The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-FRIDAY

ASSAULTING A PROSECUTOR.
Michael Tosney, an Irish labourer, was brought up by
warrant, before Messrs. Rushton and Aiken, charged with
having committed an assault upon Mr. Wllonald, publican,
Blundell-street. It will be recollected that about a fortnight
ago Mr. M‘Donald was the means of apprehending and con-
victing three notorious characters, who had gone to him for
the purpose of disivsing of stolen goods.
The complainant stated that about seven o'clock on Tues-
day evening week, he had been to pay an account at Mr.
Mellor's, and was returning home along Frederick-street,
when the prisoner came up to him, and, without uttering a
single word, struck him a blow with a stick on the head,
which felled him to the earth. He (Mr. M`Donald) got up,
and contrived to get into the house of Mrs. M`Ginnis. The
prisoner followed him there, and again assaulted him, dislo-
cating one of his fingers with one of the blows. He entreat-
ed the man not to murder him ; but his reply was, " You
vagabond, before you transport those men I will murder
you," and struck at him again. He was quite sure that the
prisoner was the man, for he had seen him frequently in his
house. He had been in search of him night after night since
the warrant had been out, but the prisoner was not to be
met
-with till that morning.

Mr. Davenport appeared for Tosney, and endeavoured to
make it appear that the prisoner had been regularly at his
work, had never attempted concealment, and that there must
be some mistake as to identity.

Mr. M`Donald said that there was no doubt in his mind as
to the identity of the man. Besides, Tooney had actually
sent to beg his pardon, and to pray that he would not prose-
cute him. He (the complainant) refused to listen to the pro-
posal, because he was sure that the man meant to take his
life. To the best of his belief, Tosney was sober when he
committed the assault.

The surgeon who attended Mr. M`Donald stated that the
injuries received were laceration of the scalp on both sides
of the head, apparently inflicted with a sharp instrument.
He could scarcely have supposed that a stick would have done
it. A fore finger was also dislocated. That had been done
with a blow.

Mr. Rushton said that this was a case, perhaps in itself not
more atrocious than many other assaults which came before
him ; but it was made much more serious from the fact of
the object being to do away with the man whose evidence had
been so useful in the conviction of men who had been guilty
of a felony.

The prisoner was committed to take his trial
CAUTION.

Some few weeks ago, Thos. Harrison, a beer-house keeper
in Canning-place, was convicted on a charge of allowing
drunken and disorderly characters to be in his house after
legal hours. This being the third offence, he was fined £2O,
and was disqualified to sell beer i'or the space of two years.
He, however, continued to sell notwithstanding the decision
of the magistrates, and information having been given, he
was fined again in the sum of £2O.
Yesterday, Henry Pye, who had been security for Harri-
son when the license was granted to him, was summoned be-
fore the magistrates, and proof of the non-payment of the
original fine of -.1:20 having been given, Mr. Pye was ordered
to pay the amount. The defendant, a bluff honest-looking
man, stated that when he was security for Harrison, he was
not aware that the beer-seller had been previously convicted,
or most assuredly he would have refused. He thought his
case was a very hard one, and asked what time would be al-
lowed to pay the money ?
Mr. Rushton asked him whether be could not pay then?
The reply was, " No, sir, I can't indeed."
The magistrate then observed that it certainly was very
hard to the sureties to be called upon in these cases ; but it
ought to be borne in mind that the excise would not have
granted the license without the surety, and it was quite ne-
cessary to put a stop to such houses as that kept by Harrison.
He, however, would have some inquiry made into the cir-
cumstances'of Mr. Pye, and then state what time would be
allowed for payment.

A female was placed at theMONDAY bar, on a charge of having sto-
len two tongues and a piece of beef from the shop of Mr.
John Collins, St. John's Market. The prisoner was appre-
hended soon after the alleged robbery, by one of the officers
of the market, and the property found in her basket. Her
account was that she had bought it.
Mr. Collins, who, in the first instance, declined to be
sworn, said he could not identify the meat ; but he applied
for it to be given up to him.
The Magistrate said it did not belong to him : the prisoner
must be discharged, and the meat returned to her.

James Scarisbrick was charged with having picked the
pocket of a young woman this morning, as she was watching
the procession of Forester, in the Old Infirmary Yard.
A policeman, out of uniform, who happened to be on the
spot, stated that he saw the prisoner put his hand into the
female's pocket, and take therefrom a key and several other
articles. He immediately seized him, and found the ro-.
perty in his hand. p
The young woman identified the articles ; but added, that
although she felt a sort of jostle against her, she was not
aware of having been robbed until the policeman informed
er.
Mr. Wardle, by whom the prisoner was defended, said he
protested his innocence, and that his father, who was a re-
spectable cooper, gave him an excellent character for honesty
and attention to business.
Mr. Rushton said he was very sorry for the father, but
this was a clear case of felony.
The father told the magistrate his son had always been a
very good lad.
Mr. Rushton repeated that it was a distressing case. He
had no doubt, however, that the prisoner had some vicious
and profligate habits, unknown to his father, which he took
this means to support.
The father said his son was a married man, with one child.
lie was very steady, and earned 20s. a .week.
The prisoner protested his innocence.
Mr. Rushton, addressing him, said he found he had never
been before the court charged with an offence of this kind,
therefore he should not be imprisoned for the time which the
law allowed. He must be imprisoned for one Month. It
was as clear a case as he (Mr. Rushton) had ever heard.

A WORTHY SON OF A WORTHY SIRE.
John Fogo, a son of the pugilist Frosty Faced Fogo, was
charged with having picked the pocket of a lady in Church-

r street, this morning, whilst the procession of Foresters was
passing, of Bd. The robbery was observed by a policeman in
undress, and he seized the thief. A long struggle took place,
and it was not till the assistance of another policeman and of
a gentleman on horseback had been obtained that Mr. Fogo
was secured. In the mean time the lady went away, stating
that as the amount was so trifling she should be at no trouble
concerning it.—Mr. Rushton inquired how often the prisoner
had been previously committed ? Mr. Parkinson replied
that he had not been out of gaol for eight months during tho
last five years, for- he had been committed 18 times, and
three months each time, making four years and four months.
Mr. Rushton told the prisoner he was very sorry the attend-
ance of the lady who had beer► robbed could not be pro-,
cured. If it could he should have been sent for trial, and had
he been found guilty, no doubt he would be prevented from
ever picking pockets again in England. The prisoner was
then cotnmited to his old quarters for another three months,
this being his 19th visit to them.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL
STANDARD.

Sir,—You will oblige me by giving the enclosed correspond-
ence a place in your paper. I remain, sir, &c,
HUGH M'NEILE.

Ballycastle, July, 13,
My lord,—l have but just now received a copy of the
Surrey Standard newspaper, dated the 26th of last month,
containing a report of a public meeting, held in Guildford, to
adopt a congratulatory address to the Queen.

At that meeting yoiir lordship asserted that I had applied
the term " Jezebel' to her Majesty.
Were it possible that there could be any mistake on this
point in the newspaper report, I would confine this letter to
a request that your lordship would say whether or not you had
made such an assertion. But the speeches of Mr. Barclay
and Mr. Kemble, which followed, and in which reference is
made to your lordship's statement, and to me by name, place
the fact beyond all question.
My present object, therefore, is to request your lordship to
let me know on what authority you advanced so grave a
charge. 1 have the the honour to be, my lord,
Your obedient servant,
To the Earl of Lovelace. HUGH M'NEILE.

Ockham Park, Ripley, July 18.
Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the
13th, in which you ask on what authority I stated that you
had applied the term Jezebel to her Majesty.
I did so from having seen, towards the close of last year,
a report (copied I - believe originally from a Liverpool news-
paper into the London public prints) purporting to give an
account of a speech delivered by you at Whitchurch, and the
correctness of which, although the speech was much com-
mented upon in the journals I have been in the habit of seeing,
both then and since, I had not heard impugned at the time I
made the statement alluded to.

I have the honour to be, sir,
Your obedient servant,

The Rev. Hugh M'Neile,

LOVELACE

Ballycastle, July 23, 1840.
My Lord,—ln the present state of party feeling in this
country, it was no matter of surprise to me that anonymous
writers in newspapers should endeavour to affix a stigma to
the name of any individual obnoxious to them ; and so long
as misrepresentations of what I said (however gross and ap-
parently wilful) were confined to such writers, I set too great
a value upon the true liberty of the press, notwithstanding its
occasional abuse, I was too well aware of the present state of
the law of libel, and I entertained too high a respect for my
own character, to have recourse to any of the various me-
thods of defence to which I have been urged by zealous and
indignant friends.

But the case is wholly altered when a nobleman of your
lordship's rank and influence adopts, without inquiry, an
atrocious calumny, and by repeating gives it the weight of
his testimony to the country and the world.
Of this grave offence against the courtesies of cultivated
society, against the requirements of charity, against the laws
of honour, against the commandment of God, your lordship
has now been guilty.

Your lordship pleads as your authority a newspaper report,
into the accuracy of which you do not pretend to have made
any inquiry, but " the correctness of which," you say, " al-
though the speech was much commented upon in the journals
you have been in the habit of seeing, both at the time and
since, you had not heard impugned when you made the state-
ment alluded to."

If your lordship expected to find the refutation volunteered
in the same journals which circulated the calumny, I cannot
sufficiently admire the childlike simplicity of your lordship's
unsuspecting nature in these degenerate days. And if your
lordship be in the habit of seeing journals on both sides of
the great question, ecclesiastical and civil, which agitate the
country, I am equally lost in admiration at the dexterity with
which your lordship's information is selected. In addition to
many newspaper denials, (of equal authority with newspaper
assertions), a formal and solemn refutation of the wicked
falsehood was printed and published in many papers both in
London and in the country, signed by Lord Kenyon, the
chairman of the meeting at Whitchurch ; by Mr. Long, the
rector of the parish ; and by several other gentlemen who
were present on the occasion. Moreover, even Mr. O'Con-
nell was compelled to make the following acknowledgement
in the House of Commons :—" He did not mean to say that
the rev. gentleman, when he spoke of Jezebel, meant to de-
signate the Queen. The rev. gentleman had disavowed that
interpretation. But what was his own explanation of the
allusion. Why, he said he meant the Roman Catholic
Church."

This was spoken on the 29th of May, and published in all
the journals a month previous to your lordship's assertion at
the Guildford meeting ; but your lordship has the very singu-
lar felicity of not having read Mr. O'Connell's speech!
No, truly, I never applied thelerm Jezebel to her Majesty,
our most gracious Queen, for whom I entertain sentiments
of conscientious and affectionate loyalty.jo.hich will not yield
to those of any of her subjects in either'The high principles
on which they are founded, or the devoted service of which
they are productive ; but, my lord, referring to the idolatry
and the support of an idolatrous priesthood, to the hypocrisy,
treachery, subornation of perjury, and reckless persecution,
.even unto murder, for the attainment of her ambitious and
covetous desires, of " that woman Jezebel," I did apply the
term, and make use of the history, in illustration of the proved
character and practices of Popery.
I have written to my bookseller to desire him to send your
lordship a copy of my speech, several thousands of which
have been sold, and I respectfully solicit your lordship's se-
rious attention to the parallel exhibited therein. In the mean
time I have to thank your lordship for giving me this oppor-
tunity of challenging inquiry, and of recording, as I shall do
by the publication of our correspondence, the slender and
untenable grounds upon which my calumniators have pro-
ceeded. I defy any of them, giving his name, to make any
better defence of his either wickedly invented or rashly
adopted misrepresentation, than your lordship has done ; and
I hope your lordship's acknowledgement, although unaccom-
panied for the present by an appropriate expression of regret,
will be productive of very beneficial results.
I have no expectation, indeed, that it will prevent anony-
mous writers in newspapers from reverting to, and repeating
the calumny as often as they find it more convenient to slan-
der than to answer me, but I have good hopes that after this
no gentleman will either repeat or believe it.
I have the honour to be, my lord,
Your lordship's most obedient servant,
HUGH APNEII.E.

The Earl of Lovelace. &c

Ockham Park, Ripley, July 28.
Sir,—Had your speech at Whitchurch been accompanied
by the explanation of the term Jezebel now given, it would
not have given rise to the general belief, in which I shared,
that it was aimed at her Majesty ; nor should I have alluded
to it at Guilford had I understood that, by a somewhat tardy
and far-fetched interpretation, you had disavowed that impu-
tation.

I forbear from remarking upon the weight which your ob-
servations of " the courtesies of cultivated society, the re-
quirements of charity, the laws of honour, and the command-
ment of God," attaches to the verdict of guilty you have, in
the character of plaintiff and judge, undertaken to pronounce

against me

You are welcome, by the publication of this correspond-
ence, to endeavour to remove the stigma of which you com-
plain, by an outrage upon the religious feelings of 7,000,000
of our Catholic fellow-subjects.
I am, Sir, your very obeli
To the Rev. Hugh M'Neil€

,ervant

PROFITS OF BATHING ON SUNDAYS.-
persons bathed in the floating bath on Stincii,,
ceipts from whom would be somewhere about thirty guineas.
The reputed owner of the bath is a liberal of the first water
and withal a member of the town council. We suggest that
that august body should offer him £lOO. a year for the use of
his bath, on the same condition that he supported a grant of
that amount to the botanic gardens, namely, that it be thrown
open to the public on Sundays.

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EARLY WHEAT.--A field of three BCI
the Wellington White, six rowed wheat, (,
Fullered), belonging to Mr. William Knowle. _ _le,
was commenced cutting on Thursday, and promised to yield
a productive crop.

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IRON STEAMER.—Her Majesty's steam vessel Dover
sailed hence, on Saturday last; for Dover, from which place
to Calais or Ostend she is intended, we understand, per-
manently to ply. The Dover was planned and built by Mr.
John Laird, of North Birkenhead, and the engines were
fitted on board by Messrs. Fawcett and Co. ; and, being the
first iron vessel in her Majesty's service, comparisons will,
no doubt, be made between her and the other boats on the
same station. From the performance of the Dover on her
trial trips here, there is every reason to expect, that, in
addition to the advantage of drawing much ,ess water, she
will possess more speed than any of her competitors.
THE MENAI BRIDGE.—This magnificent structure has
been thoroughly repaired, and is now equal if not superior to
what it was when first opened to the public.
FRENCH FRUIT.—Plums were sold in Bradford market on
Thursday last that were gathered from the trees in France
only three days before.—Bradford Observer.
JUNCTION OF THE ATLANTIC WITH TILE PACIFIC
OCEAN.—A Dutch Royal Commission, (we are informed by
L'Echo du Monde Savant,) has ascertained that the river
San Juan, and the lake of Nicaragua, may be easily rendered
navigable for large vessels, and a ship-canal carried from the
lake to the nearest point of the Pacific Ocean (a distance of
54 leagues), so as to connect it with the Caribbean Sea.
The canal, for a certain distance, should he conducted by a
tunnel, through a hill elevated 487 English feet above the
lake. The elevation of the lake above the level of the Pacific
is only 128 feet, so that numerous locks would not be neces-
sary. A communication between the two oceans might also
be effected by connecting the lake of Managua with the Paci-
fic ; but a canal of 13 leagues, with many locks, would be re-
q_uired, and consequently the expense would be greater
This portion of America is very thinly peopled, and there
fore it cannot be expected that this work will b
less it be.undertaken by European (probably by Eng
pitalists. Many projects have been brought to asi
issue within the last few years, notwithstanding di,
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per. This art, called Galvanoplastic, first discovered by Pro-
fessor Jacobi of St. Petersburgh, and brought to greater per-
fection by Mr. Spencer of Liverpool, and by Professor Von
Kobel of Munich, may justly. be classed among the most
useful of modern inventions, and from its great importance
its 'employment in technical operations must soon become
general. Indeed, some persons in England, perceiving the
great influence which this invention is destined to have on
manufacturing industry, are already applying it to the pro-
duction of buttons, arabesques, and various kinds of orna-
ments in copper. Herr G. A. Muller, mcchanican of Leip-
sic, too, has recently called attention to the application of
Galvanoplastic to typography,, He has, however, been in
some measure anticipated by the experiments made in 1839
at Roses printing-office in Munich, where, by following the
method of Jacobi and Spencer, the lines of copper plate were
produced in relief. Woodcuts were also converted into me-
talic plates, which, to say nothing of the advantage of the
advantage of the solidity of the metal, far exceeded the effect
of the most perfect casting. The experiments for making
stereotype plates in copper have also been successful. In
short, the invention has now reduced that stage which must
secure for it the attention of all practical men.---!German
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