The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

DISTRESS IN IRELAND,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
DEAR SIRS I send you the following extract from a
letter, received this morning, relative to the distress in
Ireland. The writer speaks what he knows, and testifies
what he has seen, and few are more competent than a pro-
prietor, who has resided amongst his tenantry without in-
terruption for a period of thirty-two years and upwards,
holding the commission of the peace for nearly the entire
of the time.

The letter was written without any view to its publica-
tion:- but yielding to the suggestion of an influential
friend, and anticipating the kind indulgence of the re-
spected writer, I venture upon the liberty of submitting
the extract to your readers, and am, dear sir, yours &c.,
THOMAS NOLAN.
St: Barnabas' , Liverpool, January 25,1847.

" Castlecooke, near Fermoy, County Cork.
"1 could scarcely pourtray the extreme destitution of
this-populous mountainous district,---no wheat, and all
the potatoes and oats failed. The labouring classes and
small farmers exist chiefly on turnips at 31)s. per ton, and
I contemplate with dismay the disappearance of them,
which cannot be very distant. Meal and bread stuffs are
quite out of their reach. You would not believe to the
full extent the emaciated pallid appearance of the once
stout peasantry, trying to stand out the day on the public
works, while the unemployed, which are now about 40
in this locality, chiefly keep their beds, to cheat the
cravings of hunger. I know them; intimately, and, while
I wonder how many exist, I admire their patience and
forbearance. Poor people ! they never were accustomed
to much comfort, and can bear their privatiOns better
than more pampered folk. If food, plentiful and within
the range of their means, be not supplied shortly, the loss
of life must be extensive. I fear the situation of this
country, generally, is neither understood nor believed in
England. However, the Queen's speech, which I have
read this moment, appears to indicate a strong wish to
relieve us. If something extensive, to provide subsistence
at-present and to insure the means of croppingin pro-
spective, be not enacted, the next year will be worse than
this to such as survive. May the Lord bless you, and
bring us all through this severe though merited trial, is
the fervent prayer of your sincere friend,

"WM. C. COLLIS

" Rev. Thomas Nolan."

YELLOW RICE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Sin,--I enclose an original receipt for yellow rice, a
Preparation, I believe, unknown in England. It is re-

markably cheap, as the quantity.mentioned may be made
for 9d. If you think it likely to prove useful, I beg you
will make use of it, and believe me to remain with sincere
respect and esteem, AMICUS.

Take one pound of rice, wash it clean,, and put it into a
saucepan which will hold three quarts, add to it half a
pound of currants picked and washed, one quarter of an
ounce of the best turmeric powder, previously dissolved
in a cupful of water, and a stick of cinnamon ; pour over
them two quarts of cold water, place the saucepan unco-
vered on a moderate fire, and allow it to boil till the rice
is dry, then stir in a quarter of a pound of sugar and two
ounces of butter, cover up and place. the pan near the fire
for a few minutes, then mix it well and dish up. This is
a very'favourite dish with the Javanese, and will be found
an excellent substitute for potatoes, with all roast meats,
poultry, &c. It also forms a capital pudding, which may
be improved by the addition of raisins and a few blanched
almonds.

TIFF, MERCURY"

S PROFANITY,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Six, I cannot refrain, although a private individual,
from bringing before the immediate notice of the public,
and that, through the means of your truly constitutional
paper, an insertion, if I may so term it, which appeared
in the Liverpool Mercury of Friday last, and which, by
the editor's kind permission, found a place in the columns
of that journal. It purports to be ' A New Translation
of the 12th Chapter of the lst*Book of Chronicles ;" and
under the title of " brochure" it conceals such a mixture
of imaginary satire and unblushing profaneness, as was
perhaps never before given to the eyes of an enlightened
public in a Christian empire.
What could have possibly been the object of the writer ?
what the probable tendency of his production ? It might
be supposed that the one was the seizing of an
umm-
peachable record of ecclesiastical history, to conveythe
irreverent phrases of a nAwananPr nolitirian ; and it can-

not but be supposed that the other will excite only an in-
effable feeling of mingled contempt and pity in the heart
of every true Christian, and every unflinching upholder of
the sacred testimonies of Jehovah ! I boldly and unhesi-
tatingly assert that it is profane, and that it must be
offensive in the sight of God: Let party skirmishers in
political matters at least confine themselves to the debat-
ing of such matters in the language usually adopted by
the parliamentary speakers; and which is commonly seen
in the broad sheet of the public press ; but let them not
have recourse to the Holy Word of God to clothe their
often malignant ideas, or breathe the sacred and inspired
records of his sanctuary in the same breath with the angry
declamations of the orators of the Council chamber.
With the abstract consideration of the matter in ques-
tion, as regards its political bearing, we havtehensottehirnn
dis-
countenance
of
pages the Ghoasvpee ,
beenn its do ; but the effrontery which would plagiarise the o very
Scripture for such a purpose, merits justlyt
ad is no way
creditable
eto that paper-
ofesery
loverwhose
pass-
port to the eyes of the public.—l am, sir,
&c.
Liverpool, Tan. 16, 1847. HOMO.

[The prQeediug letter was emitted in our paper of fast
week.]