The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-23 00:00:00

The prosecutrix could not tell how much money she had.
All she knew was, that she changed a sovereign.
The Magistrate : Do you think the prisoner meant to take
your money ?
The prosecutrix : No, I am sure she did not; for we are
old friends.

The parties left the court together, evidently determined
to have another friendly glass.
SMUGGLING. —Margaret Sharp, who stated that her hus-
band was at sea, was charged with smuggling a quart of
whiskey.
Officer 603 said he stopped the prisoner at the Clarence
dock gate, with a quart of whiskey in a bag under her arm,
value 4s. She was ordered to pay double the value, 'br be
imprisoned for 3 days.
John 3PDowall, charged with smuggling the same quan-
tity, was fined Bs. or be imprisoned 3 days.
SMUGGLING CIGARS. —Andrew lietianito, chief mate on
board the ship Giamatto, lying in the Queen's dock, was
charged with smuggling two boxes of cigars.
A custom-house officer stated that whilst overhauling• the
ship, he found two boxes of cigars, foreign manufacture,
secreted in the transipt locker. The mate denied having
any. Fined 225. or to go to goal for seven days.
CAUTION TO CAR-DRIVERS. —James .71PGee, a car-driver,
summoned by 'officer Pearson, (317) for smoking a cigar
whilst plying for hire, .was fined 2s.
The defendant in answer to the charge said he was "in
a fog."

CLALM'FOR SEAMEN'S WAGES.—Peter Burns, who shipped
as second mate on board the ship Saldanah, summoned
Captain Skane for £l6 wages.
Mr. Chilton appeared for the prosecutor.
It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor, that he
signed articles as second-mate, on the Bth November, at
Quebec, at £l3 a month, and received an advance of £3 10.
Subsequently, the sailors were shipped at £l4 a month, and
he claimed £2 more.

The defendant itated 'that he found the prosecutor in-
eompetent to perform the duties which he undertook, and
also for neglecting his duty. He sent him forehead, and
disrated him to £ll.

Witnesses were called to prove that the prosecutor was
competent to fulfil the duties of second-mate.
Judgment was given for £6 25., and costs.
Frederick Parker, a seaman, summoned Captain Bence,
of the Douro, who did not appear, for £5, balance of wages.
In this case, a verdict for the full amount claimed, and
20s. costs, was returned.
James Walker, a marine store-dealer, was brought up in
the custody of detective officer Murphy4char,ged with having
a quantity of lead in his possession, which he could not
satisfactorily account for.
Detective officer Murphy stated that he visited the pri-
soner's store, No. 148, Lime-kiln-lane yesterday, about 12
o'clock, and asked him, had he any metal, which he at first
denied. He afterwards brought Murphy to the back part
of the store, where he discovered a quantity of lead, and
then referred to his book, and found no entry made. The
prisoner said he bought it from a man named Tomlinson,
which subsequently turned out to be untrue. Prisoner asked
Murphy to forgive him this time, and not take, any notice
of it.

Mr. Black appeared for the prisoner, and urged that he
was a very respectable man ; has been in business for the
last five years, and that no complaint had ever been pre-
ferred against him previous to this.
A fine of ss. and costs was imposed ; in default, to be
imprisoned for three days, and his license to be suspended.

BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
A movement is said to have originated in the city, says
the Globe, for the purpose of obtaining an alteration of the
present law in regard to stamps upon receipts, bills, and
similar documents ; and there can be no doubt if any
inconvenience be established, government will be prepared
to make any requisite alteration in the recent statute. It
would, however, require much better grounds than those
which seem to have satisfied Mr. Commissioner Fane, in the
court of bankruptcy, on Monday. A bill for £3OO, payable
at ninety days' sight, is held by the London and 'Westminster
bank. The last endorser was unable to satisfy the claim,
and the acceptor, Mr. Simon L. Oppenheim, is the bank-
rupt, whose case was before the court. There was no
question as to the acceptance by Mr. Oppenheim. It was
admitted, and proof of the debt was received; but it was
then observed that the bill did not bear the legal stamp,
and on this ground the proof was disallowed, and the amount
was struck out of the schedule. Indignation at the irre-
gularity turned the Judge's wrath against the stamp act.
"It was most unjust," said Mr. Commissioner Fane,
"that innocent holders of bills of exchange should be made
to suffer from the guilt or negligence of other parties. The
London and Westminster bank, as well as the parties in the
other case, having advanced moneys on the bills honestly
and bone fide in the ordinary way of their trade, were, when
they attempted to prove on those bills against estate of
the acceptor, met by the stamp laws, which said, You
shall not prove your debt, however just it may be, because
the bill upon which you seek to prove, has not the legal
stamp.' Such a state of things ought not to exist ; and I
am very willing that this matter should be publicly
discussed here, that the evil may be published in the
newspapers. "

LIVERPOOL MARKETS. —YESTERDAY.
(Written expressly for the Northern Daily Times.)
SUGAR has been in rather brisk demand to-day, and the
grocers have purchased 3,500 white Benares, at 37s to 898;
1,000 bags Cossipore, at 425; and 1,100 bags Dates, at
33s 6d to 36s for yellow. The sales of refining descriptions
being scarce, are restricted to 200 bags low Dates, at 30s ;
and 400 boxes Havana, at 23s tg cwt.
No business of moment has transpired in any other article.
At auction to-day about 4 tons of IVORY were disposed of
with less spirit than usual, and at irregular and rather lower
prices.

TEA.—The market for common Congou has been more
active to-day, and sales are reported at id to id tri lb
advance.

CoTroN. —The Cotton market was unchanged in character
extent of bnsiness from that of the previous day. The
quantities sold were 7,000 bales, of which 1,000 were for
export and on speculation.

MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
(From the circular of Messrs. John Fletcher, and Co.)
Not the slightest change has occurred in the state of our
BUTTER market since our last report. Dealers continue to
act on the plan of buying merely for immediatci'consump-
tion ; it may therefore be said that only a moderate business
has been transacted without alteration in prices. The arri-
vals are as follow : at Liverpool, 3,075 firkins, 646 crocks,
60 butts, and 523 boxes and brls ; at Fleetwood, 253 firkins,
791 crocks, 81 butts, and 398 boxes and brls ; at Holyhead,
107 firkins, and 7 boxes and brls.
Influended by the accounts from Mark-lane and other
leading markets, the CORN trade here during the week has
been very animated, and a large business done in WHEAT
and FLOUR at a further rise in prices.
At our market to-day WHEAT sold slowly at an advance
of 3d 0 bushel. FLOUR was likewise dull of sale at an im-
provement of 14 to 2s 0 sack and is brl respectively.
OATMEAL was ni good demand, and is load higher.
OATS also were in good request and 2d ? bushel dearer.
Little done in other articles and not much alteration was
made in prices.

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
SuGA.n.—West India sales 613 casks, prices supported.
Foreign sales large, at rather higher terms. Refined brisk,
brown lumps, 445. COFFEE much in request, native Ceylon,
4gs 6d to 50s. ZzA firm, ordinary Congou, is 2d to is
RICE brisk, white Bengal, 14s to 15s 6d. CorroN.—Few
sales, rates unaltered. TALLOW active, P.Y.C., 67s 3d to
57s 6d.

BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
At this day's market there was a fair supply of WHEAT,
and the trade ruled very dull at about 2s V qr above the
currency of this day VeOk. BARLEY a slow sale at a similar
advance. OATS diault to sell at an increase in price.
BEANS and PEAS nominally unaltered.

GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.—YESTERDAY.
The price of warrants, nominally 79s te ton. Nothing
doing in the market.

sold meat to the amount of 405., and instead of rendering
an account of his stewardship, he left and went to Ireland.
The prisoner in his defence, alleged that he lent the money,
and was remanded until he could produce evidence to that
effect.

INTERESTING TO OMNIBUS PROPRIETORS.— William and
Daniel Busby were summoned by police officer, No. 641, for
having suffered an omnibus of theirs to be driven on the
13th of this month, between Liverpool and Kirkdale with-
out a number. The summons was laid under the sth and
6th Vic.
Mr. D. Busby appeared in answer to the summons, and
contended that no other than an authorised officer of stamp
duties had any right to issue such a summons. He based
his objection on the 11th section of the act, which, after
setting forth the penalty (in the case of a driver or conducter,
£lO, and of an owner, £2O), in which the party guilty of
the offence should be mulct, directed that it should be law-
ful for any stamp officer, or officer of excise, to lay the in-
formation.
Mr. Mansfield held the objection to be good. It seemed
to be the intention of the legislature that when the safety or
convenience of ;the public was involved, any police or other
officer might lay the information, but when the interests of
the excise were merely affected, then it was the duty of an
officer of excise to do so.
The summons was accordingly dismissed.
Ellen Slawrey was committed for twenty-one days, on a
charge of stealing some wearing apparel, the property of her
foreman, and pledging it.
THE FRIENDLY GLASS.—lfary Ann Tones was charged
by police-officer 98, with stealing some money from a Mrs.
Watson.
The officer said he had beentinformed of the robbery, when
he went to a public-house, and found the prosecutrix in an
insensible state of drunkenness, lying on the floor. He took
the prisoner into custody, as he had heard she had taken the
money, but he had been compelled to lock the prosecutrix
up to take care of her. He found Bs. 9d. on the prisoner.
The two parties had been drinking together.
The prisoner denied all knowledge of taking the money.
She said she called upon the prosecutrix, and they went out
together to have a friendly glass, when they both got
" overtaken."