The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1848-03-28 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

WHITEHALL, MARCH 11.—The Right Hen. Sir Thos. Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., Mayor of Liverpool. James Lawrence,Esq., Park-bill, Liverpool. Wilde, Knight, has appointed James Galloway, of Prescot, Robert Lomax, Esq.. Lomax Fold, Bolton. in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be one of the PerThomas Parr, Esq., Grappenhall Heys, Warrington. petual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of John Rosson, Esq., Moorhall, Ormskirk. deeds, to be executed by married women, in and for the Clement Royds, Esq., Rochdale. county of Lancaster. Malcolm Nugent Ross, Esq., Astley Hall, Manchester. Richard Bryan Smith, Esq., Lydiate, Ormskirk. A few days since, a man who appeared to be deaf and Samuel Taylor, Esq., Eccleston Hall, Prescot. dumb went to the hall in Alderley Park, Cheshire, and Matthew Wilson, Esq., junior, M.P., Eshton, Skipton. managed to inform the coachman, whose planet he proHenry Woods, Esq., Wigan. mised to " rule," that for £2 he would name a place where The proclamation against vice, &c., having been read?. £7OO were buried. The duped coachman was foolish the learned judge addressed the Grand Jury. enough to give the £2, and afterwards paid some men to His LORDSHIP said that he had had little time to read dig at the spot which the wizard had named, br the depositions, and could therefore give the grand jury no treasure was found. very little advice. He alluded particularly to a case of GENTLEMEN OF THE FrRESS.—A Manchester townmurder, pointing out the manner in which they should councillor complained last week in his place in council, view it as regarded the law. The weapon used was not that a reporter for the Manchester Guardian had stated, one of deadly kind, such as a pistol or gun, but it might in his report of a former meeting, that he could not rebe made deadly by its violent use. The question was press a smile when a certain councillor pronounced lie whether there was any excuse for the violence used. He word routine " rout-in." The complainant thought rethen alluded to the case of the child murder, stating that porters—were reporters, and they had no right to express in law it must be clearly proved that the child was born an opinion, or to smile in a councillor's face,while he was aliie, and was entirely separated alive from the mother. speaking. If they were not satisfied of this, the crime would be only A RUNAWAY SreG.—Last year Sir John Gerard put concealment of birth. The other cases in the calendar up a stag in the neighbourhood of Newton, which, after were not of a nature to require any directions from, him being chased for a long time, completely eluded the intre(the learned judge). There was, however, one on which pidity of hounds and hunters. Pie was afterwards enhe felt it his duty to offer a few observations to the grand trapped, and brought back again to his old quarters. The jury. It was one of that very unfortunate description same animal, known by the name of Rob Roy, was put up' arising out of persons being employed with arms for the emits on the Bth instant. and was equally successful in Preservation .c nu. Iva I,lllp as very sorry to had making his escape. Rob, it appeared', had been rambling crimes of that sort increasing, as undoubtedly they were. about in this neighbourhood, and was caught by the legs He had come from an assizes where two men had been by two crofters as he was about to leap the wall into the convicted with the crime of murder, in connection with yard at St. Peter's Church, in Halliwell, on Saturday the preservation game. He (the learned Judge) did not last. Instead of being in his " native glens," he is now know whether they would have to suffer or not; that would safely " Tolboothed" at Smithills Hall.—Bolton Chron. depend upon the mercy of the crown; but it was awful to