The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

Liverpool, Mr. F. Shand is the et

appeaied *hat

the whole of the fotfe

Vein sold, the debt of the comr.

that sour'- a by the sum of £7,706; but, 'much to the sur-
prise of directors, Sir William'Cubbitt, who, as stated
in last !report, was appointed arbitrator between the com-
pany tud the Newry Navigation, had, by his award of
£1;800 against this company, added- so much to the out-
standing obligations. In amordance With the pledge given
at tht last half-yearly meeting, the directors had endea-
voured to carry into effect a junction. with the Newry and

Enniskillen Company for mutual -advantage ; but' they
regret to say that the ternis-prOposed by that company
were such that they could 'not, with due regard to the
-company's interests, comply with them. The real obstacle
Which prevented an agreement was not that stated by the.
-Chairman of the Newry and Enniskillen Company at their
;meeting in July last, 'but -the-lel/is-11 of that company to
-adopt the principle ofdiViiion; the directors consider
the only fair one. The directors had not yet succeeded
in procuring the whole of the money necessary to re-.
new the debentures at ;per cent., at which they are;
willing to borrow ; but they had, nevertheless, been ac-
commodated with fonds t0:411.e advantage of the company,
and had no doubt, when 'the present tightness of the
money market shall 'have.passed away, that they will be
able to procure all that they require. The traffic on the
line continued to increase, confirming the confident ex-
pectation of the areetors, fiat when, at the expirationof
Mr. Dargan's lease, theqine again comes into the posses-
sion of the company, a much larger return may be antici-
pated. Mr. Spac'kman, ',secretary of the Newry 'and
Enniskillen Railway, appeared as a shareholder to condemn
the policy of the directors in not having amalgamated with
that company. lie was,replied to by Mr. Charles Holland
and others, after which the report was adopted.:
DOCK COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
Thursday, Mr. Turner:in the chair. The Suh;Committee
levels at tbethzoTWeeadpptoi,un-Daectkh,epwrooprokseedxbecyuttedhe Huenaldtehr
of Works recommended That the arrangement as to the
thee°sllafimrme-cerLorta—mThitteere, that'as
sdaurionnsfroiomn, athneotslurvier
in-
structed to proceed :with the foundationthe --:intended
d d
of e. warehouses on the south u quay of the Stanley Dock if
found practicable, *itheut interfering
of the dock. The.Chai. •n 8 with 'the working
thed contracts on the one
side were going onrolowi andai
desirable to make s 3”
the committee -thought it
other side. The recommendation
for proceeding cr. the
Chairman was agreed to.—The
stateitirrrererence to the works at the north
docks, that on a recent 'inspection only 40 bricklayers 'cklay r
found to be at work ; 'there should have been 400 er"vseooe.
A conversation'fiillotrea, from which it appeared to the
feeling of the committee that, though the contractor /night
have some diFiculty:ingetting men, he was responsible for
proceeding with the 'works, and the Dock Trust ought not
to be the sufrerers.--ahe committee of master porters re-
commended that-the wages of the keepers of weights and
scales be increased from 20s. to 225. 6d. per week. Mr.
er3ec°-or.rn:the°emenir.
Bigham and Mr. -Evans opposed the increase. Ulti-
mately an amendmead, that the matter be referritPback,
with a recommendation to put the men .on the same
footing as dock gatemen, was carried. Duringthe con-
versation, Mr.Bigham.stated that it would be injudicious;
with a surplus of only •£booo, after one of the most pros-
perousyiNirs . ever known, to increase their expenditure.—
A resolution was read: which had been passed by the -Baths
Committee, in reference to the intention of the 'Dock
Trustees to constrict :,new works, which, it was thought,
would interfere with -the pier-head baths. The 'Baths
Committee considered that the loss and destruction of
those baths wimild•cause additional expense, rendeiing a
pumping establishment necessary ; and they recommend
the Council not to ;sanction the contemplated arrange-
ment. The chairman remarked that the Baths ',Com-
mittee'had taken a great deal for granted as regarded
what the Doek Trustees intended to do. Mr. lligham
said the resolution Of -the Baths Committee was in oppo-
sition to what the Council had- determined, a-s laird had
been bought at Evertonr for a reservoir in which to pomp
salt water. The pier,ltead baths had been declared-to be
so expensive as to -be li•nsisance. He thought the:•com-
mittee had gone out of Abeir duty in passing such Areso-
lution, and doubted,wliether it should be received. The
chairman considered thatits it was a courteous communi-
cation, the Dock Committee were bound to treat itas
such. The matter was referred to the Sub-Committee:-of
Works to give an answer to it.—The Finance Committee
recommended an .advance. of salary, from £l5O to £2OO
per annum, to George C. Jaekson and Richard Mason, two
book-keepers in the -treasurer's department. A conver-
sation thereupon ensued, and it was agreed to refer the
matter back to the Finance- Committee.

NEW ORANGE INsTtTUTIGN AT ST. HELENS.—The
opening of a new lodge at St.'llelens, in connection with
the Loyal Orange lustitutionof Great Britain and Ireland,
took place on Wednesdaydast, at the King's Head hotel.
Arrangements had been made for a lecture on the prin-
4ciples and duties of members, prior to their enrolment;
the large assembly-room was fitted up with the national
emblems, &c., and a large assemblage of ladies was pre-
,sent, anxious to hear the principles of Orangeism, and by
-their presence grace the appearance of the meeting. At
the hour appointed, the R. W.D. G. AI., W. Clark,
Esq., of Liverpool, entered the room, in company with
the Hon. G. S. and other grand lodge officers, who
were enthusiastically received. When the enthusiasm
had subsided, the G.T. introduced the D.G.M., who
opened the proceedings by the usual,form of prayer. The
D.G.31 then gave his address in eloquent terms, and was
warmly cheered in the course of ,its delivery. He showed
the protesting spirit of our ancestors, from the invasion of
the &visas to the great revolution, an epoch which
settled on a firm foundation those rights :and privileges
which now are Britain's pride and boast, and that the
13111 of Rights was not the work of that time alone, but
Was-the confirming and securing of what the nation had
been struggling for through many generations. He next
skewed that the Orange Society had been, and ever would
be, a protesting and repelling system against foreign 'lt"
vestal", or home rebellion; that, with God's 'blessing, I
was the mainspring of action to support our Chureh, our
Queen, and our glorious constitution; and also it was, he
said, the lever which bad raised Protestantism high above
subserviency to Popery, and that if the powerful
stimulus of Orangeism were removed, or suspended, our re-
ligion and liberties would be torn from us, He then re-
minded the meeting ofihe heroes, soldiers, and martyrs, who,
to gain the liberty we now enjoy; had endured agony and
torture; and that, amidst the strife of war and persecution,
through them the flag of truth and liberty had been
pheld ; that martyrs had not been burned, that they
(the meeting) should be enthralled ; nor had heroes
bled, that they should be the vassals or slaves of Popery.
He alluded to the memory of their devoted and high-
hearted ancestors, to the thrilling deeds of glory with
Jo h their names are imperishably connected ;—their
undying..l,soveid love
ee of liberty—their zeal—their enthusiasm for
ments
nil in life—their fidelity in danger and in death. These,
'_, he, are things of which you have no right to boast, if
hisueaptirienesatlheoostdahtoliabhe.
Bible
ee
rtzubdeiaytoeurd, ruler,ied
)Izreeted. He exhorted them to be faithful and
true to
hand it the sacred trust committed to their care, and to
hued he,
cowmne unimpairedwha to posterity ; and then, conti-
recollection. mifayf,ebane
found but
whaeatl,twruoee,tleibeeartrya, solreeryar,
c o nil tlry., eavnecin deatht,
each other, we may look back with a grateful
sent, to give After an urgent appeal to the friends pre-
brhaveilFweoenniseniTedhitopfulgivsanat
install
the Right Nin their me.s as candidates for admission,
g list ; a 1,
am' amidst much applause,
another lecture in a month.—
hated, and a lonful wc.;narnes seanrri
Ras teh( opened in due form
as
thethe grawnordsgtdipiciel,s,dgieu,?,
tres a large number were mi-
._ n for approval. At
Vtion.T.,
Brother Joseph Taylor
the close of the proceed'
with their ladies, in
supply of good things
Thee a plenteous
v!, an..l.o:oal7YWTeert the brethren,
toasts were drunk, addedastoPr7lded•
&c., of the Grandis
England and the Orange 1 It'ich was ki,,
of„ excellen,
G.T., N. Bradley, Esq., ,T, LitTe,
trict, Liverpool, and Brother
Lodge, made some excellent observai•
various speeches the D.G.M. respondedi°ins ; and stylise
and spoke in terms of commendation
T. J, Ouseley, Esq.. The toast of the evening M;hilV,P*Al,
to Brether Taylor and the Lancashire Witelie'g.—;'' was.
may be supposed, enthusiastically received, and - as' "
warwisa, .u .
371 .
he,
eNorthChup lro Church
1I
D loyale rosf.
responded to by Brother Taylor. The brethren suitably
bitants of St. Helens have not enjoyed a moreAdtifyininhag," festival for a long tinle,—(Fr4m a cQrrespondent)

IPOOI

New:Yorl

,
is to be commanded by Captain Edward:
Australia. She will be 190 feet long, 42
feet deep, and about 1,600 tons measurein
be launched in December next. _ _ _

VTI

THE DOG NUISANCE.—A vigorous raid has been com-
menced on the part of the police against..vagraut dogs and

their owners. On Thursdiy, upwards of 400 persons were
summoned before the mayor for having allowed their dogs
to go at large in the public streets. All these cases have
originated since the mayor called the attention of the
police to the dog nuisance. In each case where ownership
was proved, a fine of 55., with 2s. 6d. costs, was inflicted.
FLEETWOOD, PE,ESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION.

—The half-yeaigy meeting was held at the Town Hall,
Preston, on Monday last week, Mr. T. B. Addison in the
chair. The statement of accounts showed—Receipts to
June 30, 1853, £157,822 ss. 4d. ; arrears of calls, £18,954
10s. Bd.; awaiting completion of forfeiture, £19,941 ; total,
£196,717 las. Balance due to bankers, £3,378 9s. 9d.
The chairman believed that no change had taken place in
the position_ of the company since the last half-pearly

meeting, and therefore there was no formai t t reporo be
presented on this occasion. After a short conversation
the proceedings terminated.

Airuoul BOItEA.LIS.—On Friday, there was a beautiful
display of the aurora borealis, or " Northern lights."
The coruscations were most brilliant, and from dusk till
midnight the whole of the horizon to the northward and
westward was illuminated with intermittent flashes of
light. About half-past eight, a singular body of light was
visible immediately over the town. Its appearance re-
sembled the ray thrown out by the elecctric .light, only
that it took a zigzag direction, and appeared denser in
substance. It appeared very low in the atmosphere, and
many were puzzled to make out what it could be, not a
few supposing it to be " the comet" increased in its
dimensions. That " illustrious stranger," however, had
sunk below the horizon before seven o'clock.

PICISAAUMONIC CONCERT.—The fifth performance of
the year'took place on Monday before an exceedingly large
audience. Upon the whole the concert was successful,
though the illness of both Gardoni and Tagliafico, and
the extreme nervousness of Mlle Bellini, detracted in
some degree from the interest of the concert. An addi-
tional attraction was afforded by the performances of the
clever boy pianist, Arthur Napoleon, who astonished the

Hence bs his extraordinary plying. Though only eight

years and a half old, he exWniedconipositions with an ap-
preciation for the intention of the composers, and display-
ing an executive facility which surprised every one preseht,

THREATENED STRIKE AT IkIiNCHESTER.—We regret
to have again to record vymptoms of differences between
employers and employed, This time it is the manufac-
turers of domestics who are seeking an advance of wages,
and, seeing how very tuiremunerative this branch of trade
has been for a length of time, and is at' present, their em-
ployers have not been able to comply with the demand of
ten per cent., whieh is the advance required.. In conse-
quence, the operatives in four or five large mills have
given the requisite week's notice, and left their employ-
ment this week. Their example has been followed by
others, and thgr notice will expire next week, when they
are expected also to strike work. ln someinstances they
may succeetl'in obtaining a temporary advance, until the
warps and Weft in the hands of the manufacturer are used,
but then, :assuredly, the mills must be -closed. All the
year the "trade has been. unremunerative,, with brief in-
tervals'; and it is clearly impossible to -afford more for
labour .6tpresent.—Manchester Courier.

likAttll OF THE TOWN.—The meaital officer of health
repotts"that, in the week ended the .7th ult., there was
.ecrease in the mortality of the borough, the

again -E

deaths r

;gistered having been Ig3, against 192 in the

preiious 'Week, whilst the average •:of the same week of
former years was 230, without cholera. Of the 66 deaths
froth zymotic diseases 43 were from diarrhoea, &c., a
smaller number than in the .corresponding week of any
year since 1848. Of the 43 who,died not fewer than 40
were infants and children. Typhus caused 4 deaths,
scarlatina 3, small-pox 1 (unvaccinated), purpura 1. A

patent, aged . 34, died from -hydeophobia-, having been
-slightly bitten, about three months previously, by a dog,
in the country.. From diseases of the lungs there were
_3B deaths, against 53 in the precious week. One death
from delirium tremens was reported—a male, aged 54.
A fatal case of imported chOlera, reported as "Asiatic,"
occurred on Wednesday, 'to 'a German emigrant, aged-20,
who was attacked with-the disease in its premonitory stage
in Hamburgh, a fortnight preciously, and who negleeted
; to employ means to arrest its-progress, until within a few
• hours previous to his death. The medical officer of health,
having investigated this -case, finds it to have been of
foreign origin, and is of opinion there is no reason at
present to apprehend an outbreak of epidemic cholera in
Liverpool. The health of the town has seldom been so
good as it now is-and has been for the last five months,
during which period-the mortality has been continually
below the average. No'ePideniic is prevalent, and diarrhoea
in particular, which 'always 'increases in frequency and
severity before am outbreak
,Of cholera, is at present less
frequent and fatal than it has-been at any similar -period
of the last five years.
Tie AN-NU-1a LICENSING SESSION was resumed on
Tuesday, in the -Sessions-hone, Chapel-street, ',and the
bench proceeded to -consider the renewal of 'suspended
licenses :—Johnlintler Gill, Batchelor-street, renewed with
a caution ; Mary Ann Willicot, Burlington-streetjurther
inquiry; Jessie 'Webster Cable-street, renewedsviith an
admonition; George Bradshaw, Christian-streets-renewed;
Hugh Williams, Clayton-street, renewed ; Matthew War-
rener, Dickinson-street, renewed ; Francis Parry, Edmund-
street, renewed; George Wood, Flint-street, renewed ; Re-
becca Smith, -renewed ; Elizabeth Jones, Gerard-street,
refiised ; Thomas Brocklebank, Glover-street, refused ;
Thomas 'Slack, sGreenland-street, renewal refusad. The
following. were-renewed:—Wm. Scott, Greenland-street;
Robert Walker, Jervis-street; 'Win. Smith ; Mary 'Hurst,
Kent-street e Charles M. Bowman ; George Hunt;
France, Milks Street ; Robert. -Christian, Norfolk-street;
John MTillimore ; Win. Henry Spencer, PeteNstreet ;
Daniel Millway, Pleasant Hill-street ; Maria Dowling,
Pownall-square; George Bennett, Sawney Pope-street, sus-
pended. An .amilication from Mr. Snowball for a- license
for Charles Pugh, Shaw's-alley, i 4 as suspended, false papers
having been sent to the magistrates by some man- n,amed
M`Ginnis, as to 'the transfer, which was sufficient-4,0 :close
the question of. granting a license to the house. 'in the
case of the railway-station refiashment-room, in 'Lime-
street, in the ename of Henry Booth, the license was
granted, but 'it was to be understood that no future-offence
be committed:- On Wednesday the following 'licenses were
renewed :—J. Bushell, South Jelm-street ; Wm. Howell,
Union-street; W. Cole, Waterloo-road ; E. Farrier, West-
moreland-street ; Mary Clay, Simpson-street. In thescase
of Marry Wannop, Skelhorn-streets the license n-as granted
to Stephen Sharpe, now her husband. A license to James
Berry, Vauxhall-road, was refused,
MANC HE sTE Uafl3 LIVERPOOL AGSIC ULTURALSOCIETY.
—The preliminary meeting was held at the Lion Hotel,
Warrington, on-Wednesday. William Tatton Egerten,
Esq., M.P., (the seeietY's president for this, year,) was in
the chair ; and there were also present Messrs. Dixon and
Rothwell, inspectors of farms to the-society ; Mr. James
Green, treasurer; Mr. Henry White, ,secretary ; Messrs.
Ledger, Longton,"'Warburton, Edwards, Birch, Baxter,
Rose, Garfit, INlTafittne, Lonsdale, Pownall, Pemberton,
LoWndes, James l3eut, G. Halsall, James Langshaw, Peter
Leather, Thomas tAtherton, Thomas "li`Farline, IL B.
Briscoe, and James Dickinson. In -Class 3 (rewards to
farm servants) theeptizes were awarded. The inspectors
of farms then read -their reports on the farms of each
claimant' in class 1, (best cultivated farna, drainage, Sse. ;)
and the prizes in that4'd'zass were awarded. The prizes; in
class 2 (green crops grown in 1852) had been awarded at a
meeting held on the ;16th of December, ,1852, and the
awards were confirmed at this meeting. The: green crops
of this year and the staehang had not yet been inspected.
The officers of the society for the ensuing year were then
reappointed, and the fssilowing gentlemen were added to
the committee : Robert -.Wilson, Esq., of Halewood, near
Liverpool, and Thomas Whittingham, Esq., of Ashley-hall,
-near Altrincham. The secretary stated that following the
-rotation hitherto adopted, the place of meeting for.next year
,would be Manchester, hut be believed it would'-be to the
?benefit of the society to meet at Altrincham, anti, as that
-town was only a few rained& ride from Manchester, by
-railway, it was hoped that little or no inconvenience would
'be occasioned, to the Manchester members by this arrange-
went. The members present approved the secretary's
suggestion, but nothing will.be fixed until the, meeting in
December. The entry for the show to-morrow, (Wednes-
day,);is now complete, and 'is the largest the societylbas
ever had. The exhibition of
,potiltry will considerably
exceed, both in numbers and quality, that of the shatvest
Liverpool last year. The reaping -machines are to be tried
in corn-growing on the farm of Mr.'Warburton, of Bewsey,
about two miles from Warrington, the day before the show.
Unniesseivinis Menscan PRAGELTIONERS.—In a ease,
Ecroyd v. Knowles, at the Salford County Court, on the
24th nit., says the Manchester Courier, his Honour (J,
W. Harden, Esq.) gave judgment in .an important case.
The plaintiff.ib a chemist and druggist, :and keeps a. shop
in Broughttat-road, and having served. Ati apprenticeship
to a surgeon, he is in the habit of giving advice to his
customers, sometimes attending' them at 4heir own houses,
but charges for medicines only and not for advice. He
attended the defendant's wife in her confinement, and was
paid for that attendance. In February, 0:851, he vacci-
nated the child, and shortly after it began -to suffer from
scrofula, and died in about three months, after very great
suffering. During that illness, the plaintiff :and no one
else attended the cklld, frequently calling at the defend-
ant's house, and being always' addressed as Dr," This
action was brought or lotions, powders, and ,ointment,
supplied in the course of his medical treatment. The
defence was, that by the act 55 Geo. 3, cap. 194, see. 21, it
is declared " that no apotsecary shall be allowed to recover
any charges claimed by him in any court of law, unless
such apothecary shall prove on the trial that he was in
practice as an apothecary prior to or on the sth August,
1816, or that he has obtained a certificate to practise as
an apothecary from the Master Warden and Society of
Apothecaries ; that the plaintiff was probably not born
in 1815, and had no certificate. The defendant, moreover,
contended that as the death of the child was attributable
to the plaintiff using diseased matter for vaccination, it
could not be said that his services were worth anything.
My decision turns upon the first point only, and it
becomes necessary for me to inquire what are the relative
duties of an apothecary and of a chemist, within the
statute 55 Geo. 3, cap. 194, by the 28th section of which it
is provided, " that nothing in this act contained shall
extend or be construed to extend to prejudice or in any
way to affect the trade or business of a chemist, in the
buying, preparing, compounding, dispensing, and vending
drugs, medicines, and medicinable compounds, wholesale
and retail; but all persons using and exercising the said
trade or business, or who shall or may hereafter use or
exercise the same, shall and may use, exercise, and carry
on the same trade or business in such manner, and as
fully and amply, to all intents and purposes, as the same
trade or business was used before the passing of this act."
The business of a chemist is, in my opinion, to prepare
and dispense, that is, distribute or deal out and sell
medicines ; but if he presuines to prescribe or administer
medicines in the ordinary course of attending patients, it
appears to me that he practises as an apothecary, and that
he cannot recover for the phials. See the Apothecaries'
am: ttleyr,
Company v. Greenough, 1 2 B. 799 ; Allison v. Haydon, 4
Binge 619; Steed v. Henley, 1 C.' and P. 574. Each
branch of the medical profession has its own province ; it
is, I think, quite clear that the plaintiff in this case has
interfered with the province of the apothecary, and that
Charging for the drugs is a mere blind ; he is, conse-
quently, from m • •
debarrededfo r thebdeftehnedan2lstt. section of the Apothecaries'
_n.maintaining this action, mid the verdict must

tray next.
A VIOLENT ATTA

workmen were being I
vent them from being

chester to work at Openshaw

•ed van, to pre
vav from Man

had arrived

at Ancoats, it was violently attacked ; the door was forced
open, and, notwithstanding a protracted and spirited re-
sistance, the inmates were dragged out and severely mal-
treated. Two of the ringleaders were apprehended ; and,
having been brought before the magistrates on Thursday,
were committed for trial.

FALSE PRETENCES.-At the Police-court, on Saturday,
Francis Risenburg, a young Austrian, of respectable ap-
pearance, was charged by Mr. Francis Holzenger, secre-
tary to the Austrian consul in Liverpool, with obtaining
£3 by false pretences. On the 7th ult. the prisoner went
to the office of the consul and informed the secretary that
the consul, who had been kind to him on a former occa-
sion, had verbally ordered him to call at the office, and
draw £3. The secretary, knowing that his master had
taken an interest in the prisoner, and giving credence to
his story, gave him the money. In the course of the
day, however, I he consul had given

ae ascertainea that t..-
Risenburg no permission to call for money, and informa-
tion was given to the police, who succeeded in apprehend-
ing him on Saturday. A document of a suspicious cha-
racter, leading to the assumption that he had been con-
nected with begging-letter impostures, having been found
in his possession, he was remanded, to give the police an
opportunity of making further inquiries.

OPERATIVE SAIVIRRS.—The ssawyers of LivE
soliciting their employers for the following rate of wag€
Yellow pine, 29 inches deep and upwards, 3s. Bd. per 100
feet ; ditto, under 20 inches deep, 3s. 4d. per 100 feet ; red
pine and Iva Baltic deal, 4s. per 100 feet; all foreign white
hardwood, except American ash, Gs. Bd. per. 100 feet; all
single fiat cuts, double measure ; English white hardwood,
American ash, and all oak billets, 6s. er 100 feet. Best
cut for all in all kinds of wood, and extra cuts, as usual;
planking ash for felloes to be paid for by measure the
same as the above. Sweeping felloes immediately after
being sawn, N. per inch clear; chit° dry plank or planked
in the country, id. per inch dear, All labouring, includ-
ing taking down boards, loading and laying loads, and
getting in timber, to be paid for at the rate of 4s. per day.
or sd. per hour. The employers have had a private

meeting on the question, bid resulted has not yet

transpired.

THE WATER QuEsno/t.—On Thursday, Mr. IWDonald
delivered a lecture at the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-
street, on the " Past, Present, and Prospective Supply of
Water to the Inhabitants of Liverpool," in which he gave
a clear, succinct, anti impartial history of the Pike contro-
versy, detailing fully And fairly the part he took in oppos-
ing the Rivington -scheme, and referring to what he had
suffered personally for his opposition to it. He gave full
credit to those who had removed him from the water works,
because they thought he was an obstruction in the way
of carrying out `a great improvement. Referring to the
Pike he said-:-=" The town has no more use for its waters
than a horse has for two tails. If it were possible even
now to stop these works, there would, in 'all probability.
be a saving of at least - £200,000." At the elose of the
lecture,. the audience awarded a vote of thanks to Mr.
McDonald, and a committee was formed to draw up a
memorial 'to the Town Council against expending more
money On `the Rivington scheme.
Lliq.9l.l'ooL SESSIONS. —A report of th.
sions, width commenced on the 27th tilt., was by accident
omitted last week. The Recorder, in his charge to the
grand jury, said it was satisfattory to -find that the com-
mitments to the sessions hail ;been decreasing, and proba-
hly•during the last ten years or more there never were
fewtr commitments for the period 'than during the last
feW months. He added, "It is probable that this will
be the last sessions in which' thiseourt will have to pass
•aentences of transportation under thelaw as it now stands.
•Lin fact, I may say the present ;law will expire on Friday
'next, when a term of penal servitude will be substituted
,4n a great many caries for the present sentence of trans-
''. tat'on It is satisfactory 'to 'see the provision made,
'through
'through the liberality of 'the 'Corporation, for dealing
more effeetually with prisoner, by the :erection of 'the
new gaol which will shortly be Opened." The Recorder
next descanted ort the subject of the licensing system.
He said, "I can lay 'my -finger on a public-house inrthis
town which I believe to he the resort of thieves, •and
where I have no doubt there;is a sort of society of thieves,
and that publit-honse is licensed by magistrates •of this
town, and will be ;licensed eguin ; for though I ammerally
certain, from seeing, sessions after sessions, what is done
there, what becomes Of There is no powerto deal
with it. It is not easy to bring legal proof into a-court of
what you might be otherwise pretty certain of, and-so the
mischief goes on, and the house retains its license. And
if the magistrates 'Having to do with the granting of
licenses felt certain ' the house was one of a -certain de-
scription, and Tailed to. prove it in a court of justice, they
would be visited personally with the costs. I have long
thought that the publielhouses were too numerons'in this
town, and that !more --sparing use should ;be made Of
the power ef•givingi licenses by those who exercise it."
The following. is -a summary of the sentences :—Jane
Davies alias Mary Ann Bell, stealing a watch from James
Shaw, seven years' transportation; Wm. Thompson,-steal-
ing 10s. from Mary Whitley, ten months', hard; labour ;
James Evans, steahig a coat from James Walker Bell,
the same; -Thomas 'Trougher and Job Davies, the former
for stealing, and: the ',latter for receiving, 37 brushes, be-
longing to John Henry Hopkins and others,
s four months ;
Maria Turner, stealing £lO 18s. from Is= Caddy, six.
months; Agnes 'Wilson, stealing 243 from John. Retbert-
ion, twelve months ; Wm. Johnson, four months, and
Thomas Brady, five months, for stealing 181bs. of tobacco
and 7111 s. off -Cigars :from the warehouse of Mr. Procter ;
Nicholas Dunn,- *slings watch belonging to 'John 'Jones,
and a coat 'belonging :to Henry. Williams, nine months ;
George Furness ',alias Pye, stealing a handkerchief 'from
Wm. Norms; nine months ; Bridget Broderick, stealing a
shirt belonging to William Parker, *tie months ; Thos.
Stephenson; stealing:7lhe. of sugar belonging to Alexander
Durantv and others, four months ; Eliza Walsh, stealing
£6O in )leak of England notes from Joseph Hadfield, six
months ; John Le. Court alias Victor Le Court, embez-
zling from Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell, antY Co., £220
seven years transportation ; John Gough, stealing
handkerchief , from . Gillin, eight months ; John
Rowe,
6teliaing'sL 'ad" belonging to Matthew Sills,- nine
months ; Waliam Jones, stealing nine vairs of •bootiii be-
longing to 'Charles Freer, four months ; Thomas Southern,
stealing labs. of sugar, the property Of the Liverpsol
Dock Trustees, four months. Misdemeanours :—Eliza
Dickinson, 4obtaining.22 ender false pretences, with intent
to defraud John Woodruff, six months ; William Racket,
maliciously wounding James Agnew, one month ; Thos.
Zjiil2seYllise.,nifboiTrzlimnog fnthrsoni; Thikroemssasi.s.LnAin‘C;7one .spanirid nirguntoPlill'de-
fraud Peter'Graham;fifteen. months.

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