The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-30 00:00:00

FORGERY

Stephen Williams. a man of colour, was then indicted
for forging and uttering two. forged shipping notes for the
payment of £2 104. each, to Owen Miller, of Liverpool,
on the 24th of December last, knowing the same to have

been forged. The forgery was committee
Messrs. Duncan Gibb rind Co.
The prisoner, in hi.; defence, stated that he did utter

the notes in question, but that he was ignorant of the
forgery. He said they were given to him, with a request
to get them cashed, and that he did get them cashed ;

forged.—Guilty of uttering the forged notes, but not
guilty of forging.—Sentenced to be imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for one year.

The court then adjourned till nine o'clock this morning

NISI PRIUS COURT.—YESTERDAY.
CLAYTON V. ASHWORTH.
Messrs. Knowles and Atherton appeared for the plain-
tiff; and Messrs. Martin and Sega, for the defendant.
The plaintiff is an engineer and ironfounder at Preston,
and the defendant is a book-keeper at Walton-le-dale.
The plaintiff agreed for £1,225, to fix up in a mill for the
defendant, a steam-engine, and also a boiler, and to pro-
vide all necessaries for doing so except the brick and stone
wort- was to he performed by the defendant

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For the plaintiff several witnesses were called to show
that the defendant had expended an unreasonable length
of time in not fulfilling his contract, for had Le wished to
have carried the conditions out, ample time had been
afforded.

Mr. MARTIN was addressing the jury for the defendant,
when a verdict was agreed to be taken that Mr. Eccles
should become security for the payment of £3OO, within a
fortnight, from the defendant to the plaintiff, and the
whole price to be paid up when the engine is erected,

which is to be executed with all reasonable despatch, the
defendant consenting to pay the expense for an alteration
in the length of a piece of piping.

ALDEhSON V. DIXON AND ANOTHEF

This was an action for breach of contract. The defendants,
Messrs. Francis Dixon and Co. are bottle manufacturers, at St.
Helens, mid the plaintiff, Mr. John Henry Alderson, was em-
ployed as their agent to dispose of their wares in this town.
He entered into their employ on the tOth of September, 1841,
the terms of the agreement being, that he was to receive
a year for his services, and procure security to the amount of
2200. On the Bth of September, in the same year, he was dis-
missed, and a certificate given to him by the defendant's, as
follows:—" J. Alderson has been in our employment for nine
months and given satisfaction, and we can give satisfactory
reasons for dispensng with him." The surety given had been
entered into by the "Guarantee Society, in London," whose
agents are Messrs. Hughes and Ronald, wool brokers, Dale-

street. The p'aintitf tieing unable to prOve the existence of a
partnership between the defendants, a nonsuit was entered.

M.LEOD V. CORBIN AND ANOTHER

This was an actian in trover to recover possession of certain•
goods belonging to the plaintiff, which were alleged to have
been converted by the defendants. Mr. Martin and 3l r. Fletcher
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Knowles and Mr. Crompton.
fir the defendants. 'the plaintiff is a trustee under a deed of
conveyance of property left by one Beulah Colthurst to a Mrs.
Crowther, and the defendants, H. Cubbin and George Morgan.
are the assignees of the estate of George Crowther, husband of

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at issue was, whether the goods in question belong to.the de-
fendants, as trustees under such flat of bankruptcy, or by con
veyance to the plaintiff. The maiden name of Mrs. Crowther
was CoWorth, and she was married Some years ago, and she has
a sister named Beulah Colthurst, who went to live with Mrs.
Crowther at a house at Tranmere, and-continued to live there

until the year 1840, when her brother-in-law, Crowther, became
a bankrupt, and his goods were distrained upon by the land-
lord, and sold by Messrs. Winstanley and Sons and, subse--

quently, they were appraised at £5O value, and bought by
Miss Beulah C&thurst, whereby, of course, they became her
property. Upon leaving Tranmere, allouse was taken in Pem-
broke-place, the furniture, said to be Miss Colforth's, being the
furniture with which the house was furnished. Subsequently,
another house was taken in St. James's-walk, in the name of
Crowther, and an arrangement was entered into that the house
should be kept as a boarding-house by Miss Colthurst, whose
oyoperty was used to furnish the house, and she continued to
make purchases of household property. In 1844, Crowther
being in reduced circumstances, a house was taken in Berry-
street, and alPthe property of Miss Colthurst taken there. In
1846, Miss Colthurst was desirous of transferring her property
to her sister,. Mrs. Crowther, and a conveyance was drawn up
for that purpose. the plaintiff being:trustee for Alice Crowther
under the instrument during life, and afterwards for her chil-
dren. .

In cross-examination by Mr. KNOWLES, Miss Colthurst, to
explain how she had become possessed of the money with •
which she had repurchased the goods of . her brother-in-law,
said that her mailer, previous to her death, had left in trust
for her, with her sister, Mrs. Crowther, .e5O and some little
ftirniture, and the reason, she supposed, why the furniture was
left to her rather than to 'her elder sister was, that her mother
had been married twice, and she ( Miss Colthurst) was the only
daughter by the second marriage. A few months back, pre-
vious to Crowther's second bankruptcy, she made a transfer of
her property to the trust of the plaintiff for the benefit of her-
self during life, and after that for the benefit 1 her children.
The Junott having directed the jury, a verdict was returned.
for the defendants. is
MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN IRISH' RAILWAY
COMPANY V. GORDON.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs against the de-
fendant, as holder of ten shares of 125, in respect of three calls.
The reply to• the case was that the act which had been ob-
tained was not for the line to. whieh the defendant had
subscribed, it falling short of the distance to which it had been
intended to, carry it, by
.which the realization from transit
so ~d elan the+ the Ole g,.

would be materially ueterioritteu, anu umu mai in. sum cis nau
been sold long before the act had-been obtained.
His Lordship ruled that the defendant was liable, and a
verdict for- .131 ss. 34d. was taken, this sum including inte-
rest.

heDONALD V. HIOHFIELD

vrza an action on a charter, party, to recover

The charter MS not stamped, and the plain

.e 571 13s. iOd
tiff was tharefore nonsuited

PROJECTION OF WATER FROM THE .MAINS,
TO THE EDITOR OF ME LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Sin,--Allow me, through the medium of your paper, to
disclaim any intention on my part of putting myself for-
ward as the inventor of the method of extinguishing fires
by means of water projected direct from the mains, which
method has been tried most successfully both here and in

Manchester
Tao or

.ality my

iple, cheap

pressure of

and-raost enective Tire plug,
water between the mains and the branch pipes.
lbelieve, if merit is due to any one for discovering that
water, under a great pressure, may be projected through
a small orifice to a• great height, and with
iivis to the famous c'hinese Emperor Yau,
.1
some 4,ooo_yeap ago, and who performed som

vat velocity

rho lourished

vesting; hydraulic experiments when diverting the waters
of theHoong-lio- from their natural to the artificial chan-
nel which he had prepared for their reception.
Be this as it may, the principal. object which I had in
view in undertaking the various experiments which have
recently been brought so prominently before the public
was, to excite attention to the importance of the subject,

and to demonstrate to the authorfties. and the public gene-
rally the facility with which fires can be extinguished by
means of copious streams of water thrown, direct from the
Mains, without any intervaning mechanical contrivance

plishixl-all that I desired;,and I shall most readily concede
the priority of the invention to the Emperor Yau, to
Ghengi,s Khan, to Mr. Rose, of Manchester, or any other
claimamt for that honour, regretting only that a plan so
truly effective should not have been previously adopted in
every large town in the empire long ere now, especially as
the method appears imp to have been familiar to altpar-
tiea.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,. AV DONALD .

CAUTION.—The following fact, for the truth of which
we have high medical authority, is well deserving the
tention of the public :—muriatic acid of commerce gener-
ally contains a proportion of arsenic, which, although in-
sufficient to- produce deleterious effects in a single dose,
may prove highly prejudicial if repeated, as is likely to be
the case,, unless' due regard is paid to the purity of the
acid' used in the new process for making bread.
Tim GREAT PERVDEN, AND " VERY SIIORTLY."--We
are informed on good authority, thats tot be "veryheassertionshoorffity ,he,
Morning Poet that Mr. Newman was

1 oidainea in the Rornish Church, i
acurate. in Rom;in Catholic circles, it is now said that h
will not be admitted even into " minor orders " upon th
expiration of the present year—a period of more than tw,

yers from the date of his former apostacy. This, as com
pared with the ease of many later perverts (Father Wil

Confirm the prevalent rumours that t,14
"developed" his rationalistic tentleti

v. neophyte ba

iacomfortable extent.—Chureh and. Stete'Gei

March 30, 1847.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
(BY EXPRESS.)

By the arrival of the London line of packet-ship IndePd"
Bence, New York papers of the Bth instant have been receive
being two (lays later than the previons dates. The rate of ea".
change is quoted dull, at 105, but the private letters state that
no business could he done as low as 1041. The grain markets.
had undergone no alteration in the brief interval, Indian- call
and meal being heavy. The exchange on France was 5 40, bat
there was very little doing, all shipments being made for this
country in the first instance. No later intelligence had been
received from Mexico. The cotton market was firmer, but Our
high rate of freight continued to retard shipments.

LONDON CORN MARKET

YESTERDAY.

The advices received this morning from many of the leading
markets, and the depressed accounts from Ireland, France, and
Belgium, had a corresponding effect on our markets to-day, and
although we had only a short supp.ly of English wheat, there
was difficulty in selling at a reductron of 4s. to ss. per quarter.
Foreign was offered 2s. lower, but little business resulted.
Indian corn neglected, although floating cargoes are pressed
at a great reduction.

Barley, malt, peas, and beans are dull, and 2s. cheaper.

A lar,ie arrival of foreign oats has =flied a further reductiole
of ls. to 2s. per quarter, at which decline the sale was trifling,
and only in small pofcels to necessitous buyers.

SM 1 T FIE LD CATTLE MARKET

The numbers of hOme-fed beasts were considerably less than
those exhibited on Monday last, the falling-off being about one
thousand head. This circumstance, together with an increased
attendance of both town and country buyers, caused the Beef
trade to rule very brisk,-at an improvement on last week's.quo-
tations of from 4d. to fid. per 81b., and at which a clearance
was steadily effected. The general quality of the beasts was by
no means first-rate.

The Veal trade was active, at a rise in value of 4.d., per Bibs.
in figs, the supply of which was small, a steady businealt
was doing at 2d. per sibs. more money.

SHARE MARKET

The Railway shares are not so firm, and prices have partially
given way in several instances were they had of late tended
towards improvement.

EARLY SPRING.—On Monday last, a swallow was seen skim-
ming the surface of a pond at Newton-in-the-Willows.

The clergy of the diticeses of Meath and Leighlin havepassed
resolutions of gratitude for English generosity.
EXTRAI ,RD I NARY MODESTY.—The amiable Master of Trinity
has been lately heard to say, " Let Who-will be next Bishop, I
shall be satisfied.—Punch.

The Grand Jury of the county Donegal, including Lord
George Hid, Sir J. Stewart, Col. Conolly, passed a resolution
last week expressive of their grateful sense of the liberal sym-
pathy displayed towards Ireland by the people of England.
The Provident Clerks Mutual Benefit Association continues
its operation ; and we are glad to find that its benefits are pro-
perly appreciated by the useful class of young men fox-whose
advantage it offers so much.

'1 he sum of .1330 has been remitted to Edinburgh ai the
proceeds of a private fancy bazaar held at Stratheden House,
by Lady Stratheiten and Campbell, with the assistance of her
friends, for the relief of the Highlanders.
At the Bury St. Edmond's Assizes, Catherine Foster, aged
18, was found guilty .of the wilful murder of her husband, by
adrninivering arsenic to him in November last. The prisoner
was quite unmoved.
Saturday last being operating day at the Eye and Ear Infir-
mary,. six persons underwent operations successfully for the,
restoration of sight : four for cataract, and two for the forma-
tion of artificial pupils. Two of the cases are particularly de-
serving of novice: one a girl fifteen years of age, and the other
a child five years old, both born blind.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH.--On the 24th_ ultimo, a ycnng mar

, nj,
named John Gamb e, was taken to the Northern Hospital with
a compound fracture of the right thigh, caused by falling fro
the foretop of a vessel called the Robert Kerr, of which injury.
and the haemorrhage consequent thereon, he died on the 26th
instant.

THE HosrlTALs.—We regret to say that both the Northern
and Southern Hospital* are full to repletion. The Northern
Hospital has at present accommodation for 100 patients;
8 or 10 more have been placed on beds on the floor. The
Southern Hospital will accommodate from 50 to 60 patients.
The Infirmary is a:so very full.

At a most respectable 'meeting last week, an address was
voted to the Rev. It. J. M`Ghee, on his departure from Ireland
to the living of Holywell, Hants, to which• he has been pre-
sented by. the Duke of Manchester. The Earl of Roden was in
the chair, and on the platform were the Hon. S. Maxwell, Arch-
&aeon Magee, the Archtlemenn of un,h,

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At the Lewis Assizes, on Saturday, John Bowyer, aged 55,
a persott of gentlemanly appearance, and who has,' for upwards
of thirty.years. peactised as a soicitor in the town of Petworth,
an:l Daniel Steer, were fotmil guilty of feloniously demanding
money from Sir Charles Burrell,. under a threat of accusing his
son of an abominable offence. They were senteneed to trans-

portation for life.
Tilts REPEAL ASSOCIATIONS, OLD 'err D YOUNG.—The World
of Saturday- gives a schedule of the debts of the poor Old Repeal
Association, by which it appears that it owes Mr. O'Connell
600 to Mr. !trowne, the printer. .il(lotothe Freeman's
fournal, tor,eth- Ot,' " Mr

iourna.,
~...,/ter with " severa. ,:tier heavy iteins.•• _ --
O'Connell," continues the World, "has sent over £5O week!'"
for several weeks to keep the (Emirs of Conciliation Hall open
otherwise they must have been closed."
DARING OUTRAGE.—On Monday evening, as Mr, G. E. Har-
greaves, of Everton, was- proceeding home along Eyerton-
terrace, he was attacked by two ruffians, who struck hit*
violently on the head with a hammer, which sent him reeling
to the ground. They then attempted to take his' watch, but
did not succeed, as his cries brought the timely assistance of *
gentleman from one of the neighbouring houses, upon which
the villains took to their heels, and made good, their escape-
The hammer which the assailants used was a very-formidable
weapon..

STREET ASSAULTS.—Yesterday. six young rein,. Marne:
Welch, Regan, Hughes, Lynch, and Dogharty, were chargeo
by several police-officers, with lingering in the streets at a vcri
late hour, and with otherwise being bad and suspicious charaC'
tors. Some of them, after lengthened evidence. showed. 01.'4

that they were not so culpable is was stated, if at all, and air
others were proved to have been old offenders in vadons
'lhe result was, that Milrae, Welch, and Reran were 501-
teneed to three months' imprisonment; and Lynch,. Haat;
and Doeharty were discharged, after a strong caution,frorn
magistrate.
bAre
ANOTHER BEGGING IRI2II FARMER.—Ye4terdayi.. t
'Mr. Rushton, an old Irishman, in plain and coarse, bill,„"
ragged attire, was charged with begging in the streets.
',tter was found upon him. from his brother in the 5iatf..17.42

Ii it app

moo, ono nact tnere left with the. writer of tile 010,4
and a colt, which he had been at some fairs to se'.
visinr, him that he would soon leave his

rtU $U
Mendicant
'ond nctiras
)arties coming here who were well off at

home, and extortin; money Irony, in many cases, thedistresen.
population in this country. He should treat all such impostors
as they deserved, and he sentenced the prisoner to one month S
iinnrisonment

THE WEATHEn.—Since our last, the weather has been fa-
19urable, with very slight exceptions, for the labours of the field,
s well as for gardening and other rural operations. The urea'
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yy a fine thaw) is in prime order for ploughing, which.may now
to said to be nearly, if not wholly completed in this county and
nieshire. The wheats had begun to look rather sickly, fro
the rather strong and biting easterly winds that had prevailed;
[tut rain set in on Saturday evening, and has given the whole It
healthy and promising appearance.. In the neighbourhood of
/ririskir, which we have seen, (and we doubt not elsewhere
Jfroughuut thesp.districts) we observed .great azricaltural
?rOvements of recent achievement.. in ploughing, planting,
:encing, road repairing, extension of arable surface by7drainiag
md levelling, ditches, old ponds, &c. The same is.observable
La many parts of Cheshire. We never before, indeed, saw se
many ploughs, harrows, spades,,&c.., at work within. a givee
space. The spring corn is nearly,all sown, and the-planting e'
early potatoes—great care having.generally been taken with the
shoots—is briskly going on. where not already finished. The
growing field crops generally give good promise, and the same
may be said of garden produce. The fruit trees are already
assuming a delightful virgin verdure, and appear to:be-perfectly'
healthy. We had on Sunday night a rather chilling wind froth
the northeast, which continued nearly throughout yesterdaY:
on the morning of which ice of considerable thickness appeared
in the neighbourhood. This, it is to be hoped,
will he but a
temporary and slight check to vegetation. Last night there.
was a little rain, with a milder atmosphere.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A GENTLEMAN,. WITH IN-
TENT TO Ron nun.—At the- Police-court, yesterday. a very
stout man, named John Jones
.was placed before Mr. Rushton,
charged, in conjunction with 'a
gang, with violently knocking
down a gentleman on his way home to, Fverknockingafter the bus,'
ness of the day, on Tuesday last, wi h in'tetit to..rob him. The
shop
leallsisnign-g house,a
pio pipe
11 o`,:-;
complainant, Mr. Carlyle, stationer, &c., Bold-street, who had
his head Wrapped up, and still ill, said that he was' prime's
mge an t night
e oft: v his
lareie nice
of
-
oud opposite Wirtor an to d de
I•wp dwelling

lam Henry
by two ni

:tr the ens.
• - Ortiwee who rBll
-,uner.Jon,..s, whom he distinctly recognized
bas in Shaw-street. which was close by, and also by
'noon, caught him by the collar. The two men then strua
him most violently on the headand back, gothat he was stun-
ned, and on their leaving him—preVions to whicia he struggled
and kicked—he fell to the ground bleeding from the blows on
his head. He observert-in'the hand of o,ue of them an instra-
ment which appeared to be a life-preserver. The men before
leaving, attempted to open the buttons of his coat, but appeared
to be scared by something they heard, and made off, two of
them taking down William Ilenrva-:stdreet, and another towards
*eh. Ile gave an alarm as loud as he could. Police-officelr
the higher part of Everton. He intd2l.2npiuhnrsuicsapf
when the
tkahenet
ds
two aat tvh:ei:toai
fellows
is time
adttiaieckhNel
heard
Sallitandeeaolnarlmum,
sai
-eeded in apprehending the• prisoner Jones, who bac!.

t. A dagger IT,j,
Mr. Robert exit'
ed that when -11!

was call

lused wounds oA