The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-25 00:00:00

" COLLECTIONS

" 1834.£ s. d. I 1837. £ s. d. f 1840. £ s. d.
Ist day.. 180 0 0 I lst day.. 140 9 0 I Ist day.. 176 8 6
2d „.. 242 11 6I 2d „.. 429 4 4 2d „ 4e6 14 1
3d '254 00 3d .. 248 17 0f 3d .. 386 14 8

£676 11 6
—Sa:opian Journal.
MR. MACKRETII.—We are glad to be enabled to state that
Mr. Mackreth left Ludlow on Tuesday, on his return to
Bristol ; and, on his way, passed Tuesday evening in this
city. From parties who came personally in contact with Mr.
Mackreth, during his short sojourn here, at the Bell Inn,
Broad-street, we are assured that he is perfectly recovered
from the wounds inflicted on him in the diabolical attempt
upon his life in Ludlow. The wound on his face extends
from about an inch on the right side of the mouth, nearly to
the left ear, and has,,by no means a ghastly look, though, of
course, it detracts from his personal appearance, and will be
permanently not more unsightly than an ordinary scar. The
wound across the throat was at first seven inches in length,
but has now contracted to little more than four, it is healed
more perfectly than across the mouth. The rapidity with
which these frightful gashes healed, and the absence of in-
flammation, Mr. Mackreth attributes, under Providence, to
the goodness of his constitution and his temperate habits.
Mr. Mackreth expresses himself in the most grateful terms in
regard to the kind feelings evinced to him by the whole com-
munity of the town of 'Ludlow, a concourse of some hundreds
of whOm attended him to the coach, when he took his de-
parture, and he earnestly hopes that the interests of Mr.
Cooke, his worthy landlord, may not suffer by the unhappy
occurrence, in the slightest degree; not a shadow of blame
attaching to him, while his conduct, and that of his family.
since the murderous attack, has been such that he could not
have been more comfortable, or better attended to, had he
been at home.— Worcester Paper.
POLICEMEN NOT VOTERS.—The whole of the police force
of Manchester has been disfranchised by the revising barris-
ter, in consequence of the following decision. Mr. Yates on
Monday gave judgment in the case of Edmund Clegg, who
was on the list for a house in Lord-street, Hulme. He said
the qualification, rating, &e, were duly proved ; but there
was an objection by Mr. Barrett, that he could riot be retain-
ed on the list, inasmuch as he was a constable under the
Manchester police act, which had incorporated into it the
provisions of the metropolitan police act. His first impres-
sion was, that the words were not sufficiently strong to ex-
tend to a case of this kind ; but he had since read the act, and
was convinced lie was wrong. By the 10th Geo. IV c 37, s
18 (the metropolitan police act) it was enacted, that no po-
liceman appointed by virtue of that act should, during the
time he held such office, or within six months afterwards, be
capable of giving his vote for the counties of Middlesex, Es-
sex, and Surrey, or the boroughs within them. The 2d and
3d Vic. (the Manchester police act) enacted, that all the pow-
ers and provisions of the 10th Geo. 1V should apply to the
borough of Manchester.' Had the enaotment stopped here,
the words " all other powers and provisions " might have
been taken to apply only to rating and the general purposes
of constables ; but the 2d and 3d Vic. added, that all these
powers and provisions should be in force in the same manner
as if the said act had been made applicable to the borough of
Manchester, instead of the metropolitan police district, and
to the county of Lancaster as well as to the borough of Man-
chester. He was therefore bound to strike off the name of
Edmund Clegg. If there was any doubt upon. the subject, it
was removed by a subsequent clause, which stated that no-
thing in that act, or in the said act of the 10th Geo. IV should
prevent any constable from voting for any city, borough, or
place, other than the county of Lancaster and the boroughs
therein.

£BlB 10 4

£1029 17 3"

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—In the secluded village of
West Drayton, about five miles south of Retford, there is a
cottage occupied by a person of the name of John Makins
and his wife, the former aged 68, the latter 72; with whom
reside a person of the name of Brown, and his wife (who is
Makin's 6ughter), and their two daughters, the eldest of
whom is about ten years of age. On the evening of Mon-
day the 24th of August, whilst Mrs. Makins and two of
Brown's children were sitting in the kitchen (the rest of the
family being engaged in the harvest field and other out-door
avocations), they were alarmed by a large potato being thrown
through the window, which smashed a square of glass ; this
was succeeded by several others which did similar injury ;
and which game lasted for about half an hour. Next morn-
ing, about half-past nine o'clock, the, throwing commenced
again ; but the missiles were of quite a diffecent character,
viz. large boulder stones, some of them weighing upwards of
two pounds. This game was continued during the whole
day ; but the missiles appeared to be principally levelled
against the kitchen window and the staircase window, which
were between live and six yards apart ; in the former of which
before evening, there were 12 squares broken, and in the
latter 23. As might naturally be expected, the inmates were,
greatly alarmed, and the news being spread through the vil-
lage soon caused a considerable muster of the inhabitants on
the spot.. In order, if possible, to discover the hiding place
of the contriver of this dastardly trick, some of the villagers
were employed in searching the surrounding outbuildings ;
others placed themselves on the ridge of the house, and of
those houses iu the immediate locality, in order, if possible,
to discover in what direction the stones came ; ut all to no
purpose. Stone aftei stone succeeded, and in no instance
were they seen, or the direction whence they came known,
until they arrived at their destination. They seemed to drop
lightly, and without much projecting force; some going
through the windows, and others falling on the tiles, without
breaking them, and then rolling them gently on to the
ground. This annoyance continued during the whole week,
lasting from about nine o'clock in the morning until nine in
the evening. On Saturday evening, eleven pieces of large
coal were thrown ; but these, like the rest of the missiles,
seemed to come from nowhere—the ingenuity of the clever
rascal, who was the concoctor of the scheme, still baffling the
skill and devices of the rustics of the village, in discovering
the place of his concealment, and the method by which he
was enabled to keep up his system of annoyance. On the
morning of the 31st, the nuisance, which had abated during
the Sunday, was again renewed, but in a different manner.
Stones were thrown about the house in the interior ; one
visitor receiving a black eye, and others being hit on various
parts of their persons. This lasted through Monday, Tues-
day, and Wednesday ; on Thursday and Friday the, nuisance
ceased—was renewed again on Saturday ; since when nothing
further has occurred. Ever since the thing commenced,
scores of persons daily have visited the spot ; and on Sunday
the 23d, no less than from 300 to 400 were present from
Retford, Worksop, Newark, Tuxford, and many of the sur-
rounding villages. During the ten days in which this game
has been carried on, various rumours have been afloat as to
the originators of the scheme ; but, up to the evening of
Wednesday last,.ths perpetrator still remained incog.—.Don.
caster Casette.

1141)115.

EAST INDIES, CAPE OP GOOD HOPE, &•c.

Joseph Winter, (253) 'l' Hodson, from Mauritius 4544 bags sugar,
.1 Aikin and Son-2 cases liqueurs, 1 cse jelly, Master—G 1)
AFRICA.

Cessnock, (133) P Stuart, from Africa, about 250 casks palm oil,
Zwilchenbart and co—W D

WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA.

Sandbach, (435) J Bispham, from Demerara, 290 hhds 3 barrels
sugar, 34 puns 68 hhds 39 barrels ruin, Sandbach, Thine and co—
-1 barrel sugar, J 13ispham-27 hhds do, 55 puns rum, E J Troughton
—2O hhds sugar, J Gladstone and co-55 hhds 3 barrels do, order-
-10 puns 15 hhds 5 barrels rum, Buchanan and Browne-6 hhds
sugar, 30 puns 51 hhds 2 barrels ruin, I` and H Murray—lo hhds
sugar, 10 puns 13 hhds 7 barrels rum, N Waterhouse and sons-
-28 puns 8 hhds 2 pipes do, C W and F Shand-38 puns 44 bags
coffee, 3 bags cocoa, Sandbach. Thine and co-43 puns coffee, It
Semple and co-81 puns molasses, E J Troughton-20 puns coffee,
T and 11 Murray-9 puns 1-i pun molasses, R Bibby-9 pkgs pre-
sents, 2 cases Mad wine, order—G D