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become a butt for the finger of scorn to point at, if they
superannuated Mr. Dowling, after the recent disclosures.
Mr. CHALMER deemed that Mr. Dowling had no claim
on the Council in regard to past services. He found the
police force an effective one, as left by Mr. Whitty, and
now it was in a state of disorganisation. If Mr. Dowling
sued in forma" pauperis for a retiring allowance, being
absolutely nenniless, that: was another affair.

INGRNIOUS FRAUD.—Two men, named Brown and
Cahill. were committed for trial, on Friday, charged with
obtaining money under false pretences and conspiring to
defraud. The prisoners were shown to be in the habit of
buying cheap silver watches, and by means of electro-
plating, made them appear like gold watches. They were
taken to several pawnbrokers' shops and represented to
be gold ; and by this means a far luger amount than the
real value was obtained on each watch.
EXCISE CASES.—BLIGHTED ANTICIPATIONS.—Moses
Metcalfe, steward of the Cornucopia, from Montserrat,
was charged, on Friday, with having concealed in that
vessel a quantity of tobacco and spirits. From the state-
ments made on behalf of the prisoner, it appears that he
had been four years in the ship, and bore a most excellent
character. The articles seized he had brought home with
him not to land, but for the purpose of enjoying them on
board with his wife, who was to be allowed to live with
him there in consideration of his good character. But the
pleasant anticipations of enjoyment with his wife which
the steward must doubtless have indulged in on his home-
ward passage were sadly to be blighted, for not only were
the materials seized, but the poor fellow was afterwards
informed that they were not needed, for his wife was dead.
This was a heavy blow, and the prisoner had all the ap-
pearance of actually feeling it. As a clear case was made
out the judge had no alternative but to inflict the usual
fine of £100; however, the prosecutor said he would take
a memorandum of all the circumstances the case and
make a representation on behalf of the prisoner to the
board, and be recommended the gentleman who appeared
to befriend the steward to send a petition to the board
also.—Alexander Dakkear, mate of the Komeet, from
Amsterdam, was charged with having 1241b5. of cigars
concealed amongst the cargo of his ship, and the fine of
£lOO recorded against him. But it appearing that the
prisoner was a highly respectable young man, and had
brought the cigars with him for his own use, as he was
going on a trading voyage, the prosecutor intimatNl that
he would make a favourable representation to the board
on his behalf.

Mr. S. Hot ME. after reviewing- all the circumstances of
the case. could not, though unwillingly, but vote for Mr.
Turner's amendment.

Mr. J. H. TURNER, after earl-messing a good deal of
kindly feeling towards Mr. Dowling for past services,
embodied his sentiments in a proposition to the effect,
that " while the Council deprecate in the strongest man-
ner possible the highly imnroper conduct of Mr. Dowling
on a late occasion, taking into consideration the long
period of twenty years during which he has been con-
nected with the police force, an' the frequent testimonials
which he has received as to his honourable and efficient
management, and also considering the present bad state of
his health. this Council feel justified in approving of a
retiring allowance of £2OO per annum."
Mr n:um, with the -oncurrence of the other mem.
hers of the committee, adopted Mr. J. H. Turner's propo-
sition in place of his own, and it therefore became the
original motion.

The award of the committee as fo ze3oo having been
negatived, by consent of the Council, Mr. C. Turner's
amendment was put to the vote, and lost by 14 to 36.
The numbers were—For : Messrs. Chalmer, Thomson,
C. Turner, Holt, 11,11. J. B. Lloyd, Beckwith, Langsdale,
Preston, Lawrence, Conner, Bramlev-Moore, Sir John
Bent. Against': Messr3. Aked, Bighorn, Woodruff,
Atkinson. W. Nicholson. Bradley, Godfrey, Holden,
Banner, Jeffreys. Gladstone, Rogers, Clayton, Wagstaff,
Jones. Tobin, Fleming, Picton, Johnson, •Tyrer, 3.
Nichol-nn, Boughton, J. M, Wood, S. Holme, Stewart,
Lloyd. Greeson, Rnvden, Bennett, Holmes, Parker,
Robinson, Molvneux. Turner, and the Mayor.

A second amendment moved by Mr. SAMUEL 110/.IYE,
that the retirinc allowance.be £l5O, was lost by 28 tog.
The niirinal motion. That the pension be £2OO, was
then carried. and the Council adjourned until To-morrow
(Wednesday).

LADY SIMPLIFTER.—On Thursday, Mrs. Mary Smith,
a married woman, of respectable appearance, was com-
mitted for trial for having stolen a shawl from the shop of
Mr. Williams, draper, Price-street. on Tuesday. She
secreted the shawl under her cloak, while looking at some
others, and on leaving the shop without purchasing, was
followed by Mr. Williams, when she dropped the stolen
0-n e.

DISMISSAL OF MR. DOWLING -MEETING
OF MAGISTRATES.

In our last publication, we gave a report of the inquiry
held before the Magistrates on the previous Saturday, as
to'the conduct of Mr. fowling, the Head 'Constable, and
other officers of the police, in rererence to the proceedings
at Holy Cross Chapel. Mr. Dimling pleaded guilty to
theehargesagainst himself, but urged that he had been

ROBBERY FROM THE WEST DERBY WORKHOUSE.—
Seven boys, named Thomas Boulton, James Hussey,
Edward Cameron, Thomas Dunn, Henry M'Coombe, and
William and Arthur Woods, were brought up on Thurs-
day, on a charge of absconding from the West D._4-by
Workhouse, on Tuesday night, and taking with them five
pairs of shoes, and a quantity of wearing apparel. The
prisoner Dunn, being the instigator, was sentenced to
twenty-one days' imprisonment ; and Boulton, Hussey,
Cameron, and M'Coombe, to seven days each in the Bo-
rough Gaol ; William and Arthur Woods to fourteen days
each in Kirkdale Gaol.

faking. medicine, and was under the influence of opium at
'the time. Tie‘also added that the Watch Committee had
in the meanwhile suspen4ed him from his functions, so

that he wag nnt then head-constable of the borough. He
was anxious to take the whole blame upon himself; hut
the Maaistrates suspended Mr. Towerson, after a discus-
sion whether he should not he dismissed. The meeting
was then adjourned to Thursday.
On Thursday, the bench again assembled. The Mayor
presided, and the other magistrates present were Mr.
Mansfield, and Messrs. Adam Hodgson, Cropper, Ewart,
Dixon. Heywood. Holmes. Hornby, G. H. Lawrence,
.T. H. Turner, Bolton, Aikin, Eenn, Booth, Chalmer,
Earle, Evens. Gladstone. Harvey. Holt, Maxwell, Nicol,
Parker, W. Rathbone, T. W Rathbone, R. V. Yates,
Rawdon. Romilly, and Charles Turner.
Mr. Wvhergh. clerk to the magistrates, read the reso-
lution of the Council on the preceding day, granting a
pension of £2OO ver annum to Mr. Dowling, and then a
communication from the Watch Committee to the effect
that 'Mr. Dowling had that day placed his resignation in
their 'hands, cud that the following resolution had been
passed :—" That inasmuch as the justices of the borough
have, by law, the same powers in relation to the mem-
Rion and dismissal of conswiles cc are vested in this com-
mittee, and the justices having instituted an investigation
as to the conduct of Mr. Dowling and other officers of the
police force, which is not-yet concluded, this committee
refrains from acting noon the above resolution of the
Council. and from• accepting the resignation, until they
are informed of the deeision of the justices."
Mr. To'lin. the chairman of thelVatch Committee. Mr.
.Bigharn, and the Town Clerk, having been admitted as a
deputation,

FRAUDS UPON EMIGRANTS.—On Wednesday, two in-
nocent-looking and youthful natives of the Sister Isle
appeared at the Poice•cou-t to charge a man, named
James Dickney, with obtaining twenty-five shillings from
them in a fraudulent manner. From the evidence of one
of the prosecutors it appeared that, on Wednesday, he and
his companion, while comir.g ashore from the Underwriter,
in which they had engaged berths, met the prisoner and
another man, who represented themselves as mate and
cook, and promised, if the prosecutors would treat them,
to get them more comfortable quarters. They accordingly
treated the soi-disanl sailors to drink, and at the request
of one of them, they changed their money into dollars,
and again, at the instanceof the soi-disant cook, they lent
him the dollars to get re-changed. The " cook," how-
ever, stayed so long away that one of the prosecutors ran
to lock after him, while the other stuck by the prisoner.
The "cook" could not be found. The prisoner, in his
defence, loudly protested his innocence, but Mr. Mans-
field ordered him to be remanded, while the " cook" was
being looked after.

PAWNBROKER'S CASE.-Mr. R. Roberts, pawnhrokei
of fliglifield•street, was summoned, on Tuesday, by Mar
Phillips. The complainant sought to recover £4 for
_

bible pledged with Roberts for lOs , and which had keen
sold in mistake for 17s. 60. ' The magistrate decided that
£3 was sufficient compensation, deducting lOs. for which
the bible was pledged.
CURSING THE POPE.—On Tuesday, two females, named
Margaret Moss and Catherine Field, were charged with
having broken some squares of glass in the spirit vault of
Mr. Mitchell, Line-street, where they had been drinking
on Monday night. Their conversation partook of a sec-
tarian character: each avowed her readiness to defend the
doctrines she professed; and while one cursed pope, the
other denounced biShop, on bended knees. Mr. Mitchell,
seeing them thus excited, turned them out, and the result
was the commission of the offence for which they were
brought up. Sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment.
AN EXCUSE FOR BEING DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—
Edward Quinn and Catherine Quinn (man and wife) were
brought up on Tuesday for disorderly conduct in Mary-
bone, on the previous night. The officer stated that the
conduct of the man was very violent, and that when he
took him into custody he exclaimed—" Rushton is now
dead, and I don't care for anybody !" Fined 55., or three
days' imprisonment.

Mr. Tontx explained the feeling which actuated the
committee in coming to the above resolution. They felt
that if it had not been the intention of the magistrates
in adjourning their meeting that the Council should settle
the matter. it would ben very unbecoming thing on the
part of the Watch Committee, although their jurisdiction
was concurrent, to attempt to snatch, as it were, Mr.
Dowling out of the powers of the magistrates. He thought
it right to express the anxious wish of the committee in
this, as in all other matters, to act harmoniously with the
magistrates.

The deputation having withdrawn,
Mr. CHARLES TURNPIt said that he could only come to
the conclusion which he bad expressed in Council on the
previous day, namely, that Mr. Dowling's conduct was
altogether destructive of the morality of the police force-,
and even knowing that the pension voted by the Council
would he forfeited if such a proposition were carried, he
should recommend Mr. Dowling's dismissal.
Mr. RATttuoNE. as the oldest magistrate present, though
greatly pained to do co, felt called upon by a stern sense of
duty to move that Mr. Dowling be dismissed.
Mr. MANSFIELD, stipendiary magistrate, seconded the
motion,
Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE expressed his approbation of the
course pursued by the Watch Committee, but saw no rea-
son why the magistrates should contravene the decision of
the Council. He would not say one word in mitigation of
Mr. Dowling's offence, hut at the same time he thought,
under all the circumstances of the case, the magistrates
should not come to any decision, but adjourn the question
sine die.

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—A private ex-
amination took place b'efore the Birkenhead magistrates,
on Saturday last, touching a charge of emb,zzlement pre-
ferred against Mr. Wynn. formerly an officer of the
North and South WnJoe Runic, nnd nrhno. :lama !Ina
recently been mentioned in the public papers in connec-
tion with some trials in London. The investigation was
adjourned, the accused being in the meantime liberated
on responsible bail.
The remains of a human body have been discos

Mr. J. H. TURNER moved an amendment to the effect
that while censuring. Mr. Dowling's conduct, after the
proceedings of the Council in regard to the pension, the
magistrates did not feel called upon to resort to the harsh
measure of dismissal.

_.ere(
beneath the floor of the Chapter-house of Chester Ca-
thedral.
The Swelly Rocks, the removal of which has so long
been desired, in consequence of the obstruction they form
to the free navigation of the Menai Straits, will shortly

Mr. A. Honosort urged that the amendment should be undergo the operation of blasting.
based rather upon the resignation of Mr. Dowling than CRICKET.—The Birkenhead Victoria Cricket Club are
about to erect a cricket-house in Birkenhead-park, upon any proceedings of the council, and he was prepared
per-
to make a proposition to that effect, mission to do so having been granted by the commis-
Mr. Wm. E A RLE strongly urged Mr. Dowling'sdismissal. Blotters of that township.
Mr. HORNBY urged that they should temper justice with BANGOR AND CARNARVON RAlLWAY.—Yesterday
mercy, and accept the resignation. week the first engine ran from the junction station of the
Mr. Nicol: thought that Mr. Dowling's mind was clear Chester and Holyhead Rail to Port Dinorwic and back.
enough during the recent affair, and that the medicine The trial proved highly satisfactory to all the parties con-
which he had taken would not have the effect upon his cerned, as well as gratifying to the public generally.
judgment as represented. A fire broke out in the Chester Infirmary on Sunday
After some further remarks from Mr. MANSFIELD, the morning week, a beam which passed through a chimney
amendment of Mr. J. H. Turner was put and lost. having ignited. It was speedily extinguished by the
engines, the damage being about £59. Many of the pa-
The proposition of Mr. Hodgson being then embodied in
t the form of an amendment, was put and lost by 19 to 11.ients were greatly terrified, and made their escape from
The original motion for dismissing Mr. Dowling was the building.
carried by a show of hands ; five or six gentlemen, includ- CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
ing the Mayor, voting against it, and three or four not week ended 29th February, 1852 :—Chester and Holy-
voting at all. head Main Line : Passengers, £946 19s. Id. ; parcels, H.
On the motion of Mr. MANSFIELD, seconded by Mr. C. & D.. £B2 13s. Bd. ;goods, cattle, &c., £638 17s. 6d. ;
JAMES AIKEN, Superintendent Towerson was dismissed. mails, £575.—M01d : Passengers, £37 14s. 9d. ; parcels,
Sergeant Tomlinson, who is already suspended, is to be £1 10s. 9d. ; goods, cattle, &c., £BB lie. 4d.—Steam-
boats : Passengers. £152 13s. 9d. ; parcels, £26 Os. 4d.—
dealt with according to the discretion of Mr. Mansfield.
On the proposition of Mr. W. RATHBONE, a resolution Total, £2550 ls. 2d.
was passed to the effect that the clerk to the magistrates
,THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS held their meet-
should communicate to the chairman of the Watch Com-
ng on Tuesday night, but the business was of very minor
mittee the sense the magistrates entertained of the coon-
interest. The receipts for the month ending 29th
test' of the committee in declining to accept the resigns- February, 1851 and 1852, were in 1851, £1,183 2g. 9c1.,
tion of Mr. Dowling, and in referring the matter to the and in 1852, £1,294 17s. 10d. Receipts from 25th of
consideration of the magistrates. April to the end of February, in the years 1851 and 1852 :
d.
It is understood that the Watch Committee, not having —ln 1851, £18,355 3s. ld., and in 1852, £18,086 15s. 2(1.
accepted from 25th April, 1851, to 29th February,
accepted the resignation of Mr. Dowling prior to the de-
cision of the magistrates, and having, in consequence of 1852, namely, ordinary working, repairs, and rent,
that decision, declined to ratify the resolution of the £13,220 3s. sd.
Council, Mr. Dowling will not be entitled to the pension THE WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS.—The monthly
which he would otherwise have received. meeting was held on Thursday evening, at the Queen's
Arms, Liscard ; Mr. Charles Holland in the chair. The
salary of Thomas Scambler, the chief constable of the
parish, was increased to 255. a week. A motion by Mr.
Penny was carried, that the parliamentary committee
inquire into, and report to the board, what portion of the
present act of parliament it may be desirable to repeal,
and also as to what portion of the consolidated acts it
may be desirable to enact in the event of the Public
Health Act being introduced into the parish.
INTERESTING LECTURE AT NORTHWICH.—On Tues-
day evening, at the request of the committee of the Pub-
lic Institution, Northwich, the seventh of a series of lec-
tures we, delivered in the Town-hall of that town by Dr
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LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.

CAUTION TO GAS-CONSUMERS.—Thomas Moore, the
keeper of a coal-yard in Cazeneau-street, was summoned,
on Saturday, by the Gas Company, for burning more gas
than was registered by the meter nt his establishment.
One of the foremen at the Gas Company's office stated
that, in September last, he examined the meter and found
everything right, hut that on re-examining it, in February,
he found that a false communication pipe had been intro-
duced, and that a large quantity of gas, it is impossible
to say how much, had been thus burnt without going
through the meter at all. For the defence it was urged
Ily 1111111/ LIME LUH lit'llYtialarbt WM. not olouvo or flapau-
straction ; that he had recently employed a gasfitter to
make some repairs, and that the fitter was the party to
blame. A fine of £5 was imposed. Mr. J. B. Lloyd ap-
peared for the Gas Company. _

large room was filled by a highly respectable audience.
..utie lecturer pcnutruyeu, 1.11,1.1 tucuritulllutloll, the
distinguishing features in the productions of many of our
leading men of genius, interspersing his graphic descrip.
tions by occasional readings from the speeches and writ-
ings of Moore, Sheridan, Scott, Rogers, &c.
BIRKENHEAD COUNTY COURT.-- CUMMINGS MARCHER.
—Miss Cummings, the plaintiff in this case, sued the
defendant for two quarters' schooling. The circumstances
were as follows :—The plaintiff keeps an infant school in
Higher Tranmere, to which the defendant sent three El tle
girls. Several complaints had been made to the school-
mistress of severe treatment by corporal punishment, and
notice had been given that, if repeated, the children
would be removed from the school. About the middle
of the Easter quarter, in 1851, the youngest child, Your
years of age, received a slap across the face from the hand
of the governess, which bruised its face, and made the
eye blood-shot. Upon this the children were immediately
removed, and the defendant offered to pay for the time
they had been at school that quarter, hut refused to pay
t he
action
wholew asq uianrstteir, whi
ch
to was
compel
demandedhim
to: a
paynd the present
both
til
that
and othn
came out in evidence, and the plaintiff was nonsuited.
rteTri'tse notice being
ee—s cah oqoula.

MANCATCHERS.—Two simple-looking Irishmen ap-
' peared, on Saturday, before Mr. Mansfield, to prefer a
charge against John Grant, one of the " mancatching"
fraternity, who having met with them and ascertained
their intention of emigrating, proffered his services in ob-
taining them berths as what ho called " passengers'
cooks." They gave him £2, and he in return transferred
to them a piece of paper, upon which was written, in
almost illegible characters, the name of some vessel in
which he gave them to understand he had secured them
berths. The paper was, of course, valueless, and Grant
having decamped, information was communicated to the
police, who, however, apprehended him, with the money
in his possession. The prisoner was discharged, with a
severe reprimand, some little links being wanted to make
the proof of fraud complete.
NON-COMPLIANCH WITH TIIR EMIGRATION AeT.—
Captain Patey, the Government emigration.officer at this
port, laid an information, on Saturday, against Captain
Mors, of the Queen of the 'West, for non-compliance with
the requirements of the Emigration Act in two instances,
first, in not providing a satisfactory ventilation for the
after-part of the ship, and, secondly, in not properly pro-
visioning a number of the passengers. The infractions
occurred in September last, and Captain Patey not feel-
ing himself justified in granting a clearance, the vessel
had sailed without one. The liability to a penalty not
exceeding £5O, and not less than £5, had thus been in-
curred. Captain Patey pressed for the full amount. On
behalf of the defendant it was urged, by Mr. W. K. Ty rer,
that there did not exist a ventilating contrivance for the
after-part of the vessel, and that the charge which Captain
Patey insisted upon would have impaired the strength of
the deck. Mitigating circumstances were also urged in
regard to the non-provisioning, which induced the bench
to inflict the penalty of but £25, with costs.
SMUGGLING.—On Thursday, John Goulding was fined
405., for smuggling Bibs. of foreign manufactured tobacco.
He was one of the crew of the Joseph Walker, from New
York.

DREADFUL EVENT AT CONWAY.—A circumstance un-
usually shocking has just occurred at Conway, North
Wales. Aman of dissolute habits, named Owen Williams,
who occupies a small wooden hut or cabin, situated in an
Isolated position immediately under the old town wall, re-
turned home in a state of intoxication a few nights ago,
poor woman strangling her.
man effected her
aAfter endeavouredmlichrnaltrteoatmmeunrtdetr his
hepor
escape. The man then attacked his sister, who resided in
the house; but she also managed to free herself from his
violence, and joined the wife. They having left two
children, from seven to ten years old, in an adjacent room
in the cabin, determined with the assistance of a neigh-
bour to rescue them, remembering that the man had
frequently sworn to set fire to his dwelling. On their re-
turn to the hut they found it in flames, and the remains
of the drunken man, burnt almost to a cinder, lying amid
the ruins. On search being made it was found that the
children had escaped, and were uninjured. No doubt ex-
ists that the man bad put his often-repeated threat into