The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-05-04 00:00:00

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new ones. The deceased placed a screwjack under one of
the boilers to lower it on its proper bed; and, on Tuesday
morning, after he had put the screwjack under, he leaned
with his head and part of his body underneath, whilst he
knocked a brick pillar away. No sooner were the bricks
removed than the jack gave way, and the boiler, which is

nine tons, fell on him, and, completely flattening the whole
of his head and chest, killed him instantly. He has left a
wife and two young children to mourn his death.
AN EXAMPLE WORTHY OF IMITATION.—The 21.16
chester Cowrie

of Saturday contains the following grati-
s On Wednesday, Messrs. Grant, of

fying paragraph
Ramsbottom,
700. Those ern]

Li their hands, upwards of

iloyed on short time had wine and bread
at the Nuttall School-room. In the evening the adult
hands had a splendid ball at the Grants' Arms public-
house, Ramsbottom. The masters gave the operatives at
the ball £20." It may be interesting to our readers to
learn that the gentlemen referred to—the Messrs. Grant—

from the character wi
kindliness of heart, we

very generally recognised in their
the originals, or deserving to be the
' Checryble Brothers.

own neighbourhood a
originals, of Dickens

THEFTS FROM SHOT

lice-court yesterday,
!harped with having

reet, a pair of boots. It appeared that on Satur-
he had gone to the shop, on the plea of
and after looking at several pairs, and

Byrom-
day afternoon
makin

yr, a purchase

not approving of any of them, left the place, but was seen
by a boy to go off with some article. She was pursued
and secured in Richmond-row with a pair worth ss. She
was sent for :trial at the sessions.—Edward Davies and
Thomas Blackedge, two very little boys were charged with
stealing from the shop of Mr. Thomas Davies, St. James's-
street, cap-maker, two caps, value 3s. 6d. A boy in the
street observed them loitering about the window of the
shop, and saw first the one and then the other snatch a
cap each from a stand near the door, and make off with
them. He gave information and they were pursued, and
captured in Great George's-street.
for trial.

iey were committed

EXTENSIVE ROBBED

IN A SALE Roo

Police-court, yesterday, three men, James Morris, Jam(
Dolan, and John Eyeres, also A

were brou

from Manchester, charged with robbing,
William Roper, of Heyworth, near Bra(
of £215 in bank notes. The pr
Tuesday last, being -
he went into a sal

Hord, of the sum

.cutor stated that, on
lying a little time to spare,
a corner, in Whitechapel,
where an auction was going on. He had not been long
there when he found his person touched by some one, and
found that his waistcoat had been opened, and the money,
which was in his breast, entirely abstracted. He imme-
diately cried out that-he was robbed, and seeing the man
who he believed had put hands upon him, seized him, and
held him for a short time, when he got away. The

people around him would 'render him no asistance.
He was robbed of £215, all in bank notes. He imme-
diately gave information at the head Police-office. Two
officers of the Manchester police said that they appre-
hended the male prisoners 'together, in a public-house in
that town. One of them said, that at Dolan's cellar he
found two £lO notes under the bolster of the bed. The

They went to D
Dolan was heard to put
like paper. On a light being procured, a_ £2O
_note was

nething away, which rustled

had (as we understood him) dropped on the floor. The
prosecutor identified one of the £lO notes, and Mr. Wm.
Thomas, jun., of Hollins, identified a £2O note, by its

gentleman said, that when Morris escaped from him, the
prisoner Dolan ran away. Dolan admitted that the notes
were in his house, but that he had found them in Man-
chester. The prisoners were all remanded.

HORRIBLE ATTEMPT TO MURDER.-A most horrible
tleed was enacted yesterday night week, within ten miles.
of Athlone, at Mr. Kelly's, of Scregg, county of Roscom-

Mr. Kelly, with his usual hospitality, invited an
acquaintance to come on a short visit to Scregg. The
invitation was accepted, and on Monday evening week,
before they retired, an argument arose between them :
however, when the guest thought all at rest, he proceeded
to Mr. Kelly's room, where he and his wife lay in bed,

and having armed himself with a razor, inflicted severe
wounds upon their necks. He then proceeded to a bed
in which Miss Kelly was sleeping, and perpetrated a simi-
lar deed of blood upon her. By this time the servants
were alarmed, and ran to the rescue. The first man who
attempted to disarm him, by taking away the razor which
lie was flourishing around his head, was ferociously at-
tacked by this person, and most severely wounded, the
other servants not daring to go near. After this series of
bloody deeds, he ran off, and threw the razor away.
Three countrymen, who saw him, pursued him, finally
captured him, and handed him over to the police. Mr.
Kelly's wound is very serious, but those inflicted on Mrs.
and Miss Kelly of no material consequence. It is sup-
posed that mental aberrt Con was the immediate came*
those fearful acts.