The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-03-29 00:00:00

'ME LIVV,RPOOL. STANDARD.

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

ROBBERY BY A SOIDIER.-01:1 Friday, at the police court,
Abraham Glover, a private in the 77th* regiment, was charged
by. Ensign Fulton with having. stolen a bag, his property, con
taming a number of.boots and shoes;
Ensign Fulton stated that on Wednesday he packed a quan-
tity of boots and shoes in a carpet bag, at Haydock-lodge, which
he saw safely placed 'in the bacrgage cart. That morning he
had -received information that his carpet bag was • stolen. lie
had since seen it in the possession of the police; it was locked,
but it had been cut down the side and the contents taken out.
Swindlehurst, the policeman, said that he was on duty in
Chadwick-street the night before, about midnight, when the
prisoner cause up to hint and asked hint to show hint-the way to
Burlington-street. • After •some little• conversation, he said he
had a lot of shoes and boots in his bag which he woald sell fur a
few shillings, and would wake him a present of the bag. lie
then began to suspect that all Was not right, and kept him in
conversation till the inspector came up, and they then took hint
into custody on suspicion. H-e.said he was an officer's servant,
and his.master had given the boots to him.
J. •Brown, a sergeant in the regiment, said that they were
on their way to Ireland, - and the baggage was taken, down to
the dock sitle;'and it was reported to. him as correct the night
before. -The ,priioner was one of the. guard. stationed thete:
That morning he'found -him in custody.
The prisoner had nothing to say for himself, and was com-
mitted I'm-Arial. • .

Tux INTf:W Fot.ica.--Thomas Ho'lands, one of the young
thieves who infeSt the town, was, on Friday, brought up at the
police-office before the ina.isttates, charged by Mr. Thothas
Bibby, who keeps a baker's Zion in the neighbourhood of Isling-
ton, with attempting to steal front his till. Mr. Bibby said he
was sitting in Ins shop the day before,-when he heard a noise,
and, looking up, .saw the" prisoner leaning over the counter,
With theAill halt open. - He then,Aiaglit :hint, and gave him
into Custody.' There- was 'atother•boyoigifibding outside, who
escaped. The Complainant- said;'-'`.Since,the police has been -
on duty in Islingfoir parts; -it chives afillieselirigs down-these'
bye s!reets.—The Mayor said it showed' they4w6reiattfiedw Were
they .were.—Bateheldor the•prisaner- had beetiiiiiimitted'
bele; e,- and the magistrate sent him •for three caliiiitildemehths
to the liaise :of Correcticen- ' H-150 .
&Ines AND PENALTIES.—On Friday, last, at the ‘palice-
office, tVdecent-lOokittg man, nataief&licleston, chi_f_ged,
b is publican with' having " elbo4ed his way"-throat
window, to the great dainage.oftisTpdnes, and for. wlifehlViidw
seughtthe full penalty.- On gdin ma to see Whatwas7tile
the ihatter, lie found. the prisoner with his elhow,thimigh7his
window, -by, which he was supporting his perpentlicular;` He
asked him what he was about, when, after many efforts, he
hiccoughed out " His elboW was in pane." Nei, however,
finding him 'in the humour for paying, he gave him into custody.
A night's cogitation had, however, induced the offender to:
change his mind, and he now expressed his-willingness to pay
the penalty, and he was discharged.
CHSRGIi OF ASSAULT.—On Friday last Mr. Richard Armis
stead, the lessee of the Amphitheatre appeared before the ina•
gistrates to lay a complaint against Mr. Ryan of the same thea-
tre, for' assaniting him. • Mr. Armistead said that on Tuesday
night after the performance was over, as he was walking
across the stage, Mr. Ryan met him, and said he was a d—d old
rascal and an old villain, and for a shilling he would knock his
head off. Ile then spit in his face, and insulted hint in every
way, lint did not strike him. He shook his list at hint, arul said
he would give £5 to knock him down. He kept hitt' there nearly
half un hour, and threatened to follow him to Birmingham,
where he was going, and serve him out. He now appeared in
order to have him hound over to keep the peace towards
Mr. Robinson appeared on behalf of the defendant, and exa,
mined several witnesses, from whose evidence it appeared tha-
each party had greatly aggravated the other, but that n 6 bbSwa
were struck. Mr. Ryan, it appeared, did not spit in Mr. Ahni-
stead'S' face, but on one side. Mr. Robinson, said the facts; of
the case were these: Mr. Armistead had engaged Mr. Ittian
and his' company to play at the Amphitheatre, for which: Mr.
Ryan was to receive half the profits, he bringing horses and a
company. Two warrants of distress for taxes had been issued
during the week amounting to £5O against Mr. Armistead, and
on the officers going to the theatre to execute it, Mr. Armistead
very politely told them that there was a horse worth, £lOO in the
stable, which would easily satisfy the warrant without taking
the property. They accordingly went and seized three of Mr.
lt you's horses, which very naturally greatly excited hint. He
was present at the time when Mr. Ryan met Mr. Armistead,
having been engaged to get the business settled, and Mr.Arnii-
, stead kept continually crying out "keep your hands off me," as
if he wanted -to provoke hint to strike. Since then Mr. Ryan
had got his horses, and the cause of excitement was at an end ;
Mr. Ryan was going to Chester, and had no intention of inter-
fering with Mr. Armistead any further. The Magistrates said
as something like threatening had been made use of they must
take care that those threats were not carried into execution.
Mr. Ryan must .therefore find bail to keep the peace in two
sureties of £2O each.

SUMMONS eon WAGes.—Capt.tl'Master, of the ship Colonist,
was summoned before the magistrates on Saturday by W. Jones,
his second mate, for a balance of .C 6 due to him for wages. The
captain put in the ship's articles, from which it appeared that
Jones had signed the articles to receive £4ss. per month for the
voyage from St. Andrew's to Liverpool and back. He shipped
on the 6th of January, and left the vessel on the 21st of March.
The captain had altered the voyage to return to Boston ; he did
not leave the ship on that account, but on account of sickness.
The doctor told him if he returned
.to sea it would destroy his
health. The captain said his iniscomlnet was the cause of his
illness, and that he had never objected to have the voyage
changed. He had been put to very, great inconvenience in hav-
ing been obliged to ship a second tnate. The magistrate in-
quired if sickness was the sole cause of his declining. to go out
i4s second mate. Jones replied that it was, l
that he had no ob-
jection to the voyage. The magistrate said there Were several,
~
questions arose in this case. It was quite clear teat the captain
had no right whatever to alter the voyage contrary:to the con-
tract, and the verbal assent to thatalteration on the part of the
mate was Of no weight. It appeared that he left the ship on the
21st instant, .owing. to sickness, and ~claimed to be paid for
the whole-of the time till then. ,• He.. had. particularly asked
hint of this was the reason of his, leaving the vessel; but
he had received in answer
,that his only reason was his
ill health. Under those circumstances he did not think he'
could inteffere in the Oise.. The law- niade iississovision on-Ate..
count of illness; if he had said he would not go the voyage be-
cause of the breach of engagement he would shave been bound
to have decided in his favour. He thc,referec.o;dditot assist the
complainant ;if he had shaped his ease ail wc,way he should
have ordered.his wages to be paid to; ; t-ilie,.eeplil not
.mitti.3.,stalibing
make a case for hint which he.Woi4}44o-igitt; tiAiliqlsolf. Ile
had based his applicatioo on the.,giviqsligf ' Ari#IWPA34PII that
1
ground, he had no authority to el4.Vl3tkiflielligi,ll?„l"24,-');
was brought up before thfs,ritagiaa4m,,,iiiiiil
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liiis svife, on ilbe. temple pp. 4,4 1m
,odyiAtetelSojiplisieetililligeorge's
DockiiitOtt4 ot-lhe Doett,igniAtkihjeliiste4l964flukliSitaq-,the pri-
soner aniteoliplainatit,quaryfttlieg e oop yoziNtue prisoner
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struck his wife in the, face. PtithOgthighf Vl)6l.Tla''''d "" b teed i tilt vety.,ll4-tirthwAy... i jittili
,tit
,vitioriq • 41T, ist xeceived
a sPre re ",shtli on Vi estieLniplg.4 14,T13,14 ligt-Pikher in a
hackney coach and convey her to toe_ n irmary, and the Sin.-
geon repelled that Shihad been in -ciinsid&able- dani,.(ef.-- -Com-
plainant saidilia.halltlidAkiiiliffiel dfiitikite.ifith her husband, and
was saucing him through-the-streets, and she provoked him' till
. he .strutskliveriha . the j atryi -21 ad t she ...wasr,sent tri I fire Lll ii rnia ri-:
He Was* very kind Inishandi and hoped the magistrat.ei
•
would look over it this time. :The magistrate remiarked, that
this at any rate was rather rough usage. Husband: Bless yen
sowl,•yer honour, it isn't; I'm as loving a hnscUaud•as can be.
,
But she's got a terrible saucy tongue with.her"rlilost? her sow'
1 wouldn't ill use her for the •world;-..htit,die!s;gpt.a Diaguy'
habit of striking me. She struck me: fourtintes; Rad 1 tried to
hide myself from her, and told her if she 'Struck- me again I '
would hurt -Is r, and she, directly..struck,tne a hard knock--:a
very hard •knoek . indeed. your wortship, SOI gave her a tip ;:
bless her sowl l'd not wish to hurt her for a " hushell.o' quids."
The magistrate said it was very improper to make use of such a
weapon as he had done. Whatever his wife had done to hint
he had no right to strike her with a knife; it was a very fortu-
nate thing for hint that her life had. not been lost in conse-
quence. They should be snore lenient. with him, its his wife
stated that she had brought the , punishuteritiod herself, than
they otherwise should have been. lie' uniitipobriii.fiee of 205.,
or in default go to Kirktiale ford; fortuigillo if brought tip
again on a similar charge, they shoaldAtitlie t ;a- very severe
punishment on him. .:- . -:,g4frie'tho
WI-lAT Stitt'."--James Baines .;tilts yestiarday brought be-
fore the magistrates, charged with slealith,rt-..Mrs.. -Elizabeth
Thoreeley's basket-from her " shantlyill witichnivesostanding in
Grinishaw's hotel yard, on Saturday night laat.aufille saw him
• take it out of her -shandy,. and called Mmikerlinshaw, who
stopped him. Her-.basket contained. a new .sha*l and 9s. worth'
of groceries. Mr. Griinshaw*ave hint then: into custody. The
prisoner said he was,druiik.and..keew nothing about it, to which
the constable replied. thitt, he -Was•quite-sober. .The prisoner
finding that tack world not dot • said he ~was a sailor; belonged'
to the " M ary"—j list tome ashore-.-after a long spell out—quite
naturable to get a-sap o' drink.-had got two sheets i'the wind,
hadlost his reckoning; atul,didit!t know where he' was. Batche-
lor said he belonged.to- no ship; the.last ship he was aboard of
was the House of Correctionoitt,:of which he had only just
come after being conituitted there- fiw six' months. The,pri-
sorer,- touching his lopping, said, "• Why to be sure, he had
had the misfnrtnne ,once-!to7.be there.". The magistrates in-
creased his " inisfortime" by committing hitn there again for
j two calendar monthso,:,v3 ;i:leClJii ai ri 6 7t" ..-., -1,, , . •

COURT Fox THE RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
This court commenced
„yesterday', in Liverpool. at 9 o'clock,
in the court-room the Sessions-house, before William John
Law, Esq., one of his Majesty's commissioners for the relief of,
insolvent, debtors, for hearing the petitions of the insolvents.
The following, were ordered to be discharged forthwith :—Eliza-
beth Williamson, opposed; John Sergeant, opposed; Edward.
Shaw, opposed; ThomaS Ashton;. Thomas Redmond; James
Haves; Charles Peters; Nathaniel Hesketh • William Hardyl
William Wilson,
.opposett; Henry Fairhurst; James Hes-.
kayne; Samuel Pemberton Fletcher; hints Spencer; Chas:
Evans, opposed;. Robinson •, and John. Henry.
Richard Taylor. ordered to produce his plaintiff. Roger Rack
house, opposed; to Eire possession:John Rigby, opposed;
petition dismissed. Satritiel -Needham, adjourned until his
plaintiff attendS. William Smith, opposed; to be discharged
when an affidavit is received from Chester. William Hall; op-
posed; ordered to stand over. Duncan Wright, adjourned until
next circuit, unless he gets the consent of a creditor in London.
The court rose at half-past six o'clock. .
The following cases stand o'er till to-day, when the court
opens at nine o'clock :—William Entwistle ; Samuel Walker,
opposed; Henry Doubleday; William Jones the younger;
John Bryan, opposed; and Robert Browde Hodgson.
No case of part!dular interest occurred during the day.

LOCAL NEWS.

THEATRE-Rolm L.—The theatre closed on Saturday evening.
It opens again on Easter Monday, when Madame Vestris, Mr.
Charles Matthews, {son of the late eminent comedian of that
namei) Mr: -James Vining, and other performers from the
Olympic Theatre, London, will make their appearance.
SAcit'to Musrc AT THE THEATRE ROYAL—We beg to di-
rect particular attention to Mr. George Holden's announce-
ment, for this evening,o of the performance of sacred music
front the hest 'cOMposers. The principle vocalists are Miss
Betts, MiS4lardinan, (Manchester,) Mr. Walton, Mr. Pear-
sall, (Birinhlghato,) and Nit.. Machin..-Xlie leader of the or-
chestra, 'which is to be much enlarged, will he Mr. Aldiidg'e.
We venture to predict, that, in every sense of the word, these
j performances will form a musical treat of the very finest de-
scription.

ACCIDENT.-An old seaman named Thomas Bryce, left alone
in charge of the Aspatia, in the Brunswick Dock, fell yester-
day forenoon into the ship's hold, where he was discovered in a
State of insensibility, with blood flowing from his mouth. The
noise attending Bilce's fall was providentially heard by. the
men on board of a brig alongside, who immediately repaired to
his assistance. As soon as the sufferer's consciousness returned
he was removed from the ship by the desire of Dr. Thorburu,
under whose care we learn that he ►s doing well.
ROBBERY.--On the night of Saturday, the 19th instant, the
house of the Lord Bishop of Clogher, at Woodstock, near New
Town Mount, Kennedy, was entered and a large quantity of
plate and jewellery, together with £l4O ►n cash was abstracted.
A reward of £5O has been offered for such information as will
lead to the conviction of the offenders, or £2O for any private
information which may lead to their conviction.
MANSLAUGHTER.—An inquest was held in the Coort-house,
Chapel-street, on Saturday, before John Heyes, Esq., county
coroner, on the body of a little boy named William Ellis, whose
death had been occasioned by one of the wheels of a cart pass-
ing over him. It appeared in evidence that the driver, George
Bushell, was proceeding with his horse and cart, which he was
behind instead of by the side of, along Stanhope-street, Tox-
,teth Park, when the deceased, who was with his sister, not ob-
serving his danger, and being unable.to get out of the way, was
sinforturiatelOhrown,tindef one of the Wheels of the cart and
killed upon the spot. The jury returned a verdict of " Man-
,sianghter''•against Bushell, and he was committed to take his
trill at the ensuing assizes.,

We understand Lord Francis Egerton purposes visiting Lan-
cashire during the present week.
LANCASTER. LENT ASSlZEs.—These assizes commenced at
Lancaster on Saturday before Chief Justice Denman and Mr.
Baron Parke. With the exceNion of an indictment preferred
against four individuals from Whalley for the murder of 'a
gamekeeper, the cases are of a very light and unimportant
nature. _`Vie whole business will most pi onably be got through
by this day.
- Tor FoucE OFFICE.—The cases at this office have this last
week sustained their former high average. Monday there were
ninety-four charges, o,e*y-three of which were for. Mony;
Tuesday, fihy-six, nirAed,for felony • Wednesday, forty-five,
twenty-three for felOny.,;_,,Thursday.,kty-fOur, six for felony;
Friday, fifty-one, nineteen for felony; Saturday, twenty-nine,
fourteen,of which were fur felony, being a total of three hundred
and twebet-iiine eages:of which' ninety-four *ere for felony, in
otie w4lll. ;',An averStie tit.' fift'yz..kkesharges, and sixteen, felo-
nies pdi•Vdy". .:;,,‘),11"1.44",thi,r" 11. '.-)'
.G HO p
, Itoyi,FA 7-On W:erin alyievening last, between seven and
eigh',4Sll4 6, the hottie-bi,i r. Williams, in Kent-street, was
ente3l heifiqnlidBcir,l4:Nneans.of a latch key. A quantity
"of coiling, ihoes, aiiit a siTBP,p/SHoon were taken away. A
young
_man was seen by the rferfant:girl upon the stairs, who,
olfttirrig "IVAN
tr t ser,vaut down, and made his es-
'c ' iltr*,b-thAtti
~,, 1,11 t.-, t" ,
Tim, r,,..1 . ttli: Yg A v.s.—The report of the com-
mittee of 19 wighj..in ~ 4ir year 1835, has just been pub-
ii,he4rAl liklli'lP,
i'kt , 5 rfifitution is in an orderly awl
thriymu a e, anikk,l 1 egefftatid exertions of the medical
olliorisln the cfisettrtig,mt e reo,iiltive duties which have been
intoissil upon itl‘ellitTfieß 011 ed forth the approbation of the
cotjtjfklAtec-.,;,uriqt, thitt, year no fewer than thirty-six
thousataseven titlark! gmiciltßchave been relieved. The sum
tolalsßf .f.lßOpttippAlijega.cies, acid collectious is £B5O 12s. 6d.
Tife-rylinif,loroitimlal ' Silbscriptions, although alTected by
deat,l,,re,W,OSOsoinll,BPiSr.ittiuses, which have been consider-
ableiiitlAwiti.lmofirNs,e!.t.i pie' atntitti,t in the hands of the tree-
surer,#fiAtElmij year, was ,CIOS 3s. 4d. 'r he committee,
however sti;tfiktiM ieithstainling the large tianount of dona-
tions, the instlti*kojh aNlieen merely enabled to preset ve itself
front debt, haVing only a snail surplus on hand; and if solely
depending on the annual sutjSeriptions, would at this moment
be encumbered with a debt of eight hunilred pounds.

111}75m51ATIoPi.SV-7.0.0 Friday last an information was brought
against Joho Berringtun, who keeps a beer house in Preston-
Lrect, for keeping, a disorderly ;house and having drinking in
his house beyond Oe.:time allowed by, law. Inspector Eaton
stated that he was cooing up Preston-street about three o'clock
on Thesday morning last and heard a great noise in Berring,-
ton's house; he
.entered, and fotind tour men very drunk in the
house. Barrington was himself very drunk. lie turned the
company Out of the house, and they created a great noise when
they got out, Berrington, in defence, said a part of the com-
pany were lodgers, and were sat before the fire waroling them-
selvcs.before they went to bed. Ile had been iu the house 26
yea'rs,' and never was informed against before. The inspector
said he had great difficulty in obtaining admittance, and there
was ale and tobacco spilt all over the table and floor. The ma-
istrate said the great complaint against the old police was, that
lfm orationswere not bilged, and, when lodged, were done so
with great partiality. That, however, w.is not the case now. It
was therefore their duty, whenpartieswere brought before them,
to punish them.. They had taken into consideration the length
of time he had conducted the house in, a regular ma II tier, but it
was not to be suffered that scenes like.this were to be co rried on
with 'impunity— They ,thought the charge proved, and should
fine him 30s. and costs.

HACKNEY-COACH INFORMATIONS.-011 Saturday Mr. Daily
was summoned, on an infirmation by Martindale, charged wit It
having the car, No. 78, of which he was the owner; at the pierhead
the day before,' having a: broken glass in the window. 'cheCit:e
being. proved, he was lined ss. and costs.—Arthur Ebbs, the
owner of car No. 44; was Summoned, charged by 'Martindale
With hatilig had hiS car on St. George's stand Wiliiritit
to the window, so that it could not be pulled up. Ile-was fined
2s. 6d., and 3s. 6d. costs.-7 The driver of William Yates's cart
was stunnioned, on'an information laid by Inspector-Lyons, for
having left his cart in Greenland-street Irma eleven o'clock till
one o'clock, on Monday night last. The cart was partly on the
parapet, and obstructed the thoroughfare... The defeniiant ,did
not appear.—Ralph Nixon was also charged with ;he same of-
fence with another cart, at the same time and, place. Yates was
fined ss. and costs; Nixon was orderd to pay the costs only.
CAurrroN Ti SHOFKEEPERS,—On Friday :morning last, at
about nine o'clock, a hoyiopened, the dom.- of AlvAlo-pkins's
shop, in the Crescent, and;,.seizingiiponseveraiumlirellas. very,
deliberately marched Off. with:them. The- female'who had charge
of the shop ran out afteiPhini. The 'young rascal, however,
kept at a respectful distance,: and,. with ..the umbrellas under his
arm, turned round and laughed ttt her. As she was fearful that
another robbery might be cotninitted;.she-returneditrathe ,shop,
and the thief was soifered to departimmolestedailth,Shis booty.
inc. Ass 2 ES.—ACCOMMODATION'TqIIII}Fir."-".,,titifilP,
the fast Assizes numerous complat !Ai vela thel"4 rs of
the Sheriff'and Magistrates, of the ditlikifjefOrtfiikitiod by
-A-ttrtraeys in procuring admission to and*trbiti4filislatibitiri the.
Courts, particularly in the Nisi Prins. -hf ob-
viating this difficulty, the Mayor-has ordeftE,a3aolla ie made
in the latter court expressly for the adirirstio their.
clerks,' barristers, &c., by tickets, to 'Witt ,frreAl'ffte geriff,
Arrangements have also been ntadefttpr 'iidtitisaidli of Re-
palters tiir the Crown Cotift to the -ii-4pkVi'iriilltiti'Mte table,,
which Will be appropriated to their u4Heseriiing roCittl 'for the
attorneys for the prosecutiOn and defeike. In the Jylii Fria*
Coart the Reporters may either have it box reserved'Ter them,
or a Space in the gallery, at their. Option
PILOVO3ED POCK MAIIKET.-IVe understand that a Memo-
rial will be sent, to the Mayor, frooi the inhabitants of James-
street, &c., Complaining of the adniitted inefficiency of St.
,George's Market, and suggesting the erection of an extensive
market in or abiiiirthe neighbourhood of the Docks, as a con-
venience to the public and the captains and outfitters of vessels.
taking it line from the Salthouse Dock, and
!rent ihenee proceeding in a direct line along' Canning-Street,
to the. end of Paradise-street, thence to Manchester-street,
across Dale-street, along Ilatton-garden, Vauxhall-toad, and
to the'other end of Clarence Dock, a space of 3. miles, (in-
cluding aclockS and 117 streets,) there is a space without any
market accommodation far exceeding any other portion of the
boroll'ilti,'::referetiee. being had to the neighbourhood of St.
John's, 'St: 'Merlin's, Islington, and St. James's Markets,

LIVERPOOL . Asstzr.s.—. These Assizes will commence on

Thursday morning next, in the Court Booms within the Ses-
sions' House, Chapel-street. The Judges, the Lord Chief Jus-
tice Denman and Mr. Baron Parke, will make, their entry into
the town on Wednesday afternoon, accompanied by the High
Sheriff, and the Usual cavalcade. The calendar is, we lament
to find, heavy. There are already 54 prisoners in Kirkdale
Gaol .awaiting their trial at the A;sizes; and the crimes with
which several are charged are most heinous,,Theeharges areas
follows:—With murder, 4; killing and siaVing,44.7,cuttitp.,i and
wounding, 7; rape, 1; bigamy, 5; ,utterii4Prgetibilla of ex-
change, I; uttering base coin, 9; robberies, 9.4stalle, w gallows
has been erected in the north-western. angleoflhe:gikte be
in readiness should an execution or executions::be:orderid du-
ring the Assizes. In the Nisi Prins Court, the causes•from the
hundred of Manchester and Salford will be taken before-the
hundred ,of West Derby.

Fie .--On Friday night a fire broke out in the warehouse of.
'Messrs. Mellor and Russell, .Russell-place Dale-streo. ,The'
'door of- the yard was 'closed ; but, fortunately,'the'fireiiies Seen
by a gentleman inhabiting a house in the front, who' Oiceived
the blaze through a back window, but not before the felines had
made considerablepregress. The file, at this time, wilted to
- be extending from the counting-house, which was on thiS'epond
story. Immediate intelligence was sent to the 'statihu of the
Fire-police, and in a very short space of time Mr. Whitty, with
'his extinguishing apparatus, was on the snot. The progress of
the flames had, however, owing to the fury of the wind, been
exceedingly rapid. The draught of air through the yard fanned
theblaze with fearful impetuosity, and it was the prevailing
opinion, that not only the warehouse whit h was on fire, but the
surrounding buildings, which enclosed it in an almost compact
mass, must fall a sacrifice to its progress; and nothing but the
very prompt measures which were taken could have saved them.
By the time the engines gOt into play, the stories above and
below the counting-house were on fire. Two engines, placed in.
Dale-street, and one in Ilackin's-hey, were got, into play im-
mediately. The doors were forced open, and hose was got up
.the stairs of the counting-house and warehouse. Apprehension
-being entertained for the safety of. the fourth story, which con-
tained cotton, the fire-escape was produced, and a fireman raised
in it. Thus all the rooms were commanded, and the conflagra-
tion began visibly to decrease from this moment. At one o'clock
the fire wee coin idetely mastered. The behaviourof the various
firemen arid policemen was most praiseworthy ; Hewitt, the
foreman, was, us usual conspicuous. Notwithstanding the
severity of the weather, and that there were plenty of spirits
lying about the place, not one instance of intoxication. or even
of a man having tasted liquor, occurred. Mr. Mellor was
present during the whole time, as well as Mr. Sutton, of the
Protector Fire-Office, where some of the property was insured.
Both parties expreised their great satisfaction at a result so
little anticipated by' any person who witnessed the alarming
fury with which the flames at first raged. We believe the
damage done is not considerable.
,
LI6HTING STEAM-BOATS WITH GAS.—A steam-vessel is
fitting in the river to be lightedwih gas, on a plan suggested by.
Lieut. Engledue, R.N. Two retorts are placed in the fires un-
' der the boilers,: about two hours , before dark, which will supply
gas sufficient to burn the whole'night--Aighting the cat.ins, en-
gine-room, and Mast-head. This,may be fitted at a trifling ex-
pense and without the slightest danger, the whole of the
apparatus being.owde.ik. • Frequent accidents have occurred
from steam-vessels sot being properly lighted at night.
OPFENcus Al Evrtorotts.—The following is the official
result of the labours of the metropolitan poi tee fortbe last year:
—Number of pet sons taker) into 015.r.p4,g4.711i 4ifCharg,edby
the inag•istrates. 3.2.541; cOnAtO, liro4-Mjit27.81,7 ; corn-
milttni for trial. 3,1.13;. coUv.t.e.tglitzrVll;TC'tW '4
1'144 number
whom
0,9;37 ;
acquif-
.7o test, GOB-' notpreseciited,' at f0udi1t.1,,,i,4
of drunkards4Prebcoded during the year
7.523, or rather,m9rejban one-third, were fet4les,

TEA tbs.
Sold by the East India
Company prior to 22d
April, 18.34..

(Quantity entered Gross amount
for home con- of
sumption. duty paid.

WINE.
Cape... Gallons.
French
Other sorts

Total of Wine.

1834.
)55724.

645054•

TOBACCO.
Manufactured tbs.'s
Manufactured and SnUffs..

1835. 1831.
36606295 3591020
523582 72145
293436 77638
5823501 162(1111
6640519 1769894
21974049 3176989
141834 64997
5882

3837460

80290
1 60027 4

210-18121
145346

1752592

3290654
63803

21193870122115,. 32419861 3354457
From these tables it will be seen that, while the consumption
of tea and tobacco has matetially increased the revenue, there
has been a falling off in the duties on wine in the year ending
January sth, 1836, as compared with that of the previous year,
of £17,302. Lord Althorp, when he equalized the duties on
French and all other wines, except those manufactured at the.
Cape, predicted a very dittereut result. His lordship then told
parliament, we suspect on the authority of Dr. Bowring, that
the demand for French wines would be so considerable as to
add mate, ially to the wine duties. But that financier, whatever
theoretical knowledgef'he,possessed, was evidently ignorant of
the character of Englishmen, who generally hesitate to purchase
che :p commodities,. aocliarii. more solicitous about the quality
than the colt of their luxuries.!' In proof of this the fact may he
adduced, that when under the 11;gh duties the finest French
wines only were imported, the home consumption of that article
was more than double its present amount.
The tobacco duties for the last year amount to within a frac-
tion of three millioris,and half& ~We hear a great deal about the
enormous revenues of the English- and Irish churches, but
nothing about the tobacco tax, although the duty paid on that
article, which is far float being a necessary of life—by many.
indeed, it is deemed a nuisance—bears no comparison with the
-entire annual value of the temporal pOsiessions of the- English,
Irish, and Scotch churches.