The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

TUESDAY

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CAPTAIN CAMPBELL, Of
f,'e'r• Rector Campbell, has
Vrevet-major, in acknowled!
battle of Alma, where the r
'angered so severely.
, MAIL for the British army in GrE
Crimea, and fleet in the Black Sea, will now be made up
'very Tuesday and Friday evening, instead of six times
a month as heretofore. The next despatch will be this
evening. The postage remains the same—letters 3d. the
qnarter ounce ; newspapers, 2d each.
SOCIETY Os' ARTS.—A paper was read before the society
°n Wednesday, by Mr. Henry Scrivenor, of Liverpool, on
The Gr.)wth and Expansion of our Foreign and Colonial
4.lVein Iron, and the Fiscal Obstructions to its Extension."
lAELp-MunDER.—At an inquest held on Tuesday, on the
roa, yof Cuthbert Wright, 72 years of age, who cut his
w.troat at his residence in Gore-street, Toxteth-park, a ver-
'net of felo de se was returned. •
AnonEssEs from the Liverpool clergy will be presented
t,? the Bishops of Sydney and the Mauritius (the Rev.
urt• i• Barker and Ryan,) in the lecture-hall of the Col-
`egtate Institution this afternoon at two o'clock. The
public will be admitted,
• ICIRIEDALE EVENING SCHOOL.—On Tuesday, a lecture
In connexion with this school was delivered at St. Mary's
!nl,stinnal Schoolroom, by the Rev. Vincent Sheldon, M.A.,
un the Poetry of the Present time." Mr. T. F. Roskell
presided., Members of the school-room were admitted free.
benefit
public were admitted on a small charge, made for the
Denefit of the school,

rank of

when I

A RAFFLE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.—On Monday
Eight, a woman named Critchley, wife of a jeweller, resid-
u,g in Silver-street, went to a raffle, where she got drunk.
Ott her return home she got to bed along with her brother
and sister-in-law, who were also intoxicated. The son of
Critchley, an infant nine months old, named Thomas, was
also in bed, and on Tuesday morning it was found dead.
At the inquest, held on Wednesday, the jury were desirous
0f returning a verdict of manslaughter against the mother,
out that it was found could not be legally sustained, and
a rercllct of "found suffocated," was returned.
PIIBLIC BATHS FOR MANcnEsTEß.—Ajoint-stock com-
ilY is forming in Manchester and Salford for the pur-
rse of establishing public baths and laundries in those
rms. It is proposed to erect five of them, at a cost of
6,000 each—four in Manchester and one' " •
t.. 4 course a the next five years, and

Saltord

,r two are to bi

3et On foot as soon as possible, in order to test the amount
of support they are likely to receive. At a public meeting
on
Friday, in the Manchester Town-hall, when there was
numerous and influential attendance, the mayor presi-
ul4r, the names of a provisional committee were an-
nouned, and it was stated that between 3,000 and 4,000
shares (5 each) were already applied for.
THE GALE IN THE BLACK SEA.—The screw steam-ship
11batross, belonging to the Cork and Liverpool Company,
which was driven on shore in Eupatoria Bay in the gale
of the 14th ult., was towed off and into Balaklava harbour
„..rnaged, but not making water, and would proceed to
~lalta for repairs, the dock at Constantinople being full.
"-Ile Liverpool transport Courier, reported as lost in the
saßle gale, US, according to last accounts, escaped without
illach damage, and was riding safely at anchor at Con-
stantinople.
THE ROBBERY FROM MESSRS. HINOLEY'S.—At the
last sessions a youth, named Michael Mooney, was sen-
tenced to eighteen months' imprisonment for stealing
tc4. 50 in bank notes, the property of his employers, Messrs.
"`i Hingley and Sons. He gave £lOO of the money to a
Oman named Mary Jane Burke, who was captured lately
'3ll her arrival here from New York. She was brought up
at th.: police-court, on Friday, and on the evidence of
Mooney (who was brought from the borough gaol), and
another witness, who saw the money delivered to her, she
Was committed for trial. _ _

PATA.L ACCIDENT.—Mr. Archibald Shearer, aged 35,
of the firm of Clarke and Shearer, coopers, Hanover-street,
.Was found nearly dead on Friday afternoon, in the loft of
Ins own premises. He had gone np for an iron cresset,
and, whilst reaching this from a shelf, it is supposed he
fell from the puncheon on which he was standing. The
Chime of the puncheon caught his feet; and his head,
which just reached the ground, was severely cut by some
iron hoops with which it had come in contact. Medical
aid was promptly sought, but death ensued almost imme-
diately.
THE NEW BEER BlLL.—Meetings in opposition to the
resolutions of a committee of the House of Commons,
recommending an abolition of the present licensing sys-
tem, are being held throughout the country. Two were
held last week in Liverpool, one in the Toxteth Wards, at
Mr, Hilton's, Park-road, and one in Scotland Ward, at
Mr. Rockliff's, Vauxhall-road. At the first, Mr. John
Atkinson, chairman, in opening the business, alluded to
the smallness of the attendance, which, he said, spoke
little for the intelligence, and much for the idleness of
the licensed victuallers of the wards. Mr. Sykes moved
that the present system of licensing public-houses had
been carefully matured by various acts of Parliament, and
is not only satisfactory to the licensed victuallers them-
selves, but to the public generally. Mr. Hunter seconded
the motion. Mr. James Atkinson moved, that it is expe-
dieht that the licensed victuallers of North and South
Toxteth Wards oppose, by every means in their power,
every change in the law injurious to their present posi-
u"„°ll. Mr. Dickinson seconded the motion, which passed
ibuanimoudy, and after the committee had been named,
Richard Proceedings terminated. At the Vauxhall Ward, Mr.
Weston occupied the chair. Mr. Connolly moved
that, from the great importance of the resolutions of the
select committee of the House of Commons, it is of the
Iltinost importance that the licensed victuallers of Scot-
land and Vauxhall Wards should use their utmost endea-
!ours to prevent the passing of the bill grounded on the
Said resolutions. Mr. Bernard Mahon seconded the
motion. Mr. McKnight moved that a subscription be
cantered into for the purpose of defraying the expenses
ti tending the necessary opposition, or any or all opposi-
cul Mr Hewitt seconded the motion. A vote of thanks
baring been passed to the chairman, the meeting separated.
~bbCg COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting was held on
~aursday. Present : Messrs. Turner, (chairman,) Shand,
rahner, Brocklebank, Gladstone, Langsdale, Holden,
tennthwaite, Bold, Rankin, Smith, Gregson, Littledale,
Lockett. The Sub-coMmittee of Works reported that an
alteration was being made in the river wall at the new
north battery, in order to allow the fire of two of the guns
(which must otherwise be almost useless) to sweep the
~_.annel. The cost would be from £1,300 to £1,500. The
Was
said it was a question with the Dock Trust who
"as to pay the cost. After a discussion on this point, the
Matter was referred to the sab-comaiittee, who are to
Communicate with the board of ordnance.---A letter was
`cad from Mr. Chilton, to the effect that his ship, the
I?)nqueror, had sustained damage in consequence of the
v,r,c!king of one •of the crane hooks at the Canning dock,
;Ol putting on board a piece of machinery, and that he
—WA hold the Dock Committee liable. An opinion of
Here
solicitor was read, to the effect that the Dock Trust
testing
not liable,,seeing that ,every precaution was used in
bi,c,ling the cranes, and that, if an accident occurred, it was
from any emission on the part of the committee, but
a"
11 unavoidable casualty. He had taken the opinion of
counsel, which confirmed that which he submitted.. The
secretary was instructed to write to Mr. Chilton to that
effect.—Two dock gatemen were put on the reduced wages
I.!_rs• per week for two years, and to be placed at the
tom of the list, for receiving beef as bribes. It was
by that in all future cases the offence would be followed
in instant dismissal, and that the dock law would be put
force against those who gave the bribes.—A memorial
rill the fruit merchants and fruit brokers, asking certain
for their vessels in the George's and Canning
Docks, was referred. 'A' report on the subject "was re-
ved from the harbour master, stating that as regarded
the fruit vessels no better plan could be adopted than that
now in operation.—An application from the Canadian
Steam Navigation Company, for renting a shed at the
Coburg Dock, was not complied with.

HEALTII COMMITTEE
sided at the meeting
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ilderman Langsdale pre-
sday, when the medical
in the week ending on

officer of healtlTrepo"Br
Saturday the 9th inst
the borough, being ab 4
foruier years, althoug
kegiately preceding.
44(.1 in the extra-ro
chiefly in the item o paf
.*3O deaths last week, ai
increased mortality has
riot Of life, 40. dent
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any of the preceding I
above the average. R
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of the same week of
than in the week im•

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a week, but admitted to bail.

LEGED MURDER.—On Tuesday, James M`Manus,
± Lizard, and James Cuff were arraigned before Mr.
field, on a charge of having killed a pensioner, named
rd Good, aged 54, on the Tuesday fortnight preceding.
,quent to the death of Good, an inquest was held on
_ _

e bOdy, and, from the evidence adduced, a verdict of
accidentally killed" had been returned. Since then

An was elicited tha.___ given before the
was false, and the prisoners were charged as above
The testimony now produced went to show that
used had been severely beaten and maltreated by
[niers, which ill-treatment caused his death. The

a were committed for trial on a charge of man-
; and Martin Lynch, in whose house the fatal
was committed, was bound over in his own recog-
, of £5O to appear this day on a charge of perjury
fore the coroner.

IiONIAL FELICITY

.—On Thursday, Jane Roberts,

wife of a shipwright, residing in Grafton-street, preferred
a charge before the police magistrates, against her hus-
band, for assaulting her. She stated that on Monday
evening her husband quarrelled with her about a goose

which ihev had had that day for dinner. At night he
came to her when she was in bed, and accused her of
having had some one in the house eating the goose. She
denied that she had, when he violently pulled her out of
bed. He repeated this three times, and then struck her
violently in the face, and she was not allowed to return
to her bed that evening. Mr. Mansfield remarked that it
was a pity that such respectable parties could not agree to
live together more comfortably, and bound the prisoner
in his own recognizances to keep the peace towards the
complainant for the space of six months.

LIVERPOOL PRIZEHOLDERS AT THE BIRMINGHAM
POULTRY Snow.—The Liverpool amateurs in poultry
have been very successful in carrying off prizes in the
Birmingham show ; and as this show is now unrivalled in
point of numbers and competition, its awards are de-
servedly esteemed. For Ronen ducks, Mr. H. Worrall
obtained first and third prizes, and the Aylesbury and
"Brown Call-ducks," belonging to that gentleman, were
justly commended. In bantams, Mr. Gilbert W. Moss
was, as usual, extremely successful, carrying away three
prizes, namely, first prize, silver-laced; first prize, black;
second prize, white bantams. These specimens were much
admired. Mr. William C. Worrall obtained first prize for
golden-pencilled Hamburgs, nearly carrying away the
silver cup.

THEFT BY A SERVANT—CONDUCT OF A PAWNBROKER.
—On Thursday, Catherine Roberts was charged before
the Police-court with stealing a quantity of wearing
apparel from her mistress, Mrs. Eaton, who keeps a boot
and shoe shop, in Berry-street. The prisoner had pledged
the property; a portion of it, three dresses, a mantle, and
a quantity of flannel, which had been pledged for £1 to a
pawnbroker, named Phillips, in Bedford-street, Toxteth-
park, were not produced in court, the pawnbroker alleging
that the bundle was a very large one, and as the prose-
cutrix, in the presence of an officer, had identified the
articles as her property, he did not deem it necessary to
produce them in court.—Mr. Clough said that course of
conduct had been pursued by this pawnbroker for the last
two years. His treatment to officers whilst endeavouring
to trace out felonies had been complained of several times,

and this was another instance of his endeavours to defeat
the ends of justice. It was a matter of doubt whether
handbills describing this property had not been delivered
to the pawnbrokers prior to the time Phillips stated he
had received it. A person from Phillips's said that when
he attended at the police-court, four hours after the arti-
cles had been taken in, he first saw the handbill, which
had just come fresh from the printers.—The prosecutrix'
urged, that any person seeing the number of articles
offered, and their quality, the three dresses being silk,
must have known that they had not been -honestly come
by.—Mr. Clough said the magistrates, in some cases, had
ordered the property to be restored at the pawnbroker's
cost, and he had no doubt that this had influenced Phil-
lips in not producing the bundle in the present instance.
—Mr. Cropper, the magistrate, observed that the pawn-
broker's conduct was most disgraceful.—The prisoner was
committed for trial.

INGENIOUS SWINDLING.—On Tuesday, a man named
Richard Bell, of respectable appearance, was brought
before the police court, charged with obtaining the
sum of £25 from Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell, and Co.,
Fenwick Chambers, through the application of a rather
ingenious mode of fraud. It appeared that the American
ship Ashburton, which was consigned to the prosecutors,
sailed from this port on the 24th day of November, and
afterwards a bill was presented to the office for £52 10s.
It was headed, " The owners of the ship Ashburton, to
James Thompson, debtors, for plumbing, glazing, and
painting." The cashkeeper, having no reason to doubt
the correctness of the bill, paid it. Subsequently, one of
the principals of the firm, on going over the ship's accounts,
saw the bill, and knowing that no painting or plumbing
had been done on board, he came to the conclusion that a
fraud had been perpetrated, and he handed the bill to
Inspector Bates, of the detective department, for the pur-
pose of discovering the James Thompson, but, notwith-
standing all that officer's efforts, he was unsuccessful.
The bill purported to be signed by the captain. The
signature was that of the captain of the Ashburton. On
Monday, the 12th instant, another bill was presented to
Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell, -and Co., who were the con-
signees of a ship called the Cornelius Grinnell, in the
followingform :—" The owners of the ship Cornelius
Grinnell, to John Robinson, debtors, for plumbing, paint-
ing, and glazing, as per contract, £25," and purporting to
ba signed by the captain of that vessel, whose handwriting
the signature undoubtedly was. The prisoner, who pre-
sehted the bill, was kept in conversation for some time,
and a detective officer being sent for, he was taken into
custody. The way in which the prisoner had ingeniously
obtained the captain's signature was this :—ln each case
he went to the captain of the vessel, and inquired the
price of a cabin passage. On being told it was £l5, he
engaged a berth, and paid the captain £2 on account, and
took from him a receipt, which was, unfortunately, in
pencil. The pencil marks were traced upon the bills,
showing that the swindler had erased the word of the
receipt, leaving the captain's signature entire. The fellow
then made out his bill for plumbing, glazing, and paint-
ing, and the captain's signature remaining at the bottom,
he was thus enabled, in the first instance, to effect his
nefarious purpose. The charge of forgery was not pressed,
but the prisoner was remanded for a week, on the charge
of obtaining money on false pretences.
CHARGE AGAINST THE CAPTAIN OP THE SHIP GOLDEN
ERA.—On Thursday, James Tulus Peat, late captain of
the Australian ship Golden Era, belonging to Messrs.
Pilkington and Wilson, was brought up on remand before
the police magistrate, charged under the 97th section of
the Mercantile Marine Act, cap. 91, for neglect of duty as
captain of the said vessel, by which he not only endangered
her safety, but risked the lives of the passengers and
others on board, and, in consequence, had rendered him-
self guilty of misdemeanour. Mr. Tindall, solicitor, repre-
sented the Board of Trade, at whose instigation the prose-
cution commenced, and Mr. Dodd defended. The vessel
left Melbourne on the 18th of July, and, upon arriving
at Pernambuco, at the latter end of September, where she
was obliged to put in for stores, a Naval Court was held
by the Consul upon the prisoner, in consequence of his
conduct up to that time. At that inquiry the evidence of
four passengers, namely, Frank Evans, William John
Barber, Joseph Miller, and William Brown, was taken,
from which it appeared that the accused, shortly after the
vessel left Melbourne, seldom made his appearance upon
deck ; that he was given to excessive drinking ; that he
neglected his duty ; that he was not considered of sound
mind, from the effects of drink; that, on the 25th of
August, when the vessel got amongst ice, instead of being
on deck, he remained below, and said that " the ship might
go to h—." These depositions were under the seal of the
Consul, and were duly admitted as evidence hy the bench.
The result of the inquiry at the Naval Court was, that
the prisoner was suspended, and the command of the
vessel was entrusted to Captain White, a passenger on
board, who navigated the ship to this port. After a pro-
tracted investigation,- which had extended over several
days, the prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions.
CHARGE AGAINST TEE POLICE.—On Thursday, a ship-
wright, named Joseph Bell, who resides in Blundell-street,
preferred a charge, before the magistrates, against police-
inspector Forstall and constables Dickson and Burke, of
assault and false imprisonment. A dispute it appeared
had, in the first instance, arisen between a smith and a
boy as to the custody of a woman's cloak or cape found in
the vicinity of Mr. Bell's yard, on the 20th of October
last ; and the boy's father obtained the interference of the
police-constables to enforce the supposed rights of his son.
The cape in the meantime had been taken possession of by
Mr. Bell, and placed in his office to prevent disputes till
the question of ownership should be settled ; and Mr. Bell
had gone out. The officers were waiting in the place
when complainant came in and asked them what they
were doing there. Dickson immediately turned round
-and asked him who he was, and what was his name. The
complainant replied that his name was on the sign out-
side the yard, where they would find it if they wished.
Dickson then seized him by the collar, thrust him against
the wall, and requested the other officer (Burke) to assist
him in taking complainant into custody. Mr. Bell told a
e more advanced smith to assist him, and not see him abused in that man-

ner, upon which they relinquished their hold, and shortly
after left the. yard. Soon after this, however, they re-
turned again, in company with Inspector Forstall, whom
they had informed that the complainant had assaulted
them. Forstall then ordered them to do their duty and
take the man into custody who had assaulted them. At
this time Mr. Bell was standing outside.the yard talking

to Captain. Miller, anu came up to him and
took him into custody. .Dickson twisted his wrist, and as
he was marched this way in custody of two constables; the
inspector followed behind, pushing him in the back with
his stick. After remaining in custody at the Bransivick

iety to see justice

laid: and it wa

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