Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-23 00:00:00

A FAIR ENTICEMENT.

Ellen Charter, a pretty-looking girl, described as a
shoebiuder, but whose elegant apparel betokened the
pursuit of a more profitable, if less honourable occupation,
was charged at the Mansion House on Saturday, with
stealing two bills of exchange, fn- £lOB and £5O respec-
tively, aad 12s in silver, from the person of Mr. James
Hendre, a merchant in the city, From the evidence of
Michael Hayden, detective, it appeared that about eleven
o'clock on Friday night, he saw the prisoner accosting
gentlemen in Cheapside, and followed by two men in a
very suspicious manner. He therefore watched her, and
saw her go up to the prosecutor, as he passed, and walk
with him round ore or two of the neighbouring streets,
back to Cheapside, when, after standing with him
about half a minute, she crossed the road hurriedly,
and ran down Friday-street at the top of her speed.
He followed and overtook her, and charged her willa
robbing the gentleman she hail just left, when she
said she didn't know what he meant; but upon his
forcing open her hand and taking out something, she
said it was only some pieces of paper which the gentleman
had given to her. The prosecutor, who then came up,
denied this, and the officer, upon looking at the papars,
found them to be the bills of exchange referred to in the
charge. Twelve shillings was also found upon her. The
prosecutor corroborated this statement, and added that he
had lost twelve shillings out of the pocket from which the
bills had bEen taken, and among the money was a crown
piece, which was found on the prisoner at the station. The
prisoner, in her defence, said the prosecutor first accosted
her, told her his wife was gone to Edinburgh, and asked
her to go home and sleep with him. She, however, declined
the invitation, notwithstanding which he gave her the 12s;
and when she asked him to oblige her with a piece of
paper to wrap the money in, he handed her the bills of
exchange. The prosecutor said this was a complete fabri-
cation. Prisoner : Didn't you ask ma to go home and
sleep with you ? Prosecutor : No, I should think not.
Prisoner : And did'nt you say your wife was gone to
Edinburgh ? Prosecutor No. Prisoner : And wasn't
you drunk ? Prosecutor : No, certainly not. She was
fully committed for trial.

CONVICTION UNDER THE MERCHANT
SHIPPING ACT.

Mr. Henry Lewis, owner of the ship Avon, lying in the
West India Dock, London, appeared on Saturday, at the
Thames Police Court, to answer a summons taken out by
Mr. Coleman, clerk to the Registrar of Seamen, which
charged the defendant with proceeding to sea frem the
the United Kingdom as master of a foreign-going ship of
British registry, named Avon, not having obtained, or
being in possession of, a valid certificate either of com-
petency or service appropriate to the station held by him,
contrary to the 136th section of the Merchant Shipping
Act, 1854, by which the defendant had incurred a penalty
not exceeding £5O. The evidence adduced having clearly
established the charge, Mr. Selfe, considering that a
nominal penalty would not meet the justice of so flagrant a
case, fined the defendant £2O, which was instantly paid.

THE AUSTRIAN AMNESTY.—The Cologne Gazette states
that the Emperor of Austria has remitted the remainder
of the punishments to twenty-five Hungarian soldiers con-
demned for political offences to detention in a fortress.
A. hundred electric clocks are about to be established in
Brussels. The municipal authorities have acquainted the
inhabitants of some of the streets that the wires will run
along the tops of their houses, and call upon them to allow
the workmen to make the necessary arrangements.
DE NTH OF LADY EVERSLEY.—It is with regret that we
announce the decease of Viscountess Eversley, the wife of
the late Speaker. The melancholy event took place at an
early hour on Saturday morning, at his lordship's new
house, 69, Eaton-place. The noble lady had been in her
uitial health and strength till the beginning or last we-k.
A few days ago she caught a most severe cold, from the
effects of which she died.
A FARMER COMMITTED FOR TRIAL FOR TWO FELONIES.
—At the Donca.,ster West Riding Police Court, of Satur-
day last, Richard Rotheram, farmer, of Cunishro', was
brought up in custody charged with stealing twenty-six
posts, twenty rails, and other wood, the property of th«
South Yorkshire Railway Company, and also various
articles belonging to Mr. Blyth, their agent. At fire
o'clock on Wednesday morning last, Mr. Blyth saw
Rotheram carrying a post from his field, and having missed
other things before, he took out a search-warrant, and the
result was the finding of a large quantity of goods, all of
which were identified by witnesses. The bench committed
the prisoner to Rotherham sessions on both charges,
refusing to take bail, it being represented to them that
Rotherham was about to proceed to Australia.
INQUEST ON SIR JAMES ErRZ-011 Saturday Mr. IV.
J. Payne, Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, held an
inquest at the Bowyer Hotel, Manor-street, Clapham, on
the body of Sir James Eyre, Knight, physician, aged sixty-
seven. It appeared that the deceased and bis lady were
staying at the residence of Mr. Scholey, Lluristen House,
Larkhall Rise, Clapham, on a visit. On Thursday he
had attended the Queen's levee, and sat up playing at
whist till a quarter before one o'clock on Friday mo,rning,
when he remarked, " I think it is time to leave ;-tr playing
at cards," and went up to bed, his lady ba,-,ing precede,fi
him. He was in no way excited, but. was his casual
health. About five o'clock the same Inormitg, Lady Eyre's
bell rang, and on the servant goi:ag
Up the deceased was
found in the bed by her side dead. Mr. R. C. Parrot,
surgeon, of Clapham, who was oar.
expressed his conviction that dP;ath had resulted from
h
some vessel of the brain
ilailLog given way.—Verdict,
" Natural death," of the whist party,