The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-06 00:00:00

SOUTH LANCASHIRE
ASSIZES:

CROWN. COURT.—YESTBRDAY.
(Before Air. Justice Hill.)
STEVENS s'. THE GREAT SRI'. COMPANY.--This wag
an action to recover damages from the defendants for
non-fulfilment of contract,. The plaintiff was engaged as
a steward on board the Great Eastern, and received an
intimation that he was to join the ship at Holyhead, on
the- 12th` of September, if no unfolseen event occurred,
in the interim. 'The unfortunate explosion, however,
occurred in the meantime,' and the plaintiff's services were
not required. The plaintiff was non-Suited.
keritrN ON 4. BILL OF EXCIIANGE.---STEWART
Cauffrrrn.-'—The plaintiff is a Merchant, in Liverpool,
and the defendentis a: spirit Merchant, also in this town,
and theaction was brought to recover daniages on a bill
:of exchange, drawn in 1857. Before the ease-was con=
eluded, .thq, jtiry. gaVe. a verdict for- the plaintiff for
£436 13s. 3d. • .
ILLEGAL. IMPRISONMENT OF A SEAMAN.—WILLIAMS
a). BnoWs.2-LThe plaintiff, who is a seaman, shipped et
Liverpool, on board the defendant's vessel, the Brunel,
for, a , voyage to Bombay and back. The plaintiff was
very ill on the passages out, and on his arrival at
gOmbay he applied' to the defendant for his dficharge.
This was 'refiised, and the -plaintiff being on shore
refined to return to his ship,. he was taken before a magis-
trate, iniPrisimed for four:Weeks, anctthen sent on board
the Brunel again, where the defendant imprisoned him
iu a: small room 61 feet by 5. feet, together with another
man' for the term of three and a half months, during
which he was only allowed, per diem, one hour's-open'
air exercise. The defence was that ,the plaintiff was- a-
-skulker and feiznro illness, and that it wait necessary to
deal severely with him. Verdict for the plaintiff-
-damages £l. •
CLAIM ZUNDFR A DEED OF :ASSIGNMENT.---WILSON 17.
.:DOwNirAst.—The plaintiff in this action sought to
:recover the
.sum of £24 from the defendant, under a
deed of assignment. The question was merely whether
the plaintiff .was entitled -to claim -a debt-- d_ to the
assignor, and the deed of assignment having been satis-
factorily proved, a verdiet••was entered'for the plaintiff.
' CLAM" FAR DEMURRAGE.—NIENtAt;v.i. Moss AND
OTHERS.—The plaintiff is the 'Captain of the ship
.Alstion, and the defendants are 'merchants in Liverpool.
appeared that -on the 28th of November Jot the
Plaintiff entered into a charter party with the defendants,
by which they engaged to load. his ship :With coals
within 14 days after she was in her berth in the dock,.
under a 'demurrage penalty of £6 per day.. The ship
cdmmenced loading on the sth 'of December, and the
-operation was carried on vigorously for 11 days, then
ceased, and the cargo was not all on bOard until the 4th
-of January following. Thedefence was that owing to
frost the coals could not be" brought down the canal,
Enid this contingency was provided for in the charter
party. Verdict for the defendants.
.The court rose about half-past four, having dispoied
of all the business_ before it

•
NISI PRIUS COURT.. ---YESTERDAY.
(Before Mr. Justice Blaekbitruj
WALLER AND ANOTHER V. THE MAYOR, ALDERMEN,
AND CORPORATION. OF MANCHESTER.--This was an
action for special damages, and it was agreed to take a
verdict for the plaintiffs for £lO,OOO, the amount
claimed, .subject to the decision of the court above on a'
point 9f law involved in the case. It was stated that
-it had been considered advisable to get first the point
of law - settled, when• if the decision of the superior
court were in favour of the plaintiffs the amount of'
damages might be referred to arbitration.
WILEY V,. CRAWFORD AND ANOTHER.—This action
was brought'` to recover compensation for an alleged
wrongful detention by the defendants of the registry of
the plaintiff's vessel, by reason of ivhieh, it was alleged,
the plaintiff wa's unable to send the ship to sea for eight
days. Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Manesty, Q.C., and Mr. Jones for the defendants. The
plaintiff was the captain and owner of the ship Pacific,
and the defendants were Messrs. Crawford and Fenwick,
attorneys, at Shields. Verdict fOr the defendants, with
leave to the plaintiff.to• move.
A DETECTIVE OFFICER'S CLAIM.
• 13ATES V. WHENRY.
Joseph Bates, detective officer in this town, was the
plaintiff in. this action ; and James M'Henry, a mer-
chant, also a this town, was the defendant, Mr.
Wilde, Q.C., and Mr. Quain, were for the plaintiff, and
Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Baylis, were for the defend-
ant.

Mr. Wilde having opened the case at some length,
Joseph Bates, the4laintiff, was then put into the
box. He said he was formerly inspector of police 'in
Liierpool. In July,.. 1858, he was sent: for to Mr.
Holden's office, where he met Mr. M'Henry. He was
told that they expected a gentleman of the name of
MontgoMery from New Orleans, •and' that he would
arrive by the Havre steamboat ; and be was directed to
'go:- to Southampton with a warrant to apprehend
Montgomery for a debt of- £15,000 due to .M'Henry.
He. agreed to undertake' the duty, and an indemnity
wait drawn out and signed by Mr. Mcgenry. He went
to Southampton accordingly, but, no person answering
the deseription of Montgomery landed. He returned_
to London, and again met Mr. M'Henry. -Mr. McHenry,.
`gave him further instructions, and a letter of intro= -
auction to Judge. Mason, the American Minister at-Paris,'
Witness went to Paris, and he was followed to that eh?!
: by :Mr. M'Henry. He went to 'Judge Mason, and
showed him thaktter, saying that he was thengoing to get
one of the French police-officers to get the assistance lie-
needed. He secured the assistance of a member of the
French detective corps, and in his. company they.,
searched every hotel ia Paris, and made -inquiries at
the railway stations. - Arf. - Mclienrjr beiiorcd -Mont-
-gomery had arrived in France, and desired Witness to
do all he could to find him. 'Nat finding him in. Paris
he went to HaVie, to make inquiries there himself.
He, arrived in Havre -on. a Sunday morning; and found
Montgomery's name at one of the hotels in that town.
While at Havre, he received a letter from Mr. McHenry,
desiring him to proceed to Fnglannd, as probably Mont-
- gothery had gone across the channel. Witness aearnt
by inquiries that Montgomery had gone to Paris; and
on Monday ha accordingly returned -to that city, and
-again put himself, in communication with a . Parisian
detective. By inquiries from cabmen and others, he
discovered_ the.. hotel at which Montgomery Was
staying, under a feigned name. - Mr. M'Henry
was taken to the hotel, and recognised Mont-
gonaery, and on coming out of the place, he told witness
. to meet him at the same spot-at eleven o'cloCk the next
morning. Witness, however, did not think it wise to
leave the house; "and soon after M'Henry left, Mont-
gomery came out of the hotel with his wife, and jumped
into a-cab and drove to the railway Station. Witness.
and the French officer pursued him and Montgomery
and- his wife were apprehended by the. Parisian. detective.'
,just as they were booking for Geneva. The woman tore
up some cheques whenidic was apprehended.
,After the
parties were apprehended, McHenry rnetthem, and tried
to make a compromise, :hut the. French' officer would not
hear of it, as Montgamery had been travellibg under a
feigned name. Witness heard from.,Millenry _that he
got £3,000 from Montgomery -at this fnterviewi--and the
matter was subsequently-.,arranged. . lie (witness)
accordingly returned --horde,- his work being at an ern4'.
and soon afterwards be -sent in his bill againat:
McHenry.. Ti k disbiraeixtents::Were ninal7
charges for .travelling; being :two' guineas- Per!day:
.out of the -country, amounted-to about 1.25:45. .His
.charge for travelling in England was a guinea
• He elso.made a charge for conitnission, which was per
feetly -usual. He had fieen. paid £5O-on account. -
- Jatnes,—l am not a good• French scholar. I.
can ask fig something to eat and something to drink ; I
know the differenee-between a shilling and a franc ; and _
I suppose I have been- fifty times 'in Fran Ce. ' I do not
knOw whether-my' account was returned to Me by-Mr:
Holden ; it might have been returned to my clerk while
was away. J employed Mr. Holden as my attorney
ditestly after the last assizes. I never knew he had
quarrelled with Mr. M'Henry. •Mr. Holden never sent
tome about this matter. I mean to swear that he never
suggested to me to bring_ this action.. In addition to the
£6O-I received from Mr. McHenry, I received from him
before starting £lO, and after going to Paris J received
in Havre another 410. I won't be sure whether I
received afteeiA or, twenty Napoleons in Paris ; 'bat I am
sure I. did not 'receive more than £3O altogether: Mr.
Holden did not tell me my claim was a most impertinent
one,' but he
.told me that it was a great shame Mr.
Mcgeary would not give me my five per cent. com-
mission. I! told Mr.'Mcllenry's attorney at the tithe of
my engagement that there would be commission.
I will -swear I told Mr. golden my terms. - I did 'not
hring, my action because I have been much engaged in
America, and also in. Spain, and up the Mediterranean.
- BY Mr. Wilde—The item of £34 for disbursements is
not above and beyond the ££3o I received.
James Allen, the plaintiff's managing clerk, was next
called. He said he told Mr. Holden exactly what Mr.
Babes' terms would be at the time of the engagement.
When the 'account was subsequently sent in to Mr.
Mclleary, that gentleman said the commission ivas cer-
tainly too mach, and he thought £5O would be a very
fair sum to give Bates. .
:Mr.larnes then addressed the jury for the defence.
He eharacteriied the cage as an extraordinary action
brought at an.extraordinary time, long after the trans-
action had taken place. They had a gentlemata of the
name of Mr. gOielsn acting as attorney for Bates at the
present 'mOment ; and at the time when this transaction
took. place Mr.' golden was- the leg,al adviser of Afro
McHenry. '§inpe tb.at time disputes had arisen between
Mr. Mclienry and Mr. Holden, whereby Mr, Holden
bad ceased to be the attorney for Mr.. McHenry, and
and it happened that he VeS now the attorney of Mr.
Bates, the police-officer. It would hive been much'
pleasanter 'it' a gentletnan of so high a standing as Mr.
Holden—it would probably have shown a aieer sense of
honour, if he had refrained from acting as the attorney
for Mr. Bates, under the circumstances. Now, it' would
appear that Mr. M'Henry actually paid £4O to Mr.
Bates, for the, purpose of defraying the travelling
expenses., . sr. M'Henry never objected to the payment
of two guinewyper clay ; but what he did object to, and
for which he never entered-into any contract at all, was
the payment of five _per .cot. Ammission—an unheard
of thing. Mr.' .Holdeu was not au,tiitoFised by Mr.
;McHenry to enter into any such eontract Oa that. Mr..
Holden himself returned the aaeount to ,Bates, because
he believed it a gross imposition ; and be had actually
charged , McHenry " attending and returuing
accouut, 6s. Bd." The learned counsel contended that
Bates had hell well paid ; that he had received £4O, in
addition teethe ip which was admitted to have been
paid ; and that the action. sra.s• an after,tlarnight, and a
stale claim.
Mr. McHenry was called. lle substantiated the
statement made by Mr. James, 'and denied thitt ye ever
agreed to paythe five per cent. commission. -
Charles Simpson;_pririeinal assistant to Mr. Field,'
detective officer, in London, was next Called, and he

denied that any charge for commission was ordinarily
made. Mr. Field did not charge commission.
The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff, damages
£125.

This concluded the special jury causes; and the court
proceeded with the remainder of the common jury cases.

BOYD AND ANOTHER V. ATKINSON.—This was an
action‘ on a promissory note for £540, which it was
alleged the defendant, a gentleman in Manchester, gave
to the plaintiff, his nephew.
SMITH V. WILLIAMS AND ANOTHER.—The declaration
in this case stated that the defendants agreed with the
plaintiff to take from him on hire, a flat, at the rate of
COs. per week, to be paid monthly; that the defendants
did not take sufficient care of the flat, and that they
suffered it to come into collision with another boat, and
did not afterwards do the necessary repairs ; and that
they had failed to return the flat to the plaintiff within
the specified time. Mr. Russell appeared for the plaintiff,
and Mr. Brett for the defendants. The case resulted
a nonsuit. •

AN ATTORNEY'S CLAIM.7--HOLDEN AND ANOTHER V.
BALLANTYNE AND, ANOTHER.--The plaintiffs in this
case, Mesirs. Holden, solicitors in this town, sued the
defendants for £B9 6s. 2d., the amount of a bill of costs
incurred by them in defending an action brought against
the defendants. The defendants paid into court a sum
of £6, and denied being indebted beyond that amount.
Mr. Quain appeared for the plaintiffs ; Mr. James,
Q.C., and Mr. Brett were for the defendants Carr and
Robinson, and Mr.- Aspinall and Mr. Temple were for
the defendant Billantyne. In opening the case, Mr.
Quain stated that Mr. Ballantyne was well known in
Liverpool iii connection with the timber trade ; and Mr.
Carr and Mr. Robinson, the other defendants, were con-
, siderable dealers in American timber. The real dispute
in the:present action ;was between Messrs. Carr and
Robinson on the one hand, and Mr. Ballantyne on the
other, as to who were To pay the bill of costs. In
August, 1858, Meisrs. Carr and .Robinson entered
into a charter.: party with. 'a gentleman of the
name of Thompson, . residing to send
out 'a ship to America laden with timber- A. dispute
_arose, it appeared, between the 'aitister,-of,the ship and
Mr. Ballantyne, the agent orMeasrs.,:%rr and: Robin-
son et, Quebec, and ultimately-Mr, :Ballarityne:refased to
give any return cargo. The- consequence was, that the
vessel returned home empty: Mr. Thompson immedi-
ately instituted an action against Messrs. Carr and
Robinson ; and it was in defendini,this action that.the
bill of costs was `incurred, upon ividdi'cli'd present. claim
was founded.—His lordship areeted non.suit to be.
entered. - -

This concluded the business of the assizes, the courts
having sat fourteen days.

LOCAL BOARD OF .4EAL:IVOYALLASE

The usual monthly meeting, of ihe..LOcal Board of
Health took place last evfnipe, at the offices_of_ the
Board, Mr. Pooley presidingz, The:• fcdlowing.gentlemen
were also present,—Messrs. Hill, T!'ishwick, Hughes,
and Byerley. The minutes ot the last meeting were,
confirmed on the propOsition of Mr Hughes, seto,nded
by Mr Fishwiek, and adcipia.
Mr HILL moved the adoption and -confirmation of the
koceedings of ihe Gas committee; and stated that_.the
gis works was proceedng7 satisfactor.ily: ifinety-three
lamps had been lighted., With kegard to the revenue
of the works, he stated that the fitting accounts amounted

to about £5OO ; consumption of gas in metres supplied
to private parties, £250 ; cost of supplying public lamps,
£9O ; and the revenue would amount to £440 or £450
for the last quarter. He reported that. 75 yards of water-
pipes had been laid. Up to Wednesday last, 184 pipes had
been tested, and 25 condemned ; and of the nine inch
main pipes, 86 were tested, and 19 condemned.
On. the motion of the Chairman, Lseconded by Mr
Fishwick, the proceedings of the Ferry and Finance
Committees were confirmed.

Mr. POOLEY said he had to introduce a subject to the
board arising out of the proceedings of the special board
meeting on finance held last week, at which the public
was not represented by the press. The board at that
meeting confirmed a report of the Finance Committee
which excused the trustees of New Brighton Church
from payment of their proportion of private improvement
expenses, the effect: being' to throw nearly X4O upon the
ratepayers by adding that sum to the general district
'rate. 'Members present at the time would recollect the
strong objection he took and the intention he expressed
of adopting measures, as one of the ratepayers, to
rectify what he judged to be an unjust proceeding
on the part of the board, entitling any one
aggrieved by it to resist the rate framed upon
an estimate which included that improper addition.
He had now to give notice that at their next monthly
meeting he should submit a motion p in of which would
go, to rescind the resolution of the special meeting of the
board relating to the question, and, in order to a full
and fair consideration by the members and by the rate.
payeri the interval, he should, before reading his
resolution, lay the facts and circumstances before the
board. In the year 1857 Victoria-road, New Brighton, ,
although it
,had long been dedicated to public use, was
in a state unfit for safe or comfortable passage, and it was
therefore decided by the board to cause it to be formed
and paved by the parties liable. The -notices required by
law were served upon the owners of properties fronting
the road on the 3rd September, 1857, and the legal period
after such service having expired, the board proceeded
to advertise for tenders, when the lowest, being that of
Messrs Ahram, was accepted, their contract being dated
the 15th of February, 1858. . Among the premises
f: opting Victoria-road is the New Brighton Church,
the trustees of which were served with notices,
and by their declining— lo execute the work them-
; Sely,es were consenting parties to its execution by the
„1:454rd, -*boo thereupOn undertook it, and it was corn
ietety finished on the Ist oft July, 1858, on which
iray the trustces became debtors to the, board. for the
work performed. The board, however, deferred ren-
z4M-ng an, -account to any of the- frontagers until the
-further and entire length of the road was finished,
_when an apportionment was made on the 29th of
October, 1858, • and bills rendered to each person
liable, according. to the length of their front to the road.
On the 12th November following, the collector called on
the:incumbent of the church for payment, who referred
him to Mr. H. Coulborn, whereupon the bill was ten-
dered to that gentleman, and the subject brought before
the law-clerk and the Finance Committee; by whom it
was brought before the board, with an intimation that
some , objection was made to payment, and thereupon
the law-clerk was ordered to inquire and to take measures
to obtain paYment from the' proper parties. He could
not discoter, however, that any such measures were taken,
but it appeared' that the matter was allowed to stand
over during the whole year 1859, to add to the apparent
amount of uncollected arrears of that year, and to further
rest until the last meeting of the Finance Committee
held in the financial year, which closed on the 25th ult.,
when the law-clerk stated that the board could not:
recover the amount. The ground of the opinion thus'
'given was stated by the law-clerk to be that since the
work was done the Local Government Act had come
into operation in the district, by which act churches and
chapels of all denominations were exempt from payment
of such rates, and on the opinion thus given, the board,
notwithstanding his earnest request for further con-
sideration, confirmed the report. Now, if they had
attended to the datelhe had given, and known that there
was no clause in the Local Government Act giving it opera-
-lion retrospectively, they would be of opinion with him,
that since the work in question was undertaken a whole
year, and completed fully two months before the act
came into force, it was impossible to sustain a claim for
exemption on, that ground, It might be that the law-
clerk had some other undeclared reason for his opinion ;

it might be that he thought that as he took no pro-
ceedings against the trustees for more than six months
after claim was made, he could not sustain an action for.
the amount; but when he (the chairman) remembered
that such a reason would saddle him with the blame
of neglecting his duty as our legal guardian and adviser,
and when he remembered also that the wealthy and
respectable gentry who composed the congregation of New
Brighton Church were incapable of sheltering themselves
from payment of a just claim ou a ground similar to the
statute of limitations, he dismissed that ground from
any consideration, as unworthy of honourable men to
entertain. He had consulted competent legal authority
on the subject, and he was confirmed thereby in the
judgment of equity and common sense that this was ad
illegal exemption, and that, the law provided a remedy
for it. He had another aspect in which he would have
to consider this subject. In the same year in
which victoria-road was undertaken, another road in
the district was formed, and it had two dissenting
chapels, the trustees of which were required to pay, and
did pay, the one £l6, the other £32, as their proportion
of precisely similar rates. Now, if this church was
to be exempted by straining a new law which
suited the purpose into an ex post facto operation,
so ought these chapels. The day had gone by
when any one religious sect could elaini preference
over any other before the law, and this very Local
Government Act exempted all alike ; all were rateable
before ; all are now exempt ; therefore, if they relieve
New Brighton Church from paying its proportion, they
toast refund the amount they had taken from the two
chapels. Tf any one alleged a motive on his part of
hostility to this Church, he would rest his refutation upon
the list of subscribers to its erection. 14:4 motive in that
was the same that actuated him in all he did in the posi-
tion he then occupied at the board—it was a simple desire
to do justice to the ratepayers, who, whatever be their
denomination, had equal civil rights, to any invasion, of
which he would be no party. He then gave notice of
the following motion That this board, having re-
considered its adoption of the report of the Finance
Committee on the 30th ultimo, hereby withdraw so
much of that adoption as refers to excusing the trustees
of New Brighton Church from their share of private
improvement rate." And that, in the event of the board
rejecting his motion, he would move—" That, in order
to act impartially towards all religious denominations
within the district, this board will return to all dissenting
bodie'i the sums which they have paid to the board for
formation of yoads.''
The replied to the remarks of tle c air-
man, who, he said bad misrepresented affairs. e (the
law-clerk) had always done his duty in attempting to
recover the rates from the trustees of the New Brighton
Church and other parties; and he read a letter from Mr.
Fowell in proof of his assertion.
The CHAIRMAN explained that he did not attach any
blame to the law-clerk, who, he maintained had accom-
plished his duty in a very satisfactory manner.
This teiniitatgi th,e proceedings

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, TO-DAY.

THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.

While the hippopotamus—the " river horse" of the
Romans and the "sea-cow" of the Dutch—presents
points of resemblance to the elephant, the ox, and the
hog, its, enormous bulk and unwieldiness, along with its
great flat muzzle and peculiar teeth and tusks, constitute
peculiarities widely different from those of any other
animal. It is further characterised as having upon all
its feet four toes, terminated by small hoofs, a hide des-
titute of hair, very short legs, a belly trailing against
the ground, short tail, and small eyes and ears. It
lives in river's, on roots and other vegetable substances,
and is ferocious and stupid. The stomach of a full
grown hippopotamus is said to be capable of containing
five or six bushels. The female carries her Young nine
months. The birth takes place on land, but on the
slightest alarm both parent and offspring take to
the water. - It is stated by au eye-witness that he,
having watched, while on a hunting party, one of
these animals, which had gone up from a neighbouring
river to calve, lay still with his company till the calve
was produced, when one of the party fired and shot the
mother dead. The Hottentots immediately rushed from
their hiding place to take the calf alive, but its-instinct
saved it, for it made for the river, and escaped. The
specimen first brought to this country, and which formed so
great an attraction in the Regent-park Gardens, London,
was with difficulty caught though only two days old.
The time of feeding is chiefly in the night. When they
attack cultivated grounds, they do almost incalculable
damage, not only from the quantity they consume, but
the still greater quantity they spoil and lay waste by-their
crushing bulk. They are capable of remaining beneath
the water for some time. The hide of a full-grown
hippopotamus is a load for a camel ; and for the most
part it is all but impervious to shot—indeed, it is so
hard that the natives make swords and shafts for
their darts from it. The usual mode of capturing
the adults is by pitfalls, into which they fall when
they leave the river in the evening to feed. They
are-then -dee-piddled by pouring great shot into their
heads. This animal makes a sharp, piercing, and, as it
were, very angry cry—something between grunting and
neighing. In the water they walk along the bed of the
river, or lake : at intervals, of course, they, must come to
the surface to breathe. Mast of our readers may have
crud Air. Guidon Cumming-is Istupltic and interebtlig_
adventures with this race and wonderful creature. When
wounded or irritated the hippopotamus is violently
ferocious, and has been known to sink' a boat by its
bite. As to, the ancient history of this species, if it be,
as some.sunpose, the behemoth of Job (ch. xi.), we must
refer to the well known verses, 15 to 19, both inclusive,
as the earliest description of the animal on record.. In
Some parts, at least, of Egypt, this animal was held
sacred, and was worshipped as the deity of mischance and
of cruelty, with the view of appeasing or averting its rage.
It is to be found only in the rivers and lakes of Africa.
The first specimen, brought to Great Britain in 1850,-was
ciutured on the. White Nile and carried to Cairo by H.
H. Abbas. Pasha at his own expense. When only a few
,months old it absorbed about thirty quarts of milk daily.
The calf was escorted by a lieutenant and party of
Nubian soldiers, and occupied a boat built expressly for
its own use. The difficulty of obtaining such an anima

may be conjectured from the fact that an armed exi)e.

dition, sent out by the Viceroy of Egypt to capture it,

ascended two thonsand miles of the Nile before they

succeeded. The hippopotamus is not insensible to music.

The Arab snake charmers can excite its attention by a

kind of musical call, which it answers by vibrating its

great bulk to and fro with evident pleasure, keeping

titne to the measure. of its keeper's song.

Its flesh is

much esteemed as an article Of food ; but there is no

part of the hippopotamus in more request than its great
canine teeth, the ivory of which is so highly valued.
The first hippopotamus ever known to be in Liver-
pool is being exhibited, to-day, at the Zoological Gar-
dens, accompanied by his Arab keeper, between whom
there is so much mutual attachment that they walk,

sit, eat, and even sleep together in the same den. We
were much gratified by a private view of-both yesterday,
when we, were informed that the sum paid for this
specimen was thirteen hundred guineas !-a figure which
is considered very moderate for this rare and inaccessible
inhabitant of the Upper Nile. The Arab attendant,

we believe, can neither speak nor understand a word of
English. As such an opportunity was never before

presented it. the North olinglaador, indeed, anywhere

else out of London, and as the visit is not at all likely

to be repeated, those who can appreciate so carious a
_ _ _

specimen of Zoology must visit the Gardens, West
Derby-road, without delay.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFISS.)

OFFERING £2O NOTE.--John Whallv, brought up on
remand, charged with offering a £2O note, supposed to
have been stolen, was dischamd,
UTTERING BASE COlN.—Richard Kelly was charged
with uttering base coin, and passing such to the follow-
ing persons : David Watson, 55., on 28th ult. ; Benjamin
Robinson, £l, Feb. 14 ; Wm. Delaney, 55., March 2 ;
Mrs. King, 55., Feb. 18.—Sent to sessions.
ROBBERY OK THE RAILWAY.—Thos. Rowan, brought
up on remand, charged with robbery on the railway, was
sent to the sessions for trial.
Housn STEALING.—Robert Plunkett was charged
with being in posseision of a stolen horse, valued at
The horse was stolen on Tuesday,• between ten
and eleven-o'clock, from Mr. William Glover's yard,- at
Limekiln-lane, and it was found on Wednesday in the
possession of the prisoner, who said he bought it from
Walter Rae for 2s 6d.—Remanded.

►STEALING WEARING APPAREL.—Richard Milroy
and Bridget Collins were charged with stealing wearing
apparel worth £5. The property consisted of pairs of
trowsers, vest, boots, drawers, and slippers, which were
stolen on Tuesday from a vessel. The clothes belonged
to the seamen on board.—Sent to gaol for three months.
EmuEzzlntENT.-John . Kendall was charged by
Edwin Meadows, poulterer, Derby-road, with em-
bezzling 6s 6d. T 4 prisoner was engaged by the
prosecutor, and on the day before Christmas lie was sent
with a goose to,a customer, but he forgot to hand the
money over.itemanded.
STEALING DRESSES.—Mary Flanagan was charged
with stealing two dresses, the property .of -Susan Stean-
son. The prisoner was a lodger in the prosecutor's
,house, and on Wednesday she stole the dresses and
pledged them at John Wood's, in Whitechapel.—Sent
to the sessions.

ROBBERY or JEVELLBRY.—WiIIiam Dryhurst and
Thomas Williams, seaman snd boatswain, were brought
lip, charged with stealing a valuable case of jewellery
front on board the African Mail-boat Armenian. It
will be remembered that the case was entrusted to the
owners of the vessel for conveyance to Teneriffe. -When
the vessel arrived there the casket could not be found.
On the arrival of the mail packet in England a quantity
of the valuable jewellery was offered for sale, op the
14th of January, to Samuel, who made enquiries
at the Police-of4ce, and also of the captain, which led
to the apprehension of the prisoners, and two women,
their friends. The women were discharged on the
former hearing, and in consequence of -a want of
evidence to substantiate the grave offence, the men
were committed to prison, io accordance with the 234th.
sec. of the Merchant Shipping Act, for embezzling the
ship's cargo, their wages being also -forfeited. Mr.
Cobb appeared for Drylinrst, and. Mr. Bluck for
Williams. ' ' _