The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-08 00:00:00

BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Yesterday.

BPPORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY.
In re ELIAS Hurnox.—Trie bankrupr' shipbroker, of
Liverpool, came up this day on his examination, but,
no balance sheet having been filed; the case was adjourned
to the 27th icwant.

In re A. A. lsTEviNs —Tho bankrupt, • merchant, of
Liverpool and New Orleans, came up this day on 'his
adjourned last examination. Ho was supported by Mr
Fletcher, and Mr. Evans appeared for the assignees. He
was examined at some length, and the case was further
ad.)urned..

COUNTY COURT.— Yclterday,

BEFORE IJSEPH POLLOCK' ESQ., JUDGE.
BUiINESS OF THE FIRST APRIL COURT.— ,'Hesflay. 7th
April, judgment summonses, inslivencies, &c. ; Tednes-
'day, • Bth, 91 cases, at ten A.M., 59 at twelva, noon ;
Thursday, 9 h, aq)urnei cases and an issue from the
superior courts ; hfotidal, 13th, adjlitrned cases ; Tuesday'
.14th, 90 cases at ten Aar , 11 at twelve noon ;
Thursday, 1611, 91 eases at ten A.M., 69 at twelve noon ;
Friday, 17th, 222 cases, gods sJld, &e., at ten-A.m.—in
all 774 cases. :

•
INsoLvßNctes.---,The following insolvents appeared on
their petitions under the act, :--Henry Case, on the appli-
cation of Mr. Smith. an assigneee was appointed. The
insolvent was unopposed and .was discharged, ; Mr
Chilton supported. . George Matthews, -who was
supported by,Mr. Husband, and unopposed, had his !final
order granted. Thomas Aster, supported by Mr. R)by,
and unopposed, had his final order granted. David Htigh
Williams, Stipported by' Mr. Rime, and unopposed,' had
.his final-order granted. • Ann Carney, supported 'by!Mr.
Grocott, bad her final order fixed for the 27th inst. ThOmas
[Cowley, supported by Mr, flush end, awl unopposed, had
his final order granted. Sarah Jane Prince, supported
by Mr. Roby, and unopposed, had her final order granted.
Robert Clements; supported :by. Mr. Hime, and
opposed, had his final order granted. . Thomas Russell
Satiih, supported by Mr. Rime, had his final order
gr.anted. Robert Reid, unopposed, ha,d his final order
granted. Giles ! Lever, supported by Mr. Roby,' had
protection granted, and a day named for the final order.
John Fecider,, sUpoorted by Mr. Grocott, bad his final
order fixed for the 27th inst. William Barker, Sup-
ported by Mr. Grocott, and unopplsed ; order to stand
over sine die, no advertisement having been'niade. James
O'Llaul,n, supported by Mr. Godfrey and opposed by
Mr. Roby, final order adjourned to the 27th inst. Wm.
Holland, supported by Mr. Hu ;kton;'and unopposed, had
his final order fixed for the 27th inst. Thom.; Walker,
supported by Mr Husband, and opposed by Mr. Black-
hurst,' adjourned to the 27th inst. ; protection in the
meantime J:pseph Hendrick,. stippored by Mr. Grocott,
and opposed by Mr. Slater, a creditor, hail his !final
order fixed for the 20 h My. Mr. Skfer's, debt,
. „
amounting to £3 18s fid, to be excepted 'from the
schedule. John Turner, supported by Mr. Husband,
and unopposed, had his filo! Order. fixed! for the 27th
irst. 'Richard Heinle had his final order fixed for the
same date,.

The Princes of °ads left £lOO with John Ft Itcliff, Esti,
the tnayoi• of •Birmingham, the same to be distributed
amongs :the, local charities.
New KINDAF FUEL —A farmer about 150 miles south
of Chicago. got,out -of c ial, a:ld as the rue& were in a bad
condition, he thought he would try the virtue, of corn in
the nor to supply the place of coal, It worked so well that
subsequently he' purehlsed a load of coal, and tried it. by
measure in contrast with -the, corn ; and the experiment
"developed the fact that the corn fuel was cheaper and
better. The cairn arri the coal were worth the same price•
per boshel, 30 cents each, and the corn went the furthest
and made the cleanest and best fire,--Anew York Herald.
The charge for the current year for education in Great
Britain is £541,233; for science and art; £73,855; and
for education in Ireland, £213,030.
WHAT EXCESS IN SaroxiNG is.—Let it be granted at once
that there is such a thing as moderate smoking, and let it
be admitted that we cannot accuse tobacco of being guilty
of the whole of Cullen'a "Noselogv," it still remains that
there is a long catalogue of frightful penalties attached to
its abueo. • Letts briefly recapitulate-4.. TO smoke early
in the day is excess. 2. As people are generally:constituted,
to smoke. more, than one or two pipes of tobacco, or one 'or
two, cigars, daily; is excess. 3—Youthful indulgence in
smoking is excas. 4. ;Tharp. are physiological indications
which, occurring in any individual cases, are criteria of
exebia. We 'most earnestly d -sire to see the habit of
smoking diminish, and' we intreat'the youth of this country
to abandon it altegethei. Lot them give'up a dnbious
pleasure for a certain g00d,,. Ten yeare hence we shall receive
their thanks.—Lancet,

EXTRAORDINARY CASE QF SWINDLING
TR-4 DES.II EN.

PROSECUTION BY THE LIVERPOOL (WARDI!N:

SOCIETY.

A remarkable case of wholesale swindling was tried at
the Chester Assizes, on Friday afternoon last, and occupied
the court up to a late hour in the evening-
Pker James Goulding, 48, Ellen Goulding his wife,
William GoUlaing, 16, their son, and James Reynolds, alias
Ridgeway' 20, were charged with —conspiring to obtain
goods by false pretences from a *number of tradesmen in
different parts of ;England, including 'cOachbuilders; corn
merchants; farmers, brewers, woollen manufacturers; Szc.
Mr. Maeintyre and Mr. Horatio Lloyd conducted the
case for the prosecution; and Mr. Swetenham and Mr.
Morgan Lloyd defended the prisoners.
Mr. Macintyre, at great length, stated the case on behalf
of the prosecution, from which it appeared that the prisoners
were Indicted for obtaining goods by false pretences, with
attemeting to obtain goods by Wee pretences, and also with
conspiracy. They had, for a long time past, pursued a
system. of fraud, and had succeeded in awiudling tradesmen
and wholesale dealers' to a very serious extent. Their
ingenuity, however, had hitherto enabled them to evade a
prosecution, and although Mr. Reay, the secretary to the
Liverpool Guardian Seciety, whd were the prosecutors in
the. case, had watched their conduct for some years
past, he had failed to connect' them together until the
month of November last, when he caused them to be
apprehended on the present charges. The course
adopted by the prisoners seemed to have been
as follows. They lodge in Liverpool, but take houseS in
differeet parts of Cheshire, Goulding taking one first at
Runcorn, in the name of Ridgeway, telling the postman'
that Wei name • is. 'Evans,. arid that letters would come
directed to him to that address. They were next traced
to Northwichagoing bv-the name of Jackson, and lastly to
Middlewich, the. frauds committed there being selected for
the purposes of the present prosecution. T e first case
which the prosecution would submit was an order for a
carriage from Messrs. Rogers.and Sons, carriage builders at
Bristol, in which the prisoner Reynolds, and the feMale
prisoner, were more immediately concerned. In this case
it would be proved that a letter identified to be in Reynolds'
handwriting, and dated "Newton Lodge, near Middlewieh,
17th 'of October, 1856," was received by post by
,Messrs.
Rogers, asking for lowest cash prices, and designs o f
carriages ; that a reply was sent, and that on the 21st of
October a letter similarly headed was received, stating that
he (Reynolds) wanted a four wheel carriage to carry three
or four.- Designs were sent, and on the 18th of Novemher
a letter headed as before, " Newton Lodge, near Middle
wish," was received by Messrs. Rogers, directing them to
forward one named in the sketch by steamer to. Liverpoel,
when he (Reynolds) would send a man to see to its convey-
ance to Newton lalge. In corseqnence of the receipt of this
letter, Messrs. Rogers sent a carriage of the value of £5O,
addressed to W. j.. Reynolds, Esq., Newton Ledge,' near
Middlewich, Cheshire," by steamer to Liverpool, and it
was landed at the Clarence Dock. The text case against the
prisoners was an attempt to defraud iMessrs, Russ, brewers. of
Winchester, On the 9th of November last, a letter identified
as in Reynolds's handwriting, was received by Mr. Russ;
headed '° Golden' Lion and Commercial Inn, Middiewich,
7th 'November. 1856," asking, the price of (single) X,
(double) XX, and (treble) XXX ales, porter, and Stout,
A reply was sent with price, Mr. Russ, in returning the
list of prices, intimating that in case of an order being
sent he mast h ii(3 a reference. Saleseqnently Mr. Russ
received a letter from Reynolds, dated the 17th of Nev.,
giving an extensive order, and, the reference riatnel is
" Mr. James Ridgeway, ale and.porter merchant, No. 5,
Idanover street, Liverpool." On the 19 hof November,
Mr, Russ wrote to the reference, and, no doubt, won'd
have received in reply a very high account of his new
customer, had not the apprehension of the prisoners
fortunately checked the further transaction of business, as
No. 5, Hanover street was a public house, kept by' Mis,
M'Lachlan, and she would prove that: the prisoners
(Reynolds, and Geulding the elder) frequented the•house,
and were known by the,name of Ridgeway, and that they
directed any'leuers coming For Sheila to be kept. Letters did
conic, and were fetched away, sometimes by Goulding
and sometimes by Reynolds. ' The next charge was that
of defrauding. Mr. Musgrove Tonakin, farmer aiid grazier,
of Wittersham, Kent, of wheat, by letters written to
Mr. Malkin by the prisoners ; the letters being
written so as to convey an impression that the order pro•
seeded from a person extensively engaged in 'business.
The letters in this case were signed " Peter J. Goulding,"
and one of them said—" On the receiat I will remit
you a cheque for the wh Ile, meant." . The wheat
thus written for, was sent, and then a second application
was made, by," James Ridgeway, 5, Etanover street, Liver,
pool," for similar wheat, and this wheat was also sent, hut,
wwf°l3:tool'Enttaheteoc'llotAmbr:aagninrtierf9dale tggilforS'oeirtWl value of far:onlrin;
attempted„to obtain .more. The learned counsel having
gone through all the particulars of the case, proceeded to
cill witnesses. Mr. William Rogers, of the firm of. Rogers
- and Sons, carriage builders, Bristol, stated thaton the 1811
of October last he received the following letter from the
prisoner, Reynolds r

"Newton Lodge, near Middlewich,
Cheshire, 17th Oct., 18:56.
"'Messrs. Rogers and Sin-.
":Gentlemen,—Please to forward me, by return of post,
your lowest cash price, with designs of carriages, of
your manufacture, sill yon will oblige—roars respec.fully,
" W. J. REYNOLDS."
On receipt of this.letter, witness wrote to:the address given,
to inquire what class of carriage he required, and that on
the 22nd of October he received the following letter in
reply:—

"Newton Lodge, Middlevsich, 20th Oct.
" Messrs. Rigers, and
" Gantletnen,---The description of c'irriaee I want is a
four-wheel One, and to carry three or row, Send me your
designs of whet you have in atocla,.a'id 1 will let yoa know
whether an of them Will answer me.—l ant, genii
respectfully, " W. J. REYNOLDS."
They replied to this letter by-return-of post forwarding
him designs and prices, and on the .11th of November they
again wrote to him on the same subject. On the 18th of
November they received the following letter:— ,
•
"NewtonLofige. near Middlewich, 17th Nov., 1856:
Messrseßogers,and Son, •
" Gentlemen,—l, beg to apologise far not answering
yours -sooner, and at the,same-tirae if you have not disposed
of the carriage N',"),'l on sketch, please ,to forward it all
complete, and if not, in stock feieward rqe one of No. 2, and
send the your account by post, , and I will remit you the
amount by ',return. Forward by :and
steamer to
'Liverpool, and I will send a man to order its conveyance to
'here, as .that is the cheapest rouo3.— respectfully,
" W. J. RETerorans."
In conseqiience of this letter, they picked and forwarded
-by steamer to Liverpool -a phmoon, the value of which was
£5O; .they supplied the phaeton, believing the representa-
oion,that, he lived at ." Newton Lodge,- Middlewich," and
would there.ore ha a person offortune ; had they notheen.
deceiVed by this representation as to residence, they
eertainlywoeld not have supplied the plite4.on without a
reference. William Gothard Theme, goods agent. of the
London and ,ISl',,rth Western Railivay Company, at Preston
Brook, proved the letters produced ta be 'in the prisoner's
hand writing ; he had frequently signed documents in the
presence of witness ; he had known him to sign his name
" J. R. Evans,'! and also " W. J Reyntihk" At Preston
Brook the goods he Came for were dirented "J. R. Evans."
and at Acton they came as for " W. J. Reynolds ;" it
frequently happened that the goods were enquired
after b. rpersora At a distance, ater the prisoner had
fetched them away. Richard Inskip, of the Liverpool.
police force, said that he apprehended the prisoner
Reynolds at. Liverpool in November last, titian another
charge. On asking him hi; residence he said it was No.
6, Dawson Street, and he then iislced , witness to
,go and
sea his another, and tell ber to tat:, c-ire of his money and
-papers, and to tell her that Troyford' was the cause of
his being taken. On the following morning, accom-
panied by officers Stewart and Carlisle, witia 'B3 went to
o, 6, Dawson street, and"-saw the fena Ile prisoner.
Witness demanded from her her son's papers. She said
she !Went any. Witness then went up stairs, leaving
her down, and on his return, in consequence, of what
Carlisle said, Siewart,and himself went to the. privy in
the beck yard, and noticed that a quantity of papers and
doctiments had been fresh put there ; they got thein out,
and amongst them was one of the letters written by Mr.
Rogers to the prisoner. Detective officer Carlisle
corroborated the statement of the last witness, and said
that whilst the other two officers were up stairs he' saw
the female prisoner ran towards the privy in the yard ;
she put her hand to her pocket, and closed the door after
her; witness pulled her out, and as 'he did so she
dropped sornehing down the seat, which witness after-
wards saw to .hepapers ; on the lot of December witness
went to the Clarence dock, Liverpool, and saw there a
carriage addressed to " W. J.. Reynolds, R.q., Newton
Lodge, Middlewich, Cheshire ;" he directed the carriage
to be det-rued, Robert Stewart, police officer, of Preston
Brooks Cheshire,' deposed to receiving ihe prisoner,
Reynolds, into custody, and • cliargioe; him With'
the fraud on Mr. Rogers. lie replied I am not ;
much afraid about That ; I suppose Mir, Rogers
will want his Carriage: hack, but he will hay. to' pay
the gentleman who has bought it fremone £13." This
charge being preferred against Reynelds only, his lordship
asked the jury for their verdict on it separateiy as regarded
,The jury almost immediately found the. prisoner
guilty.' ,
The Whole cf the prisoners' were then indicted for the 1
conspiracy to defraud, Mr, William .11uss, brewer, at

ssot
ne re, r Hampshire,
Reynolds, owldeposed the to receiving
" Golden Lion and Commercial Inn, Middlewich. 811 N evia•ci
W
1856,"-reqnesting prices of (single) X, (double) XX, ~,,,
(treble) XXX ale and.porter. , Witness forwarded pr n'o
and requested a reference in case of an order being gi 56
of a
November, letter
dfr a
tad en
the inephrie
In reply he received the following letter :
" Gelden Lion and Commercial Inn,. Middlewich,
17th Nov., 1856. •
" Messrs. Russ and Co. ed.
" Gentlemen,-Yours, with price of ale, &c., is te ha ~,
In reply, beg to say that I could do with a regular seatti
at the price named, if the ale is good, 'and you can forwaero'
me immediately the following small order as a trial: 17,
barrels X ale, two do. XX, one do. XXX, one do. 'Wila
pale ale, one do. do. stout, one do. do. parter, and put it.,
at your lowest cash prices, as my mode of business is to PP.;
for one lot before another is received. Forward as sooc tor
possible by rail to 'London, thence by rail via Coale „
Hartford station, being our nearest station, and advisre.lS
pas', with account enclosed same time. Your ea lier
attention will oblige.—Yours respectfully,
"W. J. REYPIOLIIf 8,
" P.S.—Reference you may apply to Mr. James Riugoe,
way, ale and porter merchant, No. 5, Hanover etr'
Liverpool: Yon ought to pay the carriage to Louden' „a,
On the 19:h November, witness wrote to the address gl-de
het received no answer, and in c -,ns =eel nice sent no t; cud
Police Officers Stewart end Inskip depoied that 6(1 ef.
among 4 the papers in the privy, and on the pri4srler Regis
nolds, the letters received from Mi. Russ. which gr. ;Tos
identified. Elizabeth IsicLeohlan said she was a w'-ot;
and lived at the house, No. 5, Hanover street, Liverpool is
or about Good Friday last year, the elder prisoner, G"lileeti
called at her house, and asked if he could have a bee9,id,
she provided him with one ; subsequently his wife ea' ie
and told witness that they dealt_ in fruit and potatogio
the market ;' a short time after the prisoner BeYrceol
called, and said he was the son of the Ridgways wile: he
been there ; he stayed one night ; he told witness tba:fot
was selling potatees, and asked her to take in letter 4,
them, and she consented to de so ; letters came for t" cat
addressed to. Ridgeway; Reynolds and others cal°eo;
them, and once the elder prisoner Goulding came for tbrties
letters continued to come for founor five months, sametttbe
five in a day ; after, the elder Goulding's anprehensiellon
female prisoner came to her, and said, " What naive ice)
ern' known my husband in ?" witness told her Ridge 60
and she told her not to say that.she had known him in to
'name, as it was not hie right name. Mr. Musgrovelnes4
farmer and grazier, residing at Whittersham, in idee
deposed to receiving letters from P. J. G'll' se'd,
dated Newton' near Middlewieh, resnecting 4,01
wheat, in consequence of whieh he forwarded 24 basb`t Ito
wheat addressed to " P. J. Goulding, to be left '411!
Crewe station," as directed, and that he s‘lbsect%( I'
sent a further supply of 24 bushels of seed 14,...e-bg;
Goulding, on receiving another letter from him. 'let:
quently to this, be received letters respecting seed vies
trona " James Ridgeway, 5, Hanover street, Li/c,r,„Peling
On the 17th November he received the ib""
letter :
talk •
4'5, Hanover street, Liverpool, 15th Nov., ts eto
" Mr. Temkin., Dear Sir,—Yours of the 13th insOci et,
to hand. In reply, hese to say you may eorwar sere
immediately' about fourquarters of your nursery. ,ei
wheat; and put it at as low a price as possible, 1)tof
mode of business is prompt cash payment on recess
the, each,
the goods. Forward by rail to London, then shol
steamer from West Kent via London to. Liverpe°l',ols.
on the arrival I will remit you the amount of the edit,
Waiting your answer, as I am in immediate wolves, ,
yours truly,— , - JAMES ROO?. ''' - bid
Wit Bess sent the wheat as requested in the letter:ci a 0
he not belieied that the "James Ridgeway," resl eharr
5, Hanover street, as represented, he would vet teem
parted with the goods. He. received no money 010'
either Goulding or RidgewaY. Robert Stewart, Ptbrei
officer of Preston Brook, deposed to charging
• male prisoners with this offence in the presence (!te, el
other, The elder prisoner, G ultling, sal° 00
was the author of its being sent : for; and ftleY ti
William wrote the . letters." , Ile also 04;4)10
his name was not Goulding but Ridgeway ; e•Twaia
made no remark, but the younger prisoner, 01
witness said, "you are charged with your father 101
brothers," said, " be's none of my brother;" be adn'ited
' I having written the letters siened Goulding, and,./igo
' letters, with the knowledge of his father. Mr. ‘.111130.0
Naish, woollen cord manufacturer, Wilton, in Ii'll'80;
deposed to sending a quantity of woollen cord, atmoiroon
to upwaris of £6O, to the prisoner Reynolds, ib_cooese
quence of letters received from him : the price We nol,l,
'shillings per yard ,; it was addressed "R' J. ReY,, has
woollendraper, Middlewich, Cheshire" ; witnF-sectas
glib his l,
received no pay, and was induced to part wl' ~ a woo'
iby the representation of the prisoner tiaat he v'sg;tort ; l'ef
alleßrerrrrdr rri"l'wiel'--"''t hig Rt°r
''' Mel,er, °
6, Dawson street, Liverpool ; he knew
received letters signed "James to thenl'
Liverpool," giving orders, but did not suPP`.' e Ste
Thomas ENS said, that- he now occupied the kismetll"
Reynolda about five months ; witness then live: and
the ig s
cellar under the house No. 13, Dawson street,
Reynolds was brought to him by a man named Nl'e'ose, il
Mac Adam called Reynolds—Ridgeway, and e tot
witness if he could find Ridgeway a custom
a quantity of woollen cord ; witness fetched his 1),1"e the
rind he bought it at 2s 61 per yard ; it was meastireut•O (ad
cellar; and taken away the some night in a cab : hesd
after witness's nephew gave it to a man called white
eel;
t sell for him, and it eras sold at a shop in Whiteclie,oo
the same night that Reynolds sold the cord, the '„" yt'
prieoner again called, and demanded some of the rn°'-peet
ply,- she said, counsel for his father, and he gala be
£4 Ida ; she asked if had sold the cloth, and he sa„"e to
had ; she then said, '° By G 7---/, if you don't turn "tit/0
ale, I'll have three pr four of you locked up," and th3pighg
the reason he- gave her the £4 10s-; the sem° tote
Reynolds was given into custody, and winless saw 'Vogt
glhirteleaunaivgmlirtntdybh.se,
or
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nf
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adcee
vort
otcndetui rmwprs
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dwelling
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f_votsih_rdhesemse
lounger
of them. Tais was the main evidence against the PiPoTi.'
hut, inshould also be stated that their box whetl-14
contained no less than twenty directories, and nogg',
I ,1
.00 ,
all -referring to goods ordered. The Prisoner's up 0
ciOuspiracy had been established, his lordship, r`,'„."l 1;
they doubted that the case had been P.. veil
The jury almost immediately found all the PT:the
toof-bteheimprisoned ,and
mercy of the court, His lordship, in passing eek; ever
said it was the very worst case of swindling that heard
. , offence, he sentenced Reynolds to four year e.pt Id
servi- tide, P. J. Goulding to b ' d - one,-c
a imprisoned -1- Ina,
hard labour feighteen
or calendar months • Ellen v" lend
, ole
~o
months, and 'William Gould• mg to he imprisoned
to hard labonr for two calendar months.
-ke p t e ~, hard
iG(l)l'Pfnn:lo::'rtil hsdts:hi.. nne:(bee gsirent,g"l:ipel:'ll-,1
vc,.
4e rests,e3(.l9o'.if

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- llon. John Wilson Croker is suffers Paris
severe indisposition at his apartments, Kensington bar
"
. PAUPER CHAINING.-The Rochdale guardianst. Of;
rep, ,reed to the Poor Law 'Bow d for dismissal. PetegStt I'o
kins, master of the Marland 'Workhouse, becawc, Pose hd
is too rash and hasly in his temper ;` second, bec°lo b,„' ;
neglected to inform the visiting committee that ,bol"
resorted to the restraining of Mary Bentley critb 3„:ert°
and third,because Mary Bentley was reported a
lunatic without the knowledge of the guardians. OP
-Tuts SULTAN'S SUBJECTION TO A5lBAli,
INFLGENCE.—The Paella of BeYrout, nanie 1,0 tro
•Pacha, has been recalled to Constantinople, and 1%30 it'',
morrow. It seems he is to he tuna' out of ofl6c`dorgm
-requisition of one or other of the Frank arabai'°,ooo4.s
the Porte. In some quarrel which took place'ipfelis °;fa
bltw,en the, Maronites and "orthodox" 1%),Io
village in Lebanon, he decilod that the former---;,lath
protected by
,France—were in the right, and tbe
y
tlf‘—voalrlslogubPne,:le:toetlernliefe oduby a':inti,?.byxtoebill:sguoir:iosid:eo—nntieihnneogyrtliotoemth'iepgwreho:ttof:tgdhoeinatiroir:'tti,'h6sisso4d::ric-
childi4h quarrels. By all the. Christian Aral's, igioaleirc
who `belong to the churches in communion
such as the Maronites, the Greek Catholics, th'',%s
Armenians, and the Roman Catholics, LatiOSt: 3150 -.re!
e,
are called--Watnek Pacha is well liked, as be ;la (P1,.°„5
pearly all the English, here. For a Turk, be'', 00'5
ruler and a fair man. :His hands—like those of al,; rev'
—are tied and powerless for any change tawariudsdea bG
and, like all his brethren, he is always consul r grec,
one or other of the local represeivaives of ,11,ter, I,
powers ; but with all that, "for aue we'll g t '„e; Pc"„
ten we'll get waur" (as the Scotch song 840'
of Beyrout.—Beyrout Letter. COr. 3
.
Par's
30 so
SPIRIT RAPPING AT THE TUILERIES.—The
pondent-of the Brussels independence writes :--`,:,ilekloolhe'e
upon authority that- the sadden departure. of L'itirani
the spirit rapper, was in obedience to an orderA that
het
Emperor. The Empress was so much aff,c:e_udiolicti
august consort dreaded the continuance of the d tht
scenes. The ladies of honour were not less exec,'but then
their sovereign. They could speak of nothiaceolatioi
reeonbeable conjuror. The Emperor made a wise rev
in'the household, and the po.ir devil, who, thotig 5 re',,/
:the part of a personage with £40,000 a year, `4a A le.
penniless, has left for the country of the raPPniao, eu
days ago the Emperor met the learned phis of
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-- CHARGES AGAINST MR TURNER.

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Ippeof the following correspondence has already
eared in some of our cotemporaries, but has
% hitherto been published in the NORTHERN
,Erse We now print the entire for the purpose
kallersenting the whole of the facts before our
s
Si Dingle Head, Liverpool, 28th March, 1857.
Jetteri with reference to what passed on the hustings
I,hatr; )ester
I have to request that you will state distinctly
tbeetaputation you make upon me.—l am your moat
Toient servant, CHARLES TURNER.
jattles Aikin, Esq.

Sir Liverpool, 30th March, 1857.
karke'd In reply to your note, dated Saturday, post-
and this moment received, I have only to
8 pig I stated on the hustings, that from all that
Nrs 'ea with respect to your house having, for many
phi., entered for town dues bales as trusses, thereby,
opiii7 less than the proper amount, rendered you, in my
tii)re°ll) ineligible and undesirable to be chosen, as a
Ne'etni,tative of Liverpool, to defend those dues ; and that,.
ttpeert-ue circumstances of what has taken place, and is
tho4cl to take place, in parliament respecting them, I
be ,ta More unfortunate selection of a candidate, at
qecii-e„"rae, could not have been made.—l am, eir, your
Te servant, J. AIICIN.
Charles Turner, Esq.

Liverpool, 31st March, 1857.
si ?he `mhave received your note of yesterday's date.
04-,:i'lziaions, first of
.the committee of merchants. pre-
; / Mr. William Brown, and, secondly,_ of the
" the town council, in the year 1843, are quite
f 'lent
h'ereq„ ,t° exonerate my house from all blame with
'ttopin;s" '0 their entries for town dues. But What I
t)t4i3-0 of is the observations which you made, with respect
klt„i,subject, on the hustings and elsewhere, which con-
to those that heard you, a serious imputation upon
state r!ional honour; and I must request that you will
4441stinctiv whether or not you meant to do so. With
tift,juts toy fitness. or otherwise, to represent the borough
Ntel`Nol in parliament, you are, of course, at liberty to
4tilbi any opinion that you choose.—l am, your obedient,
o; servant, CHARLES TURNER.
41nes A.is:in, Esq.
Steel. William Earle, George Holt, and William Rath.
~1407 e seen a note addressed by Mr. Turner to Mr.
`444, Aikiu has in consequence addressed a note to
ltop:f which they beg leave to furnish Mr. Turner with
tilipi"; The note was received yesterday, but in oolitic-
tllkeil of the county election, and meeting of the town
245, Could not he sent to Mr. Turner until this morning.
April, 1857.

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bel Liverpool, 31st March. 1857.
:11,clos:?irs)--.The object of Mr. Turner's note, which I
',Nils evidently intended to obtain from me a disavowal
If fettling I did not say.
;h a
I his 4,4 said anything that conveyed a serious imputation
,7118 -„bersonal honour, such as to justify the use, the
'hse,",`,slteh dreadful words as false and falsehood, he ought
If i;," to state distinctly what they were.
"its Dje4annot, he is bound as a man of honour to say that
AAtejthe epithets at a moment of great excitement,
nr,tss regret. Until he does this I can hold no further
ieltto-`rse with him, beyond showing that I am ready and
%%a demand ffurd him every facility in the investigation he
edl am, dear sirs, yours very truly,
To It. (Signed) S. AMIN.
Rathbone, Wm Earle, and Geo. Holt, Esqrs.

, Get," Dingle Head, Liverpool, April 2, 1857.
()te of 4°,111511,-1 beg to acknowledge the receipt of your
'totti iuis day, enclosing a copy of a note received by you
1 N' t'r• James Aikin.
4(16-Pet that Mr. Aikin has not thought proper to give
, 1 Piet reply to my note of the 31st ult.
gad not seek to obtain from him " a disavowal of something
ilten,,`` not say •'" the whole tenor of Mr. Aikin's remarks was
'4l or at least was calculated, to convey an imputation
kari
' 3 honour, Personal and I defy any one to read those re..
) without arriving at this conclusion.
ktkt,t,herefore, requested Mr. Aikin to inform me whether he
11,, a; such an imputation on my honour or not. My note of
the',Bt ult. could not be misunderstood, and I had a right to
The a clear and distinct reply to my question.
Jlaote, a copy of which you enclosed, I cannot but
ti '' an evasion of my question.—l remain, gentlemen,
'l'‘edient servant,
CHARLES TURNER.
- ~YO3. Earle, George Holt, W. Rathbone, Esquires.
4
Pe 14-r• Aikin has declined to send any satisfactory reply, I
kwap;er'st:tua.tive but to send the corre.pondenco to the
BOG •
3 B,YONDENCE BETWEEN MR. CHARLES
4-.`"ER AND MR. THOS. BROCKLEBANK.

sir Liverpool, Ist April, 1857.
am requested to transmit to 3ou the accompany-
keti's°lutions, passed this day at a meeting of Mr. wart'®
011 committee.—l am, sir, your obedient servaE nt,
Charles Thomls BROCKLEBANK, Chairman.
Turner, Esq. _ _

At a Ist April, 1857.
•tiloll,:plecting of Mr. Ewart's election committee, it was
Libe
66
Nalas a general statement having been made that the
aase' Party have brought false charges against Messrs.
qt ` Turner, and Co., on the subject of the town dues,
tkthe eetioneering purposes, and Mr. Turner having stated
Ihtte hustings that he wished for a full investigation into
charges, this committee is quite willing to co-operate
tare't Turner in such an investigation of the matter,
4 tare'
impartial and competent tribunal."
'Nth ;Eolved,—That a copy of the above rilsolution be
"With communicated to Mr. Charles Turner ."

%1. Dingle Head, Livern.'ool, 2nd April, 1857.
have to acknowledge the receipt of your note,
tikes. Yesterday, with a cP;py of resolutions passed " at a
140,ing of Mr. Ewart"s election committee," with reference
kill
„flea b roug-_,c at t'he late election against Messrs.
and Co., on the subject of town dues, and
co-operate with Mr. Turner in an investigation
if• '
matter."
iLe charges have all reference to matters which occurred
Jere Prior to the year 1843, in which year these charges
N'°tigittally made, and they were then investigated by
b,"oltnittecs.
tot"e first committee, consisting of merchants, was
trised as follows, viz. :—Mr. William Brown, chairman
tha, American Association, chairman ; Mr. R. 'Duckworth,
14ai,',„41:1 of the East India Association; Mr. C. S. Parker,
:,4itit'„,ati of the West India Association ; Mr. T. B. H9rsfall,
~7411 of the African Association ; Mr.W.Todd Naylor,
`qt p•
ir'rhan of the Brazilian Association ; Mr. J. Myers,
1V,,,arl of the Brokers' Association ; Messrs. W. Potter,
tai• ls Y, Robert Dudgeon, Edward Moon, W. J. Bushby,
Smith (Isaack Low and Co.), F. Foster, James
,60?0, Samuel Johnson, Edward Hunt, and Josias Booker,
• came unanimously to the decision—" That after the
t
tenseaseful and minute examination into the charge pre.
!Alp' against Messrs. Sands, Turner, and Co., in the letter
,;itleEletlB:4 to the Mayor, by Mr. Corrie, receiver of town
tiVtesolved, That in the opinion of this meeting, there
attt,the slightest ground to justify the impu,ta,,tion which
en'tit;', fled to be cast upon these gentlemen.
iLitle.)ltcond committee, consisting of members of the town
niWas composed as follows :—Sir Thomas Brancker,
otticisShand, Mr. James Aikin, Mr. John A. Tinne,
)4 '0 r, Buck Lloyd, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. R.
Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, and Mr. Christopher
I)Pit• tio-'' This committee unanimously reported their
4tt 4;4, that Messrs. Sands and Co. proceeded erroneously,
°lily 'l7 did so without any dishonourable intention. ( rhe
~41%titilecaber of the committee who was absent on the
4Fl:'''°4 of this report was Mr. Robertson Gladstone.)
BetePort was unanimously adopted by the council.
T. ,two committees, sitting at the time, having thus
"4hee,,:ted my house, after full investigation of the circum-
"t th:',l there can be no doubt that these charges, revived
late election by members of the Liberal party, who
ttC aware of the separate decisions of two distinct commit-
ref• ri"iere brought forward for electioneering purposes to
14;44 'me lam satisfied with the reports of those
`Xp —ttees and it is incorrect to say that I " have
j:t wish" to reinvestigate the charges then
0, which indeed could not now be done satisfac.
'orri alter a lapse of fourteeen years, and the death of Mr.
the receiver of the town dues.
11416 Nerstood Mr. Aikin on the hustings to make insinua-
8a b,lnPuting to me conduct derogatory to my character
;4ted-Tchant and my honour as a gen leman ; and I then
"511 o'LUEtt I
would meet him, with reference to any allege-
-41)1)o' the kind, before any tribunal the Mayor might
1,14'
—individually are prepared to make any allegation
,7foretind against me, I shall be quite ready to meet you
u'rr „,‘ he same tribunal, but I must decline all further
'tdence with you in your capacity as chairman of
"114- arc's election committee, a body of gentlemen of
ebTlani-,- •I Sir, your
eitie es even am quite ignorant,— am,
To n
ri_erViibt, CHARLES TURNER.
Zuonlas Brocklebank, Esq., Chairman of
as
Brocklebank,
Election Committee.
ke To THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
IioitSSES. William Rathbone, William Earle, and George
Pahl., in sending the remainder of this correspondence for
‘4l.l„,lealicm, conclude their mediation by saying, that the
tiNi Point to which they have directed their attention,
°4 Which they have been the medium of communi-

cation between Mr. Aikin and Mr. Turner, has been to
obtain from Mr. Turner the withdrawal of the word
"false,"applied by him to Mr. Aikin's statement made
on the hustings, that the committee of merchants had
not before them the evidence that was laid before the com-
mittee of the Town Council. [*See extract at foot from
report in the Mail.] Messrs. Rathbone, Earle, and Holt
can only regret that their well meant office has not been
successful. It is clear to them, however, that Mr. Aikin's
statement is correct.

Liverpool, 3rd April, 1857.

.
Messrs. Wm. Earle, Geo. Holt, and Wmßathbone,
bFg leave to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Turner's note,
which leaves the matter where it was before. Mr. Turner
does not withdraw the term false or falsehood, or when in
a position to ask an explanation, to enable Mr. Aikin to
ascertain to what Specific point Mr. Turner objects, " as
calculated to convey an imputation upon his personal
honour." In the opinion of Messrs. Earle, Rathbone, and
Holt, Mr. Aikiu's note to Mr. Turner of the 30th ultimo
contained the grounds upon which Mr. Aikin I,rmed the
opinion expressed-on the hustings. which has given rise to
the correspondence published in the Mail of this day.
The public at large will now be able to draw their own
congl':4sions as to the merits of the discussion.

Messrs. W. Rehbona, G. Hoyt, and W. E tee, have
received a note from Mr. Aikin, of which they enclose a
copy to Mr. Turner.
Liverpool, April 4, 1857.

Liverpool, 4th April, 1837.
Dear Sirs,—lt appears by Mr. 'Turn is note to you of
the 2nd, that he has declined to act up to your opinion
and request, by withdrawing the epithet he applied to
we on the hustings ; and, being unab!e to point out any
observation that fell from me to justify the use of such
an epithet, he is now obliged to say that it was the whole
tenor of my remarks that conveyed an imputation on his
personal honour.
As es!eerned friends, who have kindly consented to act
for me in this affair, I must, however, again call your
attention to the specific point, td which Slr. Turner
applied the epithet—it was, to my observation, that the
committee of merchants, to whom he was alluding, could
not have had the same evidence before them which came
before the council committee, to that he applied the
words "it is false."

Now, it can easily be ascertained Whether my observa-
tions or his assertions be correct—or, in other words, to
whom the term falsehood applied.
Ido trust and hope, you will call on Mr. Turner to
name any fiend or friends to meet any you may name
on my behalf ; or,that the mayor be req tested to appoint
a proper tribunal to investigate and decide.
I am aware of the objection the Mayor and other of
your brother magistrates may have to be occupied so
thanklessly ; but, as the Mayor would, no doubt, have
required Mr. Turner to withdraw the words, if he had
heard them, in the midst of the tumult on the hustings,
I feel that I have some claim on his kind interference
now ; and, I cannot but hope, that some of the magis-
trates will not obj..ct to undertake the enquiry.—l am,
dear sir, yours truly, (signed), .lAs. Ant m.
To William Rathbone, William Earle, George bolt, Esqrs•

Dingle House, April 6, 1857.
Gentlemen,—l received, on the 3rd inst., a note from
you, without a date, which does not appear to call for
any reply, and which, concluding as it does with the
remark, "That the public will now be able to draw their
own conclusions as to the merits of the discussion," I
presumed had terminated our correspondence. It was,
therefore, with some surprise that, on the evening of
Saturday the 4th inst., I received a communication from
you, with a copy of a note to you from Mr. Aikin, both of
the same date.

Mr. Aikin states, " I must, however, again call your
attention to the specific point to which Mr. Turner ap-
plied the epithet. It was to my observation that the
committee of merchants to whom he was alluding could
not have had the same evidence before them which came
before the council committee, to that he applied the
words "it is false." This is not the question at issue.
In consequEnce of the attacks made upon me in the
papers, I annealed to the decisions of the committee of
council and the committee of merchants, both of them
exculpating my firm, in the clearest manner, from any—
thing dishonourable. Mr. Aikin, a member of the com-
mittee of council, immediately after, at the Park Theatre,
made an attack upon me, and urged that the opinions or
these two committees were valueless, and were tot to be
held as exculpating my firm. If he did not mean this,
what led him to question their decisions? And, on the
hustings, ho stated that the committee of merchants had
come to their decision without evidence ;--his object thus
being to destroy the effect of their decision. To this I
applied the term "It is false ;" for, to use the words of
their report, they came to this decision " after the most
minute and careful examination."

I never said, and never pretended that they had the same
evidence as the committee of the council ; but I maintained
that they and the committee of council, after the most careful
examination, entirely acquitted my firm of anything dishonour-
able, and therefore, the course taken by Mr. Aikin was an
attempt to affix dishonour upon me, and I requested him to
state distinctly whether, by his remarks at the hustings and
elsewhere, he did, or did not mean to convey any imputation
upon my personal honour, and to that question he has evaded
giving any reply, and as he bas not replied to that question, I
must decline all further correspondence.—l am, gentlemen,
your obedient servant,
(Signed) CHARLES TURNER.
To Wm. Earle, George Huh, and W. Itathbone, &qrs.