The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-03-12 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE.

The following is a copy of the report of the Watch
Committee for the year 1813 :
The Watch Committee for the borough of Liverpool in
making their annual report to the Council, relative to the
police establishment, and the state of crime, consider it
unnecessary to do more than direct their attention► to the
comparative results of the last three years. They are
gra'ifred in being able to state that the conduct of the
police force exhibits considerable improvement in the
erowth of better habits, superinduced by constant and
careful attention, as appears from the following returns,
viz.:—

1843 1842 1841
Number of constables brought before
the committee
Number of constables brought before
the committee for drunkenness...... 143 154 226

The effect of discipline is exemplified in the following
table, for while the number of extra constables is less than
one-twelfth of the whole force, there have been dismissed
almost as many of the extra as of the full constables

1843 1842 1841
Number of extra constables dismissed.. 53 44 58
Number of full constables dismissed .. 70 60 68
The number of burglaries and house breakings have
been considerably less during the past year, viz., in 1843,
68 ; in 1842, 84 ; and in 1811, 183.
The convictions relative to the number of persons ap-
prehended were, in 1843, 51 per cent. ; 1842,52 per cent.;
and in 1841, 47 per cent.
The two succeeding tables have'reference to the general
operations of the police force : _ _

1843 1842 1841
Number of thieves known to police.— 931 950 855
Number ofthieves transported 119 203 175
Number of thieves imprisoned .. 2427 3704 2646
Number of prisoners in custody on
charge of felony .. 4961 6202 6267
Number of men brought before the ma-
gistrates on charges of drunkenness 4298 4307 4767
Number of women ditto . ... 2521 2471 2688
Number of public-houses fined......., 275 206 t ,
Number3s
of beer-houses ditto
Number of offences against the by laws,
town division
Ditto, dock division 3137 3302 3600
Number of beggars apprehended . 621 334 284
Number of individuals in custody for
felony as suspicious characters, viz.,
Number of times.. Once 3280 4123 3976
Twice
Three times l3B 166 189
Four
Five
Six .. 6 9 14
Seven
Eight 2 1 3
Nine ..
Ten

Brothels and Prostitutes.

Table No. 6 shows that the number of brothels was, in
1843, 553 ; in :842, 561 ; and in 1841, 496.
The number of houses where prostitutes lodge was, in
1843, 184; in 1842, 209 ; and in 1841, 189.
The number of prostitutes inhabiting both description
of houses was, in 1843, 2941 ; in 1842, 2899 ; and in 1841,
2683.

Fire Police.
The fire police department has been rendered much
more effective by the addition of four powerful new engines,
1200 yards of new hose, and the articles of use necessary
in connection therewith. Last year the fires were fewer
in number, and far less disastrous in their results than the
preceding year. The following is a comparative return
for three years

Number Amount of Pro-
Year. of fires. pertv destroyed.

X 119,584 8 0 £127,836 0 0
517.927 12 6 210,506 10 0
7,271 4 0 154,219 10 0
JAMES LAWRENCE, Chairman.
Watch Committee Room, ifarch 2. 1844.

Amount of Pro•
pertv saved.

1843 111
1842 140
1841 109

THE COMMISSIONERS OF BIRKENHEAD.

On Tuesday evening, the usual monthly meeting of the
Commissioners of Birkenhead took place at the Town-
hall, John Deane Case, Esq., in the chair. The follow-
ing members were present:—Messrs. W. Jackson, J. S.
Jackson, A. Kerr, Cole, Pim, Fry, Watson, Horner,
Hind, Wood, Dale, Greene, and Gilbertson.
The Lighting and Watching Committee recommended
that four of the police be ordered to do duty on board
the ferry-boats, and that four others, in their stead, be
appointed to the police. Agreed to.
From the proceedings of the Road Committee it ap-
peared that Mr. Appleton had offered to sewer a part of
Church-street, on condition that the usual township com-
mission be not charged ; and it was understood that Mr.
Appleton would, if his offer were accepted, pay the con-
tractor for the execution of the work.

Mr. W. JACKSON moved that the offer be rejected. In
doing so, he said he was militating in some degree against
his own interest, inasmuch as if the commission were
not charged in the case of Mr. Appleton, he might claim
an exemption from it in other cases; but he thought that
the townships had a right to receive it, as the inhabitants
had borne all the expense consequent upon the contrac-
tor's appointment.

.
The molion was carried, and it was agreed that an ap-
prentice, to assist the Road Surveyor, should be inden-
tured to the Commissioners.

From the proceedings of the Improvement Committee,
it appeared that an offer had been received for 38,000 yards
of land in Conway-street, at 9s. per yard.
Mr. W. JACKSON, in moving the confirmation of those
proceedings, said it was desirable to accept the offer in
question, and that it was now proposed to offer the land
round the park for sale by tender—the lowest tender to be
40s. 6d., and the highest bidder, upon giving security, to
bt ueelated th.r pureh..ar no hurl wary little doubt that
when they met next month, the whole of the property
around the park would be sold, and that the sale of the
park land, together with that in Conway-street, would
produce a sum of £125,000. They would then have 70
acres left ; and, valuing those seventy acres moderately,
an aggregate sum would be realised, sufficiently large to
pay off the entire of their bonded debt. They would then
have their Park, their Cemetery, their Town-ball, and he
hoped, their Slaughter-houses, free from all incum-
branccs. At the risk of being considered out of course,
he wished, seeing the position of the townships, to call
the attention of the commissioners to the propriety of
affording increased accommodation to the public by run-
ning boats all night across the Mersey, and by running
them as fast as boats could run, keeping three on the sta-
tion, and as fast as one came sending another off. (Hear,
hear.) He called for this accommodation to be afforded
the public, and he hoped the time was not far distant
when parties would be allowed to cross the ferry for one
penny instead of twopence a head. He then called upon
the Commissioners to reduce contracts; and expressed
his opinion that if those suggestions were adopted, the re•
ceipts of the township would be considerably increased.
He concluded by asking the Law• Clerk whether, as seve-
ral gentlemen were desirous of placing their residences on
the boundaries of the Park, the Commissioners could ten-
der and purchase part of the township's property?
Mr. MALLARY replied that the commissioners could
not vote upon or accept contracts which they themselves
had sent in. They were bound to leave the adjudicature
of such contracts to the other commissioners who had not
offered, or absent themselves on such occasions, and not,
either directly or indirectly, to influence the result.
Mr. W. JACKSON.—That does not prohibit them from
tendering ?
Mr. M ALLABY.—No.

Mr. GREEN said the committee would be in a position
to carry out Mr. Jackson's suggestions with respect to
the ferry in July next. (Hear, hear.)
After a few further remarks, the proceedings were con-
firmed. _

The Ferry Committee reported that matters were going
on satisfactorily, that improvements continued to be made,
and that the new boat would commence plying in another
fortnight. _ _ _

Mr. W. JACKSON asked when the second boat would
be ready ?_

Mr. J. JACKSON replied that she would be launched in
April.

'The board then adjourned to Tuesday, the 19th instant.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—A frightful accident occurred one
day last week, on board her Majesty's steam-vessel Styx,
lying off Woolwich dockyard. Ralph Thompson, an en-
gineer attached to the factory of the dock-yard, was en-
gaged with two others repairing the floats of the above
vessel, when, through some inadvertence, the paddle-
wheels were set in motion by the men in the engine-room,
and poor Thompson, becoming entangled in the wheel,
was instantly crushed to death.

SOLDIERS' WIVES.—A case of great hardship has been
brought under our notice which. whilst it cannot fail to
excite the sympathy of the public, will, we hope, have
serious attention and redress on the part of the proper
authorities. It is well known that when the regiments
of our most gallant army are on their march through the
country, the children of the soldiers and their wives, in
instances of illness and fatigue, are taken on the baggage
carts, and thus accompany the corps to its destination.
Since it has become the practice to forward troops by the
railroad, the case is wofully altered for the unfortunate
women and children. Railroad companies have refused
to convey them with the regiment; the poor soldiers
cannot afford to pay for their passage, and thus the help-
less creatures are thrown upon the world, mostly with-
out even the means of procuring the most common ne-
cessaries. The parishes will not pass them on ; and thna
the wives and children of the soldiers of a regiment which
has marched from a remote part of England to London,
thence to proceed by railway to Liverpool, for embarka-
tion to Ireland, will be abandoned at the Euston-square
terminus, to find their way to Ireland as best they may.
We ask is this treatment befitting for a soldier's wife--
is it consistent with humanity—is it calculated to pro-
mote the interests of public morality ? It may not be
out of place to mention what we hear has occurred with
respect to two regiments thus transported by railway.
The gallant officer commanding the 70th, feeling com-
passion for the poor soldiers and their families, ordered
that they should travel together ; and wilt it be be-
lieved that the authorities refused to sanction the addi-
tional expense so incurred, and that each soldier was
placed under stoppage of pay until his proportion of that
expense should be discharged ? Then with regard to the
67th Regiment, it is well known in military circles that
its officers, rather than suffer the wives and children of
the soldiers to be abandoned, subscribed among themselves
a sum sufficient to defray the expense of their transport.
Is it fair we ask, that officers, whose pay is so inadequate
to that position which they must maintain in society,
should be thus heavily taxed? And finally, we ask, is
this a state of things that should be suffered to continuo'
--Observer.

For GREENOCK and GLASGOW,
With Goods and Passengers.
Cabin.. 20s. ; Steward's Pee ..2s.—Steerage.. ss.
THE GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL STEAM
SHIPPING COMPANY'S STEAM-SHIPS

ACHILLES,
.40 Captain HUGH MAIN, and
,1\ -' FIRE KING, Captain IVI`KELLAR,
- Sail regularly from the Clarence Dock,
LIVERPOOL, to GLASGOW.
The undernoted or other first-class Steam-Ship is
intended to sail as follows, from LIVERPOOL :
MARCH.
ACHILLES. Thursday, the 14th.... at 7, Evening.
ACHILLES.... Tuesday, the 19th.... at 10, Night.
ACHILLES.... Monday, the 25th.... at 2, Afternoon.
ACHILLES.... Saturday, the 30th.... at 7, Evening.
For further particulars apply to
THOMAS MARTIN and-BURNS and Co.,
7, Water-street, Liverpool.
GEORGE and JAMES BURNS,
Buchanan-street, Glasgow; or to
ARCHIBALD BLACK,
Custom-house-place, Greenock.
and at the Railway Stations, London, Birmingham,
Manchester, &c.

CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY
COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Seventh
CALL on the New £5O Shares in this Company,
of ONE POUND per SHARE, becomes due and paya-
ble on MONDAY, the Ist day of April next; and the Pro-
prietors are requested to pay the same on or before the
day above-mentioned, to the Liverpool Borough Bank,
Liverpool.
(Signed,) JOSEPH MALLABY,
Clerk of the Company.
Birkenhead, 11th March, 1844.

By Messrs. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS,
On TUESDAY, the 26th instant, at One o'clock in the
afterioon, at the Clarendon Rooms, South John-street,
Liverpool, subject to the conditions to be then and
there produced,
ALL that FREEHOLD WAREHOUSE, situate and
being on the east side of Frederick-street, in Liver-
pool, containing in front thereto twenty-four feet and four
inches, and now in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Frod-
sham, subject nevertheless to a right of way for the owner
or owners for the time being of certain Premises at the
back thereof, and for his and their heirs, assigns, lessees,
and servants, at all hours and for all purposes, in, through,
and over a certain way or passage leading therefrom into
Frederick-street aforesaid.
For further particulars apply to Mr. ROBERT FROD'
SHAM, Solicitor, 1, King-street, Liverpool.

By Messrs. THOS. WINSTANLEY and SONS,
On WEDNESDAY, the 27th instant, at One o'clock in the
afternoon, at the Clarendon Rooms, South John-street,
subject to such conditions as will be then and there
produced,
ALL that well-accustomed HOTEL, situate in Para-
dise-street, called the " Star and Garter Hotel," con-
taining in front to Paradise-street aforesaid, 42 feet 5
inches, in depth fronting College-lane, 120 fee; 11 inches,
at the back fronting Manesty-lane 61 feet 10 inches, and
in depth on the north adjoining a shop and premises 126
feet 8 inches, be the several dimensions a little more or
less.

The above property is substantially built, has three
frontages, is situate in the centre of business, and freehold
of inheritance, and presents a most eligible opportunity
for the investment of capital.
Three-fourths of the purchase money may, if required,
remain upon mortgage.

Apply .for particulars to FORSH AW , BLUNDELL, and
FORSHA.W, Sweeting-street.

NORTH' WALES.
TO CAPITALISTS, AGRICULTURISTS, AND
PARTIES DESIROUS OF OBTAINING
ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD PROPERTY.
TN compliance with directions contained in the Will
1- of the Testator, the Trustees will proceed to OFFER
for PUBLIC COMPETITION, early in the Spring, in
Lots to suit purchasers, (unless previously disposed of by
Private Contract,)
The most desirableand highly improvable FREEHOLD
PROPERTY, called the BERTHDDU ESTATE, con-
sisting of upwards of 2500 Acres of Arable and Pasture
Land, with rich and fertile Meadows, with suitable Farm
Houses and Buildings, all in an excellent state of repair,
and extensive and particularly thriving Woodlands, in and
in the vicinity of the beautiful and peaceful Vale of Llan-
rwst, upon the banks of the River Conway, and in the
counties of Denbigh and Carnarvon.
The above-mentioned Property is particularly worthy
of attention. Possession of the respective Farms could
be had at Michaelmas next, if required.
It adjoins the market town of Llanrwst and the cele-
brated London and Holyhead road, on which the London
mail passes daily, runs through a portion of the Estate;
and the Chester and Holyhead Railway will pass within
about ten miles of it.

The singularly beautiful Scenery of the neighbonrhood
is too well known to require comment.
The superiority of the trout and salmon fishing afforded
by the River Conway, is universally admitted, and the
Estate is well adapted for the preservation of game.
For particulars to treat apply to HOBERT WYNNE
WILLIAMS, Esq., 3, Paper Buildings, Temple, London ;
Messrs. WILLIAMS and BREESE, Solicitors, Portmadoc ;
and JOHN SISSON, Esq., Plaswch, St. Asaph.