The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-27 00:00:00

IRE I, 4 N D.

A man tumied Denis Daly, residing near 13allyshanauti,
hanged himself on Monday while in a state of insanity.
O'Connell's skill has been said to consist in keeping the
popish peasantry at the boiling point, and preventing them
boiling over.

On Sunday night, a poor woman who had been locked up
in Donegal bridevvell for intoxication, committed suicide by
hanging herself from one of the iron bars of her cell.
A woman was struck by lightning on Sunday evening,
near Newport, and killed on the spot. She was returning
from the bog with a basket of turf at the time.—Mayo Con-
stitution.
THE HARVEST IN IRELAND. —The accounts from all
parts of the country respecting the prospects of the approach-
ing harvest are very cheering. The past seven or eight days
of line warm weather have done infinite service, and there is
every prospect of a continuance of sunshine.
On the night of the 16th instant all the mountains be-
tween Limerick and Waterford, and in the neighbourhood of
Tipperary, Bansha, Caher, Clogheen, Clonmel, &c., blazed
with fires, multitudes of people assembled, shouting and
blowing horns, &c.
Robert Lindsay Crawford, the claimant of the Crawford
peerage, was tried at Dublin, on Tuesday, on a charge of
having returned from transportation without proper autho-
rity. The proof of identity failed, and the prisoner was ac-
quitted.
PRACTICAL PATRIOTISM.—Two of the aldermen of Cork,
F. and F. who are seeking for the civic chair, have just ex-
hibited an extraordinary sample of patriotism by importing
two new private chariots from England ! This is practically
illustrating their demand of " justice to Ireland," when they
decried the government for giving the mail-coach contract to
Mr. Croal.—Limerick Chronicle.
BELFAST Am:it:ass To THE QUEEN.—The address to her
ZieziLY on the present state of the country, which was
adopted at the late meeting of the Belfast Protestant Ope-
rative Society, has received nearly 17,000 signatures. An
anti-repeal meeting is to be held at Derriaghy, in the county
of Antrim, on Monday next, under the guidance of the Bel-
fast Protestant Operative Society.
RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF MR. LUCAS.—We have
heard it confidently rumoured that Edward Lucas, Esq., has
resigned the office of Under Secretary for Ireland. The reasons
stated for this step are various, and, of course, cannot be ac-
curately known. Amongst others, it is said that Mr. ',was
made unavailing representations to Lord Eliot of the fact of
the secrets of the office being improperly divulged to a cer-
tain well-known jesuitical politician of the popish party, long
supposed to be too intimate with the affairs of the conserva-
tive government. If this be so, Mr. Lucas had no course but
to resign.—Dublin Statesman. •
Tine IterF.At. AGITATION.--The following answer has
been returned by Sir Robert Peel to the resolutions agreed to
at a meeting of Conservative Peers and others, held at Lord
Wicklow's, on Saturday week :

Whitehall, June 20th, 1843.
" My dear Lor,l,—l have had the honour of receiving your
letter of the 19th inst., transmitting to me a copy of the re-
solutions which were entered into at a meeting of noblemen and gentlemen assembled at the house of the Earl of Wick-
low, on Saturday last.
•4I will not fail to communicate these resolutions to the
other members of her M mjesty's government. They will, I
am confident, participate in my satisfaction at the desire and
determination therein expressed•to co-operate with her Ma-
governtneut for the purpose of upholding the law,
imesativnttlining the public peace, and allaying the dangerous ex-
citement which prevails in Ireland.

" I have the honour to be, my dear Lord,

" "The Marquis Very faithfully yours. of Downshire." " ROBERT PEEL.
REPEAL MEETINGS.—Our accounts from the country
state that scarcely a night now passes that there are not sig-
nal fires blazing on the hills and high lands, horns blowing in
various directions, and other mysterious modes of communi-
cation in activity, understood only by the initiated. A cor-
respondent writes that the idea was prevalent throughout the
counties of Kilkenny and Tipperary, that the rebellion was
to break out on the night of the 16th instant. On the night
after. all the mountains from Limerick to Waterford—all the
hills in the neighbourhood of Tipperary, Cahir, Bansha, Clog-
been, &e., &c., were brilliant with beacons—vast multitudes
assembled—horns were blown, and a feverish anxiety, as if
in expectation of something. pervaded the masses collected ;
but in all this the utmost quietude and order were preserved.
From a midland district we learn —" In this county the pea-
santry and labourers are all ready to turn out at a minute's
warning, which they expect to receive from or through
O'Connell. They are told at their chapels that the collec-
tors and repeal wardens will remain after mass to receive
contributions for the great cause, and that when the day
comes a decided line will be drawn between those who sub-
scribe and those who do not." Our correspondent adds,
" by far the majority of the people here were at first bullied
into giving their adhesion to repeal; but arc now as ena-
moured of the prospects it holds forth—fixity of tenure—total
abolition of rent, tithes, and taxes—the restoration of the
forfeited estates, and, finally, the absolute possession of the
country—as Mr. O'Connell or their Reverences could desire
or wish. Is the Government (our correspondent naively
asks)—is the Government demented, or are they waiting for
an excuse to scourge the wretched and deluded people, and
permit their leaders and the priests to escape? If so * *
Ireland must be re-conquered—the Duke said she never was
—the Papists put down, or she is lost to England."—Dublin
paper.

DESPERATE OUTRAGE : ATTACKING DWELLINGS.—OR
Saturday morning last, at the hour of three o'clock, George
Armstrong, steward of James Jocelyn. Esq., was aroused
from his bed by the barking of the dogs at Derrinvohill, near
Borrisokane, and on opening a window at the extreme front
of the house, and putting his head out to see what caused the
noise, a ball whizzed by his head, fired front a gun, by a man
at the other extremity of the dwelling. It was a long sub-
stantial comfortable farm house, with the entrance door in
the centre, and if Armstrong had happened to have opened it,
he was to a certainty a dead man. A threatenikg notice was
left, and Mr. Poe has offered a reward of £5O for the convic-
tion of the person who committed this glaring outrage. On
'Sunday nizht the Shinrone police, unde he orders of Sub-
inspector Parker, having reason to believe that a serious out-
rage was about to be committed in the neighbourhood of
Lacka, in the county of Tipperary, proceeded there, and con-
cealed themselves, so as to observe whatever might take
place. Towards morning a party of three mounted men
came from the direction of Nenagh, and immediately went to
the house of Thomas Abbott, land surveyor, but, being re-
fused admittance, at once commenced to break in the door;
and, having succeeded in this, were in the act of beating Ab-
bott, when the police ran into the house, and, no doubt,
saved Abbott from being murdered. After a desperate fight
with the police, the three ruffians were secured, and, with
the horses, brought to Shinrone, where the prisoners were
folly committed. The cause assigned for the attack on Ab-
bott is his being employed to value a tract of land by order
of the Court of Chancery : Abbott bears a most excellent and
unoffending character. The three prisoners, Rody Kennedy,
John Casey, and John Maher, are notorious characters, and
have for a long time evaded justice, having charges of a simi-
lar nature against them. They came above twenty miles to
commit this outrage, and brought the horses, (which were
stolen for the purpose,) no doubt to get back so its to prove
an a/ibi,"if necessary. The prisoners have been sent into
Nenagh, under a very strong escort of constabulary, and
safely lodged in the gaol.—Nenagh Guardian.
DEATHS BY DROWNING.—Tuesday evening two females
lost their lives whilst bathing off Simon's point below Pen-
rose's quay. Tuesday evening, about 6 o'clock, Mrs.
Wheeler, her brother, Mrs. Barry, aged forty-five. Julia
Thompson, sixteen, another girl, named Margaret Callaghan
with two infant children went to the point to bathe, the wa-
ter being half-flood. Mrs. Wheeler first went into the water
and dipped one of her children, and then Julia Thompson
went in, and was also dipped by Mrs. Wheeler, but one of
the children having cried, the mother went on the strand, and
her mother, Mrs. Barry, went in and dipped the girl. Mrs.
Barry was a second dipping her, when both went down, but
the girl Thompson rose again and struggled to gain her soot-
ing, when Mrs. Wheeler, perceiving that both were in danger,
threw her infant, which is but a month o'd, on the strand,
and rushed with her clofts on into the river. At this mo-
ment Julia Thompson had sunk twice, and having risen again,
she was grasped by Mrs. Wheeler by the hair of the head,
but both were whirled by the current into the channel, and
sunk. Margaret Callaghan. perceiving the danger in which
all where placed, screamed for assistance, and some men who
were on Penrose's-quay ran to the spot, which was a distance
off, and when they came up Mrs. Wheeler had sunk. One
of the party, a heroic fellow, named Daniel Ring, a labourer,
residing at Chapel-hill, dashed into the river without remov-
ing his clothes, and caught Mrs. Wheeler by the arm. Per-
c she was in extreme exhaustion, he endeavoured to
raise her head over the water, and in doing so, she grappled
with him, and drew him down, and both struggled for some
time, during which the unfortunate girl Thompson was ob-
served attempting also to catch hold of him, irtid if she had
succeeded, in all probability all would have been drowned.
At this moment mounted Constable Richard Nelson, of thc
Brickfield's station, galloped up, and spurred his horse into
the river. but the animal having sunk several times in the
slab, at last fell on his side, when a young man ran into the
water, and catching hold of Ring's hand, drew him into a
shallow part, and he fortunately dragged Mrs. Wheeler after
him. Boats now came up, and after a search of a quarter
of an hour, recovered the body of Julia Thompson, and
within fifteen minutes more drew up that of Mrs. Barry.
Dr. Howe used every effort to restore animation, but life had
fled.—Cork Constitution.

ADDRESS TO GEORGE LANE FOX, ESQ., M.P.

(From the Dublin Evening Packet.)

TO c. o RGE LANE YON, ESQ., BRAMHAm PARK, TADCAsTER.
.Dromahair, June 3, 1843.
sin.,—V,7e, your tenants on the manor of Dromahair,
having seen in the papers paragraphs respecting the bad
maiogenient of your Irish estates, and that your tenants
were treated as serfs by your agents, the estate being in the
worst order, consider it a duty to you, as one of the best and
most improved landlords in Ireland, as well as to ourselves,
to address you, contradicting in the strongest terms the
statements made, as far as this manor, containing 18,000
4, is concerned ; of which we can say, that no estate in
acre" is
country has a better or more happy tenantry.
Your generous annual expenditure in Ireland, under the
judicious management of your agents, whose desires and
exertions appear for the Mutual advantage of landlord and
tenant, has done much to improve our condition.
Of your subscriptions, bestowed in the most princely
manner on all parties and creeds, without distinction or
partiality, the numerous premiums annually given, and your
charging no tithe to us since the passing of Lord Stanley's
act, we may well be proud.
Your annual premiums, given for the general improve-
,
ment of the estate and good example of the country at
large, are not equalled, we venture to say, in any part of
Ireland.
Upwards of 40 miles of roads have been made in the
most judiciees manner, at your expense, for our benefit as
well as that of the country, most of which roads are now
looked for as public roads. Drainage to a very large extent
has also been done, rivers straightened and fords deepened
by blasting, saving hundreds of acres from being flooded,
and no extra rent :barged.
As facts are the best proof, none should know better than
tenants whether the conduct of a landlord be good or bad ;
and to these we refit., wishing you long life to enjoy•your
imprOVemelits.
We have the honour to be, sir, with sincere respect and
gratitude, your obedient servants,
JOHN O'DONNF.LI , J. P., Chairman.
W. W. WYNNE, Vicar of Drumlease.
M. BOLAND, Vicar of Killenumery.
D. 3PGILL, P.P., of Killenuinery.
Though not a tenant, I believe the above to be true—
THOMAS NI`KEoN, P.P., Drunilease.
HENRY M. PALMER.
PATRICK CARTER.
ROBERT O'DoNNELL.
Wm. KERNEGHN.
EDWARD H. ALLINGRAM.
W. E. COOHLIN.
[Here follow the naives of a numerous tenantry.]

Branham, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, June 10, 1843.

than the letter /
MY DEAR Stmt,—During the whole course of my life, no-
thing bas given me grater satisfaction
have this day receivel from. you, enclosing an address from
my tenants in the manor of Dromahair.
them
The kind and affectionate sentiments expressed by

will be ever fait by me as a proof that the good feeling that
it has been my desire to establish between my tenants and
myself does really exist, and that the expenses I have been
at for their benefit has been well bestowed upon a grateful
people.
My sole object has been the comfort and happiness of the
occupiers of the lands ; and after the unjustifiable attacks
made upon me in certain quarters, it is most satisfactory to
me to find that my good endeavours have been. appreciated;
and Iles that you will return my heartfelt thanks to those
gentlemen and tenantry who have been kind enough to
address me ; and I can honestly assure them that as lung as
I live their happiness, comfort, and respectability, will be
my chief object.
And I am, my dear sir,
Your faithful and obedient servant,
John O'Donnell, Esq. G. L. Fox.

HT A L B S.

THE STATE OF WALES.

THE BANKR.UPTCV OF THE EBBW•VALE AND SIDAHOWY

IRON COMPANY.

The soundness of the policy of allowing these works to be
still carried on, with the view of.preventing a riot, has been
shown by the subsequent facts. On learning the news of the
failure, the utmost consternation arose at the works, and on
Saturday morning the men assembled to the number of se-
veral thousands in a tumultuous manner, so that the mana-
gers were obliged to send to stop any messengers of the
Bankruptcy Court from coming to the works to make the
seizure of the property, as they considered their lives would
he endangered if they attempted to do so. Mr. Gadbury,
the clerk to the messenger, accompanied by assistants, to
take possession, were then stepped on their arrival at Trede-
gar ; and having consulted Mr. llomfray, a magistrate of
the county, upon the best course to pursue, he advised that a
clerk should be sent forward with the money which they had
to pay the men's wages, and that placards in English and
Welsh should be posted, stating that the works should be
carried on as usual. _ _

This having produced a peaceful effect upon the assembled
multitude, at eleven o'clock at night the messengers were
enabled to reach the works and take possession, there being
then as many as 5,000 persons assembled. Some idea may
be formed of the-extensive nature of the works of Messrs.
Harford, Davies, and Co., by the following description :
The Sirrhowy and Ebbw-vale works cover ground nearly
five miles in length, and consist of—a,t Sirrhowy, an im-
mense store filled with linen drapery, groceries, and provi-
sions of all sorts ; five furnaces, three of which are cold
blast ones, and at work, and one out of work ; three refine-
ries; from ten to twelve managers' houses ; several mines of
ore and coal; about 300 dwelling-houses, beershons. &c.,
and two steam-engines of 200-horse power each. At Ebbw -
vale, thre are three cold-blast furnaces at work, and one out
of work, making each about 100 tons of iron per week ; two
blast steam-engines of 100-horse power each ; six refineries.
three at work ; six locomotive railroad engines; about 700
tram-carts, with snore than seven miles of rails above and
under ground ; sixteen iron and coal mines and twenty levels,
two large rolling mills, with two engines of sixty-six horse
power each ; smiths' shops and immense pattern houses ; a
large store for provisions, &c., at which thirty shopinen were
employed, and selling about 100 sacks of flour and a ton of
bacon per week ; Sirrhowy-house, with its park and grounds ;
several managers' houses ; an adjacent church for the men at
the works ; three chapels ; two public-schools; one inn ;
thirteen beer-houses; and upwards of 700 dwelling-houses.
The number of men now on the books, as employed at
these works, is 3.400, but with their wives and families, and
those immediately dependent upon them, forming a popula-
tion of nearly 11,000 persons.
It is intended that one of the furnaces at each place shall
be immediately blown out, and one of the refineries and the
rolling mills are to be put upon half-work.

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Three o'clock.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—This DAY.

(From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular.)

We have received into this port since the 20th instant, a
good supply of Wheat, Flour and Malt, with a -moderate
iinantity of Oats and Oatmeal, Coastwise and from Ireland'
including a few small lots of Barley and Beans thence ; but,
exceptinp: 151 barrels of Flour from the United States, we
have no Grain produce fresh in from abroad.

Influenced by an uninterrupted continuance of highly
propitious weather, and the favourable appearance of the
growing Exchange this orning was but
moderately
crops,
t t ournde Corn ni
d,aridthe transactions in any desCription
a
of English, Irish, or Foreign free Wheat, being practicable
upon a limited scale only, the reduced rates of Friday were
merely sustained ; and for bonded samples no enquiries were
apparent. Flour, though rather wore saleable, was the turn
cheaper. _ _ .

Barley, upon a regular demand for grinding purposes,
commanded full as high terms as last week ; and Malt was
held at an advance of Is. per quarter. In Beans and Pease
we have no change to note.
The Oat trade, though not lively, attracted rather more
attention, and good qualities realised a slight improvement.
Oatmeal, however, continued to meet a dull sale at the decline
stated in tne preceding report ; the best marks of Irish
scarcely exceeding 20s. 3d. per 2-10 lbs.

ARRIVALS OF CORN,
From the 20th to the 26th June, 1883, inclusive.