The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-15 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

William Francis Croft, printer, Castle-street East.
Alfred Rolfe and John Davies, timber merchants, Dor

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rington-street.
Robert Stone, innkeeper, Carne Abbas; Dorset. •
Samuel Rutherford, draper, York-street.
Edward ToTnbee, dealer in artificial manures, Lincoln.
Frederick Garfit, scrivener, Brigg and Seawby.
Thomas Charlton Bell, miller, Dtrham.
Edward Turnbull, shipowner, Weit Hartlepool.

The whole of the Channel fleet left Milford Ils.ven on
Tuesday, 11th inst., for a protracted cruise. It is said
one or two of them will winter at that port, the faci-
lities for such a service being great.
A CURIOUS ADDRESS.—On Monday, a letter from
Ireland was received at the Aspatria post-office, with
the following address written in pencil .--" In care of
Mr. Edwaid Wilkinson, postmaster, Spatery, Cumber-
land. To be forwarded to Mr. Bernard Lambe, Eng-
land. Please forward this in good haste." It unfor-
tunately happens that the worthy postmaster neither
knows Mr Bernard Lambe nor his whereabouts.
POPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.—After the
Crimean War. the Emperor of Russia ordered a census
of the population. This work, which is now terminated,
has given the following result :' the number of the
inhabitants amounts to sixty-eight millions, of whom
thirty-three millions are males, and thirty-five female.
The number of the gentry, countrymen, and serfs is
fifty-three millions, of whom twenty-one millions belong
to the noblesse. Siberia and the migratory tribes
include about four millions of souls, of which the
noblesse and privileged classes contribute only nine
hundred thousand

LIVERPOOL POLICE COUILT.-YE,:iTERDAT

(Before Mr. RAFFLES;)
"WHAT'S IN A NAME:

A young fellon, whose name remains a secret at present,
was charged by POlice-officer 39 with being drank and assault-
ing hint; offteet said* he saw th; prisoner drunk in the
streets, and pn ady'sing him to gd hd:rle and take a sleep, the
pet :oner i;ticf,.,"dii,yes, I kero go I
waqt to be more, i?rticularly acqua;intFd with yout" at the
sime•time OVin.g 'him a kick on the fain that brought tears
into his eyes and took the mbarli." off the bone..
asked him his name. be said it wits Wilsop, and When at the
station he ,got.some, pawn-tickets op hint with the name of
Walsh on them; and then prisoner asked him whlit was die
difference betwcen the n axe. of, Wilson.and police-
man, not being acquainted with the antediluvian ort-rir of
either, could not tell; and the prisoner said his name ices
Corrigan, which was all the same. Mr. Raffles sent him to
gaol for fourteen days, in default of paying ss. fine.

SHOP-LIFTING. •
A well-dressed young female, named Anne Brereton, sifidito
be a servant, was charged by Mr. O'Rielly, of the Liver
House, with stealing a piece of velvet, ribbon value 18s. it
appeared that the prisoner went into the shop, where there
was a sae, and, whilst under pretence of making a purchase,
he saw her put the property under her shawl and walk off.
He followed her, and took it from her. He was desired by
the acting partner of the house to request his worship not to
deal Severely with her.. Mr. R►affies said but for that he would
hiiVe piinighed tier Severely; as he considered such offences
serious. He gent the.prieoneK to gaol for one month.