The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

POLICE COUR 7 Y. ESTERDAY!

STEALING A COAL—Ellen Woods, an elderly female, was
charged by police constable 81 with stealing a coat, from
the boarding-house kept by a German named Shiebuilt, in
Paradise-street. The coat, quite a new garment, had just
been taken to the establishment by the tailor, and deposited
in the back parlour, when the prisoner entered and was about
to walk off with it, when she was detected with it concealed
under her shawl. This day she denied all knowledge of the
robbery, but when apprehended by the police, she said " she
did take it, but did not know what she was doing." Hav-
ing on a previous occasion been before the bench, she was
committed for two months.

STEALING A KNIFE AND FORK.—Mary Burns was com-
mitted for one month on a charge of stealing a knife and
fork. She had been repeatedly similarly convictel.
STEALING LINEN.—Mary Jones was committed for trial
on a charge of stealing a quantity of sheets, shirts, &c.,
from the house of Mr. Millhurst, Vauxhall-road. The pri-
soner was detected in a yard near the premises with the
goods in her possession. The goods had been, only a short
time before the apprehension of the prisoner, safe in the
kitchen, which had been temporarily left by the housekeeper.
The prisoner was an old offender.

STEALING SACKS.—Patrick Quigley, the keeper of a cellar
in Addison-street, was committed for one month on a charge
of stealing ten sacks, the property of John Welsh, Hudson-
street. The sacks were stolen by a boy named Shaw, and
taken to the prisoner's cellar, who, there is every reason to
believe, keeps the cellar as a depot for stolen property.
STEALING CO-U.S.—Thomas Cooper was charged by police
officer, 550, with stealing coals. The owner (if the coals,
who lives at Severn-street, Everton, stated he suspected that
some of his coals had been stolen, and therefore watched in
the cellar; he had been there only a short time when he
cauet the prisoner with the coals in his possession. Com-
mitted for seven days.

HOUSEBREAKING.—Thomas Jones and Peter 1111Guiness,

two juveniles, were charged with being in a bakehouse, in
Vauihall-road, occupied by Mr. Whitmore, for the purpose
of committing a felony. The police officer stated that he
as on duty last night at eleven o'clock, when the premises
were safe ; he afterwards tried the premises, when he dis-
covered the door had been forced open. He " knocked"
(signalled for other police to come), when the two lads came
out of the cellar. He found a candle and a lucifer match-
box on the premises. Jones was committed for three
months, and the other prisoner for seven days.

TUE GREAT COTTON RO'iBERY.—The evidence of all the
witnesses having been finally completed, and read over in
their presence, John Woods and Nancy Handle were fully
committed for trial at the sessions. The usual caution having
been given to each of the prisoners; they replied, " They had
nothing to say."

ROBBERY OF ENGLISH SAILORS ON BOARD AN AMERICAN
VESSEL.—John Roe and Toseph Wear, the second and third
mates belonging to the American vessel The Franklin, which
arrived in this port a few days since, were charged with steal-
ing a quantity of clothes belonging to some of the crew of
that ship. It appeared that the accused were Americans,
and the complainants were Englishmen ' • and that as soon as
they embarked on board the vessel at New York, they had
their clothes stolen from them ; but being afraid to speak,
they never made any complaint until they arrived in this
port, when they gave information to the police, and the pro-
perty, at least a portion of it, was found in the possession of
the accused. The presiding magistrate regretted that the
sailors had not sailed under their own flag. One of them
stated it was because he had not a registered ticket, and that
he had been robbed of upwards of £lO worth of clothes by
the American crew, and that the first mate of the vessel was
afraid to give information, because the defendants had
threatened his life. The magistrate expressed a hope that
the law would soon be altered with regard to the register
tickets, and committed the offenders—the one for two
months, and the other for seven days.
PICKING POCKETS.—,Tohn.Ronham was committed for three
months, for picking the pocket of a female in Denman-street
yesterday.
FALSE PRETENCES.—John Scoles, formerly remanded, and
.Henry Simmons, were further remanded on a charge of con-
spiring together to defraud Mr. Hodges of some rope. The
facts of the case have already appeared in this journal.

Jane Caluff who was injured in the accident to the "Cam-
bria," Dublin and Holyhead steamer on the 31st of October,
died at Holyhead hotel on Saturday.
INDIA HOUSE.—On Wednesday a court of directors was
held at the East India House, when James Grant Lumsden,
Esq., was appointed provisionally a member of council at
Bombay.
UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.—OXFORD, Nov. 30.—The
two vacant scholarships at Balliol College were this day
awarded to Mr. King, commoner of Balliol, and Mr.
Bowen, from Rugby School. There were 21 candidates.
Mr. D. M. Owen, 8.A., Probationary Fellow of Balliol, has
been admitted to an actual fellowship.
THE MILITARY AT BLACKBURN.—It appears that the
secretary of state for the Home department has promptly
complied with the request of the authorities of Blackburn
to have a military force stationed there during the turn-
pourtess,thanndmoanrchMedoniudtaey
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quarters there.
REWARD OF HUMANITY.-The Board of Trade has re-
ceived a communication from the foreign secretary, stating that
Captain Correo, of the Brazilian merchant ship Sophia, has
been awarded a gold medal and a gratuity of twenty-five
guineas for his services in rescuing six of the crew of the
British barque Chusan, whom he picked up at sea; and for
his subsequent kind and humane treatment of them for
several days for which he refused to accept any remunera-
tion.—Shipping Gazette.
THE AMERICAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday,
Nov. 30.—1 n consequence of the temporary withdrawal
from the New York, Southampton and Havre mail line of
the steam-ship "Franklin" for the purpose of repairs, we un-
derstand there will be no mail this week from the United
States via Southampton. The steamer " Washington,"
which left Southampton on the 9th of November, will, on
her arrival at New York, be taken off the line to undergo
repairs, and, as the " Hermann" and " Humboldt" will also
probably omit, one or two trips, there is a likelihood of the
operations of the American mail steamers to and from
Southampton being temporarily suspended. The "Hermann"
is expected from Bremen on Sunday next, and will leave
for New Zork with the usual semi-weekly mails on Wednes-
day, the 7th of December.
Cnoss-Examirrxriorr. --Lawyer—Will you, on your so-
lemn oath, swear that this is not your handwrititing ?
Delinquent—l reckon not. Lawyer—Does it resemble
your handwriting ? Delinquent—Yes, I think it don't.
Lawyer—Will you swear it, don't resemble your writing ?
Delinquent—Well, I do, old head. Lawyer—Then you
take your solemn oath that this writing does not resemble
yours in a single letter ? Delinquent—l guess I do.
Lawyer—Now, sir, how do you know ? Delinquent—' Cause
I can't write.—Bunn's Old England and New England.
THE SCHOOLMASTER. ARROAD.—The following curious
incident is reported from Lower Bavaria. A peasant died,
and was laid out for burial. His niece, who lived in the
house, watched an opportunity when she believed no one
saw her, and then stealthily pinned a letter to the grave-
clothes. That letter was addressed to her mother, who died
14 years ago, and it was the poor woman's belief that her
uncle would find means to deliver it in the land of the dead.
It is to the following purpose :—" Dear Mother,—As there
is now such a favourable opportunity, I send you this letter,
with the request that you will cause me to dream three
numbers in the lottery, for I suppose that you are aware
that I am very badly off. May be that this paper gets
rotten, but as nothing is impossible with God, please to en-
treat our Lord God (TI rrgott), and give me news of three
numbers which arc sure to win, and so, I remain, your
faithful daughter.—MAßlA." The direction was, " To my
dead Mother in Eternity."—Kolner Zeitung.
0 NEWS FROM THE THEATRE or WAR.—Our latest news
from the theatre of war is from Astley's Theatre, where the
war is carries on with unnaggiui,° eueLgy. . Last night the
Russians had entrenched themselves in a strong position in
front of the enemy, and the Russian General, Widdicomb,
turned the right wing—a wrong one having been shifted by
the negligence of a scene-shifter. The enemy were in
position at nine o'clock, and a French officer made towards
a standard which he eventually carried. On Saturday
afternoon a body of Russian soldiers received their pay from
the treasury, which is understood to be amply supplied. In
the evening the battle was resumed with great vigour ; but
both parties eventually laid down their arms. The Russians
were much harassed, and set fire to Moscow in several places
with bits of tow steeped in spirits of wine. The city burnt
with great fury for nearly an entire minute, when it was
terminated by a decisive blow from the mouth of the master
carpenter. —Punch.
,CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE.—At a meeting of the Society of
Arts, held in London, on Wednesday evening, a paper was
read by Mr. Frazer, on " Furnaces made to Consume their
own Smoke." He detailed the effect and operation of a
furnace called " Juckes patent," used by Hanbury and Co.,
the brewers, and which he said was found effective. It has
been used since 1847. It was found that a fire of fifty or
sixty feet area could be worked for any number of hours
without the slightest appearance of smoke from the chimney-
shaft ; but the process of "banking-up," before referred to,
required the whole principle of the machine to be put in
abeyance, during which time smoke escapes from the shaft,
and sometimes in large quantities, and no plan has been
discovered for its prevention. Considerable difficulties were
encountered in the application of the principle to the furnace
last mentioned, but they had been removed by experience.
The total cost of fourteen furnaces, including brickwork,
had been about 3000/. The consumption of coals in the
establishment was about 6,000 tons per annum. The
saving in the coal account, since the introduction of the
patent to July Ist of the present year, had been 8,338/.
From which was to be deducted for casualties, which have
been referred to, and sundries, say 350/. The above
economy had not arisen from less weight of fuel consumed,
but owing to the screenings or dust of coal only being
required for the furnaces. Should the difference of price
between large and small coals be reduced, the economy
would be less in future years.—Mr. J. L. Stevens, a patentee
of furnaces, remarking on that spoken of by Mr. Frazer,
said—Mr. Frazer had not shown that the apparatus in
question was equally applicable to all purposes, such as
getting up steam to a higher power than ordinary, or to
meet any exigency that might present itself,