The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-22 00:00:00

Thistrirt 49.etv5,

The Wesleyan Methodist conference will be held nest
year at Manchester.

Mr. Palmer, solicitor, of Preston, paid last week his
one hundred and nineteenth visit to Lancaster Assizes.

On Wednesday, a sturgeon, upwards of six feet in
length, and weighing 1221b5., was caught by Robert
Leadbetter, of North Meols, at that place.
A NOVEL DEFENCE.—A man was brought up, on
Monday, at Preston, charged with having been drunk and
creating a disturbance in the previous week. He hoped
the bench would pardon him as he had only been attend-
ing a temperance tea party, and had had a little drop too
much.

DEATHS FROM DROWNING.—On Sunday, a little boy.
named John Dean, a year-and-a-half old, was drowned
in a pit at Winstanley. The child had walked out of the
house, and fallen into the water.—On the following day,
a little girl, named Mary Ann Heaton, was drowned in a
pit at Pemberton. She was playing with some other
children, and fell in.
CONVICTIONS FOR BURGLARY.—At the Lancaster
assizes last week, three men, named Pilkington, Culshaw,
and Cheetham, were sentenced to fourteen years' trans-
portation, for a burglary at the house of Mary Crawshaw,
near Croston. John Doming was sentenced to a similar
term of banishment, for a burglary in the house of James
Rainford, at Preston.
FATAL RESULT OF A BOYISH QUARREL.--On Tues-
day, two little boys, named Charles and George William-
son. the sons of an operative of that name living in Red
Bank, Manchester, aged respectively nine and four years,
were proceeding homewards, on their way from school,
when they commenced quarrelling, and Charles, the
eldest, struck his brother a blow. A person who was
passing at the time, and knew them, interfered, and told
them it was very wrong to quarrel, on which the youngest
raised his hand and repaid his brother the blow, causing
him to fall backwards off the footpath. Just at the mo-
ment a laden cart happened to pass, the driver of which
did not witness the quarrel, when, before the fallen boy
could regain his feet, the wheel passed over his head, and
killed him on the spot.
CHESTER ASSIZES.—The assizes for the county of
Chester commenced on Monday. Joseph Sherlock, 19,
William Sherlock, 25, William Mitchell, 24, and Samuel
Pownall, 22, were indicted for the manshughter of Thos.
Evans, at Greasby, near Birkenhead, on the 16th of June.
The first-named prisoner was charged as principal, and
the others as accessories. The matter had its origin in a
fight, but the jury, after hearing the evidence, acquitted
the prisoners. John Dean, 20, pleaded guilty to two in-
dictments, charging him with stealing letters containing
money, the property of the Postmaster-Ceneral, at
Wilmslow, and was sentenced to seven years' transporta-
tion. Thomas Jones, 24, was similarly sentenced for
stealing a letter containing ten postage-stamps and a
half sovereign, the property of the Inspector and Re-
ceiver-Generals, on the 11th of July last. .The prisoner
was a letter-carrier at Birkenhead postoffice.

August 22, 1848.

EMIGRATION.—According to a nct.ce fixed on all
places of worship in Lancaster, a meeting of the rat'
_
payers took place on Thursday last, in the vestry of too.
Parish Church there, to consider whether money not ex'
ceeding half the average yearly poor-rate for the last three.
years should be borrowed as a fund to defray the exPense:
of the emigration of poor persons having settlements 1n
the parish, and expended under the regulations of the
existing poor law. The Rev. Joseph Turner, the vicar,.
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presided. It appeared- that, in consequence of notices
published that assistance would be given to such parties
who were desirous to emigrate, the guardians had aPP.I,,
cation from twelve adults with ten children—but 'l_7
feared none of them came under the denomination
agricultural labourers, so as to entitle them to a free
passage to Australia, to which some of them wished to Fu
Two or three were sawyers, and the remainder laboul
men. The expense of the adults would be £9 each, Into
of the children half the sum. A resolution was passe"
the effect that £3OO should be raised for the Pnel)ese
stated, the same to be chargeable on the rates. The',-„,'
.
pense in the Workhouse is £5 17s. per head per annul'
Some of the applicants had received relief for four Yeo'
and some had been in the Workhouse four }Tars. tam
A PROVIDENT SUGGESTION.—Last week, the
Hon. T. Pemberton Leigh, M.P., gave a splendid fete to
his Lancashire tenantry at Hindley-hall, near wig he
In the course of his address to them he said, that
would like to see them endeavouring to save somethi.og
for a rainy day. He was quite sure that in manY
In
stances it only required a beginning. In order to on
complish this, and make a commencement, he should,
Monday, place to the credit of every one of his woritte`„
in the Wigan Saving's Bank £2, and when he had
Fur-
they would have a perfect control over that sura• 4
ther he should not interfere, as every man had a Perrht
right to do what he pleased with his own. They 01,,„
draw it out and spend it if they liked ; he wished no
ther control over it. At the same time he would strong,.
advise them to save. He was aware how diffintam
Stn.
matter that was for a labouring man with a farnilY• of
there were often small sums—a threepence, a sixpences
a shilling, which a labouring man might put by if he to
a fund to which to add it, but which otherwise he w°
spend at the public-house. Any such sums, bow oc
ec'
small, Mr. Ellison would receive, and pay into the ba 0
for them. And, by way of encouragement, every athittl
so made, up to 205., he would double. If any tno.,,n, )
added ss. in the course of twelve months, he (Mr. r',.„11
.'
would add 10s. If any man had added 10s he viva
add 20s. If any man had added £l, he would add
Those, therefore, who had saved 205., would have
their credit at the bank. (Loud cheers.) He would bt,
glad to find that they had clone so. He would make la
further enquiries, but at the proper time they Ir.
bring their books to his most excellent agent,
Ellison, who, he was sure, would carry out his wishes.

SERIOUS & FATAL CHARTIST DISTURBANCES.

On Monday an ou`break of armed Chartists took Plsc:
at Bright, which was not put down before a policeteli
named was killed. So far as can be ascertai9
it appears that a number of the Confederates assonbies,
in the evening at their usual meeting-house, the Clul,rao
town Chapel, and for once having evaded the surveity'
of the police, were enabled to arm themselves with Insriito
pikes, swords, and other weapons, and march out In
the streets, thusi armed, at a little before twelve o,:nrso' 00
without encountering any immediate opposition. .resartf
who saw them state that there were some thirty orl,t,
pikes carried by them, which gleamed in the mooringto
and that several carried drawn swords, and others god
and pistols. Soon after leaving the meeting-house ogb
encountered two policemen, one of whom was shot thre.oo
the heart with a pistol; and they pursued the other into
an adjoining street, but he baffled them by running dirs
a cottage, the door of which he locked inside, taking, the
to extinguish the light as soon as possible. liVbs"
object of their march was, beyond the assassinatie„.,, 01a
the police, does not very clearly appear; but it nave
seem that for a short time they entertained the on
project of holding the town against the military, f 0 red
messengers being sent to the barracks, they enennnaeedt
this armed force, and were turned back—some In pit'
being fired at. Several of the rioters have been'eenar,
ted for trial on the charge of murdering the policem,,solo
On Tuesday evening, at Manchester, in consetlnemartiO
what had occurred at Ashton, several of the Ch eid
leaders in that town were arrested. Between, ten
eleven o'clock a large force of armed police and in' be'
visited the clubs, and arrested fourteen of the leadersorS
fore any alarm could be given. Amongst the Pris°v/110
are Leach, the printer, Whitaker, and DonevaP'
appeared much chopfallen at their capture. brought
On Wednesday morning, the prisoners were
~,gtioS'
up before a full bench of magistrates for exaril'A-005'
James Leach, Daniel Donovan, I. J. Finnigen, an tester.
Rankin, had been arrested on warrants from 31eue'' were
The police had received ilearmation that warrants of
out against several others from other towns. The ,?s
of the rest were T. Whittaker, H. Ellis, P. Deciltretv
Carrigin, G. Rogers, J. Leaman, H. Williams, G•i tba‘
her, G. White, and J. Dolan. Mr. Pollock askesi`se ity
all the prisoners should be remanded, as it would
iott
jurious to the ends of justice to enter into an exaull:'_ers,
at the present time. Mr. Roberts defended the pri-0J:.100
and, •in a speech of some length, demanded that
.t%iej
prisoners against whom no warrants had been
.15:',i00
should be at once discharged, and that the examiunco,
of the rest should be proceeded with. After consultsu_or
the bench decided to bind all the prisoners over to sPlioa
that day week. The court was crowded to excess,

large numbers were gathered outsiFe.--- , , o 0
A meeting of the Oldham Chartists took P°'—salf•s
Wednesday night, but they dispersed quietly about -
past ten.
From all that has taken place in and around 1-1311 C sive
ter, there is every reason to believe that some extelluits•
tim
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reinhl
oat
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forartandheeocp
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vernment, so as to compel them of tb-
troops from Ireland. Attempts have been made pr), the
Manchester Chartists to rouse the working classes.
_of
surrounding towns to seditious movements, and in nee
cases with success. The magistrates and the police "
have, however, frustrated any general rising. giolft
to alarm
At Birmingham, two men, named White an ° est'
ethoavrw:riisstthsdarnawd many . , the
were committed for seditious language at Chartist t‘
ings. l for
On Wednesday night, in consequence of private ady
mation received by the Government, a stroig booze'
the police, nearly 300 in number, proceeded to thestpitlif
Tavern, in Webber-street, London, kept by a l;hoto,„
where they seized fourteen men, and conveyed 1 to tra
Tower-street. On being searched, pistols loadet,,,,
muzzle, pikes, three-corner daggers, spear hea°' ore
swords were found upon their persons, and otbersa bee,
found secreted under the seats on which theYl,it of°l,,
sitting. Some of them wore iron breast-Plat °,tl;
others had gunpowder, shot, and tow-balls. L'apreol,';
man no fewer than 75 rounds of ball-cartridge w` of tP,I
covered. The prisoners were all placed in front es ant
lobby, and having been duly charged, their nitooo',
addresses were taken, and scarcely a man was, via
forward who was not well known to the police t
prominent Chartist. o tbe
At one o'clock on Thursday morning, eleven
armed Chartists were arrested in the neighbourot, aoio
Red Lion-square. The whole of the police n°
arm`'
in the streets were at the several stations under of `r,
case their services should be required. The la° T°`` ,e
military quartered at Buckingham Palace, the,,„, vte4
Mint, Bank of England, and the various barrao4oo
under arms, and a continuous line of communica as °•,,est
kept up between the metropolitan and city Pnlit•c°o.olw•d
as with the military and other official bodies. r,tist 0
has already transpired it is supposed that the Cha'wed, 0
Confederate clubs intended to march out well qfdia,°loo
they did some weeks back, and attack such nu, car to
might be pointed out to them. Shortly after thoodtto
was made in Webber-street, a meeting was atte the °I! if
be held at the South London Chartist-hall, in hoilike/et
street, when one of the leaders rushed into the as taxi;
and advised them, for God's sake, to disperse,tit tetie
lives were in danger. In an instant a generalfrro 6'
place for the street, and one man, in leaping man
window, severely injured himself. olieet i°
On Thursday morning, at an early hour, as ,"basrit t°
was on duty at Clerkenwell, he espied a large
the churchyard. On getting over the rails heft for dot'
contain 700 ball cartridges, and implements It stoti
gerous purposes. The articles were taken tote old
Wag •
house. tes
On Friday evening, a meeting of Confederal, 101 alit
at the South Chartist-hall, Blackfriars-roan been,cierl•
but a formidable array of armed police havinthird illO4
to the spot, the room was not above onet; which
The object was to revive the Mitchel Clit
ronl;‘. was ofit
greatly fallen off of late. A man named ' • ng° • 's'
to the chair, and, after alluding to the, their Je
people, requested the speakers to conceal. „. man ''TPolle
and not to use seditious language. A Ynan'' cling °e
violently against the press, accusing it of hone.nil f
government to crush the liberties of the PeauPdav-eCH
vised Irishmen to organise, and hold I the 13010
meetings at their own houses. A person '1 the rebut,
be
the hall began an address, stating that, 0° ti)
was put down, what object could be gal iiio orss
was yelled down, and so threatened tlmt. wa, a r_xit
make his escape. A cry was raised that tad rapid
me
officer in disguise, and a scene of uproar and nisat:tterev
9-10ths of the meeting took placel. in eWhairo3oll teselus'
and women were knocked down. Th‘e,.l`-'„hei,
a warm eulogy on the patriotism of Pl'' gitc,,osl Ivo
tion affirming the necessity of reviving issa AitiO
was carried.—On the same day warrants Tt..o of se"
o°s
the apprehension of the most violent spout"
at recent.k.hltehougii t
he meetingsprecauitni tnlsm e
takentncr metropolis. phoiairaeecCt
cO.;
the
hsittocn.eerbseehnavfeulb:yeewnarorfantltleed mboysttheexitucufusrivueitiaor
isvt hwlaesotohji
commissioners have obtained—namely, loon
nTioel';
intention of the Chartists and BePealfsj, to ~'„° poli:100
opportunity after they were fully org
their disturbances in several parts oif'the„an'tteilVgliciti to,
one time, by pulling up the gas-pipes and
in total darkness. Chartist 0- s.,tien, to
On Saturday, William CuffeY, a t eouve" office'et'
riety in connexion with the John-street poliee,cte tocoo(1
brought before Mr. Henry, at Bow-stl, AelecT
answer the charge of having attenoed
ings referred to in the evidence of PowelL,i'lepsiV'tirjoeo`of
taken part in a treasonable conspiraer.s.
street' ibraecoog'
he was a tailor, living at 11, 1101 in remenoesio,s,
street, Soho. His appearance, AieWe'eetlY.crii he oce
the tone and style of Juli speeches, aa Pen Lek i whit os°°l4o(/'
He was scarcely higher thin the „uden uss 40'
Ai!
ciplaced,sa African sort
demeanour
bet
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aatisiEnil:ags
toirs_tuati;
orn.
be
Pined, the
J:eal.;lo..;toi:
is;
totl
After several witnesses had been ex Mrs. Cuomoloa,ao.ef
was remanded to the 31st instant.
views
in oo
expressed her %tow The P.41.1P
the court, but having expres• n officer. , clay'
terms, she had to be put out by well, good
on leaving the court exclaimed,
men," with well affected firmness.

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:fee fixed on all
seting of the rof the
n the vestry
her money not ex-
te for the last three
defray the expenses
ring settlements in
regulations of the
Turner, the vicar,
equence of notices
ven to such parties
uardians had appli-
children—but b.
e denomination of
;le them to a free
them wished to go.
emainder labourin(
tld be £9 each,
an
ution was passed to
sd for the purpose
the rates. The ea'
er head per annuro.
.elief for four years,
Four years.
week, the Right
e a splendid fete to
hall, near Wigan'
n he said, at
he
to save somethlog
that in many
in-
In order to aC-
nent, he should, on
one of his workrne.
when he bad done
sr that sum. Fur"
man had a perfect
own. They foight
he wished no fur'
he would stronlY
are how difficultg,.
St,.7ith a family
nce, a sixpence, of
lit put by if he bad
otherwise lie would
ich sums, however
Pay into the 10,111
Lent, every addityl
If any wan r
the, he (Mr. P. Pi
led 10s., he woel
he would add
would have £5
lie would make
• time they woulu
!ellent agent, gr.
out his vvishee.

ISTUR BANCO

;hartists took Pl°
Before a police
!an be ascertsitirj
2deiates assenv"•
Louse, the Charles'
ed the surveillano
• 01
iselves with poto
id march out
c-
)re twelve nelc/;
)position. Per&
ime thirty or t,
in the mooring";
, and others kilelif
Leeting-house
n was shot throub,o
ued the other !IT°
m by running into
inside, taking 56
issible. What of
he assassination 4
ear; but it Byte
Ttained the inso`o
se military, for
, they encounter`A.
ck—some, jae;
save been cono
the policeinitn• of
in consequenc.eto
a of the CO" (1
Between
police and rniile,
of the leaders
)ngst the prix 0
nd Donovan, sc

Lire.
aers were brought
for examinatO,
innigen, and Tll°s'
from 31anchester.
hat warrants vrer:'
mns. The naelief
lie, P. Devlin,' h'
Villiamq, G. vve't
'olloek'asked teat
as it would be in:
ito an exarninatieo
aded the prisoners,
nanded that tiloe'
had been Wo
t the exarninatio°
After eons u ltati°ll;
aers over to aPP_e5,l
led to excess, v•P

;ts took place of'
quietly about bag.

around 1113011 W
hat some e%tensiv°
.neral and sirnultr
s and Repealers i 0
to alarm the GO'
beenw many of tbo
made by the
king classes in tbea
tents, and in soul
nd the police forv";

ising• , gjaft
White see
loci.
at Chartist

ce of private iafori
a strolg body
!eded to the Mgtlei,
pt by a Mr. to
conveyed thee'tm
tols loaded to Loa
spear heads, 111/0
and others Al
hick they had D'..4
breast plates, "6
-balls.- Under °,ll-
- were (1!,.5;
ed in front of ti)
,1
I, their names $llO
man br°;6,,gg
e police as be'"

otbeff
ning, elerenood 0
neighbe_atrhoo dug
police nu ,rros, be
ns under i 01
er,
The whole Tow re
'alace, °leeks, ``",clos
ous barra tioo
ell
:ommunicB a 5 Fat
city polivcr°o',l °ld
m r
dies. • tiSt `-05
at the Cl's,„,eclr A
out well orciloglo
t 5.0
such b? esiii to
after
was " teu 6
'y age° slit°
t-hall, .0 builds
_if
1 into the 09 tboy
I disperse, ush tqcie
generalfrrord
leaping

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liceafo
'our, as a Pbc)tol‘q t°
[ a large, found lA,
mils be 't ° or ti ne
-
rnents the sta o
ken to

n fed eraites witosaloleol4;
ars-roo, Ven sent
e having bee OA
re one-tlu . , bou
31 Citib, which
led gay was c?':;15
the wrongs oil..:;;,
iceal their fee.'l"Ae
k young man sPkio
of houndingfine ,i'a,
be people. enifig
ld Sunclav-ti
.y 4
300 in the bool..,:o
Lt, as the relilbe
gained------.1,
that lie visS Wile,
iat he WIIS a P° •t of
oar and raPid ''', 00,
Ti which rannivreo
e Chairrnet; u.„,', 01a,
gitchel. foi-iub
the gitche A for
itsi were issueiltio
spouters of se°
is. 00,15'
the Police CO the 9
site characte!,,l, the
wniation isbl-a tilo
y, that it ;61.0
ilers, upon t _..,OCe
nised, tO co011,;:5 os
f the inetroro`ol4oo
and putting),

etc;
iartist of ration'1,0
Beetce
ponce._ oce
delegarvi 01141
I the ,
well, on ...oiler 5.. f,
The przsi.ololf
!s-street, vi;t3 oce
d in reniern.aicolon
rectly.ri
Vein which
4P:roce;
'• dent I's' Of
In'Pu lob t 4°'
°so. babiv
onPrined, the Peas 10
51rs. Cuffe) to jibes
ico, in too rioor
ficer. Thi:yl:geot
good