The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-15 00:00:00

PORTRAITS AND MEMOIRS OF THE

ARCHBISHOPS; -BISHOPS, AND 0 -fhiIiISTIN-
GUISHED DIGNITARIES AND LERGYMEN
OF THE
UNITED CHURCH OF ENGLA AND IRELAND,
AND OF TH

EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SCOTLAND,
AND THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
EDITED BY THE Rev. STEPHEN ISAACSON, M.A.
IT is intended that this great National Work shall comprise
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Scotland, and that interesting branch of the Protestant
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THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
THE BISHOP OF ROCHESTER.
THE REV. HENRY MELVILL.
RYALL'S CONSERVATIVE PORTRAITS.

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His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
The Right Hon. Lord LYNDHURST.
The Right Hon. Lord WHARNCLIFFE.
No. 11.
His Grace the Duke 9f NEWCASTLE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount SIDMOUTH.
Sir WILLIAM WEBB FOLLETT, M.P.
No. 111.
The Right Hon. Sir ROBERT PEEL, Bart., M.P.
The Right Hon. Sir HENRY HARDINGE, M.P.
The Right Hon. FREDERICK SHAW, M.P.
No. IV.
The Most Hon. the Marquis of LONDONDERRY.
Sir CHARLES WETHERELL, Knt.
JAMES EMERSON TENNENT, Esq., M.P.
No.'V.
The Right Hon. the Earl of HARROWBY.
Sir ROBERT FITZWYGRAM, Bart.
Mr. Sergeant JACKSON, M.P.
No. VI.
The Right Hon. the Earl DE GREY.
The Right Hon. Lord FORBES.
Sir ROBERT H. INGLIS, Bart., M.P.
No. VII.
The Right Hon. the Earl of LONSDALE.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of EXETER.
The Right Hon. Sir EDWARD B. SUGDEN, Knt., M.P.
No. VIII.
His Grace the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND.
The Right Hon. the Earl HowE.
The Right Hon. the Lord WALLACE.
No. IX.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount CANTERBURY.
The Right Hon. Sir GEORGE MURRAY, M.P,
A. R. DorriN, Esq., M.P. •
No. X.
The Right Hon. Lord ASHBURTON.
The Right Hon. JOHN WILSON CROKER, M.P.
Sir F. POLLOCK, M.P.
No. XI.
His Grace the Duke of RUTLAND, K.G.
The Right Hon. the Earl of WINCHILSEA.
The Right Hon. Lord BEKLEY.
No. XII.
The Right Hon. the Earl of MUNSTER.
Lord MARON, M.P.
Sir FREDERICK TRENCH, K.C.H., M.P.
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--FRIDAY.

ASSAULT.

A. big-headed Irishman—one of those who, if the doctrines
of certain phrenologists be true, will become the rulers of
mankind—was placed at the bar on a charge of having
assaulted Mr. James Archer.

The complainant stated that on Thursday evening he was
passing along Forrest-street, when the prisoner rushed out of
an entry, seized hold of him, and commenced a most furious
assault upon him. He could attribute this to nothing but
an intention to rob him, and, thus thinking, he called out
" Murder."

The prisoner was fined £s—in default of payment to be
imprisoned two months.

RATHER HARD.

Patrick O'Meara, a decently-dressed Irishman, was charged
with having assaulted a man named Samuel Ashley.
From the statement of the complainant it appeared that
the prisoner, who is in the employ of Mr. Staines, called
upon him for the purpose of disposing of some tin lead, which
he (complainant) purchased at the rate of 12s. 6d. per cwt.
O'Meara then said, " You need only pay me 9s. 6d. per cwt. ;
the remainder you can give to another man, who will call for
it." Complainant thinking this rather strange, went to the
office of Mr. Staines, to inquire about the matter, when the
prisoner assaulted him in a most furious manner.
The prisoner, in his defence, said that there being a quan-
tity of tin lead to dispose of at his master's, at the rate of
7s. 6d. per cwt., which he thought to be worth at least 9s. 6d.,
he spoke to an acquaintance on the subject, and at last got
him to purchase the lead, he (the prisoner) advancing the
money for the purpose. He afterwards sold it to Mr. Ashley
for 12s. 6d., the profit to be divided betwixt himself and
friend. Mr. Ashley, however, went to the office of Mr.
Staines, and called him such abusive names that he could not
refrain from striking him.
The warehouseman of Mr. Staines said that the lead was
to have been sold by the prisoner for 9s. 6d.
The prisoner.—That is not correct. I can produce the
man to whom I alluded, to prove that the lead was sold to
him and me for 7s. 6d.

The prisoner called this person, who was stepping towards
the witness box, when Mr. Rushton said, " What has that to
do with it.? The selling of lead has nothing to do with the
assault. Besides, I have no doubt that you intended to
commit a fraud upon your master ; for he has proved that
your story is-false."
Prisoner.—That is not my master : he is only the ware-
houseman.

,Mr..ll,ushton.—l don't care : he has proved it. You have
committed an abominable assault on a man for exposing your
intention to defraud, and I will make you pay as far as I can.
I am sorry I cannot punish you more severely.
The prisoner was ordered to pay a fine of £5, and to find
bail to keep the peace, himself in £lO, and two sureties in
£2O each.