The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-18 00:00:00

STERDAY

(BtIFORE MR. W. DI KON;') '
BUROLART.—Officers Scaife and Thompson brought up
the following persons4natned respectively George Barnett,
James Shaw, Henry Burford, James Connor, Patrick
ißtirns,lMary, E.. Robinson, and , Hannah Haughton, on a
charge of being concerned in a burglary and robbery that
had 'been committed 'in the shop of Mr. Hetherington,
grocer; Byrom.street. It appeared that on Friday 'night
the shop of Mr. Hetherington was broken into, and a sum
of between £lO and £ll in copper money stolen. From
the evidence produced, it seemed that the prisoners had
purchased new,.clothis on. Saturday,. and that. they had
paid for the articles with copper money, and on searching
the,place where the prisoners lodged, a quantity of copper
money, made up in packages, the same as had been stolen,
was found. The prisoners were remanded.
CAUTION. TO FARMERS.—The.- weighing-master of the
Haymarket summoned Joseph Webster, a farmer residing
at Lytham, under the followinc, circumstances.:—The man
of the defendant weighed a load of hay with the weigher
on Saturday; stating it was for Mr. 'Ellison, and the-man
gave the tare of the cart as ten cwt., saying Mr. Ellison
would take that tare, as he often had done befOre. The
weigher, however, did not think that all was right, and he
subsequently tared the cart and found it 13f cwt. instead
of ten cwt. The case was brought forward' in order to
.

caution farmers and their men f;om acting dishonestly

but was idjourned for theproduction of Mr. Ellison

(BEFORE MESSRS. DIXON AND BOLT)N
CHARGE AGAINST AN EMIGRATION AGENT.-Mr. Stewart,
one of the government emigration officers, -hid summoned
Mr. George Saul, at the instance of a mari named William
Bill, an emigrant. There were. two informationl._ one
under the 72nd sec. of the Emigration Act, which inflicted
a penalty not exceeding £2O, for altering or erasing a con-
tract ticket, and the other case was under the 69th sec.
of the same act, for that Saul had not sent in the name of
the agent, who had acted for him in Hill's case, as he
ought to have done, to the Emigration officers. The fadt:
were simply these. Some time ago, the complainant wen

to a man named Sphor, whom
master, a shoemaker, and emigt
Langtoft, in Lincolnshire, and then engaged
himself and family for America, in the ship Richer
Robinson. He paid £7 deposit, and got a ticket from the
defendant, through-Sphor, but when he came to Liverpool
and paid the balance .el 4 10s, he was told the ship was
full, and that he could not go in her, but that he could go
in another ship by paying 30s difference, which he did,
and then the alteration was made in the ticket...
For the defence, it was contended that Hill did
not come in time for the vessel, and that he was
offered a passage either in a ship that sailed in a day or
two afterwards, or one in another to sail on the 19th.
There was a ship going the day after Bill arrived, but
she only took second class passengers, and he agreed to
pay the 30s rather than wait, and that was the reason
why the ticket came to be altered, although it was con-
tended it had been done for the benefit of the complainant.
It was shown that Mr. Saul was not at all aware of the
proceeding, but this did not alter the case,as provided for
by the act of parliament. A fine of " was imposed in
the first case, but the second was dismissed, :as the
prosecutor could not show that the man at Langtoft was
the agent of Mr.. Saul. Indeed it was -stpngly denied
that he was an agent, and that he merely wrote to oblige

emigrants, as the Duke of Rutland and many other noble-
men and gentlemen did from the country to Mr. Saul, to
oblige their tenants who were going to America.

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)
CLIARGE OF SMUGGLING.—Godfreus. Leon, the captain
of a Dutch vessel, called Louis Premesis, was charged
by. Preston, a custom-house officer, with attempting to
smuggle 11 lbs. of foreign manufactured tobacco. It ap-
peared that the captain sent for the officer to examine his
luggage on board the ship, but he refused to go on board, ,
observing that he would examine it on the quay. The ,
captain in reply to the officer said, he had no tobacco or ,
other exciseable goods, but on searching his baggage, he
found the tobacco at the bottom of the bag. Mr. Bards-
well appeared for the prisoner, and said he had no notion
of doing wrong; he had the tobacco for his own use, as
he was going on to. Rotterdam, and did not know that, by
so doing he contravened the law. He was remanded till
Thursday, bail to be accepted in the mean time.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—An old man, apparently a ship-
joiner,
named Thomas Jones, who resides in 10-Court, f.
Fisher-street, was brought ur on a charge of having
attempted to commit suicide. A. neighbour of the pri-
soner's stated that he heard a noise in the house, and on
going to ascertain the cause, he-found the prisoner in tie
act of cutting his throat with a razor. The witness seized
his arms and gave an alarm, and on assistance coining to
him the prisoner was secured and given over to the police.
Constable 709 said that when taking the prisoner to the
station-house, he said he would cut his throat when he
got out. In answer to the charge the prisoner made some
rambling observations about the death of his wife, and it
was quite clear his mind was deranged. The poor man
was ordered to be taken care of, and to be examined by a
medical gentleman.
BEDDING IMPOSTORS.—The public should be on their
guard against a set of begging impostors who are going
about the town, raising subscriptions from the beneirolent
under false pretences. Yesterday, two of these persdns
were brought up by detective officer Carlyle, on a charge
of this description. They gave their names as James
Johnston and James Smith. They were going about with
a paper representing that they had been discharged from
the 4th Dragoons. The name of Mr. Wm. Rathbone was
appended to the document as having subscribed £4, this,
of course, was a forgery. The prisoners were sent to
prison for one month each, with hard labour.
TEE CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD MESSRS. HORSFALL.—
Patrick Gilligan, Robert Murray and John Lock, were
brought up on remand on the above charge. Mr. Bluek
was for Murray and Gilligan, and Mr. Chilton appeared
fo: Lock. The details of this case were published at
lengtb.yesterday., A considerable quantity of evidence,
corroborative of the facts already given, was produded

and at the conclusion, Mr. Chilton-said his client-, admitted
having fallen from a high and respectable station to a
disgraceful position.
beginning,
feegmcinoannkifneegs
,sweaatignadltlo,loanw telld
ahltelhaehb
aooduntl yiirheeen-
pcoanrsaptlioranchye f
rcould t
hneo
induced to commit the offence by the other prisoners.
Mr. Muck designated this conduct on the part of Lock,
as cowardly, mean and scoundrelly; and said none but a
downright villain would think of adopting' such a course
to save himself. He contended that no jury on oath could
believe such a scoundrel. Mr. Chilton repudiated ithe
• application to his client of the epithet "the scoundSpl.'
and endeavoured to fasten that designation on Mr: Blur'
clients. Mr. Mansfield said he would fr.-,
prisoners for trial, and it would be for the prosecutors
hereafter, to 'consider whether or not, they would adopt
the offer made by Mr. Chilton, on behalf of Lock. Mr.
Bluck then applied to his worship, to accept of good bail
for his clients appearance, and his worship said the case
was a very serious one indeed. He would, however,
accept of two solvent sureties in £250 each, for each of
the prisoner's appearance for trial at the assizes. Lock
then made a statement in detail, the substance of which
has been published in the evidence of M'Clay. The
prisoners were then fully committed. [ft was stated, that
Lock was one of the " *fast young men' who are fond of
gambling, and that he, is the best billiard player in Eng-
land ! ]

llv commit all the

THE " SADLEIR " CALAMITIES.—OId Mr 3. Sadleir, the
mother of John Sadleir, has become almost a maniac. 'Her
daughter has been for some time in a private lunatic asylum.
A" DISTINGUISHED" DETECTIVE.—Sergeant Langley, for
twenty-seven years attached to the London detective
police, has retired from the service, on a pension of 801
per annum. Langley's history is connected with some of
the most remarkable delinquents thii country has seen
produced. His capture of the murderer, Manning, in
Jersey, and more recently the mode in which he assisted
in bringing to justice Hatto, for the murder of his felloW-
servant at Barnham, are fresh in everybody's recollec-
tion; but, perhaps, his crowning professional effort !was
the capture in America of the bankrupt Leaman, who
absconded in 1846 with several thousand pounds in his
Possession. A large portion of the money was recovered
by Langley, and the assignees were so well pleased with
the judgment the officer displayed, that they presented
him with a donceur of 1001, In addition to the reward that
had been offered. Langley will be especially missed on
the race courses throughout the country, where his pre-
sence has for, many years acted as a wholesome check on
the intrusion of thieves and improper characters.
NEW Ross ELECTION.—We learn from Dublin that a
new element of discord has been introduced at the New
Ross election, Mr. John Reynolds, formerly M.P. for Dub-
lin city, having made his appearance there, but whether to
canvass for Sir Thomas Redington .or for himself is not
quite clear. It is stated in the correspondence of the
Freeman, which, however, must be taken as that of a
noffteoredsorethaextent,
etrhyati
is there hcearrerieisd noon limiti nth
et omtohset
partizan
raalrrbteeirzas
aced manner; that "such drunkenness and rioting
were never seen before ;" that the antagonistic mobs have
by casting fire-
balls,introduced a new mode of electioneering h
composed of flax and turpenatiinle, ionftotneeacwhroottohered
people being
s
of them being
burned to death, many
Ics. so that there is danger of some
from
money b urns s p
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bc tye
bothd i t
ph inst.
tui'easy
o;
n. atn
it,
cfionnafillnye,dthtaot b‘e‘ dthe
mobs is enormous, and the consequent riot and debauchery
proportionate." At the nomination which took place on
Saturday, the scene of violence and -.confusion was, no
doubt, at its climax ; and altogether the affair promises
to be memorable in tho history of even Irish elections.
The election took place on Monday. •
THE POLICE BILL.—Sir G.- Grey's police bill was a
measure mainly intended to centralise in the home office,
the full direction of the police courts throughout the
country. External pressure has induced some modifica-
tions, but the bill as amended will contain the • most
objectionable parts of its provisions, vet its principle has
been affirmed by a large majority on its second reading in
the House of Commons: Tho'next proceeding in reference
to the police bill will be to consider it in committee, and

the opponents of the home office dOmination will make a
stand, we hope with better success, on the first clause.
This clause makes the appointment of superintendent
constables subject to the approval of the Secretary of
State, and those officers who come up to the home office
requirements and views are, on approval of the Secretary
of State, to be vested with the appointment of all police
constables in their districts, irrespective of the slightest
control by the magistrates. If Sir G. Grey is enabled to
carry this clause, the ratepayers in the various counties
and ridings may look out for the consequences in a double
county rate. It, therefore, behoves the magistrates and
the "various boards 'of guardians, to be promptly on t.e
alert• to petition the House of Commons, that clauasbesol.
should be amended, to vest in the magistrates the
lute appointment not only of the superintendent
and
that police, but also of the other members of the force,
the
approval such appointments should not be subject to the
approval of the,_Secretary of State.