Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-08 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—YssTERDAY.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MAN FIELD.

11,BBERT BY A IE7T -B. CABRlEtt.—Thomas Graham,
of 2'), Cuerdon-street, a letter carrier in the General Post
Office, was brought up by detective officer Cozens, of the
Post Office, on a charge of having stolen a letter containing
a ha'.f•sovereiga and a shilling, the property of the Post
Master General. It appeared that fur some time past the
prisoner was suspected bf being dishones►, and a watch was
kept on his movements. On Sunday morning at a quarter
pest five, Cozens pcsted a letter coatining a marked half-
sovereign and a shilling. It wag dirce.tql to Mrs. A.
Taylor, 65, Virgil-street, Liverpool. The duty of the
prisoner WAS to sort the letters on that as he formerly
was on it, but is now on the walk of Brovvnlow-hill. Mr.
Cozens, and Mr. Thomas Hunter, a clerk in the office,
watched the prisoner, and saw him take the letter from
its proper place and put it on his desk, subsequently he
took the letter out in his pocket ; Cozens went to his house,
after he had finished the delivering of his letters, and on
searching him he got the marked money in his pocket,
but the letter was not found. The prisoner was seat for
trial.

A. POLL-AXE.—John Cousins, the cirpentor of the ship
" Robert Hill Lane," was charged with having broken the
sku,l of Jonathan James Adams, the mate of the same
ship. It appeared that the parties had some dispute, and
the prisons had some drink, when he struck the com-
plainant a blow with an axe on the head, which nearly
finished him. The complainant did not, however, be slid,
wish to proceed in the case, as he had enough of it already.
Mr. Mansfield : Do you wish to withdraw the charge ?
If you wish to do so. you can. Complainant : I do wish
to withdraw it. Mr. Mansfield : Then aiocharge the
pt isoner.

SHOP-BREAKING.—SamueI Machin, a returned convict,
and James Parker, the keeper of a house in Ben Johnson-
street, where the other lived, were brought up by detective
officers Scaife and Thompson on a charge of having broken
into he shop of Mr. Tate, Grocer, Fox-street, and for
stealing 28 lbs. o' t:a and two large loaves of sugar there-
from. Mr. Black defended. prosecutot's shop was
broken into on Saturday morning, and fnm information
which they received, they went to the Muse ;where the
prisoners lived, and in the cellar they got a loaf of the
suga-, with some implements, used by housebreakers, and
these fitted to marks in the shop door, made when it was
broken open. Mr. Black's deface was that there wero
nine persons living in the house, and that the cellar was
common to them all, so there was no evidence to bring the
case home to the prisoners. Parker was discharged and
admitted as a witness, and the case being very strong,
circumstantially against the other man, he was sent for
trial at the sessions.

SAD CABE —A respectable looking lad, about 17 years
of age, named John Vaughan, was charged with a:temp-
ting to pick the pocket of Amelia Jones, on Saturday
night, in St. John's Market. The complainant and
another woman s pore that the prisoner put his hand in
complainant's pocket, when she caught and held him.
Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoner, and said, the case
was one of a very painful nature. The prisoner was very
respectable, and, for some years, was in the employ of
Messrs. Wood and Tarrant, cotton brokers, and held a
high character; he had left, not for any fault of his, but
in consequence of the pressure of the times. His Worship
said, it was an upfortunate case, but ha must deal with
every one alike. He sent the prisoner to gaol fer three
months, with hard labour.

SATURDAY.

BEFORE MR. DIXON.

OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENGRS.—Mrs.
How den, described as a dressmaker, residing at 34, Upper
Pitt-street, was charged with having obtained a large
quantity of goods by means of false pretences. The goods
consisted of valuable articles used in female wearing ap-
parel, jewellery, and the like. Mr. Cobb was for the
prisoner. The case occupied a good deal of time. The
chief features of the ease appeared to be these : —The
prisoner, amongst other customers, counted Mrs. Tomlin-
son, of the Garston Hotel, a lady of high respectability and
very elegant appearance and manners. The prisoner,
presuming on the position and high character of this lady,
who was well known to several mercers and other-trades-
people for her punctuality in payments, &c., procured in
her name the property alluded to. Several witnesses were
examined for the prosecution, as well as Mrs. Tomlinson,
who proved that she never gave the prisoner any autho-
rity to get goods in her name. A great deal of amusement
was created by Mr. Cobb, in cross-examining this lady
and others, about " crinoline and other llittle affairs
belonging to lady's dresses ;" and it was clearly shown
that the lady had no necessity to resort to such artificial
things. Mr. Cobb established such a case on the part of
his client, with regard to a variety of articles, that the
charges merged into a debt between the prisoner and the
vendors of the goods, except in one case of a quantity of
jewellery, bracelets, &c., and this being proved a clear
offence under the:statute, the prisoner was sent for trial
ea the filial 6e.

BEFORE MR. GEORGE riciLT.

THE GANG OF SWINDLERS.-Wm. M'Adam and W• H•
Chapman, (who had been committed the previous day on
a charge of swindling) along with Kelly, the beer-house
keeper of Hatton Garden, and Russell, the publican of
Charles-street, were brought up on remand, charged with
being, concerned with an extensive gang of swindlers.
Mr. Block defended Russell. The facts of this case have
appeared in our paper two or three times recently. Mr.
Aspinall, attorney, with Mr. Reay of the Guardian
Society, appeared for the prosecution. Through the
unwearied exertions of the latter one of the widest-spread
swindling conspiracies ever known in England has been
broken up and exposed. The case had not concluded at
the rising of the court.

BEFORE MR. DIXON.
STEALING IN WAREHOUSES.—A man named George
Lunt, who is employed in a sailmaker's warehouse, was
charged, with three youths, named Henry Woods, Thomas
Jones, and George Barnes, with stealing a quantity of
wheat, about four bushels, the property of Mr. William
Healing, the occupier of a warehouse in the Geree
Piazzas. The warehouse is No. 3, and the prisoner Lunt
was employed in No. 6 warehouse in the same pile, where
sailraaking is carried on. On Friday evening, between
fire and six o'clock, he was observed in No. 4 warehouse,
raising something in a sack, which was afterwards drawn
up to No. 6. The rope was again lowered, and Lunt
ascended. Another sack was drawn up in the same man-
ner, and the other prisoners were also seen ascending to
No. 6. A. constable, who observed the whole proceeding,
at once went up to the sailroom, and there finding the
wheat, apprehended the whole party. The prisoners
alleged that the wheat had fallen from No. 3 to No. 4 loft,
and that they had merely removed it to No. 6 far safety.
The magistrate observed, that the story would answer
better if No. 4 happened to be the lower, and not the
higher room. Lunt was committed for two months, but
the other prisoners wero discharged with a caution, as it
was supposed they had acted under his influence.

OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE FRETENCcS•—A res-
pectably-dressed young woman, named Mary Homan,
was brought up by detective officer Carlyle, charged with
obtaining a quantity of goods under false pretences. From
the statement of the officer, it appeared that the prisoner,
who was engaged in business as a milliner at one time in
Birmingham, was in the habit of going to ladies at their
residences, and selling them small articles of dress,
bracelets, &e. Whenever she had not the goods wanted
by any particular customer, she would go to some shop
and obtain the goods sometimes on her own account, but
more frequently by representing that they were for such a
lady who was known at the establishment, and to whose
account they were charged. She generally obtained the
goods at trade price, and if she succeeded in re selling
them, she then paid for the goods, and put the" difference
of price Into her own pocket. More frequently, however,
she pledged them, and this she nearly always did when
unable to re-sell the goods. She had a business card
which represented that she did business as the " Misses
Homan and Cooper (from Smith and Baufey's) millinery
and dress rooms, 30, Paradise-street, Birmingham," and
when taken to the bridewell she succeeded in tearing up
a number of pawn-office tickets. Mr. Cobb appeared for
the prisoner, and contended that there had been no false
pretence, and that the goods had been supplied to her on
credit. She was committed for trial.

PUBLIC NOTICE.
SMALL Casks of PRESTON ALE,
Bottled MILD and BITTER ALES.

Botticd LONDON and DUBLIN PORTER.
WINES and SPIRITS

Supplied in Large or SMALL QUANTITIES, at the Bottling

Establishment.

Or No. 185—DUKE-STREET-185.
H. F. CAMIDGE AND CO.

TWO MEN STARVED TO DEATH.--In the storm of Monday
week, memorable in the north of Scotland, James Mac-
donald and John Mackay, residing in the parishof Rogart,
Sutherlandshire, the former deaf and dumb, left their
homes for the purpose of attending the funeral of a rela-
tive. The funeral procession, which consisted of not more
than twenty individuals, had to travel, during the fierce-
ness of the storm, a distance of from ten to twelve miles
over a trackless waste, four men, as is ens' omary on such
occasions, taking by turns the coffin on their shoulders.
'f hey arrived at the churchyard in the parish of Creich,
at a late hour, and after consigning the veteran's remains
to the grave, they returned homewards, the storm still con-
tinuing with unabated violence, amidst a hurricane cf
wind, rain, and snow. Several of the party arrived at an
inn, where nothing could be got but interior whiskey and a
plateful of oatmeal. The party then separated Mackay
and Macdonald had to go through a large moor, where the
former soon found himself rapidly giving way,
through '.hunger and fatigue. Macdonald, poor fellow,
unable to do much, did all he could to keep up his starving
companion, but in vain. He was carried to the nearest
house, where he soon after expired. Macdonald had not
gone much further, in company with a young man, when
he also gave up. His young companion thereupon nobly
took him on his back, and endeavoured to carry him to
the first house, which was at a considerable distance, but,
being himself also worn out with hunger and fatigue, he
was unable to carry out his generous purpose. Leaving
poor Macdonald lying on the moor, he hurried as fast as he
could to a distant dwelling, where he obtained succour,
but on arriving at the spot where Macdonald was left, it
was found that the cold hand of death had been laid upon
kim in, the interva—Northern Ensigr.

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

LIVERPOOL, Monday Evening.
The Cotton Market was very quiet to-day, the
sales only reaching 3,000 bales. Prices do not,
however, show any material change.
The Liverpool Share Market was firm to-day,
especially in Midlands, Dovers, and Sheffields,
but closed flat, and a shade lower. The fol-
lowing were the day's transactions :-Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire, 651; Eastern Counties,
; East Lancashire, 89 ; Great Western, 501,
501; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 91, 911, 911 911;
London and North Western, 9tl, 941, 941, 948;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 361, 362,
361; Midland, 85-a, 85a, 851, 851, " 851 ; North
Eastern, 231, 238; Dovers, 19i, 19 3-16, 191;
Grand Trunk of Canada, 91; Great Western
of Canada, 181. The following were the
closing prices : -Blackburn, 9, ; Cheater and
Birkenhead, 651, 651 ; Caledonian, 381, 388 ;
Chester and Holyhead, 16,161; Eastern Counties,
10 15-16, 11; East Lancashire, 88, 89 ; Do.
9/. Shares, par, ap ; Great Northern, 231, 24 ; Do.
A, 10, 101 ; Great Western, 501, 501; Lancashire
and Yorkshire Stock, 911, 911 ; Do. 9/. shares,
par 8 p ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 18i,
181 ; London and North Western Stock, 941, 941;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 361, 361;
Midland Stock, 85k, 851 ; North British, 11i, 12 ;
North Staffordshire, 41, 41 d ; North Eastern -
Berwick, 23 3-16, 23 5-16 ; York and North Midland,
411, 413 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 251, 26 ; South
Eastern and Dover, 19. 3-16, 191 ; Dutch Rhenish,
51, 51 d ; Great Western of Canada, 181, 181 ;
Do. new shares, 21 24 d ; Great Luxembourg,
6, 64; Grand Trunk of Canada, 98., 91.
We have already published a List of the Failures in the
United Kingdom during the present pallid; but as the
Brazilian mail goes out to-day we' think it worthy of re-
issertion, together with such others as have since taken
place, as our subscribers out there will so doubt be anxious
to be put in fall possession of the state of affairs.

Liabilities.

Wilson, Hollett, and Co., Liverpool ...
Powles Brothers and Co., London
Naylor, Vickers, and Co., Sheffield 364,000
W. 9rr and Co., Liverpool
J. &A. Dennistoun, Cross, & Co., London, &c. 2,933,000
The Western Bank of Scotland, Glasgow.
Paid-up capital, £1,500,000. Deposits,

£6,000,000 -

Bennoch, Twentyman, and Rigg, London .... 250,000
Broadway and Barclay, London . 190,000
Hoge and Co., Liverpool

John Munro and Co:, Paris . .
Gallerkamp Brothers, Amsterdam

Henry Dutilh and Co., Liverpool •••• •—• .
B. F. Babcock and Co., Liverpool
Foot and Co., London
The City of Glasgow Bank. Capital, £1 000,000
Sanderson, Sandeman, and Co~ London
Guimares and Co., Paris .
Wilson, Morgan, and Co., London 40,000
Fish and Skeet, London
T. B. Coddiugton and Co., Liverpool..
Mackenzie, Ramsey, and Co., Dundee.. .......
__.

J. Monteith and Co., GlaF.gow . ...
Draper, Pietroni and Co., London ... . 300,000
Stegman and Co., Nottingham
Bowman, Grinnell, and Co., Liverpool
R. Bainbridge aad Co., London ........... .. 35,000
Munro, Grant, and Co., Swansea..... ... .....

Jellicoe and Wilt, London _

Jose P. De Sa and Co., London.

Bardgett and Picard, London
Bourdon, D 3 Buit, and Co Paris

. ,
Pouson, Phillippe, and Vibut, Paris . Heavy
F. C. Perry, Wolverhampton ... 76,000
W. Riley and Sons, Wolverhampton .... . 240,000
Brayford and Lancaster, Walsall . 40,000
Rose, Higgins, and Rose, Wolverhampton , .. 72,000
The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Bankng
Company, . Wolverhampton . 769,000
Hoare Buxton, and Co., London . . Large.
•

Edwards and Matthie, London .... ..... ... Large.
Clayton and ;ficKeverigan Liverp001..........
E. tiieveEng and Co., London .. . 400,000
Allen, Smith, and Co., London ........ .....
Svendon and Johnson, London, &e ... Large.

Gorrisen, Huffel, and Co., London

Brocklesby and Wcsiels,London • •• .

40,000

.
J. R. Thomson and Co., London ..... 250,000
Bilberg and Cremer, Hamburgh Large.
F. Bloss and Scomburgb, Hamburgh
Sassenberg and Meyer, Bremen

Overbeck,Thremen
Topurz and Co., Smyrna .. . •
Herman Sillem and Co., London .
Carr, Josling, and Co~ London
Alex. Hintz and Co., London ..... Large.
Penisten and Marshall, Liverpool . .
Jonathan Bottomley, Bradford . ... .
Godfrey, Pattison, and Co., GlEsgow
The Northumberland and Durham Bnk ....
Itehder and Boldeman, London ......

T. Morris and Sons, Virolverbamptot
Hubbard and Sona, Leeds . •• •

40,000
60,000

Hoffman and Co., London lOO,OOO

Sewills and Neck, London 350,000
J. M. Stobort and Co., London

A very , large and influeitial meeting of the
creditors of the estate of Mr F. Magee, was held at
the Clarendon Rooms, at or✓ o'clock to-day. Great
-delay was experienced in )roceeding to the busi-
ness of the meeting, fret) the reluctance evinced
by the creditors to take the chair. Eventually,
Mr. Beloe, the accountait, was requested to pre-
side, when that gentlenin read to the meeting a
statement, from which it appeared that the credi-
tors unsecured, including those on acceptance, and
on the underwriting acount, formed a gross total
of /45,tini., and that the assets, including the ship
Salem, the stock in Etth-street, and at Runcorn,
sundry balances in Australia, and household
furni'_ure, formed a gross total of 12,0001,
or six shillings and eightpence in the pound.
Mr. Beloe explained tiat this statement was entire-
ly exclusive of any clam that might be made, by the
Bank beyond the secirities held by them. Several
questions were asket. Mr. Magee, which were satis-
factorily answered, and Mr. Beloe was strongly
pressed by a Lw of tie creditors to state the amount
claimed by the Bath, and the securities held by
them ; but, in repy, the chairman put it to the
meeting whether itsould not be better to refer the
whole question of tie accounts to a committee of
four creditors, whc should examine the same, and
report to another neeting the course they consider
most advisable ti adopt in realising the estate.
This suggestion laving been acceded to, a com-
mittee was appointed, and the meeting separated.
We see, with midi pleasure, from the New York
Journal of Commree, received by the Arabia, that
the firm of Dutih and Co., in that city, has not
suspended paymmt, notwithstanding the stoppage
of Henry Dutill and Co , here. This will enable
the latter houseto pay everybody in full ; and in
fact it is expeced that it will retain most of its
capital intact, ;heir only difficulty having been
that they held a large amount of Messrs. Den-
nistoun's pipet which was represented by security
in New York, nit which was useless for the time.

We are r( gusted to state that there is no truth
in the reportcopied from the New York Ileraldi
referring to Ir. Richard Irvin, and which arose
solely from Rs being the agent to the City of
Glasgow Ban:.
In the maket for the Public Funds and secu-
rities to day here has not been much done,, and
prices are abut the same as• on yesterday. Con:
eels for Mo:ey closed at is to 91f,, and for the
amount (Ja.uary) at 921, to 921, After official
hours the later declined to 921, to 021,
The Lonon Railway Share Market continued
very stead: to-day, with little or no change in
prices. Atclosing hours the following were the
quotations.—Caledonians, 761 77; Eastern Coun-
ties, 541, )5! ; East Lancashire, 88, 89 ; Great
Northern,94, 95; Do. A, 80, 81 ; Great Westerns,
50, 501; (}eat Western of Canada, 18Z, 181.; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 381, 391; Great Southern and
Western, 97, 99 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 91,
911; Lodon and North Western, 94k, 941; Lon-
don and South Western, 881, ti 9, Leeds Northern,
50k, 514 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
361, 3(1; Midland Stock, 851, 851; North
British 47, 48; South Eastern and Dover,
631, i 4; York, Newcastle. and Berwick,
92, 93 York and North Midlan:., 811, 821.—
After ffieial hours the following were the nominal
pricm—Caledonians, 771 ; Eastern Counties, 54k,
55; list Lancashire, 88, 90; Great Northern, 94,

95 ; Do. A, 79, 81; Great Westerns, 49/, 501 ;
London and North Western, 944, 94!; London
and South Western, 914 ; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 361 ; Midland Stock, 851 ;
North British, 47, 48 ; South Eastern and Dover,
631 64 ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 92, 93.
We regret to announce the suspension of
MesSrs. Sewells and Neck, a most respectable firm
largely engaged in the Swedish and Baltic trade.
A week cr two ago, when the first embarrassments
in tho Swedish trade occurred, the house
found itself in need of temporary assistance,
which was promptly furnished by its nume-
rous friends. The utter disorganisation which
the northern panic has occasioned in those
trades has at length forced it to succumb. The
position of the firm commands general sympathy.
The amount of liabilities is as yet somewhat uncer-
tain, but may perhaps be betwen 300,0001. and
4000001. It is believed that the assets will turn.
out favourably, for upon an examination into the
position of the firm, made a week or two ago, a
surplus of about 100,0001. was considered to be
tiltimately realisable.
Messrs. J. M. Stobart and Co., merchants, of
Great St. Helens, have also stopped. The liabilities
in this case are believed to be limited.

1855.

Stock on hand this-day.... Casks.. 18,960
Delivery last week.
Do. from lit Jule.. • 72,5118.
Arrival last week 686
Do.from Ist June 43,733,
_ .

1856. , 1857.

119,626 36,879
:2,719 2,866
69,629 57,78 r,
6,414 ; 1,163
72,275 81,552
58s 9d 51s 3d
Nos 3d 535-5,1

Price Y.C. per cwt. this day 67s Od
Do. Town last Friday. 671 Od

Arrival for the week ending 15th of Deeemberlast year, I,3,9scasks,
and delivery. 8,449 casks. The arrivals last week comprised, 1.163
casks from ilussia.

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—DcB. 7.
1 here is a good demand for hope on speculation, sad but few
persona ars anxious to sell.

LONDON CORN MARKET.-DEC.. 7.

Tha quantity of English Wheat on sale from Essex and Kent this
morning was not large—at same time owing in a great measure to tit
idea in the minds of buyers that the money crisis ca, the Continent
wilt comrel produce to be sent to this country in larg Squantiti• a,
whereas in all probability the reverse still be for.nd to be the case.
Sales could only be proceeded with at a decline of 28, to 3a. per qr.
upon last Monday's quotations. }lour must be noted is. to 28. per
sack and barrel cheaper. Barley, beans, and peas each declined Is.
to 2s. per qr.. whilst oats reached 6d. to Is. per. qr.

ARRIVALS INTO LONDON FROM NOV. 30 TO DEC 5.

Coastwise.
English
Scotch
Irish

Wheat.
qrs.
2004

Barley.
qrs.
2624
1468

Beans Peas. F 1
qrs. qrs. brls.
295 588 ....

....i 21251 ....

Foreign .::

: :1.1328030261 2358 22751 6822

E. C. Rail ..
Gt. N. Rail..

BEO2I 105 81 I 2401
.... ....1
410, 75 .• 1 ..

Exported

....I 1271 36

At LEWIS & rOMPANY'S, Xasolagh-street. LONDON CATTLE MARKET.— DEC. 7.
BTS are CLOTHED from the Age of Stx to Tweetereare, ' The nnmt er of busts is smaller, but the demand le so exceedingly