Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-13 00:00:00

HORSE TAMING.

Mr. Leon Starr appeared yesterday, according to an-
nouncernent, in Hengler's Circus, Dale-street, to give
a second exposition of his method., of training and
educating the horse. The audience was considerably
larger than en the 'former occasion, and there was a
very general expression of satisfaction with •Mr. Starr's
success. The first 'exposition on ThUrsday last was of
a preliminary character, and solely confined to exhibit-
ing the modus operandi adopted by this gentleman.
That of. yesterday was 'a proof of the soundness of his
principles and their efficacy when carried out with tact
and judgment. The bay mare, which last week
showed a temper so bad and vicious, that one
might be pardoned for considering her incorrigible, was
first led into the ring. An entire change, however, had
taken place, both in her aspect and demeanour. She
appeared as quiet and' gentleas a lamb, and allowed Mr.
Starr to handle her most freely in every part of the
body, without so much as stirring a fobt or pricking an
car. The colt-which was placed in Mr. Starr's hands
last week, being -then haltered for the first time, next
made its appearance. It appeared quite at home in harness.
When yoked in a light tWowheeled machine, so far from.
.
exhibiting any of. those signs of terror usual with young
horses when placed in a vehicle for the first two or three
times; remained as peaceable as if it had been accustomed
to- be yoked-daily for years.' Mr. Starr drove it several
times roand the ring, at a smart trot. The ease and
freedom with which it answered to the bit, consider-
ing that it has only been under training one week,
and been only three times in a vehicle, was truly
wonderful, and elicited expressions of great admiration
from the audience. - Other two horses were afterwards
introduced, both guilty of the vice of biting. One of them
was a stallion, jet black, and a fine looking powerful
animal, having an iron plate with holes drilled in it over
his mouth, as guard against uncomfortable consequences
from his propensity. Mr. Starr threw him on his side
in the usual manner, after a short straggle. He then
placed his knee upon his neck, and divested him of the
bridle and iron plate. After rubbing him about the
head and nose for a short time, he placed his hand in
the animal's mouth with impunity. He then allowed
him to rise, and led him round the ring entirely subdued.
So for as a week is a test of the efficacy of Mr. Starr's
method, the most sceptically inclined who witnessed it
cannot but admit that his exposition yesterday was
throughout a most complete success.

THROWING A SsownALL.--At the petty sessions at
Newmarket,
_on Tuesday last, a lad named Tweed, of
Cheveley, was charged with having'thrown a snowball
and struck a young woman, named Elizabeth Bailey,
upon the face. At the time the offence was committed,
the lad'i father gave the complainant's father permission
to flog him ; but the mother objected to the punishment,
and hinted that she should proceed against Mr. Bailey
if he flogged her boy ; consequently the case was decided
by the magistrates, who fined the lad 2s. 6d. with 16s.
costs, or 21 days' imprisonment. He was locked up till
'night, when., to save him from the disgrace of a prison,
a tradesnian of the village paid the money, which the
parents agreed to repay by instalments. We under-
stand that the money has been made up by subscrip-
tions.=-Bury and Norwich Post.
THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.—On Tuesday night a nume-
rously attended meeting was held At the Broadmead
Rooms, Bristol, to hear from Messrs. Potter and Brown,
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strike, and he defended the necessity of the existence of
no regard for the men; but, when they saw the winter'
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succumbed, and the winter was fast leaving them. The
trades' would-rise amain, and the document, he hoped,
would fall. He hoped the working men of the country
would not let the building operatives go to work until
the declaration was fully withdrawn. Were it withdrawn
the rades would immediately resume work." Mr,
-Trollope moved the following resolution :—" That this
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the spirit of the age, and antagonistic to the freedom of
action that should pervade society." This resolution was
unanimeusly adopted, as also was another, pledging the
meeting to give pecuniary assistance,

LIVERPOOL : POLIQE`COIiRT,--YEsTuqm.,Vl

(Before Messrs. C.terzu.A.rst and LLOYD.)
OBTAINING MONEY ON FALSE? PRETENCES.--James
`Nichols, shipping agent, Bath-street, George D. Walker
and Charles Hunter, two American seamen, were brought
up on the charge of conspiring, to obtain money by false
pretences. Mr. Cobb appeared for the- prosecutrix, Mrs.
Lowden, sailors' boarding-house keeper, Saltney-street ;
and Mr. Bluck appeared on behalf. of Mr. Nichols. Mr.
Cobb,'in his opening statement, Said that the prosecutrix
charged Mr. James Nichols with obtaining money from
. her on false pretences. It would appear that, on the
27th of Dec. last, the clerk of the prisoner Nichols went
to the house of Mrs. LowdorVand said he wished a number
of men to go in the ship Marianne. He showed her the
articles, stating she would take 30 men before the mast,
and was going ona Blaekbirding expedition, that is, she
was to be employed in the slave trade. The clerk on
this very day produced two advance notes of £5 which
was paid to two seamen named Charles Fisher and
Robert Sadler. There is always a commission due to
those who ship sailors, and on this occasion 11s. was
paid to the clerk, who told ,her to be sure to have the
men ready on the following Friday. He then gave her
thfee other advance notes, on which he also received 'a
commission. Friday came, and the prosecutrix became
anxious to have the men put on-board. She looked at
, the Telegraph for the purpose of getting some informa-
tion -respecting the vessel. The only vessel named
Marianne was a small ship lying in the Sandon
Dock for sale. She at once proceeded to Mr.
Nichols' office, and told -him he had .humbugged her.
" Why," said he, " I have been humbugged myself."
Mr: Nichols, however, subsequently told her, he had
been to the ofice of Mr. Watson, the ship broker, where
he had seen the papers of the ship, and that Captain
Walker had paid £lOO on account Mr. Cobb then
called upon Mrs. Lowden, who stated that she kept a
sailors' boarding-house in No. 11 Court, Saltney-street.
Her evidence throughout corroborated Mr. Cobb's state-
ment. She had paid altogether for commission £2 45.,
and had lost £29. - Mr. Nichols' clerk told her that it
was another ship going out, and the ship's-articles of
the Marianne would be used in the other ship. William
Jones, outfitter, Bath, who prosecuted Walker and
Hunter, was then placed in the box. He stated
that he had first seen the prisoner Walker on the
26th. of December in Clare's public-house, and took
him for an American captain. They entered into con-
versation. He asked the prisoner if he was not going to
do anything in his line. He replied that he had two or
three men to whom he would give an order, and directed
them to call upon him. He cautioned him not to give
the clothes to the men, but to send them to Mr. Nichols'
office; he might, however, give them half the order in
money. Next day the prisoner Hunter called, and re-
presented himself to be the mate of Captain Walker of
the Marianne. He received 30s. on account of the
order, and was to call in the evening for the
remainder. Mr. Jones put him off from time to
time, having been cautioned by Mr. Nichols, who
suspected there was something wrong. Having found
that there was no cargo being taken into the ship, he
gave Walker and Hunter into custody.—Mr. Cobb
stated that he was not prepared to go into the whole
case at present, and asked the magistrates for a remand.
The prisoner's were accordingly remanded. Mr.
Nichols was, however, admitted to bail on his own re-
cognisances.
CHARGE OF STEALING COTTON.—Anthony Murphy,
James Johnson, and William Atkinson, were charged
by Police-officer 687 with having- about two hundred
weight of cotton in a cart, which they were conveying
from the west side of Brunswick Dock. The prisoner
Johnson stated that they had bought it from Atkin-
son. It appeared that the ship Amity, laden
with cotton, and consigned to Messrs. S. R. Graves
and Co. was discharging in Brunswick Dock, and Atkin-
son was weight-taker. Messrs. Guion and Co. were
master porters. Several witnesses were examined, who
deposed that the prisoner Atkinson had no authority
whatever to give away this cotton, but there was no
proof that the cotton had been taken from this ship.
The prisoners were remanded till to-day,.
CHARGE OF Ansos.—George Williams, a lad about
15 years of age, was brought up on the charge of set-
ting fire to a stable in Back Mersey-street, Bootle. Mr.
C. Aspinall appeared on behalf of tho prosecution.
The stable in question was sub-let by the' prosecu-
tor, Mr. Hereford, to Mr. Meadows, in whose
service the prisoner was. It appeared that on Wednes-
morning, about 7 o'clock, a man, named James Town-
send, was attracted to the stable by a glare of light ; he
went to the door-and-called out. - The prisoner, whom
he knew by his voice, said from the inside, "Oh ! its
only me lighting a, little straw." The light was put out,
and he went away. About noon another labouring man,
named Archibald McKee, saw smoke issuing from the
roof of the stable; on entering he found the floor all
burnt and' several of 'the beams smouldering.
By the . assistance of several women, who handed
him water, he managed' to put it out. Edward
Meadows was put . into the witness-box, for
the purpose of accounting for the lad's time during the
day. His evidence, however, did not satisfactorily
account for the whole of, the boy's time.—Mr. Aspinall-
contended that the witness had failed to prove an alibi,
and that the case 'called for further investigation.—The
boy was remanded.
THE BISHOP OF ARMAGH AGAlN.—Alexander Burhed
was brought up on remand, charged with obtaining
board and lodging in Dick's Coffee-house, Islington, on
false pretences. He said he was the Bishop of Armagh,
and gave the landlady his benediction,--Air. Cobb con-
tended that the prisoner had only told a parcel of lies,
but made no false pretence.--The magistrates coincided
with his views, and discharged the prisoner.