The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-02 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGEZWE.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.

A DUTIFUL Sorra- A young man, who signed himself
in a threatening letter to his father, as I. H. Piney-,
was brought up by the pollee, on a charge of having
used such language to his father, Mr. John Platy, an
estate agent of this town, as to cause him to be afraid
that his life was in danger. A legal gentleman, whose
name did not transpire in the court, appeared for the
father, for the purpose of pressing the charge. The
father, on being sworn, stated that his son, the prisoner,
had t,eqnently-ennoyed, insulted, and threatened his life,
that he had called at his house for the purpose of attempt-
ing, by violences to extort money from Min, and had met
him in the street, saying that, if he would not give him any
money, he would rio his guts up. This was clearly proved
by the sister of the prisoner,. The father was subjected
to a long cross examination, in the course of which it was.
attempted to be proved that he believed in the doctrine
of election, and that he was sure to be saved; therefore
he did not mind committing perjury or any other offence.
In answer to Mr. Mansfield, the father stated that the
oath he had taken was binding cn his conscience,
and said that he really was afraid of his life. The
son mate a long and rambling statement with a
view of showing that 'he bad been a very dutiful son,
but that his step_mother had taken a di like to him, and
would not suffer him to go ne.r the house. Mr. Mansfield
having characterised the conduct of the prisoner as
disgraceful and undutiful-in the extreme, ordered him to
find two sureties in £25 each to keep the peace towards
his father for six months. Ile was then removed in the
custody of the Bridewell keeper.
Passrao Base COlN.—Elizabeth Campbell was corn-
mated for trial charged with having passed some base
coin at a provision dealerss, in Great George's street.
THE EXTENSIVE CORN ROBBERY.—The four prisoners,
Phillips, Taylor, Harris, and Jones, charged with con-
spiring together for the purpose of stealing 30 sacks of
Indian grain from the ship Clarissa Price, were again
broneht up. The facts of this case have already been
published. It was, however, proved on the present occa-
sion, that the prisoners had all taken a part in the robbery
and they were, consequently, sent for trial.
A FAMILY OF Snot. LtFlERs.—An old man named
Patrick Collins, with his wife Mary, and his little girl,
Catherine' were charged with stealing a leg of mutton
from a stall in St. aonOs Market. A witness, named
Whittaker. stated that he saw the old man go up to the-
stall and take the leg, which he handed to his wife, who
then handed it to the little girl. They all then left the
market, and he followed them, and found the mutton in
their possession. The father and mother were committed
for six months each, and the little girl for fourteen days,
at the expiration of which time she will be sent to a
reformatory for five years.
ONE OF MAYHEW'S PETS.—William Roberts, a ticket-
of-leave man, was charged with stealing a pair of boots
from the shop of Mr. Westbroke, Park Lane. The
prosecutor said lie saw the prisoner take the shoes from
the shop. He immediately followed him, and gave
him int) the custody of the police. The constable
who had the charge of the prisoner said that when
he (the
.prisoner) was apprehended; he made such
resistance, that it took seven of the policemen
to convey him to the station, and in the course
of • the struggle he had had his leg most seriously
injured from the prisoner biting and kicking him.—
It was proved that the prisoner was tried convicted,
and sentenced to be transported for seven years, and that
he hid been let out when ho had served about 34 years
of his term. Mr. Mansfield said that case was another
proof of the absurdity of the system of letting such
off-faders out en a ticket of leave. He should order him
to be coinnitted for trial, as he had no doubt but that ho
Would then get a longer term of imprisonment than that
which remained unexpired of his former sentence.
PICKPOCKETS.—George Wilson and William Smith,
were charged by detective officer Thompson, with
attempting to pick pockets in St. John's Market, and at
the Lime street railway station. This vigilant officer
stated, that he had that morning seen the two prisoners
make several attempts to pick the pockets of ladies in
St. John's Market, and he followed them to the Lime
street station, where they did the same thing, and he
then took them into custody. They bar:: each been
before convicted of a like offence, and were sent to
prison for three months.
THE ROBBERY OF LACE.— Thomas Hall, James Sefton,
Thomas Hardcastle, Frances Fowler, Esther Bamber,
alias North. Ann Reid and Mary Pearson, were brought
up wider remand on, a charge of having stolrn a
q entity of lace, the property of Messrs. Kup and Co.,
of Nottingham. 'The facts of this case have been already
published. The evidence as to the Llentity of the pro
perty having been taken, the prisoners were all coin.
mitted for trial.

TLIE LIVERPOOL YEAR BOOK.

Such is the title of a new volume which is about to
make its appearance. We have been favoured eith a
few proof sheets by the compilers, Messrs. Lee and
N'glitivgale, ,from which we make the following extract
respecting " Liverpool's share in the war with Russia :"
" Through the kind assistance of Commanler Bevis,
R.N., and Mr. Benest, the chief officials in the service of
the Admiralty at Liverpool, as well as by information
procured from other sources, we are enabled to afford our
readers a tolerably accurate idea of the share which
Liverpool took in the recent war with Russia. This
information will show that, though a purely mercantile
port, in which a ship of war is almost a novelty, Liver•
pool was second to no town in the empire in lend-
ing, efficient assistance in repelling the aggressive
policy of the Czars, Nicholas and Alexander, and that
not only did our townsmen lend invaluable aid to the
British Government, but alsa afforded most essential
services to our French, Sardinian, and Turkish allies.
Some idea of the value of these services may be estimated
from the fact, that the 54 steamers mentioned in the
subjoined Admiralty list alone, consisted of 72,753 tons,
and 19,580 horse power. Of these vessels only five, the
Himalaya, the Duke of Cornwall, Hansa, City of
Aberdeen, and the City of London,
.did not belong to
Liverpool. To this powerful array must be added a-vast
fleet of sailing vessels, and some twenty first class
steamers, chartered by foreign governments, including the
magnificentscrew steam vessels belonging to the Liverpool
and Philadelphia Steamship Company, than which, more
magnificent craft never floated. There were also
conveyed to and from Liverpool during the years 1854-5-6.
besides stores and ammunition, no less than 1,933
officers, 62,516 men, 3,649 women, 4,419 children, and
2.493 horses. Though the Admiralty staff here was un-
usually small, (for all who came into contact with them
were perfectly astonished at the manner in which they got
throuch their arduous duties)—it is but justice to say,
that their arrangements elicited numerous compliments
from the officers conveyed to and from the Crimea, while
the admirable manner in which the transports were fitted
up, under the superintendence of Captain Bevis and Mr.
Benest, called forth the repeated eulogiums ,of the
admiralty officials elsewhere, and served as a 'model for
those despatched from other ports, Our Liverpool
sailors also gallantly volunteered to serve their country,
and during 1854 5 and 6, there were sent up from
Liverpool, by Captain Bevis and. Mr. Benest, 3,224
able-bodied seamen and boys for the Royal navy.
We cannot .omit this opportunity of noticing,
in thankful and praiseworthy terms, the civility
and attention always rendered at our Admiralty
office teethe reporters for the prsss, to whom information
was, on all occasions, given with cheerfulness , and
aNcrily—a compliment not always due to government
officials. During the years 1854 5-6, there were sur-
veyed at and despatched from Liverpool, for the Crimea,
with hay, oats, and other stores, eighty sailing vessels,
each averaging 600 tons burthen. With war stores and
provisions, "there were despatched thirty-six sailing
vessels, each averaging 900 tons burthen. In addition
to the fitting up and despatch of transports for the con-
veyance of troops and stores at this port, we may mention
that during the war Mr. John Laird of Birkenhead, and
Mr. Miller, of Liverpool, built twenty first rate gun and
I mortar boats, of about 5,000 tons and 900 horse
power, in six, months,—the former . gentlemen also
building for the government the steam troopships
Assistance and Resolute. We may also state that,
in addition to the local fleet furnished by Liverpool, at
the Vauxhall foundry, and at that of Messrs. Fawcett,
there,a.nivadel
sroms
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and
shells,
manufactured red some hundreds
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afaannndsddh
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Ironoan Messrs. Company
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pcaans
ti
pi Fawcett,rroen.
sented to the government the largest wrought iron gun
ever construct. d, and which has undergone, gwith success,
the most severe triall, These pieces of ordnance, owing
to the cessation ofthe war, were not tried aeainst the
enemy, though it is the universal opinion of all unpre-
judiced persons, that the monster gun of the Mersey
Company, had it been employed at Sebastopol or
Cronstadt, would have proved the advantages of iron
against stone walls most satisfactorily on the side of the
former."