The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-19 00:00:00

addition ill accommodation be not provided), eventual
the outb

Many familit
happy, are ti

lc of fever

since lived con
asylum in the

end othc
who not long
)reed to seel

where they may receive temporary assistance. The
streets are daily crowded with the begging poor, and the
strong athletic youth, whose squalid and famished looks
show that. the ravages of famine and distress are making
inroads in every part of the country. True, many means
of employment have been devised, and numbers arwob-
taining work, but whose wages are barely able to afford
one meal in the day to their families. Bat, independently
of all this, robbery, on an extensive scale, is going on,
and in many instances, convictions have been had against
some of the perpetrators.

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tion of Irish interests, has been virtually constituted. We
refer to the declaration of Irish peers and representatives,
subscribed by seventy-eight of the highest names in the
land, including those of no fewer than forty-six peers, by
whom the preliminary step in this matter has been taken.
The list comprises the names of noblemen and gentlemen
of all parties. To borrow the words of the Freeman,
" Rathdown, and Farnham, and Waterford, and O'Neill,
and Caledon, move in glorious harness with Sligo, and
Arran, Shannon, Headfort, and Cremorne." These no-
blemen and gentlemen have pledged themselves to united
action, in reference to all Irish measures, not exclusively
political,j which may be produced during the coming ses-
sion. It is not, of course, to he supposed, that any of
them will forego their political opinions on any question
but that they will, alt, make their politics a secondar
consideration to the peculiar interests of their comnic
grand object of bringing
country, and keep them in the back ground until
all classes in Ireland safely e
the present crisis, is
does the present union go. We cannot deny
achieved. " To this extent, no me
andapnatdlidyread a
Ii
unionrais of Irishmen
etosuehaforPi the ureobtainmentpatty
of an
the
boon for Ireland, inconsistent with general pro,perit.
and coherence of the empire. but we sincerely believe
such design. is entertained by.the majority ofl n 1)
now constitute the " Irish party." We 'ay the matho7,;.:€ll/o
tbr we find in the list the names of the O'et;o;A:sir.'
O'Brien, Maher, and one or two more, who will doubt
less, if permitted, insinuate the -poison of their

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into the porches of such ears as may be unguarded
enough to- imbibe it. There must be a vigilant watch
against any surprise of this sort, and, if se, we have no
fear of the issue.----Belfast News Letter..

BRAVO !—GREAT LIBERALITY.—At a meeting of the
Edinburgh Anti-Corn-Law Association, it was agreed to

dissolve the body, and to divide the balance in hand
(11 7s. 10d.) between the testimonials now in Course of
being raised for Messrs. Cobden and Bright. By the byeo.
we have not lately seen any announcement of the state of
the Cobden fund. We take great interest in this affair,
because we are curious to see the amount of gullibility of
which the English people are capable. The fact is, we
suppose, that the " Committee are ashamed any longer
to advertise the £70,000 odd, and are waiting to see it
they cannot raise it to £BO,OOO, before they again commit
the amount to the public eye. We fear that our poor
friend Cobden has but a very small chance of pocketing
the £lOO,OOO originally intended to be presented to him
for his gallant attempt to ruin his country.
LORD LINCOLN AT MANCHESTER.. Lord Lincoln
visited Manchester on Tuesday, to explain his political
views to the constituency, or, at all events, to those who
are seeking to secure his selection as one of the repre-
sentatives of that borough. His reception was a very
gratifying one, and some efforts on the part of the adher-
ents of Mr. Bright to cause a disturbance, and also to get
up a cheer for Mr. Bright on the Exchange v,hen Lord
Lincoln passed through, completely failed. The noble
lord has not declared himself a candidate ; and will not
decide until the requisition from the electors is presented
to him. In the course of a very long address which

le delivered in the Corn ixebange o'n Tuesday even-
the Noble Lord, in reply to the charge,tbat,.4: was

udden" convert to free- t

present statesmen and legislators had been cony(
the same faith. He would not repeal the malt t

came home more to
of Manchester. H

lie repudi

to pay t

sea

mind 'upon the legacy and probate duties:
(idedly oppose a motion to relieve the his
attendance in the House .44. Loads. At. ti
this confession, the meeting, which is szi
l!trge, pasted is vote of contidenee in hip

determined to ptuv.io their
his behalf.

rated et

of the constituency- o

.raven on t

le cougrega

s of their families. The remainder of the
gave the highest satisfaction to all present.

COURT AND FASHION.

The Queen and Royal family returned to Windsor, on
Thursday, from Claremont.
Lord and Lady Stanleyand family arrived in St. James's-

nare, on Thursday, from Knowsley

-The Earl of Abeilleen, accompanied by the lion. Ar
thur Gordon, has arrived at Drayton Manor, on a visit t
Sir R. Peel.

The late Marchioness of Westminster has left the whole
of her personal estate, valued at 4:16,000, to her youngest
son, Lord Robert Grosvenor.
Mr. Dyce has been commissioned to paint, on the walls
of the staircase of Osborne House, in fresco, on a large
scale, an historical, or rather poetical, -
yielding to Britannia the sovereignty of the

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finished- study for the picture has been submitted to the
Queen and Prince Albert, who have expressed their satis-

faction by ordering its immediate execution

Prince George of Cambridge has been a visitor at Sir
William Stanley's vine() Friday week. On Saturday wed
the worthy baronet's hounds met at the hall. The tieh
by his Royal Highness
f the laud, who

was attended
noble magnate

friendly hospitality f
celebrate'

which Houton 'Hall is ‘:so justly
son of the year. On Sunday his
led Divine service at Easthan)

, at th

Royal I.lii h

parish chnich, accompanied by G.
Francis Gordon. On Monday the r
had a grand batter amongst the I

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le part

its of t

late Lady Jehr

!quently

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third son of Mr. (

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