The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-28 00:00:00

POLICE COURT. —YE ST E
The o Bice on this morning was densely crowftdowith parties
anxious to ascertain the fate of their many ificii:d:s who had -
been taken up the night before for drunkenness, le
the penalty with which their offence might be visited.
several instances the police were also assaulted, but we believe
that on the whole, the cases both of drunkenness and dis-
orderly conduct, were much less than was expected.
A SUSPECTED ROBBERY.—AmeIia Woods, was locked up
for being drunk and disorderly. When she was taken to
the bridewell, in a perfectly. unconscious state, it was found
that she had in her possession £42 10s. This excited sus-
picion, and when she awoke, being. somewhat revived from
the :stupor which she had been, in, she was asked what
money she had in her possession ? She replied, £2 10s.,
and from that reply, the charge of drunk and disorderly was
made into felony, and she was called upon to give an account
of how she became possessed of the money, it being supposed
that she robbed a Mr. James Bashow, in Whitechapel, but as
that gentleman could not identify the prisoner, she
was committed for only two months' imprisonment.
AN IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—On Saturday night, a lad,
named Patrick Mack, who has repeatedly appeared before the
public at the police court, charged with various offences, entered
the public house kept by James Park, in King-street, and
deliberately walked behind the counter and took the till, in
which was about 3s. from the counter. The ;rattling of the
money caused the landlord to be alarmed, and he ran into
the bar, when the prisoner fell upon his knees, begged his
pardon, and said he only wanted a drink of water. He was
committed for trial. _ _

COMPROMISING A FELONY.—Elisabeth Jones, domestic
servant in the employ of Mr. Lloyd, of Greenfield-terrace,
was charged with stealing three sovereigns from a drawer,
while her mistress was absent at chapel, having
.previously
placed the money so as to be enabled to detect if any was
taken out. As it appeared that the prosecutor's wife had
received £1 12s. of the money, and promised that she woula
not tell about the (robbery, the prisonp”, uer cousin,
who was also inanlieg+..a um mime, were remanded for a
four Gays.
Christopher Martin was commited for three months, for
picking the pocket of Mrs. Lawrence, in the St. James's
Market, of 3s. 6d.
A TRUE BRITON.—A tall, respectably-dressed man, named.
William P. Simmons, who had evidently but recently (judg-
ing by his own hirsute ornamellt), given in his adhesion to,
the moustache movement, was charged with obstructing the'
police in the discharge of their duty. Officer 274 stated that
he took into custody, in Russell-street, a woman for using
obsee... language ; and as he was taking her towards the
station, she threw herself on the ground and commenced to
scream most violently. The defendant then came up and
wanted him to release her. The defendant, who rolled out
his sentences a la " Micawber," imparting to the court, in
bursts of confidence, his opinion de omnibus rebus, stated that
as he was coming down Russell-street, " with his wife on his
left arm and his stick on his right," he heard
the cries of a female in distress. In his opinion 'no true En-
glishman could resist the impulsive feelings aroused
in his breast by such a circumstance—the distress of an un-
protected female. He accordingly, " with his wife and
walking-stick," hastened to the spot, and—got " grabbed."
The Magistrate told him that it was an old trick of those
unfortunate women, when taken by the police, to commence
screaming to enlist sympathy. It was to be be regretted
that kind-hearted people should be so deceived and led into
error, but as the law could not be carried out if such inter-
ference were allowed, he should fine him in 10s. and costs, or
commit him for seven days.
DISTURBANCE IN A CHURCH.—A very respectably dressed
man was charged with interrupting the service in St. Peter's
church on Monday afternoon. •
The Rev. W. Toulmin said that as he was administering
the sacrament of baptism, the service was frequently inter-
rupted by the defendant, who was quite intoxicated. He
believed that the man himself was a very quiet and inoffen-
sive person, and therefore he considered that the blame was
not so much his as those who brought him into the church
in such a state. On that account he did not wish the pri-
soner should be severely dealt with, but as the service in the
church was frequently disturbed by such occurrences, he
wished that the magistrate would publicly declare that there
was a very heavy penalty attaching to such offences.
The prisoner said that he was now very sorry for his con-
duct, but that at the time he was not conscious of what he
was doing.
Mr. Mansfield informed him that if the clergymen of 'St
Peter's were disposed to prosecute him they could de, so in
the Ecclesiastical Court, and at an expense which would be
ruinous to him. Re was fined 55., and costs, Ur in default
to be committed for five days.

THE BEST AND CHEAPEST STOCK OF
WINTER COAT-8 in LIVERPOOL, at
Wm. EARP and c 0 ,-t, 69 and 61, FORD STREET
ATTEMPT TO Itiri TlLL.—Yesterday, at the Salford
Town-hall, a boy named James Barney was found guilty of
attempting to rob a till at a provision-shop in Ordsall-lane.
He was ordered to be once whipped and discharged.

. STEALING A BONNET.—Yesterday, at the Salford Town-
young WOMAU riCO2IO4I licuvy Alravavoi.ght; TT h,l ocaid
had been a factory worker, was committed to the sessions on
a charge of stealing a bonnet from a house in Toft-street,
0 rdsall-s tree t.

THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT IN TOWN OF
BOYS' and YOUTHS' CLOTHING, beautifully made,
At Wm. EARP and CO.'S, 59, and 61, LORD STREET.
FROST AND SNow.—Yesteriay morning, at an early
hour, wo had what is not usual at this season—abun-
dance of thunder and lightning. The frost was severe
all the previous night, and the thunder was succeeded by a
heavy fall of snow. Show has now come upon us for the
first time this year, although many other places have had
that wintry visitant—London amongst them. The trains
between this and London were all late yesterday, and last
night the London morning journals due at 1 p.m. did not reach
hero until 6 o'clock in the evening. During the prevalence
of frost, a practice exists in Liverpool, highly dangerous to
life and limb ; we allude to the habit of boys forming
" skates," or slides, along the public footwalks. The police
should prevent this as far as possible. The arrest of ofte or
two of the offending urchins might have a very wholesome
effect. But public safety requires some means should be
adopted of preventing a very dangprous practice.

THE ART-UNION or LONDON.—The distribution of the
prints due to the subscribers of last year, ar, namely, " Queen
Philippa and the Burgesses of Calais," and " Christ led to
Cruci+lxion," has been commenced. This is effected to a
considerable extent by means of the Society's local honorary
secretaries situated in all parts of the world. During the
last two or three weeks boxes and packages have been for-
warded to these, containing 17,500 prints, with 17,500 sheets
of tissue paper between them ' • 55,300 copies of prospectus ;
13,575 receipts ; 13,575 print orders, in books of 25 each ;
8,000 circulars for the local secretaries to send out; 8,000
almanacs and other papers ; amounting, in the whole, to
137,000 piecs ! This is exclusive of the London distribution.
—The Builder.
FIRES LAST Nu: arr.—About eight o'clock last evening, a
fire broke out in the cement works, Parfield-street, Vauxhall-
road, and before that was perfectly extinguished, another
broke out in the shop occupied by Mr. M'Parlaine, hosier,
Scotland-road. Although the engine and fire brigade,
under the command of Mr. Hewitt, were quickly on the
spot, the fire was not extinguished until all the goods in the
shop were totally destroyed. At present it has not been
ascertained how the fire originated, but the property was
fully. insured. There was an alarm given that there was a
fire in Falkner-street, but upon the reels being sent twice it
was discovered that it was a false alarm. The fire in Scot-
land-road has done upwards of £2OO worth of damage,
including the stook in the shop and the premises.

PEINCRI ADAM CZA.R'TORYSKL—The Polish exiles in Lon-
don assembled numerously on the 2lst inst., at Sussex-
chambers, Duke-street, St. James's, to read the speech of
Prince Adam Czartoryski, delivered by his highness at
Paris on the 29th ult., and voted to him an address expres-
sive of confidence, respect, and gratitude for the indefati-
gable manner, ability, and prudence with which, from his
earliest days, and during a long and unblemished career,
that illustrious patriot has been watching over the future
destinies of Poland. That the general aspect of European
politics opens a new field to Polish patriotism cannot be de-
nied, and that the worthy Prince is by his antecedents, his
name, and his position, the national representative in foreign
lands of the rights of his country is also undeniable. The
address was signed on the part of the assembled by Lieute-
nant Charles Szulczewski, who occupied the chair on the oc-
casion, and by Mr. N. F. Zaba,
THE AUSTRALIAN MA.1148,---SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY,
DEC. 24.—The next contract mails for the Australian
colonies will be dispatched from Southampton on the 4th of
January, by the overland route for King George's Sound,
Adelaide, Port Philip, and Sydney, the ship appointed to
convey them from Southampton being the Peninsular and
Oriental company's steamer Ripon. We are also enabled to
state that arrangements have this day been entered into
between the post-office authorities and the directors of the
general screw steam-shipping company, for the dispatch of
the outward mails of the 4th of February, which are to be
embarked on board the screw steamer Bosphorous, and con.
veyed to Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, tl e ship touch-
ing only at St. Vincent. This contract with the government
will not in any way interfere with the departure of the
steam-ship Crcesus from Southampton for Port Philip and
Sydney on the 10th of January. This vessel has no postal
engagements to fulfill, and will, therefore, merely take out
ship-letter bags. The Bosphorus is due at Southampton on
the 26th of December, from Calcutta, Madras, the Cape, &e.
She left Ceylon two days before her usual time, and is quite
full of cargo and passengers. Immediately on her arrival
at Southampton she will be prepared for the Australian
voyage, The fact of the post office authorities having at
length evinced a disposition to alter their plans, by the
employment of steam, instead of sailing vessels, for carrying
the Australian mails, is a step in the right direction. No
great result can, of course, be anticipated from the voyage
of the Bosphorus, inasmuch as she is of only 700 tons
burthen, with small power. She has, however, made many
successful voyages to and from the Cape of Good Hope; and
, the Hellespont, a sister vessel, belonging to the general
screw steam company, made her run out to Port Philip in
, over 70 days.

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