Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-27 00:00:00

DRUNK AND INCAPABLE'

At the Southwark p'slice-cout, M. George Unwin, umbrella
manufacturer, of Sheffield, was charged with being foand in the street
drunk and incapable, having in his posse ,sioa a valuable gold w tch
and chain, a diamond pin, a cheque for £3 I)'., and other property.
Scannell, 117 If said he found the defendant drun t and incapable of
taking care of himself, in the Porough, at 12 o'elook on the previous
night. He was surrounds' by the wo •st of thews and prostitute.,
and wonli hers been robbed had not wi'ness taken him to the
station-hoase and locked im np. The defend ant indignmtly denie 1
the charge. He was no` drunk, or e-en ander the influence of liquor
at the time; and he Vasught it a great piece of impatience for the
police interfering with him. Inspector Moore, M. division, said be
was passing al'ag the Borough at the time, when he saw the
defendant drank and incapabas, at the same time an rounded by a
a number of thieves and prostitutes. Ho directed the constable to
take him `o the station-house, and when there it was found ha had
in his poss.ssioa a gala wateh, chats, dia-eoad pin, and a cirque
for £3 10t, besides soma gold and si'var money, all of wit:eh
no doubt he would have lost bad le not loaron taken care
of. Mr. Coombe (to the prisoner)—l see by the charge-sit-et
that you have given year aldreas, " Mr. 02man, General Post
0 Mco." How is that ? Are you c. connected with that est ibl shment ?
Defendant—Oh, no, no. I am% merchant, and live at Shefield. Mr
Combs —Then how came you to pat yoar address down " General
Post Office ?" Defendant—Recluse I always put up at ,the Lord
Raglan nearly opposite. I thought that was near enough. Mr.
Combs—That Is enough to mislead any oats and I should advise you
when you get drunk again to give )oar proper address, if you can.
You are now tined se, the uival dran%ard's doe. Defendant—That's
too bad. I was not drunk, and I don't thank the pollee for interfer-
Lsg with me. Mr. Combe —Why you would have lost .everythinr
you had, hat it not been for th
e po'ice. I think you ought to be
tnaakful to them. Defendant (p lying th due) —I cols'der I am
being robbed of this by the police. Mr. Combe.—You are an ungrate•
fal man. There ctobe no doubt that you were drank. Go along
with you, sir. s

CHARGE OF PRO3ELYMM AT THE SEA-
BATEIING INFIEYRRY, AIskaGATE.

At the rneethog of the Maryleheae Poo! Law Guardians on Friday,
a letter was real from one of the inmate of the workh euse, who had
lately re urned from the Royal Sea Bathing harm erg, Afazgate,
whi h the hal b en sent as a patient by the Cae lie d officers of the
werklion.e. The writer, a man nature' Thomas Conway, charged
the officers of the Sea-Bathing laf•mary with h twins treated him
unkindly, and neglected because he happens l to be a Roman
Cat :olio. He commenced his cominanicatioa by hopin; that the
directors and guardians would, with their characteristic generosity,
pnvent, in future, a galling and lasuiting scheme of proselytism,
and went on to state that the day after he arrived at Margate, it
being Sand y, a Inmate officer b begin; to t le infirmary entered
the ward i , which he was lyinr, eel how ne want .d him, asked him
on perceiving he was readin; his prayer book, if it was tae proper
form of rvayer which h 3 was r adin;, al I as h hal else his Bibie
w.th him (the Vouay version) she asked him tto s tme q met on
aho•et that, when he rept el that he had re i.her the b3CA. of Common
Prayer nor th • authorised ve-sian of the Scriptures, bat the pr e 3 ere
and version of th • Scriptures sanctioned by his owe churn—th-
Church of Rome. Upo s that she gave an opinion that he would
not bs allowed to read any other than the revelar form of prayers.
At the same time she laid down the books, stating t to matter aboall
lea reported to the superintendent. She subsequently came t him
lead t Id him not to take h's hocks out of his box alai she had made
known to the chaplain that h 3 had net the araper d3V stleaal book I
with him. An unpi •asal' discusCoa of er wards arose, in which it
was heti nate I to him that he went.' not be alLavel to remain in the
institution, as it was feared he might, with Polish doctrines, con-
taminate the other patients. He was, however, supp'i:d with a book
exposing "the errors of Popery from the dawn of Cnristianity
down to the pr-sent time;" anti he was te.cl that if he continued to
adhere to the doctrhoss of the Church o 7 Rom • his soul would be
loot for ever. die was also Wormed that if he did no consent
go to church he shou•d have to be sent home, and to that d,ternative
he w llingly consented rather than become an apostate to
his creed. The Roman Catholic Bible he hod with him
was examined, and the notes in exPlanat'on of the text
were condemned as moot ddmnable. The writer then want
on to say, alluding to the conduct of particular offi m-s of the estab-
lishmeat at Margo e. that he hal b ten fro n time to time most
grossly insal•el. and piece' loader a system of espionage—the
finger of scorn being emtlnually pointed at him. To such an Went
had this been the cis?, that his life became miserable to hem, and he
was fore al to app'y to the sarateoto of the bid-miry fo- permission to
leave reiu tn hone. He also wrote a letter, with a staterne et
of the persecat'cl while he enlared, to the Rev. Mr. Taylor, the
R moan Catholic chaplain of the warkhausa, for he was almost driven
to m elness by it, and the reeta of his doing so was that he was
allowed to return home.

The Board or Guardials of the Marylobone Union sahserthe to the
Bfargue instlntl3l, hat hva no control over 1.3 offic-T3. It wAs
resolved that the letter ihonld be sent to the manager, for the 'r
consideration.

,CONVICTION OF A PROCURES3.—At the qusrter sessions
for the North Riding of Yorkshire. held on Thursday last,
a case was heard, which, fortunately for the female sex,
has cery seldom its parallel in courts of justice. Ann
Ferguson, a woman forty-six ye Is .of age, was indict d
under an act of parliament which makes it a misdemeanor
for any person to procure the prostitution of young females
wader twenty-one sears of age. She had kept a blterkause
at the pert of AlEldleshro', and the house was resorted to by
prostitutes and thiev:s. Ann Holism, a respectable and
good-looking girl, only sixteen years of age, was hired by
the prison as a tervant, but she had not been !wig in her
situation be 'ore she was introduced to a ticket-of-leave man,
and obliged by her mistrees to su Omit to his embraces. This
sort of treatment continued for Some time, un.il at length
she sacceeded in Luling her .escape from the house. The
narration of the way in wtieb, the girl was treated in this
den of infamy was of such a nature as, of course, to pre-
clude its publication, but we may state that it produced in
the minds of every peri6n in court, feelings of livens. dis-
gust, esp cielly as in every instance the abandoned woman
received the reward or her treachery,—The chairman of the
sessions ( he Hon. J. G. Damlas) marked his-sense of her
conduct ny ordering her to be inOri§OIRCI for eighteen
months, with hard labour.

MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

EVERTON AND KIRKDALE WARD.

List evening, the friends 'and' supporters of Mr. •D.
Crosthwaite, assembled at the National School-rooms.
Kirkdale, for the purpose of taking measures to secure
that gentleman's re-election, as the representative of_ that
ward in the Town Council, at the approaching Municipal
Election. The resolutions and speeches were of the same
character as those given at the meeting held in Everton,
on Friday evening last, a report of which was given in
this journal. The meeting pledged itself to support Mr.
Crosthwaite on the day of election. •