The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-23 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD.

SIR,—We have now been in correspondence with a
considerable number of the Irish clergy for nearly three
months. We found them at Christmas busily engaged
in feeding, from their own scanty means, large numbers
of their hungry neighbours of all creeds and parties. Had
they received no assistance, this their good work must have
been of very short duration ; but they have been assisted
and enabled to persevere in (to use the expression of one of
them) " detaining men alive." Their time and attention,
their feelings and anxieties, as well as their means, have
been absorbed in this work. Their health, both of mind
and body, has been endangered. In some instances it has
given way. Their own private affairs have been neglected ;
and now I fear I speak the truth concerning a great number
of them, when I say that they have not, and cannot by any
unassisted efforts of their own procure, seed for their glebe
lands. Ido not speak from positive knowledge, because
none of them have written on this particular point. I
ascribe their silence to their delicacy, since while spending
all they had, and all they could beg, on others, they have
been nobly forgetful of themselves. The Government
soup kitchens are now in operation, relieving the clergy
from the actual pressure of the starving poor ; and our
attention has become painfully alive to the protracted
difficulties, not to say destitution, which must be entailed
on our devoted reverend brethren, if they'do not get their
glebes properly cultivated and cropped. Sir, will you
circulate these few lines, and appeal in your valuable paper
to British liberality (already grievously taxed) on this
point ? Will you ask your readers to select Irish parishes
for themselves, and instantly to communicate with the
clergy on the subject of seed (of all kinds) for their glebes,
and wages for their labourers ? The "Irish Clergy List"
will supply names of both incumbents and parishes.
If enabled duly to cultivate their glebes, they will em-
ploy, as they ever have done, labourers of all creeds and
parties : and at this moment whatever adds to the amount
of agricultural labour is of the utmost importance, not only
as regards the hope of harvest, but also the present occu-
pation of men withdrawn from the public works.
But I will not prolong this letter by attempting to plead
this cause. I may, however, commend it to Christian
sympathy, by applying, and with strict truth and justice,
to my dear reverend friends, what Mr. Grattan beautifully
said concerning the self-exhausting labours of Dean Kir-
wan—" In feeding the lamp of charity, he has almost ex-
hausted the lamp of life."
The season for spring labour is on the wing. There is
not a day to spare.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
HUGH M`NEILE.
Aigburth, Liverpool, March 19, 1847.

LIVERPOOL FOREIGNERS' MISSION.—The Rev. Joseph
Baylee preached on Sunday last in St. Barnabas Church,
for the above mission, under his superintendence, after
which a collection was made of £l2 towards its support.

FEVER.—Yesterday, two coaches. Nos. 425 and 99,
were observed to carry fever patients to the hospital,
Mount-pleasant. Police-officers, strange to say, accom-
panied the vehicles to and from the hospital.
CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY FOP. IRELAND.—The
anniversary meetings of the Bowden and Wolverhampton
Associations in aid of this important society, were held on
the 10th and 16th instant. The Rev. T. Nolan, of St.
Barnabas, attended in both places as a deputation.
CHRIST CHURCH SUNDAY AND DAILY SCHOOLS.—
We beg to direct attention to the advertisement in
another column, of the Sermons to be preached in aid of
the above excellent Schools. Few schools better deserve
support than those connected with Christ Church ; and
none will be more eloquently advocated.
THE ASSIZES.—THE BAR.—The number of barristers
attending the present assizes appears to be quite as large
as on any former occasion, and we believe that some are
still expected to arrive. We counted about seventy oc-
cupying seats in the outer bar yesterday. The following
gentlemen sat, as usual, within the bar :—Mr. Knowles,
(the Attorney-General for the Palatine.) Mr. Baines, Mr.
Watson, Mr. Martin, Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Sergeant
Murphy, Mr. Ellis and Mr. Bain.
REPORT ON THE GAS QUESTION.—The Council meet
to-day to receive the report of the Sub-committee ap-
pointed to inquire relative to the merits of the gas bills
now before Parliament. The report of the commissioners,
just published, recommends an amalgamation of the three
companies, with a rate of interest not to exceed 71 per
cent. ; and should the Council adopt the recommendation,
and the rival companies consent to such an arrangement,
the public may derive much benefit from the consolidation
of the present opposing companies.
TOXTETH-PARR.—ELECTION OF OVERSEERS.—The
Conserxative rate-payers of Toxteth-park should bear it
in mind, that Friday next is fixed for the election of over-
seers of the poor for that township. We believe the
friends of fair play intend to bring forward one gentleman
of Conservative politics as a candidate ; and in order to
do away with the impression that the overseers make im-
proper use of the power in their hands in making out the
lists of electors, we trust that . one gentleman of each
party will be elected, when, if they each do their duty, no
one will have cause to find fault with being off the register.
POLICE-COURT, YESTERDAY.—Three men, Lloyd,
Cates, and Walls, were charged with having attempted a
robbery in Falkner-street. They were found attempting
to get over the back-yard wall of a house, and had been
followed, on suspicion, from other streets. On the case
being investigated, some of the prisoners having been pre-
viously committed, Lloyd was sentenced to be imprisoned
for one month, Bates for two, and Walls for three months.
—Thomas Walls, for robbing an elderly man, named
Waring, of his watch on Saturday night in Scotland-
road, was committed for trial at the sessions.—Eliza Jones,
charged with stealing cloth, value 18s., was also committed
for trial.
ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF NIGHT-SOlL.—Yesterday, at
the Police-court, a man named Thomas Jenjenson, was
brought up charged by Mr. Pickering, of Vauxhall-road,
the head contractor (under the new act) for the removal.
of night-soil in the town, with having carted away some
night-soil, representing himself as one of Mr. Pickering's
servants. Mr. Rushton said that, according to the act, it
was requisite to proceed by information, and that lie
should endeavour to put a stop to a practice which would
render the contract of the complainant unprofitable. The
prisoner was then discharged, as the case was not cognis-
able but by information.
THE CAUSE LlST.—This list contains the unusually
small number of 132 causes-32 in the Salford Hundred
list, and 100 in the West Derby Hundred (or Liverpool)
list. The Salford list includes 3 special-jury causes, viz.,
Doe dem. Molesworth v. Elliott and others, ejectment ;
Lees v. Huddersfield Railway Company, debt; and Wat-
son v. Aspinall, prom. The Wet Derby list includes
nine special juries, namely : Kendall and another execu-
tors v. Bronnall, prom. ; Sowler v. Simpson, prom. ;
Gibson v. same, prom. ; the Queen v. Selsby and others,
indictment ; Whitwell v. Harrison, prom. ; same v.
England, prom.; M'Callum v. Aspinall, prom. ; Frazer
and others v. Toy, prom. ; and Bell, public officer, v.
Lord Ingestre. • •
CHESTEIt ASSOCIATION IN AID OF THE IRISH SOCIETY
OF LONDON.—The anniversary sermons in aid of the ob-
jects of the above society were preached on Snnday last as
follows :—ln St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. Thomas
Nolan, and after the sermon a collection was made of £l2.
In St. Bride's Church a sermon was preached by the'Rev.
John Hackett, incumbent of St. James's, Bray, county
Wicklow, and by the same gentleman at St. Paul's. The
collections at the two places amounted to £29. A meet-
ing of the clergy connected with the association was held
yesterday, the Rev. Chancellor Raikes in the chair, at
which the following rev. gentlemen were present :—The-•
Rev. Canon Ealin, Revds. T. Nolan, J. Hackett, W. P.
Hulton, Frederick Ford, W. Haworth, J. Gaman, J.
Hewson, R. Bryan, and J. E. White. A collection was
made after the meeting.
IRISH AND SCOTCH DESTITUTION.—We understand
that a large and highly-respectable meeting of ladies was
held at the Lyceum yesterday, at which the Rev. Wm.
Pollock was invited to preside. The object was the re-
lief of the'existing destitution in Ireland and Scotland, by
affording a sale for such articles of domestic manufacture
as can be supplied from the suffering districts. An In-
dustrial Committee was formed; including ladies of con-
sideration connected with almost all the congregations of
Liverpool. It was agreed upon that a sale should be pre-
sently opened at the Lyceum, (when the use of the room
has been granted,) to be superintended by ladies of the
committee. A. sub-committee was also appointed for
carrying out in detail the proposed general arrangements.
The full particulars, we believe, will be communicated to
Leinssteno ft
Dissenter,"
the local press generally, after a meeting of the sub-com-
mittee, 'which has been fixed for Monday next, at two
o'clock.
D(TalnynivAeurc.37;EhnousiegAnTsiioliNnasssesisf
and dates from Oswestry, states that " in a rural district
of enlightened England a petition has been put by the
•Bainesites into the hands of the people for signature, and
'T:AAn OrthodoxelpresP°n
of the individuals whose names were subsequently affixed
nearly one-half are unable to write, and of the remainder
a considerable portion cannot spell their own names,
while very few of the whole number show, by a creditable
and legible signature, that they have had the means of ac-
quiring even the most simple and elementary branches of
knowledge. The opponents of the measure must be
careful, or they will overshoot their mark. Such petitions
carry with them their own antidote. Unfortunately,
the respectability and genuine character of petitions are
too little scrutinized in Parliament. We trust, however,
that Lord John Russell knows sufficiently the extensive
machinery which the Dissenting bodies have for getting
up petitions on all imaginable subjects, to inspire him
with firmness sufficient to resist this storm in a tea-cup.