The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-05-03 00:00:00

EMBEZZLEMENT.

Two young men, named Dunn and Tupper, apprentices to
the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, were
brought before Mr. Hall, on Tuesday last, charged with
having embezzled various sums of money, amounting, as far
as had been ascertained, to upwards of £l4, which they
received for and on behalf of the Company, but for which
they had not regularly accounted. The sister of Tupper,
it was stated by the clerk of the establishment, tendered to
him the sum which her brother had been accused of embez-
zling, but he declined to receive it, as it was considered
necessary to punish such delinquencies. A witness was
then called, who proved the payment of 14s 9d to Tupper
for the freight of five bales of goods from Manchester to
Liverpool, and for which he produced Tupper's receipt,
which was dated the 19th March. Mr. Kidd, a clerk of the
Company, to whom it was usual for Tupper and the other
clerks to account every night, for all monies received during
the day, referred to his book, and stated that no such item
as that in question was contained in the pri'soner's return of
receipts, either for that or any subsequent day. He ac-
counted for and paid in £2 6s 3d on that day, but this sum
did not embrace that for which the receipt was given by the
prisoner. Mr. Hall said that this evidence was not sufficient
to warrant him in committing the prisoner on the charge of
embezzlement. Properly speaking, there was no subsequent
accounting proved—there was no conversation between the
parties on the subject, nor was there any elopement after the
transaction.
At the request of an officer of the company, the prisoners
were remanded till the following day, to enable him, as he
was confident he would be able, to procure sufficient testi-
mony to bring home the charge against both of them. The
complainants did not then appear to prosecute, and the pri-
soners were discharged.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS AT THE GRAND JUNCTION
HOTEL.—Lord Caledon, Col. Macgregor, Col. Greaves,
Capt. Conroy, Capt. Alexander, Capt. Jackson (97th Regt.),
Capt. Stoke (97th Regt.), Madame Creames and family,
Arthur Forbes, Esq., John Hull, Esq., H. Barry, Esq.,
Mrs. and Miss Forbes, Rev. Mr. Stubbs, Rev. Mr. Martin,
Lieut. Brabazon, W. E. Hutchinson, Esq., J. Hope, Esq.,
Mrs. and Miss Hope, H. E. Jones, Esq., J. Doyle, Esq.,
Mr. and Mrs. Grainger, W. Ogle, Esq., H. Smyth, Esq.,
W. Brown, Esq., J. M`Pherson, Esq., D.A. Wallace, Esq.,
J. Fiskin, Esq., James Beatty, Esq., J. Dombrain,. Esq.,
R. Smith, Esq., H. Walker, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Abbot and
family, Mrs. Daly, H. Johnstone, Esq.

MILITARY MOVEMENTS.—Five companies of the 79th
Highlanders, under the command of Captain M'Dougal, ar-
rived here yesterday evening from Dublin, in a steam vessel,
and, with the remainder of the regiment, which arrived at
midnight with their commanding officer, are to proceed at
six o'clock this morning, it is supposed, to Manchester—
whence, i,t is surmised, though no positive orders to that ef-
fect have been communicated, they are forthwith to be
marched, and stationed in such locality as may be considered
by the proper military authorities, most suitable for the
prompt and effectual suppression of any riots or disturbance
that may be attempted by the disaffected chartists. It is
stated that one of the cavalry regiments quartered in or near
the Irish metropolis, was also under orders to proceed to a
similar destination ; and, in case any emergency should arise,
to be so placed, as to be available, at the shortest possible notice,
to put down any attempt to create riot and tumult, such as
we have noticed elsewhere, has occurred in Montgomeryshire.
Their presence. at all events, will have the effect of deterring
those misguided men from repeating these demonstrations of
their discontent, and such we infer is the object of this sud-
den and hasty movement of the troops,—from the fact that,
when the orders were issued to the infantry regiment to be
in readiness for embarkation, only three hours previous to
their departure, they were doing garrison duty in Dublin,
and their guards had instantly to be relieved. On their
arrival here, there was considerable delay in procuring
billets for the men, and it was certainly a great hardship to
detain them standing in the street for upwards of an hour
after landing, considering that they had been exposed for
the night without rest, and it may be added, sans culottes,
on the crowded deck of an Irish steam-boat.

We regret to hear, that a son of Mr. Wadham Wyndham,
and Mr. Thomson, brother of the president of the board of
trade, were accidentally drowned on Sunday evening at Great
Marlow, in Bucks. It appears the party were in a boat on
the river with Mrs. Thomson, and that the boat, through
some accident, having upset, the gentlemen were drowned :
the lady, however, was saved. Manchester Guardian.

LIVERPOOL
STAN DARD
ity t:.
• ‘'4';
MEETING OF THE BEER SELL,
A numerous meeting of the beer-sellers of thistlarilie I S M 74
held on Wednesday evening last, in Mr. Burnell's large room
in Norton-street, to take into consideration the further mea-
sures to be taken to vindicate the rights of the trade, and to
agree to petitions to parliament against the bills now pending
against it. Mr NUTTALL was called to the chair, and ad-
dressed the meeting at considerable length, urging the ne-
cessity of a permanent society being formed, for the protec-
tion of their mutual interests. He explained the nature of
Mr. Pakington's bill, which went to limit the license to retail
beer to houses rated at £l5 a year or upwards, which he
considered an injustice, inasmuch as a house so rated in one
part of the town, might not be so good nor so well conducted
as one rated a pound or two less in another neighbourhood.
Lord Brougham's bill was still more fatal to their interests,
inasmuch as though it did away with the license to sell ale, it
restricted the sale of it within doors to the licensed victuallers ;
and they all knew that to prevent them from selling within
doors would be a death blow to their trade. He did not see
why the retailing of ale, on paying for the license, should not
be as free as the retailing of tea, or any other excisable arti-
tide, the parties being amenable to the law if they did not
conduct their houses properly. With regard to the assertions
so often made by their enemies, that the beer-houses were
mere nurseries for robberies and other crimes, he considered
them as calumnious and false : and he believed abundant
evidence could be produced that such crimes were much more
frequently concocted in the dram shops. If the beer-sellers
formed a permanent society, they would be enabled, from
time to time, to confute these calumnies, and to set them-
selves right with the public. But if they did not combine
in self defence, those who were interested in putting them
down would continue to attack them with impunity. These
and similar sentiments, uttered by other speakers, were
warmly responded to by the meeting, and the following reso-
lutions were finally agreed to unanimously :-
I.—That for the protection of the beer-house-keepers of
Liverpool it is absolutely necessary to form a permanent
society.
2.—That petitions to both houses of parliament be imme-
diately prepared, and the trade canvassed for signatures.
3.—That a subscription be entered into to defray the ex-
penses, and that the subscription of each member be ss. per
annum, or ls. 3d. per quarter; to be collected quarterly.
4.—That previous to the petitions being presented, another
meeting of the whole trade be called, to considerof any fur-
ther intended measures ; of which meeting due notice will he
given.
Resolutions were also carried, appointing Mr. Lloyd trea-
surer, and Mr, Wainer secretary, pro tem., until the next
general meeting. The petition to parliament was also read
and approved of; it had already received a number of signa
tures. _

After some slight discussion as to future proceedings the
meeting separated.

RADICAL AND CHARTIST MEETING AT THE
POLICE OFFICE, BOLTON,
Presided over by the Worshipful the Mayor.,

On Wednesday last, a public meeting of the lieges was
convened by his Worship the Mayor, the professed object of
which was to take into consderation the conduct of two of
the borough magistrates, as regards the late app-ointment
of overseers for Great Bolton, the legality of which appoint-
ment is now pending for decision in the Conti-. of Queen's
Bench. The magistrates who made the appointment; were
William Ford Hulton, Esq., of Hulton Park, Thomas:Ridg,
way, Esq., John Fletcher, Esq., and R. R. Lomax; Esq.
The town of Bolton has, since Saturday • last, been very
liberally placarded with large bills, announcing that the
meeting would be held in the Sessions-room, Nelson-square,
" for the purpose of taking into consideration the conduct of
two of our county magistrates, John Fletcher, Esq., and
W. Ford Hulton, Esq., at the late appointment of overseers
for this borough ; themselves having set the law at defiance,
the people have no longer any confidence in them as adminis-
trators of justice." This requisition was addressed to " his
Worship the Mayor," and professed to be signed by 130
persons, all ley-payers of the borough, but whose " local
habitation," we suspect, there would be no little difficulty in
finding. The meeting was called for eleven o'clock, but a
considerable period after that time, there were not eighty
persons in the room. Within a few minutes of twelve
o'clock, the mayor, Mr. Darbeshire, counterpane manufac-
turer, took his seat on the bench. The radicals at this mo-
ment attempted to play off a ruse, but it most signally failed,
in fact, the trick was too bare-faced, and even too much for
his radical worship to swallow. Although the room was not
one quarter filled, they lustily cried out for an adjournment
to the open space in the front of the " Sessions-house." At
this moment there were not 200 persons present. The Mayor
said, gentlemen, there is no occasion for adjournment, there
is not a single person in the gallery, and the room is nothing
like full, there is yet room for a hundred persons near me. A
voice cried out, There are hundreds outside who cannot get
in." Several people went to the windows, and declared they
had counted the number, and they did not amount to thirty.
At the termination of this farce, the business of the day
began in right earnest.
The CHAIRMAN said they were well aware of the object of
the meeting. He must honestly confess that he had ex-
perienced some difficulty in calling a meeting respecting The
personal characters of two men ; but on the consideration of
having received so respectable a requisition, and knowing
that the town felt aggrieved—and properly so—he should
have called that meeting if the difficulties had been still
greater. (Hear, hear.) His own opinions ought never to
guide him ! If a respectable requisition was brought to him,
he ought to waive his own peculiar notions and bow to the
request. He hoped they would adopt a proper course in the
observations they might be called upon to make, by making
no personal allusions to private character. The subject was a
public one, and as the gentlemen were public characters,
they were liable to public praise or censure. He was bound
to say that a political question ought never to influence the
conduct of a magistrate ; indeed, he believed, it never could
happen to him! !—but if he did err, he should be most anxious
to repair it. He hoped that bench, upon which he then
stood, would ever maintain its high character for impartiality
and justice. He would call upon Mr. Barry to read the
memorial which had been prepared.
The memorial, ready cut and dried, to Lord John Russell,
for the removal of the two magistrates above named, was
then read and adopted by the meeting, and the Mayor was
requested to sign the same on behalf of the meeting.
The principal speakers were a Mr. Skelton, who talked a
great deal of nonsense respecting " Squire Hulton" intimi-
dating him from attending the meeting—a Mr. Wood, an ex-
member of the National Convention—a person of the name.
of Lingard, who declared he was ready to go the whole hog—
a worthy who rejoices in the name of Lever—and several
others of the same kidney.
The character of the meeting became at length of so violent
a nature, that the Mayor abruptly declared it to be dissolved,
and the chair was instantly accupied by a Mr. M`Caul, a So-
cinian Minister, who said, " he did not know the object of
his being placed in such an honourable situation, but ifit
was anything against either whigs or tories he was their man."
The meeting was then addressed by several working men,
who told them the 6th of May was at hand, and advised the
people to arm themselves, and if they could not get what they
wanted to go and take it by force.
Thus terminated this farce. Indeed, the leadir.g wicks to
a man were ashamed of the business, and abstain eT from
giving their attendance.

We understand that the -Rev. Mr. M'Crea, of Dublin, is to
preach in the Scotch Kirk, Oldham-street, on the next
Lord's day.
- -

NIIISANCE.—We understand that a number of carts have
taken their stand in North John-street, to
,the serious incon-
venience of gentlemen who occupy offices in the street, and
to the great annoyance of passengers, and especially of ladies.
The carters, we are informed, are extremely rude and insult-
ing in their conduct. The other day a gentleman who is a
great invalid called at one of the offices in his carriage, when
these carters refused to stir, althOugh mildly remonstrated
with, and he was obliged to walk about thirty yards, in the
midst of torrents of rain, in order to gain access to the office,
It is time that the Watch CoMmittee should remove this
nuisance, which is becoming more intolerable day by day.
MR. MELVILL'S CHAPEL.—I never saw a more crowded
place of worship than that in which Mr. Melvill preaches. It
is only seated to contain about two thousand persons ; but
from four to five hundred persons are always to been seen
standing in the passages. It is often impossible to effect an
entrance at the door after the service has begun. , Were the
chapel sufficiently large to accommodate four thousand in-
dividuals, I have no doubt it would be constantlyu
The Metropolitan Pulpit :by the Author 14f Random
Recollections." . .

The poor-law commissioners have appointed Henry Walter
Parker, of Gray's Inn, Esq. barrister-at-law, lute4ly one of
their assistant-secretaries ; Caesar George Otway, Lag. ; and
Joseph Burke, Esq. barrister-at-law, to be assistant com.
mis,:ioners of poor laws. • .L

M. Arago, the French philosopher, has ittivanted .the
opinion, that the climate of France is grailualiv'tecoming
colder. He supposes the advance of the ineirth, polar ice,
towards the temperate zones, to be the eauSe..' Sir John -.
Barrow advanced a similar notion concerning the climate of
England many years ago.
SALMON FISHING.—CoIoneI Hay, with Mr. St.. George
Gore, at the fork of the weir, below the Falls, at Castle-Con-
nell, hooked a salmon, which, after a leap or two out of the
water, made a rush for the Battery, which, in consequence of
the boat being let down too far, the fish cleared. It being
impossible to follow with the boat, he ran out the whole of
the line, 110 yards, and it Was quite miracidous that he did
not smash the rod or tackle. One of the boatmen (Ray)
jumped out on the Battery wall, up to his middle in water,
and got the rod and held on the fish until the boat got round
the end of the weir. The fish was still endeavouring to make
the hole below (Poulherin), whicli lie did, and where he was
attempted to be gaffed, but the stream carried the boat over
him, and both were hurried onsq the-force of water down to
Phemoone, where he was killed, after an hour's most extra-
ordinary sport ; he was hooked in the honnyipart of ,the tail,
which may account for his making such a fight—weight 18 Ilbs.
—Dublin Evening Mail.
THE WEATHER IN SCOTLAND.—In our last notice of the
weather we said that never had. this quarter, of the country
enjoyed a more propitious season for the sowing of oats; we
have the pleasure to add that the planting oaf potatoes is now
going on under like favourable circumstances. The whole
country is alive with industry, and as there is a greater
breadth of land applied to the cultivation of the potato this
year than ever we recollect to have seen before, we may hope
that, should the weather prove as favourable as it now
promises to be, the price of this useful esculent will be lower
next winter than it has been for some time past. ;Potatoes
for seed are selling at a very high rate. We have not as yet
seen any oats braided, but we should think they will be above
ground in many, places next week. The grass is beginning
to spring freely, through the fostering influence of the late
showers.—Glasgow Chronicle.
A SECOND SOLOMON.—A certain auctioneer the other day
verified a maxim familiar with members of the legal profession
—" that when a man pleads his own cause, he is sure to have
a fool for his client." Hehad to sell some property, in which
he had a personal interest, in the neighbourhood of Stockport.
After an exordium, he proceeded to take the biddings of the
company, receiving as his first offer £2O, with which he pro-
ceeded by fives until it had reached £5O, and then knocked
it off with great satisfaction to the last bidder, who, when he
advanced to the table to claim the purchase and to pay the
deposit, was gravely told by this wiseacre of an auctioneer,
that he was in too big a hurry, as he had yet a reserved bill
for £B5O, at the same time producing a piece of paper from
under the candlestick, authorising that amount to be the.sum
at which the property was to be bought in, in the event of no
better a bidding being made. The purchaser at £5O, we hear
intends to enforce his right to the property, and is taking
measures accordingly.—Stockport Advertiser.
BALLOON AND RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—On'Tuesday
Mr. Green, in company with Mr. Rush and Mr. llnghes,
ascended in his large Nassau balloon, from Cheltenham, pre-
cisely at half-past three o'clock, and after a very pleasant,
though circuitous, ride of 85 miles through' the air, passing
close over the park of the Duke of Wellington at Strathfield-
saie, they made a safe landing at a quarter-past seven, on
Haizley-heath, near Hartley-row, Hants, the aeronauts
having been in " Clouds' omnibus" three hours and a quar-
ter. The gentleman in the management of the Winchfield
and Hartley-row terminus of the London and Southampton
railway, on perceiving the aerial voyagers descending near to
his station, sent persons to inform Mr. Green that he would
have engine power ready to convey him, his companions,
and balloon to London, which was accepted, and in one hour
and ten minutes from the time of starting from Winchfield,
a distance of 384 miles, the balloon and its previous occupants
were safely landed at Vauxhall ; the rate of travelling being
by balloon, 22i miles, by the railroad, 324 miles per hour.
—Morning Herald. •