The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

TRIALS OF PRiSONERS.

The fin/6 trial proceeded •with, -was that of
Alice Roddy, dressmaker, :and Mary Jones, charwoman
both of Liverpool, charged with !Wing, on the 4th May:last,
in their 'possession a mould. for -the making of counterfeit
shillings. .-They were also ckrged.With having in their pos-
session eight oeunterfeit shillissgs, with the intent to pass ;them.
for good ,moriey. The prosecution was conducted by Mr
Cobbett, and neither of the priamers was defended.
From the ev-idence it appeared that, from information re-
ceived, Murphy, the inspector of detective police, and Cousens
the detective ettieer, went to tlae lodgings occupied by the
prisoners in Collingwood-street, On the day named in :the
indictment, and ::found the prisoners there. On searching
casually the person of Reddy, the mould was found. Jones,
when finding thediscovery likely to beinevitable, threw some-
thing away, and imthe place to which thoi was thrown the
eight shillings referred to were found. She was clearly
detected in the act of throwing away a fourppny-piece, which
on examination proved to be spurious, and which she ad-
mitted she had received from the prisoner Rc4dy.
Both prisoners were ,fend guilty, and
The learned Judge, ..after remarking on the mischievous
~nature of the of ence.wkiet had been proved Igainst them,
.sea each to be imprisoned 18 months, withebard labour,
remarking that Jones•must the an inveterate offender, as she
had been up previously on feur different occasions.
The prisoner Jones here:requested his lordship to. order her
imprisonment in any other gaol elan that of Kirkdale. They
were-ordered to be sent to -,Lancaster Castle.

John Connor was next charged with having in his ~possess-
ion fifteen counterfeit shillings .10th intent to pass them off
as good.nioney. In this case, ids% Mr. Cobbett promoted,
and the prisoner was undefended.
It appeared from the evidence that this case was. in a con-
siderable degree mixed up with 'the previous one, Connor
having been connected with the two former prisoners. From
the testimony of the two detective officers above alluded to,
when the two women were taken into custody, Connor busied
himself in showing all the materals, and advising the officers
to leave nothing belonging to them. In this way he pointed
out the mould found and referred to in the preceding case, as
also other materials and implements used in the manufacture
of false coin. On Friday last he was taken into custody, with
fifteen base shillings in his possession. On being searched,
eight additional spurious shillings were founcfsin one of his
pockets. He was found guilty, and sentenced to be impri-
coned for 18 months, with hard labour.

George Marsden, block printer, charged with burglary and
stealing, in Manchester ; Thomas Heaton, weaver, charged
with burglary and stealing, in Manchester ; Matthew Bell,
plaisterer, charged with bigamy, at Manchester; and Thomas
Taylor, collier, charged with burglary and theft, at Bolton,
pleaded guilty. Sentences deferred.
A WHOLESALE UTTERER OF FORGED NOTES.—Joseph Hall,
(35) packer, was indicted for having, at Manchester, on the
21st of June, passed a forged Bank of England note, with in-

tent to defraud the governor and company of that bank. On the

evening of the day named, the prisoner was met in a public-
house in Manchester by a woman named Anderson, who told
him, in answer to enquiries, that he could have lodgings at her
house—one of disreputable character. On sitting down he

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proposed to treat the females, and pulled two or three shillings
out of his pocket, but immediately remarked that it would not
be enough. He then produced a £6 note and gave it to Mrs.
Anderson, desiring her to bring a bottle of whisky. Mrs.
Anderson and one of the girls took the cote to the Pack-horse
public-house, the landlord of which, also named Anderson,
discovered that it was a forgery. The prisoner, on being told of
this, said he would "make it all right at the bank in the morn-
ing," but he was at once taken into custody. The
Prisner had passed a forged £6 note on the 18th June, at
the Shakepere Hotel, and April he had also given one or

two forged notes to a girl named Anne Cort, a native of Bol-
ton, with whom he had lived at Manchester for some time.
Cort was called as a witness under rather curious cir-
cumstances. She received the notes from him at Manchester,
as a consideration for his having taken her from her native
place. When she returned to Bolton she got one of the notes
changed by one of her friends, and shortly afterwards it was
discovered to be a forged one, and she was taken up, and com-
mitted for trial, the magistrates not believing her story as to
how she became possessed of the note. On being arraigned
at the bar amongst a number of other prisoners she at once
recognised Hall, who was also in the dock, as the man who
had given her the forged note. She communicated with Mr.
Harris, the head constable, who informed the prosecuting
counsel, and the result was that Cort was transferred to the
witness-box, and gave her evidence against Hall, who feebly
denied her story. The jury, however, believed it, and found
Hall guilty. Sentence was deferred until this (Tuesday)
morning. The prosecution against Cort was abandoned, and
at his lordship's direction she was set a liberty.
BrItGLA.BY AT MANCHESTEII.—John Maddocks, 16, tailor,
and Henry Campbell, 18, factory worker, Were indicted for
having at Manchester, on the night of the 30th of March last,
burglariously entered the dwelling-house of Charles Chaplin,
and stolen a shawl, a cloak, a pair of boots, two coffee-pots,
and sundry other articles, to the value of £lO. The police
discovered that the house had been entered, and saw two men
coming away from the place, one of whom (Maddocks) they
captured. Campbell was afterwards apprehended on suspi-
cion, and the stolen boots were found upon him. Maddocks
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment.
Campbell was acquitted.
STABBING AT ICINCHESTER.—MichaeI Doulin, 25, factory
worker, was indicted on a charge of maliciously stabbing
Charles Macdonald, in a public-house row in the above town.
on the 12th of May. The prosecutor, in cross-examination,
admitted that he was drunk, used afensive language, and
struck the first blow. The prisoner was found guilty of un-
lawfully wounding, and sentenced to twelve months' im-
prisonment, with hard labonr.

StREET ROBBERIES AT MANTIESTER.--Patrick Bryan,l9,
hawker, was charged with having violently assaulted Nicholas
Rigby, at Manchester, on 24th anne, and,in company with seVe-
rid others, robbed him of .Bs. 6d. and a pocket-knife. At an
early hour on the morning of the day named, the prosectitor
was sitting on some door ,steps, rather tipsy, when he was 115,
saulted by three men. -Another man, who saw the -assault,
informed the police, who found three men running away 'from
the place, but only•stioceeded in capturing-one, the prisoner
Bryan. Somethingwas heared to drop, and the 'prosedQtor's
knife was found ,onlthe ground close to where Bryan 'was ap.
prehended. The prisoner, who is a cripple on oneside, pleaded
that he canted notttake hold of the money,even if-givevl to him,
on account •of tiis lameness, and court not, thereffore, have
taken part in ihtlrobbery. Verdict, frailty:: -sentence deferred.
MarT Jackson, 1.8, factory worker, was indicted on a charge
of having, with several others, assaulted and robbed William
Hall of -07.55.'0,- Manchester on the Ilth of ;Trine last. Pro-
secutor hadleten drinking with a number of dissolute charac-
ters in ,ah#erhouse, and soon after he left:tie prisoner, who
was one .of tthem, struck him a violent 'blow, and her com-
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rations followed it up by an attack which left him insensible.
While the tttack was going on they'ri,flel his pockets. The
pvisoner 'Avant to the beer-house neit 'morning, and when
accused by the landlord of the .robbery, she asked—" How
much 'doss he (prosecutor) say was taken from him ?" The
landlord '(a witness) told her tel ilOs. She replied —" a
bey liie ! They only got 'CMOs." The jury found her
:guilty, but recommended her to tiercy, "on account of hir
tender age." His Lotdship delivered a very impressive
address, in the course of which he-said the large and popultrus
loW'rrs were infested with gangs of such ruffians as the 'pi-
-settees associates; and, es•a Wafting to others, he sezattkeed
Llibrto be transported for fifteen,years.
one court rose at seven. o'clock.

NISI PRIUS COLTIRT.—YESTERDAY.
ale Are lir:f.:lttslice Crowder)
_ The court sat shortly.aftsetwelve o'clock, when ,se:.-tnversa-
Ifion took place between..his lordship and Mr. •Attoriiby-
'General Knowles respecting,the arrangement ,of the business.'
His lordship had receiv‘d=an application from 'the LiverpoOl•
Law Society, saggesting that it would be a great'onvetitence
and saving of expense `to 'many parties if sometirrangenient
could be made regarding the second (or West Derby) list'iti 'tier
cause-paper, ;as inany;,:persons far down on that list had 'fre-
quently to wait many days before their eases came on. The
Attorney-Grezeratexprces3d the willingness efthehar to'ccn-
cede to any arrangement likely to convenience4ll parties. `:His
lordship intimated thy;; he would take the applidation-kdo.
consideration, and'i'fate to-day (Tuesday) *Wit arrangetlent
could be ruade'respeeting the special jury cases.
BEAVER inn Istb`..:n V. THE CORPOE.AriVH.OF •MlNC.'HES-
TER.—Plaintiffs, 'cotton-spinners, of Manchester,' sought to
recover possesaion"of a, small piece of :grouted from which
they had beenejected -by the defendants. Mr:Knowles and
Mr. Mannestyffor'the plaintiffs; and Sergeant 'Mr:ins and
Mr. 11111 for the defendants. Verdict forplaintiffs; subject to
a case

ANDREWS %!/. 'Boma AND Boonl.—Plaiiittlf.ris a plumber.
in Manchester.; `defendants are in the!same 'business in that-
city. Actionto recover £47 18s. 2a., . balance of-an account.
There was modnfence. Mr. Mond for the pfainiff.
Rose ro.-Snetr.—Both parties are :rag and -waste cotton-
dealers, the:fermerzet Manchester,the latter atTelton. Plain- •
tiff sold .defendantalnantity of rags; but a,,:difference arose,
and the price avasAo be settled by the result of a bet as, to
whets previous-lotihad been sold for. The defence was that
the contract having partaken of the -character -of a wager or
bet, the-action ceold not lie. His ierdship ruled that the de-
fence was-a gOod one, and a verdidtwas'entered for defendant,
leave being.given plaintiff to opp/s, to the court above to have
it set aside. Mr.-'Atherton and M. Buseelbfor plaintiff; Mr.
Watson for,iclefendant.
Taronas :Oman v. JAMES iltarrl AN In, . —Another unde-
fended action. 'Plaintiff is a clraft-sman,, and defendant' was
lately a 'Spindle -tand fly-maker. The 'action was to recover
1365145. ld.; lentmoney, and interest.
Ftaa.Tuns ~r.arn,tarrirEns v. F 72:0614 ORE.—A verdict; taken
by consent, for the plaintiffs for IZ:100.
The fdlloWing- were also undefended, and verdicts given to
the Plaintiffs :-=',limar THOMPSON V. ,RICH/11 D ROSE. • Action
by the .01Kit:tiff, a-corn-dealer at Driffield,Yockshire, to recover
froutdefendant;-. an inn-keeper at Wigan, C 26 10s., for corn
sold. Mr..lfonk-forthe plaintiff.—Joni,W.arrn v. Wa.r.max
Bypeor..-K. 'Both, parties are fleondkers,at Manchesterand
Heywoodrespectivay. Action to :recover £2O 6s. for goods
suprilied.-=Mmr_rmev. PLATT. Action fonf2a2. on a promissory
note. Mr.'Wbeeler appeared for the plaintiff.--Duwonro and
POWOETRit). EDWARDCOLLI NG R. Aationona bill of exchange to
remover str63 495. :Sergeant oWilkins.ana Mr. Monk ap-
peared. "The 'defendant had plended-that 'Ale bill was drawn,
for theacoornModation of the plaintiffs,,Mehout any value,or,
onefideration,- and -that he was included to accept it by fraud
ou theirpart but he did not appear.in -court to support his
plea, antlaverclictwres therefore giveri'.forlhe plaintiffs.
FIiman,amaN,..4sND:KOWARTH JAMES TKRCHALL.
tiffs ;are .assignees, of Samuel and _Noah( Howarth, dye saanu-'
factiantrersrat liad'alia, near Bury, made. bankrupts on the filth
June last. 'Defendant is a slv*keeper, at the same place.
The setionswaft brought to recover .the -.value of certabkipro-
petty ibelonging lathe bankrupt tfrrra,whielt had been sold by
order .of rthe ‘kleferidant though Le latliegreviously been -in-
formed of 'the-act.of bankruptcy. :11is, lordship directed the
jury to Snit verdiet"for the plats...tiffs:for...lK with liberty.-to
enter a moan:tit, if :the plaintiff dede'ed -to-try the case further.
The cast-case terminated about iaalf/past :three o'clock, acid
as the parties.were not: ready in any his lordship con-
sented to ti7ccriminal-oaces for the namaindenef the day. The
first milted on oras the ((glowing :
FACTLetif REDD TASRAR ST. HELX2iB.-743drard Chambers
(30), John.jennings,(s9), and Patrinik.KeuxeEly (32), were in-
dicted for:grievously wounding Timothy IKE:II3r, with intent to
do him bedilylsxm,at,Eceleston. Ir. Tindal Akinson, who
appeared for the-prosecution, stated that prosecutor and the pri-
soner were ."navaries,":rho had beencolgage.d in canal work,
near Prescott. lOn Monday, the 28th of May last, they had
all been at Sit. Illeleusi,toxet paid theirmagss, and between
seven and eight ',o'clock-were going hawse an ,00mpany. The
prisoners asked Kelly iLlie.was a , Connaught" or a " Mun-
ster man." He replied And he was an Irislur.sn, but this
reply not satisfying :them, he said he came ,'from Clare. A
=an, named Colemat, • upon ,this said he (came fram Galway,
:and was " fit for :arrybOdyfram Ireland, and stytek the pro-
..srvutor. A figkt ;ensued, ,and Chambers Atm& Kelly
over the head *Wu 'his ,--spade and knocked ;ham down.
-While he was on the.ground .Fennings did the -came with
soother spade, and Rionnecly :struck him with a stick,
ale was severely wounded, oh the head, and left on the
,groand for dead. 'Several -,,witnesses were es./.1011 for the
,prosecution. Mr. Brett,:for tbeller'ence, maintained that the
prisoners could not be (convicted yen the charge of 'intent to
,:do !.bodily harm, although -he would admit there might have
been aeommon assault. l'Zie also -argued that the prosecutor
,had not given a true version of the:affair, which he designated
,an " Irish row," in which :all were , equally to blame.—His
lordship, in summing up, tcild the, jury that, if they Aid not-
think, there was an intent to -do
.grievons bodily harm on the
part of, the prisoners, they might, --under a recent act of par-
ili,sment, find them guilty Of .onlawfnliy wounding =The
jury fokuld 'them guilty of the !minor
,Oft'ence, and they were
sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labopir.
The court ,rose at twenty minutes •to.-sin, and will resume
its paittings,atyzine o'clock this morning,:to,s7 civil cases

A DmO-R4l-.% .X.O A WELL-KNOWS WA 4.113.-7 A tall broad-set:
northeountryman, who gave the name .of ,Cbatles Dickens,,
was brought.qp at the Police-court yesterday, Ataving been
stopped at one of the gates of the Princes-dock, by police-
officer No. 7, on o.tlinclay night, with name pork, beef, and
biscuits ,concealed in handkerchiefs. The prisoner xonfeased
that he had taken the articles, along with two other .men, from
some open easks,on,thelnay, near a vessel loading ,fcr Mel-
bourne. He added .that he Was an iron-moulder, and had
only come into Isiverpool on Friday, with two-pence ;in his
pocket ; and being unable la obtain work, hunger ,had .drAven
him to commit the robbery. He had never been ,at ,o
court before.—No person appeared to prosecute.—The magis-
trate, Mr. Hardman Earle, said he had no alternative butuitb.er
to discharge the prisoner or commit him for trial ; and as he
evas unwilling to send a man, who probably had hitherto borne
a good character, to suffer thecontamination of a gaol, he dig-
charged him with a caution.

RECAPTURE OF PRINCE MENSCiNIKOFF'S CARRIAGE.—
The carriage of Prince Menschikoff, captured at the battle of
the Alma, was some time ago purchased by Mr. Hough, the
proprietor of the model of Sebastopol now exhibiting at the
Queen's Hall, Bold-street. The party who sold it was Cap-
tain Barclay, of the ship Mohawk, who brought it direct from
Balaclava. For several weeks it has been exhibited at the
Queen's Hall, along with the model of Sebastopol, but a
person of the name of Rafferty now claims it, In order to
enforce that claim, a large number of men went _with a cart
to the Queen's Hall, on Thursday, and whilst a lecture was
going on in the hall explanatory of the model,- the men
rushed up stairs in a body, entered the room after overcom-
ing a stout resistance offered to them, seized the carriage, and
attempted to take it away. Two of the attendants were
struck by some of the men, and the assailants would have
accomplished their object (for they had succeeded in drag-
ging the carriage out of the room, and partly down the stairs)
had not the police arrived and put an end to the disturbance
by taking the ringleaders and five others into custody. The
rest of the attacking party ran away. As it was, the claim-
ing party succeeded in possessing themselves of the carriage
wheels, which were placed in the cart brought by them, and
which, along with themselves and the wheels, was taken to
the Police-office. On Friday, Rafferty and hig assistants were
brought before the Magistrates, charged with attempting to
steal the carriage. It appeared, however, that Rafferty had
some reason for believing he had purchased the carriage from
Captain Barclay, although some conditions of the alleged pur-
chase were unfulfilled, and the case was dismissed,

COMMERCIAL and MONETARY NEWS.

MONDAY NIGHT.

THE Money Market during the week has presented
very little worthy of notice, the fluctuations, as in the
preceding week, being very trifling, and the standard
price of 91 for Consols not being departed from more
than a quarter per cent. This absence of vitality is
owing no doubt to the season of the year, most persons
enjoying recreation in the country or at the sea-side
rather than attending to business, for which there is
little inducement at present. At the same time, the
news from the seat 'of war have been merely variations
of " all's well," without either successes or reverses to
give an impetus to speculation. The repayment of the
deposits on the French Loan, which will be made in a
day or two, will, no doubt, render money more plen-
tiful; while, on the other hand, the passing of the
Limited Liability Bill may give employment to more
capital. The Bank returns, on Friday, show a dimi-
nution in the stock of bullion to the extent of £153,658,
but the notes unemployed have increased £111,155 ;
notwithstanding there is an increase of " other secu-
rities" of £679,663. The other changes are compara-
tively unimportant. Money for commercial purposes
is still very easy, the rate of discount for first-rate
paper ruling as low as 21 per cent., the Bank minimum
remaining at 3-1- per cent. •
The accounts from Manchester are rather of a
desponding character, the trade being dull, owing to
'carious causes, which, though combined, may account
for the present indisposition to operate, but are neither
of them more than of a "te nporary character. The
remedy sought is in diminished production, and in
Blackburn a I-osolution has been come to, to work the
factories only four days a-week ; but according to the
circular of Messrs. 110-ofi BALFOUR :and Co., a rapid
return tom' e 'usual )ours of labour is anticipated.
The ,a rivals of. Oecie last week amounted to about
£520,000, all in gold. The shipments being estimated
at about 2100;00, and as the -Foreign Exchanges are
favourable, .it is -believed that 'the greater portion will
go 'into 'the liarik coffers. The Great-western dividend
will be'dt-thorate of only 21,per cent. per annum.
Anote the following remarks from the circular
'of Messrs.' f. and H. LIit'LEDALE and Co.
A strong apprehension prevailed for some days, flag 'the
'Chancellor of the Exchequer was going to impose an addi-
tional 'lO per cent. on Ace import duties, and considerable
quantities of Sugar and Zea were in consequence released
from bond; but the very'recent date of the late increase—the
immedtuteclose of the'Sz'ssion of parliament, andthe injurious
"effect of such a pleasure, at this critical period of the year,
seemed to combine toFrender it most improbable—and by the
meaoire now proposed, of issuing £7,000,000 of Exchequer-
' bills and bonds, any' change in customs' duties may be con-
sidered at an end--.that an increase may be imposed by the
spring budget, should the war continue, is inure than probable,
and may justly enter into the calcalations .of 'merchants now
stnding out theittrders to the Mauritius and elsewhere. The
+quantity of Sugar thus duty paid duriug She month makes our
stocks appear tt:en lighter than they are.; but of refining
qualities there is a decided scarcity, as -shown by the relative
advance in {bete kinds compared with grocery descriptions—
the one having improved ss. in vane since the change in
duty, and the latter only 2s. 6d.

The ref ttrn from the Bank notEngland' for the week
ending' the 4th of August gi!ves the following results,
when compared with the previous week:—

Public rcposits £5,152,221; Increase ... £930,813
Other Deposits ... 11;857,328 ; Decrease ... 26,200
,Rest 3;850,872; Increase ... 94,086
On the,other side of the :account:—
Government Securities.. £12,851,030, Decrease... £241,498
Other Securities .. 13,592,92©; Increase ... 679,663
Voths unemployed 802;300; Increase ... 111,155

The amount of note; in Circulation is £20,709,290,
being a decrease of £255;555, and the stock of
bullion in both departments-is .£16,231,734, showing
a ‘4:l,zrease of £153.,G5-8, when compared with the
preceding return.