The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-13 00:00:00

LISCARD.PETTY SESSIONS

The adjourned sessions were held at Liscard on Tuesday
last, before Sir Edward Cust and H. Maddocks, Esquire.
Bridget Maccarrell was charged by Haman, the police-
officer, with having. a quantity of whiskey in her possession.
It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner came over
from Liverpool and was taken at the ferry, and, upon being
searched, there were found in her basket two jars of whiskey,
and under each arm she bad concealed a couple of bladders
filled with the same spirit. As there was no evidence of
her having offered any of it for sale, the magistrates dis-
charged the prisoner, and at the same strongly cautioning
her not to be found again on that side the water, as there is
every reason to believe that she is one of a gang of persons
who deal extensively in smuggled spirits.
John Moningham, W. Smith, 3. Vvrilliams, were charged
with being drunk and fighting, at Poulton-cum-Seacombe,
on the evening of Sunday. It appeared by the evidence that
the parties are servants in the employ of Mr. Parry, of Sea-
combe Hotel, and that on the night in question they all got
enlivened by John Barleycorn, and, as is usual on such oc-
casions, it ended in a general tight, when some hard knocks,
were exchanged, and one woman, wife of the prisoner Smith,
met with a very ugly thump on the eye, but as there was a
deal of conflicting evidence, the magistrates determined. to
bind all the parties over to keep the peace, except Momng-
ham, whose conduct was proved to be the most outrageous,
his being the hand that struck the woman, for which offence
the magistrates fined him 10s. Gd. and costs, and for the
general row 2s. Gd. and costs.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY.—John Naylor was charged
with being drunk, and assaulting Mr. Higgins, of Tranmere.
It appeared that on Saturday evening last the prisonerin-
dulged in a larger quantity of the ardent spirits than was
compatible with his health and liberty. The consequence was
that apartments were found him in Governor Booth's re-
pository, and he was this day brought before the magistrates.
As his employer did not appear against him, he was fined
for being drunk, and this upon his own admission, he ac-
knowledging that he could not tell to three or four quarts
how much drink he had had, nor recollect whether he was
drunk or not.

CORRESPONDENCE.

DELAY IN THE DELIVERY OF LETTERS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,—I beg through the medium of the Standard to call
the attention of the Post-office authorities to the arrange-
ments which have just taken place affecting the conveyance
of letters from Chester and Liverpool via Eastharn. The
alteration that has been adopted is extremely ii:;onvenient,
as it causes a delay at Little Sutton and district, of more
than 12 hours in the delivery of letters than formerly. lam
compelled now to g to Liverpool to post my lettersi if I
wish them to be received in London or Dublin the following
day, the only time. being before 7 o'clock, a.m., that they
can he posted. . . . . .

'This only requires to be inquired into to know how to be
remedied.—l am, sir, A READER.

Little Sutton

August 11

HINT TO PEDESTRIANS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Site,—Observing, in your journal of this day, a letter con-
taining some valuable suggestions to pedestrian tourists, to-
gether with one which appears to me objectionable as well as
dangerous—l allude to the practice of wetting the extremi-
ties to allay thirst—permit me to say, for the benefit of those
of your numerous readers, who may contemplate an autumnal
excursion on foot, that I have invariably found the washing
of the mouth with spring water, assisted with a soft tooth.
brush, to be an efficient and delightful remedy ; and this plan
comes with the additional recommendation, that it cannot be
followed by any disastrous consequences. It may be as well
to add, that it has been subjected to a three years' test by a
Liverpool, Aug. 10, 1841. PEDESTRIAN.

THE SOUTH AMERICAN MAILS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sin,—Understanding that the non-employment of steam-
packets for conveying the mails to and from Brazils, Monte
Video, and Buenos Ayres, (so particularly desirable under
existing circumstances,) is entirely to be attributed to the
supineness and indecision of our lords of the treasury, I beg
to point out to you a recent striking instance of the disad-
vantages of employing sailing packets for that purpose.
Yesterday letters and newspapers were received from Rio de
Janeiro, by a merchant vessel bound to the north, to the
21st of June, by which it is known that the packet Delight
had sailed on the 16th—fire days precious !—and only ar-
eived to-day—one day later ! ! !—Yours,
August 11111, 1841. DESPERTADOR.: