The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

STATE OF LIVERPOOL.

Although parties at a distance would almost fancy, from
reading what has taken place in this town in connection
with the rebellious proceedings in Ireland, that we were
on the very verge of a serious outbreak, we rejoice to say
that Liverpool still continues perfectly tran qui 1 , the only
exception being the excitement caused- by the unusual
presence of so :belly of the military, and the other neces-
sary preparations by the authorities to prevent dis-
turbance. . .

The soldiers did not, as anticipated, encamp at Everton;
but a number of carpenters are at work constructing
wooden sheds, for stables, along the north side of the field.
When these are completed the tents can be at any time
pitched within a couple of hours.
The ninth regiment of infantry continued in possession
of the cotton sheds at the south end of the town until
Friday night, when they shipped for Dublin. along with
a brigade of artillery from Woolwich, in the Birmingham
steamer, specially chartered for the occasion. The corps
of rifles, and the few companies of the 89th regiment
which have lain here for the last month or two shipped in
the course of the week for Ireland ; and on Friday night
the head quarters of the 81st regiment arrived to join the
three companies stationed in Liverpool. Another troop
of the 4th Royal Irish dragoons, and a detachment of the
30th regiment, came into town on Thursday night; and
on Saturday the 9th were replaced by the 46th regiment,
under the command of Colonel Garritt.

The Pensioners have been under arms the greater part
of the week. The police are increased to the extent of
1400, and they now are drilled every day, aad in some
districts of the town they parade in pairs, and are fur-
nished with arms. Additions are made every day to the
number of special constables, who now number conside-
rably above 20,000.
On Wednesday a large quantity of arms and ammuni-
tion was brought to this town from Chester Castle. The
bulk consisted of 50 chests and 26 hogsheads, the former
containing a large quantity of firelocks, and the latter
cutlasses and accoutrements. It is said that the cutlasses
are intended for the use of the special constables should
an emergency arise.
About 500 of the labourers and other servants of the
Dock Trust, who had refused to be enrolled as special con-
stables, were dismissed from their employment on Satur-
day evening. It was feared that, on receiving their pay
and dismissal on Saturday evening, some disturbance
would arise, and a strong body of police were in readiness
to check any riotous manifestation that might be made,
but all went off in peace. Yesterday morning, we under-
stand that Mr. Bramley-Moore the able chairman of the
Dock Committee, was in town Before six o'clock, and was
present at the works, when the men commenced their
weekly operations to check any disturbance that might
then possibly occur. It affords us much satisfaction,
however, to state that no disorder of any kind took place.
About forty-five of the men consented on consideration to
become special constables, and they were allowed to return
to work. We think that this step is a most important and
proper one, in several points of view. Not only is it right
that public work should be done by loyal and peaceable
men, but we have in the proceeding taken by the Dock
Commitee, an assurance that the peace of the town is
placed on a securer basis than some people seem inclined
to believe. _

On Friday night a warrant was issued against Dr. Rey-
nolds, the pike salesman-in-chief, and the great leader of
the Confederates here, and one of the detective force was
entrusted with its execution. The lodgings of the doctor,
we believe, were visited, but he had fled, leaving behind
him a small quantity of arms and ammunition.
We have received the following additional communica-
tion from the "private in the 89th Regt." whose indignant
rejoinder to the calumnies of Dr. Reynolds appeared in
our last, and has been copied into the columns of most of
our contemporaries. As some little doubt has been ex-
pressed as to the authenticity of that communication, we
may observe that the writer is really what he assumes to
be, and that he is as noble a soldier as ever shouldered
a musket. He has also privately assured us that he speaks
the sentiments of his companions in arms :
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
beg sincerely to thank you for publishing the
letter I sent you when I was in Liverpool a few days ago,
respecting the recipe to Dr. Reynolds. Since the publi-
cation of that letter, which I understand has been copied
by most, if not all, of the Liverpool papers, and even by
some of the London papers, the subject has been much
talked about by my fellow-soldiers, and I assure you that
the peaceably-disposed persons, both in England and in
Ireland, have little to fear from the howls and yells of the
rebellious few who are now disturbing the quiet repose of
the whole country, and preventing the increase of that
prosperity which until a few days ago was promising re-
lief to almost all classes from the late calamities of com-
mercial distress. _

On Tuesday last we left Liverpool for Ireland, where
we are now (considering our life in regular barracks) far
from being comfortable ; so much so, that if our bugles
sound for action it wiil be an awful hour for those
miserable wretches who dare meet us. We all feel ithard
to contemplate facing our countrymen, and, perhaps,
some of our kinsmen, at such a moment; but such is the
discipline of the British army, (and of the 89th Regiment
in particular,) and such is the feeling of us all in, the
ranks, that it is impossible for a traitor to our beloved
Queen and country to exist in our camp.
Respectfully asking you to give this insertion in some
corner of your next Tuesday's STANDARD, I remain, Sir,
your obedient, servant,
A PRIVATE IN THE 89TH REGIMENT.

Dublin, 29th July, 1840.
A portion of the 30th Infantry arrived here on Thurs-
day night. The 46th Regiment passed through London
on Friday from Dover en route to Liverpool, to be en-
camped at Everton with the 9th foot. This will increase
the military force at Liverpool to about 2,000 men, in-
cluding artillery. As a further precautionary measure,
the magistrates have ordered out the Cheshire Yeomanry,
a fine body of men, at least 800 strong.
A foolish article in the Morning Chronicle condemning
the petition presented to the House of Commons from
this town by Mr. Cardwell, for the application to Liver-
pool of the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, has called
forth the following reply from a correspondent of the Lon-
don Times. " The magistrates, I can assure yon, have
been perfectly justified in demanding extraordinary pow-
ers to deal with the would-be-rebels on the shores of the
Mersey. The conspiracy against this community is well
known here, and may be termed colossal in the extent of
the contemplated villany. If the authorities feared only
a mob of pikemen whose object was to raise some abortive
barricades, and who really did intend entering upon a
hand to hand fight, their trepidation, evinced in the hasty
call for a suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, might
appear old-womanly • but this is not the danger, and this
is what no one in the secret supposes to be likely. The
miscreants here are declared to act upon orders from
the rebel head quarters in Dublin ; and the streets of Li-
verpool are, it is asserted, as carefully marked out by the
club map-makers as the thoroughfares of the Irish me-
tropolis itself. The aim is, to detain here the troops which
in the event of civil war in Ireland would be poured over
from this port, and that evil %irn, it is as clear to any sen-
sible civilian as to soldiers, is not to be attained by an
open and undisguised contest, in which imperfectly armed
ruffians would have no chance. The horrible idea is to
set fire to Liverpool, and the magistrates are well aware
that that feat of felony is not altogether impossible. The
plans of the clubs,—plans which originated perhaps with
more accomplished villains—are well defined, and our
fear is that they are perfectly feasible. The long line of
cotton warehouses fronting our quays. have often before
invited the destruction of a stray incendiary, and to these
the diabolical manoeuvres of the wholesale conspirators
have been recommended to be directed. I know the facts,
and I assert positively that if these depots, of a material
which burns as rapidly ss the smoked grass of a prairie,
were set on fire at 100 different points, Liverpool could
not be saved. The heat of a blazing cotton warehouse on
the dock side has often ere this ignited.the cordage of the
berthed ships, and under the influence of the increased
heat which I am supposing, the masts of the vessels in.
dock would go like twigs in a grate. Were the work of
destruction commenced at low water not a single ship
could be moved without the dock gates, and it is no ex-
aggeration whatever to say that the commerce of this
town at least would in this dreadful way receive a fatal
blow. The project,- further, was to destroy the water
mains and to cut the hose of the fire engines, so as to ren-
der abortive any attempt to quench the flames. Of what
avail would soldiers or special constables be under such
circumstances ? A dozen fire engines, the extent of our
brigade, is our best protection • and that is but slight.
To an insurrectionary mob. the Plan which would demand
no further ammunition than that contained in a penny
box of lucifer matches, has great charms, and to them nut
its least temptation is that they could accomplish their
design without risking their own lives. The magistrates
therefore' who are in possession of these horrible plans,
have but done their duty in appealing to Government for
further powers and for direction in their difficulty, and it
appears to me that Government should itself look to our
safety."
I Several parties who disapprove of the application to
Liverpool of the measure which has been passed for the
suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland, have
got up a counter petition which lay for signature on
Saturday.

The Rev. Stephen Bruin Sutton, 8.A., of London
University, has bean appointed to the curacy of St.
Mary's Church, Kirkdale, and entered on his ministerial
duties last week. The rev. gentleman's sermon on Sun-
day evening produced a most favourable impression on
the congregation—it was equally scriptural, logical, and•
eloquent.
CHARGE. AGAINST A !RESPECTABLE TRADE SMAN.—
Yesterday, a man of respectable appearance, whose
name appeared on the sheets as John Spencer, was
placed" at the bar of the Police-court, on a charge, pre-
ferred at the instance of James Barton Redfern, of having
picked his pocket of a handkerchief. Mr. Owen defended
the prisoner. A genteel looking little girl of 11 or 12
years of age said that she was standing that morning in
(as we understood) Dale-street, surrounded by other par-
ties, noticing the passing of a body of soldiers, when she
saw the prisoner take a handkerchief out of her brother's
pocket, and put it into his own. He afterwards, she said,
hurried away. She asked her brother about it, and on
searching, he missed the article. The little girl swore po-
sitively to the identity of the prisoner, who was soon after-
wards apprehended, but nothing of the kind was found
upon him, and one of the witnesses said he had kept his
eye upon him from the time he was apprized of the charge
until he was taken, but saw nothing thrown away. It
appeared upon cross-examination that there was a great
crowd following the soldiers and running past to see them
at the time. Mr. Owen stated that his client was a re-
spectable tradesman, carrying on business in Great New-
ton-street, and that the principal, or rather only, witness,
who was of very tender years, must be mistaken as to his
identity. Mr. Rushton, after a few remarks, said the
case was clearly sworn to, but that from what Mr. Owen
had said, he should remand the case, for the purpose of
satisfying himself of the previous career in life of the pri.
soner, before lie sliovid decide.

August 1,1845.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.-SATURDAY.

MENLOVE V. CARTER.
This was a motion for an injunction to restrain the
master of the ship Charlotte, and the Dock Company at
Liverpool from parting with the cargo—consisting of 1263
bales of cotton and 74,874 feet of plank. The bill stated
Messrs. Menlove and Co., of Charleston, in America,
had been in the habit of dealing with Messrs. Higginson
and Deane, of Liverpool, and in August, 1847, the latter
had sent out, in their ship the Charlotte, to Charleston, a
cargo of coal and salt, directing that the American house
should send back a' cargo of cotton, and undertaking to
pay for the difference in value between the two cargoes'
Acting in pursuance of this direction, Messrs. Menfor
and Co., on the 12th October, 1847, despatched the sin!?
from Charleston with the cargo now in dispute, consigned
to Messrs. Higginson, of Liverpool, the bill of lading
containing a direction to deliver to " their (the consignors')
order, or asF.'gnees." On the 25th Sept. and 16th Oct. the
plaintiffs drew bills on Messrs. Higginson and Co. for
£ll,OOO, being the value of the cargo, and shortly after as-
signed these bills to the Charleston Bank, with the bill of
lading as an additional security. The Charleston Bank gave
money for the bills, and having dealings with the Ball
of Liverpool (who are co-plaintiffs), assigned to them the
same bills, transferring, also, by way of additional securttly
the bill of lading. While, however, the ship
was on the
voyage, Messrs. Higginson and Co. became bankrupt. The
question now arose between the plaintiffs and the assig-
nees of the bankrupts to whom the cargo had been con'
signed, and who claimed to be entitled to it on the ground
that the property vested in Messrs. Higginson from the
time it was embarked on board their ship at Charleston.
The bank, however, with the consignors, contended that
the master of the ship, by the terms of the bill of lading,
was precluded from parting with the cargo without an
order from the consignors (the plaintiffs), and that, there-
fore, the property in the cargo was never vested in the
'bankrupts.
The Dock Company claimed a lien on the cargo for dues,
&c. The cargo had been placed in the company's ware,
house, under the provisions of their act.
The Vice Chancellor said he did not think, on the face
of the case, there was any alteration in its position since
March last, except that the goods were now in the ware-
houses of the dock. It appeared that when a reference
was made to the common law advisers, those gentlemen
could not agree on a mode of determining the question.
Then how was the case to be tried ? The defendant Was
at liberty to go to law if he pleased. He thought the
difference in the case was that there were now stronger
reasons for continuing the injunction.

Warrants for the arrest of the London Chartist leaders
were issued on Saturday.
On Saturday, at York assizes, a special constabfe• Wes
fined £lO for refusing to act when called on.
DEATH OF FRANCOIS CRAMER.—This eminent mir-
sician died on Tuesday, aged 76. He was leader of the
Concert of Ancient Music for forty years.
We see it stated in the Gentlemen's Gazette of Bowl:Art
that 50 tons of Guzerat wheat have been shipped at Bow'
bay, for England, under several modes of packing, to
test the practicabilty of the export.
THE DEARTH AT NEWPOUNDLAND.—The Harbor'
Grace Herald, of June 14, says that the inhabitant'
have no potatoes left for seed, and no corn, save a pint or
more in some cases, furnished by Government. The
Herald advises all who are able to leave the i3land.
At York, on Saturday, the Chartist rioters whose conk
viction we have announced in another page, were sen-
tenced to imprisonment for periods varying from Oct'
years to a month, the heavier offences having hard labour
attached to them.

CURIOUS FACT.—We learn that by the last packets.
from America several hundred Irishmen arrived, and int'
mediately took their departure for Ireland. It is believed
they are members of the Irish Confederation in America'
They had not, we believe, any arms.
SUMMARY OF GOODWOOD RACES.—TotaI number of
stakes, 37 : won by favourites, 12"; won by non-favour-
ites, 21 ; forfeits, 4. Horses entered, 597; started, 20.
Total amount of stakes, £21,810: subscriptions, £20,175;
public money given, £1,635.
MocK FUNERALS.—At an early hour on Tuesday morn-
ing last, a hearse was seen rapidly driving through Clow'
mel, surrounded by about fourteen horsemen. The;
cortege was stopped outside the town by the police, and
the hearse searched, when it was ascertained that, insteal
of a dead body, the hearse contained a. large quantity to
arms, which were being conveyed to the rural districts.
EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT.—At a meeting of persons
favourable to church education, held at Finchley, oa
Saturday, for the purpose of inaugurating certain Was"
trial schools, which are to be established in connection
with the national schools, the Earl of Mansfield, who wee
in the chair, and the Bishop of London, warmly advo;
cated the claims of the institution on public support, an
a sum of £2OO was collected on the spot.
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—Madame Warton has Jost
closed one of the most successful engagements ever enteral-
into at this favourite resort. The programme for the
present week is an attraction indeed; thegardens themselves,
day by day, present new beauties in nature and in art,
and the Acelion Minstrels, who are engaged for four nights,
with the trombone band, give to the whole gardens rather
the appearance of an Italian festivity, than a pleasure
ground at Liverpool.
Poolt MAN'S INSTITUTE.-An establishment within the
means of a poor man, to furnish a literary relaxation after-
toil to the most humble, was opened a few days since by
Lord Ashley in Pear-street, Westminster, one of the
poorest of that very poor locality. Ttconsists of a library
and large reading room, furnished with periodicals, the"
daily and weekly newspapers, provincial newspapers, Sce.
Lectures are delivered on philosophical subjects. The
room to be opened daily from 10 to 10. The subscription,•
three-half-pence weekly.
SUSPECTED MURDER OF AN OLD LADY.—Considerable
excitement has prevailed at Cheddar, in consequence of
the exhumation of the body of an old lady named Sendellr
who died in December last. The deceased, we under-
stand, was a single lady, and at one time carried on a
profitable business as a staymaker ; having acquired a
considerable competence, sbe, some time since, gave 1.143
business, and retired into private life. Before her death,
she made a will in favour of two nephews, and the present
inquiry has commenced at the instigation of her brother,
who had expected to inherit her property _Bristol
Journal.
AN EXTRAORDINARY CHARACTER.—At Dalnacroieb,
in the parish of Strathconan. Ross-shire, resides a. hale,
eccentric old man, of the goodly age of eighty. In order
to perpetuate the custom of one of his ancestors, he has
resolved to await the last twinkle of his days in an 0).
arm-chair, which has been handed down in the family 'l:4
the last two centuries. So determined is he in this strange
resolution that he has caused his sister to burn his bed,
lest, by his infirmities overcoming his purpose, he should
be tempted to repose upon it. He sits upon this chair
night and day, but sleeps little, for the purpose of dying
awake.
Burmr V. JENNY LlND.—This celebrated cause, 111
which it will be remembered that Mr. Bunn recovered 1
verdict with £2,500 damages against Mdlle. Jenny Lin
u
for breach of an engagement, is still in litigation. The
next proceeding will be a writ of error on the part of to
defendant, which cannot be argued in the Excheeer
Chamber before Michaelmas term in November. inri
Justice Erle has lately been engaged in settling a bill
exceptions tendered on the trial ; and by an order man!'
the damages, with £l,OOO for costs, have been paid into
the Court oiQueen's Bench. The costs in the cause have
been taxed at nearly £7OO, and the residue of the s„,ini;
paid into court is to meet the accruing expenses. llain
action was commenced in March, 1847, so that in 0
probability it will be about two years before it will , v
finally decided.—John Bull.
e
DWELLINGS FOR THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES.----
,1 Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings °tl the Industrious Classes are proceeding with equal sPirl
and success in the prosecution of their benevolent eon
prise. Having so well carried out the objects for which
they were embodied, in the erection of the building
Camden Town, they are now engaged in establishinC:
dormitory, or lodging-house for single men, in SPitZ,
fields, for which purpose they have purchased, for £1,3";
a site of freehold ground at the end of Spicer-streee'.
Brick-lane. The proposed dormitory is to contain a,e
commodation for not less than 300 men, and there are to ut.
erected also lodging-houses for 40 families at the le:is a
With regard to the building at Camden Town, we are ~Let,
to see from the report of the directors that in May 11.1,,,
out of 110 sets of rooms, 103 were let, and 94 actually
occupied. The entire number of applicants amounted
_caw
197, a few of whom only have been refused in conseque'nte
of their references not being satisfactory. The applies re
for the lower-rented rooms, it appears, have been ale
numerous than the buildings would contain.

PRICES OF PROVISIONS 1N BIRKENII]L
MARKET, JULY 29, 1848. 11.
is. a. s. d.
qp.lb. 0 6to 0 7 Gooseberries, qt. SO.
Beef
_. 0
Mutton 0 6 0 7 Strawberries.... 0 4 0 3
Veal 2
..... 0 8
Lamb, per lb 0 6 0 7 Black Ditto .... 0 6 0 6
Fresh Pork
Bacon
...... 0 8
Hams 0 8— 0 9 Beans 0 4 0 0
Salmon
Soles
....... 6
Cod Fish
__ 0 0
Brit 0 6
0 6 0 0 Turkeys.... each 0 4
Haddocks 0 0— 0 0 Geese, c'ntry fed 4 0_ 0 0
Whiting d4to°o. 1
0 0— 0 0 Partridges,ripbrce 0 0 0 0
Lobsters
Fresh Butter.... 0 11 1 0 Black Game 0 0-- 0 CI
Salt ditto
Eggs.... 1), 120.. 5 10 6 0 Hares ...... each 2 .-, -- 0 ..
Potatoes, I.Peck 0 6 010 Pigeons,vcouple 1 8 0 G
Plumbs 0 8— 1 0 Rabbits 2 0....:„.....>

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