The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-06-14 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.-lESTERDAY.

CHARGE AGAINST A MARINE STORE DEALER.—A
man named James Chisholm, a marine store dealer, in
Walton-street, was charged, in company with two per-
sons named respectively Hall and Smith, with feloniously
carrying away a cable from a vessel lying in the Clarence
dock. Smith was discharged, but Chisholm and Hall
were fined 20s. each, and in default ordered to be im.
prisoned for two months ; and Chisholm's license as a
marine store dealer was taken away.
ALLEGED ROBRERY OF GRAIN BY A MATE AND
QUARTER-MASTER.—TWO men, named John Carma,
and Peter Young, the one the mate and the other the
quarter-master of the steam-ship Rose, trading between
this port and Limerick, were charged with fraudulently
causing a quantity of grain on board the vessel to be taken
away. Mr. John Yates, jun., solicitor, preferred the
charge on behalf of the consignees of the ship. It ap-
peared that on Saturday afternoon, officer 650 met a boy
coming from the vessel, having with him a quantity of
oats in a bag. The officer's suspicions were awakened,
and on asking the boy where he had obtained the oats he
replied that he received them from the prisoners, on
board the steamer. After enquiries by the police, the
prisoners were taken into custody, on the charge of having
sold the oats to the boy, without having any authority to
do so. In the course of the investigation, yesterday, Mr.
Yates stated that they had felt compelled to bring the
charge forward against the prisoners, in consequence of a
systematic plunder of grain being pursued on board the
vessels belonging to the company. During the discharging
of one of their vessels, last week, it was found that 34
bushels of grain had been feloniously taken away. Mr.
Chilton, for the prisoners, urged that the oats in question
were nothing more than sweepings, which remained after
the vessel was discharged, and to which, according to
custom, they thought themselves entitled. Mr. Yates
denied that they were sweepings, and pointed out the fact
of their being quite clean, which showed that they had
beer. fraudulently taken out of bulk. He also stated that
the discharge of the vessel's cargo of oats had not yet
been completed, and therefore they could not be con-
sidered as sweepings. The Captain of the vessel gave
both prisoners a high character for honesty ; stating that
the mate had been connected with the ship for fourteen
years. They were both remanded until this day.
COWARDLY ASSAULT.—A fellow named Wm. Smith,
betraying all the external appearances of a bully and a
brute, appeared, charged with an assault upon a young
man, on Saturday evening last, at the corner of Chisen-
hale-bridge, Scotland-road. According to the complain-
ant's statement, he was passing along the bridge, on
Saturday evening, when the prisoner, in company with
some other men, rushed upon him, and asked him for
money.; and, on his refusing to give them any, they shook
him and otherwise assaulted him. Officer 655 stated that
a number of rough fellows (the prisoner amongst the
number) were in the habit of assembling at the corner of
Chisenhale-bridge and asking every one who passed for a
penny ; and, on getting about a shilling, they would go
and spend it at a neighbouring public-house. Several
people had been annoyed by them in this manner,
until the practice was become a great nuisance. Detective
Officer Murphy said that, on Saturday night last, four
Portuguese sailors were stopped on this bridge in the
manner described, and were actually thrown over the
bridge. He had the case in hand, and he had no doubt
the prisoner was one of the parties concerned. Mr:
Mansfield inflicted a penalty of £5, or two months' im-
prisonment.

THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT went, on Saturday,
to Twickenham, and visited their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess d'Aumale.
THE New York Courier and Inquirer suggests that
Portland, instead of Halifax, will ere long be the stopping
place for the Cunard steamers.
THE REV. GEORGE DOVER. M.A., of St. Barnabas's
church, was yesterday appointed incumbent of Kirkdale,
in lieu of the Rev. D. James, M.A., promoted to the
principalship of Llandovery Institute.