The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

STABBING.—On Thursday, Ann Roach was brought up
on a charge of stabbing her husband with a knife. The
offence was proved, and the prisoner fined £5, or to be
imprisoned two months, and a further period of four
months in default of sureties to keep the peace.
IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—On Friday, Roger M'Anally, a
dock porter, was brought before Mr. Rushton, charged
with stealing eighteen barrels of flour from the Waterloo
Dock. A person in the service of Messrs. Sanders and
Claxton stated that on the previous day he was engaged
discharging the cargo of a vessel in the Waterloo Dock
he was obliged to leave for a short time, and during his
absence the barrels were taken away. Two men, it ap-
peared, coolly loaded a float, and as coolly drove off with
them. The float was found in the street deserted by the
driver, who decamped on seeing the witness return to his
charge. The man left in charge of the vessel identified
the prisoner as one of the men who loaded the float. In
his defence he said he had been hired by the driver to help
him to load the float, and knew nothing of the robbery.
He was remanded.

CHARGE OF ARSON.—On Friday, at Birkenhead police
court, before J. S. Jackson, Esq., James Clayton, landlord
of the Egerton Arms' Hotel, and Ralph Webster, were
brought up for final examination on a charge of arson. It
appeared from the evidence that, on Monday evening,
three fires broke out in Clayton's house, two in the spirit
vaults, and one under the cellar stairs. Webster was seen
to place some shavings under the stairs, and set fire to
them. He was seized, but escaped by the aid of Clayton.
He was taken some time after. Several rather suspicious
circumstances came to light, but nothing beyond suspicion.
Both prisoners were committed for trial, it being intimated
by the magistrate that he should consider whether he would
accept of bail for Clayton.

SMOKE NUISANCE.—SeveraI informations were, on
Tuesday, heard at the Police-court, against parties for
not, in conformity with a clause in the Sanatory Act,
consuming the smoke from their steam-engine, furnaces,
&c. The first case was that of the steamer Alexander,
plying to the Rock Ferry, the funnel of which emitted
volumes of black smoke. Mr. Grantham, engineer, said
a smoke-consumer had been put in, and must have been
negligently used, otherwise the smoke complained of
would not have arisen. Mr. Rushton considered the case
proved, but deferred fixing the penalty. In the case of
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consumer had a tena, destroy the boilers, and thus
endanger life and property, Mr. Grantham did not con-
cur in this deduction, and instanced a case in which
consumers had been used for years without such result.
Mr. Rushton adjourned the case for further enquiry on,
Saturday, when the case against the steamer was with-
drawn. Further evidence was heard in the other,—con-
firming Mr. Grantham's opinion, and Messrs. Willey and
Co. were fined £5 and costs. Mr. Rushton said he now
4-;sf - himself, 1-

several popular airs, which they continued until the ency to c
stewards announced that the necessary arrangements had i
been fulfilled. The pavilion was soon filled. On the i,
platform were Edward Cardwell, Esq., Sir Digby Mack- r y
worth, Lord John Manners, and Sir Thomas Bernard 'A%
Birch, together with Sir Thomas Brancker, Messrs. insi
Bramley Moore, Sands, Bushby, Bold, Molyneux, het
Samuel Holme, Dowling, John Bent, Chairman ; James n, a
Sykes,dinner J. Booker, Neilson, Bright, &c., Esqrs. The llr.
was of the most sumptuous quality, and reflected I 1 x 3 of
great credit on on the caterer, Mr. Whiteman Brunswick )1(e-c
Hotel.
Bent, Esq the cloth was removed, the chairman, J. he I
Qu•e,egngavto
" The the preliminary toasts of " The Queen," take
Prince of Wales,wager," " Prince Albert," " Albert ')efor,
he rest of the Royal Family," "The
Army and Navy.' and
"Sir Dighy Mackworth responded to the toast. The Chairman, in rising to propose the next toast, NTLEI
mid he had now to call particular attention to the important ne spo runs .. __ , person
objects of the meeting of that day. the I
all acquainted with the two-fold . They were, he hoped, answer to a charge of assault 0....ght ag...___
Victuallers' Association ; there
not, who did not understand the
character of the Licensed police-officer Richard Parry. The officer stated that on
might be some who were the previous evening the defendant was at the Zoological
'institution. (Hear, hear.)Fortunately,
and objects of the Gardens, and attempted to force his way into the ball-
would suffice for the purpose. The snoat'elY, a few words room without having a ticket. The defendant was intoxi-
lbjecto ' Iccomplish,—the first, to society had only two cated, and after being put back, repeatedly, and remon-
ist aggression on the rights') and
themselves strated with by the officer, he struck at him several times,
—the second object was the making privileges of and on one occasion inflicted a blow over the face. It
ision for the families of those menage
a neces- was stated that there was another offence of a similar
no require the sympathy and assistancersoi3f the character against Mr. John Mytton, also a sporting cha-
,c-tradesmen. Such principles should, he thir racter, who had assaulted Mr. Sumner, a gentleman con-
:eive the cordial support of every one, and more thought,e. takenned with the Licensed Victuallers' Society. He was
:jelly when it was remembered that never in a single lin- Kirkpatrick
to Bridewell, and liberated on giving bail. Samuel
stance had the association abused the power it possessed, fender?"'
go characters 4
or followed a contrary purpose to that laid down in their and hadn ene'of the ticket-takers, stated that the de-
was refused admission because he was disorderly
rules of
.government. He felt it scarcely necessary toprostitute with him. He was told that such
place. Mr.
not be admitted, upon which the assault
further into detail of the circumstances of the association ; took
but he could not help reminding them that the income of against the clef
r. Rushton said, the case was very severe
the institution was not of that permanent and self-sus- rank, to go into the
ball room
gentleman, presuming on his
tammg character which it ought to be to insure the full Society, intoxicated,ball-room of the Licensed Victuallers'
dvantages. of the institution to those who might at any wives and daughter
protected
and with a prostitute, amongst the
s of respectable tradesmen, was to(
require its assistance. it was, he would remind outrageous a thing to be tolerated. Mr. Rushton said he ).L., ..
_zessary to put the house in st. Anne-street in a was prepared to admit the right of res ectable people had been voted by the Uhamoet. _
man would to him be noth
x,ivv,
ansues;oonssure.
proper state. That this uncertain state of thin s would having their enjoyments
not be allowed to continue he had ample proof ofg. Those ; a finer) on the gentle- of Napoleon, had been illegally dispos
' A mite domiciliaire was fort
gentlemen he saw
around him were able and willing to to give sureties for his and h
support it. In conclusion, he called them to drink to meat at the next
on
The prisoner M tt
pppearance to answer any indict- Soyer's atelier, t e cannon being 1 -...a, a warran
icg, and he should order him tractor.
the prosperity of the Licensed V'custody.
ictuallers' Society, and Brown was fined £5
its Chairman and
taHees
iwna_xs.
ot_oheeanchor, clued into was made out for his apprehension. He had already ab.
Committee. Several other excellent diately. ht back to Paris to take
, winch he paidsconded, but was arrested at the Chateau of Fould, al
sPeechel were delivered, himself in ~,,,... .. , Y?n was liberated on bail, Poissy, and brought his trial. By a
most extraordinary coincidence, and one which is really

satisfies oy the evidence of ..r. Grantham anc
the otner witnesses, that the smoke-consuming apparatus
did not injure the boilers, and he hoped ovary person
connected with furnaces would take warning that, if

informati
would lie

COMMITTAL OF A SPORTING GENTLEMAN TO PRISON.
—On Thursday, James Brown, a person well known in

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