The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-11 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

On Saturday, four tenants in St. John's market were fined ss.
each and costs, for having small quantities of unsound meat in
their possession.
FURIOUS DRIVING.—John Copeland, driver of Morris's
Bootle omnibus, and David Storer, a car driver, were on Tues-
day last each fined 20s. and costs for furious driving. On
Thursday several other parties were fined for a similar offence.
BRUTALITY OF CARTERS.—On Tuesday, John Martin and
William Hackman were fined 20s. each and costs for abusing
their horses. The defendants yoked the animals together, and
made them pull in opposite directions, in order to test their
strength.
STEALING CARTS.—On Friday, a man named George Demp-
sey was committed for trial, charged with stealing a new hand-
cart, value .e 6, the property of Messrs. Graham and Bradley,
auctioneers, Shaw's-brow. The prisoner had the use of the
hand-cart to remove the furniture.—On the same day, a boy
was remanded on the charge of stealing a cart from a piece .of
ground near the new north dock works.
On Wednesday morning, at the Court-house, Egremont, be-
fore Messrs- J. C. Ewart and Henry Winch, a charge of drunken
and disorderly conduct was preferred against Mr. Edward Or-
ridge, by Mr. Edward M. Coulburn, one of the proprietors of
the New Brighton and Egremont Ferries. The evidence was so
contradictory that the magistrates could not come to a conclu-
sion. The affair occurred on a Sunday evening, when the de-
fendant was waiting for the boat to leave the ferry at Egremont.
SINGULAR CASE.—On Thursday, a man named James Deemy
was brought before Mr. Rushton, on the charge of smuggling
whiskey. He was seen leaving a vessel in the Clarence Dock
with two gallons of whiskey in his possession. The defence set
up was, that the whiskey was a present from a person at Glas-
gow to a friend in Ireland. The Excise-officer who laid the in-
formation, stated that in such cases the quantity conveyed must
be 20 gallons, and that must be under bond in order to avoid the
penalty. Mr. Rushton said he was compelled to impose the
mitigated penalty of .W 25, and advised the defendant's friends
to memorialise the Board of Excise with a view to obtaining a
further mitigation.
ROBBING THE POLICE-OFFICE.—A CASE FOR PHRENOLO-
OISTS.—A middle-aged woman named Eliza Taylor, was brought
before Mr. Rushton on Thursday, charged with having stolen a
gown piece from a shop in Great Charlotte-street, and a quan-
tity of ribbon and yarn from the establishment No. 42, Itane-
lagh-street. She was further charged with having stolen
several articles from the Police-office in High-street, on her be-
ing taken there. A looking-glass, a brush, and an umbrella,
she laid hold of there, and attempted to secret them be-
neath her dress; she also stole a coat from the billet-office ad-
joining ! She was sent for trial. The prisoner's mother said
that she had not been in her proper senses for the last seven or
eight weeks. Mr. Rushton ordered that a surgical examination
should be made, and the result, we believe, was a declaration,
that the prisoner is insane.
CHARGE AGAINST EMIGRATION AGENTS.—Willialln Galla-
gher, an Irishman, preferred a charge against Basil Hackett
and Co., emigration agents, whose E ddress was said to be 113,
Waterloo-road, of having failed to secure a passage for him,
as contracted, to New York. He had paid to Hackett, or to
ssme one acting for him, £ll to secure a passage for himself
and two sons in the Forest Monarch, which was to sail on the
28th of June. No passage had been provided, however, and
they had been detained here, without any detention money
being allowed to them, at considerable expense. Lieutenant
Hodder said it was a common practice for passenger agents to
have "runners," who got hold of intending emigrants and
took the risk of getting them on board any ship that might
offer. The defendants did not appear, and a special messenger,
who was sent, returned with a statement that they were not to
be found. Mr. Rushton intimated that if they di i not appear
and satisfactorily explain the matter, he would inflict a penalty
of £lO for the detention of each of the intending emigrants.

Otntral fftisrellanv.

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The blue cloaks now worn by officers of the army, are
to be replaced by grey cloaks with sleeves.
The two trees planted by her Majesty last year at Ard-
verikie are doing well, particularly the Scotch fir.
The Glasgow relief fund for unemployed operatives
amounted, last week, to the large sum of £4,948.
The artizans at present out of employment in Glasgow
are said to be nearly six thousand.
On Friday, George J. Hewson was sentenced to death
for the wilful murder of W. H. Woodhouse, one of the
turnkeys in Coldbath-fields prison a few weeks since.
The Albert cap is doomed and a helmet similar to the
one worn by the Prussian infantry is to be adopted at the
next issuing of military clothing, April, 1849.
A number of pikes of a most formidable character, the
blade being upwards of 15 inches long, have been disco-
vered in a house in Glasgow. The makers absconded.
A gentleman named Brett has offered a reward of £lOO
for the apprehension of a robber who, he alleges, robbed
him of 1,000 sovereigns on the Castle-hill, Dover, _

Mrs. Newlove, wiio was so desperately illused by bur-
glars near York, is not dead as was reported. Nothing
further has been learned as to the parties who committed
the outrage.
FATAL FIGHT.—On the 27th ult. two " navvies" were
fighting at Oaken Gates, Shropshire, when one received
a blow under the left ear which proved fatal. The other
has been committed for manslaughter.
The Marquis of Abercorn has recently purchased Dale
Park, near Petworth, of Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P.
This seat is one of the most beautiful domains in the
county of Sussex.
FEARFUL MUTILATION.—On Monday, Samuel Herrod,
a small farmer, living at Hucknall-under Huthwaite, Not-
tingham, deliberately cut off his left hand, in a fit of
insanity, with a hatchet.
IMPORTATION OF IRON FROM CHINA.—The Ann, arri-
ved in the docks from Shanghae, has brought 100 tons
weight of Porto Novo iron (so called in the official return),
consigned to order. This large importation of iron from
China is very remarkable.
On Monday, an omnibus was proceeding along Water-
loo Road, London, when the driver fell in a fit from his
seat and the horses darted off' at a fearful rate. The dri-
ver was very much injured, and an elderly gentleman, a
surgeon, was so hurt that he has since died.
To-day (Tuesday) has been set apart by the clergy of ,
Bradford for special religious services, in consequence of
the unhappy social and economical condition of the town,
as evinced in the protracted depression of trade, and the
extreme want and misery of the labouring population. .
EXPORT TRADE OF HULL.—A greater quantity of pro-
duce was shipped in almost any one month after March,.
1847, than during the past six months. This is entirely
attributable to the present hostile relations of Germany
and Denmark.—Hutt Packet.
A Scottish paper mentions that the maid-servant of a.
family, living near Parkgalistone, while breaking a. large
piece of coal for the purpose of replenishing the fire, was
astonished to find in the centre of the block, a-full-growl;
toad, which appeared to be in perfect 'health..
On Thursday, a swarm of bees settled en the face and
shoulders of a man named HarrNon, in, the Morledge,
Derby. He remained for half-an-'hoimin this unpleasant
predicament, but received no in,iv.ry from..the.bees, which
were safely hived,