The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-22 00:00:00

THE CRIMEAN MILITARY ENQUIRY,

The board of officers appointed to hear the defence of
certain officers animadverted upon in the report of Sir J.
M'Neill and Colonel Tulloch, re-assembled yesterday
morning at 11 o'clock. The Earl of Lucan, drawing
attention to a promise given by Colonel Tulloch on a
former occasion to produce letters from the Government
expressive of their approval of the report, asked whether
Colonel Tulloch was prepared then to produce such ?
Colonel Tulloch replied that he had two letters, one a
public one which would be produced in the course of that
day's proceedings ; and the other, a private one, from
Lord Panmure to Sir J. M`Neill, which he could not
of course produce without the sanction of Sir J. MNeill ;
but its effect was that Lord Panmure considered the
report moderate in its tone, and that he saw no objection
to any part of it, except the mortality returns, which he
considered were not necessary for the enquiry. Admiral
Sir E. Lyons was then called by Lord Lucan, and said he
never was applied to for sail cloth to cover the cavalry
horses. He never heard an opinion expressed that it
might have been available for that purpose. It would
hava been utterly useless to put up canvass covering for
horses on the plateau, even if they had had the
means, which they had not. Major Connolly was next
called and examined by Lord Lucan. He stated that he
was brigade-major in the east, and he, as brigade-major
to the heavy cavalry, put in a statement of the horses and
men struck off the parade roll for commissariat duties.
He_testified to the zeal of Lord Lucan in providing shelter
for the horses to the greatest possible extent, and stated
his opinion that there was no want of promptitude or in-
genuity displayed by any one of the officers in this
respect. Colonel Lowe was recalled, and stated that,
Lord Lucan had always encouraged officers to shelter
their horses to the best of their ability. This closed Lord
Lucan's case. The judge-advocate enquired whether
Colonel Tulloch was then prepared to make his state-
ment. Colonel Tulloch said he could not do so until he
had communicated with Sir J. M'Neille. The judge-
advocate intimated that Colonel Tulloch would not be
permitted to call fresh evidence.

The board, after a brief consultation, agreed to adjourn
till Friday next.

POLICE
COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(BEFORE MR. C. B.T PARKER.)

CHARGE OF FORGERY.—GiIes Hilton, and Owen Jones,
were brought up on a charge of having committed forgery on
the Adelphi Loan Bank, Renshaw-street. Mr. Bluck appeared
for the prisoners. From the evidence of Mr. John Allison,
and Mr. William Searle (the latter the inspector of the bank),
it appeared that, on Monday week, Hilton made an application
for a loan of £7, and amongst the names of his sureties was
one Thomas Ballow. The sureties were accepted, and on
Saturday two of them attended to sign the bill for Hilton,
who then went out, saying he expected the third every
moment. It appeared that he met the prisoner Jones in the
street, and persuaded him to go in and sign the name of
Barlow, telling him it was no harm. Mr. Searle, however,
discovered the transaction. In reply to Mr. Bluck, he said
lie did not give the money, in consequence of the discovery.
Mr. Allison said he did not wish to punish the parties ; all he
wanted was to show the public that such practices could not be
passed over with impunity, and Therefore he desired to caution
people against snch conduct. His Worship said it was very
kind of Mr. Allison, but he would, at the same time, remand
the prisoners for a week.

Sinn. LIFTING.—Jane Price alias M'Loughlan, who bad
been remanded on a charge of shop lifting, a full report of
which appeared in our paper a few days ago, was brought up
again. It was proved that some of the property found in her
house had been stolen from Mr. Hassel's shop, Byrom Street,
and that some of the hooks found also, had been stolen from
Mr. O'Niell's, South John Street. The prisoner was com-
mitted for trial.

OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—A TO-
spect4blo looking young man named Elijah Hulse, late a
clerk in the employment of Messrs. HaMead and Fletcher,
timber merchants, was charged with obtaining £2 on a forged
order. It appeared that on Saturday the prisoner presented
an order to Mr. Stainiought, a publican residing in Windsor
Street, and this order purported to be signed by Mr. Joseph
Aimes, the chief clerk in Messrs. Halheads, The order was
for £2, which was at once given, but in the course of the
evening it was found that Mr. Aimee had not sent it. He
proved that it was in the prisoner's handwriting. The pri-
soner, who said he intended to return the money this day, was
sent for trial.