The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-02-23 00:00:00

POLICE LV 7'E LL At' E.

Mona Oil' OBTAININii NIANRY.--A perioil who
keeps, as we understand, a sort of seaman's register office, of a
low 'description, appeared before Mr. Dell, on Monday. Mr.
C..llllnissii.ner of police, gut up and staled to Mr.
Hall that. iu consequence '.l)f -terOtll,ittectiints.whicil lie 1144.,
received from ti.e latter, he vent for the tillestion,
who was in the habit of obtaiiiing Moneyfroni:seiMen iityler pre-
tence of procuring for them olcupation ui veAsels. Last Week;
in consequence of attadvertisement which had appeared in some
of the newspapers that several young men were_ wiuted. to go
out to "superintend estates at At-16,rue, knuniber of gentlemen
had arrived froth Manchester. • From each of these persons
he had obtatiied money, under various pretences, and thei, h. d"
been held in suspense; thinking they were going to situations in
Antigua, whereas the whole affair was a farce, froinbeginning
to end. Ou Sunday evening into 'nation was . received at his
(Mr. -Pawling's) office, that this individual had sent fur per-
antis to pmt the lock of a large and heavy trunk, W_bich was
staled to contain articles of considerable valife. The inecha-
Jc4• for whom he hail seat very properly refused to act, and they
gave information of the circumstance.. He (Mr. Dowling) sent.
officers to inquire into the circumstances, buj the person re--
-fused Id giVe them any information, sge that the box- had been
left in his care, nor would he le) theiii see it. An officer was
then sent In see that the-box was not conveyed away. Subse-
,quently the party thought better on the subject, and the box
was sent to Mr. Ddvvling's office. The. individual alluded to
. replied ,that the box had been Jell in his care by Jlr, Litigate,
who hail gone into the country, With, respect to the. indivi-
duals who had route from Manchester, he had acted altogether
under the orders of another person. Mr. Hall made allusion
to some other parties connected with a system of fraud Which
had been discovered in Manchester, Where the parties would he
tried.. 'He exhorted the person to be careful bow he acted. In
the mean trine it was ordered that the box remain in the pos-
session of Mr. Dowling.. „ •

Koetisniv IN A House OF ILI/ FA laS.—At the Police
Court, on Tuesilay, Mary Thompson, a prostitute, was charged
with having robbed William Pretoti, a groom at •the Cart and
Horses, public-house, Tit hetiarn:street, of six sovereigns and
and thirty shillingS in silver. The' prosecutor. a pennon of very
juvenile appearance, tieing a little flush of money,: sallied out
tin Monday evening to different public-housee,..Where he drank
pretty freely; end on returning home, about. twelve o'clock,
met the prisoner, whoth he accompanied to a hOuse in Orange-
street. 'Here she counted over the complainant's 'money,- and
said she would take care ':or it till inorning.' When Piston
awoke at five next morning, he found that both the prisoner.
and his money were missing. In .the mean• time the. prisoner
and another female who itat'placed-in -the dock with her, went
to the Shakspeare'reverny ciiiner'Of Key-street, where, after.
calling for slitive'lignor, they began disputing about-the division
rit money, which led Mr. Owens, the landliordito,sltspect that .a.
robbery had been emninitted; He gave.nolice-to Maguire, one
of the police, and both the *omen were-ultimately. taken into
'custody. On Tieing brought before Mr. Walt,: Picton would
only swear to Thirtisirson, -.The:ow-Fr female .wastherefdp-,dis-
charged; and, Thump6un cominittedlor trial , „
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STEALING Punkt' S.HoPs.—Jane' Ileron;, a.'young. married.
woman of respectable conneetions, was, on Tuesday brorrelit
before Mr. Hall, on two separate tharges •of stealing from
shops. On' Monday Afternoon 'the Prisoner went. into Mr.
Ullaihorne's shop in lianelagh-street, 'where, after making:
some trifling *purchases, she stole a swan strawl, worth little
inure than Is. She escaped unnoticed riom theshop, and after-
wards went to Messrs. Jeffery and Morrish's,.Coruptiin. House,
Chureli-tafeet, where she:purchased' stone merino, for the pay-
ment of Whieh she gave dr:sovereign to be changed.. While the
assistant went to another part of the shop for change, the pri-
soner slipped a green and White:dress, worth 75.61., which had
been', lying along 'with-other goods on , the counter, under her
shawl. On his returning he missed the dress, and mimed it to
Mr. Jeffery, who Went up pi the prisoner, and, throwininp the
corner of her shawl, discovered- the dress and:took it' from her.
Edwards, one of the. pilice,,was then railed in. and searched
the pt isoner, when he forintl the shawl which she had previously
stolen. On making inquiry, the officer traced the shaWl to the
owner.' Mr. Utlathorne.—The. prisoner, who seemed scarcely
able to stand, saitlihat she wished-to pay for all for the sake of
her father and Inother.—Mr...liall said that the case was a very
aggravated one; she had first gone to tine' shop and then to
another, for the, purpose of .steaiitig.-.She wt committed to
take her trial... I ier appearance, when reinoYed from the duck,
was truly distressing.
SEA MEN'S W A GEs,-.--On•Tuesday two cases of disputed claims
for seamen's wages, were beard before the magistrates at the
Police office. The. first was preferred by a man of colour,
named Thomas Sewans, who lately figured as a defendant in a.
panic-house affray. Ile summoned Caplan' 'Wylie,
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minute"' of he'Africantrailei s.Bridget and Oscar, for payment
ofd Anti-light's- wages, which be alleged to 'be due to him.
Sewena stated that he shipped on board the. Oscar, at,Boney, to
stow gods, at the race of wages paid to the other seamen ; and
that Captatu Wylie promised if be dlidthe writ k to his satistac-
tion to make him a' present in addition. He was on,boartt the
Oscar from he'3.l to-the Ifith August, and be .now.claimed his
wanes fur the time. Captain Wylie said that the complainant
was found:10"/g on Bonny •beach, by • some of His.: crew, in a
state or great distress. Ou inquiry. he .( the captain-) was told
that he had been left there by the Brutus, limn Liverpool; but
he bad since learned, that he had run away. Having, under-
stood that he has a good hared atstowing,- he made him- the offer
the complainant had stated, and sent hoe to the Oscar, at New
Calabar,'Which was commanded, under his direction, by Capt.
Lovell. Captain Lovell, however,- found that, from burl lemper
rand•contirival quarrelling with the crew, together with frequent
indisposition, he was unsuited for the work- he. undertook, and
sent him hack' to Bonny. Captain Leven confirmed Captain
WVlle's statement. It was further stated that the attendance
of the surgeon on the complainant would, if charged, have
amounted to mote than the wages claimed; and, besides, the
agreement was nierely conditional. Mr. Hall thnught it was
very improbable that Captain Wylie, finding the complainant a
miserable object, would do as he (the complainant). had stated.
He therefore dismissed the ease.—The second case related to
four of the crew of the Mary Queen if Scots, who preferred
a complaint against the captain for having refused to pay them
their wages for the last voyage. As .all the crampluluants stood
on the same fooling, and the decision of the magistrates in one
case would decide the-rest, only two of them, named .Ciryle and
Brown. stated theircase. It appeared that on the 15th or, Oct..
,they bail-shipped for. P.ernarobt,.at.4ie.rate.s4.l:Vo.-,0,,M9u1b..
-and returned to a fortnight ago. had received a
month's advance, and they now ciaitned the 'Tina-miler of tlreir
wages,--The captain said be objected to paying then+, because
, they had been guilty of a breach
.9f. duty, and discipline. On
the 17th November..while the vessel lay at Pernambuco, they
had discharged a lighter of Merchandize into awit tier .lighter,
to be delivered at the Custom-house, the reilovoo,,,i morning.
The men were told, to. keep watch over the.lighter during the
night, which four of them.refused to do; the Consequence was
that the mates and carpenter had to.LIO the. men's duty in that
instance. Mr. Hall asked if the captain had dismissed the men
at that time, He said that• be had not, because he could not
get other hands at, 15ernimbuco, and he was Uncertain Whether
he could proceed to such an extremity, He had mentioned the'
case to the British Consul, who said that he-could pot do any
thing with them, as no men:imbi be got. He-:had also another
charge against Brown .fer mutinous conduct at Paraiba. The
mate confirmed the captain's statement With' reference to the
affalrat!Pernanibutfo, and produced the hig.hook with the entry
of the men's misconduct. at 4'.s offence at-Pa.railia consisted
in taking spitits on board contrary tar the captain's order, and
in striking the mate., Enc. this offence he and the rest who
stolported him bad been imprisoned there. 10 answer to the
'charge of breach of duty at Pernanidnico, Brown
been eniploveillrom two in, the said they had
morning at the lighter, and the
captain wished them to. keep watch the fidlowiiro night, which
was more than they ought to haye.been requital to do, With
respect to striking the mate, he did it, (ink• out of self-detence.
Ile was taking a bottle of wine on.board, when the mate struck
him : this the mate denied, and said that Brown had disabled
him in the arm. Mr. 1.-halt told the complainants he intuit leave
therndo the. mercy of-the captain. it was always with great
pain that .be look. away seamen's wages- becou:.e they toiled
hard for them ; but he must,take.care that they did not deprive
the captain of, their . services, He hail as :ouch right to com-
mand them to watch the lighter as the ship.. Watit was he to
do when he eould not get other men ? it seamen Were to. pick
and choose their duty; there Would he amend of alidisciptine
Coyle said he had•beetirat work from two in the morning. Mr.
Hatt.---You were only to take your watch in turns: The coin-
plaint is dismissed... •

CHARGE OF STEALING PICTURES .AT A SAI.E.7-00 Tuesday.
a brother of the "noted Bill -Looney, who was sentenced to 14
Yeats transportation at the last sessiona, was brought up at the
Pitlice-court, charged with having stolen: a loantitv ortactures
at a late sale of his brother's effects. The pictures, which were
of rather a three size,:seemed to be all finely framed and gilded.
There were six or eight of them. A sale of Lootie,Y's goods had,
it appeared; taken place .since his sentence. 'the prisoner and
his sister airended the sale ; and it was alle,gedby the prisoner,
in answer to the cherge, that he understood his sister' hail pur-
chased the pictures, stud he carried them otfundert hat mistaken
itinpresston: Mr. Hall ordered' the case la lie remanded for
further inquiry. •
lloaakeY.--Yesterday, at the Police-office, a. good-looking
sailor lad, named Smith, was placed hefote the, inavislutles,
charged with having• run' away .with two *writes, from Mrs.
Grindrod's shop, a pawnbroker. Mrs. Mary Grindrod deposed
that she 'was a pawnbroker, in Brownlow-Isitl: .About taveit
o'clock on Tuesday night, the 20th instattt, sheavas in-the shop
when the prisoner enure in and asked her if sfiepbad any low
priced watches on sale. She replied that shehird mime at about
£2 10s. cash. Ile said that was more than he could afford to
give. She then said she had a 'hunting- watch•Avisich sheatonld
afford- for 20s: 'She showed himthe huntitig-Watch, and he
looked at it and returned it is ber;.-saying-ihattitaYaa tori %Oda'
money. He then let the shop, and sootr-nfterleturcedand
intpired if she thought the hunting-watch wmihl keep-tinte., II
it would not it woulil•be of no use to hint, as he-aVas-gtiing.la
sea the next das. •She then' allowed him two other watches, Ile
lOoked at them a little time;otiil afterwards saidte would 'prefer
the hunting watch, .She got the hunting-watth,and placed it
upon the'cotnter4ith the othertvto watches": l'he'ls,risoner then
looked'at three watches. first atone, and then' al XI a other, for
about a quarter of an hour, and on her turning her head he
picked up two Of theta add run out of the shop.: 'Stto,ran to the
door alter him, but lost sight of him.. The saute •gVetting the
gave notice"to the prilice,' and had bills printed and icirculated,
describing the watches. On 'Wednesday night she ,sasv.one Of
the missing watches in the' care of Mr. Deas, autaubrokeri
which she claimed. She afterwards saw the prisoner in Bride-.
arid belieyed him to be the person who stole The watches.
—hits; Ann Woods, the sister of Mrs. Gritultod, gave similar
evidence. She was, preseht when the lad run out of the shop
with the watches.-111r: George "Deal, pawnbroker. •Bedfordi
street, Park, dePosed that on Wednesday be received bill de-
scribing the loss of the walchet. About two o'clock the prisoner
came to his shop andoffered a watch for pledge, which answerbd
the destriplion of one named in the bill. 'the prisoner, .in
answer to an inquiry of where he got it, said he had bought it
tiff a messmate about two months since, for r£2 10s. He then
told hint he must detain him, and sent for an officer, and gath
'him into custody. The prisoner pet sisted in his story That he
had bought the watch. He was committed to take his hint.
A TEACHER oP LANGUAGES IN •Ttrocins..—Yeslerday, sit
the'Policeollice a young, man named Patrick 31‘Donaglte,
or most broken down 'appearance, having no neckerchief or
shirt on, and his coat buttoned to hide his uhkeduess, and ha.-
in!, his hand, which was much cut, tied up in a sling, was plated
before. Mr. Hall, charged with having, in a tit of drunkenness,
broken foto Squares of glass, and destroyed ajar of soon', and
vane crackers, the property of Patrick 11 iissey, who resales to
`Preston-street. The cumplawaut, a thick get, rt.,tuarkably atu-
pia looking man, with a head and face as etptt,ssive• of intelli-
gence, as a Swedish Int nin. with the top sereaed off. then 1)10-
a:fedi-it to, state his case. He said, that about one o'elot k the
night before, the prisoner (quite into his house, and (tailed trot'
some beer; he had not been there above a feW tes, wheU
he Ititee himself into a " skyaittific" attittide,•aml began box=
ing at some jars in his %iiiotow, whereby lie had destroyed lotir
teen pennyworth
of crackeri, two shilling's worth .of Lundy
Foote's hest htgh dried Irish, and iteutulisheil tour p.ines of
glasii, Making the damage done to his prOperty amount alto:
gether to 55.., which out being able to pay. be gave hint ..into
custody. Mr. Was all the suuff wasted" Com-
plainant.—" Yes it was scattetcd.", tllr. 111411.—" Well, dust
to dust: can sou make no use of it?" Chorplainato, (with, a
broad circular grits, and a.autib nose twisted up to a most
eat fasbioN) " Noa, E. should. think bat." t.k langh4