The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-07 00:00:00

NOTICIL

The proprietors of these works, having been fined on
Friday last, the 7th November, for allowihg an unnecessary
amount of smoke' to issue from their chimneys, owing to
careless feeding of the furnaces and improper management
of the grates, are complies to give the following instruc-
tions, which are to be observed by all firemen in their em-
ploy g— _

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[Hee follow instructions.]
The above regulations are calculated to benefit equally
employers and employed, and, to secure a proper observance
of them, notice is hereby given that any infringement will
be punished in the following manner :
For the first offence, a fine of 2s 6d will be imposed.
For the second offence, a fine of 53 will be imposed.
kor the third offence, dismissal.
A corresponding reward will be given to those who pay
constant attention to their duty, as herein set forth.
Mr, Mansfield, after stating that the defence made on the
previous occassion, was one of the best he had ever heard,
expressed the satisfacqon he felt, that all difficulties had
been overcome, and that it was clear that the nuionce
arising from smoke could be prevented with proper care and
attention.

UNIrARRANTABLE INTERFERENCE OF
THE POLICE. •

Amongst the numerous cases that conic before the
magistrates for adjudica ion, for trading on the Sabbath,
was one of which we give the full particulars, a 3 it
shows how necessary it is that reformation should be
made in the law w ith regard to that important class, the
licensed victuallers. Yesterday, twenty two beersellers
and two licensed victuallers were summoned before the
magistrates for an infringement of the act of parliament,
which prohibited the trading on the Sabbath. With
regard to the beerhouses, most of the cases were
dismissed, but there was one easy of a publican, which
we give entire, as it shows the necessity of some
legislative interference in the matter. Francis 7vl'Donald,
a licensed victualler, was summoned for selling beer o:,
the Sabbath. Police constable 554, stated, that at a
quarter to twelve o'clock he visited the house of the
defendant, where he found a number of women and
men drinking. On the table were glasses of ale,
wine, and grog. Mr. Rymer, who appeared for the de-
fendant, said : May I ask you whether you were not told
that it was a a private party of the friends of the landlord
who were there ? Police constable • I was not told any-
thing of the sort; I went in and found the persons
drinking there. Mr. Rymer: Did you ask their names ?
Constable : No, I did not, but their names were told
me. Mr. Rymer Did ynu not insist upon their n mes
being given Constable : No, I did not. Mr. Rymer :
Did you not ask their names ? Constable : No, Ido not
think I did ; I saw that liquor was on the table when I
went into the room. Mr. Rymer You did something
more than that ; you tasted,l think. Constable : Yes, I did
taste of what was on the table. Mr. Rymer : Did you
not taste of each glass that was on the table ? I tasted of
the glasses in order to prove this case. Mr, Rymer:
Did you conceive it to be your duty to taste each glass ?
Constable : Yes, it is my duty to taste each glass to prove
the case. Mr. Rymer: What ; taste each glass ? Con
stable : Yes, to be sure, or how could I know what it
was they contained. Mr. Rymer : So you had the im•
pudence to taste each glass that was on the table ?
Constable : To be sure I did. Mr. Rymer : Is that your
duty ? Constable: Yes it is. Mr. Rymer. How long
have you been in the police force ? Constable : I shall
not answer that qu,stion, because I do not think that
you have any right to ask me it. If the magistrates say I
am to answer it, I'll do so. Cross examination continued.
I was told it was a private party. I was told that Captain
Rennie was going to sill the next day on a voyage to Mel-
bourne. Mr. Rymer : And after being told that it was a private
party, you still insistel upon tasting each glass. Constable :
Yes, I did so, in order to prove the case. Mr. Rymer :
Then you tasted of wine, ale, and grog. Did ever any
person hear of such a diabolibal outrage ! Did you ask the
names of the parties, and call upon each to give his name ?
Constable : I don't recollect that I did, Mr. Rymer thee
addressed the bench for the defendant, contending 'hat his
client bad kept the house for six years, and that there had
never been a complaint laid against him. The fact was
that on the night in question the plaintiff had invited a
party of friends to spend the evening with him, amongst
whom was Captain Rennie, his wife, and some other
ladies. He designated the conduct of the Constable
as most abominable in tasting of each glass that was on
the table, and expressed a hope that the magistrate would
express his condemnation of such a practice by censuring
the conduct of the constable. He called several witnesses
to prove that it was a private meeting of friends of the
landlord who were assembled, amongst whom was Mrs.
Rennie, who stated that the parties had been invited to
spend the evening with her d•sughter prior to her father's
sailing to Melbourne, and that not one single halfpenny
bad been paid for the drink that had been supplied. The
magistrate, after expressing it as his opinion the police
constable;had not, considering the onerous duties he had
to perform, exceeded his duty, dismissed the case.

THE WAY TO RAISE A CoLLFCTION.—The Birmingham
Journal tells the following story of the Rev. W. Bennett,
of that town, recently deceased :—" Upon one of the
occasions when a collection was to be made, which, by the
way,was an operation very frtggently performed, he gave out
hymn, and said during the singing of this hymn, Oar
friends will make a collection,' at which announcement
several of th 3 audience, as is usual, began to leave their
seats, when he said in a sly confident tone,: You need not
leave your seats, for you cannot get out until the collection
is over, as the doors are kicked.' The hymn was sung, the
collection made, and the money summed up. After being.
informed of its amount he slowly rose in the pulpit, and
said, My friends, the collection amounts to the sum of
£23 17s. 5d.,' making the £23 emphatic ; I say the col.
lcction amounts to £23 17s. 5d.,' making the shillings
emphatic; he again repeated the sum making the pence
emphatic. 'Now, I say there is some mistake ; the col-
lection has been made with too much haste, and some cue
has been missed. Go, raodudnrdessagain,haen de
collectors;
eittocr:r;ef*
willand
dsienlgibetrwatoelyh,y'msanis this time, so that you need not hurry.'d he,
The hymns were sung and the collection summed up.
said he, 'I was sure some one had been missed ; it now
amounts to £34 6s. 111 d. The widow's mite is there it
was not there before.' turning to the collectors he
said, 'And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw
in two mites, which make a farthing; and he called unto
him his disciples and said unto them, 'Verily, I say unto
you, that this poor widow Lath cast in more than all they
which have cast into the treasury, for all they, did cast
of
their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all she
had, even all her living.' Ido desire that in future you
never miss the widow, for though the amount may not be
profitable, it is the spirit that sanotifiethd "