The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-25 00:00:00

zh to hold

ana tuereoy improving tne river ana
compensation reservoirs would be made in North Wales,

,
gp and the minimum flow of the river should never be dimi-
rt. nished, but added to. The improvement of the Dee
an navigation belongs to the people of Chester. This will
v. require great professional skill—a large first outlay, and
ne constant attention and expense afterwards. Reviling the
LC- river trustees, or snapping at the Bala Laka scheme, will
not advance the work one step. Such conduct is worse

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

the streets of °`
) be succeeded I __.

FORGERY OF A SHIPPING

M'Connell

and CAI

Thursday with forging a shipping note. It purported to
he a note given on account of a man named Burns, al-
ailed for Valparaiso. It was ascertained,
t no such note had ever been issued by the
d the one which had been issued

to hav

be vessel,

The amount obtai

The priso

a, committed for trial

)ESTITLiTION AND CRIME.—Few peop
veyalence of infant dent
Instances of daily occt

arrence
ce not

save tho

Iced to

compels to haunt its pestifzious purlieus. From time to
time we quickly draw attention to the evil as it shows
itself through this medium, and a more glaring instance of

vcroaps never appeared than the one we
were are about to give. On Thursday, a child, whose head (ha
)oats not reach to the top of the bar, was placed within that
,aw_ receptacle of crime, to answer the charge of a provision
the dealer, named Mark Douzer, for having stolen► 21 lbs. of
lies butter, which she took from his counter and succeeded in
to concealing beneath a rag which was thrown over her
hat shoulders as an apology for a shawl. The policeman who
Tr had charge of the case said the child's name was Sarah
Carthy, and that her mother had signified that it would be
of useless 0n.91e part of the magistrates to order her to pro-
al tect the child, as she was unable to do so from her extreme
--tv, She added that she had seven other children to

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s. At 1

wide for
DISPUT

,ESSION OF A CAR.—On
iamuel, watch manufacturer,
appeared before the magistrates to
wer a charge of having assaulted Mr. Henry Wool-
right, silk-mercer, of 80ld-street. Attorneys were em-
ployed on both sides. It appeared that the plaintiff had
gone into a car at George's pierhead, which the defendant
claimed as having been engaged by him, and the latter re-

rsday Mr. I
ti ra c2flP.St'

A lady on I a

s year, has been . ----- ... ~,„..,, ......_
language. Mr. Rushton said the case was. one of those
. list of those to which frequently occurred in consequence of the tricks of
nted by the corn- car-drivers. He thought, however, that if civility had
st is divided into been used, Mr. Woolright would have been inclined to ac-
s class comprising commodate, and both might have gone in one car. It was
ne whole list com-
clear that the conduct of the defendant had been most un-
of this number, 35 unjustifiable, and be (Mr. Rushton), did not know
e, or about one-fifth whether the complainant considered the course he had
i those two counties. taken the best way of seeking redress, which was by sum-
two are mentioned as mary jurisdiction : but whether or not, to the best of his
Jth at Cheltenham. We power, it should be given to him. The defendant must
,ns connected with this pay a fine of £5, and give his own recognizance in £lOO
ch School ;H. Copeland, to keep the peace for twelve months. The fine was paid
St. Mary's School, immediately.
,i,,,,,1 rili.v.„l-,.,„,i. POLICE STATISTICS.—The annual tabulated returns of
the head constable to the watch committee have just been
__...-..., alio a pension when printed. The force includes superintendents, inspectors,
superannuated. We understand many of the candidates and clerks, 55 ; police-constables and bridewell keepers,
cass'olfus jrna ex- I failed in obtaining certificates; and those who have ob- 28; total, 771 ; being an increase of 35. There is a de-
case
unon., Johnbiit tamed third class certificates, would have obtained better crease in men reported drunk of 103, and in the number
• die with and higher, had they known the examination would have reported for neglect of duty of 316. The number of fires
ned sine
extended over two weeks
Can but " try again." • the previous year, and involving a loss of property less by

,f 117111

161 mast
c 1 18 in I

I court

On Wednesday.

Glover

le ead

3 an addition of £l5 a year

to thei

baniru pt