The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-25 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

characterised by respect on his part, and regard to the
propriety of her feelings. She was there for about nine
months, and from thence she went to a mistress with
whom he:had before lived, a Mrs. Denbigh, where she
remained until December, 1854. During that time, I
believe, the attentions of the defendant were prevented by
various members of the girl's family, who, with some
discernment, it appears, had a great objection to his
approaches at that time, At the end of December, 1854,
her mother was taken ill, very seriously ill, I believe§ and
she then felt herself bound, out of propel' respect and
regard for her mother, to leave her place of service, and
go home and do what she Could for her who had the
greatest claim upon her attention and consideration.
About a month after she had gone to live with her
mother, she met the defendant, I believe, in the street,
and he then renewed his attentions, and asked permission
to call upon her. I believe that she did give her per-
mission, but nevertheless, when he had called, (as he did,
repeatedly, before he saw her,) she was refused to him by
her relatives ; but, unfortunately for her, at last he called
upon her on one occasions when her mother was out, and
then he had an interview with her. He called repeatedly
after that. Again he was refused, but, in order to get her
out, he sent a message to her, stating that he wished her
to come to a Mrs. Smith's, in London-road, for he had
ascertained that a situation was open, of a very re-
spectable character, Which he thought would just suit
her, and he wished her to call there, in order that he
might give her instructions how to obtain the situation.
However, when she got there, she found that it was a mere
trick on his part, that he had no situation at all, and that
all he wanted was to prevail upon her, if he could, to
accompany him across the river to the Cheshire side.
She had become fond of him and attached to him, and
when that is the case I need not tell you, as men of the
world, that women are much more easily persuaded than
they would be under other circumstances, and accordingly
she consented to go with him to the other side of the
water, to Rock Ferry, where they passed the afternoon.
He there talked very largely about the extent of his affec-
tion for her—he promised her marriage, and Said he pre-
ferred her to all other women he had ever seen. All this
was preparatory to what was to follow. Still nothing
improper took place; but in the month of March he sent
a boy to her with a card, stating that a gentleman near
the Exchange wished to see her, and gave such a descrip-
tion as left no doubt on her mind that he was the party
who sent the message. I have now to call your attention
to what took place. She acted in accordance with the
request of the message, and they met. He went with her
to his office. I believe he opened the door with a latch-
key, and as soon as they got inside he locked the door.
He then began to take improper liberties with her, which
she at first resisted, and, I believe, very stoutly resisted.
However, the result was her ruin ; and after that, for
some time, I believe, she did not see him—some short
time at least. However, on this occasion, when he
found that she was wretchedly unhappy, that she
was weeping bitterly and upbraiding him with his
conduct, he endeavoured to console her by assuring
her ',that he never would have done so to her if
he had not fully intended to make her his wife,
and he repeated his promise to that effect. Again, in
April, he sent for her, and prevailed upon her on one
occasion to go to his lodgings, I need not enter into details.
The intercourse was frequently repeated between them until
—as is always the case where men are governed by lust, for
lust is always selfish, always reckless of the consequences of
its own conduct—a short after he became much less frequent
in his visits and his attentions than he had been. How-
ever, on one occasion he invited her to go with him to the
theatre. She went to the theatre with him, and at last he
carried his infamy so far, as to ask her to go with him to a
house which he described as the house of a friend. He
took her to that house, which proved to'be in Houghton-
street, and there they went into a room. She made the
remark on going in—" this place appears very much like a
hotel." He replied—" Oh, yes, it is a hotel, and a very
respectable one." There presently came in some female,
with whom he appeared to be perfectly familiar, and she
asked him to walk up stairs into what she called the draw-
ing-room. They went up stairs. It was, in point of fact,
nothing else than a brothel, and the woman, I suppose, had
been prepared to do her part in the proceedings which took
place. There again he repeated his infamous conduct.
You will perceive how he led her on from point to point.
First he becomes acquainted with her five years since, He
pays her marked but respectful attentions. He invites her
to his sister's house. She goes to his sister's house. Then,
after she leaves her place to go and attend upon her
mother, he meets her in the street. She has by this
time become consideraby older. He makes proposals to her
to walk with him, and prevails upon her to go across the
water. He repeatedly made her promises of marriage, and
at last succeeded in ruining her. I will not say that he
proceeded to such an extent of violence in accomplishing
'her ruin as to render him amenable to a criminal charge—
but he ruined her, and then, by degrees, he proceeds from
infamy to infamy until at last he takes her to a brothel, and
degraded her in the manner I have described. That was
the last place, I believe, where intercourse took place be-
tween them. I suppose it happened—as is always the case
with such men as this—that when he had so degraded and
disgraced her, that it became, according to the rule of
society, even a disgrace to him to notice her, he became
less and less frequent in his visits. However, you will find
that when he called at the house, and she was denied to him,
he even incited her to disobedience of her parents. He said
to her, " How is it that, when I ask for you, I am always
refused ?—you must be a party to the refusal." She said
her mother had an objection to his visits. He said, " A
girl at your time of life should not mind what her mother
said to her." That was in effect to say to her, " You should
rather obey your betrayer, your seducer, the cause of your
ruin, than yield to the admonitions of her whom you ought 1
to respect, and whose precepts you are bound to obey." On
one occasion after that she met him in London-road, and he
himself discovered that she was pregnant. He said to her :
" Are you in the family way ?" She said "Yes ;" and he
asked her, " Does your mother know it ?" She said, " No
—how am I to tell her—what am I to do ?" He said,
" Never fear, all will be right." He then said that he
was going to Paris to see the exhibition, and he asked her
if she would go with him. Se said, " certainly not—l will
not leave my own land and my own home—your conduct
towards me has not been such as to justify me in placing so
much trust in you." She asked him how long he would be
away, and he said about a month. When he came back
he did not call upon her, but, at the end of two months,
she called upon him, and, I believe, then he did so far open ,
his heart and his purse-strings as to give her half a
sovereign, wherewith to buy baby's clothes. He never
came near her afterwards, up to the time when the child
was born—about the 16th of January. If I am well
instructed, his conduct after that was of the most heartless,
ruffianly description. She sent to him. She was reduced
to that state of poverty and want, that she was obliged to
send to him, and he appeared to treat her situation with the
most perfect ridicule and contempt. She said to him—
" See the position I am reduced to. I have not a bite to
put in my mouth. My poor mother is not in a condition to
give it to me. I am utterly destitute, and all I have is that
glass of water you see at my bedside ; and I ask you, the
cause of my sorrow, if you think that is the situation in
which I ought to be placed ?" He treated her with con-
tempt and abuse, and said—" If you had only given me
notice in due time of this, 1 could have got you out of the
way, and nobody would have known of it, and I would have
supported you and your child ; but, as it is, I will give you
nothing." In point of fact, he did give her nothing.
Oa one occasion, she was reduced so far that
she was obliged to send to him to beg for 2s
6d to purchase bread, and he refused it. After that
she said, what can I do? If your determination is not to
give me any assistance, I cannot allow my child to starve,
I will go before the magistrates and ask them to compel
you to do that which your own sense of honour does not
compel you to do." She did go before the magistrates, and
she obtained an order of affiliation. This action is now
brought by her mother for the loss she has sustained,
according to the legal statement of the case the loss of her
daughter's services. Thank God, you, gentlemen, are not
confined to any such poor and niggardly standard in the
estimation of your damages but you can compensate her
for the misery which has been brought upon her by
this man's conduct, and if I make out the case to
your satisfaction, I apprehend you will conceive
that I am entitled to ask such a verdict.
Ellen Hardwick, plaintiff, sworn and examined : —I am the
daughter of Margaret Hardwick ; she is a widow, and has
four daughters • I am the youngest ; I was 19 years of age
last October; I know Mr. William Shimmin; he is the
tax-collector for Everton and West Derby; I first met him
about five years ago, at Mrs. Massey's, at the Old Swan ;
he began then to pay me attentions ; I afterwards went to
Mrs. Denbigh's ; in December, 1854, I went to live with
my mother; she was ill; I met Mr. Shemmin in the street, ,
and he asked my leave to come to my mother's house, to
see me ; he afterwards came ; I saw him myself at the
door ; I know Mrs. Smith ; she is his sister ; she keeps a
public house in London-road ; he took me to see her, he
afterwards told me that he would have nobody else but me;
my mother approved of his coming to the house, but my sis-
ter did not. I received a message to go up to Mr. Smith's, he
said that he had a situation for me. I went and saw Mr
Shimmin there. He had no situation for me. He then
asked me to go over to Rock Ferry. I went with him.
Nothing wrong then took place. I received a message to
go over to his office. He sent a little boy for me to go to
his office. I went to his office in Mount Vernon-street and
saw him. It was to my mother's he sent the message.
He was then alone. He locked the door. Had a child on
the 16th January, 1856. Mr. Shimmin is the father of it.
It was when I went to the office that he first had con-
nection with me. He raid then again that I did not care as
much for bins as he did for me, and that he would have no
the paho
body but me. That was in March, 1855. In April I went
to his lodgings at his request, and the same thing hap-
pened. I afterwards went to the theatre with him. After
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again. I went to him in October. I often wanted to see
him and could not. I saw him then and said I wanted
half a sovereign for clothes (childs.) lie ealled at two
o'clock the next day and gaVe it. He said he would call in
a week again but did not. I was delivered of a child on tho
16th of January 1856. He came to my room and said that
if I had gone to him he would have sent me into the coun-
try, and nobody would have been the wiser. He walked
about the room, and in a few minutes said that he should
go, as there were some friends waiting for him. I said
there is another friend waiting for you here, and you had
better leave me some inoney. I told him that I had not a
bit to put in my mouth, and that if he did not give me
something I should die of starvation. He said he did not
care whether I died or net. I afterwards sent to him for
half-a-crown, and he refused to give it. He afterwards asked
me to say how much money I would take to be rid of me,
as he was about to get married, and did not want to be
troubled with me. I refused, and summoned him before
the magistrates. They made an order on him for 2s. ad.
Cross-examined by Mr. Overend : My mother never told
me that Mr. Charles Pemberton began the action before she
knew it and against her consent. Mr. Shim,slin told her
that Mr. Pemberton would put her into gaol. Mr. Shim—
min was married a few month's ago to a young lady at
West Derby. My mother earns her living by chafing and
taking in plain sewing. My mother told me, that Shim-
min told her that Pemberton owed Lirti a spite for hating
set the plaintiff on him. I was about sixteen years old
when I was at the Old Swan. I was there about nine
months. ItVas not turned away from it. I stopped with
Mrs. Denbeigh about two years. I left her to take care
of my mother. I was not dismissed. I was for a short
time at the Quadrant Hotel in Lime-street. I was not
turned away from there for drunkenness. I was not dis-
missed at all. I left of my own accord. Ido not know
Brown the quack doctor, (Startup and Brown.) I was
never in Houghton-street before being taken to the house
there by Mr. Shimmin. Brown never paid me attention.
Does not know Dock well, a jockey. Heard the name of
Samuel Darling. I swear he never made love to me. I

wish you to send for these men. My master (Mr. Dyson)
never accused me of light conduct. Ido khow Thomas
Barry. He never paid me attention. [At this stage of
the case Mr. Overead earnestly advised the defendant to
consent to a verdict. The defendant long hesitated, and
pressed the learned gentleman to put a question which the
other considered most hazardous and objectionable.] After
watching the consultation for some time his Lordship
said :—I would advise your client to take your advice,
Mr. 0 verend. I can guess what it is. AU those names
suggested here are a sign of weakness in your case. Mr.
Sergeant Wilkins : I wonder they do not ask the names of
a whole regiment, pioneers and all. (Laughter.) Again
he was earnestly pressed by his counsel, and the defendant
reluctantly consented to a verdict being returned for the
plaintiff for £5O. His Lordship : Your client does not
appear satisfied, Mr. 0 verend ; perhaps he would rather
go to the jury and pay £2OO or £3OO. Mr. Overend :
Yes, my Lord, he is somewhat dissatisfied with me. The
defendant then angrily rose, and was about to address
the court, but was told to sit down by his Lordship. He
nevertheless persisted, when his Lordship exclaimed :
Hold your tongue, sir, or I will send you to prison. The
defendant then prudently left the court.
TRUSSON V. NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.—
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover com-
pensation for injuries he sustained through the negligence
of the defendants' servants while travelling on their railway.
The defendants' paid £2O into court. Mr. Watson, Q.C.,
with Mr. Manesty, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Attorney-General Knowles for the defendants. The plaintiff
is a commercial traveller, living at Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
and in the month of April, this year, was travelling in a
second-class carriage on the company's line from Morpeth
to Alnwick. When near the Whittington station a collision
took place, but was happily not attended with loss of life.
The plaintiff was much shaken, but was able to reach
Berwick, whence he was taken to Newcastle. He was
there visited by Mr. Raine, surgeon, on the part of the com-
pany, and by that gentleman the illness under which he
was found to be suffering was pronounced to be scarlet fever.
This was the subject of contention, the plaintiff contending
that it was not scarlet fever, and that his illness had been
produced by the collision ; the defendants, on the other hand,
contending that it was scarlet fever, and that it was caused
not by the collision but by contagion, previously acquired.
Dr. Alexander, of Newcastle, was examined for the plaintiff ;
and Mr. Long, one of the surgeons of the Liverpool infir-
mary, and Mr. Raine, surgeon of Newcastle, were examined
in support of the defendants' case. The jaryreturned a
verdict for the plaintiff £t3o, exclusive of the £2O paid into
court, with costs.
IMPORTANT TO TALLOW MERCHANTS AND BROKERS..—
RICKETTS AND OTHERS V. JOHNSON AND OTHERS.—A
special jury was empanelled in this case, which was an
action to recover damages for breach of contract. Mr.
Attorney-general Knowles, with Mr. Melluish, appeared
for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Hill, C., with Mr. Blackburne,
for the defendants. From the statement of the Attorney-
general, it appeared that on the 20th December, last year,
Messrs. llotheia and Co.,brokers of Liverpool, made a
contract with defendants, who are merchants, also of Liver-
pool, for the sale of a parcel of South American tallow; to
arrive. It was to be taken from the quay at the landing-
weights at 655. the cwt., and to be of fair merchantable
quality as a parcel. In the course of time it arrived in the
American ship Lucy Ring, but, previous to her
reaching Liverpool, a circumstance occurred which induced
the defendants to refuse to fulfil their contract. It was
this —When near Waterford, coming up the channel, the
wool which she had on board (her cargo was a general one)
took fire, and the captain accordingly put into that port, and
there scuttled her. After the fire was extinguished she was
raised, the water pumped out, and the ship brought to
Liverpool. Tallow had fallen at this time to 45serr 47s per
cwt. When she arrived, the brokers, Messrs Hadwin & Co.,
gave notice to the defendants of the fact, and informed
them she was about to discharge in the George's dock, and
requested them to receive the tallow, which would be landed
in the morning. That was on the 23d of May, and on the
same day the defendants wrote back, declining to receive
the tallow on their contract, on the ground that it could not
be delivered in merchantable quality after being under
water. The brokers replied that the tallow was then being
landed in good order and condition, and stated that unless
it was received according to contract, it would be stored on
their account and risk. The tallow was accordingly landed,
but beforeit was completely warehoused the defendants were
requested to attend and take samples in the presence of all
parties interested. The defendants replied that it had
already been sampled on the quay, and declined the pro-
posal. They also declined a proposal to have it sold without
prejudice, and the plaintiffs declined to have it sold by
auction on account of whom it might concern, on the ground
that the large buyers did not attend such sales. Subse-
quently, Mr. Hadwin bought the parcel for Mr. Tyson, at
47s per cwt, the full pric r then ruling for good South
American tallow, and it was the loss resulting on that sale,
as compared with the contract price, that the present action
was brought. At the contract price the net sum would be
£6,458 14s 7d, and the balance between that sum and the
actual sale was £1,865 is 3d, which was sought to be
recovered. Mr. Lafoce, merchant, of Liverpool, to whom
the tallow was consigned, and who was the real plaintiff in
the action, was examined as to the condition of the parcel.
He said that he had never seen a cargo of such magnitude
better, if so good, as that by the Lucy Ring. Mr. Peter
Higgin, of the firm of Isaac Hadwin and Co. deposed to
the same fact. On cross-examination, as to the effects of
submersion on tallow, he said that if the casks were under
bilge water for some time, and that they got black from
saturation, the tallow would be sold as good, but an extra
allowance would be made for tare. He had had such cases.
Mr. llberry, Mr. Winstanley, and Mr. Rich, of the
landing department of the Customs, deposed that the casks
when landed were in good condition. Mr. Isaac Hadwin,
senior member of the firm of Hadwin and Co., deposed to
the nature of the contract. He also deposed that the tallow,
when landed in Liverpool, was in good and merchantable
condition. Cross-examined by Mr. Hill, Q. C.: Bought
the parcel afterwards for Mr. Tyson, but did not tell him
that it had been under water. Did not think it necessary.
Bought it for Mr. Tyson in the exercise of his best
judgment, and having a commission from him generally to
purchase. Tallow rose shortly afterwards. Mr. Tyson
still holds the parcel. Mr. J. Beckwith, of the firm of John
and Samuel Beckwith, Mr, Gordon, of the firm of James
Gordon and Co., Mr. &lexander Rogers, of the firm of
Rogers, Best and Co., and Mr. Benjamin Darbyshire, were
also examined as to the condition of the tallow. They
deposed that it was good, fair, merchantable tallow. This
was the plaintiff's case. Mr. Hill, Q. C., in a
brief address, opened the case for the defendants.
I t lay in a nutshell, and was simply this—
that the parcel had lost, from the submersion,
its mercantile character, and had ceased to be of the class
warranted by the contract. He argued that, though the
tallow might not intrinsically have been injured in quality
by the submersion, yet that its mercantile character was,
and that the defendants were therefore justified in refusing
it. His Lordship, at the close of the learned cousel's
address, intimated that, even if that contention were made
out, he thought the plaintiff ought to recover. Mr.
Meagher, clerk of Mr. Williams, Lloyd's agent, and Ameri-
can consul at Waterford, deposed to having seen twenty-five
or thirty of the tallow casks re-coopered there. Mr. James
Cox, Mr. William Dixon, Mr. John Wilson, Mr. Lloyd
Rayner, and Mr. Thomas Sill, deposed that tallow, after
being submerged, could not be offered as a fair mercantile
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to his firm in his absence. He was not informed that it
was submerged tallow. He saw, before going away,
samples of it, and suspected that it belonged to
the Lucy Ring parcel. Knew of her cargo having been
submerged. Offered 465. for it. as he was buying for a
rise. The holders refused it at that. Told Mr. Hadwin
that he might buy it when worth its price, and
place it to their firm. Did not consider •it as saleable as
tallow not submerged. Cross-examined by Mr. Attorney-
general Knowles : Did not find fault with his brokers
for the purchase. Was quite satisfied with the operation.
Tallow since rose £7 the ton. (Laughter.) Mr. Thomas
Jeffreyes, Mr. John Patterson, Mr. William Lund, and Mr.
Charles Colchester, of London, were also examined, and
deposed that tallow submerged was not a mercantile arts de.
The case had not concluded at the rising of the court at
seven o'clock.

PHILHARMONIC CONCERT

The sixth subscription concert of the season took place on
Friday evening. The strangers who, in addition to the society's
usual band and chorus, were to have lent their aid were
vocal only, vii., Signor and Madame Baucarde (the lady
better known as Madame Albertini), and the ver4atile and
gifted Madame Viardot Garcia. It is well known, however,
" the best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agee."
The well intended Schern6 of the society was dooMed to be
frustrated by the pettishness of an artiste—about the last
thing such a society should suffer from. The following
plain statement of facts, circulated in the hall, with
a new programme, will explain matters :—" The Com-
mittee extremely regret to announce that, owing to
the nod-arrival of some orchestral accompaniments, Madame
Albertini and Signor Baucarde have declined to fulfil
their engagements. Madame Viardot Garcia has most
kindly consented to make such additions to the programme,
as will, it is hopede corripensate for this unexpected
disappointment. In cansequence of this circunas' ante,
Money to ll be ret'mted to those persons desiring it, on
application at the office, at the west end of the hall, this
eveaing,—Committee-room, 22nd August, 1356." We
knew not where rests the blame of the " non-arrival "
(if blame there be), but we know that every effort was
made by the officials to supply the loss; when the prema-
ture dudgeon of the imperious vocalists carried them beyond
reason, and they absented themselves evidently without
considering the just claims their patrons had upon them, or
the doubtful success of such a mance avre on their professional
reputation. The tenor and soprano having retired in a
" miff," Mad. Garcia came at once to the rescue, and agreed
to sing five times ; to make up the programme, an overture
and madrigal were added, and a new bill of fare was pre-
sented, which we may say at once did great credit to the
committee, and made, under the circumstances, a respectable
concert. Madame Viardot Garcia, as a musician and a
I great dramatic singer, has rarely been equalled, but an
extraordinary range and fluency of voice (not pleasing in
quality except in its contralto register) leads her to attempt
too much, and we are compelled to say her singing of
Mazurkas and Spanish flirting ballads were " more honoured
in the breach than the observance." Madame Garcia sang
first a series of roulades, by Graun, most elaborately com-
piled, and left the audience in surprise at her facility; the
Erl King, of Schubert, followed, and it was a most masterly
recitation, in every note spiritedly dramatic, and telling—
the mysterious death story as genius only can tell it ; but
the climax of her performances was in Bellini's Ale icon
credea, proceeding to the finale Ah ! non giunge—the
former was the perfection of pathos which yielded delight-
fully to her complete abandon of joy in the latter; it seemed
an inspiration of happiness that might have been extempore,
but that in the wirlwind of joy there was the true artist's
under current of begotten calm, which served to guide, on
sure principles, what seemed the result of impulse. Nothing
could be more flattering than the hearty applause which
followed each effort of this highly endowed lady. The con-
cert began with a Symphony, by Mendelssohn, in C minor
(an early work, we believe), which was delivered by the
band in a manner which is earning for it a high name in its
" classical " performances. The band also gave the over-
tures " Egmont," " Maritana," and " Massanielo." Mr.
Thomas was announced to play Ennst's beautiful "Elegy,"
but substituted a composition by some unknown individual,
which was completely " squelched" in the finale by one of
the accompanying cornets taking a wrong note with a
flourish. The chorus sang several pieces " indifferent well,"
but got an encore in Pearsall's four-part song.—The next
concert is announced for `2nd September, when Piccolomini,
Belletti, Beneveutano, and Reichart, will sing.

THE WEATHER, THE CROPS, AND THE

MONEY MARKET.

Public attention is now so much engrossed with the con
sideration of the harvest that it predominates over almost
every other topic in the great marts of public enterprise.
Nor can this be surprising when we consider what distress,
disaster, and ruin, have succeeded in the train of an
unfavourable or a deficient harvest in this and other
countries. Since we penned our observations last week,
there has been almost a continued succession of wet and
stormy weather ; and in some parts of the kingdom the
rain has fallen iu torrents, accompanied by the most violent
and tempestuous winds. We need scarcely remark, that
such a change in the condition of the weather at a period
when the harvest is just ready for the sickle, is calculated
to produce considerable damage to the grain crops, and that
the amount of such injury must depend upon the period of
its duration. A variety of opinions, as there always will be
en such a subject, is a❑tertained as to the extent of the
injury lihel7 to be produced, and as to the future prospects
of the weather. Without pretending to prophecy either
rough or smooth things, sit may say that up to
the hour we write, th..t it has not held out any very
bright prospects of improvemen', though the atmosphere has
cheerful, and the wind, though still
essed a More vivifyi

beeame somewhat more

regards the prodde,

influence, As
almost

of the soil, the 6piiiiong

generally in favour of the belief that we shall on the whole
possess a full average crop of wheat : and the only thing
that now remains to create anxiety, is the influence which
the weather is likely to exercise upen the quality of the
produce. Up to the present time the injury is reported to
have caused no serious alarm ; but the crops are affected
more or less by the condition of the soil on which they are
grown ; and in the northern counties every day that deprives
the grain of the benefits to be derived from a genial son
seems to create a degree of uneasiness in the public mind.
This state of things has greatly unsettled the corn market
in Mark-lane during the past week, and holders have, in
some instances, demanded most extravagant prices : and
reports of the most conflicting nature are circulated amongst
the trade, as to the future prospects of the harvest. It is
certain that the weather during the past week must moderate,
in some degree, the sanguine expectations that were enter •
tained a short time ego ; for we have heard of instances
where blight and milduo have made their existence in a
formidable manner within the last few days. The most
prudent course, therefore, seems to be to avoid creating
unnecessary alarm on the one hand] by indulging in gloomy
forebodings, nor to presume too much on the other, so as to
deprive ourselves of the full benefit of foreign assistance in
case of need. On each market day at Mark-lane during the
week, a rise has been established, which has brought the total
advance up to yesterday up to about 6s or 7s per quarter for
prime samples; and American flour advanced yesterday from
2s to 3s per barrel, or equal to about 4s to 6s per quarter of
wheat. Such has been the practical effect of the weather
upon the London market. The next important question
connected with our corn market, at this critical period of
the year, is the condition of the money market. To the
present time the former has exercised only a very slight
influence over the latter, and has amounted to no more than
keeping the public funds in a state of suspension. There
has been scarcely any demand for money in the stock
market, and the banks and discount houses are well supplied
for commercial purposes at rates slightly below the bank
minimum. The fifth payment of 10 per cent. on the last
loan becomes due on the 28th instant ; but this sum is too
small to create the least inconvenience. So far, therefore,
as the present state of things are calculated to influence the
money market no uneasiness has been produced. It
is only in the event of continued unfavourable weather
that the money market will assume anything like
instability, or increased stringency; in that case
we shall of course have again to experience
the old system of higher discounts—diminished credit
—and a restricted currency, at the very time when an
expansion would prove the greatest boon to the country.
We have already shown that any anticipation that we shall
retain in this country a large proportion of the immense
arrivals of bullion, is highly delusive, so long as our
monetary system does not permit the Bank of England to
compete in the market for its purchase. Continental nations
clearly understand this, and will exercise their continued
skill to purchase the specie as it arrives upon our shores.
What the effect of this system may produce, in the event of
a heavy drain for bullion in payment of corn (which a con-
tinuance of wet weather will render imperative), has yet to
be seen ' • but we have no hesitation in saying that, in the
event of such a result taking place, that the consequences to
our commercial enterprise must be of the most serious
nature, and our merchants must again experience that
anomalous position of having to pay for augmented dis-
counts by merchandise sold at diminished prices. —Bankers'
Circular.

THE HARVEST

W e are sorry to say that our advices of to-day give a
discouraging account of the state of the weather in the
Irish provinces. Harvest operations have been in many
parts of the country totally suspended in consequence of
heavy rains, and our accounts all agree in stating that the
cereal crop; are, to some extent, damaged. We have per-
sonally seen fields very much injured ; but, as these were
in peculiarly exposed situations, we may express a hope
that their case is not so general as the fears of some persons
lead them to anticipate. In Dublin yesterday a very
constant and heavy rain descended, and to-day also, though
the atmosphere is less heavy, the weather is singularly
unpropitious for all manner of field work. We hope we
shall not have to record more considerable injuries to the
wheat and oat crops than we as yet hear of. In the country
about Dublin, at the north side, the blight in the potato crop
has made extraordinary progress during the last two or three
days.—Dublin Evening Packet.

Rain and cloud at present predominate, and unless a
favourable change at once occurs, it is much to be feared
that markets will soon resume their old figures. It is clear
that a larger acreable growth was never known ; but that

-which is known of the yield is less flattering; hopes of large
produce scarcely a fortnight old are not realised. Barley is
looking well in some places, but appears not to be general.
Oats will be a fair crop. Mangel and turnips good ( just
the weather for them). Second cut clover, heavy. Pease
and beans abundant, particularly the former. Potatoes, a
failure. Still, if the wheat crop could be garnered in good
condition, a prosperous and happy winter for all classes
would probably ensue.-7Brighlon Herald.

We have heard several well authenticated cases of potato
disease in this quarter. The tubers are not yet affected to
any extent, and in those fields which are nearly ripe the loss
will be but very trifling.—Forres Gazette.
Our report of the weather this week must be confined
to one item of accommodation—it is dry. Though
threatening rain, none has fallen ; but the last two or
three days have been gloomy and cold that fires have
become general. A few instances of the potato blight
have appeared in this neighbourhood, but not to any
great extent. The same remark, we believe, applies to
most of the northern districts. In all there will be
cases of disease, but the general crop, according to
present appearances, will be large and excellent. The
early potatoes now in use at the table are uniformly of
the best quality.—lnverness Courier.

Harvest operations have been greatly impeded, and
there is no doubt that to some extent the crops have
sustained injury. The consequences, however, would
have been more severe had the temperature been higher.
There has also been a brisk wind, and this morning
there is a fresh breeze blowing, which will dry the
corn. Up to the present time there has not been much
damage dono to the cereal crops, and pastures and turnips
are improved by the rains.—Nottingham paper.
The rain has of course retarded harvesting operations, but
the crops themselves do not appear to have sustained
injury. A continuance of wet weather could, however,
hardly fail to be highly prejudicial to the cereals, although
it may be serviceable to the green crops.—Cork. Examiner.

FERNANDEZ v. CRAM, POWELL, AND CO

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—ln the report by the _Daily Post of this case in the
County Court on Thursday last, I find it stated that the
cashier said two and a half per cent. was all the commission
received on the freight per the brig Mary. This having
much the appearance of a lie on my part, and not wishing
to remain under such an imputation, you will much oblige
me by inserting this letter in your widely circulated paper.
The facts of the case arc these, so far as I am concerned,
(the further explanation will ba found in the day's papers)
a debit note having been delivered at the office on behalf of
the plaintiff for half the commission, on a much larger sum
than the vessel actually made, I gave the same to our
chartering clerk for correction, and, on the 17th of May, a
person of the name of Zink called for payment ; he was
offered what was considered the fair proportion, which he
accepted, and gave me a receipt for the amount paid. I
suppose it was during the conversation that then took place
(for at no other time do I recollect an}') I am made to say,
that two and a half per cent. was all we received. I have
witnesses, who stood with us at the time, who are ready to
prove that no such statement was made by me, but it will
cot be necessary to trouble them, for out of Mr. Zink's
own mouth I will convict him. Mr. M'Whirter, the owner
of the vessel, called at eur office after the case was decided,
and stated that this Mr. Zink informed him that I also said
the reason why Mr. M Whirter was charged five per cent.
commission was owing to the accommodation afforded him.
Now, will any one suppose it is reasonable that at the time
I am said to have stated two and a half per cent. was all
we received, I should explain whfive
charged ? That I did give a reason is ytruebupt enrotceunptOnwthaes
grounds stated to Mr. M‘Whirter ; even admit'ing the
truth of this statement, it fully proves the falsehood on
the other side ; it was merely stated to give a darker colour
to a trifling case, and to mako the matter more injurious.
I may just add in explanation, that neither of the
principals had any thing to do with the case, it being
entirely in the hands of our chartering clerk from first to
last, in fact, they were neither of them in town, one being
away ill, and the other on his way from Bristol.—l am, sir,
yours respectfully, WILLIAM TUROSSELL.

POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY

(BEFORE MR. R. GLADSTONE.)

ROBBERY SY A HOUSEHOLDER.—John Murphy, dew
scribed as a boarding-house keeper, residing in Denison.

street, was brought up by officer:Patrick, of the detective
force, on a charge of having robbed Jeffrey Morton, a
clerk in the employment of Mr. Nichol', a shipping
agent, carrying on business at 7, Bath-street. It appeared.
that Mr. Nichol' sent the clerk to a ship, with papers,
&c.,. to receive money. Morton stated that he went to
a ship in the river, accompanied by the prisoner, and
about half-past four in the morning they came back.
He received two twenty's and a five pound note, with
four sovereigns. They went into Sharp's publichouse,
at the corner of Dutton-street, where they had some
coffee and a glass of rum each, and after that they went
into a room where they had more rum. The witness
went on to say, that the prisoner gave him some stupify-
, ing drug, for he became quite insensible and totally
helpless, and although he saw the prisoner take £49 out
of his pocket, the sum he got on board the ship, he was
quite incapable of preventing him. Mr. Wybergh
Why not ? Because I had not the power to do so,
although I saw him plainly. He had drugged me at
the time. He had ni money at that time, for I heard
him tell the boatman who put us on shore that he had
not a penny of money about him. Cross-examined by
Mr. Dodd, who appeared for the prisoner : We left. the
vessel between three and four in the morning, and came,
from the rock in a small boat. I took half a pint of
whiskey with me. Mr Dodd: How do you know he
drugged you ? Because he carries a bottle with him to
drug and stupify people. Mr. Dodd What was in the
bottle ? W'itness : I don't .know. Mr. Dodd : Did you
see it on this occasion ? Witness : I did not. Mr. Dodd:
This is a very serious charge, and therefore you had
better say nothing more about it now. When did you
awake ? Witness : About or before ten o'clock. Mi.
Dodd : Then you had a long sleep? Witness : Yes,
had. Jane Richards, and Sarah Anne Sharp, two young
ladies attending at Mr. Sharp's publichouse, were exam-
ined, an d proved that they sass the notes with Mortoni
and corroborated the statement about the rum, the
sleeping, and the going away of Murphy ; they also
stated, that from the time the parties entered the room,
until Murphy left, at six, nor from that to the time
the prosecutor awoke, there was no other persons in
the room. When. Morton awoke, he called out and said
Murphy bad robbed him of his money. Mr. Dodd
cross-examined the witnesses, but their evidence was
not altered. Officer Patrick said, after a long hunt he
found the prisoner in a publichouse, and on searching
him, he got £33 in gold and 14s 3d in silver, in a new
purse, and a new pair of boots, that the prisoner had
just purchased. The prisoner was remanded to Wed,
nesday.
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COLLECTOR.—A person of gentle.:
manly appearance, apparently about 40 years of age;
whose name was given as Hill Wilson Willis, late a col-
lector in the employment of Messrs. Harmood, Banner
and Sons, North John-street, was brought up by detec-
tive officer Laycock, on a charge of having embezzled
various sums of money, amounting in aa to £420,
belonging to his employers. Mr. Dodd defended the
prisoner. The following is a history of the case as made
against the accused :—Mr. John Robert Walsh, a young
gentleman who keeps the cash at Messrs. Banner's said
from information which was furnished by the prisoner,
he discovered that various sums of money, amounting to
the ahove sum, bad been received by the prisoner and
not accounted for. The prisoner was the collector
belonging to the house, and was authorised to receive
money. On the 23rd of April he received £l2 lOs froth
Mr. Albert, and on the 14th July £l2 .5s from the same
person. On the 4th July he got £2O from Mr. Thomag
Gorman ' • on the:lsA £l7 lOs from Mr. W. W. Dorring.6
ton ; and on the 12thJue::; £57 15s from Mr. Samuel
thane cases the prosectitiori
Thornly, of Lord street.
was founded, as he had not returned I:2e amounts, nor
1'
accounted for them. Other sums, making up
.... 420, were
discovered. The witness said the prisoner should ac.:2l:llt
for his cash every evening, but latterly he became very
irregular. His duty was to enter the amounts he received
in the cash book himself, and then hand over the cash or
account for it to witness. In reply to Mr. Dodd, the
witness said he had not the prisoner's collecting book, nor
did he know if the sums spoken of were entered in it or
not, but there was no entry of them in the office cash
book, where the prisoner should have entered the sums
received by him. In reply to Mr. Gladstone, the
witness said he did not discover the defalcations until the
prisoner made some communication at the office, but
witness was not present at the time. Mr. Samuel
Thornly, and other witnesses, proved having paid the
prisoner the sums mentioned, and Mr. Walsh proved that
these sums were not entered in the cash book, nor had
the prisoner returned the money, nor accounted for it to
witness. Mr. Banner, jun., was called and examined at
some length by Mr. Dodd, and from his evidence it
appeared that the pricano.• and his father called at the
house of witness and handed him a list, which he said
contained all the sums which he had mis-appropriated,
but he (the witness) feared it was not all. He would
not hold any communication with the parties at his
house, but told them to meet at the office, which
they subsequently did. The prisoner then confessed all;
and expressed peat contrition for *hit he had done)
and showed a desire to make amends; he offered to give
up his house and Furniture, and to remain as a copying
clerk in the office until all would be paid. 'Witness
asked him if he had any friends who could assist him hi
the affair ? and he said he had not. He asked him how.
he could have acted so, and spent so much money ? and
he replied that he lived extravagantly, and spent a great
deal of money on his wife's friends, on the furniture of
his house, and other things. On asking
done with the sum of moneyreceived
he by
time ago, and did not account for)what he had
replied h short
he had
paid a doctor's bill of £7, and had bought a gun for £9.
He asked what on earth he could want with a gun and
he replied he did not know. On considering the whole
case, which was a very painful one, the firm came to the
determination of prosecuting. In reply to Mr. Glad-
stone, Mr. Banner said he did not as yet know the real
amount of defalcations. It was the prisoner who first
confessed and gave the list of the amounts. Mr. Dodd
made a feeling address on behalf of the prisoner, and
said, from his conduct, and the desire he had shown to
make all the reparation in his power, and from the half
acceptance of the offer by Mr. Banner, when he asked if
the prisoner had any friends to assist him, it became a
question whether the prosecution would be carried on.
Mr. Gladstone said the case in its present aspect was a
serious one, and he would remand the prisoner for a
week. Mr. Dodd had no objection to that course, and
the prisoner was accordingly remanded.
THE PALM OIL ROBBERY.—Robert Sutton, late in the
employment of Messrs. HorstilPs, was brought up for
final examination on a charge with having stolen a large
quantity of palm oil, the property of his employers. The
details of this case have been frequently published in
our paper during the last five weeks. The only new
feature presented in the case was this:—lt appeared that
the prisoner, who sold the palm oil to Prescott, the soap
maker at Douglas, " split" on that man, in order to save
himself. Prescott was convicted at the present assizes
of receiving the oil, and is now undergoing imprison-
ment, and it appeared that in his turn " preached'' on
the prisoner by writinc, a letter to Inspector Kehoe from
the prison, in which he disclosed the whole transaction,
and on Mr. Kehoe making enquiry, he found the state-
ment perfectly correct, and had it fully corroborated by
several witnesses ; and this led to the arrest of the pri-
soner. On Saturday, Mr. Aspinall (attorney), appeared
for the prosecution, and examined Prescott and several
other witnesses, who fully established the case, and the
prisoner was committed for trial.

- A MAN OF MANY NAMES.—CATTOET
Thompson, a-fellow who, according to the statement of
the police, having exactly 72 aliases, was brought up
on a charge of having stolen a coat, under the following
circumstances :—lt appeared that this man of many
names is known to the police as a " black bailer "
that is, a fellow who makes it his peculiar business to
plunder ships and emigrants, and that a day or two ago
he came out of gaol, where he had been rusticating for
the last three months, for having plundered some passen-
gers on board one of the royal mail American steamers.
By one of these mystic proceedings, not even compre.
hended by a detective policeman, it seemed that the
prisoner managed to sleep on board the Khersonese
in
the river, on Friday night, when he acted the gentleman
to perfection. Of course, he wanted to go ashore next
morning, like other gentlemen, when a v curious
discovery was made on board. Mr. Robert ellyaybew, a
passenger by the ship, had a very valuable coat, and co-
temporaneously with the departure of the 7aliases the
coat disappeared. It was a strange coi-ncidence,, no
doubt,, philosophy could only find it out. Mr. May-
hew 's ideas 'of recognition being unusually strong, he
came to the coneliis'on that lie saw his garment, not
under or across the arm of the 72nd gentleman, but
actually on his back, and he had the temerity to enquire
what was the meaning of it? Of course,. Mr. Thompson
deemed the enquiry excessively impertinent, but was
inclined to pardon it as a " good. joke." Mr.
.Mayhew
was in any humour but that of joking at. the time, and
he communicated his feelings in that line, by laying
-hold of Mr. Thompson by the neck, a liberty. which Mr.
juncture,o d
an
n acquaintance eoze n s , a i t detectivewith
the
mano th c e
or
f,
Thompson instantly resented, by knocking Mr. Mayhew
down. At thcelai
mcaaniney unpa'm'aesn,dand this settled the dispute, in a period,
known by anomally, as "no time." when brought
before his Worship, Mr. Goodier appeared for the
prisoner, and urged two pleas for an acquittal. The
first was, that his client was " blind" drunk, and,
therefore, could not see his mistake ; and the second was,
that he was a madman, a lunatic, an idiot—anything in
fact except a sensible individual. His action was the
greatest proof cf insanity. Mr. Gladstone said the
defence was very :ingenious, but it would not do. He
would send the prisoner for trial but for the absence of
the prosecutor, who was going to sea. However, he
would send him to gaol for three months, with hard
labour, and that would, probably, have a considerable
effect on the "lunacy." Committed accordingly.