The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-23 00:00:00

WAITING.—Of the numerous professors that have endea-
voured to establish themselves in Liverpool within the last
fourteen years, none have met with the success which has at-
tended Mr. Thompson's practice in this useful art. ‘Ve
need only draw the attention of those requiring his assistance
to his advertisement elsewhere.

DARING ROBBERY.—On Saturday morning week, between
the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock, the house of a gentle-
man, in Field-street Everton, was entered, during the absence
of the family and servants, and wearing apparel to a very
considerable amount taken from the premises. The entrance
was gained by climbing over the back wall, and forcing ope❑
the back kitchen door. The thieves ransacked almost every
drawer in the house, and took away several valuable suits of
gentlemen's clothes, several ladies' dresses, a quantity of
servants' clothing ; also a silver lever watch, and the works
and dial of a time-piece, leaving the frame of the latter on
the chimney piece.
CAUTION TO PERSONS ENGAGING SERVANTS.—On Fri-
day a young woman, of decent appearance, was placed at the
bar of the Police-court, charged with throwing a paving-
stone through the window of her mistress's residence, in
Park-lane. It appeared that the prisoner was a servant to
Mrs. Margaret Neale, the prosecutrix, and had been but a
short time in her service. While there, however, she had
absented herself on several occasions, both day and night ;
and, being remonstrated with and discharged, she had re-
venged herself in the way described. It was stated in court
that the prisoner was a well-known prostitute. On being
asked what she had to say to the charge, the prisoner replied
that she did not intend to do it. Mr. Rushton (with evident
surprise): Not intend to do it ! Do you think you can throw
a stone at a square of glass and not break it? You must pay
the cost of the window, 2s. 6d., or he imprisoned seven days.
THE SCREW STEAMER.—On Friday last a large party of
gentlemen, interested in the carrying trade between this port
and Manchester, met by invitation of the Old Quay Com-
pany to proceed down the navigation on a tour of inspection.
Mr. Lingard and Mr. Guyton, agents to the compauy, con-
ducted the arrangements. The small screw vessel, which
has for some time been running on the Mersey, was borrowed
to convey the party, and formed an additional source of in-
terest on the occasion, from the proof afforded of the facility
with which steam may now be employed on canals. A very
handsome entertainment was provided, and nothing tran-
spired to interrupt the pleasure which all seemed to enjoy
except a little rain towards the conclusion of the trip. This,
however, only seemed to change the scene of action, for the
whole party having retired to the cabin, several healths were
drank, paying a just tribute of praise to the highly respects-
ble company that had given occasion to the day's enjoyment,
and to the projectors of the vessel which conveyed them.

MAINTENANCE OF PAUPERS.—The favourable reduction
in the price of provisions is sensibly experienced in the co,t
of the paupers in the workhouses. In the Liverpool Work-
house, the cost for food, for the quarter ending 25th March
last, was is. 6id. per head per week. The reduction has
been gradual, as follows:—For the quarter ending June,
1811, the cost was 2s. ; September, 2s. ; December,
ls. liqd. ; March, 1842, Is. 10d. ; June, Is. 10,1 d. ; Septem-
ber, Is. 9:ld. ; December, Is. 7d. ; March, 1813, Is. 6:ld.
As the number of paupers maintained is about two thousand
the difference in the price of food only, for the paupers in
the Liverpool Workhouse, if the present prices continue,
wilt amount to about £2,383 less than the cost for the year
1841. Assuming that an equal reduction in the cost will
take place throughout England, and that the paupers main-
tamed in the workhouses of the various unions average about
150,000, the !saving in the cost of in-mainainance tor food
only will amount to £178,750 for the current year.—Poor-
law Guide.

INQUESTS, BEFORE THE BOROUGH CORONER.—On
Saturday, on view of the body of Jane Ratcliffe, a married
woman, aged 31. The body was found on Friday morning
lying in the cellar-hole under the house in which she lived,
in Bay Horse Lane. She and her husband and some ac-
quaintances had been drinking freely on the previous evening,
and, about eleven o'clock at night, she went out for a quart
of ale, and nothing more was seen of her until she was found.
On a post mortem examination it appeared that she had died
in a fit of apoplexy, cansed by excessive drinking—Verdict
accordingly. Same day, on the body of Hiram Lawson,
aged 24, carpenter of the ship Edinburgh. On Thursday
last the ship was being hauled out of the Prince's Dock, and
the deceased was stationed in the wizen-chains, with a cork
fender. By some means the rope attached to the fender slip.
ped through his hands, and he fell from his position, and
striking his shoulder against the quay in his descent to the
water, sank, and did not again rise. He was picked up about
a quarter of an hour afterwards, but was found to be quite
dead—Verdict, " accidentally drowned." Yesterday, on the
body of Margeret Lloyd, aged 24, deceased was subject to
convulsive fits. On Tuesday evening last she was seized with
a fit, and fell down the kitchen stairs. She remained in a
state of insensibility until Thursday, when she died. On a
post rnortem examination it was found that there was exten-
sive disease of the liver and stomach, together with congestion
of the brain,—which last was the immediate cause of death.
—Verdict accordingly. Same day, en view of the body of a
recently born child, found in a field in the Park. The de-
ceased had lived for a short time, but had died from general
debility.—Verdict, " found dead."
NEW YORK PACKET SHIPS.—The Sheffield, Capt. Pop-
ham, which left New York on the 20th ult., arrived here on
Friday ; and on Saturday the New York, Capt. Cropper,
which left on the 20th, and the Siddons, Capt. Cobb, which
sailed on the 29th, reached this port. The splendid new
America❑ liner, " Liverpool," arrived on Wednesday. The
latter vessel is described as an admirable specimen of naval
architecture. The following are her dimensions :—Keel,
157 ft. ; length of main deck, 175 ft. ; spar deck, 188 ft. •
beam, 36 ft. 9 in.; tonnage, 1077 ft. ; ditto, (new measure-
inent,) 1125 ft. ; depth of hold, 23 ft. 3 in. ; length over all,
about 210 ft. She has accommodation for upwards of 400
passengers, and her between-decks are lofty and well venti-
lated, and run the whole length of the ship without interrup-
tion. The cabin accommodations are of the highest order,
and the saloon, conjoining with the ladies' cabin further for-
ward, is 73 ft. in length. The decorations interblend the
national " insignia" of this country and America in happy
concord; and the whole of the woodwork being French po-
lished, has a most magnificent effect. The steering machi-
nery is on a new principle. On the rudder•head is fixed a
quadrant of a cast-iron cog-wheel, which is moved by an
endless screw on a transverse spindle, communicating by
two bevel wheels, one of them on a long shaft or spindle on
the larboard side, terminating in the steering wheel, in the
front part of the house. On the top of the rudder there is a
►arge and strong grasshopper spring, (similar to those in
carriages,) and placed vertically, to give play to the rudder
in the event of its being struck by a heavy beam sea, so as
to ease it as well as the helmsman from the effects of the
concussion. This apparatus is well worthy of the inspection
of nautical men.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

STTI your paper of Tuesday last we find a report of a
trial in an action for false imprisonment, in which we are the
defendants, tried before the Assessor, on Monday last.
It is an universally admitted axiom, Mr. Editor, that " law
is not always justice, and of the truth thereof we think this
case bears strong testimony—for, though the damages were
but a shilling, we are saddled with costs.
In your report it is stated that when the plaintiff was
brought before Mr. Rushton " that gentleman discharged
the case, and stated that he had good grounds for an action
for false imprisonment and alsolor defamation."
Any person ignorant of the facts of the case would natu-
rally suppose on reading this, that we had made an unworthy
attempt to punish an innocent man, although the verdict of
the jur: would tend to show that we had some grounds for
the course adopted. Now, either we must have been sadly
misled by circumstances, or the six witnesses we bad must
one and all have committed gross perjury. Out of a court
of law, and unobscured by the ingenious torturing of a paid
and eloquent advocate, we should no doubt have received a
different verdict, and even have saved the one shilling da-
mages.

When the man was brought before the Stipendiary Magis-
trate, that gentleman dismissed the case, in what certainly
appeared to us a most extraordinary and abrupt manner,
so much so that two of our principal witnesses were not ex-
amined, nor was the case even properly attended to. We
complain not of the decision of Mr. Rushton—it might or
might not he in accordance with his notions of the legal
bearings of the case ; but we complain—and we contend with
justice!—of the remark he thought proper to make after the
case was dismissed. His words were (and not as reported on
the trial) " take care you dont have an action for false im-
prisonment."
Mr. Rushton, in his speech at the Town-hall, on the 11th
March last, says, " Every man who takes a share in public
business must be willing in this free country to undergo the
rough and honest criticism of a free press."
We quite agree with Mr. Rushton in this his view, and
take him at his word. Had he not thought proper to indulge
in a remark which we take leave to think was irregular, gra-
tuitous, and uncalled for, in his capacity as magistrate, he
would not have exceeded his duty.
9 iHis remark was totally irrelevant to the case before him,
and it was injurious to ourselves, inasmuch as we are confi-
dent the man would not otherwise have had the audacity to
bring his action for false imprisonment, and we should not
have been taxed with the costs of an action for endeavouring
to protect ourselves from pilfering servants. The attorney
who conducted the case before the Stipendiary Magistrate de-
clined to act upon the " covert" advice so gratuitously
given, and refused to proceed to trial with the action—strong
presumptive evidence we think of the value of such a remark.
We would venture to make same further comments, Mr.
Editor, under the license offered in our extract from Mr.
Rushton's speech, but do not wish to trespass on your kind-
ness in granting us space : our only object is to set ourselves
right with our friends and the public in a case where, though
we have failed to the extent of a shilling damages, we contend
we were bound as respectable tradesmen to proceed with.
Remaining Sir,
Your most obedient servants,
MATHER, DICKINSON, & CO.
57, Leeds-street, 20th M ay, 1843.

A verdict of manslaughter has been returned against the
servant of a druggist at Newton, near Hyde, for having sold
ag
oped iumfour insweeks,tead of
was occasioned manna, by which the death of an infant,
It is said in the city that the merchants who claim com-
pensation for the opium delivered to Captain Elliot. have
acceded to the terms proposed in the first instance by go-
vernment.

The war-frigate Eurydice was launched
on Tuesday, in the presence of a numerousat Portsmouth,
spectators. Its extreme length is 141 feetin assemblage of
inches ; extreme
breadth, 38 feet 10 inches ; depth in hold, 8
feet 9 inches
tonnage, 908.
THE LVICESTER BANK.--At a meeting
of the creditors of
Clarke and Phillips, of the Leicester Bank,
town on Thursday last. It was stated that wt;ies held in that
liabilities of
of the firm were £600,000, and the a All
assets £BOO,OOO
w
present were opposed to a bankruptcy, on account of its de_
lay and expense. In two years itas
pound might be realised. The concern isreport of the exact
urged 20a in the
o be wound up
under the direction of a committee, and a
state of the firm will be made to another meeting of the cre-
ditors, fixed for the 31st instant, at Leicester.
AMERICAN OILS.--It has been discovered at Liverpool
of
"lard oil,"
that the Americans have been attempting to • nai:(
that port a spurious article under the duce into
name
which consists of 66 per cent. sperm oil, and only 44 per cent.
of lard oil. The reason is this. The new i
oil under the tariff is 25 per cent. ; that on lantlitoYil" sperm
ad valorem. If, therefore, this imposition hu
great mischief would have accrued to the
trader in
sperm oil. The sooner Brother Jonathan .‘
._ repudiates"
such transactions as these the better for him regular d sias erne
eeerdeel yd
self as well as
his customers.—London paper.
MR. JOHN GLADSTONE AND HIS TENANTS IN SCOT.
LAND.—In consequence of a proposition having been
to Mr. Gladstone's tenants to improve their respective futi;deus
by subsoil-ploughing and furrow-draining, a
meeting tookl
place at Fettercairn, to take into consideration a,A g
r. Glad.
stone's proposals made to them, when the following
resolu-
tion was unanimously adopted, viz.—" The tenants feel much
gratified by the kindly interest Mr. Gladstone takes in their-
prosperity ; and they cheerfully wish to avail themselves of
his generous
proposals in as far as circumstances will admit ;
and they fell anxious to be favoured with the advice and
superintendence of a person of skill, as Mr. C;l„,4tone
pro_
poses to assist them in carrying on the operations as suggested
by him. The tenants further beg to oiler their grateful thanks
to Mr. Gladstone for his generosity, and attention to their
prosperity, nn this and former occasions." si,med in
„am,
of the /netting by " AleNi Falconto 61331111Anj"