The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1847-05-04 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND MURDER.—For several days  a great deal of excitement has prevailed at Rochford, Essex, in consequence of the death of an old man named James Terry, in Rockford union poor-house, who was at tacked and robbed by a footpad a few nights since, in a by-lane between Rochford and Canewdon. About eleven o'clock on Wednesday, the 31st ult., the unfortunate deceased, who was nearly in his 70th year, was proceeding down the lane abov&-mentioned, when he was accosted by a man, a perfect stranger, who asked deceased if he could tell him the time. He pulled out his watch, and, giving the hour, proceeded onwards ; but in a few minutes he suddenly felt himself struck as if by some sharp instrument, such as a hoe or a bill, and became insensible. When found, which was about two hours after the attack, he  was still insensible from the effects of the blow, 'and bleeding from several wounds about the head. The poor ed for a few days, and the police suspecting a  pan sure  lan of the name of Wiltshire of the outrage, arrested him id he was fully identified by the unfortunate Terry a  the guilty man  THE CHURCH AND DISSI  had almost a  -There is someth  id ominous, in the positions  now taken tY the Church and the more Sectarian form of Dissent. They have exchanged places. The Church has cheerfully surrendered what the monopoly zealots have heretofore claimed for it as the authorised instructor of the poor, and it has closed with a compromise, which, in fact,  es it only a perfect equality of standing and assistance The extreme Dissenters, on the  with every community  other hatid, reject this equalit  They ask for better  with suspicion and ter  nd than on which the  Church is quite willing to continue its operations. The one desires, at all events, that every child in these islands shall receive a sufficient measure of instruction in the faith of its parents and in the secular knowledge necessary  to its comfOrt and credit in this world. Tlxf other pro.: tests altogether against_any national assistance to educa the two  BEGGING IRISHMEN  , swall  wed up in t  instances of the  vere related to us by a gentleman just returned ;ojourn in Cheltenham, and may be relied upon  fectly true :—A gentleman was accosted in the town named by an Irish mendicant, with a bowl of hot soup,  who strongly pressed him to bestow his charity, urg great hunger and destitution. The gentleman said  would not -give him money, but if he (the applicant) would accompany him to the next baker's shop, he would purchase a loaf for him. In reply to this generous proposal the man touching his slouch hat, said, "Plaze yer honour I wouldn't give you so much trout)" the money, as you mayn't know  will you give me  like !" In the was solicited by an Irish 1 iitable donation, and the reply wa change about me, but as will give you a shilling if you  iat kind of bread I town, an officer of rank in the army zar in like manner, for a chaI have got no small  you seem to be in gi  ,t want, I  an give me change  sovereign." " May be I Can do that for yer honour ;" and pulled out a bag of money The result of the native modesty displayed in both cases may readily be supposed.