The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-02-19 00:00:00

IRELAND.

The mountains of Wicklow, Dublin, Clare, and Tippe-
rary, are covered with snow.
A " Kerry Priest" in a letter to the Cork Examiner,
intimates that the time has arrived for the Roman Catholic
clergy to accept a state provision, else they must be
starved.

Mr. J. O'Connell occupied a group of coal-porters in
Conciliation Hall, on Monday, for two hours, with several
speeches. The rent for the last week was stated to be
£9 16s. 2d.

ABDUCTION.—This crime, which is peculiar to Ireland,
has become rather common of late. In the county of
Kilkenny there have been two cases within the past fort-
night, and two in Tipperary.
THE MAYOR OF DuBLIN.—Two notices of actions for
penalties have already been served on the Lord Mtyor,
for having presided, in his official capacity, at meetings of
the corporation. A notice has also been served upon the
treasurer of the borough of Dublin, cautioning him against
paying any moneys during the disputed mayoralty of Mr.
Reynolds, M.P.
LONGEVITY.—There died within the last twelve months
in the neighbourhood of Woodview, Cork, two old men,
cousins, one named John Howard, aged 111 years, and
the other named James Magner, on the sth of this month
aged 110 years. They were both in the habit of walking
to the parish chapel on Sundays, a distance of two miles.
They had great grand children grown up and married.
MURDER OF A SOLDIER.—On Thursday an inquest
was held at Galway on the body of William Snelgrove, a
soldier of the 68th regiment fat present quartered there,
and the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against
Bridget Cavannagh, Ellen Joyce, Margaret Naughten, and
Judy M`Donagh, the four women with whom the deceased
was seen in company on the night he was drowned. The
women are in custody.
THE BITERS BIT.—On Friday night, a party of fellows
entered the dwelling of a buxom widow, near Cooreclare,
suspected of having plenty of cash, intent on forcing her
to become the wife of one of the party. Understanding
that she slept generally with her daughter, our gay Lotha-
rios snatched up their supposed prize, with which they
decamped to a house some miles distant, where, to their
utter chagrin, instead of the rich fascinating widow, they
found themselves in possession of an old haggard pauper,
whom the daughter had brought for her companion for
the night in the mother's accidental absence. Shortly
after the police arrested six of the party.—Limerick Re-
porter,

FEARFUL DESTITUTION.—A Bantry (Ireland) paper,
says, " Pauperism reigns triumphant, and the applications
for relief are so numerous, and increasing to such a fearful
height, as to threaten to absorb the entire property of tha
country. Unfortunately the guardians, on whom the
heavy responsibility rests, from their want of funds, find
themselves utterly unable to cope with the fearful amount
of poverty which is pressing upon them. The number of
inmates which the main and auxiliary buildings are cal-
culated to contain amounts to 1800, but there are at pre-
sent 1000 over that number huddled together, and com-
pelled from want of clothing, to remain in their own filthy
rags, thereby preparing the house for the reception of fever
and disease."

THE NEWEST OUT.—A tall, miserable looking country-
man, with a half-starved donkey, is to be seen in the
morning moving through the city, soliciting schoolboys
for their bread, for which in return he gives them a ride
on the unfortunate animal to the school door. In a short
time he succeeds in getting his pockets well filled with
bread. A short time since, another country fellow with a
similar animal drove a profitable trade in the outskirts of
the city, by putting young children under the belly of the
donkey as an infallible remedy against the hooping-cough !
The charge was only a half-penny. It is doubtful whether
the Commissioner of the Morning Chronicle in his pere-
grinations met any expedients for raising the wind superior
to the above.—Cork Constitution.
PRIESTS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.—The late Augustus
Heron, Esq., of Dublin, has left £lOOO to this society on
condition that another £lOOO is raised within a year from
this period. The objects of the society are chiefly to pro-
tect priests of good character who conscientiously abandon
the apostacy of Rome, and to protect and educate young
men originally intended for the priesthood but who have
relinquished that design. Lord Roden and the Rev. H.
E. Prior are two of the trustees. Since the formation of
the society in 1844, it has given aid and instruction to ten
reformed priests and to twenty stndents for the Romish
priesthood, who abjured the errors of Popery. It has
also circulated two hundred thousand scriptural publica-
tions. The £2OOO, if raised through Protestant liberality,
is to form a permanent endowment fund, the interest from
which can only be available for the society's objects.
SCOTCH AND ENGLISH ENTERPRISE IN DUBLIN.—
How comes it that strangers can flourish here ? At the
head, or very near the head, of every trade you find an
Englishman or Scotchman. Is this because they work
better ?—and, if not, what is the reason ? Can we not
compete with them—we, the natives, with native advan-
tages ? M'Glashan, the most prosperous publisher, is a
Scotchman ; Poison, the most prosperous confectioner,
ditto ; Gunn and Gameron, the most prosperous adver-
tisement publishers, ditto ; Mr. Pigot, the music pub-
lisher, an Englishman ; Mr. Butler, Medical Hall, ditto ;
Mr. Andrews, Dame-street, ditto. Englishmen and
Scotchmen can prosper in Dublin, if we cannot. We
ought to ask ourselves what have we done, or left undone,
that produces this result ? Tam convinced that want of
a good business education and training—want of being
drilled into habits of punctuality—are the great impedi-
ments. Look to this.—Dublin Nation.

THE LORD LIEUTENANCY. - There seems now no
doubt that with the departure of Lord Clarendon, the
vice-royalty of Ireland will " cease and determine." In
the London military circles the departure of the Guards
for Dublin in the month of May is regarded as a matter
long since arranged—this step being a preliminary to the
periodical visitations of her Majesty and a sojourn in
her Trish capital of some weeks during every summer.
The withdrawal of Sir Edward Blakeney from the chief
command in Ireland will also, it is said, form part of the
contemplated arrangements—that distinguished veteran
to be succeeded by Prince George of Cambridge, who will
be assisted by a general officer of experience and long
standing in the service. Sundry squadrons of the Oxford
Blues will, it is thought, accompany the Guards to Dub-
lin. The Irish law courts are also said to be doomed.
The change will not be beneficial to Dublin, for the vice-
royalty drew for a time a large aristocratic congress to the
Irish metropolis. It had some effect also in retaining its
trade and position, and discharged a certain amount of
salaries through the channels of local trade. The citizens
of Dublin are urged to ask that in return for these removals
her majesty will consent to hold a court for six weeks
every year in Dublin.

PLACE B UYING.—A person, who styles himself "James
Ryan, merchant, Clonmel," wrote to the Hon. Cecil
Lawless recently, offering him £3OO for a government
situation. " Should you (says he) be so good as to grant
this request I would wait upon you at any time or place
you think proper; it would be the prudent and most dis-
creet plan ; or I would have no objection to meet your
friend in London or elsewhere. I understand all the
civil situations of the military department, having served
as serjeant-major of artillery upon the island of St. He-
lena for five years; and beseeching your confidence once
again and begging your kind indulgence for this trouble."
To this cool application, which after all may have been
intended for another repeal M. P., Mr. Lawless replies :
" Sir,—Your letter, of Jan. 25, having been directed to
Dublin, has only just reached ,me. I regret this, as I
,should have wished you to have received my answer as
soon as possible, in order that you might be at liberty to
make your offer elsewhere, as you say you intend doing ;
and I should feel much obliged by your informing me with
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Ireland than any of our former rulers since the terrible
.union ; but yet, sir, I will not believe that you are likely
to succeed better with any one of them. At all events, as
I an about to publish this correspondence,,l doubt whe-
ther the blackest sheep of the flock will have courage to
promote your interest for even double the bribe you offer
me."