The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-20 00:00:00

POACHING.—TWO boys, named John and Wm. Mitchell,
were brought up yesterday at the Birkenhead Police-court,
before the lion. Sir Edward Cust, the Rev. R. M. Fieldpn,
and J. D. Case, Esq., charged with poaching, at Frankly,
on the estate of John Robins, Esq., on the afternoon of
Friday last. The magistrates convicted them in the penalty
of ss. each and costs.

ROBBERY AT NEW BRIGHTON.-A few days ago, a cottage
at New Brighton, in the occupation of Mr. Crisp, of Slater-
street, in this town, was found to have been broken open,
and a feather-bed, bolster, pillows, and a quantity of car-
peting, had been taken away. A hair-mattress had also been
taken out of the house and placed in the middle of the yard.
The house had been shut up for some time past, being a
summer residence.

AN UNNATURAL SON.—Charles Inglefield was charged,
yesterday, at the Birkenhead Police-court, by his mother, a
respectable aged lady, residing at Rock Ferry, with going to
her house and using violent language, and threatening to set
fire to the house. It appeared, also, that some time ago the
prisoner went to his father's house, forced his way into his
bed-room, where the old gentleman was dying, and used
threatening and violent language, and conducted himself so
violently that the interference of the police was obliged to be
resorted to. The magistrate ordered him to find sureties to
keep the peace; and in default, he was committed to prison.
DEATH FROM BURNING.—An inquest was held on Wed-
nesday on the body of Mary O'Harer, a child of five years
old. The deceased lived with her parents in a cellar in New
Bird-street, and had, it appeared, been left by herself. On
Thursday, a female neighbour heard screams proceeding from
the place, and on going up found the deceased in flames,
which were speedily extinguished, but not before the deceased
was much burned over her breast and face. She was taken
to the Southern Hospital, dressed, and brought home again,
where she was attended by a surgeon; but died from the in-
juries on Sunday.—Verdict, " Died from the burning; but
how the fire originated, no evidence."
FURTHER DISASTERS TO VESSELS IN THE LATE STORM.
—The ship Oceola, from the States, has arrived with decks
swept of every thing.—The Oxford, for Portland, has put
back, with loss of boltsprit, having come in contact with
another vessel in the channel.—Ysterday afternoon, the
Glasgow schooner Portland, which got on shore near South-
port, was towed up the river by a steam-tug. She had been
entirely dismasted, and carried only a small jury foremast.
Her figure-head and tafrail were carried away, and her bul-
warks so broken up, that she appeared a complete wreck in
her upper works. As she passed along the sea-walls of the
several docks at the north end of the town, she had a num-
ber of men on her deck, many of whom were alternately
toiling at the pumps to keep her afloat.

FALSE REPORT OF FIRE AT LEAOE AST O n Friday night last, about seven o'clock, S
whW
en the wind was
blowing a perfect gale, information reached the Police-office
at Birkenhead. that Leasowe Castle, the residence of the
Hon. Sir E. Cost, was on fire. The fire-engine was imme-
diately brought out and conveyed to the place, and the
Special High Constable of the Hundred, Mr. Palmer,
hastened to the spot. It happened fortunately, however, that
the blaze which had given rise to the alarm proceeded from
some brick-kilns in the direction of Leasowe Castle, and near
Bidston. At the Birkenhead Police-court yesterday, Sir
Edward Cust, when on the bench, expressed his thanks to
Mr. Palmer for his activity on the occasion, and desired him
also to convey his thanks to the individuals who have the
care of the tire-engine, for their promptitude on the occasion.
It happened fortunately the engine was not needed, but he
begged to observe, he was equally obliged to the parties.

THE FUNDS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Consols have not
supported the slight advance of_ yesterday. For money, the
quotation has gone back to 911 to a ; and for the account, to
to 1. The speculators are expressing doubts of the
amicable adjustment of the Barcelona affair with the French
authorities, and to back their opinions have sold stock. Ex-
cheque' Bills closed a trifle higher--viz., 635. to 655. prem. ;
Bank Stock, 1711 to 172- ; India Stock, 261 k to 264; In-
dia Bonds, 57 to -59 premium; Three per Cents. Reduced,
951 to : Three-and-a-half per Cents. Reduced, 1011 to
102 ; Long Annuities, 121; New Three-and-a-half per
Cents., 100 k to 101 ; and South Sea Stock, 1051. The
foreign stocks have not fluctuated beyond the fraction, and
a very small amount of business was transacted. Spanish
Actives left off 18k to ; ditto New, 231 to ;1; Dutch Two-
and-a-half per Cents., 52 to 1 ; Portuguese Five per Cents.,
351 to 61; Mexican, 32k to ; Brazilian, 721- to 731; Bel-
gian, 102 to 103; Colombian, 231 to I; and-Danish, 85 to
86.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL, CORNWALLIS-STREET—
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—We could not, in our last, report
as fully as we wished the interesting proceedings at the
Cornwallis-street School, on the previous evening. After
the examination of the children Mr. Wilkinson, of Lord-
street, was called to the chair. As we stated, the object of
the meeting was to present the talented instructor, Mr. W.
Clarke, with his portrait in oil. This gratifying testimonial
was first suggested by a letter signed " A Poor Widow,"
which we subjoin. The portrait, during the examination,
was kept from view ; but no sooner was the covering re-
moved than universal applause testified the feeling of the
assemblage towards the youthful artist's merits. A little
boy, about six years old, then stepped forward and addressed
the chairman thus—" We, in the name of the poor widow,
our parents and friends, beg to ask you to present this por-
trait to our dear master as a small token of our regard ; and
pray, sir, be kind enough to read the widow's letter." Mr.
Wilkinson then spoke as follows :—Sir,—l may say with a
great deal of truth and sincerity, that the present moment is
one to me of very great gratification. The little children
who have so pleasingly and charmingly presented to you a
testimonial of their gratitude and esteem having delegated
to me the task of addressing you, I do so with very much
pleasure. I ought, first of all, to inform those ladies and
gentlemen who are present of the origin of this testimonial—
a testimonial alike creditable to you, creditable to the artist,
and still more creditable to the donors. It was suggested by
a letter signed " A Poor Widow," which I will read to you ;
and surely if the widow's mite of old was acceptable in the
eyes of the Almighty, so surely ought this poor widow's
mite to be equally so :

, 2d Der, .
" Sir,—Being a widow," and Liverpool 1
have had threeecemb
children in
the infant school in Cornwallis-street, and have great reason
to be very thankful, for the kind gentlemen have built so
good a school for our children. Still Ido think, with many
of my poor friends, I do thinlc we ought to present him with
something to show our thanks, to encourage him. So please
to excuse me for telling you I don't know any gentleman that
I have seen take so much notice of that school as you. Many
will give silver, and some will give pence, if it is begun. I
should like to buy him something to keep in memory of us;
if you begin I should like to do it. I shall hear, and send
you 2s. 6.21.—1 shall be your obliged, " A POOR Wsnow."
When, sir, I look around and see the young faces I now do ;
when I reflect upon the knowledge you have imparted to their
minds; when I remember the seeds of the great truths of
christianity you have implanted in their hearts, and which I
pray God may bring forth abundant fruit; when I think of
all these things, I do so with a joy at my heart that we live in a
country where instruction is open to the poorest and most
humble of our fellow-creatures. Sir, I need not tell you
and those who have honoured us with their company, that in
the Blue•coat Hospital—a noble establishment—many of our
first merchants have received their education, and refer to
their schoolboy days with pride. I hope, in after years, many
of the children here, in the zenith of prosperity, who are now
receiving instruction from you, may have the candour to say,
" I was first tutored in Cornwallis-street Infant School; by
the knowledge I there attained, I fitted myself for the Col-
legiate Institution, and gratefully look back to those who so
kindly were the stepping-stone to my happiness." Sir, the
trustees of this school must feel a pride that the man in whom
they have reposed their confidence should have been thus
marked out for this honour; humble though it be, it is rich
in purity, as it flows from warm and grateful hearts. I can-
not conclude without wishing you prosperity and happiness,
and that you may live so many years that this excellent por-
trait may become exceedingly unlike, and only remind
these children when grown up, when they see it, of the debt
of gratitude they owe you.—After the chairman had finished,
Mr. Clarke replied in suitable terms, and was evidently
keenly sensible of the favour bestowed upon him. The paint-
ing- can be seen in one of the rooms of the building any day
next week, for the inspection of the friends and supporters
of the school.

SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—The annual meet-
ing of the friends and supporters of this admirably conducted
charity was held yesterday in the school-room of the institu.
tion, the president, the Rev. Augustus Campbell, Junior rec-
tor, in the chair. The Rev, R. L. Townsend, the secretary,
read the report, from which it appeared that the number of
pupils in the school was now sixty, being a greater number
than on any previous year; and the report of the medical
gentlemen, Messrs. Edwards and Neill, as to the health of
the children, was favourable. Similar institutions in America
gave instructions to the pupils in industrious occupations,
and the committee recommended to their successors the
adoption of such a plan, which had been found to be attended
with advantages to the children and profit to the institutions.
The report further stated that arrangements would soon be
completed for the accommodation of a greater number of par-
lour boarders, and added that 1,600 visitors had called at the
institution during the past year, some of them foreigners,
and many of them had left on record testimonials of their
liberality, and of their approbation of the excellence of the
institution. The report also spoke in high terms of Mr.
Rhind, the master, and approvingly of Miss Atkinson. Mr.
R. Crosby Dawson, the treasurer, read a state-
ment of the accounts, from which it appeared that
the balance in hand was £129 13s. 7d. He stated
also that had it not been for the donations and lega-
cies during the past year, the institution would have
commencHl this year without any balance, which proved that
the present annual sttbscriptions were inadequate to meet the
expenses. He called, therefore, on the public to come for-
ward and renew their efforts on behalf of the institution.
The Rev. Dr. Iliff, in moving that the report be adopted,
printed, and circulated under the direction of the committee,
expressed the pleasure he felt in 'being present on the occa-
sion. Mr. Alston, in seconding the motion, said the report
was so excellent in itself, and the institution was so good,
that it was unnecessary to say one word in support of it.
He wished, however, the public to know, that there was a
great deal of accommodation for additional pupils in the
in sehool ; and when they considered the number of persons
Great'Britain, amounting to between twelve and thirteen
thousand, who were deprived of the power of hearing and
speech, it was very important that their accommodation
should be well known. The chairman asked if no means
had recently been taken to ascertain the number of deaf and
dumb persons in the town. The secretary said they would
be able, he thought, in about three months, to know. The
Chairman.—That is the first thing we ought to look to, I
think. Mr. R. Rathbone said they had requested the
ovifsittohres onfoolthheerl:iisots theyrictYrovident Society to get a list
could, but it had not yet
been done. A subscriber said there appeared to be
some difficulty in getting pupils into the London in-
stitution, for on a late vacancy, as many as 4000 persons
had voted in favour of some of the children. The Rev. Mr.
Liccester, seconded by Mr. J. Simpson, moved a vote of
thanks to the officers for the past year, and proposed the
committee for the ensuing year—Mr. Richard Rathbone to
be chairman. Mr. Richard Rathbone, seconded by Mr.
William Houghton, proposed the thanks of the meeting to
the ladies who that the had kindly acted as visitors, with a request
Y would continue their valuable services monthly for
the present year. Mr. Rathbone begged to remark, that
one of the boys, the son of poor parents residing in Ireland,
had been, by the direction of the medical gentlemen, removed
to the Infirmary, in consequence of an ailment in the hand,
which rendered the immediate amputation of one of the fin-
gers necessary ; and the committee were anxious that the
distant parents of poor children, boarders in the school,
should be made aware of the great comfort, tenderness of
nursing, and superiority of medical treatment, which dis
guishes that admirably conducted institution. The operation
to which he had alluded was most skilfully performed, and
the boy, who bore it without flinching, or a murmar, is
doing well. On the motion of Mr. Dawson, seconded by
Mr. Lassells, the thanks of the meeting were presented to
the Rev. Thomas I3ibby, for his advocacy of the cause of the
institution during the year. Thanks were then voted to the
president, and the meeting separated.

LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILIVAY.".-We beg to call the
attention of the shareholders of this line to a numerous meet-
ing of the proprietors, which was held at the Clarendon-
rooms on Wednesday last. Matters of great importance
were laid before the meeting, and the resolutions advertised
in another part of our paper were carried unanimously.
LIVERPOOL FAVOURITES.—The Dublin Evening Moil,
in speaking of the play of " Love's Sacrifice," which has
just been brought out at the theatre in Dublin, says that in
it " Miss Julia Bennett was respectable, and Mr. Baker
beyond all praise. This gentleman is one of the most useful,
as well as one of the most excellent performers, in his line,
on the stage."

IMPUDENT ROBBERS .—About half-past six o'clock 011
Wednesday night an impudent robbery was committed in the
shop of Mr. Peter Wood, baker and flour deJler, at No. 101,
Vauxhall-road. Mr. Wood had retired from the shop for a
few minutes whilst he went into the kitchen for his coat, and
during his absence, a sack containing 162 pounds of flour,
which was lying about three-quarters of a yard from the
door, was taken away. On perceiving the loss he went to
the door for the purpose of keeping a look out, and in a few
minutes he saw a man named Michael O'Hara come out of
Boardman's public-house, next door, with a sack of flour
upon his back. He immediately took the sack from the
man and collared him ; at the same instant another man,
named John Wright, appeared at the door of the public-
house, who, seeing that O'Hara was in custody, ran off, and
for the time made his escape. Police officer No. 508 coming
up, he conveyed O'Hara to Bridewell. Wright was appre-
hended in Naylor-street, the same evening, by inspector
Moore. Yesterday the prisoners were examined at the
Police-court, when, in addition to the above facts being
proved, Mr. Boardman, the publican, living next door to the
prosecutor, stated that he saw the sack of flour in his house
and the prisoners standing near it, but who brought it in
there he did not know. They had each a glass of ale, after
which he heard Wright say to O'Hara, " Now Mick, off with
that flour, he will want it to lay it to sponge." Wright then
helped to raise it on O'Hara's back. The former said
nothing in his defence : the latter said he was out of work,
in want, and nearly starved. The flour was valued at lid.
per lb., and therefore was worth £1 3s. 74d. Both the
prisoners were committed for trial at the sessions.
STATISTICS OF MORTALITY FOR WIGAN AND THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD.—From the Ist day of January, 1842, to
the Ist day of January, 18-13, there have been 256 marriages
in the Parish Church of Wigan, being a decrease, as com-
pared with the preceding year, of 47. The total number of
marriages in the townships of Hindley, Upholland, Abram,
Pemberton, Billinge, and Haigh, including the different
places of worship in Wigan, amount to 410; and this gross
number, when compared with last year, shows a decrease of
46. The total number of baptisms at the Parish. Church
amounts to 998, being an increase of 51 in the year ; including
the other places of worship in Wigan and the townships, the
gross number of baptisms is 2,067, showing an increase over
last year of 121. The burials at the Parish Church have
been 275 males, and 233 females, being an increase of 10 ; in-
cluding, as above, the number is 1169 ; an increase of only 3
over last year's return. Among the number of deaths, 24
have died by accident in Wigan. From birth to 1 year, 181
have been buried at the Parish Church ; from 1. year to 2,
50 ; from 2 to 5, 39 ; from 5 to 10, 18 ; from 10 to 20, 29 ;
from 20 to 30, 28 ; from 30 to 40, 29 ; "tom 40 to 50, 17 ;
from 50 to 60, 25 ; from 60 to 70, 54 ; from 70 to 80, 30 ;
from 80 to 90, 15 ; from 90 to 100, 1. From January, 1831,
to January, 1832, there were 391 marriages in Wigan and
the townships named ; 1515 baptisms, 1302 burials. From
1832 to 1833, 363 marriages, 1702 baptisms, 1074 burials.
From 1833 to 1834, 450 marriages, 1506 baptisms, 824 bu-
rials. From 1834 to 1835,434 marriages, 1587 baptisms, 1191
burials. From 1835 to 1836, 477 marriages, 1753 baptisms,
1,222 burials. From 1836 to 1837, 508 marriages, 1809 bap-
tisms, 947 burials. From 1837 to 1838, 447 marriages, 2164
baptisms, 1433 burials. From 1838 to 1839, 467 marriages,
1765 baptisms, 1066 burials. From 1839 to 1840, 491 mar-
marriages, 1645 baptisms, 1409 burials. From 1810 to 1841.
378 marriages, 1688 baptisms, 1490 burials. From 1841 to
1842, 486 marriages, 1946 baptisms, 1166 burials.
WIGAN DISPENSARY BALL.—A charity ball, for the be-
nefit of the Wigan Dispensary, took place in the Assembly
Room, behind the Royal Hotel, on Thursday evening last,
and it may certainly be pronounced as one of the most splen-
did displays of beauty and elegance that has been made in
Wigan for many years past. The room was tastefully de-
corated with evergreens, and flowers, formed into wreaths,
festoons and devices, displaying a variety of most pleasing
attractions, which were duly applauded by the company
present. The band of the 72d Regiment of Royal High-
landers was in attendance, and one from Liverpool to relieve
the others in the course of the evening. Amongst the com-
pany present we may notice the patroness—the Right Hon.
the Countess of Balcarras, Right Hon. the Earl of Balcar-
ras, Right Hon. Lord Lindsay, the Hon. Mrs. Lindsay
and the Misses Lindsay, Mrs. Gleig and the Misses Gleig,
Miss Bourke, Capt. the Hon. James Lindsay, Hon. Chas.
Lindsay, Hon. Colin Lindsay, C. R. Lindsay, Esq., Mrs.
Gunning, Octavius Gunning, Esq., Miss Clerke, Peter
Greenall, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Greenall and the Misses
Greenall, Mrs. Bankes, Winstanley-hall ; M. Bankes,
Esq., Mrs. Walmsley and the Misses Trafford, W. G.
Walmsley, Esq. and the Misses Walmsley, Herman Walms-
ley, Esq., Capt. Gerard, Fred. Gerard, Esq. and lady, J.
R. De Traffard, Esq., Chisenhale Chisenhale, Esq., Mrs.
Chisenhale and daughter, Mrs. Thos. Ridway and daugh-
ter, Wm. Nicholson, Esq. Thelwall-hall, Warrington ; Jas.
Nicholson, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel Maclean, W. Ford
Hulton, Esq., Capt. Everard, Capt. Pollard, Lieut. Price,
Ensign M'Kenzie, H. L. Trafford, Esq. and lady, Jno.
Woodcock, Esq., Henry Woodcock, Esq. and lady, Miss
Marriot, Mr. and Mrs. Hill and party, Capt. Adam, J. F.
Hodson, Esq. and lady, Jno. Lord, Esq., Jno. Lord, jun.
Esq. Robt. Anderton, Esq., Mr. and Mrs. Langford
Brooke, Edwd. Silvester, Esq. Miss Wilkinson, Robt.
Andrews, Esq., Rivinton ; Richd. Eccles, Esq. and the
Misses Eccles, Blundell, Esq., C. Morris, Esq., Geo.
Daglish, Esq. and lady, Jno. Acton, Esq. and lady, Reece
Bevan, Esq. and lady, R. Leigh, Esq. and party, R. Daglish,
Esq., sen., St. Helen's, and lady, &c., &c. We understand
that a sum near £6O will be handed over, as the proceeds of
the ball, to the treasurer of the institution.
HAVING POSSESSION OF BASE COIN. MOULDS, &C.—
Thomas Rourke and Mary Rourke were on Wednesday
brought before Mr. Rushton, at the Police-court, under the
following charge :—Police-officer No. 37 said, that in conse-
quence of information which he had received, he on Tuesday
went into the cellar in Addison-street inhabited by the pri-
soners, and there saw the woman. He asked her if she
occupied the place, and she said she did. He then asked
her if she had any money in her possession, and she replied
that she had a little. He searched her, and found a small
metal box, which contained seven bad sixpences. He next
searched at the side of the fire-place, and there found two
plaster-of-Paris moulds, which were quite warm ; also a to-
bacco pipe, in which white metal had been melted, some of
which still remained in the pipe part.—Another police-officer
found another mould behind the door, four pieces of bad
money, and a saucer containing plaster of Paris.—Mr. Su-
perintendent M'Donald afterwards found on the floor a
glove, containing twelve bad sixpences. On the female pri-
soner being searched at the police station, four base six-
pences were found upon her.—Mr. Commissioner Dowling
said that one of the moulds (produced) was taken from a
sixpence of 1816. There was another for 1819, but it was so
much defaced that he could not take it upon himself to say
whether any of the sixpences of that date, produced, had
been made from it The pipe, containing a thread of white
metal through it, was also produced ; likewise part of a
Britannia-metal spoon, and some powder, which had been
used to rub the coin with after it was cast, and which Mr.
Dowling spewed, by rubbing a piece of it, imparted to it an
appearance of silver.—The prisoners were miserably clad,
and appeared as if they had suffered from destitution. The
female had an infant in her arms, and stated that she had
two other children then at the door of the court-house, one
of them ill. The officers corroborated this last fact, and an
old man who rented them the cellar said that he had observed.
the family to be in poverty and misery. The husband deed
all knowledge of the base coin, or the moulds. The wife
said a boy had come into the cellar and asked leave to sit at
the fire, but that she had gone out and did not know what
he had done in her absence.—Mr. Rushton ordered the
children to be taken to the workhouse, and remanded the
prisoners until it could be ascertained whether the officers of
the crown would prosecute.

An opinion is gaining ground that in the ensuing session
of parliament, notwithstanding the success of our arms in
Affghanistan, an inquiry will be instituted into the origin of
the Affghan war, which, it will be recollected, was under-
taken in direct opposition to the advice, and in defiance of the
emphatic protest, of the Duke of Wellington, a man better
acquainted with the scene of operations than any other in
the house, except, perhaps, his late brother, the Marquis
Wellesley, by the late obstinate ministry.
A Calais letter states that on the Sth instant three officers
of the English police landed there, and proceeded to arrest a
London merchant on a warrant issued against him upon a
charge of having defrauded the revenue. The authorities of
the town, on being informed of this violation of the French
territory, immediately sent one of their own officers to the
hotel where the captors and their prisoner were, and at once
released him, and threatened the English policemen with the
vengeance of the law if they renewed their attempt.
B u STLE Fou ND.—We yesterday picked up what we suppose
to be a lady's bustle. It is built not unlike an Indian bark
canoe, with the ends turned upwards like the pointed shoes
worn in the time of Henry VIII., and measures two feet in
length by eleven inches across the gibbous swell—containing,
by estimation, about a gallon cubic contents. The fair owner
can have the missing item restored to her, on calling at our
office, proving property, &c., &c.—Buira/o Corn. (When
she calls at your office for the purpose of proving that small
piece of property, please let us know it.—New Orleans Plc.
WILD FLOWERS.—One characteristic of our native plants
we must mention, that, if we miss in them something of the
gorgeousness and lustre of more tropical flowers, we are more
than compensated by the delicacy and variety of their per-
fume ; and just as our woods, vocal with the nightingale, the
the blackbird and the thrush, can well spare the gaudy fea-
thers of the macaw, so we can consign the oncidiuras, the
the cactuses, and the iinpomreas of the tropics, for the de-
licious fragrance of our wild banks of violets, our lilies-of-
the valley, our woodbine, or even the passing whiff of a haw-
thorn bush, a clover or bean-field, or a gorse common.—
Quarterly Review.

LIVER TillATitz.--Mrs. Honey's benefit, it will be seen
is announced to take place to-morrow evening at this theatre.
when she will impersonate Macheath, in the Beggar's Opera.
EUTERPEON.—A fine instrument of this description has
been erected and is now open for inspection at the Organ
Tavern, Nlarybone. The proprietor will exhibit its power
and mechanism, to any person wishing to hear it, free of
pi,,r(rP

Tim INFANT SAPI4IO.—This interesting little child has
just finished a successful career at Manchester. On the
last occasion of her appearance upwards of 700 persons were
present. It will be seen that she will give two more concerts
here previous to her departure for Dublin. We are in-
formed she will shortly retire from public life until her
voice becomes matured; therefore those who have any de-
sire to hear her, must lose no time in doing so.
FLOWERS.—It will be seen by the advertisement else-
where, that Mr. Ledet, from Paris, who has resided here
temporarily, with a stock of choice specimens of trees and
flowers, is about to take his departure, and offers the re-
mainder of his collection at a low figure. The trees appear
in excellent condition, and Mr. Ledet does not, when there
is any doubt as to the genuineness of the flower, ask for pay-
ment until he returns, after the flowers have blown. Ama-
teurs are referred to his advertisement.
DAMAGING PROPERTY.—A young gentleman, who was
described as a clerk in Liverpool, but lodging near the New
Ferry, in Cheshire, was yesterday summoned before the ma.
gistrates, at Birkenhead, to answer a charge of destroying a
quantity of railing on the farm of Mr. Harris, at Lower
Babbington, in a " midnight lark" in the company of several
other persons. The young man did not appear to the sum-
mons, but, the case having been proved against him, he was
convicted in the penalty of 40s. and costs, and the conviction
was ordered to be made immediately.
lIQ,USE ROBBERY.—Mary Hunter, a married woman re-
siding in Albert-street, was, on Wednesday, brought before
Mr. Rushton, on a charge of being concerned in robbing a
house. Mary Lowther, wife of a cooper in Burlington-street,
said, she left her house on Monday afternoon, and locked it
up, no one being in. She. returned at six in the evening,
and found footmarks on the cellar stairs, and afterwards
missed a number of articles of dress, shawls, gowns, a cloak,
&c. ; the whole worth about £ll. Notice was given to the
police, and that morning (Wednesday) the prisoner went to
Middlebrook and Co., pawnbrokers, in Regent-street, and
offered some articles in pledge, when she was apprehended.
Some of the other articles were also found elsewhere, where
she bad pledged them. She was committed for trial.
THE LATE FIRE IN CROMPTON-STREET.—It will be re-
membered that amongst the sufferers by this fearful calamity
was a man of the name of John Bushell ; and his case seemed
to be one of such peculiar hardship, that a special fund was
immediately raised for his relief. In a letter to James Par-
ker, Esq., one of the members for St. Anne's Ward, who
interested warmly for the increase of the subscription,
Mr. Bushell acknowledges to have received £l6B 155., and
returns his thanks " to the gentlemen who came forward to
assist him under his trying difficulty." Creditable as this
amount is to the generous subscribers, the poor man will,
notwithstanding, sustain a very serious loss, as he estimates
the amount of property belonging to him, and destroyed by
the fire, at £469 10s.