The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-06 00:00:00

THE WIDOW'S LAMENT.

Alas! he's gone !—thy Father's dead, my boy—
e, once my brightest hope; my only joy,
Now rests his head beneath the dewy sod,
O'er which his wandering footsteps often trod.
Now I am left alone with nought but thee
To brave the tempests of the earthly sea :
That eye,.which once beamed forth with pure delight,
Now sleeps alone in everlasting night.
Oh ! I remember well, my child, that day
When his high spirit left its house of clay ;
Then in his death-cold hand he placed my own,
Aud his last mandate was, " Protect toy Son."
Whilst the fierce pangs of death Ihonvulsed his frame,
He, softly sighing, whispered still thy name.
Oh ! when I look upon that lovely brow,
Me-thinks I see thy noble Father now.
Before be breathed his spirit into bliss,
He printed on thy rosy lips a kiss ;
Then turned his eyes to heaven with rapturous joy,
And, in expiring accents, blessed his boy.
W. R. R.
(A Youth of Fourteen

MR. AND MISS VANDENHOFF.—We perceive, by the pa-
pers brought by the Great Western, that Mr. and Miss Van-
denhoff are performing at Baltimore. Miss V.'s success has
we are happy to learn, been beyond all expectation. In Bal•
timore there is an absolute mania about her. Her great suc.
cess has been most favourable to the full and free develope.
meat of her powers.

MILK PUNCH.—Puffiing apart, the milk punch, adver-
tised for sale by Mr. Haram, is really one of the most—in-
deed, we may say emphatically the most delicious cordial of
the kind that was ever tasted, Its superlative qualities only
need to be tested in order to be universally acknowledged.
We have no doubt that it will soonbecomea general favourite
in Liverpool.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--2Fn IDA V.

A VENDER OF INDECENT PUBLICATIONS.

On Friday last, at the police-office, a man Lined Wil-
liamson, was brought before the magistrates, chaeged with
dealing in obscene publications. Mr. Dowling, Commis-
missioner of Police, said, that for some time back much an-
noyance had been occasioned to respectable individuals, in
consequence of handbills being distributed about the streets,
stating that publications of an indelicate nature might be ob-
tained by applying at the prisoner's residence in street.
(We omit the name of the street, as otherwise we might
contribute to the prisoner's vicious purpose.] These bills
had not only been distributed in the streets, but given into
the hands of servant maids, and insidiously conveyed into
milliner's shops, and other places where young females were
employed. Parties had been employed to purchase some of
the objectionable works, and the prisoner had been arrested
for selling them. A servant of the Watch Committee stated
that on Tuesday he went to the shop kept by the prisoner,
and asked for one of the books named in the handbill. The
prisoner told him that it was out of print, and could not be
obtained for five guineas. Witness then asked for another
of the works named in the catalogue ; prisoner did not at
once produce it, but requested witness to call again ; he did
so, and ultimately purchased the work far 7s. The book,
which was a small one, was produced ;—its original price ap-
peared to have been erased, and other figures substituted.
Another person said that the day previous he went to the
shop named in the handbill, where he saw a female : he asked
for a book, and she requested him to call again ; lie did so,
and bought the book inquired for, along with another. The
books were of a very objectionable nature. The defence of
the prisoner was to the effect that he was not aware the pub-
lications were of an objectionable nature ; be had seen works
bearing the same titles exposed for sale in London ; he was
himself a bookseller; and being applied to by gentlemen, and
others, to supply them with similar publications, he had
written for some copies ; he was not aware that by selling
them lie was violating any law,—if he had he would not have
done so ; he would promise, upon liberation, that the shop
should be immediately closed, and he would never deal again
in the like publications. Mr. Rushton remarked that the in-
sidious manner the bills advertising the sale of the books had
been conveyed into the hand of females clearly showed that
the prisoner was aware his conduct was culpable, and it was
his (Mr. R's) duty to see that he did not escape punishment.
The prisoner was ordered to find bail for his appearance at
the sessions,—himself in £6O, and two sureties in £3O each ;
in default of doing so, to be kept in prison.
TUESDAY.

INGENIOUSSMUGGLING.
Daniel Hennessy, a respectable looking young man, an
importer and dealer in Irish provisions, was charged with
having smuggled from the steamer Town of Wexford, from
Wexford, a quantity of whisky.
It appears that the prisoner has been in theliabit of
porting large quantities of Irish butter lately in firkins. Yes-
terday (Tuesday) morning several firkins were landed from
the above-named steamer. The prisoner took a cart, went
tothe Clarence Dock, and selected two firkins, which he put
into the cart. The cart went away, and he followed at a dis-
tance. These two firkins which he had selected from the
rest were filled with whisky. The officers of Excise who
were on duty about the quay having got information that
much smuggling was carried on in this manner, and seeing
the prisoner select these two particular firkins. had their sus-
picions aroused. They followed the cart, and when it had
proceeded to a little distance, stopped it. They shook the
casks, and were convinced, from the sound which issued,
that they did not contain butter. They tried them, and found
that they contained whisky. The prisoner was immediately
given into the custody of a police officer, and taken to Bride-
well. The whisky was seized.
Mr. Wardle, solicitor, who attended for the prisoner, said
he objected to the mode of proceeding which had been adopt-
ed, as, according to the 118th section of the Gth George IV.,
cap. 80, the proceeding should be by information.
Mr. Rushton said the act gave express power to hear and
determine forthwith.
Mr. Wardle said, by the more recent act of the 7th and
Bth of George IV., it was imperative that it should be by
information, as the act gave two modes of punishment, one
by a forfeiture of treble the value of the goods seized, and
the other by a penalty of £lOO, this being in the discretion
of the informer or person who should sue for the same.
Mr. Rushton said the case would be heard under the 118th
section, which would clearly apply to the Present mode of
proceeding, as it said they were to decide on the oath of one
or more credible witnesses. The penalty under that act was
£lOO.

Mr. Wardle.—You have power to mitigate, sir.
Mr. Rushton.—We convict in the mitigated penalty of
£25. In default of payment, three months' imprisonment.

IMPORTANT TO MASTERS OF VESSELS.
The mate of a vessel, trading from this port, appeared on
behalf of his captain, who had been summoned to show cause
why he refused to pay a balance of £4 Bs. 6d., alleged by
John Elliott, a seaman, to be due to him for services ren-
dered on board the ship alluded to.
The mate said the balance was withheld because the man
was unsound when he shipped. He had an ulcer in his foot,
the effects of an injury received on board another vessel. He
had been laid up in consequence, and unable to work during
more than a month, and when he (lid work, he was impeded
in the execution of his duty by his great lameness. It was
not till he had been on board some time that the lameness
. became apparent.
A gentleman, who attended from the owners' agents, said
the captain had informed him that the foot was so bad when
the vessel lay in the Downs, that he was unable to work.
This, the gentleman was informed, was not evidence.
The mate produced his log. The voyage commenced on
the 20th of May. The first entry referred to was under date
27th May. It set forth that Elliott was inefficient from a
bad foot. He was unable to work, though when he was en-
gaged he represented it a very trifling hurt, that was nearly
well. Another entry, on the 12th June, set forth that El-
liott had refused to wash the decks when ordered, as he said
he " saw no fun in ii." An entry of the 10th July stated
that Elliott was unable, from the state of his foot, to stand
at the wheel. An entry of the 20th July stated that Elliott
was unable, from the state of his foot, to do his duty. On
the 9th of August, it appeared, he had returned to his work.
Mr. Rushton said, as it appeared front the entry in the log
that the man had stated that his foot was bad, it was of no
avail to plead that circumstance. They knew it, and should
not have taken him. He had not deceived them, but had
acted very honestly. The full wages were ordered to be paid.
YESTERDAY.
CHARGE OF STEALING A WATCH.

Henry Fisher, a car-driver, was placed at the bar, charged
with stealing a watch, under the following circumstances :
Leonard Smith said he was a sail-maker, and had lately ar-
rived in Liverpool in the barque " Sarah," from Quebec. On
the afternoon of Wednesday he hired a car, which was driven
by the prisoner, to take him and his companion, Baker, from
Castle-street. They stopped in Wapping about half-an-
hour, and then told the prisoner to drive to their boarding-
house in Fazakerley-street. The car stopped near the Bee-
hive public-house, and witness went in there, to pay the pri-
soner and give him a glass. The prisoner helped him out of
the coach. The landlord of the house asked him what o'clock
it was. Witness felt for his watch, and found the guard forced
open, and the watch gone. The watch was safe just before
he got out of the coach. He stated his loss, and afterwards
saw the watch in the officer's possession.—Margaret Lloyd,
servant at the bar of the Bee-hive public-house, said that
there was some disturbance after Smith lost his watch. The

prisoner went out into the street with others who were
searching the car, and witness saw the prisoner put his hand
into his pocket and pull out a watch, which he dropped down
by his side, and wttness's brother picked it up. The brother
said he heard something drop near where the prisoner was,
and he picked up the watch produced. Henry Baker, a
seaman, said he lodged at the same boarding-house as the
witness Smith. On the complaint that the watch was lost,
witness took off his own clothes to be searched, and told the
prisoner he should also be searched. The prisoner said he
had not got the watch ; and knew nothing about it, and
wanted to go away, saying, he should be found in Castle-
street next day. Witness said be should not go, and follow-
ed him into the street. The witness Lloyd said he had got
the watch, and witness was given in charge.—The prisoner
was committed for trial at the Sessions.