The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-28 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
UTTERING BASE COlN.—Mary M'Convile was brought
up on three charges of passing counterfeit coin. On the
19th instant she passed a coin upon Margaret Reed ; on
the 14th ult. -a 5s piece on Sarah Shaw, 15, Comber-
,mere-street, Park; and prisoner also passed a second 5s
piece on the 14th ult. upon Mr. Hughes, 57, George-
street, Park. The two last were in payment for coals.
Sent for trial to the sessions.
FORGING A CERTIFICATE.—David Lewis, seaman,
was brought up on a charge of forging a certificate of
character, and presenting it to Mr. James Anderson.
Mr. Tyndall appeared on the part of the prosecution,
and Mr. Bluck defended the prisoner. The defendant,
it appears, had acted as second mate in two vessels,
called the Alice and the Braganza., Some time since he
appeared before the Board of Trade to qualify himself as '
second mate. The Board stated that his certificates
were all very good, but required certificates of sobriety.
The captains of the vessels in which the prisoner had
served were at sea ; and, therefore, for the purpose of
passing his examination, he procured blank forms in 'a
shop in Castle-street, filled them up, and signed the
absent captains' names. Mr. Bluck contended that the
offence was committed in ignorance, and Mr. Raffles
took a similar view of the case, and fined the prisoner in
the mitigated penalty of £5 and costs.
OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—
Mary Moran was charged with obtaining 4s. on a chain
worth 4d., from Mary Gallagban. The charge of false
pretences could not be brought home, and the prisoner
was dismissed.

STEALING FROM THE PERSON.—Margaret Stevenson,
a woman of the town, for stealing 10s. from the person
of F. Campbell, in a brothel kept by Mary Anderson, at
3-Court, Gilbert-street, was sent to gaol for two months
with hard labour.

ABSCONDING FROM THE'
,FENInTENTIARY.—EI izabeth
Whittle, and Elizabeth Rimmer, were charged with
absconding from the Falkner-street Penitentiary, and
stealing clothing from the institution to the amount of
£l. Two shawls were found in Dowry's, the pawn-
broker. Sent to gaol for three menths.
OBTAINING. TWO HOGSHEADS OF WINE BY FALSE
PRETENCES.—Wm. Henry Lynass, brewer, residing at 2,
Oakfield, Atherton-street, appeared in answer to a
summons on a charge of obtaining two hogsheads of
sherry by false pretences. Mr. Cobb appeared for the
prosecution, and Mr. Campbell defended the prisoner.
The proceedings were instituted under the Act Ist
William IV., chap. 66, sec. 10. In September, 1858,
Mr. Aman, spirit merchant, New Fair-lane, Rock
Ferry, entered into partnership in the brewery business
with the prisoner, the former engaging to amalgamate
the wine and spirit business with the brewery in OetobeA
1859, provided the brewery should turn out a profitable
speculation. - Long before that date the brewery busi-

new became
_insolvent, and the amalgamation did nol

take place; but as late
,as January, 1860, the prisoner
obtained two hogsheads of sherry wine, Aman's property,
from Messrs. Dover & Co.. the consignees, in the name of
Lynass & Co. Mr, Cobb contended that since the partner-
ship had been dissolved, the prisoner had no business to use
the name of Lynass & Co., a firm which was not in existence,
and endeavoured to establish a case of forgery.---Mr.
Raffles, however, after examining the agreements entered
into by the parties, dismissed the case.—Mr. Campbell
stated that, under the circumstances, it would be only
fair that he should make a few remarks. In instituting
criminal proceedings against the prisoner the prosecutor
sought only to damage his character ; and he thought
that his client had been most maliciously dealt with.

For, a considerable time the parties were partners, who
bought and sold for their common benefit; and the very
wine,, with a quantity of beer, had been bought at Ham-
burg for the firm.—The. Clerk of the Court read a state-
ment made by Mr. Aman on the occasion of applying
for. the summons against the prisoner, to the effect that
Lynass was his clerk, and not his partner.—Mr. Raffles
remarked that, had he known the particulars of the case
in the first instance, he would not have granted the

summons; and thought that Mr. Atnan had acted very
indiscreetly in the matter.

CASE OF DAMAGES FOR A NEWSPAPER
LIBEL.

(Before Lord Chief Justice ERLE and a Common Jury.)
PERCIVAL AND WIFE V. LEVY.
This was an action against the proprietor of the Daily
Telegraph newspaper to recover damages for a libel. The
defendant pleaded not guilty and a justideation.
Mr. Ribton, in opening the case to the jury, said the
case arose out of a charge of rape that was preferred by
the daughter of the plaintiff, Hannah Percival, against
a man named James Powers, in December last. The
libel complained of consisted of reports of the examina-
tions, and comments upon the evidence, in leading
articles. The grand jury had thrown out the bill.
Mr. Edwin James, in his address to the jury for the
defendant, said the only points they had .to consider
were whether the reports of the different examinations,
before the magistrate, and the comments that were made
upon them, were Fair and just, and whether it was for
the interest of the public that they should have been
published. The object of the articles that were the sub-
jeet of the action was merely to call attention to the,
mode in which justice was administered iii the City of
London, and to the improper facility that was given to
the making of charges of this description. It appeared
to him that it was the duty of the press to direct atten-
tion to the subject, as every man, no matter what his
,position in life might be, was liable to have such a charge
made against him, and his liberty, his reputation, and
almost his life might be destroyed, if the magistrates
before whom, the charge-was investigated did not exercise
a proper discretion before they decided on sending the
case before a jury ; and he submitted that upon the
evidence the defendant was justified in publishing the
articles that appeared in the Telegraph, and that he was
entitled to a verdict.
Chief. Justice Erie, in summing up, said that the law
undoubtedly was that a fair and correct report of proceed-
ings in a court of justice, if published bona fide, and with-
out malice, could not be made-the subject Of Itn-Setion
for libel; but with regard to the publication of comments
upon those proceedings afterwards, that was another mat-
ter upon which he should not at present give any opinion.
With reference to this particular case, however, he should
state that it appeared to him that the defendant was not
justified in Making the comments be bad done in the
articles that appeared after the proceedings before the
magistrates ; and if the jury should think that they were
`of a libellous character, the plaintiff was entitled to a
verdict; with such reasonable damages as,they should
think he was entitle.l to under all the circumstances.
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damages £5O.
Nr. James tendered in a bill of exceptions to his lord-
ship's rujiqg in point of law, upon the ground that he
should' have left it to the jury, that W they believed the
statements were made bond fide and without malice, and
were founded upon the facts, the defendant was entitled
to a verdict ; and upon the application of the learned
counsel, execution was stayed until the question raised
by the bill 'of exceptions has been more fully argued.

THE EXCOMMUNICATION.—It is said that as soon as
the bull excommunicating the King of Piedmont is
pUblished,, Cardinal Morlot, Archbishop of Paris,. means
tq resign his offices at court, all of them highly lucrative.
The grand altimersttip alone is said to bring in £4,990
a year, and as a
.senator the right rev. prelate enjoys
£1,200 per annum. When Talleyrand- was excom--
municated he took it more coolly. The same day that
the bull reached him, the incorrigible Bishop of Autun
penned the following note to a Madame de 'P--. with
whom he was on very intimate terms. This note, I may
observe, is as yet unpublished. Talleyrand's gems won't
bear translation. I therefore give it in the origin 4:
Ma chere Amie,—C'est aujourd'hui que la bulle tlu
pkipe me voue a l'esprit des tenebres. J'irai ce soir
souper avec vous ; le 4i4141e me voyarit dans la coin-
pagnie d'un ange n'osera pas m'empovter2l--., Aaieli from
Paris. •

EPISODE IN THE BONAPARTE FAMILY HISTORY.—
A strange episode in the history of the Bonaparte family
is described in the 17th volume of the " History of the
COnsulate .and the Empire," by M. Thiers, just pub-
lished. The book contains a letter from M. Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte, " a French citizen, residing at
Baltimore, in the United States," to the effect that on
the,24th of December, 1803, Jerome Bonaparte, then a
naval officer in the service of the French Republic, was
married to Miss Elizabeth Paterson, daughter of a
citizen of the United States, by the Bishop of Baltimore.
Though Jerome Bonaparte was under age, and married
without waitieg for his mother's consent, the note goes
on to say his mother made no protest against the mar-
riage, but, on the contrary, called M. Jerome Napoleon
Bonaparte, the issne of that marriage, • her dear son," and
signed herself in a letter te him, " his very affectionate
mother." In 1805 the Emperor Napoleon I. demanded
of the Pope a bull annulling that marriage, bat this was
refused. Before his death, however, Madame Letitia
Bonaparte did protest against the marriage, 'and in the
year 1805, the Emperor, in a decree approved by the
Council of State, declared it null and void. Miss
Paterson received a pension of 60.000 f. from the Empe-
ror Napoleon I. till the Restoration. At the re-esta-
blishment of the empire under Napoleon 111. the
descendants of the marriage with Miss Paterson
attempted to establish a right, and Prince Napoleon and
the Princess Mathilde appealed to an Imperial family
Council, the only competent tribunal, to forbid Jerome
Paterson to attribute to himself, with the name of
Bonaparte, a filiation which does net helon,g ,to him
legally.. The family Council maintained the right of
the defendant to the name of Bonaparte, but without
the right of availing himself of the advantages conferred
by tie 201st and 2024 articles of the Code Napoleon.
FIRE AND Loss OP Sunday morning,
between the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock, a fire of an
alarming and destructive character, and unfortunately
attended with the sacrifice of two human beings, and
serious 'injury to several other persons, took place. The
premises.in which the fire commenced were termed the
Little Wonder beershop, situated at 77, Curtain-road
'Shoreditch, within two doors of the Chartered Gas
Company's manufactory. The discovery was made by
Police-constable Ricks, who, after some trouble, suc-
ceeded in arousing the inmates from their sleep. They
consisted of Mr. Truckell (the proprietor), his wife, and
numerous lodgers. The instant Mr. Truckell became
aware of the existence of the fire he jumped out of bed
to arouse his wife and children, but when he opened
the room door he was met by a sheet of flame. Fortu-
nately, he managed to reach the sleeping-rooms of his
wife and children, the former of whom was so over-
come by fright that she was quite prostrated. He
however, managed to lower them all out of the first-
floor window without much injury. Mr. Truckell
then became surrounded with flames, whilst three
or four other. persons were- screaming for help in
the floor above. He managed to lower himself out
of the window, and clung to the ornamental lamp
over the shop front, until the flames reached his
hand, and he was compelled to jump to the ground.
Several engines were soon in attendance. During
the brief interval that elapsed before the arrival of
the fire escape and engines, the scene is described as
being of a very agonising character. A man named
JOhn Liiich, who was lodging in the house with his
wife and family, upon hearing the alarm given, and not'
knowing the reason, opened his bed-room door, wheh
he was surrounded by a sheet of fire, and soon perished.
His body was found a charred and blackened mass. His
u

nfortunate wife was also encircled in fire, and was com-
pelled to jump out of a second-floor window. She fell
with a terrible crash; and was at once removed to St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, but died before reaching it.
Several other persons were seriously injured by drooping
from the windows. The fire was not subdued until the
house and, its contents were totally 'destroyed. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The proprietor was
,insured,

GENERAL NEWS.

TILE POPULATION OF SAVOY AND NICE.—The sum
total of the population which the King of Sirdinia has
left to themselves amounts to 838,436.
The' German princes and reigning dignitaries are con-
tributing generally to the monument to be erected to
the memory of Ernzt Moritz Arndt.
!The squadron, under the command of Rear-Admiral
Sir
.Charles Fremantle, now in the Tagus, is shortly
expected to return to England.
It is expected that all the companies formed by the
Civil Service in London will, unite, and thus form one
of the finest regiments of rifle volunteers.
The first volume of 'a German translation of "Adam
Bede" has made its appearance at Berlin ; the translator
is .Julius Frese.
Two Prussian men-of-war, the Elbe and Arcona, and
the Spanish man-of-war Alva,, are now lying in the
Southampton Docks... . .
'We understand that it is likely that a Congress of the
;Great Powers will be held in the course of a few weeks,
and that the place of meeting will be London.
A western editor, having published a long leader on
" Hogs," a.rival editor in the same.village upbraids him
fot obtruding his family affairs upon the public.
"Mr. Jones,_ why do you wear that bad hat?"

" Because, my dear mt., Mrs. Jones vows she will not go
out of the house until I get a new one."
The regiments now on their passage home from India
are—the 14th Light Dragoons, 12th Lancers, 53rd
regiment, and Ist battalion of the 60th Rifles.
Wolfgang Menzel, the well-known critic and historian,
has begun the public ition of a work entitled-" The Last
,120 Years of World-history, 1740-1860."
LARGE RIFLE CANNON.--The Mechanics' _Magazine,
of last Friday, contains a description of a rifle cannon,
constructed by Mr. Lynal Thomas. It is a muzzle-
loader, and a range of six miles is expected from it.
Tie Comrt Circular states that more than one or two
of the juvenile members of the Royal Family have
suffered severely from the effects of the late extraordi-
nary weather.
It is with regret we have to state that Colonel Paken-
ham, the Adjutant-General of the Queen's forces in
India, is obliged to abandon his post in consequence of
indisposition.
Mr: Mark Lemon is, we understand, the author of
the new farce, entitled the " Star of the Street," pro-
duced on Monday evening at the Adelphi, and
unequivocally condemned.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge had
a dinner party on Monday evening, at her residence in
St. James's Palace, in celebration of the birthday of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
SARDINIAN MILITARY PREPARATIONS.—The evacua-
tions by the French troops makes military preparation
even more urgent than before. Although no noise is
made about these, you perceive activity everywhere.
The board of guardians of the Prestwich Union,
which includes a part of Manchester, recently appointed
a committee to consider the present powers of the Poor-
law Board, and to make suggestions for an improvement
of its administration.

PRESENTATION TO LORD LOUGHBOROUGH•—+On
Saturday evening the Conservative electors of Fifeshire
entertained Lord Loughborough to dinner, and presented
him with two massive silver candelabra in the New
Corn Exchange, Kirkcaldy.
Another line-of-battle ship, the. Frederick William,
making the fourth launched from Portsmouth Dock•
yard during the past six months, in addition to a poWer-
ful screw frigate, was successfully launched on Saturday
in the presence of a large concourse of persons,,
THE LIFE GUARDS. While the new regulations
appear likely to be attended with success, in bringing
forward a sufficient number of candidates for the cavalry
of the line, one of the household regiments appears to
be more than ever in want of officers.
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN TURRIEY.—OR Monday
afternoon a numerous deputation from the Evangelical
Alliance waited by appointment upon Lord J. Russell to
bring. under his lordship's notice a case of religious per,
secution in Turkey: • - •
A rough-looking rural gentleman walked into the
studio of a Philade:phia artist, whose sign indicated that
be-taught " drawing," and requested him to try his art
upon a four-year-old mule, protriising to pay liberally if
the "darned critter" was learned to " draw."
The Times has sent a special correspondent to Chew-
bery to investigate, on the spot, the public opinion of
the country on the transfer about to ' take place. We
gather from the whole letter that the Savoyards, unac-
customed to political agitation, have been comparatively
indifferent.

It is rumoured that the Emperor's architect will
shortly proceed. to Nice for the purpose of selecting a
site for the erection of a palaCe. It is thought not to be
improbable that Nice will replace Biarritz as a sea
bathing lace for the Emperor and Empress.—Letter
A pr. s
from P -
*
ition has been set on foot in Hobart Town
for a public subscription, limited to Is each person, to
defray the cost of erecting in St. David's Cathedral a
tablet to the memory of Sir John Franklin, who was
formerly governor of the colony.—Australian and Hew
Zealand _Gazette.

The whole of the cardfoom hands in:the employ of
Mr. John Whittaker, of Hurst, turned out for an advance
of wages. The men ask for an advance of 2s 6d per
week, and. tile womga is "etd, whioh will be equal to
about 15 per cent. upon the present rate paid by Mr.
Whittaker.

ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—The performance in
aid of the funds of this college, which, as already
announced, is to take place at Covent Garden on Thurs-
day, the 29th instant, is likely to prov 6 most attractive.
All the leading metropolitan managers have promised
their assistance. •

P 1 E FQR4ssr off
TIIE CITY lUNic.-,-gydney Dyer, a
well-dressed and respectable-looking youth, was charged
at the Southwark Police Court with obtaining a cheque-
book from the City Bank, Threadneedle-street, by means
of a forged order, and obtaining the sum of £124 from
the same bank.
We understand the Lord-Lieutenancy of Londonderry,
vacant by the death of Sir R. Ferguson, has been con-
ferred on Acheson Lyle, Esq., chief remembrancer.
This leaves a lucrative appointment at the disposal of
the Govgrnment. The office is worth about £2;660 a
year.—Freeman's Journal.
A plan is on foot for the establishment of paper mills,
in the metropolis of breweries, Burton-upon-Trent.
"Spent hops" are to be worked up and supplied to the
market in the form of paper. Samples of the manufac-
ture are now on view. The paper is of a light brown,
and of the kind suitable 'for packing.
THE ANNEXATION OF SAVOY.--31. Prevost Paraclol,
in the Journal ryes Die,,atq, says pf the tiripe4litioti
f. Our country could not receive a stronger proof of the
high idea,that is formed of her power, of the lustre
which the late war has shed on her arms, and of the
price which is set on her friendship."
DEFALCATIONS AND FLIGHT OF A RATE COLLECTOR.
—Considerable exci-ement was created in West Hartle-
pool on Wednesday, by the circulation of a report that
Mr. Harrison Burnham, rate collector and assistant
overseer, was a defaulter to a considerable amount and
had taken flight. The report proved on inquiry to
be trip,

N-fr •
I,IE(ASk, ON TIIE BRITISH OA ST.murepor*, on
this subject, which is annually prepared by the Sur-
veyor General, was published on Saturday. It shows
the number of wrecks which took place, and the number
of lives which were lost during the year 1859, togethtr
With much.interesting information bearing on the sub-
ject in hand.

The Rev. Thomas Adkins, of Southampton has just
completed his 50th year as pastor of the c'iief congre-
gational chapel iu that town, and preparations are
making to celebrate his jubilee, The cliapel of which
the rev. gentleman is minister is fames as the one in
which Dr. Isaac Watts and his father worshipped, and
for which the doctor composed his hymns.
THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN PARIS. —Sir Stafford
Nottlicote, in a letter to the John Bull, explains the
pecuniary position of the Rev: Archer Gurney, of the
English church in Paris. He says—" What is needed
for the. maintenance of his church is the establishment
of a committee who will make themselves responsible
for its expenses."
There are.several degrees of excommunication : the
major excommunication is attended with very serious
consequeliCes ;
,for instance, it deprives a person of all
participation in the public prayers which the Church
makes for the faithful ; of the right of administering or
receiving the sacraments; of the right of attending
divine service, &c.
Negotiations are going on between Paris and Turin
fur the se:tlmient of the new boundary line between
France and Piedmont. France desires to push her
frontier as far as San Remo inclusively, while Sardinia
only Understood the cession of Savoy as comprising the
;line of Turbia. Vintimiglia is now spoken of by way
of a compromise.H.Letter fronal'aris.
MR. GLADSTONE AND THE CARLTON CLUB. —We
(Northern IVAig) learn from a private source of infor-
mation, on which we can place every reliance, that on
Wednesday last Mr. Gladstone withdrew his name from
the Carlton Club. This step on the part of the right
hon. gentleman is significant. It is indicative of his
final separation from the Conservative party.
Tilt TELEGRAVN IN FRANCE.—A reform which would
be hailed by the commercial and industrial classes with
great satisfaction is under serious consideration; it is
the lowering of the tariff for telegraphic messages. Such
a change can be effected without the least fear of any
loss of revenue, since a reduction in the charges would
certainly result in a large increase of business.
DwoncE CASE.—A case of divorce against a lady,
for some time resident in Bath, has been instituted.
She is stated to be the wife of a banker ; and a local
gentleman, said to be an admirer, has been selected as
co-respondent, We hear that the celebrated Field, of
the London constabularly, has been engaged here in the
matter for some time.—Bath Jothnal,
Tun REV, A. POOLE V, THE ARCHBISHOP or CANTER-
' BURY.—The Union says:—At a meeting of the Rev.
Alfred Poole's friends, held on Thursday afternoon, it
was resolved unanimously to proceed with the appeal
before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
against the judgment of the Archbishop of Canterbury;
and a sub-committee was appointed with full power to
conduct the case.

ANOTHER CASt OF EXCESSIVE MORTALITY ON BOARD
A TRANSPORT Sum—The Dudbrook, just arrived in
Bombay harbour, has on board 255 souls. The num-
ber. embarked at Southampton was 296, and there have
been two births on board. The number of deaths, there-
fore, has been 43-1 adult female, 30 children between
1 and 12 years of age, being 16 per cent. of the whole
number, and 6 infants—all the infants, in fact, under
one year who were on board.
The 28th Middlessx, better known as "The London
Irish," are rapidly swelling their muster-roll, and are
nut without hope that Prince Arthur Patrick may give'
distinction to the corps by accepting the honorary
colonelcy. We believe that the greatest difficulty in
the way of so desirable an appointment lies in the
extreme youth of the Prince, but that is one which, in
the ease of H.R.H. as of humbler individual; will
diminish itself every day.

IisTIMIDATTON BY WORKMEN AT A BOLTON.COTTON
MiL:..—On Monday, a young man named John Chap-
man, and eight others, were brought before the magis-
trates at Bolton, under the combination act, the third
section of which enacts that if any person shall, by vio-
lence to the person or property, or by threats or intimi-
dation, force any workman to depart from his work,
or return the same before it is finished, they shall be
liable to imprisonment. They were then committed to
prison for one month with hard labour.