The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-30 00:00:00

A COLLECTOR OF MODERN AND ANCIENT COINS.

A silly old man, named Bernard Dugan, was placed before
Mr. Rushton, on a charge of having been found with a quan-
tity of base copper coin in his possession—contrary to the
statute. It appeared that he had recently arrived from Ire-
land, and had brought these coins with him, as a sort of spe-
culation. They consisted of 117 bad English pennies; 76
do. Trish ; 24 bad English halfpence ; 24 bad Irish do. ; 160
pieces of old copper coin that would not pass, and 101
tokens. There were in the collection 46 good pieces, but
these were mutilated. The old man said he had been bred
a weaver, and had seen better days, but had fallen back
in the world. He bad gone to work at his business in Man-
chester, and continued to do so until he could not attend it
from rheumatic pains. He went to Dublin, to which he be-
longed, and there asked assistance, (that is, we presume,
begging), until he raised about 10s., with which he pur-
chased the coins, being told if he brought them to this coun-
try he could make something worth while, by disposing of
them to parties who manufactured " German silver." Mr.
Rushton admonished him of the folly of his conduct ; and
ordered that he be discharged, and that the good coin should
be restored to him. That that was bad must, it was stated,
be transmitted to the Mint.
THE TABLES TURNED AGAINST A COMPLAINANT.

A 3OrmiTlackman, cook of a ship, named John Derritt,
was charged by a young man, with having inflicted upon him
a severe flesh-wound ou the thigh with a clasp knife, without
any provication. The prisoner said that a female came up
to him and took sixpence from him ; that the complainant
and three or four more then got round him ; threw him
down, struck and kicked -him, and attempted to rifle his
pockets. He lost two shillings in the scuffle. In rising, he
certainly admitted he took his knife, and in self-defence,
made a cut at the complainant who kicked him under both
jaws, and on other parts of his body. Mr. Parkinson said he
believed the complainant was a very bad character, but he
was not prepared with the particulars. The prisoner was
put down till the books could be consulted as to the corn- ,
plainant. In a few minutes the black youth was replaced
at the bar, and Mr. Parkinson then said the complainant was
the constant associate of theives; that he hdd often been
fined for assaults in the streets ; that he had cohabited with
a desolute female who had been transported for 15 years, for
robbing a gentleman of £lOO ; and that he now lived with a
woman of bad character. After this expose, Mr. Rushton
said he could not entertain the charge. The complainant
had no doubt maltreated and attempted to rob the prisoner,
and ought to be in the dock in place of the black. In dis-
charging the prisoner, the magistrate admonished him of the
impropriety of resorting to the knife under any circum-
, stances,—a practice that could never be tolerated in this
country. The prisoner said he should not again do so, and
left the court.

EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF THE CHAR
TISTS AT BOLTON.

(From our own correspondent)
On Sunday morning last, no small degree of alarm and
excitement was created in Bolton, in consequence of the
chartists who took possession of the parish church, to the
utter exclusion of the usual congregation, long before the
ringing of the bells. A similar movement having been made
at Stockport, the idea pleased the disaffected ragamuffins of
Bolton, and it was agreed at a meeting held on Friday night,
to go to church, simply for the purpose of shewing to the
world what was already a notorious fact, viz., that the people
have a right to a seat in the parish church. The streets
were crowded by persons, attracted by motives of curiosity,
at an early hour. The chartists having met on the New
Market place, to the number of three or four thousand,
at an early hour, proceeded at half-past nine o'clock, in
processional order, six a-breast, and, in a few minutes,
completely filled *the church. Such a motley group was
; never beheld, on any former occasion, in a place dedicated
to the worship of God. Some were-clean, some dirty ; some
shaven, some unshaven ; some with pipes in their mouths,
and some of them actually smoking during the service,

having previously provided themselves with liieifer matches:
The worthy and respected vicar, the Rev. J. Slade, was
absent from home, being on his annual visit at Chester, the
performance- of the services, therefore, devolved upon the
curate, who delivered an impressive sermon from the Ist
epistle of Timothy, 6th chapter and sth verse, " Perverse
disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the
truth, supposing that gain is godliness : from such withdraw
thyself." It appeared quite evident that the slightest resist-
ence would have ended in a breach of the peace, and the
boroughreeve and constables, therefore, aided by the old
police force, under the court leet, wisely undertook to pre-
serve a road through the crowd, using every civility and
inviting them forward. The mayor, who is a socinian, with-
drew;the new police force from the streets, and kept them in
the office! This could not have been done from any con-

tempt of the proceedings, as one of the new policemen is a
member of " The Workingmen's Association," and regu-
larly :attends their meetings :—so much in favour of new
incorporations. The whole affair passed off without a breach
of the peace; but, we understand that several books were
stolen from the pews.

CRICKET.

A match was played yesterday between the Phoenix Club
of Dublin and the Liverpool Club, at the ground of the
latter on the Wavertree-road, The following is the score :

LIVERPOOL.
FIRST INNINGS.
Cameron, c by Alcock 4
Tod,. bby Handy .. 2
Garnett, b by Hand;•
Burgoyne, b by Handy. 5
Eaton, b by Handy 7
Crooke, b by Rochfort.
Thompson, b by Handy 4
Ashton, b by Handy. 3
Tobin, b by Handy 0
Bucknell, run out l2
Bower, not out 5
Byes 0
Wide balls 1

SECOND INNINGS.
b by Handy lO
run out 9
b by Battersby ...
b by Handy 54
c by Battersby
bby Battersby 1
bby Battersby 6
h by Handy 1
not out .2
b by Handy
b by Handy 1

4

3

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DUBLIN.

FIRST INNINGS.
Rochfort, c by Cameron 2
Handy, b by Garnett
Griffith, b by Eaton. 1
Battersby, bby Eaton l3
Cosley, b by Garnett
Alcock, b by Garnett
M`Veigh, b by Eaton 1
Grogan, b by Eaton..
Vigors, b by Eaton 9
Butler, not out ..
Townsend, run out
Byes 4
IN ide balls
No balls

SECOND INNINGS.
bby Garnett 0
bby Garnett 11
run out 0
bby Garnett 0
b by Eaton
b by Eaton
b by Eaton
bby Garnett l2
not out 2
bby Garnett 0
bby Garnett 0

WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE.—The annual con-
ference of the Wesleyan Society commences in this town to-
day. A great number of the most distinguished ministers
have been in town for several days, engaged in arranging the
preliminary business of the conference. The sittings of the
conference will be held in Brunswick Chapel.
A LEARNED RECRUIT.—ID the Public-office it is usual to
take aside the aspiring young heroes who have delivered
themselves over to the care of the recruiting serjeant, as the
form of attestation is long and tedious, and would consi-
derably interrupt the regular business of the court. On
Saturday a youth from the sister isle, who had, like young
Hamlet, followed at the adjuration, " list, list ! oh, list !
was, with sundry others, taken in hand by one of the magis-
trates' clerks. On being asked what business or occupation
he had followed, be replied, in a fine, broad brogue, that he
was " a classical scholar." The gentlemen of the law stared,
but business was pressing, and there was no time for curio-
, sity. " That is not sufficient," said he. " What do you
mean by classical scholar ?" " What do I mane by classical
scholar ?" replied the recruit, with a glance of contempt at
what he conceived to be the ignorance of the question : " A
classical scholar, sor, is a gintleman dhat reads Latten and
Greek." " Yes, yes," said the clerk, " I know that ; but
it does not express your occupation. Were you a teacher or
a schoolmaster, or what ?" " Oh, yes, a taicher,—say
tutor." The poor scholar, who had, probably, once dreamed
of becoming a sergeant-at-law, was forthwith put into the
way or becoming, if very lucky, a serjeant of-a company.