The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-01 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.—Yesterday.

BEFORE J. POLLOCK, ESQ., TEE JUDGE.
ACTION TO RECOVER DAMAGES FOR FATAB IR.— by
MENT.—MACKEOWN V. TRAIL.—The plaintiff in, ;re
action was the parent of a child about twelve years 01,1,0'
who sought .to recover damages from the defendant, MD,
Trail, of Byrom street, for the alleged false 103P.,"„;ed
ment of the boy. From the evidence adu",,, ;
the boy being the only witness, it appeared that "."00,
certain day in February, Miss Trail, having missed ilairlboe
articles, accused the lad of stealing a piece of Tl"fert
and sent for Detective Officer Patrick. She, hove o 0
declined to give the lad in charge ; but the ofEcer,„Loe
the statement the boy made, took him to the Central t"rhe
Station, with a view of ascertaining, if possible, wile. tueh-ock
had any accomplices; and, after so doing, took WI Da
and handed him over to bis father, Patrick was calleuf
he distinctly swore that Miss Trail did not give the do
into custody, because of his tender years, but rihscl
him over to his father. The boy admitted that he that
knocked the roll of ribbon out of the box, but denied a," er
he had any intention of stealing it. Mr. Witod.
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Bell for the dit',ber
ant. His Honour, after hearing the evidence on el
side, gave a verdict for the defendant.

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attention to the study of French. I learn that she is unto
bating into English, with the view of publishing in to
United States, " L'Amour dans le Marriage," ("Lnvesba
Wedlock"). It is also said that she is preparing for t
of
press a work on the poorer classes in Europe, n„snrßiot
at the French Acidemy, a few days ago, Mrs. St°we'
Uncle Tom in white society. At the reception of hi' who
hat
assemblage of the lions and the lionesses of the
was present, had a grand success of curiosity, even literary
world. Dred"" has not yet a eared in French•
Ma. Mrs. Norton and the ladies of Lord Elgin's f 9;/,
are among the few frequent visitors at the house of
Stowe in this city.—New York Tribune. ‘no

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T7.,,.11PT AT ROBBERY, AND SPIRITED
CONDUCT OF A FEMALE.

Ilkno Wednesday last, a rabbit coursing match took place
thr,t" neighbourhood of Hinderton, near Neston;and after
se ,Coursing was over, many , of the parties present
li,/„J°*„ lied to the Shrewsbury Arms, a public house kept by
41;• -doses Robinson. Amongst the company were:three
,fn, who, upon entering the house, called for a pint
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walk and bread. and eheese, to partake Of...which
e 4 into the back parlour. During. the time they „er, Cie remainder of the company left the • house,
`4lttittil
txtrs.
Robinson, the landlady, was alone: Shortly
thce,r„sne hapnened to look through a borrowed light, from
st,i,r?4r, whiell 'commands a view of the. landing of the
8' where she saw a shadow moving. Suspecting
44411e:tiling wrong; she went to look if the three men were
she IP the parlour, but found one had left, upon which
ip irettedia.tely ran, up stairs, and found one of them
th,,°44, of the bedrooms-he was bent down, and, as she
ei,:gnt:examining.the drawers. She immediate) y ran
t stairs and called for assistance, saying a man was
th:,11%; her house=sbe then heard the man come out of
~v 1 bed room she had first seen him in, and go into her
lEmbedroom, upon which she again ran up stairs and saw
;,,,e9in3ling fie:ma chest of drawers, one of which was open.
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assistance she watched him through the rail-
-1,1,i 1, the stairs, when he suddenly bounced-out upon the
le,tfliZs'• and met her. She immediately collared him with
triedfonds, upon which he seized her by, ihe wrists,and
in (10,1-0 throw her down stairs, which he did not succeed
bi,elngi and during the struggle she managed to pull
liott°wn stairs, step by step, until they got to the
h ,;%when he struck her a violent blow over the-face,
' knocked her down, and she became quite senselen
sh,,rilv after recovered herself; npon seeing
the ehil the man struck her a violent blow on the back of
kith 'kV, and she. again became senseless, and covered
"1?0d. The second blow was witnessed by a little
wilo attempted to raise Mrs. Robinson up. The
wen had then come out of the parlour, when
tors 1. three ran away. An alarm being raised, the neighaid -
estne in, and one of them mounted a horse,
lilo,:ode after the men, and caught one of them
,ki1e,,115 asked what he had been.Coitig to Mrs. Robinson,
the
said he would serve him. the same. He was,
110t1::4.). not to be daunted; and brought him back to the
ti,"Z When Mrs:Ribinson immediatelkideiitified him as
Itit,,Ta4. who had struck her. During the chase,
tsji: !was upwards of half a mile, the prisoner was seen
°ht tow something into the hedge, which afterwards turned
be a regular jemmy. . Oa Monday, the man, whose
John ,Brown, was brought before the Rev. Mr.
lehy nt. at the Court House, at Neston, when the evidence--
oore out the above statement, and the prisoner was
tills for trial at the present assizes. Yesterday two
tte,,rindiettnent were preferred against him, one for the
1',41;i 'Pt at robberY,. and the other for the assault on Mrs.
/04444", and' in the_ latter part of the day the bills were
ar'aj.l the grand jury, and the prisoner, urm being
,14y,tid, pleaded net'guilty. He will bo probably tried this
tuck en it is.to be hoped he will• be convicted, and receive
tiMeiol).44lshment as will keep him out of the way for some
come.

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-Loris MISCONDUCT 07 A CAB DRIVER.
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;"e Westminster police court, Edwin Moseley, a
;.''‘er, appeared to answer a summons, charging-
bti• unlawfully demanding more than his fare, and
ills thing language. Mr. Charles Hagreen, cashier
thit't South Western department, Nine Eims, stated
"lefeh°i' lie night •of the 22ed inst. he engaged the
laiiT'latit at the Man and the Moon, Chelsea, and, with ha
tbeWag driven to the foot of Vauxhall bridge, where
t4triTendant demanded three shillings as his fare.
°Pii;•'4aluant disputed its accuracy, and expressed his
lilf,l°,ll that the driver was not intitled to more- than
Ivalh:'n amount, whereupon the later declared that.that
1114, '8 fare and he would have it. Complainant refused
Y it, and offered to write his name and addresS in
lits:',llhouse of the bridge and give it to the defendant,
Iti,zelat.tet.refused to go to the. toll. house, and-having
v44,-.; a disgraceful imputation in which the lady. was in-
t", proposed driving the, parties to the police station
:Akeir...e,,bester row, to which complainant willingly
Pkci '"„, and with the lady, got into the cab again. In.
•4L taking them to the police station, he drove
itlibenk to a lonely spot opposite the Peniten-
,:4t 'a" putting his head in at the window, admitted
't,e f"ts fare was only Is 6d, and endeavoured to extort
il. Atltia,ter sum of is 6d by a repetition of his previous
adding " I dont wish to expose you, and if you
fir sec p tr•gt opt, say no mere about it." Complainant
lY refwod to alight, and seeing two,polieemen
,37 afterwards called to them, and got one to accom-
-1,,,,,1r ilitn • where the defendant
Lea" -e cab the station,
rill,i,,,:uffed to set up a claim for the overcharge by
are tat ° damage had le?en' done to hisj cab. The
oht-,11 duty at the station proved that defendant tpad e
'against the lady and gentleman seriously
Ilhatj,their moral 'character, and that no damage
1,," had been done to the cab. It was stated that
L'l4(i-'l,, war in-the vicinity of-the court; and could be
'iar,i';" necessary ; but the worthy magistrate having
lia,:4(lisputable evidence of the position and character
I wise Davies, and bring desirous of sparing her feelings,
;:ecl to call her. Mr. Hagreen observed that since
~'l'e"'"Tuoieses had been out, defendant bad called upon
•,''4,',;41 importuned him to settle this case, which he
c'n Public grounds. Defendant admitted that his
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,-e °lily eighteen pence, and said he was almost
,e saw something which induced him to think there
v•.`, something wiling' id the caliduet of. .his fare.
'°it'`,:‘Lit•er observed that t this was certainly the very
(14C,43e ever brought.before him—so bad, that he was
',l`;`,l'e sure that he was justified in disposing of it, for
`41:4-in3ed the form of endeavonring to extort money by
' persons with a. disgraceful offence. The first
44454 respecting the overcharge was a very trifling
'4le,lepB ,pared with what followed ; defendant's eon-
thiq Proved what his objent was, for not one word
°")P'••• atrocious imputation was breathed 'until the
.. imp
an resisted the exortionate demand of' double. the
,7%,,,a,"--then it was, but not till then, that he insinuated
'4'te‘':,"lllllrly, next followed the threat of exposure,
ei„ 411 perhaps might weakly have yielded to under
;'1••e-''Airtistances, but which complainant, with a regard
114tli„Pl'hlie that did him infinite credit, stoutly refused,
at
l stag Upon going to the station _house to have-the
,hApillvegtigated. After, commenting further upon the
:t'its particular words and conduct, the worthy
q.'901, 'tate observed, that defendant was too dangerous a
thNe ° ' be Permitted longor to be a public carriage
44,1 sentenced him to two months' hard labour in
11144",` again
orrection, and revoked his licence, which
n be grantedto him. •
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Lg44LEGED FRAUD BY AN OFFICER.
tthe
Zarlborcraghstreet Police Court, Ernest Augustus
nt,,,r10 described himself as an officer belonging to
Itahlae •;' Artillery, was charged with uttering a spurious
1)1,(7411 •f 4 7s with intent to defraud Mr. Daniel
"BestlBi eeetinaker, No. 9. New Bond street. The
IV! to °)!..
On deposed that in February last the defendant
11:1
shop and requested to be shown some boots.
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4 . a pair, and desired witness to send his old
1)6411,4„,",',8 lodgings, at No. 12, R{ gent street, when he
Ita"11ora-nlgte for the Pair he had chosen. Prosecutor sent
10'4 la with the boots, but no such person was
ISt %here
T,g, ea, • Witness conceived that he had been
art, ' ag, and thought no more of the matter till about a
'l,kidt.l:l4i,Llthen the prisoner paid him another visit, and
,11;;" the usual compliment about the weather, &I.;
cesta--"the by, I owe you some money, Mr. Roberts.'
fq.a.,'wklia hid forgotten all about the prisoner, asked
RiLchat, "e meant. The defendant then explained the
'est
..arlaaction about the boots, and said he wished
14,14.41'44'J° be sent to his lodgings, when he would
,4;'est-bcl,tle for the amount. Witness accordingly took
rN:i4 11080"n"11,,Self, and the prisoner wrote out a cheque for
h'°21%1," Messrs. Cox and Co., Craig's court. Having
t;qlascertained from the Army List that the
tr„ was really an officer wrong.artillery, he had not
l'"ta'PetstiV..,sPleion of anything On Saturday lasts
,t 1) t the cheque at Messrs. Cox's, when it wa
bl4,thie-°,11,111e, marked "no effects." Prosecutor made
",-',110a: ',hat he had been done a second time, and as
,14to,ere--„,!. had left his lodgings, he gave it up as a bad
,kceee4l',Tttor, however, went to the station house, and
ths ar,"e ease to the inspector, and he then heard
4'"t,3ti*ae-ter,1143,",d was well known by name, and that he
th for other cases o fraud. He subsequently
an OM
cer to No. 52,f.Regent street, and tnere
01,,,5re „ the prisoner. Police constable 33 C said
irliw'isliari"atnerous other charges against the prisoner,
r,ss hag tQskfor a remand to make further enquiries. In
fhle charge, the prisoner said he fully expected
frc -441 s lodgede inthehands of Messrs. Cox and
41)i,54,1,41 thesale The sale was not
to,' and of a reversion.
41i; ISAN, as soon as he got the money he should be
everY one. Mr. Beadon remanded him tor a

Olfrokrio •
tlkos;-8 PREFERRED BY THE PEOPLE TO THE WHIGS;
clikt`dder!Xtraordiaaly circumstance connected with
i)44hp I:llnger contest is the almost incredible fact
401Iy ir, 'electors and working men of the place are
,A &, Pre favour of the Tory candidate.—Birmingham
1 few sa.
a a.VS
ago, before the Blackburn Board of Guard-
„an applied for relief, when the chairman
-Was_se,c'w many are you in family ? " The
144ti4ltly there are eight of us and the donkey."
•"essed kLitallY excited a roar of laughter, which was
,1441e11 ,h "Y the subsequen replies of the applicant,
as e e. represented thetas nine member of her
tllitled to the humane consideration of the

SPORTING. NOTES AND NOTIONS.

(Written Expressly for this Paper.)

The steeple chase meetings in the week just entorribed were
very interesting, and plethoric of sport; indeed, the amuse-
ment appears to be regaining popularity ; and, if it could be
elensed of its impurities, it would not only be a healthful and
exhilirating pursuit, but one calenlated to effect Much good by
improving our national breed of hunters, which, of late years,
has sadlydegeneratel, At Birmingham, notwithstanding that
one of the stakes proved blank, a bevy of thirty six appeared for
the quartette of contests ; and it was the most orderly gathering
—something very uncommonwe hate had the pleasure of
attending in the " toy shop"_ loceite since the trams
have patronised_ the recreation, It snits them better,
too, than the tame affairs on the list, over the
feet-destructive-course in Sutton Park. The substi-
tution of Mr. Richard Johnson for Mr. Merry, as the guiding
hand, appeared to be a step it the right direction, for there
were increased musters for the principal events, fotirteen
running for the." grand animal," and a dozen for the hunt
cup—the Prench mare Sting landing a coup amidst tremendous
applause—such •-•.n applause as you csn only hoar from the
stentorian lungs of the hardware boys. Our Moreton-in-the-
Marsh friends were unable to bring off more than a brace of
races, but some ekcalent sport resulted among the fourteen
competitors for them ; and the Union Hunt Chase, a good
eneotiragement to the district sportsmen, not only gave
unexpected good turn to the fielders, but brought out a
remarkably clever and promising four year. old, from Mr.
GolWs stable, named Deceiver, a son of Dalliiikeele, who
won a gallant struggle on the pit with the potted Ganymede.
The officers at the Pembroke Dock Garrison also had a fora
day, when three stakes were contested by sixteen animals of
a very fair class, but of local repute.

' Northampton, bringing off the first of the series of important
spring handicaps, and a highly seasoned tryst in its general
programme, most energetically worked, by Mr. Marshall, C.C.,
with whom his son co-operated in most able style, may be
pronounced to be the genuine inaugurator of the turf. season.
Here, for the first time, the sporting aristocrats are visible; and
here for the first time, the professional genii of the ring. This
campaign, the congress of tho knights of the lapstone, at the
far famed. St. Crispin metropolis, has passed off with every
eclat—good fields, good horses, good company, rich
prices, and a plenitude of buQiness. Upvvards of
£3,000 had been laid .out since the preceding meet, in
adding a wing, specially for the patrichtus, to the grand
stand, hnd making a new straight course for the short
races. Fourteen stakes Were contested during the two days by
116 horses, being twenty three less than started last year; but
it must be borne in mind that the gathering of last session
was an exceptional one, the " takings" being Very great, and
the' actual clear money paid over to the - Winners on that
occasion reaching £3,355. This year the executive advertised
.£335, bard cash to be tun for. The two {lays results were
redolent of import. Lord Nelson, who had been a most
useful colt this spring for the " confederacy," it placed hors de
combat for a time by his unfortunate disaster in the Trial essay,
for which he lost an immense stake for his party, the leggy yet
speedy Flacrow, who will be heard of again, and to advantage,
triumphing instead, Wentworth still being as fat as a bullock
(we presume they will run him into condition), and the Odd
'frisk not up to his Doncaster promise.. Fisherman was never
extended in the Qneen's Plate canter, and fully established
the fact that be has got endurance, which at one time was much
doubted, as well as speed. -St. Giles pulled up a good thing
in the crack event for the plucky Lord Ribblesdale, whose
team is very strong this campaign ; and was not only
backed with avidity for the 'Chester Cup, but caused
his party to get on Skirmisher for the Derby also,
andVidette for the Two Thousand Guineas. He won
easily,
_there can•be no doubt; and the performance-over the
most trying course in the United Kingdom was a great one,
taking all things lute consideration. His sUbseqttent, and to
us,. expected defeat, by the notorious and well prepared
Geinnta di Vergy, Must net be taken any notice of, inasmuch
as he had had quite plenty, in his not very forward condition,
the day before; and was taken out of his length to
cope with the cleverest three year old out, over the
latters's favourite distance. St. Giles, though possessed-
of speed, is more at home where his fine long sweeping
stride and powers of enduranee are brought into requisition.
If he and "Jemmy's meet on the picturesque Roodee, for the
envied Cup, the tables will assuredly be turned. Sir Colin is
mae suited for a mile spin than for a long Course—the
Racing Stakes and the Great Northamptonshire to wit. His
place in the former was very Much more creditable than in the
latter race; lint neither he nor St. Giles had the ghost of a
chance with the magnificent Gamma. Volatore, The iappy
Land, and Eurydice were the most respectablq two year
olds, on the course; but there Were not near so many
juveniles this assembly as we have been in the habit
of meeting here. The first mentioned youngster was
" pottee for the Whittlebury, and made a race with Gemtha
from half a distance to the stand, but diettawayafterstvards. Of
.
the other twain, we may observe that they are mere ponies,
the filly. being untried tilt this meeting. There was '9lbs
difference between thern in the weight carried, Nappy Lind
being penalised for his palisbury success, immediately- after
which he found so much favour for next year's Derby. There is
not enough of him for such a tourney as that; and, as he
failed to give the required weight here to a green ydangster,
he can have no hope of wearing the Surrey chaplet. The
result of the trysting here was, deservedly, to raise Fisherman
to favour for the brace of Epsom Handicaps, Skirmisher for
the Great Northern and the Derby, St. Giles and .Dulcamara
(stable 'companions) for the Chester Cap, and Vidette for the
Two Thousand Guineas—movements, if weerr not greatly, in
the right direction.

We shall soon have the Two Thousand Guineas race at the
portal of decision, to produce the golden key for opening the
lock on the chalky downs of Storey. The strapping Xent seems
" coming" for it, and we shall not be much surprised to see
him first favourite shortly for the Newmarket conflict. At
present, however, they fancy the neat liitle Schidam next to
the blooming Vidette; and though neither he nor his high
priced companion, the onco promising Goldfinch, are at all
admired for the Derby, (we presume Arsenal and M.D. will
absorb all Mr. ?adwick's attention), still a fair amount of
money was invested upon him at Northampton for the
approaching Two Thousand Guineas Sydney and Apathy
continue to be supported for it; but wo have nothing now of
Loyala. Ho will be in force again, though, ere long, for
the Derby, for which we fancy Arsenal will see a very short
price; there is something mysterious in the movements
anent him and Mr. D., but we will apprise our friends of
the right: scent in due time, Blink Bonny continues to be
all the rage for the great Fipsom tussle ; and, of late,
Lady Hawthorn's friends have been busily getting on.
Nye would, at the time of writing this, much prefer
Kent or Tournament to Lord John Scott's raking mare,
whom we have a strong suspicion cannot be got to post
in proper condition. Time, it is true, works wonders;
if we bide patiently, 'it mty also reVeal that we haire
acted wisely by being quiet. Tournament must not be
despised because nO stir is made about him. Our readers
must recollect that he belongs to a gentleman who seldom
bets, hence the absence of " demonstration,"
The Althorp Park yearlincss, twelve in number, were
sold last week, and realised 830 guineas, the brother to
Glenmasson fetching 220 guineas, which was the highest
price. On dit, Fisherman will probably change hands
this week; and Lord Londesborough's horses be in future
trained at Newmarket. Tom Parr is to have a claim upon
Fordham's services, next to Messrs. Drewett, Howard, and
W. Day. There have been some startling turf disclosures
during the past week, materially affecting a light weight
jockey, of which more anon. Night Hawk and Magis.
trate have been purchased out of John Osborn"s stable,
to be shipped for Austria. Medea, the dam of Windisch
gratz, after foaling a colt to Bruiser, died a few days ago
of internal hemorrhage ; she was nearly thirty years old,
and the last of the valuable Whisker mares. The ensuing
being Passion Week, little or no sporting business will
be transacted.

This week, independent of the ley events over to day,
we have the Croxton Park and Epsom Spring meetings to
come off. The former will suffer much this season, owing
to the gloom prevailing around Belvoir, caused by the
demise of the late good old Duke of Rutland. We shall
exptet to see Peter Flat win the Granby Handicap ; and
it is not unlikely that Firmament may achieve the
Cup laurels. There is ne probability of M. D. showing for
the Castle stakes, after declining to visit Northampton, and
Sir Colin will fight it out suecesfully with Glede Hawk
for the Croaton Park Plate. The Epsom bill of fare is very
enticing, but there is little speculation on the two handicaps,
Fisherman may repeat the Virago dose; and we think
he is able to win both the City and Suburban and the
Great Metropolitan. Some will have it that he runs for
the former only, and others that Sir Colin is meant
-for one and Fisherman for the other. Should Tom Parr make
a mistake, Adamas or Vaulter will win the short race, and
Login o' Buchan er St. Giles the longer one. Polly Peachum
has our confidence for the two year old contest; Flacrow for
the Inkerman Plate ; and Ruth for the Riilway Stokes. The
week's racing will he wound up at royal Wiudor, where little
Odiham and Horuiblow should win their re,pective engage-
ments across country.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

CROXTON PARK RACES .-YESTERDAY. ___.-_ESTERDAY.
FARMERS' PLATE.

Broughton
0 RANB Y HANDICAP.

Sluggard ...1 I Peter Flat. ...2 I Lawn 3
Five ran.
FIELVoIR CASTLE STARES.
Glede Hawk ....1 j Sir C011in.... 2 I Logic o' Buchan. ,3
Scratched at Ten on Monday night—Peeping Tom and
Bracken.