The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-25 00:00:00

EXCITEMENT IN LIVERPOOL.

ARRIVAL OF THE MILITARY.

It would seem that the crisis has commenced in Ireland;
and we are sorry to find that the troublesome demagogues
are not inclined to allow us, if they can prevent it, to be
quiet in this country. The mayor and magistrates of this
town, have been in consultation for some days in reference
to the alarm excited by the formation of Irish clubs in
Liverpool ; and in the discharge of their delicate and im-
portant duty they have thought fit to provide, in an es-
pecial manner, for the peace of the town. For some time
a body of 500 military have been stationed here; the pen-
sioners, a most effective corps, hold themselves in readi-
ness ; several thousand special constables have been sworn
in, and for the last few days the police have been excercised
in the use of fire arms, in addition to the sword exercise,
and liking the task, have attained great efficiency. About
six hundred additional policemen have been appointed.
All this body are fine active young men. The additional
soldiery who have already arrived a're, the entire regiment,
with the exception of one company, of the 9th Infantry,
three companies of the 31st Infantry, and three or four
troops of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoons. A brigade of
Artillery has also arrived from Chester; and an official
communication has been received that another body of
1,000 men (the regiment is not mentioned) will arrive
here direct from London.

A military camp at Everton will be pitched to-day, op-
posite Waterhouse-lane, and the novelty-and picturesque-
ness of the sight will doubtless attract thousands of
spectators. The 9th Regiment, which arrived here by
railway in the course of Saturday afternoon, and which
numbers nearly 1000 men, is one of those that has been
encamped for the last few weeks on Kersal-moor, near
Manchester, and the only force left there consists of one
company of the 9th and two or three companies of the
30th. The whole of the 9th Regiment that have arrived
here, under the command of Col. Davies, are bivouaced
for the present in the large cotton sheds or warehouses
belonging to Mr. Molyneux, near to the Potteries, Tox-
teth-park. Their tents were expected to arrive at a late
hour on Saturday night : they are of a circular form,
about six tents, we believe, accommodating a company of
100 men. The regiment does not expect to stay long
here, and is in expectation of a call to Dublin. A body
of the 81st are stationed for the present at Birkenhead,
and another company of the same corps have arrived.
The Dragoons, which are under the command of Captain
Costa, are located at Mc. Lucas's Repository, in Great
Charlotte-street.

Several hundreds of the servants of the Dock Trust have
been sworn in as special constables, and a strong extra
guard has been placed round the docks.
Several thousand stand of arms have been received
from Chester.

General Sir W. Warre and General Arbuthnot have
been in communication with the authorities, and, in fact,
every precaution has been taken to ensure the peace of
the town. The Mayor and magistrates have been in daily
attendance at the Town-hall, and we believe his Worship
has remained in town for several nights, rather than be
absent at his house in West Derby, lest his presence might
be required. The aldermen and councillors of the respec-
tive wards have issued circulars to every respectable in-
habitant, calling on them to attend at specified places, for
the purpose of being enrolled as special constables. Large
placards have been issued by the Mayor, urging the in-
habitants to place themselves at the disposal of the au-
thorities, and stating that every necessary step has been
resorted to for the safety of the town.
We may mention in this place a fact reflecting favourably
on a body of men who have been shamefully misrepre-
sented and unjustly aspersed. We mean the Orangemen
of Liverpool. The leaders of this noble institution having
ascertained that the authorities were apprehensive about
the peace of the town, summoned the members together
at a few hours' notice, and a very numerous meeting took
place on Friday evening, when the Deputy Grand Master
took the chair, and the speeches breathed the most de-
voted loyalty to the Sovereign, and the strongest deter-
mination to assist the local authorities in maintaining order
in the town. Resolutions were passed, amidst tremendous
cheering, pledging every member of the body to furnish
his name and address, and to act in all respects as they
may be directed by the authorities. We are sure that the
recollection of such a proceeding as this will secure for the
Orange order a little more respect than has been hitherto
shown towards them.

On Saturday afternoon, the following petition was
placed in the various public offices, and was headed im-
mediately by the signatures of the Earl of Sefton, the
Mayor, the magistrates, and an immense number of the
inhabitants. It remained during yesterday, and received
many hundreds of additional names. The petition, pur-
porting to proceed from the merchants, bankers, &c., of
Liverpool, is as follows
That your petitioners tail with gratitude the an-
nouncement made by her Majesty's Prime Minister to
your honourable house of the intention of the Govern-
ment to introduce a measure for the immediate sup-
pression of rebellion, and for the better protection of life
and property in Ireland.
" That your petitioners, deeply sensible of the urgent
necessity of such a measure as being applicable to the
present melancholy condition of that portion of her Ma-
jesty's dominions, do, nevertheless, feel that Liverpool,
from its contiguity to Ireland, and containing, as it does,
in its popuiation so large a proportion of Irish, who are
known to sympathise with the disaffected in their own
country, ought to be included ; and it having been ascer-
tained that they are already organised in clubs and
arming, your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that
your honourable house will extend to this important sea-
port town a similar measure, accompanied with that
permanent military protection which has been so long
afforded to the other large and important towns of the
United Kingdom."
It will be seen that several arrests have taken place in
this town, and we trust that the bold front displayed by
our faithful authorities will have the effect of preventing
the contemplated outbreak.
It may be stated here as a circumstance showing how
much on the alert are those who are endeavouring to re-
press the rebellious movements of the disaffected, that in-
formation was received yesterday morning by the Mayor,
that two sons of Hyland, the notorious pike-maker of
Dublin, had left that town for Liverpool, and almost
whilst his worship was perusing the advice, the police of
this town communicated to their superiors the fact that
the two men had arrived. Of course the police were un-
aware of the intelligence transmitted from Dublin.
We learn that the magistrates of Birkenhead have re-
quested the Inhabitants of that town " to act as special
constables for six months." A summons, signed by four
magistrates, Col. Glegg, W. Hall, Esq., J. W. Harden,
Esq., and J. S. Jackson, Esq., was served on Sunday to
every householder, requiring them to attend yesterday at
the Town-hall, and take thenecessary oath, and we are glad
to find that by half-past ten every respectable inhabitant
was sworn. Accompanying the summons was a notice,
signed by Messrs. Townsend and Kent, clerks to the ma-
gistrates, informing the parties that, " by disobedience to
the precept, a penalty of £5 would be incurred."
We think that there will not be two opinions as to the
propriety of the steps taken by the authorities. We may
say, in the language of the President of the Council, the
Marquis of Lansdowne, in the House of Lords on Friday
night,—" We have arrived at a state of things, and at such
a period when the loss of time is the loss power—and
the proper use of that power would not have the effect of
destroying life, nor of impairing liberty, but tend to the
better preservation of both."

THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We have had con-
siderable downfals of rain during the past eight days,
which has been to some extent against the general finish-
ing of the hay harvest in late localities, and not over-
favourable for wheat and other grain. But the greater
part of the hay has been well got in, and is on the whole a
fine and large crop.
CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—At the Police-court
yesterday, a respectably-dressed young man, named Wm.
M'Nichol, was placed at the bar chaged with having
received certain sums due to his employers, and which he
had not accounted for. He had been in the employ of
Messrs. Smith, Handley, and Co., coal merchants,
Crown-street, but had left them in May last. It was
subsequently found that he had received several amounts
which he had not paid over and entered in the books, as
it was his duty to do. Various parties had paid for loads
of coal to the carter who took them, and who paid the
money over to the prisoner. The sums were from £1 2s.
to £1 10s., and though some of them were entered as
paid in the day book, no entry was made of them in the
cash-book or the ledger. In one instance a sum of .£1 Bs.
in the day-book was posted as £0 ls. Bd. A Mr. Lawrie
had the charge or superintendence of the concern, and
appeared as a witness against him. A defence was at-
tempted founded on the alleged systematic manner in
which the books were kept, by which, it was contended,
Mr. Lawrie might himself have received monies from the
prisoner without entering them. The prisoner was com-
mitted for trial at the present Sessions. It is remarkable
that Thomas Handley, one of the partners, is but 14 years
of age.
THE VAUXHALL DismicT.—The claims of this dis-
trict, which were stated in January last in the form of
plain facts, have not yet been forgotten by the public;
but the period through which we have just passed, has
been one of very unusual depression, national excitement,
and domestic insecurity. These causes have cperated
unfavourably, by postponing those expressions of sympa-
thy which otherwise would have been prompt and cor-
dial, for the unparallelled destitution of our poor. In
the month of February, an effort was made to obtain the
use of a large building, with the view of fitting it up to
serve as a school-room, and as a temporary place of wor-
ship. One which would have suited could not be ob-
tained ; and the ordinary houses did not admit of adapta-
tion for such purposes. An effort was then made to raise
funds for the erection of school buildings, for which it
was calculated that £l3OO would have been required from
private sources. In this matter, a respectable commence-
ment has been made; but, acting on his own judgment,
and the advice of experienced friends, the incumbent
thought that it would have been imprudent to press the
subject in the spring or early part of the summer. The
commercial improvement which has since taken place will
justify him in resuming his visits, and he hopes to be able
to bring them to a close during the autumn. In the
meantime, the wants of the poor are attended to as far as
possible in the circumstances. The district has been
sub-divided into fifteen sections, nine of which are visited
by the incumbent himself. and the remainder by six
Scripture readers. Every family, in which there is any
protestant member. is looked after; the sick are visited;
and the poor are instructed in their own cottages. Dona-
tions of bibles, testaments, and prayer books are thank-
fully acknowledged, from Mrs. Greig, the lady of the
staff-officer, Mrs. Hausbure, Church-street, Mrs. Mor-
' ris, West Derby, Mrs. Claypole, Kensington, Miss
Richardson, BelleVue House, Wavertree-road, and friends
in London and Manchester, through 11Irs. Richardson.
In addition to sums of money formerly acknowledged, for
the relief of the poor, the members of Mr. Hausburg's
establishment, Church-street, have kindly contributed
£1 9s, 7d.