The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-01 00:00:00

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whose religious opinions are not well defined at
in the light of an honest public man
['RE IRISH POOR BIJ
-aded in the columi
not believing in the correctn
t some pains to procure the

'e have

following, which m
Dissentient.-1.
a claim for relief, (

of somebody to provi(
will inevitably lead to

me of

i; and extravagant hopes
ice. 2. Because the Irish
en to starvation, and an

listress
of

interference with national habits cannot be d
Because the tendency of the bill is to increase
of the landlords while attempting to relieve the distil
the whole people. 4. Because the bill, having been
framed under an urgent necessity, was framed in a hurry;
and as nothing done in a hurry is done well, nothing ought
to be done when an urgent necessity demands it. 5.
Because it will ruin the independence of the poor in Ire-
land, by giving them something to depend upon. Radnor.
Monteagle of Brandon, Fitzwilliam.—Punch, •
LORD ASHLEY AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—I Should

weary y

them ; it will

)se lor

hid, b€

the evil

be col-dent to await the develop

contemplat

before them'
ry one who

search out these things, and nip them in the bud ; taking
as the text for their policy and their eloquence a zeal for
the honour of God andn desire to do all imaginable
.good
to the children of men. Whether we have such ministers
at the present day, rulers of such a spirit and wisdom,
remains to be seen. I confess I am greatly disposed to
place much confidence in Ltild John Russell (loud cheers),
and one or two of his colleagues. (Loud cheers.) He

ias a fine understanding, an honest, generous, and patri-
)tic heart ; and if he fail, it will be not because he is tricky
n- self:seeking, but because he has misannrehended the

sentiments of the country. (Loud and coniinued cheers.) Amongst the inventions registered last week is a venti-
-Lord Ashley's Speech at Bath. lating pane of glass, wherein small holes are drilled ob..
A DAY IN THE EAST.—The native of Damascus or liquely, an inch or an inch and a half apart, thus giving an
Beyront rises very early in the morning, by five o'clock. inward direction to the current of air.
If he is a Mahommedan; he goes at once to his prayers; No FAITH IN HIGH PRICES.—At the Hull Corn
if a Christian, to his church. The Mahommedan must Market, on Tuesday last, a gentleman, residing at Bar-
pray seven times a-day ; a Christian three times—morn- row, bought a quantity of wheat, now growing in Lincoln-
ing, evening, and at bed-time ; the proverb being " Al- shire, to be delivered in August at £3 per quarter.
lakwa taken ala alrezek"—i.e., "Piety helps the liveli- Instead of rising the price of bread, the bakers of De.
hood." They drink their coffee, go to their business, go vizes have entered into an agreement to make it of a
home at noon to their meal ; they sit together, eat im coarser quality, and continue to sell it, as long as they
kebabs and rice grapes and figs, drink their sharbet, iced possibly can, at ls. 9d. per gallon.
water and coffee, take thtir siesta during the heat of the A Scotch paper says that a field of oats, at a place called
day, go again to their business, and return home by sun- Borlands, has been nearly destroyed by an immense mul-
ch, his way home the father of the family brines the titude of small snails, which devoured the green' blades.
A farmer near Retford, Nottinghamshire, having seve-
ral corn-stacks in his farm-yard; has received an anon),
mous letter stating that unless he thrashes out the grain,
and puts it into market, it will be done for him.
All the Southampton drapers, save one, consented to
ue nas cameo Teat Gay sumce ior tuat nay s close their shops in the summer months at eight. The
expense ; if not, he takes care that next day less expense solitary dissentient opposed the arrangement because " the
shall be incurred. He takes his children to walk at any town would look so dull at nights to strangers !"
leizure time, and on festivals. If he is religious, he is PRICE OF FOOD.—It is calculated that, on the average,
very devout ; and though his religion is not free from su- an advance of 45 per cent. has taken place on all the arti-
peerstition, it is free from infidelity. If he makes money, des of food. Vegetables have risen 100, 150, and, in
thfirst thing he does is to furnish his house with carpets, some instances, 400 per cent.
china, &c. He dresses his wife in cashniere shawls, jewels, CONWAY.—On Thursday morning week, the son of
and gold pieces :he makes her his savings-bank, and from Mr. R. Mactellan, of Penmaen bath, aged eight years,
her receives his property again, if he is in want of it, but was found a corpse under a tree, near Brynmor. He was
only in case of absolute necessity. He marries his son at supposed to have climbed up the tree in order to get at a
an early age, keeps him and his wife in his own house as nest, which was found lying near the body on the ground.
long as he can, and does not part from them till the other Mr. Joseph Crossfield, and Mr. Howell, secretary to
sons are of an age to marry. The richest of the sons ge- the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, have con-
nerally settles as near as possible to his parents' home ; tradicted the statement in the Manchester Examiner, of
and thus the patriarch may be often seen with his children paupers being sent to England by relief committees hi
and grandchildren rvuud Galway.

mutton, the grapes, the fig
kerchief, and takes his si

in his basket or hand-
per, his chief meal, sitting

cross-leiged, with his wife and children round the table;
after which he says, "Atoned-lillah 1" " Praise be to
God !" He takes his coffee, lights his pipe, and is satis-