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

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

STEALING FROM A SHOP.—Yesterday at the Police-
court,. John Urey, Thomas Jones, and Jane M'lntyre,
were charged with stealing a quantity of stockings from
the shop of Mr. Mathews, 83, Scotland-road, on Satur-
day night. The articles were hanging on the frame of
the window inside the door, when one of the prisoners,
who were all in company, snatched them away, and they
all made off, but being observed were noon apprehended.
On one of them 9 pairs of stockings werelfound, worth
about Bs. They were committed for trial.
SMUGGLING TOBACCO. A seaman, named Frank
Mooney, was yesterday charged, before Mr. Rushton,
with having smuggled 51 lbs. of tobacco from a vessel,
lying in the King's Dock. He was fined £5, orone month's
imprisonment.—Patrick Coggins, on whose bulky and
suspicious person, and next to his skin, 64 lbs. of leaf
tobacco was found, was remanded, as was another man, on
whom some of the same article was discovered, it being
stated that the prisoners were employed as lumpers on
board of a ship. discharging, and that the offence raight
turn out, upon inquiry, to involve a charge of felony...

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THEFT FROM A SAW MILL.—A man; named Bell, a
sawyer, in the employ of the executors of the late Mr.
Logan, of the Saw-mills, was yesterday charged with
having stolen about' twelve feet of rosewood veneering,
and same glue, value 65., from the premises. The case
was clearly proved, and the prisoner as committed for
trial.

STEALING BOOKS FROM A CHAPEL.—At the Police-
court, yesterday, a woman named Mary Lowe was
charged with stealing five books from St. Nicholas's Ro-
man Catholic Chapel, Brownlow-hill. They were the
property of several parties belonging to the congregation,
and the prisoner had sold them at an old book shop in
Paradise-street. She was committed for trial at the
sessions.

THE SAILOR AND THE AUTOMATON.-011 Thursday a
sailor, " three sheets in the wind," was going into Hol-
den's exhibition, in Leigh-street, when his attention was
attracted by what he thought the insolent stare of an
automaton sentinel which keeps guard at the door. Be-
lieving it to be an insolent Frenchman or rebel in some
new-fangled uniform, he at once, to use the sailor's
phrase, " pitched into it," and very shortly knocked it
into tatters. He was brought before the magistrates on
Friday, and ordered to pay 255., the sum at which the

SINGULAR ROBBERY.—On Thursday, Robert Critch-
ley, a boy about twelve years of age, was placed in the
dock, charged with havinc, broken into the office of his
employer, Mr. Yates, of Clayton-square, and stolen £5 14s
The office, it appeared, had been entered (broken into it
was thought at first) on Monday night, or early on Tues-
day morning, a desk forced, and the money stated taken
away ; but, on examination by the police, it was found
that the lock of the door had not been broken, that it had
been opened by a key, and the panelling afterwards dis-
figured by a hammer. The prisoner had purchased a new
watch on Tuesday night. On being asked, in the usual
manner, what he had to say to the charge, he replied—" I
only took 10s., which I found upon the floor." Mr. Yates
said he did not wish to press the charge as the boy's pa-
rents were poor, but respectable. He was remanded.

On Wednesday the prisoner Cuddy, who, as we stated
last week had been arrested in possession of a quantity of
pikes, was again brought up, when some further evidence
was produced, showing that he was connected with the
notorious Chartist ironmonger, Dr. Reynolds. Police-
constable Kehoe stated that, on Tuesday night, in conse-
quence of an intimation he had received, he went to a
yard in Vauxhall-road, kept by Mr. Winstanley, wheel-
wright, when a top room was pointed to him by his fore-
man, Mr. John Dickenson. He entered the room, and
found there fourteen pike-heads, twenty-three sword-
knives, one bayonet, and five pikes mounted with shafts
about eight feet in length. He took the weapons to the
police-office. John Dickenson stated that he worked at
Mr. Winstanley's, where the pikes, &c. were found.
About three or four months back a number of similar in-
struments wen e brought there by Dr. Reynolds ; there
were as many as filled a hand-cart at that time, consisting
of pike-heads, knives, and three or four guns : they were
first put in a place on the ground floor. Dr. Reynolds
came in and out freouently, and carried guns. Subse-
quently Cuddy rented an upper room, to which the pikes
were removed, and where they were afterwards found by
the police-officer. Cuddy and another man removed
them, saying that Dr. Reynolds did not wish any of them
to be lost. The prisoner was again remanded.
On Saturday, Cuddy, O'Brien, and M`Kavatt were
again placed in the dock, before Mr. Rushton and Mr.
Percival.—Mr. Rushton said there was no further evidence
to be offered that day. He had expected there would
have been. He felt, however, compelled to put Cuddy
under a remand for commitment, and that he would do.—
Mr. Yates, solicitor, said it might ultimately turn out that
the man was perfectly innocent, although he had acted
foolishly in having possession of these weapons.—Mr.
Rushton : then no one will rejoice more than I shall.—
Mr. Yates : If he is, the imprisonment will be hard upon
him.—Mr. Rtobto4 ; Depend upon it, I will not trifle

with the liberty of the subject. lam responsible for what
I do. (To Cuddy :) You must be committed ; I will take
care that it shall be for as short a time as I can possibly
arrange.—Cuddy i Can I have bail ?—Mr. Rushton : No.
You, too, O'Brien stand committed.—O'Brien : There is
nothing against me.—l think otherwise; sir. The boy
M`Kavatt may remain here, (with a view to his discharge.)
I think he has been an instrument in other hands.—Sub-
sequently Cuddy again appeared at the dock.—Mr. Rush-
ton said : I have received your note, and cannot comply
with your first request. There is against you another
class .of evidence which it is of importance should be pre-
pared. Your other requests may be complied with ; you
may have-all that is necessary for your health.

STABBING.—FEROVIOITS AswA ULT.—Three men, named
Patrick Grimes, Henry Kelly, and Anthony Kelly, with
two women, Bridget Sheridan and Bridget Searle,. were
placed in the dock, charged with a serious assault upon,
and stabbing John Joyce. From the evidence it appeared
that on Sunday night, the- 16th instant, about twelve
o'clock, a quarrel and conflict took place in Sawneypope-
street. The prosecutor, according to his own statement,
ran out, hearing that his btother was almost killed, when,
he was immediately set upon by Grimes and both the.
Kelleys, receiving a serious stab from each. The female
prisoners, it was stated, had furnished the men with the
knives, accompanied with the charitable injunction, " Go
to work with them : cut his belly out Joyce was re-
leased from their grasp by police-officers attracted by the
noise, .who tools him to the dispensary. He had been
stabbed in two places in the back, and also in the right
breast. He bled' profusely, and his boots were found to
be filled with coagulated blood. Mr.- Lyr.ch, surgeon to
the dispensary, stated that he was not yet out of danger.
A document on behalf of the defence was produced, to
show that Joyce had agreed to compronriiee the matter for
X 3 10s.' which he admitted he had received. Mr. Rush-
ton said he would have no murder or bloodshed of that
kind in the streets of Liverpool. He ordered the evidence
to be taken as far as it had gone, and remanded the pri-
soners.

CORRESPONDENCE

THE WATER QUESTION

TO HENRY DANSON, ESQ.

Sna,—During the debate on the Water Qizestion at
the last Council meeting, you are reported to have said
that the reports addressed by me to the Water Committee
were a mass of trash and rubbish, and that they appeared
to have been written by a man not in his rigAl mind.
In thus,- Sir, taking advantage of your position in the
Council Chamber to insinuate a charge of insanity against
an individual who had no opportunity of vindicating him-
self, you have perpetrated an outrage which I feeliassured
will be reprobated by every right thinking man, whether
in the Council or out of it ; and I am well convinced that
no other member of the Council would have made a
statement so calculated to wound the feelings and damage
the reputation of the meanest servant of the Corporation.
In thus, Sir, publicly charging me with insanity, you
ought to have adduced some proofs that you were war-
ranted in so doing. Why not put the Council and the
public in possession of the documents on which you
ground your accusation ? Do this, Sir, and I; shall
willingly abide their fiat as to the extent of the madness.
This, however, you have not done, and until such time as
you do so younmst excuse me if I tell you that youlare
made a statement to the Council which is air unmitigated
calumny. Inmaking this accusation, Sir, you had evi-
dently forgotten that I had feelings ; that I had a family
and friends, both here and at a distance, to whom such
an announcement made, under such circumstances, must
necessarily have caused unqualified pain ;—you must also
have forgotten to what an injurious extent such a state-
ment might operate on my
.future prospects in life. But
above all things you had evidently forgotten that circum-
stances-bad placed you in a position demanding at your
hands conduct and language becoming a gentleman.
I trust, sir, that no portion, either of my reports or con-
duct, throughout the arduous and unequal contest in which
I have been engaged, will admit of the construction you
have been pleased to put upon them ; unless indeed) an
individual is to be set down as insane, who honestly and
earnestly endeavours to perform his duties to the public.
Such, sir, may possibly be your opinion.
In acting as 11. hare done throughout this affair, I hare
studied only the interest of the Corporation, and the well-
fare of the Inhabitants of Liverpool. And with the know-
ledge which I possessed of the extent of our local water
supply, I should have grossly failed in the faithful per-
formance of my-duties if I had suffered the Council.te be
misled by certain parties in regard te,that supply. Fre-
gret exceedingly,.that the course which Lhave felt it in-
cumbent on me to pursue in respect to this miestion,
should have given. offence to individuals whose good
opinions I have laboured so long and earnestly to gain.
And I regret also, the probable injury I may have entailed
upon myself by acting as I have done. But I have the
satisfaction of feeling that I have been influenced by no
motives, save and except, au ardent desire to promote the
best interests of that community whose servant I have so
long been.
I shall conclude this letter by expressing a hope that
you will, as a gentleman and an honourable man, embrace
the first opportunity which may present itself, in order to
set me right in the estimation of the Council and the pub-
lic, or else to furnish me with the grounds, on which you
thought fit to found so grave a charge against me.-1 am,
sir, your obedient servant, JAMES M'DONALLD.
Liverpool, 31st July, 1848.

Dtstrtrt

The Rev. W. J. Ripley, one of the curates of the parish
church of Warrington, died last week of fever caught
whilst vising the poor.
The mayor of Preston, Thomas Birchall, Esq.., was last
week initiated as an Odd-fellow amidst great rejoicings
among the-members.

On Thursday, the iron roof in course of erection at the
mill in Bowling.dyke, belonging to Messrs. Akroyd, fell
in with a tremendous crash,, and is completely destroyed.
Fortunately the workmen employed at its erection was
engaged at another part of the premises at the time.
• POTAZZO DISEASE.—There seems to be. much contra-
dictory opinion about the existence of this disease. In
Lancashire and Yorkshire there is certainly very little,
and there is no doubt many of the statements, in the
London and other journals, of the crops being much
affected in other parts of the country, greatly exaggerate
the facts of the case.

BOWLING MATCH AT• LYTHAM. —A bowling match
took place last week, at the Clifton Arms Green, at Ly-
tham, for a silver snuff-box, value 4Ti. There were about
twenty competitors; including gentlemen from Preston,
Bolton,Blackpool, Liverpool, and the neighbouring towns.
Mr. Prest, of Aigburth, and Mr. Critchley, of Lytham,
bowled up for the prize, and the former gentleman became
the winner.

EMPLOYMENT IN MANCIIESTEE.—The official report of
the state of trade confirms the decided improvement which
has taken place, so far as the borough extends. Three
more mills have resumed employment. Three are 14 mills
working full time, with a full complement of hands, more
this week than fast ; there are 1,298 hands more em-
ployed than the last return showed, and 1000 more
working full time. The total numbers are as follows :

Number working last week, 38,236, this week, 39,534
number working full time last week, 34,891, this week,.
35,800; number working short time last week, 3,345, this
week, 3,734.

COUNTY SEsstort.--The adjourned county session was
Feld at Preston on Thursday, respecting the arrears in
the county rate. The arrears of West Derby were stated
as being of a considerable amount. The Treasurer said
that Mr. Cleaver, the clerk to the West Derby Union,
had now proposed to pay him the rates due, amounting
to £2366, at three instalments, a third on Wednesday,
and a third on each of the two following Wednesdays.

The money ought to have been paid on May 29. The
townships (Bootle and Fazackerly) were stated to be three
rates in arrear. The costs of the warrants, &c., were
ordered to be paid by the union.
FESTIVITIES AT NESTON.—The clean and neat little
town of Neston was very much enlivened yesterday week,
on receiving Dr. Braid, after his wedding trip from Scot-
land, who had joined in the silken banns of wedlock, Miss
Banks, only child of the late and well-respected J. W.
Banks, Esq., surgeon. The day was ushered in by a splen-
did band from Liverpool, playing through the different
parts of the town, which was responded to by a merry

peal of bells. The amusements commenced at 4
when upwards of fifty good old English women were well
refreshed with that wholesome beverage "tea." A num-
ber of sheep were afterwards cut up and given to the poor.
Forty-five gentlemen dined at the Nag's Head. After
paying all due honours to the wedded pair, both in toast
and sentiment, the party all mounted on horseback, joined
by a tremendous crowd of spectators, to meet the happy
couple on their arrival, when they took the horses from
the carriage and drew them in, the band playing in front
—" See the conquering hero comes."

MURDER AT MANCHESTER.-A most cold-blooded
murder was committed at Manchester on Tuesday, by a
man named William Adams. The victim is Maria Thomas,
who was employed in a factory in London-road, and was
on the way to her work on Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock,
when she was murdered. Some time ago she had been
married to a man of the name of Thomas, who, soon after-
wards was convicted of felony, and sentenced to ten
years' transportation ; she then, more than three years
ago, married Adams, but left him a few weeks ago. and
went to reside with her father, a man named Clare, resi-
ding in Oldham-road, Manchester. Adams, it would
seem, was much disturbed in his mind by their separation,
and made several fruitless efforts to effect a reconciliation.
The woman, however, was resolute, and refused to live
with him again. He rose early on Tuesday morning, de-
termined to meet with her, and took out with him the
two pistols found in his possession. He saw her in New-
ton-street, on her way to work, and urged her to go home
with him. She declared she would not go with him,
when he took a pistol from his coat-pocket, and levelled
it at her head. It missed fire, but he pulled out another
pistol, pursued the young woman, and fired at her, when
she fell. A police-officer, named Craven, was immedi-
ately on the spot, and apprehended Adams. The priso-
ner, it is discovered, is also married to another woman,
who has two children by him, and who is living in Chorl-
ton-upon-Medlock, an adjoining township. He had been
employed for several years as a weaver at a respectable
small-wares establishment in Manchester, but for some
time past had been out of work. The coroner's jury
returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder."
LOVERS FOUND DROWNED.—On Monday morning, the
bodies of a young couple were taken out of the canal, be-
longing to the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and
Canal Company, at Whitacre Bridge, about two miles
north-east of Huddersfield. Their names are, respec-
tively, David Carter, aged twently-four years, son of and
employed by John Carter, of Colne Bridge, who carries on
a whitening mill, near Whitacre Bridge ; and Elizabeth
Sykes, an orphan girl, who was employed at one of the
cotton mills at Colne Bridge. An attachment had existed
between the two for some time previous, and it had been

August 1,1845.

arranged last week that their marriage should take plue
on Sunday five weeks hence. They spent some time to-
gether in company at the Peacock Inn, on the Leeds"
road, about one third of the distance between the place
where they were fonnd drowned and Huddersfield. The
landlord states that, whilst there, they were in good spi-
rits, and the young man in particular was in a joking hu-
mour. They left there about a quarter to eleven o'clock,
and it appears that they had intended to take the road
home to Colne Bridge by the towing path of the canal,
that being the nearest way. The father of the young man
was surprised to find, on Monday morning, that his son
had been absent all night; and on inquiry, he found also
that the young woman had been absent from her lodgings;
and it was supposed from this circumstance that they hal
gone to he married. On Monday morning, a hat and .0
bonnet were found on the bunks of the canal, near to the
place above stated ; and on drags being procured. the
body of the- young woman was drawn out of the water,
and shortly afterwards also that of the young man, both
from the same place. The arms of both were extendediu
a position to indicate that, previous to the drags being
used, they were clasped in each other's arms. The bodies
were taken to the White Horse Tan, a short distance fool
the place, when hundreds of persons, especially
visited the house to view the bodies. It appeared from
the evidence at the coroner's inquest, that the parties
lived on the best terms, and had no quarrel with any one,.
The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict a
" Found drowned, without any marks of violence." 00
'Wednesday. they were coffined—both coffins being as
near alike as possible—and one grave received both their
remains. They had kept company for four years, and had
ordered the wedding dinner to be prepared at the
Peacock Inn. kinales,