The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-11-15 00:00:00

THE E,llii'EllP()o_l,

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

IxF'ORMATION.—On -Friday, at the Police-office, John Dow-
bigein, the keeper of a respectable public house. in Park-lase,
Was sum envied on an information laid by. Butter, the inspector,
charging him with retying permitted drunkenness in his house
on Saturday eight last. Butler, stated that he called at the
house, hearing a great noise, soon after ten o'cleek, and ad-
vised Mrs. Dowhiggin to get rid of her company. Shortly after
twelve o'clock, on passing-there, he heard a great noise, and on
going iu found about-forty-men there, all inure or less drunk,
and throe very drunk. On forcing his way up stairs. the)' were
bsingine. a ratan down the. stairs quite drunk, auti the .compeny.
in the room appeared going- to fight, as one man was on the
table, and.there -wee a great uproar. ,•Two policemen corrobo
rated this etatement, -Dewhiggin denied this, and said be had
witnesses to prove that there wear) tine in' the heals. at: twelYe
o'clock on .Satut day night. Mrs Charles Horsfall, jun., begged"
to be allowed, to. explain the circumstances. They had been
;opening :a new foundry, and he-had, given his Men ce'sum of
money for 9. supper, and -About eixty..cif there were holding this
e4pper on S,caturdaeenight•at.- DowbiggireS. The .men' who were
brought. up as witnesses were very respectable men. whose word
he would believe as soon as-Mr.. Hall's; :two of item .were the
last wise were in the house, awl they•would swear they were out
of- the house five minutes before twelve. He might state that
these men were very respectable, end- soine•of them were in the
receipt of as much as £l5O a year. Mr. Hall: " What they
receive will not. constitute respectability, Mr. Horsfall." Mr.
Florefall: " Generally it,does." Three very respectable-look-
ing mechanic's then swore that-they were out of the house five
minutes ,before twelve o'clock; that there had been no drink
drawn after 20 minutes past eleven; and that nonce!' them were
drunk, though they had had liquor. A aaiter also gave similar
evidence. Butler said he heard St. James's clock strike twelve
before he went to the house. Mr. Hall said the magistrates
were of opinion that the case was proved: they should fine the
defendant 20s. and costs.
Asseuter..--Ou Friday; at the police-office, a respectable-
looking woman, the keeper of a hoarding-house, appeared
to complain against another boarding-house keeper, named
Mrs. M Intyre, (whose exterior woman betokened a lower grade
in the scale of hoarding-house keepers), for a grievous assault.
The complainant, bobbing a curtsy: said " May,i f: please your
wdrshipful highnesses, I had this wciinan up for the bail-not five
.Weeke.siace, and she's continuously ever since abused me as
'bed as ever. She's continuously at it, your worships." Mr.
814 what- is the complaint you have to make ?"
complairseeit.—" Why, your worShips, it's only the-day before
yesterday that I: was down at. the docks looking oat for hoarders,
when this woman comes up and abused me. scandalous, awl, •
not satisfied with that, she got any arm in her month-and bit it,
and. used very eutyar language, and almost kilt ate, in a man-
ner. "' (Aiaugh, in which complainant joined, 'very demnrely.)
Defendant (who appeared with two 'unqelified. black et-es.)—
"Didn't you tear the bonnet .off my head ?"- eComPlaiitant.—
" After she got my harm in her inouth,'l might tear her-bcinnet
off" Defendant.—" Weren't - you very drunk? and didn't
you.get your husband and a gentleman as pee with you to kick
me?" The compleinant remained silent. to -this interrogatory;
till it was repeated by Mr. Hall. Complainant, very demurely.
—" Well, sir. I did undertake one glass of ale, but I was:not at
all tipsy." Defendant.—" Yes you was, Mrs. Crossley, and
that gentleman (pointing to a man behind, having the appeal.
ance of a coal porter) as was with you was drunk too, and
helped you to give me two black eyes, he did." • Mr. Hell.
Well, let us see what the gentleman says." (Leuehter.)
" The gentleman" then steed up in the witness box, and on being
asked to state what happened said, " I seed .Mrse M'lntyre
come up to Mrs. Crossley, and abuse her very bad, and Mrs.
Crossley made answer and said," ' never mind, I must com-
pute it to a'ear ignorance.—(loudlaughter)—l never seed a blow
at all. After a bit I went to 'ern again, and I 'found Mrs.
Crossley had her hand fast in Mrs. M 'lntyre's hair. - (Laugh-
ter.) I tried tnv best to get her loose but could nut, she heuded
on so hard (loud laughter) so as Mrs.'M'lntyre waesqueaking.
I went for a pair of scissors to cut it." (Continued laughter.)
Mr. Hall.—" To cut what?" Witness.—"To cut her hair for
sure." Mr. Hall.—" Well, did you cut her loose?" - Wit-
ness.--" Yes, I cut her louse." (Great laughter.) Mr. Hall.—
" Well, Mrs. M'lntyre, what have you to say. to this charge?"
Defendant—(producing a bonnet all torn in tatters)-," Getele-
men, we follies both one biinie; we both keeps boarders ;' and
she's very spiteful at the a-coarse o' that, till I darut go aboard
a ship to inquire after a lodger.- And in the main -time she
comes tantalising me a-coarse I was under bail, - and. said she
would do every thing to break my bail—and I said notlin.
.With that she follied us tip, and says, " will you make it all
tight and take a glass of two sorts with me"—(l think she called
it. )—(Great laughter.) So with that we had a glass of two
sorts, and .a glass o' London porter, as that would taste the
greens,' she said. Them was her very words. -(Laughter.)
Mr. Hall.—" But what do you say, to beating her ?" -Defend-
dant.—" 1 never dial no such a thing; but they left me with
two black eyes, tore my bonnet, and abused me shameful."
Complainant.—" I don't wish to hurt her, but she annoys me
when she gets a little drink, and calls dreadtul nausea." : De.
fendant.—" Oh dear rate. " It appearing that the complainant:
had had defer, taut bound over to keep the peace but five weeks
before. Mr. Hal; said he should fine her .15s. and costs, and in
default of payment to go 14 days to the Borough gaol. Com-
plainant.—" Your worship, if there:is any money paid I don't
wish to take it myself; give it to tha.public• charities. ..(Loud
laughter, amidst which exit the litigants.)
S HO PLIFTING.-On-Saturday last Dennis M'Dermot, a well-
known thief, was placed before Mr. Hell, charged with having
stolen a pair of trousers- from the shop of John Carmichael,
tailor, Great Crosshall-street. It appeared from the evidence,
that at six o'clock on Friday night, the'priaiiner Went to the
above shop and pretended that he wanted to make seine pur-
chases. Having induced Mrs. Carmichael to turn her back, he
snatched up a pair of trousers andsran off with them. He wait
pursued into Johnson-street, where he threw away the trousers,
which were picked up by a little girl and returned to the
owner. The prisoner was secured. He was committed to the
"louse of Correction for one month.

'THEFT By a SuornoY.—Thomas Renshaw was, on Saha.-
day, charged before Mr, Hall wiih haying robbed his master,
Mr. Edward Hughes, groCer„St. James-street. It appears that
the pririonerWas,eniployed by Mr. Hughes as his shophoy, and
thiit great Confidence was reposed in him, as he had access to
all the money drawers, and sometimes assisted, in'. serving cus-
tomers. Mr. Hughes had, from time to tune, :missed small
sums of money. but had no suspicion,of the prisoner, till he re-
ceived some infurtnation„fromitwo men, at the_beionink.,...lof
last week. In consequence of this, he marked four half-
crOwns. and one shilling, which, on searching the prisoner,
'were fount nd his person. lie was delivered into the custody
of police-officer Glover. Or his way to Bridewell he confessed
the theft. Ile was committel for trial at the Borough sessions.

Punitc HALL.-It. gives us much pleasure to learn, that the
shares in this undertaking fill .up .rapidly the sum of £16,000
having been already subscribed. This is just the result which
we auticipated.from the high respectability of the members of
the committee in general, the well-known activity of the mem-
bers on whom the management has more especially devolved,
and the public spirit for which this enlightened community is
distinguished. _ .

PRESENTATION OF PLATE.—The passengers of the ship Co-
lumbus have presented to Captain Augustus de Peyster a very
handsome piece of plate, in testimony of their admiration of the
gallant and seamanlike conduct of that gentleman under cir-
cumstances of more than ordinary difficulty and danger during
a recent passage across the Atlantic.

BEES.--The following extraordinary circumstance cannot but
be interesting to naturalists :—A hive of bees, belonging to Mr.
J. C. Shaw, Derby-hreck, and which are kept in lateral boxes
on Mr. Nutt's humane principle, threw out a swarm on the 13th
October last, and which were secured in a common cottage
hive. After remaining three weeks incapable of-laying up anv
portion of nourishment for the winter in consequence of the un-
usual early severe weather, they returned to the mother hive,
and were readmitted. This fact almost proves that these inte-
resting insects have reasoning acuities.

TORN-our ATPaRSToN.—The workmen, to the amount of
outlti .
Saturday. on
00 who hadA t o
turnedr
op of g
out furdar
an aodoVnasu
and
e of wages, were still
' acompany
of in-
fantry are in the town. •
Ronnaams.—The thieves, unable to effect robberies in their
usual way, have adopted a new plan, which.ooless householders
be on their guard, will produce a rich harvest of plunder. They
proceed thus :—Soon after dark, they bustle up to the street.
doors of respectable houses, as if they belonged to them, and,
bymeans of skeleton latch-keys, enter. When in, they secure
such available articles as lie in the parlour, and retire unfree
ceived. Ou Tuesday evening, two of them were disturbed at-
tempting to enter a lady's house in Mount-pleasant. They fled,
leaving the skeleton latch-key behind them. On Thursday
evening they entered the house of Mr. Gibson, the sculptor, in
Gildart.street, and robbed it to a considerable extent. On
Thursday afternoon, during the absence of the inhabitants, they
also entered a house in Christian.street, and stole-therefrom a
quantity of wearing apparel,

" Indefatigable researches into various branchei d science
have in numerous instances proved abortive, but in Route they
have proved pre-eminently successful and highly ttenerMinl to
the public. In support of this observation, the medical skiil de-,
reloped in the preparation of Mr. Wray's Balsamic Pills is a
full corroboration. No medicine has been ,more efficient or
better calculated at once to benefit the cotninunity and refleet
permanent honour on the abilities and talents of the inventor
and proprietor, to whom may be applied the motto of the im-
mortal Nelson, ' Palmatn qui meruit feral.' "—The Obk.iTer.
GLASGOW, PA Isi.F.T. KILMARNOCK, AND AYR. RAILWAY
COiIPAN Y.— On Wednesday a numerous. and hitjily respectable,
Meeting of the shareholders in the above undertakiag was hebi
in the Tlall of the Blark Bull Inn, the Earl of Viglinton in the
chair. His lo.vilphip. on being called to the chair, rose and said,
that it had long been the wish or his fatnily to have a railroad
formed in the distrjet through which it wai proposed that it
should now he done; ana his grandfather had the project in con-
templation. He could only say that he inherited the wish of
his relative. and there was no doubt now that it woOd be gone
into, 'from the gratifying unanimity that prevailed req?ecti" the
line, and the satisfaction regarding the.proceedings Of the Com-
mittee, aud all conceived in furthering the work. Ile trusted
that this 'unanimity and right,understanding Might long con-
, tinue.--(Cheers.), Mr. Watson' the secretary', then read a
most satisfactory report of the Directors, and afterwards It IllMi-'
noun report from Mr. George Stephenson,, in which that cele-
brated engineer gayL. a decided preference to the line proposed by
Messrs.. Grainger and Miller, which was unanimously approved
of. A number of the gentlemen present then delivered their
opinions in moving the resolutions. It was manifest that the
very best understanding existed regarding the line, and that a
most handsome return for the money expended was certain.
The public may well wish for a speedy conclusion to this under-
taking. The line, in some places especially, will pass through
a must delightful country, and we should not be surprised, from
statements made at the meeting, to see the trip to Ayr per-
formed within an hour.—We have seldom seen an undertaking.
more powerfully supported by wealthy and influential individu-
als in GlaA.voty, end the noblemen and gentlemen in the counties
through which the Railway is to pass.
Wit KEFIEIn, Nov. 7.—The Conservative Association met in
this town to-night. One hundred and sixty-one new members
were added at the termination of the proceedings. Ido not
think that it is within the compass of possibility that the pre-
sent representative of this borough, Mr. Gasket!, will ever be
allowed to sit for it again ; and I believe, that there is altogether
as little doubt that the Hon. W. S. Lascelles will be returned
in his stead. In conjunction with these circumstances, a grand
Conservatlye.dinuer is, to. be given by this borough to Mr. Las-
celles, on Monday, the, Ili or December. There are 2(XI tickets
taken ..already. and I ant quite ,satisfied that there will not be
less than 4.00 persons preEttar, ' ~',:,, • • .
RUN ON 1114i,A;GRICULTVIAL 'BA Nfth--The accounts from
Ireland are rather Ca ICulatedwVxcite aitipl'ehension. It would
aPPear, there Mink! of,tltofitttl +Onus.? .31.4?n0t Illegal tender in
that part of tilel,entrittre r ,i-irtbfltlAr hawkwitv.the poss""c" ' f
the notes of our great money corporation, or other .seeuritieS
...si
which would bertrraitabitt-Alfrorzttr make no use of them id
eases of aritn. T meet the d fficulty large shipt ;,is are in
thP.Coufsii6
f h6laiellliaifdl.D.tiVirt. ` VR4' liandred and sixty
thonSand ii:j'YereVAs ie4eshl
oi,.
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th'it Cit'Y;'tile ptilt'Skilorif4lo ayliibiliffWhich'firiiie been (!ifeel-
e,.(l at, ,-P,iv,'9..etTe iiit, ' 1 ',VII J 0704141,, k' whit It has been
'red on Thuctsdiii''enil Friday for
morP•tml't t'airlY-Atri' tiyAn tVilViAlktfliP the storm, awl that a i
bank in the north of Ireland, respecting which itijurionsTeports
were in circulation, will also be found equal td its engagementi.

THE. THEATRE.

Last evening Shakspeare's tragedy of "Coriolanus" was re-
presented, for the ;tettetit of Mr.' Stuart ; he playing Califs Afar-
via/ Ceiriotaiitu. We believe this is Mr. Stuart's ht at appear-
.tinee in this charttetet..- 'We were at first-rather inclined to
think that his representation of Corioian its,--the high minded,
proud, anditopet nous Rom In partook too much of vehemence -
~r re-consideration .of the character, we were in-
clined ter -4ualiftr that opinien.' The scene in the market place,
where Coriolanus brings himself to solicit the suffrages of the
petiple-tn elect him as Consul, was played in the full spirit of
'the 'character and-betrayed much study of the part. It carried
not th&eathor'ittnexpressed meaning. The answer to the citi-
zens 'puffed up with their own importance, wheu asking what
had brought httn there to ask their suffrages;—

•
Not mine,own desire..
'Twos never my desire vet
• To•trou* the poor with begging,"
, .
.was.splendidlydelivered. His acting in the third act, where he
charges•Sicinins and Brutus. tribunes of the people, with setting
the people against hitu, who had so lately given hint their
voices—

Are these your herd?—
Must these have voices that can yield them now,
And straight disclaim their tongues ?—What are your offices?
You being their mouth, why rule you not their teeth?

Have you not set.them on ?" -
is deserving of especial notice; the action and the delivery
were beautiful, and met with an immediate response from the
audience. We have not time to notice fully the piece. In
some parts, however, there was a degree of mouthing and almost
raving violence, which, if carried out in nature to the extent repre.
sented, would be rather a feature of a weak than of a great mind ; it
was a rage where reason appeared unseated, and passion alone
had sway: and our opinion of this was borne out by the silence
of the audience at (to the actor) the distressing effort. In the
first interview with .4.o.dius after his banishment, and with the.
Roman matrons interceding with hint for the safety of their
city, his acting was brilliant and successful. On the whole, we
do. not doubt but Mr. Stuart will prove as happy in the per-
sonation of this as he has been in most of Shakepeare's finest"
characters. 'Mr. Andrews planed well as Menenins, as also ditt-
Mrs. Stanley 'asTuhininia. At the fall of the curtain Stuart was
loudly' awl perseveringly called for, and at last was obliged to
make his appearance; lie was enthusiastically cheered. lie '
briefly, from his exhausted state,•tendered his heartfelt thanks
for the -spletitlid 'testimony of the approbation of the public he
had before hiM. He might he permitted also to infer from the
large audience before him that his success had kept pace with
their approbation. On'retiring he was greeted again with en-
thusiastic cheers. The house, we are happy to say, was very
• .
We perceive that Mrs. and Miss Stanley take their benefit on
Wednesday night.: - Mrs. Stanley, as the female tragedian. of
the company, and Miss Stanley, as a. most-pleasing general
actress, have considerable claims on the public. We heartily
wish them success. -

CONSECRATION - ST. •.-MARY'S CHURCH,

KIRKDALE.

Yesterday afternoon, St. Mary's Church, recently erected at
Kirkdale, was visited by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of
Chester and of the•diecese;-for the purpose of being consecrated.
The service commenced at two &dock. The church is a neat
small church of gothic architecture, and built of brick, substan-
tial but divested of all costly ornament: it is situated at a little
to the left of the road at Kirkdale. The church was built by
subscriptions, and cost, including the organ, (which though
small, is a very handsome one,) £3,300. It is calculated to
seat. 1,064 persons, 150 of which sittings are let at a low rate,
and 164 are free for the use of the poor. The interior is built
withawo parallel side aisles, and has a neat gallery round. The
organ is placed in. a gallery over the communion table. The
minister's stipend is derived from the pew-rents, and it is re-
markable' that although the church has only been opened a few
weeks, under licence from the Bishop, yet the whole of the seats
intended to .be let, with the exception of ten, are taken. The
. patronage of the church is vested in five trustees Messrs. Win.
Potter, T. B. Hairsfall, Rd. Johnson, Samuel tane. and Thos.
DiVver. Tie minister appointed is the Rev. David James. We
knew of no place where a church is more wanted, in the midst
of a thickly opulated district with no church near. A dissent-
ing
chapel hits looef some time established there, which, from
the want of. church accOmModation, drew many members of the
establishment to it. A very handsome communion service
has-been presented to the church by Mr. T. B. Horsfall. The
-books were given by J. C. Mullineux, 1.7,5 q., and the velvet
li cushions. 'Aliss Mtillineux, of Srapleland. At two
o'clock the Bishop-entered,-and was followed by a number of
the, clergy;
.we observed the Rev. T. G. Leigh, the Rey. T.
-Moss,l-teV. Mr: 'Hassell, Rev. J. H. Stewart, Rev. 'no_ Jones,
Rev. 'rhos. Tattcrshall, Rev. T. Wreay, Rev. Mr. Gardner,
Rev: thigh M'Neile, Rev. Mr. Bates, Rev. Mr. Horner, Rev.
Cyrus Morrel, Rev. Frederick Barker, of-Edge-hill, Rev. Mr.
'Barker," of Everton, Rev. Mr. Lyons. Rev. Mr. Ormrod, &c.
- The trustdeed having been read by the Rev. Mr. Ward, of
Chester, -the' Deputy'-register, the Bishop went through the
ceremony of consecration, walking down the aisles, preceded by
the mitre and followed by the clergy, repeating after him the
usual formular.' After the ceremony of consecration had been
gene through, the Rev. D. James ascended the reading desk
and read the evening service. The Bishop then delivered a
very forcible end excellent sermon, taking for his text the
Second Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians, the 6th chapter
and 16th verse, " Ye are the temples of the living God." From
this text the Right Rev. Prelate drew a beautiful comparison
betwixt the temple they were met that day to dedicate to the
worship of the Almighty,—" an object calculated to raise our
hearts from this perishing world above things seen to things
unseen"--and his hearers as "temples of the living God,"
calling upon them to dedicate themselves asalsuch to the Al-
mighty.
After the sermon an appropriate hymn was sung and a col-
lection made in aid of the funds for providing free and cheap
sittings in the church. The collection amounted to £lO.