Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-20 00:00:00

MUTINY ON BOARD AN AMMICAN SHIP IS

Yesterday morning, before Mr. J. Crosthwaite, at the
Police-court, sixteen sailors were brought up by officers
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American shi

Mail Austin, now in the river, bound for New York,
with passengers. The charge against,the men was mutiny,
and refusing to proceed to sea. Mr. Wilding, the American
Consul, was present to watch the case. Mr. Cobb appeared

for the'prisoiers. The officers said the men refuserto go
in the ship, of which the Messrs. Grimshaw are the agents,
on the ground that the mate had ill-treated them,
and that the coffee and provisions were bad. Mr.
Cobb asked the officers if there was any one
now to,,prosecute, and the reply was in the negative. His
Worship said, in that case, be must discharge the men.
The parties charging were then called, but not answering,
Mr. Cobb claimed their discharge, and .they were then set
at liberty. [it appears that there are great complaints of
the conduct of American sailors in the above respect, as they
are not liable to be dealt with by English law as no treaty
exists.between this country and the States of America on
the subject. There is great loss suffered also by the
consignees, .who, in such cases, are obliged to procure other
exews. .Great inconvenience is experienced by the delay to
the ships, and the persons who cash their advance notes lose
their money.]

LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT

-YESTERDAY

BEFORE MU. COMMISSIONER PEIZ,PY

In re WILLIANI MANNION.—This bankrupt, who was a
currier and leather dealer, in Liverpool, came up yesterday
for judgment, on his application for certificate. His Honour
delivered his judgment as follows :—As to this case of
•William Mannion, the state of the accounts kept by the
bankrupt was sadu as to render it impossible for the official
assignee to trace them satisfactorily. As an instance only, I
may mention that in the report of that officer, which has
been referred to by Mr. Tyrer (who appeared on behalf of
the assignees), it, appears that, although the receipts in Mr.
Griffin's receipt book amount to £5,393 Ios. 3d., the
total amount stated in the bankrupt's day books to have
been received from Mr. Griffin, who is a brother-in-law
.of the bankrupt, appears to be only £2,261 125., so
there is a difference of £3,031 18s. 3d., which has to
-be supplied from the books of this one debtor to the
bankrupt. Again, the accounts of James Mannion and
Edward Ilannion, cousins of the bankrupt, who were for a
. considerable time in his employ, and Robert Lawson, were
not entered in the ledger until about the end of December,
,1858, shortly before a meeting of creditors was called ; and
that of Griffin, though part of it was entered in October,
was in other parts, particularly as to the marriage portion
of £2OO, credited to Griffin, in consequence of an alleged
promise, said to be evidenced by an I 0 U, which is not
produced,
entered of the date of 7th October, 1858, and
then, in order to give support to the correctness of that
entry, a receipt, very unusual in such cases, is given
to Griffin for his I OIT as of the date of the ;7th
• October, though the bankrupt admits in his exami-
nation that neither the entry in his ledger, nor the
receipt, both of which are in the bankrnpt's hand-
writing, was written until the month of December.
The state of the accounts, leaving much of information to
be furnished by the debtors, tends rather to establish what
was contended for by Mr. Tyrer, that the shops, including
that one in Mill-st eet, allegeal to have been purchased by
Edward Maunion, on the 24th of. December last, remained
the property of the bankrupt, but upon that I pronounce no
positive opinion. Looking, however, at the accounts them-
selves, as posted in the ledger, which states gross sums only,
and a sum of '4,015 for goods supplied at various dates in
oGriffin's account, and a sum of 12;052 for goods supplied
in Edward Mannion's account, it is =very difficult to regard
-them as honest and faithful records ,of William Mannion's
business transactions. This being the state of facts, can
:this case be regarded merely as an instance of bad book-
3,,i,erePing on the .part of the bankrupt, as contended by
'Mr. Yates, and therefore to be visited with a short
period of suspension only ? I am of opinion that it
,cannot be so regarded, particularly when the false entry of
the 7th October is takan into account. The reason for that
entry of that precise date has never been given, but the
Actual entry took place very shortly before a *fleeting of the
bankrupt's creditors. The attempt to corroborate the entry
by the bankrupt giving a receipt to Griffin for his alleged
0 U. has certainly not improved the bankrupt's position.
I think, therefore, that tie allowance of the certificate
should he suspended for twelve calendar months, and that
the ,antrupt should be without protection for half that
period. The certificate, looking at the very bad manner in
which the accounts have been kept, must be of the third
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A SELF-MADE MAN.—William Henry Adams, Esq of
B oston, in this county, the new Attorney-General for
e
colony of long-Kong, has ascended the social scale to his
present position thus : compositor, reader, reporter, sub-
editor, editor and newspaper proprietor, barrister, member
of Parliament, and colonial attorney-general. Here is an
example under our own eyes of what a man with moderate
abilites and a fair share of industry and energy may accom-
plish in this welt abused aristocratte England of ones.—
Viscoltishirs Times,