The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-02-26 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY.

Asit t_t olb mat appeared to lay a coniplaint against.
John Benjamin Seiner, a Prusiien; master of the Juliu, fur
violently assaulting him and throwing a pipe in his face. Air;
Volbrecht stated that lie was sat in a pirldic-musa on Friday
night last when the defendant, amongst others, was present.
'the conversation turned about the manufacture of rent;
(complainant) said he hid been on a sugar plantation in Ja7
indica, and had seen it made, and that it was made from refuse
sugar and low wines. • The defendaut.contradieted him, and as:
serted that rum was made from polfthirsf He, complainant,
then said that he had been engaged in its' Matfufacture, and
knew all ;Aunt it, and whoever said rum was -Made front pate-
toes told a falsity. He had hardly got the words out uf his
mouth when defendant threw a pipe in his face, and then struck
him a violent blow on the temples, which rendered him insensi-
ble. The tha.gistrate said he had used vet y provoking language,
which, iu deciding on the case, he must take into consideration.
'Captain Sellier, m defence, said, I be von Prussan, and he
(defendant): behave ver bad; I ask him vat he know about
rums ? Dev don't make rums so in Prussia. And den he call
de King of Prussia von dam hlael:goard. The magistrate—
But what do you say to striking him ? Defendant— Me strike
him ! Ino strike him at all till he ti ow a pipe in my face, and
I got de mark now where it hit me. The magistrate said be
should hind hint over in his own recognizance to keep tbe peace

Ma sr zit HUGHES'S CONCEILT.— Mtister' H ughes, the Cam-
brian Harpist, gives his farewell Concert on Wednesday next,
at the Music Hall, Bold-street. The Baud of the 77th Regi-
ment will lend their assistance. The Concert is patronized by
the Mayor of Liverpool.
MewrinG oe THE. ELECTOR* OF ST. ANN'S WARD.--On
Tuiterlay evening last a public meeting of the electors of this
ward was held at Mr. Holden's, in Ricinnond-row, Mr, Parker
in the chair, fur the purpose of nominating a tit person to. fill
the office of assessor for the ward. Mr. Grocott was proposed
and seconded, and unanimously adopted, as a tit person to fill
the.office on behalf of the conservatives. It was afterwards-re-
solved, that this resolution of the meeting should be published .
in the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, and that the conservative elec-
tors of the ward should be called on to support Mr. Grucott,
Mr. Grocott was soon after announced, and was received with
cheers, and shortly returned his acknowledgments for the honor
conferred upon him in selecting hint as a fit person to represent
their interests, and -he trusted that, if elected, he should, by his
conduct, merit their approbation. .
BURGLARY.—On Monday night last the house of Mr. Well-
wood Maxwell„itt Great George-street, was broken into by cut-
ting out one of the patinels of the front door. The thieves had
left a joiner's chisel on, the premises, ,and, from the marks on
the door, it was evident the entrance had been effected by this
instrument. They succeeded in carryiug off a Considerable
quantity of plate, and it appeared from the remnants that, the
thieves had regaled themselves before .leaving the,.house on
the eatables they could find. Mr. Maxwell, faucied Le heard a
noise about two o'clock in the morning,...but did net get up,
• thinking that a lap dug in the house would :give,-an alarm if
there was anything.- st,reward of ..£.5. ha.s..istete,offertal Par the
app,rehensjon of the offenders.
SPRING Asstzes.—Northern Circuit, Lord Denman and Mr.
Baron Parke... Yorkshire—Feb., s'j,, at York. Durham—
!iMarcir 12, at Durham. --Northumbetlatitareh 16, at New- •
castle. ' Cumberland—March 19, at Carlisle. Westmoreland
March 24, at Appleby...•
rLaucashire _Plural) --March .26, at
Lancaster; (South)—March, 30, at Liverpool. - • . .
PETITION
,IN FAVOUR OF THE LtpeNseo VicTuaeeiztvi— .
It will tie seen its another column of our paper that the retail
wine and
-spirit dealers..of :this tows] have set on fooi a petition
to parliament to have Lord AlthorVs oppressive 'act of 50 per
cent. repealed in the present session. The petition is pieced
at our office, and in the other placers stated itsthe advertisement,
and as Mr. Divett has given notice to move, on the 10th of
March, for a committee of the whose house upon the subject,—
we wish all friendly to the abolition of this, unpopular nteasure
to come forward speedily and annex their names. .. ,
MEETING OF CONSERVATIVII ELEcToys OF FITTITREET
WARD.—On Wednesday evening a meeting of the efectois of
this ward was held at Fernvhough's 1104., Doktt-street, fur the
purpose of nominating an assessor for the ward
M againsiair. Int the ap-
proaching election. r. T. M. Gladstone was in the c
opening the business of like the actions of,chil-.
the ineetAng,asthe eis.au.n.mis aduded to
the proceedings of the Town Council : .
woh—t iely 11(11,er resteiln till'
dress who had got a new toy. to,play
7he tirst step e., these cooncillors
they had pulled it to pieces.
had been to pull their toy to pieces by tnrowing out Mr. Paster.
By continuing such conduct they would find themselves losing,
by degrees, that extent of, public favuu,r w Lich had returned,
them. He had seers Mr. (minim. anu he Lad signified his as-
sent to be put in nourinatiou for the ward; he was a man in
every way worthy,of their, suffrages. 'l2hey did ant wish to te-
teru two assessors, or to tan out party feeling is]
~i.ily. way,
but
they wished to have one man Us their favour for the purpose of
representing them at the polling booth that they migistecuret
fairness arid impartiality when the day of clectit'es came. • Mr.
Thomas Toulmin was theta . - ,
Mr. tolbusin, and se-
comic(' by Mr. Ramsay, as • Pfr°l•H's,ed 4
person to represen t
the ward, ancbwhich w:asm),till'tallltiurtTiltsli; Paig'erreed to. Mr. Bennet
then proposed, anti Mr. (Ili ru seconded, "that. the/ should
use every exertion to secure the rstorn ot Mr, louliniu," which
wasw also carried nem. con. After sAyMe '
:businest• teselutions, it
as moved by Mr. Robinson and secOndtet L'V Mr; Collitirn,
"that the president of this association be autlicriwri-twarquiesce
in the nomination of an auditor on their behalf at_ theaneeting'
to -be held on Friday, at the Golden Lion and that this meeting
use every exertion to secure the election of one .of two a.S Vol
case might be who might be nominated," which was untedi-
ranusly carried. The husiuess. being concluded tha Meeting
then seinteati3d.