Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-30 00:00:00

BEFORE MESSRS. BEEN AND SHULL

A woman named Ellen Lowden, who keeps a sailors'
boarding-house in No. 1 Court, Saltney-street, summoned
Mr. John Smith, of the shipping office, sailors' home,
ender the 127 sec. of the Merch,nt Shipping Act, far
receiving 153. from her for shipping sailors. Mr. Snow-
ball was for the complainant, Mr. Aspinall for th)
defendant, and Mr. Tyndall attendel to watch the case
for the Board of T, ads. The case may be put into the
following factg, although the details occupied a considerable
time. Previous to last Augus►, Mr. Smith was engaged
in an American shipping office, and was solicited to fill an
office at the sailor's home, in consfquence of his activity
and intelligence. The complainant alleged that five days'
after he wets appointed to the office in the sailor's home,
he shipped two man for her, and that he wanted to
charge her a pound, and she paid him 15s. in order to
gat their notes from him ; she told a man named
Armstrong about it. This man was examined, and
cross-examined by Mr. Aspinill, and he admitted that he
bore the greater part of the present expense ; other
boarding masters might have contributed also. Mr.
lu3pinall contended that there was a conspiracy against
the defendant, who hal made himielf very active in
putting down the vile system of crimping in Liverpool.
The Mag'strate, after hearing the whole cage, tlecided on
-fining the defendant £5 5;. and costs, with the view of
allowing him to appeal to the Queen's Bench.

LOsS OP LErtqf TRADERS. —S:nce November,
1856, n fewer than fire VPAtri vessels belonging ti, or
trading with the port of Leith, have bean totally lost, 'iz.,
Wslin, Z ivave, Queen Martello, and Rapid, in the
following order :—The Roslin, from Stettin, with a cargo
of grain, &c., foundered at sea; all hands dro-vned. The
Zona', e, trona Stettin, with a \ carga of grain, run dawn ;
crew say.,:d. Tao Queen end Martell', general c.trgo, from
Invertere, ran on sbote on the Carr R,icks, near Oral;
total wreak; cargoes partially rescued ; crew and pusek-
gers save_ The R‘pid, general cargo, run down off
Ymrmoutia ; tout loss; crew and pas:iengers saved.

ATROCIMIS OIITE‘GIiI AT Powricruxcr.—Between twice
and, one u'elook oa Monday na.rnieg, a gun is as discharged
into Vile County P,,liee OMee 11..intefract. Elward Chris-
ter, eerlz to Mr. Orraehy, the supezintendent of the
tiri?i,n, was the oily parson in thn offi;e at the time.
lie was seated in tin room w'ten thogun was fired through
the winlow ; but its conttnts, a quantity of shot,
fortu ;we) missed him, and lodged in the wall cpposie.
The outrage is supposed by the police to have been perpe-
trate,' in co,ll.4quence of their latterly having taken save al
disarderly fellows of the town into custo•ly.
has a 1)L4,-;11 police ; and hitherto, the " roughs" about
the p'ace have had it pretty rues Lleir ova way.
Latterly, however, wh,..,n the raral police 'yore caught
Rome of these parsons brealsihz the pe Lee, or otherwise
concluating themselves in a disorderly manner, without the
boundaries of the borough, they have had them punished.
It is therefore, supposed, that the attempt describe ci
above is to be attributed to a feeling of revenge against the
police.

WILFUL Ig BERWICKPIIIRE.—APPItEmEM-
siON OF TU s INcEND/ABY.—On the night of the 30th Nov.,
ninet en stacks were burned in the farmyard at Hatchet-
niz -, in the parish of Coldstream, value about ..£5OO.
lutorm.'ion of the burning was immediately communie'ited
to Mr. !Joining, supsi',tencient of the Berwickshire police.
Assist• d by criminal cater Andrew Torrie, the superin-
tendent immediately proceeded to investigate into the cause
of the burning, and was eatiafied that it was the work of
ao liary. In the course of irquiries the supetinten-
dent tisc::taided that a vagrant had be :11 turned out of a
cart-s Led at Whitrigg the same eve=ning. Oa being turned
oat a threatened that he would set fire to some of the
adkiniiig stack-yards. Vitittigg it the adjoining, farm
to nutcbetniv. This man was closely pursued for a
considerable distance into Northumberland, when for
sever.] days, ow;ng to his vagrant habits. sleeping in
&c., all traca of him cuss lost. He was, how-
ever, apprehended on the 11th instant, sleeping in a b-,r)
view Hexhaor, Northumberland. He has been committed
to G-eenla.v prison for tticl. Much praise is due to the
Northumb,,rland constabulary for their active exertions
and c) operation with the superintendent of Berwickshire
in assisting to apprehend the.accused. When apprehended
accused were clogs of a very peculiar shape, which corres-
pond with impressions at Whitrigg, and ale() with impres-
ions near the yard at Hatohetnine.

COUNTY COURT. -YESTEZDAT.

BEFORE J. P. COMET; ESQ.
The following are the judgment summonses issued for
commitments for noncompliance with judgments•--
Aegustus Miller, 11, Fraser street, fourteen days ; Michael
Healey, 2, Back Lower Mersey View, Bootle, fourteen
days ; Edward Collins, 2, Back Lower Mersey View,
Bootle, fourteen days ; Thomas Borrow, Lower Beau street,
fourteen days, warrant to issue in a month; Samuel
Bloxham, Duke street, fourteen days ; Miss M. Maxwell,
Fox Inn, Casle street, twenty days to Lancaster, warrant
to issue in a month; James Hurry, South John
street, fourteen days, warrant to issue in a month ;
Robert Hope, 30, Wulf.) st.eet, Park, committed
for twenty-one days ; Peter M`Cablo, 2 Court,
Hopwood street, Scotland road, committed for 14 days;
Powlands, 5, Upper Essex street, 14 days; John
Worrell, 12, Lincoln street, Wellington road, Park, 14
d ,ys ; Edward James, Mill C Ana, 14 day s ; William
Godley, 17, Pleasant Hill street, Park, 14 days ; Maurice
Maguire, Combermere street, Park, 14 days ; John
Towerson, Combermere street, Park, 14 days ; Nicholas
Fitzsimons, Wellington Terrace, High Perk street, Perk,
14 days ; Thomas Catcall, Fair View, Park, 14 days ;
Stock, Wellington Buildings, South Castle street, 14 days ;
Albert Mander, 4, Gloucester Place, 14 days; Michael
Tully, 23, Brick street, 14 days; Delis Leigh, 3 Court,
Perry street. 20 days to Lancaster Castle; Luke
Monaghan, 40, Frederick street, 14 days ; Mary
Mullen, 32, Frederick street, twenty days to Lan-
caster Castle ; Mary Brenner, 9, Court, Brick street,
twenty days to Lancaster Castle ; R hart Ambrose. 65,
Gerrard street, committed for fourteen days ; Eden,
Brunswick View, Brunswick road, fourteen days; Robert
Tyror, Po email Square Market, fourteen days ; John Finlay,
Ann's Place, Sorton street, Windsor, fourteen days ;
Michael Graham, 14 Court, Oriel &reel., fourteen days;
Peter Baker, Rumford street, fourteen days ; Michael
Kelly. 25, Cheapside, fourteen days; Alexander Ree 1,
Highfield street, fourteen days ; Samuel Gerrard, Lower
Harrington street, fourteen days; Patriek M'Hugh Albion
place, Bispham street, fourteen days; John Keggin,
7 Court, Adlingtsn street, fourteen days ; John Shuttle-
worth, Westmoreland street, fourteen days.
INSOLVENT PICTITIONIERS.
The following insolvents made application for dis-
charges : —.Edward Ceullett, formerly carrying on business
a master-bnilder, in this town Mr. Husband supported
the petitioner. Teens wag no opposition, and the discharge
was consequently granted.
Mr. Scholfield Hooker, formerly carrying on business as
a pawnbroker, in this town Mr. Husband supported the
petitioner. No opposition, petition granted.
Isaac Kro ;les, formerly carrying on the business of a
butcher. The petitioner was supported by Mr. Chilton,
and opposed by Mr. Hill. After a lengthened hearing of
this case, the Judge granted the application.
James Lowndes made application for final order. Mr.
Gray supported the applicant. No opposition, the granting
was fixed for the tad February.
Thomas B. Gildersleeve, surgeon. supported by Mr.
Grocott, applied for final order. No opposition, day of
granting fixed for the 2nd February.
Mr. Hyde, formerly carrying on the business of a ship-
broker, applied for final order. The applicant was sup-
ported by Mr. Husband. There was no opposition, and
the day of granting was fixed for the 2nd February.
Stephen Reynolds, formerly a coffee honeekeeper, applied
for final order, supported by Mr. Gray. The 2nd February
was the day fixed for granting.
Mr. Hime made an application on the part of John
Hurst Harrison, insolvent, that the hearing of his case be
adjourned to the 19th of January. in order to amend the
schedule. The application was granted, with protection
in the meantime.

ROBERTS v. MARTIN:—This was an action brought by the
plaintiff, Robert Roberts, against the defendant, John.
Martin, for wages due to the amount of £5O. Mr. Brem-
ner appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Almond for the
defendant. The particulars appeared in this paper a few
days ago, as el cited at the police court. We shall briefly
relate them. The plaintiff is a sailor and shipped at
Liverpool for Singapore on the 19:11 of November
on board the ship Elizabeth Martin, owned by the d.fen-
dant. The ship had been but three days at sea when she
received some damages, and was obliged to put in at
Milf)rd, where the plaintiff, in the discharge of his duty,
met with an accident, by which he g,t his leg broken.
He was thus incapacitated The captain provided medical
attendance and paid his beard for a time. While the
plaintiff lay thus disabled, and unfit to be removed, the
ship was obliged to leave Milford for her destination,
having Rot her repairs finished. The captain paid the
Doctor's bill, but omitted to make any further provisions
for the plaintiff, or to rake the proper and legal steps to
discharge him, as the Merchant Shipping Act requires.
The result of this was, that the Vaintiff was unable to get
another ship, not having a certificate from his last captain.
The claim now was compensation for support since that
time up till about three weeks ago, when the ship returned
t 3 Liverpool. Mr. Almond argued that the decision of the
magistrates in granting a month's wages beyond actual
service was legally sufficient, and debarred the plaintiff
from any farther claims. After some lengthened
and legal arguments an objection was rose of a
technical character—this was, that the master, and not
the owner of the vessel, ought to be sued. Henry Murphy,
of the Sailors' Home, was examined in defence. He
stated that the plaintiff would not have had any difficulty
in obtaining a ship if he had come to the Home and ex-
plained his case. Mr. Milner, agent and part-owner of
the ship Elizabeth Martin, next stated on oath that he
would have given the plaintiff a certificate or otherwise
given him employment in another vessel, if he had made
application. Walter Caig. captain of the Elizabeth Martin,
was next examined. There was no further evidenee
elicited for the defendants. In cross-examination, he
stated that the owners of the vessel were at Milford during
the time of her repairs, and saw the plaintiff while ill.
Mr. Bremner closed the case. Judgment deferred.
The Court closed at about seven o'clock.

ST. STEPHEN'S DAY TN BELFAST.—On. Saturday last,
St S'ephen's-day-, the greater number of the large estab-
lishments in tis general drapery and grocery trade were
closed for the purpose of giving the assis!ants an additional
Ths weather was unusually mild for the season,
and most f:.vourable for rut•deor amusements.
A. BANK MANAGER'S WIT.—IT is rep,rted that when the
late maaageriof the Western Bank of Glasgow, was being
dismis3,-d from his Wee, one of the directors present who
is more celebrated for the energy than the elegance of his
I,.n;uuge, fired off a pretty heavy volley of oaths at the
retirinz offici.d. The latter, after haying b irne the i oflietian
with characteristic sangfroid, sai:l,—" I have often heard
a min sworn into office, but it is the first time I have hea:l
a man morn cut of it."

Rigs. PA RTINGT N'S OPINION.—" Your neigishaur Smith,
Mrs. Rrington, i> something of a cinnoissur, is ha Bet?"
asked the doctor as he looked in. It was a stiffener of a
word. I dori't like to express myself dispe:ishing against
anvborly."—ssid she, " but I s%ould say, by th, wiiy he
swills down the wine, that he comes as near a common
sewer as anything." —"Cornosseur—connosseur—rnY
dear madam" he said, checking her. " Well," replied
she, " what's said is said, and the 'oist said is soonest
mAided For my part I find it the best way to say nothing
against nobody."
MR. PURGEON'S VALEDICTC WC SERMON FOR 1857
Perh,ps the most numerous congregation that has assem-
bled in the Music, Hall of the Starry Gardens, to listen to
the teachings of Mr. Spurgeon was drawn there on Sunday
inornirig on the occasion of his preaclaing his last Sabbath
sermon there in the year 1857. The number o! people
githered tnge:her was estimated as tnproachinz to ten
thotrand- His sermon from the prollecies of Jeremiah,
ebapt9r rift, verse 6.—" What Gave von done ?" was
marked by many of those re tliarities, in language and
manner, which bve ever distinguished his pulpit compo-
sitions, and have elcited such free, and, occasionally severe
etiticism9.

C(1111,31111'; CURIOSITIES OF THE " BALLYMENA OB •
SERVER "—"A; we write," !Jays the Bat ymena Obsertfer,
441 this Christmas-eve, a full-grown and vry beautiful
butterfly is flying vigorously about oar otlicc. It was
caught in tf.e oren air, by Mr. Joseph M'Auley, et' AlM-
st set, nn Wednesday. A pair of sparrows are busily
eagrag.l in the construction of a nest at no grew distance
from our premiss ; and a pair of magpies are emp!o et in
like manner in a neighbouring towuland. A stalk of
wheat, the second crop this season, and ra,,w in fdl ear,
may he seen in the garden of Mr. Henry York, of Tam-
laght O'Criily ; and a swllow was observed in flight over
Shan...'4 Castle nursery grounds, on TIE slay last. These
facts are ample proof of the unusual mildness ~f a season
which, for uniformity cf temperature, is without precedent
is the memory of any resident of this looalitt."
AN IMPOSTER '6 ARTIST.' IN BRADF RD.-011 Tuesday
last, a wAI-dressad foreigner called upon several artists atd
drawing movers in Bradford, stating that he was " Mr.
C. A. Da Val, a! tis', of Greenb.is, Mancllester," and that
be had lest the use of his right hand and arm ; and, as he
appeared familiar with all the Manchester artists, both by
th,ir names and their works, he received several dorm-Sens.
He stated, amongst other things, that he had painted the
portrait of Mr. Richard Cobden; and he w. e. on the whole,
tolerably successful in "raising the wind." It is supposed
that ha has left Brad'ord for Lced*, where he is probably
practising the sure fraud upon the benevolent, and obtain..
lug money by false preteucer. It is scarcely necessary to
add, exe-pt where Mr. Du Val is not known, that he is not
a foreigner; and that he is still a resident of Grcouber,
and we hope will long have the use of both arms. \Vera
he to meet with his personator, we have little doubt that
the rascal would soon discover that Mr. Du Val had not t
lost the use of his right land and arm.