The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-30 00:00:00

Tlll4 WEATHER.

,
IigAVY GAI.F.S AND Now-siuttg.—The metropolis and its
euvirons have been visitCtt at intervals, lince Saturday after-
no nn, with tremendous gales of. wild, accompanied by heavy
Colkof ,gin,t, so- as io render the var;otis approaches to London
this itearoing ant ,tterot very great difficulty. in consequence
ofitmotimp-,,,able state of the roads, the shot t stages
were hall-au-h,,ltr awl au hour behind their usual time; while
very ti.ariv of :arenimls had not arrived when we went to press,
which hits tit -1,1,161 v. precluded Us from receiving. our usual
supple of papers and letters, both foreign and Ilmnestie. Thnse,
however, which. reached the Postollice, (though at a late hour)
have brought us nor enrrsponalence front Southampton, Head-
ing; 'Bristol, Livt,rpool, Leeds, Edinburgh, Inverness, and
Dublin; but the remainder is still wanting. Twelve
mails are now due, besides those from France, Holhod, and
H amburgh, 'This ~eurt*?twe has eatried a great stagnation iu
business.—London Standard ~/'Monday - eening.

SfipEwSnultS. ONE O.CLOCK. Wali asoAv MORNING.—
Owing to an immat.se tall of t•lort- in the midland counties on
Sunday night and 31invIay last. the wail to thi•: town, whieit
left London oti Monday eve. lug, has not yet arrived, nor had
any coach arrived trout in liiriniagham Niterilay af-
terniiiin that left the inet:•iipulis on Monday. nue mode of tht:
coaches downwards An Loud in lrerr, it c st:ned fetailied itt
Towcester, while those going upwards were det,iiiied at Dun-
church, bet..veen which plac,s OP, roads were bto,kod. tip wiih
snow many feet deep. he same stoppage t,,Ls ittBc., occurred
ou the more western roads. The Bristol nir,il to ttt.is town,
which should have arri •ed in Shrewsoury ye,terrlay niorniug
at six o'clock. dial not arrive here until seven o'clock yesterday
evening.-7-Salopian firithtal.
Stice our last, the weather has teen of the most intense se,
verity, with a coal bleak wind from N.N.E.,
accompanied with
a heavy fall of snow, which continued with but slight intermis-
sion up to last nigh!. consegonnre of the heavy falls of snow
s tnrh of (tarlide. the Loudon mail on Saturday was nearly two
behind time;--the proper time of arrival being a little
tol'ore two P.M. (hi Sunday the mail did not arrive till about
ho.l*-p3st seven. And ldst nigh' it had not arrived up to the hour
5-qing to press.— Glasgow Courier.
I:NN • et•RGlE—The weather for some time past had !,een
milit for the winter season. On W d-
irne,Nim:szt.hitrsd:iy last. the thertnii,eter t,3,1 at 511 and
morning,
liei,ottne coil and froidy on Friday, and on
,4etnrciay
trim"'
iYhe,
tati4reti,l.opat s's o'eloi•k. a vi..1,0t gale ihlrsut to
trAmpl, emd.. _ heavy snow showers, and ex-
an•d 0,0
a the ni.rth-eao still' continuos,
tow, the ',how 4,1•4 the lethpfiNittite
rind, nos'arcoirintlrett in a by.the vitlti I,t'S. °Nilo
Sundaes ni7tlt. the the rmo,neter.'4oxr,,:,c,Pit:rll4 V 44.
.equence of this stare' we/1.141er,e IE4 gon-
clic. not arrive hate ttl! sevon eurficle,
uh
'The Ither mails wri:s also late in their ..?"Hitty mtzht.
Itrntal.—Glagote

LONDON POLICE REPORT.

MANSION-HOUSE.

On Satardas%,. a great cl;:al of laughter was caused by the de-
tailr in the toilowing ease:—

An elderly man of respectable appearance, named Poole,
was summoned by a -Mr. Bailey, to answer fot the misappro-
priatien ot two separate sows of £5 each.
Mr. Bailey stated, that in the beginning of the last month
he gave to -Mr. ['Nile a check upon the Bank of England for
£5, and soon afterwards another check fora similar sum, with
directions to him to purchase, as an agent, some articles at
Robin's Auction-rooms. Mr. Poole appointed the- 17th of
Noveinber, for the settlement at the Auction Mart, when he
was either to produce the goods or to return the money. The
meeting took place, and Mr. Poole exhibited a book in which
some articles were marked down as purchased> but not an ar-
LICIP. nor a farthing of money was offered. Witness afterwards
inquired at Robin's, but fo-und that Mr. Poole had made no
purchase there, and he Cout' some difficulty in obtaining another
interview with the gentleman until aided by the Lord Mayor's
authority.

Mr: Poole, having adjusted his spectacles, stated that he had
for sonic time wished that this unfortunate Matter had been
brought before the Lord Mayor for an equitable adjadment;
but he feared his Lordship's was not exactly the tribunal at
which it was capable of being arranged. His. connexion with
Mr. Bailey, arose friiin an adiretrisement in " The .Times,"
stating that a nelson was wanted to conduct business for an in-
dividual possessed of capital,. and that the former was to have
the sole management of the affairs of the concern, and would
not be required to adVance a farthing. The:sitnation appeared
to 'him to be exactly the thing for him, and an interview
rook place, at which Mr. Bailey .declared, himself to be the
advertiser, that he was a man -of property out of business,• was
to put his money down against his (Mr. Poole's) judg-
ment in a sort. of general trade, and that there should be a
division, of profits. The proposition was quite agreeable, and
Mr.- Bailey stated that he could command from one to five or
six hundred pounds, and if mote was required, his acceptances
were good to a considerable anuiunt, and could be made avail-
able to the purposei of their commercial enterprise. His (Mr.
Poole's) advice was; that they should purchase goods at auctions,
as he perfectly well understood that sort of trade, and he went
to look out accordingly. The first purchase he made was at
a sale under the Sheriff, where he bought some bargains ; but,
upon writiug to Mr. Bailey, he found that no money was to be
had until dividend day, but the gentleman proposed that this
bill should be discounted. He (.Mr. Poole,) took the bill to
several discounters, but every one declined to touch it, although
it was or.ly for £3O. .

.Mr. Bailey.—That was because your name was to it, which
was enough to damn arty bill.
Mr. Poole.—Very good, very good. At last Mr. Bailey said
that he had a ,friend who could discount the bill, and he after-
wards told me that he got it done, and put it in the bank, but
if I. had had £l5O at the thee, I could have made £4l) or £5O
by the sale. • • '
Mr. Bailey.—lt'a
Mr. P001e.,---Very good. Well, he gave me a check for €5
to pay the deposits en the goods I purchased, and he said to
me,- "Now, Mr. Poole, you know the amount of our
°capital,
and don't go beyond it."
The Lord Mayor.—And what did you consider to be the
amount of the capital ?
Mr. Poole.—Something less than the £3O was the whole ca-
pital, although he described himself as able to put his money
against my judgment. (A laugh.)
The Lord Mayon—lle was certainly wrong. There was
much more brains in the transaction than cash. (Laughter.)
Mr. Poole.—Very good. I went, upon the faith of our capi-
tal, to Robins's sale-rooms, and purchased to the amount of
£l7. 3s. and I afterwards went to Oxendon's sale-rooms,
and bought more goods, so that the whole amount of the pur-
chases reached £25 or £26; and then I wrote to Air. Bailey,
calling upon him to clear the lots, but I found myself deceived
again, for he stated that he had not a farthing, as be had been
obliged to pay his rent. (A laugh.) •
Mr. Bailey.—What a pack of lies! Why should I give you
more money when I had found you out?
• Mr. Poole.—Very good. Well, I thought this very bad treat-
ment from a man who pretended to be possessed of property.
The Lord Mayor.—Certainly; he had made a inure correct
estimate of your orains than you made of his money. You paid
the deposit for the goods you purchased, I suppose?
Mr. Poole.—The deposits? Why no, my lord, I understand
business too well for that. (Laughter.)
The Lord Mayor.,--Ha gave you the £lO though to make
purchases?
Mr. Poole.--013. dear, yes • and a great deal of trouble I had
to turn it to advantage to the partnership account.
Mr. Bailey.—Parthership ! I-le was my agent, and has em-
bezzled the money.

Mr. Poole.—There is nothing I wish for so much as an equi-
table adjustment of this very disagreeable affair between me
and my partner. (Laughter.) It has now too long remained
unsettled, and I assure you it is very discouraging to a man
who understands business. (Great laughter.)
Mr. Bailey.--Such 'a rascally liar t never met. His wife
offered me his bill at ►wo months for the amount.

Mr. Huller.—Hadn't you better take it? Perhaps, if his
name were on a bill without yours, it would be discounted.
(Cheat laughter.)
Mr. Bailey.—l take his bill! I'd see him hanged first.
Mr. Poole.—Very good. I yely much fear, my lord, as I
said before, that you cannot genie the unhappy difference be-
lweenme and my partner. (Laughter.)
The Lord Mayor.l am sorry I can do nothing for you, Mr.
Bailay. This appears to me to be a regular joint stock affair.
You and Mr. Poole formed a company, to carry on which you
found £lO, and he found a much larger proportion of brains
and showed that he well understood business. (Laughter.)