The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

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quantity of hats and hat-bodies, knowing them
been stolen. The premises of a hat manufactur:oe
Stockport had been broken open and some has
stolen. Two men, Blackshaw and Cheatham, wen.a.
prehended, and were tried and convicted at these s
but not sentenced. It was sought to prove the eaths(
the prosecution by the testimony of these men' last hero
of one of their servants, Mary Miller, but the last n
called did not appear. It was suggested to the learep,
judge that sentence should first be passed upon OP :rot
that it might not be thought that they were preP
tion
against the prisoner, under the impression of a witiga,oo,
of their punishment. The counsel for the proseruP,o4
however, said that evidence coming from two con
accomplices only could not be relied on, and he therellsl
abandoned the prosecution. The prisoner was then
charged.

Cheatham, for stealing hats atSENTENCES Stockport, and file;
thaw, for the same and previous felonies, were sent° to
the first to 12 months' imprisonment, and the other

10 years' transportation. bell
William Cheetham, who on the previous day had or
tried for the murder of his wife and was convicted of laurf
slaughter, was then brought up. In this case th )01
had recommended the prisoner to mercy, on the grolloa
that the circumstances were not of great apravation ;
his lordship concurring sentenced him, with a feeli2g,v,
monition, to 12 months' imprisonment and hard lea'

POACHING.-THE

GAME LAWS

Robert Lloyd, John Taylor, William Roscoe. J„,,701-
llflntyre, William Walker, William Tether, and '
the
Seddon, all young men, were indicted for having, at mea
township of Altcar, in the night time, been out ar 0,
with offensive weapons for the purpose of killing ga.snil
There were also counts charging them with assaults ar Oil'
William Warner, the gamekeeper, and his assistants.
the night in question the prisoners were encounter.ea
the keepers and their men, in a close of land belonging of
the Earl of Sefton. An affray ensued in which Wm
the prisoners were dreadfully wounded, and were st;;ei,
wards removed from the field in a cart.—Mr. ArChib the
in opening the case, said the jury had not to deal Kith
the
propriety or impropriety of the game laws, but with
~,e1
law of the land as they found it.—Warner, the I'oua
keeper, was severely cross-examined by Mr. Jarnes' the
admitted that he and his associates had " belaboure
prisoners handsomely," and had " nearly choked ' the
them in a ditch."—Mr. James, in the defence, sat„„ir
game laws were relics of barbarous times, founded one
norance, supported by oppression, and conducive tn,gceo.
mischief. He remarked further on these laws, anadeo-
tended that the long pole deposed to was not "an •oryi
sive weapon," but rather a hindrance to assault. Thd ers
at first brought in a verdict to the effect that the priso,il
had been out poaching, but not with intent to do beau,
injury. His lordship explained that such a verdict c°, to(
not be received, upon which the jury returned a verchcere
r.l9t.guilty. as regarded all the prisoners, and they ic

discharged.
John Hughes, who had been convicted of bei
armed in pursuit of game, was sentenced to four re

imprisonment, with hard labour.
This closed the business of the assizes
rose at three o'clock.

and the cog

LOCAL

MEETINGS

SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING.—At the special meet
on Wednesday, Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.?'

unanimously appointed to consider the whale state
water question. He is armed with the fullest dis.'

to hear evidence, and to make such tests and experile;ll
and adopt such other means as may be necessary f°l',lls
investigation of the whole question, reporting the Dios
to the Council as early as possible. Mr. Stephenson to
consented to act, and declares that he will enter o_l3 ope
enquiry without the slightest bias in favour of either
side or the other. Mr. Simpson has beer

parliamentary agent to attend .to the bills to be br

forward next session. irsg
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE.—The weekly meetingats.
held on Thursday, Mr. Parker in the chair. Od,ll,
cussion on the nuisance department, it was stated liff,
curious fact that of the 300 night-men employed bLve
Rose not one had been attacked with cholera• em
deaths registered in the borough during the week ",till
186, or 30 of an increase over the previous week, but ore
below the average mortality of the season. There ato
three deaths from cholera last week.—lt was agree Oh
sewer Burlington-street, and to pave Temple-street t the
^4-.--A motion was made and agreed to tha,..,ct,
r sewers should hereafter be let by hic.•
provid-d the contracts fell short of the amount for ir
the work can be executed by the public staff. Oa
DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY.—A report was
~sr,
from the superintendent of the Albert dock warehdli,
It stated that many facilities had been afforded by autbse
rity of the Customs for the discharge of vessels, other
effecting an economy of labour, and security id 001
respects ; besides which a saving of £1,500 per 000
would be effected. The superintendent offered some
suggestions as to the lowering of the rates fcr bovddsherif
ing that the owners of private warehouseshasla' ,rbe
nade considerable reductions in their charges.
.„(1,
mmittee considered that a revision of the rates WS!

square

;traction of

sizable, and the matter was referred finThjpurP°sl:eto
Berths at the south-east corner of Canning Dock
ordered to be appropriated for the Ulverstone trade' 0
A notice was received from the authorities at Chest e:O6
the effect that application was to be made, in the en- or
session of parliament, for an act relating to the CO
vancy and improvement of the River Dee, and thadved,
Ilnek VCA ;flf.F.r.t+.,l in Certain property ' of.
for the undertaking. It was stated that the erection to
station or works on Hilbre Island was involved int/
application. The matter was referred to the solicit°, of
Mr. Bold gave notice that he should move for returr`-to
the quantity of land, or strand given and sold bY Der
Corporation to the Dock Trust, with the price, and ot
information connected therewith.
SELECT VESTRY.—The last meeting was held en 1-ea•
day, the Rev. Rector Campbell in the chain—The 0'
Archdeacon Brooks brought forward his motion 11 03e
storing the salary of the master and mistress ono
Industrial School, to £220, its original amount. `i'bre
division the motion was carried by 14 to 11.—Mr. Pilea
ham moved that the house in St. Anne-street be.tfoov
up, and that Mr. Lingley, the apothecary to the „"oial
house, be paid at the rate of £BO per annum. neSl'l'
to the original agreement, instead of £7s.—Thetbe
tions were severally agreed to.—lt was stated tha
ittea
cholera hospital was now closed.—Mr. Willmer subtfletioo
a series of resolutions, having for their object a red ;15 pet
in the poor rate on houses assessed at and under X,lO
tye
annum ; namely, that on houses at and under X' p 5,
rate should be ls. in the pound ; £ll and not ever t the
is. 6d; and £l4 or £l5, 2s. in the pound,—also the Ijr,
rates should be received in monthly instalments. p'tbe
Willmer being yet deficient of some information ..,°.0%./
subject, did not press these resolutions at this Ineeh"eore;
It was announced that fifty-two applications had
ceived for the situation of matron to the Worlowisror";
Cafferata moved that they be referred to the ecti°
el .ori
house Committee, with instructions to make a Thrall,/,
of not less than four, to be submitted to the conew.jecn",,
of the board.—Mr. Willmer proposed that the s`tobe'r
should be made by the board out of the entire n 00°5
as in the case of the appointment of the present gc.'ooo:j
and his wife.—On a division, Mr. Cafferata's 1n100r,.°4
carried by a large majority.—The board then ".1 folv

,
to Monday, the 24th inst., the usual day of meeting
on
THE ARCHITTECTURAL AND ARCHOLOGICAL s opit'Sor
—The fortnightly meeting of this society tool'
Wednesday evening, at the Royal Institution. J•niefo"%,
ton,
te
architectural designs
chair. f
The ae ee,
tteetnddaenhctewparsiXii:cesre:tibtb
The e
hibited on the walls of the lecture-room. The P be
the motto, " Dum Spiro spero," was announced tf)desigf,
best in the opinion of the council. I" cces;4o
" Thorough" carried the prize, and the most 511,, '441
candidate in drawing was " Un homme tiodoeietoc"
subject for the next student's design would be noon?,
house or small villa, consisting, on the grout:tut oOtlie
two parlours, a kitchen, and the necessary Out of of
with five bedrooms above. The estimated co as eirl, od
house was not to be more than £l,ooo.—Mr• detfof
secretary, exhibited a model, showing an impro'le,6o. tiof
T 1
eh
pugging or deafening floors, adopted by 15 to°
and Barrett, London. In its application (whi,c,,t
costly,) the joists are of iron. Mr. Hay said g"," of fi°
part of the country the difference in the exPen'ils 0007
new plan and the old one would not be much!sto. itb
difficult to get workmen who understood iron ;19;0 trY
same speaker originated a discussion on butt geovir
granite, so as to avoid damp internally- 1.110 pol
opinion expressed was that the stones should he so Doi
zontally, and well bedded and flushed in mortat:i colty
to touch each other, and the ashler stones Jece
compose more than two-thirds of the we'
Howard. Esq., offered some interesting remarigl be I e
ration and proportion, in the course of V
trated his opinions by instances involving thee ofePlotle
beauty" and other figures. He did not aPPrl°O g"O4,
of the designs of Felix Summerley, though t,a•ded.
man was patronised by royalty. He then tielpro;„llo,'
went into three styles—the Classic, whie'
he
Irdrof
entirely upon the principle of regularity ; dtb':ol€J,
which combined regularity and irregularity ; rin
besque, which was founded entirely upon the rcjao-0404,
irregularity. He believed that to these threeecoote,,
nament of every kind might be referred, and h
that the ruling principle must be proportionliea to
short discussion, a vote of thanks was Pe's
Howard, and the meeting separated. or

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A RESPECTABLE MEMBER OF T
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FRIENDS CURED OF COUGH AND ASTHMA ..
WAY'S OINTMENT AND PlLLS.—Extract -doe-
Mr. Benjamin Mackie to Professor Hollovoll.
nagh, near Youghall, Sept. 11, 1848 Self 0(
Friend,—l feel it only an act of justice to thoefitieteri.o
that I have personally experienced the ,beo
excellent pills and ointment in the cure 01 Ito;
cough and asthma, which afflicted me for tiTiboopd4
such an extent that I was obliged to walnt
room at night, afraid of suffocation if I w, eslSlO
then tried thy invaluable medicines, which
say have perfectly cured me.—(Signed)-,, °" ay intae,
CUNNING TRICK.—A few days ago a 15turool`l.ea
who keeps a provision shop In one of the Ino, 0.;
of Yorkshire, expecting a domiciliary visitm'r-of b•ky,
tors of the ecclesiastical law, in conseque2-:,,, o,e° uvr,
to comply with the demands of the church ,rolte3
Easter dues, shaved down into a conical fig coo;;00;•
of salt, which he placed at the edge of the;esolC 41
the shop door. As he expected, the onislir'n tliejo.ollo'
no sooner saw the sparkling "-pillars " VsaerrileVei;
upon them and carried them off as to° hpiog,'e I.
The cheat was only discovered when,
sale at a neighbOuring tavern, a woman, 0,1 pal 0‘1,,i
teristic curiosity and prudence of her • tlieorr
buy a " pig in a poke," applied her fine the P
but probably suspicious locking ait:cle, 0.
tasting its quality.