The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-01 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

AN UNWORTHY PAIIPER.—An aged widow, who gave
the name of Ellen Maynard, was, on Saturday, charged
with being drunk in the streets. The prisoner was in
receipt of out-door relief from the parish, and when she
received her money she always got drunk with it.
CHARGE OF STEALING £6.—On Friday, a stupid
Welshman, named Hugh Davies, charged a young girl,
named Ann Mansill, (who is distantly related to him,)
with having stolen from him £6, in Front Portland-street.
It appeared, from the evidence, that Davies, at the time
of the alleged robbery. was drunk, and that the mother
of the prisoner- sent her to take him home. Mr. Rush-
ton dismissed the case.

AGE AND FOLLY.—Nicholas Waite, closely verging
on three score years and ten, charged a dirty-looking
female with robbing him of 81 sovereigns, in a disorderly
house of the lowest description. The evidence was not at
all conclusive, and Mr. Rushton, in remanding the pri-
soner, said it was astonishing the amount of trouble and
expense which old fellows like the complainant imposed
on the borough of Liverpool.
ROBBERY OF SILKS, SATINS, &C.-A young lad,
named George Beddowes, in the employ of Mr. Hender-
son, hosier, of Church-street, and a man, named Price,
an assistant letter-carrier at the post-office, were, on
Friday, placed in the dock, charged with stealing
from Mr. Henderson's shop a quantity of silk handker-
chiefs, satins, linens, and a great many other things.
Beddowes is supposed to have stolen the things and sold
them to Price. The eoods were found in the

of several people, friends
left them at their houses

ho said that he had

Both prisoners were coin-

mined for trial

CLAIM AGAINST A PILOT.—At the Police-court, on
Friday, Captain Paterson, of the ship De Otte Sodskende,
appeared to substantiate a claim for damage to the ship
through the mismanagement of John Jones, the pilot,
but Mr. Rushton thought that he had no jurisdiction in
the matter ; the captain. must bring an action in the
County Court. The defendant was on board a ship
which had fouled another and damaged herself. Mr.
Cooke, the superintendent of pilots, said there had been
a preliminary inquiry into the matter, and the pilots'
committee were perfectly satisfied that the accident had
happened in consequence of the pilot's orders not being
obeyed. _

ASSAULT.—On Saturday, Ellen Fitzpatrick was sum-
moned for an unprovoked assault upon Bernard Samuel.
The complainant is the brother of Mr. Samuel, who was
instrumental in the detection of Wilson, the supposed
murderer of Mrs. Henrichson and her family. In conse-
quence of this the defendant and some other persons have
latterly annoyed Mr. Samuel and his family in various
ways. A few days ago the defendant threw a bucket of
water at the complainant, at the same time using the most
opprobrious epithets, one of which was, " When will you
get the blood money for the poor creature that will be
hung ?" Mr. Rushton said that young Mr. Samuel had
acted with a most determined courage and presence of
mind in causing the arrest of the supposed perpetrator of
that dreadful murder which had lately taken place in this
town, and he should not be subjected to any annoyance in
consequence. The defendant was fined 10s. and costs,
and ordered to find securities for her future good behaviour.
CONVICTION FOR SELLING GRAINS OF PARADISE.—
On Saturday, Mr. Blair, banister, and Mr. R. Brooke,
solicitor, attended before Mr. Rushton and Mr. Adam
Hodgson, at the instance of H.M. Inland Revenue, (late
Excise,) against Mr. Thomas Jenkinson, drysalter, of
Chapel-street, in this town, who was accused of having
sold to a brewer at Manchester a quantity grains of para-
dise, otherwise called Guinea grains. The defendant
appeared in court, and pleaded guilty to the offence. He
urged in mitigation that he did not know he was doing
wrong in selling an article upon which the duty of Customs
had been regularly paid on the importation, and that he
had only done what all other merchants and brokers would
have done, and that he was not aware of the penalty im-
Tpohseedmba
magistrates
thes tra
teain
Act of
consequence Parliament
mitigatedf r selling t ith eto
penaltybrewers.
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in
£5OO, imposed by the act, to £l2O, which sum the de-
fendant was convicted.

TOBACCO MIXED WITH RHUBARB AND OTHER LEAVES.
—Dr. Bateman, solicitor to the Excise, and Mr. R.
Brooke, solicitor, appeared before Mr, Rushton and Mr,

May 1,184!

Adam Hodgon, on Saturday, on behalf of li•—m
• Inl oßevenue, against Mr. Samuel Hill, wild is a detteed
tobacco in Waterloo-road, in this town, who svils Iterated
of having had in his possession a quantity of aan_a
tobacco. Mr. George Taylor, port-surveyor, St,ind•
James Reader, assistant export-surveyor, provedo4 of
ing the tobacco in defendant's shop, and that the ;elf
the roll was composed of leaves not tobacco, and
folded round or veneered with with tobacco leaf. 0'
George Phillips and John M'Culloch, from L°ndrat' thel
mining chemists to the Board of Excise, proved t bot
had examined the tobacco in question, and that on I,Y
rp
one-tenth of it was tobacco, and that the remain° solli.
composed of rhubarb and other leaves. Mr. Owen b 5
citor, appeared for the defendant, and stated that
inh`the
bought the tobacco from a man from Ireland, and a
was not aware of it being adulterated, and he cal e-o bil
landlord and other respectable persons to speak ;doe
character. The magistrates in consequence reitigao the
penalty of .C2OO, imposed by the act, and convie
defendant in the penalty of X. 50. a well'
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—OR Wednesday' be'
dressed lady, named Catherine M'Call, was brought
ork.
fore Mr. Rushton, charged with having stolen a.;',
box and other articles from Mr. Thomas Beesicii3clo.
captain of a Dublin steamer. A remarkable "t leg
sure was made. The prisoner, it appeared, laisisa eG
resided in Russell-street, in this town. She „a, is el
illegitimate child, the father of whom, it aPPearwni
the
gentleman of influence and wealth, residing ra °°•-butea
isiohuetrhaellryntecotuhneitriessupopforEt.ngmlanrd. ,
Beesley, Navin, hioleviceogutLleco::
r acquainted with the lady, induced her, although L"' site
married man, to reside with him as his mistreaN,
went with him to a house he had provided for 11'1:port
Kingstown, near Dublin. He lavished presents ,Iglif
her: and matters were proceeding comfortaehptairYo:,deepul).:redle.o3l
when Miss M'Call intercepted a letter from the told
her child, from which it appeared that Captehat'ci soti
had written to him, stating the position she occake,:ats,
he disclaimed supporting them any further. On t",1:vorl
covert', Miss M'Call became enraged, and destroye,,e'd tgi
present that Beesley had given to her. She Pac*eoff
eight boxes, containing her own goods, and came into
Liverpool. Mr. Beesley followed, and gave beget tv
custody for theft, his chief object being to induce . Jot°
her,give havingup an
referenceassignment t e ofee
m.Zel 3pOrti
prize
money
ehye
thea dsvlghl[i 15,
he
was entitled for services on the coast of Africa.
refused to give up. There had been no theft, an-
Rushton, of course, ordered the prisoner's discharge;,oty
THE ROBBERY AT THE WORKHOUSE.—Mary ti,ree;oo
Elizabeth Gregory, her daughter, and James An" re
son-in-law ofthe first-named prisoner, who had beeau gD
manded on a charge of having been concerned 01
extensive system of robbery carried on at the Livelit'
workhouse, were brought up for further examination. rt
Robinson attended on behalf of the parish, in suPP% for
the charge, and Mr. Davenport and Mr. Perabero rob,
the prisoners. The police-officers who detected the ,iart
bery, and took the prisoners into custody, were, at the
called and re-examined as to the property founu
recapitulationedge
loengFlrf iodramy
except O
Ailf t whathtehapt tothpwee 3;4
residence of the prisoners. Their evidence was claotel,
if rnrrlnvian.l ygteakdveeisncboiefore the naagiod Sad
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comprisea an sorts- of stores and provisions. 'i.clee
apparel, pieces of cloth and calico, shoes, bedding. a.rt t to
of domestic use, &c., &c., the quantity being suffietenoi,
fill a small cart. Two large pockets were produce.s,ol
lar to those which dropped from the elder female Pris`;,g,it
when she was apprehended. They were found ain,°hich
some wearing apparel in the house. The propertY,:v the
had the workhouse mark• upon it, was identified 'lied.
several tradesmen by whom the contracts were supPoo
A: number of other witnesses were examined. ,0111.
daughter was discharged. The other prisoners iverto"ori
mitted for trial. An application to admit the pri- bo
to bail was refused. Mr. Pemberton said he should
able to show, at the proper time, that the gocag4ea•
the bona fide property of the prisoners, and Mr. 1.1" ere
port said he should be able to show that the prr3ori
were not implicated in any charge of felony.

LANDSEER'S PICTURES OF " PEACI
" WAR."

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It was an intellectual treat to us—as it will, nr,""ts.,
be to many hundreds who are admirers of the fine 9,.r0t1f
to visit yesterday the two admirable pictures ice one
finished by our celebrated countryman Landseer; the the
representing the desolating effects of " War," andwee
other, of the same size, and in juxta position, the s
rural blessings of "Peace." .
Landseer, as a painter, especially in depicting enii
stands alime and unrivalled amongst modern and hYleo.
0
artists, not only in the fidelity and " life " of his repre
tations, but in the genuine poetry of his localitieslo
positions, which never fail to invest his productions ‘:,10;
a resemblance and reality which veritable genius alon4
achieve. He is equally happy in the farm-yard, ndeti
few lazy cows to deal with, and in a wild and unPfot
region, where the panting solitary deer betakes itself_tot
shelter or repose. Of the brute creation his studies '3O
have been extensive, and his perceptions of their 13.'14.
and appearance under all circumstances of ease or oreif
fering, are indubitably truthful. In delineating s;
forms, in the minutest details, he exhibits a th 0.370
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acquaintance with their anatomical structure, and tile
those passions or feelings that produce mutations in
eyes, the nostrils, and even the veins. AVOr. t
The mere idea of two pictures, one representing Ae
and the other Peace, presents so vast an amplitli"deet
subject to the mind, that one would wonder how sure o'
expression could be given to each respectively ,
view, each at first sight requiring for adequate illne";'"ery,
a series of views, or a panoramic prolongation of srcetroops
On the one hand, we recur to the marshalling el 21,1 of
and armaments, the reckless encounter in the
strife ; the dead and the dying ; the retreat of the ;,,c1
quished survivors ; the exultation of the victors
er
last, as a finale, the widow and orphans sorrowing _.,;00
their bereavement :—on the other, remnants of r;t,
becoming obliterated or hidden by homesteads and co
tages, the varied verdant landscape, t,be smiling gar";fig
the prolific field; the village green with old and 9°,0,
participating in the festive dance or the athletic gap
The painter of War and Peace was aware that an of
could not be accomplished, but by a master-strolie.,„(
genius ; by but a single scene in each of the contraettp
subjects he has done enough to lead the conte'nPle
mind to the full impression of the horrors of the o
and the beatitude of the other. is to
In his picture of War, it cannot be said that there of
animated being—a few figures only of the dead, and tto
one of the dying. A country house is presented a
moment after it is blown up by the springing.of a tainito
the fall through the roof of a bomb-shell. A huge ' to
has fallen upon a cavalry trumpeter, and crushed biT,, lg
death. His gray horse is also illed, and its rise'do
strongly depletive of the arch-destroyer—the filmY
rag,
and the protruding tongue. A trooper of the Life Geado.
his dead body near the other, and both on their be fig
The face of this last figure is hastly, and of that PecuijieS
expression, especially about the eyes, which acconWite to
recent death, and in this instance that of a warrior g°Pros.
his everlasting rest. His black horse is wounded, a
trate leg being broken, yet the animal still nobly str oe
gling, and half rampant. The details of the animal cropa
are altogether striking, and the colouring, and ligh,t,,or
shadow such, that criticism is puzzled to find a fault rd
rather is entirely disarmed. The ruins of the buildingdo.
shown in walls hurled from their perpendicular, and !di
rrouspet,edth;eavnidnea, piece
thoef
gtreerallnisiawmo,riks
holnowwnhiiecitiatgtreervsi,,,,,,el.
a portion of the building which it erewhile decorsi,th
Some roses and other plants still remain in bloo,°',al9
happy conception of the painter that " when war's aieh""sp'
blast is o'er," these gentle emblems of harmony an
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piness will yet continue to flourish. There is a heTisilt
'1 edifice in the distance ; but we have not
space for '0
and conclude this imperfect notice with an approllo.
extract from a poetical effusion by Mr. C. Swain, of 3
chester, suggested by the picture
"The steed, whose proud neck in WAR'S tempest was
tost'
Now leaps from the strife, but its rider is lost!
The columns are shattered—the banners o'erthrown,
And the lips are now stiff that the trumpet have blown.
All struggling and wounded the steed pants for breath,
Or, lifts its wild head in the grandeur of death ;
The limbs that shook earth 'neath the fire of their speed,
Now quiver, and quail, and grow week as a reed; The eyes that, like star-beams, glanced light o'er the _4..
_

....sancta utvvtaguitn ZULU Millen in convulsion and pain!
Slow straining each nerve, one last effort to make,
While his nostrils distended with agony shake,
He springs—and with firelock extended in air,
He dies—with the effort that mocked his despair !" „r
On viewing Mr. Landseer's simple but effective con
depiction of " Peace," we may well say, with to!,, the
" Look on this picture and on that !" The scene, Yore'
distance, is the town of Dover and the sea; the Log'
ground a sloping eminence, with the cliffs interve°,oof
The whole may be termed a eoast view. On a gY,g/t
bank are seen seated a group of three—a beautiful
boy, and a female infarit. The last holds a htgl,, the
worsted stretched between her extended hands,
girl, under whose gentle instruction the young one bof
dently acts, is beginning to wind it into a ball. Th 04,
is observing, with great and kindly interest, the 110 e
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in which the little one—his sister perchance—Per l
her labour of love. The straw-bonnet thrown bacltueein
the shoulders of the girl is a hit. A number ofLog
lambs, and goats are browsing by, or placently
in the sunshine. The painting of the whole of the pet'
mals is admirable, and in position and appearance e.v.,001
feet that it is scarcely a stretch of imagination to sutlit's,,oi
that the hand might grasp a horn, or pluck a elrl?er
wool. One of the finest conceptions of the pion' otcrj
dismounted and rust-eaten cerronade, in the foregt
which has become partially overgrown with gr,es;:teroc
from the very mouth of which a recumbent lamb
ping the herbage. Some of the goats—all enjoYinq,g, r
ease—are caparisoned with little saddles and gears OAr
used in the locality for the amusement of children,: 01,
racteristic of the scene, two sea-gulls are seen .",,° oth`e
over the adjacent cliffs, billing and fondling eac'iatilj,r
in their airy flight. The town of Dover is see3tDe
distance, and forming a projecting point into ,
bp, la
extended blue and placid waters of the sea,
studded here and there with distant vessels,
~iiceftlel,
sail, pursuing their noiseless way, indicative of r cce ,
,
and profitable international traffic. The wholebe coYll.
simple as its converse, is admirably indicative of t ,re
tentment, 'general happiness, and health which.o4,
results of national tranquillity and industry. In 10, icl/
tion of our own opinions, we again quote Mr. Siv3,l, ssr
in the course of some elegant verses on the subject'
" Come, let us mount the cliff, the crested height'
Where Dover rears her fortress to the sight
Like beings of the deep the vessels glide,
Proud of their own reflection in the tide ; re,
Proud of their mission,—which is WAR no 10hert;
But commerce, Christian love, from shore to s
The cannon—sentenced ne'er again to tioat„_.
Stilled the red thunder in its murderous throwt
ties, by the majesty of Truth o'erthroura,
Rusted, dismounted, weed and moss o'ergrovi:'
The cautious lamb hath dared to make its waY
Unto the very mouth which spoke—to. 1101
Whilst e'en the butterfly within it dips 5
And grain and flowers spring fronl 05 iron lip