The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-22 00:00:00

POLICE COU RTkiMTE RD AY

THEFT FROM A IrousE.-Macgaretlq`Kenziewas charged
with stealing two coats and three books from the house
of a lady in Elizabeth-street, which she., afterwards
pledged ; and the case being proved she was umnaitted
for trial. _

ROBBERY IN A SHOP.—Cornelius Gleeson was charged
with stealing, from the cellar shop of Thomas Scott, Sir
Thomas's-buildings, six pairs of boots and six pairs of
shoes, on Saturday morning. The place was made fast
at night, and was found, by the neighbours in the morn-
ing very early, to be broken open. A Mr. Hughes, who
went into it, found the prisoner there, and a quantity of
boots, which had been removed from the shelvei, at his
feet. The articles missed were not found. The prisoner
on being found in the cellar said he found the door bro-
ken open, and went in to protect the prOperty. lie was
committed for trial.. _

CLAIM FOR WAGES.—SECRETING A SLAVE.—A sea-
man, named Alexander Stewart, claimed from a captain,
named Robert M`Gilvery, two months' wages, (Xi 10s.)
for two months service in his ship, which had arrived here
from Norfolk, in Virginia. The ground of refusal to pay
was stated to be that the applicant had stolen a slave from
Norfolk, and secreted and fed him on board the vessel, in
which he was ten days without being discovered by the
captain, who said that such an offence in the Southern
States subjected the ship to a fine of 2000 dollars, and the
offender to imprisonment for life in the Penitentiary. On
the evidence, however, being gone icto, there appeared no
proof that the seaman had himself taken the slave on
board, though he and others of the crew had fed him on
the passage. The slave is still in Liverpool, but was not
brought up as a witness. In the absence of any legal evi-
dence against the applicant, the accounts between the
captain and him were adjusted, and the former 'vas ordered
to pay the man the balance, £3 '4s. 10d.
STEALING FROM THE PERSON.—Thdmas Williams was
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DISTURBANCE. AT AN INN, ARISING FROM YANKEE
DISLIKE TO COLOURED PEOPLE.—A stout, well-dressed'
man, named Stowfort, was placed at the bar on the com-
plaint of Mr. Timothy Parkinson, publican, of Roe-street;
who said that on Sunday evening there was a numllei of
captains and mates of American vessels in his house. In
a back room there was a black man, sitting quietly with
some of his friends, including some of the men belong-
ing to Wombwell's Menagerie. •The prisoner intimated
to some of the mates and others around him that there
was a black man In the house. 'Several parties (Ameri-
cans) went into the room, and the black man was ejected,
with some little violence. The landlord advised him to
go, so that he might receive no personal violence. A
general fight, or squabble then took place, and glasses and
jugs were thrown about. One of the glasses was " fired"
at Mr. Parkinson, and wounded hien in the head, so that
he came into court with a bandage round it. The black
man being said his name was Brovin,,and that he made a
living by exhibiting wax-work figures, now in the Hay-
market. The prisoner, on entering the room in which he
(witness) sat, cried out to him, " Come out of this ; we
will bave no negroes here !" Another witness said that
Mr, Stowfort was not in the back room at all, but it ap-
peared that he was 'Concerned in the 'disturbance.' Mr.
Rushton said the disturbance arose from the prejudice
entertained in the United States against blaclis. Because
a man with a coloured skin was in an adjoining room he WIIF
to be ejected and mal-treated, and a riot created.
conduct would not be tolerated in England, and the pri-
soner must therefore pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned
42 days, for the assault on the black man.
ANOTHER CLAIM FOR WAGES.—A man named James
Lewis, cook of the ship Laconic, claimed wages to the
amount of about £l7, from Captain Dalhousie Miller, for
his services on board. Applicant had shipped at St. An-
drew's, N. 8., on the 7th November last, and had signed
articles for a voyage thence to Liverpool, and other ports
in Europe, and back to America. Mr. Yates stated the
case for the prisoner. It appeared that the ship had lost
her rudder, and become leaky at sea. In a gale of wind
she p nt into Dingle Bay, in Ireland, and thence went to
Valencia, where she was partially repaired, but still
leaked much. Several of the crew then deserted her,
but the applicant and some others stuck by her, and she
was at last brought to Liverpool. Hence she went to
Hull, where she was discharged, and re-loaded with iron,
&c. She again proceeded to sea, but, when out sixteen
days, again became leaky, and was forced to put into
Londonderry. There the captain hired ten men to keep her
pumped out, and she was brought back to Liverpool,
with the applicant still on board. Lewis said that the
reason he did not go with her when she sailed again, was
that several of the crew had threatened to take his life if
he again went on board. The captain, who had paid his
board here, and a month's advance, said that the applicant
had never mentioned to him that be was afraid to go with
the ship,—which, in fact, he had deserted, :and another
cook had to be engaged.—Mr. Rushton took this
view of the case. The applicant had been here five weeks
on board wages, and having, without assigning a proper
cause, deserted his ship, had lost all his wages.
Muloa OFFENCES.—Thomas Gallagher, for picking
pockets in St. John's Market—Three months' imprison-
ment.—Ellen M`Donald,—another case precisely similar,
same punishment.—William Sim, for stealing a jacket at
the Waterloo Dock—Two months.—Catherine Smith—
stealing a pair of drawers in Waterloo-road—Two months.
—Mary Reynolds, for being found finder suspicious cir-
cumstances, in the house of the Rev. Mr. Jones, in
Heathfield-street—Three months.

REMANDED CASE.—A girl named Kelly, and six young
men, Riley, Dugdale, and others, who had been remanded
from the previous Monday, weroagain brought up, charg-
ed by a-Manwho is a. coal.dealer and cab-owner, with
robbing him; in a house of ill fame, in Wright-street,. on
Saturday week, of a £lO note, and £1 17s. 61 in silver.
There was some uncertainty as to the female prisoner, and
souse of the others being the guilty parties, so far as the
statement of the complainant went, but they were all put
down, and the evidence ordered to be taken.

Lately, in the north of Devon, the following remarka-
ble occurrence took place :—A lady was baptised in the
morning at nine, confirmed at ten, and married at eleven
o'clock on the sanie day.

THEATRE ROYAL.—The comic pantomime will be with-
drawn after this week. A grand juvenile night will take
place on Thursday, and to accommodate persons on the
Cheshire side the pantomime will be the first piece pro-
duced. Mr. Macready will commence an engagement on
Monday. The performances this evening will commence
with the opera of La Somnambula.
EPP'S HOMEOPATHIC COCOA.—There is no article of
growth more nutritious than that of the cocoa nut, but
the great objection to its introduction hitherto has been
the want of a means of amalgamating the oily with the
flowry portions of produce. This desideratum is attained
in Epps's cocoa, and it therefore becomes now most
suitable as a general article of diet, but more particularly
to invalids, and those of delicate stomachs.

• MANCHESTER SAUCE.-A new article of cuisine under
this name has just been introduced, and has given great
satisfaction to some of our leading gastronomic professors.
It is piquant and provocative of appetite; and in this
respect very:different to the ordinary sauce from that town,
which is anything but recherche in taste or quality. The
common Manchester article, unlike this newly introduced
sort, improves neither fish, flesh, nor fowl.

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A NEW DESCRIPTION OF STEAM-VESSEL.—For some
days past great excitement has prevailed at Marseilles by
the arrival at that port of an entirely new description of
steamer, and which, if successful, will cause a complete
revolution in the present plans of building steam vessels.
The vessel is named the Port de Marseilles, and was built
by a M. Lieutieur. It has not the slightest appearanct
of masts or funnel ; in fact, there is nothing to show
whether she is propelled by wind, or steam, or oar. She
glides through the water as if propelled by some invisible
agency. The propelling power is by a simple lever of
sufficient power.—La Marine.
ROBBERY FROM A WATCH MANUFACTORY.—John
Pritchard, and a female named Wright, were charged with
robbing Mr. Samuel, watch-case manufacturer, Wood-
street, of about £4O worth of gold wire, and one silver
and two gold watches, worth £6O, on the morning of
Friday. The male prisoner, an idle fellow, was in Mr.
Samuel's employ, but bad received notice, and was to
leave on Saturday night. It was customary at the works
lo lock up at night the valuablo metals on which the men
were at work during the day, in an iron safe, and they,
when it was opened in the morning, were allowed to take
it out to resume their work. On Friday morning the
male prisoner in doing so, abstracted the gold wire and
the watches, and afterwards put on his coat and left the
place. A police-officer apprehended both the prisoners,
in a public-house in Christian-street, and Pritchard had
a £lO note and some silver in his possession. He had
also changed a£s note. The female prisoner was. dis-
charged, and Pritchard was remanded. The inquiry has
not yet been resumed.
VORACA'Y OF FISHES.—The two following instances
of the pike's voracity are almost incredible, but both I
can also certify. In the spring of 1841 two pikes of 12
pounds weight were cast upon Loch Vennachars shore,
each with the hold of the other's jaws, and quite dead.
The second instance happened in Suffolk. A jack of only-
two pounds was found choked, in attempting to swallow
another of a pound-and-a-half. The gentleman who saw
them taken out, only a short time before, told me the
fact. But even these instances are equalled by the solemn
toothless cod. A friend of mine was trolling in Loch
Long, and hooked a sceithe ; an enormous cod seized the
sceithe, and paid the penalty by being brought into the
boat himself; his girth seemed unnaturally large, and,
upon opening him, a brown paper packet of sandwiches,
enough for a pretty large party, was taken out. They
could not have been less injured, mustard and all, had the
cod's stomach been a sandwich-box.—Colguhoun's .High-
land Wanderings.
THE SOLDIER'S. DREAM. The evening before the
battle of Lrnate, Junot, having been on horseback all the
-day, and ridden above 20 leagues in carrying the orders of
the General in Chief, lay down overwhelmed with fatigue,
without undressing, and ready to start up at the smallest
signal. Hardly was he asleep when he dreamed he was on
a field of battle, surrounded by the dead and the dying.
,Before him, was'a horseman clad in armour, with whom he
was engaged ; but, instead of a lance, he was armed with
a scythe-, with which he struck Juliet several blows,-par-
ticularly one on the left temple. The combat was long,
and at length they seized each other by the middle; in
the struggle the vizor of the horseman fell off, and Junot
perceived that he was fighting with a skeleton. Soon the
armour fell off, and Death stood before him armed. with
his scythe. " I have not beers able to take you," said he,
" but I will seize one of your best friends. Beware of
me !" Junot awoke in a cold perspiration. The morning
was beginning to dawn, and he could not sleep from the
impression that he received. He felt convinced that one of
his brother aides-de-camp, Muiron or Marmont, would be
slain in the approaching fight. In effect it was so. Junot
received two wounds, one in the left temple—which be
bore to the grave, and another on the breast, but Muiron
was shot through the heart.—Memoirs of the Duchess of
Abrant es.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

03Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

A cabinet council was held this afternoon, at Lord John
Russell's residence, Chesham-place.
UNION BANK oN AUSTRALIA.—At a special meeting,
held to-day, a dividend of 3 per cent. for the half year,
with a bonus of is. 6d. per share, was declared.

►SAINT CATHERINE'S DOCK.—At the meeting to-day,
a dividend of 2 per cent. for the half year was declared ;
but to make it up the rest was brought forward to a slight
extent. _

MANCHESTER, MONDAY NIGHT.

Early this morning an event transpired here, which has
created much excitement, and been the universal subject
of conversation during the day. About 8 o'clock the
servants of a Mrs. Novelli, residing in Higher Broughton,
were alarmed by the crying of a child, and on inquiry as
to the cause of its distress, learnt that its mother had not,
as was her custom, slept with it; the servants on ascer-
taining this, went into the drawing-room, and found Mrs.
Novelli partially dressed and quite dead. On proceeding
to the bedroom of a brother-in-law, who resided with
her, he was found suspended from the bed-post, also
quite dead, but still warm. Mrs. Novelli lost her hus-
band about eighteen months' back, and since that time
has resided with her brother-in-law, who was one of the
executors of his brother's will.—The coroner's inquest
was held this afternoon, and adjourned till Wednesday
next.—lt would be improper to anticipate the result of
the inquiry of the jury, but medical testimony was given
which proves that the unfortunate lady died by strangu-
lation. The suspicions to which this fact naturally gives
rise will doubtless be set at rest by the verdict of the jury
on Wednesday.

ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE PRESIDENT
OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

Information of a conspiracy to assassinate the Presi-
dent of the Republic was given by one of the persons
arrested in Paris on Sunday. He states that he was,
chosen by lot to perpetrate the crime, which was planned
in a wine shop. He purchased a pistol, powder, and
balls, and a•poignard—all paid for by subscription. On
the 24th December, it was expected the President would
go to the Italian opera, and the intended assassin went
there, but the President did not appear. Ever since he
had been persecuted and threatened by his associates for
negligence in not fulfilling his pledge, and at length,
under the influence of terror or remorse, he made .the
above declaration. He had been a clerk in a silk mer-
cer's, and was once arrested for several, acts of forgery.
He afterwards fought at the
.Barricades in June. ,All
the persons implicated lately returned from the hulks
at Brest, where they were confined for participation in
the June insurrection. Their ingratitude towards the
President on the pardon being granted them, has created
an unpleasant feeling in Paris, but the informers state-
ment must be received with caution.