The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-20 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS,

Thomas Thornely, Esq., M.P. for Wolverhampton, who
has been paying a visit to the United States, arrived at this
Port on Wednesday last, in the packet-ship Roscius, from
New York.

RUBBING A GARDEN.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, a
Plan named John Andrews was adjudged by Mr. Rushton to
"vo months imprisonment to hard labour in the borough gaol
for having stolen and destroyed a quantity of shrubs from the
Sarden opposite St. Jude's-terrace.

MONDAY NEXT A HOLIDAY.—We are glad to learn that
the Liverpool cotton-brokers, at their meetinc, on Friday,
decided that Monday, the 26th instant, should be kept a
Close holiday. This will give their clerks and apprentices
all opportunity of enjoying themselves independently of
Christmas day falling on a Sunday. We trust the same
reeling of liberality will be shown by the principals of every
other trade in the town.

ROBBERY BY A SHOPMAN.—A young man, respectably
dressed, named Joseph Smith, was placed at the bar of the
Police-court, yesterday, on a charge of having robbed his
employers, Messrs. Plumbe and Bright, drapers and mercers,
In Paradise-street. The prisoner, it appeared, had been in
the service of the prosecutors for about a week only. It was
aPart of his duty every evening after the shop had been
Closed to turn-off the the gas meter ; and he was about to
Perform this service on Saturday night, when Mr. Plumbe,
Who was passin, observed a shawl aaretl concealed in
the recess of theg
meter. He made no observation the mo-
rent, but on looking for it when the prisoner was gone, he
Mind it had been taken away. A policeman was then called
In. who, on examination, found the shawl in the prisoner's
u°x, and also a quantity of black silk velvet and satin, all of
'which Mr. Plumbe was able to identify, partly from private
/narks upon them, and partly from their correspondence with
the pieces from which they had been cut. The shawl, which
was quite new, was also identified. The value of the goods
found in the prisoner's possession was l Os. He declined
offering any defence at present ; and he was committed to
take his trial at the next sessions.
THE MAYOR'S SECOND GRAND DINNER.—The Mayor
E:tive his second grand entertainment in the Town-hall on
-chnrsday night. The following gentlemen ,vere the guests
..,(4 his worship :—The Earl of Sir. John Tobin, the
tev• Augustus Campbell, the Recorder, Mr. Commissioner
Sir George Drinkwater, Sir Thomas Brancker, Mr.
,dward Rushton, Dr. Formby, Mr. John Moss, Mr. L. H.
*uhompson. Mr. Nicholas Roskill, Mr. Hardman Earle,
MNIr. Wm. Potter, Mr. C. Horsfall, Mr. Samuel Sandhach,
r. C. S. Parker, Mr. Duncan Gibb, Mr. Samuel Turner,
Air. I. 0. Bold, Mr. Jos. Langton, Mr. Win. Langton,
Thos. Ripley, Mr. R. S. Henderson, Mr. Chas. Turner,
'Atir• Thomas Tobin, Mr. Samuel Staniforth, Mr. Richard
u,'-'eYland, Mr. Richard Edwards, Mr. Jos. Hornby, Mr.
,_vvm. Stewart, Mr. Stanley Percival, Mr. J. P. Heywood,
411% R. H. Jones, Mr. Lawrence Gladstone, Mr. David
Gladstone, Mr. Thos. Stewart Gladstone, Mr. Geo. Grant,
Samuel Bright, Mr. Daniel Neilson, Mr. Wm. Shand,
Mr. Daniel Willis, Mr. Daniel Willink, Mr. H. C. Chap-
ken Mr. Ambrose Lace, Mr. C. Bushell, and Mr. John
buck' Lloyd.. At this dinner au entirely new feature was
introduced, in the shape of a party of glee singers, composed
cl,„f Messrs. Andrews, Boothby, Gillow, and Holden. Mr.
"eorge Holden presided at the piano-forte. A most agree-
able evening was spent.

ROBDICAT ON MAID 8111Pr-.T770 sailors named Thomas
Gribbin and Michael Flynn, were charged at the Police-
court with having stolen a large quantity of tobacco from the
ship Oaklands, lying in Victoria Dock. The felony was com-
mitted on Sunday, whilst the vessel was in the charge of
Gribbin, as shipkeeper. Two hogsheads, containing tobacco,
had been stoved in, and 1 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lb. taken therefrom.
The prisoner Flynn, and another man not in custody, locked
themselves in the forecabin, from which they had access to
the hogsheads, whilst Griffin kept watch. Flynn was stopped
by the policeman as he was about to convey the tobacco
away. In defence Flynn admitted having been down in the
forecastle, but said he had no hand in the robbery; and Grif-
fin said the other men committed it whilst he was away at
supper. The prisoners were committed for trial.
FINES ON PUBLICANS, BEERSELLERS, &C.—On Friday
about 25 individuals, chiefly publicans, were brought before
Mr. Rushton, charged, for the most part, with keeping open
house, or retailing liquors, at illegal hours on Sunday. One
or two were acquitted, the others being fined, several in 20s.
and costs, others in 405., 605., and two or three in £5 each.
Several cellar eating-house keepers were also fined for enter-
taining loose company in the night. One of them, Nicholas
Coil, keeper of a cellar in Lace-street, and who had twice
before been convicted within the last three months, was fined
£2O for selling spirituous liquors without a license. The
total fines amounted to £77 10s. One policeman (346) was
suspended for using improper language to a beerseller in the
Park, against whom he appeared ; and the case remains for
further inquiry, he having wrongfully accused the landlord of
obstructing him, and then fastened the offence upon a brother
of the accused, who was not in court. The same officer also
accused two of the company of being reputed thieves, whereas
it appeared from the evidence adduced that they were decent
people. Mr. Rushton, in adverting to the beneficial in-
fluence of the new act affecting keepers of public-houses and
beer-houses, said that in tile last three months, during which
it had been in operation, the number of apprehensions had
been 1,100 less for cases of drunkenness than in the same
period before ; and he expected that the number in all next
year would be reduced by at least 5,000, as compared with
the previous twelve months.

DETENTION OF A PRISONER AFTER HIS TRIAL AND
ACQUITTAL AT THE SESSIONS.—The last case tried at the
Quarter Sessions (which concluded on Thursday) was that of
a youth who was charged with obtaining, by false pretences,
some articles of sea-clothing froze► Messrs. Hague and Co.,
clothiers, St. James's-street. The prisoner was acquitted ;
but, i❑ place of being discharged, the recorder, without
taking any new evidence against him, ordered him to be de-
tained and handed over to be dealt with by Mr. Rushton at
the police-court. On Friday morning, he was accordingly
brought before the stipendiary, but no evidence was brought
up. Mr. Counsellor Henderson had a private consultation
with Mr. Rushton on the bench, and the latter afterwards
stated the manner in which the prisoner had been again
given into custody, and said he should send word to the
recorder, whose court was yet virtually open, and leave that
functionary to deal with him himself, as he was ex-officio a
magistrate, and would best know what charge was to be
brought forward. Mr. Henderson who (was the prosecuting
counsel at the sessions against the prisoner) then left the
court to communicate with the recorder, and, on his return
shortly afterwards, he communicated with Mr. Rushton,
who immediately discharged the prisoner. The cause for
this unusual proceeding on the part of the recorder did not
transpire, but, we presume, it had originated in some mis-
take.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTION—MR. BENNETT'S LECTURE
ON PART AND SIGHT S INGIN G.—This gentleman, the
eminent vocalist, and Professor of Singing at the Royal
Academy of Music, delivered his first lecture on this popular
subject on Saturday evening, to a numerous audience, at the
Mechanics' Institution. Mr. B. patriotically disclaims the
foreign system of teaching singing in classes, recently intro-
duced into this country : in the Elizabethan age, the art on
which he is lecturing was more universally diffused than it
is at present ; and it is only necessary to go back to the sys-
tem pursued by the celebrated chorus singers of this country,
for the last two or three centuries, to discover the perfection
of the art of teaching part and sight singing. Our musical
leaders will at once perceive that the union of the two tetra-
chords with the leading note, or 7th, and the use of four syl-
lables only for solmization, form the basis of Mr. Bennett's
system, for which he only claims the merit of producing it
in a tangible shape, in a well got up book containing nume-
rous exercises, at a moderate cost. This appears to be the
most scientific way of treating the subject, and its success for
centuries is well known ; and as many who have tried the
methods recently introduced will have discovered by this time
that there is no " royal road" to sight singing ; and many of
our first-rate masters will, no doubt, adopt Mr. B.'s book,
alike recommended by his eminence as a teacher, and the
long experience of the utility of his method. Mr. B. enli-
vened the lecture by two songs, given in Isis best manner,
and a glee party attended. The concluding lecture will be
given to-morrow.

A COMPLETE RIG-OUT, OR OUT-REACHING AN OUT-
FITTER.—Thos. Johnson, who looked like one of the better
class of seamen, was placed before Mr. Rushton on Satur-
day, charged with having stolen five pounds worth of pro-
perty belonging to Mr. George Godber, tailor and draper,
100, Park-lane. Mr. Godber stated, that about nine o'clock
on Thursday morning, the prisoner went into the shop and
said, " Can you make me a suit of clothes ? But if you have
any ready made up, I would rather you would let me have a
suit now." Mr. Godber told him that he could be readily
suited if he would pay cash for the goods. He replied that
he would pay cash if Mr. Godber would go with him. The
prisoner proceeded to make his selections. He chose a cloth
jacket, a pair of black trousers, a silk waistcoat, a pair of
woollen drawers, a black silk cravat, a pair of boots, a pair
of braces, a hat, stockings, and a cotton pocket handker-
chief. He said he was the second mate of the ship Joseph'
Porter, lying in the Brunswick Dock. Mr. Godber went out
with the determination of making enquiry at the vessel. He
left his brother and prisoner in the shop, with strict injunc-
tions to the former not to allow the prisoner to take the
goods. The clothes, with the exception of the hat and boots,
had been tied into a bundle and left on the counter. Soon
after Mr. Godber's departure, the prisoner asked the brother
to lend him five shillings. The latter replied that he had no
instructions to let him have money or any thing else. The
young man turned his back to attend to some affairs, when
the prisoner took the clothes from the counter and walked
off with them. Mr. Godber's brother went to the door, but
the prisoner had disappeared. Meanwhile, Mr. Godber had
ascertained, at the Joseph Porter, that the prisoner did not
belong to that vessel. He immediately commenced inquiries
fur the prisoner, whom he at length heard of, and taking
with him police-officer Lancaster to a house in Shaw's-alley,
he found him and gave him into custody. The prisoner was
committed for trial.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FIRING A MUSKET FROM A
WINDOW, WHILE THE CHIEF CONSTABLE WAS AT THE
Dooa.—On Friday morning a gentleman, named John Q:tirk,
appeared by warrant, to answer this charge, which rumour,
with her thousand tongues, bad magnified into the disloyal
delinquency of actually shooting at our respected Head Con-
stable. Mr. Whitty being sworn, said that, on Thursday
morning last, he received information that he was wanted in
Virgil-street. Ile found a number of persons collected
round the door of the house where the prisoner resided, and
was told that a lady within (his mother) was there detained
by him against her will, and that he ought to interfere. He
replied that he should not do so unless he learned the fact
stated from herself; and, wishing to act with as much deli-
cacy as possible, he went himself and knocked at the door,
with a view merely to ask the gentleman, or whoever might
appear, if any occurrence had taken place which tended to a
breach of the peace, or in which his services might be re-
quired. The prisoner looked out at the top window of the
house, and protruded a gun or fowling piece from it, asking
who was there, and witness said he was a police-officer.
Upon this the piece was fired. The prisoner afterwards said
he had done it merely to frighten the parties about the door.
Witness said he believed some disagreement had taken place
amongst the inmates of the house; but on seeing the prison-
er's mother she expressed herself perfectly satisfied. In reply
to questions by Mr. Rushton, witness said that he was of
opinion that the prisoner who was very much excited, and,
as he thought, intoxicated, did not attend to hurt him or any
one else. It was not levelled at him (witness,) but horizon-
tally across the street. The prisoner was so much excited
that he kept talking to himself, and he (witness) was not cer-
tain, such was the noise and confusion in the street, whether
the prisoner heard him say he belonged to the police or not.
As the gun was fired in a horizontal position, he could not
have been hurt by it, as he was under it at the door. The
prisoner denied that he had detained his mother, or put any
restraint upon her as alleged, and which he had witnesses to
prove. He added that he did not intend to hurt any one,
but merely to deter parties below from breaking in the door;
and that in using the gun (which was loaded before) for such
a purpose, he was not aware that he was committing an of-
fence. Mr. Rushton said that the act was a most dangerous
one, and but for the evidence of Mr. Whitty he should send
the prisoner for trial. Mr. Inspector M'Donald, who was
present, was then called, and also stated that he did not be-
lieve that the gun was aimed at Mr. Whitty, or at any one of
the parties in the street. It might have been fired to frighten
them away. The prisoner repeated that it was solely to pre-
vent the parties collected from breaking into the house, which
was apprehended. A gentleman, the owner of the house,
said he had seen the lady in question, and that she expressed
herself perfectly satisfied. Another witness also spoke in
the prisoner's behalf. Mr. Rushton said he hoped the pri-
soner's statement was a true one, but he must, nevertheless,
fine him 40s. and costs, for wantonly discharging fire-arms
within the borough. The fine was paid, and the parties left
the court.
DOCTOR SMITH OF OXTON.-Our readers will recol-
lect a person named Smith appearing in some of the London
and Liverpool papers as a gentleman wishing to take charge
of some pauper children, and who styled himself Dr. Smith,
of some place the name of which he had forgetten, but that
it was situated across the water, about two miles from this
town. This individual appeared yesterday before J. Deane
Case, Esq., at the Birkenhead police-court, to prefer a charge
of felony against his housekeeper, her daughter, and a re-
spectable-looking young man, a tradesman of this town.
The doctor, on being asked the nature of the charge, entered
into a long and incoherent statement respecting what had
occurred at his house at Oxton during the last four months,
which in substance was, that he left his house about four
months ago, which then contained furniture to the value of
£l5O at least, in the care of the elder female, as his house-
keeper ; that he had regularly transmitted home what would
amount to £1 per week ; that on his return home at the end
of last week, he found his house empty, the landlord having
sold under a distress for rent for £36, although only £7 was
due. That matter, however, he should remedy by law, as
the distress had been made in consequence of the misrepre-
sentations of the prisoners, who had set out reports that—
The magistrate here interposed, and said be had nothing to
do with anything which had been said of him ; and if Mr.
Smith would confine himself to the charge of felony, he
(Mr. Case) was ready to hear it. Mr. Smith replied,
that part of his property had been pawned by the elder
female, who had afterwards sold the tickets ; and that
with regard to a quantity of plate produced, it belonged
to himself, and had been found in the possession of
the male defendant. Other portions of his property had also
been secreted by the females. Ile, therefore, charged the
one of the females with unlawfully pawning his property, and
the other two with receiving.—The elder female stated that
the articles she had pawned she had done so by the request
of the wife of Mr. Smith, in order to procure food for the fa-
mily.—The male defendant said the plate belonged originally
to a young man named Spilling, and had been pledged by
Mr. Smith, although the latter had received large sums of
money for taking care of him. Spilling had afterwards sold
the tickets to him at the request of Mr. Smith himself, and
that the young man would prove if he was produced, but
Mr. Smith had kept both him and his wife out of the way
purposely. Mr. Smith.—The young man is a lunatic and
cannot be examined. The fact is, I placed the plate in the
hands of a pawnbroker for safety.—One of the Liverpool po-
lice stated that the plate had Mr. Spilling's name on, and the
young man was found in the streets of Liverpool, and, being
found insane, had been sent to the workhouse ; subsequently,
Mr. Smith stated that he was under his care, and he was
delivered up to him.—Mr. Smith stated that the pawnbro-
kers would give a different account of the transaction to that
given by the accused. Smith said he was ready to acknow-
ledge that his wife, who was young and inexperienced, had
consented to part of the property being pledged, but not the
whole.—Mr. Case said the case must be remanded for the
attendance of the pawnbrokers.—The officer stated that some
expense would be incurred in bringing over the pawnbrokers
and other witnesses.—Mr. Case said he could make no order
regarding expenses, the officer must look to Mr. Smith. Mr.
Smith (with great vehemence) : I charge these people with
felony, sir—with a conspiracy to rob me, and I demand that
the case shall be heard—it's a hard thing if ore cannot get
law without paying for it. I'll stand to the charge.—Mr.
Case expressed his willingness to investigate the matter when
the witnesses were forthcoming, and held the parties to bail
to answer the charge.

Pisa-IsTEires Cot HousE.—The lovers of will-
quisite cup of chocolate, coffee, or cocoa, should pay a visit
to Eisenstein's Coffee-house, in Hackin's-hey. The German
and French papers are taken in by Mr. Eisenstein, as well as
many other publications, for the convenience of the frequent-
ers of his house. The attention and politeness of Mr. Eisen-
stein will be appreciated by those who give him a trial. His
mode of making coffee, &c., is far superior to any other we
have met with.

THE INFANT SAPPHO.-It will be seen by the advertise-
ment that the Infant Sappho—" the inspired child," as the
advertisement terms her—will again appear here on Friday
next; and on the Tuesday and Friday in the following week.
also on Saturday, the 24th, and Saturday, the 31st, in the
morning. A very great deal of pleasure was expressed
in Manchester by those who heard little Miss Vinning sing.
It will be observed also, that a Mr. Cohan will perform two
fantasias on the piano-forte on these occasions. A very full
attendance may be expected.

ARTISTS' FUND.-Our readers, who take an interest in
the arts, will not, we trust, forget that the distribution of
prizes will take place to-morrow, at the Exhibition-rooms.
Although somewhat late, the committee have announced
their intention of giving to each subscriber an engraving of
\Vilkie's charming picture of the " Blind Fiddler." Subscri-
bers of any number of shares to five, will have each an en-
graving given to them of different subjects. The engraving
of the Blind Fiddler is admirably executed, and will adorn
ony collection.

POLICE-OFFICERS OBTAINING ADMISSION INTO PUBLIC-
HOUSES IN DISGUISE.—On Friday last, just before the
publicans summoned for breaches of the new local act were
called upon, Mr. Rushton said he had, last week, promised
to make an inquiry into a complaint made by a Mrs. Chic-
nail against two police-officers, who, it was stated, had gone
out in plain clothes, and had availed themselves of the order
so given to obtain admission, he would not say " forced
themselves," into the complainant's house. He had made
the promised inquiry, and had to say that these men had
grossly exceeded their duty. No person belonging to the
force had a right, without a badge of their office—no inspec-
tor or member of the force—to enter a house in such a way,
unless they received previous information of a felony. They
must go in their clothes as officers. At the same time, it
was the duty of the Head Constable, and the officers imme-
diately under him, to employ occasionally a detective force;
but this was only in special cases of strong suspicion of
crime, and such force was but rarely required. That expla-
nation was, he thought, due to the public, and he should
take care that instances such as that complained of should
not again occur. But, he repeated, there were cases in which
a detective force, iu plain clothes, must be employed.
ASSAULT IN THE NORTHERN HOSPITAL.—Mr. Parker,
house-surgeon at the Northern Hospital, appeared at the
police-court yesterday, with a complaint of assault against a pa-
tient in that institution, named Wm. Smith. He stated that on
Saturday evening one of the nurses came to him and reported
that the prisoner was so violent that it was impossible to con-
trol him. On going to him he observed that the prisoner
was drunk : he attempted to remonstrate with him on the
impropriety of his conduct, and in return he received several
severe blows on the face. A patient corroborated this state-
ment ; adding that the prisoner had leave to go out in the af-
ternoon, and when he came back he was quite intoxicated.
The prisoner made no defence. Mr. Parker said the prisoner
had been in the hospital for six weeks, during the whole of
which time he had conducted himself very well ; on this ac-
count he entreated the court to deal leniently with him. Mr.
Rushton replied, that Mr. Parker did not know the prisoner
so well as lie was known in that court ; be had been many
times there for assaults in the workhouse and other places.
In fact, he was a pauper, living upon the public, and in re-
turn for all the kindness shewu to him he committed these
offences. Ile must pay a penalty of 60s, or be imprisoned
two months. The prisoner, who appeared very unwell, was
then removed.

TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO CAPTAIN FAYREIL—We
have much pleasure in giving insertion to the following
tribute of respect to our gallant townsman

" Royal Mail Stearn-packet Forth, off St. Thomas's.,

" October 21, 1842.

" Dear Sir,—Our voyage in this vessel, under your com-
mand, being about to terminate, we, the undersigned
passengers on board, avail ourselves of this medium of ex-
pressing to you our sincere thanks for the kind attention you
have extended towards us, and also for the urbanity of man-
ner you have invariably evinced towards us individually
during our agreeable passage from Europe; and, in taking
leave of you, we beg you will please to accept our warmest
wishes for your health and happiness.—We have the honour
to be, dear sir,

" P. Perez Pareta, John Shaw, Votre de Vat Antonie da
Manzanos Petre, S. H. Barnett, Charles Naghten, F. E.
James, Ulric Lellweger, Thomas T. Ryan, J. Noble Harvey,
R. C. Thomson, A. M. Stoner, Arequestin de Varona, Geo.
F. F. Boughey, Captain 59th Regiment; Baron Wagner, J.
Robertson, M.E. ; Jesse Jones, Juan Hugera, J. F. Cooke,
W. J. Weech, Robert Stansfield, George Urtelequi, Edward
Lucas, H. Y. Pareja, B. de Sola, J. M. Plancarte, Gillarde
Laubenqua File.
" To Robert John Fayrer, Esq., Lieut. R.N."

CHARGE OF DESERTION AGAINST A SERGEANT-MAJOR.
esterday, Sergeant-Major Charles Whitebread, attached
to the District Recruiting-office, Soho-street, was placed at
the bar of the Police-court, before Mr. Rushton, on a charge
of desertion.—Sergeant Christian stated that the prisoner
had surrendered to him on Saturday last; and Sergeant
Sloan deposed, that he had been absent without leave from
the previous Saturday, the 10th instant. Absence without
leave for four days constituted desertion.—Sergeant Christian
said, the prisoner was involved in difficulties, having been
treated by Adjutant Hope, to whom he was clerk. The
Adjutant had appropriated the money he had to pay the re-
cruits to his own purposes, and the prisoner had been absent
in order to procure a sufficient sum to replace it.—Mr.
Rushton inquired where Adjutant Hope was; and Sergeant
Christian replied that he was now in Lancaster Castle for
debt. The prisoner had been upwards of thirty years in the
service, during the whole of which time he had always borne
the best of characters. He had served at Waterloo, where
he was wounded.—The prisoner here stated that he had gone
away to collect the money for the adjutant, but had been ill
five of the days, and he had leave from the adjutant to go.—
Acting Adjutant Lieutenant Burslam, in reply to Mr.
Wardle, who appeared for the prisoner, stated that the adju-
tant had no power to grant leave of absence ; if he had done
so, it would have been at his own peril ; it would have been
irregular and improper, so much so, that he would be imme-
diately reported for• it. He had not the power to grant leave
to any non-commissioned officer. He might, however, have
given him authority to get the money, at his own peril; and
probably he had, for the Sergeant-Major had been completely
in his power.—The prisoner said that Adjutant Hope had been
in difficulties for some time, and he bad been endeavouring all
along to extricate him from them. He had been arrested se-
veral times; and some time ago he had applied to the adju-
tant for leave to go away, in the presence of the colonel.
When he (the prisoner) found the money which was wanted
was not forthcoming, he asked the adjutant for leave to go
away to get what he (the prisoner) wanted, in order to extri-
cate himself from difficulty. The adjutant told him he had
better write for it, but he had not the least objection to him
going away if he thought he could succeed.—Lieut. Burslam
said that if everything had been perfectly regular there could
have been no cause for desertion on the part of the prisoner ;
he blamed him only for the desertion; if any difficulties ex-
isted, he should have repented the circumstances to the
colonel, and an investigation would have been immediately
made.—Mr. Rushton said that, under• the strict provisions
of military law, the prisoner appeared to have deserted, in-
asmuch as he had been absent for more than four days; he
had himself no doubt that the prisoner had been absent
from the town, and that he had left the town in order
to seek the money.—The prisoner said lie went from
Liverpool to Birmingham, and from Birmingham to
Warwick, where he had been taken ill. He had a friend
also at Brecon ; and between his friends at the two
places he expected to have been able to make good the de-
ficiency of Adjutant Hope. Mr. Rushton said he would
strongly advise the prisoner to report all the circumstances,
and to conceal nothing from the military authorities, who would
have to adjudge his case : they would probably take the view
of it which he (Mr. Rushton) did ; that having served his
country for a series of years with great honour, he had un-
fortunately fallen into this error from the impropriety of the
person in command over him. He advised him to tell the
whole truth to the men of honour who would afterwards in-
vestigate his case. He could do nothing but commit him as
a deserter. The prisoner here expressed a hope that the
magistrate would communicate his opinion to the command-
ing officer ? Mr. Rushton said he would make such a repre-
sentation of the case as it appeared to him ; and the acting
adjutant would also state the circumstances. Lieut. Burslam
said he would, because he had no doubt that it was only in
this case the prisoner had done wrong. The depositions were
then taken, and the prisoner was committed.

PUBLIC MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH Tox-
TETH WARD, TO CONSIDER THE RECENT VOTE OF MR.
AMBROSE LACE ON THE EDUCATION QUESTION.—Last
evening a meeting of the burgesses of South Toxteth Ward
was held in the Toxteth Hall, Mill-street, for the purpose
of considering the propriety of calling upon Ambrose Lace,
Esq., to resign his seat in the Town Council, as a member
for that ward, in consequence of his late vote in favour of
Mr. G. H. Lawrence's amendment upon the " Manifesto"
of the Education Committee.—Mr. Simon Lee Trotman,
one of the representatives of the ward, was called to the
chair. Ile said he regretted the cause which had brought
them together, but having been placed in the chair, he should
endeavour to act impartially.—Mr. Harbord, surgeon, then
read the " Manifesto" of the Education Committee and the
amendment thereon; and he contended that Mr. Lace's
vote in favour of the latter was in direct opposition to a
speech made in that hall previous to the late election, and
reported in the Standard of the 18th October last, in which
he insisted upon the Bible being taught without mutilation
in the corporation schools.—Mr. King next addressed the
meeting, and contended that, by his vote for the amend-
ment, Mr. Lace said, substantially, that he would teach
either Socinianism, Popery, or Socialism.—Mr. Samson
then moved that the following requisition be presented to
Mr. Lace :
" To Ambrose Lace, Esq.

" We, the electors of South Toxteth Ward, beg to state,
that in consequence of your vote on the education question,
on Wednesday the 14th instant, we have no confidence in
you as our representative, and, therefore, would wish you to
consider the propriety of immediately resigning, in order
that some gentleman may be elected in your stead, who will
more fully maintain the character of a sound Protestant re-
presentative." _

Mr. King seconded the motion.—Mr. Inman said, he should
move an amendment. Amidst some interruption and con-
fusion, he contended that no proper intimation of the pre-
sent meeting being intended to be held had been conveyed
to Mr. Lace, so that he might understand who were the pro-
moters of it. He would, before moving the amendment,
deliver a letter which Mr. Lace had addressed to Mr. Robert
Cottier, who had sent him a circular, in which he named
neither the day nor hour of holding the meeting.—The
Chairman then read the following letter from Mr. Lace :
Liverpool, 19th December, 1842.
Six,—l have received a note from you to-day, stating
that a meeting of my constituents will be held in Toxteth-
hall, at half-past seven o'clock—this evening, I presume,
though no day is mentioned. I fully recognize the right of
constituents to call upon their representatives to meet them ;
and in my own case I am most ready to do so ; but I must
request that they may be called together for that purpose,
and I shall be glad to see a deputation to make the necessary
arrangements.