The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-01 00:00:00

POLICE,:IN7'ELLIGENCE.

A PITCHED BATT' E PFEVENTED.-011 Tuesday, eight men,
named Patrick Canning,' Martin Murphy, Edward Connolly,
James lluntr, Charles Graham, sea., and Charles Graham,
jun., Thomas Richards, and George M'Carthy, were brought
before Mr. Hall. Mr. 'Whitty stated, that he had received
information that there was to be a pitched battle in the neigh-
bourhood of Windsor, fie" give orders to the Inspector and
officers of the district to prevent the rencontre. At the appointed
hour a considerable body' oVnien assembled in a field near
Windsor, and, preparations were made for the commencement
of the combat. Ott seeing—these demonstrations, the police
advanced, and the crowd moved off. Shortly afterwards, how-
ever, they re-assembled in another field further from the town.
The officers again marched towards them, when they again de-
parted to another field, vreie preparations were.made for alight.
I'he officers continued to advance till they came up to the mob,
who now no longer retreated. The Inspector of Police com-
manded the crowd to disperse. "fo the astonishment of the
officers, every man in the crowd produced a bludgeon, and one
or two of the individuals advanced, and an immediate affray was
the consequence. The officers were assaulted with great violence
and determination, and several of them, Mr. Whitty said, were
so severely injuiej, that it would be some days before they would
be able to attend to their duties. At length the police gained
the victory, the bulk of the crowd dispersed, and some of the
ringleaders, with others who were present, were captured.
Police-officer No 70, stood forward and said he Could identify
all the prisoners as having been in the crowd. Canning and
Connolly he saw very actively employed,' and they struck one
or two of the officers. Police-officer 126 identified Connolly,
as one of the. ringleaders in the affray. He saw him with a
bludgeon in his right hand, and a large stone in the other. Ile
(Connolly) threw the stone amongst the officers. He also saw
Murphy using every endeavour to instigate the crowd to action
against the police. ' When the latter arrived, he called out
"Stand, boys," seeming to fear that the crowd would again
retreat. He (witness) kept his eve upon him, and when the
rout became general. he pursued him. He ran swiftly to Wind-
sor, where witness apprehended him, he having been beaten to
a stand-still Police-officer 2:34 identified Dunun, who, he said,
had a sort of bludgeon, with which he laid about him most
violently. Connolly he also saw with .a large stone, which he
threw among the officers, and a stick with which he. struck
Several. .Police-officer273identified'Richards, who, it appeared,
had been out of castody,on bail. This individual had used much
bad language, the officer said, but he did not see him strike any
person. He ordered him to go a way, but he refused. Police-
officer 250, stated that he was pursuing the retreating crowd, he
saw Graham, sett., running. He ran after him, and as he made
a grasp at. him he threw hint over into a pit. Graham swam
over to an eminence in the middle of the pond. While he was
there, Graham, jun., came to the side of the ponkand told hint
to return. He did so, and he (the officer) took theta both: into
custody. The same officer swore also to M'Carthy as ha.ving
been in the crowd. It appeared, that Richards was bdoked to
the Inspector, who was so much injured that he could not attend
the Court. • A gentleman said he was walking in the Parkon
the preceding day, when he saw a creVial standing in a field par-
leying with some pOlice officers. He saw several individuals
of the crowd rush upon the police and knock one of them down.
The officer lay upon his face, and while prostrate was beaten
most brutally will. sticks: A mania a barragan jacket, he be-
liever it was Canning, struck the prostrate officer most fero-
ciously. He begged the police office to retreat, or they would
get murdered. When he saw how the mob were behaving be
called out " Murder," upon which several individuals attacked
hini„ took his own stick from him, and beat him with it. Two
young gentlemen, (brothers) Dinned Rickerby, identified Can-1
ning and M'Carthy. Canning, Murphy, Connolly, and llunun,
said they were present merely by accident, and they denied that
they-had used any violence towards the officers. Graham, sett.
said he merely went into the field to see what had occasioned
the disturbance. Seeing that the police officers were pursuing
the crowd, he was running to get away, when he was tumbled :
over into the pond by the police-officer. His son, with whom
he had been in company, came to the side of the pond and spoke
to him. Graham, jun., corroborated this statement. The ex-
cuse made by Richards was to similar effect. M'Carthy denied
that he ever had been in the field at all. Mr. Rickerhy stepped,
forward and swore that he saw this prisoner in the crowd pretty
actively employed.
Mr. 'HALL, after animadverting on the conduct of the pri-
soners, ordered Canning, Murphy, Connolly, and Dunun, to
pay a fine of £5. each, or, in default of payment, to be com-
mitted to the House of Correction for-two months. M`Carthy,
was ordered to pay a fine of El. 10s. in default to be committed
for three weeks. The two Grahams and Richards were dis-
charged.
FILCHING FROAI SAILORS.—On Wednesday, at the Police-
office, an abandoned female, and a man named John Morris;
the keeper of two houses of ill-tame in Ben Johnson-street,
were placed at the bar, charged with having robbed a sailor of
his money, his hat, and his handkerchief. The sailor stated
that he had just arrived in the town, and went to a public-house,
where he met the male prisoner. He (complainant) said, he
wished he knew whereto go to for a bed, as he was much tired.
The prisoner Morris said he could ptovide him with a bed, and
conducted him to his house, and on the way they were joined by
the female prisoner, and in the house had some ruin, at which
the female joined, and he suspected her of having picked his
pocket. He afterwards went to bed, and in the morning found
his hat, neckerchief, and coat gone. The male prisoner gave hint
his coat again, but refuSed to let him have his hat and necker-
chief till he had paid 7s. 6d. for hislodgings. The complainant
refused to do this, and went and pawned his coat, and, offered
the male prisoner 2s. for 'his hat and neckerchief, which the
prisoner Morris, however, refused to give up without7s. 6d.; and
the complainant accordingly acquainted the police with the cir-
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FooLisit coNpucr.—On 'Wednesday, at the Police-office,
two piostitutes and three men, bullies, were charged with rob-
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bing the master of a ship, named Walter 'Sparke, of £27.
Inspector Cockrane said, that a little after.. twelve o'clock that
morning he received information of a man having been robbed
in Lace-street of about £3O, and a.description of two girls who
had robbed him. He went there, and discovered the two girls
in company with the three male prisoners, and he took theta all
into custody. On one of the girls he found four sovereigns, and
on the other 16s. 3..l.—The complainant stated, that he was a
shipmaster, and had the money on bim to pay some bills, and
was coming down the street rather in liquor, and got ticed
away. He had nothing to do with the girls ; it was not his way
of doing. (A laugh.) .He went to a house with them, and one
of the girls snatched the money out of his pocket, and the ether
ran away with it. He turned round to follow her when he was
faced by three bullies, who fought with him till both girls got
off. It was a very bad job for him. He had lost four £5 notes
and seven sovereigns.—Mr. Hall remanded them till next
morning.
EMIGRANTS.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office, Mr.
Jones, of the emigration office, applied fora summons against
Patrick O'Neil, emigration agent, for refusing to pay a number
of emigrants a shilling a day fur detention, according to con
tract.-- The sumnions was granted.
PDST-OFFICE ROBBERY.—A boy, aged about thirteen years,
was on Wednesday, placed before Mr. Hall, charged with hav-
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an extraordinary charge, he suspected that all was not right. He
went to the post-ollice to make inquiry, and there he discovered
that the real postage had been eightpeuce, and that the prisoner
had put the figure indicating the extra shilling himself. A
clerk from the post•office corroborated this evidence. The boy
was very much distressed. Mr. Hall remanded the prisoner,
at the same time intimating that he should like to see his
father.

INGENIOUS DEvicE.•—Yesterday, at the police-office, a
young lad, whose name we suppress for the sake of his friends,•
was brought before the magistrates, charged. with defrauding a
number of persons of the pretended carriage of parcels.. A
number of individuals appeared who stated that the prisoner
had left a parcel with each of them stating that it had come from
Manchester and was- to' be paid sixpence carriage. In each
instance the carriage was paid, and all the parcels contained.
notes purporting to be written by Messrs. Geo. Dean awl Co.,
carriers, of St. Anne's square, Manchester, cud stating that
they had received a Varcel, carriage paid, for the individual, and
that as .they were not in the habit of forwarding such parcels
without advice, and wishing to know what was to be done with
it. On the parties duped writing to Manchester, to Messrs.
Dean and Co., it appeared that no such parcels were there. A
great number of individuals were in attendance at the court
who. produced their parcels for which each of them had paid 6d.
Mr. Hall ordered the informations for his commitment to be
taken.. A gentleman stood up and said the lad had very res-
pectable connections, and that it must have been sheer neces-
sity which had compelled him to do this, and hoped Mr. Hall
would acquaint his father, and not proceed against-him. - Air.
Hall said it was a very serious charge; the-law must take its
course.

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Futtious DRlVlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a groom
' named Henry Jones, in the service of Mr. Samuel Holme, was
placed before Mr. nail, charged by officer, 192 with being drunk
in the street, and furiously driving. and upsetting ag.
officer Stated, that at seven o'clock on Wednesday afternoon,
the prisoner was given into his charge for being drunk and up-
setturg whinse anal gig in Fleet-street into a cellar. On taking
.him into custody he had been very violent and abused hitn.—
Mr. Holmes said he had ordered the man, who was his groom.,
to put.one• of the horses in the gig and bring it downto•the
office.. Soon after Le was told that the horse and gig bid been
upset, and that the groom was drunk. The horse was a very
fine one, for which he had given I:50 but three weeks •before,
and the man had broken his knees and completely ruined him.
fle had taken the man into his 'Service not very iong ago, in a
very distressed state. He could forgive the injury to the horse,
but the conduct of the man afterwards, at his place of business
had been so riotous and disorderly, he could not-look over that.
The man was put back till a second magistrate arrived, to be •
punished for the assault. He was then ordered to•pay 30s. and
costs, or he committed for three weeks to the Borough gaol.—
Mr. Hall said he had behaved as bad as man could do, both to
his master and to the officer; for it appeared he had been in
the police force formerly, and cloak to have known better than
assault an officer.

STABBlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police.offlze, a young boy,
named John Higgins, was placed before the magistrates,
charged with having that morning stabbed another boy in the
breast. A person named Leathom, stated that he was crossing
Hatton-garden that morning, and saw the prisoner strike
another boy in the breast. He proceeded a few yards and saw
blood gushing out of the breast of the bov that was struck, and
then he immediately seized the prisoner by the collar, and took
a large pair of newly-grotind scissors out of his hand, with
which it appeared lie had struck the other boy. A surgeon ap-
peared, oho stated that the boy stabbed was pierced above the
fifth rib on the left side into the lung, and he could not as yet
tell whether inflammation would ensue or not. The prisoner
was remanded to this day.

LIVERPOOL. CORONATION REGATTA.—We understand that
the arrangements relating to this regatta (to take place on the
Mersey on the 28th June, in honor of her Majesty's corona-
tion) are progressing rapidly. Two tents are to be erected in
the neighbourhood of Rock Ferry, for the purpose of providing
refreshments for the visitors. The esplanade, extending, from
the.. Rock to the New Ferry, and about three quarters of a
mile in length, capable of accommodating several thousand per-
sons, is admirably adapted for the purpose of viewing a scene
of this. kind. Several yachts and boats are expected from Ches-
ter, Dublin, Cork, Belfast, and other places, and we are assured
that a vast concourse of strangers will he present should the
weather prove favoniable. As this is the only public demon-
stration yet announced in honour of her Majesty in the im-
mediate. vicinity of Liverpool, it cannot fail to be attended with
unusual attractions.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL., MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 28.—We
have bad another brisk market to-day; the demand for pieces
still continues good, and somewhat better prices have been oh-
tained.for the finer sorts• of goods. There has also been a, fair
quantity of business done in Wool to-day, and the price may be
gboted a shade hither.