The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-29 00:00:00

POLICE COURT v- - ESTERDAY.

Arthur Graham, on remand from Saturday, charged
with stealing a tarpauling. No additional evidence having
been found, the prisoner, who was a well known and sus-
pected character, was discharged with au admonition.
STEALING BUTCHER MEAT.—Margaret Welsh,charged
with stealing a piece of beef from the shop of Jas. Thomas,
butcher, in Scotland-road Market, on Saturday night,
about eleven o'clock, was sentenced to seven days' impri-
sonment.

SLEALING A GOWN FROM A LODGING-TIOUSE.—Ann
Handley was brought up, on remand from Saturday,
charged with stealing a gown and several articles of wear-
ing apparel from the house in which she lodged, on Tuesday
last. When taken into custody she was dressed in the
stolen gown, which she said she had bought from a woman
she did not know, for 2s. 6d. She was sentenced to be im-
prisoned for seven days. _ _

CONFESSION OF RlEFT.—Thoma.s Walmsley g►aave him-
self into custody on 'Thursday night, in Preston, stating
that he had stolen from his employer, Mr. Roberts, in
Scotland-road, a hone whetstone and half a crown. He
had, he said, sold the hone, which was worth about les.
or 17s. Remanded for a week. _ _

STEALING RopEs.---31idIel Cosgrove, brought up on
suspicion of stealing ropes from the Queen's Dock, on
Saturday. The police had been unable to find any owner
for the property. On seeing that he was observed by the
police, prisoner threw down the ropes and ran away. He
said he got them to carry from a man he did not know ;
but the man was to meet him and relieve him of the load.
Sentence, one month's imprisonment under the Vagrancy
I Act.

STEALING CARPET SIIOEB.-Rose Townley, an old
woman, was sentencedto fourteen days' imprisonment, for
stealing a pair of carpet shoes.
OBTAINING A QUANTITY OF ROPES ON FALSE PRE-
TENCES.—John Scholes, a man of decent external appea-
ance, was charged with obtaining 35 fathoms and 80
fathoms of new rope, value £l5 3s. 6d., on false pretences.
He immediately disposed of the rope to a marine store
dealer, named Murray, for the sum of £ll. From the
evidence it appeared that the prisoner, towards the end of
last month, went to the premises of Messrs. Williamson
and, Sparks, rope and sail-makers in Park-lane, where he
saw their manager, Hugh Laing, to whom he represented
himself as Mr. J. F. Robinson, residing in 108, Gill-street,
and saying he was contractor for a reservoir in course of
construction for the corporation on the outskirts of the
town, ordered 35 fathoms of white cordage of 3f-inch
diameter. In a day or two afterwards he called again,
and said if the rope was not made, he would prefer it to
be only 34-inch, as he was afraid that first ordered would
be too thick for his blocks. He got away the 35 fathoms
of 34-inch rope, and shortly afterwards returned to the pre-
mises of Messrs. Williamson and Sparks, expressing his
entire satisfaction with the rope which had been sent ; at
the same time inquiring if they had any 31-inch rope, as
he wanted 50 fathoms of that size. Mr. Laing showed
him a coil of that diameter, telling him it contained
80 fathoms. Scholes, pretending to make some mental
calculations as to the suitableness of the rope, concluded
his pretended cogitations by saying he would take the 80
fathoms, which he did, and had it carried off with him.
Mr. Laing deposed positively that he would not have
given the rope to the prisoner unless he had believed him
to be Mr. Robinson, and the contractor for the reservoir,
as he had represented himself to be. Almost immediately
on obtaining possession of the rope, he had it conveyed
to the premises of -- Murray, a marine-store dealer,
who, on the prisoner's own representation that he was a
respectable party, backed by the decency of his appear-
ance and the verbal guarantee of a man who was with
him, purchased the coils of rope, for which he paid £ll.
On the application of Mr. Clough, the prisoner was re-
manded for seven days, that time may be afforded for the
discovery of his accomplice. The prisoner, it seems, is
well known to the police ; and the magistrate, after cau-
tioning Murray to be more careful in his future dealings
with such parties, ordered him to give up the rope to the
officers of the court.

ROBBERY FROM THE PERSON.—Margaret Kelly was
charged with robbing a young man, named James Garvan,
of eight sovereigns, in a house in Peter-street, on Friday
afternoon. From the evidence of the prosecutor, it ap-
peared that the prisoner and he were old acquaintances,
and that, on the occasion in question, on meeting her she
invited him to accompany her to a public-house. He did
so, and they had some drink ; into which the prisoner put
something which stupified him. Before he was completely
stupified, however, he perceived the prisoner put her hand
into his pocket, and he saw her take his money. The
prisoner, who was not taken into custody until Saturday,
had only a small sum in her possession. She said the
prisoner was so drunk when she met him that he did not
know what he was doing ; and that he left her to go to the
Theatre with two other women ; that she was entirely it.
nocent of the robbery ; and that the alleged mixing of the
drink was altogether imaginary. The case was remanded
till next day.

THE PORGFD COTTON DELIVERY ORDERS.—Nancy
Hindle, implicated in the cotton case, connected with
which John Woods, late clerk with Messrs. Seddon, was
a second time remanded last Monday, was brought up,
and remanded till Wednesday.
SUSPECTED CHARACTER.—WiIIiam Thompson, alias
Bargain Bill, was charged with being found loitering
about, four o'clock in the morning of Sunday, oppos:t.
e
the premises of a wholesale tea merchant
police-officers to
Anne-street. The prisoner is said by the pol
be one of the cleverest thieves in Liverpool,
whom the detectives have had their eyes for a i period.
Remanded till to-day. .cee- one on
long and
BOLTS. —William Bird
STEALING COPPER NAILS ANI?
charged with tzlin about 50 lbs.
ship Fanny, lying in
and John White were char
of copper nails and bolts
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the Bramley-Moore Docil;;.efrovronereStustedeany,ebnetbweearden onethe anves-
sel, and were detected
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Young, Edward Davies, Robert
Gilmore, were charged with violently assaulting Police-
constables Bradley and Briscoe, in the house of Helen
Gilmore, in Peter's-lane, about a quarter before one o'clock
on Sunday morning. The affray, it appeared, arose out of
an attempt made by Bradley to apprehend James Gilmore,
one of the ions of Helen Gilmore, charged with an in-
decent assault upon a young girl, named Maria Catterell.
On Bradley attempting to secure the prisoner, he was
assaulted and struck over the head with a poker, and
Briscoe coming to his aid, was similarly treated. All the
male prisoners were convicted, and sentenced to pay a fine
of 55., with costs, or to be imprisoned seven days each,
with the exception of William Gilmore, who, along with
his mother and sister, was discharged.
ROBBERY OF TWENTY-TWO POUNDS FROM A LODGING-
HOUSE.—Margaret Dee, an old woman, and her two daugh-
ters, Margaret Brown or Dee, and Mary Dee, and Cathe-
rine Holmes, were charged with stealing £22 in sovereigns
from the house of John Howell, 46, Clayton-street, in
which the three Dees lived, on Friday last. From the
evidence it appeared that the elder prisoner, who was in
arrear of rent for a month, induced Mrs. Howell to go into
their apartment, leaving in her own a box in which she
had the money ; while engaged with the Dees, some of
them contrived to get into Mrs. Howell's room from which
the money was abstracted, and shortly afterwards the
whole of the last-named prisoners decamped. Information

having been conveyed to the police, Scott, the detective
officer, went in search of them, and succeeded in finding
them in a house of ill-repute in Norbury-street. On mak-
ing the old woman rise from her seat, he found under it
a purse containing 1.:17 10s. in gold, and on a cupboard
shelf he also found a sovereign ; besides a quantity of
wearing apparel which they had just relieved from pawn.
The prisoner Holmes appeared to have no connexion with
the robbery, and she was discharged. The other three
were committed for trial.

SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST TWO
POLICE CONSTABLES.

PoLicx-Constables Wilson and Nelson were yesterday
charged, at the Police-court, with being drunk and crea-
ting a disturbance, in Finch-street, on Friday night last.
Thomas Duffy, shopkeeper in Islington, deposed that
on Friday night, a little after ten o'clock, the two con-
stables, Wilson and Nelson, came to his shop and
invited him to go with their to a public-house, to which
he accompanied them. They had three glasses of whisky-
punch each, for which Wilson paid. They all left after
that, but Wilson and witness had some discussion about
religion. They again came to witness, in his shop, and
requested him to go to another public-hafise, where witness
and Nelson had a glass of sherry each and Wilson had
whiskey or rum. They after that went to White's, in
Finch-street, where they had more liquor. Nelson went
away and left witness and Wilson, both of whom left about
half-past twelve o'clock. Wilson wished witness to accom-
pany him to an improper house, which witness declined
doing, as he had a considerable sum of money on him.
Wilson then threw witness down upon the street. Wit-
ness, when he got up, went to look for Nelson, and on
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coming up to him, gave Wilson in charge for having
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latter in charge to Nelson, and they all, accompanied by
another officer, who had by this time come up, went to the
Rose-hill Bridewell.. At this time Wilson was drunk. On
arriving at the bridewell, • Wilson immediately charged
witness with having assaulted him, and, although witness
ff!red to explain the matter as it really stood, the bride-
well-keeper would. not listen to him, but locked him up.
On cross-examination this witness said he did not assault
Wilson, and that the latter was not rising from the street
when the third officer came up. Mr. Moss, in order to
pacify Wilson, who said he (Moss) was his prisoner,
walked in front of the police-officers towards the bride-
well. Witness was not very drunk, and was not very sober,
but could take care of himself. Is quite - certain he did
not assault Wilson, and that Wilson was not getting up
when the third constable came forward.

Peter Moss, inspector of plate-layers to the London and
North-western Railway Company, was going up Finch-
st-eet, on Friday night, a few minutes past twelve
o'clock, in company with two of his fellow-workmen, and saw
Wilson, who was without his hat, and was flourishingjiis
stick over his head, saying he would fight any man in
Liverpool of twelve stone weight. Wilson struck witness
over the head with his stick, and witness gave him in
charge to Nelson. Wilson said witness was his prisoner,
and would not go without him. Nelson at first took hold
of Wilson by the arm, but let go. Another officer came
up, and Wilson laid hold of one of witness's men, and
threw him down. On going to the bridewell witness
wished to explain the matter, but Tomlinson, the bride-
well-keeper, would not hear him speak.
Other witnesses corroborated the statement of the
witness Moss, as to Wilson flourishing about his stick,
and saying he would fight any twelve stone man in Liver-
pool; one of these, William Jones, a plate-layer, deposed
to having been struck by Wilson over the head, and to
his charging Wilson with the assault on their arrival at
the Bridewell, but concurred also in stating that the
charge was reused. Witnesses also spoke to the quantities
of liquor than: by the two constables, Wilson and Nelson,
and Duffy.
Inspector Bullock said he had seen the two men, Wilson
1 and Nelson, five times during the night in question.
Wilson, he said, might have been drinking, but he did
not seem out of his usual course. He saw a great row on
the street, in which the two constables and Duffy and
Moss were engaged. Nelson at that time had hold of
'Wilson, but there was so great a confusion that he could
not get at the rights of the case. Wilson refused to go
on unless Moss, who, he said, was his prisoner, went also.
Daffy was drunk.
Tomlinson, the bridewell-keeper, deposed to Wilson and.
Nelson bringing Duffy and Moss to the bridewell on the
night in question, when the two latter were ,given iu
charge for assaulting Wilson. Jones said he had" been
struck over the forehead by 'Wilson with his stick, and
made a charge of assault against him ' • but, on examina-
tion, they could perceive no mark of the assault com-
plained of on Jones's head, and the charge was, therefore,
discredited. Wilson seemed sober.

Police-constable Peat (254) was the third constable who
came up. He stated distinctly that when he came up
Wilson was rising from the ground, and was quite sober.
The magistrates having consulted a few minutes,
Mr. Benn said, the evidence offered considerable diffi-
culties and discrepancies, and their decision, therefore,
was, that both constables should be suspended, because
there could be no doubt as to the impropriety of their
having indulged in drink to such an extent as had been
proved. '

MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.

THE PHILHIII3IONIC CONCERT.—The first perfor-
mance of Flanders " Sampson," by the Philharmonic
Society, took place on Tuesday evening last, the principal
singers being :Madame Viardot Gracia, Miss Stott, Mr.
Lockey, and Mr. Weiss. In the rendering of sacred
music, the Phiharmonic society are unrivalled out of Lon-
don, and of their performance of the grand and sublime
music of " Sampson" it would be difficult to speak in terms
of too high praise. The band played with great delicacy,
and supported without overwhelming the singers by their
accompaniments. The choruses were admirably sung ; •
we may particularly instance, " Oh ! first-created Beam,"
and "To dust his Glory they would tread." Throughout
the oratorio, the chorus singers displayed that care and.
training which marked their performances at the opening
of the hall, but which, on subsequent occasions, they
seemed sometimes to have neglected.
THE THEATRE-1147AL, on Friday night, presented a
scene of unusual gaiety. The house was filled to over-
flowing by a fashionable audience, to witness the perform-
ances of an amateur party of gentlemen, members of the
" Manchester Shaksperian Society," who,. in the most
liberal and handsome manner, had resolved to give an
evening's performances in Liverpool, the proceeds of
which were to be devoted to aid the funds of the Blue- .
Coat Hospital. The plays selected for the occasion were,
as might have been expected from the society, the pro-
ductions of Shakspere, and consisted of the favourite
pieces of " Much Ado about Nothing" and "The Twelfth
Night." The performances were sustained throughout
with an ease and spirit which reflected high credit on the
study and readiness of the gentlemen. In the course of
the evening a poetical address, written for the occasion by
Mr. J. B. Rogerson, was delivered with good effect; and
the whole of the performances went off with much eclat.

AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE the past week has been
a busy one, every night having been devoted to a benefit,
when, of course, the play-goers felt called on to counte-
nance their respective favourites. Most of them have been
well attended by audiences of discrimination, and the ef-
forts of the chief performers were greeted with applause.;

Mr. Wm. ROULSTON, sub-librarian of the Lyceum Li-
brary, has been appointed superintendent librarian of the
Free Lending Library recently opened in the north and
south end of the town by the Corporation.
ST. ThomAs's CIITJECH.—A sermon was'preached, on
Sunday evening last, at St. Thomas's Church, Park-lane,
by the Rev. W. M. Falloon, in aid of the Schools for the
poor connected with the district, and the sum of £23 10s.
was collected, which sum, we are happy to say, was after-
wards increased to £3O by Alderman Toulmin, who always
manifests a great interest in all matters undertaken for
similar objects.

Tua STRIKE.—A very numerous meeting of operative%
was held at Preston on Saturday, in the Orchard, where
it was computed from 10,000 to 12,000 persons were pre-
sent. Some statements were entered into as to the parti-
culars of the dispute between the masters and the men,
and the :assistance the latter were receiving from London
and other places, and they resolved to persevere in the
movement.

STEAM TO FRANCE.—It will be seen by our advertising
columns, that a line of first-class steamers has been
established between this port and the French ports of
beenC h ar epnl
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as. irwaiP6t iswieiritfulendneed7 assteasoomnersashtahvee
arrangements are complete, that one shall be despatched
every fortnight.
TESTIMONIIL CONCERT TO MR. WM. SUDLOW.—We
are glad to see that the great services Mr. Sudlow has
rendered to the progress of music in this town are at last
likely to be significantly appreciated. The members of
tphheilohrcarhmesotnraic,
suoictihety, the
hasavne announcedctiof th a
grand perfor-
mance committee of the
of The Messiah, to take place on Tuesday, the 2.oth
of next month. Miss Birch, Mrs.. Lockey, Mrs. Weiss,
servicesp,ma.fsormhaevrse hNevmba.usdiullanodw,chasoruthse,
Mr. Lockey, and Mr. W. H. Weiss, have offered their
. Mr.
gratuitous
gofoft:e6.oPhilharmonie Society, and its honorary
fscoeornrseditsaet':, and director of the vocal rehearsals, well merits
suchi
graceful and grateful recognition of his services,
and we a
vi-e have little doubt that the public, who have hen&
fited so much from the same cause, will gladly seize the
opportunity of proving their sense of Mr. Sudlow's talent,
energy, and tact.

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sleeping in his chamber with one of his little sons, VMS
fired upon through one of the windows at the dead hour
of night ; the child was mortally, and the father seriously,
wounded. The slaves—three in number, if our re llec
tion serves us—implicated in the affair—were condemned
tragedy,and executed
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offence. Since the occurrence of this
Birdsong has exercised the utmost rigour
with his servants. He had been regarded, as we learn,
as a " hard master" before the attempt upon his life, and
since that event has not slackened the reins. For some
months past, it seems, he has been in the habit of requiring
each servant on the plantation to report himself at the
dwelling-house at an early houkeach night. On Thursday
evening last the negroes failed taeport themselves. This act
of insubordination fired the jealous mind of Mr. Birdsong,
him to
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and he determined tomake an example of the first fellow who
made his appearance. Shortly after dark one of his servants
called at the dwelling to obtain his masters shoes for the
purpose of blacking them. Upon making his appearance
in the chamber, Mr. Birdsong called
chastiseemidoeuinisitm,b,e negro ran
disobeying his order. Fearing
soon had the sefaavccagtosreoantnd
the man
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then tied the slave and beat himingsuoesttmhmeel:
the track of the fugitive, and
satis-
faction of seeing the dog tear and lacerate the poor fellow.
Mr. Birdsong
deathtafionaitilninegakofleflwoawivileolurs-gec.t,otfThhtahet the deceased
,aninflicted by his
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as issued for the
which resulted acacollitib'l'sillielil hg . s summoned an&de.
on Thursday. The
thelN county gaol and
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mesaomßtnhigera,dbwisyaohitneslcguyh.nedwurAasnyvllaecxlaoedecriravisitoi't,ledt
secured. The Pittsburgh Express (to which journal we
are indebted for the above facts) understands that the negro
was most cruelly whipped and beaten, one of his eyes hav-
ing been entirely knocked out.—New York Tribune.