The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-15 00:00:00

POLICE LV7'ELL/GENCE;

ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.--YeSterdaYi at the POlice-Officd;
six men, named James Bryan, Thomas Williams, George
Scholefield, William ~esketh, John Hesketh, cud John Bryan;
we're placed at the bar charged with having assaulted the
police stationed at the tire which took place on Saturday night;
in Wood-street North. Police-officer 40 stated that getween
five and six o'clock on Sunday morning the police were playing
on the.fire; he was at No. 4-branch, with the pipe in his hand
when the branch was struck by a brick thrown by William
ileskell4 anti almost broken. He was on the roof when tilt
ing.the brick.. He and othet tifficets then ran round to the
back in order to take Bryan into custody, when Williams said
they-should not go up the yard, and they were obliged to fort%
their way through by breaking the door open. When they.
got into the yard, John Bryan swore the first man that attempt-
ed to force his way up there he would knock his hiains otif:
Mr. Whiny said it was Lean and Bell's yard, which wait ttcr=
joining the fire, and the men had been ordered by Mr. Bell td
-remain ou the premises for fear of any danger to them fro►t the
Mr. Maxwell. who had the command of the police;
stated that he saw John Bryan throwing bricks at the officers,.,
and he told him that if itedid not desist he should be taken into
custody ; he said he would not, and told him to send the police
up and see how they would receive them. Mr. Hall said tt. was
most improper conduct. There were men endeavouring to ex.,
tinguish a fire and they assaulted them with bricki. After
severely reprimanding Scholefield, John Ilesketh, and Jtihn
Williams, who had only used threats, but not actual violence,
he discharged them; the rest of the prisoners were put back till
the arrival of a second magistrate, to be tried for the assault.
On a representation from Mr. Whitty, that the prisoners had
previously conducted themselves very well at the tire, and, it
being surmised that the police had brought the assault ou them.
svlves by playing upon the men, by way of a "sky-lark," early
on Sunday morning, they were discharged.

ROBBERt.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a boy natned
William Oskeley was placed hefore the Magtstrates, charged
with having stolen a pair of boots, a pair of trowsers, arid a sui-.
tout coat, the property of a young man named Simpson, au
apprentice to Mr. gutter, druggist. of Castle-street, Mr.
Simpson stated that he resided in Mr. Butler'S honSe, in Castle=
street, and the prisoner had been et rand-boy shoat three weeks.
He (complainant) kept his surtout coat upon, a nail in the
lobby, and a pair of trowsers in the office behind the shop, and
his boots in a cupboard there. He saw the articles a few days
ago, The prisoner was at the shop at nine d'clock• on Friday
night. He missed his trowsers on Satutday morning, Hod
asked the prisoner if he had seen any thing of them—they wine,
gone. OR Sunday morning he Missed his auttotit coot, and
sent infotmation to the 'Police-office. Soon after, constatiie,
Flockart brought him the coat which he had missed and a pair
of boots, which he had not -missed. He and Flockhart then
went in search of the ptisoner and found him at Aintree, and
saw his trowsers upon the prisoner's person, which he claimed.
Flockhart deposed that he was informed of the robbery on
Sunday, and went to the cellar of the prisoner's mother, in
Elbow-lane; he searched the cellar and. found the coat and
boots, which Mr. Simpson claimed. They afterwards went to-,
gether to Aintree, where be took the priPmer, as described:
The prisoner said he took the things because he thought they
would not be wanted; be chose the oldest bouts, the
oldest surtout, and the oldest pair of trowsers, and got then Le•
paired, and paid for them, lle teas go:omitted to ttAg 44 allot,

CONTEMPORARY PRESS.

.ENCOURAGEMENT OF BRITISH AND IRISH

FISHERIES.

(Prom the Morning Herald.)
Among- the exceptions to the joint-stock mania to
which 'we alluded a few days since, we should "decidedly
include: all associations for the iniprovement of the Eng
lisli,,scotcl4.and Irish fisheries. These are truly national
objects, and have hitherto been too:much neglected.
While looking to the Mines of wealth' which Our coals,
cur iron, tin, and copper present, we have hren by far
-tii<ilminindfUl'of the vast field of useful enterprise which
fro.kr, insular situation offers; and to the fact that while
from tile surrounding seas vast resources in food at-home,
and of merchandise abroad, are to be found, at the same
time, we might be rearing up thousand• of those gallant
seamen to whose exertions on their, native element we
onceo
r national safety, greatness, and independence.
Instead, for instance, of providing prisons for " juvenile
offenders," how many hundreds of those' who are now
classed Under that ignorniniOus head might, if transfei•red
the fiSheiies,.he made atseful and valuable members of
st.ooJ,sty, trained_by early. habit to the perils of the ocean;
sad, as such, fit to man our national and mercantile
nasty I Whether taken up, then, by- government, or by
Piet•stock associations, every project contWeted with so
Linty national an. object deseries enconragement and
support; Vy these means food and occupation for thou=
sands might be obtained ; and the flag and wooden walls
of old England still be made " the dread and envy" of
surrounding nations.