Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-19 00:00:00

public from being deceived. and themselves from, being
robbed. In, the present case the woman was dismissed, and
the blanket returned to the 'workhottse.

OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.--,—Joseph
Free, described as a heaver at' the, flats, was sent for trial
Mr.

large o:

;aining, t

he sum 01

effets of the peace re-act
States and other distant

Pierpoint under false pretences. '
STEALING Fnurr.---A little boy named' William Lewis
was charged with stealing a quantity of apples from the
garden of Mr. Lawrence, Dingle Lane. The officer in charge •
said he found the prisoner coming down the road, and the
Mincing Lane to-day, Sugar was quiet. Coffee was fruit all stowed away among his clothes. He took him into
firm; two cargoes reported as sold, one of Santos, supposed custody, and he admittoi to his having taken them from
to be 61s. 6d. ; one of Rio at 475. to 48s. per cwt. The tea the garden of Mr. Lawrence. The prisoner, said he went
market was firm. Rice quiet. Saltpetre fiat.' The•lndigo 1 with a number of other boys to the garden, and they made
sales have gone with rather more spirit to-day, but there is , him carry all the apples, promising to give him share when

prosperity in the iron trade, not witnessed for some time past

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.-JuLY

no change. in prices,

they got through all the danker ; when they saw the officer
coming they ran away, but he could not run fast enough, as
he had the apples to carry. 'Mr. Mansfield.said he would
remand him till to-day, in order to see it Mr. Lawrence

tONDON TALLOW

MARKET

JULY 18

. -- -
The market is steady, without activity. On the spot, and

9d. per cwt

(BEFORE MESSRS. S. HOLME ANIZ!,[I4/CIN..)
SEAMAN'S WAGEs.--George M!Donald summoned Messrs..
Steward and Douglas for £25, alleged to be due to him as
wages on account of his services as second mate' of one of
their ships to the coast of Africa.—Mr. Bluck appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Collier for the defendants.—The
complainant stated that he shipped as second officer in the

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.—JULY 18.
We have to report a quiet market for Cotton to-day, at
rather easier rates. The sales, including
110 Pernambuco
40 Maranham
180 Egyptian

81- to 9
7.1 to B_l

ship St. Andrew, awned, by the defendants, and bound
Africa: For, some time before their arrival at their destina-
tion CaPtain Stafford, who was master-of the ship,, did not
agree with him, and led him such a life that he wouid have
been glad to get clear of the, ship. altogether. On the Bth
of November he disrated him, and put him on a par with
the able seamen. The only reason assigned for such con-
s- duct was, on the previous day, while it was the complainant's

I 6,000 bales, of which 1,000 are on speculation

LONDON CORN MARKET'—JULY 18.
(feather is hot and dry. The arrivals of foreign

-ere engagec

tiu• stun

Iy, there was a very limited demand was ihelresult. Barley
as in:better demand at fully Friday's rates. .Oats met
A late rates. Norfolk flour, finds buyers
Beans and peas were steady at

a a
sail booms, and one of the booms 'Vas not properly slung,
when he called to the men to lower it down. The captain
then came and ordered it to be pulled up,
,and the com-
plainant did not hear him at tit* and ordered it
to be lowered down, when the captain asked him
how dare he contradict his orders. That was the

with few sellers

BOROUGH HOP MARSET.—JULY 18.
to favourable accounts 'from the plantations the
heavy, and quotations are almost nominal.

only reason •Re coma • assign tor being disrated as an
officer. He left the ship, and came home in another
before the mast. The captain, on being examined, said on
several, occasions he had come on deck and found the• watch

asleep and the binnacle lamp extinguished ; and on one oc-
casion he found the second officer asleep also. He cautioned
him as an officer, whose character was valuable, not to do so
in future, and he promised to take better care, as it was most

ZOPOLITAN CATTLE IVLARKET.-_--JuLy;lB

yof stock. to-day was remarkably goo(
—l„,i 11. pf dpelined 2d

lay in wh

ang-,sai

Looms wen

1. to 4s. 4d.;
to 6s. ; Veal,
_Total supply

Mutton, 3s. 2d. to 4s. 10d
s. 6d. to 4s. 10d. ; Pork

being set, the second officer, took hold of -him by the throat
and threatened violence towards him. The magistrates were
of opinion that the conduct of the complainant had been
most, improper, and after a calculation gave him a verdict
for £3 ss. Bd.

Beasts 4150, foreign 980; Sheep, and
„n, 440 ; Calves 284, foreign 220 ; , Pigs

-4,---

W IRON INLARK,ET.—JULY 18.
so firm to-day, and the market ex-
The following are the quo-

The market was not

BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT

.-MONDAY

tendency

Maker's Iron, 52s 3d. to 525. 6d.; No. 3, 625. 3d,

52s 6d

27te foliou i g appeared in our Second Edition of

, • Saturday :
LONDON AND BRIGHTON DIVIDEND.
The. Directors have decided upon recommending the
yment of a dividend for the half-year ending the 30th of
ne last of 21 per cent. on the consolidated stock of the

Company

(BEFORE THE REV. MR. COXON, MR. BRYANS, AND OTHERS.)
BREAKING WINDOWS IN A PUBLIC-HOGSE.---A charge
was preferred against a woman named Elizabeth Price, for
being drunk, breaking windows, and destroying other pro-
perty, at the Cakle Hotel, Chester-street.---The"proprietor
stated that the prisoner came to his house on Saturday mor-
ning last, and, apparently without any provocation, began
to smash a great many of the windows in the place, as well
as tumbler and wine glasses ; he estimated the damage done
at about £1 35.---The prisoner expressed her willingness to
pay for the glasses, but the bench"thought that
the damage would scarcely meet her'case. She was orderer

(From the Daily News .City Article.)
I:tglish funds to-day opened rather flattish, closing
cline of about .13- per cent. In the other depart-
The Stock Exchange there was a lack of business.

paying for

noney in-Lombard-street was unusually

to pay 9s. and costs, independently of the bill for damages,
or, in default, to get one month in Chester Castle, with hard
labour.

Letive I

TAB.---

(From the Times

City Article.)

Saturd

Known in the neignoournooa,
and who described himself as a travelling' butcher, was
placed in the dock to answer a charge 'of assault, and at-
tempt to stab, in Croft's public-house, Bidston. Mrs. Croft,
the landlady, and two men, William South, and Ri-
chardson, appeared as witnesses against the prisoner. The
two latter were in the kitchen, when Mrs. Croft ran into it
in a most excited state, crying "he has a knife." Tho two

Ad, chiefly Russian, was tak(

two men accordingly passed into the shop where they saw
the prisoner. who seemed very angry, and, without provoca-
tion, caught Richardson by the throat, tearing out his front.

accounts of loan societies in
iount actually advanced and paid

and otherwise maltreatinihim, continuing to abuse him till
Smith succeeded in getting him out of his hands. Mrs.
Croft stated that the prisoner had demanded a shilling from
her, which she 'said she would give him if he would not
make a noise ; she then went to supply some customers,
when Madden kicked the tray out of her hands, smashing
and destroying all that was upon it, and struck at her with

tnt circulatcd in 1858, £473,222
ms for loans in 1858, 109,114

Lom loans wer

or one menth'i3 imprisonment

I for interest by .borrowers or sureties

amount received frolic

HOW TO PREVENT SUN-STROKES.—During the last fort-
night several instances of the ,ill effects of the excessive heat
that has prevailed have come under our notice. Cases of
sun-stroke have been unusually numerous._ Persons whose

8: the interes

sally received, £15,72

41.1, 0 ltl,
nt of costs incurred by the societies in 1858, £1908:
count of costs paid by borrowers or sureties, £1605,

avocations expose them to such attacks will therefore thank
us for recording a simple means of prevention, which we
give as the result of the experience of Mr. Benjamin Whit-
mg,
of the Cranhams, who has tested its efficacy. By merely
placing a freshly cut cabbage-leaf in the inside of the hat
each morning, the head will continue cool under the hottest
sun, and render coups de soleil undreaded and unknown.—
Wiltshire Standard.