The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-28 00:00:00

CAUTION TO CASH-KEEPERS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Si—As I was very nearly swindled today, and i t
'order to prevent any one in the same position from bein4
imposed on, I hope you will be able to insert the follow.
ing. About quarter to four, as I was prcparino til
-
balance, a young woman appeared at the cash wind, w
and stated she was sent by a lady in Union-street (.t
friend, as she said, of my employer) to get two sovereigns
changed into half ones. As I only happened to have
two halfs I stepped to the window and proferred them,
but she replied that her orders were to get both chang .1
or none, on which I resumed my occupation. In a
hearing a tapping at the window, I again went there
and found the same young lady still there, who now
demanded the two sovereigns, which she had never girea
me, back again, and asked me why I was detaining h-r
so long. This, backed by her apparently artless man-
ner, so staggered me that 1 actually had to balance iny
cash before I could endorse my own knowledge of her
not having given them me. On my calling one of the
juniors to go for a policeman she changed her ton,,
hitherto a very low lisp, into an audible one, saying--
" Well, since you can't change them I must try elsewhere.
Hoping this may serve as a caution,—Yours, &c.,
25th July, 1856. A CASH-KEEPER.

BREACHES OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE

NISI PRIUS COURT.-BEFORE LORD CAMPBELL

POOLEY V. DREWELL

This was an action tried at the Norfolk Assizes, on
Friday, to recover damages for a breach of promise of
marriage.

Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Mr. Bulwer represented tl e
plaintiff ; and Mr. Pendergast, Q.C., appeared for the
defendant.
The plaintiff is a girl about 22 years of age, and lives
with her father, a farmer, at Swanton Nevers, in Norfolk.
The defendant is also a farmer, at the same place, and is
36 years of age. The plaintiff's family came into the
parish two years ago, and the defendant soon after h-r
arrival made a proposal of marriage 'to her. He was
accepted, and Midsummer, 1855, was.fixed for the wed -
ding. At the request of the defendant it was postponed
till the Michaelmas, and in the interval an event took
place, little to the credit of the defendant. The plain-
tiff was induced by him to visit his brother's house in
July, 1855, and shortly after her return it appeared that
she was pregnant. In May of the present year she was
delivered of a child. The defendant ceased to visit her
after last January, and after a short interval, and without
affording any explanation of his conduct, he married a
Miss Mitchell. and came to live with her at Swanton.
The jury, after hearing Mr. Pendergast for mitigation
of damages, awarded the plaintiff £lOO.

MILLER V. MOORE.
This was also a case of breach of promise of marriage.
Mr. Serjeant Byles and Mr. Palmer appeared for the
plaintiff ; the defendant was unrepresented.
The plaintiff is the daughter of a boot and shoemaker,
living at Yarmouth, and-is 22. years of age.- She hid
lived in two families as governess, but in Noiember last
she was residing at home. In the same month the de-
fendant, who is captain of a clipper vessel, called the
Earl of Leicester, of about 160 tons burden, came to
lodge with the plaintiff's family. An intimacy sprung up
between them, which rapidly ripened into- courtship.
and when the defendant left in his ship ;for Taleste, be
was regarded as the plaintiff's accepted lover:: In mi-
ning dbwn the Bristol Channel his ship came into col,i-
sion with another vessel, and he was obliged to put into
Falmouth for repairs. From this port be wrote the
following letter to the plaintiff.' It affords a fair spec
min of a series of similar effusions :
" Falmouth, Dec. 3, 1855.
"Dearest Martha,—You will no doubt be surprised ro
hear from me so soon and from here. I have been in
collision with another ship, and received some damage,
which caused me to put in here for repairs. Dearest,
how I wish it was in Yarmouth, and that I was per-
mitted to spend all my time in your sweet company, and
no more be reserved as before, not daring to speak my
love for you, but to enjoy each other's company opt uly
and open our hearts to each other. Never shall I forget
the last morning I spent with you, and the feelings I
experienced when I for the first time in my life learnt
that I was beloved, and beloved too by the very being
that -mv affections rested upon. Oh, dearest Martha,
how can I sufficiently thank you forhaving made me w; fiat
I never was before, a happy man. Oh, if you hut knew
what happiness I experience ever since thinking of you
and in the thought of being beloved. I actually fancy
myself beside you when I think thus of you, and 1 pray
that I may never cease to do so while life lasts. May )ou
be my guiding star in the hour of temptation, and may I
be enabled to prove myself worthy of such a treasure. My
own dearest Martha, thou art my first,'and,shall be my
only love ; and may I be scorned by men, hated by
women, and cast off from salvation, if ever I break my
vow with thee, and cause a pang for that heart which
beats for me. No, Martha I feel it is impossibl to
deceive or forsake thee, and I should abhor myself as the
greatest scoundrel that ever world produced, and never
be able to look anybody in the face hereafter, and should
consider myself branded with a mark that' not even
eternity could erase. How my heart leaps with joy
when I think of the time that shall unite you to me (or
ever, and be permitted to pass through life with you for
a partner to share in all my joys and sorrows, and should
Providence lay me upon a sick bed, to be nursed by
your hands. Oh ! Martha, it is almost too much to con-
template for my poor brain. I cannot express myself as
I would wish, but pray dearest, forgive my awkwardness
in this matter. lam a novice in it at present, but I
try to improve, and while I am away, do dearest include
me in your prayers to the Almighty, that I may prove
true to thee, and never for a moment slight, much less
forget thee in the hours of temptation, which are, alas!
too many wherever I go, and in a good many shapes, but
that I may prove true and may try to make myself wor•
thy of thee, and I will pray that the Lord will be p)ea'sd
to preserve you to me as a jewel too precious to lose.
a a a Do, dearest Martha, do write to me as
soon as possible, and increase the happiness of thy im-
patient and most affectionate lover till death,
" CHARLES MOORE."
Notwithstanding this very tender communication, the
defendant, during his stay at Falmouth, became ac-
quainted with a widow lady named Curtis, with three
children, but possessing some little. propery, and be
married her at the Wesleyan chapel-, Falmouth, on the
10th of April last, having previously written to the
plaintiff the following letter, which contrasts strangely
with that just given. "Trieste, Feb. 20, 1856.
"Dearest Martha,—Forgive me calling you dear ; still,
even after my conduct to you, it gives me pain to write
to you in the manner that lam compelled to write. I
have received all your kind letters—alas, too kind for
me—but I could not bring myself to write to you before.
Circumstances have occurred which make my corres-
ponding with you any longer an unpardonable sin. I
have found that what passed between us on so short an
acquaintance was not love but a momentary outburst of
passion, which could not last ; and, therefore, I think it
but right to, check it while yet in the bud to save a
whole lifetime of misery to both of us, as I find it could
not be otherwise, and it is easier to prevent than to cure.
I cannot tell you what I feel in being thus compelled to
pain you, and dare scarce ask for your forgiveness. I
wish it bad never happened ; it will always leave a blank
in my career all my lifetime. God knows I would not
intentionally have wounded your feelings, could I have
avoided it. I wish it had been my lot to walk through
this life with you, but it is not so ordained. I can only
hope and pray that you will meet with one as worthy of
.your affections as lain unworthy; and, above all, be
happy, which I shall never be. My health is under-
mining fast, and a few more years and the grave will
close over an unknown worthless being, and in all prob-
abi!ity without one friend to mourn his loss. But I arn
resigned, and fervently beg of you for ever to forget
your unworthy
" CHARLES MOORE."
No defence was offered, and the jury awarded the
plaintiff £l5O damages,

CULTIVATION OF COTTON.—Mr. J. B. Sharp had an
interview with the directors of the Manchester Chamber of
Commerce on Thursday, to explain to them the course which
the projected Fibre Company intend to take in reference to
the cultivation of cotton. The directors took much intercet•
in the statements laid before them, but could not as
chamber: undertake to give any active assistance to the.-
company. The president expressed the satisfaction of
the chamber that efforts such as those intended should )-,,e
undertaken.

TELESCOPIC DETECTION OF THIEVES —For SOW,e4 time
past the managers of the Glasgow and Renfrew, Railwayhave been greatly annoyed by the mysteriotirs disappear-
ance of portions of merchandise, solid and liquid, en-
trusted to their care for conveyance to and from the Rr'Yal
burgh. This was particularly the case with the spiralwhich were carried up and down the line, and the abstrac-
tion or' a few bottles of the " barley brae
from
the puncheons was of almost daily occurrence. Ev,ry
possible manoeuvre to entrap the mysterious spirit
stealers was tried in vain, and the manager, Mr. Gal-
ggouoildt
telescope,gleton, was almost on the point of despairing wh-r1
he hit upon the following plan of detecting t:!e
guilty persons.
on Saturday
provided himself with a
Saturday afternoon he placed hiae
self in such a position in the station-house as to coar
mand a view of a large portion of the line. A train hole('
with barrels was on its way to Renfrew, and, when a Good
way dawn, Congleton, through his glass, ()bac/ v,_,l
that the horse was pulled up, and the truck brought to 3
stand still ; a hole was soon bored in the barrels, arid
about a gallon and a half of whisky abstracted. The trail'
then resumed its progress, while the persons who were pu
collusion with the driver proceeded to Paisley with their
booty. Before entering the town they were met by thn
police, who were sent for in the interim, and taken into
custody. The prisoners have been committed for trial-

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