The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

JUVENILE CRIME.—On Friday three boys, John Cun-
ningham, Patrick M'Dermot, and Thomas Moran, were
brought before Mr. Rushton, -charged with stealing cot-
ton. The two former were old offenders, on whom previ-
ous imprisonment had had no salutary effect. Mr. Rush-
ton, addressing the chief superintendent, said, "It will
be much better for us to have a police-officer stationed
outside the door of every marine-store in future." He
went on to express the opinion that the keepers of
marine-stores were the chief causes of the prevalence of
juvenile thefts, by the facilities they afford for the dispo-
sal of the plunder got by children, ever on the watch in
the vicinity of the docks and warehouses. Cunningham
will be imprisoned three months and M'Dermot two
months. The third boy was discharged, this being his
first offence.

COMMITMENTS TO GAOL FROM THE POLICE COURT,
YESTERDAY.—WiIIiam Moss, for an attempt to pick
pockets in the streets, three months.—Catherine Walsh
and Mary Hill, for stealing fruit,, vegetables, &c., in St.
John's market, were committed for two months ; and
Winifred Lavan and Ann Clarke (same offence), one
month.—Joseph Francis and Thomas Parke, for stealing
ropes at the Prince's dock, on Saturday last, one month.
—Thomas M'Kenna and Henry Lynch, old offenders, for
being found in the night, and under suspicious circum-
stances in Chisenhale-street, 3 months.—Esther Brown,
for stealing a fender worth 2s. 6d. from James Herbert,
three months. Mary Parkinson, a good-looking, well.
dressed young woman, for robbing a Spanish sailor,
named Borino, of twelve shillings, one month.—William
Fitzpatrick, charged by a brother seaman, William Phil-
lips, with stealing his jacket which was found upon his
back, one month.—William Travis, for stealing ropes on
the 7th September, at the Brunswick dock, three months.

The yacht of T. Legh, Esq., of Lyme Park, was nearly
wrecked on Friday week through striking on a rock off
Guernsey.—(We are happy to learn that the Maud is at
present safe in our own river —En. L. S.)
DUBLIN AND LIVERPOOL.—The Dublin Steam-packet
Company are about, it is said to place on the line between
Dublin and Liverpool steamers of a power and speed far
beyond anything we have ever heretofore had in operation.
They thus hope to land their passengers at Liverpool with
mirth epood as will ennhle them to reach Chester in time
for the same train which carries up to London passengers
proceeding via Holyhead. _ _ _

THE BRUNSWICK CLUB.—In another column will be
found an advertisement relative to the additional amuse-
ments attached to this popular club, including an extra
billiard table and the American game of ten pins, at which
a silver snuff-box and a silver pencil-case, value seven
guineas, will be contended for on Tuesday next, by sixty-
four members ; entrance, ls. 6d. each. The new quarter
commenced yesterday (Monday. Oct. 2nd.)
ENORMOUS CHAlN.—Probably the largest chain ever
sent out of Stourbridge was manufactured by Messrs.
Bailey, chain manufacturers, from whose warehouse it was
removed on Tuesday, to the wharf, consigned to a firm in
Liverpool. It was a link chain, and intended for the use
of an incline; its length was 2,400 yards, or rather more
than one and one-third of a mile, and its weight about 14
tons. It was removed to the wharf in a waggon drawn by
eight horses.
ASSESSMENT OF THE DOCKS.—The parish authorities
have assessed the Liverpool docks to the relief of the
poor at about £166,000. The claim made upon the Dock
Committee on this assessment is between £19,000 and
£20,000. This, of course, only includes the docks within
the parish. The dock solicitor has entered a notice of
appeal at the borough sessions, but the question is not
likely to be argued before the Recorder. Mr. Lowndes,
on the part of the parish, and Mr. Worthington, the dock
solicitor, with the view to save expense, will agree to a
special case, which will at once be submitted to the
Judges at Westminster.

CHUBB THE REGISTRAR'S CASE.—A mandamus from
the Court of Queen's Bench was received by Mr. Rush-
ont on Friday, requiring him to accept bail for the ap-
pearance of the prisoner at the next Liverpool Assizes,
provided the sureties were in accordance with the re-
quisition of the said mandamus, which is that Mr. Chubb
entes into his personal recognisance in the amount of
£3,000, and procure four sureties of £750 each ; making
together the extraordinary sum of £6,000. It further re-
quires that three days' notice of the place of residence of
each bailee, and the time at which he will tender bail, be
given to the court by the prisoner's attorney.
SERIOUS FIRE IN NELSON-STREET.—A little before
six o'clock on Tuesday morning, smoke was disco-
vered issuing from the premises of Mr. Wright, (late
Rigby and Wright,) timber merchants, of Nelson-street,
immediately contiguous to and in the rear of Dr. Raffles'
chapel. The fire, the origin of which is unknown, broke
out in the lath-room, whence from the extreme dryness of
the materials, it rapidly spread to the surrounding timber;
the store-room in the yard, forming one side of Griffiths-
street, was completely destroyed, and its valuable con-
tents, chiefly mahogany and furniture woods, fell a prey
to the flames. The engines of the West of England Co.
and of the Liverpool fire police were quickly on the spot,
but from a total absence of water from the mains for a
considerable time after their arrival, they were rendered
inoperative. The premises and stock we learn were in-
sured. Had the flames extended in the opposite direction
to which they did, in all probability that beautiful structure,
Great George-street Chapel, would have been again
in ruins. The loss is upwards of £lO,OOO, but is insured.
THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORMERS.—It appears
surprising that a number of men of business, accustomed
to reason from cause to effect, should not have perceived
the entire want of connection between their premises and
their conclusions. The chairman began by lamenting the
" fearful depression which pervaded every branch of
trade." Mr. Heyworth alluded more particularly to the
sufferings of the poor, arising from want of employment.
" In Manchester alone there were 7000 or 8000 persons
wholly unemployed." "In Yorkshire the root of Char-
tism was want of employment." Well, depression of
trade, and want of employment, being the evil, how came
these gentlemen to hit upon a reduction of the army and
navy as the remedy ? Is the connection obvious ? Clearly
not. Discharge 20,000 men from the army, and put 20
ships out of commission next month, will the cotton-
market forthwith revive ?—will the mills of Manchester
once more swarm with busy life ? Is not the very ques-
tion an absurdity ? We have already said, and the fact is
indisputable—that between 1845, when all was prosperity,
and 1848, when everything is the reverse, there has been
no material change made in our armaments. It is quite
certain, then, that our army and navy are not to blame
for our present sufferings, and that if the Liverpool Re-
formers would act like men of common sense, they would
direct their view into a totally different quarter. A great
change having taken place since 1845 in the state of trade
and commerce, the first question, with men of judgment,
seeking for the cause, would be, " What legislative changes
affecting trade and commerce have been made since that
prosperous era ?" The answer they would receive would
point out, 1. The adoption of Free-trade ; and 2, the
tightening of our banking system. And the rational
course for men of sincerity would lead them to consider
how far the new measures of Free-trade and Fettered
Banking required amendment. Some men of sense there
appear to be in Liverpool ; for on the same evening a
practical inquiry into this part of the subject seems to
have been entered into by Mr. Duncan, who, before a
numerous and respectable audience, delivered an admirable
lecture on the Currency, an abstract of which we yester-
day supplied. As a practical suggestion, we should like
to ask the merchants of Liverpool, why the Chairman of
the Financial Reform Association and Mr. Duncan
should not be asked to meet, and in a friendly and reason-
able spirit to discuss the question, whether the Currency,
or the Army Estimates, have the most evident bearing on
the trade of Liverpool —.Morning Herald.