Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-08 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, APRIL 8 1859

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LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—YESTERDAY.
BEFORE MIL MANSFIELD.
PLAY-ACTORS AND PLAY-ACTING.—TIVO young fellows,
named William Charters and William Weare, were charged
by an officer with throwing stones, in Lime-street, to the
danger of the public and to the eminent danger of the
windows in the horses of the same street. Mr.
Mansfield : What time was it ? Two o'clock in
the morning. • One of the bridewell—keepers said
that a gentleman came to the station and complained that
he got his head cut by the blow of a stone. Mr. Mansfield:
What are these young men ? One of them said they were
play-aeters. A policeman said they were actors in a concert-
room. Mr. Mansfield said they should not be acting in the
streets this way. They are fined 5s each, or three days'
imprisonment. Not having wherewithall, they were
quoia, and perhaps they will dream of " Christopher Sly,"
the drunken tinker, during their 72 hours peep at Walton.
MORE LIFE cis HOTRA3I-STREET. Mary Crowd, a
regular Falstaff in petticoats, and with a head of hair as
red as a blast from Mount Etna, was charged by Maggy
Brown, described as the keeper of a " top-house," at 58,
Ilotham-street, with having stolen a watch and chain, value
£l6. The complainant, who was a sort of juvenile Mrs.
Quickly, with "unholy blue eyes," and hair like a raven's
wing, said, at three o'clock on Wednesday, she was engaged
in her parlour, with a gentleman, when the prisoner called
on business, and as she could not then speak to her, she
showed her into her bedroom, where her watch and chain
were on the dressing table. Mr. Mansfield : What is the
prisoner ? 'Witness : She goes about selling glasses,
and decanters, and the like. Mr. Mansfield.: Do you know
her ? Witness : Oh, Yes, many years, and always thought
she was a respectablehonest woman. Mr. Mansfield : Well,
tell what happened. Maggy Brown : When she called, I
was engaged in the parlour with a " gentleman,"
and as I wanted to speak with her, I showed
her into my bedroom, and in order that she might
not idle her.time away, I handed her a newspaper to rend
the account of Kate Mandeville and Carry Swift, or "Life
in Hotham-street." She went away before I saw her, and
after she had gone I missed the watch and chain. Mr. Mans-
field : Was there any one else in the room during the time ?
Yes, there was a gentleman went into the room after she
had eft. Mr. Mansfield : How do you know he did not
take the watch and chain ? Oh, I know him, and would
not suspect him of such a thing ; he is too respectable in
position to steal a watch and chain. Mr. Mansfield : How
long do you know him? About 18 months. The officer
who had the prisoner in custody. said the "gentleman"
called at the Police-office and gave information.of the loss,
got bills printed, and offered a for the recovery of the
watch and chain. Miss Maggy Brown said she gave fifteen
sovereigns for the chain alone. Mr. Manifield : Did the
gentleman who was in the parlour with you give you the
watch ? Oh, not at all, sir. Was there any one else in the
house ? Yes, another gentleman, but he was not in the
bedroom. Have you a servant? Yes, but she would not
take it. How do you know that ? Oh, because she is with me
a long time, and has had a great deal of money entrusted to
her by me, to pay accounts and do other things, and I
always found her honest. And you always found the pri-
soner honest, did you ? Yes, very honest, until this time.
Mr. Mansfield : But really, after all, how do you know the
"gentleman" or your servant did not take the watch and
chain, as they might have been in the bed-room ? You
admit the gentleman was there ? I do; but I think he
would not take it. Mr. Mansfield : " Gentlemen" do
strange things, now and then ; is lie a friend of yours ? Oh !
yes sir, a particular friend for eighteen months ;
he is first class." Mr. Mansfield : Very likely ;
was there any one else in the house ? Oh, yes sir, a young
lady, but she's here. She will swear she did not take it.
And there was a second gentleman in the house, was there ?
Oh, yes, sir ; but he did not go into the bed room. The
prisoner, in reply to the charge, made a very able speech,
the amount of which was, that when she went to the house
to see Miss Maggy Brown, the latter showed her into the
bed room for an instant, and then handed her a newspaper
with a report of Kate Mandeville's celebrated case
in it, and asked her to go into the ' kitchen and
read it for the girls, whilst she (Miss Brown) would
remain in the :parlour with the gentleman, transacting some
matters of business. She (the prisoner) read for the girls
the report, and they had a great deal of fan over in, when
" Maggy " called out " Mary," and she went up to her.
Says she, (Miss Brown) have you any money? as one of
these gentlemen will have another bottle of champaigne,
and I have not money enough to get it. I told her I had
only sixpence. One of the gentleman then went into the
bed-room, and whilst "Maggy " and the other were looking
out of the parlour window at some " tumblers" in the street,
the gentleman left the bed-room hastily and went out of the
hall door. I went away then ; and after the watch and
chain were missed, Miss Brown sent to his silver shop
in —street, to know if he had taken the watch
and chain in joke. " Maggy" admitted these facts, and
persisted in saying the " gentleman" did not take the
watch and chain. Mr. gitnsfield said the prisoner was not
known to the police, and, according to the story of the.
complainant, other ersons had been into the bed-room, and
liau also access to if. He was sure that no jury could, by
any means, convict the prisoner on such evidence. The
prosecutrix might have strong suspicion that the prisoner
stole the articles, but that was all. He discharged the
prisoner. [This is the last chapter of "Life in Hotham-
street."]

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.
LIVERPOOL, Thursday Evening.
The demand for Cotton to-day, in the Liverpool
Market was moderate, and the sales amounted to
7,000 bales, at former prices, only about 500 being
taken for speculation and export.
The Liverpool Share Market has again been quiet,
and with limited transactions prices have been barely
maintained. The transactions were :-Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire, 63 ; Great Western, 581,
581 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 941 ; London and
North Western, 941, 941; Do. one-eighth shares,
15-16 d ; Midland; 1011, 1011, 101 ; Buffalo
and Lake Huron, 61. There were some
transactions after official hours in Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire at 941 ; London and North
Westerns at 941, 941 ; and Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire at 381. The final closing quotations
were-Blackburn, 11/, 111 ; Chester and Birkenhead,
63, 631; Caledonian, 811, xd 811 ; Eastern Coun-
ties, 111, 12 ; East Lancashire, 92, 921;
Great Northern, 103, 104 •, Do. A, 88, 89 ;
Great Western, 581, 581 ; Lancashire and York-
shire Stock, 94, 941 ; London and North Western
Stock, 941, 941; Do. one-eighth shares, 1, 15-16
d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 381,
381; Midland Stock, 101, 101/ ; North British,
571, xd 58 ; North- Staffordshire,. 3 15-16, 3 13-16 d ;
North Eastern-Berwick, 911, '92 • York and North
Midland, 751, 76 ; Leeds
,Capital Stock, 46, 461 ;
South Eastern and Dover, 21 21 1-16 ;- Dutch
Rhenish, 44, 41 d ; Great Western of Canada,
15.:4'-, 161 ; Do. New Shares, 4;-;-, 41 d ; Great
Luxembourg, 6 15-16, 7 1-16 ; Grand Trunk of
Canada, 8 13-16, 8 15-16 ; Lombardo-Venetian,
11 11 p ; Ditto New Shares, 1, p.
?Messrs. George F. Martin and Co. have issued
their usual monthly circular, reporting the condition
of the Hyde Market, from which we quote :
The arrivals this month from the River Plate include the
Mary Garland, Carioca, Advance, and Tamarac, from Buenos
Ayres, bringing 8,342 salted ox and cow, 7,956 salted and
778 dry horse hides. The arrivals of hides from other
quarters are small, viz. : 8,768 salted ox and cow, from
Melbourne; 2,230 dry salted from the Brazil, 425 salted,
from Newfoundland, and about 24,000 East India kips.
The market for salted River Plate hides during the
month has been steady. and for the best qua-
lities a slight advance has been obtained for 'Monte
Video's, (which chiefly comprise our stock), there is
but little demand. The sales amount to 10,850 hides, in-
cluding a parcel forwarded ; the following are the transac-
tions :- Buenos Ayres, heavy ox, average 59 to 601b5., at
71c1 to 71d per lb, tare 51bs ; light ox, average 48 to 4811bs,
at 71d per ib, .tare 4lbs ; cows, average 461bs, at 7d, tare
4lbs ; heated ox, average 55 to 581bs, at 7d per lb, tare
.slbs bulls, average 91.4-lbs, at 61d, tare 71bs. M. V.
heavy ox, average 60 to 6811bs, at .61d to 61d per lb, tare
51bs ; light ox, average 5011bs, at 6:0 per lb, tare 41bs ;
extra heavy, average 8811bs, at 6d, tare 71bs ; common
heavy ox, average 78tlbs, at 51-d per lb, tare 61bs, ditto
cows, average 48albs, at 51d per lb, tare 41bs. Stock
11,145 hides.
The London Stock Market continues without any
striking feature, and the amount of business done
to-day in the public securities has been small. Consols
opened at about the same point as at the close
yesterday, and continued steady until the afternoon
when they became a little weaker, and finally closed
at 951, 951 for Money, and 951 to 951 for the
Account. Three per cents. closed at 941 to 941 ;
Bank stock at 223 to 225, and Exchequer Bills
32 to 35 premium.
The London Market for Railway Stocks was steady
all day, and towards the close was rather firmer,
and prices stronger. The final closincr°• prices were :-
Ambergate, 6, 61; Caledonian, 81, 81 ; Do.
pref., 100, 102 ; Eastern Counties, 59, 60 ;
East Lancashire, 92, 93 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow,
721, 73 • Great Northern, 1011, 1021 ; Ditto 85,
87 ; Ditto 8., 132, 133 ; Great Western,
581, 581 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 931, 941 ;
Brighton, 112, 113 ; North-Western, 941, 941 ;
South-Western, 92, 921 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, 38, 39 ; Midland 1001, 1011 ; North
British, 571, 581; Do. pref., 109, 110; North-Eastern
Berwick, 911, 921 ; Leeds, 461, 47 ; York, 751, 76+ ;
North Stafford, 41, 3q ; South Eastern, 70, 701.;
Turkish Sixes, 92+, 93 ; Do. Fours, 1021, 1031 ;
Great Western of Canada, 151, 161 ; Ditto New,
41, 42 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 8 13-16, 8 15-16.
The Corn averages for the week, published this
afternoon, give the following results : -Wheat,
weekly 40s Bd, aggregate 40s 4d ; Barley, weekly
no. iod, aggLegule 01S ia ; oats, weekly 23s 4d,
aggregate 23s ld ; Rye, weekly 32s 2d, aggregate
32s 4d ; Beans, weekly 40s 4d, aggregate 41s 4d ;
Peas, weekly 38s 2d, aggregate 40s. Wheat sold
last week, 109,583 qrs.
The steamers City of Washington, from New
York, and the North Briton, from Portland, have
both arrived here to-day, bringing three days later
news from America. The City of Washington also
brought 189,486 dollars in specie. Her commercial
accounts report that, on the 25th, the New York
Stock Market remained without change, the de-
pression in the price of stocks still continuing. The
quotations for Bank Bills on London were 1091 to
1091, with only a limited business doing.
The African mail steamer Athenian arrived here
to-day with £10,484 in gold dust, and a general
cargo. An abstract of the news will be found else-
where.
In the Discount Market yesterday considerable
activity prevailed, but good bills were readily taken
at the Bank nzininzzpn. The applications at the
Bank were rather numerous. The dividends will
be payable to-morrow, and the bulk of the loans
made during the shutting of. the transfer-books fall
repayable on the 12th and 13th.
A telegram from St. Petersburg notifies the issue
of an Imperial decree, authorising an issue of Four
per Cent. Bonds, to an amount not defined. It is
believed that by this operation is contemplated
the funding into a Four per Cent. debt of the
deposits lodged in the Banks, at 3 per cent.
interest, and long ago employed by the Govern-
ment in various ways, including loans on security
of estates, &c. It is presumed that the
conversion will be a voluntary one, and that the in-
crease of 1 per cent. interest indicates the inducement
held out. The object is of course to strengthen the
general financial position of the state, and thin to
pave the way to a restoration of the Russian cur-
rency. At home a funding is announced, in con-
junction with a foreign loan.
A further parcel of 48,0001 in gold; making a
total of 300,0001 since the date of the last return,
,was yesterday withdrawn from the Bank for ex-
portation.
The government will send about 350,0001 in silver
to Bombay, by the steamer of the 12th instant. The
purchases on private account for this vessel have
not been very extensive, but fresh orders are ex-
pected during the next few days. The Bombay
exchange is rather less unfavourable.
The financial advices from Bombay prove less
unfavourable than was argued from• the tenor of the
telegrams. Government securities, though still
heavy, were not quoted lower than by the previous
mail.
Consols closed 1-16 to l-, per cent. better than yesterday.
The hopes inspired by the proposal of a Congress are daily
waning, but the Funds derive much support from the
investments usual at the dividend period. Business
throughout the Stock Exchange continues languid, the I
issues of the Indian loan being awaited. In the Discount
Market to-day considerable activity prevailed, but good
bills were readily taken at the Bank minimum. The
applications at the Bank were rather numerous. The
financial advices from Bombay prove less unfavourable than
was anticipated from the tenor of the telegrams.-Daily
News City Article, Wednesday Evening.
The English Funds opened this morning without change,
but a recovery of 1 occurred almost immediately, and the
market remained steady to the close. The withdrawals of
gold from the Bank, to pay silver, continue, £48,000 in
bars having been taken to-day.-Times City Article,
Wednesday Evening.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.-The London and North-
Western shew this week an increase of £5,247; the Great
Northern, an increase of £6O ; the Great Western, a
decrease of £B6B ; the London and South-Western, a decrease
of £Bl4.