The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-25 00:00:00

POLICE COURT.

,-SATURDAY

LIVERPOOL DISTRICT PROVIDENT

(BEFORE MR. E. HARVEY.)
AN OLD SINNER.—Three females, one almost a child,
named Anne Ryan, Catherine Lynch, and Elizabeth
111,Guiness, were charged with robbing an old man, named
William Thomas, of £4 10s, in a house of bad repute in
Disley-street. The details on the part of the old sinner
were disgusting, and so the magistrate told him. The
excuse made by him was that he was drunk. In reply to
his worship he said he had a wife, and the magistrate
advised him to allow her to attend him, in order in future to
take care of him, as he was an old fool and worse, an old
sinner. The prisoners were committed for two months
each.

ASSOCIATION

FEMALE SHOPLIFTERS.—Anne Mack, Jane Dag nail,
Ann Evans, Mary Williams, and Mary Kilbrick, were
charged by detectives Povey, M'Colloch, and Home, with
having stolen a quantity of flannel, from the shop door of
Mr. Thompson, a draper, residing in Mill-street. The
prisoners were well known to the police, as expert pro-
fessional shoplifters, who go about the town, sometimes
carrying baskets, the better to disguise their proceedings.
The case was clearly proved against them, when they
".kicked up an awful shine" in the court, and, no doubt,
if they could have laid hands on the police, they would have
spoiled their faces for the next three weeks to come. They
were sentenced to hard labour for two months each.

STEALING A WATCM—Two elderly and rather decent-
looking females, named Mary Anne Hindlo and Mary
Keenan were charged with stealing a watch, belonging to
Mr. Jas. Ridings, Vauxhall-road, and with having pledged
it at Mr. Fairhurst's for £3. Mr. Chilton appeared for
the prisoners. The line of defence was, that the wife of
the complainant had given the watch to the prisoners to
pledge. This was denied, and a police constable said one of
the prisoners told him, without (his asking, that she stole
the watch, and gave it to the other, and both pledged it
for £3. They were sent to jail for one month each.
FELONY AT A RAILWAY.--Two wretched looking girls,
named Dorothy Lewis and Margaret Smith, were charged
with having stolen more than a hundred weight of iron
bolts from Bootle-lane, the property of the East Lancashire
Railway Company. The bolts were in a heap, and on
Friday night t►he prisoners were found taking the
quantity named. They wero remanded for farther
evidence.
THE NEW JAIL. —James Wilson and Mar tin Glynn

were charged on suspicion of being about to commit
felony at the Bramley-Moore dock. It appeared that
"Wilson had only come out of Walton jail the previous
morning. Mr. Harvey said the new jail did not answer the
expectations of the Town Council. The prisoners were
sent to prison for two months each.

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)
STABBING BY A FEMALE.—Betsey Crawford was charged
with having stabbed another female, named Mary Anne
Hurst. The prisoner and the prosecutrix resided in a house
of bad charactcr, in Banister-street, and a quarrel arose
between them, when the prisoner struck the other woman
with a knife in the arm, inflicting a serious wound. The
prisoner was committed for trial at, the sessions.
(BEFJRE MR. R. 11.1RVEY.)—FRIDAY.
MAY AND DECEMBER.—A girl about 16 years of age,
named Mary Anne Hughes, was charged by a man about
70 with stealing his watch. The man gave his name as
John Rees, of Grove-place, brickmaker. He looked very
foolish, and said he knew nothing of the affair, except that
the watch now produced was his property. A young
gentleman, named John William Roberts, said he saw the
" young girl" and the " old man" in Pembroke-place on
Thursday, about two in the afternoon. The old fellow was
drunk, and the witness remarked to a friend on the difference
of the ages of the parties, and the public immorality which
was beheld in the streets. Just at that moment the prisoner
took the man's watch and ran off with it. She was followed
and the watch found in her hand. The prisoner was sent
for trial.

REPORT.
In presenting their twenty sixth annual report to r
subscribers, your committee would in the first place dileft
attention to the following resolution, which was passe,' "
their quarterly meeting in October last, and which they li res
ne
sure will meet with the approval and sympathy of every °tee
connected with the society :--" Resolved, that this commit
o
record with feeling of the deepest grief the loss they ills,
sustained in the death of the Venerable Archdeacon Brooks'
one of the vice-presidents of the society, who so esselo
ally promoted its original formation, and whose valati,
services it has uninterruptedly enjoyed during the wail"
six years of its existence."

In turning to the more ordinary events and
proceed lgs
of the past year, your committee have to notice au increase'
though a very slight one, in the amount of annual Om,
scriptions, which have advanced from £686 93 Gd in i. 9
to £694 lOs Gd in the past year. They would gladly 'l,O
this as the first step in that improvement which they ha
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as long, and tic, much, desired in this mainstay of the societyo
resources. IR consequence of the high price of provisiell
and the extreme severity of the weather at the etnei
mencement of the. year, your committee were obliged
to make an urgent Appeal to their fellow townstneu.o
assistance, to enable them to meet the numerous eau`
upon their funds, and this appeal was, as all previous 0"„ es
had been, most liberally responded to. Tohis circus'`'
stance is owing the gratifying fact that donations tr' th,B
amount of £2,279 16a have been received, exceed;ng th°"Of
of the previous year by £1,878 93 10d. Fro.:fi the sale -
tickets, the sum of £ll
-8 has been derlY''',,tand the railwg
dividend and bank interest have an'.'ounted to £27 4e
When to the above items is adde.l a legacy of £22 10;3 „0
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End that the total receipts during the year have reaoP-
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the large sum of £3,035 4s.
The number of applicants who have been relieved has,
your committee have intimated above, and for the reused
there stated, been very great, amounting to 22.130, malg„-55,r0 them, it may be necessary to inform some of the subscriv
representing not individuals but families. Of these, 6,74,
are marked as English, 15,264 Irish, 204 Scotch, 527 Werof
73 countries unknown ;in all, 22,130. For the relief 61,
this extraordinary large number the sum of £1,753 38.
has been expended.
With respect to the deposit accounts, your committee Levy
to notice a falling off in the receipts daring the past yep,
when compared with those of the one preceding it--e cor
cumstance, however, which ought to excite no sin priset.o
the reasons already adverted to, especially as they inio
nearly equalled those of the year 18.53, and exceeded tbo
of 1852. The amounts stand as follows :
X. s. d.
1854, Receivedgl3,lll 10 9 ....Roturned 13,421 g
1855, „ 11,379 13 6. „ 11,397 19

SMART BONNETS—LOOK OUT!— A young person of
elegant exterior, who gave her name as Elizabeth Jones,
was charged with attemp'ing to pick the pocket of a lady,
named Anderson, at Lime-street Railway Station. Mr,
Chilton appeared for the prisoner. The evidence was not
deemed sufficient, and Mr. Harvey, in discharging her,
observed that the public, and ladies in particular, at
railway stations, should be on their guard against young
women with smart bonnets.

STREET ROBBERY.—A gigantic young woman, whose
name was given as Susan Drummond, was charged with
stealing a gold watch and chain from a foreigner, named
Antonio Muestre, in Elliott-street, and Daniel Hague,
Margaret Jones, and James Goodlad, were charged as her
accomplices in the robbery. The complainant, who
gave his evidence through an interpreter, is com-
mander of a Spanish ship, the name not stated, and it
appeared that about a quarter past eleven, on Thursday
night, he, with three other captains, was passing along the
street, when the prisoner Drummond walked up, and,
addressing him in an endearing manner, made free with his
watch, which she snapped from his pocket, and ran away,
giving it to the prisoner Hague. Subsequently, all the
prisoners were arrested together. The two first named
prisoners were remanded, the others were discharged,

IIEER-HOUSE CASES.
Luke Fisher, Ray-street, summoned for Sunday trading,
was fined 10s and costs.

Michael Caulfield, Midgehall-street, for Sunday trading
fined 10s and costs.

William Murphy, Gascoigne street, for Sunday trading,
fined £1 and costs.

Edward Murphy, Eat3n street, for Sunday trading, fined
£2 and costs.

John O'Brien, Galton street, Sunday trading, fined lOs
and costs.

Decrease 1,731 17 9...... Decrease 2,023 7 1)
The greatest number of depositors in any one v 3"„-
(October) has been 3317, falling short of that of the P',.ey
vious year by 430.
The number of visitors on the books at the end of tilt:
year was 270 ; lower by 16, your committee regretd
state, than that at the end of 1854 By these itet've a4o' zelofficers
lous of the society, £7834, or nearly 4ert.
thirds of the gross amount of the deposits, has
collected,
tbs. The amount transferred to the savings bank duriobP
past year was £7ll 103. The balance in the treasure
hands on the 31st December was £494 10s. 2d., an et
Messrs. Moss & Co.'s . ; bank £386 17s. 6dtotal balsll-
£BBl 7s. Bd.

John Lloyd, Frank street, for refusing to admit the
police, fined £2 and costs.

Hugh Byrne,
fined £2 and costs.
Samuel Woods, Troubridge street, for Sunday trading,
fined 103 and costs.

Ben-Jonson street, for Sunday trading,

THURSDAY

EFFECTS OF Dnir-ux.--A well dressed and interesting-
looking girl named Bridget Murphy, was charged for
having stolen a bottle of gin and a bottle of whiskey from
her master, Mr. James Slater, publican, 10, Lawton-street.
The prisoner was an attendant in the house, and from
something which transpired, her box was searched, and
the spirits found therein. The prisoner cried bitterly,
and admitted the fact, but said she had got a glass of
drink, and was not aware of what she was doing. She
belonged (she said) to Dublin, and would:go back there.
She was discharged with a caution.
BURCLARY.—John Williams, Archibald and Henry
Wittaker, Robert Free, Thomas Gregory and Anne
Gregory, his wife, were charged with having broken into
the provision shop of Mr. William Hickson, ;202, Vaux-
hall-road. On Wednesday morning, between one and two
o'clock, Inspector Alcock saw Williams, (a " ticket-of-
leave man "), near the premises, and shortly after he dis-
c)vered the place broken open. The prisoners were
arrested with property stolen from the premises in their
possession. They were fully committed for trial.
AT NEWSPAPER COLLECTOR CIIARGED WITH Mu-
BEZZLINO.---A person apparently about 40 years of age,
who gave his name as George Fawcett, was brought up
by detective officer Carlyle, on a charge of having em
bezzled about 301. the property of his employer, Mr.
Bradshaw, proprietor of the Nottingham Journal. The
officer said he received a telegraphic message from
Nottingham, and in consequence arrested the prisoner in
Lime-street, and on telling him the charge, he admitted it,
but said he hadlwritten a letter on the 3th of February
to Mr. Bradshaw explaining the affair to him, He also
said all the salary he had was His a 'week to support a
wife and two children, and what could be expected but
embezzlement under such circumstances ? In reply to
the magistrates, the prisoner said he had a legal objection
to the charge, inasmuch as :he had previously informed
his employer of his conduct. He !was ordered to bo re-
manded for further inquiry.
Suspicious —A young man, named James Jones, who
appeared " gentlemanly," was charged for having offered
twelve yards of satin for pledge, at Mr. Byford's, Dale-
street. The prisoner was asked some questions, when he
offered the property for pledge, but, instead of replying,
he ran away. He was followed and secured. It was
said that some other cases wore recorded against the
prisoner, and he was remanded.

On the whole, although unfavourable circumstancesbad
combined to render the year now under review a less si," of
cessful one in the deposit annals of the society than Yt
committee have lately had to record, still they lots baits
upon its operations with considerable satisfeettv.i, S9ere
judicious instrumentality much of the extr,inely .8,.e•:111
distress which prevailed throughout the tow% was essen'l-ds,
relieved, and without seriaasly itnivAirinr • d•
6 Its or mar Tips
Nor can it fail to be Teo, gra.'„iryir g to all to retie"' d'" tba
the vast amount of gooa, that must have been done, 8,11:
the
vast amount of evil that must bave been averted, witeir
distribution of an large sum. as £11,397 193 Id of ",at
own savings amongst the industrious classes of this Pig
town. Surely itlGat thankful ought we to be to Aloi_Yatit
God for having continued for so, many years to bless
quiet but Wive exertions with such abundant and value
fruits.

t Ole
From the statement of the Treasurer, it appeared toiltbst
total income of the society was upwards of £3,000, and
there was a balance in favour of the society of £BBl.
table'
The Rev. J. B. Monk moved, and the Chief Cons b 8
seconded the adoption of the report, which was carve
acclamation.
A conversation then followed as to the desirabirse;
relieving. the poor by giving them coals, and also surf AO
them with blankets, but from the explanation given "..4),Je'l
chairman, it would appear that that plan had been Plit:;yjog
but had failed, in consequence of some of the parties
sold the coals and pawned the blankets, in order to °'
intoxicating drinks.
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On the motion of Mr. Payne, seconded by Mr. 113'"v'esr -cf
president, vice-president, and officers for the ensuing '
were appointed.
A vote of thanks was passed to the visitors of the 0°-
for the inestimable services they had rendered to it. tlo'
The thanks of the meeting were also accorded to,
chairman, and the meeting septtrated.

(DEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)
BAD CASE.—A lady, apparently about 26 years of age,
of singularly attractive appearance, whose name was
given as Charlotte Henderson, charged her husband
George William Henderson, for having assaulted her, and
also for having threatened to murder her. The prisonc,r,
It was stated, had been an officer in the army. There wag;
a military air about, him, and he woro a large moustache
and whiskers. He looked much older than his wife, but
there was an apparent reason for the difference. The lady
stated that her husband was in the habit of illtreating
her, and on former occasions she had him before him.
Mr. Mansfield : 1 remember it ; what did he do to you
now ? Witness: Ile came home drunk, and beat me
in the most scandalous manner, and when I tried
to get away, he took a knife and swore he would
cut my throat, and made several attempts to
stab me, but I succeeded, fortunately, in making my
escape. The prisoner said it was all the fault of drink.
He did not know what he was doing when he took drink,
but it she let him off this time, he would promise never
to drink any more. Mr. Mansfield said that would not
do; he ordered the prisoner to find bail in two sureties
in t
50/. each to keep the peace, or to be imprisoned for
hree .

BIRTH.
On the 2 nd fast., at 19, Falkner-street, the'vrife of Tos-p
2.
Esq., of a son.

DE ATils. or*
On the 22nd Inst., at Kirkdale, ages 5 years, John
W",";;etP,42s
of Mr. T. M. A nderton, of the Magistrates' Clerk's.office,
.:e On the 23rd ins`.., at Waterloo, near f i eruool, Mary, t"
daughter of Thos Postlethvvaite, Esq., aged six weeks.

tkrt'
• Births, Marriages, a'd Deaths, are only inserted W. 0
our Office duly authenticated.

1 e Pitoie;
A portion of' the advanced quadron of 1.1-orats°,tt
fleet about to be under the orders of Captain '' da
C. 13., has steamed up ready for leaving Spittle sunest last evening.
blisjr
Letters from St. Petersburg and Warsaw, Pll 00"
in the German papers, give details of the elct
of the
preparations made by Russia, for a continuance, r't'e
war, and state that on no point has the former '
, ia
of the military departments been abated.
„Kota
The Prussian Premier Minister, 13'.
on Mar"te- te, yilii
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ALLEGED FORGERIES OF TITLE-DEEDS.
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DUBLIN, FB IDAY.—During the present week a deed of
most ligeteh's
conveyance of a portion of the Coolnamuek Estate, in the services to the governmr.ut. S:Ance the be'd 14 i,
county of Waterford, was sent from London to this city, powers had by no means felt themselves it 00-0
for the purpose of being registered. The deed purported negoeiations now goinr.c on to suspend their arrnalb ro ,
and since the QueeP. of England, 5 n her last sPeecrati°,jilt
to convey certain house lands for the consideration of
£3,5,000, and the deed professed to bear the signatures
of two of the Commissioners of the Encumbered the throne, had specially declared. that these prep t, to would still have to be continued in their full setes..te lor
Estates Court, Dr. Longfleld and Mr. Hargraves. To that reason the Russian government must direnlo
t .e document was appended the names of three attesting
attention to the Baltic. The possible c"tin riat'-to
witnesses, namely, Mr. Keeth Hallowes and Mr. Arthur war close to the frontiers of Prussia warned at.htonse
Bushe. The .hole of the signatures turn out to be forgeries, imperatively to maintain her military preParathelti. •
and inquiry has demonstrated that no land conveyance ever their present state, and, if requisite, to increase was made. It is stated that a gentleman in London, .
o 1 the name of Badwick, had made an advance of £lO,OOO "---
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Printed and Published by CITAR.LES W.ILL
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on the a curity of the forged deed, and on sending it t
Dublin for registration the forgery and fraud were detected : South John-strast, Livarpoolg.
street, at his General Print•
Tie utmost excitement prevails in consequence,
MONDAY, FEBRUARY WI, J 856.
and Stattone y t,s,*

The twenty-seventh annual meeting of this association woe
held on Thursday, at the Savings' Bank, Bold-street. The
Rev. Rector Campbell, in the absence of the Mayor of the
borough, (who is the president of the association,) took the
chair ; in doing which, he said, in the absence of the presi-
dent, at which he was not in the least surprised, from the
amount of public business he had to engage his attention at
the present time, he willingly occupied the position he did,
as it was his wish to do all he could in the promotion of the
interests of the association. He was present when it Was

first founded, and from that time it had always bad his
warmest interest. By the report it would be seen that the
the society had done some little good, but not near so rot°h
as it might effect were it better supported by the town. The
object the society had in view was to place the whole
town under visitors, in order that the wants of the IN'
tressed might be relieved, and at the same time take some
better care of their spiritual interests. To carry out that
object perfectly, would require say 1,000, or as the popula-
tion had so much increased, 1200 visitors, but instead of that
number they had not more than 300 on their books : and,
besides that, they had not half the amount of funds at their
disposal that they had a right to expect. This, be thought'
arose from the fact, that many persons did not know that
such a society was in existence, although all their proceed'
ings went abroad on the wings of the press. Ile nei:
alluded to the impropriety—nay, he might say the crime -"4"
persons giving indiscriminately alms to the poor, and said b 0
thought that any money they might have, would be far
better appropriated, if it was distributed through the
medium of that society. For his part, he would rascals
raise his voice against mischievous and iniquitous system e),
giving alms to the poor in the street, as it encouraged
mendicity. If the poor were relieved by the ticket of the
society, it would be far better than giving them money tv
the streets, which was but too often, he was sorry to eazi
spent in an improper way. It was most desirable 03
mendicity should be put a stop to, and that could easily bah,
done, without the assistance of the pollee, and the wayed
do it was to stop giving money to beggars. He con cleu,..
by calling upon the public to extend their benevolence, vl
giving a greater amount of support to that society.
The Secretary then read the report, of which the folio"'
ing is an abstract