The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-28 00:00:00

STEALING WATCHES.

David Todd, and his stepson, Richard Andrews, watch-
makers, living in Mulberry-street, were brought up by Detec-
tive-officer Scaife, on suspicion of having stolen two gold
watches from William Sweetman, a watchmaker, living in
bletherfield-road. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prisoners. It
appeared that the proses 'tor was a watch finisher, in the
employment of Mr. Hargraves, of school-lane. The parties
were out on Saturday evening when Sweetman caiied a` tiffs
employers for work for Monday—he got two watches from Mr.
Hargraves. They then proceeded to " Billy Glen's" beer-
house, where they had some beer, and after taking a glass
Sweetman became so stupid that he remembered nothing that
happened until he found himself in bed on Sunday morning.
Mr. Cobb cross-examined the witness, but could not elicit any-
thing as the man did not know what happened iu the interim.
Sarah Jones, a servant in Mr. Duffy's public-house, Lambert-
street, yaid I saw the two prisoners there on Saturday even-
ing last, and they asked to sit down. The last witness came in
with the priso4er Andrew,, he was very drunk. The last
witness at once fell asleep, and could not be wa:lCried. They
called fey eggs and rum, and Andrews went out in a quarter of
an hour. Todd stood at the door, and would not let any one
go in. In a quarter of an hour 4ndrews came back, and then
a gentleman came in and took pity on Sweetman, mid said he
would take him home, and asked where he lived, and the
soner Todd said in Lord-street. The witness was cross-exam-
ined at length by Mr. Cobb, but her evidence was not shaken.
A barman from a public-house in Islington proved that the pri-
prisoners and Sweetman, along with a woman, entered the
house between six and seven, and had some ale. He heard
Todd say be tia4 lest his money and his watch (or watches).
Mr. Hargra,ies stated that he saw his brother give Sweetman
two gold watches on laturdiy evening to finish by Monday
morning• They were worth Ell each. The watches were not
returned. Heard of the loss, and Todd told him he suspected
that Sweetman had pledged the watches himelf, as he was
seen behind Mr. Sharp's pawn.office very drunk, and with two
women. This witness gave Todd a good character. Mr. Finn,
pawnbroker, Great Homer-stret, said Andrews pledged one of
the watches with him on Saturday evening, at nine o'clock, for
E.S. Ile said the watch belonged to one Richard Ashley, of
Seacombe street, his master. Mr. Cummins, a pawnbroker in
the same street, stated that one of the watches was pledged
with him, pllt he was not certain that the prisoners, or either
of them, was the pledger of the watch. The prisoners were
sent for trial.

The great modiste of the day in Paris is not a French
woman, nor even a Frenchman, but an Englishman;
and he is more run after by the fashionable ladies than
any of the celebrated French ever
Court Journal.

RATHER PERSONAL—The Rev. Mr. Thom, of
Govan, riding on a particular occasion home from
Paisley, came up with two gentlemen residing in his
parish, who had lately been made justices of the peace.
The latter, seeing him well mounted, as usual, were
determined to pass a joke upon him, and accosted him
thus :—" Well, Mr. Thom, you are very unlike your
Master, fQr he was content to ride on an ass." "An
ass !" exclaimed the minister ; there's no such a
beast to be gotten now-a-days." "Ah ! how's that P"
said the wits. " Because," replied Mr. Thom, "they
now make them all justices of the peace."
The Archbishop of Cambray intends to rebuild his
cathedral, which was destroyed during the first French
revolution. The French Government has promised four
or five millions of francs (£160,000 or £200,000) to-
wards this work, provided the diocaose could raise two
millions (£800,000). The municipal council of the
town has already voted a million of francs towards this,
and the clergy and religious communities had already
headed the subscription list with a sum amounting to
more than 200,000 francs. A few years ago that diocese
subscribed £40,000 for building its ecclesiastical
seminary.

THE BEST OF SERVANTS.--If you would wish to have
a good servant—one that is faithful, honest, and atten-
tive, and whom you will never quarrel with ; one that
will never bother you for wages, nor drink your wine
behind your bad: ; one that will never object to wear
the clothes you have been wearing yourself, nor Make a
fuss over what meals you give him; that will not
grumble if you keep him up half the night ; one to
whom you could at any time give with a clear conscience
the very best of characters ; one that will never wish to
leave you, but would rather he remained with you all
the days of your life, then you must be your own servant
—and that is best achieved by your diligently learning
how on all oecaslons to help yourself.
AMERICAN PULPIT ORATORY.--4 few weeks ago the
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, a minister of New York,
who has obtained some notoriety as a preacher, was
addressing his congregation on " Moral Courage," and
in the course of his remarks referred to the refusal of
the trustees of Plymouth Church, New York, to Mr.
Wendell Phillips to occupy the pulpit for one night to
deliver'an address against slavery. " When," he said,
" the church was in the market to be let to all respect-
able people for one hundred dollars a night, to deny him
because he was advocating an unpopular doctrine, and
because it was feared that his using it would have an
injurious effect on the raising of money for a new
church, was shameful in the extreme. When I read it I
coloured till I felt blushes in my boots. I was ashamed
through and through."
THE RURAL LABOURER'S PROSEECTS.—There is
much reform needed, at this moment, in the treatment
of agricultural labourers, before their lot can at all
answer to the conception of it as one of the healthiest
and happiest of vocations ; and, on the other hand, we
we all believe it impossible that the labourer should
ever retrogress to what it has been. His vocation is
now becoming one of skilled labour, and his qualifica-
tions and his wages must both rise. For clodpoles we
shall henceforth have agricultural operatives, working
by machinery, and paid according to their intelligence
and skill. We see this happening already, and more and
more extensively every year. We see prizes won—not
so much now for sparing the rates, but for superior
skill in the arts of agriculture, and for success in the
accomplishments of horticulture. We see leisure hours
and spare pennies'spent in floricultural rivalry, instead
of at the public house. We see men of John's order
manifesting his virtues, with a fairer course before them.
Under such improved circumstances the health and
longevity of the class must steadily and rapidly
proTe,--,1110 lifffrtinffry in OW a frffk,

BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY COAPANY.

MEETING ON SATURDAY.

On Saturday an extraordinary general meeting of the
proprietors of this company was convened at the offices,
in Cathcart-street, for the transaction of the following
business :—To consider the creation and issuing of new
shares in lien of shares merged in the company, of such
amount and with such preference or priority of dividend,
and generally on such terms, as by any order of such
meeting shall be determined, so as to raise the sum of
£58,494 10s. Also, to consider the conversion of part
of the paid-up capital of the company, not exceeding the
sum of £941,505 10s., into preference stock, and to
attach thereto a preference dividend not exceeding
£4 10s. per centum per annum. Also, to authorise the

expenditure of a certain amount of capital on the con-
struction of the railway commencing at or near Green-
lane, in the township of Tranmere, and terminating at
or near the Company's Basin at Tranmere Pool. Also, to
authorise the expenditure of a certain amount of capital
on part of the railway to be constructed between Hooton
and Helsby ; and to authorise the purchase of additional
lands and rolling stock, and the construction of ware-
houses, sheds, and other works, on the property of the
company," &c.
It was understood, indeed it had been:advertised, that

the meeting would be purely pro forma, and that it would
be again adjourned till Saturday, the 9th of June. There
was, nevertheless, a good attendance of proprietors.
Mr. E. G. Salisbury, the chairman, presided, and
explained that the signature of " Charles Mason, secre-
tary," to the notice convening the meeting, had arisen
from the fact that Mr. Mason, the general manager,
had been acting temporarily as secretary, owing to the
illness of Mr. Johnson, who is now, however, so far
recovered as to be able to resume his duties. The
Chairman than formally moved, " That this meeting
stand adjourned for the transaction of business to
Saturday, the 9th of June, at twelve o'clock at noon."
The motion having been duly seconded.
Mr. H. C. 13E1.0E, on the ground that there could be
no urgency for any meeting at so early a date, proposed,
as an amendment, that the business stand over till the
regular half-yearly meeting of the company, which takes
place in August next.
Mr. Kirby seconded the amendment, which was sup-
ported by Mr. Mill, and also by

its- ThomAs DOWDALL. Who ureerlplo ;r *hp mean-
time they should look solely to the development of their
own line, and seek no alliance with any company likely
to lead to complications.
The CHAIRMAN, in reply, made the following state-
ment :—The arrangement between the London and
North Western and Great Western had been repudiated
by both those compqies, and was off; therefore, no
complications of any kind could take place between that
time and the 9th of tune.
Mr. DOWDALL : Or August.

The CuAtitmAr said, no complications that he was
aware of could take place. The directors had done
everything that they could to keep and maintain their
position fairly before the country and before Parliament.
They had promoted that bill which was approved of by
the shareholders, and went to the committee with it.
The counsel for the London and North-Western Com-
pany got up and objected to proceeding with the bill,
stating that the Loudon and North-Western Company
were no parties to the arrangement; that there was no
agreement between the companies; and that they ehmild
oppose the farther progress of the bill, The Great
Western Company also objected to the bill. Their
counsel stated that they would be no parties to the
arrangement ; that there was no arrangement in point of
fact ; and that the bill could not proceed. The committee
evidently were most unwilling to let that bill be with-
drawn—most unwilling; but finding that there was no
precedent for proceeding with the bill in opposition to the
glebes of the contracting parties,-7-they had to fincl the
preamble of the hilt not proved. The secena bill then
came on, It was a matter of utter indifference to them,
as Birkenhead people, whether the first or second bill was
carried. That bill was promoted by the Great Wes'e
Company. They (the Birkenhead Board) instructed
their counsel to say that they did not object to bill No.
2—that having fulfilled their part of the agreement in
writing to promote a bill in 1860, by promoting bill
No. 1, they would not object to bill No. 2. The London
and North-Western Company objected to bill No. 2 ;
the Great-Western Company abandoned it ; and the
agreement entered into between Lord Chaudos and him-
self (the chairman) in June, 1859, was abandoned and
repudiated in committee, before Mr. Adair, by the
council of the Great-Western and London and North.
Western Companies. When he said then that that
agreement was at an end, it should be understood that

it was by no act of theirs, but by the parties who had
contracted with tllpm kr tilP le4le Qf this line. Ile
was sure, so far as the board was coneerned-,le was
sure, so far as he was concerned, he wanted no com-
plications with the Great-Western, the Cheshire, Mid-
land, or any other companies ; but they were there as
trustees for the shareholders. They must consider
well the information which they received, not simply
from newspapers or public r4mour, but watch for them-
selves and for the proprietary for information from 'reliable
quarters. The course which the board had adopted in
calling them together that day was the course which
should be adopted in the peculiar circumstances of the
case but new eircumstatipeq had arisen between the
date of May 4th and the 14th of May, which necessitated
the adjournment of that meeting to the 9th day of June;
for although their ordinary meeting would be held about
the end of August, that would be about ten weeks
afterwards. From information which the board pos-
sessed, but which they thought they ought not in the
interest of the shareholders to state that day, he was
sure that the adjournment of that meeting to the end of
Augusts would lie a very suicidal thing on their part.
the course which they had taken he believed the best
course, and under those circumstances he must press
them to adopt the resolution which had been proposed,
and reject the amendment proposed by Mr. Beloe.
The amendment was then put, when eleven hands
were held up for it, and ten against it. A second count
was called for, when thcre appeared eleven on each side,
and the chairman, giving the casting vote, declared the
amendment negatived. The original resolution was then
put, when there appeared in like manner eleven for and
eleven against' it. The chairman's casting vote was
given in favour of the motion, and the meeting was
accordingly adjourned to the 9th of June,
The CgmIITAN said he wag sorry to giye them the
trouble of attending again so soon ; but he was sure
when they met on the 9th they would see the propriety
of the course which had been adopted.

The Earl and Countess of Derby and Lady Emma
Stanley arrived from London on Saturday at Knowsley
Hall for a few days.
THE LATE GALE.—On Saturday night it blew a fresh
gale from N.W. Fears were entertained for the satety
of the shipping in the river, but fortunately
40 ccolial-
ties took place.
Henry Hudson, an emigration agent, was charged
before the police magistrates on Saturday with refusing
to pay some emigrants "detention money." The par-
ties complaining came from the country, and were
detained over the time. They were ordered to be paid
the amount claimed.

CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Saturday, Mr. Wybergh,
the deputy coronet, held an inquest on the body of an
old woman, named Eliza Williams, 70 years of age,
who died in consequence of having been injured by her
clothes catching fire. Verdict " accidental death."
ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday, Patrick M'Loughlin, a
labourer, residing in Saltney-street, sustained severe
contusions of the body by a lorry crushing him against
one of the iron pillars of the shed at Nelson Dock.—
Mary Jane Matthews, a girl aged five years, residing
at. No. 2 Court, Lightbody-street, was crushed by a
cart in Walter-street, and sustained severe contusions
of the body.
LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.—RetIIrII for week
ending 26th May, 1850 :—Admitted : In-patients, 27;
out-patients, 27 ; surgical casualties, 29. Discharged :
Cured, 22; relieved, and at own request, 29 ; made
out-patients, 0 ; irregular, 3; dead, 4 ; remain in the
house, 161. For the ensuing week : Visitors, John
Cropper, Esq., and Rev. T. B. Monk, A.M. ; Physician,
Dr. Vose; Surgeon, Mr. Stubbs; House Surgeon, Mr.
R. Harrison ; Junior House Surgeon, Mr. H. G. Raw-
don ; Chaplain, Rev. Edward Poole; Treasurer, Charles
Wilson.

The Earl and Countess of Derby gave a grand enter-
tainment on Friday evening to their Royal Highnesses
the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary. The
following were invited to meet their royal highnesses—
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, his Excellency the
Prussian minister and the Countess de Bernstorff,
Viscount and Viscountess Newport, Viscount Chelsea,
Viscount Elmley, Viscount Royston, Lord John Man-
ners, Lord Skeimersdale. Colonel the lon. James
Macdonald, Colonel Home Purves, and Lady Geraldine
Somerset were in waiting on their royal highnesses.
Later in the evening her ladyship had an assembly.
FEMALE EDUCATION IN INDIA. Yesterday, at
Oldham-street Scotch Church, the Rev. J. Macduff, of
Glasgow, the author of " The Faithful Promiser,"
" Morning and Night Watches," " Memories of
Bethany," &c., delivered an excellent sermon on behalf
of the Ladies' Auxiliary Association in connection with
the Church of Scotland, for the promotion of female
education in India. The sermon was listened to with
marked attention. The same gentleman preached last
night at St. Andrew's Scotch Church, Rodney-street,
in behalf of the same object, taking his text from
Revelations xiv, 6. The congregation was large. At
the close of each sermon collections were made which,
we understand, amounted to a considerable sum.
A Conservative Banquet is to take place shortly,
the Earl of Shrewsbury in the chair ; the special
occasion for the demonstration being the first anniver-
sary of tho Conservative Registration Association.
The person named John P. Edwards, who has just
absconded from Birmingham, leaving behind him debts
to the amount of £50,000, was a iuerchant in the hard-
ware' trade. His credit has stood very low in the I (41.7
sic% ra4ricets;.