The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

LAND FOR THE NORTH DOCKS.
The CHAIRMAN observed, chat by a resolution of the
Council, the agreement between Lord Derby and the
Dock Trustees, relative to, the land at the north end of
the town, had been sent back, in order that it might come
before them again in a regular form. They were now
obliged to find a place for the deposits arising from the
construction of the new docks, and it was desirable the
question of agreement should be settled. He submitted
the heads of an agreement which had been drawn up
between the Earl of Derby, Lord Stanley, and the Dock
Trustees, which agreement was to be presented to the
Council at the next meeting.
The agreement, which could only be rendered properly
intelligible by a map accompanying it, was to the effect
that his Lordship would sell to the Dock Trust the strand
*l,e Mersey, lying in the townships of Kirkdale,
and Linacre. That the trustees are to lay out
the land, and make certain streets, which they are to pave

Bootle

and sewer in a proper and efficient manner. The
be divided into four blocks. The first block to be cu.
pleted in six years, the second in fourteen years, the
third in sixteen years, and the last in eighteen years
mh. orpets to by a ^f"'

[and to

devoted to the public in perpetuity ; in
Et Se of dispute, the matter to be settled by arbitration.
By the agreement, the Dock Committee will pay all
penses, and will get to themselves about a million
luarejards of land, while Lord Derby would receive

40,000 i sq

Mr. AIXIN said he understood that when the matter
was before them in Council, it was referred back in order
that the portion of the strand might be purchased on the
terms previously proposed. He was not aware that any
report had been prepared, any negotiations entered into,
or any strenuous exertions made to carry out the wishes
of the Council.
The CHAIRMAN said the present Mayor had exerted

self to induce Lord Derby to accept a payment— in
ley, but his Lordship refused to do so,—he was satis-
to become a proprietor in the speculation. He would

,t of money

told now that land could not he got on other terms than
those proposed in the agreement. If that had been
known some months ago, they might have found an
alternative. They were getting a million square yards,
and giving his Lordship 250,000; but then, when the
docks were made, (if they should be made), the question
was, what would the 250,000 yards be worth ? He
thought the scheme not a very wise one.
In answer to a question, the Chairman said, that should
v dispute arise, as to the expense for laying out the

plots of land, it would be settled by arbitration. The ex-
pense of sewering and preparing the first plot would be
only £1000; the second lot—to be finished in 14 years—

for sewers £7OO

, £2050.
The total cost of the river wall, at £4B a yard, would be
£95,000, and for that the trust would receive a million

luare yards

Mr. AIRIN complained that when they could have
bought the ground they wanted for a small sum per lienal
yard they had not done so.

The CHAIRMAN said that to finish the North Dock

and tt.ake the new graving docks, they would have 4-0 i

cubic yards of soil to deposit, which would do more than
fill up the portion of the first block, to be prepared in six

Mr. MANN said the Committee were in reality getting
two hundred acres of land without paying a fraction for it.
The Surveyor said, that in addition to five new docks
recently opened in the north, others, comprising an aggre-
gaty a ea of 33 acres, were near completion, exclusive of
graving docks.

It w-as agreed that the terms of agreement, as read,
should be entered on the books, and thus come under the
notice of the Council in the usual official form.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Wednes-
day, the warehouseman who has been in the service of
Messrs. Rathbone Brothers and Co., of South Castle-
street, for the last twenty years, was apprehended on a
charge of having embezzled various sums of money, the
property of his employers. It appeared he had only 30s.
a-week, but that he had contrived to possess himself of
and invest the large sum of £l,BOO in railways. He was
brought up at the Police-court on Thursday, when evi-
dence was given that it was his duty to employ the por-
ters required in the various departments of the establish-
ment, and pay them their weekly wages. For that pur-
pose he kept a hook, in which he entered the men's time,
and received the amount necessary for the payment of
the wages from the cashkeeper. Two instances were ad-
duced in which the prisoner had charged time as having
been worked by a porter ; in one case more money was
put down in the book than the man had received, and in
the other a week was charged as havino hPirn wnrkprl hir

the same individual, when it was shown he had not been
employed a single day. Mr. Grocott, solicitor, appeared
for the prisoner, and contended that he had been guilty
of an act of imprudence in raising. the wnues of nnp of

the men 3. per week, but nothing further could be alleged
against him. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday.
On that day Kehoe, a detective officer, who had charge of
the case, said he had no doubt that if it were postponed
for a week or so, he could adduce several still more serious
instances. He had searched the house of the prisoner,
and althoggh he had never been in the receipt of more
than thirty shillings a week, he found in scrip and money
not less than £3,700. He had shares in the Apothecaries'.
hall, and also money to a large amount invested in various
railways. Mr. Rushton said he would commit the pri-
soner for trial to the sessions on the evidence so far as it
had gone. It was clear that, for a lengthened period, he
had been practising a systematic robbery on one of the
most benevolent men living. In answer to an application
from Mr. Grocott, Mr. Rushton positively refused to
admit the prisoner to bail. He granted, however, an
order of admission to his only daughter, who desired to
see him.

CHARGE OF OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRE-
TENCES.—On Friday, Maria Sutton, a young woman of
lody-like appearance, was brought before the magistrates
under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that on
Wednesday last the prisoner went to the shop of Mr.
Briscoe, Oldhall-street, and ordered a quantity of expen-
sive goods, consisting of silk dresses, cambric handker-
chiefs, &c., which she desired to be sent to the Coburg
Hotel, where she alleged her sister resided. Thp (rand.

came to £lB 175., and-the prisoner said they would be
paid for on delivery. They were sent in accordance with
her instructions, and the prisoner received them ; but, on
inquiry being made as to the payment, the prisoner placed
the bill in an envelope, and directed that it should be sent
to Mr. Ashton Sutton, jun., of Bootle. Subsequent in-

1....1111Ca Icu w toe conclusion that a fraud had been at-
tempted, and the prisoner was taken into custody. It
transpired during the investigation that the prisoner was
the wife of Mr. Ashton Sutton, jun.,—that she had been
separated from her husband, and that he allowed her 3s.

111 a similar manner to that charged against her from Mr.
Woollright's, Messrs. Rogerson and Co.'s, and Messrs.
Richardson and Cowburn's, and had been brought before
the court in November, 1843, and acquitted. It appeared
that, on application at the Coburg Hotel, the prisoner's
sister refused to give up the goods, but an order was made
by Mr. Rushton that they should be returned to Mr.
Briscoe or his assistants, otherwise a warrant would be
issued. Mr. Rushton said the case was a most serious
one as affecting the tradesmen and shopkeepers of the
town, and he would remand the prisoner in order that
further inquiry might be made. On Saturday Mr. Wood-
burn pleaded that the prisoner had not obtained the goods
from Mr. Briscoe with a fraudulent intention, but simply
with the view of inducing him to sue her husband for the
amount. Mr. Rushton said that he could not, consistently
with his duty, look upon the transaction as otherwise than
a fraud, for which she was amenable to the criminal law.
She had had two warnings, having been brought before
himself five years ago, and before Mr. Percival on a sub-
sequent occasion. A mild view baying been taken of the

matter, she had then been allowed to depart the court ;
and the consequence was, that a third fraud of like cha-
racter had been committed. The line of distinction drawn
by the law in reference to such cases w•

to .. ..as very nice ; he
himself believed that the larceny was complete ; she had
never meant to pay for the goods. He should commit her
for trial. A charge by Messrs. Woollright and Chidson
against the prisoner was about to hP ' -
RS if +h,4- the a' I f

a IL appeared that L.. Legec, ,raudulent transaction in
that case had taken place five years ago, Mr. Rushton
refused to entertain it. He intimated, in answer to an
application, that he would take bail for the prisoner's
appearance, two sureties in £lOO each.

APPREHENSION OF SWINDLERS-AT BIRKENHEAD.—
On Wednesday, a female and her son and daughter were
brought. before W. Jackson, Esq., at the Birkenhead
police-court, on a number of charges of having obtained
goods on false pretences from a number of tradesmen in
that town. They gave their names as Mary Green and
Jane Green, and the male as the son of the former. They
are well known to the Liverpool Guardian Society and in
other towns, having passed under various names •; and it
was +b—migh Mr. RP-

1,11 :way, secretary of the society named,
that they were apprehended. About a fortnight ago they
took lodgings at Mr. Davidson's, No. 6, Lord-street,
Birkenhead, and giving directions that they would answer
the door themselves when any one called, Mr. Davidson
suspected them, but did not eject them. They had no
luggage, but said it would be sent in ten days. Before it
arrived they all decamped,_ without paying. During the

including a

butcher, a smallware:dealer, a publican, &c., all of whom
appeared. They said they had taken the house in Lord-
street, and were about to occupy large premises in Price-
street. It appeared that about three months IMO Miss

'ireen visited Mr. Heathcock, butcher, and stated that
her father was a Liverpool merchant, recently come to
reside at Clifton-terrace, with a large family, and that he
always paid on Saturdays. They thus obtained 50s. worth
of meat, but- left the I `‘-^ Saturday. They

-, JUL Jaa _ _muse on the k
then passed by the name of Wilson. The.

till Thursday, when Mr. Reay produced a witness from
Manchester, with whom they had lodged. They remained
three weeks, and decamped without paying. Some arti-
cles were missed from the house, and a towel found on
one of them was identified as part of the property. The
son of the elder female was identified, and placed in cus-
tody. Witness said that at least 30 persons had applied
for accounts since the prisoners decamped.—They were
then sent off to Mancheiter, and the mother, with her
daughter and son, whose real names are Whitehouse,
were recognised by the police. Mr. Reay attended, arid
a variety of cases were brought against them, in addition

to the towel. Amongst the articles they had obtained
from different parties were three velvet bonnets, furs to
the value of Xl4 155., &c. They were remanded, as many
more cases have to be brought against them, and will no
doubt be committed for trial.

113 tstrut etus.

The Chester Courant says that the number of magis-
trates for Stockport is seventeen, and the number of

At the Roman Catholic Chapel in Preston, the Right
Rev. Dr. Brown has confirmed 2,205 persons within the
last fortnight.

The cotton mills in Bolton have, during last week, as
in the previous one, increased in the number of working
hours, and appearances, therefore, continue encouraging.
On Wednesday, the usual proclamation of the fair at
Warrington was celebrated with unusual ceremony and
festivity by Mr. J. B. Edelsten, the boroughreeve.
Afterwards about 170 gentlemen sat down to a cold
collation.

GOVERNOR OF THE SALFORD NEW BAILEY PRISON.—
Yesterday week this appointment, at £350 per annum,
was given by the magistrates to Captain T. H. Mitchell,
of the 60th Rifles, unattached. There were 78 candidates,
but Captain Mitchell was suppai e.. 1 by SO magistrates out
58
_present.
CHESTER WINTER ASSIZES.—The Snevlal C.nmynicteirrn

There are

Joseph Barker, Leeds ; Ernest Jones, London. These
have all been in the hands of the police, and are either in
prison or held to bail to appear at the assizes.
SHAKEspEmAN READINGS.—The inhabitants of Pres-
cot and its vicinity have on two recen` occasions, (the
last on Wednesday,) had the pleasure of " An Evening of
Shakespeare," through the readings of Mr. Read, of Li-
verpool, professor of elocution. The scenes selected were
from Julius Ccesar, Macbeth, King Henry IV, Kinq
Henry VIII, The Merchant of Venice, and Taming the
Shrew. The first evening closed with the dying scene of
Katherine of Arragon, so well calculated, as the lecturer
expressed, "to leave on the mind a virtuous impression
favourable to higher instructions." In addition to the
nice taste, discrimination, and general ability which dis-
tinguish Mr. Read's performences, he has, to use the
language of a French critic, " the good taste to read
nothing which could in any way offend the ear or pro-
priety."

DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN COMMERCE BY MEANS OF
RAILWAYS.—On Tuesday, a meeting of merchants and
manufacturers, and others favourable to the prosperity of
India, took place in the Town-hall, Manchester, the mayor
in the chair. Several resolutions were passed in favour of
the growth of cotton in India, and especially of proper
means being provided for its conveyance to the ports.
The chairman having said a few words in support of the
objects of the meeting, Mr. Thomas Bazley, president of
the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, moved the first
resolution. He said India was much behind the intelli-
gence of the age in having no railway or other efficient
-ns of internal communicatin- • I

le might take a rapic
survey of the trade between this r ountry and India. Hav-
ing a population of 113,000,000, though our exports had
increased within the last few years, they only amounted to
15d. per head per annum ; turning to Brazil, however,
they amounted to 6s. per head. India was, therefore, far
below the standard it should occupy in the scale of con-
suming powers, an evil increased by want of efficient
means of bringing cotton from the interior to the coast.
The remedy to he proposed was a railway to communicate
with Bombay and the other ports, from the interior, and
especially from the cotton districts
ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY
extraordinary character ha

—An elopement of an

hood, which has afforded abundant food for Chorley gossip.
It is well known that about two years ago, Burgh Hall,
which is about a mile from the town of Chorley, became
licensed as a private asylum, under the superintendence of
Mr. Seed, surgeon, formerly of Lancaster. Soon after its
_
Durie, from Astley, near Manches.
an inmate, where she has continued
!e up to the period of Saturday last. On
that day, however, at an early hour in the morning, she
made her escape by the window of her bedroom, by means
of a ladder which had been placed against it. For some
111 inquiries on the

time aft(

part of
fruitles

there a

the lady's disappearanc

r. Need as to the direction she had taken were
but on a rumour reaching him that a person
vorris, servant to Mr. S. Potter, of Bickacre,
a hue and cry was raised, and the
The consternation at Burgh
caused by the event, cannot be

named Ellis
had also disappeared,
police put on the qui vine

described. There were no tidings of the fugitives until
Monday morning, when they received a most untimely
visit at the breakfast table in the good old city of Chester.
The parties had been married on the Sunday morning in
the parish church of St. Peter, in Chester, by license ob-
:egistry Court. Mr. King, the superinten-
conveyed the parties by railway to Euston-
Tice in a chaise to Chorley. On their arrival
tion several hundred persons speedily as-
cious to get a glimpse at the lady, especially
considerable personal attractions. In the
ame evening she was delivered up to Mr.
mveyed her to Burgh Hall. Norris was
'd in custody until Tuesday. when the case was
I into by the bench of magistrates. On hearing the
the bench did not consider there was
' d against Norris, and he was instantly
dtation of the crowd on hearing this
he deafening cheers which followed,

station, an
at the polic

The ext

d to her release, for which she
If willing to undergo any saeri-

near Manche-st

be possessed of very

consid
ehestel

—Preston Chron'icle.—The Man
Wednesday thus •contradicts the
;tate on unquestionable authority

er of her own. With regard to her not
re have the same authority for stating that
A on the certificate of two of the leading

;fans of this county

HORRII

was the s

me of ti

town of Wymo
Mr. Jermy, ti
been shot dea

that effect v

request that a
Several police oft

Rush, and o
one in the

)ERS IN NORFOLK

Lost atrocious murders perhaps ever
entry. Soon after 8 o'clock, the
was alarmed by the intelligence that

Recorder of Norwich, and hi; son had
t their hall. A telegraphic message to

,
her Maid had been
It is neceoally fjra
large building in the

with 6-6 pr(

Rush should be apprehended.
accordingly set off, some in quest of
le hall, where they arrived about
They saw the bodies of Mr.
ascertained that Mrs. Jenny and
nd severely wounded.
nfield-hall. It is a
tecture, with a

main building there is a

,o the hall, from which there is
d drawing-rooms on the left.

must have been well acquainted
dd-hall is said to have been the
t, the heroine of Sir Walter

ing any mi

Jermy, Mr. Jernny, jun., and Mrs

Two fer

and had not ret

.ards them. The btitler,
.rvant were on the pre-
gone to Wymondham,

At about

Ir. Jenny, sen., left the din-
h the hall to the front of the
,„ just as he entered the porch, a
c and wearing a mask, fired a pistol
hot lodged in his left breast, and he fell
tautly expired, but owing to what followed,

On ret

was not removed for near

ront, turned to the left into the pas-
ling, and met the butler. With a
beckoned the butler to go back.
l at the apparition of a man in a
pistols, the butler retired into his

,rk recess and a door

g to the back of ti

dining-r 4
opening
and shot

the report of a pistol, left the

he ri;,%l

instantly

I whit(

sere the man fired at him

ig a noise, went to the
)ver the lifeless body of

'sin fired a pistol at her

and wounded her in

servan

It to the same spot to see what was the mat-
her mistress, the murderer dis-
ly wounded her in the
they should be all

pistol at

murdered, hid t

The man-seivant, who was