Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-24 00:00:00

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and her mother were quarrelling in the street when the
complainant was passing and made some remark about the
prisoner beating her mother, when she left off doing so, and
attacked her hi a furious manner, tearing her hair out of
her head, and the gown off her back. Both head and gown
presented an unmistakeable appearance of delapidation.
The prisoner was fined £5, or to be imprisoned for three
months.

OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES. - Thomas
Hazelgrave, a respectable looking man, who stood re-
manded for a week, was brought up yesterday by officers
Laycock and Scaife, on charges of having obtained £BO
worth of iron piping from Messrs. Stewart, Hodson, and
Hall, of Bury, in the name of Abraham Thomas, and for
having obtained £136 worth of like materials, from Messrs.
Thomas Edington, and Sons, of Glasgow, by false repre-
senta.ions, but in prisoner's name. Mr. Godfrey was for
the prisoner. The greater part of this case was published
last week, and the evidence of Mr. Hall, of Bury, was
repeated. The witness was cross-examined by Mr. Godfrey,
and he said, the first time he discovered that the transaction
was a fraudulent one, was the receipt of a letter, purporting
to have been written on board a ship, off Holyhead, by the
prisoner, stating that he was going to America, but had
left orders to have the amount paid. A carter, named
Tracey, proved that the prisoner employed him to
cart the pipes from the Railway-station to
Love-lane, and subsequently to the Vauxhall
foundry. Mr. Thomas Occleshead, cashkeeper and
bookkeeper at the Vauxhall foundry, said he paid
£29 0s '6d to the prisoner for the pipes, at the rate of £4 a
ton, on the 3rd February. Mr. Clough : Did you consider
that a fair value for the pipes ? Yes, for our purposes, and
I wish to make an observation in reference to a remark
made by you the last time this case was before the court,
and which got into the newspapers. It was stated that we
purchased the pipes at £4, that was worth £7 a ton. The
pipes were not worth more than £4 to us, as we do not use
such, and probably they would have to be broken up for
scrap. They could get thousands of tons of such at £5 14s,
so that full value, considering that the pipes would be
made scrap of, was given. Mr. Clough said the gentlemen
of the Press sometimes took great latitude. The witness
said they had not taken any latitude in the case, as it was
taken by Mr. Clough himself, and correctly reported in the
journals. Mr. Mansfield said it was sometimes very diffi-
cult for the gentlemen of the Press to follow quick speakers ;
but with that exception, very few errors indeed appeared in
the newspapers. Mr. Clough said he knew the respectability
of the establishment, and no one ever suspected that they
would purchase stolen property. He made the observation
to show that the prisoner had acted dishonestly, by selling
for £4 what was got for £7, so that he had been acting as
a swindler, and he wished this to be conveyed to the firm.
Mr. Hemer, a publican, at 4, College-lane, from whence
the prisoner dated his letters, proved that the prisoner
asked him liberty to have letters addressed to him there
of " Abraham Thomas," which he did, and
several letters came for him, and were taken by the prisoner.
Mr. Bennett, the son of Alderman Bennett, proved that he
purchased one ton twelve cwt. of the pipes from the pri-
a hundred weight. Mr. Abraham Thomas,
the prisoner got the pipes, was examined,
he did not know the prisoner.
him authority to write in his name
Officer

in the nan

in whose name

and proved that

—er Laycock was examined, and proved the state-
ment he had alreadyTmade, and which we have already
published. This was the case, so far as regarded the Bury
transaction. To prove the Glasgow case, Mr. (Young, the
manager of Messrs. Edington and Sons' foundry, was called,
and proved that the prisoner ordered pipes to the amount of
£136, which were sent to him, as for water works at Bir-
kenhead, and Mr. It. Clarke proved the delivery of the pipes
to the pricantor in Liverpnra nthcr ..i to ncewvr
examined, and proved the delivery also, and a clerk at Mr.
Gardiner's foundry, Fleet-street, proved having paid the
prisoner £6O odd for the pipes, which the prisoner sold for
£3 a ton. Some other evidence having been given, Mr.
Godfrey addressed the court on behalf of the prisoner, and
said there was a Mr Abraham Thomas in Wales, in whose
name the prisoner was acting. His Worship sent the
prisoner for trial on both charges.

- ROBBERY OF .JEWELLERY.—:Thomas Mathews, a hanger
about stables, was charged with having stolen three gold
watches, two guard chains, brooches, rings, pencil cases,
&c., to the value of over £5O, the property of Mr. William
Hunter, a publican, at 109, Mill-street; and; also, for
stealing a gold ring, a gold pencil case, a gold pin, a pair
f silver sleeve links, shoes, and other property, belonging
Mr. William Harbridge, one of the managers of Mr.
Rigby's vaults, Dale-street. The prisoner was in custody
of detective officer Carlyle. It appeared that the prisoner
was known to Mr. Harbridge, as a washer of cabs about the
old George Hotel, Dale-street, and that on the 14th instant
the prisoner was observed about the shop, and next morning
the property was missed out of Mr. Harbridge's bedroom.
The property was worth about £5, and he now identified it.
It was pledged at some pawnbroker's, and the prisoner was
identified as the pledger of the articles on the day they were
stolen. Mr. Hunter proved that the prisoner was in the habit
of knocking about Mr. Busby's stables, in Mill-street. On
the MI inst., his bedroom was entered and the property
to the amount of about £5O stolen. It was proved that the
prisoner had pledged some of the property at different
pawnshops, and as the case was quite clear against him, he
was sent for trial.
STEALIN G WRECKED Goons

—William Pennington a
young ;flan, a shipwright, was charged for having stolen
cc shillings worth of Manchester goods from the
wreck of the burnt ship Equator. Mr. Cobb defended, and
said the prisoner found the property floating in the river.
He produced good characters on behalf of the prisoner, and
his Worship discharged him,

about fi

BEFORE MR. PEEL

WHAT'S TILE RIGHT OF A POLICEMAN ?—A shipkeeper
ned by a police officer with having obstructed
lischarge of his duty. The complaint was this—
Ie going on board the ship of
trn o.e, between eleven and twelve o'clock
md, as he stated, he suspected the man

him in t
the officl
whfch h(

ld light a candle on board, which was according to
lad he went on board after him to
The defendant then

" law,"
try if 1

refused 'to
obstrue tio

ip, and this was the case of
r. Bluck, for the defence,

contended
ship, on a

officer had no right to go• on board the
peculation. There was no light, and he

and therefore the

that the man would produce a light,
er was not justified in forcing himself
,trate had a doubt whether the officer

on board

which wa

aty, but at the same time fined defendant 10s,
,ngly objected to on the part of defendant.

kLARUII- CLOCKS

TO rt II E EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,— Having received alarum clocks from Mr.
B. Levi-, 88, Old Hall-street, Liverpool, and tried
them ,myself, and proved them to my own satisfac-
tion, I have to state they are clocks which every
working mall should have in his possession for the
purpose of calling him up in the morning. I can
safely say that a. man
can trust to them. I havetried one for several Weeks,
and have not known it
to fail in one single instance ; they keep time well,
and may be relie d on. , Hoping this may further
the sale of Mr. LeYy s Alarum Clocks, I remain
yours, &c.,
H. G. BROOMFIELD.
Talko'th Hill, near Lawton, Staffordshire.

-
Dt ter to the Bradford Advertiser, General Thom
'.,says he has given his assent to a suggestion thapt
vent of any change of goyernmept, the friends of
t should persist in occupying their present sittings
,f demonstration that they will not march through
with any government which does not show Signs
fishing the ballot."

the bal
by way
Covent

of estai
Whi

ring one of the most important points of his
n the Honse of Commons, last night, Lord
rupted by the crying of a child in the
ncident stopped the noble lord, and
- liter, amidst which the em-

Stan
ladie
cony

ith lau

LL . or the mother was distinctly heard.
in accordance with the fact, or to give point to the
, was freely stated that a young scion of the
f 'Russell was the disturber of order. The Herald
-y Was caused by a natural apprehension for the
noble parent. "at the moment writhing under

circumstance, it

says the c
fate of its

erd Stanley's sarcasm."

PERSONATING A HUSBAND -EXTRAORDINARY
CREDULITY.

Shortly before Christmas last, an old man, who said his
name was S— B —, visited a town in Worcestershire, and
inquired for a Mrs. B—, whom he easily found out, and to
whom he stated that he was her husband. About 26 or 27
years ago, Mrs. B —'s husband had been transported for
seven years, since which time he had not been heard of, and
his wife therefore supposed that he was dead. Her surprise
at the re-appearance of S— B— was great when he pre-
sented himself as her husband ; and at first Mrs. B did
not feel disposed to believe him, as there was a great
difference in her recollection between the S— B— of 1859
and her husband of the great Reform Rill era ; but ultimately
she seems to have been convinced that S— B— was "the
real Simon Pure." He told most wonderful stories of his
life, passed in Van Diemen's Land, coming down to the wreck
of the Sarah Sands, the ship in which he stated that he had
sailed for home, he and five others only escaping in a boat.
S— B— insisted that he had had considerable property
on board the ship, all of which was lost, but fortunately it
was insured for £1,700 in a London office ; he also stated
thathe had a farm in Van Diemen's Land, which was rented
by Government. Having regained his ancient position as
head of the B— family, time passed on very comfortably.
S— B— was introduced to the various members of the
family, and with fine speeches and promises of recompense,
he managed to get a good living without work. Then came
the time when he was to receive the insurance money, and
ajourney was undertaken to London to receive it on
Friday, 4th March last. After being suitably clad at the
expense of a confiding friend of the family, the journey was
made in company with the latter. The two arrived in
London safely, and proceeded to the insurance office, which
had been named, bat no such insurance could be found
on the books. From one office to another they toddled
during Friday and Saturday, but could not hit upon
the right one ; and so, tired enough of walking Lon-
don pretty nigh through, they knocked off from further
search until Monday. On that day they renewed
their labours but in vain ; no office would admit their
indebtedness in £1,700 to S— B—. Still there
was the rent of the farm in Van Dieman's Land,
which had not been paid for years, and there it was ready
to be paid over to S— B—, or his order, at Somerset-house.
The confiding friend and an acquaintance of his were en-
trusted by S— B with the necessary authority to receive
the rent, and were despatched on that mission, S— B— re-
maining to await their return with the money at a public-
house. Somerset-house is easily found, but it was no easy task
to discover the office in which S B—'s rent was payable.
His messengers sought for it in vain in every quarter of that
edifice, and at length returned empty-handed as they went,
to the public house where S— B— ought to have been in
waiting. But they found no S— B— there, and he had
left no message descriptive of his whereabouts. Search the
third, viz., in pursuit of S— B—, was now instituted and
carried on for three days, and on the fourth the confiding
friend was obliged to return home without further tidings
of S— B— or his money, nor has the latter since entered
an appearance in Worcestershire. S— B— had made and
published his will ; it was written on one page of note
paper, and in it he bequeathed his money to his wife for
her life, and afterwards to be divided among his children.—
Worcester Herald.

THE BURNING OF THE EQUATOR
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—l went over to Egremont on Saturday after-
noon, soon after it was announced that the Equator
was on fire there—as, having a large and valuable
shipment on board, I felt an interest apart from that
of ordinary curiosity ; and the natural feelings of one
seeing thousands of pounds sacrificed must be my
apology for intruding a few remarks about this fire
to your notice.

It was close upon four o'clock when I reached the
vessel, then hard aground, with a steam-tug astern,
also grounded, with two fire-engines on board, playing
upon the burning vessel ; and even this small supply
of water force upon such an extensive fire, was suffi-
cient to slack it to such an extent, that Mr. Hewitt
declared that another half-hour would see the fire
under. But this half-hour was not to be obtained. 111.41
admirable forethought (P) that placed both the vessel
and steamer,lwith the fire engines on board so high
up on the shore was duly rewarded ; the tide left
them high and—dry, no water was to be obtained. An
attempt was made to supply the engines with four
buckets !! filled at the tide, and passe along at the
rate (per my watch) of four a minute. After this
the fire, left to itself, soon raged with fury, with
nothing to stop its progress, until a couple of hours
had elapsed, when two fresh engines, on board a
steamer in the river, got into play—but too late.
I am not, however, going into the question of the
a. 6 %Jr , 1.4 y . Llsae Ls ktne
underwriters' surveyor) advice to scuttle the ship,
to let the flowing tide into her, was apparently not
followed, as she floated in a blaze at the night's tide ;
but I want to call the attention of those who have
committed to their care the welfare of the port,
how is it that a harbour like this is without a floating
steam fire-engine P Surely the burning of the
Constitution, James Baines, Isaac Wright, and now
the Equator, has been, and"is, sufficient warning to
prove the necessity of such a machine. No fire is so
readily stopped with water as one on shipboard, for,
with a powerful engine, a vessel may be filled in a
very few minutes. The cost of such a fire engine
cannot stand in the way of its adoption. In the
instance I have quoted it would have saved at least
£200,000.
I trust that this matter will not be lost sight of
until another fire has to occur to arouse our autho-
rities to the wants of the port.—l am, yours
obediently, A. B. F.
Liverpool, 21st March, 1859.

A RUSSIAN PECULIARITY.—The Russians drink first and
eat afterwards, and never drink without eating. If wine
and biscuits are placed on the table, every one takes a glass
of wine first, and then a biscuit; and at the zakouska before
dinner, those who take the customary glass of votka take
an atom of caviare or cheese after it, but not before it As
a general rule, the Russians drink only at the beginning of
a repast.
On returning home after his duel with young O'Connell,
Lord Alvanley gave a guinea to the hackney coachman who
had driven him out, and brought him back. The man,
surprised at the largeness of the sum, said, "My lord, I
only took you to —"—" My friend " interrupted Alvanley,
" the guinea is for bringing one back, not for taking me
out.—Roger's Table Talk.

FATAL ACCIDENT TO A WOMAN ONE HUNDRED AND
ELEVEN YEARS OF Aar.—On Saturday, a woman named
Mary Walsh, of Killarney, who had attained the advanced
age of one hundred and eleven years, was accidentally
killed. She was crossing the road leading to the corner of
the Park, about three miles from Killarney, when she was
run over by a horse and car. Her death was immediate.
Up to the time of this fatal mishap she had been remarkably
strong and healthy, nover having had a day's illness, and
would, in all probability, have lived for several years
longer.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAT.—An accident happened on the Great Western
Railway, Bristol, on Monday, upon the departure of the
12.55 train for Paddington. It appears that, just as the
train was about to start, a number of passengers were on
the platform, amongst whom were a number of young
soldiers, and some young women. The troops were on
their way to Chatham, and the females were present to bid
adieu to them before separating. The deceased, with
another young woman, both Irish, and the soldiers being
Irish, too, there appeared to have been a warmth of feeling
between them that induced them to be present at the
station. The bell rang, but notwithstanding this the
soldier held her hand. The train
_proceeded; the deceased
walked on with the carriages, her hand still being held by
the soldier, when suddenly she struck against one of the
pillars that supported the part of the building, and was
then thrown upon the rails. The train was in rapid
motion, and before it could be stopped two carriages had
passed over her, and their six wheels had completely
crushed her head to atoms, and broken both her arms.
Medical aid was sent for, but his services were of no avail,
the unfortunate woman having breathed her last.

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MooN.—An article has appeared
in a very serious foreign contemporary to the following
effect: Suppose that a successful attempt were made to
obtain a surface for the photographic picture perfectly free
from irregularities capable of distorting the most impercep-
tible lines of a photograph. Suppose also that on this
surface a photograph of the moon were taken with every

precaution ; if this picture were examined under a
very powerful microscope the most minute
possesseddetail details wouldsuf
become visible, and if the instrument .
ficiently high magnifying power you
to see living beings, if there areresiding in that
any wouldbe able
luminary. This is one of the applications ofphotography
to astronomy ; and it has been said that an Italian
after trying for six years to obtain this result, has succeeded,
and has recently been able to obtain pictures of the moon
on which figures of naked animals are depicted, one species
of which bore a great resemblance to human beings. .
• . It is certain that important discoveries may be
arrived at by this means ; the great difficulty being to find
a substance on which to take the picture, the surface of
which shall be so perfectly even as to receive the luminous
image without in the slightest denee distorting its most
minute details.--The Photographic ''News.

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Ihr Spurious articles of a similar kind being in the market, it
is necessary to observe that the names of Crowden and Garrod are
on the boards, or you may get a worthless imitation. All others
are counterfeits. 78my14
,

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