The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

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EXCITEMENT IN PAR-lg.—The 77mes of yesterday sal*
public affairs was, in fact, deemed so

serious in Paris, the question of foreign policy had become
so complicated, that persons in the daily habit of seeing
M. Guizot pretended to observe already—that is, at the
expiration of four days only since his return to town,
marked change for the worse in his appearance."
In the new parliament there is a smaller number of
persons connected with noble families, and a smaller num-
ber of country gentlemen, than in any previous parlia-
ment. On the contrary, there is a greater number of
railway directors, engineers, and contractors, of barristers,
of merchants, of retail tradesmen, of political writers and
lecturers, of naval and military officers.

A letter has been received in Paris announcing that the
Due de Nemours had narrowly escaped being killed in 3
shooting party, which took place on Wednesday, in the
forest of Compiegne. The Duke received several shots
in the head. and was, according to the statement, stunned,
but the accident was not attended with any fa-al conse-
quences. quences. The intelligence conveyed in the letter vos nod
credited in Paris.

AUSTRALIAN WHEAT.-The vessel Kilmann, arrived in
the docks from Port Philip. has brought, with a general
cargo of Australian productions, 1,031 bags of wheat ; and
the vessel Malcolm, arrived from Adelaide, has brought
6,090 bags of the same description of grain, the produce
of Australia. These arrivals of wheat froraAustralia aro
interesting items among the importations of grain from
distant parts of the world.

A TI ELY HINT. —Last week our town-crier received
a letter from London, enclosing a shilling, and ordering
him to make the following announcement :—" By direct
authority.—The bakers are forthwith to lower their bread_ _

to the. standard of wheat in Mark-lane. God save the
Queen.—London, Sept., 1847." The crier performed big
duty, and, singularly enough, the bakers reduced the
price of bread, which they could very well afford to do, ort
the very same day, observing that they were glad Slr.
Mark Lane had orders from the Queen to make the re'
duction.—jlnntingdon paper.
A NEW EFFECT OF THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPII.-'
The various wires of telegraph beginning to intersect so
many sections of our country are said to have a decided
effect upon electricity. That eminent scientific man, PO"
fessor Olmstead, of Yale College, states, that as the storms
comes up, and especially when over the wires, say fifty
a hundred miles distant, the lightning is attracted by tn:
wires ; which can be proved by any one remaining in ti%
telegraph office for half an hour. About the time t.ll
storm is coming up, the wires are continually filled W":
electricity. It is my opinion, he says, that we shall never
have very heavy thunder showers, or hear of lightning
striking, so long as we have telegraph wires spread
the eartk.--American Paper.
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MORE POISONINGS BY ARSENIC.--A great
excitement has been created in the minds of many 111 t
neighbourhood of Purl's-bridge' near Mance, in eoilSe'
quence of the suspected death by poison within a very
short period of several infant children. It appears that
number of young children were left in the charge of 5
woman named Anne Barnes, who lives at Ely, but who
fo

seven or eight weeks past, has been residing with her
son, John Youngs, and his wife, at the above placer
where she had the children to nurse and, take care of
during the day time, when their mothers were out at
harvest work. Amongst the number were four infants,
one nine months old, and three others respectively fifteen,
eleven, and seven weeks. The first child, the -daughter
of a labouring man named Benjamin Hartley, was taken
suddenly ill, but atter some days of severe suffering, It
recovered, and was taken home under its mother's We'
Immediately afterwards a child belonging to George oart-
ley, a labouring man, was taken suddenly ill, andanother
belonging to John Aubery, a beer-house keeper, and a 15,1
the infant daughter of John Youngs, a labouring man, al"
of whom died after a few days' illness. The police con'
stable stationed at Manee having, on Thursday, the 211c1
instant, heard some hints that all was suspected not to b?,
right, proceeded to make inquiries, and ascertained that
two children belonging to George Hartley and John Au-
bery had been already buried, without much notice bell
taken of the circumstance, and that John Younge's chilc'
was to be buried the next day. An inquest on the both'
is now nolding.—Cambridge Chronicle.
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EARL FITZWILLIAM ...- ON FREE TRADE.—I trust
certain circumstances that have recently taken place, t°
which I will no further allude, show that in this country
the opinion prevails that perfect freedom of trade is the
best for all classes in it. (Cheers.) lam happy to see the
manner in which you have received that observation; but
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the nations of the world. Mind whatit is. Do not applaud
till you are quite sure. (Cheers.) Be quite certain, gen-
tlemen, that you would like to see the cutlery of Soliiizell
competing in great Britain and Ireland with the cutlery of
Sheffield. Be quite sure that to allow that is your inten-
tion, before you utter one word of approbation. (Loud
cheers.) Do our neighbours of Leeds and Bradford, when
they praise free trade, intend to admit the Goth of
Louvain and Verviers to compete with the cloth of Lefasz
the yarn of Bradford, and the flannels of Rochdale e
to
ask that question. Only let it. be answered ; want et
know from those gentlpmen what they really mean. .JA.,
them not wrap up their meaning in fine words,
after all, when sifted, are found to mean something else'
I trust the question I have put will be answered by Leeds
and Bradford in the affirmative, for I tell you frankly that
in. my opinion all import duties, but duties for revenue'
are ultimately mischievous to the country that itr-Pese
them.—Reeent Speech at 'Sheffield.
OYSTER SEASON.—The oysters kept by Mr. G. Duffey
of the London Oyster Rooms, 79, Hanover-street, neat
Church-street, have long-been celebrated for their fresh:
ness and delicious flavour, and we are informed by those
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who have visited the rooms, that in the provinces the'
cannot be excelled.
ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—" The Liverpool Merchl,l
of 1750," a melodrama of much local interest, adaPtn
for the stage by Mr. 11, Stirling, from a tale written
the late Dr. Maginn' . was very successfully produced
this theatre last week. It possesses every qualificati°,,
for stage representation, and cannot fail having a long,
course of popularity..
The following letter was yesterday received at the
Oriental Divan, Clayton-square, by Mr. Feeney, who 10/,
great pleasure in laying it before his patrons :

Billingsgate, Sept. 9, 1947%,
Sir,—l have this day forwarded you, per rail, I",
supply of Native Oysters you required, and will, in se'
cordance with, your arrangements when in Town, coat
tinue daily to send you the same quantity. As you ha!,
not limited vie to the ordinary price, I send you an
cellent article, the choicest picked' Whitstables ;
am sure they cannot be surpassed, if equalled. I feel sat'
feed they will meet the approval of your Patrons.--16"4
Sir, your obedient servant
Mr. Feeney

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N. BATEMAI4.Ij
g attention to the above, the proprietor w° of
ally state that the Divan, as a Chop, Dinnat tit
me, or as a fashionable lounge, is unequalled°

TUESDAY, SEPT. 14. 1847.
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