The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-10 00:00:00

g, lAM NOT A MAN ! lAm A MAJOR

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIME!.

Sir,--4 have, read; with much pleasure, your
remarks in to-day's NORTHERN TIMES on the coif-
duct of the. police to the poor, harmless vendors Of
fruit; and, I beg to thank you, for•at last taking
up their cause, and putting an end to that system
of petty tyranny that one sees exercised towards
them by the police force of this town; acting, I
presume, under the instructions of a higher power,
that calls himself " Not a man ! but a Major !'
I have a daily opportunity of seeing the cruel and
harsh way in which the police behave towards the
fruit vendors of George's Dock, and I must say,
any conduct more overbearing and cruel, I never
saw exercised ; women and boys, who are quietly
selling their fruit, are kept continually on the
move, they are not allowed ten minutes' rest
throughout the _.day;. as soon as the policeman
appears, he orders them away, and then, it does
not cure the evil ; they disappear for a while up'
Water street, Brunswick.street, or s:une of these
streets that branch off from his particular beat,
but then return again to their old haunts; this
game has been " playing for weeks, months, aryl
years; and I cannot help pitying, as I am sure
every
.passer by must do,.in seeing this .senseless,
harsh,, conduct. If I mistake not, the-late Mt.
Feeny obtained leave from the present Mr. Mans.
field, for these poor girls to continue their occupa.
uninterruptedly, and that he called a meeting of
the vendors, and told them of the privilege that
had been granted to them; and how thankful they
were Nov, I should like to know, and lam sure
all the public in Liverpool along with me, has this
concession been forgotten?—or, has the Major
overruled this oroer, according to his own will and
power ? But I hope, through your powerful advo
caay, you will put a stop to the conduct of this
Man (who, by the way,- is " Not a man, but a
Major!") going :about the town striking with the
flat of his sword—the naked shoulders of these
poor people, that have but scanty covering to pro-
tect themselves from the blow ; and, worse still,
have no redress when it is.given.—Yours, &c.,
Liverpool, 7th Jan., 1857. OBSERVER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—l was pleased to find, on perusing
your columns of yesterday, the able manner in
which the worthy representative of St. Anne
street Ward (or whom may be defined the working.
man's friend) advocated the cause of the poor
but honest. John Stewart, the police officer,
against the cowardly and ungentlemanly treat-
ment by his superior officer, the Major, as he
pleases to be styled, and the humiliating position
in which the magistrate has been placed in the
minds of the people of Liverpool, attendant- upon
his decision herein.
lam sure that every lover of fair play—l say
any man possessed of a spark of truth and justice
—cannot but concur 'verbally with the• honest
candour and zeal with which Mr. Hodson
developed the ,case in the Council Chamber.
It is "hoped that after this the " Major" will
become a better nvn, and the man a better
Major. A MAN, BUT NOT A MAJOR
•

TO THE EDITOR OF. THE NORTHERN TIMES.
Sir,-1 wish you,would be kind enough to pro.
pose, throigh the medium of your paper, that a;
subscription be got up' for ex-policeman John
Stewart; to show the friends of Majtir Grieg that
the publicis disgusted "with this Major of the 3rd
West India Niggers.
When I see you have started the affair, I will
'send you ten shillings for the po,)r fellow, and can
promise to get a pound or two more.—Yours, &A., •
A MAN—NOT A MAJOR.
Great George street, Jan. 8, 1857.