The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-25 00:00:00

A NOTORIOUS CHARACTER

Considerable interest was excited, during the past Week,
at the police-court, by the appearance there of a person who

tuition of LL.II

and assault against Mr. Healy, butcher, whom, he alleged,
had stolen from him a round of prime beef. The complain-
ant had very recently distinguished himself at Birkenhead,
by assaulting Mr. Thomas Robinson, a resident at Liseard,
at whose house he had lodged, (and from whence was missed
two silver spoons, two penknives, and other articles,) for
having had the impertinence to ask him for payment for his
lodgings when he was about to make a clandestine exit ; and

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many persons that the table
,d upon the learned doctor.

It appeared from the evi
,ured Mr. Mealy with hi:

.nce that the doctor had ho-
patronage; and, on Thursday

Mr. Heal

inolish tut
more profitable customer for his joint, and determined th
fore at all hands to transfer it from the custody of the Do

shop counter. He

t there

demanded his beef; it was, of course, refused ; but as it was
fortunately deposited within arm's length of its rightful
owner, he seized hold of it, and was about to carry it away,
when a struggle ensued, in the course of which it was alleged
that Mr. Healy.had designedly struck the head of the doctor's
wife or sister-in-law against the door. This constituted the
alleged robbery and assault. During the proceedings it was
intimated by Mr. Hill (superintendent of police) that the
doctor was no honester than he ought to be, and that he had
illegally made away witkproperty from a house in Paradise Row,
which he had taken ready furnished. The case against Mr.
Healy was therefore ordered to stand over till the following
day.
On Friday, Healey again appeared to answer the charge
which had been preferred against him, but on this occasion
the Doctor was not forthcoming. It appeared, indeed, that
he had in the course of the morning looked into the Pend(
Court, but as the lady from whom he had taken his how
was there, he perhaps thought it would be more in accordant
with his own interest to be absent than present
now no complainant, the cbarge against Mr. H

alev was dis-

missed.
A lady named Ali
charge Doctor Berri,
of her property. M,

Sproston, then stepped forward to
d part

1 with h

No. 14, Paradise Row,
Berrington took her we

nd on the 'lst of November 1
furnished house for a period of

months

She then left Chester, but

fortnight had r

elapsed. before she received a letter from a p

who use

to work for he

and who then lived with 'D

_Herrington

intimating that h

propert

being T.

ged by order c

Mrs. Beriington, day aet

,e did not return

home, her house would soon— be emptied of its furniture.
She accordingly did return, and then discovered that sheets,
blankets, silver spoons, &c., belonging to herself, had been
pledged by order of Mrs. Berrington, to different persons,
and in different names.

Mr. Vaughan and Mr. Wakefield produced the pawn
tickets of the spoons, blankets, and sheets.

The Mayor expressed himself strongly upon the conduct of
the defendants, and issued warrants for their apprehension.

Several tradesmen with rueful faces were present during
the proceedings, on whose credulity Berrington has been
living since he has been in Chester, and who are consequently
swindled out of their property.
The defendant is a well known character. We learn from
the Carlisle Patriot that about Midsummer last the Doctor
made his debut in the neighbourhood of Carlisle. A classical
school had been established at Stanwix, near that city, for
some years, and on the resignation of the principal at Mid-
summer last, it was announced that after the vacation it
would be opened under the superintendence of the Rev. J.
Berrington, LL.D., F.R.A..5., F.L.S.. Circulars were
issued, and parents were informed that their sons would be
taught all the useful branches of knowledge, and " particular
attention paid to their religious and moral training. On the
arrival of the Doctor, the tradesmen of the neighbourhood
prepared to receive his orders. Cabinet-makers were sent
for, and furniture was ordered to the amount of between
£l5O and £2OO. Jewellers- too were honoured with a call,
and gold watches, silver snuff-boxes, silver waiters, &c. were
poured into the Doctor's residence. Silks, satins, shawls,
&c. were provided for the ladies of the establishment in abun-
dance, and the liberality of the Doctor in making purchases
appeared to know no bounds. All went on very well for
some time. After a while, however, the tradesmen who had
been honoured with Dr. Berrington's calls began to whisper
with each other, and shake their heads very significantly.
The jeweller began to think that his gold watches and silver
trays would be quite as profitably employed on his own coun-
ter as in the custody of the Doctor ; the mercer, wine mer-
chant, and bookseller, were of the same opinion ; and as
none of them could get anything like payment for their
goods, forth they all sallied to the domicile of the learned
Doctor, and having by stratagem obtained an entrance, each
carried off what he first laid his hands upon, until the whole
of the Doctor's domestic paraphernalia had disappeared
with the rapidity of lightning. The Doctor and his lady
were therefore obliged to fly, and selected Gretna for their
abode. His tormentors, however, followed him thither and
being again compelled to abscond, he ultimately fled to Liver-
pool, and from thence to Chester, where we have now the
honour of his company.
On Saturday, the Doctor and his wife were again brought
up to the office, in custody of the police-officer. After the
charge of Miss Sproston had been heard, the Doctor was
liberated, on promising to give up possession of his house,
and leave the town ; and his wife was fined £1 55., or to be
committed to prison for a month. Where they will make
their next sojourn, of course we cannot say
Courant

—Chester

THE NIGER EXPEDITION•-K

earner WTil

berforce, commanded by Lieutenant Webb,left the coast of
Africa about the 14th of October, touched at Madeira for
coal on the 31st, left there on the 6th inst., and arrived at
Plymouth on the 17th. She is principally manned by
loured people, there being only four or five Euro

ans, rob(

were taken from other government ships, and but three o
those who joined the expedition originally—
mander, carpenter, and engineer, It is said these three would
he willing to go out again, although they have all bee
tacked by the fever. The commander and carpenter
in good health; but the effects of the climate,

—am., the corn-

appear
gravated

ature of his oc

evidence on the person of the ene
gone up Hamoa7
MR. COBDEN AND HIS FALLACIES.—We observe that the
Stockport Advertiser has published a series of letters, ad-
dressed by " A SHOPKEEPER," to Mr. Cobden, M. P„
which, for extent of information, originality of thought, vigour
of diction, and bold exposure of popular humbug, are among
the best specimens of political writing we have lately read.
As the series is now complete, it has been re-published in a
form, which will ensure for it a wider and more lasting
culation than can possibly be given to it in the colon-,
provincial newspaper. Such a demolition of the delusions
of the Anti-Corn-Law League is much needed; and we sin.
cerely trust, that all who are anxious for the cause of truth,
and the maintenance of the best interests of the country, will
aid the distribution of this masterly refutation of the dange-
rous fallacies and mischevious propositions of the Anti-Corn
Law League.—Nottingham Journal.

!cr. The Wilberforce

e to receive some necessary reps

ca-
ns of a

MELANCHOLY EVENTS. -On Thursday se'nnight, _
Mr. Hunt, organist of Hereford Cathedral, was proceedinc,
at a quick pace along the cloisters, be stumbled over a hand-
barrow which had been most carelessly left therein the dark.
and which had upon it a number of dishes and plates. The
violence of the fall was so great, that Mr. Hunt received a
deep wound in the front of the arm from a piece of broken
dish ; several tendons were divided, and numerous small
blood vessels, from which considerable haemorrhage took
place. Mr. Hunt went on well until Saturday week, when
some febrile excitement began to exhibit itself, and, on Sun-
day, and the following day, the constitutional
creased ; and, notwithstanding the most prompt assistanc
rendered, Mr. Hunt expired on Thursday last. On Sunda.
evening, Mr. Hunt's nephew, an amiable youth, who was a
chorister in the Cathedral, and was under his uncle's tuition
and adoption, died from the effects of the shock which his
relative's death had occasioned to his sensitive frame ; and
the two bodies have been consigned to the same tomb.
We regret to record the death of a serjeant of marine
named Thomas Tatchell, under the following melancholy ci
curnstances, offering another example of the fatal
•

rritability in-

arising from the incautious use of fire-arms. On Thursday
morning last, about 11 o'clock, the deceased, with two per-
sons, named Thomas Spuraway and James Kemp, the latter
a grocer, residing in William-street, Morice-town, who had
been sparrow shooting together, were returning to Morice-
town, Kemp carrying the gun, which was loaded with small
shot. Spuraway, observing it was cocked, said it was dan-
gerous to carry it in that state, took the gun from Kemp,
and after showing him the way to uncock it, Kemp not
knowing how to do it, this being the first time be had ever
fired a gun, returned it cocked into Kemp's hands that he
might do it himself. The deceased was then a short distance
ahead. In Kemp's attempt to uncock, the gun suddenly
exploded, and its contents entered the deceased's side, who
cried—" Oh ! oh ! you have killed me," and staggering
about fell to the ground. He was taken home, and almost
immediately after expired.—Plymouth paper.
MESMERISM IN JAMAlCA.—Mesmerism has for some time
been making a noise in Jamaica, the expounder of its myste-
ries there being a Mr. Garrison. Latterly it has been put to
a practical test, a lady having had a tooth extracted while
under its influence. The dental operator was a Mr. J. T.
Dias, not a believer in the mesmeric theory, and he says in
his report of the case,—"During the few moments which Mr.
Garrison occupied in placing the lady under mesmeric influ-
ence, I kept myself aloof from the patient, and not until I
was informed all was
,reatly vvegd I approach her. In doing
so, such part of the tohiiesi'yiielected to enable all the by-
standers to witness tins-slew, singular exhibition. Mr. Gar-
rison then manipulated, to,.,Produce a relaxation of those
muscles which kept the moWth shut, and gradually effected,
extension: the head was somewhat elevated, the eyes per-
fectly closed. I immediately applied the scarificator, and not
the slightest wince, not a movement of the most minute de-
seription, could I detect. In the act of introducing the for-
ceps, the mouth partly closed, and (forgetting the situation of
the patient) I requested her to extend the mouth, with which
she immediately complied. The tooth was instantaneously
removed—the mouth remained extended—the eyes were still
closed—not a shrink did I observe—not a muscle did I see
move—and myself and all present were left to form our own
opinions. The tooth has three fangs connected together,
forming one large root in a somewhat conical form ; the length
somewhat better than three quarters of an inch. What ap-
peared to me, however, most inexplic:.ble, was the circum-
stance of the mouth retaining its original position, still ex-
tended after the removal of the tooth, which is perfectly un-
natural, and which has never been witnessed by me during a
practice of twenty-one years; and not until the mesmeric
operator manipulated the jaws to cause contraction, did the
patient attempt to eject the blood from her mouth."
FATAL ACCIDENT AT BLENHEIM.—The following account
of this unfortunate affair is sent us by a correspondent :—On
Thursday Morning I was going through the park, when I
heard the report of a gun, and passing through Coombe
Lodge, was told that Eliott, the park and game keeper, bad
shot a young woman- It appears that Eliott was shooting
at a doe, and the poor girl was wooding at a distance of
551 yards ; the keeper missed the doe, but unfortunately shot
the poor girl through the chest ; it was purely accidental, and
Eliott is very much distressed at the occurrence. The poor
girl, whose name I believe is Oldacres, was conveyed to the
George public-house at Hamborough, and a coroner's in-
quest was to sit yesterday morning. It is a curious circum-
stance that this poor girl's brother was killed about twelve
months since on the railroad. Since we received the above,
we have obtained the particulars of the inquest which was
held before James Westall, Esq., coroner for the county,
from which it appears that when the melancholy accident
took place the keeper was near the High Lodge, shooting deer
with a rifle, and that the poor girl, who is only thirteen years
of age arid was picking up wood near Spring Lock-gate,
a distance of 555 yards, 330 of which are very thickly inter-
spersed with trees, which prevented the keeper seeing the
deceased, when she was struck by a ball, which entered her
left breast, and caused instant death. It appeared, on ex-
amination, that the ball must have glanced off some hard
substance. Some men passing at the time, attracted by the
screams of children, picked her up, but found she was quite
dead. After a long investigation the jury returned a verdict
of " Homicide by misadventure," accompanied by an ex-
pression of their opinion, that the keeper had not used due cau-
tion when shooting in the park at the time of picking up wood ;
it being stated that the Duke of Marlborough had given'posi-
tive orders that no deer be shot on what are called 't wood-
ing days." We are pleased to hear that the duke and duchess
on hearing of the sad accident sent over to the family, and
did what they could t 9 alleviate their misery by liberally ad-
ministering to their aid.— afford Herald.

CORRESPONDENCE

THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS

R OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR

SIR,—As our letter to you, simply countermandiny' the
sertion of the advertisment of the commissioners of Biri
head, is made the ground for announcing to the public
your paper of yesterday, that the commissioners had al
doned the measures mentioned in their notice, we dee;
right to say, that saving the expense of inserting two ad
tisements, when by the standing orders of parliament

was sufficient, was the only reason for requesting you t

repeat the insertion. Our mode

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(1843) January '2'.)

SOCIALIST MARRIAGES

At the Borough Court of Requests, London, Peter Shep-
herd was summoned by Ilyppolite Jasmin, a French friseur, ,
for the sum of 14s. 6d., alleged to be due by the former for
sundry dressings of his wife's hair.

WDefeudant pleaded that the person calling herself Charlotte
Corday Roland de la Platierre Shepherd, was not his lawful
wife, but his social, or St. Sinionian one, and that latterly he
had discarded her because she bad become a " she" Chartist,
or a rights-of-woman wife. The latter was the most intoler-
able species of spouse of all.

M. Jasmin, fn sound French and broken English, stated
that he was a private friseur des dames, and lodged in the
Surrey Circus. He received no ladies at home, but attended
them a leur propre domicile. His reputation was great
among the Surrey (theatre) beauties. 11 avait arrange la
belle chevelure de, la dame Shepherd depuis 9 ans, et le sieur
• •

Pierre Shepherd, l'avait toujours paye. Latterly he refused
to do so, and I summoned him for twenty-nine dressings of
madam's hair a douze sous chaque, ce qui fait selon ce grand
mathematicien Anglais Cockere quartorze shellings et demi.
That is my declaration of facts, M. le Commissionaire.
The Commissioner.—Clearly stated, and short enough.
Why refuse the Frenchman's demand, Mr. Shepherd?
Mr. Shepherd.—Charlotte Corday Roland de la Platierre
Tourterelle (for that's her right name) is no wife of mine.
In 1833-4 I met her at the Burton-crescent Rooms, at a
ecture on St. Simonianism, delivered by one Signor Fon-
tuna, and as we both relished the doctrines delivered by that
foreign priest and apostle of socialism, we, after an hour's
courtship, got married by him according to tha rights of St.
Simoniad. I lived happily enough with Mademoiselle Thar-

lotte until she became Li disciple of Mis;

ss Susanna Cleopatra Inge, eve

vaiiter
Ice which fatal

sue has been trying to display such physical superi-
ority over me, that I have resolved to teach her a practical
esson—to show her to all intents and purposes that she was
a femme sole, and that she was equal to man in thihgs
physical, she must be also equal to him in things pecuniary,

The Coma]

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hedge mt

;toner (to

daintiff).—Do you know whether
band of Charlotte Corday, &e. ?

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isings of the hair with which you charge