The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-10-21 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL OCTOBER SESSIONS.

LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,

The borough October Sessions commenced yesterday I The monthly meeting of the council was held yesterday,
morning, before Gilbert Henderson; Esq., Recorder. The I Thos. B. Horsfall, Esq., the President, in the chair.
calendar contained a list of seventy-two cases, sixty-nine After the routine business, the President reported that,
of which were for felony, and three for misdemeanor; J in accordance with the resolution of the general meeting,
these cases embraced the names of eighty-four prisoners , the deputation, then appointed, bad presented the address
for felony, and six for misdemeanors. The following tto the Queen, on her late visit, on the landing-stage, and
gentlemen were sworn on that her Majesty had received the same most graciously.
THE GRAND JURY. The President also reported that he had been in cora -
Walter Fergus M‘Gregor. ironfounder, Vanzball-road,foreman. munication with the dock surveyors upon the subject of a
Thomas Addison, sharebroker, Dale-street. general depot for passengers' luggage, and he laid before
John Bibby, merchant, Tower-gardens. the Council a plan suggested by the surveyor; but the ac-
Timothy Bourne Bourne, broker, Water-street.
commodation proposed by it not appearing to the Council
George Barnsley, broker, Liver-chambers, Tithebarn- street.
James Beazley, merchant, Rumford-place. -sufficient to meet the requirement s of the passenger traffic,
William Cliff, the younger, merchant, Exchange-chambers, the President was request•ed again to see the dock sur-
Tithebarn-street. veyor relative thereto.
Francis Anderson Clint, merchant, South Castle-street. The Postal Committee, considering that the lighting of
Thomas Froste, merchant, Peel-street. the Town-hall clock at night would be a great conveni-
John Francis Goodwin, corn merchant, Lower Castle- s' rect.
Abram Gartside, woolbroker, Salisbury-street, Everton. enee to the public, reported that the Town-clerk had been
Samuel Taylor Hobson, gentleman, Catherine-street. seen on the subject ; but that, in consequence of architec-
John Higson, broker, Exchange-alley North. tural difficulties, its illumination from the interior would
Hilton Halhead, merchant, Sefton•weet. endanger the safety of the building, the subject had been
Stephen Wright Kelso, shipbroker, Tithebarn-greet. abandoned by the Town Council some years ago. It was
Thomas Lewin, wine merchant, Castle-street.
suggested by several members that the lighting might be
Wm. John Marrow, corn-merchant, Brunswick-street.
Jacques Myers, broker, Exchange-street West. effected from the outside, the President therefore under-
Robert Procter, broker, Brunswick-street. took to make some further enquiries on the subject.
John Andrew Smith, merchant, Spencer-street. Everton. In consequence of the hindrance to the navigation of
Wm. John Tomlinson, merchant, Rumford-street. the river, by the quarantine hulks remaining in their
The usual proclamation against vice and immorality present position, it was resolved to memorialize Govern-
having been read, went to remove them to a site less in the way of the
The learned RECORDER roceeded to address the Grand traffic of the river.
-Jury. He said he had reason '0 hope that on the present oc- The communications included letters from Mr. Card-
ca3ion thebusinessvcould be .ght. Seven weekshadelapsed well, M.P., and Mr. Henry, M.P., acknowledging the
since the holding of the last sessions ; and the present ca. vote of thanks of the Chamber to them for their services
lendarcontained thenamesofaboutninety prisoners fortrial, rendered to it :—frorn the General Post-office, in reply to
and none of these cases, he thought, would require any the memorial in favour of a qualified experiment of the
direction to them from him. It was satisfactory to persons Ocean Penny Postage scheme, stating that the Post-
sitting where he did, to find that the legislature had of master-General has not the power to reduce the rates of
late bestowed considerable attention to the improvement I postage unless authorized by the Treasury. Further
of our criminal courts of justice. One act which was now i action on this subject was deferred until a reply was re-
coming into force, would do a great deal to sweep away ceived -to the memorial to the Board of Trade :—from
those technicalities which went a great way to frustrating the Guardian Society, complaining of irregularities in
justice. He might mention two instances in which the the postal arrangements with the Isle of Man—referred
improvement would be manifest, even with their know- to the postal committee.—A letter was also read on the
ledge of the law. Formerly if there was any mistake in subject of supporting the Pasha of Egypt in his scheme
the indictment, in the name of the party charged, this for a railway from Alexandria to Cairo and Suez, but
would be fatal, although the person set forth was well owing to intimation having been received that the diffi-
known by the name stated in the indictment. For instance: culties between the Porte and the Pasha had been ar-
there were few who knew the name of Sir Wm. Follett, ranged, no steps were taken for the present.
although he was generally known by the name of William The President brought under the consideration of the
Follett. Now, his name was William Webbe Follett, and Council a grievance arising out of the construction of a
were he to have been indicted by the name of William clause in the Merchant Seamen's Act, whereby, in the
Follett, with the omission of the word " Webbe," the opinion of the Stipendiary Magistrate, a warrant for the
indictment would have failed. There was now a power arrest of seamen refusing to proceed on their voyage could
given to the court, by the recent act, immediately to not be issued in Liverpool, the complaining parties being
amend the indictment, if any such mistake should occur, thereby compelled to have recourse to the magistrates at
Another benefit resulting from the enactment to which Birkenhead or Wallasey, because the vessel happened to
he had alluded was this : it was now permitted to be at anchor in the Mersey nearer the Cheshire shore than
, include those cases of larceny against the same per- the Liverpool side ; it was resolved that the President be
, son in one indictment. For want of this provision, authorised to communicate with the Board of Trade on
it frequently happened, in cases where several articles the subject.
had been stolen at different times, that justice The desertion of seamen from vessels homeward-bound,
failed,—as the party conducting the prosecution was put at ports where they bad put in in distress, not being their
to his choice as to which case he would proceed on. The final port, originating in a letter from Lloyd's agent at
Learned Recorder, in illustration, instanced a case in Milford, was also considered ; and it was resolved that
which a servant had been charged with stealing a dress further information should be obtained previous to any
and a £lO note; and he (the Recorder) put the prosecutor steps being taken.
to his selection. The prosecutor selected to go to the A return was laid on the table shewing that since the
jury in the case of the dress. This failed, and the woman last meeting three new members had been enrolled
was acquitted. He (the Recorder) happened to know
that the party charged was guilty of stealing the £lO
note, as it was afterwards restored to the prosecutor.
Here was an evasion of justice : but as the law now stood,
a party might proceed on three charges, as the court was
not required to put the prosecutor upon his selection ;
and in this he (the Recorder) thought there was no hard-
ship. He might again mention,—for it ought to be well
known,—the change which had taken place with regard
to the sale of arsenic. A recent Act required persons
vending arsenic to keep a book, in which to make any
entries of the name, residence, and other particulars of
every case in which arsenic was bought. It was also re-
quired that arsenic, before being sold, should be mixed
with soot or indigo, the object of course being to prevent
it being administered for evil purposes. In cases where
arsenic was made up for medical prescriptions, the law, of
course, did not interfere, but in other cases a person sup-
plying arsenic contrary to the provisions of the statute,
was liable to a penalty of £2O. There was one case in
the Calendar which would be brought before the
court. arising out of a procession which took place in
July last. He thought that every well-regulated minded
man, when it was considered that on the occasion a human
life was sacrificed, must regret that any such procession
took place. In his mind, it would be far better if no
such procession should occur. The object of it, as he
understood, was to commemorate a great victory, which
completed a revolution which had been attended with the
most happy results to the rights and liberties of us all ;
but when he said this, one could not but remember that
it was the commemoration of a victory which many re-
garded as a triumph over their countrymen and over their
religion ; and, therefore, under these circumstances, any
offensive display ought to be avoided, because such dis-
plays were calculated to irritate and lead to breaches of
the peace ; and he thought that, after the expiration of a
century and a.half, when all were enjoying the benefits
of the revolution, it was not fitting that the recollection
of that particular battle and struggle should be brought
forward, seeing that the doing so excited parties who felt
insulted by such a display. An Englishman might justly
exult in the victory zained at the battle of Waterloo, but
in the company of a large body of Frenchmen he would
not think of making a public display of such exultation ;
not that his patriotic feeling would be less, but he would
see the necessity, under such circumstances, of forbear-
ance. He (the learned Recorder) therefore hoped that
the persons having the direction of these matters would
see the propriety of abstaining from such displays. There
were some processions which stood upon a different footing.
He, for one, was glad to sees Welshman wearing his leek upon
St. David's Day. and an Irishman his shamrock upon St.
Patrick's ; this evinced a feeling of nationality which was
a just stimulus to exertion, and led to benefit. An Irish-
man might be justly proud of his beautiful country, and a
Welshman of his mountains, his valleys, and the legions
of his country ; but in a town like this, he (the learned
recorder) very much doubted whether processions, espe-
cially where Irishmen were collected together in such
large numbers, were the most appropriate way of demon-
strating their feelings. These processions often ended in
excesses, and not as in the case alluded to, causing much
anxiety and trouble to those charged with the preservation
of the peace ; and this being the case, it would be better
if some other mode of celebrating their days were selected.
Another evil arising from processions, and one which
ought not to be overlooked, was, the obvious mischief
caused by the interruption to the commerce and traffic of
a town like Liverpool. He should therefore hope that
those who possessed more influence than he did in such
matters would discountenance such processions. Hav-
ing adverted to these assemblages, he could but congratu-
late them upon the occasion in which this town poured
forth its thousands and tens of thousands, for a very differ-
ent purpose. He thought it most fortunate and creditable
to the town that no fatal, and he believed, no serious ac-
cident had occurred on that occasion. Although circum-
stances had been adverse on account of the unfavourable
weather, these served to test the gracious feeling of her
Majesty, who never omitted anything to gratify the loyalty
of her subjects ; and, on the other hand, it showed that
no adverse circumstances could damp the ardour of the
people, or restrain their loyalty. It was something more
than mere curiosity which had led to such a demonstration
on the part of the people generally ; it was a manifesta-
tion of attachment to the monarchy which was so hap-
pily established in this country. We had seen in other
countries kings dethroned, revolutions agitated, and
changes brought about by tumult and bloodshed ; but not
so in this country. We had witnessed great changes, and
we had gone through great political excitement ; but these
had passed without injury to the system of our national
form of government. One great reason for this was the
attachment on the part of the people to the establishment
of monarchy, and the confidence which they felt in that
system ; but above all to the confidence in their own be-
loved Sovereign, who, they knew, would consult their
welfare in every case, and watch over their interests and
privileges under all circumstances. The grand jury were
then dismissed to their duties.

MISCELLANEOUS.

It is said that Cardinal Wiseman will hold a general
synod about the middle of November.

Kossuth is expected to arrive at Southampton on
Thursday next, the 23rd instant.
The King of Hanover is so indisposed that he cannot
receive his ministers on any business.
The new Lord Mayor of London and the Bishop of
London were born in the same street in Bury.

Mr. James Beardsley, a highly respectable chemist,
committed suicide at Nottingham, on Tuesday, by sus-
pending himself from the roof of his summer-house.
It is understood that Earl Granville, Paymaster of the
Forces, and Lord Seymour, First Commissioner of Public
Works. will be shortly added to the Cabinet.

A vessel arrived froin Lisbon has brought a quantity of
beehives made from cork, of Portuguese manufacture, as
part of her cargo.
The Glasgow Herald announces the selection of Baron
Marochetti, for the execution of her Majesty's equestrian
.
statue in Glasgow.

Miss A. H. Smith, of Olney, Bedfordshire, has left the
munificent sum of £lOOO to the London Society for the
Improvement of Prison Discipline.
On Wednesday a deputation from the Society of Friends
waited on Lord John Russell at his official residence in
Downing-street, on the subject of the Kaffir war.
A Lincolnshire paper says that upwards of 56 tons of
cockles and mussels are now weekly carried by railway
from Boston to Manchester, Leeds, Nottingham, and
other large inland towns.
The people of Chelmsford persist in their determination
to distinguish themselves in the history of the ridiculous,
by placing the pedestal of the late Chief Justice Tindal on
the town pump.
The court• martial lately held at Weedon, regarding the
unfortunate occurrences in the 4th King's Own Regi-
ment, has terminated in the loss of their commissions by
three out of the four officers who were tried.

The station-master in charge of the Bingham station, of
the Nottingham and Grantham Railway, has just ab-
sconded with the proceeds of the five days' excursion
train to Nottingham fair.

A cheering account is given in the Dumbarton Herald
of the progress of shipbuilding at that port. In both iron
and wood there is said to be uncommon activity among
the builders.

A man who strayed into the belfrey of Pendleton
Church while the bells were ringing, on Friday, during
the passing of the royal cortege, was knocked down by
one of the bells and killed.

The city magistrates have expressed themselves highly
displeased at M. Soyer's application for a renewal of the
license for the Symposium. A more dissipated and dan-
gerous place for the morals of young men, one of the
magistrates said, he had never entered.
On Thursday, at the Mansion House, Josiah Westley,
bookbinder, of Blackfriars, was committed for trial upon
charges of having forged bills of exchange with intent to
defraud the banking house of Messrs. Glyn and Co., of
Lombard-street.

Mr. Mackenzie, a farmer, of Fodderty, in Strathpeffer,
has been killed by a bull, which assailed him on his letting
it out of a shed. Mrs. Mackenzie missed her husband
for a long time, and went in search of him ; she found him
yet alive, but he died the following day.
The electric telegraph has just been introduced into the
principal school at Bishopwearmouth, the wires being laid
throughout the establishment, and the orders of the head
master being instantaneously transmitted to the teachers
and servants.

The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National
Debt have notified that the sum of £758,196 lls. 10d.,
being one-fourth of the surplus revenue, will be applied,
between this month and January, in the purchase of
stock, making, with interest receivable on account of
stock, &z., £760,328 2s. 3d.
In consequence of the delicate state of health of Pro-
fessor Wilson, the renowned Christopher North, he has
been obliged to make arrangements for dispensing with
the delivery of his lectures on moral philosophy in the
University of Edinburgh at the ensuing session. Princi-
pal Lee is to undertake the duty for the learned professor.
A letter from the Bay of Rosas says :—" The Superb
yacht, Lord C. Paget, arrived off Barcelona on the 22nd
ult. She came in company with the Sapphire, J. G. Gib-
son, as far as Carthagena, from whence the latter went
back to Vigo, where the Serpent was to meet her, and
return to England together."
Ketturah Levy, aged 44, a respectable and intelligent
Jewess, wife of Mr. Abraham Levy, who is now an inter-
preter at Antioch, was publicly baptised on "Wednesday
evening last, in the Wesleyan Chapel, Stafford-street,
Sunderland, by the Rev. Isaac Woodcock, when she was
Presented with a handsome copyof the Bible.—Sunderland
Times.

In pursuance of an order of the Lords of the Treasury
to that effect, the proper authorities of the Revenue
have given directions for thirty cases, marked " stone,"
and a quantity loose, which were brought over in the ship
Fortitude with the Nineveh sculptures, to be delivered
at the British Museum, having been imported for deposit
in that national establishment.

The following is a summary of the cases tried during
the day:—
James White, 21, twelve calendar months ; Philip
Allen, 16, ten calendar months' hard labour, one week
solitary, and once whipped ; Rebecca Hilton, alias
Eaton, 35, ten years' transportation ; William Green, 23,
acquitted ; John Locket, 21, fourteen years' transporta-
tion ; Thomas Jones, alias Winters, 15, eighteen calendar
months' hard labour ; Jane Williams, 18, nine calendar
months' hard labour ; Ann Devine, 17, twelve calendar
months' hard labour ; Ann Collier, alias Rose Ann, 28,
ten calendar months' hard labour.

An unusually large number of persons are now leaving
the neighbourhood of Sheerness, and emigrating to
America. Twenty-four persons connected with one family
left at Michaelmas. Four labourers have recently gone,
leaving their families, consisting of more than twenty
persons, to the charge of the Sheppy union.—Maidstone
Gazette.

Up to Saturday afternoon no decision had been given
by the Board of Inland Revenue to the several railway
companies whom they have called upon for the payment
of the passenger duty (one-eighth of a penny per mile) on
the excursion traffic; and it is, therefore, concluded by
the railway companies that the Board will proceed in the
Court of Exchequer in the next Term for the recovery of
the amount.

On Tuesday, a public meeting of merchants, and others
interested in the overland route to India, was held at the
London Tavern, to memorialize the Government on the
threatened interruption by the Porte of the projected rail-
way across Egypt. The chair was taken by S. Gregson,
Esq., and the meeting was addressed by several of the
heads of leading houses in the city. The meeting termi-
nated in the adoption of a memorial.
A melancholy occurrence took place at Copford, about
four miles from Chelmsford, on Tuesday last, in the death
of three children of Thomas Nice, a farm labourer, one
of the number having, in the temporary absence of his
mother, set fire to the straw covering of a heap of pota-
toes in the room which, though it did not blaze, emitted
a large quantity of smoke, and so caused their suffncation.
The bodies, when viewed by the jury, were lying upon
the bed in their night clothes ; they were all very Ana
children, and bore so little the appearance of death thiit
they might readily have been supposed to be only asleep.
It is rumoured that Lord Brougham intends during the
ensuing session. of Parliament to submit to the Govern-
ment (with a view of improving the system now in force
for admitting gentlemen to the bar) a proposition for con-
solidating the Aliddle and Inner TempleS, Gray's and
Lincoln's-inns, into one legal University, to be governed
by a SenateandChancellor, similar to other Universities.
In this University, Professorships are to be established
in the different branches of Law and Equity, who are to
lecture as the Professors do at Oxford or Cambridge. It
is also proposed to abolish the immense fees which are at
present charged for " entering."