The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-17 00:00:00

THE BANK FRAUDS.

111(3 Herald says it is the private banking firm of
( „ersrs. flunkeys & Co. is stated to be the one that has
„„A
a7reci from the default of a cashier, and the irregu-
, titY, appears to have occurred after a lengthened
c4lice at what is considered to have been a low scale of
,0„,74Y. It appears that the clerk in the 'Cajon Bank,
,t;go More than a year ago ascertained that Pullinger
engaged in speculations, saw enough to render him
4: MN, and that he was the person through whom
diacovery of the fraud was finally effected.

ATHER COMMERCIAL. FAILURES IN
AUSTRALIA.

After the departure from Sydney of the last Aus-
ar tr
toaliall mail, a telegram, five days' later, was despatched
A 44 Catch the steamer at Adelaide, which reports the
he k:Peasion of two large and old-established houses,
Is. Bsrs. David Jones & Co., , and Messrs. Thompson,
Nonds, & Co' Their liabilities are believed to be
tti •il%
L 4tpally in England, and are thought likely to
qYnt to £250,000. It was feared that others would
follow.
The Tinics says that Jones & Co. are wholesale
ir aPerY importers, anti Thompson, Symonds, & Co:,
al tori
Ilected with them.
,cl-
- I

RE HOUSE.OFLORDS AND THE PAPER

DUTY.

104 meeting was held on Tuesday, at St. Martin's Hall,
consider the present position of the paper duty
Zleetion, Mr. Bright was preseitt, and spoke at great
tont*. The most prominent topic of the evening was
Monteagle's motion, which was denounced as a
ta7°llosal to usurp the privilege of the House of Com-
t)118. The Times treats the demonstration with small
I::Pect, and says there is no fuel in the country for a
Per duties agitation to the extent of frightening the
peed. while the language used at St. Martin's Hall
t night is calculated to confirm them in support of
It'erd Monteagle's motion. The Star, speaking of the
:14 meeting, says it was one of the most effective
"aonstrations ever held in the metropolis.

THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

NEW ARRANGEMENTS.

•
It is officially announced that instead of a line of
,t
e4alers running from Sydney and Melbourne direct to
due; that a branch will be established between Point
tevGalle and Melbourne to meet the outward India and
a steamers, by which, in future, the letters for
11l
Australia will be sent. It is calculated that a saving of
° days will be effected, while the subsidy for the ger,
lice will be reduced from £lBO,OOO to £120,000. This
plan will come in force next mouth. The Australian
mail,,:t instead of the 12th, leaving on the 20th of June,
~,the same time as that for. Calcutta and China, and
after that period the mails for Australia will be regularly
:11,3 up on the 4th and 20th of the month. Under. this
new plan the Sydhey authorities are left at liberty to
adopt any line of communication with England they
41
aY Prefer, either by Panama or any other route.

The Daily News continues to express an opinion
4"outable to the success of.Graribaldi!s expedition. .

IRE NOIIII ATLANTIC TELEGRAPII.—An important
Zdeputation
waited upon Lord Palmerston to lay before
il3l the plans of the route of the intended line of
r7legraph to America, via Faroe Islands, Iceland, and
"leenland, and to ask the Government to despatch two
°l' more vessels to make soundings and otherwise to
survey the intended route.

A NEW SEDATIVE.—The Journal de Chimic 3.lidicale
ecnitaina the following remarkable account of the dis-
r,"etY of a powerful sedative in cases of neuralgia by
})--r• Field :—Some time ago that gentleman was induced
homeeopath to put two drops of a solution, sup-
"sed to be diluted to the first degree, on his tonguh, in
'lrciet to try its effect. He then was seized with uncon-
trollable fits of yawning, and remained senseless for
several minutes, and for two minutes his pulse was
7,n:eut• The homeeopath, perceiving these symptoms,
..8a terrified, thinking he had unconsciously committed
a Murder. Stimulants, however, brought Dr. Field to
°-43?itleiousness again. Dr. Field was immediately struck
nth the idea that he had experienced the efiects.of
..hat,
at a much weaker dose, must be a useful sedative
' the nervous system, and a powerful remedy for
4'
411Ple/Y. After various trials on animals, Dr. Field
length resolved to test this new remedy on patients.
been
did so first on a lady 68 years of age, who had long
ern Suffering from neuralgia, and she was completely
ured It has since been tried in cases of headache and
tlal neuralgia with equal success: Ares-
en .
ger,

IHE ROBBERY OF THE Sll,OOO.

COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS.

The Police Court was crowded •this morning by
persons anxious to hear the details of the charge against
the persons charged with the robbery of tlib 44,000
from Mr: Haigh: the priteners, Chimes 1.4, Thomas
tee, and Martha Wild, edicts tee, were put to the bar
on the charge. Mr. Aspinall, instructed by -Messrs.
Lowndes, appeared for the prosecution, slid Mr. Cope-
Man was for the prisoners. On the lieno), along with
Mr. nadeS, i;rere MeSiii. 11. itatlilione, J. Fi. Turner,
Charles infner, and several other Magistrates, and a
large number of merchants was present in court. When
the.case was called on

Mr. Haigh was the first witness. He said—At a
quarter to oue on Saturday he was taking the bills
.from the office to Heywood's Bank, and he brought
them back again to the Exchange. It was raining at
the time, and a'great number of persons were. there, but
he did not notice tidy one id vnttietilar: Whilst he
raised,blo hard to let ,c16,-/r_ thit ivas the
time the bills wete*taken out of his pocket.

Yohn Scott, a detective, said he saw Mr. Haigh on
Saturday afternoon, and heard of the robbery. He
their gave the same evidence as he did on the fot•mer
day. Spiddall, the London ofleer, was with him that
time, and told him ho knew the pridedlUS;, Re was
cross..examined by Mr. Caveman! 1.:27,t nothing partidiilar
was elicited.

Mr. Joku
clerk in the hegisteted Letter-
tleneral host-office, mired having iegistered a
letter on Saturday, , things it was ,the,prisoner,
'5,7119 registered it telitres lie registered the letter, but
witness wolid not positively swear it was; gave a
receipt for the letter. Mr. Copeman cross-examined the
witness, tut there was nothing particular elicited.

Spiddall, the London detective, was then examined,
and said he watched the prisoner Joy, along with Scott,
at the Post-office. He then gave the same evidence as
already Published twice in our paper during the week.
He was examined as to the arrest of the female prisoner
,in London,.and this evidence was published in yester-
day's paper, so it is noknecessary_to repeat it here... .
Inspector }torn was examined,. arid said Ire saw Lee
*rite, and he
_141.0'0 the writitig on the registered
lettei to be; Vs . and also.
This elos4d the evince for the prosecution.
Mr. Raffles said he did net think there was any
evidence against the female at all.
Mr. Copeman' then submitted that then was no.
evidence against Joy ; but his Worship said -he would
commit both the men for trial„ The woman was .dis-
charged, Mr. Aspinall then put her into the witness.
box, and on her being sworn, .asked her if
sirs wad
married? She replied—Yes..- To whom ? ;Ur. Cope-
man objected, as it might implicate herself. Mr.
Aspinall—Do you know the prisoner Lee ? Yes. Is
he your husband ? tes. When Were you mitrrieto
Mr. dopemali objected to the itieStiori, as she swore
she wes his wife. Mr. Aspinall would not press the
cpccstiOi. ' •
The prisoners were then fully committed for trial on
the charge.

COUNTY COURT-YESTERDAY.

(Before W. IlurToN, t,so

INSOLVENa CAsks.—The following applications were
heard court yesterday :—Samuel Holt, grain and
potato dealer in this town, appeared for his first
examination. He was supported
.by Mr. M'Oubry, and
opposed by Mr. Cummings, who appeared for a creditor
named Herne. It appeared that the insolvat had
several creditors, one of *limn (Iterno had sued him
.in the 'County and obtained a verdict. -The
jit.d.ge.expressed his belief that the present.application
was made for the purpose of defeating that verdict. He
did not think this was a case contemplated by the 'Act
of Parliament, and therefore disfassed the petition.—
Robert RUMS Brown, a commercial traveller, iron-
Monger, auctioneer, brewer's solicitor, &c., &c., appeared
for his,first examination. He was supported by Mr.
Gray, and opposed by Mr. Husband, who appeared 'for
the creditor Evans. The insolvent appears to have
carried on his different occupations at nearly the same
time. Becoming insolVent, he had made two applica-
tions to the coart, both of which had been disthissed on
the same ground—for omissions in the schedule. The
ease occupied a
.consideiable time ; judgment Will be
delivered to-day.
TRE GARIBALDI-HALL AND FRANCESO ZIMMERMANN.

—Franceso Zimmermann, the late tenant of the Garibaldi
Singing Hall, having filed his schedule, appeared for his
first examination. Mr. M'Oubrey, instructed by Mr.
Rymer, sutported the petition and Mr. Husband
appeared for the creditors. Towards the close of last
year the insolvent, who was formerly the keeper-of a
café in Paradise-street, took the Teutonic-hall for- a

term of three years from Mr. Teuton, the proprietoi.
The engagement was that Zimmerniann should pay £lOO
rent for the first six months, 1150 for the second, £2OO
for the third) and thus increase £5O every half-year.
The new tenant refitted And decorated the hall, intro-
duced a number of singers, and gave it the fashionable
name of the Garibaldi Conceit-hill. " Garibaldi,"
however, vrould not draw sufficiently to ' pay, and
Frances° Zimmermann being ttnabie to pay for certain
articles he had ordered, a warrant was issued for his
apprehension. He was taken, duty conveyed to
autme no now desires to be released.
The opponents of the petitioner appear to suspect that
he has not delivered up the whole of his books, which
is rather strengthened by the following letter addressed
to Mr. Anderson :

"115, Great 1)1.1ci.-"street, Manchester,
filth May, 1880.

" Sir,--I am informed yott are acting as solicitor for
Zimmerman, late of the Garibaldi Singing Ild.ll. t beg
to inform you that there is one of his creditors here in
Manchester whom yon have not named in his schedule,
and who is also subpcened as a witness to appear against
Zimmerman on the 16th of May. This creditor anti
witness is in very poor circumstances, and t think it
would be for the interest of Mr. Zimmerman-that he do
not appear on the examination day. ' Indeed, if he is
examined on oath,
,Mr. Zimmerman will not pass his
examination. Truths will come out which had better
be kept in the dark. It is needless for me to say more
than I have already written.. Communicate with Mr.
Zimmerman the moment you receive this, and send me
an answer by return of post. Tell Mr. Zimmerman
that the creditor knows all his dealings—and, in fact,
has kept a copy of his books—and can check the sche-
dule to a penny. He is poor, and we `now what
money will do. It is not Mr. Noar who is referred
to.—l remain, yours respectfully,

"JAMES HENRY."
The individual alluded to in this letter is supposed to
be Mr. Waller, who was formerly a clerk ,in Mr.
Zinimermann's employment. The case was adjourned
to the 20th June for the production of this witness.

LIVERPOOL POLICE'COURT.-YESTERDAt

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
RITCSING TO PROCEED TO SEA.

Mr. Black appeared on behalf of Captain Smally, of the ship

Herald, who eharged,ten of the men belonging to the crew for
refusing to go to sea. From the statement of Mr. muck, and
the evidence of the captain and pilot, it appeared that the ship
was in the river, bound for Bombay. The men had signed
articles, and received £2 15s advance, and at the last =talent
they refused to do their duty, alleging that the ship was leak-
ing and short banded. This ast,ertion was quite negatived by
the evidence, and -the
_ringleader of the gang was sent to jail
for ten weeps, and the other men for eight weeks each.