The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-08-21 00:00:00

Ex.-14th: heavy squalls; a.m. bright; p.m.
ig, rain.-15th : a.m. bright ; p.n.. clouded ;
ight, heavy rain.-16th: occasionally bright;
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NATURE AND ART.—The stimulus given by the Phil-
harmonic Festival to the various trades in fancy dress is
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be distinguished from the choicest productions of Nature's
self.
MANCHESTER CUSTOM HOUSE.—The Lords of the
Treasury have signified that they cannot free Manchester
from its contribution towards the expenses of maintaining
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densome, their lordships " are not disinclined to assist in
its repeal."
RELIC OF JOHN WESLEY.—On Wednesday an inter-
esting relic was presented to the Conference then sitting
in Manchester, through Mr. Osborn—namely the hymn
book used by Mr. Wesley and written in his own hand.
The donor is Mr. Samuel Highfield, son of the Rev. G.
Highfield ; and a condition attached to the gift is that it
should be deposited at Woodhouse Grove School for the
inspection of visitors.
Last year the number of children reported to the police -
as having been lost in Manchester was 4715, of which
number, 1681 were found by the police and restored to
their parents, and 3034 were found by their parents or:
friends.
EXTRAORDINARY FORGERIES.—APPREHENSIO OP
THE FORGERS.—We have this day to record the perpe-
tration of a series of forgeries on the Manchester and
Liverpool District Bank in this town, to a very serious
amount, no less, we arc informed, than the heavy sum of
upwards of £l,lOO, and under the moss, extraordinary
circumstances. Fortunately, the forgers (for we under-
stand that more than one person is concerned) have been,
apprehended, and are now in custody here, and in all pro-
bability the persons arrested will be brought up for exa-
mination at the Borough Court this (Saturday) morning.
The following are the facts we have been able to obtain :
On Friday, 20th July last, an advertisement appeared in
t'ie Liverpool Mercury for a young man as clerk, &c.,-
which was answered by a written application from a young
man in Liverpool, named Lindley. A day or two after he
had sent in his application, Lindley received a letter signed
by Mr. Openshaw, requesting an interview at the Stork
Hotel, to which place he went, and was introduced to Mr.
Openshaw. After some conversation as to the duties of
the situation, &c., Mr. Openshaw intimated that he could
not give Lindley a positive answer to his application until
he (Mr. Openshaw) had consulted his brother, who he
said was the principal in the firm, and resided in Man-
chester, but he agreed to meet the young man in Man-
chester on the following day, and gave him ss. to pay his
railway fare here. The place appointed for the meeting
of the pair was the Spread Eagle, in Hanging Ditch, and
both were punctual to the time appointed. Whilst at the
Spread Eagle, Mr. Openshaw wrote two letters, which he
asked Lindley to deliver for him, desiring him to take one
to the Post Office, and the other to the Clarence Hotel, in
Spring-gardens. After fulfilling this commission, Lindley
returned to the hwel to Mr. Openshaw, who gave him a
cheque to present for payment at the Liverpool and Man-
chester District Bank for £337 155., desiring him to bring
back the amount in six £3O notes, and the rest in gold.
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consequently he could not give him a final answer as to
the situation, and he left the young man, of course, deeply
disappointed, with a promise that he would write and send
for him in a day or two. Lindley thereupon returned to
his home at Liverpool, and for some days waited anxiously
for the pioinised letter; but, as none arrived, he began
to be suspicious, and ultimately was induced to visit the,
Liverpool branch of the District Bank to
w make some in-
quiries. It then turned out, on instigation, that a series
of very clever forgeries had been committed on the bank,
in the name of a firm in Manchester, and that the forged
cheques had been put off by young men who had been
duped in a similar way to Lindley. The forgeries will
amount to £llOO. The police were immediately on the
alert, but the suspected parties could not be traced until
Friday afternoon, when they were identified and appre-
hended in a shop in Whitechapel, Liverpool. The prin-
cipal is the soi disanl Mr. Openshaw, whose real name is
John Robinson. Robinson was readily identified by his
dupe Lindley,—,lllanekeeter Courier.