The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

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THE "RED, WHITE, AND BLUE "—STEALING A WATCH.
—A ragged looking boy, named William Blackburn, was
charged with stealing a watch from an elderly lady
named Mary Ralleigh, The sto►y of the complainant
was this—on Saturday she got her watch repaired, and
on her way home she went into a public-house in Great
Homer-street to get a glass of ale, where she met with
the prisoner and some other boys. She was showing the
watch to the landlord, and the boys saw it, and she
alleged that they followed, and stole the watch from
her. In reply to the magistrate, the complainant said
she had two glasses of ale, but she knew what she was
about. The prisoners version of the affair was as follows.
He met the old lady, and as he often had a gill with
her before, they went into the public-house, (laughter),
she treated him to a glass of ale, and after that to a pint.
They got merry a bit there, and talked of the war and
Louis Napoleon. (Renewed laughter). " Give us a
song," says she to me : " I'm not in voice to-day "
says I, " Try the Red White and Blue,"said she
to me. " Then I'll give it myself," says she, and up she
struck it. (Great laughter). It appeared to have a
great effect on her, for she got quite drunk, and talked
about the trenches. She was not able to go home, and
she asked me and some other gentlemen (laughter) to see
her safe to her house, and we did so. On arriving there,
she cried out, "Oh ! I have lost my watch : " " then
you have lost it in the street," says I, and then, for my
kindness, she had me arrested. Mr. Wybergh (to the
complanant): Did you sing the sang of the " Red
White ar.d Blue ? " Not t) my knowledge. Prisoner :
She knows it well enough, and she gave it in very good
style into the bargain. "She's an old messer of mine.
The prisoner was remanded.
GOING TO CHURCH AND GOING TO GAOL !—John Walsh
and 'William Johnston, the latter very respectably
dressed, were charged with attempting to pick pockets at
a religious meeting held on Sunday evening in the
Teutonic-hall, Lime-street. Inspector Murphy said he
arrested the prisoners in the hall, where there was
preaching and psalm-singing going on, on Sunday after
eight in the evening. Walsh got close to a lady, who
was preaching and singing alternately, and whilst
engaged in the latter, the prisoner slipped his hand into
her pocket, being covered in the operation by Johnston.
He then arrested him. Mr. Bluck, who appeared for
Johnston, said his client had instructed him to say that
although oeretofore he was a "bad boy," he had repented
of his sins, and went to the church with purely good
intentions. Mr. Wybergh : Have you any evidence of
his repentance ? The records of this court are sadly
against him. He was here four times. Mr. Bluck :
De tells me he repented, and that he went there for that
purpose. Inspector Murphy: It was rather a curious
sort of repentance to cover a felon picking the pocket of
a lady preacher. Mr. Bluck : Well, he says he went to
repent, and you can't tell what is in his mind. The
inspector said, No, but I can tell what he was doing.
Walsh was sent to gaol for one month, and Johnston
was ordered to he remanded. Mr. Bluck : Remand a
man for going to church to repent. Mr. Chaloner : No,
we don't remand him for going to church—we remand
him for attempting to pick pockets.
Agnes Andrews, the wife of a respectable master rigger,
was charged with having stolen a wateh from a neighbour
in Trowbridge-street on the 21st ult. Mr. Bluck was
for the prisoner, and established her innocence. She
was discharged.

FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.-Mr. James M'Donald, farmer,
Mucomer, parish of Killmonivaig, went out on Tuesday
last to shoot hare?, accompanied by the keeper, Duncan
Macpherson, and his own servant, Archibald Macintyre.
As the party were returning home in the evening, Mac-
intyre, who was a few paces in front of his master, started
a hare, whereupon the latter pointed his gun at the
running hare, when, unfortunately, at that moment his
foot slipped on the frosty surface, the shot :went off, and
sad to say, entered the body of poor Macintyre, who
within five minutes thereafter was stretched a lifeless
corpse. Macintyre has left seven helpless orphans, all
under twelve years of age, and a widow, in an advanced
state of pregnancy, to deplore his loss.—lnverness Courier.
ANOTHER DISPUTE IN WALBROOK.-011 Saturday a
public vestry of the ratepayers of St. Stephen's, Wal-
brook, was held in the vestry of the church, presided
over by the Rev. Dr. Croly,l rector, :for the purpose of
considering the propriety of settling the claims of Messrs.
Rock and Flight, the churchwardens, who fought the
battle against the select vestry and Mr. Alderman Gibbs
with success some years ago. It appears the costs in the
legal proceedings which ensued amounted to 2,9601, but at
the instigation of Sir John Jervis,! a compromise was
effected with the select and its churchwarden (Mr. Gibbs)
to'give up possession upon the payment of 10001. Messrs.
Rock and Flight the churchwardens of the open vestry,
paid the money out of their own pockets, and although
they had claimed to be reimbursed from year to year, they
had not received the money, and the vestry was now to
settle the claim one way or the other. The proceedings
were of a stormy character, but the first resolution—to
the effect that the parish was deeply indebted to Messrs.
Rock and Flight for their energetic proceedings in estab-
lishing the right of the :parish to administer its affairs,
and in placing the parishioners in possession of the trust
estates, was carried with one dissentient. A second
resolution wus then proposed, recognising the law pro-
ceedings which took place, as having been 'conducted on
behalf and for the benefit of the parish, and the right,
therefore, of Messrs. Rock and Flight to reimbursement
from the parish funds and property. To this an amend-
ment was moved, " That subject to the want of due
notice, the vestry considered they had no authority to
divert the incomes of the parish to repay the expenses of
Messrs. Rock and Flight !" The amendment was lost, and
the original motion carried, after much confusion, only
by the casting vote of the rev. chairman, and a poll was
demanded and at once opened. It opened again, yester-
day (Monday), and finally closed at four o'clock in the
afternoon.

TUE LESSEE OF DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Four years
ago, when Mr. E. T. Smith became lessee of the Theatre
Royal, Drury-lane,!he addressed a letter: to Col. Phipps.
soliciting her Majesty to take a box, and, as an additional
inducement, stated the services of his father, who had
been sixty-five years an officer of the British Navy,
having entered it at eight years of age and died at
seventy-three ; he was present at Lord Rodney's cele-
brated victory 12th April, and Lord Howe's victory of Ist
June, when he was seriously wounded, &c. The colonel
returned a reply, stating that the theatre had changed
hands lately two or three times, therefore her Majesty
could not at present take a box. Three years and up-
wards elapsed, and Mr. Smith again addressed a letter to
Colonel Phipps, at the opening of the present season,
stating that he had had the honour of addressing him
four years ago respecting her Majesty's taking a box,
and again solicited her Majesty's condscension to
subscribe to the national theatre. Mr. Smith also stated
that he had one thousand persons depending upon
him for support, had paid all their salaries in full, dis-
charged every obligation on the theatre, committee rent,
and tradesmens' bills, therefore the cause of her Majesty's
refusal must be removed ; and, further, that on the late
occasion of her Majesty's visit to the theatre, the Lord
Chamberlain'had expressed to Mr. Smith his approbation
all the arrangements made for the convenience of her
Majesty's reception, and Mr. Smith repeated his wish to
do everything in his power for the comfort and conve-
nience of her Majesty; which elicited the follow-
ing reply:_ Windsor Castle, December 24, 1855, Sir, —I
beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th
inst., which only reached me this day, and having sub-
mitted its purport to her Majesty the Queen I am com-
manded to inform you that it is not her Majesty's inten-
tion to add to the number of theatres at which her Majesty
has private boxes.—l am, sir, your humble servant, C. B.
PHIPPS. After the receipt of this letter, application was
made to Mr. Smith, by Mrs. F. Matthews, Mr. C. Mathews,
and Mr. Roxby, now performing at Drury-lane, (at the
request of Mr. Charles Kean, and by command of her
Majesty), for permission to play at Windsor Castle. Mr.
Smith positively refused this request ; first, on the ground
of the application being made by Mr. Kean direct to the
artistes, in lien of to Mr. Smith, the lessee. Secondly, if
Mr. Smith consented, he would be deprived of the ser-
vices of these his principal performers at this theatre,
would receive no remuneration, and would impoverish his
exchequer by the want of attraction.

Returns of the number of cases treated at the dispensary are
published in the various Liverpool papers. The daily average
lately has been 58.

The committee take this opportunity of again noticing the
handsome supply of soup placed at their disposal by Mr,
Jesso Sorton during the inclement season early in the
last year, for which they have already tendered their
thanks, and which they now state was most acceptable
to the poor, and received with gratitude by numerous
families in distress.

Subscribers will, on payment of their subscriptions, receive
tickets of recommendation, entitling patients presenting such
tickets to priority of attendance and medicine. Subscriptions
aro due the first of January in each year, for which printed
receipts should be required ; they may bo paid either to the
Treasurer, Mr. Edgar, No. 1, Upper Duke-street ; at Messrs.
Thompson-and Capper's, 43, Bold-street; or to the Collector,
Mr. Townsend, Castle-street.
The expenses of the institution having of late increased
with the increase of patients, tho friends of the charity are
earnestly requested to use their endeavours in adding to
the (ands so requisite to support it.

J. TATE LEE, Chairman.

The statement of accounts showed that a balance remained
in the treasurer's hands, after allowing for the year's
expenditure, of £2B 17s 7d.
On the motion of the Chairman, seconded by Mr. J.
Muir, the report was unanimously adopted, and copies
ordered to be printed and circulated amongst the sub-
scribers.

The meeting then proceeded to some routine business,
after the despatch of which the proceedings closed with the
usual compliments to the chairman and the officers of the
dispensary.

LIVERPOOL COURT OF PASSAGE.-

YESTERDAY.

The Court of Passage was opened in the Nisi Prius Court,
St. George's Hall, yesterday, before the Assessor, Edward
James, Esq., Q.C. The learned Assessor took his seat upon
the !bench at nine o'clock. The causo list is not heavy
for this court. It comprises six writs of trial, three before
the 'assessor, and three before tho registrar, one special
argument, and fifty-four issues.

SOLOMON AND WIFE V. VESEY.—This was a 'special
argument. Mr. Simon appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr.
Brett for the defendant. The facts of this case have been
published fully, in 'more than ono previous instance, and the
legal points, which upon the present occasion were argued at
great length by counsel on both sides, were wholly devoid of
general interest. The rule was discharged.

ANDERTON AND ANOTHER V. O'BRIEN.—This was merely
an action for goods sold, and contained nothing important to
the public. Mr. Aspinall appeared for the'piaintiffs, Mr. Tin-
dal Atkinson for the defence. The plaintiffs were wholesale
grocers, and the defendant a retail grocer, carrying on business
in Arlington street and Vauxhall road, Liverpool. The
amount claimed was £lB Hs Id, for goods sold, which the
defendant pleaded had been paid. The jury found a verdict
for the plaintiffs for £9 17s 11--d.

SOLOMON AND WIPE V. VESEV.—The parties in this action
were the same as in a preceding one. The action was brought
to recover £9 17s. Mr. Simon appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. Brett for the defence. The
action was for goods sold and delivered by Barnet,
who was the former husband of Esther Solemons, during his
lifetime, and also for money paid. The defendant first
pleaded that he was never indebted ; secondly, that he had
satisfied the claim ; and thirdly, ho pleaded a set off for goods,
board, and lodging supplied by him to one Betsy Barnet,
during the lifetime of Samuel Barnet. On the part of the
plaintiff it was stated that Mrs. Solomon was formerly the
wife of a person named Barnet, who carried on business as an
outfitter in Waterloo-road. The debt was contracted during
Barnet's lifetime. Some years ago he went abroad to Australia,
where he died, and Esther Solomon, as his widow, took
out letters of administration. Previous to his death Barnet had
commenced proceedings against the defendar t for the amount
now claimed in the County Court. The defendant, however,
made .an arrangement, and the action was abandoned, the
defendant undertaking to pay £.5 at once, and the remainder
by instalments of £2 a month. The payments, however,
were not made, and Barnet brought an action in this court,
but as he went abroad before the case had been heard, the
action was now taken up in the name of the present
husband. In stating these facts, Mr. Simon observed,
that ho thought some of the items of the set-off, must
have been entered in joke. Mr; Barnet was a member of
the Jewish persuasion, and therefore could scarcely be supposed
to have had any predeliction for pork, yet one item in the
set-off was for two pigs. (Laughter.) Ho believed it could
hardly have been the habit of Barnet to enjoy such a luxury.
(Laughter.) As to the charges for board and lodging for Betsy
Barnet, it seemed to bo very extraordinary, as the girl had only
visited the defendant in the course of the ordinary social inti-
macy then existing between the parties. The case for the
plaintiff having concluded, a number of witnesses were called
for the defence, to prove that the two pigs were sold by the
defendant to plaintiff; that during the prevalence of an epi-
demic the daughter of the plaintiff's wife had been put to
board and lodge with defendant at Osten, and other matters
tending to establish a set-off.

The court rose shortly before seven o'clock, but not before
several impatient hints from the organ in the great hall, had
given intimation that the hour appointed for the evening's
public performance was drawing near.

Tnz NEXT CAMPAION.—The total strength of the British
land forces in the vicinity of Sebastopol at the present
moment is as nearly as possible 53,000 men of all ranks
and arms of the service. At Kertch there is a battalion
numbering about 700, and on the Bosphorus 13 regiments
of cavalry, the aggregate strength of which is rather over
4000, making a total, exclusive of 2400 in hospital at Scu-
taria and Renkoi, of, in round numbers, 58,000 purely
English forces. Between this time and the first week in
March nearly the whole of the troops now composing the
reserve at Malta will probably be forwarded to the
Crimea, their place being supplied by reinforcements from
home, of which something like 4000 will embark in the
course of the next week or two. About 10 infantry regi-
ments from home, Malta, and Gibraltar, will, in all like-
lihood, be sent up to the Black Sea about the same time,
thus adding more than 15,000 men to the English army
now in the field, and bringing its numbers up to about
73,000 in all. The Turkish Contingent, the head quarters
of which is now at Kertch, may be considered as amount-
ing to 20,000. Portions of the British Swiss, and British
German Legions, are already at Scutari, one:or two more
regiments are on their way, and the total number of these
corps in two months may be safely anticipated as 7000
men. The British Italian Legion appears likely to be
most successful, but it is not probable that sufficient pro-
gress will have been made in its organisation to allow of
its taking the field early in the campaign. Summing up
the figures just stated, the whole of the British forces will
probably be found to amount to 100,000 men, of whom
85,000 will be effective combatants. Some important
arrangements as zo the redistribution of the forces will
be made on the arrival out of Sir Colin Campbell, who
now holds the local rank of general. All officers on leave
must be present with their regiments on the Ist of March,
and within a very few days of that date the public may
expect to see an army ready to take the field wherever it
may be ordered, which, in point of numbers, arrangement,
and condition, we shall be justified in regarding with con-
fidence and pride.—Miniaterial Paper.

Printed and Published by CHARLES WILLMER, of 21, oxford
street, at Ms General Printing and Stationery Establianientil''
South Johu-stret, Liverponi.
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