The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-20 00:00:00

POLICE IN NEW SOUTH WALES AND ENGLAND.--
An interesting article, furnished to the Statistical Society
it Sydney, states, that at the three periods of 1828, 1833,
and 1837, the strength of the police averaged to the popu-
doTUESDAY.
lation as Ito 1,444; at the census of 1844 it had dwindled SAT LED .—majest;-
ton, for S. wn lin 263 ; whilst during the last three years it was Mt' Pc'
and ar t
Only 1 to 341. The average of the first named periods
was upwards of six policemen to each thousand of the p?-
Pulation, whilst the resent is less than three. In '
ti rp
gNla.etporoini Principal cities') and boroughs of Dublin. IsriL‘to'v,
• Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leeds., Zilasgtaw, and
Xtrichester, they were in the ratio clf I to 46;; the pro-
Portion, however, of police to population in the different
towns ranging from the low point of 1 in 854 to the high
Point of lln 233. The number of persons taken into cus-
tody in six of these towns. in 1841, was 63,124, by a police
force of 1,867 men, which is at the rate of 1 policeman to
4PPrehensions. The proportions in different towns
varTi
reonsiueraoty ; as in Leeds it is 1 policeman to 17 ap-
while in Glasgow it is only 1 in 49, these
ileuint the extreme points in the scale. In 1843, the
13. seer of cases in which the Sydney police were ern-
toludd amounted to 8,662, being persons taken into eus.
Y 7,232, and of summonses 1,430 ; their effective
98a 3
076 which gives proportion of 1 policeman to
pprehensions ; being precisely double that of Glasgow,
not DEER Ho NTIN-G,— Who that is a sportsmankas
RED heard of the red-deer, that monarch of the forest,
31:rg fey re with a desire to capture him ? And
1,„-Liew are there in these days who have ever seen
'" Wild grandeur ! Fewer still have joined in the
Port Which
trholtse berd
u he affords, and marked his majestic step as,
y the music of the hound, he sniffs
fin ••eezei and coolly determines on his Course. It is a
e slght to see with what ease he tops the bushes, and
Clears the boundary of the forest; at first, slowly retreat-
g ;before the tufters ; until at length, the whole pack
haying been laid on, he finds that he has no mean enemy
~.? encounter. And now with what stride does he clear
the heather and every obstacle to his course ! Soon he is
,cauria advance of the hounds, and begins his wondrous
arse of craft to elude them—sometimes beating those
-(,),ers in which he knows he is most likely to find a
-;ger and less wary deer, "that he may send him forth
tas the old books have it) " as his little squire to be sa-
trlifieed," and who, like Polorius of old, would soon get
.at which was intended for his betters, did not the saga-
WC'htyu°l the hunter discover -the manoeuvre of the old 'un;
Eco ''eanWhile, with a prodigious bound, has safely en-
„thenced himself in the midst of some high brake or cover,
d re he trls,'y lie concealed until free from the threatened
anger. Sometimes will mingle with the herd, when
it is most difficult, if not impossible, to separate him. At
"tier times he will."'take soil," as it is termed, and in
Walking or swimming a considerable way down a stream,
keep the centre, lest 'he should taint the bushes in passing.
It is ma-cdd rule that
:Zot7thd9alirgrr uepygeulricfienr,d;old down the wind ; "
and 'if the hounds but challenge a yard above the place of
his entering, you may be sure that he has gone up the
stream. He will not, perhaps, " break soil" fora quar-
tet' of a mile or more ; but wherever he does so, neither
horseman nor hound can fait to discover it. Not unfre-
'fluently will he, in " taking soil" in a pool, sinkhis whole
body, and, by'throwing his head back, keep only his nose
above water, ahen it requires no little acuteness to disco-
ver him. To see this noble animal making his way across
country with the hounds in view, is a glorious sight in-
deed; but it hardly equals the bay of an old stag, perhaps
'Planted on some narrow projecting rock in the midst of a
Tagged rushing river, with the whole pack around him,
each making the welkin answer him with his melodious
/music ; the old and sapient hounds content.to await their
formidable opponent on the bank of the stream, linowing
the danger of attacking him in the element where, through
long.4i limbs, he has so much the advantage of them.
Teu't few, however, of the younger hounds stem the cur-
f.,olllll-ld strive to seize him ; but he soon dashes them
Thasteritn' 'Wounded and maimed, and • stands alone the
6f the
preva'l Pool. And now fancy the excitement which
the honorlsngst the field, each and all anxious to have
trst of taking him. I was quite young when I
and 1?-articiPated in so grand a finale to the day's sport,
strtinaalil never forget the scene. The deer was swim-
that
he
estically beneath us, in a pool so deep and dark
river ugh
current of the stream was scarcely perceptible,
it was supplied by a large and deep fall of the
hu • The hills covered with thick oaks, (many of which
banatPa,rtly over the pool) rose very abrtzptly from each
pashwa'° a great height, and there was only a narrow
their gtalong which the horses could be ranged. whilst
neoomosee
using
were actively engaged in capturing the deer;
other; which
their stirrup-leathers and irons as a sort of
they endeavoured to throw over his horns;
the striving to effect it with their whip-thongs, but as
;4 Pool was wide and long, it was no easy matter to do
t_gr:
`e`a;uu‘ntil at length he neared the bank, when he was
',anhdillssoon laid panting on the bank, and borne off
crowlure9Ph to a small glade in the midst of these wond-
agazzne ' killed, and broken up.—New Sporting

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S.S.W.
ttOW-lands, for 'Vera Cruz—Robert, Hay-
Sherry; St. George, Ferris,
for New York—Tyro, Symonds, for Lisbon
Aii-h6fp, Elliott, for Calcutta—Dartmouth, Stewart, for
Oti:illi"---Camciena, Christie, for Rio Janeiro—Douro, Smith,
ttporto—Douce D ivie, Fraser, for Java—Robert, Scberle,
for Hamburg—Granada, Spooner, for Boston—Helen Thomp-
son, Stephenson, for Africa and Bombay—Blorenge, Banks, for
Calcutta—and Honesta, Andrews, for Trieste.

Hibernia, (steamer) Kyrie, from Boston, at this port; left
Boston on the Ist and Halifax on the 3rd instant, at to a.m.
On the outward passage, on the Sth July, in lat. 50, long. 24,
spoke the Atalanta, hence for New York
Lintin, Gillman, from Bombay, at this port; sailed 23rd
April, and from St. Helena oath June. On the 11th instant, off
the Saltees, spoke the Royal Alice and Sir F. B. Head.
Gratitude, Harvey, from China, at Dublin
Menania, Rositer, from St. John, N.R. at ditto
Pembroke Lass, Davies, hence for Limerick, at Milford, with
loss of bulwarks, &c. and one man overboard
Lady Champness, Hughes, for this port at Conway, after
being on shore
Ben Nevis, Heron ; Bytown. Pye ; Jessie, late Heron; Arab,
Gardner; Lord Seaton, Fitzsimons; Besey, Pepper; John &
Robert, Nl'Kechnie ; Kitty, Ilawey ; Druid, Browne; Anne
Jeffery, Broadfoot ; Tam O'Shanter, Ellis; and Eglinton, Muir,
hence at Quebec
Scotland, Hamilton ; New York Packet, Hosack, and Arabian,
Rainey, from New York, at ditto
Glenbervie, Russell, and Queen of the Tyne, Scott, from
Boston, at ditto
Mary, Sullivan, from Charleston, at ditto
Cerese, Dabinovich, hence at Trieste
Constantinople, Young, sailed fromditto for this port 9th
July
Mary Jane, Osborne, hence at Naples
Prinsipe de Radali, Costa, sailed from ditto for this port 29th
July
Mersey, Steele, hence at Oporto
Sir Cohn Campbell, Williamson; Martha, Youngson ; Mar-
garetta, Lewis ,; Helen, Flockhart, arid James, Gregson, hence
at Narva
Carl Christian. Birr, hence at Swinemunde
Delphine, Luth, hence at Warnemunde
Neptune, Lnchon, hence at Copenhagen
Mary Roberts, Roberts, hence at Helvoet
Transit, Smith, hence at Antwerp
Concordia, l.ams, hence at Ostend

Tay, (steamer) from Jamaica at Havana, after being on shore
on the Colorados, and with loss of anchor and chains
Caledonia, (steamer) Lott, hence at BoFtern Ist instant
Milo, for this port, pin back to New Orleans, 12th July, being
too crank

Marchioness of Bute, Luckett, from -Fombay at St. Helena
Rival, hence at lchaboe
Alexandria, Turner, hence at Alexandria
Grace Brown, Myers, hence at Baltimore
Monongahela, Terley, and Champlain, Miller, hence at rhila-
elphia

Romulus, Callender; Wm. Ward, Dady ; Fairfield, Wilson;
Ashburton, fluttleston; Columbus, Cole; and Regulus, Child,
hence at New York

Almira. Thayer, and Constantine, Sampson, hence at Boston
Avon, Masters ; Albion, Moran ; Oromocto, and Mar-
garet, l3rnce, -hence at St. John, N.B.
Catherine, Abbinet ; Catherine Ann, Reed; and Beitley, Col-
lins, hencevt Halifax

Sesostris,',WKenzie, hence nt Pictou
Norfolk Hero, Holmes, and Doctor, Luke, hence at Constan-
tinople
Sarah, Miller, hence at ditto, and sailed for GaAatz
GREENLAND, FISHERY.—PETERHEAD, August g.—The fol-
lowing vessels left Greenland on the I;th July, in company with
the'Union, which arrived here yesterday :—Anne, of Hull, two
whales, and 2000 seals; Hanover, (foreign) clean; Altona,
(foreign,) three small whales; Augustus, (foreign) one whale.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUS7 14.—Wind W.S.W. to N.W. light.
'A RRlVED.—Atinabella, Clelland, from 'Jamaica—Diamond,.
Fowler, from Sydney—Alyth, Walker, from Honduras—Elea-
nor, from Rio Grande—Orbit, Larkins, from St. John, N.B.—
Amity, Pike, from Mobile—Ontario, Barstow, from New Orleans
—Memphis, Coffin, salad Emerald, Saye, from New York—Sir
H. Pottinger, , from Miramichi—Walter, —, from
Philadelphia—John Cumming, Thayer, from Savannah—Pau-
line, Vionella, from -Ibrail—Dalkeith, M'Kenzie, from Cate—
Tern Tough, from Oharente—Deveron, Shand, from 'Riga—
and Augusta, from Guernsey.

Elvira, Gething, and Uruguay, Kelso; hence at Anjer 14th May
Margaret Connell, sailed from Valparaiso for England :ird
May; the Llewellyn, for Swansea 7th May; and the Grace for
Cork 12th May. The Baltazara was 'to sail for England ;7th
May.

,
Agnes Sophia, from Barbadoes, at Nassau, and sailed' for this
port 13th ultimo
Collector, Hawkins, hence at Malta

Atalanta, Shapley, sailed from Leghorn for this port ::7.th ult.
Senora, hence at-Vera Cruz
Palmyra, Croal, from Demerara, at Downs

Coral, Brown, from Dautzic for this port, at Tobermory
The Thomas Bennett, late Ila'sey, for Charleston, has put
back, the master having been killed by the cook on the Sth inst.
in lat. 46, long. 10.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15.—Wind W.N.W. fresh.
ARRlVED.—Cheshire, King, from BarhadoesFrances Ann,
Jackson, from New Orleans Ferax, Hale, from Charleston—
Themis, Brown; from St. John, N.H.—United Kingdom, Wal-
lace ; Lord Wellington, Hill, and Tamerlane, Thomas, from
Quebec—Lara, Hunter, trom St. Petersburg—Agnes, Huxtable,
from Riga—Aicyone, —, and Henry Bliss, Cumming, from
New York—Sadulous, Levi, from Quebec—Sarah, Heiter, from
Newfoundland--Et•.chan Maid, Mackie, from Marseilles—Mary
Henney-, Henney, from St. Petersburg—Die Krone, —,
from Wolgast—and Red Rose, from London.
SAlLsn.—Reis .Effendi, Sutherland, for St. Thomas, Porto
Rico, and Nasseu—Hero, Sedgley, for Rio Janeiro—Celt,
Jowett, for the Cape of Good Hope—Sophia, locker. forJa-
maica—Maitland,•Killam, for Yarmouth— Gartsherrie, 'Houston,
for Quebec—Harmonie, Zoetkerk, for Narva—Mandalene,
Bowen, for Frcderickstadt—and British Hero, Gibson, for St.
Petersburg.

Stewarts, Fisher, from Pernambuco, at this port; sailed sth
ultimo. The Mary Queen of Scots was to sail in a few days
for this port
Mary Lloyd, licrrison, from Port Philip, at this port; sailed
2gth NI arch

John Souchay, from Callao, at this port ; sailed 10th April.
Crown, Fletcher, from Bombay, at this port; sailed 26th
April, and from St. Helena sth ultimo. On the Ist June, in
lat. 31 57 S, long_ 34 E, spoke the Wilton Castle. On the 6th
ultimo, in lat. 14 .34 S, long. 7 22 W, spoke the Benares, from
Calcutta for London. On the 15th ultimo. in lat. 018 N, long.
22 30 W, spoke the Stag, from London for Bombay. [The Stag
spoke, on the loth ultimo, in lat. 6 40 N, long. 15 W. the Phlox,
(steamer) hence for the Isle of France, and on the 1 lth. in lat.
7N, long. 14 W, spoke the Amelia Hayes.] On the 19th ult.
in lat. la N, long. 24 )0 W. spoke the Belize. On the 19th ult.
in lat. 10 46, long. 24 39, spoke the Sir Robert Peel, hence for
Africa. On the 21st ultimo. in lat. 11 AO, long. 24 30, spoke the
Antigua Packet, hence for Ceylon. On the 22nd ultimo, in lat.
13, long. 25 30, spoke the Royal Bride, hence for Africa. On
the 10th instant, in lat. 46 20, long. 22, spoke the John Hor-
ton, hence for Montreal. Left at St. Helena, the Watkins,
Scott, for this port, and the Ann Robinson, from Calcutta.
. .

The Alyth, which arrived here yesterday, sailed from
29th June, and left the following vessels at Belize:—The
Llantarnum Abbey and Margaret, for this port; the Steadfast,
for London; the Brigand, Mary Bibby, Princess Charlotte,
Hope, and Black Nymph. The Superior sailed for Cork 27th
June. On the 26th ultimo, in lat. 41, long. 47, spoke the Sera-
phine, hence for St. John, N.B. On the 4th instant, in 1at..48,
lo,ng. 33, spoke the Don Tlian, hence for Newfoundland.
The Sophia, hence for Jamaica, has put back, with loss of jib.
boom and cutwater started, having been in contact with the
Pearl, for Glasgow. last night, which soon afterwards sunk.
Crew saved by the Sophia.
N.B. with P R or It It on her stern, paintedja po
The wreck of a brig, of about 220 tons,
head, was passed 9th instant, in lat. 48, •
Icin
d with painted ports '
t. in lat. 48, long. 15
belongirntgs.toan
but no head, was passed 11th iri_etan
at Buenos Ayres St.el John,sc scroll
Lady Mary, and Charles, hen
A dis maste d ship, apparently waterlogge ,
Isabella, Herbert,
Andes, Smith, hence at Balsa
for Trieste, at Scilly, with loss of
Gustaf, Fabracius, hence
foreyardßahia, at Dartmouth
hence oft ditto 13th June
from' Bahia, at .Falmouth; sailed Ist ultimo.
Esk, Massey,
in lat. 28, long. 44, spoke the Helen, from
On the 23rd ultimo,
London. On the 3rd instant,' in lat, 42, long. 30,
Bahia for .Loa • m Valparaiso for Swansea. On the 7th
' lewellyn, fro Creamore, Shapley, from
spoke the L long. 18, spoke the Dorchester
Anderson, from Rio Grande, off Falmouth; sailed.
the 20th June, in dat. 20 S, long, 30 W, 3oth May. .Onspoke
the Findon from Buenos Ayres for this port. On the 23rd
inszotairtto,ni,n,lat. 45.
ultimo, in '-iat. 27 N, long. 36 W, -spoke the Boo!le, from Rio
Grande for this port. On the Ist instant, in lat. 40, long. 35,
spoke the Tallentyre, for Callao.
Cleopatra, from Dublin for Ichaboe,ut Beaumaris, with loss
of fore-top mast, and one man overboard.
Sunflower,
spoken
from
:—Cybele,Bahia,
henceL onelo n
for B
Vessels erbice, 14th ultimo, in
lat. 20 N, long. 35 W ; Emerald, hence for St. John, N.B. 16th
ultimo, in lat. 43, long; Huron, hence for St. Andrew's, 18th
ultimo, in lat. 43, long. 55 ; Don, hence for Rio Grande, 29th
June, in lat. 5 S, long. 29 W ; Phoenix, hence 2nd instant, in
lat. 39 N, long. 14 W,; Arab, hence for Halifax, 6th instant, in
lat. 47, long. 22.