The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-19 00:00:00

Cbina.

Has ha'f her cargo engaged, and wall be despatched 20th hut.
FOR HONG KONG, DIRECT,
The splendid Aberdeen-buil!. clipper Ship
11 STORNOWAY,
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H. L. HART. Commander ;
- • ^ sg% tons register; AI at Lloyd's thirteen years.
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This beautiful vessel, well known in the trade as having made the
most rapid passages on record, is the best opport.mity for shippers
desirous of quick dispatch. Loading in Salthouse Dock.—For
terms of freight, &c., apply to Messrs. Syers, Walker, and Syers;
or to

W. 0. YOUNG, 19, Dale-street, Liverpool;
54, Cross-street, Manchester; Sun-court, Cornhill, London.

ErtianV.

STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN

LIVERPOOL

AND

W E_ST P OR T,

(WEST COAST OF IRE, AND)

_ The splendid and powerful steam-ships
.►'-- NORTHMAN,
...ce,,t,
~* Captain Wita.tesis;
4'' .."r•l' '•EARL OF LUOAN,
.7:—.T.T..7.7.7.-
Ca..tain EVANS ;
Or other first-class steamers are intended to sail as follows :
'FROM LIVERPOOL (CLARENCE BASIN),
Wednesday
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___ __— Friday
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Monday ~.

FhOht WESTPORT.

25th February.

The owners of these steamers will not be accountable tor loss or
damage of any kind sustaine.l by live stock, nor for passengers' lug-
gage nor parcels above the value of .e 5, unless booked and paldfor
according to their value.
Cargo received at the south-east corner of ti.e: Clarence Basin,
Liverpool. _ _

Freight on all goods payable on delivery. All goods from the
country intended or these steamers should be sent to the Waterloo
Ste+ ion, to the care of the Agents.
Sailing vessels go between Liverpool and Westport in conjunction
with the above steamers.

For freight or passage, or further particulars, apply to John
Orrell Lever and Co., Westport; to John Orrell Lever, Man-
cheater ; or here to

DAWSON & CO., Baltic-buildings, Redcross-street.

POLICE COURT

-YESTERDAY,

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(BEFORE MR. HARVEY.)

" A NICK !"—lnspector Murphy brought up a young man
named William Johnston, on the following charge :—He
said that at 10 o'clock on Monday night he saw the prisoner
coming from a boat at the Landing-stage, and knowing him,
he kept an eye on him. He saw die prisoner moving quite
close to a lady, and at the time he seized him, the prisoner
threw away a purse which was found to contain £1 ss. in
money, and the address of a lady. This statement was
corroborated by detective Carlyle. Both officers were cross.
examined very ingeniously by the prisoner, who was, how-
ever, remanded, in order to obtain the attendance of the owner
of the purse.
STFALTNG BLANIcErs.—A sailor-like looking young man
named Albert Finney, was charged with having stolen some
blankets belonging to Messrs Maclver's Royal Mail boats.
The history of the case was as follows :—The prisoner had a
comrade, who formerly belonged to one of the Royal Mail
boats, and they both lodged together. The other man went
to sea some time ago, leaving his trunks at the house where
the prisoner boarded. On Saturday the prisoner broke open
his comrades chest and took out the blankets, which he offered
to pledge, but he was stopped by the pawnbroker. In reply
to the bench, a witness said the other man had no right to
have the blankets in his possession. The prisoner was sent to
jail for a month,. and the blankets were ordered to be restored
to the owner.

ROBBERY OF BRANDY, &e.—Two young men, named
Thomas Beasley and John Hardman, were brought up on
remand, on a charge of having stolen a quantity of brandy,
wine, &c., belonging to Messrs. Spriggs, from one of Harhord's
warehouses. Mr. Bluck was for the prisoners. The details
of this case were published last week. It appeared that on
the night of the Bth inst. the warehouse was broken into, and
114 lbs of tea, 65 lbs of sugar, 50 bottles of gin, 12 bottles of
brandy, 2 gallons of brandy, 2 gallons of rum, and a bottle of
wine, were stolen therefrom. Several witnesses were examined,
and their evidence went to show that the prisoners had,
subsequently to the robbery, portions of the property in their
possession. Mr. puck contended that his clients could not
he committed for trial, as there was no proof of stealing.
The utmost that could be done was to deal with the prisoners
as not being able to account for their legal possession of the
property. The prisoners were, however, fully committed for
trial.

SUSPICIOUS —William Brown, who bad been remanded on
two former occasions, on a charge of having possession of a
passage ticket belonging to Mr. Perry, the American Com-
missioner at Paris, who sailed by the Africa on the 9 b
January, was brought up. The full details of the case have
been published on two former occasions. It now further
appeared from the evidence of the purser of the Africa, that
Mr. Perry had lost the ticket, which was in a small French
bag, and that had been stolen from him on board either the
tender, or the vessel before sho sailed from Liverpool. The
evidence against the prisoner was not deemed sufficient, and
he was discharged with a caution, the police receiving orders to
look after him.

THE SABBATH DEFENCE MOVEMENT

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Since my last letter was written, it has become
apparent that the meeting at St. George's-hall wag
only a part of an organised plan of Sabbatarian
agitation. A memorial, bearing numerous signa'
tures, was presented to Sir Benjamin Hall, the
prayer of which was, that the Sunday perforralive
of military bands in Kensington Gardens should be
discontinued.

The memorial encountered a deserved rebakeci
It was stated in reply that the signatures comprise .
but a third of the population from which it pro
fessed to emanate, and that it was grossly
fraudulent, as only one per cent of those signature°

were genuine.
I am sorry to say that a somewhat similar fraud
was perpetrated on Sunday week, at a church door:
in Liverpool, when a child of nine years old wa
induced to sign a Sabbatarian petition.
I have no wish to quarrel with those of of
fellow-Christians, who hold an opinion difrere°
from mine upon the Sabbatarian question, but let'
me implore them, in the name of our eomra°l3
Christianity, not to resort to such questionable
means as these, to attain an object I have alreadi
shown to be questionable—not to sanction anell,
conduct of their agents, as can only be stigmatised
as dishonesty and roguery—not to bring the very
name of religion itself into contempt and infanlY•
Another movement—l mean a deputation to the
prime minister, to request him to give the weight'
of government, to discomfit any application to
parliament, to provide sober and rational recretv
tion on Sunday—has, I observe, been made
trious by the personal assistance of the Archbisbl
of Canterbury, a peer of more note in Exeter Hall
than in the House of Lords, some DissenWig
teachers, and some persons who were supposed t°
represent the working class.