The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-06-02 00:00:00

DISAPPOINTED OF A SCENE.—In the House of Com-
mons, on Monday, Mr. O'Brien, shortly after his libera-
tion. entered the house. He evidently expected a scene,
but, alas ! none took place. He was dressed for the oc-
casion in white kid gloves, &c., &c. He took his seat
without any human being appearing to notice his en-
trance, evidently to the no small chagrin of the martyr.
This apathy on the part of the Saxon will, no doubt, fur-
nish matter for another address to the Irish nation.

SHORT-TIME MOVEMENT.—At a meeting of the Leeds
Short-time Committee, a few days ago, at which 52 dele-
gates were present, a petition to the legislature was agreed
to, which embodied a declaration that the operatives in
this district are willing to submit to a reduction of wages
rather than lose the Ten-hours' Bill, should the passing
of that measure tend to produce such a result as some of
its opponents prophesy. The petitioners, however, are
far .from regarding a reduction of wages as a natural
concomitant of the measure.
FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE—A CHILD DEVOURED
BY A SOW PIG !—On Thursday week, at Castle Blunden,
a fine child, about six months old, belonging to William
Egan, was literally devoured by a sow pig ! Mrs. Egan
having gone into the yard for a few moments, and incau-
tiously neglected to shut the door of her dwelling-house,
on her return was met by the sow proceeding from the
cradle with the head and arm of the child in its mouth,
the remainder of the body having been eaten!—Kilkenny
Journal.

THE FRUIT CROPS.—We regret to state tbat a serious
caterpillar blight has attacked the fruit plantations in Mid-
Kent, which has affected them to such an extent that
orchards which a month since presented the most luxuriant
appearance, and the most promising bloom, now threaten
to be almost unproductive. The laud generally is also in-
fested with slugs, which cause the greatest havoc, parti-
cularly on garden ground. The mildness of the late win-
ter is no doubt the cause of these visitations.—Maidstone
Journal.

ATTEMPT TO POISON.—At Birmingham last week,
Mary Ann Lawless was committed to take her trial at the
assizes, for the county of Warwick, for attempting to
poison her husband and two other persons—a Mrs. Mur-
tay and child, who had called in that day and partook of
tea at their house. The prisoner was seen to put some
ingredient into the tea, and it was proved that she had just
before purchased some arsenic along with soft soap, at a
druggist's shop, stating she wanted it to clean bedsteads
with. All the parties are now likely to recover.
MUNIFICENT BEQUESTS.—The late Samuel Barber,
Esq., of Walsall, has bequeathed the following sums of
money to the undermentioned institutions :—To the Ge-
neral Hospital, Birmingham, £500; Queen Mary's School,
WTalsal, £5OO ; Deaf and Dumb Institution, Edcbaston,
£500; the British and Foreign Bible Society, £500; the
Church Missionary Society, £500; the Church Pastoral
Aid Society, £500; St. Peter's Church, Walsall, £200;
the parish church of Cannock, £lOO ; the Blue and Na-
tional School, Walsall, £lOO.-IVolverhamplon Chronicle.
SUFFOCATION IN AN EPILEPTIC FIT.—On Friday
night week, a young man, named Farques, living in Ber-
wick-street, London, went to bed much in his usual state.
The next morning he was found dead in his bed, with his
face downwards between the two pillows. The surgeon
said that in the course of the night the deceased bad, no
doubt, 'been seized with a fit of epilepsy, and his head
sinking between the pillows, he was unable to rise, and so
was suffocated. Had any one slept with him who was
able to render assistance, his life in all probability would
have been saved. _ _ _

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—On Sunday week, as Mr. J.
Dutton, of lleywood, was playing with his child, about
fourteen months old, he felt something sharp in its side,
just above the hip. On examination he found it was about
an inch and a half in length. He took a small pair of nip-
pers, with which he got hold of the substance, and on
drawing it out found it to be a black needle. The point
of the needle was towards the skin. There was no inflam-
mation about the part. It has been remembered that some
time previous to the child's birth, its mother accidentally
swallowed a similar needle.—Macclesfield Herald.
CONVEYANCE OF NEWSPAPERS.—The London and
Birmingham, Grand Junction, Midland, and Northern
Railway Companies, have made arrangements, in con-
junction, for the conveyance of newspapers by the
ordinary passenger trains, at a charge equal to one-half
the existing rate for parcels, provided that in no case the
charge for a single package be less than one shilling. The
London and Birmingham Railway Company, in giving
notice of this arrangement, require that the packages
shall contain " newspapers only," anti that they shall
have authority to open and examine them whenever they
have reason to believe that this regulation is infringed.
FATALITIES FROM LIGIITNING.—On Thursday week,
at Rhes y-cae, near Henan, the following fatalities oc-
curred. A poor woman, residing in a cottage, at the mo-
ment rocking a cradle containing a sleeping infant, was
struck dead by the electric fluid ; the child was left un-
hurt, but one corner of the tenement was thrown into
ruins.—On the same day, during the storm in which the
above occurred, two men were ascending from the interior
of a coal-pit. During their ascent, the windlas at the top
was struck and shattered by an electric shock. The
broken pieces fell into the pit, and immediately killed the
two poor men who were coming up.—Chester Chronicle.

Aisr INGENIOUS TEST.—A few-days ago, a merchant,
in prosecuting his morning tour in the suburbs of Edin-
burgh, found, as he walked along a purse containing a
considerable sum of money. He observed a lady at a
distance, who, he thought, would be the owner and loser.
Determined to be correct in the party to whom he deliv-
ered it, he fell upon a strange, yet ingenious plan to effect
this. He resolved to act the part of a " poor distressed
tradesman," and boldly went forward, hat in hand, and
asked alms. This was answered with a polite "Go
away—l have nothing to give you." The poor man,
however, persisting in his entreaties, would not go until he
had relief for his famishing wife and children. The lady,
from reasons, ❑o doubt, similar to Mrs. Maclarty's, at
last condescended, but to her dismay, found that the
wherewith was gone. The merchant. now satisfied that
he was correct, with a polite bow returned the purse, with
an advice that in future she should be more generous to
the distressed and destitute.

THE CROPS IN SCOTLAND.—The crops around Edin-
burgh and vicinity are more forward and promising than
in almost any district for many miles either to the north
or west. On the north shores of the Forth, indeed, the
wheat and early sown barley are equal to anything in this
quarter. In Stirling and Linlithgow shires there are still
oats and barley unsown, and from the long continuance of
wet weather fields are generally behind ; land intended for
turnips having, in many cases, to get an extra ploughing.
Wheat is well ; oats have suffered from grub ; and, with a
few exceptions, barley is not in so forward a condition as
to warrant any remark. We are much gratified by the
generally favourable accounts of the potato crop. Those
that were early planted have come up well; while those
more late put into the ground have been on examination
found healthy. There are still, however, a good many to
plant. Clover grass is now being cut, and the crop is
heavy.—Scolsman.

AWFUL TUUNDER•STORM.—On Wednesday week, this
town and neighbourhood were visited by one of the most
severe storms of thunder and lightning we have expe-
rienced for many years past. The forked lightning was
extremely vivid, and the peals of thunder much resem-
bled the firing of heavy artillery. The rain fell in tor-
rents, and hailstones descended as large as peas. The
electric fluid entered the dwelling-house of Mr. William
Parkin, of Spofforth Haggs, and in every nook and corner
of the dwelling traces of its ravages are exhibited. The
housekeeper, maid-servant, and a little girl, the daughter
of Mr. Parkin, were the only inmates at the time, and
their escape with life stems to have been truly miraculous.
The maid-servant has since remained speechless. either
from the effects of fear or some invisible injury. Several
huge trees, which have braved the storm of ages, have
also been shattered in this vicinity ; but the storm, al-
though so furious, was not of long duration.—Bradford
Observer.

JOSEPII ADY.—At the Thames Police-office, Thursday,
this notorious person was committed for trial charged
with obtaining 60 postage stamps, value 55., from a Mr.
Samuel Smith Hill, under pretence of affording informa-
tion " something to the advantage" of Mr. Hill, but which
resulted in no benefit whatever to him. Another similar
case was also adduced against him, in which Captain Wil-
liam Wilson Hornsby, a retired officer in the army, was
the victim cf Ady's deception. The prisoner was also
committei on this charge, but the magistrate, Mr. Bro-
derip, consented to take bail, requiring in each case two
good sureties of £lOO each, and the prisoner in £2OO.
Two respectable tradesmen in Whitechapel consented to
be bail, and the prisoner was liberated. Ady is an old
man, about 72 years of age, and is described as looking
very hale, hearty, and in good condition. He was attired
in the garb of a quaker, but we believe the society declines
the honor of acknowledging him as one of its members.

RAILWAY LABOUREILS.—DISTURBANCES IN WALES.
—A private letter, dated Penmaenmawr, Saturday, states
that a number of Irish labourers employed by a railway
contractor in that neighbourhood, had been attacked by a
body of the country people, 300 Welshmen, who bad dri-
ven away the Irish, and cleared the whole of the line be-
fore them as far as Bangor. Some of the ringleaders were
captured by the police. One in particular, whom the
police had great difficulty in capturing, they placed in pri-
son. Immediately afterwards the tumult became so violent,
that it was deemed necessary for a magistrate to read the
riot act, which was done. During these proceedings, a
party of the Welsh went behind the prison and threw a
rope over the wall, by means of which the prisoner man-
aged to effect his escape. Most of the railway contractors
along the line were sworn in special constables. All the
public-houses were closed by order of the magistrates, and
were ordered to keep closed till further orders. The dis-
pute arose from a feeling on the part of the Welsh, against
the employment of so many Irish, when numbers of
Welsh labourers were ready to work.
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On the afternoon of
yesterday week, the hey. James Dobbie, minister of the
Secession Church of Annan, died suddenly, and there is
little or no doubt that he was poisoned by partaking of a
bottle of porter, in which, it is supposed, some delete-
rious substance had remained when the liquor was bottled.
It appears that Mr. James Pool, farmer, Croftheads, had
called upon Mr. Dobbie in the afternoon, and partaken
of some bread and cheese with him and Mrs. Dobbie.
As, unfortunately, there happened to he no porter in the
house, half a dozen bottles were procured from a shop in
the town, one of which was drawn, and drunk by the
parties mentioned. Not long after this, Mr. Pool went
away, and Mrs. Dobbie called a servant girl up stairs,
telling her she was very sick and faint. Mr. Dobbie also
went up stairs, and complained of being unwell. Mrs.
Dobbie proposed to send for medical assistance ; but, un-
fortunately, her husband did not think this necessary,
and it was not until fully an hour after they were taken
ill that a medical man was called in. When this was done,
however, all human aid in the case of the reverend gen-
tleman proved unavailing, who, after much suffering, died
about seven o'clock in the evening.—Dumfries Courier.
REMARKABLE CONFESSION OF A PAPIST.—There is
nothing more essential than to ruin the reputa'ion of the
Janedsuiitfs.R.Bmyethbeeruriuninoefd, thereJleigsiuoints,
wßiollmreewfoirllmbeiruined ;
—Father Paul', Letters, 1600.