The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

'.'Expects that every man will do-hia duty."

The session, it is trle, has caminenced tinder the
appearance of a long catalegue cf grievances. iuternal as
well as external ; and .the minister who estimates
th at he can stem the progress of England's advance-
ment is only fie for another age, and another
generation. " Advanse" is, therefore, he only watch-
eerd that can enchain the attention of the British people,
Perhaps it may tee asked by some antiquated politician,
What.natieuel grievences have we to c implain of ? Are
we not the wealthiest nation under the sue ? Have we
not extended our power to the uttermost p Ins of the globe ?
Hive we not a etennaerce which o.utvias all -compe,,itors ?
Have we not c denies, where we can dig gold, aid thereby
set the. world ia of ? Are net ou ships foun lie
every sea ?" These ere vestious that rosy probably strike,
the minds of these who have become Weil to the neees-
sitii s of the state ; and there is not one of them bat may
be safely answered in the affirmative. But have we re.
griever ces to redress ? Are there no anomalies to correct?
Are there no jast complaints. to be silenced ? Have we
no opp-essive burdens to remove ? Have we doge
justice trethe inlist!ious and the poor? Have we disco-
vered the.cau,ses which fill our _pots and penitentiaries
These . and a thousand other quesVons b-long to _the.
new Psrli :meat to consider, and ,its great work o reform
liei at twine. The Times- ;Ave. find;
.is displeased
with ibe Parliamentary Bur of Fa,e, which the
Liverpo 1 Financial Reformers lave set before the
people," and is roused to indignant contempt to
think that it contains'sO great a variety ; and that tlue
association have not directed its at ention to one particu-
lar dish. " For our p art," says this jsu-nal, "we give
up the sorting. But the topics are all of them so attrac-
tive, tha as-fast as we fix upon o.te another sednees the
attention." . The cons.iperiee of this is that our coetern-
porare is too biewilered to matte a selection :" and like
some disanpoin ed visitor at OEO ~f theSe not very well
regulated feasli, where thelholiil is crowded 'with good
rhings but cannot be veactee i-without a little pitience,`he
turns away in a rage, and aba•es the master of the core-`
ninnies, and all that epeertehe te them, mlitterine to hide-
self as much indignation as can be comprised in halfe-i-
-dezen interrogatives selrctr-d from the I nrest langnage of
Basinghall-street Or Bow-street. Ir has been truly said
that buffoonery is the lest '.weapon of a certain eless Of
reasoners. It signifies very little wh Mr. Robertson
Gladstone is: and, for all practical perp sses it might as
well have been a Brown. J nrs, or a Robinson. But it
the new parliament of 1857 is a reeli.y, then what it
has to perform is else a .redity. There is nn doubt a
diversity of opinion on what the parliament just astem-
pled ought to do, as well the mode in weich i nigh' tit
be done : but there can be em doubt about the necessity
of having what is done executed in the best mann.:r
possible ; and on this point we think the Liverpool
financial reformers na ty.cl aim the sepport of the public
eenerelly : and if net, then the practical meaning of
reform is a delusioe; and , the boasted liberalism of
these days, a great " humble." We have often
had to comment with serenity en the mode in
which the Liverpool Finalcialitetormere would reform
our fi anus and our taxation, because we' hare felt
assured of the impracticability of the manner in which
they have pnrpoeed to carry it out. But we do not say
brat on this account we oppose the important suljeet of
Eitiaticial Reform ; far. otherwise. We consider the
saTe.y and `strength of the country to depend on a wise
adninistratien of the pubic finances. The whole session
of Parliamsnt is a q iestion tsf fi ; whether a disci's-
sin is on a war twill China, or the removal.of panpers,
finance is the Alplea .and Omega of the 'case. Whether a
debate takes place on the Trawl Dues of Liverpool, (while
Sound Dues of Danmark, firience is the primary Bed
ultimate consideration. If the British Government can
show that oar fi !slices have reached that sta.() of porter-
whith admits of no .inayrovetnent, let it be done,
and give to all ps, tido leo financial reforme,s
their conk. We shall not at present enter up en the
several topics which the Liverpool Financial Re
formers hive suggeeted ; blitloug-cktrrienee has convinced
as that 'oar- systerri of taxation, finance, and banking
are based, new the mast erroneous principles ; that they
are wholly uriani,ed to the present age ; and that the
wellate and happiness of the peoele of this country can
never rise to a high order, either physically or morally, so
long as :hose systems are allowed to prevail,
from; year to year the supportp in i Parliament.-
.Banker'
Circular. and receive

EXTEN;IVE RI)BBERY .OP J zWELLERY. —On Wednesday
night or early yesterd-tv morning, the premises of Mr.
Lundie, pawnbroker, Etat Clyde-street, were broken into,
aud gold and 'silver watches, jewellery. &e., to the value
of £5OO carried off. - The burglars had gained access by
breaking through a thick stone wall. The daring
character of the deed may be learned from the fact, that
a stone was lifted out which it would require at least four
men to carry. On the robbery te•ing discovered informa
tine, was lodged with the police, who inamAiately took
step 4 for the recovery of the propeety, and the apprehen-
sion of the thieves. ' Detectives Peter M'Co!! G,,orge
Phillips, and Witham Smith, were deputed to this duty,
and in the course of yesterday they succeeded in recover-
ing the whole of the missing property in a house in
Crown-Wed.—Glasgow Mtil.
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THE LATE RiILIVA-X,„RAwilio,g, AT
EDG-EtilLL.
Imo? r. ALILTIIIIO3 9f13

The inquest ceri.thetoillelipf-
.Josephellordilthetienghie
driver, and-Seth Folk4.3,,tfitecaani- whose: &eats', hitelobetinl
occasioned by the buri3thigi id. therhOiler ado , "90541
engine on the mornieg of Tuesday leaterataft ' .44
Coition; belonging: to, the Leneeken„apd-tNoglem't eseal
Railway Company, noes resumed
,eneSeaterdayee (fliTraten 1
ettendei to watch the ca,e on tkeitkert of thedecear
Ford, and Me Pembertoa fir Fon
ures, wh e has left a evtee
and large franily. An en the f)rmer occasia Me BtsM.,
kinsop appeared on the yert of tine Reilvviidihipatiae At
the coinmeneiment of the bueinesc, .114.011embertbn re-
epteet:ed to have all the o'itniegieS ilia hid Vein extimined,
again .plabed in ebb hoc in orier ita 'allote ihrietei iiiit any
question' he inig it think necessary to them.' 'This,re-trineist
was immediately. aseenteerto rin the part of the soliCitee
to the. RaIIWSI. Company.' A'letteit'tVls addressed. to due(
foremse of the jury en the subject cf the enqUiry, whiche
eves ;read to the coroner,: and then headed-to tte legal
gentlemen engagel in the, iaveseigaiona with a vinweaf,
maistiegrthern in their cross-examiaation of the witaespreeta
It was an anenamous commtiniclAcm, casting retiandas
on the Conductpfr rine off eers emplbeedleY the company.
The coroner subeecteanilYhiddedihiVletter to the f ,i-einvi
Hof the jury to. WilOnil it wastiot6rvi lig that he slOuld,
if it was in his &CA at , treit'as& .! [lie gntetnpt it de-erved,'
and put it into' the f reefor'it'ivit's Unworthy of notice if the
writer refused to attach his own name. to. it. After some
pretiniiiisrye6nvetsation, -in he eouraeof which .Mr.- Ward;
'Mr. Peintietten, and the,jitty-lequeeted that all..the %vita,
nessie to be ,examined on thattoeea.ionv, but one, -should
leave the. court, - wh.'eh • course was - adopted. The
witness, William Wilde, was then placed in the b )x,
and the evidence he hail given.on a formerdey (which was,
published in the NORtEIERN DAM, on the first
occasion, et full length) was then read over, and in. addi,
tion hestated, in answer to Mr Ward, he did not , know
whether the engine vies regularly empl yes by the corns
patty ; herknew nothing of the engine before Monday last;
the men were Voile sneer at the 't me. Ry Mr. Pemberton :
He -eetild not eiFifow king the St. Pateiek engine lril'
been -in the company's initploy-,- on Mbiaday-4as the ftrist'
ime it hat ever come to him v his duty. YptlrtOt:Clift kith.:
gooda at the Edge-hill station, from. the. Vireesisinilitualie,t
Waterloo side ; he had frequently seen thelenieine elittfte&
Monday; bat could not say , how many timeappentwaek ;
it had been employed to run goods between Liverpool
and Manchester since last Christmas, and belonged to the
London and North Western Railway . company ; he,
.
had seen many .. engine drivers besides the deceaeed
upon the .engine, , bet all
.were in the employ of the
company. Their names were John Reaeh, Thomas
Newbolt, Richard. Xaylor,' and the deceased I have
spoken to Nayler on'4ll644tVect of this accident. It was
, .
the day - after. Nsyfor begin by saying "titre blew- off
"strong;"' but I denied it' and said she did not. - Neylote
never mentioned to use anything about any -defects iti,the-
engine, either in bolts or plasma. Ileuetrer heard engine
drivers express a favour forone enginemore than loather.
belonging to the company. James redden; engine-driver,
"was then recalled The evidence of Ohierwitnees was rest
'over. By Mr. Ward; He had keown the St. Patrick.
_engine for some years. It west built on the c- mpany's
- works, and was employed in the goods 'traffic. He could
'not tell how many times he . had gone with it himself,
during the nine years. About 'eight months since she
went to be repaired, and' •I have not seen -much of her
since. I never went with her regularly I have ran her since
she was repaired, and she then did-her WO r k well, and once
since. When she come out-of the'WorkS, after the repairs,
I examined the engine,•• and she was in good repair, or I
should have reported her-ter the superintendent. By Mr.
Pemberton: Thereare goods engineers, pessengerengineere,
arid jobbing engineers. The' St. Patrick was not a jobbing
engine.. Prior to August last the engine was in good work-
ing order, but there are engines which will require to be
repaired within lets than three months after it. The
bolts were in good order. Au engine may be, in good
order although she may = leak a -little. New eng nee
sometimes leak when they come out —of the shed.
she w ,ulcl bear a pres Sure of 90 b per inch, and I have
drove her with it. ' By Mr..Bleinkinsop : A great many
of the engines take it it turns to mammal the carriages
before the trains leave ; I had this engine before she went
into the sheds, twelve months since, and four m nths
since, and on each of these occasions she was in good
working order when I worked her ; it is not an inferior
class of engines that are used for marsheltieg goods trains,
because I have used a new one for the same purr) ese ;
there is only two classes of enginea one is used for
passengs,s and the other for goods trains ; the St. Patrick
1
, has run this year to Manchester, and done here wozkalike
others.. John Reach was next celled., In addition to his
former statement he said that ha had charge of the engine
on Monday last, and ho then saw that she leaked, bill the
leakage was not such as to render her unfit for work ; he
had seen the engine fifer' the explosion ; some of the
engines are better than this one ; he had knOwn an engine
to work for twelve years bsfore 'being " done up ;" he
could not tell whether this engine wanted overhauling, or
not., but when the deceased took his place on the engine
he mentioned the, leakage to him ; he had taken
charge of engines when they were, after he had worked
teem in a much worse condition than the Saint
Patrick ; the leak that he saw would note have caused
the explOsion ; he was not sufficiently conversant with
eng nes, beyond the working of them, to know whether they
were well'or properly constructed; he worked tee engine at
a pressu:e of 90 ibs ; 'that was the set preesure. By Mr. '1
Petnberton : He had no engineering knowledge;' he had
been in the eompsny's employ for 12 years,- first, as a
cleaner, then as a fireman, and lastly as a driver ; -Mere
that he the steward of a ship; he did not consid-r a
small leakage - any defect e he examined the (Memnon
Monday mo-niug when hs took her ineearge, and worked
tier until four o'clock ; the cause of the leakilge was the
engine's stays being slack, and at that particular pert the
engine could not be cewietered to be in proper order;
an engine would be more likely to explode when,her stays
-are slack than if they were properly tightened up ;. he told
the deceased when he took the engine that there were two
stays leaking, and pointed them out to him ; he, hid not
driven that engine More than two or three tithes'' ha had
-never had occasion to report the engine as being defective,
but if he had seen the leakage he should hsve done so ;
stays leaking is not it, matter to occasion 'alarm et all
times ; these stays did not leak se badly as to occasion any.,
tenor in my mind; the fireman, Lenns,rd, heard the -wit-
ness tell the deceased of -the leakage, and he. had since
asked if he did not, and the . fireman replied that
he did, and that was all the conversation that had taken.
place on the subject: He woull have gone out with the
same eng ne on the follewing morning with a knowledge
of the leakage By Mr. Bleekinsop : The leakage may or
may not 'be serious, as it depends on the contraction or
the expansion of the metal. It is a very common thing.
When he told the deceased of the leakage, he said '' It
may take up, meaning teat the metal might -alter in its
tempereture. There are rules: and regulations for the
guidance of the engineers: He considered that he had
perforaied. his duty when he reported. the 'state of , the
engine to the deceased, . as the day's work was not emu-
pleed. Mr. Ross, an engineer, who had been examined
on the former occasion, was then called,, and after his
- evidence had b'een read lib 'said; iti answer to the coroner,
I have made a -second 'exam of the engine, aid I
have not seen anything bore thin ' that the plate of the
Are box is considerably thinner than I stated it to be the
other day. The thiCkness of the . stay is -one-
eighth of an inel; and that is where the rent'
took place. Trier e is a plate over the • tubes
thinner that. e An engine like teat, with the , *toe
so thin, shiuld not have, had a.:,-. pressnreeeia
more than 40Ib or 501 b. .I cannot tell what the original
thickness of the plates was: He could not say if the fire
box had been 7-16th of an inch in-. August . lase, or when
it was new, that it'could'heve worn' down "to *th by this
time. Ido not consider the leakage of the eta s, as repre-
sented to have taken place on -Monday,- any cause of
emeteuezemdinwehde,nthiet was sew,
thelf
alarm. By Mr. Ward : There is nothing to show that the
-engine was improperly
the eeginehad been properly
plates could not have been asee.tatned with Opening the
engine. The superintendent of the locomotive thpartment
. might have had his suerecions that the plat•es• were not
eunlicient from their bellying on the stays, and should have
taken off the pressure. The pressure of 901 b on such an
engine was alarmingly unsafe and dangerous, , and
have -ascertained
the superintendent should,
By Mr. Pemberton:, I have that fact.
had twenty
,it years ~ experience
and have a fell knowledge of,
_
an :engine, s wants, its
working +, and capabilities, and what work an engine is
fit for: If the engine had been properly' repaired and
minutely examined in August last, the scales in the fire
box would n tt have been so thick as I found them, when I
examined the engine. He ehould sav that the inclus-
Wien from scales on the top of the fire box had not been
removed since the engine first `went ow, and that it was
positinely•imposeible for them to have aceumulated since
August last, when the engine was said-to have been repaired.
It would have been proner tor. the parties to have removed
these scales when under repair, knowing that the pressure
upon it.would be 901 b. If a proper examination -of the
engine had been made, the scales should -have, been re-
moved. It was exceedingly improper for the parties
having the pharge of such an engine, to have permitted it
to go out at ehn time it did; without having had all the
scales removed in AuguSt list. ' It was alarmingly, dan-
gerous to let an engine go' out in the . state
she : was in, and . - she has - proved it to be
be so, of course having regard to the pressure upon her.
Some of the stays had not originally 'fall 'threads, and
could not, therefore, have .as full a hold or grip as one
that had; in m 7 opinion such stays should not have been
put into an engine at all ; it is not good workmanship to 1

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have Stays stt- constructed, --Fteithe holes' were •too large;
the stays iviiirelottir end-five inches *Aft, and the rivets
were defectiVe;' three or four oat Ofitwenty.five, which he
had • had S titi)lopportunity of.ceiXatnining, were detective
rivtsta,switbasbia thinness of .tha, -Piates . and the- . ;nista-
f
Aims on the top of the fire b4,..n0 doubt caused 4 ,engine
19 i3Vkiellk; A,thittit the sdperbiEwiltant shotild, ave pro-
,hibits4the use ic‘tiricls. itta_preallieepXiincre- than 35
Ins
l9r 49k.PPPer lhc.4 ; ik,ittsVe duty'of s993,person to have
flaxenith9ylthe engili, 'la &veined the tbiOkhess of the
,platet ,partieulariPgEWAV%ittine hitl'llebil'iiine years
at work.;' which 'shailltlat7f6Llchilia looked tipon with- sus-
'pieitin ;tit c)itid haVe beSedtnie by `boring at the top ; in
my I?;iiition no ',Carefull!`eitatiittiation: had -been made.
By al juror: An stgine'eah be worked with twoplates 1,- of
an itillithichdifiatt.ths stays wsxe coMpletS,, .but not at a
, preskirrW of i9Olb.i The cause .was :this : -thy;_. whole weight
i `lin the top of the #ce, box!.NrisotPhrowatiplo, the vertical
,plates ofthe firitbox. A*l4l7kg afk.ik-htillAi. Pegectly
straightit le 011'44194 ti3L.o.24go#2,Dwlfig.litt, but when it
c)mes to ba bellied, as tilts is, it gives way. the stays are
thereAo ittspigle ple,toeinAhpNitloth. Ile bellying of
an 0,Ae14,,) iviipufkmtisit,pmiimr,4,l3lkoh. ' It is a true
lay
indict} to Val2s.siollt is .sytAdji;lttg aliii to create
alartn„; "14 i r. Jacqeeltinsop : Alre 'tl,4 Of the ,_re box where
'the eCalia e'xiSt ifi'qUidirr iiiirfeet zilf*;• these scales have not
Cnused' the' top to gibe Way; a firiPbox Ilirki' begins to I;-ear
' thinnesCabont: half way down; this haw hot ,done so ;
thereaiii parts or the boiler a qaarter of an inch thick
where I Should expect the boiler : to be the thinnest that
is, where the flre,is:;, I do not see, any harm in drilling to
find the thickness of a fire box; ilvilli not tend to weaken
it, but, it will not strongthop it if.theylare no. in we than -1.-irt.
in diameter; should drill 12 holes at least in different parts
of the boiler ; I say it is the proper mode of testing the
thickness of ,he box ; the
,man,:who had so drilled the box
in August last would haie done his ditty, and he would
have learnt wh,tt he now knows`; the plates vary from a
quarter fulfto nearly an eighth of an inch ; the variations
occur very el ,s.ely to Oath:Other ; a man might have drilled
a d,,zen holes, and in:ssed a thin "partivor he might have
hit it. • By a juror: When ad ensineist-Worked nine years
1 consider a 'firebox is :worn-- oitv fond:Mo. examination is
'necessary ; LCan't say how long a firebox will last,, as it
depends entirely upon the,,work, done by theengine ; some
willaaet five,-spd,othere,for ten, years ;, I know that per-
sonelpretenditetucemathe thickness of a fire box with a
hamtner,,b,A.Makilaik ; it ;nay bp, done by a man
of ipfi/Prile9,l.Ath.-i- great accuraci- as, he has the
P0w4;,..,g,t1.51,tvg the boiler between each stay_
I ilviqou oity, Pig a man. who has been engaged in that
work' for i weiftffears is' in 'experienced' * mart. ' By Mr.
' Waictf And if he had used ordinary care he should have
detected' it in this boilii:;'.l-'1 should-infer that it had never
been subjected th•sueh a test •. 'By Mr..Pembertoto ; If a
careful examinetion,had been =made in _August last, the
"'defect must have been found, out at once. The inquiry
' 'was then until Wednesday
,week, and
the jury,w.gft,ticeo.4litlyaibeund over to appear on that
day,it ..im.iett,,ii vaiwya ..,.., :..

POLICE IN FEL LIGILNCE.,—SATuitosy.

lab LIVERPOOL:

Jad ;bake `Y'
. /L' BEFORE MR. 3IINSFIELD. 9°.,
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.tiz---.:“.•
THE POOR Bog.—His worship acknowledged the receipt
of x 2 for
the poor box, Which he received from the Rev.
'Mulvey, described as
Dawson Turner.
was charged for
abominable
theAl'areeNZNOfilaus6tDaltflinin.—Poahtilie'srl.m2;lll',:q,
ninety-
being drnnk and disorderly, and for us.ng
language. It appeared that she had been ex-:.''tlY
nine times in jail before, so her present appearance made
up the even hundred. She was' sent to jail for two motiths
withhard labour. - .: . .
DESI4RTING A FAMILY.—GeOrge O'Brien, a shoemaker,
36 years of age, was brought up by Mr. Hughes, charged
with deserting his wife and family, and leaving them
chargeable to the parish.-
The ease being proved, the
prisoner was sent to Jail for one month.
A PUBLICAN AND BEERHOLTSE KEEPER CHARGED WITH
POCKET Picarga.--Two very well dressed and exteriorly
reipeciable looking persons, named Patrick INT'Guinness,
described' as -the owner of the Californian public house,
price-street; and Peter Meehan, the keeper of a beerhouse
in Circus-street, were charged by officer 145, under the
following singular circumstances. Mr. Black defended the
prisoners. The officer said that on Friday morning he was
near the American circus, when he saw the prisoners at the
end .of London-road. Their movements attracted his
attention, and he watched them. He was in plain clothes.,
Near the end of London-road he saw the prisoners close on
a lady, and one of them "covered" the other whilst
he put his hand into the lady's pocket, and
then he (the officer) ran up and asked the
lady if,ahe had list anything? as he had no doubt the pri-
soner took something from her pocket. Before she had
time to give him an answer, the prisoners started off as
fast as they could run, and he folloWed them "hot foot."
They took down John's-lane, and he saw one of them fling
I something over the wall •.f St. John's Church-yard.. ,They
then ran into a hat -shop in John's-lane, where they
were in the act of changing their hate for new ones, when
he arrested them. He f fund on one of the prisoners
£3 12s 6d, and on the other a watch, but neither of them
c mild give any account of how they got the money or
watch. Mr. Black ably cross-examined the officer, who
said he was only eight or nine months in the force,
but he knew the prisouers well, far better than they
knew him. He swore, beyond all doubt as to
the identity of the prisoners, and said that
he never lost sight of them ; he knew them to be thieves
before. Mr. Bluck :' What !do you know Mr. M'Guinness,
"a respectsble licensed publican, to be a thief ? Officer : I
do well. Mr. Black : And 'do you know'M.r. Meehan, the
keeper of a respectable beerhonse, to be a thief? I do
welL Mr. Block:. This is very strange : lam instructed
very mach to the contrary. Mr. Clough : No doubt you
are. Mr. Mansfield (to Mr. Burton' the governnr of the
-bridewell): Are these men known here ? Me. B'lrton :
Yes!: -sir ; M'Gnieness was here in January, 1856, for
stealing; a watch,.and Meehan was sentenced to tea years'
transportation at.Edinbargla, now seven years ago. Mr.
Black: I am instructed to state that they can bring evi-
dence to prove that they were not at the place at all when
the policeman says they were. Mr. Mansfield : If yon wish
for a remand for that purpose I shsil grant it. Mr. Black
coma ted his clients, and then said they wished to be
remanded for that purpose. They had informed him that
one was at a tailor's and another at a barber's at the tine.
The, were remanded.
THE RECEPTION THEY Gave Two BLACK MEN Dr
PRESTON-STREMT.-..TIIOMaS JOIHIStan, a man as black as a
moonless winter's night, and a comrade of his, with an
unpronounceable name, charged. William Smith, Anne
Jackson, Sally Snow, and John Doune, with havirg robbed
them, and also with having nearly murdered them, in the
region of Preston street. Mr. Block defended. The
prisoner Smith inveigled the two darkies into the house,
where they lost their money, and, according to one of
them, where they were "within the black of their nails"
(black enough, indeed, the seine nails were) of losing their
' precious lives." Notwithstandieg an able defence by Mr.
Block, the prisoners were sent-for trial:at the sessions.
PLUNDER BY A ESERVAITE4-,-Ellen Davies, a servant at
Mr. SeoWe shoe shop; Greatsemerge's street, was charged
.with having stolen twenty pairs of boots and shoes from
the establishment, and. Anne Heaps, said to be the mother
of the other prisoner, was charged with receiving part of
the same with a guilty knowledge. Officer 72G
was in a pawn-shop when the last named
prisoner entered, and offered same boots for pledge,
and this led to the discovery. The prisoner's boxes were
searched, and several pairs of boots and a box of cigars, all
of iShieh had been stolen from Mr. Scott's and identified,
were found. The prisoners were -remanded.
Than BY A Lonoza.—,A. well dressed young woman,
named Anne Jackson, was, charged with having stolen a
gold.brooch and a dress, from- the public house of Mrs.
Greenfield, Frederick-street, in September last. The pri-
soner wept to lodge in the house in question some time in
September, and whilst there she took the article. The
brooch was got pledged." The prisoner 'absconded, and was
not found until, Friday, when she was given into custody
by the neice of the owner of the property. The prisoner
was remanded. '
haute, iLLY PLEDGING.—A. woman, named Sarah Fords,
was charged by Mr. Lewis Waterman, of 2, Williamson-
street, with illegally pledging a number .of mens' cloth
caps which he had given her to make. The caps were
worth £3, and were pledged for 133. It appeared that
the prisoner was out of employment, in consequence of
some difference with Mr. Waterman, for about a fortnight,
and having been pressed by her landlady she pledged the
caps, and sent the ti, kete to has employer. Mr- Water-
man said that, with aid of a little gad at 2s 61 a week, she
could earn 3s a day, and he produced his books in proof of
the statement' lire psiioner admitted that she could earn
is 6d a day, and that by working hard 'from six o'clock in
the morning rill eleven o'clock at nightahe might earn 3s
a day.. Mr. Mansfield told her she had acted very impro-
perly to pledge her employer'a proaerty When earning such
good wages, but under the' circumstances remanded her
until Monday to give her the opportunity of releasing the
caps. , _

DARTMOUTH, May 7.—The steamer England, from Lon-
don for Calcutta, W. S. Lindsay's line, which put in here
on the 4th,
is remaining here, having done some trifling
damage to her• screw.
The European and Australian Company's steamer Jura,
arrived at Soutnawp,,on yesterday (Friday),
toCabpet.
illGd
n
Moodie,
eness to convey the Australian overland mail,
of the 12th instant. She ran from Liverpool to South-
ampton in 36 hours.