The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-18 00:00:00

eorrelpontrenct. SHIP-OWNERS AND SHIP-BROKERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES, SlR, — Knowing that your paper has a large and increasing circulation amongst the ship-owners, mer chants, and ship-brokers of the port, I beg to call your attention to a great want that is felt in this town—namely, an Association of Ship-owners and Ship-brokers. I should, therefore, propose that such an asso ciation be formed for the settlement of all disputes relating to the chartering of ships. It is a well-known fact that scarcely a day passes but what there is some dispute between a ship owner and his broker, or the charterer and his broker, relative to the consignment of vessels ; as to who is entitled to the commission, and what portion thereof, when it is legally due, &c. A code of rules should be fi•jmed for this port, and let every ship-owner, ship-master, and ship broker abide by those rules. I hope you will deem this letter worthy of in sertion in your next publication; and I further hope that some abler pen than mine will follow, to im press upon the shipping interest the great and absolute necessity of some such association being formed.—l am, Sir, Yours, &c. • Liverpool, 17th Nov. A SHIP-BROKER was held DOCK COMMITTE E . —YE ST M RDYA The usual weekly meeting of this Committ yesterday. C. TURNER, Esq. in the chair. The other members present were —Mesa bertson Gladstone, Langsdale, Barber, Steele Greson, Brocklebank, Rankin, Smith, Locket Tobin, and Evans rs. Shand, Ro• Rounthwaite, Ilolme, The sub-committee of works re square yards of land, at the north-east end of the canal looks, fronting. Lightbody-street, be let to Messrs. Brand 'LH Hilt& lara — ,a ',valve& we a ve, vaa-- ommended that 1447 applied for the authority of the the Cl arence dock after - the evenin h inst. Confirm( The CHAIRMAN replied that the sub-committee had given the matter the fullest consideration, and deeming Keane not eligible, they did not appoint him. Mr. LANosnALE : Am I correct in asking why he was not appointed ? The CHAIRMAN replied that if the sub-committee were authorised to make certain appointments, and the members of the general committee began to cross-question them as to the reasons of their selections, he thought they would hardly, in such an event, get any man to act on the sub-committees. Mr. LANGsnAa said that he asked the question, because" he understood that when Keane was before the committee, Mr. Cowan was asked as to his general conduct, and that he then, in the presence of Keane, stated that he had no fault to find with him—that he was a steady, active young man, and that he had been in the service upwards of eight years. The CHAIRMAN : You are now arraigning the decision of the sub-committee. Mr. LANGSDALE : No, lam not. I am arraigrning the conduct of Mr. Cowan, because, with all due deference to the sub-committee, I think there has not been fair deal ing here. Mr. BARBER observed that whatever Mr. Langsdale's in tentions might be, he was certainly imputing that the deci sion of the sub-committee was not a proper one. The CHAIRMAN said that the sub-committee had but eight or ten appointments to make, and that they had twenty six candidates before them. They had thus a very disagree able duty to perform, and if they were to be cross-questioned afterwards as to their motives in preferring one man to another, the duties of the sub-committee would become such that it would be difficult to get gentlemen to under take tnew. Mr. LANGSDiLE said that he had introduced the question simply to ascertain the conduct of Mr. Cowan in the mat ter. Mr. Cowan, as he had observed, had first given the highest character of Keane, but when Keane was ordered out of the room, then it appeared he had spoken differently of him ; for on meeting Keane shortly afterwards he said, " You are not appointed, Keane, and I will tell von J the reason why—because I called you a lazy fellow." Whether or not he did make use of that expression, he (Mr. Lanm ° sdale) did not know, bnt what he complained of was, that Mr, Clowaa should he allowed to stab a man in the dark. If he had anything to say against Kea ne , h e s h ou ld have said it openly and in his presence. Some nine months ago, Keane was brought before the committee, and the same charge made against him ; but on a man of the name of Brassy being called he refuted the charge altogether, affirm ing that there was not a more indefatigable or industrious man in the service than Keane. It was, therefore, somewhat strange that one man who was in the service only six months as an extra man, and on the permanent staff but a few days, should, at the suggestion of Mr. Cowan, be put over a man who had been in the service for eight years. He (Mr. Langsdale) would leave it to the c ommi tt ee if a man writtnc, such a letter as he held in his hand, was not competent to fill the situation ? The CIiA.DIMAN replied that the sub-committee did what was for the benefit of the trust. Mr. LANGSDALE : But do you think it fair that a man should be stabbed in the dark this way ? The CHAIRMAN: If you ask me were the committee justi fied in askino. Mr. Cowan's opinion on the matter, I think they were ; and that Mr. Cowan was fully entitled to express his opinion of this man. Mr. BROCKLERANK observed that if Mr. Lan e there was anythi ng wrong i n th e appo intment,:the sub-com mittee were quite willing that it should be inquired into. Mr. LANGSDAIM should tell the committee this, that no matter who Mr. Cowan broug'it forward and recommended, he was appointed. Mr. BROCKLEBA.NK : I beg your pardon —you are wrong in that. dale thought Mr. LOCKETT said that the man appointed, had received from the searcher of the Customs, the highest possible character, and that the only objection to such appointment ° was, that it prevented the committee from givino• encourao-e -ment to the under officers, if they conducted° themselves . ____....... properly. The CHAIRMAN said that it was quite competent for the committee to open up the matter, but that such a course was seldom adopted in reference to a decision of a sub committee. Mr. LANGSDALE : But do you think that the majority of this committee will submit to a thing of this sort, when a man long on the staff, and able to do the duty, is passed over to make way for a new man ? The CHAIRMAN : But the opinion was that he was not competent. Mr. LANGSDALE : With all due deference to the com mittee, I say he is competent. Mr. TOBIN thought that no blame should attach to the sub-committee for having been guided by the recom mendation of Mr. Cowan. He did not know anything about the man, but he thought that Mr. Cowan, as the superintendent, was the best qualified to judge of their capabilities ; and that he would not have discharged his duty, if he did not express his opinion to the committee. Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE observed that the tender of Mr. Langsdale's remarks was, that Mr. Cowan had said one thing in the presence of Beane when before the com mittee, and another thing in his absence. He agreed with Mr. Langdale that if a man had any fault to find with one under him, it should be stated openly, but he did not see how the conduct of the sub-committee in the matter could be called in question. Mr. BROCKLEBANK : If Mr. Langsdale has a charge against Mr Cowan, let him bring it forward here. That is the roper way. _ _ Mr. tVANS 'remarked, that of the candidates before them, Keane was the least presentable. Mr. LANGSDALE : Yes, because he is a little man. (Laugh- The matter then dropped. The sub-committee also recommended that the additional landing clerks be appointed, and that the application for an increase of wages by the m en a t t h e Landing-stage be not complied with Confirmed. The report of the harbour master recommended that, in foggy weather, the bell in the Victoria Tower be rung every two minutes. Ordered. The sub-committee also recommended that the keepers of the large cranes be instructed to allow firms established in business in Liverpool to have the use of the crane -handles without the deposit of a sovereign, or their clerk signing the paper; and that all the accounts of the.crane3 be given to the collector for collection by his clerks. Confirmed. The question of placing a gas-lamp at the north end of Tr a f a l gar dock was refused to the Harbour Master's Committee. The committee then adjourned. REFORM IN THE ClTY.—Already, reform has been felt in Guild`tall. At the Lord Mayor's state dinner, the eighty waiters employed to change plates and pour out for the corporation had, every one of them, a whole half pint of beer! This allowance was pre-arranged by way of test, and for future guidance. One alderman is worth, at least, four waiters. Hence, at all future banquets, every alderman will have allowed him a whole quart of beer, and beer of the bitterest into the bargain.—Panclo. The TOWN-CLERK said he did not consider himself the legal adviser of every individual member of the council ; but in the heat of business Mr. Thompson came to him and asked the question to which reference had been made, and he at once gave him an answer off-hand, and he (the town clerk) did not say that he had altered his opinion on the Mr. Councillor WRIGLEY said, Mr. Thompson either had or had not been elected a member of the council. It appeared to him, from what had passed, that Mr. Thompson had not been duly elected a member of the council, as he held at the time of the alleged election the office of a ward-assessor, — and how could they accept the resignation of an office which he never filled ? Mr. Alderman HEELIS said, Mr. Wrigley had expressed in a few words what his own opinion was upon the matter. It appeared to him that they would as a council stultify themselves by accepting the resignation of Mr. Thompson, who, with his eyes open, had placed himself in the position which he then occupied. Mr. Councillor CAWLEY thought they the proffered a • .• should not accept Mr. Alderman ilronnALL would strongly advise the council to accept the resignation by Mr. Thompson of the office of councillor • but he would not do s o i n regar d to t h e resigna tion of the office of ward assesssor, an office which Mr. Thompson had both accepted and acted upon. Mr. Thomp son, rmembering that he was ward-assessor and that a pro test against his election had been lodged, asked the town 17.1G111. Iv v.§ lia , usual declaration on accepting the office of count llor ; a nd there could be no doubt that he had signed the declaration under an erroneous opinion. He (Mr.Worrall) rather thought that Mr. Thompson was not a councillor, but in his opinion, it would be better to accept his resignation of the office of councillor, but not the proffered resiErnatiOn of Wary A MEMBER of the council asked whether there was not an act of parliament which said that a ward assessor could not be a councillor, and if so, would not the council satisfy themselves by accepting Mr. Thompson's resignation of an office which he never filled ? The TOWN-CLERK said, there was a clause in the general act to that effect. Mr. Alderman MARSDEN said, as the town-clerk was the proper party to be appealed to, and the highest authority they had in Salford, in any di 'lenity that might arise repsect ing the municipal corporations reform act, and as the town clerk gave a distinct opinion that Mr. Thompson would not be disqualified, by accepting the office of ward assessor, f rom being elected to th e office of councillor, he thought it would be unjust on the part of the council not to accept Mr. Thompson's resignation; in fact he thought it would be exceedingly unjust to refuse to accept the resignation. After a short conversation the resolution moved by Mr. Sankey, was altered to the effect that the resignation by Mr. Thompson, of the office of ward-assessor for Blackfriars, be accepted. Mr.Councillor SANKEY, (being asked for his reasons for mov ing the resolution) said, Mr. Thompson would have declined to accept the office of ward assessor for Blackfriars had he been aware that by the acceptance of that office he would have been disqualified from serving the borough in the office of councillor. He (Mr. Thompson) applied to the town-clerk, their highest authority, on the subject, and if the town-clerk had said he would not give his opinion on the question without being paid for it, Mr. Thompson would have paid him. But he took the town-clerk's advice and accepted the office of ward-assessor, being of opinion that he was still eligible to serve the office of councilor for any ward that might elect him. A COUNCILLOR: Is the office of ward assessor a compul sory office ? The TOWN-CLERK said, the council had never passed any by-law imposing a fine for non-acceptance of the office, so that Mr. Thompson might have refused to accept the office had he thought proper. In answer to a question from Mr. Alderman lIEELis, The TOWN-CLERK said, he might have refused the office with out the imposition of any fine whatever. Mr. Alderman SMITH : Did he accept the office of ward assessor ? The Town CLERK : Yes, and acted upon it; he also signed the usual declaration upon being elected councillor. The question was then put, when the motion was lost— the numbers being for it 6, and a,gainst it 26. Mr. Councillor S ANKEY moved that Thompson's resig nation of the ;office of councillor for Saint Stephen's ward be accepted. Mr Councillor HOPKINSON seconded the resolution Mr. Alderman AGNEW asked the Town Clerk whether, in the event of the resolution .being carried, Mr. Thompson would be precluded from offering himself again for the suffrages of the burgesses of Blackft•iars' Ward The TOWN-CLERK said, if Mr. Thompson had not been legally elected on the last occasion because he held the office of ward assessor, he could not he legally elected again, inasmuch as he continued to hold the office of ward assessor. Mr. Alderman AGNEW considered this a case of extreme hardship. He voted against Mr. Thompson on principle, but he was returned to the council by a majority of the burgesses of the ward; and yet he was to be disqualified from a seat in that council for following a course which he considered as right under the advice of those who ought to have been in a position to advise him correctly upon the point in dispute. He thought the electors of the ward had a right to feel most seriously disappointed, and he should say, as an individual, that Mr. Thompson was an injured man. Mr. Alderman MARSDEN, for the reasons he had previously stated, supported the resolution. Mr. Councillor BenGEss said he understood that Mr. Thompson was told he was wrong when about to take the declaration as councillor. (Cries o f " no, no.") The TOWN-CLERK said that Mr. :Th ompson, upon the occasion referred to, asked him if he wa s sue d i f he would have to pay the penalties. He (the towii-clerk) t o ld hi m that he would have to pay the penalties if he had to defend the action at his own expense. _ Mr. Alderman WORRALL said, it appeared to him quite clear that the office of councillor was vacant. A n d he thought that the acceptance of the resignation of the office by Mr. Thompson would save the expense of making an application t o th e C our t o f Q ueen ' s B enc h, and that would be the mo s t s t ra i g htf orwar d an d l eas t inco nvenient course that could be adopted under the circumstances. Mr. Councillor WRIGLEY : How can we as a council ac cept Mr. Thompson's resignation, if he has never been a councillor ? The TOWN-CLERX : For this reason, that however 'ille gally elect e d, a person after making the declaration, might sit in the council until ejected from it by a quo warranto of the Queen's Bench, or by his own resi gna ti on . Mr. Alderman HEELIS protested against the competency of the council to entertain the question before them. He quite agreed with others in this, that Mr. Thompson had COUNTY COURT. YESTERDAY The court sat at ten o'clock on yesterday. HETHERLEY v. Mußnocx.--This was an action brought to recover a sum of 91. for injury done to a house belonging to the plaintiff. It appeared from the evidence, thatin 1849, Mr. Murdock became tenant to the plaintiff for a shop in Vauxhall-road. It had been occupied by a baker, and as Mr. Murdock desired to prepare it for the business of a pawn broker, he had to make some alterations in the fixtures of the shop. In altering these fixtures, which he purchased from Mr. Hetherley, it was alleged•that defendant removed two uprights which formed the principal support of a fire place alid hearth in the ovens above, and which, it was urged on behalf of the plaintiff, any person must have seen could not be removed without injury to the premises. The fire-place above gave way, and a surveyor having been called in, he found it necessary to consult with the public officer, in connection with whom, measures had to be taken for the expense of which the action to repair the injury, was brought. Mr. Hull appeared for the defendant. It was stated by the defendant, that the uprights in question did not differ in any way from the ordinary up rights of the shop, which it was necessary to remove for the alteration of the shop. lIMUJI. ball; I , lb V 11.11M1 Vf Glio ,ct,c if as rct y at. 4.1 the two uprights had been taken away, and that these uprights had something more of work to do than the others, of which Mr. Murdock was not aware, and accordingly removed them, the effect of which was that the place above gave way. His Honor suggested that the case should be left to the decision of Mr. Kelshaw and Mr. Jones, two architects then in court. The parties on each side having agreed to this course, Messrs. Kelshaw and Jones retired to his Honor's room, and, after a short deliberation, returned into court and announced that they had found a verdict for the plaintiff to the amount of 7/. HARKS ft v. THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY Co.—ln this action Messrs William, and Adam Harker, wholesale fruiterers, of Liverpool, sought to recover a sum of £ll 13s. from the London and North Western Railway Company, for damage occasioned by the detention of goods forwarded to them from London. Mr. Cross appeared for the plaintiff, and tle Railway Com pany was represented by Mr. Blenkinsop. Mr. William Harker, one of the plaintiffs, deposed—that on the 29th of July last he waited at the Crown-street Station of the North Western Railway to receive a quantity of fruit, which he expected to arrive from London. He had received the invoice of the goods ; which consisted of cherries, gooseberries, and o th er fruit, by the mail train, and thegoods themselves were expected to arrive about six o'clock in the morning. The train did not arrive until about nine o'clock, and witness then found that two trucks of the fruit had not arrived. Upon making inquiry it was stated that they had been left behind at Stafford. The fruit did not arrive until between two and three o'clock that day, when the market was over, and the result was that the goods had to be sold to retailers at a sacrifice. The day upon which the goods should have arrived early Was Friday, the market day for whole sale fruiterers, and in consequence of being late for the market the greater part of the goods were not sold until Saturday and Monday. A witness named Blount, assistant at the house from which the fruit was despatched to the plaintiff, deposed— that he had seen the goods properly addressed, sent off by the train about two o'clock on Thursday, the 28th of July from the Camden Town-Station in London. Mr. Adam Harker deposed, that he had made up the amount claimed, £ll 13s. by the difference of price given for similar goods upon the :market day, which was lost, and those which plaintiffs received for their fruit subsequently. Mr. Blenkinsop said, the only question he would raise was whether there was any contract upon the part of the railway company to deliver the goods at six in the morning, or at any particular hour. He contended that there was no con tract to deliver the goods at any particular hour, except the ordinary common law contract by which the company were bound to deliver within a reasonable time. The question was whether goods despatched from London at two o'clock one day, and delivered in Liverpool at two o'clock next day were not delivered within a reasonable time. That was the only question he could raise, as he had no means of disputing the amount of the claim fixed by the ' plaintiffs. - His HONOR : I have evidence that the company did actually deliver portions of the goods sent by the same train at a much earlier hour in the morning, whereas these goods were not delivered until late in the day, and for this reason, which is stated in thl evidence, that they were left behind at Stafford. Ido not think they were delivered within a reasonable time under the circumstances. A verdict was accordingly given for the amount claimed by plaintiffs_ JUAN DE ECHEYARHA yLA LLANA V STRONG, This was an action wrought by the owner of the Spanish brig Oceans against William and Henry Strong, the owners of the steam tug Gleng, to receive £2O for damage done the brig by being brought into collision with the schooner Elise. Mr. Hull appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Chilton for the defence. From the evidence given upon both sides it ap peared that the cause of action arose on Sunday, the 11th of September. When the brig was being towed up the Mersey by the steam tug. The schooner was also beating up the river, and there was a strong breeze at the time, the wind blowing from the south. Between the Victoria and the Crosby channels, the schooner passed across the bow of the steamer upon the starboard tack. She remained a short time in stays and again put round upon her port tack, and the collision then took place, which caused damages to the brig to the value of £2O . An action was therefo re b roug ht by the plaintiff to recover that amount, because it was alleged that the injury had been done by reason of the neglect and improper conduct of the master of the steam-tug, in not having given way in time to allow the schooner to cross her. On the part of the plaintiff, the pilot of the schooner deposed, that he had made every exertion to avoid a collision, which would have been easily prevented if the steamer had given way. He also stated that when he saw the steamer was not giving way, he put up his helm, and only that the chain became caught, he would have succeeded in passing astern. The pilot on board the brig stated that when he saw the schooner, he ran forward and cried ow, to the steamer to give way. He alleged that his order was heard on board the steamer, because he saw the man at the helm look round, but that it was not obeyed. Mr. CHILTON submitted that the pilots who were in charge of the vessels were the parties who were responsible for the damage done. His HoNo u it: - ido not think that exists here, so far as I have seen of the case. It appears that the captain of the His Horton asked—lf he had been robbed of his purse, and that the thief brought it to the receiver, stating that he had found it cast up on the shore, whether, in that event, he was bound to pay the receiver the commission before he could get back his purse ? Mr CHILTON replied that, though the case supposed by his Honor was a very extreme case, yet, even in such an event, the receiver would be entitled to treat the purse as a derelict. At the request of the court, Mr. HULL applied himself to combat this view of the receiver's right. He contended that the duty of a receiver was more than ministerial, and that he was bound to satisfy himself, by all reasonable inquiry in the first instance, that anything reported to him as derelict, was really such. His HONOR then carefully detailed the facts of the case —how the anchor had been left in the river, and it had been seized the next morning by the salvers, when the buoy had become detached from it, and observed that in his mind it did not admit of a doubt that the anchor was not derelict. It would be monstrous if the Admiralty claimed ase derelict all property left under such circumstances, for he could not conceive that any court in the kingdom would hold it so. Then came the other point, as to the right of the receiver to treat any article as derelict when reported to him as such. His Honour carefully construed the sections bearing on the point, and observed that, in his judgment, the right claimed by the receiver in this respect, arose solely out of the word ing of the sth section. In that, however, it was set forth that the report should be made when the goods were found derelict—not merely found, b u t a ft er being found derelict when found or discovered, and therefore holding, in the first instance, that the anchor was not derelict, and that conse quently no sucn report or it coma. De inaue to the Lump, e. to entitle him to his commission. He should give a verdict for the plaintiff on both point;. The court then adjourned to Monday morning. FOLLOWING THE FASHION. —The French start the fashions, and the English follow them.—Punch. The condition of Hesse is most deplorable. Its finances are in a most deplorable condition, and it is proposed to stop the salaries of all the public functionaries. A FEARFUL STRlKE. —Talking of strikes, we hope the Emperor of Russia will not take it into his head to strik e the balance of Europe. —Punch. The Lincolnshire Times describes agricultural affairs in that agricultural county as in a very prosperous condition, and there is, it appears, a larger breadth of land sown than for some time past. LADIES' MOUTHS.—An old beau says :"A lady's mouth never looks so beautiful as when she is pronouncing the .word Yes.' "—Punch. "Too BAD."--It is really too hard that no Englishman whose income is less than £5OO a-year should be able to afford himself wine at dinner, when every Frenchman or Germa n with an income of equal to £lOO per annum is able to take his pint bottle of Bordeaux or Moselle daily.— R. D. F. in The Times MUTE ELOQUENCE.—Somebody has brought out a collec tion of till " Songs of Scotland without Words." In order to render the thing completely agreeable, we would propose that the songs without words should be set to bagpipes with out sound, and sung by performers without voices.—Punch. A statement has been made, to the effect that M. Mazzini. entered Italy a few months ago, in the petticoats and "front" of an old woman, th e policemen taking off their hats and paying . compliments, While a poor English con sumptive parson In search of health was marched off between two chasseurs, as if lie had been a pickpocket. SEVERE TEST OF TABLE-MOVING. —Of all tables we should think the tables of figures in Bradshaw's Guide would be the most difficult to move—for we only know from our own painful experience, that whenever we wish to find out a particular spot, we never can get the tables to move in the direction we want to go to ! —Punch. AMENITIES OF YANKEE JOURNALISM.—The New York Tribune, in an elaborate article on the Mormons, defends bigamy out-and-out. This is rather odd for a " reform" paper.—Lowell Journal and Courier. "The Lowell Jour nal and Courier, in an unelaborate article on progress, tells a lie out-and-out. This is not at all odd for a paper that needs reforming."—.Yew York Tribune, CURIOUS ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS.—Lord Mayor Sidney never can say " Incongruous." Let him try as he will, he never can make it anything but " Incongouus." F or in stance, with regard to his absurd procession, he confessed it was an " in-Congouus mkture."—Punch. THE NEW PENNY STAN.--A useful pamphlet has just been issued, under the authority of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, furnishing a popular explanation of the Penny Stamp Act, The Commissioners have deemed it advisable to print this statement for the convenience of the public, in consequence of the numerous applications made to them for information on specific points regarding the operation of the new law. THE " GOD OF RUSSlA."—Nicholas is the acknowledged deity of the Muscovites. 'A god standing six feet four in his sacred stockings. The manner in which he ncruits his army to carry on his holy wars is very celestial. Some times he causes his angelic Cossacks to surround a boys' , school and carry off the scholars, promoting them from the birch to the knout. In one particular case two boys, one 12 and the other 14, were carried away, their old grandmother of 85 raising her hands, doubtless in prayer for the God of Russia. Who can doubt the Christianity of an emperor, who is at once the heart and soul of such a system ? Poor fellow ! In his last proclamation he says He has been goaded into war by the Porte?' Goaded is, the word. Only think of the nasty red-wattled turkey gobbling at and goading a poor, harmless, innocent bear ! We shall next have the christian dove pecking out the eyes, of the twin-headed eagle.—Punch. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT MOREL—The application for a commutation of the extreme penalty of the law has been rejected, and the execution of Mobbs is now fixed to take place in front of Newgate on Monday morning next, the 21st inst. The culprit continues to maintain the same impassible demeanour, and appears to have long made up his mind as to his ultimate fate. On Saturday his children (four in number) will visit their miserable parent to take a last farewell. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.— The bill for regulating Friendly Societies, brought in by Mr. Sotheron last session, has just been printed. In principle it is in accordance with the present Act, 13 and 14 Vic.. c 115. The additional pur poses for which a society may be formed are to purchase or hire any article of use or necessity in trade or business ; to enable any member, &c., to emigrate : to enable emigrants to purchase land in any of the coloni es , an d t h e tools and other necessaries of their trade, by advancing loans and taking security for the repayment; and for any other pur pose which shall be certified by " the Commissioners for Friendly Societies," to be one to which the Act may be op2.rly applied. No sum above £5 is to be insured ou the death of a child under 10 years of age, and (then only for funeral expenses to be paid to the undertaker. Mr. NEWLANDS, the borough engineer, reported numerous particulars of the work done, and in hand, in his department. Mr. Fnu.sn, the inspector of nuisances, reported the emptying of 1093 ashpools, the inspection of 164 nuisances complained of by inhabitants, and the reference of 57 others to the borough engineer for remedy by drainage, &c., with a detail of the other operations of his staff, including pazti culars of a sanatory examination of 1707 court houses, 183 lodging-houses, and 559 cellars, formerly cleared of inmates in the lower parts of the town, and from which it appeared that the sanatory officers bad made special examination during the week of 3915 different apartments in street houses, and 5507 rooms in court-houses in the districts named for the purpose of eradicating unhealthiness there from, besides the cellar inspections abovenamed. Also the quantity of night soil, &c., removed from the borough by Mr. Rose. The Medical Officer of Health reported that the mortality of the borough continues considerably below the average, as it ever has been since the month of April. The deaths re gistered from all causes in the last four weeks were 173, 156, 172, and 165 respectively, giving an average weekly morta lity of 166 against 193, the average of the previous four weeks. The mean mortality of the same period of the pre ceding five years was also 193, showing a difference of 27 weekly in favour of the present year. Cases of cholera continued to occur from time to time. During the last four weeks there have been 30 fatal cases, of which about one-half were among the German and other emigrants passing through the town. The deaths from diarrhoea have ave raged from 7 to 8 weekly, being little less than in the cor responding period of previous years. From typhus there have been 30 deaths in the four weeks, for small pox, 5, measles, 10, scarlatina, 35 ; the mortality from the latter disease showing a tendency to increase. On the 11th inst, the ship Guiding Star, which sailed hence on the 27th ult., with about 500 emigrants, returned to port, having lost 23 of her passengers from cholera, which broke out three days after sailing. A number of sick, with their families, had been landed in Belfast. On arriving here two passengers were found to be suffering from cholera, and were sent to the workhouse hospital. Accommodation was also afforded in the workhouse to the remaining passengers, about 400 in number, with a view of concentrating the disease, and plac ing the • whole under medical surveillance, but 41 only availed themselves of the offer. Five new cases have oc curred amongst the passengers since landing. A case of fever has been reported in a registered lodging-house, and a case of scarlatina has occurred in a registered lodging house, 33, Dublin-street, and was not reported to the medi cal officer of health as required by the by-laws. He certified that he had inspected the premises 73, Great Homer-street, in which the manufacture of artificial guano is carried on by Mr. Richard Pierce, and that the process, as at present con ducted, causes a nuisance injurious to the health of the inha bitants of the adjoining houses. Also, that the process em ployed in preparing the colouring matter on the premises occupied as a dye-house by Messrs. Johnson Brothers in PanpiaB.ll-strpPt, eauses a nuisance injurioui to the health of tee inhabitants of the adjoining houses. Proceedings were ordered to be taken against the parties causing those nut sauces Mr. GLADSTONE inquired whether Mr. Rose was now carrying out his contract by the removal of the deposits ? The CHAIRMAN So far as the books go he is decreasing the deposits every week. Mr. GLADSTONE : That is very material. Mr. FRESH : He is now carrying his contract out. He removes everything out of the borough in 24 hours. The CHAIRMAN remarked that Mr. Nicholson and himself had waited upon the directors of the canal, and after a long conference, and having two conferences with them, a decision was come to that they would allow the manure to be placed on the wharf on the payment of Id. per ton, they would also allow the additi ona l l an d requ i re d at the canal and supply it with water. They had communicated this to Mr. Mr. Moss : You mean all put on board. The CHAIRMAN : Yes. Mr. BECKWITH said this would give them greater facilities for removing the deposits. Three boats could be then loaded in place of one. Mr. GLADSTONE asked if Mr. Rose had been assiduous in attending to the removal of deposits in the borough ? Mr. FRESH : Very much so. The CHAIRMAN I do not think there are 20 tons in Burlington -street. Mr. FRESH said what was at Burlington -street was gathered during the day : they were continually shipping it. A communication was received from Mr. John Laird, com plaining that Mr. Rose had not removed the deposit of manure from the neighbourhood of his works at the Dingle. Mr. HODSON : A very large quantity has been taken away, has there not, Mr. Fresh ? Mr. FRESH : Yes. Mr. HODSON asked what more could be done. A large quantity had been taken away, and he was rather surprised at Mr. Laird. Mr. Rose was taking away more than was left, and in a few weeks all would be gone. The CHAIRMAN said there was no doubt Mr. Rose was using every effort and every exertion to remove the deposits. Mt. GlansTONE said it had been agreed that if Mr. Rose did not fulfil the terms of his contract, steps should be taken to compel him to do so. Had all the terms of the contract been fulfilled ? Mr. FRESH : Mr. Rose is fulfilling them now. There was no new deposit of any kind. After a brief conversation it was arranged that Mr. Halhead should see that the removal of the deposits at the south end should be continued, and a similar duty was allotted to Mr. Moss in the north end. Mr. Moss directed att 2ntion to a memorial from the in habitants of Denise::-street, requiring some repairs to be executed in that street, Mr. NEWLANDS said directions had already been given for those repairs to be executed. A deputation from the West Derby board of guardians, consisting of Mr. Harrison and Mr. Clayton, was then in troduced to the committee. Mr. HARRISON said, that they appeared before the com mittee to ask its aid in earryiny out a better syst em o f drain ingin the workhouse. Their medical man had reported the present system was defective, and without the aid of the health committee they could not mend it at present— but with their aid it could be done. Mr. BECKWITH : Is it inside or outside ? Mr. HARRISON : Outside. On the deputation retiring, The CHAIRMAN inquired if the sewer was one which had been given up to them ? The BOROUGH ENGINEER : We did not ask for it, but we took it, (laughter) and gave no compensation. The matter, was referred to the borough engineer to re port to the sub-committee on Tuesday. Mr. J. B. BRANCHER waited on the committee, to request that they would lay down a single flagging near Ilackburne house, in the neighbourhood of Canning-street, and a cross ing front Falkner-street to Hope-street, which were much wanted. The application was referred to the borough engineer to report on. On the suggestion of Mr. Beckwith, the inspector was directed to inquire into a nuisance complained of by the inhabitants of Paradise-street, as existing there. It came as a recommendation before the committee, that Cook-street and Slater-street be paved (the latter macadam ised), the estimated cost being respectively £372 3s , and £498 7s. 6d. Mr. GLADSTONE observed that Slater-street required much to be repaired, and that the inhabitants, both of Cook-street and Slater-street, complained much of their condition. Mr. BEexwrrn called on the committee to bear in mind that those streets were not included in the year's estimates. Mr. Moss replied that Slater-street was a most important street, and that it required much to be repaired. Mr. BECKWITH thought that it should remain over until next year, for he was no advocate for getting into debt. o Eventually, on the motion of Mr. 3loss, seconded by Mr. Henderson, it was resolved that those streets should be repaired ; and instructions to that effect were accordingly given to the borough engineer. It was resolved that Bow-street, Cheapside, should be repaired.with square sets. Mr. GODFREY directed attention to a bill, notice of which o' 4 PROSTITUTE.--' 1 ) Evans, who had been remanded since Monday, charg ec i i , e ter robbing a gentl eman o f a l arge sum o f money , in sir 'street on Saturday n i g ht, an d upon w h ose perso n 17 , reign had been found, was aga i n b roug h t f orwar d. A O Hugh Cassail, of Manchester, the person robbed, f oil' that on Sunday evening, he went into a house with 8 ; „ 1- soon afterwards he saw ano th er wo man room to which he had reti re d, concea l e d b e hi n d the c tl oi of a bed. He got up and found that he had been rob only of twenty sovereigns, but of his watch. The fir man left .the room, and p rosecu t or t o ld th e o th er , ,wh o, concealed herself, that he sho u ld a t a ll even t s h av e his " r ; 0 0, Whilst expostulating with her, a man came into the doff and the woman gave him the watch, and then went to i stairs. The gentleman left the house and gave informs to the police. So r Officer (221) arrested the prisoner in Spitalfields, on day morning, at s i x o ' c l oc k, w ith 17 sovere i gns on he r f o il son, and prosecutor n ow f u lly id en tifi e d h er as the / 1 40 1 who had concealed he rse lf i n th e room . Sh e wa s sell' to three months' imprisonment. RoO IMPORTANT INVESTIGATION.—S USPECTED LAS- ,„, s 4 BERIES OF CorroN.—Anne Sheridan was charged and hi following circum s t ances : —l n f orma ti on h a d b een r ecei/ o ft the police that four large bags of good cotton, 4 ,.. fi ceP were got at Oldham, u n d er susp i c i ous circunis - ot A detective officer was sent down to examine into the lo t ter. He found that it had been purchased on Satord a l io cP by parties trading as Lees and B eaumon t, who deal ill c o d' from the prisoner. Th ose parties were also ill 3. woman ; nace. f h t Mr. Clough stated that it was s t rong l y sus p ec ted r - 115 3 oir t present case was connected with th a t o f t h e l a t e feloul° os taining of a large quantity o f b a l es o f co tt on by ote frog forged orders, issued by a person in their employorn r ' e por s , Messrs. Leddon and Co., (as m en ti one d i n our polle e ode' at the time). The cotton examined in Bolton corresP in every respect with that from the Messrs. Leddoc. 00 (1 1 Lees and Beaumont had paid the prisoner two J P 3o itoo , on account of the quantity of cotton found at w ittg , and the amount it c ame t o , accord i ng to their own s u ll „; tb` was £8 4s. 10d. M r . Cl oug h a l so mentioned tp"3lia prisoner Sheridan's husband had been convicted of s t d e beeo hemp, which . had come f rom B e lf as t ;- an d t h at he ha ion sr tried, but not convicted, f or h av i ng i n his Pot, v quantity of stolen cotto n , a t th e sess i ons b e fore 1 0 . 1, 0 00' consequence of the repeated so li c it a ti ons o f the P o Mr. Mansfield had ordered the cotton to be given ° t hat 14 about the Ist of October, and h er defence nevi. l° ' s be 11 ,4 cotton sold in Bolton was p ar t o f that ooh s wili Z,A received ou the uragiatrutc'b ordcr. that it was quite of a different deseriptiov• en orra°ll' said that the encouragement o f Crime wasit Sea n it demanded very t r es p s e e r c i t o t u e to stolen ff orts cotton t s o u n ppre tor s e s_ p it a . a ll' ck it al asumers The case was remanded for further investigatio n. s t o le S t. COMMITMENTS.—Mary Powers, convicted of havi t. l4 , o ll o' on Wednesday afternoon, a piece of beef from th e - b e Or Joseph Birtles, St. John's market, was ordered to n, f o r prisoned for 1 days. James McCann, same stealing 281bs. of coal from the yard of Mr. Atkins, 133 ton-street.--14 days' imprizonment. John lielior rtio,l charged with being found at 11 o'clock a.m./ vest ems ,. concealed in the smiths' shop in the Liverpool WO roe , under a bench. The shop is allowed to be used by t 1 1: - ', 0 to employed in the works of Messrs. Bennett, as a sate Os . put up their tools. It was found• that a cupboard cted place had been broken open and a pair of shoes abst7Ao from a bag deposited there.—The prisoner was sentencv" two months' imprisonment with hard labour. sa of A PROFLIGATE.—IsabeIIa ilyam, a young Rom pr oo rather prepossessing appearance, was charged by a P w " giving his name as Henry Vaughan, and who said.,„ be i nt att' packer in the employment of Bull and Co., 3 , street, with stealing a watch and gold ring, his proper ts o Vaughan stated that the prisoner came to hun,,, that her husband had beaten and ill-used her. Il e fit) afternoorlior lodgings for her, furnished them, and lived in then l her. He had laid the watch and ring on the eh/1310,1 the and missed them soon a ft er . S u b sequen tly, he g o tickets, and found they had b een pl e d ge d by Pr' mother-in-law. 5 03 In defence, Hyam said he had given her the Waric h h vi o ring, putting the latter on her finger, and the watch chain round her neck. The magistrates said this was a very filthy and gliv— able case, and they should dismiss it. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES'," Is Published eoeiy Morning in LIVERPOOL and MA NCIIIS simultaneously, and the following are the rates and committee to let run ar3 tide on Sunday, th( The warehouse sub-committee recommended that John Fry, one of thewsistants at the transit sheds, be dismissed. Aire& Shack] sub-committee reported that Messrs. ton, Boyan, Leland, and Campbell, had served their terms of apprentic.3ship, and recommended that, as their conduct had been satisfactory, the committee record on the indenture of each their approval of his services. The sub committee also recommended that Leland, Boyan, and Campbell be appointed landing clerks, at £BO a year each ; and that Alexander Gordon, assistant clerk, be promoted to a landing. clerkship, at the above salary; an d th a t M essrs. Moorefield, Kenelly, and Williams be also appointed landing clerks. Agreed to. Mr. LANGSDALE asked if a man of the name of Keane had not applied for one of the clerkships ? The CHAIRMAN replied that he had. Mr. LANGSDALE said that Mr. Cowan had been asked a few questions respecting. Keane at the sub-committee. He wished to know if the answers were not satisfactory ? SALFORD TOWN COUNCIL An adjourned quarterly meeting of the Salford Town Council was held in the Council Chamber, Town-Hall, Salford, on Wednesday morning. The chair was occupied by his Worship the MAYOR (William Ross, Esq.) LLOR T The TOWN-CLERK having read the minutes of proceed ings at the last meeting, proceeded to read two letters from Mr. Councillor Thompson (who had been recently elected councillor for St. Stephen's Ward), in one of which he begged to resign the office of ward-assessor for Blackfriars' Ward, and in the other, resigning his office of councillor for St. Stephen's Ward. Mr. 'Councillor SANKEY moved that the resignations of both offices, held by Mr. Thompson, be accepted. Mr. Councillor HOLMES seconded the resolution. Mr. Alderman HEELIS apprehended it was a question whether the council should, under the circumstances, take any notice of the matter. Mr. Thompson had placed him self in the position which he occupied, and the question was, whether he should not be left to act as he thought proper, in order to get rid of the difficulties by which he was surrounded, without the intervention of the council. But probably the town-clerk would give some explanation of the matter. Mr. Councillor SANKEY said, probably the gentlemen present would remember that Mr. Thompson stated at the first meeting after the election (on the Ist of November), that he had made inquires as to the position he (Mr. Thompson) occupied. According to the advice of the town clerk, the accept ince of the office of ward-assessor for Black friars' Ward did not disqualify Mr. Thompson from being elected a councillor for any ward in the borough. But it appeared from some further inquiries Mr. Thompson had made, that the information he had received from the town clerk was not correct—at least, so he was informed by his own legal adviser, and the course which Mr. Thompson has taken was recommended by his legal adviser The TowN-CLERK iid it was usual to ace ept the re signation of a Councillor, when certain circumstances had arisen, such as illness of the councillor, his being about to leave the town, or difficulties connected with pecuniary matters, and so on. And if Councillor Thompson had sent in Rimnly of tha a pffice of councillor, then it would. have been uneterstooa b 1111 1 / b ell avuiu difficulties ; but the question was, why did he send in his resignation of the office of assessor for Blackfriars' Ward, a new election for which would put the council to additional expense. He would advise the council to accept the resig nation of Mr. Thompson as councillor, under the circum stances in which he was placed. But it was quite a differ ent matter with regard to the acceptance of the resignation The MAYOR : No reason has been assigned in either of the notices for the resignation. The TOWN-CLERK :No ; but a reason has been indicates as to the reason why the office of councillor has been resigned. ' Mr. Councillor SANKEY said, Mr. Thompson asked the town-clerk whether his being ward-assessor would disqualify him from being elected councillor for any of the wards in the borough, and the town clerk gave Mr. Thompson to understand that the acceptance of the office of ward-assesor would not interfere with his acceptance of the office of councillor, if elected to that office by any of the wards in the borough. And believing that what the town-clerk told him was in accordance with the act of parliament, he accepted the office of councillor, to which he was elected by the burgesses of Blackfriars' Ward ; but finding from his own legal adviser that that information was incorrect, he had resigned the office of councillor. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. been led into error, it would be a hard case to fix upon him penalties. All he (Mr. Heels) wanted, was that the council should keep themselves in a straight course, as far as might be. He thought they would stultify themselves by accepting the resignation of an office which had never been filled. He should content himself with nrm,c4-1,,,.. -a at. - _ tency ot the council to entertain the question. handed up a protest to the above effect to the mayor.) Mr. Councillor SANKEY having made a few remarks, and the mayor one or two observations in explanation, the motion was carried without a dissentient voice. (He then steamer not only did not act in obedience to the directions of I the pilot, but acted directly contrary to them. Several witnesses were examintd'for the defence, to prove that the steamer could not have gone astern of the schooner ; but that the schooner, by putting up her helm, and lifting witness who was on board the steamer, stated that in his opinion the order of the pilot in the brig was not heard in the steamer. His HONOR : My present impression is that the steamer ought to have given way, and have gone astern of the schooner, and that it was the duty of the pilot in the brig to direct, and of the master in the steam-tug to obey. It is a plain, common principle, which we all understand,- that a vessel with a steam tug is more under command than a sail- ing vessel. A sailing vessel must regulate her course ac cording to the wind, and cannot depart from it, or change it so readily as a steamer can. His Honor then said he would look over the Admiralty regulations, and give judgment in the case on Monday next. BOYLB V. CHAP.MAN.—In this case Mr. Hull appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Chilton for the defendant. It was an action brought against Mr. H. C. Chapman, the receivers of Admiralty droits in this port. The plaintiff, Captain Boyle, was master of an American vessel, the Ticonderamo and the action was brought by him to recove r £3 B s . which been paid to defendant, but for which he contended he was not liable. It was stated on behalf of the plaintiff, that the Ticonderago came int o p or t somewhat injured after a col lison at sea, and was about going into dock, and had left her anchor in the river. Cnnt. Boyle sent his men to br4 _ sia. mg up the ancho r , b u t th e y were driven away by a number of other men who insisted on taking up the anchor. The anchor was taken up and placed in the Nelson dock, and Mr. Chap man sent a, bill to Captain Boyle for £3 Bs., as commission and porterage on lifting the anchor. He at first refused to pay it, but, finally, having to go to sea, he had to pay it, besides £l5 to the men who took it, which his own men would have done for £5, and which, accordingly would be made the subject of a separate action. Evidence was given for the plaintiff, from which it appeared that the anchor had been fastened to a boom, which served as a buoy, and that the men on coming next morning found the boom gone, and the men who carried away the anchor engaged in lifting it. On the part of the defendant it was stated that the anchor was found by those parties who were dredging for another anchor, and that there was no buoy attached to it at the time. Mr. Hull argued that there was no right on the part of the Admiralty officers to claim compensation upon any arti cle which did not appear to have belonged to a wreck, and came under the heads of flattsom, jettsam, derelict, the old phrases, which signified articles which had floated ashore, had been cast out of a sinking vessel, or had been left as waifs. Mr. Hull cited several legal authorities bearing out his view of the question. His HONOR asked if Mr. Chilton contended that a vessel having left her anchor, with a buoy attached to it, in the river, for the purpose of returning at a certain time to re move it, and that during the night the buoy became detatched, that then the anchor became derelict ? And, also, whether, it not being derelict, but reported to the receiver as such—whether, in that event, he had a right to treat it as such, and obtain his commission'on it ; CHTT.TtIy rtvnliorl +l3n+ 1 11,.; ULU. , uil66 le LIG tI.IICLIOT, the circumstances stated, was derelict; and that whether it was derelict or not, so long as it was reported such to the receiver, he was entiled to treat it as a derelict, and recover his commission. THE COMMITTEES. On the motion of Mr. Councillor LOFT . HOUSE, seconded by Mr. Councillor MYERS, the finance and general purposes committees for Broughton wern iinitnrl On the 'motion or Mr. Councillor — CAWLEY, seconded by Mr. Councillor LONG, the Town-hall, sanitary and nuisance committee was ordered to be hereafter designated the sani tary and nuisance committee only. On the motion of Mr. Councillor WESTON, seconded by Mr. Councillor MYERS, a number of names were added to the museum and library committee. INSTRUCTIONS TO COMMITTEES The usual instructions to committees were read over b y the TOWN CLERK, and agreed to unanimously. THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTY Mr. Alderman HEELIS said, after the meeting which took place on the previous Wednesday, it seemed to him to be very desirable that there should be some good mode of pro ceeding in reference to the various matters that came under notice of the committ , for - distr;- —ces ne various districts, and he hastily sketched a memorandum, which he sent to the town clerk, asking him to give notice that the question would be brought under the consideration of the council that day. The following was the motion of which he had given notice : —" To consider and decide on some plan by which the several district committees for various purposes, can be kept in one consistent course, so as to insure, as far as practicable, uniformity in practice." But he intended, as he believed it was competent for him to do so, that being an adjourned quarterly meeting, not topress the above motion, but to pre pare one of a much more extended nature. It seemed to him, when he began to consider the matter a little further, talitl, woe buujeu was or a more extenaect character than at first sight appeared. Of course it must appear to everybody iN nal 4 t.tly iDIVLL Vt 11.& trui. uu.6lt, 61acaV vv work ; and that in all respects it was very desirable, at all events, that there should be a revision of the duties hitherto performed by the town-clerk, by the borough treasurer, and various other officers of the corporation. He begged to move the following resolution :—" That, inasmuch as the extension of the limits of the borough appears to render necessary an alteration in the duties of the various officers of the corporation, the general purposes committee of the borough be, and they are hereby requested and directed to take into their early consideration, and report to this council, what duties ought henceforth to be performed by the town-clerk, borough treasurer, and other officers for the time being of the corporation, and whether it will be proper that any, and if any, what alteration should be made in the salaries or remuneration of or to such town-clerk, borough treasurer, and other officers respectively, and whether any, and if any, what additional officers should be appointed, and at what salaries, and what course seems desirable to be adopted fer - 'ccirmity of - tier . in the working of the committees having similar powers and duties in the several districts of the borough." Mr. Alderman WORRALL seconded the resolution which was carried unanimously. CHAIRMEN AND DEPUTY-CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES. The committees were instructed to report at the next meeting of the council, the names of the gentlemen elected chairmen and deputy-chairmen. Shortly afterwards the council broke up. HEALTH COMMITTEE. This committee met yesterday, at eleven o'clock, Mr. Al derman LANGSDAI,E in the chair. The other members pre sent were—Messrs. Gladstone, Moss, Beckwith, Fleming, Hodson, Nicholson, Johnson, Halhead, Nicol, Godfrey, and Henderson. The minutes of the last meeting having been read, Mr. GODFREY, who had been appointed one of the com missioners to hear summonses, applied to be changed from one district to another. The CHAIRMAN : That can be done afterwards. ANOTHER CHANGE IN THE HOUR OF MEETING. Mr. HALHEAD said he believed it was the general feeling of the committee that they should meet at the former hour, half-past two o'clock. S ome gen tl emen who had no busi ness to attend to had given way, to meet the convenience of those gentlemen who had business to attend to in the morn- Mr. BECKWITH remarked that he understood meeting at eleven o'clock would interfere with the business engagements of many of the members. He had no business to attend to, and he had great pleasure in giving way, to allow those gentlemen to attend to their business ; but at the same time, he thought they would come to business more clearly in the morning. Mr. GLADSTONE : You had better send a note to each member. Mr. JOHNSON stated to the board, that Mr. Sheppard, of Brownlow-hill, had put down -an apparatus which con consumed his smoke, which had been before complained of He wished Mr. Fresh to see the appa- as a nuisance, Mr. BECKWITH said they need not go out of Liverpool to see smoke effectually consumed. All they had to do was to go to the pier -head baths, and they would there see an appa ratus put down by the borough engineer which consumed its own smoke. Mr. IIUSHTON, the building surveyor reported the inspec tion of 162 dilapidated privies and ashpits, 142 of which were undergoing alterations and repairs, and 22 of which required such, together with various others in his depart ment. had been given by tile East Lancashire Company, ww likely to affect the streets at the north end of the 0001 M. M'Gow AN s a id that the borough engineer WI 01 to proceed to P res t on to see the plans, &c., w hic lodged with the c l er k o f t2le peace. m The committee then adioslrned• • POLICE COWL? -YESTERDAY - UNGRATEFUL GUESTS.—Thonta,' Shaw and .Loui sa s. two respectable-looki ng p ersons , we . "e charged wit n or tittli a quantity of wearin g a pp are l f rom Mrs. Sophiad th o 16, Nelson-street. Th e p rosmu trix in ~`he case deg er ose in July 1852, the p r i soners came to loll,'" stating that they were recommended to her "J - They came quite in a styli s h wa y, b u t lnotwith..'7,, ra n she did not see an y o f th e i r money , t h oug h ths l o an te % bill with her of thirty-eight pounds for board nucl iut Having missed several articles of wearing apparel, t" 11 e,,, 11th of Decembe r , s h e sus p ec t e d a servan t i n thell ° taking the prope r ty, b ut h a d no id ea whatever th5,,,e34 prisoners were th e d e li nquen t s . Th ose pro fitable I°';,lJ, left her after she had sheltered them nearly a y ear ' l) when they had go ne , s h e fi rs t suspec t e d th em , as r, t o". behaved so dishonestly by never p ay i ng h e r a l a `,", he On last Monday night the female prisoner came house quite drunk and asked for a bed, and then 0 , Griffiths accused her for having stolen her propel o ; asked her, at least, t o g i ve u p th e pawn -ti c k e t s . On day morning Louisa Shaw did give her up ten tickets, ,or one of them proved t o b e f or a ves t, par t o f the P i ,,,,r ° P• t `ti stolen, and pled ge d i n th e man ' s name , an d he rofi that he had stolen it. Th e case was reman d e d to au ° " minute inquiry at the pawn-off ices . l df ) Cr ,0111MITALS TO THE SESSIONS.—Joanna _Russell, rt-- b ol on Wednesday, charged with stealing a £2O bank of Bill e t, note from her master, Mr. APCamley, 5, Hcpwoodnis was yesterday committed hr trial to the sessions' 11 0 officer (Patrick), who had discovered the manner in the note was abstracted, as mentioned in our W I since observed in prisoner's box seven pawn-tick e . ts ill which a furthe r f e l on y o f a s hi r t an d h an dkerchle brought home to the prisoner. n d Nary jinn_ Williams and James Wagstal(from re ol ,. ro te were committed for trial t o th e sess i ons , c h arge d bilk; a fiat-man, named Richard Elton, of twentr v i pounds, in a public-house iu Oil- s t ree t, on the 9th This case had. been remanded in order that the male P 11 :4 might be apprehended, Detective officer William MO arrested him in Duncan-street, and the prosecutor idea him amongst five other prisoners. 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The foilou n scale of .......... .„4 Charges for Single Insertions- _, / Insertion sdsd s d r irr,, 1,2,0 r 3 lines 1 0 10 or II lines 3 0 18 or ig lines, 5 0 28, 29 ' (IV 4or 5 „ 16 12 or 13 „ 3 6 200 r 21 „ 5 6 31, 32 .: of/ 6or 7 „ 2014 0 r 15 „ 4 0 22, 23, or 24, 6 0 34,:a, pt.', Bor g „ 26160 r 17 „ 4 6 25, 26, or 27, 6 6 37 , " - - - . . And Sixpence for every Additional two lines Scale of Prices for Contract Advertisemen t ' PAYABI/E IN ADVANCE. 1 2 4 10 1 1 One Month 3 Months 6 M on ths - 1" 01.# 01 26 or 78 or 156 rojet , Insertions. Insertions. Insertions. " j s• s. d. s. d. s. d• s S Ito 3 lines .. 1 2 0 215 0 415 0 / 2 1 0 0 4or 5 lines .. 113 0 4 2 6 7 2 6 1 9 g 0 6or 7 lines .. 2 5 0 6 0 0 11 0 0 2-5 ' 0 8,9, or 10 lines 37 0 8 15 0 15 15 0 lv t 0 1, 12, or 13 lines 4 9 0 11 10 0 I 20 10 0 44 14, 15, orl6lines 511 0 14 5 0 :2 5 5 0 0 lor every additi- 8 Fonal 3 lines or I 1 2 0 21501 4 15 0 less. THE COUNT---rtY• • Messrs X 00' P;•es,,on. . anK to • so- OP NS. s. • ,wor • ,• vi'rly 3 py Isaa c a q ) 30v • Tholn, o o,* e f. bythport.. ..... __ J°l wo e Stoel.port..... • • 1 7 . itileli t er , itt , ' Mrs , so! g? ,r o 3fess rs.. Writ' in g 11‘-`O,OP DIP AGENTS IN A5ht0n........ Mr. Kerrigan Birmingham Mr. Cooper. E. &C. Mansell. J Runcorn Burnley Mr. Lutcliffe. Bolton. ... • Bootle Mr. Ewan. Barnsley.... • Chorley... Crewe—. Mary Cotton. Chester... Mr.Horrop Douglas.... Holyhead. — Huddersfield, . R. & H. Taylor Mrs. Quiggins. H. G. Hughes. Wigan Edward Clayton. Woollen George Booth. Wigan.. Mr. Shuttleworth William Garside. Thomas Traverse ~ James Lambert. .. lifacelesfielit PUBLISHING OFFICES, 1, 11 LIVERPOOL, 19, SOUTH JOHN ST. }MN CHESTER, 9, PuiNcEss Sr. Of 4', 'O A vi le Printed and Published by CHARLES Wilk,' sttl ii Oxford Street, at his General Printing, Establishment, 19, South John Street, Lvc er S: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 18, criAupLvF:oo-VOlO. 0 Crmski;* Prescot... 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