The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-10 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DRUNKENNESS IN CORK.—There were 622 drunkards
committed to Bridewell by the constabulary, during the
month of January. The number committed in January,
1843 was 100; in January, 1844, 173; and in January,
1845, 315.

COWARDLY ATTACK,—On Sunday week, a ferocious
attack was made by two men, on a lady named Bennett,
residing at Monaghill, Lower Ormond. When on her
way to church, the two ruffians walked up to the car on
which she was sitting, and one of them snapped a pistol
twice at her without effect, while the other struck her
a heavy blow with a " wattle." £lOO reward has been
offered for their apprehension.
AWFUL MURDER.—On Wednesday evening, as a man
named Madden, who was in the employment of Mr. Stoney,
of Portland, was going home from his daily labour, he was
shot by some assassin in a grove convenient to the en-
trance-gate to Mr. Stoney's house, near Portumna. The
assassin, not satisfied with shooting his victim through the
body, literally dashed his brains out with a spade.-13a1-
linasloe Advertiser.

TREASURE FOUND.—On Monday last, as some men
were digging in a field at Borrisokane, they dug up up-
wards of 1,000 pieces of coin ; the large pieces were
broader than a shilling, but much thinner ; they were
coined in Henry IV.'s time, and passed for a groat in
those days ; seven of them weigh on; ounce ; the small
pieces are about the size of a sixpenny piece, but quite
thin; they appear to be the silver penny of Henry 11.
The silver pieces were not more than five or six inches
under the surface of the earth, and must have lain there
for centuries.—Nenagh Guardian.
CORK ELECTION,—Mr. A. M'Carthy, the " enor-
mously- rich" nominee of the Repeal Directory, has, of
course, walked over for the seat in Cork vacated by the
retirement of Mr. Serjeant Murphy. The electio❑ took
place on Saturday, and the proceedings passed over quietly.
On the same day Alderman Timothy O'Brien. ex-Lord
Mayor of Dublin, and, if not "enormously rich," a sub-
stantial trader, was returned to the Saxon Parliament as
member for " Cashel of the Kings," vice Mr. Serjeant
Stock, who, like his brother of the coif, declined playing
the fool in Conciliation-hall for the amusement of the
overgrown children who frequent that interesting locality.
REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—O❑ Monday, the usual meet-
ing of this body was held, and notwith.tanding the ab-
sence of the Liberator, the " hall of sedition" was well
filled. Mr. James Kelly, M.P. for Limerick, occupied
the chair. King Dan's vicegerent (Mr. Smith O'Brien)
brought up a report condemnatory of the government's
proposed arrangement with reference to public works in
Ireland, and, commenting on the intended repeal of
the corn laws, argued that no compensation was in reality
afforded to the agriculturists by the measures which Sir
R. Peel proposed to give as an equivalent—they being
such as ought in justice to be enacted, irrespective alto-
gether of the corn laws. He was himself in favour of
moderate protection, but if the people of Ireland were
willing to submit to the change, he was ready to acquiesce.
Mr. J. O'Neill and others having addressed the meeting,
the rent was announced to be ££263.

MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.—TWO MEN SHOT.
—lt is our painful duty to announce a most melancholy
circumstance, by which two human beings have, in an
instant, been hurried into eternity ; and, it our authority
be correct, we fear that the tragical occurrence was
brought upon themselves by their own misdeeds. The
melancholy affair took place on Sunday evening, the Ist
instant, at Dreenan, within two miles of Maghera. It
appears that two men, named Downing and Mulholland,
who are Protestants, were on their way to the house of
the former, when they met a party of men, numbering
about thirty, who were conducting themselves very bois-
terously on the highway, and as our informant states, were
singing Ribbon songs. An altercation ensued among the
Parties, but from whom the provocation emanated, we
Cannot tell. Downing and his companion were forced to
run for their lives, being overpowered by numbers ; they
succeeded in obtaining refuge in Downing's house, when
the mob came up and surrounded the house. The Pro-
testant party, in self-defence, fired out, and the shots
took effect on two of their assailants. One of the men
lived for some hours afterwards; the body of the second
sufferer was not discovered for some time, when it was
found in a moss-hole, adjoining the road-side, and into
which it is supposed the unhappy man had fallen after re.
ceiving the shot. The of the deceased are Henry
M'Williams and John Higgins, both Roman Catholics.—
Londonderry Sentinel.
IRELAND AND FREE TRADE.—As a result of the mi-
nisterial declarations bacon has fallen four shillings newt.
and hams two shillings. This, it is remarkable, will be
agreeable intelligence to the pork-curers in the counties
of Cork, Waterford, Limerick, and Kerry, and to the
dry-smokers of Ballybrack and other localities in the
county of Wicklow. Turning from produce to land, we
have the following " authentic particulars on competent
authority :"—Tidgeon-park, an eligible property, within
three miles of the city of Kilkenny, very well circum-
stanced, was sold in 1836 to Mr. De 'Montmorency for
£10,600. On account of an alleged defect in the title, he
got out of the purchase. That defect, if it ever existed,
has been since cured, and the same property brought to a
sale in 1814, when £8,500 was offered and refused for it,
as being totally insufficient, as the rental amounts to £5OO
per year. It was again offered for sale in Master Goold's
office, on last Friday, when no person could be got to bid
more than £5,300; and though very much pressed a pur-
chser who offered a year ago £8,400, would not consent
to have it knocked down to him for £6.ooo.—Dublin
Mail.—[A. Wexford paper says that pigs which averaged
435. to 445. per cwt. a fortnight back, could not bring 355.
at the fair of Taghmon on Wednesday, and a complete
panic seemed to have seized on buyer and seller. A let-
ter from Tralee, of Monday's date, says, "Grain, if
bought at all, was purchased at much lower Quotations
than the previous day. Pork, beef, butter, eggs, all
commodities in fact, but potatoes, tumbled. Potatoes,
however, I regret to say, from the progress of the rot,
advanced a third, and this, as I stated a few days since, at
a period when the rate of remuneration for agricultural
labourers is 24d. ver day, and diet—a few wet lumpers."]

GOVERNMENT PRECAUTIONS.—WeiIIeRtiOnedOII Tues-
day the arrival at Cove of a vessel (the Atlas) with Indian
corn. Another (the Adirondock) had arrived on the same
mission about a fortnight previously. They are large
American liners, registered 1000 tons, and between them
they have brought, probably, about 5000 barrels of corn
meal and Indian corn They were reported at the Cust,.m-
house on Tuesday, and yesterday commenced dischargii;g
the meal at Haulbow line, whence it will be supplied as
occasion may require. The corn, or a portion of it, they
will bring to the quay, for conveyance, for grinding, to
the Lee Mills, which have been taken by the firm of N.
and I. Cummins, for either the Messrs. Baring or the Go-
vernment—the latter is the general opinion, and we believe
the correct one. A vessel similarly laden is said to have
sailed for Waterford, and another for Limerick, and seve-
ral others are, we understand, expected here. This is a
prudent and commendable precaution, and let Govern-
ment have the praise of it. We said, when liberal jour-
nalists were scriblihrr, and liberal orators were spouting,
about their apathy and heartlessness, accusing them of not
caring for the lives of a starving people because they were
hish, &c., that ministers felt more keenly than their re-
vilers the responsibility of their situation, and the result
has proved it. Commissary-general Hewetson and two
other officers connected with the commissariat department
have been for some months in the city instituting inquiries
and communicating with Government, and it is the in-
formation received from these and similarly authorised
agents in other parts of Ireland, that Sir R. Peel relied on
in his statement in the Commons. Indian corn, when
properly managed, makes, we understand, an excellent ar-
ticle of food, and perhaps when Sir Robert spoke of de-
posing the potato, it was by this that lie intended to supply
its place. The proper management, however, is, we be-
lieve, a matter of some difficulty ; but Government, we
presume, will take measures to teach the people how its
conversion into bread is to be effected.—Cork Constitution.