The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-23 00:00:00

DAR. LYO CASE OF HORSESTEALINGc

Information reached the Glasgow police authorities on
Wednesday that a very daring case of horse-stealing had been
perpetrated on the Sands at Dumfries on Tuesday. It appears
that Mr. John Muir, farmer, Stonepark, near Old Cumnock,

had proceeded to the Sands with the view of selling one
of his horses. He was standing in the market,place,
when he was accosted by a burly specimen of a fine old
English farmer, who said ho had a friend in want of such
an animal, and that he would send him round. The
friend shortly afterwards made his appearance accompanied by
the burly farmer referred to. A bargain was strnck, the
purchaser to receive the animal on trial for a month. A
third party stepped forward jest as the bargian was completed,
to whom Mr. Muir was referred a 3 to the stability of the pur-
chaser of his lims..N This third party had a fine farm about 40
miles from Dumfries, and he assured Mr. Muir that the pur-
chaser of his horse was quite " good for a few 'undreds." The
horse was accordingly taken possession of by his ❑ew master.
who left the ground immediately. Inquiry was made as to
the parties, and the result satisfied Mr. Moore that ho had
been swindled, and that the trio were neither more nor less
than English theives. The horse, with its master, was sup-
posed to have gnno in the direction of Glasgow, but, from
inquiries made, the police have reason to believe that it has
not as yet come to this city. The animal was worth £35
It was 15! hands high, seven years pld, and had black legs
and a white face.

Twenty-five casks of porter lately froze and exploded on
the Canada Grand Trunk Railway.
Oysters are so scarce in Philadelphia that some Princess
Bays' so'd a few days since at thirty dollars per thousand.
Cove plants sell at from eight dollars to ten dollars per
thousand.
A cabman was frozen to death in his cab in front of the
Donegana House in Montreal, some time since. A switch-
man on the Grand Trunk Railway, at Richmond, perished
from the same cause.
All the ponds and streams in the neighbourhood of New
Orleans were frozen on Monday, January 26, and the
skaters were out. At Cheraw, S. C., same day, the river
was frozen entirely over, a thing unheard of. The intensity
of the cold may be inferred from the fact that chickens,
doves, and other birds were found frozen.
The Record deplores the fact that it has heard within
a few weeks, of " one clergyman fined for poaching, of
another who makes a rollicting speech at a great fox
hunting dinner, of half a dozen frequenting a ball room at
Cambridge, and of twenty four presbyters, who were
present at a great ball of the Duke of Beaufort—exhibiting
a singular and painful correspondence in number and title,
but cantrast of occupation, with the heavenly elders whom
the apostle saw in vision, casting down their crowns in
devout adoration at the foot of the throne in heaven."
LIFEBOATS FOR THE COAST.—The National Lifeboat In-
stitution has decided to place lifeboats on every point on the
coast where it can be shown, first, that one is wanted in
consequence of the frequency of wrecks in the locality ;
secoely, that an efficient crew can be found to man the
boat; thirdly, that some local contributions will be raised
to assist to pay for the erection of a boat house, and the
permanent maintenance of the lifeboat stat'on. The cost of
a lifeboat establishment, including boat, transporting car-
riage, and boat house, is between £3OO and £4OO.
GREAT BOON TO EXCISE OFFICERS.—ABOLITION OF THE
GE'NER,AL REMOVES.—We are happy to announce that by a
general order of the Board of Inland Revenue, dated the
12th instant, the existing regulations under which Excise
officers were obliged every four or six years to change their
residence, have been rescinded, and the system of periodical
removal is virtually abolished. The new chairman, Mr.
Pressley, has thus inaugurated his administration by a
graceful concession, and relieved the officers of the survey-
ing department of the Excise service of a harassing, im-
I poverishing, and unaccessary routine. Civil Service
aaxelte,