The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-31 00:00:00

AN UNFORTUNATE HEDGEHOG.—A: gentleman in thht
neighbourhood had a tame hedgehog in his garden which,
in seeking his food, was at the same time a promoter of
horticulture, by destroying many noxious insects. One day
lately he unluckily went near a hire of bees, and a num-
ber of them attacked him with great fury ' • he defended
himself by standing on his hind feet, and striking with
his fore paws. Finding, however, that the bees were get-
ting the best of it, he coiled himself up in his bristly ar-
mour, but in doing so, enclosed some of his enemies, who
stung him severely. He then unrolled himself, and re-
newed the fight for some time, but eventually retreated
into a bush. Next morning the poor hedgehog was found
dead ; showing that, however completely the stomachs of
these animals can resist poison, they are not proof against
its external application in the shape of the smarting, sting

of the bee.—Montries Courier

EXTRAORDINARY DEATH
named Jefferies, was poaching fish in Sidlesharn, Sus-
sex, he attempted to pull a sole through the meshes of
the net with his teeth, when the fish darted into his
mouth and before assistance could be rendered he was a
corpse. It went through the mouth into the larynx, with
its head in the gullet, and the fins being extended trans-
fixed it in that situation. The man became totally over-
powered, and the attempts of his companion to-withdraw
it were unavailing. Medical aid was sent for (a distance
of four miles), but when- the medical man arrived, he
found life totally extinct, and declined operating to re-
move the fish, judging it necessary not to interfere before
an inspection had been made by the coroner and jury.
The breadth of the fish was- about three fingers, and it
continued to flicker for many hours. The ill-fated indi-
vidual was a young man, and has left a wife and` three
children. A small subscription has been raised for the
widow.

On Thursday, as a man

WHICH' sa THE BRUTE ?—An instance of animal
sagacity and, humanity, unequalled in our remembrance,
took place. before our door lately.. An unfortunate dog,
in order to make sport for some fools, had a pan tied to.
his tail, and was sent off on his travels towards Galt. He
reached the village utterly exhausted, and lay down before.
the steps of Mr. Young's tavern, eyeing most anxiously
the horrid annoyance hung behind him, but unable to
move a step further to rid himself of" the torment. Ano-
dog, a Scotch collar, came up at the same time, and seeing
the distress of hircrony, laid himself gently down beside

him, and, gaining. his confidence by a,few caresses, pro-
ceeded to gnaw the string by which the noisy appendage
was attached to his friend's tail, and, with about a quarter
of an hour's exertion, severed the cord, and started to his
legs, with the pan hanging from the_ string in his mouth,
departed.
—Edin-

on his travels in the highest glee at his success
burgh Chronicle.

AT STOPPER ON Anr.—ln the act recently passed for
the regulation of the postage, there is a clause respecting
" returned letters," for which those who have suffered
from the annoyance of Mr. Joseph Ady will be thankful.
It is, enacted that if an unpaid letter be refused by the
party to whom it is addressed, the Postmaster General
shall be entitled to recover the postage from the party
sending the letter; and tnat the signature to it shall be

considered sufficient evidence of the writer, unless the
signature can be clearly proved to be a forgery: The effect
of this clause will be to render Mr. Ady liable for the
whole of his returned circulars • and, as he always sends
them unpaid, the number refused by the parties to whom
they are addressed must be considerable. Perhaps the
ingenuity of the gentleman may assist him even yet in his
attempt to furnish " valuable information ;" but paying
the postage of his letters will certainly diminish his cor-
respondence.
DARING FEAT.—The American frigate, Macedonia,
formerly conquered from this country, and now sent over
here with a gratuitous supply bf provisions, was waiting
at the tail of the bank on Tuesday, when the queen arrived
in the Clyde, Just when the queen's steamer was about
to pass the Macedonia, and while cannons were roaring
from the shoar in every direction, and the atmosphere re-
sounding with the huzzas of the multitudes, two seamen
were observed to board the American fx

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