The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-05 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Th.„ , —
' that - 'Aadrid journals of the 25th ult. mention
IProvianngreat.quantity of snow had fallen ini the.
'1•4`,24,0,--'`3 °f La Mancha as well as in Andu asia.
several-r from Melila say that on the 11th ult.
tsltit, Moors presented themselves at the Man-
arid ~;_gate of that town, on a pretext of selling eggs,
lei;'lat suddenly drawing pistols from beneath
1:,1-i- are suddenly
they fired on the soldiers on duty,
uovllr tool. 1 men and wounding a third, after which
-
'etl7l, 4 to eight. • The soldiers who were unhurt
bat iIIIM their fire, and wounded two of the men,
'3ll diet ,71°01.'s carried them off. The detachment
out, ° li— 'f..rit_t the guard house imm
to be oediately turned
the Moors were too far overtaken.

In consequence of this affair it has been deter-
mined to admit no more Moors into the town.

PRUSSIA

A letter from Berlin, in the Constitutionnel,
says:—" The Grand Duchy of Baden has, it is
said, demanded from Prussia an indemnity of
80,000 florins for the military preparations which
it had to make, in consequence of the dispute be-
tween Prussia and Switzerland. The Prussian
government does not at all intend to comply with
this demand, From the very commencement of
the dispute, the Baden government claimed to be
indemnified for all the preparations which the
Grand Duchy might be compelled to make, in con-
sequence of the projected hostilities."

111 E NORTILIzi,,RN TIME ,TV n•e R OOL9 TH UR SRA It ,

THE " BRUMMAGEM DODGE."

SWINDLING PAWNBROKERS.

117-EST DERBY GUARDIANS.

Yesterday, the usual weekly meeting of this board was
held in the boardroom at the Workhouse, the Um,. W.
Iladnall, chairman, lresiding. the following guardians
were also present—J. Harrison, Abrahams, Lunt, Shaw,
Craig, Green, Johns, IL Edwards, I. Edwards, Pickup.
Callis, Rayner, Wensley, Wilson, 'Dyes, Leyland,
Whitby, Elias, and Sagar.
-Cheques for out-door relief were granted in the follow-
ing sums—to Mr. Potts, £2OB, Mr. Olney, £3O, and Mr.
Lythgoe £2O. Mr. Gough, the house governor, repOrled
that the number of paupers in the house last week were
612, admitted 28,. discharged 1, dead 7.; number in the
house this week 686, dorresponding week-of last year 732.
Mr. Davis, master of the hospital, reported the number
of patients in that establishment to be, last week, 137,
admitted 16, discharged 13, died 1.; in the house 139, cor-
responding week of last year 120.
The Chairman read a letter from Dr. Nevins explaining
the discrepancies which existed in the circular which he
had printed relative to the number of patients he had to
treat, and the numbers contained in the statement made
by Mr. 'Whitby. The numbers of medical officers he
(Dr. N.) had stated at five, while Mr. Whitby, on the
authority of Mr, Carr, stated thorn at three. This was
true at the time Mr. Carr made his return, bdt was Cot so
at the time the circular he had issued was drawn up.

At the Central Criminal Court, yesterday, John Bryan
aged 28 years, was charged with a number of frauds by which
he had plundered pawnbrokers to a very large amount. He
drove in a dog cart to the situp of a pawnbroker, and requested
to hate a loan upon the deposit of plated goods, such as
forks and spoons, and he represented himself as a manufac-
turer of such goods at Sheffield. It is difficult to test
such articles without destroying their value, and upon
the representation of the prisoner Mr. Attenhorough,
a pawnbroker, at Kensington, advanced him at different
times £260 ; from a Mr. Cotton, another pawnbroker, he
obtained £45, and from a third, named Russell, the sum
of £6O. The goods deposited by the prisoner was
after Wards found to be almost worthless, and a regular
i‘ Brummagem dodge." It also appeared that the defendant
did not carry on any business as a manufacturer at Sheffield,
and that he had two rooms in a house in Dyer's Buildings,
London, as a receptacle for his goods. Mr. Robinson,
on behalf of the prisoner, urged that he could not be convicted
of obtarning money by false pretences, as ho had done no
mere than was done every day by tradesmen —namely; ascrib-
ing a greater Value to hiil goods than they deserved. The jury
returned a `Spe-eial verdict, that the prisoner had fraudulently
Obtained the money from the prosecutors, by making false
representations as to the quality and value of the goods,
knowing that they were of less value than he represented them
to be, but they wore, at the same time, of opinion that
there had been a great want of caution on the part of
the persons who advanced the money. :The recorder enquired
of the jury whether they were df opinion that it was made
but that the defendant represented that the goods he deposited
with rho pawnbrokers contained as much silver as those
manufactured by Mr. Eikington, and whether the money was
advanced partly upon such representation ? The jury said
they were of opinion that these facts were es'ablished, and the
Recorder said it appeared to hien that upon the finding of the
jury a Verdict of guilty should be recarded, but, upon the
application of Mr. Robinson, he reserved the point for consi-
deration by the Court of Criminal Appeal.' Tho defendant
was, meantime, admitted to bail. Mr. Metcalfe stated at the
close of the case, that he was instructed that the pawnbrokers
of the metropolis bad been defrauded in a similar way to the
amount of £lO,OOO.

SEPARATION OF TOXTETII PARK FROM THE UNION.

The committee appointed to answer the queries of the
Poor-law Board relative to the proposed separation of
Toxteth Park from the West Derby Union, gave in their
report, which had been read at the last week's meeting.
In addition to what was then reported, the following
return of population and elpenditure was subjoined :--,-
Populaticin Of the union in 1831, 53,058 ; in 1841, 88,287 ;
in 1851, 153,248. Population of Toxteth Park in 1831,
24,067; in 1841, 41,251; in 1851, 61,326. Amount paid
for relieving officers :—Salaries in 1838, '2OO ; in 1856,
4'820. Amount paid for medical officers :—Salaries in
1841, .t"88 19s 6d ; in 1856, 4'1,583 3s. Amount levied f,r
poor, rate for the whole union for the year 1839, A'9,691 ;
for 1856, ei9,448. Amouht levied by piton rite for
Toxteth Park :-1839, .€2,689 ; 1856. £15,000.
t Mr. Callis moved that the chairman be requested to
sign the report, and transmit it to the general board.
The motion having been seconded, was unanimously
adopted. S
BATHS AND WASH-ROUSES,

A memorial was read, craving to have baths and wash—
houses in connection with the union, as such institutions
had been found of great benefit where they had been tried.
' There was no other business before the meeting, and
the guardians separateda