The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-07 00:00:00

Bistritt Relvs.

On Saturday three men were killed by " black damp "
at Haigh, near Rochdale.
Mr. Davenport, msster of the Millgate Hospital, Man-
chester, has died of:fever.
It is said that Sir Thomas G. Hesketh, Bart., of Ruf-
ford, will be high sheriff of this county for the ensuing
year.
Great preparations are making at Altrincham, to cele-
brate the coming of age, on the 7th January, of the Earl
of Stamford and Warrington.
A boat is now worked on the Duke's canal, between
Runcorn and Preston Brook, by means of a stationary_
engine.
BOLD HALL ESTATE.—The estates of Bold, Burton-
wood, and Sutton, the property of Henry Houghton,
Esq., son of Sir Henry Bold Houghton, Bart, are now
on sale.

" KEEP TO YOUR RIGHT."—A notice to foot-passen-
gers has been issued by the Town-Clerk of Manchester,
requesting street passers to take the right side of the pave-
ment.

The high sheriff of Cheshire, Mr. It. G. Leycester, of
Toft, has, with his usual kindheartedness and considera-
tion for the condition of all dependent upon him, advanced
the wages of his labourers 2s. per week.
A fine woodcock was picked up on Monday on the Li-
verpool and Manchester railway quite dead. It had flown
against the wires of the electric telegraph with so much
force as to shatter its bill about a quarter of an inch.below
the point where it joins the skull.
SINGULAR BIRTH.—On Friday the wife of James
Garlick, of Hollingworth, near Ashton-under-Lyne, gave
birth to four children, two boys and two girls, which are
all living and doing well. The family are in very poor
circumstances, the father being an operative block-printer.
On Saturday a large number of persons went to visit the
family and see the little youngsters, whom they found
placed in a large clothes-basket. Several presents were
made to the parents. _ _

AN EXAMPLE.—At the last meeting of the committee
of the Warrington Industrial Relief Fund, the report of
the whitewashing done during the previous week was pre-
sented, from which it appeared that 138 cottages and 72
yards, entries, and other places, had been whitewashed
and thoroughly cleansed. It also stated that many of the
cottages were so filthy and dirty that they required wash-
ing over two or three times, and that three tons of lime
had been slacked for the purpose.
Loss OF LIFE AND PROPERTY AT WIGAN.—On Tues-
day, the Douglas overflowing its banks, the water rushed
into the lower Patricroft Colliery, worked by Messrs. Wm.
Lancaster and Co., destroyed several colliers and many
persons employed in the pit. The accident occurred at
night. If the water had broken in during the day it is an
almost certainty that an immense sacrifice of life would
have been the consequence, there being regularly engaged
in it from 250 to 300 colliers. The following are the
names of the supposed sufferers, all the men, it will be
seen, being married, and each party having a numbered
lamp, there is no doubt of the list being correct :—John
Rutter, junior, and John Rutter, senior, who has left a
widow and five children ; Matthew Bates, a widow and six
children ; Thomas Rock, a widow and three children •,
John Sherry, has left a widow, but no children ; Michael
Underwood, a boy. It was at first believed that three
others were in the pit; but six lamps only were missing,
and the three men supposed to be lost, in addition to the
above, showed themselves early on Wednesday morning.
The water continued to pour in during the whole of the
day, and of course no idea can be formed of the time it
will take to clear the mine, so that the bodies of the un-
fortunate colliers can be got out; it is believed by all that
it will occupy several weeks. Thirteen coal-pits are said
to be closed by this inundation. On Friday the water in
the shaft was measured, and found to be 36 yards, since
which time there has been no perceptible diminution,
although the engine has continued to lift more than 1,300
gallons per minute.
EAST INDIA COTTON.—Amidst all the turmoil and dis-
asters which we have lately been in, and are passing
through, we are glad to find that the subject of tLe culti-
vation of cotton in India is not being lost sight of. We
have at present to notice that 45 bales of East India cotton.
grown from New Orleans seed, in the Company's farms at
Coimbotore, having been imported into London per the
ship Olinda. The cotton has been sampled in London,
and found to be of superior description ; the staple is good,
and of a fine silky texture. As the whole of the company's
cotton will in future most probably be sent to Manchester
direct, this importation has been consigned by the East
India Company, to Mr. Hugh Fleming, of this city. The
previous lots so consigned, have been grown in the Dhewar
district. The Commercial Association have also at their
rooms samples of two lots of cotton, grown in compliance
with a suggestion from them in February last. The sug-
gestion was made at that time to the company to try early
sowing (in May.) The letter so sent was most promptly
forwarded by the Company to Dr. Wright, with a request
that the suggestion might be adopted, and it has been so,
but through an unfavourable state of the weather the ex-
periment has not been very successful ; but Dr. Wright has
determined to give the suggestion a further trial.—Man-
chester Courier.

SERMON AT ST. THOMAS'S.—On Thursday evening,
agreeably with announcement, the Rev. Dr. M'Neile
preached at St. Thomas's, in aid of the school connected
with that church, but open to the whole town. The spa-
cious church was well filled, and had it not been for the
singularly unfavourable state of the weather, the building
wonld have been crowded to an inconvenient degree ; and
many persons intending to come in from the country
were prevented. Amongst the numerous congregation
assembled we observed most of the respectable families of
the town, and an attendance of clergy larger than we ever
saw collected on any similar occasion. The service was
effectively read by the respected incumbent, the Rev.
Colin Campbell. The sermon, we are sure it is needless
to say, was all that could be desired. It was truly a su-
perb discourse. The rev. doctor took for his text the
first verse of the fifteenth chapter of Romans :—"We
then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the
weak, and not to please ourselves." This striking text
was admirably applied to the interesting object in behalf
of which the sermon was preached. Nothing could be
more lucid than the manner in which the rev. preacher
explained what was the strength alluded to by the apostle,
and thence told his hearers how it might be used in sup-
porting the infirmities of the weak. One suggestion we
must take care to make known. The rev. preacher said
the poor had a notion that they were conferring a great
obligation on their minister by sending their children to
school. Why was that ? Why,—because nobody but
the minister ever asked them to send their children, and
from that circumstance arose the absurd idea that the mi-
nister must necessarily be actuated by some interested
motive. Now, to do away with that idea, nothing was
wanted but for any gentlemen or ladies present to resolve
that they will each interest themselves about the children
of their poor neighbours—each take two or three families,
and urge upon the poor parents the obvious advantage of
sending their offspring to the school ; and if these poor
persons were too poor to pay the small sum required,
then let the lady or gentleman pay the money themselves.
A very little self denial would suffice to enable the rich to
do this. This is a most valuable suggestion, and we hope
it will be largely acted upon amongst us. As we have
said, the sermon was superb, and was listened to from be-
ginning to end with breathless attention. The collection
amounted to £3o.—Lancaster Gazette.

WARRINGTON.
MEETING OF THE GUARDIANS. The usual weekly
meeting of the Board of Guardians of the Warrington
Union was held, on Wednesday last, at the Warrington
Workhouse. Will Kerfoot, Esq., the vice-chairman, in
the chair. There was a good attendance of guardians
present. The applications for relief were so numerous
that an adjourned meeting was held on Friday last to com-
plete this part of their business. It appeared from the
weekly returns made up to the time of meeting, that Mr.
Owen had expended during the past week, in out-door re-
lief, £22 ss. 9d., and in non-settled relief, 10s. 6d., but
the return did not show the number of cases he had re-
lieved. It also appeared that Mr. Aspinall had expended
for No. 3 district, in out-door relief, £2l 18s in money,
and £6 Os. 6d. in provisions, making a total of £27 18s. 6d.
amongst 206 cases, and, in non-settled relief, he had re-
lieved 33 cases with £1 19s. in money, and £2 95., 6d. in
kind—together £4 Bs. 6d. The other relieving officers had
not made up their returns, nor had -the clerk yet received
them. The Manchester Courier, of Saturday last, states
that the only officer who had rendered the necessary re-
turns was Mr. Owen, and that none of the other officers
had done so, which is not the case, for Mr. Aspinall's re-
turn was forwarded in proper time, and was duly entered
for the Board. It is true that other officers had not made
up their books in time for the Board, and they were called
in and informed by the Chairman of the consequences of
not furnishing the proper returns ; and he told them that
Messrs. Owen and Aspinall had made their returns, and
ordered them to complete the same without delay, which
they promised to do.

CORRESPONDENCE.
THE CATHEDRAL AT CALCUTTA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,—ln your last publication I observed a paragraph
relative to the new Cathedral at Calcutta, a building
therein stigmatised as " mean, insignificant, and tawdry. '
In utter ignorance of the architect, I may observe, that
the above is doubtless a quotation from some other pe-
riodical; although no' such authority is, with your usual
accuracy, acknowledged at its close. May I beg leave to
suggest the propriety of caution in the repetition of such
statements. There are parties in Calcutta as well as in
this country, who are quite ready to avail themselves of
any opportunity to disparage the proceedings of an evan-
gelical and apostolical bishop. A remark which might
pass almost without notice by the general reader may
serve its rurpose in certain quarters, and must occasion,
on the other hand, painful sensations to those who recog-
niseof a concealed enemy to an attached
prelateown.
The under whose direction and by
whose
friendeoi venerable t
i nf tslhite re hostility
ir men,ntaly the new Cathedral has been
erected, i. well known to many in this country, as no less
efficient in ecclesiastical taste than in the more solid ac-
quirements of scriptural theology. An unworthy attempt
becthihidne
an
atitilnicueya
appreciation
outrage
ety Tooinilfpi eooDnfaatanr
sehtelichurchest.l—evc
usr erected
to impugn his qualifications in one capacity, results in all
probability from the same malignity which would detract
from
imnteygattslaoti their
ram' t teduexussetr r
fncosigurs
pro-
priety
m, sir,
yours respectfully,
A FORMER PARISHIONER OF DR. WILSON.
Liverpool, 3rd December, 1847.
[The paragraph to which the above letter relates was
taken from the Indian correspondence of the Morning
Herald—a paper which is not likely to lend itself to the
circulation of anything calculated to injure the true inte-
rests of the Church of England.]

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-THURSDAY.

NEWTON V. LORD ALBERT CONYNGHAM.—RAILWAY
DEPOSITS.—This was an action brought by the plaintiff
to recover the amount of his deposits on certain shares
allotted to him in the Galway and Ennis Grand Junction
Railway Company, of which the defendant was one of the
managing committee. The facts of the case resemble
those which have been frequently reported in cases of this
nature, with the exception of the question of fraud in
point of law, the plaintiff alleging that he had been in-
duced, by the fraudulent representation of the defendant,
in his character of a member of the managing committee,
to pay his deposits, which he therefore sought to recover
back. The peculiarity in this case consisted in the at-
tempt to make the defendant liable for representations
made by the company before he became a member •of it,
he not' having become a member until after the plaintiff
had paid his deposits. After hearing counsel on both
sides, Mr. Justice Cresswell ruled, upon the whole of the
evidence, that there was nothing whatever to show that
any representations which could be considered fraudulent
had been published ; but that even if this had been shown,
as the defendant had become a member of the committee
subsequently to the payment of the deposit, there was no
ground of action as against him.—Plaintiff nonsuited.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—FRIDAY.
LAMBERT V. THE MARQUIS OF CONYNGHAM.-ThIS
was an action brought by the plaintiff, a silk-mercer in
Regent-street, to recover X7B, the balance of an account
for goods sold and delivered to the Marchioness of Co-
nyngham. The defence was, that there had been a regu-
lar deed of separation agreed. to, and signed by, the Mar-
quis and Marchioness ; and as the latter was allowed a
yearly payment, sufficient to provide for her support and
proper maintenance, that the noble
.defendant was not
liable for debts she had contracted since the date of the
deed of separation.—Mr. Justice Erle summed up, and
the jury, after a short consideration in the box, returned
a verdict for the defendant.

BUNN v. JENNY LIND.—The trial of this cause has
been appointed for Monday, the 20th instant. A special
jury was nominated on Thursday on the part of the plain-
tiff. Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. Peacock will
conduct the plaintiff's case ; and the Attorney-General,
Sir F. Thesiger, and Mr. Hog,gins will appear for the de-.
fendant. The damages have been laid at £lO,OOO.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—FRIDAY.
(Nisi Prins Sittings before the Lord Chief Baron.)

FRAUDS ON CLERGYMEN.-LEWIS V. SIAIPSON.
This was an action on a bill of exchange for £lOO, dated
June 11, 1847, at three months, drawn by one J. Sydserff
upon and accepted by the defendant, and endorsed by
Sydserff to one R. Shires, and by Shires to the plaintiff.
The defendant's pleas alleged fraud and covin, and denied
the endorsement by Sydserff. This endorsement was
proved by a person in the service of Lewis. Levi, the well-
known sheriffs' officer, and who is brother to the plaintiff,
an attorney, in Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. This
person swore that in June last he went to Peel's Coffee-
house by appointment, and there saw a person who called
himself Mr. Sydserff, endorse the bill. He had never
seen him before, or since, and knew nothing of him, or
his handwriting, except what he saw on that occasion.
This was the plaintiff's case.

Mr. Dowdeswell, in the absence of Mr. Chambers, in
opening the case for the defence, said he should have to
lay bare before the jury one of the grossest frauds that
had ever been perpetrated even in this metropolis. The
defendant was a clergyman of the Established Church,
residing near Bristol, and seeing an advertisement in the
Record newspaper, in the following terms :
" Money.—The advertiser, the son of a Wesleyan
minister, has a surplus capital to advance, in one or more
thee
sm
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hlanded landsaan na
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el icear r
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aper ofi
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clergymen,li kewi s
Dissenting ministers, and others of respectability, will not
be objected to.—Apply in the first instance, by letter
only, with particulars, in respect of which inviolable con-
fidence will be observed, addressed Mr. Sydserff, care of
Mr. Graves, 7, Belvedere-road, Lambeth, London."
wrote accordingly to Mr. Sydserff for the loan of £2OO,
and received an answer, requiring a statement of his cir-
cumstances. This he gave, and offered bills at twelve
months. To this letter he received the following answer:
"7, Belvedere-road, Lambeth, London, June 9,1847.
" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
yours of the 7th instant, and to add that, provided you
have no objection to the interest I charge, which is at the
rate of 5 per cent., I will make you an advance of £200;
but as you only offer personal security, I could not do so
upon a draft having to run for so long a period as twelve
monthsatone
dthanne, farlotmhotuhgeh I trustand
fact that life ipsraatyalilt timesmay
very uncertain,
please our Heavenly Father to still scare your life for
many years to come, yet should the Almighty see fit to call
you home to himself shortly after, or when my security
may still have a long time to run before it became due,
my position in that case would not be so favourable with
regard to any claim I might have upon your estate or
effects as it would be if your draft or drafts were within a
short time of becoming due, in the event of your decease.
Likewise, the interest on the whole of the capital I invest
must be paid at least every half-year. Therefore, taking
these circumstances into consideration, and upon mature
reflection, I now propose to lend you £2OO on your two
drafts for £lOO each, at three and six months, giving you
a written agreement, should your life be spared, to renew
the draft at three months three times, and the one at six
months' date once, upon receipt of the interest half-
yearly ; thus complying with the request mentioned in
your first—viz., giving you the use of the principal for 12
months. If this proposition (which I have endeavoured
to make upon strictly honest and just principles) meet
with your approbation, and my hearing from you to that
effect, I will (in case you require money immediately)
draw upon you and forward the drafts, upon return of
post, for your signature, and as I must put the address
where you are residing on the drafts, I shall feel obliged
by you giving me that address in your next, provided you
accept of my offer, which I have been induced to make so
readily, both from your honourable station in society, and
owing to the liberal income you are in possession of; re-
lying that the only liability you have of any consequence
is the £2OO mentioned in your last. Thanking you for
your Christian kindness in enclosing me one of your little
pamphlets, I now remain, sir, yours very respectfully,
(Signed) SYDSERFF.
" To the Rev. R. Simpson."
After the receipt of this letter some further correspond-
ence took place, and the defendant was weak enough to
send up to town two bills—one at three and the other at
six months—for £lOO each. In a few days he received a
letter from Sydserff, not enclosing the money for the bills,
but stating that his " principal " would write a letter to
him (the defendant), requiring his acknowledgment of his
signature to the acceptances, and the next day he (the
defendant) received a letter from the plaintiff desiring to
know if he had accepted the bills, to which he replied that
he had. That was on the 14th of June. On the 15th
Sydserff wrote again to the defendant, saying that in his
hurry he had forwarded two 4s. 6d. instead of ss. stamps,
and that the bills which had been accepted were conse-
quently valueless, and enclosing two proper (55.) stamps,
and begging the defendant to fill them up at once and
forward them, and the money should be immediately re-
mitted to him. The defendant, if he had consulted any
legal gentleman, might have easily known that this must
have been a fraud, as there was no doubt that the 4s. 6d.
stamp was sufficient ; but instead of consulting any one
he at once fell into the snare, accepted the two new bills,
and forwarded them to Sydserff, with an urgent appeal
for a remittance. To this he got no answer. On the 19th
he again wrote, demanding the notes or the money. On
that day Sydserff wrote to him, saying that illness in his
family had called him from town during the past two days,
and that he would attend to defendant's business on Mon-
day, and expressing regret that his writing " this letter
will intrude upon your ministerial duties of the Sabbath,"
On the 21st the defendant wrote again, demanding money
or drafts, and expressing surprise why the two acceptances
on wrong stamps were not returned, to which Sydserff
replied, requiring to know "if you really prefer having
the drafts returned in place of the money.' In a short
time the defendant, to his amazement, found that he had
got into the hands of a set of sharpers, and that his four
bills were hawked about for discount. He then inserted
an advertisement in one of the morning papers, warning
the public against discounting any of the bills, and de-
nouncing Sydserff. This person was a well-known cha-
racter, and had lately been convicted at the Old Bailey, of
fraud. It would be proved that in June, when he in-
serted the advertisement in the Record newspaper, he
rented an unfurnished room in the Belvedere-road, and
s tralnnosarcdteironto, ehle-addeida
nportoswecriutetiothneinleettoenrnseict;
tl ieoftti inw i at
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et
ha ri
question, or the drafts or endorsements of the bills but
got all this done by one of his confederates named Tucker,
so that if it should become necessary, he might be able to
show that he was not the drawer or endorser. On the
plea, therefore, that Sydserff did not endorse, the plain-
tiff confidently expected a verdict. On the plea of fraud
and covin it would be proved that Shires, to whom the
piaintiff, in an affidavit on this matter, had sworn that he
gave £lB3 for the two bills of the 11th June, was living
from May to September in straitened circumstances in
Lambeth, and that the plaintiff had said to another per-
son that he knew nothing of bum till he presented these
bills. The defendant had applied to plaintiff for Shires's
address, but was not able to get it. Was it likely that a
knowing attorney would advance £lB3 to a stranger on
ureefpl
endorse
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hodrsea
was, nee ta case,
er:
these hills, or that he had not some knowledge of the
fr a fraud bmy thetwt
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person,
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After the examination of several witnesses for the de-
fendant,
told the jury that the defendant, by accepting the bills,
hwhateverad
and that the evidence offered by the defendant did not fix
the plaintiff with any knowledge of the fraud practised
upon the defendant.
The jury, after a short consultation, found a verdict for
the plaintiff.

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EXTENSIVE ROteaMIERY.—At the Central Criminal Court,
1,1
t?at
ys hoof pywool
vmeat,n' wt n
lace, shawls, and other valuable articles, of the value of
gui yesterdayof s week,t
ling Anne n e
large Sim,oi
unas
£260, the property of James Marshall and another, and
Philip Derereux Hickman, merchant, who was indicted
for receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen,
was acquitted. The property was found in locked draw-
ers in Mr. Hickman's chambers ; but from the evidence
it appeared the prisoner Simons had access to them, and
Mr. Hickman offered every assistance when his rooms
were searched. His counsel offered no palliation for his
improper connection with the prisoner, but contended
that he was ignorant of her being a thief. The case
created a great deal of interest, and the court was crowded
from the commencement to the close of the trial. On
Tuesday Simons was tried on a second indictment, for
goods of the value of £5OO, found at her father's, when
she was again found guilty, and sentenced to fourteen
years' transportation. Her father was likewise found
guilty of concealing the goods, knowing them to be stolen,
and was sentenced to eighteen mouth. imprisonment.

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