The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1847-03-30 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

ANOTHER BEGGING IRI2II FARMER.—Ye4terdayi.. t 'Mr. Rushton, an old Irishman, in plain and coarse, bill,„" ragged attire, was charged with begging in the streets. ',tter was found upon him. from his brother in the 5iatf..17.42  Ii it app  moo, ono nact tnere left with the. writer of tile 010,4 and a colt, which he had been at some fairs to se'. visinr, him that he would soon leave his  rtU $U Mendicant 'ond nctiras )arties coming here who were well off at  home, and extortin; money Irony, in many cases, thedistresen. population in this country. He should treat all such impostors as they deserved, and he sentenced the prisoner to one month S iinnrisonment  THE WEATHEn.—Since our last, the weather has been fa19urable, with very slight exceptions, for the labours of the field, s well as for gardening and other rural operations. The urea' i_______.7 nil  yy a fine thaw) is in prime order for ploughing, which.may now to said to be nearly, if not wholly completed in this county and nieshire. The wheats had begun to look rather sickly, fro the rather strong and biting easterly winds that had prevailed; [tut rain set in on Saturday evening, and has given the whole It healthy and promising appearance.. In the neighbourhood of /ririskir, which we have seen, (and we doubt not elsewhere Jfroughuut thesp.districts) we observed .great azricaltural ?rOvements of recent achievement.. in ploughing, planting, :encing, road repairing, extension of arable surface by7drainiag md levelling, ditches, old ponds, &c. The same is.observable La many parts of Cheshire. We never before, indeed, saw se many ploughs, harrows, spades,,&c.., at work within. a givee space. The spring corn is nearly,all sown, and the-planting e' early potatoes—great care having.generally been taken with the shoots—is briskly going on. where not already finished. The growing field crops generally give good promise, and the same may be said of garden produce. The fruit trees are already assuming a delightful virgin verdure, and appear to:be-perfectly' healthy. We had on Sunday night a rather chilling wind froth the northeast, which continued nearly throughout yesterdaY: on the morning of which ice of considerable thickness appeared in the neighbourhood. This, it is to be hoped, will he but a temporary and slight check to vegetation. Last night there. was a little rain, with a milder atmosphere. MURDEROUS ASSAULT UPON A GENTLEMAN,. WITH INTENT TO Ron nun.—At the- Police-court, yesterday. a very stout man, named John Jones .was placed before Mr. Rushton, charged, in conjunction with 'a gang, with violently knocking down a gentleman on his way home to, Fverknockingafter the bus,' ness of the day, on Tuesday last, wi h in'tetit to..rob him. The shop leallsisnign-g house,a pio pipe 11 o`,:-; complainant, Mr. Carlyle, stationer, &c., Bold-street, who had his head Wrapped up, and still ill, said that he was' prime's mge an t night e oft: v his lareie nice of oud opposite Wirtor an to d de I•wp dwelling  lam Henry by two ni  :tr the ens. • - Ortiwee who rBll -,uner.Jon,..s, whom he distinctly recognized bas in Shaw-street. which was close by, and also by 'noon, caught him by the collar. The two men then strua him most violently on the headand back, gothat he was stunned, and on their leaving him—preVions to whicia he struggled and kicked—he fell to the ground bleeding from the blows on his head. He observert-in'the hand of o,ue of them an instrament which appeared to be a life-preserver. The men before leaving, attempted to open the buttons of his coat, but appeared to be scared by something they heard, and made off, two of them taking down William Ilenrva-:stdreet, and another towards *eh. Ile gave an alarm as loud as he could. Police-officelr the higher part of Everton. He intd2l.2npiuhnrsuicsapf when the tkahenet ds two aat tvh:ei:toai fellows is time adttiaieckhNel heard Sallitandeeaolnarlmum, sai -eeded in apprehending the• prisoner Jones, who bac!.  t. A dagger IT,j, Mr. Robert exit' ed that when -11!  was call  lused wounds oA