The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS

CAPTURE OF AN OLD OFFENDER.—At the Borough Ses-
sions held in the month of March last, two men, Lloyd and
Williams, were convicted of having stolen two bales of cot-
ton, the property of Messrs. Zwilchenbart, from one of
Harbord's warehouses. It- was proved that they had sold
the cotton to John Beckett, a marine store-dealer, of C►►m-
berland-street. BeCkett, however, decamped, and was not
heard of till last week, when he was captured in Dublin.
He was brought before Mr. Rushton on Saturday, and, the
evidence having been heard, committed for trial at the next
Borough Sessions,
TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT.—A splendid testimonial was
presented by the congregation of St. Thomas's Church, Sea-
forth, near this town, on Friday last, to their minister, the
Rev. Wm. Rawson, M.A., as an expression " of heartfelt
respect, and of the high sense they entertain of the ability,
faithfulness, and zeal, with which, for twenty-six years, he
has fulfilled among them the duties of his sacred calling."
The testimonial consists of a portrait of Mr. Rawson, by
hhillips; a portrait of Mrs. Rawson, by Richmond; a large
waiter and two bandwaiters, a bread-basket, a tea-kettle,
and a cruet-stand, all of silver; an arm-chair, from the offer-
ings of the labouring classes; and a beautiful patchwork
quilt, from the children of the village school. The whole is
exhibited this week, at the parsonage, to the members of
the congregation ; and affords a delightful proof, that Chris-
tian devotedness on the part of a minister is appreciated by
the grateful liberality of an affectionate people.—Seaforth
Church is one of thefour edifices raised to the glory of God
by our highly-venerated• townsman, John Gladstone, Esq.,
whose age is cheered, and whose Christian benevolence is
encouraged and rewarded, by the blessing which this noble
expenditure of a portion of his wealth has been the means of
communicating to hundreds of his fellow-creatures. We
can only hope that such examples may be more generally
followed ; and would say to each of our readers, in their
respective spheres, " Go and do thou likewise."
COMMITTAL OF THREE OF THE ST. HELEN'S "LONG
COMPANY."—The three men, members of the lawless gang
known by the above name, who were apprehended by Super-
intendent Storey, for a robbery and outrage committed on
the afternoon of the day of the late dreadful murder, have
all been committed for trial after an investigation before the
magistrates. Their names are Peter Woods, brother of the
man now in custody at St. Helen's, Thomas Lucas and
Joseph Lucas. The circumstances of the robbery display in
strong colours the characters of the gang. William Arnold,
the object of their attack, was struck down on the road not
far from Knowsley, and to his cries for mercy the ruffians
replied only by throwing him into a ditch, where the unfor-
t'mate man would undoubtedly have perished had he not
been found and rescued from his perilous situation. The
robbers took from him a half sovereign and 7s. 6d. in silver,
all he had. Mr. Storey, the active superintendent, had only
a few hours before met and searched these suspicious cha-
racters, but found nothing on them, and when Woods was
again within his grasp, on being asked how he accounted for
the possession of two half crowns, which were found upon
him, made the very probable excuse, that the money had
been hidden in his shoes or clogs. The committal of these
members of the desperate gang has given great satisfaction
in the neighbourhood. The excitement on the subject of the
late murder, the investigation of which is still pending, has
in no degree subsided, and is enhanced, in fact, by the diffi-
culties which have hitherto been in the way of the police in
procuring stringent evidence against the accused. The town
is placarded with bills announcing the offer of £5O reward on
the part of the authorities for the detection of the murderer,
in addition to the £5O promised by the friends of the de-
ceased. It has been stated that a person answering to the
description of Jacques, one of the accused, was heard by
some persons in a beer-shop to let fall expressions which
tend to fix the murder upon the parties in custody.
IMPORTANT TO BENEFIT SOCIETIES. Mr. Patrick
M' Nulty appeared before Mr. Rushton, on Wednesday, for
the purpose of sustaining a claim against the St. Michael's
Tontine Society, for the recovery of a certain sum of money
which he conceived to be legally owing to him, by virtue of
his right of membership. The plaintiff deposed that he had
been a member of the St. Michael's Tontine Society for a
period of eight years. He belonged to the latter at present,
and had been obliged, in the month of January last, to claim
sick-money from both, having been ill at that time fora period
of six weeks. The Odd Fellows' Society paid the amount of
his claim without any hesitation, but the St.'Michael's re-
fused to refund him any, part of what he demanded. When
he requested it, the answer he received was. that according
to the first rule of the society he was not entitled to any be-
nefit. The purport of a note on the subject, which he re-
ceived from the secretary, was to the effect that l►e was not
entitled to any benefit, he being at the time a member of ano-
ther society, and such second membership being contrary to
the express stipulations of the first rule of the St. Michael's
Society. He had answered the questions required of him
when admitted into membership with the St. Michael's
Society, the officers of which received contributions from him
since he became a member of the Odd Fellows' Society, and
were aware at the time that he had become a member of the
latter society. On cross-examination, it was attempted to
be shewn that the plaintiff was a mere honorary member of
the society, and was only initiated for the purpose of having
the meetings of the society held at his public-house, and r►ot
for the purpose of entitling himself to sick-money. But Mr.
Rushton, admitting the hardship of the ease against the so-
ciety, decided that the man was legally entitled to his claim,
as the society regularly received his money, and had no power
and no rule to receive honorary members, or to prevent a
man becoming a member of any other society.

AN UNNATURAL FATIIER.—An elderly man, named
Myers, appeared before Mr. Rushton, on Wednesday, to
prosecnte his son, for having, as he alleged, attempted to
break open the door of his house with an adze, about twelve
o'clock on that day. Mr. Owen, who appeared for defend-
ant, stated the facts of the case as follows :—A deed of se-
paration had been made between the complainant and his
wife, eighteen years ago, according to the terms of which,
eighteen shillings per week was to be regularly paid her for
the maintenance of herself and son, the lad at the bar. Upon
the demise of the trustee, for there was only one to the deed,
the allowance was wholly withdrawn, and then the unfortu-
nate woman was compelled to resort to the parish office for
relief. The sum of .£l7 was now owing by the complainant,
which he refused to pay, and the only remedy left the wife
was an appeal to the Court of Equity. She had tried every
means to get at the husband, to see if he would settle with
her, and in a fit of desperation, the lad at the bar had that
morning gone with the adze to avenge the wrongs of his de-
solate mother. Mr. Owen concluded by observing that the
complainant was living in a house with a couple of females,
and that his conduct to his wife and child had been extremely
disgraceful. 'f he complainant said he had offered a weekly
payment of 2s. 2d., which Mr. Rushton characterised as a
fraud on the trustee, but that the lad was not to redress his
mother's wrongs in the way in which he had gone to work.
Her rights should be asserted in another form. The prisoner
having promised not to annoy the complainant any more was
discharged.

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THE CPOR.—TheClipshire plea to-rna!rov
(Saturday() the 18th. at Hurleston Village ;. -Monday, the
20th, at.Oulton ; Tuesday, Ihe 21st, at Marbitry, near North,
wich ; Thursday. the 23d, at Manor House ; Friday, the
24th, at Kelsall Toll par, at half-past ten o'clock.—Sir W.
Massey Stanley's finjpas will meet to-morrow, (Saturday,)
the 18th, at Trafford Village, at eleven o'clock.

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A MUNIFICENT LIVERPOOLIAN OF THE OLD SCIIOOL.—
In a recent number of the Bristol Gazette, we were gratified
to see a notice of one who was well known to the old school
of merchants in this town. We allude to Captain Keaquick,
of whom honourable mention is made, as the donor of no
less a sum than £2OO to the poor of the parish in which he
now resides. The following is a copy of the paragraph
alluded to .—" Our cotemporaries of the last week having
noticed a munificent donation by Captain Keaquick, of Up-
per Easton, of £2OO, Three per cent. Consols, to-the Rev.
S. E. Day, the Vicar, and to the present Churchwardens of
the parish of St. Philip and Jacob, in Trust for the Poor of
the said parish, and a correspondent of ours having desired
us to inquire and state to the public what those Trusts are,
we have much pleasure of responding to the call upon us, by
saying that the express provisions of the Gift are—that the
income and dividends of the said stock are to be laid out in
I3read, and to be distributed to the Pooi of the parish in the
month of February in every year for ever in the chnrch
after Divine Service." We are happy to have this respected
individual brought under notice by a trait so creditable.
Captain Keaquick was born within a few miles of Liverpool,
and he first sailed from this port eighty years ago. He has
resided for some years in Bristol, and has now attained the
patriarchal age of ninety-two. This respectable gentleman,
whose years have numbered nearly a century, still occa-
sionally pays a visit to Liverpool. His recollections of in-
Cidents connected with the history of Liverpool in times
gone by, are curious and -entertaining. As his memory is
strong, and his observation has always been acute, he pos-
sesses a store of facts and anecdotes highly interesting.
COMMITMENT.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, William
Jones, a young man, was charged with stealing a half firkin
of butter. Police-officer Guy said that on Monday last,
about half-past two o'clock, lie met the prisoner and' another
youth in Edgar-street, the latter carrying the keg. He
asked him where he had got it, and he replied " a man gave
it to me in Scotland-road to carry to Vauxhall-road." He
took him into custody, and the owner of the butter was af-
terwards found. Thomas Hanna said he belonged to St.
Helens, and on Monday, about one o'clock, got six half
firkins of butter from the Clarence Dock. He engaged -a
carter named Shee to take them. They were sent to Lon-
don-road, and it was t}fterwards found that one was missing
;---that now prodUced, which he identified by his mark upon
it. It contained 381bs. of butter, which was worth I.old. per
lb. The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was
committed for trial.
ALLEGED ASSAULT ON BOARD OF A VESSEL.—At the
Police-court, yesterday, --- Hiselden, the mate of the ship
Hermes, appeared to answer a complaint of assault on one of
the crew of the vessel, which had recently arrived from New
York. The complainant (Fenn) said he was a carpenter on
board, and that -on the day of the vessel's arrival in the
Mersey, the defendant, just a, he (witness) alighted on deck
from helping to hand the top Sails, came up to him,. and after
saying " Now, we are in. Liverpool, and down you must go-!"
immediately struck him. and knocked him down. He had
given him no provocation whatever. The defendant, he
added, had knocked him down three times in New York, but
he had forgiven him for that. One of the seamen deposed to
the assault as stated by the complainant. The defendant
denied the' charge, adding that lie had accidentally fallen
upon the..complainant by being in the confusion of coming
into p6rt; tripped by the chain cable. He called the pilot,
who *as on deck all the time, and who stated that he heard
no disturbance on deck whatever, which he thought would
have occurred had any one been maltreated. Had lie him-
self been so, struck, he should certainly have called out for
help. Mr. Rushton said that he and his brother magistrate
were of opinion that the mates' account of the affair was, the
most probable, and the complaint was accordingly dismissed.

TRACTARIANISM V. PROTESTANTISM.-Mr. W. Palmer,
M.A., Fellow and Tutor of St. M try Magdalene College,
'Oxford, and deacon in the Church of England, in address-
ing the Rev. C. I'. Golightly, thus expressed himself, but a
few days ago :—" I tell you plainly, that for myself I
utterly reject and anathematise the principle of Protestant-
ism as a heresy, with all its forms, sects, or denominations.
And if the church of England should ever unhappily profess
herself to be a form of Protestantism (which may God of
his infinite mercy forbid!) then I. would reject and anathe-
matise the church of England, and would separate myself
from her immediately as from a human sect, without giving•
Protestants any unnecessary trouble to procure my expul-
sion: In conclusion, I once more publicly profess myself a
Catholic, and a member of a Catholic church, and say ana-
thema to the principle of Protestantism. (which I. regard as
identical.,with the principle bf disent,) and to all its forms,
sects, and dominations, especially to those of the Lutherans,
Calvaniits, and British and American dissenters," [Will
Mr. Palmer explain how the word " Protestant" comes to
be the recognised distinction of the religion of England, in
the act of succession, and many other acts of parliament.]

TILE REFORMERS.—The body who call themselves re-
formers, par excellence, held a most melancholy meeting on
Wednesday, at Eastwood's Royal Hotel, Dale-street, for the
purpose of attempting to raise themselves from their beaten
and pounded position by forming :a registration committee.
Just the usual clique attended, namely, Mr. William Rath-
bane, Colonel Williams, Mr. James Mulleneux, Mr. Wm.
Earle, and one or two newspaper editors in the, liberal inter-
est. Altogether there mustered from seventeen to twenty
individuals. The principal burden of the proceedings con-
sisted of condolences with each other upon the wretched
prospects before them of becoming extinct as a party. A
committee was appointed to look after the registration and
to manage matters, so that the world may be deluded into a
notion that the party is yet of some importance in Liyerpool.
We are sorry to hear that subscriptions have come in so
very like Angel visits, that the celebrated Reform Commit-
tee-room in tlayton-square, the theatre of many an eloquent
harangue, has been absolutely abandoned, and converted into
a" Temperance Hotel."

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS.-Our friends have now
only a short time to avail themselves of a visit to the inter-
esting rooms in Postoffice Place, as the exhibition closes to.
morrow. The children belonging to the. Deaf and Dumb
School have been invited several times to the rooms, and
have signified their high gratification 'with what they have
witnessed. One of them (Richard Williams), has reduced
his feelings to writing, and we purpose in our next' giving
some extracts from his composition as it was penned, without
the slightest dictation or previous suggestion, and is, to say
the least of it, very creditable to his head and heart. The
reflections occasioned by the various paintings are most
affecting, and would do hononr to the most gifted individual.
Such fruits are produced by the moral culture and persever-
iagindustry of Mr. Rhind, the master of the institution.

DOCK COMMITTEE, YESTERDAY.—Members present
Messrs. Sands, Middleton, Smith, Molyneux, Nicol, Sand-
bach, Bully, Martin, Ripley, Moon, Evans, Holmes, Tobin,
Chapman, Aikin. The sub committee of works reported
that no part of the land on the west side of the Brunswick
Graving Dock, which was applied for last week by Todd,
Naylor and Co., could be spared. The land was wanted for
the purpose of sampling and testing copper-ore; but Mr.
Tobin remarked that if there was any land on the estate to
spare, the ship-builders ought to have it in preference.to all
others. It had been said that there was no use for `ship-
building here ; that they could build them cheaper elsewhere ;
but how were they to repair vessels, or make use of their
graving docks if they had not good carpenters, and these
could only be had by building ships here.—A shed was ordered
to be erected at the Clarence graving dock for the convenience
of parties working there. —On the recommendation, of the
marine surveyors committee, Thomas Hughes, one of the dis-
charged keepers of the Rock Light-house, was appointed to
the telegraph station in Chapel-street, at a salary of £6O per
year, in the room of the present keeper, who was promoted.
Mr. Tobin, in the absence of the chairman of the sub-com-
mittee, remarked that they were all satisfied that the great
blame of the misconduct at the Rock Light-house rested with
the head man, but none of them would tell of each other ;
and, the character Hughes had received, the sub-committee
were unanimous in recommending him. The sub-committee
reported that the damage done to the bell buoy, by the Im-
porter, whs occasioned purely by accident and not by negli-
gence, and the claim for compensation was ordered not to be
nressed.—Two cranes, for the discharging of mahogany, were
ordered to be erected on the north side of the new south
boundary dock.— A letter from Messrs. M'Arthur and Co.
requesting that the west side of George's dock might be ap-
propriated for coasting vessels was referred to the harbour
master's sub-committee.—The usual charge of 6d. per ton
for the use of the crane on George's dock pier was ordered
to be discontinued in future.—A letter from the Lords Com-
missioners of the Treasury, approving of the sale of land by
the Corporation to the dock estate, for the purposes stated
in the Act of Parliament was read.—The Chairman repeated
that he and the other members of the deputation had an inter-
view on Wednesday with tha Revenue Commissioners, who
received them in a very satisfactory and gracious manner.
They had shown them the new plans, answered a great num-
ber of questions, and to-morrow, (this day,) they were going
to look over the docks.

CASE OF BIGAMY.—Robert Highann, a decent-looking
man, apparently about 38, was placed before Mr. Rushton
on Wednesday, charged with having married a second time,
his first wife being still alive. It was proved in evidence that
the prisoner was married on the 13th May, 1824, to Elizabeth
Dawber, at the parish church of Wigan, and after they had
lived together for five or six years the prisoner left her. Her
father appeared in court, and proved that she was still living.
On the 21st September, 1840, the prisoner married Helen
Leatherbarrow, at St. Peter's Church, in this town ; and the
brother of this female only discovered the previous marriage
of the prisoner last Friday, and on the following day he
caused him to be apprehended. He was committed for trial.
The sum of £76 was found on his person when he was ar-
rested, £3O of which was given to his second wife, as it
appeared she brought the prisoner that sum on their mar-
riage, and a mrtion of the remaining £l6 is to be applied to
the prisoner's defence. It appeared that the prisoner had
had three children by his first wife, two of whom arc living,
and one by his second. The second wife appeared in court.
She carried the child in her arms, and is a good-looking
woman of about 21 years of age.
THREATENING LANGUAGE.—Four able-bodied ill-look-
ing fellows were charged before Mr. Rushton on Wednesday.
with using threatening language towards Mr. Councillor As-
pinall, chairman of the board of guardians, and with being
riotous and disorderly. It appeared from Mr. Aspinall's
statement, that the fellow against whom he principally ap-
peared, had just come out of Chester gaol—that he had been
relieved upon four different occasions at the Parish-office—
that he was offered bread, and refused to take anything ex.
cept money—that he was the ringleader of the other fellows,
whose conduct on Saturday night was of so violent a cha-
racter that Mr. Gray, of the Parish-office, had to be pro-
tected home by the police—that it took four men to convey
him to bridewell, on Tuesday, •and that he threatened him
(Mr. Aspinall), and said he would be the death of him some
day or other, and that he would rip up his guts ! It was
farther proved that the same fellow belonged to London—
that he was nearly naked on coming to Liverpool—that he
had been clothed at the workhouse—that money had been
given him to take him to his own parish, and that he had
spent the money. Mr. Rushton ordered them to find
sureties for their good behaviour, and regretted that the law
did not allow of him doing more,

CIVIC ENTERTAINMENT.—On Tuesday evening last, his
Worship the Mayor, John Shaw Leigh, Esq., entertained a
distinguished party of nobility, gentry, clergy, members of
the bar, &c., with a sumptuous• dinner at the Town-hall.
The repast, and all the "appliances and means to boot,"
were of the most choice and costly description. Amongst
the guests were the Earl of Sefton, Lord Grenville Somer-
set, the Hon. Col. Sir Edward Cust, the Hon. It. B. Wil-
braham, the Hon. Bingham Baring, the Hon. R. Denman,
Sir Wtn. P. De Bathe, Bart., Sir Thomas Brancker, Rev. J.
Brooks, Rev. A. Campbell, Rev. T. G. Leigh, Rev. T. Moss,
Rev. Mr. Feilden; of Bebbington, J. W. Patten, Esq., M.P.,
—. Pringle Esq., M.P.,T. B. Crosse, Esq., M.P.. P. Green.
all, Esq., M.P., J. I. lackburne, Esq., M.P., James Clark,
Esq., Recorder of Liverpool, Cornet H. B. Leigh, H. Law.
rence, Esq., Jas. Aspinall, Esq., R. B. B. H. Blundell, Esq.,
John Moss, Esq., J. P. Heywood, Esq., J. H. Leigh, Esq.,
of Belmont, Cheshire, J. Harper, Esq., of Davenham,
Wm. Earle, Esq., Hugh Hornby, Esq., Thos. Case, Esq.. G.
C. Arbuthnot, Esq., Thos. Sands, Esq., Isaac 0. Bold, Esq.,
&c. Several distinguished personages were invited, but were
unable• to attend; amongst whom were the following : the
Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Francis Egerton,
M,P.,—
Sir Philip Egerton, M.P., —. Tollemache, Esq., M.P.
for the
Southern Division of Cheshire.

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On Tuesday evening, the General Monthly fvfeeting of this
excellent society was .held at the Royal Institution, and was
attended by a very numerous and highly respectable company.
including many :of the. literary and scientific, and several of
the nautical gentlemen of the town—considerable interest.
being excited by subject matter on the occasion having re-
ference to the navigation of the port, and by the announce-
ment' that the President, Mr. Grantham, would deliver his
closing address for the year. The President occupied the
chair, and was supported by Mr. Salt, the Secretary. Several
large and very beautiful models of -vessels,--regularly built
by Mr. E. Melling, jun., and also an ingenious plan for a
new landing-vier by the same gentleman, were exhibited, and
attracted much attention. • Descriptions of these were read
and some introductory remarks made by J. S. Walker, fol-
lowed by explanations by their author in the course of dis-
cussion; of which the following is an analysis:—