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

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IRELAND.

IMPORTANT CONVENTION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE
BANE OF FRANCE.—The Moniteur Parisieir of Wednes-
day evening contains the following article :--" An arrange-

disposal of a portion of the government stock of which it
is proprietor. On the 27th of Febrnary last the Emperor
of Russia gave, through Count Nesselrode, orders to M.
Kisseleff, his Charge,d'Affairs in France, to present him-
self to the minister for foreign affairs (M. Guizot) to in-
form him that the Russian government was ready to pur-
chase the French government stock of which it wished to
dispose at the medium price of the day (March 11 inst.)
to the extent of 50,000,000 f. (X 2,000,000 sterling.) This
sum will he placed in cash at St. Petersburg at the dispo-

GERMANY.—The following account is given as a proof
of the misery occasioned by scarcity of food in Hungary :
—" The misery which prevails in Hungary is such, that

acts of horror

been committee

as are not to

surpassed in accounts of cities famished by a long sere.
A workman at Pesth, being no longer able to provide for
his numerous family, walked with two of his children to
the banks of the Danube, and threw the youngest into the
stream ; but his anguish at seeing it struggle for its life in
the waters, impelled him to jump in to endeavour to save
it. The child that was left on the bank uttered cries of
distress, and said that he would not ask again for bread if
they would but save his father. The man was saved, but

the child he had thrown in was drowned. The. unhappy
man has been imprisoned, and the authorities have taken
charge of his family."

nearly 40,000 dollars in all, and the same energetic move-
ment is going forward in Boston, Albany, Utica, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, New Or-
leans, &c. It is impossible for us to give every instance of
individual charity in the various cities. We shall endea-
vour to keep the run of contributions in this city, and
eventually we hope to receive from the relief committee
frill lists of all the donations made in the city and neigh-
bourhood for Ireland and Scotland. At the city of New-
ark, New Jersey, a meeting has been held, 1,500 dollars
subscribed, and measures adopted to send out a ship
laden with grain to the Irish poor. Mr. H. H. Grinnel,

in Irellin-d

Lt his own

setited
ton county, New York. A lady in this city has sent 1000
dollars to the relief committee, but she modestly with-
holds her name. The New York relief ship Victor, now
loading at this city, was chartered some time ago, when
freights were cheap, by Messrs. Dutilh and Cousineri, who
cheerfully transferred their favourable bargain to the re-
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lief committee. At Cincinnati, Ohio, 3,000 dollars wsrc
subscribed in one evening, and committees appointed to
increase the sum. At New Bedford, Massachusetts, Mr.
Rotch, jnn., gave 400 dollars, and Mr. G. Howland, 300
dollars ; ad Mr. L. 'Loris, of Woonsocket, Rhode
Island, 500 dollars. Rochester has contributed 1,000
dollars. The Catholic Church at Boston has contributed
5,387 dollars.—New York Sun, Feb. 24.

Unless out-door relief be speedily administered by men
who feel, for the people, Ireland must become one great
grave-yard for famine's victims.—Newry Examiner
The Central Relief Committ

f the -Society of Friends
.eceiyed, by the Cambria, the handsome sum of £7,000,
contributed by the Society in America, for the relief of

MURDER IN Tfip COUNTY KILKENNY,—A letter re:
c-eived in this town this morning states that Mr. Prim, a
pay-clerk, together with one of the constabulary, were
murdered yesterday morning at Kells, county Kilkenny.

—Dublin :Evening Herald of Tuesday.
ARRIVAL OF GRAIN AT CORK.—The arrivals of grain-
laden vessels—maize being the principal import—at this

the 11th, 7 vessels ; 12th, 8. ditto ; 13th, 9 ditto ; 14th,
5 ditto. In addition to these, our Cove correspondent
announces at least twenty others.—Cork Examiner.
The Cork Examiner says :—" There are nearly 1,000
prisoners in the county gaol ; and of these about nine-
tenths are in fever—the `famine fever.' The extraor-
number of prisoners is principally, owing to the
larges being generally for larceny

existing distress, ti
andsheep-stealing

The Tipperary Vindicator says :—" The chapel gates
in many parishes are posted each Sunday with notices
from persons desirous of disposing of their small farms, and
of quitting them on any terms that may be offered.
Whilst this is the case, the land is idle ; no effort is made
to prepare it for the spring crops; the landlords, in the
majority of cases, either will not or cannot interfere!'
GOOD- EXAMPLE.—We understand that the

Messrs.
Keating, of Sylvanpark and Cabra, have raised the rate
of wages to their labourers from 10d to 13d per day. The
pea.antry, to mark their gratitude for this act of season-
able thoughtfulness on the part of the Messrs. Keating,
lit bonfires on Sunday night last, at Fordstown, where
Mr. J. Keating holds a farm.—Meath Herald.

• RENTAL OF IRELAND.—A return of the aggregate net
rental of all Ireland as assessed to the poor-rate of the
several unions, has been made by the Irish poor-law com-
missioners, in obedience to an order of the House of
Commons. According to this return, the aggregate net
annual value of all Ireland, as assessed for the poor-rate,
is £33,187,421 6s. Bd.
ARRIVALS OF CORN AT CORlC.—There have been fur-
ther very extensive arrivals of bread-stuffs at Cork, chiefly
Indian corn, from New York, Vienna, Lisbon, Oporto,
Genoa, and Leghorn. The Cove Shipping List announces
the arrival of upwards of twenty vessels, with bread-stuffs,
including two cargoes of wheat froin Marseilles. Indian
corn declined £1 per ton in the Cork market on Satur-

EMIGRATION FROM bLlGo.—Upwards of three hun-
dred persons, including men, women, and children, will
take their departure from Sligo upon Monday next, per
the Rover steamer. They are all emigrants, who, in
despair of obtaining a living in this wretched land, are

bout any—in a distant country

)eyond t

Sligo Champion
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MARCH 18.—I am sorry to say the corn
market here to-day was beyond the market price in Dub-
lin, on Tuesday, according to your quotations—Oats, 965.
per barrel ; oatmeal, 28s. to 295. per cwt. ; this is owing
to the great demand for seed, as I am happy to say the
sowing is getting on far better than was expected, but it
raises provisions fearfully.—Correspondent of the Dublin
Evening Mail.

MULLINGAII

EMIGRATION FROM WATERFORD.—We are informed,
on the authority of a highly respectable gentleman from
the county of Waterford, that upwards of two hundred
tenants•of the Duke of Devonshire, in that county, have
tendered their leases, being . resolved to emigrate this
spring to America. They are solvent and substantial
farmers, and, therefore, of the class which Ireland can
least afford to lose, and furnish, we fear, an index to those

whose ran
rter.

A JUST ACKNOWLEDGMENT.—At the assizes for the
county of Donegal, just terminated at Lifford, the grand

jury entered the following resolution in their order book :
Resolved,—That the grand jury of the county of Do-
negal, assembled at the Spring Assizes, 1847, cannot se-
parate without expressing their grateful sense of the sym-
pathy so liberally displayed by the people of England
towards the distressed state of this country, and stating
their conviction, that without reference to country, dis-
tress was never proved to exist that England did not
hasten to its relief."
46 p,

PRIESTLY ..YRANNY.''-A correspondent of the
Kerry Post says—" The man (Nahony), who was so
violently used by the Rev. George O'Sullivan, P.P., as
described in your paper of Saturday last has carried his
complaint before Bishop Hegan. He has served three
processes on his .reverence for the amount of his loan ;
and has summoned him and his assistants for the assault

and forcible entry. If the priest does not succeed in hav-
ing the matter compromised, there will be a nice expose
of his violent and tyrannical conduct ; not to say a word
about the worst, the money part of the transaction."

AWFUL STATE OF DESTITUTION IN CASTLEREA.—A
correspondent in Castlerea states—" That the number of
deaths not only in the town, but for miles around, and
also in the workhouse, is truly appalling. The deaths in
the house, for the last week, exceed 50 ! The poor people
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for the I are near,- d Fore t}-d,

__.y newt be ley obtain, or probably seek, au
mission. Their principal object appears to be that of ob-
taining coffins. There are upwards of 1,100 in the house,
830 of whom are ill of dysentery or fever ! ! The medi-
cal officer,Dr. Al"rucker, -has resigned—the matron, wife
of the deceased master, continues ill, and her death is
hourly .expected.—Boyie Gazette.
THE EARLY WHEAT.—We regret to say that a portion
of the early wheat crop has been destroyed by the grub,
and that in several instances in Louth and Meath farmers
are ploughing their land again for the reception of another
crop. This news will tend to st.

imulate the American
farmers to sow more largely still. We hope that the in-
jury is not of an extensive nature, as we have seen sonic
beautiful and luxuriant fields in the neighbourhood. To
the farmer and cottier we say, sow as great breadth. of
turnips as you possibly can. Several fields about this
town are already let in conacre for that purpose. If this
advice be followed. it will be a preventative against the
future scarcity.—Drogheda Conservative.
• REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—There was the usual miserable
gathering at Conciliation-hall on Monday. The promised
letter of Mr. Daniel O'Connell was not forthcoming, and
in its stead was read another interminable epistle from the
Kilkenny, who, in reference to the state
Ith, assures Mr. Ray that the accounts

have for the last four 'clays been of a character greatly to
strengthen the hope that a change of climate for a few
months will re-invigorate and enable him once more to

attenuants counsel ins unmeamte ueparture for the south
of Europe, and cheer his family with the hope of his re-
turn in renewed health before autumn. The rent for the
week amounted to £27 4s. 9d.
CATTLE EXPORTS.—A most remarkable falling off has
taken place in the export of cattle, pigs, &c., from this
country to England, within a short time back. During
the last two months the number. of pigs shipped in the
Cdrk Steam Ship Company's vessels from this port, was
exactly ten thousand less than for the corresppnding.
period last year. There has been also a great falling oft
in the exports of horned cattle and
.sheep. One of the
most extensive firms in this city, engaged in the export
pp,,,ni iv riven up altogether, and turned

train and

)rovision

Its attention in ... ....-1,-- - n---- - •- .. . New
York, which purpose one of the firm has proceeded to
York, as its representative in that market. —Cork Re-
porter.
A man named Donoghue died of starvation some ten or
twelve days back at Corral i, in the county of Cork, leaving
a widow and three children. The poor widow had in a
box a small piece of bread, and not more than half a stone
/
of flour for them. On Thursday, the mother and eldest
child left the house, and the two other children in charge