The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-06-27 00:00:00

VICTUALLERS' NEW ASYLUM.—The magnificent new
charitable institution built by the Lies •nsed Victuallers'
Association in this town, in the West De rby-road, is to be
opened next month with a bazaar and fancy fair, which
promises to be one of the finest which has ever taken place
in this town. There is also to be an exhibition of paint-
ings, models, machinery, &c. The building itself, in aid
of which the funds from the bazaar are to be devoted, is
now nearly finished. It will form one of the most hand-
some and striking of our charitable institutions.
SMUGGLING.—The screw steamer City of Manchester,
which arrived here a few days ago from Philadelphia, has
been since her arrival in possession of the customs autho-
rities of this port, a quantity of foreign manufactured
tobacco, weighing upwards of 2 cwt., having been found
by the rummaging officers concealed on board shortly
after her arrival. No owner has been found for the tobacco,
the possession of which is denied by all parties connected
with the ship, and the result is that a serious inconve-
nience will be sustained by the owners from the strict
surveillance which, the customs officers are necessarily
compelled to exercise, and yet the owners have no remedy
against the smugglers for the loss which the ship sustains.
Since the discovery of the tobacco, a lot of bedding, &c.,
left behind them by the fore cabin passengers, and which
the chief steward, claims as his perquisites, were sold by
him to a person who deals in such articles. On the beds
being brought ashore they were examined by the patrol
inspector, who found upwards of 9 lbs. of tobacco concealed
in them.
TRE DUTCH RELENTS"' RAILWAY.—On Tuesday, a
special meeting of the shareholders was held at the
Clarendon-romps, for the purpose of receiving from the
English commissaries a statement of the accounts and pro-
gress of the works, and giving them such instructions as
might be necessary to properly represent their interests at
the general meeting which was to be held in Amsterdam
yesterday. Mr. Charles Holland presided, and reviewed
the prospects of the undertaking. He said the accounts
showed a receipt from traffic of £62,257, while the
expenses of working were £25,633, or about 41 per cent.,
leaving a net result of £36,624 as profit on the working of
the 57 miles—very close on 5 per cent. on the original
cost of £750,000. At the meeting a proposal would be
made to pay a dividend of one florin or 20d. per share on
the 93,504, shares entitled to it. 57 miles only of the rail-
way were now made, and a large extension of traffic might
be confidently anticipated when the line was completed
through its whole distance of 102 miles. He then showed
that the future calls, after this year, would be considerably
deferred, and concluded by moving the adoption of the
accounts ; and that the English commissaries and directors
now retiring—viz., Messrs. Bouch, M`Gregor, and Hesle-
den—be recommended for re-election ; also, that the thanks
of the meeting of the shareholders be presented to the
Dutch commissaries and directors for their attention to
the interests of the company ; and that the proxies
entrusted to the English commissaries be held at the
annual meeting by Mr. H. C. Beloe. These resolutions
were agreed to, and the meeting adjourned.
COMMITTAL OF A. GANG OF THIEVES.—On Friday last
two youths, named Patrick Garrity and Henry Mercer,
and Eliza Shields, an old woman, with whom they lived
in Henry Edward-street, and Bernard M`Goveran, marine
store-dealer in Marybone, were brought before the Police-
court, charged with being concerned in two robberies. On
Wednesday night the house of Mr. Swanwick, 51, White-
chapel, was broken into through the back of the premises,
and shoes, boots, a loaf, some butter, cheese, &c., were
stolen. On the same night the back portion of Mr.
Hunt's, Star Hotel, Williamson-square, was entered by
forcing the outer ashpit door, and afterwards breaking a
pane in the kitchen window. Articles very similar to
those taken in the other robbery were stolen, and, in addi-
tion, a large copper kettle was taken away. Detectives
Sullivan, Scaife, and Duggan were despatched in search
of the delinquents on Thursday morning, and they com-
menced by visiting the marine store-dealers. At M`Go-
veran's shop they saw the prisoner Garrity, and in the
shop discovered the copper kettle stolen from the Star
Hotel, beaten together, the tap broken off, and concealed
in a sack. Both the prisoners were taken into custody,
and the detectives proceeded to the house in Henry Ed-
ward-street, where most of the stolen property was disco-
vered, including the loaf of bread, the butter and cheese,
just as taken from Mr. Swanwick's. The prisoner Mercer
and the old woman, who were on the premises at the
time, were apprehended, and the property taken charge of.
The stolen property was identified; and Sullivan said that
Shields had kept a notorious house for thieves for some
years, but the police had hitherto been unable to bring
home a case to her. M`Goveran, at first, denied that
there was any of the stolen property on his premises, and
he never kept a book of his purchases. All the prisoners
were committed for trial at the sessions.
MUTINY ONBOARD THE FIDELIA..—On Tuesday last, con-
siderable interest of a painful kind was excited by a rumour
that a serious mutiny, attended by outrage, had occurred
on board the emigrant ship Fidelia, Captain Dixon, on
the eve of her -departure with emigrants for New York.
The vessel belongs to Messrs. Baring Brothers, and the
seeming importance of the matter was enhanced by
numerous statements as to the extent and nature of the
misunderstanding ; all the information that could be
gleaned on the subject, however, tended to an impression
that the outbreak was not in itself of any very great con-
sequence. Thirteen of the crew were apprehended on a
charge of mutiny and lodged in Bridewell ; and it was
ascertained that the chief mate and one of the crew had
been seriously wounded in the affray. On the following
day (Wednesday), an investigation into the case was pro-
ceeded with before D. Neilson, Esq., at the Court-house,
Wallasey, where the following men were arraigned, viz.—
Martin Madden, George Chase, James Henderson, John
Gardner, George Keen, Edward Hyland, Joseph Edwards,
Charles Brown, Martin Finlay, Lawrence M'Cully,
Wilson, James Burns, and Benjamin Franklin. John
Lynagh did not appear, as his wound prevented him
quitting the hospital. The origin of the fracas, collected
from the evidence of the various witnesses, appears to be
this :—The Fidelia went into the river on Friday morning
week, and the crew came on board on that day, and on
the following Saturday and Monday. On Monday after-
noon a quarrel arose between the second officer and Martin
Madden, and, in consequence of what occurred, the men
'refused to go in the ship ; Fynagh, who acted as spokes-
man, stated that they wanted to go ashore. He com-
plained also of having too little to eat. The captain, who
happened to be on board at the time, refused to comply
with their request, but gave them to understand that if
they did their work properly, they should have plenty of
food, and be treated well. Next day the captain went on
board, with the government emigration officer, and the
men were mustered ; but still they refused to proceed in
the vessel. The chief mate went forward, and said, "Come,
men, come forward, and go to work, and let me get the
ship ready to go to sea this tide." Several of them moved
forward as if to go to work. Lynagh said lie would not
go to work, and added that he would cut the first man
that asked him to go to work. A scuffle ensued between
the mate and Lynagh, when the latter drew his knife,
and, after a struggle, stabbed the mate in the thigh. A
general melee ensuing, the captain interfered, and fired a
revolver pistol (as he himself says) into the rigging, above
the heads of the combatants. There was also another
pistol fired—the men say by the captain, though he denies
this—and Lynagh was wounded. The men then, at the
captain's command, gave up their knives to him, and the
police—who had gained intelligence of the event by two
men jumping overboard—having boarded the vessel, soon
afterwards the wounded men were removed, and the rest
of the crew made prisoners. Evidence was given by two
passengers, tending to show that the second mate had be-
haved with great roughness to Madden. The prisoners
were discharged, the magistrates being of opinion that
there was no material evidence against them. It is under-
stood, however, that proceedings will be taken against
Lynagh, as soon as he is sufficiently recovered, on the
charge of stabbing the mate. A medical certificate was
handed in, to the effect that the latter would be confined
to the hospital for at least a week longer, and another that
Lynagh could not be removed for four or five days.
LIVERPOOL BEEnrrousas.—George Glover was charged
on Friday with harbouring thieves. Inspector Bates, of
the detective force, stated that on Monday evening, about
a quarter before seven o'clock, he visited the house of the
defendant, in Bennett-street (off Christian-street), and
found five thieves drinking and playing cards. Some of
the persons lived in the house.—Detective-officer Carlisle
said that on the 15th of April the defendant was brought
up on eleven informations, and fined forty shillings and
costs, with the promise that he would leave the place.
He visited it on the preiious day and found thieves there.
The defendant offered to give up the house if allowed to
escape :—Mr. Superintendent Clough said, with regard to
giving up the place it was altogether ridiculous ; a num-
ber of informations had been adjourned before on the
same promise, until they had amounted to some eight or
nine, on the last of which the defendant was convicted.
If there was one place in Liverpool more notorious than
another for harbouring thieves, and not only for harbour-
ing them but assisting them in planning robberies and
disposing of the stolen property, it was this. In one
instance, he had had to apply to the court for a search-
warrant to search this very house in quest of property
which had been stolen from the house of Mr. Wardell, of
Chester, during the race week of the year 1832. Sub-
sequently a gang of thieves had been convicted for the
robbery of Mr. Brocklebank's clerk, in Everton. One of
the parties, who had been sentenced to transportation,
wrote to him saying that he had a communication to
make. This man's statement was to the effect that the
principal part of the property stolen from Mr. Wardell's
was secreted in a ditch, in a plantation about two miles
from Chester, and that the more portable articles had
been disposed of to this Glover. He (Mr. Clough) sent
two men to make search : and, at the very place named,
the massive silver trays of Mr. Wardell were found. Now,
this being so, no reasoning man could doubt that the
other part of the felon's statement was true. There was
another set of burglars, headed by a fellow named Tom
Mutch, who were known to resort to Glover's house for a
considerable time. Mutch had been apprehended with a
boring machine upon him, by means of which a hole had
been cut out of the door of Mr. Hornby's house, Sand-
lane Cottage, and upon the evidence of this machine,
principally, Mutch was convicted. On a previous occa-
siod Mutch had been apprehended and brought be-
fore the late Mr. Rushton on a charge of being con-
cerned in the robbery of the public-house of Mr. Thorn-
ton, Mile-end. An entrance had been effected into the
house by a circular piece being cut out of the door, and
from the till had been stolen money to the value of £35,
all in five shilling pieces. Mutch, along with others, hav-
ing been at the house on the previous night, was appre-
hended ; the charge of robbery failed against him, but he
was fined £5 for an assault upon the -police at the time
they were apprehending them. In one hour after the fine
had been imposed, this identical Glover paid the fine m
five shilling pieces. He (Mr. Clough) had repeatedly told
his officers that he would report them if they did not follow
up the case in such a manner as would have the effect of
having the licence taken away.,--Mr. Mansfield inflicted
the penalty of £lo.—James Anderson, Christian-street,
had also been summoned for harbouring thieves. The
information was brought by detective-officer Carlisle,
who stated that on Monday evening, the 19th instant,
he found four notorious thieves in the house. The
landlord himself had been convicted.—Detective In-
spector Kehoe said Anderson was a convicted thief,
and had narrowly escaped .being committed for per-
jury in denying this on oath.—Detective officer Scott
said Anderson and Glover's houses were near together ;
and Inspector Bates added that when the officers went to
Glover's, in one case, they found the thieves at Anderson's
in another.—Mr. Mansfield said such places must be sup-
pressed, and imposed the like penalty as in the- preViOu§
case—Slo.