The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-06-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

A ,PITC.IIED BATTE r PREVENTED.—On Tuesday, eight men,
named Patrick. Canning, Martin Murphy, Edward Connolly,
James Dunun, Charles Graham, sen., and Charles Graham,
jun.; Thomas Richards, and George M`Carthy, were brought
before Mr. Hall. Mr. Whitty stated, that he had received
information , that there was to be a pitched battle in the neigh-
bourhood of Windsor, lie give orders to the Inspector and
officers of the district to prevent the rencontre. At the appointed
hour a considerable body of men assembled in a field near
Windsor, and preparations were made for the commencement
of the combat. On seeing these demonstrations, the police
advanced, and the crowd moved off. Shortly afterivards, how-
ever, they re-assembled in another field further from the town.
The officers again marched towards them, when they again de-
parted to another-field, were preparations were made for a light.
The officers continued to advance till they came up to the mob,
who now no longer retreated. The Inspector of Police com-
manded the crowd to disperse. To the astonishment of the
officers, every man in the crowd produced a bludgeon, and one
or two of the individuals advanced, and an immediate affray was
the consequence. The officers were assaulted with great violence
and determination, and several of them, Mr. Whitty said, were
so severely injured, , that it would be some days before they would
be able to attend to their duties. At length the police gained
the victory, the bulk of the crowd dispersed, and some of the
ringleaders, with others who were present, were captured.
Police-officer No 70, stood forward and said he could identify
all the prisoners as having been in the crowd. Canning and
Connolly'he saw very actively employed, and they struck one
or two of the officers. Police-officer 126 identified Connolly,
as one of the ringleaders in the affray. He saw him with a
bludgeon in his right hand, and a large stone in the other. He
(Connolly) threw the stone amongst the officers. He also saw
Murphy using every endeavour to instigate the crowd to action
against the police. \Viten the latter arrived, he called out
"'Stand, boys," seeming to fear that the crowd would again
retreat. He (witness) kept. his eye upon him, and when the
rout became general lie pursued him. lie ran swiftly to Wind-
sor, where witness apprehended him, he having been beaten to
a stand-still Policeofficer 231 identified Dunun, who, he said,
had a sort of bludgeon, with which he laid about him most
violently. Connolly he also saw with a large stone, which he
threw among the officers, and a stick with which he struck
several. Police-officer 273 identified Richards, who, it appeared,
had been out of custodyon bail. This individual had used much
bad language, the officer said, but he did not see him strike any
person. He ordered him to go a way, but he refused. Police-
officer 250, stated that he was pursuing the retreating crowd, he
saw Graham, sen., running. He ran after him, and as he made
a grasp at him he threw him over into a pit. Graham swam
over to an eminence in the middle of the pond. While he was
there, Graham, jun., came to the side of the pond and told him
toseturn. He did so, and he (the officer) took them both into
custody. The same officer swore also to M'Carthy as having
been in the crowd. It appeared, that Richards was booked to
the Inspector, who was so much injured that he could not attend
the Courts. A gentleman said he was walking in the Park on
the preceding day, when he saw a crowd standing in a field par-
leying with some police officers. He saw several individuals
of the crowd rush upon the.police and knock one of them down.
The officer lay upon his face, and while prostrate was beaten
most brutally with sticks. A man in a barragan jacket, he be-
lieved it was Canning, struck the prostrate -officer most fero-
ciously. He begged the police office to retreat, or tbey would
get murdered. When he saw how the mob were behaving he
called out " Murder," upon which several individuals attacked
him„ took his own stick from him, and beat him with it. Two
young gentlemen, (brothers) named Rickerby, identified Can-
ning and M`Carthy. Canning, Murphy, Connolly, and Dunun,
said they were present merely by accident, and they denied that
they had used any violence towards the officers. Graham, sen.
said he merely went into the field to see what had occasioned
the disturbance. Seeing that the police officers were pursuing
the crowd, be was running to get away, when he was tumbled
over itito the pond by the police-officer. His son, with whom
he had been in company, came to the side of the pond and spoke
to him. Graham, jun., corroborated this statement. The ex-
cuse made by Richards was to similar effect. M'Carthy denied
that he ever had been in the field at all. Mr. Rickerby stepped
forward and swore that he saw this prisoner in the crowd pretty
actively employed.
Mr. HALL, after animadverting on the conduct of the pri-
soners, ordered Canning, Murphy, Connolly, and Dunun, to
pay a fine of £5. each, or, in default of payment, to be com-
mitted to the House of Correction for two months. M'Carthy
was ordered to pay a fine of £l. 10s. in default to be committed
for three weeks. The two Grahams and Richards were dis-
charged.
FILCHING FROM SAILORS.—On Wednesday, at the Police-
office, an abandoned female, and a man named John Morris,
the keeper of two houses of ill-fame in Ben Johnson-street,
were placed at the bar, charged with having robbed a sailor of
his money, his hat, and his handkerchief. The sailor stated
that he had just arrived in the town, and went to a public-,house,
where he met the male prisoner. He (complainant) said, he
wished he knew where to go to for a bed, as he was much tired.
The prisoner Morris said he could provide him with a bed, and
conducted him to his house, and on the way they were joined by
the female prisoner, and in the house had some rum, at which
the female foined, and he suspected her of having picked his
pocket. He afterwards went to bed, and in the morning found
his hat, neckerchief, and coat gone. The male prisoner gave him
his coat again, but refused to let him have his hat and necker-
chief till he had paid 7s. 6d. for his lodgings. The complainant
refused to do this, and went and pawned his coat, and offered
the male prisoner 2s. for his hat and neckerchief, which the
prisoner Morris, however, refused to give up without7s. fid., and
the complainant accordingly acquainted time police with the cir-
cumstance, anti both the prisoners were taken into custody. It
was stated by the policeman that the male prisoner kept two
common brothells. The prisoner Morris denied that he had
charged the complainant inure than is. 6d. for his bed.—Mr.
Hall ordered Morris to Lind bail to answer the charge of keeping
these houses at the sessions: the girl was acquitted.

FOOLISH CONDUCT.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office,
two piostitutes and three men, bullies,, were charged with rob-
bing the master of a ship, named Walter Sparke, of £27.
Inspector Cockrane said, that a little after twelve o'clock that
morning he received information of a man having been robbed
in Lace-street of about £3O, and a description of two girls who
had robbed him. He went there,-and discovered the two girls
in company with the three male prisoners, and he took them all
into custody. On one of the girls he found four sovereigns, and
on the other 16s. 3:1.--.The complainant stated, that he was a
shipmaster, and had the money on him to pay some bills, and
was coming down the street rather in liquor, and got ticed
away. He had nothing to do with the girls ; it was not his way
of doing. (A laugh.) He went to a house with them, and one
of the girls snatched the money out of his pocket, and the other
ran away with it. He turned round to follow her when he was
faced by three bullies, who fought with him till both girls got
off. It was a very bad job for him. He had lost four £5 notes
and -seven sovereigns.—Mr. Hall remanded them till next
morning.
EMIGRANTS.—On Wednesday, at the Police-office, Mr.
Jones, of the emigration office, applied for a summons against
Patrick O'Neil, emigration agent, for refusing to pay a number
of emigrants a shilling a day for detention, according to con
tract. The summons was granted.
POST-OFFICE ItOBBERY.—A boy, aged about thirteen years,
was on Wednesday placed before Mr. Hall, charged with hav-
ing defrauded his master. A gentleman named Phibbs, stated
that the prisoner bad been in his service as an office-boy. On
the preceding morning he sent him to the Post-office for his
letters, He brought him one letter, for which be said he had
paid Is. Bd., which sum was marked on the, back. As this was
an extraordinary charge, he suspected that all wasnot right. He
went to the post-office to make inquiry, and there he discovered
that the real postage had been eightpence, and that the prisoner
hail put the figure indicating the extra shilling himself. A
clerk from the post-office corroborated this evidence. The boy
was very much distressed. Mr. Hall remanded the prisoner,
at the same time intimating that he should like to see his

father.
INGENIOUS DEVlcE.—Yesterday, at the police-office, a
young lad, whose name we suppress for the sake of his friends,
was brought before the magistrates, charged with defrauding a
number of persons of the pretended carriage of parcels. A
number of individuals appeared who stated that the prisoner
had left a parcel with each-of them stating that it had come from
Manchester and was to be paid sixpence carriage. In each
instance the carriage was paid, and all the parcels contained
notes purporting to be written by Messrs. Geo. Dean and Co.,
carriers, of St. Anne's square, Manchester, and stating that
they had received a parcel, carriage paid, for the individual, and
that as they were not in the habit of forwarding such parcels
without advice, and wishing to know what was to be done with
it. On the parties duped writing to Manchester, to Messrs.
Dean and Co., it appeared that no such parcels were there. A
great number of individuals were in attendance at the court
who produced their parcels for which each of them had paid 6d.
Mr. Hall ordered the informations for his commitment to be
taken. A gentleman stood up and said the lad had very res-
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FURIOUS DRlVlNG.—Yesterdav, at the Police-office, a groom
named Henry Jones, in the service of Mr. Samuel Untrue, was
placed before 111 r. Hall, charged by officer 192 with being drunk
in the street, and furiously driving and upsetting- a gig. The
officer stated, that at .seven o'clock on Wednesday afternoon,
the prisoner was given into his charge for being drunk and up-
setting a horse and gig in Fleet-street into a cellar. On taking
him into custody he had been very violent and abused him.—
Mr. Holmes said he had ordered the man, who was his groom.
to put one of the horses in the gig and bring it down to the
office. Soon after he was told that the horse and gig bad been
upset, and that the groom was drunk. The horse was a very
fine one, for which he had given £5O but three weeks before,
and the man bad broken his knees and completely ruined him.
He bad taken the man into his service not Very long ago, in a
very distressed state. He could forgive the injury to the horse,
but the conduct of the man afterwards, at his place of business
had been so riotous and disorderly, he could not look over that.
The man was put back till a second magistrate arrived, to be
punished for the assault. He was then ordered to pay 308. and
costs, or be committed for three weeks to the Borough gaol.—
Mr. Hall said he had behaved as bad as man could do, both to
his master and to the officer; for it appeared he had been in
the police force formerly, and ought to have known better than
assault an officer.
STABBlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police.Offize' a young boy,
named John Higgins, was placed before the magistrates,
charged with having that morning stabbed another boy in the
breast. A person named Leathom, stated that he was crossing
Hatton-garden that morning, and saw the prisoner strike
another boy in the breast. He proceeded a few yards and saw
blood gushing out of the breast of the boy that was struck, and
then he immediately seized the prisoner by the collar, and took
a large pair of newly-ground scissors out of his hand, with
which it appeared be had struck the other boy.. A surgeon ap-
peared, who stated that the boy stabbed was pierced above the
fifth rib on the left side into the lung, and he could not as yet
tell whether inflammation would ensue or not. The prisoner
was remanded to this day.

LIVERPOOL. CORONATION REGATTA.—We understand that
the arrangements relating to this regatta (to take place on the
Mersey on the 28th June, in honor of her Majesty's corona-
tion) are progressing rapidly. Two tents are.to be erected in
the neighbourhood of Rock Ferry, for the purpose of providing
refreshments for the visitors. The esplanade, extending from
the Rock to the New Ferry, and about three quarters of a
mile in length, capable-of accommodating several thousand per-
sons, is admirably adapted for the purpose of viewing a scene
of this kind. Several yachts and boats are expected from Ches-
ter, Dublin, Cork, Belfast, and other places, and we are assured
that a vast concourse of strangers will be' present should the
weather prove favourable. As this is the only public demon-
stration yet announced in honour of her Majesty in the im-
mediate vicinity of Liverpool, it cannot fail to be attended with
unusual attractions.

ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, MAY 28. W e
have had another brisk market to-day; the demand for pieces
still continues good, and somewhat better prices have been ob-
tained for the finer sorts of goods. There has also been a fair
quantity of business done in Wool to-day, and the price may be
.fpted R §hade 4igher,