The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-12-18 00:00:00

• MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF CASTLE
STREET WARD.

th 0
uesday a meeting of the conServae-electera •of 0,
ward was held in the large re on of the Golden Lion Inn, for
the purpose of fixing on a proper person as a candidate to re-.
present the ward, in the roost of Mr. Wm. Brown,. who had de
dined standing. Mr. Wilkinson was called te,the chair, and
shortlyopened-the business of the meeting. .Mr. Brown had
the day pre.vionsly declined standing for either parti, and it
remained with the electors then assembled to- fi,r on another•
He did not think Mr. Brown had. behaved well to them. Mr_
Wilkinson then read a letter received froth- Mr. BrOwn,.whereiti
he declined standing. The following is a eopy.
"Richmond-kill, December 14; -1835.
" Wth. Smith Esq.
"Dear reply to yourself and the other gentlenteti,
who did me the honour to call on rue.tei-day, with reference tO
the appointrhent of councilmen, I Can only repeat what I de,
Glared from the first—,that .1 would not be a party to a.contested
election. The more 1 think of it, the. mole I ani satisfied with
niv determination. You must therefore not consider me a can-
didate. My note to a
.gentle Man. who called on me. from your
committee was, I considered, sufficiently explicit tin this point.
"1 remain very respeCtfullY,
" Your friend and obedient Servant: '
" WM. BROWN." •
The chairmtiti continuing—lf there is any elector here pr&
sent who will propose a candidate, I shall be glad to hear hint ,;
.Mr: Praaca.—l propose Mr. Johia Nelson Wood as a fit and
proper person to represent this ward: (Applause.).
Mr. JEN rtn,is.-1 beg to second the nomination. (Continued
applause.)
- No other candidate being prOpOSed, the chairman then put
the question to the Meeting, whether or trot Mr. Wood should
be nominated, which was unanimously received amidst loud ap-
platise..
The Cti AIRMAN then said Mr. Wired. would be waited-upon
andhe had no doubt he Would stand fur the ward when their choice
was represented to him. They should now. be obliged to any
gentlemen who would put down their names to canvas the ward
Well; as the time of election was drawing near,

Mr. Prf.NirsoToN also spoke
.to the same effect, and several
gentlemen subscribi.d their names accordingly.
. The CHAIRMAN then announced that the present conserva-
tive candidates for this Ward were Sir Thos. Brancker, George
Grant, Esq., and John Nelson \Vood, Esq., and that on Thurs
day evening there would he a Oldie meeting' of the electors of
the ward called in that,room, when the candidates would attend:
The meeting then separated.
• Last evening, as was announced, a meeting of the electors of
this ward Was held=Mr. Wilkinson in the chair—When the
several candidates addressed-the meeting. which was numer-
ously and highly respectably attended. The candidates were
loudly applauded on their eutranf•e and diiring their addresses,

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

TUESDA Y.—(Before Mr. Alderman ROB INiON.I

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' Ronnuitv.—Thomas Jones, one of •tt gang -of young ruffians
who nightly infest our streets, was charged by a laity with. rush-
ing'suddenly out of Jervis-street, as she was walking tip Cop-
peras-hill,. and snattiling her bag out of her hand and-then
running away. 'She shouted after him, and a gentleman stopped
him at the bottom aSevmdur-street and gave him into custody,
Prisoner. in defence, in order to account for running away atd,
having the bag in his possession, said he saw a boy running
with the bag in his hand ; he ran after him and took it from
him, and was himself immediately afterwardS seized by a gen-
tleman. l3atcheilor said he had had the prisoner in his custody
many times. He was committed to the House of COrrectiou
for three months.

OBSTRUCTING FOOTPATAS.—Robert Western, Who keeps
second-hand furniture shop in Scotland-road, was charged by
Cochran with obstructing the footway on Saturday la,,t with..
articles of furniture. This being his first offence, and on pro-
mising not again to be guilty of it, he was excused. William
Owrowm, who also keeps a second-hatid furniture shop in Bey-
ington-bush, was charged with making similar obstructions.
Having Often b_en warned before, and still persisting in it, he
was fined ss. and costs.

ROBBEItY.—John Belt, a lad, was charged by. Mr. Finlaysmi,
with steaiiug, about a fortnight ago, a child's crib which-was
exposed for sale at his door. On the afterneion before, he had
seen the crib exposed fur sale in Lawrence-street, and Goff, the
market constable, took it into his possessiab. It appeared that
the prisoner, along with twa other lads, had been hanging about
Mr, Finlayson's premises the whole of the afternoon the crib,
was stolen, and towards dusk two of theta, watching their op.:
portunity, seized it and ran away with it. Mrs.. Mary Limon;
of Lawrence-street, depOsed to prisoner offering the crib: for
sale to her for 65., and she bought it of him for ss. The crib
was worth about £2. He was fully committed to take his trial
at the sessions. _ . „ _

P“,:ASANT NElGneourts.—Mrs. Macrooney; a vender of
oranges, a genuine daughter of the emerald isle, appeared to lay
a complaint against Ann Hoye, a dirty awkward blubbering,
girl, for breaking her windoWs, "Slutching" her, and otherwise
abusing her. -
Mrs. Macrooney.—Gintl'men, on Saturday avenin' afther
had had a comfortable cup o' la's, and was jilt a coming hunt of
me howe house to pursoo the avecations, this Ann Hoye, that
ye see standing there, corned up to me an' shockingly used me
in a horrid manner, broke me windies, an' ever since I've had,
two pains in me back. But that wasn't all, gititPmen ; she says
sli'll nave me life, and its but meSelf and me husband there is;
an' she has bbfok into the house an' boxed me up on a night,
and d—d me orange blow!. an' I don't know, gintl'inen, how
it's to live quiet and paceiblv at hoMe
Ann Hoye.—Pleaze yer honour,- on Saturday noyt, Shoe got
a lad to lick my cattier, shoe did, and shoe called me a red.:.
bearded b—h, Shoe did, and said I lied been in Kirkdale, shoe
(lid, and I couldn't stolid it. •
•
Mrs. Macrooney.—No sich a thing; girillsmen, no sich
thing; I knows a dale ;niter than that:
Mr. Alderman Robiasori.—What do yOu say,'Hoye, to break
ing the windows and sluchiug Mrs. Macrooney; you had no
right to do that.
Anti Hoye.—Pleaze stir, I did ud witch bike a thing;
Mr. Alderman Robinson.—l suplaiSe you all live togethet.;
and this is a quarrel amongst yourselves.
Mrs. Maeroonevi—Opposite witch other, yer honciur.
11 r. Alderman atolainson_--- base had a_quarrel, I sup;
pose, and this is the continuation of it?
Mrs. Macrooney.—Och, yer honour, she'll murther me.
some day. I have got her bout of 114.Ued-room, where it's no'
business that she had, an' have had thins stolen by her; an',:
shore enough, its a gavel shilling she sthole from me the other
day.
Poster, the constable, said they had been qoarrellihg together
in this way for the last six months.
The mother of Ann Hoye here stepped fifrward and begun—
" Pleaze, gentlemen, they abused rimy Burl as no bard-workiug
woman's gill ought to Le abused." [Here Mrs. M:followed
immediately by the prisoner, began vociferating together at the
top of their voices, prisoner'S mother still steadily holding on
her fire against Mrs. Maerboney. and, all talking together,
produced a noise we cannot desc ibe, save by comparing it to a
concert of half a doien cats caterwauling together.]
Mr. Alderman Robinson.—llold your tongues, all of you!
I cannot hear a word you say. One woman talking at a time;
is, in all conscience, quite enough.
Mrs. Macrooney, dancing with passion.—ThiS woman, sir;
as has th' impudence to sthand there was put down for pee for
the bail. (Laughter.)
Mr. Alderman Robinson, to the mother.—l suppose you sat
this woman is worse than you. But you should not allow your
daughter to behave in this Way ; she fiad no basinesi to stitch
Mrs. Macrooney.
The Mother.—She called thy gurl a red headed and
said she had been in Kirkdale, and .it Was what no could
stand.
Mrs. Macrooney.—Och no, I niver uses efich language as
that.
Mr. Alderman Robinson.—Well, Hoye, will you Pi:nise not -
to molest this woman again?
Ann Hoye.—l never did mislest bur, stir, and I never will
misiesthur.
Mr. Alderman Robinson.—Well, then. mind you dent; and
understand that if you dont keep the peace to one auother in
future you shall both of you find bail.
Mrs. Macrooney.—Pleaze, stir, isn't it the windies you'll
make her pay for ?
A witness was examined who ptoi7ed that Bole broke the
windows, when she was ordered to pay the (Manage., and as •
discharged on her promite to behave peaceablY in fuiitre:

SELLING oN SUNDAyS.—Patrick Hussey, of Preston-street; ' -
and James Ferrari', of Preston-street, who keep small provisiod
shops, were fined ss. and costs each, for having their shops opert
and selling on Sunday last.
WEDNESDAY.—(Before Mr. Alderman ROBINSON.) .
GAMING HoUsEs.—A man named Langan, who was last
week bound over to keep the peace in order to preVent him
-fighting a match with another professor of " the noble art of
self-defence," appared to lav a complaint againSt Richard Chit=
cott, who keeps the George Canning Coffee-house, in Richmond-.
street, for robbing him of his money and watch at cards. It
appeared Chilcott was stakeholder for the intended battle, and,
on its being stopped by the magistrates. Langan went to his
house to draw the stakes. Chilcutt would, however, only. give
him LIP of it, and, alter getting him nearly drunk, would not •
let him rest till he would play eit. cards with him, which he did; • •
when Chilcott iron £0 of his money from him and his watch.
One of the constables had applied to Chilcott to refund the-
money, which he had refused, 'but had given up the watch.
Chilcott hod told the officer that he would play anybody
who come to his house, and 'get' as tuneh money from
them as lie. could; end he should do as he liked in his own •
house. The magistratet fined him 'l:5 and coits-for' allowing.
gambling in his•hoitse, and made a minute 10 the books of the
transaction, against the next licensing dal:- . • •• , -
AN AccinswrAi. Roeesai.—Margaret Henry, Mary Po-
land, Hugh Poland, and James Moutague, were charged oy
an
old woman who sells fruit in St. John's Market, with breaking
open her cellar during her absence, and Stealing therefrom a red
cloak, eight yards of muslin, two silk sfiailli.,aud oth,r articles:
Complainant stated that she went out the night, before about
seven o'clock, leCking her cellar door after her, and returned
again in about an hour, when she liand the 'doer broken almost
to pieces and the ar;icles in question gone. A little led was
put into the ivitness box, who Said that he had been at a raffle;
where he had won a roast goose for his mother, and was return-•
ing home when he saw- one of the prisoner's slip down, as if •
accidentally into complainant's cellar; be Soon after got up, and
he heard him calla young woman, to whom he gate a bundle:
Mary Poland was the woman lie called. He did not see the '
prisoner Montague at all; the prisoner Mary Poland afterwards'.
joined the other woman. The beadle was found in the posses-
sion of Margaret Henry. Henry in defence said she hid the.-
bundle given to her by a Man she did not know to pledge. and' •
was taking it for tbat purpose when she v% as apprehended by the
officer. Mary Poland said, "She knew u 6 inure about it thad •
the day." Hugh Poland expressed his Surprise that he should •
be taken up; he bad accidentally fallen into the Cellar to bts'
sure, but he knew nothing whatever of the robbery. No evi-
dence appearing, against Montague • he was discharged ; the.
other three prisoners were rertlandd to alio* tiine for further
inquiry. .
Sc§eactEn Ttit#T. —Catherine Stuart, an Trigh girl, lately
impoited, was brought up on suspicion of having stolen a va-
luable gold watch. Mr. Cohen,. watchmaker, of Poid-lane,
statedthat the defendant came into his shop the day before and
Wanted to sell lint a valuable gold Watch, for which she wanted,
£2O. Her ontivard appearance not at all agreeing with the
possession of so valuable an article, and as she could not. give a
very satisfactory atcodnt of the manner in Which, she tecatiie
possessed of it, he detained her and gave her into custody. On
being asked, the prisoner said she came from, Killarney, from
which. Place she bad lately arrived; that the avatch did belong
to her father, who, dying, left it to her brother, who got drowned,
and the captain of the ship be was in gave it to her:. The weteh,
is an old-fashioned plain gold one, it was detained ;in order
that the officers might write to Ireland to ascerfain.if her tale'
was correct;

RAILWAY FROIII LONDON TO GLAS6OW AND EDINBUEGII:
EY WAY OF PRESTON ANT) CARLISLE.—Vi e understand it is id
contemplation to establish a railway communication. between.
the above places: Engineers from Liverpool and Glasgow.
have already been engaged to survey the line ; and their re-
ports, as far as they have been received, are must (avowable 16'
the undertaking.