The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-01 00:00:00

nit NORtHERN MlLir TIMES.

GLADSTONE IN THE NORTH

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was presented on
Tuesday with the freedoni of the, burghs of Dingwall and
Inverness: The ceremoniCS,at both places were marked I.)r
great public enthtisiasin; anti the light lioh gUntletAan ex:
perienced a ray tattering', reception, net only from the
corporate bodies of those towns, but from a large congrega-
tion of the principal inhabitants who assembled to do him
honour . • ,

Mr, Gladstone, in tOtuitirm hls iliAnk§; made tote-
logthehttd alti•esses, which appear in a third
euition of the Inverness Advertiser In the course of his
t I observations, at Dingwall, the right hon. gentleman said—

" I ought not to omit mentioning my admiration of tho tone
and spirit in which your address Is coneeiVed; In it you
express a jait and
.ptabeltOrtit hope that and tile
goverAmetit of which I am a er; ;Indy long continue
to
egelleW party wilifaik; and pil?,g4s§iice
and carry
and needful amelioration,' Gentlemen,,l do feel and believe
7—anait is 2, source of no 'Small satisfaction to myself myself - that
the pivaent pverilthent• is. distinguished More than malty_ e •.

Wthcii. preceded it :eoniing IeSS ill contract With more
party organisation, and being lesS pledged to the purposes o f
party warfare. It is composed, as you know, for the most
part, of men having great experiene in public service. This
is my twenty-first year of public life; and yet I am, certainly,
not its youngest member, but still young, compared with
those veteran statesmen who occupy the chief places in the
councils of her Majesty: T4ey united IA an honour:

able Bondi aild r may. Jake ale "id that
their objects and wishes are no other than those..you have
expressed: I spoke of thoSe changes On the. face of the
country, which are palpahle to the eye; ,on
Other. changes also
haveAketi place during the of those eventful yearS to
a I*h liaVe keferred—changes involving a greater amoulit
of legislative effort after improvement, and comprising
larger and more beneficial results, than have ever been
gathered together during any period of the same length in
the history of our country. Looking to the course which
legislation has taken setting minor objects aside—allowing
fob thdt freechint of ririiniOu I,ilich; thank Oodi pteVails in
this eolinify—and -Pot the differences with which that free-
dom must be attended, I think we must all feel that the in-
stitutions of the. country have been working well— that they
have been working for the benefit of the mass of the com-
munity. The steps taken may, by some, be deemed too slow
or too short; hut, on the whole, they have been in what is
called, the right direction—the character of the policy which
the country has pursued has been of a nature which will
honourably distingiii§h hef histbry, and Whiff h Marks her state
and condition in a manner the most favourable as compared
With those of other nations. When Lord Aberdeen took
office he declared it to be his special mission—not, of course,
vatting other objects aside —to defend, complete, and seal
that
.great work, of cOmnierbial reform; the extension of
liaS ban the Main characteristic of the last ten years, I
hope you think him faithful to his pledge. At this particu-
lar moment, when it is pleasing Providence to press on othei
nations something like a scarcity of the fruits of the earth, I
hope there are none among those whom I address, who do
not feel profoundly thankfill for the adoption of that wise
policy by which we have removed every trammel and re,
straint on the supply of that article upon which the poptila‘
tion atodepenant or subsistence,"

At Inverness; after expressing his obligations for the
compliment paid him, the Chancellor of the Exchequer ad-
verted to the great • question of the day—the influence of
recent commercial legislation on the present state of the food
market, and our foreign policy, said :—"And how marked is
the testimony to the wisdom of recent legislation in the
spirit which now prevails ! Go back to other times, and we
find that when corn was.dear the natural anxiety and im-
patience of the people vented itself in violations of law, in
riot, and in bloodshed ; and even in other countries this con-
tinues still tb be the case. Only a few days ago I read of
the governors of two Italian towns losing their lives as a
sacrifice to the impatience of the population, arising from
such a cause. Thus it ever has been where man steps in to
correct Providential arrangements, and where the pressure
of scarcity is aggravated by unwise laws. But see the con
trast here ! Not in this quarter, but in other quarters of
the country, there is a deficient harvest, and the demand for
corn to France has affected our markets ; but not through
all England or Scotland is there heard a murmur of impa-
tience or discontent, for the people rest satisfied that if there
be a dispensation of scarcity it comes from that Providence
whose it is to dispence the measures both of abundance and
want ; they know that human legislation has done all that
it can effect to give free scope to the ener-gy and industry of •
man, and hence- there is everywhere that tranquillity,
contentment., and self-reliance which we should
most desire to prevail. (Cheers). Your Provost has
said that we have not.met here to celebrate a party triumph.
There was a time when the question of protective duties was
made one of party struggle and conflict. There was a time,
even after the victory had been achieved, when a large party
adopted " Protection" as their motto, and inscribed it on
their banners. But thoSe times are gone by ; the force of
truth has won its way, and I scarcely believe that after the.
evidence which the lapse of time has accumulated, there
exists any longerla section of the -Community who, if they
had the power, would wish to step back, to alter, or modify
a system of legislation so beneficial (cheers). What was
once but an opinion of philosophers in their closets, spread
from one class to another, occupied the minds of statesmen,
obtained the voice of Parliament, took the force of law, is
now the fixed policy of England, and reigns enthroned in
the sanction and heart of: the country (loud cheers.) And
let me add the expression of an anticipatory hope that the
end of its trumphs has not yet been reached. The example.
of England is of mighty force. Her example has had
much to do in persuading the other nations of Europe that
in a restrictive commercial code there was some magical
secret of national wealth and prosperity. But the delusion
once rejected by us it will not be long maintained by them ;
the emphatic testimony to the advantages of free com-
merce which the triumphant results of a full 'and un-
sparing application of its principles has yielded here,
will work its way among the intelligent people of the
Continent, producing a similar developement of plenty and
blessingamong them; mutualintercourse will be advanced, and
the benefits which come in the train of increased commuica-
tion and augmented wealth will thus be multiplied ; great
social and moral aims which we desire to see promoted will
be helped onwards, the tendency to international strife and
war will be repressed ; and if we do not thus realize all the
blessings which Christianity promises to mankind, many of
those evils which must seriously hinder their advance will
be taken out of the way. (Loud cheers.) Your address also
adverts to my humble efforts in behalf of those whom I believe
to be oppressed in another country. It must be painful to
us, natives of Great Britain—citizens of a country where the
principles of liberty and obedience to law are both held in
deserved veneration—of a country where the most extensive
chancres are brought about by legal and rational means—it
must be most painful for us to look road over the Continent and
see how little progress the nations of Europe have made in the
path of temperate and rational freedom. There is one year
which I fear must be marked as very disastrous in their
annals—l mean the revolutionary year of 1848—for while
certainly there was much which deserved to be swept away,
the effect was to provoke a terrible reaction—to dimmist the
hope of rational freedom—to exasperate the spirit of des-
potism where it existed—to develop extreme opinions— and to
diminish the prospect of gradual and temperate advance to
that system of constitutional government the results of
which we so happily enjoy. In the country where it was my
fortune to reside at the period to which allusion has been
made, I perceived that great sufferings were inflicted on
large numbers in consequence of this re-actionary spirit—a
spirit the natural effect of whose manifestations is certainly
to provoke popular resistance, and to engender many terrible
evils. I do entertain an earnest hope for the improve-
ment of Italy ; and so far as the present government is con-
cerned, I am sure it will be their endeavour to promote that
object—not in the spirit of reckless propagandism, which
would raise up the national spirit against us, 'but by such a
wise and temperate policy as will secure our moral influence.
At present we cannot speak with satisfaction of foreign poli-
tics. You well know that causes are operative which
threaten the peace 'of Europe. I trust you also know,
and are well persuaded, that the most anxious efforts
of the Britith government have been directed towards
the maintenance of general peace, and the protection of
those who want strength to protect themselves (hear,
hear, and cheers)... No assurance from me to this effect
is wanted, for the temper and attitude of the people
have shewn how thoughtfully they confide in their rulers,
and how anxious they are for the maintenance of peace
combined with honour. The time is happily past when an
ignorant eagerness for war could take possession of masses
of the community. We do not fail to profit by the lessons
of history, though, after forty years of peace, when most of
us have grown up without any actual experience of the evils
of a state of war, we may be apt to forget their number and
magnitude. The heavy burdens which war entails on pros-
perity is the least of its evils ; it is the effusion of human
blood, b the dissolution of domestic ties, the letting loose of a
moral scourge over a country which ought to be thought
of, and which impose 'an absolute obligation on govern-
ments and statesmen, to avoid it at the cost of any sacrifice
short of duty and honour. This is the principle which
has guided the government throughout the negotiation of
the last few months : and . by this rule they would still
act, knowing that it was with individuals as with na-
tions—that a war might be very popular at its com-
mencement, which would be very hateful at its close, just
as there were few people who entered on a quarrel
otherwise than brave and self-reliant, but who might
not like it much ere all was over. Mr. Gladstone, then,
remarking that the shades of evening, which were closing
round them, conveyed a warning to be brief, proceeded to re-
fer to the future—alluding especially to the great change
which has of late come over the spirit and temper of parties.
At the sacrifice of much personal feeling, in violators of the
strict terms of political consistency, many useful measures
had been carried through, with the further effect of com-
pletely disorganising old party connections. The House of
Commons was not now divided into two compact forces, op-
posing each other on every trivial point; the broad contrasts
of party had been obliterated ; and members of the legisla-
ture exercised more their own reason, and were actuated to
a greater extent by their honest convictions. This in itself
was real progress ; it was a result which argued well for the
triumph of reason and justice. It was a consequence of
this state matters that the present administration had ie.

ceived so large an amount of what is tortried " ind

liaTrly bound to go on conciliating favour of that kind; and
the best way to accomplish such an object was neither on the
one hand to. hug past abuses upder het pretence of maintain-
iiig our institutions ; tbi the otEit iletlildsly,to urge a

deliand et variance with the essential characteristics Of
Thii, alio was the true way to obtain the con=
fidence and support of the people_at large; yohom_it was alike
vain, end Undesirable to
.attenipt t 8 itoVetn oil the pifinCiple
of a blind superstition. Ile thought, lie might Safely promise
this would be the course the government would pursue; for
himself, he would yield obedience to no other principle. The
right honourable gentleman concluded by repeating his
thanks for the complinient bestowed on him. At the close
he was rapturously applauded I and after three cheers had
been gien for him, with the additioii of one for the Provotts
die meeting Separated shbrtly after six o'clock:

pa Nil V6Ollll S:--=YEgithiA-i

LIVERPOOL
A OH ASE.—JOn Parry lyas chaigc

cif
wine from tje ale-17.96* of .gr. Branch, auctioneer,
Hackin's-hey. A man ii; iue tinpl7inenti Who saw the
prisoner jump out of a window, forthwith junipt:il t!ft,!.*t'
They got on the roofs 6f some houses, and the chase was
kept up over several other houses, until finally, the prisoner
leaped off a wall and gotjinto a smithy. The pursuer held on,
like " giim death," but only succeeded in getting an empty
wine Nttle frqin the prisoner, As proof of actual stealing
was teinagr3i*.the.riiistrakcS ditscliai'ged the prisoner,
AN ITssusiwio:trs• otin.—.ll.lart:hh
,Hurftoti; a good
looking *male; ;respectably clid in

inky AVQOd.S

charged by a yOung nian,ntimed John Harrison; with rob=
bing him of .£1 Os.. Bd. in a house in Mason's.:row: The
prosecutor, one of did 11 terisopht" class stated that lie
_had
been induced to enter the house by a strange iniiii when fie,
was a little drunk. He slept on a temporary bed made of
chairs, and during the night, the prisoner came and took
his money. He saw her do so. Magistrate : Why did you
let her take it ? Complainant : I thought she would give it
me h.q.& Magistrate t You had more confidence than I
should have had under iirethnstaneea, (Laughter,)
The prisoner was discharged, as it appeared IlarriLoon was
too drunk at the time to give trustworthy evidence of the
matter.

STREET ROBBERY. —Ann Walshe was committed for trial,
charged with having, on the 22nd instant, in company with

a male accomplice,—robbed an old man in Vauxhall-road.
She held , him while her companion rifled his pockets of

FitEaso A VRENCIIMAN.—A Pielichmdni named tioyti•49
Divini, was robbed, on Tuesday evening, of his watch, necker-

chief, and a sum of money. tie had Veen foolish enough to
remain in the company of two fellows, named James Scan-
ton. and James Hannan, nearly the entire day, drinking
from piißlid-hou.c to public house, they offering various ar-
ticles fur sale from time to tithe. At length the rascals
threw off the masks, and one seized him by the throat
whilst the other robbed him of his gold watch and his
Val gent. They were remanded.

STEALING COPPER.—William Gelling was sentenced to
three months imprisonment for stealing a quantity of copper
the property of Mr. Edward M'Cormach, Waterloo-road.
The prisoner was in his employment, but getting informa-
tion of his dishonesty, he had him watched and detected
him.
AN UNGRATEFUL GUEST.—Mary Hughes charged De-
borah Pelocs with robbing her of a shawl and silk handker-
chief. The prosecutrix, out of charity, had taken her into
her house for a few days uutil she could go back to Ireland.
On the prisoner's departure from her house the prosecutrix
missed the articles in question, and, pursuing. the prisoner,
found her on board the Wexford steam-boat, just then with
her steam up, and a pawn ticket for the stolen articles in her
possession. The prisoner was discharged on condition of
releasing the goods.
SuoriarrncG.—Mary Whelan was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment for stealing a dress-piece from the
house of Mr. George Sharpe, Paradise-street, pawnbroker.
Mr.. Sharpe arrested her himself with the property on her
person.
STEALING GAME.—Wm. McMillen was sentenced to be
imprisoned for one month for stealing one brace of black
game and two brace of partridges from the shop of Mr.
MeGrinell 22, Queen-square.
_ _

A HOPEFUL ScHoLAi.—William Mann, and 12 years,
described as belonging to the Industrial School,° was charged
with stealing a brass candlestick from a house in Disley-
street. A young woman belonging to the house deposed to
missing the candlestick, and to seeing the prisoner with
other boys about the door. An officer arrested the prisoner
with the candlestick on his person. Remanded in order to
communicate with the master of the Industrial School.

A YOUTHFUL OFFENDER.— Mary Ann Graham, a child,
whose head scarcely reached the magistrates' table, was
charged with stealing and carrying away, on Friday night,
from one of the streets near Victoria .dock, a sack of coal
nearly as large as herself, and weighing three quarters of a
lnnidred. Tier mother came forward, and being cautioned
by the magistrate not to let the child go to ruin on the

;reefs of Liverpool, was allowed to take her homE

" WARMING " AN OFFICER.—Michael Milton was charged
with assaulting officer 107, John Kennedy, in the discharge
of his duty. Complainant was walking quietly along the
docks, when the prisoner came up to him and said, " Arn't
you cold ? You look like a fellow that wants warming."
Without further ceremony, he struck the officer with vio-
lence, and knocked his head against the wall. lie had
been in custody before charged with an assault, lie was
fined twenty shillings, or in default to be imprisoned for
one month.

RETURNING A BLOW WITH INTERFST. - Archibald
WPherson was charged by officer 241, with an assault.
The officer said he had been oblin-ed to retaliate on the pri-
soner in his own defence. MPlierson showed signs of
terrible punishment, his face and bead were bound and one
of his eyes seemed completely swollen up. . The prisoner
said that the policeman had struck him with his baton, and
that the doctor had declared his injury to be a compound
fracture of the skull. The magistrates said that at all
events he was sufficiently punished for any assault he had
committed, and told the officer that be had been guilty of
very unjustifiable violence to the prisoner. The magistrate
also ordered Mr. Clough to have the matter reported to the
head constable,

ILL-TREATING A WIFE.—A respectable-looking and
neatly dressed female, named Matilda Glover, whose delicate
aspect indicated much suffering, appeared before Mr. Mans-
field, to complain of the continued ill-treatment of her
husband, James Glover, and to beg that he might be bound
over to keep the peace towards her. It appeared that
Glover is a skin printer, in Manchester. but now resides at
Bootle, with his brother-in-law. His brother, it appears,
Come time since gave him £2,000, which he ran through,
and his ill-treatment of his wife arises from a claim he says
he has to £1,200 more. During the last squabble between
this unhappy couple, some third party in interfering had
given the husband black eyes. He had on one occasion
before been charged with beatin,,,, his wife. The magistrates
ordered that he should be bound over to keep the peace for
three months, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each.
SMUGGLING.—BeItayn Cabruga, , and Benito Saford,
(Spaniards) of the ship Isabelle, were charged with having
each smuggled three-and-a-11;1f gallons of foreign rum,
concealed in the pump of the vessel. Remanded till the 4th.
. Juan Guinart, (a Spaniard also) of the same vessel, was
charged with smuggling five boxes of cigars, containing 8
pounds each, valued at £8 Bs. They were concealed under-
neath his bed, He was ordered to pay the vaiue of the
cigars, in default to be imprisoned for three days.

THE RIGHT OP A PAWNBROKER TO RETAIN PROPERTY
SUPPOSED TO BE STOLEN.—JOhII Potter, assistant to Mr.
Murdock, pawnbroker, Vauxhall-road, was summoned by
Mr. IV. C. Asgill, teacher, of Kirkdale, for illegally detain-
ing a quantity of plate which had been offered him for pledge.
From the statement of Mr. Clough, superintendent of the
detective police, it appeared the plaintiff, 11ir. Asgill, went
a few days ago, to the shop of .Mr. Murdock, and offered
for pledge a quantity of plate, consisting of a tea kettle,
table-spoons, ladle, fish-slice, and other articles. The de-
fendant suspected the articles were stolen, as they were
marked " Brigand," from the Levant steamer of that name,
and he sent for an officer and gave the defendant into cus-
tody. The captain and steward of the Brigand were sent
for, but they failed to recognize the property. After some
inquiries had been made, it was discovered that a vessel
called the " Brigand," was lost about ten years since., on a
voyage between Bristol and London, and that the defend-
ant's daughter was married to the captain of that vessel,
whose name was Hunt. It was also ascertained there was
but one gentleman resident in Liverpool who could decide
whether the, property belonged to the vessel or to the plain-
tiff's daughter, but unfortunately he was out of town. Under
those circumstance, Mr. Clough arranged with the defendant
that the plate should be left in his possession until the gentle-
man returned, in order that the necessary inquiry should be
made, and, accordingly, he desired the defendant to leave
the plate at the police office, agreeably to the arrange-
ment made with defendant, with a view to discovering who
really owned the plate. The defendant positively refused to
give up the plate. Mr. Clough then informed him he would
be summoned, to which he answered, he did not care ;
he would not leave the property—the police had no
right to it, and it was not their's. The consequence was
that the police had no opportunity of making any enquiry
whatever. Mr. Booth : Had it been pledged ? Mr.
Clough : No, he lent nothing on it, • but the pawnbrokers
say they will return this kind of property in their posses-
sion, and if no owner turns up they keep it. The defendant
stated that on Tuesday evening, the plaintiff offered him a
quantity of plate for pledge. It was marked the " Brigand
Steamer." He told plaintiff he was too late, (as he wished
to make enquiry before taking it) but if he called next
morning, and that it were all right, he would take it. Next
morning , he (defendant) ascertained that Mes4rs. Fairelough
had a steamer called the Brigand, and they believed the pro-
perty to be theirs, that the captain would certify,
and; if the party were again to present him-
self they would feel 'obliged if he were given into custody.
The plaintiff was given into custody, and the captain and
steward came but they could not identify the property. It
was then recollected that a vessel called the Brigand run-
ning between London and Liverpool was lost some years
ago, but they learned at Fitzsimon and Appleby's that
nothing had been saved from the vessel, but they had every
reason to believe the plate belonged to the Brigand, lie