The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-29 00:00:00

Feb. 29,1848.

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PLAYING AT BILLIARDS ON THE SABBATIL—OH Fri'
day, Alfred Coppal was summoned for permitting gem'
bling on the Sabbath, in a licensed billiard-room, kept
by him, in Parker-street. Inspector Muir went up at half"
past one o'clock on Sunday morning, the 6th instant, and
found two gentlemen playing a match. Mr. Coppee
stated, in defence, that the transgression occurred entirely
without his knowledge and during his absence from town-
Mr. Rushton inflicted the full penalty of £5 and costs,
and said if another case occured defendant's license would
be suspended.
OBTAINING MONEY FROM THE BISHOP OF BANGOI4
BY FALSE PRETENCES.—On Wednesday, James Gold-
smith, who had been remanded from Monday, on a charge,
of rai.ing money by using the name of the Rev. Huge
M'Neile, was again brought up. Mr. Dowling, the
Head Constable, stated that a letter had been received
from the Bishop of Bangor, addressed to the Rev. Hugh
M'Neile. It was to the effect that the Bishop had
ceived a letter, with a signature purporting to be that of
the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, soliciting subscriptions on be-
half of the distressed Irish. He understood that exer-
tions were being made on their behalf, and, taking it for
granted that the letter had been sent by the Rev. Hugh
M'Neile, he forwarded the check for £5 which had been
referred to. From what had subsequently taken place,
he had no doubt the letter was a trap laid for him to ob-
tain money by false pretences. He had destroyed the
letter. Mr. Rushton, addressing the prisoner, said,
" You have escaped in consequence of the letter being
destroyed, otherwise I should have sent you for trial-
This exposure will save the public from any more imposi-
tions on your part, but if you are brought here again, and
the case made out, you shall be punished most severely.
The prisoner was about to speak, and had uttered the
words " Gentlemen of the jury," when Mr. Rushton said
there was no jury. unfortunately, in the case, and told
him to go about his business.

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In the cotton mills of Bolton, generally, the number of
working hours is on the increase.
CONVERTS TO PROTESTANTISM.—On Sunday week,
four persons, members of the Church of Rome, received
the Holy Communion at St. James's Church, in this,
town, and were admitted as members of the Church of
England.—Preston Pilot.

FEROCITY OF THE HAWK.—A few days ago a large
sparrow hawk, attracted by a caged canary in the window
of a house at Lancaster, dashed through the glass at -the
little warbler, but missed it, and fell on its back in the
room. It afterwards escaped.
THE PORT OF PnEsroN.—Arrangements have beat
made for exporting salt from this port,—an excellent an.
tide of back carriage from foreign traders. The Content
is now loading the first cargo from Preston, to Rostock,
in Prussia. This will be a great advantage to the trade of
the port, as, formerly, foreign vessels, after discharging
their cargoes at Preston, had to go round to Liverpool W
obtain salt.—Preston Chronicle.

ALTCAR OPEN MEETING.—We learn that on the 10th
and 17th of March there will be an open meeting (the
last, we presume, for the season) upon the splendid domain.
and under tha patronage of the Earl of Sefton. The
stewards are James Wickstead Swan, Esq., of Chorlton-
hall, near Chester, and W. G. Unsworth, Esq., of Mag-
hull, near Liverpool. Mr. Swan is the honorary secretary.
and Mr. M`George will be judge.
FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO A HOUSE AT BROUGHTON, Br
ARMED MEN.—At about eight o'clock, on the evening of
Friday last, five men, apparently navvies, with their laces
blackened, and armed with fire-arms, entered the farm-
house of Mi. Richard Cottam, Crow-hall, near Brought
ton, and demanded money. Mr. Cottam and a party of
friends were playing a game at the time the men entered
the house. A gun was fired by one of the robbers, but
we have not he-ird what property was taken.
POTATOE STORES.—The growers in the neighbourhood
of Garstang have commenced opening their stores, made
in November last, to take to market, and find they are
free from disease, which makes them fehr that it will re-
duce the price to at least one half what they obtained last
spring; but, notwithstanding this, they will pay far better
than any other produce of their farms, as it is not alone
the produce of the potatoe that they look at, but that it
is the best means of cleaning the land for a crop of grain
the following year.

SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A poor girl, named
Pearsall, occasionally subject to syncope, on Wednesday,
the 16th inst., at the honse of her master, Mr. Richard
Mees, blacksmith, of Stourbridge, was descending the
cellar steps to draw some beer for dinner, when her foot
slipped, or a fit seized her, which, cannot be ascertained.
and she fell heavily to the bottom, her mouth coming 01
contact with a barrel, which forced two of her teeth coal'
pletely through her tongue, and rolled upon her as she
lay in a state of insensibility. The cellar seems to have
been half full of water at the time, and the unfortunate
girl was found in about half an hour after the fall, WI"
mersed in it, with the barrel upon her, quite dead.
LANCASTER ASSIZES.—The following were the princi-
pal cases :—W. H. Shaw and John Hamer were indictee
for a conspiracy to defraud the Yorkshire Insurance
Company. The prisoners conducted business as cotton
spinners, at Haslingden. The machinery and stock 01
the mill was, in November, 1846, insured with the York-
shire Insurance Company, and it was burnt in APr'l"
1847. It was alleged that false accounts had been made
up for the purpose of increasing the amount of the alleged
loss. After a lengthy trial, the jury brought in a vertho
of not guilty. Mr. Hamer obtained a verdict on the fol-
lowing day for false imprisonment, damages £.3o.—W:m.
Myers was indicted for the wilful murder of William
Johnson, at Dalton, by stabbing him with a knife. 'll.l'
deceased and the prisoner were navigators, and on the 2t)
of October, on receiving their wages, bad, with others;
become intoxicated at Dalton. The prisoner and decease'
quarrelled, when the former inflicted a stab on the arm'
which caused death. The prisoner was convicted of man-
slaughter, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment.