The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-30 00:00:00

DETECTION OF AN IMPOSTOR.

Henry Jones, a somewhat respectably dressed man, was
charged with having imposed upon the public by soliciting
aid on the ground that he was a ropemaker, from Ormskirk,
whose establishment had been burned down some weeks ago,
by which calamity himself and family had been reduced to a
state of destitution.

Mr. Askew, the harbour-master, stated that in the fore-
noon of Saturday, the prisoner called at his office and soli-
cited relief. He presented a document of which the follow-
ing is a copy :
" This is to certify that the bearer, Henry Jofies, rope-
maker, has lived in this place for the last six years; that
upon the night of the 17th day of June instant he was
alarmed by the cry of fire, which had originated by some
evil disposed person or persons setting tire to his outbuild-
ings, and it had gained so much progress that they could not
stop the devouring flames till the whole of the property was
entirely consumed. The said Henry Jones states, that by
the above melancholy event he has sustained a loss of property
to the amount of £6OO sterling, which will prove his utter
ruin unless he is aided and assisted by a generous public, he
barging a wife and two children entirely dependant upon him
for-:support. We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that
the. aforesaid statement is authentic, and we confidently re-
commend him to the notice of the charitable and humane,
both in this and in his own neighbourhood, and humbly trust-
ing, that by making his case known, there will be funds
raised to commiserate his digressing situation. Given under
our hands at a. Helens, in the county of Lancaster, this
22d day of June, 1840.
Rev. James Furnival,
George Hall, Wm. Smith, Churchwardens.

Collected by us, £22 10s. 6d.
SUBSCRIPTIONS.—Derby, £5; Mrs. Dyson, £1; Peter
Greenall, .13; William Pilkington and Brother, £3 : Mrs.
Speakman, .12; Mrs. West, £1; W. P. Cottam, £2 ; Mrs.
Taylor, £2; J. Ashton, £1 ; Mrs. Dugdale, £1 ; Henry
Holmes, £1; Wm. Barry, lOs ; Thos. Bolton, 10s; B. B.
and Co., £1 ; H. M. EL, Ll."
Mr. Askew stated that he desired the prisoner to call again
in the afternoon, but he did uot. However, this morning,
about seven o'clock, as he was at breakfast, the prisoner
called at his house and stnt in his name, Henry Jones. Ho
was told to walk to the office, where he (Mr. Askew) would
meet him in few minutes and give him something. In the
mean time, onlooking in the Albion, he found the description
of an impostor who had been heard of by the police, and he
was convinced this was the man. On arriving at the office,
therefore, he gave him into custody.
Police Officer No. 50 stated that he received the prisoner,
and that on leaving Mr. Askew's office he made a violent
but unsuccessful attempt to escape.
Mr. Rushton called on the prisoner for his defence.
The prisoner said he was in a public-house on Friday night,
having a .bottle of ginger-beer, when a man told him he would
put him up to a plan of getting plenty of money if he would
give him half of what he got.
Mr. Rushton.—Who is the man ?
The prisoner replied that he did not know. He was igno-
rant of the consequences. He knew the paper was not true,
and he was very sorry it had happened.
Mr. Rushton told him some of the signatures were forged,
and some were genuine, and that a considerable sum appeared
to have been obtained. Lord Derby's signature was a for-
gery; Mr. Henry Holmes's and Mr. Thomas Bolton's were
genuine. There was a regular manufactory of these sort of
documents, for the purpose of defrauding the humane, and
it was necessary an example should be made. By a certain
act of parliament, every person found going about collecting
alms, under false pretences, was to be deemed a rogue and
a vagabond, and to be liable to three months' imprisonment.
That punishment he should now award the prisoner.

STEALING IRON.

John Ryan was charged with having stolen about 2 cwt. of
iron, the property of Messrs. William and John Lockett, of
King-street.
Mr. J. P. Robinson, the prosecutor's clerk, stated that the
iron in question was deposited in a gateway under the office.
About three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, a person asked
him if he had given any orders for the iron to be removed
out of the gateway ? He replied no ; and then he was told
that the prisoner had taken it. He immediately went out,
and overtook the prisoner in Benn's Gardens, with the iron
upon his shoulder. Witness kept near to him until he met
police officer No. 461, who apprehended him.
The prisoner then said he had taken the iron because he
had nothing to eat.

He was committed for trial

EXTRAORDINARY Fisti.—Daniel M`Menaman, of Lifford,
caught a sturgeon at the Green Brae fishery, at Lifford, on
Saturday week, which was fully ten feet long, and five feet in
circumference, and weighed 3cwt. and 15lb. Twelve months
ago there was a fish of the same kind caught in the same
place, but it was scarcely so large.—lse fast Vindicator.
The Duke of Northumberland has recently introduced into
the conservatory at his grace's seat, Sion House, on the
Thames, a large collection of plants, shrubs, and fruit trees,
from the Philippine Islands. A considerable number of birds
and other objects of natural history have alsh been received
by the noble duke. from the same interesting quarter of the
world.—Newcasfle Journal.
The immaculate member for Gateshead, Mr. Cuthbert
Rippon, has scarcely shown his face in parliament during
the whole' of the present session. He was, however, hunted
out of his retreat yesterday week by the treasury whipper-in,
and brought to the " scratch " as one of the forlorn, hope, on
Lord Stanley's Irish registration bill—for what consideration
does. not appear.—lbid.
COUNTERFEITS.—" No law (says the old adage) was ever
made, but there was immediately made a way to evade it ;"
and it may be added. that no article of merit or of value was
ever yet produced but it was immediately counterfeited, and
the base imitation palmed on the public as real. The spirited
proprietors of one of the most indispensable articles of the
toilet, have suffered so much, and so long, from this species
of fraud, that they have called in the aid of some of our
most eminent engravers on steel, who, as our readers will
perceive by our advertising columns, have produced a Label
so perfect, yet so minute, that ROWLAND's MACASSAR OIL
is repeated nearly 1500 times, comprising nearly 30,000 let-
ters, in such a style of perfection as to set all counterfeits
at defiance.—See advt.
PURSE PRIDE.—It is to be lamented that the national
character is pride, and the meanest of all pride, purse pride.
Even a poor lord is despised, and to increase his fortune a
necessitous peer will condescend tO marry into a rich citizen's
family. An overweening affection for money, and idolatrous
worship of gain, have absolutely confounded the general in-
tellect, and warped the judgment of many to that excess,
that, in estimating men or things, they refer always to
" What is he Worth ?" or " What will it fetch ?" Were we
to point out a person as he passed, and say, " There goes a
good man, one who has not a vice, he would scarcely be
noticed ; but exclaim, "That man is worth £500,000," and
he will be stared at till out of sight.
ADVANTAGES OF COMMERCE.—As the same country is
rendered richer by the trade of one province with another;
as its labour becomes thus infinitely more divided, and more
• productive than it could otherwise have been ; and as the
mutual interchange of all those commodities which one pro-
vince has and another wants, multiplies the comforts and
accommodation of the whole, and the country becomes thus,
in a wonderful degree, more opulent and more happy ; so the
same beautiful train of consequences is observable in the
world at large, that vast empire, of which the different king-
doms may be regarded as the provinces.. In this magnificent
empire, one province is favourable to the production of one
species of produce, and another province to another. By
their mutual intercourse, mankind are enabled to distribute
their labour as best fits the genius of each particular country
and Commerce Defewded.
SNAKE STIOT.—A huge black snake was recently killed in
this state, upwards of thirty feet long. On opening him he
was found to contain two squirrels, five birds, and two young
negroes.—Miss. paper. [This is nothing to one that was
killed in this vicinity, measuring upwards of forty rods. Our
snake, on being opened, contained a family Bible, the un-
expired lease of a three-story brick-house in Royal-street,
three boxes of Peters' pills, with directions, an unfinished
mile of the Nashville railroad, three stray horses. Ciffi's
trombone, three packages of tickets in the grand lottery, a
Dutch music grinder with his barrel organ, a plan of the city
of Uncle Sam, lost since 1837, and apair of old neg-bottomed
boots, which the owner is respectfully requested to prove and
take away.]—Tit for Tat.

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
The Earl of CHARLEVILLE called attention to the cir-
cumstance of the high sheriff of the county of Galway
(Lord Ashton) having succeeded to a peerage since his ap-
pointment. If the noble lord was not properly the high
sheriff of Galway, there u-as yet time before the circuits to
obviate the inconvenience which must result from an
invalidated appointment.
The Marqu►s of NORMANDY observed, that the circum-
stance was novel, if not unparalleled, and he would not

hazard an opinion upon it. '
Viscount DUNCANNON moved the second reading of the
colonial passengers bill, and briefly explained its objects.
Lord BROUGHAM congratulated the house upon the re-
jection in another place of clauses in the bill which related
to the transfer of Hill Coolies to the Mauritius.
Lord ASHBURTON said, that, unless something was done
to provide labour in our sugar colonies, they would to all
useful purposes be utterly lost to us. People would endure
a high price for a commodity like sugar, to a certain extent,
when it was forced upon them on grounds of humanity ; but
when they were forced too far, they must resist the imposi-
tion, and the necessary consequence would be, that they
would resort to the slave-cultivated colonies for a supply of
sugar. He hoped that some means would be resorted to for
supplying our sugar-growing colonies with free labour. The
labourers in these colonies were better off than any labouring
population in the world, eighteen-pence a day providing them
amply with every necessary and comfort.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH thought, if the discriminating
duties between East and West India produce were abolished,

it would soon be found that we should have no occasion to
resort to slave-grown sugar for our supply.
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of
the admiralty court judge's salary bill.
Lord BROUGHAM thought the salary of the judge (X 4,000)
less than it ought to be ; but he objected to the judge having
the patronage of so many offices.
The bill was read a second time.
CHURCH DISCIPLINE.

The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of the
church discipline bill, and stated the nature of its provisions.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY stated that he generally
concurred in the provisions of the bill.
The Bishop of EXETER supported the bill, because it ap-
peared to him to be opposed to the principles of the bill of
last year.
Lord ELLENBOROUGH said that, until there existed some-
sons as would be judged suirreVinfaltiphiktry_for such rea-
applying for admission, it would be in vain for them to talk
of church extension; it would be in vain for them to think of
adding to the number of churches ; it would be in vain for
them to discuss an increase to the emoluments of the clergy ;
they would not have that zealous, that laborious, that qua-
lified clergy, which alone; in his opinion; could be sufficient
to protect the church from all the danger of which they com-
plained, and by which they bad been embarrassed.
The protestant episcopal (Scotland) bill, and the payment
of wages bill went through committee.
Their lordships then adjourned.