Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-25 00:00:00

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SIMPLE 7iONTRIVANCE.—DI conveying waggons of coal
from the Tits at Hurlford to Paisley, and other towns
along the line of railway, there were frequent coaml.:ints
by those to shorn they were consigned, of discrepancies
betwixt the veight received with those of the invoice.
By seine unexplained but easily criceivcd prcces, lag
lumps of coal 1,-,ould fly off from the waggons at certain
stages, so that *then thele destination was reached they
were often tons &ficient. One of our ingenious coal-
masters, whose mind has been much improved by travel,
has hit upon a simple method which has proved erke
effectual in curinz thin leakage of coal durinz transit.
After the coal is filed into the waggons in the lye at this
pit, one of the employe:-s, provided with a tub of white-
flog and a brush, sprinkles them all ever. The coal thus
whit, ned is found to have less tendency to leap our, an,'.
since this simple contrivance was adopted, no complaints
have been preferred by cansigneea of discrepancy of weight,
the invoices perfectly talllieg with the amounts in the
waggons. Other cealmasters who are similarly situated
ought to adopt this process of white-washing the coal a'
the top of the waggons, as it appears to effect a consi-
derable saving.
A CRIMINAL'S ACCOUNT OF nit CAREER.-110re is his
owo-version if a criminal's career in crime and its at-
tendant vices, as dialed by himself on his way to St.
Aug istine's (Canterbury) Jail :—" My name is not
Thomas, nor do I belong to Sittingbourne. I was not
such a flat as to tell sour seperintendent who I was and
where I came from. But it doesn't matter row. He said

he thought I was a ticket-of-leave man; so did another
gentleman say so to-day. They were not far out. lam
a native of Devonshire. A few years ago, witit a c im-
panion, I committed a highway robb‘ry on a gentleman.
I stole £lOO from him. I managed to give my companion
the slip, and theft hit] 98 sovereigns in the hollow of a
tree near by. W 3 tbe,i went to a beer-hon=e and got
drinking. My companion wanted me to sharp th money,
but I put him off. He got aispiciolv, however, and went
out and got two polic-offiesrs, and 'split,' and they came
and took me into custody. They found on me £1 1.0. in
gold and some silver. This man turned Queen's evidence,
and gave evidence against me. I was c .nvicted, and
sentanced to seven year's transporiatioz. The judge
wanted me to tell where the money was, but I know they
would not byre me any more if 1 didn't tell, so I wouldn't
tell 'em.
ser,-,sd four years, and then
I got a ticket-of-
Jesve and .t". 14 14s Government: had a .goodspree until the money ''
-kg all gone. I Jaen made the
.4 j put the 98 sovereigne,
best of my way down to wbe 14f„hein, in the hollow
and there I found them, as I had . "
tl.
of the tree. I had a jolly good spree a-
.ong as it lastcl
have since been a soldier, and also in ..11e n,avy, bat
whether they want me again or not I don't know, Aor do
I c .1.e." The following is the description of the pris:""%t
it lacy leaf, pedlars (with th-e above particniar-), to h.-
indentification elsewhere :—He is a short, thickset man,
about 511. Gin in height, with round, full, sunburnt lace,
and thick neck, thick hair at the sides, but very thin on
the top ; bas the appearance of having been at sea.—
South-Eastern Gazette.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—V_zsnutriAY.

LIVERPOOL.
131CFORE MR. MANSFIELD.

STRUT ROBBIRT.—A young Scotch girl named Ellen
Anderson, was charged with stealing a gold lever watch
from Thomas Poole, who described himself as " a
gentleman." The prisoner was a very attractive looking
person, and had a dress and velvet shawl value at least
some £3O on her. Mr: Black defended her. The prose-
cutor swore most positively that the girl took his watch
on Saturday night last at half-past eleven, in Fair-
clough-street. The details ware not very " gentlemanly,"
and Mr, Bluck asked for a remand, stating that his
client had most positively instructed him that she
was not in the street on the night in question, and
that he could call witnesses to prove it. She was only
a few days in Liverpool, and repudiated the charge, saying
she never saw the prisoner until the previous night, when,
after some hesitation as to her identity, he gave her into
charge. She was accordingly remanded.
CURIOUS CAPTURR OF A BURGLAR.—A fellow with a
face like the head of a deal cod-fish, named Peter Brady,
was charged under the following strange circumstances :
On the night of the 9th inst., St. Augustin's church was
broken into, and a gown belonging to one of the clergymen,
together with eight bottles of wine, were taken out of the
vestry. On the same night the house of Mr. Barton,
Richmond Terrace, was broken into, and coats, will other
property, taken thereout. In the morning a chisel
and also the gown taken from the church were found in
the back kitchen of Mr. Barton's house. The chisel, from
the marks both on the church and Mr. Barton's house,
was clearly the instrument with which entrance had been
gained in both instances. On the night of the 16th, the
house of a Greek gentleman, named Scanivie, at 50,
Kensington, was broken into and robbed. The prisoner
was in bridewell for some offence, and Scaife and
M.Cullach, two of the detectives, on examining him, found
a shirt and pair of boots that had been stolen from the
latter house, and also a coat that was stolen
from Mr. Barton's, thus connecting a link of
the whole case to the prisoner, who was fully committed
for trial at the assizes.

STABBING.—A youth, named Robert Blakely, who is
engaged in Mr. Edward's office, Chapel•walks, was charged
with having stabbed another biy, named Morris Lawler,
a boy engaged in an adjoining office in the same place.
Mr. Snowball was for the prisoner. The facts appeared to
be these :—The prisoner had a pen knife in his hand,
mending a pen, when some altercation took place, and it
was alleged that he stabbed the complainant in the thigh.
On the other hand, it was stated that the affair was purely
ascidental, and that the boy fell against the knife. The
lad admitted that he thought it was an accident, and
it was proved that the wound was very slight
indeed. The prisoner's master gave him an ex-
cellent character, and some witnesses having proved
that the whole affair was an accident, the prisoner was
discharged.
A Foot, AND HIS MONEY.—A man named Joseph Marks,
big enough to have some sense, charged a fellow named
Nathaniel Wa ts, for having stolen 14/. in cash from a
little girl named Hannah Earle, nine years of age. Mr.
Marks was in Datton-street, and took the opportunity of
making a counting house of some door steps, upon which
he sat down, and counted his cash, which amounted to
about the above sum, and then he carefully put it in a
small bag. laid it on the steps, and—walked away ! Some
time after, three little girt,;, amongst whom was the child
Earle, happened to pass that way, and seeing the bag,
they took it up, and the child was bearing it in
triumph to her " mammy"—after giving her comrades a
fourpenny-piece each out of the bag, when the prisoner
came up, took the bag from the child, and ran away. He
was captured some time after, but the bag fand contents
were not found. He was remanded.

A. LODGING-HOUSE ROBBER.—EIIen Gray, a well-dressed
and handsome female, was charged with having ribbed
several lodging-houses. She used to engage apartments,
sta'ing that she came from Belfast to meet her brother, and
in this way she stole everything she could lay hands on.
Her last depredation was stealing a watch from the house
of Fanny Cowan, Cornwallis-street. Stveral cases were
proved against her, and she was sent for trial.

The Archbi:loop of Paris has narrowly escaped being
p-isoned. Be partook of an ice into which some colouring
matter, composed of acetate of lead, had been introduced.
The symptoms produced by the subtle poison excited serious
apprehensions, which were removed by the application of
prompt remedies.
DEEPENING OF THE FORTH.—Operations have Com-
menced for deepening the Forth at Stirling. The expense
will be defrayed out of the £7,000 (of which the first
instalment of £3,000 has already been paid) which is to
serve as a recompense to the town of Stirling for any
damage that may en3ue in consequence of the iupply of
wacer which may be taken from Loch Katrine for the city
of G'cs2ow.
How SLAVERY ENSLAVES " FREE" AMERICA.—The
very first sentence in the preface to Dr. Cheever's recently
published di 'course, entitled " God against Slavery,"
speaks volumes as to the amazing extent of the pro-
slavery feeling in New York. He says—" For the pri-
vilege of having been permitted to deliver these dis-
courses without interruption, and with a cordial unswerv-
ing sympathy on the part of the public, I thank Gad and
take courage "

GRAVN RAILWAY OFFENCE AT HALIFAX.—On Tuesday,
at the Borough Court, Halifax, four 1r sh youths, named
respectively James Kelly, Patrick M'Clane, Edward
TitresMon, and P trick M'Que, were severally charged
wit'a wilfully an I maliciously throwini, stones on the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. The case was taken
under the 14th and 1511. Vic oria, chanter 19, secion 6,
m king the prisoners liable to be transported beyond the
seas for the term of their natural lives, or for any term
not less than seven years, or to imprisonment for any
term not exc .edin.t. three years. The prisoners, it
app ;ared, assembled on the premises of the railway com-
pany, just above the mouth of tht Beacon Hill Tunnel,
on the evening of Sunday the 7th. The signal man,
Josepn Sharp, on seeing them, told them to go away,
but instead of doing so they directed at him a volley of
stones, and continued throwing stones at him for about
twenty minutes. The (14 nzer was s ) gr,,lt in consequence
of the line being strewed over with stones, that Sharp had
to give the caution signal to a triin entering the oth :r
end of the tunnel, The case was proved by the signal
man and the witnesses he eille to his asas'ance, and the
bench commit'ed the prisoners to take their trial at the
ensui,og York assizes.

AN UNCONSCI, US JOURNEY BY A YOUNG LADY.--The
Boston Tanscript, of toe 13th inst., relates as follows-4
few days since a } mug lady of respec.able family in New
York, who was attending a private school on Long Island,
was seized with a violent toothache, and went out to pur-
chase some ether for relief. Under its intoticatinc, in-
fluence, as is supposed, she went on board one of 6 the
Sound steamers, and was taken to Stonington, thence
came by railroad to this ey, and on the return of her
proper reuses, she was amazed to find herself wandering
about the streets of Chelsea. She imrnedia,ely, in ,grear
distress of mind, applied at the house of a hospitable
&tiz-n, and, after telling her story to the landlady, re-
quested shelter until she could write to and hear from her
tether. The worthy lady, confiding in the artless inno-
ci.nce of her youth—she being but abouc fifteen years of
ge—reedily granted her request, and for the nonce adopted
her as one o the family. This morning the poor girl was
overjiyed at receiving a message from home, stating that
her father was on the way to meet her. The case came to
the knowledge of the police, through a reward offered for
her recovery, but which no offict,r will claim. It is a grat'-
fyin4 faw, to the credit of civilization, that a young lady,
of much personal beauty, could take so long a journey,
entirely without protection, and under such peculiarly
remaikable circumstances, without the slightest harm he-
falling her.
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A Bonn VENTURE.—There is now lying at the foot of
Pine-street, East River, a small yacht, with the pretty and
hisorical name of Charter Oak. She is sloop-rigged, and
her lines, judging from the way she sits on the water, are
everything that cAlld he desired to ensure speed and bear-
ing. The Charter Oak is now taking stores on board, the
owner having determined to start for Liverpool in the
course of next week. 1 his is an undertaking of great
daring, as will be perceived from the dimensions of the
gallant lit le sloop, the length of which is only 40fr., and
the burden 23 tons. Her canvass consists of mainsail, jib,
flying jib, 'r off topsail, squ tresail, and studding-sail
spreading in all 900 yarls. The hull is built of white oak
timbers and frame, with hem.tac knees ; the deck is of
white pine and the ceiling yellow pine. She was built, is
now owned, and will be sailed by Mr. Charles R. Webb,
a native of Stamford, Connecticut, and a ship-carpenter
by profession. He informs us he is only twenty-3even
years of age, but he certainly looks much older, for there
is an air of experience about him, much of which nos
doubtless been acquired during half a dozen voyages across
the Atlantic on hoard the Phoenix, one of Kermit and
Carew's line of Liverpool packets. Mr. C. Webb's crew
will consist of the mate, Mr. W. A, Tucker, two seamen,
and a cook—five hands in all, including officers. He
carries out provisions and water for 90 days, which are
safely stowed away in the poop c thin. This apartment
is considerably roomy inside, and contains eight berths, a
cooking-stove, coal-bin, cask of water, &c. Mr. Webb
feels confident of reaching Liverpool within three weeks,
but says he intends doing all he can to reach his destina-
tion in quicker time than the yacht America. He proposes
strting about the 15th of the month, and we therefore
ad vi e the citizens of Liverpool to keep a sharp look out for
s
a litle 13:.qck sloop of 23 tons, with white water line and
deck rail, wt'ch may be expected off the Mersey
about the
B.h of July neat.—New Fork Herald, Ilene 10.

STREET DISCUSSION UNDER THE BIG LAMP
IN LIME-STREET.

Liman/sr Dactsrox.—Yesterday morning, a person
about 30 years of age, who gave the name of Peter
Jennings, was brought up before Mr. Mansfield, charged
by police-officer 301, with creating a disturbance in
Lime street. The prisoner at first said he was a
reporter, and produced a card of a gentleman belonging
to that profession (however he got it), but as
the Inspector and the officer happened to know
the gentleman alluded to, the representation was
at once discovered to be false. The officer
said at the time stated, he was on duty at the railway gate,
when his attention was drawn to a row in a crowd of about
200 persons, who were collected about the lamp. He
went over and saw several persons acting in a disorderly
manner. The prisoner was in the centre, holding a
discussion on theological subjects, and this caused the row
and disorder. The officer requested him to go away, and
after some hesitation he did go, followed by the crowd.
However, in about five minutes after he returned to the
same place, and the crowd became so great that the foot
and carriage ways were blocked up, and the traffic stopped.
He remonstrated with the prisoner but he refused to go
away, and at length he took him into custody. The
prisoner was drunk at the time. Mr. Mansfield said he
thought such assemblages were not allowed at night by
the police. Mr. Superintendant Ride said, it would be
of great importance to the police, if his worship would
give his opinion as to such assemblages at night. Mr.
Mansfield said that such assemblies at night were not to
be permitted. Disorderly crowds in the streets after night-
fall, that assembled for discussing such subjects, should
be prevented by the police. He told the superintendant
to make a report of the case to the Watch
Committee, and to have proper measures taken to
prevent such in future. Such assemblies were not ex-
cusable; but the police would be the best judges how
to act, as they would see tl,e facts under their eyes. Dis
cussions of this sort, calculated to create a breach of the
peace, should be put a stop to. Mr. Ride stated that'
crowds used to assemble after nightfall, and separate into
groups, for the purpose of discussing such subjects, and
this led to angry feelings, and frequent fights followed.
Inspector Chew fully corroborated this statement, and said
it was very difficult to manage these disorderly crowds.
Mr. Mansfield said such assemblies after nightfall must be
stopped by the police. Mr. Ride said it was satisfactory
to have his worship's opinion on the point, and he would
report as directed. The prisoner was cautioned strongly,
and warned that if he came before the court again he would
be severely punished. He was then discharged.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A CLERK OF MR. MILNER'S,

LORD-STREET.

Yesterday, George B. Gurney, late in the employment
of Mr. Milner, the safe manufacturer, of Lord-street, was
brought before Mr. Mansfield, at the Police-court, charged
with having embezzled about £l,OOO belonging to his em-
ployer. Mr. Frodsham appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. J. B. Aspinall for the prisoner. The case excited
some interest, as the prisoner was well known ; and
besides holding the employment in Mr. Milner's, he had a
flourishing public-house in the locality of Mathew-street,
which was conducted in the day time by his wife. 'The
court wss considerably crowded daring the hearing of the
case. Mr. Frodsham briefly opened the case, by stating
that the prisoner had been in the employment of Mr.
Milner, and he was charged with having embezzled large
sums of money belong to that gentleman, who was the fire
proof safe maker, trading under the firm of Thomas
Milner and Sons. There were a great number of charges
brought against the prisoner, but he (Mr. Frodsham)
would only select one or two, as sufficient to enable his
worship to send the prisoner for trial. He then called
Mr. William Milner, who said—l am a safe manufacturer
in Liverpool. I know the prisoner who was in our em-
ployment since 1849. He was salesman in the shop in
Lord-street, and his duty was to sell goods, to collect ac-
counts, manage the general business in the shop, keep the
books, &c. He kept a set of books in the shop. This (a
book) is his cash book ; the accounts in the shop are
balanced annually. This (a shee9 is one of his balance
sheets. I had a conversation with him about the debts
returned by him as due at the 31st December, 1856. This
sheet was brought to me in February, 1857, and repre-
sented to be the debts due to the house up to the 31st
December last year. I inquired the sums that had been
subsequently paid, and as be told me, I drew my pen
through them. Per a long period I found great difficulty
in getting the prisoner's accounts settled up, and this was
for the last six or nine months at least. When did your
suspicions assume a tangeble form ? Not particularly
until recently. I was in London some time ago, and I
wrote to him, asking him to make up his accounts by the
time I came down. When I came I found he had not
done so. About three weeks ago, on a Saturday, I spoke
to him, and I then put the question broadly
to him. " Mr. Gurney are your accounts wrong,
or what is the cause of your procastination after
this manner ?" He declared his accounts were not
wrong, and I then insisted on having them made up, and
that on the Monday. On the Monday found the accounts
were not made up, and on the Tuesday he absented him-
self. I wrote to him on the next Saturday, and stated that
if the accounts were not at once made up, I should hand
the whole case over to Mr. Reay, of the Guardian Society.
After that he admitted that the accounts were wrong, and
that he was carrying on a system of misrepresentation.
He said he used to have accounts open on the 30th of
December that had been paid, and return them as debts
due ; and when other accounts came in, he would credit
the former with the money of the latter, and bring them
into the next quarter. He said that his deficiency would
amount to over £3OO. He showed me a number of bills
that he had discounted with my money, and said he had
to pay £5O that he went security for in a loan society.
This (a book) is in his handwriting. He wrote me this
letter. (Portion of the letter was read, and the prisoner
admitted that he had taken some money, but begged to be
forgiven for the sake of his children, and promised to
make good the deficiency hereafter). The witness, in reply
to further questions said, there is a person named William
Milner (the same name as myself) in our employment,
and there is also a person named Thomas Millar in
my employment, and it was his duty to compare
the accounts with the prisoner. The witness was cross-
examined by Mr. Aspinal!, but nothing of any consequence
was elicited. Mr. Millar was then sworn, and said : lam
assistant book-keeper to Mr. Milner. I had conversations
with the prisoner about the accounts. This (a book) is in
his handwriting, and a little of it in mine, and I got the
information from him to do that ; it is the account-
book kept by him ; it was his duty to make returns of ac-
counts, and I assisted him by his directions. He then
proved that a list (produced) of the outstanding accounts
up to December, 1856, was made out by the prisoner. An
account of Mr. Gillick's is in it, for £7 for 1856. An
account of Mr. Beasley's, for £3O 15s is in it. It is not
struck out. An account of Frederick Huth & Co.'s, for
£l4 12s, is put down as outstanding. I had conversations
with him repeatedly about the accounts, and asked him
to furnish them, but he would not. (Here a list of the
accounts received, but not accounted for, by the prisoner,
was put in.) The prisoner told witness there was a
sum of some £3OO or £4OO not accounted for by
him ; but it appeared by an examination of the books,
that a sum of £892 13s 4d had been discovered. The
witness was cross-examined by Mr. Aspinall, but nothing
wal elicited. Mr. Gilling proved that he paid the prisoner,
in the shop in Lord-street, a sum of £7, and got his receipt
for it. (This was received in November, but was not en-
tered until February.) Mr Kearns, from Mr. Beasley's
office, proved that on the 12 h November, 1856, he paid
the prisoner £3O, and this was not entered till February,
1857, but was set down as an outstanding debt, in Dec.,
1856. A clerk from Messrs. Huth & Co. proved that he
pail two rums of £l4 12s and £6O to Mr. Millar,
at the shop in Lord-street, and Mr. Millar proved
having handed the money over to the prisoner, and
entered it in his book. This was in February, and it ap.
peared that the prisoner had entered the £l4 12s. as paid
to him in January, more than a month before it was
actually paid, and the £6O was not entered at all. Mr.
Bidwell, from the offiee of Huth and Co., proved that he
paid the prisoner £3l in January, and this was not entered
in his book at all. Mr. Frodsham said he had several
other cases against the prisoner, but he wouldnot trouble
the court with any more, as he had shown enough to
have him committd for trial. Mr, Aspinall said he could
not contend that it was not a case for further investigation.
The prisoner was then fully committed for trial at the
assizss. Detective officer Thompson, who had the prisoner
in custody, said he arrested him in a private house in Hales
street, and when taken into custody, he admitted that he
had taken money, but not to the extent of £l,OOO.

EDITING NEWSPAPER9.—It is one of the peculiarities of
modern society that every one fancies himself er,p rble of
editing a newspaper or writing a paragraph. Men are not
given to believe that they can make a boot or a pair of
breeches without having served an apprenticeship at the
trades required ; nor is it usual for young men about
town to undertake to treat a patient for paralysis, or to
plead a caie in c:iurt, without some prepar ttAry trainin4.
But every man, woman, and almost every child, believes
that the duties of an editor are inn rtely acquired by every
mind. Hence the letters which deluge us. So far as our
experience gces, there are more men in the country who
could make a pair of boots, treat a sick person, plead be-
fore the Supreme C tart, or drive a steam-engine, without
provious training, than there are who could edit a paper
without previous apprenticeship to the profession,—New
York Herald.