The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-05 00:00:00

DESERTER.

Thomas Hagan, a private in the 13th Regiment of Foot,
gave himself into custody of one of the police-officers on
Saturday evening last. By his own statement he was
enlisted in July last, and had deserted from the regiment,
which was lying:at Chatham, about three weeks ago. Com-
mitted.

PERSONIFYING A VOTER.
James Connor, apparently a seafaring man, was placed in
the dock, charged with having represented himself at the
polling-booth, for St. Anne's Ward, on Friday last, as John
Bond, of Soho-street.
Mr. Mason, the ex-councillor and attorney, appeared to
support the information. He said the prisoner had, he
apprehended, been guilty of a misdemeanor. He would
prove the case by calling upon
Mr. Lloyd Rayner, one of the assessors of the ward, who
said that the prisoner came to the booth in the afternoon,
about a qaarter to four o'clock, holding in his hand a voting-
paper, which he presented, and the particulars were called
out " 7500, John Bond, Soho-street." I looked at him,
and said, " why, you are not John Bond, for John Bond is
now at Lancaster." My co-assessor, Mr. Grocott, said he
would put the usual questions, which were answered posi-
tively.
By Mr. Rushton.—Have the goodness to state the ques-
tions put.
By Mr. Lloyd Rayner :—He read them regularly from a
paper, furnished from the Town-hall.
By Mr. Mason :—Did he ask him if he was the person on
the burgess roll?
Mr. Crew, who appeared for the prisoner, objected to this
question.
By Mr. Mason :—Was any other question put, or anything
else said ?

Mr. Lloyd Rayner :—As a warning to him, I said " I
know John Bond personally, he is my neighbour, and I can-
not allow that vote to pass." Mr. Grocott said, "He has
answered the questions, and his vote must be received." I
then replied, that nothing was left but to give him in custody,
which I did to Inspector Andrews.
By Mr. Rushton:—Was the alderman of the ward present
during this conversation?
Mr. Lloyd Rayner :—Yes, Sir.:
Mr. Rushton :—Who is the alderman of that ward ?

Mr. Lloyd Rayner :—Mr. Benn.
Cross-examined by Mr. Crewe :—I believe you asked the
questions of the prisoner of your own r..ccord?
Mr. Lloyd Rayner :—No, Sir, Mr. Grocott asked them.
Mr. Crewe : Did no burgess desire that the question
should be put ? No Sir.
Mr. Crewe : Independent of these questions you put
yourself, did you make any more inquiries ? Yes ; I asked
him where he came from ; his reply was, that he came the
day before from the West Indies.

1..11r. Crewe :—What did you do with the voting paper?
Mr. Lloyd Rayner :—lt was put into the box, and I took
it out again at the Town-hall, and it has been in my posses-

sion ever since.

Mr. Crewe :—At the time these questions were put had he
the voting paper in his hand ?
Mr. Lloyd Rayner :—No, he had delivered it into the booth
—into my hands ; I handed it over to Mr. Grocott, and upon
determined objections, Mr. Grocott asked the questions.
By Mr. Rushton :—Did you see Conuor come up ? Yes,
sir.

Had he the paper then in his hand? Yes, sir.

At what time ? about quarter past four.
By Mr. Mason :—How many questions were asked? rbe-
lieve two : whether he was the person, &c., and whether he
had voted before.

Mr. Grocott was sworn, and examined by Mr. Mason.

You are one of the assessors of St. Anne's Ward ? lam

Do you recollect the prisoner coming up to the booth to
vote on Friday ? I don't recognise the man at all. He is
not dressed the same : have no recollection of his person.

Do you recollect a person presenting himself to vote as
John Bond? Yes.
That is the voting paper? Yes.
Did you hear the other assessor object to his vote being
received ? I did. Mr. Rayner received the voting-paper,
and then called out the number 7500 ; he then referred to the
register, and called out his name, John Bond, Soho-street.
Mr. Rayner then said to him, " You are not John Bond,
what is your name, and where do you come from ?" I said
to Mr. Rayner, " You cannot put such questions ; I will put
the proper questions to him ; I did :put the three following
questions as required by act of parliament :--I
lst.—Are you the person whose name is signed John Bond,
of Soho-street, to the voting-paper now delivered in by you?
2nd.—Are you the person whose name appears as John
Bond on the Burgess Roll now in force for this borough,
being registered therein as rated for property described to be
situated in Soho-street?

3rd.—Have you already voted at the present election ?
To each of the two former he answered in the affirmative
and denied the latter.

By Mr. Rushton :—Did you at that time hold the voting-
paper in your hand ? I did, sir, and as soon as he answered
the questions, I said, " You are now at liberty to go."
By Mr. Mason :—What did the other assessor say ? He
reiterated his objections, and ordered him to be taken in
custody.
Was Mr. Jones, the candidate, present at that time ? I
think it probable he might be, as he was frequently in and out
during the day.
Did any discussion about the matter take place whilst Mr.
Jones was present? I cannot say, but I think not.
By Mr. Crewe :—Did any two burgesses desire you to put

those questions? No, none.
By Mr. Rushton :—After the questions were answered in'
the affirmative why was not the vote received ? There was
a young man standing within the bar who said, he also knew
that the prisoner was not John Bond. . . . .. . . .

Inspec'tor Andrews was called, and stated that he was sta-
tioned the greater part of the day at the booth in Christian-
street ; that he was there at the time the prisoner tendered
his vote in the name of John Bond. He knew John Bond
well: he was a master of a ship, and knew the prisoner not
to be the man. He was differently dressed, but was confi-
dent he was the man he took to Rose-hill lock-up. On his
way thither, he first declared his name was John Bond, of
Soho-street ; afterwards he said he lived in Gildart-gardens,
and that his name was James Connor.
Mr. Crewe contended that his opponents had not made out
their case, and that the prisoner was entitled to a favourable
consideration of the Court. The act of parliament relating
to municipal elections, requires that such objections as the
present were to be made by two burgesses on the roll: in
proof of which he read the 34th section of the said act, which
was as follows :
" And be it enacted, that no inquiry shall be permitted at
any election as to the right of any person to vote as a burgess
in any borough, except only as follows, (that is to say) that
the Mayor, or presiding officer, shall, if required by any two
burgesses entitled to vote in the same borough, put to any
voter, at the time of his delivering in his voting paper, and
not afterwards, auy of the questions before mentioned, and
no other."
Now, in the present instance, he submitted that no such de-
mand had been made by any two burgesses on the roll, and
it was on this ground that he appeared for the prisoner.
Mr. Mason then called two other witnesses to show, that
being burgesses in the booth at the time, they had objected
to the vote being received. Their objections were only in
course of conversation, and not a direct demand that. the as-
sessors do put the questions. In his opinion he thought
such expressions of objection were equivalent to " a demand."
He observed, that the act had been complied with in spirit, if
not in the very letter ; and if there had been any necessity for
calling upon two burgesses to make a formal objection, why
did not Mr. Grocott, who was a professed lawyer, suggest
that at the time ; instead of which, he concurred in the ob-
jection as then made, and put the questions to the prisoner
himself.
Mr. Rushton said it was not the duty of the assessors to
to call upon such parties ; they were motionless in the mat-
ter, and had no authority to do so. He was clearly of opinion
that a case had been made out for conviction ; and it was a
very grave offence.' He was, however, desirous of constru-
ing all legislative enactments when practical, in favour of the
prisoner. He could not hold him to bail because the letter
of the law had not been complied with ; and whatever might
have been the opinion of those gentlemen who heard the case
throughout, it was his opinion that the prisoner must be dis-
charged.

The port of Sunderland has been declared by an order in
Council, to be a fit and proper place for the importation of
goods from parts within the limits of the East India Com-
pany's charter. The like privilege has been conferred upon
Dover, Aberdeen, Dundee, Goole, Lancaster, Londonderry,
Portsmouth, Southampton, and Yarmouth.
Tug WEATHER.—For upwards of a week strong cutting
easterly winds have for the most part prevailed, and the
arrivals of vessels have, consequently, been comparatively
few. Little or no rain had fallen for a considerable time,
and the dust became occasionally annoying, until a very early
hour yesterday morning, when a downfal commenced, which
lasted until nearly three o'clock.—The " Liverpool" steam-
ship, which was to sail from New York on the 19th ult. has
not yet made her appearance. She is expected every tide ;
but as she has in all probability had to encounter these ad-
verse winds, in a voyage eastward, she may not arrive for a
day or two, and still make, if our conjecture be founded in
fact, a good passage. Several of the Irish steamers have,
during the past week, been compelled, by stress of weather,
to put into Holyhead, in their way to this port. Some of
the live stock, particularly pigs, we understand, perished.
The New York packet-ship, George Washington, which was
to sail on the 7th instant, has not yet arrived. Should tho
" Liverpool" arrive by this forenoon's tide, we shall not fail
to supply all the interesting intelligence which she may bring,
in a second edition,

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IMP-ERIAL BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From our Correspondent,)
The adjourned meeting of the claimants took place at the
Clarence Hotel, Manchester, yesterday morning ; the at-
tendance was more numerous than usual, aild'a great interest.
was evinced to know the result 'of the committee appointed
at the meeting to report on the affairs of the bank. Mr.
Bradshitw was called to the chair, and a question arose as to
whether the reporters and solicitors should be present, which
was overruled.
Mr. Veney, solicitor of the bank, then read the report, of
which the following is the substance
The inspectors report that the liabilities of the bank have
been decreased to the extent of several thousand pounds,
and that the debts owing to the bank had been valued at less
than they have produced. That the difficulty of winding up
the affairs arises from the determination of creditors to press
payment by law proceedings, without affording those oppor-
tunities for getting in the assets, and making other arrange-
ments, to avoid the ultimate destruction of property, which
ought to go to the liquidation of the creditor's debts. That,
notwithstanding the reports to the contrary, a great propor-
tion of the shilling shareholders are desirous of • coming for-
ward, and would willingly do so if they were satisfied that
the payment of a certain fixed sum per share would be taken
as a full discharge to all their liabilities to the creditors ; and
the inspectors cannot believe that many will suffer themselves
to be advised to oppose such an arrangement. They are sa-
tisfied that a payment of £5 per share will be sufficient, with
the other resources, to satisfy the liabilities of the bank; and
they suggest that this money, until the settlements are com-
pleted, and the shareholders get discharged, should be en-
tirely under the coutroul of the parties themselves in -their
own bank, and in the names of their own committee. The
inspectors have no hesitation in declaring their determination
to pursue every remedy which the law allows against those
shareholders who may, persist in refusing this fair offer of

accommodation. 7 '7
Mr. Hitchcock then stated that he had been inforined on
unquestionable authority.; that the Directors, after their ap-
pointment, had placed a reserve of 300-Shares each to them-
selves, on which no calls were made. Now he wished to
know whetherthese were calculated:in the report or not.
The,Directors'ought themselves to pay their calls before
they come on the Shareholders. He held scrip in his hand
for 500 shates-on which no call had been made. . The report
made up to government stated that 18095 shares had been taken,
in which two calls were made, andthat there was a capital of
about £72,000, and it was upon this official statement that
Mr. Wood was induced to embark his capital in the bank.
But the fact was there never was £35,000 of bona fide money
in the bank exclusive of Mr. Wood's £lO,OOO. -An expe-
dient was resorted to from the-first which ought to -be made
known, so-that -other Joint Stock Banks might riot suffer
from the misconduct of the Imperial. Some time &fore Me
Bank opened, business commenced, they discounted paper,
and the first account waS opened with-the London and West-
minster 'Bank, and bills of exchange to the amount of between
£6,000 and £7,000 were drawn and accepted; for Avhieh',
value was given. This act was- imputed to Mr. Law, and
that gentleman.was there to answer for himself.' The con-
nexion with the London and Westminster Bank was soon
brought to a close. Next they went to Wright's, and from
there to Prescott and Co.'s•Bank. This systeui wasriot liked,
and soon put an end to cries of question, question.
Mr. H. said he wished to know the number of shares-on
which the calculation was made. -
Mr. Phillips said the number was 10,000, and was formed
from .the original returns made to parliament. They had
excluded from it all persons not capable of paying, *and had
taken the lowest calculation of those who were liable. They
had given a discount of 8000.•
. Mr. Hitchcock inquired how it was proposed to pay off
the debts of the Bank?
Mr. Pilling suggested that a gentleman" should be appoint-
ed, to co-operate with the directors in carrying out the ob-
jects of the report.
Mr. Phillips stated the money in hand to be £llOO.
After a protracted discussion, Mr. Pickford suggested,
that suppose the assets, according to the report, would come
come to 13s. or 14s. in the pound, would the directors make
them an offer of 15s. in the pound, with security, and leaving
the one-shilling shareholders to the creditors, who might
proceed as they thought proper ?
Mr. Nuttal who spoke for the directors, said that he should
be glad if the creditors would -take the account, and the
directors would give the 15,000, in addition.
• Mr. Pickford said he considered the directors the best
judges, but he would rather take 15s. ce:-tain than 16s. con-
tingent. If his proposition were acceelled to, they would
have a greater claim in inducing the one shilling shareholders
to come forward.
Mr. Peel.—Can the security be found?
Mr.•Veney.—No. He thought that it would be better for
the Inspecting Committee to add to their number, and 'co-
operate with the directors. The expense of litigation would
be less. He could not tell to 20 how many actions there
were pending.
Ultimately the following resolution was unanimously
adopted, which appeared to give very general satisfaction.
" That the Inspecting Committee, with power to add to
their
.number, be- empowered to confer with the directors,
the one-shilling shareholders, and to call such meetings at
such places and times, as they may think proper,-as soon as
circumstances will allow, in order to ascertain the nature of
the offer now made -to -the creditors."- „ .
It was then'arranged that the inspecting committee should
meet the one-shilling shareholders after theitad conferred
with the directors, and a very general hope -was expressed,
that this disastrous affair would shortly be brought to a
close, and Mr. Law expressed his willingness to give every
explanation, and denied the charge of Mr. Hitchcock.

TAE MAGICAL FIGURES !-our readers will perceive by
Mr.Colles's advertisement that he leepi his apartments open

this week, until nine o'clock in the evaning, for the conve-
nience of those who cannot attend at his usual hours : we

would recommend all who have not seen him to do so, as this
is the last week but two of his stay in Liverpool.

MARTIN'S GRAND PICTURE OF THE Coup:;NATlox.—We
'perceive that this splendid Work of art 'remains on view at
the Lyceum for four days more: Those who haVe not yet
done themselves the pleasure of inspecting it have no time
to lose:

AlllieltoMl.3Y WARD.7—M the close of the poll on Friday
last, Mr. James Procter appeared at-the window of the Con-
servative Committee-room, and, after`stativigthe result of the
election, said, that as chairman of the,,oopimittce which sup-
ported Mr.' Bushell as a candidat,a-to.wres:est that ward in
the Town, Couneil, he'had to enter his ,p,rotest on behalf of
that corniuittee against the apparent in removing
the polling-bootliafter it had been fixed:and proclaimed at
the Town-hall; and he did so, in the.first place, because the
Mayor had stated in council that with, the removal he :had
nothing to.do,,and did not even know_at the time he was
speaking where it was removed to ; and, in the second place,
as the Mayor hid shifted the blame oft his shoulders, he then
called upon Mr. Alderman Barclay. to explain the part he
had taken. . , ,

SERMON TO THE Jaws.—On Friday evening next we un-
derstand that it is the intention of the Rev. S. Joseph to
deliver a sermon at St. Simon's Church, Sir Thomas's
Buildings, to which his brethren of ,the House of Israel are
most affectionately invited. The, subject on which he will
preach will be " The Glory of the Second Temple." A pub-
lic baptism of a converted Jew will take place on this inter-
esting occasion.
RADICAL INTIMIDATION.—A gross case of intimidation
on the part of the radicals has just come to our knowledge.
It seems that a respectable individual in Kirkdale had refused
to vote on Friday for Mr. Quayle. For' this mighty offence
he was, in the course of the day, threatened'bv a liberal ma-
gistrate, by whom he was canvassed, with something equiva-
lent to the loss of his licence if he persisted in his neutrality.
In addition to this, he was assailed, while in a neighbours'
shop, by a gang of ruffians who threatened him with personal
violence. Not content with this, these ruffians proceeded
also to wreak their vengeance on the head of his son, who had
no vote to give. Such is radical freedom of election. We
trust these miscreants will be brought to account.
THE LATE DUKE OF BEDFORD.—The remains of the late
DUke of Bedford will be landed this morning, and then be
conveyed to the family residence in Belgrave-square, where
they are to remain until the day of the funeral, when they
are to be removed for interment in the ancestral vault at

Chenies Church, near Rickmansworth. The body will not
lay in state at iroburn Abbey, as was anticipated. The
whole of the late duke's sons will attend the funeral, as also
the Marquis of Abercorn, who comes to town on Tuesday
next. The Dowager Duchess of Bedford, and the ladies
Georgiana and Rachel Russell, will continue some time at the
Donne, in strict retirement—Morning Herald of Yesterday.
So great is said to be the anxiety manifested by the public
to witness the first night of Sheridan. Knowles's new play of
Love, which will be produced this evening at Covent-garden
Theatre, that not a seat in either the dressor first circle is to
be obtained, and but- few in .the 'upper•or second circle re-
main disengaged.

ST. MARTS CHURCH, 'ST. ilta!4fA.--This edifice has
been lighted with gas. About a !TWA 514E46:there was a meet-
ing of a few friends of the establigfiedluirch, for the pur-
pose of taking the subject into' cOns)tleiation,, when those
lovers of the truth and staunch supporters of the cluirch,
Peter Greenall, Esq., and -R. Fildes, Esq., came liberally
fol•Nwri with £lO each towards the object in question; it
was p....-:,,oncled to by the inhabitantS, who, in a very short
time, raiFe,l upwards of -£100; and now evening servide is re-
gularly belt?, to •the convenience of all classes.----Wigan
Gazette. •

TWO HUNDRED PIGS' DROWNED AND SMOTHERED.—
As a proof of the violence of,the easterly gales whichfiave
recently prevailed, the William Penn, Waterford steamer,
which left that porton-Monday last, did not arrive here till
Sunday afternoon. She was compelled, by stress of weather,
to put into'Beaumaris, where she 'remained two days. She
had on board, 'when'she Tutted Waterford, a large cargo of
pig 4, of NVhiCle upwards. or two ,Intriffrecl were smothered or
washed (A'eroard during the polage.
IscoNniA,ar FutA, AT Boi.ro,N.r-tOn Thursday morning
last, about two o'clock, a fire sudden/sbroke out in the tim-
ber-yard I:elonging„to Messrs.,Narsden and Son, Bridge-
street, an 4, in a few, Jainutes thg'.uppeepart of the yard con-
sisted of one entire volume of ;tam,-; ;An alarm was given,
and the ;engines were brought elitti,q4;Victoria,..belonging
to Little Ilolton, was first on the spot, and was brought into
action to save the adjoining ,eototgep which appeared to be
in very great danger. Several other engines also. arrived
shortly afterwards. The flames, frOpVilie'stiong wind which
blew from the. west, threatened the destruction of several
houses, which, indeed, must inevitably have taken place had
not great exertions been used to save
,them. A great num-
ber of windows were broken and the frames 'burnt, and in
the cottage of a man named Thole, the bedding, and a piece
of linen which his wife had proctired to make him shirts,
were completely spoiled. 'Some furniture and a carpet also
took fire in another cottage, but were thrown out into the
street before any material damage was done. 'The inhabi-
tants of the surrounding houses, dreading the consequences,
got their bedding, &d., into the street, and on the arrival of
the military from the barracks, they were carefully guarded.
It turned out, however, that no very material damage ensued.
for the stacks of. timber, which stood in piles, were speedily
reduced to ashes, and the water from the pipes of the engines
preserved the buildings. Great complaints were made that
no water could be obtained from the company's pipes, and
the firemen were under the necessity of procuring supplies
from the neighbouring lodges. We are informed that it is a
common practice to turn Off the water at nights, which is
highly censurable, as great danger, in case of fire, might be
caused for want of it. That it is the work of an incendiary
there remains not a doubt, because it would be almost im-
possible for spontaneous ignition to occur in the night-time
in a timber-yard which is not covered in, and therefore ex-
' posed to the weather. The rapidity with which the timber
burned too, affords ground for suspicion that it had been
sprinkled with spirits of turpentine, or some other liquid of
a combustible nature. We understand that Messrs. Mars-
den had a quarrel with their sawyers, about four years ago,
on account of having purchased, at Liverpool, some timber
which had been' sawn at the mill, and that it led to a turn-
out. The sawyers have, since that period, been a source of
great annoyance to Messrs. Marsden, and the differences
have not yet been arranged. It is considered that jhese
things may have led to the fire, but there is no evidence to
that effect. A reward, we perceive, of £lOO has been offered
for such information as will lead to a conviction of the per-
petrators of such a diabolical deed. The damage is estimat-
ed at about £400; but Messrs. Marsden are insured to the
full dmount.—Boltoli Chronkle.
It is stated that from the opening of the Newcastle and
North Shields Railway, on the 22d of June, to the 21st Octo-
ber, a period or four months,' 250,000 passengers have tra-
velled on the line, without the occurrence of the slightest
accident tO any prie of them.--Newcastle 19ternal?
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