The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-31 00:00:00

THE EXTENSIVE FORGERY IN THE CITY.

The name of the principal engaged in the late extensive for-
gery in the city is Christopher Charles Foster, and the extent
to which he' ha; succeeded in defrauding his friends, and those
who had reposed confidence in his integrity, is, it is said, far
beyond that at which it had been stated—namely, £2t1,0(.10: Ills
uncle, whose business, as well as,the greater portion of his prd-
perm he would, in all human probability, in a few years have
succeeded to, and a diStinguished capitalist in the city, will he
the principal sufferers; but there are others to whom he (Foster)
was personally known, from whom he had borrowed various
sums of money, and who will,-in the event of his not being-takeri
into custody, be the losers.

Lea, the.ofilcer employed by the sufferers, has been most in-
defaticrable in his exertions to trace out some clue to the retreat
of the delinquent, hie brother, and a third person (a laWyer's
clerk) who went with him; hut as yet he has not been able to
ascertain much, beyond his leaving his residence at Woodford-
bridge, in Essex, on the morning of Sunday week, taking with
him a quantity of luggage; sinOe which time he has not been
seen there, or at any of his usual haunts in town. A few days
afterwards, a young female, with whom he lived for upwards of
two years past, though he had a wife and four children, Moved
away the furniture, &c. to a house in Islington, and claims it,
as well as a quantity of plate, &c. as her own. This property,
it is said, as well as a large sum of money, he settled on her and
her child, though he has left his wife and children destitute.
A reportwascurrent yesterday, that he had been apprehended
in Ireland; but this appears extremely doubtful, as it is gener,
ally believed that his object was to get to America, and that he
had sailed by the Ontario packet, which left the London DoCk,.
on Sam rda y-week, and sailed from 'Portsmouth about the middle
of last week.
On the night of Saturday week he placed £I3,(XX) in cash and
bank notes in the hands of a respectable publican in the city,
to keep for him until the following morning, when he called for
it, and took the whole away.
In the printed hand-bills which are circulated, and is wlrith
a reward of £250 is offered for the apprehension of the parties,'
it is stated that a man named Hndsol, who was grOorn to Foster,
had absconded with his master. Tais, however, is not the case,
nor does he appear to have the slightest participation in -the
Oka his employer. -

THE RICHES OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH.

1. Only about two-thirds of the land in England and Wales
are titheable.-2. Laymen have one-third of the whole. of the
tithes.-3. The whole tithe paid to the clergy when wheat was
£3 18s. 211. per quarter—(far higher than it is now )—amounted
to £1,426,527 ISs., or less than a million and a half.---4. If the •
tithes were equally divided, each parish clergyman would have,
according to the present price Of wheat, .Cl5O a-year.-5. There
arc in England. and Wales 176 living. under E3O a-year, 7:36
under £5O 'ttyear, 1315 under £BO a-year, 1063 under £lOO
a-year—i. e., 4190 under 1:1(I0 a-year ; and not 3.) worth £2OOO
a-year.-6. There are -1809 where there is no house for the
clergyman, and of these 3080 are under £l5O a-year.---Can the
clergyman build a house when he dues not receive £l5O a-year
from the liVing?" All the houses are kept in repair by the e'er.-
gymen. At this very time £220,000 have been borrowed by
etergymen to build or 'rebuild parsonage-houses.-7, The fees
to the clergy in country parishes vary from £3 to £7 on every
1(1)0 persons of population. Most of the fees do not go to the
clergy, but are g►ven to clerks and other officers.--8. Only 11
bishoprics pay their expenses ! and from three of these the sub-
scriptions they are obliged to pay are £3OOO a-year each.-9. if
the income of the parochial clergy, and of the bishops, and the
cathedral property were equally divided among the parochial
clergy, it would barely give £2OO to each, and out.• of this they
would have to pay curates in large parishes.
These facts, it should be remembered, are taken from docu-
ments laid before parliament by the enemies, by those who
complain of being heavily taxed to support a rich and idle
church. The money annually paid into the exchequer op account
of the snuff and tobacco duties exceeds the wnoi.a REVENUE of
the church establishment !—From a few Facts addressed Wall
honest ref ureters.

Frnc.—Last night, about eleven o'clock, a fire broke out, on
the premises of a furnittire-dealer, in Park-lane.' A smoke was
seen issuing from the premises by a watchman, who iromediately
gave the alarm, and the Fire Police and West of England
engines were speedily on the spot with the respective forces, And
by their endeavours aided by the effective direction of Messrs.
Whiny, Levla.nd, and Davis, the flames, which threatened
destruction Co the adjoining premises of Messrs. Murray and
Callender, the ship store dealers, Were soon got under. The
damage is inconsiderable.
Dr. 10:rOnts: A PLAY-stTon!—On Monday last, Dr. John
Ritchie of Edinburgh, delivered a lecture on the
Voluntary
principles, garnished with more than his usual buffoonery cud
low humour. About the beginning of the lecture, an old. lady,
came in and seated herself in serious mood, to hear what in a
chapel had been wont to sound in her ears. After listening for
some time, she rose in an indignant and dignified style, and
exclaimed, ," I cane here to hear a_minister, but that's a play-
'actor," and pushed herself out of the pea where she was seated.
`Whisht, whislit,"st“s the beadle, "that's, Dr. Ritchie free
Edinbttrgh." " A weel, he'l no doctor me—theman's Mad." So
saying she walked out.— Edinba rgb Pat.