The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-27 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.

Wit hefore the sittinez On Friday last an 'nformation was
ma-
gistrates against the proprietor of an omnibus which runs ;lady
between Live' pool. Wattle, and CrOsh%, fiir earning a gaeate-r
number of passengers than the law allowed. The informer in
this case was a person of the name of Wood, a solicitor, we be-
lieve, and said to he a very resvectable pet son, who lives some-
where on the road traversed. The case was to ly proved, but
unoet cif comstances churl, justified the inagisttatcs in emote-
ing only the mitigated penalty of £5. The oprietor 'eit the
omnibus was driving at the time, and the exile' passengers'Con-
Fisted or the coachman, his daughter, and ► female, who' was
taken up on the toad. The inconvenience was cheerfolly'sn,-
taineei by most of the gentlemen present. who.were. very 'tam-
rally, tin, illing to leave a female to wait the whir's distance
unprOte,l,4l. Bit the humanity of the infiertnet Was moved,
and he ordered the earl to stop, professedly to relieve the horses,
but in reality to take an exile I account or the number of passen-
get s. We are no advocates for the: violation of the •'l4w, 'and'
ate at all times averse to the ovei wit king Of animals; •lturvre
End in this Case those mitigating circumstances wlciOt
to rough in cvonuation of the offence& We must. howeiiers-do
just es to the humane feelings of the informer io
Irtan the omnibus. and we have no doubt if he wou!d make it his
usual practice to travel on foot, the pr,ptietors of the immeritus
vehicles on the road would foil intinilety obliged to littO;lts the
presence of an hammer is not ver% pleasant at any time. " We
might indulge in a little mirth at the attacks made by our lifie-•
rats upon pol.lieans. car-drivers, &A.. loft le;st our confi•mporai
iNs
should accuse of omkinee this also a polit lea; question: we shall
e,otent ourselves by expiessing our gratifii atom that the iten-
ttemttit
innur.stion was trot a conservative. A very curious note
has been put into our hands, lint we .decline publishing it, as it
might sot jest us to some inconvenience. Strange thiogs are
coming to pass every day, and the opinions of oUr liberals are in-
fluenced by the political character; but we are foolish enough
to entertain the opinion, that an in fiamer is tint a eery respee4a-
his man. liSesssiiy ma• plead some excuse—the 'Eifel' of- re-
ward may tempt a poor man—an, the hope e,f ievettgeMia% de•
termitic others; lan in the case of a respectable man we
no other excuse than the one urged in !hist ase-11UNI AN I'l Y.
Oh dear! The humanity of a Whig !!I \See the poor law
bill. But that affects men, not horses:

The subscription for raising a statue to the Duke of Welling-
ton, near the new London Bridge, amounts at present to up-
wards of 1:5(.00.

THE !nom TnAnE.--,We are sorry to bear that. the reaction
in the demand for iron. though such an event might reasonably
have been expected, has reachad South WHIPS, and that the
irontuastros have been compelled to "blow tbe.phra.e
is, a certain 'mintier of their furnaces. NI hen, however, w•e•
look at the ti.t of notices extiaeted front the ‘atious provincial
pa pets, of bills for railroads intended to be solicited m the en -•
suing session of parliament. we cannot but believe that the
IMMO inn of orders is but tt•mp(oats. and that the etisuieg
wit restore the furnaces to t hetr full racti% ity . The de
'mud for iron it) America being simultaneous with that for
home consumption. has tended to keep up the price to a point
heyiiol that which it iaight to maintain, and the railroad makers
„r the Utiiteu .States are wise enough to hang back, until
prices will be accepted; ot, in default of this, to look at
home for a supply. It is alsoa subject of omen coriswation that
Ibe railroad from Cardiff to Merthyr, and oihers in the neigh-
bourhood, will afford simple employment for all Ibe labourers
who may be deprived 01 teotk the teccnt detettnioatiin et
'he itimmasters to " blow out" s 11111 e tic their Air-paces; even if
our anticipations of a deuland for iron should not no re-
alized.—Merthyr Guardian.