The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-18 00:00:00

KIRKDALE SESSIONS

Matthew Dempsey, aged 26, collier, and Richard Gill, were
charged with having stolen about 501bs. of blasting powder, the
property of Messrs Charles Caldwell and Company, the em-
ployers of the prisoner Dempsey. Gill was acquitted, and
Dempsey was sentenced to three months imprisonment.
John Ratcliffe, aged 50, a joiner, stood charged with having,
on the 14th of November last, stolen a quantity of timber, the
3roperty of Mr. Peter Berry. Guilty; two months imprison.-

Ann Hallad, aged 23, a servant, was charged with having, on
the I 6t,li of November last, stolen a watch and other articles
of value, the property of Mr. John Simpson. Guilty ; six
months imprisonment,

James Conway, aged 9, Martha Longford, aged 36, a house
keeper, Ann Longford, aged 14, were charged, the boy Con.
way with having stolen, on the 16th of November, a dress, the
property of Miss Ann Gibson of Wavertree, and Longford was
charged with receiving the same ; Conway was also charged
with having stolen a gown. the property of Miss Ann Ellison,
of the same township, and the two female prisoners were charged
with having received the same. The evidence against Ann
Langford was not conclusive, and she was acquitted ; Martha
Longford was found guilty, and was sentenced to eight months
imptisonment as the receiver, and the boy to seven days.
Catherine Kearns, aged 38, a capmaker, was sentenced to
three months imprisonment, for having stolen thirty-eight
yards of print, the property of Mr. Waterhouse of Windle.

Alice Rhodes, aged 41,
months imprisonment,

esker, . was sentenced to six

for havin

on the Bth of November,
stolen two door mats, the one the property of Mr. J. W.
Cropper, and the other of Mr. E. Cropper, of Toxteth-park.
Mary Ann Farley, aged 15, was sentenced to twelve
months imprisonment, for having stolen upwards of 414, the
property of her master, Mr. J. Baker, of Eccleston.
James Smith, aged 26, a miner, was sentenced to one
month's imprisonment, for having stolen a sovereign from Mr.
Jacob Thompson, of Astley.

Thomas Kenyon, aged 30, a collier, was sentenced to eight
months' imprisonment, for having stolen several picks at
Wigan, and at Ince-in-Mackerfield, the property of several
of his fellow workmen.

John Higgins, aged 28, a labourer, was sentenced to two
months' imprisonment, for having at West Derby, on the Bth
of December, fraudulently obtained some meat and groceries
of Mr. William Chatterton, with intent to defraud hi= thereof.

Thomas Mellish, aged 30, was sentenced to six months'
imprisonment, for having stolen a tame cock, the property of
the Earl of Derby, of Knowsley.
Mary Ann Bolton, aged 28, a boot-binder, was sentenced to
eight months imprisonment, for having stolen various articles
of wearing apparel, the property of Adam Gladstone.
Isabella Waterworth, 21, silk winder, four months•
impri-
sonment, for stealing a gold chain, the property of John
Harwood, of Tyldesley.

Richard Wiswall, aged 50, a slate cutter, two months
imprisonment for stealing tools from Joseph Onnady, of
Billings Higher end.

Nathan M

*anis, aged 31, a labourer, was sentenced to four
years penal servitude, for having stolen, at Eccleston, 15 feet
of lead piping, the property of Mr R. P. Crockett.
Ann Wilcox, aged 39, and Ann Ellam, 44, were charged
with having, at West Derby, stolen three shawls, the property
of Patrick Matthews and Ann Duffy. The former was sen-
tenced
to nine, and the latter to three months' imprisonment.
Noah Mitchenson, aged 19, a collier, was sentenced to
months imprisonment for having stolen two picks.
Mary Noon, aged 24, a farm servant, was sentenced to four
years penal servitude, for stealing some boats at Warrington.
The Courts were adjourned shortly after four o'clock.

LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—A. meeting of this
society was held last night at the Royal Institution, the
president, Mr. Abraham, in the chair.—Mr. R. Parkinson
was elected a member of the association.—The secretary
announced a valuable donation of 12) specimens of drugs
from Mr. H. Ward Jackson, through Mr. H. S. Evans.
The thanks of the meeting were given to Mr. Jackson for
his valuable gift.—The chairman read a letter he had
received from Mr, Horsley, of Cheltenham, referring to
paper which had been read at a former meeting, by Mr.
Dantec, on a process patented by him, in 1852, for the use
of baryta in purifying water for the prevention of incrus.
tation in steam-boilers, and other purposes. Mr. Horsley
stated, that he had take►► out a patent for the same thing,
in 1849, and was, consequently, the original inventor...-
Mr. Mercer said he had seen the two patents, and though
in some respects there was a similarity between them,
they were not identical, and he thought them both valid.
After some little discussion on the merits of the two
patents. Mr. N. Samuelson, F.C.S., delivered a lecture on
lead. He explained the most approved methods of obtain-
ing it from its ores, and separating the silver, which is so
generally found in combination with lead. Mr. G. R.
Berry then read a paper on the application of photograph
to pharmacy, which was illustrated with a number of
specimens taken with the microscope and camera com-
bined, and practically showed the members present the
means he employed of taking a magnified representation
of any object, such as crystals, fishes, &c., by means of
oxy-hydrogen light. Mr. Rowlands, at the request ofthe
chairman, promised to place before the members, at their
next meeting, the apparatus he employed for micro-
photographic experiments.

THE PAPER TRADE.—We have heard that Mr. W. G•
Plunkett, and J. C. Bower, Esq., C.E., have obtained a
patent for the manufacture of paper and textile fabrics
from the following planes, viz., the Yellow Iris, or com-
mon Flogger, the Burdock, the Coltsfoot, and from the
leaves and stems of the red and white Beet, and Mangold
Wurzel; also from the stems of Swedish, Aberdeen, and
other turnip bulbs. We have seen specimens of paper
and millboard manufactured by hand from several of the
foregoing plants, and of fibre from the Iris or Yellow
Flagaer, which appears to have all the properties of the
best flax. The Iris contains a large proportion, at least
75 per cent., of paper material.—Boyle Gazette
An experimental trial of the power of galvanism has
been made in the proof department of the Arsenal, Wool-
wich, for the purpose of endeavouring to obtain a surer
mode of discharging in regular succession the various
guns under proof. The method, however, has been pro-
nounced too complicated to admit of its being brought
into general use for the present. A number of 24-pound
brass howitzers have gone through the usual proofs at
the Arsenal butt, which are intended for the numerous
gunboats fitting out there. The aggregate number
ordered from the various government contractors, to be
conveyed to Woolwich dockyard alone. to be completed
for service before the ensuing spring, is 200, indepesdeatly
of a number of despatch boats.

Yesterday there were two courts sitting at Kirkdale for the
trial of prisoners. J. Pollock, Esq., presided in one, and
J. C. Harden, Esq., in the other. The following persons
were tried, and sentenced as under :
Bridget Lenny, aged 27, a waistcoat maker, stood charged
with having, at Litherland, on the 7th November last, stolen
a pair of blankets, the property of James Kelshaw. Guilty.
Two months' imprisonment.
John Sweeney, aged 14, an engine driver, stood charged
with having, at Ince-in_Mackerfield, on the 26th of October
last, stolen a colt and a pair of trowsers, the property of Wm„
Hardman. Guilty. One month's imprisonment.