The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-27 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

WEDNESDAY.—(Before Mr. Alderman C A SE.)

-Ruins:ay gr A Foimit.=—Lewis, Price, a porter, employed
by Messrs. 'futon, drapers and tailors, of Lord:street, was
charged with stealing a enuntity of goods, the Obperty of his
employers. It appeared from the-evidence of ,Laurte.MlTag-
gart, the foreman of the prosecutor's, that the prisoner, had been
With Messrs. Tilton, as a porter, for some time, and had left fins.
an advauce of,wages, , kte. was, taken into their aervice again
on his own terms, in cousequelice of his poverty. lle
left them on Friday, without stating his inteutieu to do so, ;heti
a parcel containing four pair-of glovesi,ftiurteen pairs of stobk-
legs, and six pairs of drawers were missing. Ile was suspected
of having stolen the articles, and infOrination being given td
the police, Rowson, .a constable:, was sent to the:prisouer'sresi-
deuce, and on him were found pawntickets.of some of the stolen
property. The case being fully made out, the prisoner was
committed for trial.

EattuzzLEmENT.— A young man, of 'respectable appearance
employed as a clerk in -the publishing office of the Liverpool'
Standard, named John Huntingdon, was placed at the bar
-charged with eatheizlemeut. • •
It appeared from the evidence of Mr, Riehard•Pattisson, the
publisher of the Standard,that the prisoner had held the situation
of advertising clerk on that paper for the space of, three mouths,
and had no authority Whatever to receive monies, excepting
where persons have Chosen to pay for their advertisements iu
advance.... Since the prisoner's discharge, :which took place
about a week ago, the collector had called upon two persons for
their accounts, and found that the prisoner had received them.
He had not accounted for such moneys. •
Mr. I. K. •Claypole,- draper, ,of Great Charlotte-street,
stated that in the months of February and May last year, he
had occasion to advertise in the Standard, and on the 11th of
February. instant, the prisoner came to their counting-house
and received the sum of £1 2s. Od. for advertising, which was
paid to him. •
.1, Mx.. Ritchie Adie, an opticiau, in Bold-street, deposed to
having paid the prisoner on the 25th of. November last, the mini
of 45.-6 d., for an advertisement•Sn the S'tatitlard. He was then
in the•service of Mr. Saindel Franceys. - • •
The prisoner having nothing more to urge in his, defence,
thah that he was authorized to receive the money, (which was
denied by Mr. Pattisson, ) the magistrates committed him to the
sessions for trial. • . .
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YESTERDAT.—(Before Mr. AId,WRIGHT and Mr. Ala. d A SE.)

STEALING PROM FURNISHED LogGINGs.--Twoyoung women,
named Ellen Browne and Anne Evans, were charged with
stealing from their furnished !edgings. It appeared frUm the
statement of Mrs. Melrose, of No. 3.3, Sparling-street, that on
Monday, the 16th instant, the prisoners engaged a furnished
root's' in her house, which they occupied until the previous
afteinoon, when they_lefcwithout giving an intimation of their
intention to dolsci: The room door was left opens and, suspect,.
ing them, the complainant entered and missed from the bed a
counterpane, a sheet, and a,blanket. A table cloth, basin, and'
ether articles were also Missing. 'Complainant, pursued the
"Prisoners and 'overtook them about forty yards from the house,
and gave them in custody of a polite officer, who, on searching
Ahem, found a purse full'of panntickets. The tickets proved to
be for the articles stolen, which bud been pledged.—The pri-
soners were committed.

The cases of to-day were not of the slightest interest.

EFFECTS OF THE LATE STORM. MELANCHOLY
WRECK OF THE NOAH.

In alluding to the ravages of the late storm, in our last; we
Mentioned that a large vessel, supposed .to be a West India-
man, lay a total wreck on the Hoyle Bank, and that it ttias
feared all hands had.perished. The news, we tament..lo say,
Were but ton true, the vessel having proved to be the Norah, of
Liverpool, Captain BernleV, from lJerilerare, laden 'with sugar,
rum, and other articles of West India produce. The captain
and the whole of the crew, excepting one man named Kenneth
Mactatlone, perished. Immediately rater the news reached
the shore, groups of men, women, and children, for many mites
'up the country, equipped in wrecking costume, came down in
countless numbers, pounced, upon everything that the surges
,might have thrown in their way, and then,,dragging it amongst
:the sand-heaps, as a temporary depot, started forward, and
again fixed their rapacious talons on the next prize.
Thus were they employed till; about ten o'clock on_ Friday
forenoon, when a number of rum puncheons came rolling up
the channel, and about fifty or sixty were left upon the shore.
Many of these .were soon tapped, end, as, if the olfactories of
the honest beachers had been regaled by anticipation with the
odours of the " fine Jamaica," they, hail provided themselves
with sundry vessels; eonsisting -of- kegs,.buckets, casks, milking
pails, jugs, case !battles, and stone jars, and.were these where
wantiug hats and caps were substituted, and (lathed into:the
headless puntheon. The, consequence was, that notwithstand-
ing all the efforts that the emergency of the moment could
suggest to the respectable part of the . population for repressing
such criminal and, degrading conduct, the multitude . was so
great, and the horrible propensity to taste the tempting beverage
so predomihant, that numberS drank till they fell senseless on
the sands, where many remained till they became Sober; whilst
others, it is stated, fell victims to the (alai effects of-the new
liquor, and never afterwards opened their:eyes in this world.
About fifty puncheons of the rum throvin up from the Norah
-have, we are grad to learn, been deposited in a place of safety;at
New Brighton. Maefarlone, the only. survivor of the hapless
crew has furnished us with the following simple and affecting
narrative et the wreck, and sufferings of himself and companions.
- The NOrah sailed from Demerara on the Ist January last;
had calms and light easterly winds until we reached lat. 44,
after which we had strong westerly breezes. Our crew num-
bered fifteen, including, the captain. We were off the. Settees,
on the Irish coast, on Saturday last, at four p.m., with a fresh
breeze W.N.W.; came up channel under reefed topsails; thirty
minutes past eleven a-.M. abreast Holyhead; thirty minutes
past two, wind :W.S.W., to . the eastward of the 'Sherries,
shortened sail and made a few. tacks offend on to the westward,
as the wind was variable, accompanied with sudden gusts,
sqUalls,.and rain ; foUr p.m, close-reefed 'topsails and foresail,
and set the storni trysail and stood off ship's head N.N.W. to
delay time for the purpose of getting a pilot in the morning; at
thirty minutes past ten p.m. wore.ahip and stood in, brewing a
perfect hurricane ; at thirty minutes past three a.m. saw the
land on lee bow; wore ship and stein! off to the north ; at four
nin. the vessel first struck, which I think was on West Hoyle;
after this endeavoured to get both anchors clear; after thump-
' ing several times, a heavy sea struck her and swept the decks
of boats, sc.; then all hands took to the main-mast; when
there about five minutes the ship fell on her beam-ends, and the
mast gave way about the deck, and all hands went with it; I
succeeded, by swimming, in getting to the foremast, the captain
followed ire but could not reach ; he then got on the main-yard,
and theie remained a few mlnu tee when a sea came and took
him and one of the men (John• Ball) away.- I then saw no
more of them. The last man I saw on the wreck.of the main-
mast was George Aston—he might have been there a quarterof
an hour after the others were gone. After this the vessel began
to break up, the bottom separating from the top, Which caused the
foremast to fall forward with thehead on the bowsprit- I.remained
there; the' reck floating in with the flood ;could see Hilbre Island
at daylight; and seemed close to it;- was on the wreck until ten
a.m. before I could see any one, although .the top .of the lee bank.
was then dry. [Between the hours of ten and four, we under-
stand front Mr. Ball; who keeps the Green Lodge Ina,' some
men were in the act of conveying the,life,boat from the boat-
house to Hilbree Island, when one of the wheels made for the
purpose of cart ving the boat, broke doWn, and they were then
unable to make use of it, and were obliged to man a boat
whitish Could hot approach the morel k; and thus was the sufferer
destined to remain on the wreck all night, which might
have been prevented had the wheels been in a proper and
efficient State. (Shortly afterwards I sate some men, and one of
them approached the wreck, I hailed • him, and he answered,
after that, and not until about four o'clock, p.m., a boat carat Off
and anchored abreast of the wreck, apparently not being able
to succeed in reaching it; being so benumbed by cold I was
conscious I had not the power to swim to the boat, and had to
remain on the wreck all thii (the second) night. . This night
again: the wreck floated towards the lee bank, and about mid-
night it was high and dry; before daylight the tide had made
and the water was round it. About seven o'clock a.m. on Tues-
day morning, I saw a smack nearing with a boat astern r•ahout
rune the boat, with seven hands, took me off the wreck and
carried me to the Green Lodge public-house, lloylake."
The remaining portion of the wreck ,pow lies anchored, to
prevent it drifting, on the East Hoyle Bank. It contains 140
puncheons of rum, which it is anticipated will be saved. The
seamen who have perished were-shipped from this port, and,bere
excellent characters. Most of then, have left wives and families
to.deplore their loss, and it is hoped that the hutuane and cha-
ritable community, who on such occasions are,seldem appealed
to in vain, will come forward with a subscription for their relief.
Books for this purpose will lie at the STAN DA RD-OFFICE; and at.
the Exchange Newsroom. William Sharp, Esq., the owner of
the vessel, has already subscribed the sum of £2O.
The following are the names and residences of the lost sea.;
men :—Captain Burnley ; Mi. Johnson, chief mate ; James
Smith, carpenter, .of Nottingham ; Thomas Watson, second
mate, John Ball, VtW flliaus Huntley, and George Holmes, Li-
verpool ; .George Anderson, Buckhaven, Fileshire ; Joseph
Th-omits; Carlin rvori ; • George 'Watson, Greenock; Wm. Ward,
Miiriehester; John Gilbert, Falmouth ; a black cook, shipped
in- Demerara, and a black boy, names unknown.

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4.labouring man, on Friday, the 6th instant, discovered in 'a
Geld 'near Blackawton village, itrthis county, the bony of a new'
born:Child, in a kettle, tied with a blue and white cloth, which
had been murdered by a bliiw titi-its forehead... The author .of
this 'cruel act has not yet been detected.— Western Times.
l'he amount of money expended by Mr..Heberalmost exceedi
belief, yet that he was no very diligent reader- is very evident.
At albite sale of a portiitn of his library, six immense packages
of foreign books (chiefly modern) were. opened, containing
many thousand volumes, which had never been cut. •
The oldest ecclesiastic in all France died at Puy in the.early
part of this month; his. name was Dom, -Dupont, formerly a
Carthusian. He was born on the 28th. of August, 1734, and
was, consequently, 100 years and fire months• old, ,
A pamphlet of fifty pages., entitled "An Address from ,a,don„
stitutionalist to the Constitutionalists," has-created some sense-
lion at Paris. , The writer, who is said to, be Louis Phillippe
himself, paraphrases, and explains in a manner extremely fa-
vourable to the direct action of the King iii state affairs, the
:famous axiom—" The -King' reigns, and does not govern."
This publication is ascribed by some persons to Count licederer,
or M. Fain, the private 4ecretary of Louis Philippe,
BAD TIMES FOR THE F.,iiiineits.—The coru-growing farmers
were never in a more deplorable condition
in
thanl64atc e.trente.arl li'eliset
prices are low almosrbeyond precedent,
average price which is officially noted, wheat .was 495.,,2d. per
quarter; . in 1771, when the 10 George 111. c,:39, for registering
the prices of corn, came into operation,. the average es-as 475.
Messrs, J, and C. Sturge, of Birmingham, in their- retro-
spect of the corn trade for the past year, just issued, say, "The
most striking feature is the remarkable depression. in the..price
of wheat, which, with A few• trifling fluctuations, bas now -progtes.
sively receded from the conaniencement of .1831;
~the average
in December 1830 being 66a, 6d.-1831, 61s. Bd.-1832, 555. 24.1.
—1833, 48s. 5d.-1834, 419..1d." •
THE GAS METER.—Must peisens who burn gas by meter are
dissatisfied with its reckoning, and in ninety-nine cases out of a
hundred, justly so. Few, however, are aware that this instru-
ment is liable, from the peculiarity of its-eenstruction, and the
ignorance and carelessness of the persons employed by the Gas
Companies to regulate it, to be' overcharged with
.water from
five to ten per cent., and even sometimes more, in which state
it will work without giving any useful indication of its short
measurement—there being no appeal against the collector's
charge, if authorised bv the dial of the meter. In fact, the
meter, which is the seller's own appointed measure, and al-
ways under his control, is so cunningly coutrived that it • must
in all,cases work well for hint. Its errors are always in. his fa-
vour; indeed, from its construction and present management
it.is scarcely possible that it can ever do justice to the buyer.
This statement is stale advisedly, and we hold ourselves in
readiness; if called upon, to prove its truth. If public attention
be called to this abuse its correction must follow.—itforning
Herald. .
Tk:IONMOUTH.—We regret to see that such is the decadence
of theatricals in this place, which, in former, days, with a fifth
of its population, supported Fisher, and ushered the great Kean
into the metropolis, that the beautiful and splendid circus and
theatre, erected by an individual gentleman, for the benefit of
the town, is to be sold, and the spot let for builcling.—Ezetei•
Gazelle. -