The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-12 00:00:00

/District Rcb3s,

The Earl of Derby has appointed Sir John Gerard,
Bart.. major commandant of the Lancashire Hussars, and
William Charles, Yates, Esq., captain.
During the past week a great number of fragments of
Roman urns, containing calcined bones, &c., have been
discovered whilst excavating in the yard of the Gas Works,
Wigan.
The extensive coach-building establishment of Aiessrs.
Dunn and Co., at Lancaster, was destroyed by tire on
Thursday. The proprietors were insured. The loss is
£5,000.

The Bishop of London paid a visit to Wilbraham Eger-
ton, Esq., at his seat, Tatton Park, Cheshire, on Thurs-
day week ; stayed Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. on which
day he attended divine service at Rostherne church, and
left Talton on Monday.
By the late decision of the House of Lords, Lord Bal-
carras is now twenty-fourth Earl of Crawford in succes-
sion, and ranks as premier Earl of Scotland in the union
role called over at all elections of the sixteen represen-
tative peers.

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.—An attempt was re-
cently made, in Rome, to assassinate the Rev. Daniel
Hearne, Roman Catholic priest, late of Manchester.
Mr. Hearne had gone to Rome to memorialize the Pope
in reference to his (Mr. Hearne's) deposition fro'n St.
Patrick's Chapel, Manchester ; but it does not appear
that the attempt on the rev. gentleman's life was at all
connected with his visit to Rome. _

TIIE DEE PILOTS.—On Tuesday, the three men who
were recently before Mr. Rushton, were brought up at
Holywell, charged with having feloniously taken a trunk
belonging to a passenger on board the Ocean Monarch.
It appeared that the trunk had been opened before several
parties whom Benion, one of the prisoners, requested to
be present, but several articles are since missing. Several
persons gave the prisoners a good character for just and
upright conduct. The prisoners were bailed to appear to
any indictment that may be preferred against them.
CAPTURE OF A FORGER.--The Vesuvius, just arrived
from Newfoundland, has brought home a prisoner, who
calls himself O'Kelly, but whose real name is Norton, he
being one of the two men who forged cheques on the Man-
chester Bank some months ago to the amount of £3OOO
and upwards. Norton was discovered at St. John's, to-
gether with the other man, Broadshaw. The latter,'how-
ever, made his escape from prison before the ship sailed.
£l6OO was found in O'Kelly's portmanteau, beside two
gold watches, which have been brought home in charge of
Mr. Finlay, chief constable of St. John's. The prisoner
will be conveyed to Manchester for examination.
CARNARVON REGATTA.—This regatta took place On
Tuesday. The Carnarvon Cup was won by Mr. Birchall's li
Vision, beating the Drift, Enigma, Viola, and the Queen
of the Ocean. The cup was a massive vase, valued at
forty guineas. This is the fifth cup which Mr. Birchallhas
borne from Carnarvon. The Prince of Wales' Cup was
won by the Enigma, belonging to Mr. Rodgett, of Pres-
ton, beating the Drift, Hope, Viola, Darcus, and Queen
of the Ocean. At the regatta dinner honourable mention
was made of the lase eminently humane services rendered
by Mr. Littledale and Mr. Tobin, both of whom were
present. Dr. Grindrod and Mr. Melling were also pre-
sent, and their nautical skill and gentlemanly bearing
were duly acknowledged.
RE-OPENING OF ST. LURE'S CHURCH, CIIORLTON-
UPON-MEDLOCK.—The above church, after having been
painted and beautified, was re-opened on Sunday last,
when three eloquent and most impressive sermons were
delivered by the Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester, the
Rev. P. J. O'Leary, and the Rev. Canon Stowell. The
collections amounted to upwards of £5O. In the evening,
when Canon Stowell preached, the church was literally
crammed. On Tuesday evening last, a fourth sermon
was preached at St. Saviour's Church, which was gene-
rously lent for the occasion, by the Rev. Hugh M`Neile,
D.D., of Liverpool, Honorary Canon of Chester, when
the sum of £55 was collected. Dr. M`Neile's discourse
was one of great power, characterised throughout by the
deepest and most fervid eloquence. The large and beau-
tiful church, with its splendid congregation, presented a
most imposing aspect. The collections altogether
amounted to £lO6, which sum is to be appropriated to
the liquidation of £2OO contracted by former repairs. and
other expenses connected with St. Luke's.—. Manchester
Courier.

ARRESTS OF MORE CHARTISTS.—After the period of
comparative quiet which had succeeded the simultaneous
arrests of chartists all over the kingdom, the leaders of
that body still at liberty in Lancashire seem to have
thought that they might safely go abroad, or at all events
make themselves strangers to their own homes. On
Wednesday, however, other captures were made by the
police at Ashton, and with such success that it was said
21 were taken into custody at that town, besides two in
Manchester. The two taken in Manchester, John Lati-
mer and William Winterbottom, are charged with having
been present at the murder of the policeman Bright, at
Ashton, and Latimer, when taken, had marks of blood on
his clothes, but on being told the charge, said, " I see my
folly now ; I did not shoot the man : I pointed my gun in
another direction." On being asked where the gun was,
he said it had been thrown into the river at Ashton. The
prisoners were taken from Manchester to Ashton, and
were remanded until Saturday. Two of the other persons
apprehended—one named Broadbent and the other Wil-
liamson—were admitted evidence, and sixteen of their
companions were committed for trial at the next Chester
assizes, charged with sedition and conspiracy. There are
altogether seven men in custody, charged with being ac-
cessories to the murder of the police-constable Bright,
viz. :—John Latimore, Wm. Parker, Jas. Wrigley, Thos.
Tasaker, John Sefton, Thomas Winterbottom, and Thos.
Latimore.
ANNU 81, MEETING OF THE COUNTY MAGISTRATES.—
The annual meeting of this body took place on Thursday,
at Preston. The Rev. J. Brooks presided. Amongst a
multiplicity of business transacted, the most important,
in a local point of view, was the financial affairs of the
Kirkdale House of Correction, the total annual expendi-
ture of which was £20,370 6s. Bd., which included the
item for 120 additional cells for the confinement of pri-
soners. They had also incurred an extra expense of
£334 ss. Id. for a new well, which it was thought neces-
sary to be laid down for supplying the whole prison with
water. Mr. Watts said that, looking over the different
Kirkdale officers, he found that there were three clerks,—
one with a salary of .£l3O, a second with £llO, and a third
clerk with £7B per year. On referring back to the Pres-
ton House of Correction, he found that all the business
was done by one clerk, with a salary of £lOO a year ;
while the Kirkdale salaries amounted to £3lB a year. He
should be glad if some explanation could be made upon
this subject. The Chairman said they certainly had not
any men who were doing no work in Kirkdale. There
was more work to be performed there because they had
assize prisoners sent to them. The returns also ordered
for government were so great and numerous that it re-
quired one clerk to do that work alone. It was the object
they had in view, to make the expenditure of the county
as low as was consistent with its usefulness. After a fur-
ther discussion, the accounts were allowed to pass. Mr.
J. B. Yates brought forward a motion for the holding of
the sessions at Preston and Newton alternately. Some
Idiscussion followed, and the motion was withdrawn.

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—At the Court
of Record, Salford, on Tuesday night, the last case was
that of " Spencer v. Leary," for breach of promise of
marriage. The parties reside at Rochdale, and are both
rather young. The plaintiff (Miss Margaret Spencer) is
a dressmaker, and about two years and a half ago the
defendant, Mr. Abraham Leary. the son of an ironfounder,
began to pay his addresses to her, and carried matters so
far that on the 24th of August, 1847, the wedding bonnets
and dresses of the bride intended, and of the bridesmaid,
had been purchased with his approval. The bridesmaid,
at his especial request, a cousin to the plaintiff, had come
all the way from Coventry to be present. On the follow-
ing morning the bridal party awaited the arrival of the
defendant to accompany them to church, but he detained
them all day in vain, and it was not until eight at night
that he arrived to apologise, and throw the blame of dis-
appointment on his father, who, he said, had promised to
set him up in business if he would wait a few months
longer before he was married. The plaintiff was again led
to believe his intentions " honourable," and to hide her
chagrin went to pass some months at Coventry, during
which the defendant continued to write to her, pledging
himself to fidelity in the strongest terms. At length,
however, he had taken another bride, the temptation, it
was supposed, being a dowry of a thousand pounds, and
the mode he chose of announcing his marriage to the
plaintiff was by sending the wedding cards and a pair of
gloves to her. The damages were laid at £5O, being the
utmost anwunt which can be proceeded for in the court.
Both the lady and gentleman were present, and it was
given in evidence that the defendant had offered £3O and
"taxed" costs.—The jury found for the plaintiff, damages
£5O, a verdict which appeared to give satisfaction, especi-
ally to a great number of ladies in the court.
FATAL RESUI.'rS OF PASSION AND EXCITEMENT.—In
Wednesday's. Courier, under the head of " Sudden Death
from Excitement," we noticed the awfully sudden de-
cease of a Mrs. Cranfield, the wife of a beerseller in Teb-
butt-street, off Rochdale-road, who, on Sunday evening,
was so alarmed by the boisterous brutality of a drunken
man, that she fell down on the floor and expired almost
in a moment. To-day we have to report two other deaths

whichequally
loacne occurred r
sudden,r e d iin this
both e it
resulting,u nder
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named instance, from over-wrought excitement. ",',"
Monday, a married man, with a family of two Chihli;
named George Clarke, of Spear-street, Salford, who to
been unemployed for about three months, suceeedea,_.
obtaining work at a brewery in Oldham Road, and on tg
termination of his day's work he felt so elated with
success, that before going home he invited one or two;
his fellow workmen to have a glass of ale at his exPen
Accordingly they went to the Shakspere public-house,,le
New Allen-street, where Clarke called for a quart of he
but before the poor fellow could drink a glass of it, er
fell down on the floor a corpse. At the incite st held oirs
his remains next day, it was proved that he was in a higt
state of excitement, and much elated at having
with a situation, and the jury returned a verdict of "Pl 4
from apoplexy, induced by excitement." The ne"
case is that of James Howarth, engraver, aged 71 Yearci
who resided in Bank-street, Hulme, and the inqui
on whom was held on Wednesday last, before the a 1
coroner, Mr. Chapman. It appears that on Tocksdall
morning the deceased (who is described to have uepi
„
a man of very excitable temperament, and labouring
der asthma) came down stairs in a remarkably bad hnolcu.'
and finding that 116 daughter had provided coffee for ills
at.
lwaktast, he insisted upon having porridge. His A "a—at
ter made some slight demur, on which be fell into a gjeT;
rage, And as one of the witnesses (a neighbour who In;
pened to be in at the time) stated, he seemed to gasPiiii
breath, and made a noise like the barking of a dog. '-to
daughter and wife, who were alarmed, ran to assist his'.
his chair, and loosened his kerchief and shirt collar to
On gill,
him breath, when after struggling a few minutes he
down and in a few moments breathed his last. —lVlanclies"
ter Courier.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

0 Aerins
COMMITMENTS FOR TRIAL. Yesterday, ,5...-
er,
Riley, for robbing John O'Brien of 10.., in Ban
street ; George Poole, for stealing a Watch ; John NI",
for stealing a sovereign from R. Boberts ; William I:ned
nayne, for stealing calico bags from Messrs. Bird d s
Gillibrand ; Margaret Preston, for stealing a man°
I„. bonnet from Mrs. Shepperd, publican, Great (lariat.,
street.
A
STEALING MONEY.—At the Police-court, yesterdaY4
good-looking youth, who was an apprentice on boarclt..
ship Circassian, *as charged by Mr. Ja nes Moore, ecia,'
of the vessel, with stealing from his house, in Angle'
Istreet, money to the amount of £4 3s. 6d. The coo'
plainant wished to get him off with a very lenient sentence,
as there was a ship ready to take him, but Mr. Rusbt°
said, the case having been brought before him, he haat
alternative but to commit him for trial.—Samuel Sinita
for stealing three shirts, &c., from Messrs. Sutton, s',
Burlington-street, seven days.
COMMITMENTS YESTERDAY AT THE POLICE Cot
—Mary. Howard, an elderly woman, charged with steali/
a large quantity of vegetables in St. Martin's market, w 0
sent to gaol for two months.—A respectable looking II)
was charged with having stolen a bayonet from a her
ie• sergeant of one of the regiments now lying 'le„
s
It appeared that while the sergeant was busy looking aq,
performance in a public-house, the prisoner had deni't
drawn out the instrument from its sheath, and goneio.,
with it. lie was committed for seven days.—Thos..Oi
hams, a seaman, for smuggling two quarts of whisky 10
six lbs. of soap, fined 605., and in default was sent
gaol for a month.
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ASSAULT
'rau—
UPON POLICE-OFFICERS.—On
~
five men, named Thomas Ford, John Tallant, Nathan's
Robinson, James M'Cabe, and Michael Larkin, sr, et
charged with an outrageous assault on the police, w'hil,e,,,e'
the execution of their duty. It appeared that Pew':
officer Edge (546), with several others, went, on Weciee-
day night, to a court in Northumberland-street, to 1;
prebend a man knownits a suspicious character, when t
five prisoners interfered, and made a furious attack 4),0
them ; they took their sticks from them, and beat tithe
unmercifully. Edge received a severe wound on iti
head, and was otherwise so much injured that he e°ll,,
not appe: rin court. The prisoners, who were the 11,0f0
leaders in the affair, were with difficulty secured and to"
to bridewell.
" RINGING THE CHANGES."—On Thursday, two nieleil
named Henry Smith and Charles Booth, were 00140
with robbing Joseph Edwards, an emigrant, of £l4. '4,
complainant stated that he arrived lately from Stocke:io
and had taken his passage for New Orleans in the Pl 0
Queen. One of the prisoners had pretended to be
fellow-voyager, and by means of two accomplices, Oio,
died the poor fellow out of all his money. The prisoner 0
0
were apprehended shortly afterwards. Upon Bogie
number of flash notes and sovereigns were found. s
third man, supposed to have the money, was see,' bier
witness who appeared in court ; he stated that he ~a
him running in the street, and suspecting that lie
~' is
been guilty of some offence, intended to give liii'ne.
charge to a police-officer as soon as he could obtain 0,0
The fellow, however, went into William Humphre'ho
public-house, Chadwick-street, and the landlord. ;0
appeared to know him, advised the witnesses to let „--0
go, to which he reluctantly consented. The priso ~s't
were committed for trial, and Mr. Rushton directed ti';n
tah el
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WEIGHTS
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his Worship the Mayor, T. B. Horsfall, Esco ea;S,tione
Prius Court, for the purpose of hearing infornasures.
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tha i
nn Messrs.sdte npitec,ri
sswsoaanseski
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attendance..
ntdtgeinl
dlEdwards,eagnac
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out-doortwhei
case g h tsi
n,osafpleTier :,,h,:if.
otavitiotod tho informal:alone, and Mr. Fe , 11, thee' Llewel-
lyn, the information was for using an accelerating -id he
Mr. Townsend, who appeared for the defendant, said he
also represented a number of tradesmen in the markrest
who he'd been in the habit of using these beams forn_gp__..
number of years. He contended that the beaa_tt-eso,ugith Z.
perly used, were not illegal ; and said that 1 h
Edwards, the
Fell might understand these matters, Mr. ,„pt
inspector, who laid the informations, was not a comp_ecaL%
person. He called Mr. Ikin, the maker of the b
011%;
who said that he had been in the habit of making th.!, 4,
thirty years. He was cross-examined by Mr. Fell 70,1
clearly proved that accelerating beams were illegalrotb
unfair. At the conclusion of rather a long examina foe
the Mayor regretted that Mr. Ikin had been allowed fle
thirty years to make beams on the same principle._A be
was perfectly satisfied they were improper scales, 00`,0gr,
did not think the reflections of Mr. Townsend 00 `;...
Edwards were in order. The Mayor believed man,' I:err
sons had used these beams in ignorance, and it was oo
discreditable in the maker to sell them. All persoo9slot-
did not attend were fined 40s. and costs, the MaVrdoot
ing that their absence implied a guilty knowledge, an apex
the Pirtil
a case of negligence. The practice of weighing
in which sugar is wrapped, was condemned as illeffiae sli,
the Mayor, who expressed his determination to %real'
persons brought before him for this offence. Ito alo'
number of persons were fined for illegal weigh
measures. n Fri'
les
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A REGISTRAR.'" char.-
day, at the close of the ordinary business, Mr. oast°
Chubb, the Registrar of Great Howard- street d istrictl,o on
the astonishment of all present, placed at the 1' Pro'
a charge of felony. Mr. Snowball appeared for the 001,
secution. Mr. Rushton addressing that gentleinan f ob'
the prisoner had been apprehended on a chargcb°, be '
taining money on false pretences; but the case, parn3:,
lieved, involved a felony or nothing. By Act of ' SI:
ment, to insert a false entry in the register boo pas
act of felony. Mr. Snowball said he had been ins tsrcrooefa
by the Solicitor to the Treasury to prosecute the ow
for making false entries in the register book. lie oefe4
casesshew itnhahtistbhoeokpsri.soFnearlsehandammesad, ea.nfdalsfealesentrdiessigi°ool:se
of abode had been inserted in the book. TbeTO,„ the
another case which rendered Mr. Chubb liable iiiiot.;
charge of forgery. It appeared from the book, 41 ti!,
woman named M'Kenna, had registered a birth.,:i'o, 1,3 t
31st July ; her residence was set forth as being 'loe, ti:e
Eaton-street. No such person resided at that 1101 0t t,
P 0
a woman named Al'Kenna was found in a Cour.',.creol,..
back of the street • this woman had certainly regi;`oo,3l;
birth, but she had' never been required to sign Ilea, e ter
the entry was otherwise incorrect; the infant's 0,-;ists,
written Patrick, instead of James, and that of ti;rhe s'''
Thomas, which should also have been James. 064:
nature f Elizabeth M`Kenna, in the book. was it oto to
Mr. Rushton said that no doubt the intention was, ;. to
fraud the overseers. Mr. Snowball said it was, Oil.
act allowed registrars 2s. 6d. for each of the 6100 e Oro.
registered at the commencement'of the year, an ,id P a,
ling for each succeeding case. Mr. John Echer„lo lion s
ved the entries in question to be in the prisoneLeetino
writing. A female was called, and said, rlisd Ina
house, entered in the book asone at which a birtasinct3 ',eJ
place, that that house had been unoccupied
as pro oh
before the entry was made. Another case Wll-bforil
relative to a house in which a child had been, been "ed.
but which birth was registered as if it had .egigerthe
alive. Still-born children are of course wit rnatee'lieli
Another case somewhat similar was proved. top :ere
constable, after having visited Eaton-street, bee bicii
several of false entries referred, said that tu of 1`,.. ing
in it no houses numbered 26, 32, 36, and 12: 00er liv,
appear in the register book. The Pris°restlY olio
asked what was his defence, said the apPet.,rther oe,
numbers applied to courts not houses; he ble deffterlf
that he was quite unprepared to make a nu° fle 'l.llOO
having been taken unawares in the matter..
~.., 0.11L,00
deaesneieasd
ianyt
stood intentionwa sto mostd defraud. Mr.
and advised
R tls lteo 1;re:170o:eta
to employ a professional adviser. He offer the rioted.
the case until next day, Saturday, to give ...00 acce4rge
time to prepare his defence, and this offer ,:t the 04,y
The prisoner applied to be let out on bail, o",,oohlnniel
being one of felony, Mr. Rushton said lie s.'" op, 7001
brOilgr.'d lie °'
On Saturday the prisoner was again
Mr. Rushton committed him for trial, but
3'
consider about admitting him to bail.