The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-29 00:00:00

CAN ADA.

QUE'BEC DECEMBER.—The season continues mild along the
coast of the United States; 250 vessels of all descriptions entered
Boston on the 30th of November. The arrivals at New York
were 539.
The Governor-in-Chief transmitted to the House of Assembly
the annual account of the revenue and expenditure of the pro-
vince for the year 1832. The amount of the expenses of the- civil
government is £1,504 6s.
The following is an account of some of the missing ships:—
" Captain Vanden, of the brig James, thence for Newfound-
land, had arrived from Coudre Island; the cargo of the James
had been landed at Coudre, except the beef and pork, which
remained on board the vessel in safety. The Sir John Beres-
ford and Rosalind were at Coudre (the latter distant about two
miles from the James, on the south-east end), and were dis-
charging night and day. Captain Yanden left them on the
previous Monday, at 2 and crossed to St. Paul's Bay, at
the imminent risk of his life, where he safely arrived at 12
o'clock at night. Captain Yanden brought letters from Captain
Collins, which report favourably of the situation of the Sir John
Beresford, and the Rosalind was supposed to lie in a safe
place.—Quebec Paper.

SHOOTING A GAMEKEEPER, BY POACHERS.—On Saturday
last two men, named Charles Carter, and William •Westoot,
underwent a final examination at. Stow, in Glocestershire, be-
fore Mr. Pins, a magistrate, charged with having shot at, with
an intent to murder, an under gamekeeper, in the service of
the Earl of Harrington. It appeared that poaching to a con-
siderable extent had been earned on in the woods and preserves
attached to his lordship's estate, near Cheltenham, and, in
order to detect the dpredators, Hill, the head gamekeeper,
accompanied by three assistants,, entered the woods at 4 o'ciock •
on the morning of Saturday, the sth instant, it having beta •
agreed that they were to take separate routes and join company
at a given signal. One of the under gamekeepers entered
Kingston Wood, and had not proceeded many paces,- when he
observed three men within a few yards of him. Two of them
levelled their guns at hint, and almost immediately fired. .The
contents of one lodged in his right arm, tearing the coat, and
lacerating the flesh. Perceiving that the other gun was aimed
at bis head, he had the presence of mind to stoop, and part of the
contents of the gun, which was loaded with shot, lodged
in his cheek. The poachers immediately fled, and Hill
and his assistants hearing the sound of fire. arms, ran to
the spot, and found the unfortunate man weltering in his
blood. Information having been forwarded to Bow-street, Mr.
Flails instructed Stevens the officer to investigate the transac-
tion, with a view to bring the guilty parties to justice. On
arriving at the Earl of Harrington's estate, the officer com-
mented his inquiries, and on the 11th instant, he succeeded
in apprehending the prisoners, together with a third man,
named Charles Allgood, who was subsequently admitted King's
evidence. From the confession of - this man it appeared
that Carter and Westoot were the two men who fired at
the keeper, and that he (witness) was in their company at
the time, but unarmed. The prisoners subsequently confessed
their guilt, and it appeared that they both took deliberate aim,
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