The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-03-11 00:00:00

IRE LAND.

PROGRESS OF TSMPERANCR.—During last month no
less than 392 persons were committed at Cork for drunk-
enness, whilst in February 1844 only 145 drunkards were
committed.

MURDER.—James O'Donnell, a farmer, was murdered
in a house near Croagh, on Monday night, by a party of
five or sit men, who broke his skull. Some of the assail-
ants are in custody.—Limerick Chronicle.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT CORK.—On Thursday the
lofts in the corn store of Messrs. Burke, at Cork, fell,
bringing down with them over three hundred tons of
corn, and quantities of lard. Three men and a woman
underneath were killed.

On Sunday week, as some young gentlemen, in com-
pany with a youth who had been a Romanist, were leav-
ing Upper Shandon church, near Cork, they were attacked
by a dozen persons, and shamefully beaten. Similar out-
rages have been committed on several previous occasions
in the same neighbourhood.

CHURCH EDUCATION.—The Rev. J. Beresford John-
stone, rector of Tullow, Ireland, has resigned his office of
chaplain to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, solely in
consequence of the course pursued by the government in
the education question, to which it would seem that Lord
Heytesbury has entirely lent himself.
Several meetings have recently been held in the diocese
of Down, Ireland, similar to those lately held in the
south of England, for the purpose of preventing any in-
novations in the established services in the church. The
Bishop of Down is disinclined to attend to the remon-
strances.

At St. Andrew's Church, Dublin, on Sunday week,
seven men and three women renounced the errors of po-
pery, and made a profession of their embracing the doc-
trines of the Church of England by partaking of the
Lord's Supper. Two of the clergy who officiated on the
occasion were until lately priests of the Church of Rome.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—On Thursday, the body of Sir
Richard Barrington, who resided at No. 20, Middle
Gloucester-street, Dublin, was found in his arm-chair
before the fireplace, with all the appearance of being dead
for several hours. His clothes were considerably burned,
and it is supposed they caught fire while he slept, and
that he became instantly suffocated. He was very infirm
and ninety years of age.

The popish priest of a parish near Cork, has written to
the proprietor of a scriptural school in the parish to say,
that " his bishop had directed him to excommunicate
the parents of all children belonging to the Catholic re-
ligion, who sent their children to the school." The pro-
prietor after expressing his surprise at such a step in the
nineteenth century says, that " the proceeding can injure
none but those who are the active agents of so iniquitous
an undertaking."
At a meeting of the Belfast Operative Association, on
Wednesday, Lord Roden occupied the chair. His lord-
ship had arrived in the town that morning on private
business, and an instant application was made to his
lordship to preside at the meeting. To this he gave a
ready and a willing assent ; and we confess that at a mo-
ment like this, when others are vacillating or wavering,
or actually abandoning principle and profession for expe-
diency or for office, it is a matter of glatification and
pride to us, as it will be of joy and gratulation to the
Irish Protestants by whom Lord R,,den is beloved, to see
a nobleman of his station and character coming forward,
under existing circumstances, and boldly vindicating the
opinions he always expressed, and consistently abiding
by the sentiments he on every occ tsion advocated.

SERIOtS CONFLICT.—The county Roscommon, parti-
cularly that portion between Strokestown and Roscom-
mon, is in a very disturbed state, so much so, that it is
necessary to have a large police force patroling the roads
day and night between those towns. Monday night a
party of police surprised above one hundred of Molly
Maguire's sons in the act of digging up grass land of a
farm, near Strokestown, belonging to Mr. Balfe. A
dreadful conflict took place between them, and the fellows
fired upon the police. The latter returned the fire, and
wounded some of the ruffians, as traces of blood were
discovered in the field and on an adjoining wall. The
police closed with the party, and pressed upon them so
that they were compelled to leave 35 loys, an iron grape,
and three coats behind; they also arrested one man.—
Limerick Chronicle.

CRIME IN TIPPERARY.—The Nenagh Guardian pub-
lishes in a tabular form a list of the crimes committed
within the last six months in the North Riding of Tip-
perary. It presents, to use the words of that journal,
" a number of outrages unparalleled for the same period in
any other county in Ireland, or in any shire or riding in
the kingdom. It is also remarkable for another fact,
namely the few persons who have been made amenable to
justice and the laws. There are 16 cases of murder, out
of which there have been six for which no person has
been arrested, or information sworn against. There are
16 cases of attempted murders, and 52 attacks for arms,
firing into dwellings, and assaulting the inhabitants for
the purpose of obtaining same—and in which classes of
crime a great number of persons have been concerned :
of that number but few have been arrested for these cry-
ing offences."

DREADFUL ACCIDENTS.—On the let instant, as nine
men and two women were crossing the lake at Athlone in
a boat on their return from work, the old boat went down
stern foremost, and, strange to say, the two x‘ omen and
one man were saved. It is supposed the clothes of the
women kept them up until a boat came to their assistance.
One of the women had also a quantity of bran on her
back, which assisted to keep her floating.—On the 2d
inst., the Longford canal packet-boat sunk, either from
too much weight, or from the numerous passengers rush-
ing to one side. Those who were uppermost in the back
cabin scrambled out of the windows, the boat being on its
side, but the unfortunate persons under their feet, except
a few active lads, could not move, and after several
minutes had elapsed, by the activity of the police, some
of whom narrowly escaped drowning, they were drawn
out of the cabin window ; seven of the sufferers appeared
quite dead, and one only was restored to life.

REPEAL ASSOCIATION.—It is now manifest that, but
for the Roman Catholic bishops and priests, Repeal, or
the administration sitting at Burgh quay, would be ex-
tinct for want of the sinews of war. Of the sum ac-
knowledged as the rent of last week, two hundred pounds
(or very close upo❑ it) were the contribution of those
worthies—the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and the sweet
Dove of Elphin. A considerable sum from the Ameri-
can sympathisers is also to be deducted from the solid
proofs of a domestic yearning for a parliament in College-
green. On the whole, there is a miserable prostra'ion of
patriotism throughout the realms of Daniel-land; and
Tom Steele's vocation more in vogue than Mr. O'Con-
nell's. R ibbonism, like the pigs, is looking up ; and
Repeal, like the potatoes, going down. England is at
peace with all the world ; and Ireland wants a grievance.
Even the demagogue confesses the tendency of recent le-
gislation to conciliate his country ; and has nothing to
fall back upon—more Hibernico—but fancied anticipa-
tions of evils that may not arise out of the Land Com-
missioners' Report. The whole rent for the week was

FASHIONS FOR MARCH

From the ":London and Paris Ladies' Magazine cf

(Fashion." 1

White and pink are the favourite colours this season,
for crape, gauze, and other light materials of dress ; tulle
is also again in fashion, and forms pretty toilettes, with
double skirts, ornamented with ruches ; the corsages are
all pointed, and very open, in cceur, showing a chemisette
or guimpe of muslin, richly embroidered, or plissW, rising
much higher tka❑ the corsage. Young ladies frequently
have triple skirts of tulle, finished with a broad hem, and
berthe to correspond ; and, for tall figures, the double
tunic of crape, trimmed with two rows of fringed ribbon,
placed on the lower skirt. .

Dresses of satin, damns, broc irt, &c., are mostly trim-
med with lace, often placed en e'chelle in front of the skirt,
or with a plat of ribbon, separating two monlanls, placed
at the sides. Wreaths of flowers are very mu:h used up
the sides of ball dresses; those in foliage of oak leaves
terminate with a bunch of acorns ; guipure fringes are
made in gold and silver, as also e'chelles and montants, in
the same style, and fringes of chenille or jet, for vel-
vet.

Walking dresses are always high, some with the cor-
sage carticao or rounded jacket encircling the waist.
Spencers, with jackets, are becoming very general. Dres-
ses of black satin have berthes of velvet, embroidered in
such very fine braid a. to resemble antique lace. Brand-
enbourgs are much in favour for redingotes; those ter-
minating with a tassel are pretty.
Very pretty capotes, for morning wear, are made of
satin, trimmed with velvet; the shape is rather close:
but dress bonnets are made more open, some are without
bavolet, but the rims continued rather deep at the back.
The most fashionable coiffures de bal, this season, are
historical or national. For morning wear, small caps,
short at the ears and trimmed with narrow lace put on
plain all round, are much worn, ornamented with ribbon
in various styles, rosettes, coques or pompons; the forms
are pompadour, fermiere, Alsacien, Marquise, Charlotte
Cordag,
Very long ringlets are the fashion, falling on the neck,
and often only a single one from the bandeau ; which
style admits of bouquets of three flowers in three shades
of colour, roses, camelias, and daisies.