The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

A VICTIM OF DRUNKENNESS.—On Friday at the Police-
office a respectable-looking young man, wbo was said to be
well connected, was brought before Mr. Hall under the fol-
lowing circumstances :—Bet ween one and two o'clock on the
preceding morning the prisoner was found knocking at the
door of Mr. Leatham, publican, Old Haymarket, demanding
admission. But there was no response to his noisy vocifera-
tions for admittance ; strength of lungs, accompanied with a
terrific onslaught against the door, proving unavailable, the
prisoner commenced throwing stones at the upper windows
of the house, which at length awoke Mr. Leatham, who came
down stairs, but instead of permitting the prisoner to enter,
•he was gives irito-the custody of an officer, and conveyed to
Bridewell. It appeared that no later than the previous Wed-
nesday the prisoner had bee❑ incarcerated on suspicion of
drunkeness. Mr. Dowling bore testimony to the respecta-
bility of the prisoner; he had, it appeared, been in India, and
his friends were exceedliy desirous of reclaiming him, but all
their efforts were ineffectual. He was described as being a
person of considerable literary accomplishments—an excel-
lent Greek and Latin scholar. More recently he had been
in the Dock force, from which he was discharged on account
of his besetting sin. The prisoner, during the examination,
held down his head, and appeared sensible of his degraded
position. On a promise of amendment for the future, with
a suitable admonition from the bench, he was discharged, on
payment of the damage which Mr. Leathom's windows had
sustained.

A YOUNG BEGINNEri.-On Friday, at the Police-office, an
interesting looking lad, aged ten years was brought before
Mr, Hall, charged with robbing a till. The employer of the
boy at first declined to prosecute on account of his youth, but
having been sworn, stated that the prisoner was his shop-boy.
He had frequently missed money from his till, and in order
to detect the thief, he marked thirty shillings, five of which
he subsequently found on the prisoner. The prisoner had
been three months in his service. When taken into custody,
the prisoner admitted the theft. The motile' of the boy, a
respectable looking woman, appeared in court, extremely
distressed, and stated that she attributed the conduct of her
son to the influence of the bad company he kept. Mr. Hall
recommended a severe whipping as at: excellent antidote. The
mother promised to have it administered, and also to send
him into the country, if liberated, in order to-disconnect him
from his bad associates. The poor woman was so overcome
by her feelings that she was led out of court fainting.
A THIRSTY INVALID.—On Friday, at the Police-office, a
suspicious looking character was found in a suspicious situa-
tion, about twelve o'clock on Thursday night,—namely, at a
back door in the vicinity of Queen-square, and being unable
to give any proper account of himself, was taken into cus-
tody. Mr. Hall, to the prisoner: " What are you ?" —Pri-
soner : "lam an invalid. I've been ten weeks in the In-
firmary, and was only discharged yesterday."—Mr. Hall:
"But the night air would not improve your health: what
were you doing out at so late an bout?"—Prisoner: " 1 was
waiting for a friend of mine: he promised to give me a glass
of ale; but he didn't come as I expected, and so I thought I
would see as how he was as good as his word."—Mr. Hall :
" Ab, I think your health will be as effectually preserved in
jail as out of it :—seven days to the House of Correction."
A Fuittous RIDER.—On Friday, at the Police-office, a
man was brought before Mr. Hall, charged with furious rid-
ing on the preceding afternoon, in Wood-street and the
neighbourhood. The prisoner was employed as hostler in a
livery stable, and having to exercise a horse, he commenced
riding him at a rate which excited serious apprehensions for
the safety of the rider as well as the animal. The prisoner
was intoxicated. "If the horse's foot hadn't slipt," said the
officer, " he would certainly have gone through that 'ere fine
winder at the 'Pothecary's Hall, in Colquitt-street." The
prisoner stated that he was under the influence of drink. He
was fined ten shillings for being drunk, and, in default of
payment, to be committed to the House of Correction for ten
days.

TRICKS OF SEAMEN.—Captain Vaughan, of the ship En-
terprise, appeared before Mr. Hall, on Saturday, having been
summoned by John Sherman, a seaman, to show cause why
he refused to pay the latter an alleged balance of wages.
%Ir. Davenport, sol►citor, appeared for the complainant, who
stated, that he shipped at Quebec, on the 16th of October
last, and arrived at Liverpool on Saturday week. He bad
received £3. advance at Quebec, and the captain now refused
to pay him the balance. Captain Vaughan stated that he
was under the necessity of engaging many new hands at Que-
bec. The complainant, with several others, came on board
on the 16th. All the men who composed this party were
drunk, and the complainant was either in that state or sick,
for he was unable to attend to his duty, or to do a single
hand's turn, till the 9th of the following month. The log-
book was put in, and the carpenter and second mate were ex-
amined, all of whom corroborated the statement of the cap-
tain. It appeared that the ship was what is called a tempe-
rance ship. the men being allowed tea and coffee instead of
spirits. The captain said, when he was about to set sail he
found that one half of his crew were drunk below, in the fore-
castle. Mr. Davenport called two individuals of the crew,
who attempted to prove that the complainant was taken ill
after he bad worked on board the vessel. The captain show-
ed that the complainant had admitted that his illness arose
from the great quantity of rum which he had taken before he
went to the ship. Mr. Hall said, he should, so far as he was
able, take care that captains and owners of vessels were not
imposed upon by tricks of this description. The complain-
ant went on board drunk, was ill in consequence, and now
wished to recover his full wages. It appeared that the cap-
tain had offered the man wages for the twenty-one days
during which he worked, but the money was refused. Mr.
Hall decided that the complainant was not entitled to more,
and the balance, £l. 10s. Od., was, accordingly, ordered.
AN INCOMPETENT SEAMAN. The master of the ship Co-
rinthian was summoned by James Worrell to show why he
refused to pay a balance of wages alleged to have been earned
during a voyage from Quebec to Liverpool. The complain-
ant shipped. at Quebec, on the 16th October, at £2. 16s. Od.
per month, representing to the captain that he could "hand,
reef, and steer." When they got to sea, it was found that
the man was totally ignorant of a seaman's dnties. The
complainant admitted, that, previously to his outward. voyage,
he had only been a few months at sea, in a coat vessel. It
was ordered that his wages should be paid at the rate of
£2. 10s. Od. per month, whereby he became eniitled to the
sum of £O. 10s. Bd.

BRUTAL AND SHAMEFUL CONDUCT.—Yesterday, at the
Police-office, a man, about forty years of age, a heavy, bru-
tish-looking Creole, named Charles Tilley, was placed at the
bar, on a charge of assaulting a girl of fourteen years of age,
on Sunday night. A policeman stated that he saw the pri-
soner kicking a girl, and bearing her cry out, he went up,
and took the prisoner into custody. The complainant, a ser-
vant girl, who was accompanied by a young woman, also a
servant, stated that on Sunday night, about nine o'clock, she
was walking home with her companion, and they were look-
ing into a confectioner's shop window, when the prisoner
crossed the road to them, and asked her if she would take a
walk with him. Her companion told him to go about his
busineas, and be immediately pulled her (complainant) about,
and on her screaming out, kicked her, and knocked her
down. The prisoner said he had been writing from early in
the morning to late at night for a Mr. Hawkesworth, who
attended a school, and was going home, when a lotof children
were knocking loudly at his door. He spoke to them sharply,
when the complainantturned round, and called him a "black
devil." He denied that he had kicked her. The other girl
said this was quite untrue. He had come up to them as
stated, and wanted the younger girl to walk with him. The
officer said that he charged the prisoner with kicking the
girl; but he (the prisoner) denied it. He (the officer) saw
him do it. Mr. Hall said the prisoner was known : he kept
a brothel, and it was perfectly clear what his object was. If
he were a man of any feeling, he might make some observa-
tions to him on the impropriety of his conduct; but it would
be in vain to do so. It was a most infamous proceeding to
assault a young child, and to kick it; and, all the circum-
stances taken together, it was a very bad case, and one which
the magistrates ought to punish with as much severity as
they could. He must pay £5, including costs, or, in default,
be committed for two months to the Borough Jail.
CAUTION TO WASHERWOMEN.—Yesterday, at the Police-
office, a washerwoman, named Ann Wright, was brought up,
charged with having pawned a large quantity of bed and
table linen, belonging to a gentleman named Moore, which
had been entrusted to her to wash. A very intelligent young
woman, a servant to Mr. Moore, stated that the prisoner had
a quantity of clothes entrusted to her to wash, belonging to
Mr. Moore, which she had never brought home, and which
ought to have been brought home six weeks before. She
had repeatedly promised to bring them to Mr. Moore's,
but never stated that she had pawned them. She had exa-
mined a large quantity of clothes, bed and table linen,
produced, and most of the things were her master's, and had
been sent to be waged. It appeared that the washerwoman,
not bringing home the linen, had been taken into custody,
and on her person were found a number -if pawnbrokers'
tickets, by means of which the property had been found in
the possession of several pawnbrokers. The officer said, on
taking her into custody, she expressed her sorrow at not
having told that she had pawned the clothes, and said she
had expected money from Manchester to redeem them, and
had now got it.—Mr. Moore said he gave the woman no
authority to pawn the clothes.—Mr. Perry, the pawnbroker,
said he had known the prisoner for twepty years, and had
entrusted her with £3O worth of clothes gt a time to wash.--
Mr. Hall: Don't you know that you are liable to a very
heavy penalty for taking in washing clothes? Why did you
encourage her to do an illegal thing: you knew what she
was doing. If washerwomen had not facilities given them for
pawning clrthes, by such persons as you, this would not
happen. This gentleman has been inconvenienced for six
weeks for want of the linen, and the property would have
been lost but for a mere accident.—The clothes pawned were
valued by the pawnbroker at £2 l9,.—Mr. Hall ordered the
prisoner to pay this value of the articles to Mr. Moore, and
in addition to pay a penalty of £5, in default of which, to be
committed fur three months to the Borough House of Cor-
rection. Mr. Hall also ordered an information to be laid
against Mr. Perry for taking the goods in pledge.
SUMMONS FOR SEAMENS' WAGES.—Yesterday, at the
Police-office, Captain Blakeley, of the ship " Victoria,"
East India merchantman, was summoned by John Roberts,
seaman, for the balance of his wages out to Calcutta. The
vessel sailed from Liverpool on the 3d of December last, and
arrived at Calcutta on the 20th of April. The complainant
stated, that owing to the harsh treatment he and the rest of
the men had received on board from the captain, and from
his carrying in his pocket a dangerous weapon, which he
was in the habit of beating them with, the whole of the men
refused to abide by the ship, and summoned the captain be-
fore the magistrates of Calcutta, for the bad treatment. An
arrangement was there come to that the articles should be
cancelled on the captain's giving each of them up their
clothes, and paying them ten rupees each; the balance of
their wages up to that time to be paid on the arrival of the
vessel in England. The captain refused to pay this balance;
and stated that the agreement was that they should separate,
and that the meg skould receive the ten rupees each only. as
payment in full. On examining the captain's papers, Mr.
Hall found that he had debited his owners with the whole
amount of each of the men's wages, and had said nothing
about the ten rupees, being a payment in full of their de-
mand. After a long investigation, Mr. Hall said the cap-
tain's statement was not borne out by his accounts; but on
the contrary they were in favour of the men's statement, and
ordered the balance of the complainant's wages to be paid,
amounting to £7 or £B. There were seven or eight other
cases depending on this, complaints by other seamen under
the same circumstances.

THE CHASE.

The CHESHIRE HOUNDS will meet

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To-morrow (Wednesday), 12th, at Booth's Obelisk.
Friday, 14th, at
Saturday, 15th, at Weaver Hall
Monday, 17th, at Manley Hill
Wednesday, 12th at . Cholmondeley Castle.
Thursday, 20th,at Wrenhury.
Saturday, '22nd, at
At half-past ten o'clock.
Mr. SMYTHE OwEN's HOUNDS will meet.
This Day (Tuesday), 11th, at Whittington Castle
Thursday, 13th, at ...The Queen's Head.
Saturday, 15th, at .... 'The Wolf's Head Turnpike
At half-past ten.
The NORTH SHROP3HIRE HOUNDS will meet
This Day (Tuesday), 11th, at ....
Thursday, 13th, at Twendows.
Saturday, 15th, at Tetton.
At a quarter before eleven.

MR. STUART'S BfiNEFlT.—Last evening Mr. Stuart took
his benefit with the play. of the " Lady of Lyons," and the
" Mountaineers," and, we are happy to say, had an excellent
house. We were not able to remain and judge of the vocal
powers of Miss Stuart, who last evening made her (Galt iq
the afterpiece of Agnes. —We perceive that Miss Cleaver
takes her benefit on Wednesday, and Miss Grant, a Ye44liSt.
of same ability, makes be; appeal og Thursday,