The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

A number of women, chiefly from Pownall-square mar-
ket, were summoned at the Police-court, on Tuesday, for
exposing unwholesome fish for sale. They were fined ten
shillings and costs each.

On Tuesday, two seamen, named Joseph Parrin and
Peter Petrie, belonging to the Maranham, from New Or-
leans, were fined twenty shillings and costs for smuggling
four pounds of tobacco, or to be imprisoned seven days.
JUVENILE DEPREDATORS.—SeveraI boys were brought
before the magistrates, on Tuesday, charged with thieving
at the Clarence Dock. They were sent to prison for seven
days. The boys were in the habit of loitering about the
Irish steamers, and helping themselves to potatoes, eggs,
and other eatables, on part of which they lived about the
docks, and part they sold to persons outside.
CAUTION TO BUILDERS.—On Thursday, Mr. John
Jones, one of the surveyors, appeared to prefdr a charge
against Mr. John Scholfield, for neglecting to build the
privies and ashpits belonging to seven new houses in
Severs-street, Everton, according to the recommendation
of the Health Committee.—Mr. Johnson, surveyor, ap-
peared to prefer a similar charge against Mr. John Ro-
berts, for neglecting to finish the privies and ashpits of
ten houses, built by him in Whitfield-street. Mr. Rush-
ton said the full penalty (Xl2 10s.) would be inflicted in
each case if not completed within twenty-one days.
EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Saturday Edward Jones was
charged with having embezzled various sums of money,
the property of the London and Northwestern Railway
Company. He had, it appeared, been employed by the
company to look after the houses which had been shattered
by the formation of the railway tunnel, as also to gather
the rents of many of the cottages ; and his duty was to pay
every Monday the amount which he had gathered into the
office of the estate-agents, Messrs. Williams and Jones.
He had received and not acceunted for various sums. For
the last three weeks he had not handed in any account at
all, and was arrested, on Friday night, in a public-house
in London-road. He was sent for trial.
COMMITMENTS AT THE POLICE-COURT YESTERDAY.—
Margaret Burns, a woman of the town, for stealing a
watch from a ship-owner of Dundee, but at present resid-
ing here, was sent for trial. The watch was recovered.—
Laura James, charged by John Lupton with stealing
bacon in St. James's market, was sent to gaol for three
months. -- John M'Hale, for stealing canvas at the
Queen's Dock,—two months.—Malachi Shields, for rob-
bing his brother William Shields, in Cavendish-street, of
some wearing apparel, and 15s. in silver,—three months.—
Martin Clarke, for stealing a rope fender from a vessel at
the King's Dock pier,—two months.—Mary Montgomery,
for stealing a shawl in Ormond-street,—one month.
TRICKS OF THE JERRY BUILDERS.—On Wednesday, a
case of a curious description was brought .before the ma-
gistrates, by Mr. Johnston, building surveyor. On the
3d of January last, a builder, named Thomas, gave notice
at the surveyor's office of his intention to build six houses
in Essex-street, four of which are now in course of erec-
tion. The joists had been laid in three of the houses, but
several of them were afterwards abstracted and laid in the
fourth house, thereby causing the space between the re-
maining ones to be more than eleven inches apart, con-
trary to the Building Act. The defendant stated that he
had let the building of the fourth house to another per-
son, who expected a "draw " when the first floor of the
joists was laid ; that person not being able to provide the
joists, he (the defendant) had lent him some of his to en-
title him to the " draw,' and when this " draw " was ob-
tained, the joists would be returned. Mr. Rushton said
the defendant should enter into his recognizance, in the
sum of £lOO, to make the necessary alterations, to the
satisfaction of the surveyor, within three days.
THE JEALOUSIES OF TRADE.—On, Tuesday, Benjamin
Cook appeared at the police-court to prefer a charge of
assault against Henry Hollis. According to the statement
of the complainant, Mr. Hollis had met him in Dale-
street, struck him in the face, and ran off. Mr. Hollis
said that he was in his brother's shop when the complain-
ant said to him, "We have brought you down at last."
He replied that the complainant had to thank him for
being in his present position. He had brought him from
the plough tail, and raised him by perseverance : but if he
said such things to him he would knock his head off, and
his master's too. The complainant, when questioned by
Mr. Rushton, denied that he had insulted Mr. Hollis by
look or word. In answer to a further question, the com-
plainant said that he left Mr. Hollis two and a half years
ago, and was now traveller to Mr. Fell, of Ranelagh-
street, as a tea dealer. Mr. Rushton said that, if it had
not been for the defendant's business misfortunes, he
would have been fined severely. He had committed an
unprovoked assault, and must pay 20s. and costs. The
money was paid, and the defendant left the court.

DiEitrirt Ptlvs.

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A terrible fire broke out at Mrs. Hardman's foundry,
Bolton, on Thursday, when £5OOO worth of property was
destroyed.

The. Manchester " specials," designated the Volunteers,
or Town-hall Guard,' 600 in number, are attaining great
perfection at drill. Each company of fifty is officered by
au elective captain and two lieutenants.

A Mr. Ricliard Shaw, law clerk to the Burnley Improve-
ment Commissioners, has inserted an advertisement in
the Preston Guardian, which states "that thefortniyhtly
cattle fair heretofore held on Mondays, will in future be
held weekly on Thursdays !"
The North Lancashire Agricultural Protective Asso-
ciation: formed during the anti-corn-law agitation, was
formally dissolved, at a meeting of its members at Pres-
ton, a few days since. The League itself is still virtually
in existence.

CHRISTENING.—On Wednesday, the infant son of Sir
T. G. Hesketh, Bart., was christened at Rufford Church.
The ceremony was attended by, among others, the Right
Hon. Lord Skelmersdale, and the Hon. Mrs. Bootle
Wilbraham, &c., &c. The day previous, the children of
the boys' and girls' schools were treated to a liberal
allowance of buns and tea, &c., in honour of the event.
The directors of the Manchester Athenaeum have de-
clined to comply with a requisition from five hundred of
its members, that it should re-engage Mr. George Daw-
son for a series of lectures, on the ground of having
received a contrary requisition, stating that, if persevered
in, the lecturer's engagement would lead to the break up
of the institution. It will be remembered that the Bishop
of Oxford declined attending the last soiree, in conse-
quence of Mr. Dawson having lectured for the institu-
tion. _ _

DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT.—A number of colliers, em-
ployed at Standish, recently turned out, and some of them
went to an engineer, named Stopfortb, who had not turned
out, and threatened him if he continued working. On
Thursday morning, at one o'clock, he and his wife were
roused by the sound of footsteps near the house, and soon
after a terrific explosion took place in the house, which
was shaken to its foundation. It was afterwards disco-
vered that a ginger beer bottle, filled with gunpowder, had
been introduced through a window, and ignited in the
very room in which Stopforth and his wife lay. The fur-
niture, &c., in the house was broken to pieces. A reward
of £2O has been offered for the discovery of the offenders,
who are supposed to be the turnouts.
EMPLOYMENT 'AT MANCIIESTER.—A comparison of
last weeks return with that of the previous week gives the
following results :—Of the cotton mills, three are now
working full time (with a portion of their hands), which
were previously working short time. Of the total num-
ber of hands in the cotton mills, 53 more are employed
on full time ; and 259, previously working short time, are
now thrown out of employment altogether. Of the total
works included in the table, there are two more working
full time, one of which was previously working short time,
and the other was stopped altogether. There are 81 more
hands employed full time, and 184 more hands out of em-
ployment altogether. Upon the whole, the return is of
rather an unfavourable character.
NEW CHARTIST ARMOUR—RECOMMENDED FOR GENE-
RAL USE.—At a Chartist meeting held lt Fox-hill Bank.
near Blackburn, on Sunday, a speaker named John Gray,
of Barrowford, hit upon a method of " arming" himself,
which we can safely recommend not only to demagogues
and sedition-mongers, but to all loyal and peaceably-dis-
posed subjects, young and old. The speaker, after de-
nouncing the Government, and so forth, got to a climax,
and said,--" he had come to a determination.—an un-
flinching determination, and he hoped the young men—
for it was to those he addressed himself in particular—
ere determined to
on to

have the charter ;—he had come to the Bete
arm himself—to arm himself to the teeth if necessary
with—(here the speaker caught'sight of a police. superin-
tendent taking notes)—with a firm resolve !" Now this
is a coat of mail in any cause, and seeing how entirely
effectual it has just been when put on by the Government
and the people of London, we think we are perfectly jus-
tified in recommending it for general adoption.
THE CROPS Is CHESHIRE.—We perceive some efforts
are again being made to get the oat sowing completed ;
but a vast extent of the thin clays are so saturated, that
we fear it will take many days to dry them. Some such
lands will probably pass into fallow for wheat in the en-
suing year. The preparation of turnip land will press
close on the heels of the spring corn sowing, and farmers
will, during the next three weeks, have a most busy time
of it. However, the stirring times we live in have, we
nPreRiVP_ their Pfroet on this class of men, who formerly

were considered somewhat apathetic in character. Strange
to say, we find by a letter lately received from the north,
that even in East Lothian the farmers had nearly finished
their spring corn sowing, although so much farther north.
Our northern neighbours are, however, very keen agricul-
turists : they are, moreover, not tied by a dairy system.
We are glad to perceive that the steaming of food for
cattle is gradually gaining ground, even where strong
prejudices existed. This, when generally established,
will no doubt be highly beneficial to cattle, and produc-
tive of much economy. •
EXTENSIVE RAILWAY ROBSERIES.-011 Thursday, at
Preston, a man named John lletterick was brought before
the magistrates, on suspicion of being concerned in nu-
merous railway robberies. The prisoner had been em-
ployed two years as assistant superintendent at the North
Union Railway station, Preston. Mr. Ashcroft stated
the case, and said that the prisoner had been lately dis-
charged from his situation, and suspicion being aroused,
his lodgings were searched, and a considerable quantity
of articles found. Much property from time to time had
been lost at the station, and it was suspected that many
of the articles had been stolen. On some of the articles
the names had been taken out, but on one dressing-case
the name was very legible. Under the circumstances he
should apply for a remand to that day week. The prisoner
was accordingly remanded. In order to keep a correct
list of all property found in the railway carriages, and on
the station, each superintendent at the station was fur-
nished with a book in which to enter every article so
found, and to make out daily from it a list of articles
which was sent to the clearing-house in London. It is a
singular fact that since this plan was adopted the other
superintehdent (Mr. Byrnes) has made from 200 to 300
entries of 'property found, while the prisoner, dui in - the
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ASSOCIATION FOR FOUNDING THE SETTLE-
MENT OF CANTERBURY, IN NEW ZEALAND.

In our paper of last week, we stated the pleasing fact
that an association had been formed, under the auspices
of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London,
and other members of our church, lay as well as clerical,
to found a settlement or colony in New Zealand, in which
proper provision will be madebfor the moral and religious
welfare of the settlers—an object, almost to the culpable
neglect of the Christian community, too long neglected.
It is hoped that such a settlement will not only greatly
improve the natives and settlers, but remove the chief
obstacle that now deters the higher Classes of this country
from taking part in the work of colonization, and further,
that the example to be shewn through the New Zealand
Association will eventually lead to a redeeming and inva-
luable moral and religious reform in all our other colonies.
The announcement of this commencement of the good
work has already excited much interest in the public
mind, and caused inquiry from many parties, who are
anxious to obtain details. We have ourselves received a
number of communications from different gentlemen on
the subject, and, in reply to their inquiries, may refer
them to H. M. Lefroy, Esq., at the office of the associa-
tion, 41, Charing-cross, London. We may add, that a
London contemporary thus approvingly refers to the in-
tended new settlement :—" The Association is composed
of some of the most eminent members of the Church of
England, lay and clerical, with the Archbishop of Can-
terbury at their head ; and their object is to contribute
towards making colonization what it ought to be—the
business and profession of persons belonging to all classes
of the parent state. It is very hopeful and satisfactory,
particularly at such a time as this, to see a subject of such
great and pressing importance taken up in this spirit by
men of weight and influence. It leads us to hope that
we may not remain subject to the disgrace which now
justly attaches to the management of our colonies, and
that they may be made, at no distant period, fully availa-
ble, not only as fields of employment for our population,
but also as the means (which they are not now) of per-
petuating the habits and institutions of Englishmen over
regions yet unpeopled, and among nations yet unborn."
Among the pramoters of the Association, we find the
Earls of Ellesmere and Lincoln, the Bishops of London,
Winchester, Ripon, &c., Lords Lyttelton, Ashley, and
J. Manners, H. Goulburn, M.P., Ven. Archdeacon Hare,
Dr. Hook, &c., &c.

The following is the published prospectus of the So-
ciety :
" The abject of this Association is to found a settlement
in which real provision will be made for the moral and
religious welfare of the settlers, and thus to remove the
chief obstacle which tends to deter the gentry of England
from taking part in the work of colonization.
" With this view care will be taken to provide the
settlement from the first, and to an adequate extent, with
the ministry and ordinances of the English Church, and
with educational institutions of a religious character.
" Arrangements are in progress for acquiring a large
territory in New Zealand to be devoted exclusively to the
purposes of this settlement.

- "-A, committee of management, appointed by the As-
sociation, will dispose of the land so acquired, and will
exercise the right of selection among applicants for the
purchase of it.

" The Society for the Propagation of Gospel has under.
taken to manage the trust fund for religious and educa-
tional purposes in concert with the Association.
`• The funds necessary for the objects above mentioned,
as well as for the general purposes of founding the settle.
ment, will be supplied by the price of the land.
" Further information may be obtained by persons
desirous of purchasing land in the settlement, or of pro-
moting the objects of the Association, by applying at the
office of the Association as above."

CORRESPONDENCE.

STATE OF IRELAND

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
Liverpool, 15th April, 1848.
SlR,—The following is an extract from a letter which
I• received yesterday from my father, in Ireland, showing
the position of the Protestants of that unhappy country
at the present time. Will you be kind enough to give it
a place in your next publication, and oblige your obedient

servant, W. J.
" Dear W.—We are in a sad state here ' • we expect a
rebellion to break out every moment. The Repealers say
they will shortly have the country to themselves, and they
have threatened to confiscate our properly if we do not
join them in their rebellious movements ; but we shall
never do so, be the consequence what it may.
" We expect to be attacked to-morrow, and the Rev.
Mr.. C— has sent round W— J— to warn all the Pro-
testants in the neighbourhood to meet in School-
house, to receive arms and prepare for the attack. May
the Lord prepare us for the event.
" Your affectionate father,

J.
J.►►
[The gentleman from whom we received the foregoing
is a highly-respectable person in this town.]

THE CURRENCY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR.—It must be gratifying to any one who wishes well
to his country to see that THE PRESS, of late, has so fre-
quently, and so ably, brought forward the subject of THE
CURRENCY, which is considered by many as the great
question of the day, but one which has been involved by
theorists, pro and con., in the utmost perplexity and
confusion.

The perusal of an article on the subject, signed W. 8.,
published a week ago in the Albion, gave me much plea-
sure. It was calculated to clear the mist from the mind
as to the real nature and use of money, and to show how
easily attainable is that for which men are now, and in
past times have been, making one general scramble.
That the five pound Bank of England note answers all
the purposes of home business as well as could be done by
five sovereigns, is in every one's experience ; and this note
is only valuable as it is, or should be, based upon some
property of intrinsic value.
The NOTES proposed by the correspondent of the Albion,
W. 8., would command, and deserve, as much credit as
any notes that could. be issued, and the circulation being
limited to time, would periodically hare their validity
tested, and could also be made a means of producing a
large local or general revenue. They would be efficient
in giving full employment to labour, and tend more to
remove distress and discontent from our own, and sister
country, than all the acts of parliament that have been
passed since the conquest.
When the babyhood of society is passed, we shall see
the utter absurdity of basing our paper currency on a
foreign metal that we cannot long together retain ; and
how monstrous it is that the trading interest of the king-
dom, and of half the world also, should be placed at the
controul or caprice Of ONE PRIVATE JOINT STOCK BANK-
ING COMPANY, who can change the money value of every
man's prospects in England at pleasure, and who may
raise or depress railway shares, and stock of all kinds, at
will.

If, however, we want, by the fear of revolution, speedily
to make ministers equalize taxation, let us stick to our
present currency : if we aim at fraternization, abide by
Peel's bills. Do we desire a speedy and irresistible war
of labour against property ? Hurrah then for our present
money laws ! ! But if we wish order, subordination, res-
pect from man to man, and from governed to governors,
then let us unite as one man to destroy the present money
laws, which fetter labour, render industry and skill use-
less, starve alike the labourer and the field, and raise, in
menacing attitude, every man's arm against his neighbour.
W. B. suggests at least a principle which is capable of
regulation, and would the merchants adopt it, or some-
thing equivalent to it, they would find a ready market for
all their produce, and so enrich the masses of English
consumers, that their own warehouses would not hold
half enough of produce for their consumers.
The present money law is an ingenious device to rob
industry of its fruits, to enrich usurers at the expense of
labour, to ruin home and foreign trade alternately, and
to make our foreign transactions almost always disadvan-
tageous. Let the employers of labour decide whether
they will a'ter our money laws, and preserve peace,
law, and order, or preserve the money laws, and look out
for anarchy and confusion. Yours, &c. E. W.