The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-04 00:00:00

BIRKENHEAD.

BEFORE R. BRYANS, ESQ,
STEALING COCHIN CHINA. FOWLS.—Afar.garet Jones,
decent looking servant girl, was brought up charged Walt.
stealing a Cochin China hen, the propeAy of Mr. Edward
;
Corris, of Tranmere, builder. Corris stated tbs;
during the last six months he had missed 25 or 26 fowls, o`,
various kinds, and although he. had
given information 0'
his repeated losses to the mustable, and himself and family
had kept a good look out, they had been unable to detect
the thief until yesterday, when about a quarter past twelr°
o'clock be observed tb'j prisoner feeding his fowls in a road
adjoining his premises, and that as soon as she had got them
around her, she made a grab at one of them, bat it got
away. She, however, decoyed them further down the
road, and, behind a low wall, so that from where he
(Mr, Corris) was watching, he could oily see her heed
.
and shoulders. Having seen her stoop down, aPP3-
ren'ly to pick up something, he waited a short time
and then saw her -walking away along the Aar!
towards Birkenhead. He then took the turnpike road
and met her near the Tranmere ferry, telling her she muse
return with him to his house, which she did, and he sent
for a constable, to whom he gave her into custody. Wbue
detained in the house, Mrs. Corris felt something bulk/
under the prisoner's clothes, but she was not searcb'ed until
she had arrived at the Birkenhead Bridewell, by 111 V.
Gleave, who found no less than six petticoats on we
prisoner, and in a kind of pocket in the tl'aird she found
large CJchin China hen, which she produced in the ccart•
She also found some oats in the pr'isoner's pocket. Mrs.
Corris identified the hen, and said she would not have
_
parted with if for a sovereign, Mr. and Mrs. Canis bot';
stated that they had seen th.e prisoner several times nefl
their premises during
Committed for trial. thv time he had missed his fowls'

THE NEW 17 AEON OF THE COURT OF EXCHEQUES;:
Mr. Collier-, 'ALP, it is understood, will be the new Jeagni
in the C.‘/e,urt of Exchequer. The Solicitor General ?oh
Wait, a retirement in the Court of Queen's Bench.
is e7.pected that Mr. lustice Coleridge will retire by Triply
Term.
THE KING OF OUDE.—A rumour having been spreS
and generally believed, that the Oude question is settled ~
the grant of an hereditary pension, W. W. Bird, and 14°'
Mussel Ooddeen, Vakeels to his Majesty the King of 001
state that his Majesty the King of Oude distinctly refuge
such terms as the above from the first, and that the rutn°llr
is entirely without foundation,
THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S FESTIVITIES.—The fa'
tivities at the ducal seat of Clumber, understood to be 01
commemoration of the reinstatement of the Duke
Newcastle in ''an important family dignity—the d
0f
tinguished office of lord-lieutenant of the county—seu
the majority of his son and heir, the Earl of Line it
commenced on Tuesday, and were conducted on a scale To
magnificence rarely equalled, and never surpassed in thee
county. Seven hundred invitations, issued by his grabs
to the nobility and gentry of the county, brag a
together an assembly of between 500 and 600 ladies 0.111,0
gentlemen, comprising the haute voice of Nottinghamsh,,l t
—its rank, fashion, and, we must add, its beauty—then.
being represented a display which was perfectly dazzl7r
The noble duke, as well as the Earl of Lincoln and all,.
to
youthful lords of his family, busied themselves in or
tention to their guests. His grace appeared highly
enjoy the brilliant scene which he had conjured up ,
him, and danced a great deal in the course of the weal.'
opening the ball with the beautiful and accomplished Lit,
Elizabeth Yorke, daughter of the Earl of Hardwic'.4ei
nounced by many of those present the belle of the oil,o
Refreshments were abundantly supplied throughout "`;0
evening, in several of the saloons, and dancing //we
sustained without interruption At half-past twe`,4-
o'clock supper was announced in the grand duality
hall, on the' walls of which hang those five, so,Peo
and justly celebrated pictures by Sneyo„ra. to,
entertainment comprised every luxury in that SO
fusion which the most;unlimited means and finest `"1.1
could supply. The centre dish consisted of a grand bl'lta
head. The champagne flowed Ws-
departures did not commence till 'towards three a.m.' J,,04
which hour they continued
di the utmost order -000
spring water. /00
regularity—stabling and ace ommodation for 300 bc)res;
having been provided by t
-)ae noble duke's order, and g
sures taken to ensure erti
as well as to " welcona, ory facility "to speed the par that
; the coming guest." Among's' ~,e0
pleasing incidents
tion that, station('
iin the hall in a huge case ot IZall
. this finale, we must not omitoriefee
or open brass w
ork, said to have been brought by fwriotmh stphieceelCrir
aea, there steamed a portentous vessel tliv,
usual six '
to tha 7 and mulled claret, which a GanymedO_°,,Lott
feet dimensions dispensed with cordial bon tb°
.tidies while waiting till their carriages stopPrerei,l'
way
, whilst the sterner nerves of the "lords of tbfaxiiti
k• " were fortified ad libitum with hot punch, to t.t..,091
nem to contend with nine degrees of frost in their II 0,01,
through the Forest of Sherwood. It was fully five
• ere—

"Loud on the stone and low on the sod,
The last wheel rolled away."
One trifling mistake only we have heard of. A cair,notl
having, through carelessness, missed his proper
soon after leaving the Hall with his party, drove tlex for
down the mazy ramifications of the extensive 13° artt
more than an hour before an exit was effected. The P Dee'
however, congratulated themselves that they had n°,,apifil
driven headlong into the spacious lake. Yesterday' evii'd th„
his grace entertained his tenantry and tradesmen,A,
preparations were equally extensive with those wbir.-09/0"
made for the festive proceedings of Tuesday•—•Mi
Rtlvietu.