Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-02 00:00:00

STATE OF BELFAST.

A BOON FOR IRELAND.

The Globe is privilege 3, and surely not without the
winking cf authority, to ann,nince to Ireland a special
compliment which is 121 petto for her. A jealous feeling—
we need scarcely inform our rea le s —has long manifested
itself amonglrish military men at the insidieus preference
shown to tae other parts of the United Kingdom in the
distinctions bestowed upon particular brauches of the
military service. In every depat tment, indeed. the exclu-
sive principle is more or le7.s co sp-caous ; bat. it has been
found chiefly galling to cur national pride in the cold end
disdainful silence with which the propoiftion to assigu
to Irelaad her fair b 11370 of the honour of gaarding the
Sovereign in the Household Brig vie has bean uniformly
put aside. MAI Guards for,ooda! What a droll idea.
Tipperary in Hyde Park would be such a violation of the
proprieties, that those sublime geniuses who rule affairs
cannot even sneer after their wont. They only turn away
in disgust at the mention of it. When the Guards were
cut up, indeed, in the Crimea, a condecension was male
towards the Irish police, who would have been received
into the II msehold Brigade. But they could not appreeia e
the dignity intended for thm, of being simply absorbed
into these stately battalions. Honour was thrust upon
them, and they refused to accept it on the condition of
merging their national name in tho Royal Scotch-Fusiliers,
and marching after a cry of bagpipes. That refusal caused
a much greater degree of mortitiation then the public were
' at the time led to suppose ; and a lively resentment re-
mained treasured up in lofty minds. But we are now given
to understand that a to is penitenfice is open to those " fine
strapping fellows," and since, they say they only want
an Irish naional corps to peeve their heroism, why not
give them another chance by alkrwieg them to form from
their own ranks, a new 3fh Rua' Irish Dragoons?" Can
the War-cffice people, who evidently dictated this para-
graph be serious? The 5 h D.agoans were a kind of
Sepoy corp., which mutinied at a period of great difficulty,
and fraternised with rebels against the British Crown.
What a happy thought to speak at all of reviving such a
corps at this junc'ure ; and how graceful the compliment
to our green is'e to declare that the heroes shall be her
own She asks permission to rase a battalion of Life
Gua ds for the Queen, and their answer is, that they may
resuscitate the old treason-s'ained and degraded " Green
Horse 1" What next ? O'Connell's Yellow Dragoons,
mayhap, of Colonel Kirk's Lambs ! This is not the way to
recruit the exs,nsted strength of England in our country.
If her Msjosty wants the police—and .‘ file strapping
fellows," without doubt, they are—she must be kind
enough to offer them a service which, if it falls short of
their present position in pay and other a lvantages, miy
present some coin ,ensating attracti ns in the honour which
the true soldier pe7zes above ease and emolument—D:oin

POLICE IN rE LLIGENCE - YESTERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
NOVEL USE OF A TEXPOT.—Thomas Capper, said to be
connected with one of the first families in town, was
charged with having assaulted Thomas J. Dowling, of 13,
Greenside, Derby-road. It appeared that the complainant,
in consequence of the prisoner being " hard up " gave him
liberty to lodge two nights in his house, but refused to
allow him a third night because he was intemperate On
Wednesday night, the prisoner entered the house and
seizing on a teapot, he ran into Mr. Dow:ing'e bedroom.
where he was in, and struck him a violent blow on the
head, inflicting snatrt wound on his head. The prisoner
alleged that the complainant gressly insulted his wife, but
this. was denied, and Mr. Dowling said the woman vas in
bed tipsy. The prisoner was fined Ll and costs.
DAIATIES!—A black man, name t James Richards, was
charged ueder the following circumstances. Mr. M‘Grath,
a publican in Spitaltields, fetid the prisoner, wi.h another
"black leto,her" and some females, entered his house the
previous evening, and had drink to the amount of le 9 i ,
and went out without peeing. him. He went into the
street after him and demanded the money, when the
• prisoner dropped a purse and exclaimed that some one had
r bbed him of two sovereigns. This was only a trick, as
it turned out that he had no money. Mr. Matthew Bellew,
the keeper of an eating house in Spitalfields, said the
prisoner called at hie house and ordered several hard boiled
eggs, well done roast poi k, and a variety of other "dainties,"
which were sapplied to hire, and for psyrrient he tried the
same dodge as he had at Mr. M`Grath's. The prisoner
was remanded.
CASE ms'TECALten EliAs Williams, a person employed at
the Tithebarn-street Station, and Patrick Egan, a resident
of Hatten-gerden, were brought up in cast( dy of officer 85,
charged with has ing stolen two cask=, the nominal property
of Messrs Peeston. It appeared that the casks had come
originally from a distillery at Glasgow to Messrs. Pteston.
They were sent to Rochdale, and when empty sent back
by railway, and the allegation was that Wiiiiamq sold them
to Egan. Mr. Cobb was for Williams, and Mr. Black-
hurst for Egan. Several witnesses were examined, when
the ab ye fac:s ware proved, and the prisoners were sent
for trial.
SHOP ROBBERY --Detectives Seaife, haycock. Smith, and
Ast'c, brought up three parsons name d John Prim e. John I
O'Connor, and Elizabeth Victory, charged for having
broken into the shop of Mr. Leigh, 79, Byrom-street,
and stealing tea to the value of „LIS or £3O. On Monday
night tie shop was brok-n into, and twa chests of tea and
two boxes of tea, value as abovo, stolen The officers got
a bag of the tee in the house of the female in Scotland-
place. and get the male prisoners leaving that house In '
the house where the men lodged, in Ban Jongon-street,
the officers found house breaking implements, which
corresp)nded to marks made on the doors and other places
forced open, It was also proved that the men were eeen
looking into the shoo through the key hole on the night
of the robbery. The prisoners were committed for
trial.

THE WATCII AND GOLD ROBBERY.—William Farrell and
Francis Kelly, who were remanded on a cha-ge of being
concerned in an extensive plunder of watches and gold,
as reported in our paper a few days ago, were b.ought up.
Mr. Snowball was for Farrell, and Mr. Roby for Kelly.
In addition to the evidence al eady given, Mr. James Ellis,
the captain of a sloop, proved that one of the watches found
on Farrell, was his, aid had been stolen from him,
and Mr. Joseph Pugh, a sailmaker, alto preyed
another of the watches to be his property. The
first was stolen in August, and the last in May.
The only evidence against Kelly was that of Farrell's
daugh!er, who stated that Kelly sold her father one of
the gold watches, which was stolen from a mate of a ship.
Mr. Reby argued that this was not enough to commit him
for trial, bat his worship, not considering so, sent both
prisoners for trial. [SIr. Reay, of the Goa dian Society,
attended in the case in reference to some property that
was found in Ke ly's house, which he stated had been
obtained by false pretences, and Asked for a remand in
order to produce evidence, end his worship granted a
remand, on that ground, for a week 1 Mr &by asked if
his worship would take bail for Kelly; and he replied, "I
will accept of bail in qOOO for him"
HORSE. STFACING —Francis Murphy And Jelin Henrick
were charged with stealing two horses from a farmer
named Themes Murphy, who lives near Tintrin, county
Wexford. It appeared that on eight of the 25th Peptember
the horses were stolen, and on Saturday the prisoners had
them sold at Lucas's Mr. Luca., respecting something,
requested the prisoners would produce a certificate of
their respectability, and they promise 1 to do so on Tuesday
In the meantime Mr. M'Hale, the resident Irish head-
constable in this town, received information that the
horses were stolen, and he arrested the prisoners. Ile
asked for a remand until the owner of the horse could be
brought over R mended accordingly.
CLIARGZ AGAINSr A BARMAN.—A respectable-looking
young man, named John Moore, who was described as the
barman at the public house of Mr. Samuel Crossly, 20,
Spitalfields, was charged with having received come
money that was stolen by a prostitute from a sailor.
The police stated that the prisoner said he was a partner
in the house. Mr. Roby was for the prisoter. who was
in cuetody al ing with two females, who stood charged
with the robbery
.The prisoner at first denied to the
police that he had received any mot ey from the girls, but
subsequently he gave up a 20 franc piece and four half
sovereigns to the officers. Mr. Roby argued that the
evidence was n't snfillient to tend the young man for
trial. Mr. Mansfield ordered the house to b; reported.
and sent the three prisoners for trial

BUORE MR. BUELL AND MR

CRARGB OF ASSAULT BY A POLICES{ IN.—Pol:ce-con s t able
258 (Nelson) was summoned for having assaulted a ma❑
named .M.Bernie. The evidence of complainant an I hi 4
wife went to show, that between twelve and one o'clock in
the morning, the latter went for some brandy for the
former, who was unwell, and upon coming to her house, in
Walmesley-street, off Athol-street, the defendant asked
her to stand a glass for him ; this she refused to do,
when he followed her to the door and struck
and kicked her. She called for her husband,
who was lying on the bed ill, and when he went
to take the policeman's number, he was struck several
times in the body. The two witnesses positively swore
that the policeman was the man who had committed the
assault. This was denied as positively, and several
policemen were called, including the inspector,
(Thompson), who stared that the complainant had on a
previous occaiien identified another policeman, and that
he and his wife were both drunk about the streets cn the
night in question. The two magistrates consulted together
for some time, but not being able to agree, only that the
man had been assaulted by some policeman, the case was
then dismissed.