Footstool (taken).
Lord Stradbroke's Lynceus (taken).
Sir C. Monck's Vanish (taken).
Mr. Wigram's Kesheng (taken).

find that, considering the harshneSs of the easterly winds,
it is not surprising that vegetation should have a sickly
look, but if the rain continues for a few days, we may look
forward to immediate active vegetation. Wheat has been
largely sown in this district, but the oaten crops have been
to the present almost totally negleeted.7-Limerick Ex-
aminer.

20 1 Mr. Shelley's Campanile.
20 1 Lord Glasgow's Discontent (take 25 to 1)
Finvaragh is scratched.

THE PORT STAKES.
20 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Sting (taken)

2,000 GUINEAS STAKES:
7 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's The Liberator (taken, and
afterwards offered).
8 —1 Mr. S. Conway's Christopher (taken).

CHESTER CUP. -
23 to 1 agst Mr. Wilson's Punch.
25 1 Mr. Herbert's Antler.
25 1 Mr. B. Green's The Lamb

Captain Pettatt's Newcourt
Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free.
Lord E. Rm.,ll'g 1)11Irpt. (2

GENERAL DISMISSAL OF LABOURERS.—On Thursday
the check clerks of this county were all summoned in to
Mr. Griffith, the inspecting officer, and received instruc-
tions-to reduce the men employed on public works in this
county 20 per cent. from Saturday last; they were parti-
cularly desired to discharge those having least need of
employment and relief.—Armagh Guardian.—We are
going to have a sweeping off of labourers from the public
works, and in all truth it is high time that this step should
be taken. It is enough to make the heart sick to see fine
land lying idle, and the resources which God has given us
for help in time of need left untouched and waste. It is
not in the immediate vicinity of our town you will witness
forcibly this sinful apathy and neglect, but in remote dis-
tricts, where the land lies in a condition truly sorrowful
to look at.—Tipperary Constitution.

Mr. Hutchinson's Emigrant.
Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid.
Mr. W. Scott's Sir Tatton Sykes.
Lord Eglington's Plaudit (taken, and
afteiwards offered).
—4o Mr. Pedley's Pink Bonnet (taken and

A JUVENILE MURDERER.—The Cork Examiner says—
" A gentleman who has just returned from RoP3carbery
told us that in the bridewell of that place he was shown
the presumed murderer of Glavin's two children, at Cor.
rin, in the neighbounhood. The culprit is a boy between

fterwards offered)

Mr. Cuthbert'

's Banana (taken; and after-

11 and 12 year's of age. At the time of the killing of the
children, one four and the other six years old, there was
a cake and some meal in the house which had disappeared
on the return of their mother. The boy, arrested on
suspicion—extremely strong against him
_in the place—is

a wo-begone, half-siarved looking wretch. He remains
silent and sullen—hiding the dreadful secret in his own
mind. It is supposed he attempted to take away the
bread and meal from the cabin ; that the two little crea-
tures tried to hinder him ;
_that
.he beat them savagely,
' sent,aggravated Per-
sre of hunger, killed
mind.

them, by cutting- their throats across, as they were
If human-beings are treated like brutes, they will act like
them. Our feelings on this occasion should be less
those of horror than of the deepest compassion."

decline in all the country markets, except Limerick. Tr
dian meal is becoming every day cheaper and more abut

a ton within the

dant. In Londonderry it ha 3 t
last fortnight, and fresh supplies are pouring into all tli

searort towns. The arrivals at Limeiick las-t week con-
sisted of 11,790 quarters of Indian corn, 4,270 quarters of

wilent, auu ',cat; sacxs and barrels of flour. Since
Saturday last eleven vessels arrived in the Shannon from
Ancona, Trieste, Ragusa, Naples, Marseilles, New Or-
leans, Philadelphia, and New York. laden with Indian

corn, flour, and other breadstuffs. The following gratify-
ing announcement appears in the Cork Examiner:—
"We continue our notice of grain importations. The

18 vessels
11

• - 72 vessels.
bringing nearly 20,000 tons, or about 100,000 quarters of
grain and breadstuffs; and making, with those which
arrived during.the previous eight days, a total of about
160 ships! These immense imports are operating in a
most beneficial. manner upon our markets, and prices,
which manifest a still further downward tendency, and we
have evel'y hope: and confidence that during the summer
,mqiiths a more moderate scale of prices will be maintained.
It is indeed a source' of pleasure to us to be the medium
of communicating such intelligence."

ARRIVALS AT COVE.—Our Cove note of Tuesday men-
u() ned the arrival of 24 vessels laden with wheat and maize
—that of Thursday, the arrival of 43—altogether 67, ex-
clusive of others laden with beans, barley, peas and flour;
and to-day we
Shave the satisfaction of adding the arrival
of ten. The arrivals to other places are proportionally
liberal, and we should think hundreds of vessels are on
their way ; yet the produce of the late harvest has scarcely
been touched. Indeed little of that of the Western,
which .are the great producing States, can yet have reached
the seaboard, so that, please. Providence, we shan't want
for the presence of food, if we can only manage the purchase.
In several of our own country towns, too, stores of pota-
toes are creeping out, which will help to lighten be pres-
The following are from the Dublin Evening Post
day. In our own market, we understand, Indian
ild on Thursday for £l4 10s. and yesterday for

Sure.
of Thu
corn vc
£l4.

:els from I'

ew York, one from

Aarseilles, with bread-stuffs, have
A letter from New Ross,