The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

STATE OF LIVERPOOL.

Although parties at a distance would almost fancy, from
reading what has taken place in this town in connection
with the rebellious proceedings in Ireland, that we were
on the very verge of a serious outbreak, we rejoice to say
that Liverpool still continues perfectly tranquil, the only
exception being the excitement caused by the unusual
presence of so a.any of the military. and the other neces-
sary preparations by the authorities to prevent dis-
turbance.
The soldiers did not, as anticipated, encamp at Everton ;
but a number of carpenters are at work constructing
wooden sheds, for stables, along the north side of the field.
When these are completed the tents can be at any time
pitched within a couple of hours.
The ninth regiment of infantry continued in possession
of the cotton sheds at the south end of the town until
Friday night, when they shipped for Dublin. along with
a brigade of artillery from Woolwich, in the Birmingham
steamer, specially chartered for the occasion. The corps
of rifles, and the few companies of the 89th regiment
which have lain here for the last month or two shipped in
the course of the week for Ireland ; and on Friday night
the head quarters of the 81st regiment arrived to join the
three companies stationed in Liverpool. Another troop
of the 4th Royal Irish dragoons, and a detachment of the
30th regiment, came into town on Thursday night; and
on Saturday the 9th were replaced by the, 46th regiment,
under the command of Colonel Garritt.
The Pensioners have been under arms the greater part
of the week. The police are increased teethe extent of
1400, and they now are drilled every day, a.id in some
districts of the town they parade in pails, and are fur-
nished with arms. Additions are made every day to the
number of special constables, who now number conside-
rably above 20,000.
On Wednesday a large quantity of arms and ammuni-
tion was brought to this town from Chester Castle. The
bulk consisted of 50 chests and 26 hogsheads, the former
containing a large quantity of firelocks. and the latter
cutlasses and accoutrements. It is said that the cutlasses
are intended for the use of the special constables should
an emergency arise.
About 500 of the labourers and other servants of the
Dock Trust, who had refused to be enrolled as special con-
stables, were dismissed from their employment on SaturL
day evening. It was feared that, on receiving their pay
and dismissal on Saturday evening, some disturbance
would arise, and a strong body of police were in readiness
to check any riotous manifestation that might be made,
but all went off in peace. Yesterday morning, we under-
stand that Mr. Bramley-Moore, the able chairman of the
Dock Committee. was in town before six o'clock, and was
present at the works, when the men commenced their
weekly operations to check any disturbance that might
then possibly occur. It affords us much satisfaction,
however, to state that no disorder of any kind took place.
About forty-five of the men consented on consideration to
become special constables, and they were allowed to return
to work. We think that this step is a most important and
proper one, in several points of view. Not only is it right
that public work should be done by loyal and peaceable
men, but we have in the proceeding taken by the Dock
Commitee, an assurance that the peace of the town is
placed on a securer basis than some people seem inclined
to believe. _ _

On Friday night a warrant was issued against Dr. Rey-
nolds, the pike salesman-in-chief, and the great leader of
the Confederates here, and one of the detective force was
entrusted with its execution. The lodgings of the doctor,
we believe, were visited, but he had tied, leaving behind
him a small quantity :if arms and ammunition.
We have received the following additional communica-
tion from the "private in the 89th Regt." whose indignant
rejoinder to the calumnies of Dr. Reynolds appeared in
our last, and has been copied into the columns of most of
our contemporaries. As some little doubt has been ex-
pressed as to the authent•icit•y of that communication, we
may observe that the writer is really what he assumes to
be, and that he is as noble a soldier as ever shouldered
a musket. He has also privately assured us that he speaks
the sentimeats of his companions in arms:-
7'o THE EDITOR fiF 7'llE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

- -
SIR,—I beg sincerely to thank you for publishing the
letter I sent you when I was in Liverpool a few days ago,
respecting the recipe to Dr. Reynolds. Since the publi-
cation of that letter, which I understand has been copied
by most, if not all, of the Liverpool papers, and even by
some of the London papers, the subject has been much
talked about by my fellow-soldiers, and II assure you that
the peaceably-disposed persons, both in England and in
Ireland, have little to fear from the howls and yells of the
rebellious few who are now disturbing the quiet repose of
the whole country, and preventing the increase of that
prosperity which until a few days ago was promising re-
lief to almost all classes from the late calamities of com-
mercial distress. _ _ _

On Tuesday last we left Liverpool for Ireland, where
we are now (considering our life in regular barracks) far
from being comfortable; so much so, that if our bugles
sound for action it. wiil be an awful hour for those
miserable wretches who dare meet us. We all feel it hard
to contemplate facing our countrymen; and, perhaps,
some of our kinsmen, at such a moment; but such is the
discipline of the British army, (and of the 89th Regiment
in particular,) and such is the feeling of us all in the
ranks. that it is impossible for a traitor to our beloved
Queen and country to exist in our camp.-
Respectfully asking you to. give this insertion in some
corner of your next Tuesday's STANDARD, I remain, Sir,
your obedien: servant,
A PRIVATE LN THE 89TH REGIMENT.

Dublin, 29th July, 1840.
A portion of the 30th Infantry arrived here on Thurs-
day night. The 46th Regiment passed through London
on Friday from Dover en route to Liverpool, to be en-
camped at Evertor with the 9th foot. This will increase
the military force at Liverpool to about 2,000 men, in-
cluding artillery. As a further precautionary measure,
the magistrates have ordered out the Cheshire Yeomanry,
a fine body of men, at least 800 strong.
A foolish article in the Morning Chronicle condemning
the petition presented to the House of Commons from
this town by Mr. Cardwell, for the application to Liver-
pool of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, has called
forth the following reply from a correspondent of the Lon-
don Times. " The magistrates, I can assure yon, have
been perfectly justified in demanding extraordinary pow-
ers to deal with the would-be-rebels on the shores of the
Mersey. The conspiracy against this community is well
known here, and may be termed colossal in the extent of
the contemplated villany. If the authorities feared only
a mob of pikemen whose object was to raise some abortive
barricades, and who really did intend entering upon a
hand to hand fight, their trepidation, evinced in the hasty
call for a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, might
appear old-womanly ; but this is not the danger, and this
is what no one in the secret supposes to be lik tly. The
miscreants here are declared to act upon orders from
the rebel head quarters in Dublin ; and-the streets of Li-
verpool are, it is asserted, as carefully marked out by the
club map-makers as the thoroughfares of the Irish me-
tropolis itself. The aim is, to detain here the troops which
in the event of civil war in Ireland would be poured over
from this port, and that evil sirn, it is as clear to any sen-
sible civilian :s to soldiers, is not to be attained by an
open and undisguised contest, in which imperfectly armed
ruffians would have no chance. The horrible idea is to
set fire to Liverpool, and the magistrates are well aware
that that feat of felony is not altogether impossible. The
plans of the clubs,—plans which originated perhaps with
more accomplished villains—are well defined, , and our
fear is that they are perfectly feasible. The long line of
cotton warehouses fronting our (pals have often before
invited the destruction of a stray incendiary, and to these
the diabolical manoeuvres of the wholesale conspirators
have been recommended to be directed. I know the facts,
and I assert positively that if these depots, of a material
which burns as rapidly ss the smoked grass of a prairie,
were set on fire at 100 different points, Liverpool could
not be saved. The heat of a blazing cotton warehouse on
the dock side has often ere this ignited the cordage of the
berthed ships, and under the influence of the increased
heat which I am supposing, the masts of the vessels in
dock would go like twigs in a grate. Were the work of
destruction commenced at low water not a single ship
could be moved without the dock gates, and it is no ex-
-1 aggeration whatever to say that the commerce of this
town at least would in this dreadful way receive a fatal
blow. The project, further, was to destroy the water
mains and to cut the hose of the fire engines, so-as to ren-
-1 der abortive any attempt to quench the flames. Of what
avail would soldiers or special constables be under such
circumstances ? A dozen fire engines, the extent of our
brigade, is our best protection ; and that is but slight.
To an insurrectionary mob the plan which would demand
no further ammunition than that contained in a penny
I box of lucifer matches, has great charms, and to them nut
1 its least temptation is that they could accomplish their
1 design without risking their own lives. The magistrates
therefore, who are in possession of these horrible plans,
have but done their duty in appealing to Government for
further powers and for direction in their difficulty, and it
appears to me that Government should itself look to our
safety."
Several parties who disapprove of the application to
Liverpool of the measure which has been passed for the
suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, have
got up a counter petition which lay for signature on
Saturday.

The Rev. Stephen Bruin Sutton, 8.A., of London
University, has been appointed to the curacy of St.
Mary's Church, Kirkdale, and entered on his ministerial
duties last week.- The rev. gentleman's sermon on Sun-
day evening produced a most favourable impression on
the congregation—it was equally scriptural, logical, and
eloquent.
CHARGE AGAINST A 'RESPECTABLE TRADESMAN.—
Yesterday, a man of respectable appearance, whose
name appeared on the sheets as John Spence; was
placed at the bar of the Police-court, on a charge, pre-
ferred at the instance of James Barton Redfern, of liming
picked his pocket of a handkerchief. Mr. Owen defended
the prisoner. A genteel looking little girl of 11 or 12
years of age said that she was standing that morning in
(as we understood) Dale-street, surrounded by other par-
ties, noticing the passing of a body of soldiers, when she
saw the prisoner take a handkerchief out of her brother's
pocket, and put it into his own. He afterwards, she said,
hurried away. She asked her brother about it, and on
searching, he missed the article. The little girl swore po-
sitively to the identity of the prisoner, who was soon after-
wards apprehended, hut nothing of the kind was found
upon him, and one of the witnesses said he had kept his
eye upon him from the time he was apprized of the charge
until he was taken, but saw nothing thrown away. It
appeared upon cross-examination that there was a ereat
crowd following the soldiers and running past to see them
at the time. Mr. Owen stated that his client was a re-
spectable tradesman, carrying on business in Great New-
ton-street, and that the principal, or rather only, witness,
who was of very tender years, must be mistaken as to his
identity. Mr. Rushton, after a few remarks, said the
case was clearly sworn to, but that from what Mr. Owen
had said, he should remand the case, for the purpose of
satisfying himself of the previous career in life of the pri.
soner, before he should decide,