The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-11-27 00:00:00

POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY,

STEALING MONEY FROM A HOUSE.—A woman named
Mary Ryan, was charged with having stolen from the
house of Elizabeth Walters, Sparling-street, four sover-
eigns, on Friday last. The complainant kept a lodging
house, and the prisoner resided there. The money had
been received from a male lodger, and in prisoner's pre-
sence was deposited in a box in an upper room. It was
shortly afterwards missed, and was finally traced to a
neighbouring public-house, where she had left it in a
purse of her own, as she said " for safety," She was
committed ,for trial. The money was reoorered from
the publican.

SUSPICION OF CHILD MURDER.—Some evidence was
taken against a woman named Catherine Leary, who was
detained on suspicion of attempting to destroy a child of
which she had been delivered on board of a steamer from
Cork. on Sunday last. As the child had since died, the
case was referred to to the coroner, and some particulars
will be found in another part of our paper.
COMPLAINT AGAINST, A CAPTAIN.—A sailor (a black
man) preferred a charge against the captain of the ship.
Rienzi, of cruel treatment to himself and others, on board,,
while abroad. It appeared, however, by the evidence,.
that "blacky" had behaved very ill on board of that
vessel,.and another with which the captain had something
to do, and the case was dismissed. Mr. Rushton said,
that had this been an application for wages, the complain—
ant would not have received a farthing; and he advised
the captain, and through him others in the trade, not to
take the law into their own hands against any of their
crews, in such cases, but to secure the offenders until they
were delivered up to the authorities at home to be dealt
with, making an entry of the facts in the log-book at the
time of the occurrence.. By most of the captains adopt-
ing this legal proceedure, complaints like that•before them
became rare, and the aggressors, if they appeared, were
generally mulcted in the full amount of their wages.
STEALING NAILS. —John Davies, an apprentice to
Mr. Bromley, of Fleet-street, was charged with having
stolen 241bs. weight of composition ship nails, from the
'premises of his master, who had from time to time missed
great quantities of similar articles. The prisoner was
sent for trial at the sessions.

STEALING A WATCH.—A man, named Edward Thomas,
was charged with stealing from Samuel Lennon, an old
man. with whom he had lodged a short time, a silver
watch, which, it was proved, he had pledged for £ll4s. 6d.
He was committed for trial.

ROBBERY OF A. £2O NOTE, &c.—Two rather coarse-
looking elderly females, Fanny Massey and Mary Har-
tegan, were charged with having stolen. a £2O bank note,
which it was proved they had tendered for some goods
purchased at Messrs. Jeffery and Morrishes, Church-
street. The prisoners (one of whom had before been 13
times committed) were found in a house in Basnett-street,
and the note was produced, and sworn to as the same.
In one of their boxes a sum cf £B4 in gold was found ;
but as the robbery of the note had taken place in Man-
chester, they were both—old offenders—sent in custody
to that town.

THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The
monthly meeting of this society took place last night,
at the Royal Institution. The lecture-room was well
filled ; and R. V. Yates, Esq., the President, occupied
the chair. Some specimens were exhibited of curiosities
in natural history ; also, a few rarities in ancient books.
The Rev. Dr. Hume then read an interesting paper, or
Dither the introductory chapter of a manuscript volume,
which he is preparing for the press, on the origin, nature,
and diversity of geographical names and terms, as a guide
for teachers and pupils in that department of science.
Many names of the more ancient places were traceable to
those of the descendants of the family of Noah, after they
went forth in tribes over the world ; others were from
names of chieftains or heads of classes ; others from
heroes or great men. There were also many names for
the same places, in various languages, and all synonimous
in meaning. The same prefixes and termination were also
multiplied greatly ; and the same names were repeated
for different towns or villages in the same country. Thus
in the United States there were 138 towns or places called
" Washingt96," and the names of Madison and Munroe
were almost equally numerous. In England the termi-
nation, " town," occurred in geographical names about
2,000 times. He also showed that many articles of manu-
facture derived theirnames—now adapted as English words
from the places, or a corruption of the names of the places
from which they were introduced. He had prepared long
lists or vocabularies of words, which would appear in his
work, but could only be referred to in a lecture. He
considered that a knowledge of geographical names and
their origins enabled the student to derive consideraye
knowledge of any country from the map alone. He was
listened to with much attention, and rEceived a vote of
thanks at the close.

MR. RYALLS'S ANNUAL CONCERT.—We have pleasure
in directing attention to this advertisement, in the hope
of furthering Mr. Ryalls's appeal to the encouragement
of his friends and fellow-townsmen, His merits as a citi-
zen and in professional capacity cannot but be admitted;
and it is the duty, therefore, of all who admire vocal
talent, combined with respectable demeanour in public as
well as in private life, to give him their support. The
entertainment which he has provided, and the distinguished
performers whom he has engaged, will secure further
satisfaction to the auditory who honour him with their
attendance ; and the prices of the tickets for such a con-
cert as he has provided are so low, that a numerous at-
tendance can alone make the speculation profitable. As
Mr. Ryalls has heretofore somewhat suffered in pocket as
well as mind, from the apathy of his friends, it is to be
hoped that his house, this tine, will be a bumper. Our
eccentric friend, Wheli, is wonderfully clever as a pianist,
though his talents have hitherto had little scope for
their favourable developement in Liverpool. Herr Kholer
is one of the first instrumentalists of the age ; and the at-
traction of Mrs. Sunderland and Miss Anne Romer, com-
bined with that of Mr. Ryalls and Mr. George Holden,
will make this a first-rate affair. _