The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-08 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL EPITHANY SESSIONS, 1833.

Yesterday these Sessions commenced at the Court House,
in Chapel-street, before the Worshipful the Mayor, CHARLES
HORSFALL, Esq. the Bailiffs, Recorder, Aldermen, &c., of the
Borough.
The Calendar is rather lighter than usual at this season, the
felonies foi trial amounting to 108, and the cases of assault and
misdemeanour to only 27.
The following gentlemen.were called on the Grand Jury, viz :
J A MES COCKSHOTT, Esq. Foreman,
Messrs. John Aspinall, Edward Ledward,
Joseph Ackers, William .Lowe,
George Aspinall, James Molyneux,
Harwood Barnes, Robert Morris,
It. Crosbie Dawson, William Mather,
F. NV. H. Dawson, William Nevett,
John Holmes, Thomas Stavert,
H. W. 'Turd, Henry Robertson Sandbach,
R. Houghton, jun. Charles Stubbs,
Matthew Jee, ' Joseph Thompson,
Lee Kidd, Richard Ward.
and after they had been sworn,
1 he RECORDER proceeded to address them as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE GRAND JURY Your labours at the
present Session will not be heavier than usual, and nothing
would have gratified the court more than to have found them
considerably lighter. Nearly the whole of the crimes committed
within this town are now brought under the cognizance of this
court, and the alterations in the criminal code have greatly
increased the business of the Sessions, both here and elsewhere.
From a long and intimate knowledge of the care and attention
you give to the cases which are brought before you, I am satis-
tied you can well be trusted with the increased responsibility
which is now cast upon you, and were it possible to doubt this,
I know of no other persons to whom it could be better con-
fided, either on the score of intelligence, or of high moral cha-
racter.

It would be to practise a delusion, to hold out the least pros-
pect of a decrease of crime from any farther alteration, or, to
speak in the language of the day, any amelioration of the
criminal code. The amelioration must now be of those who
owe obedience to' the Law. 'l'o check idleness and pauperism;
to bring about an improvement in the morals, the habits and
circumstances of the poor; to promote a love of order and
stability; to discourage every doctrine which would dissolve
or-weaken the obligations growing out of one of the most im-
portant relations in civil society—that of master and servant,—
a relation which has, of late, been grievously disturbed; and
crowning the whole of these endeavours, by promoting a sound
and religious education (for any system of education which
excludes religion is absolutely destructive,) will be found the
safest means of overcoming evil. The crimes committed in
this country limn, as you must know, one of its heaviest afflic-
tions, and, if we could materially lessen them, and the heavy
burdens they entail upon property, it, would be such a relief as
would indeed invigorate the whole country, and, by elevating
its moral character, give it a very different aspeit from what. it
now bears. The efforts of the next Parliament will, doubtless,
be directed to this great business, and the last interesting
reports respecting secondary punishments made the basis of
future proceedings. This subject does nit belong to that class
of 4uestions which may be safely delayed, or, perhaps, better
laid aside altogether; it involves the highest considerations,
and, as it affects the general happiness of the country, of which
no good government will ever lose sight, I speak advisedly
when I say it deserves the earliest consideration.
As you may be well assured that no efforts will be left un-
tried, to give to this Town the benefits of a-vigilant Police ;. yet
let me recommend the salutary precaution of leaving as little
property as possible in the various Counting-houses of this
great Town, for they will always, to a certain extent, be most
exposed to the attacks of skilful depredators, some of whom
are, at this season of the year, exercising their knowledge but
too successfully, at the grievous expense of others.
I feel it unnecessary to make any further observations.

The following are the principal cases decided yesterday :
John Murphet, 19, and James Hall, 17, for stealing money to
the amount of £lO, from the counting-house of Mr. B. Bre-
therton, were sentenced to 14 years' transportation.
Samuel Clarke, 26, for stealing fourteen fowls from the pre-
mises of Mr. Charles Lane, in Rake-lane, to be transported 14
years.
Patrick Donolly, 35, for stealing six pigs, the property of Mr.
John Brown, to be transported seven years.
Wm. Edwards, 22, Grace Read,l9, and Jane Graham, 20, were
found guilty of assaulting Was. Thomson, and stealing his hat.
Edwards to be transported for life, and the two women for 14
years each.

John Thomas, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge of having sto-
len 12 bushels of oats, from the warehouse of his employers,
Messrs. Thomas Booth & Co. He had been nine years in their
service, and was a favoured and confidential porter; but had
been some time in the practice of robbing them before he was
detected. To be transported for seven years.
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George Robinson, 19, was found guilty, of having,. in company
with two otherrs, assaulted Wm. O'Brien, with au intend to rob
him. Remanded for sentence.

W,n. Laverty, 22, and his wife Hannah Laverty, 21, were in-
dicted for having stolen a truss of linen from the premises of
Messrs. Watson & Pim. Hannah Laverty was acquitted, as it
appeared that she acted jointly with her husband, and under his
influence : the latter was found guilty, but .not sentenced.

The KING is expected to open the reform Parliament in
person. There is much speculation on this point.—Their Ma-
jesties having been pleased to invite his Excellency, Namik
Pacha, ambassador extraordinary from the Ottoman court, to
dinner on Friday at the Pavilion, his excellency, accompanied
by his secretary and interpreter, with the Earl and Countess
of Albemarle and Lord Palmerston, arrived. There were no
apartments vacant at the palace with which they could be ac-
commodated. The dinner was served in the banquetting-room,
where there was one table laid, extending nearly the whole
length,, covered with a magnificent service of gold and silver
plate, interspersed with candelebra. The company assembled
in the drawing room, and on dinner being announced, their
Majesties, accompanied by his excellency, led the way to the
banquetting room, the band of the 3rd dragoon guards, who
were stationed in an adjoining room, playing " God save the
King" as the company passed.—The Queen entertained a
large circle of fashionables in the evening, including most of
the nobility and gentry of rank at present here. The company
assembled in the grand music room. At twenty-five minutes
to ten o'clock, her. Majesty, attired in a black velvet dress,
richly embroidered with gold, with a splendid head-dress to
correspond, entered the room, accompanied, by the ladies in
waiting and the Lord Chamberlain, the band playing " God
save the King,"

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumber-
land and Prince George continue in the enjoyment of gem],
health at Hastings, •

LOCAL.

W. Tophanx Hobson, Esq. scholar of Corpus Christi College.
has been appointed head master of the grammar school of
Rochdale.

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Robert James Shuttleworth, Esq., (eldest son of James Shut-
tleworth, Esq., of Barton Lodge), to a eaptaincy in the Ist re-
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Saturday
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the following morning. We are informed that a number of
his Lordship's Liverpool friends went ont to see him on the
left without their pernsission.—We think his Lo
Sunday, and were saaly digappointed, when they found he had
lucky escape. . rdship had a
ROBBERY.—We are sorry to hear that the counting-house
of Messrs. Thos. and J. D. Thornely, Goree, was broken open
on Wednesday night last, and property to the amount of several
hundred pounds, principally in Bank notes and bills, stolen
therefrom. Amongst the money taken were a Bank-post bill
for £2OO. We have not heard whether any clue has been
obtained, likely to lead to the apprehension of the thieves.
LIVERPOOL MEDICAL GAZETTE.—The first .number of a
monthly publication, under the above title, has just made its
appearance, edited by Dr. Hunter Lane. It 'is intended as a
permanent record of the many highly important facts in medi-
cinefession for want of such a medium of communication in this
and the collateral sciences, which are now lost to the pro-
district, and with the advantages which this town affords, it will
reflect lasting disgrace on the resident practitioners if this pe-
riodical do not equal in ability. and interest either,o( the medical
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journals heretofore published in London.
EXTENSIVE THEFT AND FORTUNATE DISCOVERY.—VII Satur-
day se'nnight, Macvey, one of the Glasgow. cite porters, was
employed by a man to convey a large trunk from a house in
Broomielaw to the quarters of the Kirkintilloch carrier in Old
Vennel. In consequence of the person who employed the
porter having no more money than six ponce to pay the car-
riage, a quarrel arose betwixt them, and it' being whispered
that the trunk contained dead bodies, a crowd was soon col-
lected, and the police attracted to the spot. The individual in
whose possession the trunk was, now attempted to make his
escape, but he was seized and taken to the office along with the
trunk. It' was afterwards discovered that there Was another
large box at the Broomielaw, consigned to the same individual,
which having also been brought to the police mike they were
opened, but instead of dead bodies, they were Lind to be
crammed with silk shawls and scarfs, velvets, gros de Naples,
silk stockings, satins, laces, and other valuable articles, the
private marks being carefully effaced from all the parcels, and
leaving little doubt that they had been stolen from some exten-
sive haberdashery warehouse in Liverpool, as it was known
the trunks had been brought in a steamer from that place some
dairs before. After consulting with a respectable dealer in
town, who valued the_property.at no less than three hundred
pounds sterling, Mr. Denovan immediately wrote to the Mayor
of Liverpool, giving an account of the circumstance, and in
two or three days one of the partners of the house of Messrs.
Limbert and Son, silk-mercers in that city. arrived, and iden-
tified the whole of the property as belonging to . their house,
and which had been feloniously abstracted therefrom. The
fellow in whose possession the goods were found, turns out to
be a hawker in Kirkintilloch; and it is alleged that he had a
friend, who, having access to the establishment of Messrs. Lim-
bert, supplied him as an opportunity occurred, and certainty
there could not have been a more convenient market for the
travelling merchant laying in a stock of the newest fashions;
and the public of Kirkintilloch would have been duly adver-
tised, that as " he had purchased the goods with cash at one of
the first houses inEngland, he was enabled to dispose of them for
ready money at 20 per cent. below prime cost."--Glasgowlierald.
—The individual thus apprehended at Glasgow, turned out to be
a person of the name of James Starke Horne, who lately
worked, we believe, as a journeyman shoemaker, in this town.
His brother, William Horne, was a shopman of Messrs. Lim-
bert's, and lived in the house. It would appear, that William
secreted the goods, as opportunity offered, and conveyed them
to his brother, who, atter accumulating a handsome stock,
amounting in value. at the lowest calculation to £3OO, set off
with the goods, by one of the steam boats to Glasgow, where be
was apprehended under the remarkable circumstances above
detailed. The Mayor, on receiving the letter referred to, from
the Glasgow police, handed it over to Mr. Parlour who insti-
tuted immediate inquiry. It was then discovered tliat the pro-
perty had been stolen from Messrs. Limbert and Son, who, up
is this time, were not aware that they had been victimized to so
serious an extent. We understand that about six week's ago,
they had begun to- entertain some slight suspicion of William
Horne's honesty, and had observed to him that the silks disap-
peared very fast. Horne, however, attributed it to the rapidity
of their sale, and thus for a time allayed their suspiciiins. Ou
the arrival of the Glasgow letter, lie was immediately appre-
hended, and lodged in the Borough gaol, and on his trunk be-
ing searched by Turner, the officer, a quantity of gloves, and a
pair of silk stockings were found, and a check book of the Sav-
ings' Bank, containing deposits to the amount of £l2, iu the•
name of his brother. Mr. Limbert was at Leeds when the dit-
covery took place, but being written to, he set off for Glaseow,
and identified the property. The prisoner at Glasgow was Then
sent off to Liverpool, accompanied by an officer, Mr. Limber:,
and the porter, as a witness. They arrived here by steam, on
Thursday last, and both prisoners were on Friday brought up
before the Mayor, and underwent a long examination,
_ which
resulted in their being fully committed for trial. at the Borough
Sessions, novelsolding. '1 he father of the prisoners resides at
Kirkintilloch, to which place James Starke Horne was proceed-
ing when he was so opportunely arrested.
The stuff trade of Halifax and Bradford is not so lively as it
has been, but the general opinion is, that more business is
doing than is usual at this time of the year.—Halifax Guardian.
The silk weaving of the 'different towns round Manchester
was never known to be so brisk at Christmas before. Wages
are very low; but there is an expectation of an advance in the
spring.—Leeds Mercury.

The Rev. R. Hardy, vicar of Stoughton, near Chichester, at
his tithe-audit, returned, unsolicited, to his tenants, 25 per cent.

BIRTHS.

On Wednesday, the 26th ult., at a farm-house, Beckenham, Kent,
on the Bromley road, a poor woman, named French, aged about 33,
was safely delivered of two girls and a boy. The mother and her trio
progeny are all alive, with every prospect of doing well, inasmuch
as the charity (query, curiosity ?) of their opulent neighbours has them to pay many a visit at the house, and they rarely de-
part without leaving some substantial memorial behind them.
On Christmas Eve, the wife of Mr. R. Lander, the celebrated Afri.
can traveller, of a son.

On the 3d instant, the lady of the Rev. J.H. Stafford, of a daughter.

MARRIED.

On the 2d instant, at St. Luke's Church, Mr. Samuel Robinson, of
Manchester, to Mrs. Sarah Haguenir, of this town.
On the 2d instant, at the Church of St. George, Hanover-square,
the Hon. Captain Hope, to Miss Charlotte Tollemache, daughter of
Adniiral and Lady Tollemache. There were prekent at the cere-
mony the Countess of Aldborough, Lady Emily Stratford, Mr. and
Mrs. De Burg, &c.
On the 27th ult., at Backford Church, Major Lee Porcher Towns..
hend, of the 49th Regiment, eldest son of Edward V. Townshend,
Esq., of Wincham Hall, Cheshire, to Emma Johanna, eldest daugh-
ter of Lieut.-General Clegg, of Backford

On the 25th Ult., at Blackburn, Mr. Charles Tiplady, printer and
bookseller, to Miss Heaton, both of Blackburn.
On the 27th of October, at Pernambucco, .by Henry Cowper. Esq.,
H.B.M. Consul, Mr. James Halliday, of Manchester,late of Halifax,
to Senora Victoria St. George, daughter of Signor Antonia St. George.
late of Lisbon. ,

On Thursday last, at St. John the Baptist's Church, Mr. John
Owen, currier, of this town, to Miss Sarad Bradley, of Cambridge.

DIED.

On Saturday, the sth instant, after a lingering illness, deeply re-
gretted, Anne, the much-beloved wife of Mr. Richard Griffith, broker,
Brownlow-street.
On Sunday last, in Hamilton-square, Birkenhead, Mrs. 'Woodward,
wife of Robert Woodward, Esq., merchant, and sister to the late T.
Jay, Esq., Derndale, Herefords-hire.
Lately, at the advanced age of 103 years, John Harding, one of the
members of the True Blue Beneficial Society, in Chester, who has
received from three to ,four hundrd pounds out of the society's funds.
Last week, at Slindon, Mrs. Wilcox, in the 103 d year of her age.
She has, through the long period of her existence, practised the art
of midwife; and it is calculated, that she haS attended the birth of
more than five thousand fellow-creatures. She retained her facuties,
but slightly impaired, to the last.—Brigbfon Herald.
On the 25th ult., at Wrightington, near Wigan, Mr, Thomas Mtn.
som, joiner and builder, aged 80; a man universally respected by all
who knew him. He was carried to his last earthly tenement by his
four sons, and has left 160 descendants. _

On the 24th ult., at his resignee, Bruce Grove, Tottenham, after a
protracted illness, the Rev,George Whitfield, aged 79 ; upwards of
50 years connected with Wesleyan Methodism. He was, at one time,
the travelling compaction of Mr. Wesley.
On the 23d ult„ suddonly, Mr, Thomas Robinson, Haymarket,
aged 39, universally respected,
On the 13th ult.., at ANT-est Cottingham, near York, aged 69 the Rev,
Joseph Mitchinson, of pre-ersinent talents as a preacher of the Gos-
pel, formerly curate of -Long Preston, in Craven.
Murclerodby pirates, off Idramayo; on the coast of Java, on the
nightiot the 26th of March last, on his way from the shore to his ship,
the Alexander, Captain Wm. Henry Browne, eldest son of Mr. Wm,
Browne, formerly of this town, aged 26.
Lately, Sir Charles Macdonald Lockhart, brother to Lady Foulis.
Ingleby Manor, Yorkshire.