The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-09-27 00:00:00

The suspicion of the Huddersfi

xing arouse(

he singularity of the transaction: and the strange-be-

havioui: of the loser, Mr. George Booth, of the firm of G.
and J. Booth, cloth-manufacturers, of Myth°lm Bridge,
near Holmfirth, he and his family were closed watched and

cheques were cashed by Mr. Booth's son, and from the
confession of Booth himself, it has transpired that the
money alleged to having been stolen has been found.

Thursd

of works-

—Mr. Turner in the chair. The sub-committee
.ecommended an agreement with Hugh Roney

Western Railway Company ; it was also recommended
that a sum of £4OO be paid to Mather, Ledward, and Co.,
as compensation for injury by the alteration of the levels
in Carpenters'-row.—A statement was submitted of the
profit and loss on the Albert warehouses for the years 1851,
1852, and 1863, in compliance with a motion made by Mr.
James Holme. It was ordered that the statement lie on
the table for the inspection of the members.—A report was
read of the visit of the committee to make an inspection or
the telegraphs in Wales. The report contained recom-

of the stations, and that/charts of the approaches to the
port were required at •a'll of them. The marine committee
were instructed to carry out any work required at 'the
various stations. I.llt. Bigham called attention to the
assistant at Holyhead station, who received 12s. a-week,
and some days he half to walk a distance of 18 miles. After
some conversation 'the subject dropped, it being 'under-
stood that it woula ,'tome before the marine committee in
the usual form.—The harbour-masters' committeerecom-

mended that an aaiiitional quantity of land (2;360 square
yards) on the south-west side of the Harringtondock be
let to Todd, Naylor, and Co., making a total of 6;000 yards,
at a certain rate per square yard per annum ; sheds, walls,
&c., to be buitt,fand the tenants to pay the interest on the
outlay. The land was required for vessels corning to this
port with silvvr and copper ores. After some further con-
versation the 'matter was referred.—lt was 'recommended
that an additional quantity of land on the-north side of the
H *---,torCirisin be let to the Harringtonearrying Corn

arringtoct
pany ; the total quantity now to be held by that company
would be about 7,000 square yards, at a certain rental per
yard per annum.—The chairman intimated that there
would shortly be applications for land frorn'the Lancashire
and Yorkihire and the London and North-Western coin-
panies.—A resolution of the Town Council relative to pro-
viding bills to communicate with the Observatory, in order
to mark-tbe time, was referred to the 'marine committee.
THE WELLINGTON TESTIMONIAL.—A public meeting
was he 'on Tuesday, in the SessioniLlionse, the Mayor,
Samuel liolme, Esq., presiding, in eider to receive a re-
port from the committee appointed at the meeting held
last •October, at which it was resolved to procure subscrip-
tions for the erection of a column,smniounted by a statue,
as a memorial of the late duke. The Mayor said that the
sum already subscribed was quite inadequate to carry out
the project. The fame of the Dille of Wellington as a
warrior, his complete identification with the country as
its most illustrious son, rendered' `it necessary that any
tribute to his memory should be ofa first-rate description,
worthy alike of the departed hero and of the town of
Liverpool. He was quite of opinion that, if a number of
gentlemen would take books smdcanvass personally, large
numbers, not only of the tradesmen and shopkeepers, but
also of the working classes, would cheerfully contribute
to-Inch an excellent object. It was a matter of regret to
him that, though many individuals had subscribed libe-
rally, 212 of the 223 who signed the requisition for the
meeting last October had not sent in their names as sub-
scribers, though circulars had lbeen forwarded to them-
He trusted, however, that 'the 'tradesmen and operative
classes of Liverpool would, by their contributions, shame
these gentlemen into coming'forward.—The Town-clerk
then read the report, whicl fthowed that the amount
stbscribed was £5,742 75., of which £5,422 had been paid
to the treasurer.—Mr. Brown,'.P., who moved the first
resolution,Warmly eulogised the-ehaacter and abilities of
tai late duke, alluding to his refusal of the enormous
bribe of £lOO,OOO sterling at Plyclerahad, to the fact that
he gained his Peninsula victorieswith a force never larger
than 25,000 men, while even ,at Waterloo he had only
35;000 British rank and file in the field. Even at college
'the Duke of Wellington was constantly thinking how he
could improve the condition of Hs country. It would be
'unworthy of Liverpool, the 'largest commercial town in
the world, to refrain from erecting a suitable monument,
particularly when they saw what monuments other towns
could raise, the column of the iPlace Vendome, at Paris,
and the Duke of York's column, and the Nelson column
in-'the metropolis, for instance.—Mr. W. R. Sandbach se-
,cfrilled the resolution, deeniing it a great reproach to
Liverpool that only 470 persons had been found to con-
tribute towards the erects monument to the me-
mory of the greatest man of -modern days. The reso-
lutien was carried unanimously.—Mr. T. B. Horsfall,
M.P., moved the second resdhitien. He thought the in-
habitants should consider it aprivilege to subscribe towards
the 'memorial ; if there existed one man who was not
serfaille of the debt of gratitude -which he owed to the
illustrious departed, let him Withhold his name.—Me.
John' Campbell seconded the resolution, which was carried
unattimously.—Mr. Torr, who moved the third resolution,
attributed the comparative smallness of the subscriptions
to the fact of their not, from motives of delicacy, com-
mencing operations until six weelts.efter the death of the
duke. Ate people of Liverpool, however, had, when much
less us merous and opulent thaw-they were now, raised
£l2,ooQ,for a monument to Nelsononuel surely they could
raise au-equal sum for a memorial to one who served his
country' krice as long as that great naval hero ; was
equally grit in arms, and far wiser in councils. Why,
in Manchester, they had raised £8,060 or £9,000, and
surely Liverpool was not to be excelled by Manchester.—
Mr. T. E. 'Moss, treasurer, seconded the resolution, which
was earriek-; and on the motion ,of :2slr. Brown, M.P.,
seconded by Mr. Horsfall, M.P,, a vote of thanks was
passed to the Mayor, and the proceedings closed.
Sectors CHARGE AGAINST AN Aft SCAN CAPTAIN.
Aspleall, on behalf of Mr. Chilton, appeared on
Tuesday, at the Police-court, to prefer several charges of
cruelty and manslaughter against Capt.tGeo. Alexander
Lewis, alleged-to have been committed 'by kdrn, on board
of the ship Abeana, at Old Calabar, on the toast of Africa.
At the request.of Mr. Owen, who appeared for the ac-
cused, the ease,was remanded till. Wednesday, Captain
Lewis finding bal. himself in £5OO and 'two sureties of
£250 each. On?,Wednesday, several witnesses were ex-
amined, and it appeared that Capt. Lewis ,was the captain
of the ship Pytho (lately blown up with gunpowder), and
on the 14th of June, he was stationed •about -salty miles
up a river on the coast of Africa, near Old Calsbar' with
the Abeona, commanded by Captain Davis. On the
evening of the day question, both captains a-ere on
board of the Pytho, sehen word was brought that a dis-
iturbance had arisen ~-on board of the Ahenoa. tin con=
sequence of this they Beth went on board of that-vessel,
-Alen Capt. Davis ordered a seaman named White, .whose
,deoth formed the subjeeLor the present charge, to ego on
toithe poop. Capt, Lewis went to put him thew, but
iJopt. Davis afterwards ordered him to come away. This
White refused to do, and Capt. Lewis then attempted to
farce him off. A struggle took place, and White ,was
forced against the poop railings. At last he fell over-
board:; the witnesses said $e was thrown overboard tiny
Captain Lewis, who, however, averred that he did not,tie
so, but mat in his struggles White lost his balance and
fell into the river accidentally, By order of Capt. Davis,
the boats were lowered to save him, but he was never
found, though his cap was picked up. Mr. Mansfieldsaid
that be did not consider the oloarge of manslaughter
proved, and dismissed the case. The second charge was
gone into *II Thursday, when the following facts were
detailed by several seamen, who had formed a portion of
the crew of the Pytho. While lying in the Calabar river
three men, named M'Elere, John Jones, and John Hall,
went on shore 'without leave from Capt. Lewis, of the
Pytho. The cant 'n'm found it out, and left the ship in a
very great passion, and saying some of them would never
come on board alive, As soon as the captain got on shore,
the men were there, and two of them instantly came
forward, and the third in a short time after, on being
called for by the captain.. Some angry expressions were
used, the men were frightened, and the three of them
jumped into the water. Whilst two of the men were up
to their knees in the water, and the third was swimming,
the captain gave orders to a bodyof natives to fire,onthem.
They did so, and the man Jones was shot upon the spot.
So far from thinking this enough, after the captain knew
the man Jones was dead, he and a Captain Davis pro-
ceeded to beat the other two men about the head with
sticks in an exceedingly brutal manner. The transaction
took place about midnight, and the captain subsequently
sold the clothes of Jones, on the ground that he was a
deserter. M'Elere and Hall were tried by a court-martial,
when WElere was discharged and Hall put iu irons for
some time. On behalf of Captain Lewis, Mr, Simon sub-
mitted this was a case in which the bench could not com-
mit. In the first place, the alleged offence was not
committed within the jurisdiction of the court. It was
not on the high seas. Secondly, there was no attempt to
prove that the guns had been fired at the man, there was
no evidence to show that the guns were loaded, nor that
they were the means of causing death. No body had been
found, there was no proof by any one that the dead body
of a man had been seen, and yet the magistrate was asked
to commit the captain for the death of a man whose death
was not proved by a single witness. A witness named
Jackson, the first mate of the Pytho, at Old Calabar, said
that he never heard of the captain shooting Jones till
Wednesday night when the alleged murder took place,
Theraheaghiesatridatenao
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resolu-
tion of committing the prisoner for trial on the charge of
" wilful murder." The prisoner was admitted to bail,
entering into his own recognisauces for £l,OOO, and two
sureties for 0500 each.

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