The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

KIIIRDALE EPIPHANY SESSIONS. - These sessions
commenced on Wednesday, before the Rev. Jonathan
Brooks, chairman, and a full bench of magistrates. The
calendar, which was unusually light, contained the names
of 51 prisoners, 48 for felonies, and the remainder for
misdemeanors and assaults. Out of these 17 can read
and write imperfectly ; 5 can read, and 30 can neither
read nor write. Samuel Beckwith, of Garston, and James
Whalley, of Ince-in-Mickerfield, were each fined £5 for
non-attendance as jurymen. The Chairman congratu-
lated the jury on the lightness of the present, as• well as
several of the previous calendars, and alsothe trifling cha-
racter of the offences which were to be brought before
them.

A number of debtors were specially summoned before
Mr. Commissioner Lowndes, of the Court of Requests,
under the provisions of the Act of Parliament, far having
obtained goods. on credit, on -the faith that they were
housekeepers, bUt when the officers went to levy under
the execution, the goods in the house were alleged to
belong to some other person than the tenant. Two of

these cases came fully before the court, when it was
proved to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the
parties had ample time and means to pay the plaintiff's
claim. They were accordingly sent to Lancaster Castle ;
one for 21 days, and the other, a policeman, for 7 days.
The latter would have been sent for 21 days, but he pro-
duced a subpoena that he had been served with on Friday,
requiring his attendance and evidence in a case of felony
at the forthcoming sessions. The Commissioner told him
that, if the debt and costs were not paid, he would re-
commit him for a longelf period, on the application of the
plaintiff,

THE GREAT BRITAIN.-We learn that our townsman
Mr. Robert Talbot, -ship-builder, has made an offer to
the directing proprietors of this yet fine ship, tp get her
off from the strand in Dundrum Bay. The result of this
application has not transpired ; but from what we know
of Mr. Talbot's talents and abilities in nautical matters,
and his inventive powers, we should think that if the task
were assigned to him he would be enabled to perform it
with satisfaction to the owners and credit to himself. It
is highly•desirable, for the sake of the general steam-na-
vigation of the country, that the ship should be redeemed
from durance vile, again to float gallantly on her destined
element. The well-thinking public would, we feel as-
sured, hail the day of her release ; and so fine a vessel
might, even if steam were hereafter dispensed with, be
converted to most useful purposes, as a foreign trader.
What a glorious cargo, in these times of destitution and
want of shipping, might she not convey, from the United
States to wit, of bread stuffs and other provisions.
IMPOSITION.—Though we by no means wish to check
the flow of Christian charity, when so many miserable
objects must be relieved, it is necessary for the public to
be as much as possible on their guard, as the followingin-
stances of imposition will testify :—One day this week, a
woman went into one of the soup shops and begged for
She told a very pitiable tale, said she had a large
rving children at home, and at her breast a
some diffi-

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get a sight of the child she was hugg-
vin her bosom, and found it to be—a little
_he impostor went empty away.—One
lay this week, a gentleman passing through Fenwick-
street, struck by the apparent wretchedness of a woman,
who solicited him for alms, took her into a baker's shop
and purchased for her a tenpenny loaf. In a few minutes
afterwards the woman, thus humanely relieved, returned
to the shop and offered to sell the loaf for fivepence.' Ano-
ther instance of the existence of imposition, under cover
of the prevailing famine, is recorded in the case of a man
who was taken up for begging ; he was in a state of in-
toxication, and when brought to bridewell, no less than
twenty soup-tickets were found in his pockets.
MOVEMENT FOR THE RELIEF OF THE DISTRESSED
HIGHLANDERS.—We called attention a few weeks since
to the destitute condition of the inhabitants of the High-
lands of Scotland, and to the noble fortitude with which
they have endured the most dreadful privations. It is
impospible to hear and read of their miserable condition
without feeling the strongest commiseration for their dis-
tress, and the most ardent desire to relieve the sufferings
which they endure with such exemplary patience. We
are glad to perceive that the Scottish inhabitants of this
town have arranged to hold a public meeting at the Music-
hall, Bold-street, on Friday next, to raise supscriptions
and devise means for the relief of their suffering country-
men. All the Scotch in the town are sure to attend, for
assuredly no people have warmer hearts towards their
countrymen than the sons of Caledonia. But the move-
ment will not be confined to Scotchmen. All, of what-
ever country, who can feel for suffering humanity, will
either attend the meeting or aid the views of it by contri-
buting to the fund. It is expected Hot two eloquent
Scottish clergymen,- the Rev. Dr. Macleod, of Glasgow,
and the Rev. Dr. Mackay, of Dunoon, will be present.
We hope to hear of a full attendance and a liberal sub-
scription.

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ACCIDENT AT THE CLARENCE GRAVING DOCK.—On
Wednesday, an accident, happily unattended with any
serious results to human life, took place at the entrance