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

THE COURT.

THE QUEEN'S SUMMER CRUISE.—The R,yal yacht
Victoria and Albert, and her tender, the Fairy, have been
reported ready for the Royal service. We believe her
Majesty and Prince Albert will proceed to Osborne to-day,
and very shortly after will proceed on a cruise round the
kingdom of Great Britain, visiting Land's End, west coasts
of England and Scotland, the Orkneys, the Shetlands, and
the Hebrides, and eastward returning home.

IRELAND.

There are two missing vessels with emigrants from this
port to America.—Limerick Chronicle.
Five persons have renounced Popery in St. Andrew's
church, Dublin.

FEVER.-831 cases of fever are reported in the five hos-
pitals in the city of Cork. As yet, there appears no de-
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 ending the 26th of June last was
45,63'9, and the total expense £23,257.

From Cork 53 vessels, with 12,374 emigrants sailed to
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 his
wife, leaned his arm on the muzzle of a fowling-piece ;
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.—And
they will adjourn one hour each day of the commission to
admit of a purer atmosphere in their courts under the

above process.
Mr. Frederick Blood, pay-clerk under the Board of
Works, at Burren, in Clare, recently dropped £2OO in sil-
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 Lieutenant has direr'

_ ....tected such extracts from
_ uur Relief Commissioners as impugned
the conduct of certain magistrates and landlords to be
forwarded to them with a request for explanations. The
Commissioners reported that, in 1,700 committees, they
had found instances of abuse.

Lte just laid before parliament by the royal command
-es £600,000 as the further sum that will be required
m the national Treasury, in order to defray the ex-

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

IRISH INDUSTRY.—The Dublin exhibition of native
manufactures contains a great variety of products which

fl artizan in a very
of Limerick laces,

exquisitely designed and wrought, tapestry from the once
famous Liberty, tabourets and tabinets of remarkable
beauty, woollen fabrics, gold and silver plate, jewellery,
bijouterie, in Irish oak, and 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.
ENCAMPIVIENTI AT KNOCKFIERNA.—Tradition saith,
that once upon a time fairies revelled, and chieftains mar-
shalled their clansmen on Knockfierna's heights ; but

alas " the light of other days is faded !" and deeds of
violence and plunder have profaned the once sacred spot.
At last, the tranquillity of the neighbourhood was so

daring__ government aeterminea upa
litary interference, and the Light Infantry of the

ly outraged, t 1

under Captain Loader, has_ encamped on the mountain's

side. 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.
EMIGRATION FROM THE PORT OF LONDONDERRY.—
The emigration from this port to the United States and
British America has been greater during the present sea-
son than in any previous year. We subjoin a return, for
which we are indebted to Lieut. Ramsay, R.N., govern-
ment emigration-agent here, showing the number of
emigrants during the quarter ended the 30th June :
For United States, 30 ships, 9830 tons, 3727 passengers ;
for Canada, 10 ships, 5431 tons, 3155 passengers ; for
New Brunswick, 9 ships, 3948 tons, 2497 passengers.
Total enrigrants during the quarter, 9379 ; total same
quarter last year, 4510: increase for 1847, 4869.—Derry
Sentinel.

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FRACAS IN COURT.—On Friday week, at the quarter
sessions in Kilrush, Clare co., while Mr. O'Connell was
defending the persons charged with an outrage on Mr.
Hill, the government inspector, Mr. Hill, who was on
the bench, was observed to laugh, and in reply to a ques-
tion thereupon by Mr. O'C., said he was indeed laughing
at his foolish observations. Mr. O'Connell said he would
not suffer such language to pass with impunity elsewhere,
and that he should notice it out of court. The presiding
barrister required Mr. O'Connell to find sureties to keep
the peace, and on his refusal he was committed to bride-
well, Where he was visited by his brother attorneys, and
spent with them a pleasant evening. The subsequent
proceedings have not yet transpired.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MITRDER.—A letter, dated
Portumna, 3rd instant, states that on the previous Friday,
as Mr. Hacket, and his lady, of that place, were ret
in urning
homeward from Redwood, Tipperary, incar,
tfihre
evening, two men deliberately aimed at thematthwem
wi,h
arms, upon which he jumped out and struck
his whip, but both barrels were
discharged, the slugs
from which dreadfully. wounded him. Though faint from
loss of blood, he regained his seat and got to Portumna,
three miles of, where by the last accounts he lay dan-
gerously ill. The murderous attack is unaccountable, as
Mr. Racket is acknowledged by all parties to be a most
benevolent man, and his lady not less amiable,—giving
employment to many poor persons ; food to the hungry
at cost price, and charitably rendering their residence a
dispensary to the sick poor of the neighbourhood.

fRRL Al\'D

The amoun
lief of

Treasury for the

was, on warrants issued up to June 15th, £5,574,876.
From the third monthly report of the Irish Relief Com-
missioners it appears that the whole number of rations
daily distributed, gratuitously, in the 1677 divisions re-
.

ceiVing re

were sold. The average cost of a ration is about
The daily cost of the food given away is therefore

more tl4n £20,000. If the 512 yet tote included be added
and the number of rations required for -them be assumed
to be, on an average, the same as for the 1677 already re-
ceiving relief, the total number of rations to be daily dis-
tributed, without payment, will be about 2,388.,000, at a
cost of about £24,000 per day, or £168,000 per week.
The whole number of persons receiving relief, (allowing
half-rations for children) will be upwards of 2,700,000.
REFORMATION IN DUBLlN.—Yesterday, as we an-
nounced in our last publication, five persons renounced
Popery in St. AudOen's Church. One of them is a Mr.
John M`Shane, who has been employed for years as a
literary teacher in different Romish seminaries. He long
resisted the truth of the gospel, but at length yielded to
its influence under the teaching of some of the reformed
priests. The Rey. Thomas Scott received the converts ;
and, after they had partaken of the Lord's supper, and
had signed the roll, he presented each of them with a
Bible and a copy of the Book of Common Prayer. The
Rev. R. H. Maunsell Eyre preached from the Ist chapter
of St. Paul's epistle to the Romans, 15th and 16th verses
—" As much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel
to von that are at Rome also. For lam not ashamed of

the gospel of Christ : for it is the power of God unto sal-
vation to every one that believeth.—Dublin Evn. Herald.
INCENDIARY FIRE IN CORK.—Last week the work-

house of Cork was discovered to be on fire, the work of
an incendiary, threatening the destruction of extensive
public property, and great loss of life. It occurred after
all the inmates had retired to bed in the range of wooden
sheds, lately erected in addition to the workhouse, which
are all connected together. Some one effected an entrance
into a cellar, formed of the stone foundations, upon which
the sheds are erected, where the coffins are kept, and his
preparations for carrying out his design evinced the ex-
treme of cool and wicked ingenuity. He stuffed some of
the coffins with shavings, and piled them on each other,
so as to form a communication with the floor above, where

a thousand paupers were sleeping. Fortunately,
the women, who was sleeping immediately over tl

was almost suffocated by the smoke, just after the
,commenced, jumped out of bed and threw herself
[dow. The alarm was then given, and th
A discharged pauper is supposed t(
The fire was got out by active exert'