The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS IN IRELAND.—The Rev. Dr.
Dill gave some highly interesting details to the public
meeting of the Evangelical Alliance, on the beneficial in-
fluence and extraordinary success which has followed the
establishment of industrial shools in the western counties
of Ireland. The seasonable relief administered during the
famine years, by English blunty, had in a very consider-
able degree removed the long-cherished prejudice against
the Saxon ; and, when schools were opened to teach the
children to read, and to support themselves by net making
and fishing among the boys, and sewing, knitting, crochet
work, &c., &c., with the girls, they were immediately
crowded, and the most important results have already
followed •, hundreds of children are under instruction ; the
work produced by the girls has realized about £5OOO per
annum, and there is an increasing demand for schools in
the adjacent districts. Hitherto all sects have united in
promoting them. _

EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE.—A woman named Rowan
died on Tuesday last, under circumstances of a shocking
character. She kept her brother's house, who resided in
a court, in Bevington-street. On Monday afternoon
she came home in a state of intoxication, when her
brother-in-law assisted her up stairs and seated her on a
chair: while there she reached her hand to a wash-hand
stand to take uo a jug, and the brother-in-law imagining
she might meditate an attack on him as she had previously
struck him when drunk, prevented the action and hit her
a slight blow with the hand upon her cheek. He after-
wards left her, and against his usual practice, slept from
home that night; on the following morning the woman's
daughter found her mother lying dead. A surgeon gave
it as his opinion that death was the result of violence.
as the brain was in an extravasated state when examined.
As there was no evidence to show how the deceased met
with the injury, a verdict in accordance was returned.

FREAKS-0i AN ELEPHANT.—A week or two since an
elephant was brought from Calcutta in the ship Ann and
Mary. On Sunday week, while the vessel was lying in the
Albert Dock, and when all hands were ashore, the ele-
phant, excited by hunger, made his way on deck, where
he smashed everything within his reach. He then managed
to get on the quay, where he roared about in a great rage,
tossing over piles of merchandise, trucks, buckets, &c.,
as easily as if they were cricket balls. The captain, in
the course of the afternoon, happened to visit the dock
with a few friends, and to his astonishment, discovered
his quondam passenger in the state above described.
Assistance was in time procured, and, with considerable
difficulty, not unattended with danger, the huge and
powerful animal was at last safely fastened to one of the
iron posts. Fearing that some accident might happen,
the elephant was, on the following day, despatched to
London, where he will finally reside, in the gardens of the
Zoological Society.
VIA. AND THE MISSES RYALL'S CONCERT AT EGRE-
MONT.—On Friday evening Mr. Ryall's gave a miscella-
neous concert, in the large Assembly Room, at the Egre-
mont Hotel, assisted by Miss Ryalls and Miss Lizzy
Ryalls, the latter of whom made her debut, before a pub-
lic audience, on the occasion. M. Wehli was announced
as the pianist engaged. The room was respectably filled,
and the audience comprised members of some of the
leading families of New Brighton, Egremont, Seacotthe,
and the neighbourhood. The programme was well se-
lected, comprising compositions by Cimearosa, Crouch,
Bellini, Donizetti, diversified with some favourite ballad
music ; and the performance throughout gave unequivocal
satisfaction. It is not necessary to say anything in favor
of a known favourite like Mr. Ryalls. That of the two
ladies, however, it is incumbent upon us to notice. Miss
Ryalls is a very promising singer, and executed the pieces
allotted to her very creditably. In the duett in the
second part, with her sister, " I would that my love,"
from Mendelsohn, and her rendering of the well-known
ballad, " Home, sweet home," were especially good.
Miss Lizzy Ryalls possesses a voice of greater compass
than her sister ; and her higher notes especially are clear
and powerful. The execution of Benedict's exquisite
song, "I am thine, only thine," was characterized both
by precision and good taste. Both sisters made a very
favourable impression. M. Wehli executed two fantasias
on the piano forte in his usual brilliant style, and in the
last had the honor of an encore. We should not omit to
mention in high terms the singing of a basso, whose name
was not in the programme.

MR. SPLATT'S CASE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

A lady, having seen the affecting account of Mr. Splatt's
bereavement in the STANDARD newspaper, together with
the offer of the Editor to forward to him any tokens of
the sympathy of the public, encloses the trifling sum of
£1 in an envelope directed to Mr. Splatt, and will be
obliged to the Editor of the STANDARD to forward it to
him, according to his kind offer.

Oct. sth, 1850.
[We shall be glad to hand our benevolent correspondent's
contribution to Mr. Splatt, who will duly appreciate
the kind liberality.—En. L. S.]