The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-10-18 00:00:00

LIVERPAOI, POLICE.

RoarfEtta.-,a'On Sitiffday,,at the Police-ofilee, a ,man named
Robert Collins was brought up charged with having, (to Thurs-
day night; broken open the shun of Mr. Scallion, of;;Saliti,,use-
latie A person nattier.' James Ityeroft deposed -that hq was in
the service of Mr. Matthew Scallion, tailor, of Selthmuse-lane.
About Saved O'clock on Thiarldo.y night he mad the shop se-
cured arid fastened the door with padlock, and placed a num-
ber of trualers ready-made, which had been hutig, ;tear the door,
upon a shelf on one side of the ',shop. On going; tri the shop,
about SIX o'clock on Friday morning, he found a pannel of the
door had' been burst in as if with'a person's foot or. crow bar,
and on ente:ring: the shop he • missed about fourteen pairs of
trowsers and some waistcoats, jackptt, and coats. 4 constable
was standing at the shop door when he got there. He then
called at the Polieeafftce and gave. inftirmation of 'the 'robbery..
Thomas Divjes, apoliceman, deposed to stopping the prisoner,
about half-past ten O'clock; coming from Salthouse-lace with a
bundle under his arm.. -On asking him what he had got, he re-,
plied some clothes belonging to a captain, but. he did not recola
Sect his name. after-Wards Said he had got the clothes front
three boys. He then took lan to Bridewell. He (witness) on.
Friday Morning went to Mr. Scallion's shop and found that the,
door had been broken open. The Prisoner, in 'defence, said
three lads had ,liven' him tile cluthea. He Was et/ululated; to •
take his trial at the Sti-;..faions '
REWARDING VOlnlg entletr`wri',~as orettgut be
fore the magistrate on a: "Orafge cf having, on the preceding
evening, (Thursday,) thrown several halfpence, at successive
times, upon the stage of the Theatre-ReyA from the " slips" of
the upper boxes, thereby breaking; two- or three of the glasses
belonging to the footlights, and endangering the persons of the
performers who were then upon the Stage. Mr. Jonas and Mr.
13irchall stated the complaint. The magistrate having inquired,
the value of the glasses which were broken, Mr. Clarke, the
manager of the Theatre-Royal, stated that it wits dot ho account
of the paltry damage which had been done that' the taamplaint
was laid, but solely for the purpose tif'ptitting a stop to such un-,
thinking conduct. One of the halfpenceYhe said, had passed
between the heads of two of the performer§ who were upon the
stage, and, had it struck either of them upon-the face, it might
have seriously injured him. On this teprettentatitin of Mr.
Clarke the young gentleman was dismissed, after having been
bound over to keep the peace.
OVEReII A [WES BY CA R-DRIVE IM—A number or Caa:drivers
appeared on Saturday to answer suunnouses issued against them
for overcharges; Some of these had occurred during the late
festival, and were to a considerable ailment. One gentleman
had been charged 15s. for what tdrued out ,to be a three and six-
penny fare. The driver of the car NO. 281 Was summoned by
Mr Scaife, clerk to Mr: Radley, Adelphi Hotel, for hav-
ing charged a gentleman one shilling lon much fur driving
him from the Claret:ice Dock to the ion above named. Mr.
- Scaife, said, that he should not have summoned the man, in
the present instance, but that he made a common practice of.
charging more than his fare: The driver Made the usual racuses
of having been detained, of having driven fast by the gentleman's
orders, &c., all of which assertions were disproved by the testi-
mony of Mr. Wightman, of the Adelphi Shades, who was
called to give evidence of what the gentleman had said in
presence of the driver. The latter was fined 20s. and costs.

Loan SatvooN.--,We understand that .Lord Sandon will re-
main in town for some days, and will be glad to see any of his
constituents to-morrow, and on subsequent days, at the Claren-
don-rooms, at one o'clock each day.
Howls or? BusiNass.—We learn from a correspondent that
the respectable part of the woollen drapers h :vecome to the re-
solution of closing their respective shops at eight o'clock during
the winter months. This resolution does-them great credit.
NEW MaGisTavrEs:—:The Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire hat
recently appointed two new magistrates in the hundred of Wir-.
rail, viz., William Hetherington, jun., Esq., and Thomas D.

Case, Esq.
Inver. STEAM-BOATS.—In consequence of a paragraph which
appeared in the Chronicle of Saturday under this head, we have
been requested to state that the St. Mungo put back at the
unanimous request of the passengers, and nut front any incom-
petency to prosecute her voyage. She is the finest and most
commodious vessel on the station.
THE BOLTON AND BURY CANAL. AND RAILWAY.—This
splendid undertaking is fast progressing to completion, and will,
it is expected, be opened early in the next year. The share-
holders will be glad to learn that the large plot of land pur
chased some time ago, as a terminus at Manchester, on very
advantageous terms, from the incieasing value of land in the
neighbourhood of the railway, it is anticipated Will prove a
very lucrative source of revenue, and materially add to the
annual proceeds of the undertaking.
Me. JOHN SMITH'S LECTUERS.—The success which attended
the delivery of the course, last week, has induced ;111f. Smith to
announce the repetition of it during. the present week. The
lectures are highly interesting, and every parent, who has the
means and the opportunity, ought to send his ch►ldren to hear
the lectures and view the illustrations. We inay add, that Mr.
Smith's eno..remenis will not admit of his continuing his lec-
tures beyond the present week.—Sce the adv.
Mr. and Mrs. Wood perfornied, in the EngliSh version of the;
opera of La Seinnamba/a, at the Theatre Royal, Manchester,
on Saturday last. The house was crowded to an overflow ; the-
receipts amounted to upwards of £240. The audience testified
their delight by the most enthusiastic applause ; and at the fall
of the curtain, Mr. and Mrs. Wood were loudly cal:ed fur, and
upon their reappearance, were greeted With cheers by the au-
dience from all parts of the theatre. The opera was then an-
nouncerl for repetition in Manchester on Saturday next.
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AFFAIR 0I? HoNouß.—A misunderstanding which might 06S-.
sibly have occasioned unpleasant if not fatal consequences, in-
asmuch as it was put to mortal arbilrement, occurred at the
Fancy Ball on Friday night. The parties were Mr. D. N
and Mr. W—, jun., and the cause was a dispute as to which
of them had a right to call the tune for a quadrille. Mr. W---=
having ordered a particular tune, Mr. counterman, e I
the order. Some words passed, and on the following day Mr.
W— sent a challenge, Which was duly accepted. The parties
met at an early hour on Sunday morning, and exchanged shots.
The ball of Mr. N— slightly grazed his antagdnist's thigh,
and this being deemed sufficient satisfacti-itt, the combatants
Separated, just as they had Met, Without being reconcildd to each
, other,-or anything in the shape df apology or elplariatliM on
I either side.

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VALUABLE SALES OF PROPERTY BY Mr. GEORGE RoulNs.-,
We perceive that Mr. Robins will shortly bring- to the hammer'
a valuable coal estate in Wales. The surface is of very rich
laud, and there are under 1000 acres, one of the most prolific
bads of coal in the empire. It is the anthracite, or stone coal, and
although this year's consumption is 20,000 tons, it needs only
sufficient capital to extend it to 100,000 annually. It is conjec-
tured the profit may be increased to upwards 01'120,000 a year.
The Crown, at Harrogate, is accounted the finest hotel in Eng-
land ; it makes up 130 beds, and is full every night during the
season, besides which there are stalls for near 100 horses in tuetr
extensive court-yard. The proprietor has just realised a famous
fortune, and George Robins invites competitors to follow (we
use his own words) scblaudable an example.
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THE CHEMICAL NUISANCES.—" Er niltilo nikii fit." This
sentence is peculiarly applicable to the proceedings of our wise'
and virtuous town council,iwith regard to the chemical nuisances
at the north end of the town. They deceive the suffering inha-
bitants with a promise of good which they never intend to fulfil:
They pass a bye-law of penalties, and nullify its object by•deny-
ing compensation to the informer; i ti 1 i fter plenty o' vapott, iny,
the thing ends in smoke. The victims or these nuisances, in
Scotland and Vauxhall Wards must take the matter into their
own hands—nor must the aunoyel electors in Everton and Sr.
Anne's Wards forget to give these lazy praters a hint, at the
ensuing election, that they have no confidence in those,
"Who keep the word of promise to the ear, •
" And break it in the hope."
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ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The Albion of yesterday containi
an ill-natured attack upon the Liverpool Zoological Ga•rdens.
The article, to our own knowledge, abounds iu mis•stutements
of the grossest nature, and tie have no doubt that in other
points it is equally eironeeus
drawn between the Liverpool and the Surrey o,trdens,,eems to
Tht' contrast to be
indicate pretty plainly the source front which the rental ks re-
ferred to proceed. We tut) state, however, that with the ex-
ception of the natural sheet of water in the Surrey Gardens,.
the Liverpool establishment is in every respect its superior.
Mr. Atkins's spirit and exertions are too well known in this
neio-hbotirhdod to render any defence of him at all necessary,
and we think he will best consult his own character and dignity
by leaving unnoticed the strictures in question, which So far
from being dictated, as pretended by the writer, by a feeling of
good will towards his establishment, ate devoid of ecinatiion can-
: le:Fttiy..—This wonderful animal has been at length
isrsintaenadod the Sphynx—no ',Vane"
of
Liverpool; it reached here on Thursday last,.
animal la i'
wasi'lier'? aesnsseed ci°v int cl(i);ilritsi es
e" people.flals crew t'or-
a it having
been seen for three centuries and a half in Europe. The animal'
taai and
idnuslh,gat sipwer. beenuin
dn
iteo
Ili
now exhibiting in Church-street is one of three introduced into
England, last July, by Mr. Warwiek, who visited upper Egypt
for the purpose of procuring them. We subjoin the fol-
lowing description from a pamphlet published by Mr. Warbrick.l
" The height of these animals when in an admit state,is reported
by authors to he from eighteen to twenty feet, and even up-
wards, from the Ole of the font to the summit of the head.
Sonnini speaks of them as sometitnes attaining the first-men-
tioned stature; Vosmaer affirms that some very respectable
persons had assured him they had killed giraffes twenty-tiiree
feet high; and Delalande is stated to have seen, at the Cape of
Good Hope, a skin which measured twenty-four feet; Major
Hamilton Smith, however, save, .‘ among a dozen specimens'
which we have seen, Mr. Burchell's male, in the British mu-
seum, is the tallest, and 'measures -seventeen feet six inches ;"
and L 6 Valliant, judging from the great number which he
saw, and those which he killed, considers the usual height of
the male to be from fifteen to sixteeu feet; (French,) and that
of the female from thirteen to fourteen. The writer saw a skin
imported last year from SOuth Africa, Which measured twenty-
one feet."

LORD DE SACMAREi.—It forms a part of our painful duty to
record the death of Admiral Lord de Sautuarez, one of the best
naval officers, and most amiably' disposed gentlemen of his
time, and long highly esteemed by our gracious Sovereign. We
furnish the particulars of this distressing event from the Chan-
nel Island's Gazette. Lori de Saumarez was a staunch conser-
vative in principle, and he was elevated to the peerage during
Earl Grey's administration, at the express instance of the King.
as a mark of personal friendship, and the sense entertained by
his Majesty of hii merits. We kudw, front a private and au-
thentic source, that on his Majesty Signifying personally to this
veteran officer his wish and pleasure to confer on him that mark
of royal favour, the gallant admiral said,
truly grateful and sensible of your kindness, hut you know 1 ant
onsly vote for the
a tory in politics, and that I cannot conscienti
ch I most re-;
reform bill. nor stipport.the Minisiers; and as su ..,
" Vow Majesty, I ant
ague itti4a rieizbedraidl
peervo t vole
ed Kina in .' I
mind, Sinimarez," said our gracious•heart.
nil,
~_reply, luctantly lieg your Majesty to decline the honour," " Never
give it ydu as the earnest of Inv private lye , hip
,rile.as yoti
_The noble admir4 was in his
laitrkiiicst lilt eisb'ni bill e;dllieusts
horn in 1/57. Lord de. Saumarez had a
80th year. having been ho 1
years
..,
tCl;•ittol'o(kil.i.d.alteetiS!
brother, who practised for several ~
Dixon,urgeon at New-
created to neutralise that vute.
a
, it*ton, in Surrey, in partiters.hip with Mr. Di as " Sauma.-
Ltooardd( iG,
rez-and Dixon," ani who retired some few years hack with an
property. These are additional items its favour of that
ample .. ,
L •I d '• • •
constitution to which' Lord e Saumarez was devotedl y•• • tache d
at. ~
as well as having been the friend and companion i
Nelson. His son .(the present Lord) left Cheltenhamn arias of
Guernsey express, immediately on receipt for
of intelligence of his
' father's de,ease. , • •
TAXES AND YOUR RATRS.L-It is the f
'class of economists, including the ad asliion with a certain
to attribute all the ag,ricultura I d' vptates of the new poor law,
poor rates. That their increase tetriss to the pressure of the
not deny ; but frod the _ had become enoimous we do
front Cobbett's "Ltio following statement, which we copy
increase of the Out/ `'Lunacy to Labonrers," it will be seen that the
arnment taxes • ' '
pressure, therefore,of was much greater, and the
important : , the latter touch inure considerable and

POOR RATES
Reign of James 11. £160,000
1776 1,496.,906
17b9 2,250,000
/833 6.700,U0U

GOVT. TALES..
ELM) 000
8,000,000
16,000,000,
52i000,000