The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-30 00:00:00

YESTERDAY.

ACTING AS BADGE-PORTER. WITHOUT A LICENSE.—A
number of men were brought up charged with infringing
the bye-laws, by plying for hire as luggage porters, not
having a license. James Carlish, one of the defendants,
stated that he and his companion had applied for a badge,
but were refused the privilege by Mr. Dowling. Upon
being questioned by that gentleman, it transpired that
the defendant had never applied as stated. Mr. Dowling
further explained that there was formerly one hundred
licensed porters, but this number was greater than was
necessary ; the whole of the men could not possibly earn
a livelihood, he, therefore, reduced the number to seventy
and withheld more licenses. Mr. Rushton, upon a short
consultation with Mr. Dowling., postponed the case until
Mr. Dowling shall have conferred with the Mayor on the
subject.

A
gi 4, named Mary M`Guinness, was committed for
trial for stealing two dresses and two shawls from the
house of a person named Morris, residing in Derby-street,
who had kindly given the girl shelter.
SHOPLIFTING.—The lad, Patrick Leigh, who was re-
manded last Monday on a charge of having stolen two
books from the shop of Mr. Young, South Castle-street,
was again brought up. There was no further evidence,
and the lad was committed to prison for twenty-one days.
ROBBERY AND ILLEGALLY PLEDGING.—A servant girl
named Margaret Agnes, was charged by her master Mr.
Thos. Rowland with having robbed him of various articles,
consisting of two blankets, a pencil case, tea and sugar,
&c. Mr. Rushton regarded it as illegally pledging, and
convicted the prisoner in the penalty of £5, exclusive of
the value of the articles pledged.
THE STABBING CASES.—Mr. Pritchard, the person
who was so brutally stabbed by the Irishman Gordon,
was able to attend and give his evidence yesterday morn-
ing. It had the tendency of making the case still stronger
against the prisoner. As an instance of the assassin-like
duplicity of the fellow, it may be stated, that when he first
called upon Mr. Pritchard, the latter was above stairs—a
precaution he had taken, expecting a visit from Gordon
after having seized his goods, as he knew him to be a
very violent fellow, and of a revengeful disposition. His
wife had denied him, and Gordon, as he left the house,
kissed and fondled the infant in her arms. Shortly after
he returned and committed the act. The words he made
use of to his victim as he stabbed him were, " You will
count no more." A person named Sinclair identified the
chisel, which he saw Gordon throw away after having
committed the act. Mr. Callan, the surgeon, described
the wound as a dangerous one. A female, named Bowes,
who, it appeared, had given information of Gordon's hav-
ing destroyed the window frame of his house (the cause
of the distraint being issued,) came forward to prefer a
charge against him of having stabbed her also. It seems
the bloodthirsty scoundrel went to the house of Mrs.
Bowes, which is opposite his own, on the morning of the
day on which he attempted the life of Mr. Pritchard, and
after many imprecations, stabbed her on the body. The
force of the blow will be understood when it is stated,
that the chisel penetrated the woman's thick stays, her
under garments, and broke the flesh. She had excited
his enmity by having informed Mr. Pritchard of the de-
struction Gordon had made on the property, the charge
of which was in the former. The man is an old soldier,
and bears a bad character, having been concerned in simi-
lar acts of blood before. At the close of the case, Mr.
Rushton committed him for trial.—The lad Hunter, also
charged with stabbing, was again remanded to this day,
when Robert Wilson, who was stabbed, will be able to
appear against him.

PENMANSHIP.-111r. Ellis, the head writing master of
the Collegiate Institution, has recentry published two
slip books of copy lines for the use of schools. One of
these consists of the ordinary line copies in round and
small hands, and the other is adapted for the higher
classes, serving the double purpose of a perfect guide to an
excellent style of penmanship, and initiating the copyist
into the mode by which mercantile transactions • are
carried on, its contents being a selection of promissory
notes, bills of exchange, &c. With respect to the style as
an illustration of the useful art of penmanship no praise
can equal its deserts ; with all that truth of form which is
admired in the old copy book are combined an elegance and
a flowing grace which are unknown in the older styles,
The pupil who follows this model must attain to the ex-
cellence of a " copperplate," while he secures the ad-
vantage of a commercial current hand.
A SERIES OF DISASTERS.—On Thursday morning,
about two o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises occu-
pied by John Scanlin, beerseller and grocer, New Bird-
street. The house was completely gutted, and in con-
nexion with the catastrophe a melancholy accident oc-
curred. A youth, named John Burns, who was sleeping
in the top room of the house, on the alarm of fire being
raised, came down below, and attempted to make his
escape by the street door, but was driven back by the
flames. He then went up stairs, and threw himself out
of the window on the third story, but, unfortunately,
alighted on some rails, and was taken up in a dreadful
state of suffering. On the following day he died. Several
persons attended at the coroner's court to give informa-
tion respecting his death, and whilst a man named AP Clnre
was making a statement to Mr. Crews, the clerk, he fell
down in a fit and shortly expired.
NOVELTY !—Our readers will perceive by Mr. Colles's
advertisement in another part of our paper that he has
resumed his old mode of business—that of making a
charge for admission to see his various curious and enter-
taining novelties. This is well ; his visitors may now
please themselves whether they make purchases or not,
without feeling under an obligation, and should they pur-
chase, their admission money is is allowed to them.
Knowing how pleased every person who :visits Mr. C.
must be, we feel perfectly assured that he will have no
cause to regret this chance, as we are convinced that those
who see his various mysteries performed, will not be able
to resist the temptation of acquiring a knowledge of the
art of using them. At all events, purchase or not, we
know not where a more agreeable hour can be passed than
in Mr. Colle's sanctum. He has- likewise made another
most judicious alteration—that of keeping his rooms open
until six instead of four.

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