The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-24 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLIOE.-TUESDAX.

THE OUTRAGE BY SEAMEN.—Captain Atkin and the other
two seamen, charged with committing a violent assault Apoh
young man, named Michael Murphy, the particulars of which
were detailed in our paper of Friday last, were again brought
up to-day, when they applied to he admitted to bail. Mi. Par-
lour handed to the magistrates the certificate of a surgeon, which
stated that the young roan was not out of Jagger. Sir George
Drinkwaterloto the prisoners that he never recollected a more
infamous and violent assault, and that he could not think o-f
admitting them to hail until the surgeon stated Murphy to be
completely free from danger. The prisoners were accordingly
remanded. There were hut few "disorderly cases" before the
magistrates to-day, and none possessed the slightest interest.

SATURDAY.

Tun NEWTOWN Impos:rOis.-I:'oitr idle fellows, represent-
ing themselves to be distressed flannel weavers from Newtown,
Montgomeryshire, but who arc not in any way connected with
that business, have for some months been prowling about the
large towns of Lancashire, endeavouring to excite the commi-
seration of the public, and exact alms from the charitable, by
these piteous and lying narrations. They have successfully
practised their imposture in most of the nmaufacturing towns,
by means of forged certificates from persons purporting to be
their late employers, who, in consequence of the bad-
ness of the times, lad been compelled to discharge up-
wards of 600 operative flannel weavers, by which they
were plunged into the deepest distress. - Intelligence of
the rascally doings of these impostors at length reached
the authorities of Newtown, from whence they professed to have
conic, and the authorities lost no time in writing to the chief
officers of police in the large towns, warning them of the im-
posture, and giving the names and descriptions of the impos-
tors. Having finished sonic of the manufacturing towns of
Lancashire, two of the scoundrels arrived the other day to levy
contributions on the benevolent of this town, the other two
being, no doubt, campaigning elsewhere. They had not been
in Liverpool, however, more than a day when our active police,
who had received a communication from Wales, succeeded in
apprehending them, and on Saturday they were brought be-
fore Sir George Driukwater. The names of the four impostors
are, Evan Astley, Charles Morris, Evan Williams, and John
Pugh. The two placed at the bar gave their names John
Pugh and Thomas Brich, but there is every reason to suppose
that the latter has given a wrong name. Mr. Parlour, the Su-
perintendent of Police, stated the above facts against the pri-
soners, and that he had received a letter from Mr. Davis, the
chief officer of the Newton police, in which it was stated that
the prisoners were all known in Montgomeryshire as bad
characters, that their documents were forgeries, their state-
ments altogether false, and not one of them were connected
with the trade of a flannel weaver, by which they professed to
have been brought to distress. Mr. Parlour then produced the
copy of a recommendation, bearing the supposed signatures
of two respectable Welsh flannel manufacturers, which we give
by way of cautioning the benevolent of the country against the
other two impostors, who are at large; vending the same talc of
woe. The following is a copy

"NEWT9VSI,-MONTGU;IERYSHIRE, NORTH WALES.
"To all grial Chlistians far and near, we hope you will listen
to this rnournft.l tale Of woe, our trade being so much depressed
at the present titlio and, in fact, it having been on the decline
for some years, owing to foreign manufactures being imported
to such an extent, and being so greatly overstocked with goods,
has rendered it absolutely necessary to discharge upwards of
600 of our workmen. tiV e beg, therefore, to recommend their
situation to a humane and generous public, being well con-
vinced that Britons have never yet been appealed to in vain.
We have given the above to the four men named below, as
being .both honest and industrious, and worthy of charitable
assistance to enable fhem to get into employment.
(Signed by the masters,) "JOHN Wootisr,
"WILLIAM EVANS.
"Names of the men :—Evan Astley, Charles Morris, Evan
Williams, John Pugh."
The handbill also contained the following pathetic lines,
called the " Woollen Spinners and Weavers' Lamentation for
the year 1833," and as they are believed to be original and nut
generally known, "the annual" makers for the Yeex 1834 are
at Liberty to take advantage of them :
" Now, in the time of'deep diStress,
We know not what to do,
We know not where to wander, .
Nor whither for to go. •
To beg we are compelled,
Or else to do something trust;
To steal we are not inclined,
whose and well-fed appearance belied
But iu the Laid we trust."
The prisoners,
their "tale of woe," having nothing to say in their defence,
were committed to the care of the gaoler for three mouths, as
vagabonds, who promised to find them what they professed to
have so long been seeking,—employment.
Thomas Smith, George Musker, Charles Wilks, and Thomas
Mate, were charged with stealing a quantity of iron, the pro-
perty of Messrs. Cookson, Hatton, and Co., chain cable manu-
facturers, in Mersey-street. it appeared from the evidence
that three of the prisoners were nperatives in the employ of
Messrs. Cookson and Co., and Wilks is a blacksmith in how-
lands-court, Oldhall-street. Messrs. Cookson and Hatton had
at various times missed quantities of iron which had been
given out to the men to make up into chain cables, and they at
length traced the robberies to the prisoners, who were proved to
have sold it to Wilks, the blacksmith. Arrowsmith, the con-
stable, found a quantity of iron-bars on the premises of Wilks,
and found the other prisoners in the act of selling it. The case
was fully made out against all the prisoners, and they were
remanded.
Edward Saiith and James Kirkham, two well-known thieves,
were brought up on suspicion of stealing five fowls, which had
been found in their possession. The fowl charge was not fully
made out in consequence of the owners not being present, and
they were remanded.
A VROMISING YOHTH.—A boy about ten years of age, named
John Owens, was charged with picking the pocket of a lady
named Clark, residing in Paradise-street. It appears that Mrs.
Clark was walking along Whitechapel, on Thursday last, when
the prisoner, in- company with two other boys about the same
age, followed her, and the prisoner succeeded in putting his
hand into her pocket and extracting half-a-crown and some
copper. He was _caught in the act and apprehended, -.,:t-thtt'
other boys made their escape. Batchelor, the bridewell-keeper,
said that the prisoner had been committed no less than nine
times. He was committed for trial.

MONDAY.
An old ballad singer of wretched appearance, with long
grisly grey hair, stood up " like quills upon the fretful
porcupine, was charged by an officer of police with gathering
an audience of the people" in the streets by the exercise of
his vocal powers, to which were added a begging accompani-
ment.

Alderman Brancker told the prisoner that he could not be
suffered to beg about the streets.
Prisoner, (in a Cockney jargon)—yell, then, 'spose I must
starve. . .

Tile Alderman—You have no occasion to starve, but to ap-
ply to your parish.
Prisoner—'Spose I have no parish.
AderuLan—Where were you born ?
Prisoner—'Spose, in St. Giles's, London.
Alderman—Well, then, that is your parish.
does'nt call that a parish, I calls it a prison, and
you dusn't ketch me in it.
Ald r.nan —I shall send you to the House of Correction for
eight days,
Pri oner—'Spose I can't help it.—Committed.
A JEREMY DlDDLEu.—Archihald Wear, a cunning vaga-
ho:d, who gets but an indifferent livelihood by his wits, was
charg d by Nits. Siuicock, a publican, with swindling her out
iOs.

Mrs. Simcock stated that about three months ago the pri-
soner cane to her house and said that he wished to leave some
trunks containing property of value for seety. The property,
was to be landed from the Cora, a Greenock vessel, on the at.-
ternoon that he came, and being rather short of loose cash he
burrowed ltk. until the trunks were forthcoming from the ship.
Having secured the needful, Mr. Wear said be would go and
look after the trunks, and went out. He had not been gone
long before it was discovered that he had taken the liberty of
hutting on Mr.
•the he had on was Mr. Simcock s, and he
informed that coat
Simcock's great coat. He was pursued,, and
had made a mistake, thinking the
Complainant•
own, and he gave it up. saw no
his
coat was
more of the prisoner unSaturday
apologised,
last, when he entered her
stating that he
house
e was so r r he ed hadeb t baenedn
payso longit, abbastwirat ;
thehehad
ioawndeosianied toa acknowledgethmean time desired the loan of a few shillings. Complainant's
husband was then at home, and he immediately sent the pri-
soner to Bridewell. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he
only borrowed the 108., and with respect to putting on the land-
lord's coat, he was drunk at the time, and did nut know what he
was about. -Sir Thomas Braneker told the complainant that
he feared the case was a mere matter of debt, as there was no
proof of felony, and the prisoner was discharged.
Au Italian seaman charged a young woman named Ellis with
robbing him of 1:2 Ids. and a quantity of wearing apparel. The
complainant could not speak English, consequently he could
not detail his charge. and the prisoner was remanded until this
day.
REASONS FOR BEATING A `WYE.--Why did you beat your
wife in this way ? said the Alderman, to a little drunken tailor
named Williams, who was charged with that offence. My
raisons for it, may it plaise you, were, that. I II int up to her wid
all the intintions of kindness in the world, and she said to me,
Get away you dirty scamp and thieving rascal, says she, by
raison of which the neighbours bad a license to say the same,
whereby I indulged myself by quilting her a little, and for no
other raison. The-watchman who too-k•the prisoner into custody
said that he was iu the habit of indulging hadstif by beating his
wife, and he was consequently held to bail.
A LACY BA RRYMORE.—A disorderly female, named Anne
Hall, whose expefence in a court of justice and a gaol is not
inferior to that of the late Lady Barry more, was brought up for
the 9ilth time, charged with being drunk and disorderly. Hose
ysr honours gentlemen, said the prisoner, I am very sorry, and
as I only came out of gaol yesterday, I hope you'll look over this
matter, especially as Christmas-day is so near, and as I have
not spent my Christmas day out of prison for some years. The
Aldorman.—Why this is the Will time you have been here.
Prisoner.—Yes, yes honour, but I'llnever come any more. The
Alderman.—Weil, as you have not had a holiday on a Christmas-
day for some years, I'll give you an opportunity this time, by
your promisong never to come here again. The prisoner gave
• the required assurance, and was discharged.
Housc STE!. sEns.--Three lads were charged with pulling
down- the interior of an uninhabited house in thick-street. It
appeared from the evidence of the owner of the house, that the
prisoners and a number of other boys, amounting in number
to 40 or 50, were in the habit of breaking osen uninhabited
houses in the night time, and stealing everything they could
pull down. In this instance they had tore up the flowing, and
made a fire of the staircase! The house had been put in re-
pair about a month ago, but the following day it was broken
open, and now it was worse than ever. The three prisoners
were found in the house on Saturday night, and had been
brought up before for a similar offence. The prisoners were
committed as vagrants.
John Thoruson was charged with stealing two bars of iron.
A watchman stated that he saw the prisoner in Cable-street,
on Saturday last, carrying two bars of iron, and on questioning
him he could not give an account of where he received them.
The prisoner now said that he was employed to carry the iron
for somebody; as to stealing it he could not think of doing such
a thing, as lie despised such work. Unfortunately for the.pri-
soner, he appeared to be an old acquaintance of the police,
having been before in custody on suspicion of breaking into
a house. He was remanded until to-day, in order to find
owners for the iron.
BASE COlN.—John Harrison war- charged by Roberts, the
officer, with being in possession of a quantity of counterfeit
coin. The officer stated that on Saturday night last, a little
before eight o'clock, he saw the prisoner on the Queen's Dock
Quay, Who appeared to be rubbing something with his hands.
Suspecting that he was a *masher, witness asked what he had
got there, and the prisoner said, "What's that to you." NV it..
ness then laid hold of the prisoner's hand, and after a violent
struggle succeeded in opening it, and a paper fell out of his
hands, which proved to contain five counterfeit shilliugs, and six
shillings and sixpence in good money. He took hiin to bride-
•well. Mr. Parlour said that all the bad money appeared to
be from one die. The prisoner in his defence denied that he
knew it was bad. He was committed for trial.

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