The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-16 00:00:00

EMIGRATION.--A very extensive emigration is now taking
place to New York. On Sunday the packet ship Sheridansailed with upwards of 350 passengers on board ; and a ship
was in the river on the same day with nearly 250. Notwith-
standing the numbers on board, the accommodation is ample.

THEFT FROM A BOAT-BUILDER'S YARD.—At, the police-
court, yesterday, a young man, James Gillon, was charged
with stealing a plane from a boat-builder's yard, and pledging
it. He was seen making his way from the shed over the
back, and the plane was afterwards found at the pawnbroker's
where he had pledged it. Five other planes and some other
tools had also been taken. He was ordered to pay three
shillings, the value of the article, also a tine of £5, or, in de-
fault, to be imprisoned for two months.

THE LIVERPOOL UNITARIAN CONTROVERSY.-It will
have been seen by our advertising columns, that this impor-
tant series of lectures, delivered a short time since in Christ
Church in this town, has undergone a considerable reduction
in the price, with a view to accommodate those whose means

did not permit of their purchasing the work when first pub-
lished. We cordially recommend all those of our readers
who have not yet added this valuable book to their

libraries

to do so without delay, as, we believe, very few copies remain
unsold.

SMOKING IN A BOAT CONTAINING GUNPOWDER.-At
the police-court, yesterday, a boatman named Hugh Weak-
ley was charged with having been found smoking his pipe
while he was lauding some kegs of gunpowder at the Seacombe
Slip, north-end of the Prince's Dock. The case was proved
by police-officer 505. Mr. Rushton remarked that-the prac-
tice was a most dangerous one : it was a wonder, indeed, that
the offender and those near him were not all blown in the air.
He was tined ten shillings and costs.

THE GREAT LIVERPOOL.—This noble vessel arrived at
Falmouth on Sunday night, bringing about forty passengers-
Her dates of sailing are—from Alexandria Feb. 24 ; Malta
Ist, and Gibraltar the 7th instant ; being only four days and
five hours from the latter port. The intelligence from the
east received by the Great Liverpool has been in every point
anticipated by that which reached Marseilles by the Prome-
theus steamer, and which was published in the STANDARD
of Friday last.

—We under-

LIVERPOOL SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION
that Captain Hunt, the first of whose interesting lectures on
the same subject was recently reported in the STANDARD,
will deliver his second lecture on Salvage and General
Average to the members of the Shipmasters' Association on
Monday evening next, at seven o'clock. A topic so impor-
tant to nautical men, and which is oftener made the subject
of discussion in books, which are frequently inaccessible to
them, than of instruction by the " royal road " of public
lectures. cannot fail to attract a numerous auditory. The
gallant Captain, too, is equally " at home" behind the lecture
desk as he unquestionably is in his ship, braving the winds
and storms that agitate the deep.

STEALING FROM A DWELLING HOUSE.—Yesterday,
Peter Hunter, apparently a labourer, was charged before
Mr. Rushton, with having entered the house of Williath
Barton, shipwright, Trafalgar-place, Great Howard-street,
forcing a drawer, and taking out some wearing apparel.
Elizabeth Barton said, she had occasion to go out on Satur-
day night, leaving the house locked. On her return she
found some one had entered by the window, and she missed
a jacket, waistcoat, and trowsers of her husband's, from a
drawer. A neighbour was called in, who secured the front
door, and a constable afterwards came—when the prisoner
was found standing on a foot-bear near the parlour, in
which the clothes were found on the floor, in readiness to be
carried off. The prisoner said lie found the window open
and went in. He was committed for trial.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON SHIPBOARD.—An inquisition was
yesterday held before P. F. Curry, Esq., on view of the body
of William Eades, a seaman belonging to the ship Canton.
Captain Jenion, of the steam-tug Victoria, stated that on
Tuesday last he was towing out the Canton, and when near
the Bell Buoy, he observed the deceased fall upon the deck
with great violence. He had previously been on the fore
topsail yard arm, loosing the sail. He was picked up direct-
ly, and taken to the packet, when the witness and the captain
of the ship saw him shortly afterwards, and found him insen -
bible and bleeding. Mary Bell said she resided at No. 7,
Dwerry-street, where the deceased lodged with her, and was
22 years of age. The deceased was taken from the packet to
the Northern Hospital. Mr. Parker, assistant house-sur-
geon of that establishment, said the deceased was brought
there on Tuesday. He had a compound. fracture of the right
thigh, and some injury to the head, and these were the cause
of death. He died on Sunday morning. The jury returned
a verdict to the effect that he accidentally fell; and died from
the injuries he received.

THEATRE-ROYAL.—On Friday Mr. Balls's benefit was
well attended. On Saturday " Richard the Third" was de-
lightfully played. Mr. Elton's Richard is well worth see-
ing : it is replete with charming readings. He rejects alto-
gether the claptrapistrs of many actors of the present day,
and plays it in an even, smooth style, giving us an idea of
the actual character of the crooked-backed monarch—as he

..—not as Colley Cibber and the Keans would have us
regard him. Mrs. Bland's Lady Anne was excellently done.
No one knows Shakspere better than Mrs. Bland, or more
perfectly understands hitn. The house was thinly attended,
but those who were present seemed highly pleased with the
performance. Last night, on the occasion of Mr. George
Vandenhoff's benefit, there was an excellent attendance. As
Knowles says in " 'l7he Wife,"
" I see you know my father's face."
Mr. Vandenhoff's likeness to his father is striking, as is also
the style of his acting. Charles Kean resembles his father,
and when he delivered the above passage at the Olympic
Theatre in London, when " The Wife" was first performed,
it was always warmly caught up by the audience. Though
Mr. Vandenhoff will ever be warmly welcomed here for his
father's sake, he will also be esteemed for his own : he is
decidedly the most rising actor of the day.—To-night " Vir-
ginius," " Bob Short," and " Monsieur Tonson," will be
performed. To-morrow " William Tell," " Bob Short,"
and "No Song no Supper." In the latter Miss E. lionntr
will make her first appearance. Report speaks well of this
lady, as it does also of Mr. Grainger in French characters,
who plays Tonson. Really, if the Liverpool playgoers will
not visit the Theatre-Royal with a company such as the
present, they ought to be debarred altogether from seeing
the legitimate drama represented.

FORGERY.—Edward Gilbert, a respectable looking young
man was placed before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, charged
with having forged the acceptance of a bill of exchange, which
he had uttered to Mr. John Holmes Clementson, solicitor,
No. 6 Castle-street. It appeared that Mr. Clementson had
known the prisoner a few months, during which time he had
done business for him. On the 2d March last, the prisoner
took to Mr. Clementson a bill of exchange for £23 16s ; and
saying that he wanted some money to make a payment, in-
duced the latter to lend him £7 10s. The bill was dated the
24th Feb., payable in one month. was signed and endorsed
by the prisoner, and addressed to Mr. Charles Edward.
Warneford, by whom, also, it purported to be accepted, pay-
able at Messrs. Cunliffe, Brooks, and Co.'s, bankers, Lon-
don. Mr. Clementson asked who the acceptor was. The
prisoner said he was a respectable young man, a son of Dr.
Warneford, of Gloucester, and a clerk in the Customs. The
bill was left in Mr. Clemeutson's possession as security, with
the understanding that the prisoner was to repay ten pounds
in one week. The ten pounds included the sum lent and an
account for professional services. The bill was not to be ne-
gociated. The prisoner did not call as he promised, and Mr.
Clementson went to the Custom-house and found Mr.
Warneford, who had been intimate with the prisoner, but
knew nothing whatever of the bill. The signature to the ac-
ceptance was not in Mr. Warneford's handwriting. Mr.
Clementson caused the prisoner to be apprehended. He said
to Mr. Lloyd, the constable who took him into custody, that
he intended to repay the money and take up the bill. The
prisoner had nothing to say in his defence. He was com-
mitted for trial.

—James

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY FROM THE DOCK QUAY
Parr, Thomas Brown, John Holbein, and Lear Miller, were
placed at the bar of the Police-court, on Saturday, charged
with having stolen eight puncheons of molasses from the
quay of the Manchester-basin. An immense quantity of evi-
dence was taken for the purpose of bringing the charge home
to the prisoners. It appears that twenty-four puncheons of
molasses were consigned, through Messrs. Swan, Dixon, and
Co., to a party in Liverpool, who did not immediately send
for them on arrival. They were, consequently, left on the
quay, where Mr. Walsh, 'one of the partners in the firm
above-mentioned, saw, as he was passing, a cart laden with
three of the puncheons. He inquired where they were going,
and was informed to a warehouse in Finney-lane. This led
Mr. Walsh to perceive that something was wrong. The
puncheons, as they were placed on the quay, had been duly
marked on their heads with lead-coloured paint. Informa-
tion was given to the police, and the result was the discovery
of eight of the puncheons at the warehouse of Holbein, who
is a treacle dealer in Finney-lane. The marks on the
puncheons had been scraped out, and, as a further disguise,
the heads had: been washed over with lime, and new marks
and numbers put on the sides. They were, however, easily
identified. Orie or two other parties had been concerned in
the transaction, but they were not yet in custody. From the
evidence, it was plain that the prisoners had proceeded in the
most impudent manner, engaged carts and carried off the
puncheons as if they were their own property. Had not the
discovery been made .by Mr. Walsh they would, probably,
have succeeded in carrying off more of the property. They
were committed for trial at the approaching assizes.

SUICIDE UNDER TEMPORARY DERANGEMENT.—An in-
quest was held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, touching the
death of John S. Mitchell, who had died at the Northern
Hospital. Robert Breeze said he was a passenger in the
ship Queen Victoria, which left New Orleans in February :
the deceased was also a passenger The vessel arrived at
Liverpool on Saturday evening last, and he went on shore.
Next morning he went on board, and he found the deceased
sick in bed. He was not able to speak. A surgeon was
called, and the stomach-pump applied ; but he did not re-
vive. and was afterwards taken on shore, where witness had
since seen him dead at the Northern Hospital. On Wed-
nesday (while the ship was at sea), witness went into the
after cabin and found deceased there. He appeared confused,
and drank something out of a glass, which witness thought
was brandy or ale ; but on smelling it, he could not detect
any liquor. The deceased said be had taken some morphia,
and would be a dead man in twenty-four hours. Some
emetics were given to him and he recovered. Deceased ap-
peared a very weak-minded man, and was very melancholy
during the passage home.—Captain Wildes Thomas Thomp-
son, of the Queen Victoria, corroborated the last witness.
Deceased had told him he did not want to go on shore, but
,to die on hoard the vessel. He was much reserved, wished
to be by himself, and read a good deal.—(The deceased, it
appeared, was professionally a druggist, and no doubt had
the morphia amongst his luggage.)—Police-officer Hodson
said that on Sunday, while he was at the Prince's Dock
Basin, he was told that a man had poisoned himself on board
the vessel. He went on board, and found him insensible,
with a surgeon attending him.—Mr. Edward Parker,
assistant house-surgeon of the Northern Hospital, said the
deceased was brought there on Sunday, in a state of com-
plete insensibility with other symptoms which, with the
account he had heard of the case, led him to the conclusion
that he was labouring under the effects of opium.. The
stomach-pump and other means were used, but he did not
recover, and died in about three hours after he was brought
to the hospital. The jury, under the circumstances, returned
a verdict to the effect that the deceased poisoned himself
during a temporary state of derangement.—The relatives of
the deceased are stated to be resident in the county of
Galway.

ROBBERY BY A JUVENILE SERVANT.—At the police-
court, yesterday, a girl naffied Elizabeth Swift, apparently
of about 14 years of age, was placed at the bar, charged
with having robbed her master's house of a considerable
quantity of property, in plate and clothing. The wife of
Mr. William Bercy, book-keeper, No. 1, Moira-street, stated
that the prisoner had gone into their service on the 20th of
last month, and remained about 16 days. On the afternoon
of the Bth instant, she (Mrs. B.) went out, leaving the pri-
soner in charge of the house, and on her return about five
o'clock, she found the house door open, and the prisoner
gone. The property was then missed, consisting of two
silver table spoons, one silver butter ladle, four silver tea-
spoons, a black satin bonnet, a Saxony dress, a shawl, a
scarf, &c. &c, Bills of the robbery were printed. An old
man named Harrison, said he kept anea
.ting-house in Wigan
On Friday last, the prisoner came to his house, and offered
the spoons for sale, stating that they belonged to her aunt,
who was badly off in the house, and that she wanted lOs for
them. Harrison suspecting all was not right, took them to
Mr. Latham, the chief constable, who returned with him to
the house, and apprehended the prisoner. She told Mr.
Latham that she lived with her aunt at Dalton, who was
badly off, and had sent her to Wigan to raise some money
on the spoons. A constable was
Swift,afterwards sent to Dalton,
and found at the house of John the prisoner's father,
all the clothing that had been missed. The whole of the
property was identified. The prisoner, who declined saying
anything, was commited for trial at the sessions.