The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-09 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHED LADY SWINDLER.

(From the Scottish Guardian.)
• In the beginning of last year, a person calling himself Mr.
Johnston, arrived in Glasgow, accompanied by his wife, and ARRIVED.-
four or five fine children. After a few days, Mrs. Johnston, Ly, from Berbice
the wife of this gentleman, waited on a very respectable widow charteston-9"
lady, who keeps a shop in town. To this lady, Mrs. John-
ston, in a confidential manner, stated that she had just ar-
rived from England, in very peculiar circumstances, and after

ay for a favourable rece

.ptiOn to her tale, by som,

complimentary allusions to the
Johnston said that she (Mrs. J.) was a ~.
of Lansdale, and accounted for her appearance in Glasgow,
by observing, that she had incurred the displeasure of all her
relations, the Earl having Conveyed his whole property to
her, including Whitehaven Castle, the Coal Mines, &c., &c.,
the annual rental of which would be £100,000! To satisfy
the shopkeeper that no imposition was intended, Mrs. John-
ston produced a valuable portable desk, from which she took
out several large parchment papers, with large seals attached,
which she said were the titles, but that the matter mut be
kept quiet for a certain period. Several respectable ciWens
saw these papers, which described the property, and contained
the names of the tenants, &c. Upon the faith of all this, the
shopkeeper in question agreed to fit up a tea-shop in London-
street for Mrs. Johnston, until she should get possession of
her property, and with praiseworthy kindness introduced her
to several tea-merchants, and other friends. By such means,
and to make a long story short, we beg to state that the Earl's
daughter got credit to the extent of nearly £l,OOO. While
the shop was fitting up and the goods coming in, Mrs. J. re-
ceived various letters, bearing the English post-mark, and
idressed "To the care of the shopkeeper," which she took
-y means to show. One of the letters she read particu-
in Kendal, and that it

v in question,

;hoer of the Earl

larly, saying it v.__ _
enclosed another from Lord Howard. Shortly after this,
she received a second letter from his Lordship, dated from
the residence of the Duchess of Bedford, enclosing a £5O
Bank of England note. All these circumstances tended, of
course, to keep up the favourable opinion which was enter-
tained of the lady,—and Saturday last was fixed as the time
when one of her noble relatives, accompanied by her Kendal
solicitor, was to arrive in Glasgow to proclaim her titles ! Of
course, it became theti her anxious duty to make the neces-
sary arrangements to receive, in proper style, her illustrious
guest, and, on the forenoon of the eventful day, she left the
house of the widow lady alluded to, with'whom she resided,
accompanied by all her children, to make the last purchase,
in order to enable her to appear as became her high and
puissant house! Since that time her Ladyship has not been
heard of, although the services of the police have been called
in, and the whole affair recounted to them. The only arti-
cle left in the lodgings, and which was deemed of the highest
value, was the aforesaid portable desk containing the titles.
On that depository being opened, it was found to contain a
japanned tin case, which had previously been got for the se-
curity of the parchments against fire ! When this last box
was opened, however, the titles to Whitehaven Castle, as well
as the Coal Mines, were all gone—no doubt to some other

lilar purpose as they did here, should
this notice not come in the way. We regret extremely to
say that the kind-hearted dupe of this swindler has been
taken in to the extent of nearly £2OO for bed and board. For
the information of the public we may state that the lad)* in
question is a very interesting-looking woman, and seemed
well educated. She is about thirty years of age, five feet six
inches in height, and slender ; with small sharp blue brilliant
eyes, light brown hair, broad and high forehead, sharp nose,
good sized mouth, with beautiful teeth ; and, in fine, a very
lady-looking personage. The names of the children are
Charles Augustus Lowther, Frederick George Bentinck, &c.,
&c., &c. We understand that the lady in question has also
carried off, by mistake, from the premises of her benefactress,
a gold watch and a finger ring.

LORD MORPETH'S BILL.---PUBLIC MEETING.-
OUTRAGEOUS PROCEEDINGS OF ROMAN
CATHOLICS AND CHARTISTS.

(From the Scottish Guardian.)
On Tuesday night, a public meeting—scarcely equalled,
and never surpassed, in uproar and violence, by any similar
gathering in Glasgow, bad as some of these have undoubtedly
turned ont on many occasions—was held in the Justiciary
Court Hall. This was a meeting gut up by the Roman
Catholic body to support Lord Morpeth's bill, and to de.
nounce the bill introduced by Lord Stanley. When the pro-
ceedings were about to commence, the Justiciary Court Hall
was crammed. Those who could not make their way an inch
farther than the door on their feet, were content to be rolled
over the heads of the dense mass, till they managed to get
themselves wedged in. The committee, headed by Bishop
Murdoch and several of the Roman Catholic priests, took
their places on the judge's bench, amidst loud hurrah's from
the Irish, mingled with confused noises from the Chartists
within, while the people assembled outside kept knocking
at the door for admittance, which it was impossible they could
obtain. Bishop Murdoch was called to the chair, on the
motion of one of the dignitaries on the bench, seconded by
acclamations from the party, which was answered by his-
sing and howling by the Chartists. Otte of the latter proposed
that Mr. Ross, the Chartist Commissioner of Police, should
take the chair—a proposition which was met with loud and
fearful howlings from the Roman Catholics, who formed at
least two-thirds of the meeting. The bishop had, during the
uproar, placed himself in the position of chairman, and so
soon as he could obtain a hearing, put it to the meeting whe-
ther lie (Bishop Murdoch) or Mr. George Ross should pre:-
side ? After a good deal of noise and confusion, it was car-
ried by a show of hands that his reverence should continue
in the chair. With some degree of composure the meeting
listened. to an opening address, in which the bishop endea-
voured to show that there were occasions when cleigymen
were justified in attending and presiding at political meetings,
and that the present, when justice to Ireland was demanded,
was such an occasion. Having explained in his own way the
principles of the two bills in question, he concluded by an ear-
nest appeal to Irish hearts and feelings in favour of the minis-
terial measure. Dr. Scanlan moved the first resolution, and
Mr. James Donelly, of the billiard-rooms opposite the Tron
Church was the seconder, but each performed his part
amidst tumult altogether beyond the power of the bishop to
suppress, and which seemed likely to end in the physical force
chartists being severely beaten by their own weapons.
Wrestling and wrangling, hooting and hallooing, were kept
up by both parties in a manner exquisitely illustrative
of their fitness to enjoy political rights, until matters be-
came too serious for the ordinary character of a public meet-
ing of free citizens., and the interference of the police was
indispensible to prevent the shedding of blood. A chartist
got upon the roof of the magistrates' bench, and was pro-
ceeding to state that he would move an amendment, when,
by the application of a cluster of hands to his hair, he was
gently laid on his back, his legs dangling over the front of the
rooffing ; while in the jury box opposite the head of a supposed
chartist, but in truth a Roman catholic, who was mistaken
for an apostate, was rebounding off the boards.from the vio-
lence of his neighbours, who kept beating at his unfortunate
cranium as if they would reduce it to a jelly. By the inter-
ference of the police these outrages were checked for a time,
and Mr. Donnelly went on with his speech, of which we
could only hear the words " Catholics and Irishmen," fol-
lowed by entreaties to chartists to listen and be convinced
that Irishmen needed their assistepce, which, if granted,
would be taken thankfully, but if denied, Catholics and Irish-
men would work out their own salvation.—Mr. Gordon, the
Romish priest, moved the second resolution, expressive of
surprise and regret that Lord Stanley had introduced his
bill. The rev. gentleman was not listened to throughout a
single brief sentence. Toward the close of his address, we
managed to catch the words " determined to be free," the
connection being lost in the clamour. The other speakers
Were O'Neill, a clothier in Saltmarkct, Mr. Green, a stu-
dent, Mr. Charles Bryson, Mr.. O'Shea, a priest, Mr.
Stewart, a priest, a Dr. Griffin, a Mr. Davidson, and others,
whose names we could not learn. They went through the
form of proposing resolutions and a petition in favour of the
ministerial bill, the meeting neither knowing nor apparently
caring what was said or done. Each had enough to do to
keep his position, while threats and imprecations were dealt
out with the most profuse liberality. The scene for nearly
an hour was terrific, and required the strongest nerve to look
upon it with any degree of composure. Captain Miller stood
before the yelling crowd for a time patience on a monu-
ment,' and we could readily believe that his presence and
that of his officers prevented a riot of the most serious de-
scription. The Roman catholics having concluded their
business, several of the chartists came forward, and seemed
desirous to commence on their own account. Captain Miller
had, however, announced that the meeting was over, the
chairman having left the chair, and was not to be trifled with
by.the one party or the other. The first person who got upon
the table was Mr. Colquhoun. a chartist, and as he persisted
in disobeying the order to go down, the captain with one push
laid him on his back, and on the heads and shoulders of the
crowd below. Another and another met with a similar recep-
tion. One of these was a Roman catholic, who was flourish-
ing his umbrella like a shillelah. The captain encountered
him, and after a pretty severe struggle, overpowered him, and
had him conveyed out of the hall by means of his officers.
The next scene on the table was the boy Jack, the chartist,
calling on the captain to take a Roman catholic doctor into
custody for stealing his bonnet, and another individual for as-
sault. Mr. Moir had been in the meeting, but had seen the
propriety of keeping himself as quiet as possible during the
whole of the disturbances. Mr. Ross got upon the table at
last, his countenance betraying strong symptoms of anxiety.
At length Captain Miller managed to get the hall cleared, the
Roman catholics departing with cheers for Dan O'Connell,
and the chartists hissing and howling. There were several
benches broken down, and the public will be put to the ex-
pense of £lO to £l5 to get them repaired. The chartists ad-
journed to their chapel in Great Hamilton-street, and there
resolved to hold a meeting in the Bazaar on Thursday night.

ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY
INTELLIGENCE.-

(From the Oxford Herald.)

Rev. H. Barne, M.A., to the Curacy of Seend Wilts

Rev. Daniel Moore, 8.A., Curate of St. Bride's, Fleet-
street, to Living of Christ's Chapel, St. John's Wood,
Regent's Park, London.
Rev. Henry Rice, to the Rectory of Syreshatn, North-
amptonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. John Strange
Dandridge ; patron, C. C. Dormer, Esq., of Rousham, in
this county.
Rev. J. M. W. Piercy, to the Chaplaincy of the Melton
Union, Leicestershire.
Rev. W. B. St. John, to be Evening Lecturer of St.
Aubyn's Chapel, Devonport.
Rev. Cecil Greene, M.A, , Head Master of Midhurst
School, to be one of the Domestic. Chaplains of the Duke of
Richmond.
Rev, George Fyler Townsend, of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, to the Curacy of Sydenharn, Kent.
Rev. W. Cassidi, Incumbent of St. Giles s, Durham, to
the Vicarage of Grindon, near Stockton ; patron, the Master
of Sherburn Hospital.
Rev, Robert Pedder Buddicom, M.A. late of Queen's
M.A.,
College, Cambridge, to be Principal of St.
ofßee's College.
Rev. Thomas Eboral Rodgers, M.A., Trinity College,
Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Harwoath, Nottinghamshire,
vacant by the death of the Rev. William Downes.
Mr. Thomas Evans 8.A.; of St. John's College, Cam.
bridge, to be the Classical Master of Shrewsbury Grammar
School.
Rev. A. M`Ewen, to the Chaplaincy of the Semington
Union Workhouse, Wilts.
Rev. G. L. Cartwright, to be Curate of Brislington,
So
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Rev. D. Davies, to be Curate of St. John'l3 Chapel,
Weston, Bath.
Rev. G. Newnham, to be Curate of Shaw Melksham.
Rev. F. Russell Nixon, Perpetual Curate of Ash, Kent, to
to be one of the Six Preachers of the Cathedral of Canter-
bury.
Rev. T. Reynolds, to the Curacy of Stamford, Essex.
Rev. G. Harries, to the Vicarage of Maenclochog, pem_
brokeshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Williams.
Rev. J. Kitton, to the Incumbency of the District Church
of Houghton, near Carlisle.
Rev. J. L. Monypenny, to the Vicarage of Hadlow, Kent.
Rev. C. M. Arnold, Incumbent of Lower Darwen, to the
Mastership of Lord Weymouth's endowed School at War-
m inster,
Rev. T. Holditch, of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and
Rector of Maidwell, Northamptonshire, to the Rectory of
Draughton, in the same county, vacant by the death of the
Rev. E. Griffin; patron,, H. H. H. Hungerford, Esq.

A report is in circulation that a fleet of 10 sairof the line
is ordered to assemble at Gibraltar, in consequence of the
trial of Mr. M`Leod. It is also stated that Lord Palmerston
has Sent out orders to our ambassador at Washington to de-
mand the immediate release of the above gentleman.
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