Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-11 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1857,

A " LOADED " HORSE.

At one of the London police•courts, on Thursday, a
cab-driver, accompanied by a countryman from Hoddesdon,
complained to Mr. Bingham that his country friend had
been taken in by some dealers, who had sold him a horse.
His friend yesterday went to the Repository, St. Martin's-
lane, to see if anything would suit him. He could not
find anything inside the place, but outside he was met by
a horse caper, who managed to persuade him to bay an
animal for o£B Ws. When he got the horse home he
found it was only fit for the knackers, for though outwardly
good looking enough, it was broken winded and had no
inside, although warranted sound. Mr Bingham said he
supposed the animal was warranted sound, wind and limb,
quiet to ride or drive in single and double harness ? The
applicant said the warranty was not in writing, but was
made in the presence of a witness. Mr. Bingham said it
did not matter about the warranty being in writing if it
could be established by credible witnesses. He did not
see what he could do in such a very common case. The
buyer ought to have exercised more caution. Applicant
intimated that the horse had been " loaded," that is, gorged
witb shot by some process, which gave the animal a tem-
porary appearance of soundness, but when it was taken
home to the stable, and a little water given to it, the
cheat was detected by the liquid running immediately
through the body. After this a run of a dozen yards made
the animal, to use the applicant's worth, " holler like a
donkey." His country friend took the horse back to the
Lane, and was offered £3 for his bargain by one of the
same gang, who, no doubt, wished to load the animal again
for another country purchaser. There was a regular
"ring" of dealers, who stood in the Lane looking out for
victims. Mr. Bingham said the only chance the country-
man had was the County Court, and then, possibly, after
incurring £lO in law expenses, he might find that the
seller was not worth a shilling. The applicants then left
the court.

FORTIFICATION OF CENTRAL AMERICA.—An European
cfficer, apparently of a very superior military education,
is now actively engaged in different States of the Union,
in enlisting officers of artillery and engineers able to
direct the construction of fortifications. These enlist-
ments are made with the ostensible design of forming a
standing army in Central America, and putting that
country in an efficient state of defence against any future
attack of filibusters. It may be in connection with the
movements of Santa Anna, though it would appear that
the immediate destination of the officers to be enlisted is
really Central America.—New York Tribune.
SALMON FISHING EXTRAORDINARY.—OR one of the
burning June days of last week, four ladies, residing at
Nithsdale, went to bathe in the river Seaur ; the soot was
a fine pool about fifty feet in length, close to the junction
of the tributary stream with the Nith. While the ladies
were actually inekiog their preparations on the green banks
of the stream they were disturbed by the discovery that the
pool in which they intended to bathe was occupied by a
flue salmon, which was swimrninsa about and leaping above
the water with all the vigour of a newly run fish. A con-
sultation was held, and it was resolved that as the pool had
to be entered at any rate, an effort should be made to
capture the intruder. After an immense amount of trouble
and exertion, which only the watery element could have
enabled them to accomplish in such hot weather, they
succeeded in running the fish to one end of the pool, where
the water became s t shallow that he could mike no further
progress. Here he was closely surrounded, and the attack
commenced ; at one time he was actually grasped by fair
hands, but hi a size and strength were too much for de!icate
fingers, and he managed to escape, returning to the pool.
Brief, however, was tee liberty thue gained; so thoroughly
frightened was the fish that he rushed through the pool at
his utmost speed, reckless of where he went, and closely
followed by his pursuers ; at the other end, where a bank
of gravel projects into the water, h actually threw himself
distance of five or eix feet from the pool upon the bank.
There he was easily m ale prisoner, and the ladies not a
little prated of their exploit, bore 'tine home in triumph.
The fish weighed 121b5., and Wes remarkebly thick. Surely
the descendants of the water kelpie are not extinct in
bonny Nithsdale.—Deenfries Courier.

Dtio3DERLY LACQUEYs.--At the Marlb ',rough Police
, Court, Lnndos, on Thursday, four livery servants, George
Drumm, John Penn, 'James Miller, and Robert Gay, were
brought before Mr. Bingham, the two former charged with
an assault on the police in the execution of their duty. and
the others with avernpting to rescue, by inciting the first
two when taken into custody. The defendants were in
attendance with their carriages, at a party given by Lady
Jersey, in Berkeley-square. The police, from crowding and
confusion, found it necessary to clear the steps, in order that
the company might not be incommoded ; and, in furtherance
of this duty, the police were obstructed and assaulted.
There was great confusion, and it became necessary to take
Drumm and Penn into custody, when hustling ensued,
and the others called loudly, and in very low and intern-
pera-e language, for a rescue. The result was, that the
mob around- became greatly excited. and the police were
followed to the station by a crowd cf coachmen and others,
loudly callinz out to liberate the pris iners, or not to let
the " Peelers have them." On the road to the station,
Penn begged hard to be allowed to go, as he should loose
his place if not with his carriage at one o'clock, having
been ordered at that time. Penn and Drumm were said
by the police to be the wo se for liquor. Drumm called
James Keeley, hall—porter to the Earl of Jersey, and other
servants to disprove the latter part of the statement, as to
his state, and they declared that they considered him
sober. Mr: Charles Leslie, of Bet kley-suare, who was at
Lady Jersey's party, heard of the disturbance, and was
called to bail his servant, Drumm ; he was also clearly of
opinion that he was then sober. The Magistrate con-
ceived, from the evidence of the police, confirmed by the
inspector, that Drumrn was really the worse for liquor a±
the time of the disturbance, thoeg,h sobered on the appear-
ance of his master ; that if this was not the case, his
conduct was the more inexcusable. Men in the position
of the defendants, accustomed to obey authority, should
have seen the necessity of obeying the orders of the police,
instead of opposing and assaulting them. Uafortailately,
when excited by liqaor, they chose to judge their own
case ; and hence all the mischief. Deamm and Penu must
be sent for ten days each ; a fine of 40a, on Gay, and 20s.
on Miller.

Tess Hsmrs ATEM'RIAL.-01 Teers'iay afternoon, a
meeting of the subscribers to the Hume Memorial Fund
to )1c place in the Court-house, Marylebene, London. to
4'etermine en the appropriation of the fund. The Earl
Fortescue presided, and mentioned that a committee was
appointed at a meeting held at Willis's Booms, on Feb.
16, 18:56, of which he was chairmen, to derise means for
commemorating the public services and virtues of the late
Joseph-Hume, and subscription lists were at once opened.
Power was also given to the committee to devote any sum
of money that might be collected, but it was the
unanimous opinion of the committee that it would be
more satisfactory to the public that a general meet-
ing should be called before the money was expended.
4,132 circular letters were sent out, and the total amount
subscribed had been £1,658 7s. ; the expenditure had
been £335 2s. Bd., leaving 41,313 4s. 6d. to be applied to
the object proposed. He trusted that the decision arrived
at by the committee would be satisfactory, but he west
certainly say the amount collected was inadequate to the
merits of the individual, and the expectations of the commit-
tee. Lord R. Grosvenor, 51. P., expressed his entire con-
currence with what the committee had done, and he thought
they had acted wisely in closing the subscription lists, when
it was considered they had been open for a considerable
period, and the response had been so limited. He believed
the public would be perfectly satisfied with the decision of
the committee; for nothing in his opinion mid be more
appropriate than the foundetion of a scholarship in a col-
lege, with which the shrewd stateewrin had been so inti-
mately connected. He had led a life of political economy,
and that was another reason why the proposed scholarship
was so appropriate. When he remembered how much
the late Joseph Hume bail sacrificed for the public
good, the great services he had rendered to his country, he
felt some surprise that he had not received a gee der public
acknowledgement. For hinyself, he could say that he
always entertained the greatest respect for Mr. Hume, a- d
his respect was still unabated. In conclusion, he proposed
the following resolution :—" That the fund collected for the
purpose of commemorating the public services and virtues
of the late Joseph Hume be placed ire the hands of the
Council of University College for the establishment of a
scholarship to advance the sciences of jurisprndruce and
political economy, and that such scholarship be in the
name of the Joseph Hume Scholarship.'" Mr. W.
Williams, 4.P., in seconding the resolution, said that he
was one of the four or five Liberal members who started
the memorial, and he expected much greater success
than bad been obtained, for the public cervices of the late
Joseph Hume had never been equalled. He trusted
future generations would think better of the late Mr.
Hume, than the people of the present day. He had
endeavoured to obtain the erection of a statue in the
House of Parliament, but Lord Palmerston had given a
very ungracious answer, and while the present premier
was in power, there was no hope ; but ho trusted there
would be more premiers than Lord Palmerston. Mr. J.
W. Hall supported the motion, and mentioned that £658
2a. had been collected in the City, and he handed over
cheques for the amount remaining, after the deduction of
the expenses. The resolution was then put and carried
unanimously, as was also another, for the forwardiug of
the resolution to the Council of University College. Mr.
D'lffanger, in moving a vote of thanks to the chairman,
remarked that he deeply regretted the small amount of
subscriptions, which he thought was a reflection on the
working Ouses of the country. The proceedings theft
terminated,