The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

-Strong proposals from the leading men of all parties
are now making in Ireland for the convention of a National
Committee in Dublin, to take into consideration the pre-
sent difficulty in Ireland. It is not, however, likely to
take place; and if it did, it is expected that if it would
be productive of any effect, it would be the promulgation
of a national declaration for repeal.
FORCE AT THE COAST OF IRELAND.—There are now
12 men-of-war steamers, of 1756 collective horse power,
5864 tons, and 720 officers and men, and three storeships
of 3000 tons and 100 men, stationed off the coast of Ire-
land. The above, together with two ordnance lighters,
also employed, make 17 sail of nearly 9000 tons and above
850 men, on the coast of Ireland.
The Marquis of Downshire and a deputation from the
Flax Improvement Society of Ireland bad an interview
with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Thursday, for
the purpose of explaining the present state and prospects
of the society, and the steady advance of the produce of
the Irish flax. Specimens of linens and cambrics were
graciously received by her Majesty.
At the meeting of the Repeal Association, on Monday,
Mr. John O'Connell enunciated a speech, which he
wound up by saying their cry should be " Food for the
present—Repeal for the future." A letter was read from
the " Liberator" on the present fearful condition of Ire-
lend. His suggestion is that the landed proprietors
should immediately form a national committee to meet
in Dublin, and assist at this disastrous moment in the
management of such Irish affairs as relate to the ap.
proaching famine. Such a body would command the
attention of the government both in Ireland and in Eng-
land. He concludes, however, with the usual assertion
that nothing but a repeal of the union will permanently
benefit Ireland. Mr. John O'Connell read a letter from
Mr. J. Campbell, of Liverpool, enclosing £6 as the last
week's contribution to repeal. Mr. Campbell denies that
there is any great falling off in the number of repeaters in
this town, and states that the association shall receive snore
substantial proofs of their determination to support the
present policy of repeal. The weekly rent was £93.

COUNTY CORK —A NOVEL PRESENTMENT.—The ex-
traordinary presentment sessions for the barony of Ibane
and Barryroe was held in the Roman Catholic Chapel of
Timoleague on Wednesday. This sessions, as well as
those which preceded it, was numerously and respectably
attended. An application was put in to improve the
Roman Catholic Chapel of Timoleague, to cost £3OO.
The parish priest warmly advocated the rebuilding of the
chapel by presentment, on the ground of the poverty of
the district. The Chairman wished to know if any one
opposed the presentment ? (Cries of " No.") Priest : 1
assureyouthere could be no more useful work. Chairman:
Have we the power of doing it? Secretary: You can
grant any public work. Chairman : Well, shall I Bp-
' At what amount ? Secretary :

we of it

( Yes, yes.)
£3OO is applied for. Priest
You will be very well off in g(ttinz £3OO

. , .
Give us £5OO, for less will never do it. Mr. Beamish :
Take the £3OO. £3OO was then presented to build a
chapel in the village of Timoleague.
Six MEN DROWNED.—A most distressing accident

occurred yesterday about midday in Rouses Bay, nrar the
Quarry (whence stones are conveyed in flat-bottomed
boats for the embankment cf the Foyle,) by which six

men met with a watery grave. The particulars are the
following :—One flat had been laden with her complement
of ten tons, and she requited to be removed from the
jetty into deep water to make room for ethers. Four men

were ordered .to do this, but being anxious to commence
their half day's work, eleven men went on her deck to re-
move her by poles quickly. When in the act of doing so

the outward end sink a little, and as they pushed, er
farther out, the water rose and entered a hole in her bot-
tom, and she began to sink at a distance scarcely the
length of herself from the jetty. Ten of the men jumped
overboard into a small punt, which immediately swamped,
and one remained on deck. Three swam to the shore ;
the one who remained on deck got safely to land by means
of a pole, and a fifth was saved by the fireman of the
small tug steamer who swam to his assistance, and laid
hold of him when he was sinking. The remaining six,
after unavailing efforts. sunk to rise no more. What
makes the case more tragical is, that when precipitated
into the water the men were within an oar's length of the
jetty and of safety.-• Derry Sentinel.
THE POTATO DISEASE.—The fact of potatoes which
were left undug being the safest, and the many instances
of tubers which were slightly a. tacked remaining so, with-
out the disease making to; ther progress during the winter,
and lastly, the abundant supplies which continue to be
sent to all our provincial markets, up to the month of
May, afford strong grounds for the conclusions that the
disease was not progressive, after a certain period last
year. There can be no doubt that where the crop was
partially diseased, and stored in the usual manner, many
of the potatoes rotted, because the circumstances under
which they were placed were precisely such as were calcu-
lated to increase decay, where disease existed, and espe-
cially where the tissue of the tuber was not sufficiently
matured ; but where the potatoes were not put together
in too large heaps, the disease d d not increase. As a fur-
ther proof of this, we may refer to the fact that several
lots of slightly diseased potatoes, of various kinds, were
put among sand, turf mould, and charcoal, in the Royal
Dublin Society's Botanic Garden, and placed in a cellar,
where the air was cool and uniform, with a view of ascer-
taining how long they would keep. They were thus placed
on the 17th of October last year, where they remained
till Thursday, the 17th September, when they were taken
out, and found to be as sound as when stored, having
produced strong shoats about two inches long, free from
disease. It will be important to ascertain what their future
fate may be, in the conservatory where they have been
placed.
LATEST FROM DUNGARVON.—It appears that the
report that one of the soldiers of the 07th Regiment was
shot by a policeman, in the riots of Monday, is not cor-
rect. ;Several of the dragoons were, however, seriously
injured. The country all round is still in the greatest
state of excitement. The officer of the board of works
cannot by the treasury minute pay the labourers more
than 10d. a-day, and at this sum they cannot buy provi-
sions. Indian meal in the market is now worth double
that sum per fourteen pounds; nor is this feeling of dis-
satisfaction confined to the labourers and small farmers.
The gentry and magistrates are most loud in the outcry
against government tor the length they have permitted
matters to arrive at without throwing in food, paralyzing
enterprise amongst the merchants, by the declaration
from the Lord Lieutenant that food shall not exceed a
given price, and at another time declaring that trade
will not be interfered with. A meeting of the county
magistrates it is thought will be brought together imme-
diately, as many are determined to throw up the com-
mission of the peace sooner than be the instruments of
keeping down by bloodshed excitement caused by want of
energy and foresight at head-quarters. This is not con-
fined to the county of Waterford. The adjacent parts of
the county of Cork are similarly circumstanced. A de-
tachment of the 67th arrived on Friday, and sixteen more
of the rioters were apprehended. The Duke of Cam-
bridge steamer arrived on Friday, at Youghal, with the
right wing of Vle 47th Regiment, and they were all
immediately marched to Dungarvon.

AWFUL DESTITUTION, IF TRUE.-At the meeting of
the poor law union at Cork, last week, the master's re-
port was read, stating that on the previous Tuesday 217
persons had been relieved • Wednesday, 301 ; Thursday,
579; Friday, 724; Saturday, 1000; Sunday, 1400; and
that day 1428 ! All had been fed in the yard of the work-
house, in addition to the 2868 inmates. The guardians
heard the report read with amazement, but they appeared
perfectly unable to suggest measures to check the crowds
that were pressing for food. On looking into the yard in
front of the house, it had every appearance of a fair green.
Hundreds of men, women, and children were to be seen
in all directions, with a dense crowd around the door,
through which egress, or ingress was with difficulty
attained. Some few of the women were at work, sewing
with their needles, but the overwhelming majority were
listlessly gazing about them, sitting down, lying in the
sun, or walking about. It was evident that all those
persons could not be in distress, and the guardians seemed
to think so too; but the difficulty was, to check a
system of out door relief to the really destitute, which was
evidently abused. On this fearful number of names hav-
ing been read out by the clerk, one of the guardians
stated that he bad been met that day coming to the work-
house, and parties had asked bim—" How could he, a
Cork guardian, tolerate such a fraud as that, for numbers
of women and children were being fed at the workhouse
whose husbands were known to be in good employment ?"
Another guardian said the vast number of these were
from the country : some from Skibbereen, Bandon,
Macroom, &c. In this state the guardians seemed to
consider that the less they said about it the better, but
adopt some mode that, while they fed the really destitute,
the ratepayers should be protected, and that no imposition
should be practised. The most advisable course which
suggested itself was to give the persons applying a break-
fast daily, provided they arrived before ten o'clock in the
morning, and that the door should be closed for that
purpose at that hour.

ALARMING PROCEEDINGS.-011 Friday last about2ooo
persons assembled near the chapel of Grange, in this
county, headed by a man on a white horse, who said his
name was Power, from the county Tipperary, and made
the following regulations :—That the farmers were not to
thresh or send out any corn to market. That no milk
should be given by the farmers to their pigs, but kept,
and given to the labourers, without any charge for the
same. That no bailiffs were to be allowed to distrain
for rent. That the farmers should at once refund all
money paid for con-acre land, and also the value of the
seed and labour ; and all able-bodied labourers should get
two shillings a day, and the old men and boys tenpence'
provided meal was one shilling a stone, and, if higher,
the wages to increase accordingly; and every person to
be employed, or paid if allowed to remain idle. That no
process should be served for any debt, on pain of the
plaintiff's ears being cut off. They then proceeded in
large parties to the principal farmers to enforce their rules,
and give notice that any persons disobeying should prepare
their coffins. Darby Bryan and Robert Keating, two re-
spectable farmers, were so terrified that they at once paid
back the money for the con-acre on their lands ; the
other farmers premised to do so in less then a week.
They said that their leader was to go fro parish to
parish. They have alto stopped farmers going to Dro_
mana with rent ; and by all accounts, it does not require
much force to prevent the'? paying. Similar mobs went
a9d would
or ye-
through the parish of Ardmore on Saturday last ; most
of them had fire-arms, and stated
to prevent their having pistols Li each band instead of
cautioned the
there was no law now
sticks; and they stopped all corn oling to market, cut
the bags, and spilled the corn on tht,' roads'
jn stopping
not allow the owners to take it up. i'lley
that each
tenants of Sir Henry Winston Barrow no-t to. pay
new bills passed by them for rent. The obj
the corn and not allowing farmers to thrash is,
labourer is to have one stack. James Maher, of Kil-
cannon, a respectable farmer, and tenant to Pierce
liely, Esq., Esq., had his horse stabbed for paying ;
and John Whelan, tenant to the same gentleman, and
the same reason, had another horse stabbed. The ma-
gistrates are completely powerless.— Wattrford Mail.

1 UNIVERSITY 4 CLERICAL NEWS,

A new church, one of ten, was consecrated on Wed-
nesday in Birmingham.
Much interest was excited in Cambridge on Sunday
week, by the Bishop of Ely holding his Ordination in St.
Michael's Church during the hour of Divine service, and
the ceremony being performed in " the face of the whole
congregation." _

The congregation of St. Mary's Church, Bootle, are
about to present their late pastor, the Rev. John Glad-
stone, with a silver waiter and a coffee and tea service,
" as a testimony of their respect and regard, and of the
high sense they entertain of his services as minister of the
church during nineteen years." The plate is very ele-
gant, and was manufactured by Mr. Wordley.
RESIGNATION.—The Rev. Dr. Scoresby, the Vicar of
the parish of Bradford, has resigned his charge—a step
which it has been said he has for some time contemplated.
We have not heard the reason of the rev. gentleman's
resignation, nor if be has obtained any other cure. It is
stated that the Rev. John Burnitt, of St. George's, Mac-
clesfield, will succeed the rev. doctor at. Bradford.
DR. HOOK ON EDUCATION.—The Times of Thursday,
in reviewing the last pamphlet of the Vicar of Leeds, has
the following :—" We have read with great amusement
a quotation from a former pamphlet of Dr. Hook, in
which he indignantly condemned the combination he now
recommends ; declaring every expectation of obtaining
unity and concord from an unholy mixture of the orthodox
with heretics, to be as wild and vain, as that which led
dupes of old to seek for gold in the crucible of the
alchemist."

THREE GENERATIONS OF CLERGYMEN OFFICIATING
IN THE SAME SERVICE.-011 Sunday week, the village of
Crost3n, Lancashire, witnessed the almost unprecedented

occurrence of three generations of clergymen officiating in
the same service. It was on the occasion of the anniver-
sary sermons for the support of the Sunday Schools con-

'arish Church

'rnyers were read

Rev. G. S. Master, B.A, curate of Ellesmere ; his father,
the Rev. R. M. Master, of Burnley ; and his grandfather,
the Rev. S. Master; M.A., rector of Croston, officiating
in the Communion Service. Many eyes were bedewed
with the tear of sympathy, when the circumstance was
afterwards alluded to in the sermon.
SEES OF BANGOR AND ST. ASAPH.—A few days since
the Bishop of Bangor delivered his charge at Beaumaris,
and in the course of it he tools occasion to allude to the
proposed union of the two sees of Bangor and St. Asaph,
a question which the lamented decease of Dr. CAREY,
late Bishop of St. Asaph, must bring to a speedy issue.
His Lordship of Bangor does not appear to entertain any
very sanguine hopes of the preservation of the ancient
See, which has been doomed to abolition by our politico-
: econornicil rulers ; he asserts, however, that he does not
Chairari n , • ,•• .2 • • • •• • ^ •

Episcopate in all its inte-

grity, being realized. A renewal, therefore, of the stre-
nuous efforts which have hitherto been made to rescue it
from the threatened spoliation, should be vigorously end
honestly promoted. In the mean time, we presume, a
new Bh,hoi, of St. A saph will '

appointed; unless minis-
ters should adopt the miserable pro tempore expedient,
which has been suggested to them, of assigning the Epis-

or and N

THE RECTORY OF Ai AN CHESTER.—We beg to inform
the correspondent who has pointed our attention to the
article in the Liverpool Standard, that the canons of
Manchester are not rectors of the parish in the sense of
having cure of souls, but, like other similar dignitaries of
the church, have merely the care of the Collegiate Church.
The parish of Manchester is already divided into districts
for sphitual purposes, and to each a clergyman is ap-
pointed. The canons are only properly styled rectors, as
a layman mieht be in consequence of holding the recto-
rial tithes. By the new act there will probably be at no
distant period a bishop, dean, chancellors archdeacon,

and one canon in residence.—the canons taking the duty
by turns, each for the space of a quarter of a year.—

111-ancliester Courier. [We have no doubt that the re-
presentation of our contemporary is perfectly correct,
though we cannot exactly reconcile it with that portion
of the "Memorandum" of the Churchwardens of Man-
chester, which expresses their regret at the loss sustained
by the removal of Mr. Parkinson, and the certainty that
the " parish" will suffer in consequence. They also ex-
press their conviction, that " the large parish requires an
increase rather than a diminution of clerical superinten-
dence."]

NEW CHURCHES IN LONDON.—About eight years ago
the Bishop of London issued his appeal for building fifty
churches in London. Since then nearly the whole fifty
have been consecrated. No further special subscription
has been requested by his lordship, and yet it appears,
from the report of the Church Building Commissioners,
that besides those there are twenty-seven new churches,

four of which are just completed, and the remaining
twenty-three in various stages of progress, in or near the
metropolis only ; and this in addi:ion to all that had been
done in the twenty years preceding. Nor does this pre-
sent a complete view of what is doing. There are three
churches now building in or near the City Road, and
two are proposed in Islington; but none of these five find
a place among the above. There may be many others
omitted, in like manner, from various causes. Nor is
this all. Men will hardly tolerate, now, the mean and
cheap sort of building they were contented with ten years
ago. Stone is now becoming, in almost all cases, the
material used. A few years back, £4,000 or £5,000 was
thought a sufficient outlay on a church ;—now £7,000,
£lO,OOO, or even £15,000, is often named as the intended
expense. There is, notwithstanding, little probability,
after all, that the wants of the country will be even mode-
rately supplied. The statistical view of the metropolis,
given by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1836, sta •
ted, that to accommodate one-third of the people. as
many as 271 additional churches would be required. We
certainly have not yet provided, in the ten years which
have elapsed, so many as one-half of that number.
THE TRACTARIANS.—The Warwick Advertiser states
that the Bey. Mr, Bittlestone, curate of the episcopal
chapel at Leamington, has excited the displeasure of the
Bishop of Worcester, by practices inconsistent with the
tenets of the Church of England. Towards the end of
last month, it appears that a young female servant called
upon a clergyman at Leamington, and anxiously inquired
whether he administered the sacrament of absolution.
She was questioned, and then stated that she had attended
the episcopal chapel, and bad been induced, by the urgent
exhortations of the curate, Mr. Bittlestone, to go before
him at his lodgings, for the purpose of confessing her sins.
He there received her in full clerical attire, and, bidding
her kneel down, put into her hand a little book, entitled
" Questions for Self-examination," containing a series of
minute interrogatories upon each of the ten command-
ments, " the seven deadly sins," and " the three great
enemies, the world, the flesh, and the devil." These in-
terrogatories she was directed silently to peruse, and, if
her conscience returned an affirmative answer to any of
them, she was to confess her guilt to him. He also ques-
tioned her whether she had not committed various sins;
and at length, atter reading a number of prayers over her,
formally absolved her. This interview lasted an hour and
ten minutes, and at its termination Mr. Bittlestone en-
joined her to return in a month's time, for a repetition of
this " sacrament of absolution." The girl, however, felt
alarmed at the unusual nature of these directions, and
resolved to consult another clergyman of the established
church upon the subject. The result of her disclosures
was, that an app:ication was immediately made to the
Bishop of Worcester, who instituted an investigation inta
the affair. As Mr. Bittlestone did not deny the truth of
the girl's statement, the bishop declared that the curate
must desist immediately from such practices, or a com-
mission should be appointed specially to investigate the
whole of the circumstances upon evidence, and if the
facts of the charges were proved, he would be deprived of
his license. Mr. Bittlestone has requested to be allowed
a month for consideration, and this time has been granted
to him by the bishop. It is stated that several young
persons, some belonging to the upper classes, have been
induced by Mr. Bittlestone to confess to him.