The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-02 00:00:00

ter it obligatory upon the

is forcibly illtiStraied by some recent proceedings

Castlebar Union. It will be remembered, as havingbeen
stated in Parliament, that although the workhouse in this
Union is capable of holding 600 inmates, only 106 could
be admitted, owing to the want of sufficient funds to sup-,
port its full complement. On Saturday week, we are told

ke into consideration the bankrup
[r: Otway,, the assistant-commis,

the guardians met tc
state of the Union ; M
sioner, was present, end in, very forcil
the guardians to strike-a rate by which to raises iufficien
sum to enable them to receive 600 paupers, the number
it was erected to contain. On a division it was found that
13 voted against, and onlyv3 for the new rate. In the

k language urged

Palmer

"After the guardians (says the Telegraph} had deciaed
on not striping a new rate, or to levy funds for the sup-
port of the poor, Mr. Otway pressed upon them the actual

necessity of arranging for the:support of the 106 paupers
in the house. They, howeirer, made no arrangement,
trusting, as they stated, that the collector would be ena-
bled to collect sufficient funds to procure food for the
weekly support of the pauper-inmates-. This, however,
is a very precarious 'provision, for .the collector declared
he would not undertake to collect unless protected by the
military and civil power."

Conduct so hea'rtless as this, persisted in, too, in the
face of very strong remonstrances addressed to the guar-
dians by the poor-law commissioners, ought to be proof
enough that a. poor-law in Ireland, to be of any use, must
be commilsory in its provisions. These Castlebar gentry,
under Lord John's proposed measure, would be "per-
mitted" to give out-door as well as in-door relief to their
poor. The scope of their benevolence would be "per-
mitted" to extend itself. Bat the inclination to fulfil
even their present limited duties is clearly wanting. The
present awful destitution of the country- is insufficient to—
unlock their hearts ; and the ministerial permission to be
just, will, in their case, remain &dead letter.

On Sunday morning last, after a sermon by the Rev.
J. Martineau, the sum of £438 was collected at the Uni-
tarian Chapel, Paradise-street, .for the relief of the dis-
tressed Irish.

FAST SAILING.-The new steam-ship Viceroy, coin-
mantled by Captain Stokes, and'now on. the Glasgow and
Liverpool station, arrived in the river on Saturday, having
made the passage from Greenock in about fifteen hours.
ArlY The amount received in lect; ,s and -

.e. col ~ion, - subscriptions a,
,iaptist Chapel, Myrtle-street, on Sunday, after a
sermon by the Rev. J. Lister, for the- distressed Irish,

was £372

At the Council Meeting to-morrow, a motion will be
brought forward to increase the salary of Mr. Wyberg,
the treasurer, from £5OO to £7OO per annum : a proposi-
tion which will no doubt be assented to unanimously.
The Rev. L. Formby, 8.A., has been licensed by the
Lord Bishop of Chester to the Perpetual Curacy of

avant by the resiknatioii •of the Rev

Bownuizik M.A.
Sir Howard Douglas having been named as one of the
trustees in a prospectus of the Colonial, Foreign, and
General Assurance Company, we are requested to state
that he has given no authority for his nano• being so used.
On Sunday last, the sum of £BO was collected for the

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relief of the distressed, at St._ John the Evangelist's
Church, Hope-street, after a, sermon by the Rev. Henry
H. Higgins. Half the amount has been given to the Li-
verpool Charitable Society.
BMITEIOLOMEW'S CRURCH.—On Sunday last, the
Rev. George Dover, after the .sermon, made an appeal to
the congregation on behalf of the distressed poor in Ire-
land and Scotland, when the -sum of £l7 3s. was col-
lected at the doors in aid of the fund for their relief.
EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a
Board of Examiners, held at the Board-mom, in the
Observatory, on Tuesday, Captain Wm_ H. Grevow,_ of

urray of this

port, and, Captain John Ellis, Of Scilly, and laip of the
brig Martha of Liverpool, were examined and found duly
qualified for first-cless certificates as masters, which were
accordingly granted them.
THE WEATHER.—On Tuesday night, we were visited

A great deal of rain. fell on Wednesday and Thursday.
From Friday morning up to Sunday night the weather
was dear and frosty. About nine o'clock on Sunday night
sleet commenced falling thickly,. and yesterday morning
the ground was covered with snows several inches thick.
It will, however, quickly disa.ppear, as a thaw soon after
set in.

DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—AR inquest
was held yesterday; before Mr: Curry,. touching the death
of Edward Stephens, aged 4Z, a-weigher at a warehouse.
Shortly before eleven o'clock on • Sunday night, deceased

was brought home to Roscoo-lane, much intoxicated, and
unable to walk. He was carried up stairs, and placed on;
the floor, with a pillow put under his head. About six,
o'clock yesterday morning, he was found quite dead.
Deceased was a-hard drinker, and had on Sunday evening,
taken ale and-rum in large quantities: Verdict,—" Died.
from excessive drinking."
ROBBERY FROM A SHOP. At smart-looking well:.
dressed young man, named James. Reece, was yesterday
charged at the Police-court with sundry robberies from
the shop of Mr. Briscoe, Oldhall-street, who had re-
cently employed him. It- appeared that some suspicion
had arisen as to his honesty, and that in order to test it,
two shillings and a sixpence marked were put on a shelf
or recess, at the back of the counter, where the- small
sums received were put, until paid over to the cashkeeper.

searebed, and he himself apprehended, the marked.money
was found,—also, in-his box., Alves, stockings,. ribbons,
&e., of considerable value. whole were Adentifted ;
an he was committed for trial at the present sessions.

PrtoposrmoNs KOlt. Tnic

rn Foote IN

SCOTLAND AND IN IRELAND.---,-The Rev, W. Pollock,
Incumbent of St, Alark's, suggests, as a means of relief
even to the swing. of life, in many -parts of Ireland th e

blishment of an " Irish Relief liazatar", for the sal(
)f domestic manufacture, which habitually
mployment to the population, but for which they

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