The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-02-11 00:00:00

POLICY -.INTELLIGENCE:

APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF COINERS.—On Thurs.,
aaY, Henry Francis, Elizabeth Taylor, and her two sons,
Henry and John, were charged with having in their pos-
session moulds. and other materials used for making coun-
terfeit coin. The prisoners were discovered in the act of
earßing on their illegal operations in the cellar of a court-
house in •Cazneau-street. The case was ordered to be
submitted to the law-officers of the crown.
THE CASE OF ALLEGED SEVERITY ON BOARD THE
Will be remembered that, on Saturday
Week, captain Mitchell, of the African ship Rothsay, was
charged with cruelty to four men of the crew whilst in
Bonny River, and that the case was remanded,'so far as
related to the case of one man, who was flogged for
drunkenness. The case came forward again on Saturday,
when Mr. Rushton expressed'an opinion that the punish-
Ineet, five dozen lashes, in the instance, alluded to, was
too Severe, and inflicted a fine of £5. .
OMNIBUS DRIVERS.—On Tuesday, John Gillis was
tried ten shillings and costs, for loitering with his omni-
bus in Moorfields.—Thomas Dixon was also 'fined ten
shillings and costs, on each of two informations, for a
similar Offence. It appears that ten minutes are allowed
for the omnibuies on the,stand, but the men come sooner
with their vehicles, and stop at the Cross Keys, in Moor-
fields, to drink.—At the same •time, Robert Callan was
fined five shillings and costs, for working an, omnibuS
without a name affixed to it. _

EXTENSIVE SHOP ROBBERIES.—On Thursday, Charles
Uonghton, Thomas Jones, Joseph Read, William
2l`Shane Isaac Mitchell, Mary Ann Regan, Ann Wil-
liams, atherine Read, and John Mitchell, were brought
uP on a charge of plundering various shops inßold-street,
Church-street, &c. The first five were boys from nine to
fourteen years of. age. The others were charged with
receiving the property with a guilty knowledge. Property
had been found upon tbe prisoners beldnging to Mr. Lid-
dall,llr. Aidie, and Mr. Willis, of Bold-street. They
were remanded.

JIITVENILE DELINQUENCY.—At the Police court, on
Saturday, a lad, named John Doran, was charged with
obtaining goods from several tradesmen by false pretences.
it appeared that the prisoner had been engaged by various
Patties as errand boy, and that after he left he received
goods in their name. In this way he had :procured two
tszors from Mr. George Hallam, cutler, of Dale street,
-stating that they web for Mr. Oxley, ofjohn's-lane, and
two whips from Mr. Kinsey, of Renshaw-Street, repre-
menting that he had been sent by Lis master, Mr. Jones,
of Moorfields. He was committed.
THE Twiters TURNED.—A scamp ef.s fellow, named
`William Leather, was charged with attempting to break
into the cellar of James Cooper, in -Gascoyne-street.
'When taken 'into custody, the prisoner stated that the
Prosecutor had concealed in his premises the materials for
'making base coin, and this, on investigation, was found to
be true. Cooper, who does not bear the best of characters,
Was cautioned by Mr. Rushton to be more careful for the
future. ''Cooper reluctantly acknowledged that he knew
the prisoner, but at last admitted that the man had called
on him a short time since, " in a fliendly way," when he
stole two chairs. (Laughter.) The case was dismissed.
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST 'A'POLICE-OFFICER.—On
Thursday an inquest was held on the body of William
IllAclaughlin, a ship-keeper, who resided at No. 80, Por-
ter-street. On the previous Saturday night Maclaughlin
Was found lying drunk between the Clarence Dock and
the North Shore Mill. He was taken to ,the Northern
Hospital, where he died. He stated to the houSe-sUrgeon
that he had been ill- treated by a police-officer, and the
Than being in a dying condition his statement was com-
rnitted to writing. In substance it was to the effect, that
cku the day named, between the hours of three and four
&clock, he was on, the Waterloo-road, accompanied by a
laanamed Boylan. On turning round, he •found that'
`Boylan was quarrelling with police-officer, No. 1. The
deceased interfered. The officer then gave him a punch
of his stick, and shoved him against the wall. Deceased
"t up, but was again shoved down by the-offiCer, who
kicked him with his foot whilst down. It appears that
the deceased, after receiving his wages, took freely of
drink, and was found as described. The inquest was
adjourned to afford time• for a post mortem examination.
DETECTION OF AN IMPOSTOR.—Ai person who is de-
Scribed to be of rather genteel appearance, and a little
more than thirty years of age, named Daniel Dickinson,
alias Gadshy, is in custody, charged as a begging-letter
!InPostor. It seems that by a false tale of distress,
he had represented that he was a native of Ponte-
fract, that his mother was a native of -Ackworth (her
Maiden name Roberts), and that she, himself, and his
sister were destitute, in consequence of the shipwreck of
a vessel in which they were all going, along with the
Prisoners's father, to Australia. The prisoner's " beg-
ing-letters" were -accompanied by other forged docu-
ments to make them look like truth, and one of them
:ore a list of Subscribers, which included the following
• ~,°,1,11. es :---Ala irison,and_Co., £2 10s.; t George Goodman,
-;;;_ John Hope Shaw,..£l : Chas. Lee, P.G.M.W.R.Y.,
a few Masonic Brethren at Leeds, £4 10s. ; Lady
R Insdeo, per post, £5; Leathern, Tew, and Co., £5 ;
.(pl:Milnes, £2 ; Samuel Martin, 'M. Mr. Rushton
had
the dociiments were the most impudent forgeries he
for rer met with, all the signatures being manufactured
the ue Purposes of-deception. He had no doubt it was
fraudork of the prisoner. It was an organised system of
theotiOhich extended from one end of the kingdom to
Driseee'rr• A small memorandum book was found on the
BEO., vsei containbd several records of shipwrecks,
loteedii'l; no doubt materials from which the plisoner
imposition frame new petitions to-continue his scheme of
fraud a Mr. Rushton said the whole thing was a
and a system of extorting money. He ordered the.
Prisoner to be remanded.

YESTERDAIC

Tam ROBBERS pp X6ls.—Mr. Samuel Greaken, banker
of Amlwich; appeared yesterday, in the Police-court for
the purpose of identifying the four notes paid to Larkin.
Upon examination he elicited they had never been re-
issued, and the prisoner, John Connolley, was committed
for trial.
SHOP ROBBERY.—WM. Grimes-was committed for trial
for stealing a coat from Healing and.Lyons' shop door in
Vauxhall-road. On hearing the-decision of the magi-
strate, the prisoner coolly shouted "sessions," no doubt
by way of information to an acquaintance in the court.
COMMITTAL OF THE TOXTETH THlEVES.—Margaret
Hampton, William Pugh, 'Caroline' Hampton, ancillar-
garet Pugh, the'persons charged with being concerned in
the robbery of a bale of prints from th 6 dock quays, par-
ticulars of which we gave in .our last, were again
brought up yesterday. Two other persons, Catha-
rine Fazakerley and Francis Platt had been apprehended
La the interval between' yesterday and the previous Monday.
Th Roods were proved:to be the property of Lucas. Mov-
toyed also, a shipper carrying on:business at Glasgow.
air. Gilmour, a packer of the same Place, identified the
Roods. Mr. Rushton stated that as there was no evidence
aainst William Pugh, he must be discharged, which was
erlingly done: The other prisoners were committed.
a girl ACCOMPLISHED PICKPOCKET.—zMargaret White,
beforeohg above tvventy years of age, was brought
Mr. Rushton yesterday', charged with picking the
brisket of a lady, named Jones, 'of £2 375. Bd.. The
thaq was discharged from custody, no longer since
13.: wednesday las vi t, hang be en committed to the s.
I.°llls for picking pockets. She is welllnown to most of
prison the
; son governors' throughout the country, as an adroit
)44-Pocket ; and is known to support two brothers on
her ill-gotten gains. On Saturday night she went into
the shop of Mr. Edwards, grocer, Copperas-hill, and
while there..on pretence, of purchasing a small quantity
4if sugar, picked the pocket of the lady above named.
aPPears the prisoner was very drunk, and:upon leaving
the shop, dropped the greater part of the money so
recently obtained. A boy named Cotterav observed this,
and informed a policeman, who apprehended her. She
Was committed for trial.—Two young girls, named Kelly
and M'Keown,-were also committed for trial, for having
Picked the pocket of a female named Ward, .of 4s, in a
shop in Richmond-row on Saturday night.

REVENUE SURPLUS.-A GOOD TIME COMING

(From yesterday's Times.)

day- will,come when tea will be as cheap .as .a decoction of
British •' herbs," and when the Briton may brew his
own beer, with his own barley, in his own castle, without
being obliged to let down his drawbridge and lift up his
portcullis at the summons of a paltry exciseman. Nay,
the day may possibly come when.that unpopular function-
ary—together with the press-gang, the bloody criminal
code of the eighteenth century, the Court of Chancery
of nineteenth, and a few other monsters—will be only
remembered to be unwept, unthankt, and unblest, and
perhaps to furnish machinery for novels of a marvellous
and horrible character. Till that time arrive, we must
be content with dropping our burdens only as fast as we
can with prudence and honour. Judging from present
appearances, a commutation of the window tax is all that
can be safely attempted for the present: Universal opi-
nion' conspires with some remarkable circumstances to
point it out as the fittest work for the year 1851. When
that is done we must then look about us; go on retrehch-
ing, get another surplus, and see which of our other
burdens we can shake off our shoulders.

TO THE PROTESTANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

FELLOW PROTESTANTS,—A short time has elapsed
since we addressed you on the recent aggressions of the
Papal See, and our appeal and entreaty was, that you
should demand an investigation into those laws and dog-
tnas of the Church of Rome, which were to be put in
force in 'England, in virtue of the establishment of a
_ _

foreign hierarchy among you.
At the same time we agreed that the following address
sdould he presented to her Most 'Gracious Majesty the

Queen :

" TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
" We, the members of the Loyal Orange Institution in Ire,
land, beg permission to approach your Majesty at this acknow-
ledged crisis of the destinies and welfare of the empire, and to
tender the expression of our unswerving attachment to your
Majesty's royal person, as well as•to those great principles of
constitutional government and religious liberty which gave to
your royal ancestors the throne of this mighty kingdom, and
which Still maintain, as we 'earnestly pray they may long
maintain, your Majesty thereon.
" We further duteously and respectfully pray your Majesty
to remember that, should 'any necessity arise. from passing
events, for the service of faithful men, there exist 'in Ireland
I,Boolodges of loyal Orangemen, every one of within will be
ready, in God's name, and at your Majesty's call, to peril life
and fortune, as our forefathers, under like circumstances, have
dome, in defence of your Majesty's crown and dignity, as well
alivof our common religion and liberties.

(Signed on behalf of the Orangemen of Ireland,)
tNis:ISKILLEN, G.ll

This address having been placed hi the hands of the
home secretary for presentation, the following commu-
nication was received :

`,Whitehall, Dec. 21, 1850

"MY LORD.—I Wive the honour to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter of the 14th instant, enclosing an address to her
Majesty from the members of the Loyal Orange Institution in
Ireland, purporting to be signed by your lordihip as grand
master. _ _

I beg to inform your lordship that I do not consider it
to be consistent with my. duty to .present the ,address to her
Majesty.—l have the honour to be; my lord, your lordship's
obedient servant, 'KG. GREY.
"The Earl oflEnniskillen, Florence Court."
The following further correspondence then took place
. • "Florence Court, 4n. 16; 1851.
. -•

" Tlie Earl Of Enniskillen presents his coniplimenti to Sir
George Grey, and begs to acknowledge the receipt of his letter
of 'December last, in which he declines presenting to her
Majesty theitddress of the members of the Loyal Orange Insti-
tution of Ireland.

"Lord Enniskillen, on the part of the body to which he haS
the honour to belong, will feel obliged to Sir George Grey if he
will inform him on what grounds he feels it inconsistent with
his duty to present that address. •
. .
"To the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart:"
REPLY.

" Sir ',George Grey presents his compliments to the Earl of
Enniskillen, and in reply to his,letter of the' 16th instant, he
begs to his lordship to the address, which it was resolved
by the House of Commons on the 24th of February, 1836,
should he presented to his late Majesty on the subject of
Orange Lodges and other societies of a similar nature, and to
the answer given by his late Majesty to the said address.
" Whitehall, Jan., 7851.
"The Earl of Enniskillen, Florence Court:"

We were not prepared for this act of the home
secretary, nor for the reason by which he has
thought proper to justify it ; his conduct was not the same
in the year 1848. In that year loyal, Orangemen in Ire-
land and in the colonies addressed our beloved sovereign ;
addresses from them were presented by. Sir. George Grey.
[The noble earl then gives Sir George Grey's reply to
this address, in which the right hon. baronet said, " that
the address from the Orange lodges had been duly laid
before the Queen."]

To an address froin the loyal-Orangemen of Canada this
was the reply :--

" Whitehall, August 170848.

`.‘ MY LORD,—I have had the honour ,of laying be.fore the
Queen the loyal anti dutiful address which your lordship
transmitted to me for presentation from the Orangemen of
British America, tenderin' to her Majesty their respectful
assurance of attachment tourer person and .crown; and their
services in support of the law andintegrity of the constitution.
"And I have the satisfaction to inform,your lordship that
her Majesty has been pleased to receive- the same very gra-
'ciously.—l have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's
very obedient servant, _ "GREY.

"The Earl of Enniskillen, Florence Court"
At the same period at which these addresses were re-
ceived by her Majesty, others of a similar briyal character
were presented to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and
the following replies received :

"Sta,7! am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to.acknowledge
with thanks the address of the loyal Orangemen of the Porta.
down district, and to assure you that his excellency -receives,
with much satisfaction and -with confidence; the declaration of
their loyalty to the sovereign, of- their attachment to the con-.
stitution, and of their determination to uphold the authorities
in the maintenance of peace and order.—l have the honour to
be, sir, your obedient servant,

, . . .
"CORBY CONNELAN
" Mr. Wilson Flavelle, district secretary of the .
loyal Orangemen of the Portalown district,
county Armagh.

`‘Dublin Castle, 23d March, 1848.
" Slll,—l am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acknow-
ledge the receipt of an address •of the Orangemen of the district
of Annahoe, in the county of Tyrone, transmitted" by you on
their behalf on the 21st instant ;end I am directed to assure
you of the satisfaction his excellency has felt at the expression
of their loyalty and attachment to the throne, and to convey
Ins thanks for their kind expression asyegards himself.—l have
the honour to be, your obedient servant,

"T. N. REDINOTON

"Stevart Moore, Esq., Aughimeloy."

When these answers were vouchsafed there was danger
apprehended from disaffected partiei within our land. Our
last address was prepared at a. time when peril of domestic
commotion was aggravated by menaces of interposition
on the part of foreign governments. The sense of duty
which loyal Orangemen felt in 184 g they retained and
acted on, at a moment when danger had become more
imminent. In the former year the right hon. secretary of
state felt it his duty to present our addresses, and her
Majesty was pleased to give them a gracious-reception ;
the home secretary holds it his duty now to intercept .the
dutiful tender of our loyalty to the throne. To present it
would be, he affirms, " inconsistent with his duty." Duty
to whom, or to what ? Not surely to her. Majesty, who
was pleased graciously to receive addresses from the same
body. `But whatever may have been the right hon. secre-
tary's notions of duty to his royal, mistress,or to any sec-
tion or
.party, we feel it to be incumbent upon us to show,
that when the majesty of the British crown was insulted
and menaced, the loyal Oaangemen of lieland did not
remain silent.

(Signed on behalf of the Grand Orange. Lodge.)
ENNISKILLEN

'litpptng fitZetligentr.

TUESDAY. FEBRUARY N.N.W., fiesh breeze.
ARRlVED.—Winfred, Christie. fromCalcutta—Underwriter,
Shipley, New York—Undine, Ibrail—Hum ,a Jarvis, Malaga—
Mischief, M`Bride, Lisbon—Esther, Jones; NiCe. .
SAlLED.—Osmanli (s.s.), Lock; for Genoa—Courier, Tower.
son, Calcutta—X L, Hughes, Constantinople. •

The Blanch, from Sydney, C. 8., that took the ground off the
Brunswick Dock last night, was got off and into dock this
afternoon's tide, with considerable damage.
Mozambique, sailed from Monte Video for Panama on 27th
October. •
- Solo,'Norman, and Raleigh, Walton, hence at Rio Janeiro.
Alice Jane, Miller,. and Dagger, hence at Jamaica.
• Victor, Clark, hence at Fayal, and sailed for Baltimore 3rd of
January.
Columbus, Macferson, hence at Fayal, and Sailed for New'
York 22nd January.
Antarctic, Ricker, and Agatha, Jarvis, henceat Fayal.
Marine, Brown, sailed from Fayal for Wilmington on 23rd
January.
Tay, Adams, and Ellen, Bell, hence at Alexandria. •
Giametteo, sailed from Alexandria 4th January; Francisco
Giuseppina, 4th January; Costrigano, 4th January; Succes-
sor, stlr.lanuary ; Vierran, Ilth January ; Cassandra, 15th Ja-
nuary; Argo, 16th January; and Nuua, and Gulnare, 18th of
January, all for this port.
Hannah Booth, Best, hence at/.ante.
Jupiter (s.), hence at Malta.
Sincapore (s.s,), from Constantinople at Malta.
Alice, Watsbn, hence at 'Leghorn.
Rodolpb, OWens, hence at Drogheda, with cargo shifted, and
loss of mainboom. 7 -
Ann Moor, Marwood, hence for Newcastle, at Stremness,
with loss of sails, and leaky, but will proceed with two extra
hands. '
Hebrides, Melville, from Boinbay at Cochin; end sailed 17th
November for this port.
Velore, cleared at Calcutta for this port 18th'Dec. •
Jane Pirrie, from Sincapore for this port, off Cape L'Aghttlas
Albert Edward, Stoddart, from Canton, and John Woodall,
Pitcairn, from Table Bay at St. Helena, and both sailed 19th
Dec. fortbis port.
General Mina, hence for Havana, and sailed from Falmouth
2nd February.
Princess, hence for Brownsville, and sailed from Falmouth
2nd February,
Minerva. Deswelgh, from Ostend for this port at Purtsmouth,
with loss of sails, &c.
Prophete, liirkhove, hence for Ostend, at Milford.
Emma, Thomas, hence at Milford. • -
' Devonshire Lass, hence for Genoa ; Lotus, for Naples, and
Hero, for Cbarente, sailed from Milford lat Feb. .
Inconstant, hence for- Rio Grande, and Premier, for Malta.
have put back.-
,
WEXFORD. Feb, 2.—The Agenora, Flaherty, from Liverpool
for this port, got on the South Shoals last night, and will be a
wreck. The cargo, it is feared, will be all lost.

'Unless we are mistaken, some. financial agitators have
• talked about £3,500,000 as the sum to be scrambled for
ItY'rehictant taxpayers. No such expectations have ever
been 'sanctioned either by any member of the Government
°1" br parliamentary returns., Sir Charles Wood's original
estimate of the surplus for •the current year was about
461,500,000, and more than half of that he proceeded to
61ve away at once by surrendering the brick duties and a
.Portion of the stamps, leaving only £600,000 or £700,000
▪ calculated on with any sort of certainty.
ql;"„,,e_,lt,Triday, we believe, the Chancellor of the Exche-
'‘„- 7'll tell os what the surplus for the current financial
.ins-'r, is likely to be, but, meanwhile, the actual excess of
856..t0e
is over expenditure for -the year ending January
Tist2 the latest information we possess on the subject.
that
is 'X2,579,006. But it must not hastily' be assumed
at the excess for the year ending April 5 will bens much.
hadis excess of £2,579,006 would have been much less
...the whole of the year 18 50 been affected by the redue-
,9°fls made last session. The Stamps Act. did not come
nto aPeration till the autumn. Hence the decrease in
_ stamps compared with those of the previous year has
"Ir been £3o9l2l6—much less than the estimated de-
ease for for a whole year. • Some brick duty also was re.
"s▪ wed in the first quarterrof last year.. As often happens,
111 e expenditure was postponed to the last quarter of the
se_Gar, so that the surplus for the. year ending October
was apparently higher than it should be. 'Notwith-
a
, winding the course of-retrenchment in which Parliament
!as_ been so sternly engaged for some sessions, a rather
!ellous step has, ust been taken in the contrary direction,
andwill tell on the expenditure of the current year. In
s,"rotet that soldiers and sailors may participate in the
Wive• well-doing of the people at large, their rations
W,been increased, and this will prove a costly operation
with the two services. The numerous retrenchments in
our army,.•
•
navy, and civil expenditure are of course telling
'an the Present quarter—those in the navy having already
yeZ• e the difference of half a million between the years
the and 1850 ; but, from the reasons above mentioned,
excess for , the year ending next April 5 will not be
Z7aaly so great as the excess for the year ending January
de.nd the Chancellor of the Exchequer will be obliged to
with our taxes one at a time,- and even then, we are
aids very tenderly.
Arno (s.s.), hence at Genoa,
for li°tlgh if we prepare' some sanguine gentlemen Annie, from Mauritius at Port Adelaide.,
mi„,ndlsalvointment they are likely to inflict on them- • Amelia, Badman, and Greta, Liversedge, hence at Trieste.
ca u••• - • • ,
ho r a too eager expectation of relief. By all means, Truant, Jones, hence at Leghorn. •- _ _. , vvever, let them follow up their game, for sooner or .IC_zar Peter, Wittema, sailed from Bordeaux for this port 30th
later, next year or the year after, or soon after that, they anUarly.
will be sure to overtake it. Emily, Bravey, sailed from Trieste for COrk or Falmouth on
Prett • Tax hunting is quite as 25th January. .
9 an amusement as fox hunting, and in a country }Jefwood, hence for corenna, at
,flolyhead, with her
n'aere-genti
every d•
Olnen can bunt a fox with renewed interest sails spiii. •
it . their lives, will be no, great trial to a Toby, Jarvis; from Bologne for this port, At alcomhe..
hi.n_aneja?portsman to be told .tba the will have to keen .Slartha, Scrlvon, for this port, at Portland ROAds.
.P for several • Parthenon,
fromence for New Orleans, at 111mi:tort
Rteat unwashed. years. A daiy will come at last when the ' Steele, [labia off Falmouth,, for flamburgh,
,
itune_ grmeaot unenlightened '
no longer plead the duty on snarl, or Sailed 21st Dec.
the duty on British paper. prid rantivy, DAITRing, CAlied f,)4tu 'Leghorn kir gante 41.es-
-4 filnoluteprohi kition of Olt foreign article. 4 Flo 4(1 411.-

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY s.—Wind S.

ARRIVED.—Anne Cropper, from Madras—Rance, Barker,.
Calcutta—G. A-. Hopley, Pearce, qbarlesto,n—Countesg of Sef-
ton, Wheeler, Callao—Forget-me-Not, Dieppe.
SAlLED.—Epaminontiss, Kerr; State Rights, Warren ; and
Montezuma, De Courcy, New York. . •

Henry Jones, Jones, for Lima, Sailed `frciin Sttidwell Bay 2nd
instant, with the'rest of the wind-bound:

Nelson Village,Cole,tg.Cli;;Tesi;n,lsoe Witt Clinton, Funk,
for New York and Volant, M'Murchie, for St. Andrew's,
sailed from Queenstown 3rd instant.

Gauntlett,PrjsieijiOrluenWAyres ; Emma, Thomas, for
Trieste; Lotus, Sprague, for Naples; and Prophete, Kirkhove,
for Ostend, sailed from Milford 2nd instant.
Caroline, Gray, from Constantinople ; Ocean Breeze, young,
from Alexandria, Egypt ; and Augusta, Landstroni, from Mar-
seilles, off Falmouth. _

- -
BELFAST, Feb. 3;—The brig Honor, of London. Tannahill,
from Liverpool for St. Domingo, with bricks as ballast, ran
ashore on the Long Rock, Ballywater, on Saturday morning,
Ist instant. She gst off same day, and went to sea, leaving
seventy fathoms chain cable and an anchor on the rocks: her
long-boat was damaged and rendered useless.