The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-03-21 00:00:00

rdtvurom mAncil ifii46TON,

The Match Segalota of the peace for the borough of Liver.
pool commenced yesterday in the Court-house, Chapel-street,
bgfore Jamas C'arke, Esq., Recorder. The calendar con-
tains the names of eighty-two parties for trial un charges of
felony and misdemeanour : of these only 1 is able to. read and
Write well ; 28 can read and write imperfectly ; 14 can read
imperfectly; whilst the great proportion of 39 are unable to
do either.
The Grand Jury was composed of the following gentle-
men :
JACOB FLETCHER, jun., Esq., Hanover-street, merchant,
Foreman. .

Wm. Alexander Brown, Grecian-terrace, merchant.
Timothy Bourne, Exchange-street West, cotton merchant
Robert Carter Pedder, Strand-street, broker.
John Campbell, Netherfield-road North, broker.
James C. Duncan, Chapel-street, merchant.
James Duncan, India-buildings, merchant.
Edeta d Gibbon, St. Anne-street, gentleman.
William H. Gilliott, Lord-street, merchant.

Thomas Grundy, Upper Kensington, merchant

Henry Hill, OldChWrchyard, merchant.
Thomas Hobson, Rumford-place. merchant.
John Haseldine, Upper Parliament-street, shipbuilder

William Elope, Goree, merchant.
Charles Ironside, Water-street, merchant.
Timothy Jevons, New Quay, iron merchant.
Samuel Kearsley, Percy-street, broker.
William Lowe, Canning-place, corn merchant.
Peter Leicester, Brunswick-street, corn merchant.
David Lamb, Rodney-street, merchant.
John Lomax, Duke's-place, shipbuilder.
George Langtry, Water-street, merchant.
The RECORDER, in his charge to the Grand Jury, said, it
mnst be highly gratifying to them to find that the peace of
the town, under the guidance of its excellent chief magistrate
and the borough magistrates, had been so well preserved
when it appeared to be threatened ; and it must also be
equally gratifying to know that their views and wishes, on
this important subject, had been so well seconded by the
Found discretion and good sense of other parties who might
unhappily have lent themselves to the excitement of bad
passions. Th.; calendar was by no means a light one, con-
sidering the very short interval between the present and the
last sessions, only a few weeks; but still their duties would
not be found laborious. There were, however, certain cases
which would require a great deal of consideration ; not that
they would present any difficulty in point of law, but because
the commission of the crimes had been attended with a great
deal of violence. He was satisfied that the Grand Jury
would give this class of cases their best consideration. The
Clerk of the Court would lay before them some presentments
found by the Grand Jury at the last sessions, which were full
of good sense, and which he should wish them to look at
before they were discharged. These presentments pointed
out the very indiscreet conduct of many shopkeepers in ex-
posing their property, whereby temptation was offered to
thieves ; and at the last sessions, the view which he (the Re-
corder) took of such cases met with the unanimous approba-
tion of both juries. A stop should be put to the system.
If the parties themselves were careless to prevent crime, they
ought not to be the persons to come forward to press for
punishment ; but if they did come for justice, in consequence
of their own carelessness, some notice, he thought, should
be taken of that fact; and, therefore, whenever he found
crimes committed from the carelessness of prosecutors in
exposing their goods, he should not allow the costs of the
prosecution. The judges had adopted a similar view, and he
should certainly act upon it. There were two or three cases
of that kind to come before them, and at the end of the
duties he -hoped they would be kind enough to point out
those cases in which there had been any degree of misconduct
upon the part of the owners of the stolen property, The
learned Recorder concluded by acknowledging the efficiency
of the police establishment ; and the Grand Jury then retired
to their room.
Several cases of minor importance were tried during the
day ; and the Court rose about 5 o'clock. The sessions are
expected to terminate on Thursday.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-LIVERPOOL,

MONDAY, MARCH 20,

(Before David Pollock, Esy., Commissioner.)
William Langley, remanded from the last two circuits,
again applied for his discharge, and he was opposed by Mr.
John Newby Moore, on the part of the detaining and op-
posing creditors. It appeared that twelve months ago the
prisoner was ordered to be discharged conditionally, on the
payment into court of £l9O, alleged to be in the possession
of his brother-in-law, for the benefit of the general creditors.
The COMMISSIONER asked the insolvent whether he was
prepared to pay in the money according to the order of the
court ?
The insolvent replied that he had been unable to obtain
the money. £l5 had on a former occasion been paid in ; but
he had himself no means of finding the £l9O on which he
had been remanded. His brother-iu-law had the money,
and refused to part with it.
The COMMISSIONER.—Your brother-in-law ought not to
lave it : it ought to go to the creditors at large. How lately
have you applied to him for it ?
The Insolvent.—Within the last four months.
Mr. MOORE was about to enter on the examination of the
insolvent, when
The COMMISSIONER said, he had looked into the notes of
the learned commissioner who had sat on the case on the
former occasions, and the result was, he was satisfied that
the court had done all which the court could to get back the
money ; and the insolvent had thought it right to remain in
gaol now for fifteen months, instead of coming into court
with the money. By a note of the learned commissioner, he
seemed to think that the insolvent was working out the sum
by remaining in prison ; how much longer he might yet
think proper to remain he (the commissioner) knew not;
but, under the circumstances, it appeared to him that the
court had done all which it could to assist the creditors.
The insolvent had thought proper to remain in gaol long
enough to be punished for his misapplication of the money ;
therefore, in conformity with the minute of the learned com-
missioner who sat on the case in July last, the insolvent must
be discharged, as he had suffered imprisonment enough.—
Discharged.
Charles Brown, cart-owner, was opposed by Mr. JAMES,
on the part of two creditors, Mr. Hugh Jones and Mr. Wil-
liam Tyson. It appeared that the insolvent had been ar-
rested by one James Beesley, a bailiff, but formerly a cart-
owner, for an alleged debtiof £5, contracted two years and a
half ago, for a horse. On inquiry, it turned out that this
was a friendly arrest, and there seemed to be doubts whether
the debt was genuine. The insolvent, in his examination,
stated that he had sold to Mrs. Jane Roberts, of Vauxhall-
road, two horses, two floats (a low cart), a set of gearing, and
some stable utensils, fcr £4B odd. The sale took place the
first week in September, yet there appeared in the insolvent's
schedule a charge of £36 for provender for his horses be-
tween the Ist of September and the 2d of December, although
he had sold them. In answer to a question from the Com-
missioner, the insolvent said there must be some mistake in
it. The Commissioner said that when an insolvent came
before him with debts of only £5O, it would require a strong
case to convince him that he ought not to be discharged ; but
there were exceptions to this rule.—The Insolvent : " Well,
I cannot read, and if they have put it down wrong, I cannot
say." Beesley was then called and examined ; at the end
of which Mr. JAMES applied to the court for the petition to
be dismissed on the ground of collusion. The Commissioner,
in granting the application, addressed the insolvent thus :
" 1 have no doubt you will get out of prison without my as •
sistance ; but if ever you should come here again, do not re-
peat this special balance sheet, because I do not think there
is a word of truth in it. The present petition is dismissed."
Petition dismissed.
John Wheatley, unopposed, applied for the benefit of the
act. His debts appeared to be only £33.—The Commis-
sioner : Could you not contrive to pay £33 without coming
here ?—lnsolvent : No ; I could not, because I was out of
work.—Commissioner : I am sorry for it.—Discharged.
Neil lir Viccar applied for his discharge. supported by Mr.
VENABLES, and opposed by Mr. TRAFFORD. It appeared
that the insolvent was the landlord of the Royal Oak Inn,
where he became involved. The ground of the opposition to
him was, that he had received £2O from a Mr. Munro two
days before his arrest, for the good will, &c., of the tap, well
knowing at the same time that he was in insolvent circum-
stances ; and also that he had obtained a quantity of corks
from Mr, Barwise, a manufacturer, under the false pretence
of selling them again by commission. In his examination,
the insolvent stated that the sale of the corks to him was ab-
solute and not on commission. On the other hand both Mr.
and Mrs. Barwise proved that the corks were furnished to
him to sell on commission, at the rate of 10 per cent., the
money to be paid in two or three days afterwards ; but, in-
stead of selling them for money, he sold there for a quantity
of spirits, so that Mr. Barwise never received a farthing. The
evidence being closed,
Mr. TRAFFORD said he had to apply to the learned com-
missioner to remand the insolvent on two grounds. The
first was that he had received the £2O from Mr. Munro, for
the tap, at a time when he was in a state of insolvency; in-
deed he received the money on the Saturday night, and on
the following Monday morning bailiffs were in the house. lie
must, therefore, have,known that it was utterly impossible
for him to carry on business ; consequently, in receiving that
£2O, he had acted fraudulently. The other ground of the
application was, that the insolvent had obtained the corks
from Mr. Barwise under the false pretence of selling them
upon commission. He had chosen to say that the sale was
absolute; but both Mr. and Mrs. Barwise bad contradicted
him. Under these circumstances lie called upon the com-
missioner to remand the insolvent for such period as he
might think the justice of the case required.
Mr. VENABLES replied, that with regard to Munro's
claim, it was no debt, therefore it was not within the act of
parliament; and, on that ground, the application for a re-
mand could not be sustained. As to Mr. Barwise and the
corks, if there had been any fraud, Mr. Barwise had himself
cured it by a condonation in rendering to the insolvent a bill
of the goods.
The COMMISSIONER directed the insolvent's schedule to
be amended, by inserting the £2O obtained from Mr. Munro
as a debt. This being done, the commissioner, after de-
tailing the circumstances and commenting upon them, directed
the insolvent to be remanded for four calendar months from
the date of the vesting order.
The court adjourned at five o'clock till ten o'clock this
morning.

The list contained the names of three insolvent debtors
whose cases were adjourned from the last circuit, and thirty-
two original cases—total, thirty-five• The following are the
results up to the rising of the court last night :

ADJOURNED CASES.
.Discharged.—Matthew King, William Langley
Discharged conditionally.—George Entwisle.

ORIGINAL GASES.
Discharged. Eliza Porter, John Carpenter. Henry
Adolphus Schlesinger, John Harrison, Thomas Pritchard,
James Hamill, James M'Coy, Charles Orton, James Smith,
George Kenrick, Charles Lunt, Ellen Farraday, William
Holliday Cornforth, Frederick Vessey, Peter O'Neill, John
Williams (schedule to be amended), John M'Gregor (on
giving up possession of a house to Mr. Rogers, the landlord),
John Wheatley, Walter Philip Gunnyon, Frederick Smith,
Peter Kennedy (after having been in custody five months
from the date of the vesting order), Neill MiVicar (after
having been in custody four months from the date of the
vesting order.
Petition Dismissed.—Charles Broom.
Adjourned.—Patrick Daley.
Dead.—John Jones, William Gordon Bulkeley.

THE FUNDS, SATURDAY EVENING.—
The Consol-rnarket
prices
to on speculative account, which have influenced
has exhibited heavy symptoms to-day, owing to some sales
to the extent of one-eighth per cent. in addition to the. de-
cline of yesterday. The last quotation for money was 961 to
and for the account 90; New Three-and-a-Half per
Cents. left off 1024 to ; Exchequer-bills, 68s. to 70s. pm. ;
and India Bonds, 795. pm. ; Bank Stock was also a shade
lower, closing 184 to 185. Foreign securities sympathized
with the dull state of business in the English funds, and
beyond that there was the rumour of the likelihood of the
Barcelona affair not being altogether settled to the satisfac-
tion of the French Government. .The speculators in Spanish
have taken alarm at this, and have realized in several
instances the larger portion of their accounts, thereby clearing
themselves with profit. Spanish Actives were last quoted
234 to 4 ; ditto Three per Cents., 32 to ;_ Portuguese 404 to
; Colombian, 261 to ; Danish, 87 to 86 ;
Belgian, 1044 to
1054; Brazilian, 80 to 81; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 564 to 4 ; and Mexican, 304 to 4. It will be ob-
served that all the speculative securities are rather worse
than they closed last evening.