The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-10 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

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BOAT FINDING.—A
.case. of sliepute as to a boat which
had been picked up in the river some time back, was on Fri-
day heard before Mr. Hall. The boat had been lost, it ap-
peared, in the month of December 'last, and about threweeks afterwards was found by a person, who stated that the
name of the boat and of the owner was erased when it carne
intolu
th c his u
nli
el
y possession,tbat Theb complainingnutsh uu l
d h a
Iparties n thoughtso injured
that only the planks containing the name, &c. should
been broken, and complained that the defendant had refused,
he received a compensation of
when they had ascertained that the boat was in his posses-
sion,had finding; ofboat,might to deliver it up, unless
be able to tell to whom
`2,sbestl.reellnlrt.htelah.,tilsstlaiontdigiihnt
was, - e
sv himter-
s ito
belonged,
asedd, a tnhda ti t the
g.fihntdtehrecroe ufultrle notue
unjust to charg
retaining it. It
with an intention of wrongfully
theless, his duty to have given roller to the harbour-nnia
immediately after finding it... The act or parliament ordered
that course to be pursued ia such cases, and a penalty was
iutlicted in case of neglect. Ile -should' therefore order the
defendant to pay 40s. and costs, for nut having given the
required notice; the boat was to be transfaared to the custody
of. the harbour-master, until the qu.estion of compensation
was settled; arid then, if the owners wished to have a sum-
mouldint them nst the de
one.ndant for having. detained the
boat,
he
gra • . ••- . • . ..
SRAWRN.S WAGES.—LIARIT,ITY OR. 9.WNERS OF Vas-
sii.s.A setuiran; belnirsing to a: coa-ifitier'Vessel, summoned
, the owner thereof, on Friday, before Mr. Hell, for the sum of
£8 ns. 6d. (less several small sums reciiived, ) the amount of
. his wages for nearly four Months. The bwner
pleaded that ,
he could not be called upon'to-satisfy- demand, as he had
matte an agreement with the cepteiti, by vhich he was to
have two-thirds of the profits, and clears all the incidental ex-
penses—he (the owner) receiving the remaining- one-third.
The vessel had -been away from the port some time, he had
heard little of or from tae captain, and-the amount which
had been forwarded to him, for many weeks past, was ex-
ceedingly trifling. • under such eircurestances, he thought it
extremely hard that he should. be called
-upon to pay the
wages-of a seaman whom he had not engaged. Mr. Hall ob-
served that the arrangement between a captain and owner
was not to be made the ground of depriving a man of his
wages. How was a seaman, when he shipped on board of a
•vessel, to know what arrangement had been entered into
between them? He had his remedy against either,- unless
the man was made perfectly aware that he was to look to the
captain solely. There was, however, no. evidence to show
that the man was to look to the captain instead of the owner,
and such a case ought to be made out very clearly before he
could act upon it, and deprive a man of his wages. He or-
dered the defendant to pay the stun claimed, £6 es. 6d., after
the admitted deductions had been made,..,together with the
costs.
afon • - A SMART YOUTEL—M the Police- fee,. Friday, a no-
torious thief, named Marsh, was brought before Mr. Hall,
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charged with having found his way into a private house in
King-street, Edge-hill, on Thursday. The servant stated,
that she was in the house at the time, and saw the prisoner
slyly
v making his exit along the lobby at the front door. She
rushed after him, and gave the alermto a smart
little milk-
boy who was - The latter, although not
more than 12 veers of age, joined in•the pursuit, which he did
not relinquish until the prisoner was captured. His capture,
indeed, was entirely awing to the energy of the boy, who ex-
hibited not merely great ectivity but..reat presence of mind
in directing the attention of the police to the prisoner's move-
ments. The youth in question excited the admiration of the
court by the intelligent manner in which he gave his evidence
and narrated the event. Mr. Hall complimented him on his
activity, and promised that something should be done for
him. The thief; fiedine himself hotly pursued, disgorged his
booty, six silver epooes, which he threw-away in his flight.
The spoons were identified as the property of the housekeep-
er, and Mr Hall ordered the depositions to he taken, prepa-
ratory to his committal. He is an old offender, having been
five or six times imprisoned for varieusesetty offences.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: A NOVEL PAIR OF BAGPIPES.—
On Saturd-:v last, at the Police-office, a young man, dressed
in a fustian jacket, who gave his name as John Catteral, was
placed before the Magistrates, charged with cruelly using a
cat. A policeman stated, that the night before, when near
dusk, when he was on duty in Dale-street, he heard a very
loud mewing of a cat, which was chenged every now and then
into violent squealings, Os if a cat was being hurt. He
saw a well-dressed young Man walking between the pris-
oner and another, corning alohg the street, and the prisoner
with a cat under his arm. The prisoner had got a string tied
so tight round the cat's neck that it was almost strangled, and
he kept squeezing tlee cat with his elbow, and working it like
a pair of bagpipes, which made it give out the squealing noise
he had heard. At every fresh sqrtettl,of the poor animal, the
trio-set up a loud roar of laughter. On stopping them and
asking them what they were about,- they said they were go-
ing to drown the cat; and that it belonged to the young man
who was the better dressed of the party, who, they said, was
a merchant's son, Ile ascertained, however, that he was a
son of Mr. Horaby, the publican, and that it was by his orders
that the prisoner was playing the bagpipes on the cat. He,
accordingly, took the prisoner into. custody. The prisoner
said they were going to-drownthe cat,etthe canal side. He
was a bricklayer in the receipt of 9s, a week. Mr. Hall fined
him half-a-crown and costs, or to be committed for five days.

SINGULAR ATMOSPHERIC ,PHENOMENON.—We are in-
formed, by Inspector Heiner, of. the police, that, on Friday
evening; about half-past eleven o'clock, he saw, from a
field in Dingle-lane, Toxteth-nark, what appeared to be a
ball of fire in the air. It remained stationary for about two
minutes; when, emitting brilliant sparks, it descended rapidly
to the earth. This phennmenon..he,says, was precededby a
flash of lightning unaccompanied by, thu uder.—Albion.
FALL OF Two HouSEs.—On Sunday, at half-past two
o'clock, two houses. suddenly fell, with a dreadful crash. at
the lower end of Crosby-street, 9pßosite the Railway station.
The cries of children in distress were instantly heard, and,
at first, it was apprehended, that several. boys and girls were
buried in the ruins. ,Both -housea „were nntenanted, the ma-
terials baying been sold by the -.Gerporation preparatory to
the buildings coming down.
.The,elkitclren were in the habit
of playing in them, and, previous tp;.their falling, several
were seen inside.. When the dust subsided, a boy was seen
jammed in the door way, the roof cud ,floors having fallen on
him. Mr. Superintendent Jones„ with a body of police,
were quickly on the spot, and soon releesed the lad, who was
much bruised, but nit. dangerously hurt. Crighton, the
policeman, then crept in, on his hands, and knees, and soon
reappeared with a boy and girl. The hoy was uninjured, but
the poor little girl had her thigh broker. She was removed
to the Infirmary. Mr. \Vhitty, our „active head-constable,
set men to work to remove the fallen, ruins, to see if any
other children were underneath, but the. result of their labour
was the satisfactory discovery, that no other injury was
done.

LOYALTY.—Mr. Denniss, ~mariner, of this port,
to show his loyalty and him at.lliel:ent.teto the throne, had his
daughter christened by Rev. Tyrer, at St. Nicholas's
,Pburch on the morning of. the coronation, by the name of
-1‘ Alexandrine Victoria."
THE LIVERPQOL, STEAMS 1-1 tr.—This magnificent vessel,
the property of Sir John Tobin. .which has been lying for
some months, in the Trafalgar Dock, has begun to get her
machinery on board. The Dock TrOstees, in order to faci-
litate the operation, have erected cranes, &.e. on the quay;
and, the machinery being nearly all ready, she will be
equipped for sea in the course of tire manth of September
next. Should Sir John not, in the meantime, dispose of her,
it is highly probable, that, should the prospects of transat-
lantic steam navigation 'beet-I:lie promising, the Liverpool
will make her first trip to New

We have lately seen a letter float the authorities of
Boulogne to Air. Meadows, of the Coveut-garden theatre,
in answer to an application for leave to perform English
plays, which sLited, that no English performances would be
allowed to take pfaee France.—Weekly Dispatch.

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