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

Feb. 29,1x45.

F PLAYING AT BILLIARDS ON THE SABBATH.--,n
A
day, Alfred Coppal was summoned for permitting grni
bling on the Sabbath, in a licensed billiard-room,
by him, in Parker-street. Inspector Muir went up atii,d
past one o'clock on Sunday morning, the 6th instant, '"I!
found two gentlemen playing a match. Mr. CoM
stated, in defence, that the transgression occurred ent,
without his knowledge and during his absence from
Mr. Rushton inflicted the full penalty of £5 and cN
and said if another case occured defendant's license o'o'
be suspended.

OBTAINING MONEY FROM THE BISHOP OF
BY FALSE PRETENCES.—On Wednesday, James uv„,r
smith, who had been remanded from Monday, on a ebn
of raising money by using the name of the Rev. fle
M'Neile, was again brought up. Mr. Dowling, `,l
Head Constable, stated that a letter had been recelc`i
from the Bishop of Bangor, addressed to the Rev. /14
M`Neile. It was to the effect that the Bishop ila",01
ceived a letter, with a signature purporting to be that
the Rev. Hugh M‘Neile, soliciting subscriptions on ye,
half of the distressed Irish. He understood that eV' r,
tions were being made on their behalf, and, taking jit.!;
granted that the letter had been sent by the Rev. Inn
M`Neile, he forwarded the check for £5 which had
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referred to. From what-had subsequently taken Pl'i;
he had no doubt the letter was a trap laid for him too
tain money by false pretences. He had destroyed t.lll,
letter. Mr. Rushton, addressing the prisoner, sal
" You have escaped in consequence of the letter be
destroyed, otherwise I should have sent you for tr!,
This exposure will save the public from any more irne,4
tions on your part, but if you are brought here again,
the case made out, you shall be punished most severelY:,
The prisoner was about to'speak, and had uttered 4
words " Gentlemen of the jury,' -when Mr. Rushton 14
there was no jury. unfortunately, in the case, and t°
him to go about his business.

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In the cottoi mills of Bolton,erally, the number°l
working hours is on the increase.
CONVERTS TO FROTESTANTISMo*OII Sunday weedy
four persons, members of the Church of Rome, recelLs
the Holy Communion at St. James's Church, in ,frni
town, and were admitted as members of the Church
England. —Preston Pilot.
FEROCITY OF THE HAWK.—A few days ago a' lag:
sparrow hawk, attracted by a caged canary in the wind°
of a house at Lancaster, dashed through-
theglass at tl,
little warbler but missed it, and fell on-its back in tb°
room. It afterwards escaped.
THE PORT OF PRESTON.—Arrangements have bee;
made for exporting salt from this port,—an excellent art'
tide of back carriage from foreign traders. The Coeteli
is now loading the first cargo from Preston, -to Rostoek,
in Prussia. This will be a great advantage to the trade°
the port, as, formerly, foreign vessels, after dischargt
their cargoes at Preston, had to go round to Liverpool"'
obtain salt.—Preston Chronicle.
ALTCAR OPEN MEETING.—We learn that on the ~e
and 17th of March there will be an open meeting (i.",
last, we presume, for the season) upon the splendid dome
and under tha patronage of the Earl of Sefton. )-"
stewards are James Wickstead Swan, Esq., of Chorge",,
hall, near Chester, and W. G. Unsworth, Esq., of Sag:
hull, near Liverpool. Mr. Swan is the honorary secretsrs'
and Mr. M`George will be judge.
FORCIBLE ENTRY INTO A HOUSE AT BROUGHTON', 13:i
ARMED MEN.—At about eight o'clock, on the
evening °g
Friday last, five men, apparently navvies, with their fat
blackened, and armed with firearms, entered the farT,'
house of Mr. Richard Cottam, Crow-hall, near Eroug'i
ton, and demanded money. Mr. Cottam
and a party °I
friends were playing a game -at the time the men ente7;
the house. A gun was fired by one of the robbers, 13"
we have not heard what property was taken.
POTATOE STORES.—The growers in the neighbourlio4o
of Garstang have commenced opening their stores, 10_4
in November last, to take to market, and find theY
free from disease, which makes- them fear that it will r;t
duce the price to at least one half what they obtained lase
spring; but, notwithstanding this, they will pay far be',o
than any other produce of their farms, as it is not 01,0'4
the produce of the potatoe that they ook at, but th!;rt
is the best means of cleaning the land for a crop of g
the following year.
SINGULAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—A poor gir1,11011:1,
Pearsall, occasionally subject to syncope, on Wednesotj
the 16th inst., at the house of her master, Mr. RiellTbe
r
Mees, blacksmith, of Stourbridge was descending
cellar steps to draw some beer for- dinner, when her In,
slipped, or a fit seized her, which, cannot be ascertabl'is
and she fell heavily to the bottom her mouth coming,
contact with a barrel, which forced of her teeth CO:iio
pletely through her tongue, and rolled upon her as 7,0
lay in a state of insensibility. The cellar seems to 11'4,3
been half full of water at the time, and the unfortert',.
girl was found in about half an hour after the fall, 1""
mersed in it, with the barrel upon her, quite dead.
LANCASTER ASSIZES.—The following were the priola
pal cases H. Shaw and John Hamer were indLeLce
for a conspiracy to defraud the Yorkshire Inwart,a
Company. The prisoners conducted business as Ono
spinners, at Haslingden. The machinery and sto
,o`y.
the mill was, in November, 1846, insured with the x°1...5,
shire Insurance Company, and it was burnt in Atde
1847. It was alleged that false accounts bad been
up for the purpose of increasing the amount of the ally'"c
loss. After a lengthy trial, the jurylorought in averefr
of not guilty. Mr. Hamer obtained a verdict on die,'o,
loWing day for false imprisonment, damages X30.--17.,„g
Myers was indicted for the wilful murder of Wile
Johnson, at Dalton, by stabbing him with a knife.
deceased and the prisoner were navigators, and on the ea,,,
of October, on receiving their wages, had, with other`
become intoxicated at Dalton. The prisoner and deee3so,
quarrelled, when the former inflicted a stab on the er
which caused death. The prisoner was convicted of 08a.
slaughter, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment'