The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-04 00:00:00

WARRINGTON

THE HEIR AT LAW.—" Money often makes the man;"
and there never was a better hit of good truth than the maxim
which says—" Prosperity -finds . friends; Adversity tries
them." No sooner was it known in Warrington that Charles
Higginson, the man who, a few weeks ago, was sent to
Knutsforefor trial, on the charge of being-" a sham fireman,"
bad come into sundry large possessions, and plenty of cash,
by the death of his second cousin, the late Richard Pickering
Higginson, Esq., of Bedford, near Leigh, than his friends
mustered pretty strongly, and from. plain " Charles Vines,"
the painter, he was quickly transinographied into Charles
Vines Higginson, Esquire. To be sure, he was in prison,
and confined to gaol allowance; but two professional gentle-
men of Warrington flew to his assistance, and there.was
quite a race between them as to which should be first in pro-
curing bail for him; and on Monday, a few minutes after
Mr. Lyon had
.1 aken his.seat on the Warringtoale.n_ch, Mr.
Wright, builder, of Leigh, and Mr. Clay ton, cooper, of War-
rington, were presented, and accepted as bail for Mr. Hig-
ginson's appearance, to take his trial at the next Knutsfoid
sessions. A few minutes after this another active solicitor
made his appearance, and tendered two other gentlemen us
bail; but Mr. Lyon having already granted a supersedeas fur
the discharge of the prisoner from linutsford, that step was
unnecessary A race to Kriutsford followed, to announce to
Mr. Higginson that the necessary-bail for his appearance
had been procured. He was taken before P. Egerton, Esq.,
a county magistrate, who happened to be attending a meet-
ing of poor-law guardians, at the George inn, and having, in
the presence of both his legal friends, entered into his own
recognizance for his appearance at the sessions, he was forth-
with discharged from the custody of the governor of Knots-
ford gaol. Mutual congratulations followed, and Mr. Hig-
ginson was immediately brought back to Warrington. On
the way, the party had a bit of an upset at Latchford, by com-
ing in contact with a gig going to High Leigh; but that, all
things considered, was excusable. Next day Mr. Iligginson,
by the aid of the proprietor of a ready-made clothes reposi-
tory, was attired in a new suit of sable black ; and thus fur-
nished, accompanied by Mr. Bayley, he went in a post chaise
to take possession of his newly-acquired estates at Bedford.
The executors of the late Mr. Higginson were in attendance,
and gave him formal possession. The will of the late Mr.
Higginson was dated 1822, and his then acquired property
was left amongst his uncles and cousins. Charles Higginson,
as the nearest telative of the deceased, comes into this pro-
perty acquired since the making of the will, in- addition to
his share under it. The estate at Bedford consists of a new-
ly-erected mansion, about thirty-five Cheshire acres of land,
and seVeral coal-pits. The whole property to be divided, it

is said, will exceed £40,000. •
EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Monday, Win. Phillips, a carter, in
the service of Mr. Ardem, brewer, of Penketh, was brought
before the magistrates at ,Warrington, charged with embez-
zling the sum of one sovereign, belonging to his master. On
Tuesday, the 20th of November, the prisoner received £4, on
account of his master, from Mr. Jackson, of Ashton. When
he returned home he only paid over £3, and said that was
all he received. Ann Naylor proved the receipt of the £4,
and the prisoner was fully committed for trial.
THE SOLDIER'S B 1: IDE.—M r. Fletcher, a publican, ap-
peared at Warrington Petty Sessions, on Monday, to show
cause why he refused to deliver up •his daughter's clothes.
Miss Flether, it would seem, " had a beau, who fur a soldier
would go ;" this coming to the ears of her parents, she eloped
on Monday night with the object of her affections, a corpo-
ral, engaged in the recruiting service at Warrington. On
the following Thursday, just two days after she Caine of age,
they were lawfully married by licence at Warrington church,
and the husband now sought to recover possession of her
wearing apparel, she having left home with nothing more
than the things she stood upright in. Mrs. Fletcher, in
strong terms, alluded to her daughter's misconduct, and
made no hesitation in asserting that the public-house till had
furnished the necessary supplies for obtaining the license,
wedding ring, hoops, &c. Both resolutely refused to give up
a single halfpenny worth of the "soldier's bride's" clothing,
unless compelled to do so by the strong arm of the law. Mr.
Lyon, the chairman, said the complainant had no legal claim
to the clothes of his wife, as she was under age, and not in a
situation to have acquired any property of her 0,11,, The
corporal asked whether he was not entitled to a &Ws which
hid been presented before marriage to his wife by her father ?
Mr. Lyon decided that he hail no such right, but, even if he
had, the magistrates had not power to decide such a question.
Both parties then left the office.
PUBLIC-HOUSE INFORIMATIONS.—On Monday, two publi-
cans of Warrington were convicted in the sum of £2 10s. 6d.
penalty and costs, for having persons drinking in their
houses during the hours of divine service.
COACH ACCIDENT.—On Friday se'nnight, the Star, Lon-
don coach, was overturned at Sankey, near Warrington, and
one of the horses killed. Some of the passengers were
slightly injured, but they were all able to proceed on their
journey to Liverpool.