The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-28 00:00:00

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XV.—No. 741.1

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On account of whom it may concern.
TO-MORROW (Wednesday,) the 29th inst., at Twelve o'clock,
at TO-MORROW,
and Co.'s Office, Rumford-place,
13 Serons COCHINEAL, (with all faults,)
Lately landed, ex Bride, from Vera Cruz.—For 'further
particulars apply to Messrs. J. and A. GILFILLAN, Mer-
chants, or to CORRIE and Co., Brokers.

To-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 29th inst., at Twelve o'clock,
at Whitaker, Carter, and Co.'s Office, Rumford-street,
1322 Baskets TERRA JAPONICA,
Loose about 21 Tons DITTO,
Per Eliza Kincaid, from Sincapore.—Apply fo Messrs. M oR-
RAY, SYME ' and Co., Merchants, or to
WHITAKER, CARTER, and Co., Brokers.

Postponed from Wednesday, the 29th ins:ant.
On THURSDAY next, the 30th instant, at Twelve o'clock, at
Whitaker, Carter, and Co.'s Office, Rumford-street,
552 Bags • PEARL SAGO,
187 Boxes

156 Bags SAGO FLOUR,
154 Bags BROWN SAGO,
23 Bags COFFEE, (9d. duty,)
46 Bags WHITE PEPPER,

5 Boxes MACE,
Per Eliza Kincaid, from Sincapore.—Apply to Messrs. M um-
RAV, SYME, and Co., Merchants, or to
WHITAKER, CARTER, and Co., Brokers.

MMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

[PRICE FIYEPENCE.

BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
THE, ANNUAL 'ENERAL MEETING of the
TISH NORTH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION of this
Port, will be held, at this Office, on MONDAY, the 3d day of
February, at Three o'clock in the Afternoon.
THOMAS CARSON, Secretary,
Clarence Buildings, North John-street,
January 24, 1840.

THE LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the FOURTH ANNUAL
GENERAL METING of the PROPRIETORS in
this Company, will be held in the CLARENDON Rooms,
South John-street, Liverpool, on WEDNRSDAY the 12th of
February next, at One o'Clock precisely, when a Report and
Statement of the Company's Affairs will be submitted.
By order of the Board of Direction,
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary,
Water-street, 28th January, 1840.

BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL.
JAMES CLARKE, ESQ., RECORDER.
THE COURT of QUARTER SESSIONS of the Borough
will be held, in the Crown Court, in the Sessions House,
in Chapel-street, on TUESDAY, the 4th of February, 1840, at
Ten o'clock in the Forenoon.
No Traverse will be tried, unless entered for trial on the
first day of the Sessions, at my Office, in the Sessions House,
or, previously, at my Office, in the Town-hall ; and all
Indictments for Misdemeanours found at these Sessions
against persons admitted to Bail, must be entered for trial in
my Office, in the Sessions House, at or before Twelve o'clock
on the day next after the discharge of the Grand Jury, other-
wise the trial will stand over.

RD. RADCLIFFE, Clerk of We Peace.
Town-hall, 22d January, 1840.

CHARGE OF ASSAULT.
A glib-tongued girl. of about seventeen or eighteen years
of age, appeared before Messrs. Rushton and Booth to pre-
fer a charge of assault against a young boy. The gist of the
accusation was, that the boy had struck the complainant on
the mouth with a stone which he held in his hand ; but the
young woman, not content with a plain statement of the mat-
ter, went on at much lengths to aggravate the aggravation.
In the midst of her complaint, she was interrupted by the
mother of the boy at the bar, who indicated, in a pretty loud
tone, that the complainant was uttering anything but truth.
Mr. Rushton.—Come forward, if vou have anything to say.
There now stepped into the witness-box a female Falstaff,
in a state of great excitement, and, the New Testament
having been placed in her hand, preparatory to her being
sworn, she began to devour it with kisses, before Mr. Shuttle-
worth had repeated the words of the oath, She first kissed
the book on one side, then on the other, and, saying, " 1 am
not afraid of swearing both ways ; the Almighty knows that
I shall only tell the truth," began to turn the Testament in
all directions, and to imprint upon it most enthusiastic kisses.
Mr. Rushton.—Are you drunk ? Have you been drink-
ing ?
Vitness.—No ; I have not. I'm trembling, sir ; I was
never in such a place before, nor my poor boy either, and I
hope we won't be again.
The oath having been administered, the witness was asked
to state what she had to say with respect to the charge against
her son. She replied, " Well, sir, I will tell you—it is a
false charge altogether, sir—l live in Union-street, sir—l am
telling the truth, lam indeed, sir. I wouldn't tell you a lie
for alt the world—no, sir. lam all of a tremble, sir. I was
selling fowls in the market all day yesterday, sir. I have
had two pennyworth this morning, I won't deny that. Dear
me, I'm very tremblesome. That is my boy, sir. As to
this woman, (the complainant,) she keeps a real common
house. I don't care she does ; you may put me in gaol for
seventeen years, but my boy is innocent. He isn't in the
market with me ; he's a good lad, sir. Put him back till to-
morrow, sir, and then you shall know all. I'm well known
in the market, and all my neighbours can depreciate my cha-
racter. It isn't true, sir. There, you man, you tell him;
you can speak better than me.
The man pointed to came forward, and stated that he had
seen the complainant first strike the mother of the prisoner.
Mr. Rushton.—Discharge the lad.

THEFT BY A SERVANT.
Margaret Smith, a servant to Mr. John Lane, publican,
Vauxhall-road, was charged with having stolen some articles
of wearing apparel from the house of her. employer. The
prisoner, it appeared by the evidence, had been five months
in the service of Mr. Lane, and had on Monday last left the
house without notice or leave. Next morning Mrs. Lane,
on going into the childrens' room, missed some clothing, two
sheets, and a number of other articles. A constable was
applied to, and the prisoner's lodgings were searched. She
was found at home, and, on being questioned. denied having
taken any thing. The principal part, however, of the missing
clothing, &c. was found in the house, as well as a number of
other articles, which had not before been missed from her
master's house. The prisoner, who is a middle-aged woman,
and a widow, was committed for trial at the sessions. We
understand that, such was the confidence reposed on her, her
mistress had made arrangements to take a cottage in the
country, where she (the prisoner) might take care of the
children, whom she wished to remove for a time from the
bustle of the house.