The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Nearly one hundred persons were summoned to Iliritetbs
head Police-court, on Monday, for norr-payment of posit
rates.
At the Police-court, on Friday, a passenger by the
fast steamer was fined £5 for smuggling whfsky in a hat
box. As the money was not forthcoming, the uetfortUnate
voyager was committed to prison for one month:
ASSAULT BY A SHOPKEEPER ON A LADY.-01YThDrird-
day, a singular case came before Mr. Rushton. Th 4 de:.-
fendant is a hosier, &c., named Esdale. carrying on heig...
ness in Byrom-street. On Monday week, the complain-le ant, Mary Lucas, (an elderly female,) went into the shop in question with the intention of purchasing some shirts;
but seeing none to suit her, she was about leaving, when
the defendant grew violent, struck her several times wits
a shirt on the head, and accused her of coming into his
shop with the intention of robbing. Defendant denied,
in part, the charge made against him, but acknowledged
he was in a violent passion through being tantalised by
the woman, having had to show her a great variety of
articles. The magistrate severely censured the conduct of
the prisoner, and said he had committed a gross outrage
on a respectable woman, for which he must pay £5, or be
imprisoned two months. The prisoner immediately raid
the fine.
THE MANCATCHING, SYSTEM IN LIVERPOOL.--011
Friday se'nnight an English emigrant, who had secured a
passage on board the ship Congress, lying in the Stanley
Dock, was accosted in Whitt chapel by a matt-catcher
named Lawless, who was aware that he had secured a pas.. sage by the Congress. Lawless introduced himself at
once as the cook of the ship, and volunteered a va iety of
information, " but, above all, that English money should
be changed into American." The emigrant was thankful
for the advice, and treated the soi disant cook to a glass
or two of ale. Whilst the ale was being drunk, Lawlesa
proposed a visit to a money-exchange office of very ques-
tionable repute, and this was agreed to. English sove-
reigns were quickly exchanged for American dollars, and
a visit to a neighbouring tavern closed the transaction.
After a short sojourn, the emigrant discovered that whilst
in England English money would be useful, and regretted
that he had converted all his store into American coin.
His friend at once declared his readiness to relieve hint
from diffieulty on this point, by procuring a sovereign for
five dollars. The dollars were handed to Lawless, who,
left the house to procure the sovereign, but neglected to
return. Lawless was on Monday committed for trial.
ALLEGED FORGERY OF AN ACCEPTANCE FOR X 2,000.--
William Threlfall, cotton-spinner, of Addingham, near
Orley, Yorkshire, was charged, on Friday, with uttering a
fOrged acceptance for £2,000. It appeared from the state-
ment of Mr. Harvey, 'solicitor, that, on the 15th of.
February last, Mr. T. B. Bourne, cotton-broker, of this
town, received a letter from the prisoner, enclosing a bill
fm the sum of £2,000, drawn by Mr. Threlfail, upon the
Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company, and purporting to
he accepted by Mr. Joseph Rylands, manager of the said company. The writer requested Mr. Bourne to get the
bill discounted, and apply the money for his (the prisoner's).
advantage. The bill was, consequently, discounted by
the Bank of Liverpool ; but, on Thursday, in consequence-
of information he had received, Mr. Langton, the manager-
of the bank, went to Hull, and there discovered that the-
acceptance was a forgery. Word to that effect was in-
stantly sent by electric telegraph to Liverpool, and on.
Friday morning the prisoner was arrested here. Kr.
Harvey, at the conclusion of his statemnt, pryed.th
magistrate for a remand, which was granteed. oa.i Satur-
e day afternoon the prisoner was again placed in the dock,
and the court was crowded by merchants and brokers,_
many of whom were personally acquainted with the pri-
soner, and had recently had transactions with him, Mr.
Harvey again appeared on behalf of the prosecution, and'
Mr. Aspinall. barrister, assisted by Mr. Bremner, of this-
town, tied Mr. Barrat, solicitor, of Leeds, for the pri-
soner. The latter gentleman was informed on Friday, by
a telegraphic message, of the prisoner's position. Mr. T.
B. Bourne was then called. He produced a bill drawn-
by William Threlfall, dated the 16th March, 1850, for
£2OOO upon the Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company.
He alse produced a letter which he received enclosing the-
bill. In pursuance of the instructions contained in that
letter, he got the bill discounted at the Bank of Liver-
pool, and transmitted the money. • In answer to Mr.
Aspinall, witness stated that he did not know prisoner to
be a partner in the Hull Flax and Cotton Mill Company.
Mr. Langton, manager of the Borough Bank,. proved the
discounting of the bill at the bank, and said that he had
been assured by the acceptor that it was not genuine.
Mr. Superintendent Tovverson, examined by Mr. Rushton,
stated that he had examined the carpet bag, and in it he
found a small black leather bag. In the small bag were
the hand stamps which he produced. He also found some
red ink and paint. One of the stamps contained the
words " Old Flax and Cotton Mill Company," and the
other " Chief-manager." He had looked at. the bill of'
exchange produced, and he believed it was stamped with
the instruments produced. Mr. Rushton then remanded
the case until yesterday. Mr. Threlfall was, we are in-
formed, always highly respected in his business transac-
tions, and was considered an opulent manufacturer.
Amongst other mills, the prisoner owned one at Roch-
dale, recently in the possession of Mr. Heworth, of sav--
ings'-bank notoriety. The examination yesterday will
be found in cur eighth page. •

Elistria tartus,

The Bolton Town Council has memorialised govern-
ment in favour of .the Ten Hours Bill.
Sir Robert Peel has presented a donation of £lOO in aid
of t he erection of a new Athenteum at Bury.
The Hon. and Rev. H. Powys, rector of Warrington,
proposes to convert the school-house into public baths.
Several faction fights have recently taken place among
the Irish at Present. Two parties engaged in them have
been fined £5 each.
The obituary window in memory of the late G. E.
Anson, Esq., son of the Dean of Chester, has this week
been placed in the south aisle of Chester Cathedral.
A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against
Joseph Wheeler, the relieving officer of Oldham, " for
wilfully neglecting to relieve" an old woman who lived in
a cellar. '

A boy, twelve years of age, has been killed in Manches-
ter, by a man who kicked him in the belly during a little
ill feeling. The parties present did not at all anticipate
any serious consequences from the kick, but it proved
fatal soon after.
A DEAR PULL.—On Tuesday, at the Prescot petty
sessions, Andrew Millington, a collier, was charged by
Joseph Johnson with " pulling his nose," and otherwise
abusing him, at Parr, near the railway-bridge. He was
fined £2, and 10s. 6d. costs, or one month's imprison-
ment with bard labour.

A meeting was held in St. Helens on Tuesday. to esta,
blish a new savings bank, in anticipation of the govern-
ment measure passing into a law. In the mean time Messrs.
Parr, Lyon and Co. will receive deposits, and allow
interest at two per cent. on all sums remaining in their
hands above three months.

A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against s
man named Leigh, at Manchester. The prisoner and
another man quarrelled, and were about to fight. when
the former struck his antagonist and knocked him down.
He then kicked him so furiously that he died shortly
after. Both parties were intoxicated.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT CHESTER RACES.—On Thurs-
day, Mr. Jamieson's b c Tower, which was broneht out
to run for the Dee Stand Cup, bolted, and threw his rider
(Osborne) who was injured, but not seriously, by the fall.
The horse, finding himself free from the weight of his
rider, immediately showed in front, and kept this position
to the bridge turn, when he took the rail, and ran inside
the course, at full speed, among the people. He speedily
passed the Grand Stand, and ran against some people
who were standing close to the rails. killed a child, an&
seriously injured a woman, who was carried to the Infir-
mary. Several others were slightly bruised.
THE CURSE OF CHEAPNESS.—The Manchester Guar-
dian kFree-trade paper) of Wednesday, in its Rochdale
market report says—" There has been considerable com-
petition for the government order of 200,000 yards of
flannel awarded some ten days ago. Several of the manu-
facturers who have been successful in former rears in
obtaining a fair share of this order, have failed doing so
this year. So low have been the tenders, that many of
those who have got a fair share of this order are unwil-
ling to acknowledge it, and those who do own it, say thew
have got more of it than they wish. Report speaks of a
Manchester merchant as being one of the successful com-
petitors."

FREE-TRADE " ARGUMENTS"—EXCLUSIVE DEALING.
—During the last few days an admirable, though anony-
mous, specimen of free-trade logic has been pretty exten-
sively..circulated about this neighbourhood, addressed to
" Fellow Workmen" of some kind or the other. II pro-
ceeds to shew what a " long, stroag, and expensive strug-
gle we had in the abolition of the corn laws, navigation
laws, and a great many other laws" !—how " meeting
after meeting" was held, "subscription after subscription"
got up, men " of the brightest talent and the most bene-
volent mind"! were hired to " advocate the cause;" and
having detailed the wholemachiner); of the Manchester
League, the document calls stupidly upon " Fellow
Workmen, whoever they may be, to stop the friends of
native industry from employing anything like similar
means to get back that degree of protection to the " stork-
men" which is essential to the welfare of the country ! •
The way in which this is proposed to be done is by refus-
ing to buy milk and butter from the farmers "at their ovvil
prices." This is the step to which free traders are driven
at last! We believe it has actually been tried in some
places here-rthe idea being that by directly injuring their
neighbours the free-trade geese must benefit themselves!
How worthy the cackle is of the cause !—Blackburn
Standard.

THE FACTORY ACT.—Lord Ashley has addressed a
letter to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Short-time Com-
mittee; in which his lordship, with a proper regard to
his own character, assumes his right position in reference
to the parties whom he addresses; informing.!hern that
he cannot act as their delegate, but as their friend ; and
as a friend advising them to accept the compromise pro-
posed by the government, as the most satisfactory settle-
ment of the question that is likely to be arrived at.
Lord Ashley, indeed, points out one addition to the clau-
ses proposed by Sir George Grey, which we consider a
decided improvement,—namely, the insertion of the
in'o"children" along with women and young persons,"
trd the clause by which labour is prohibited, except be-.
tween the hours of six in the morn ng and six in the
evening. To this suggestion we have no doubt Sir.
George Grey will accede. The Times approves of it. The
projected comprtmise on the part ofthe government has
aroused the operatives of Manchester, who insist upon a
bill which will prevent them from being compelled to
work more than 58 hours per week. A meeting was held
on Sunday evening, at which it was decided to protest
against any measure, emanating from whatever quarter it
may, which involves in the slightest degree a departure
from the principle of ten hours labour for five days in the
week, end sight ou tho Saturdays.