The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-26 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY ROMANCE.

During the inveatigation of the criminal charges at the
Birmingham Police Office on Friday, a young man was
lying asleep upon one of the benches, in a corner. His
appearance exhibited great want, and his hoots and
trousers up to his knees were covered with dry mod.
He was of very handsome appearance, though the
smitten cheeks and prominent eyes betokened a long
fasting. fie ware a slight moustache and beard of a fair
colour, and his CidtheS were of the best texture and
make. At the close of the public business, he stepped
forward and sought relief of the presiding magistrate.
His tale was a romance. He said he was an American
by birth' but had left that country more than five teats,
to travel in carious countries—amongst others, Africa,
Turkey, France, &e. He desired to get to Liverpool,
where he knew the American consol, and several
captains of the Collins' line of steamers, arid he could
rely upon the aid of those gentlemen to transport
him to his home. He also said he was a gentleman
by birth and education, and that he was the Ameri-
can vice-consul at Marseilles. for ten months. In reply
to various questions, he stated that he had been
robbed of £2OO in:a cafe in Paris, where he had been
staying. He left London without sufficient theans to
pay his fare to Liverpool, and intended to foot it; but
found that the little money he had was gone too quick.
The magistrate then ordered a constable to show the
man to the pariah officers, and ask them to relieve him if
they could. The papers in his possession bore many
foreign post marks, and some of them were addressed in
fine writing to " E. H. Estmanville, Esq., American
Vice-Consul, Marseilles. On Thursday night the poor
fellow had applied for shelter at the central police
station, but Was also there told they "could do nothing
for him." He afterward walked about some hours, and
ultimately slept in a tub in a yard in Next-street, till the
cold and wet drove him to walk again. At the parish
offices he got no relief, the law not allowing the distri-
bution of money for the purpose for which the American
sought it, namely, to forward him on to Liverpool. The
relieving officer on duty offered him a note for the work-
house, but that he refused, expressing his determination
"to die on the road first," and so left the offices.—
Birmingham Daily Press.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

LIVERPOOL, NovEM/ilni 26.
Mon WATert—Morn, 10 35—Even, 10 52—Height, 15 ft. 3 in

AitRIVED

Nov. 25. i Enterprise ..
Fanny S. Perley St. JohnjGeorgta (American ship).— --.
City of Mobile New York Princess Mary Whitehaven
Sebastopol Bombs) Waterloo ..
A th,ohe .. M adras ;Jane..
Neptune New Yotki Dauntless
Empress... ........... Baltimore Cent .... .
Mexican
ratna Whampo 1 Mary Ann Craig .
... - . . -. .. .

St. John. N. 8.1 iusan
Eleanor . • • • • •• • • • - • Atexnthia mersey

Grat'cl4r

Webstek New YorkiGipsey King
Rh0nda............ Peradoabucu JAtherine .

.. Glasgow
... Dublin

sAItiCD.

Nov. 25. Weymouth Akyab
Kahlamba . Port Natal Uncle Joe. Nevl. Orleans
Major Wolff
Britannia . Havannah Ritson Barbadoes
Frankfurt (s.s.) . . Genoa Secundina.
Acadia (s.s.) ... ... Constantinople Laura Campbell ...Gibraltar, &re.
Velocidade „Buenos Ayres Echo
Mars Bonny J. E. Furlong .... ...... ..Dublin
Cleator (8.1 ) Nantes Speed
Intrinsic Charle , tonl Glasgow
Moonlight ........ New Orleans Mary. Dublin
A leiando Havannah' Mary Johanna Galway
Caronilla .... .Algiers Onyx ...... ...... ... ... Glasgow
Thom Santa Cruz Opal Glasgow
Julia Heyn Norfolk, Va. Cheshire Lass
Pacific..

Llebon
Montego 'lay
New Orleans
....New York
. New York
Rotterdam
Seville

Arequipa
Ann Falcon
Nile ,

Nov. 24

ENTERED FOR LOADING,
Rattler (4.5.)
Bahia Orontes ..,
Barbadoes S. C. Grant
Barbadoes Af lea (s.)
• Bilboa Aurora
Bonny ['oilcan (s.s.)
• . Demerara RenoTatio.. .
... Gibraltar, &e.

Chinon

Peter Lenn
Catherine .

OUTPORTS.

Queenstown, Nov. 2.s.—Arrived—The Favourite, from Miramichi--
Corinthian, Moulmein—Glenshee, Callao.
Ship Island.—Arrived off—The California, and proceeded for
Liverpool.
Buenos Ayres.—Off—The Sea Nymph, and proceeded to Bristol.
Manilla.—Off—The Fairy Queen, and proceeded to Liverpool.
Oport3.—Off—The Venice, and proceeded to Newry.
Greenock, Nov. 24.—Sailed—The Strathfleldsaye for Moulmein—
Dickey Sam, Jamaica—Elizabeth, St. li,tts—Advance, St. John,
N.B.