The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-17 00:00:00

THE NORTILE7N rrIMEB.-LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY.

HOW THE TURKS ADMIRE THE CHRISTIANS

A ease that attracted a large crowd of foreigners
particularly Greeks and Turks—came on before Mr.
Mansfield, at the Police court, yestelday, when the
building was crowded in every part. It was a charge
preferred by the commander of the Turkish frigate
against a Turk, or Greek, (we could not learn Which )
named George tiregally, of having stolen two &mond
rings, value £l5, from him, Mr. Black defended the
prisoner. The case* was rether peculiar, and caused a
great deal of tner. invent. The second captein of the
ship was the interpreter. Detective officer Eaton said
he arrested the prisoner on Sunday night, on a charge of
having stclen two rings, value £l5, the property of the
commander of the. Turkish frigate. The rings, be said,
were stolen about four months ago, and were lately
found pledged at Critchley and Deverali's, pawnbrokers,
Park lane, for £5. The captain, through the interpreter,
identified the rinks, and said he lost them about four or
five months ego, but be did not remember the exact date.
They were stolen out of a house, No 56, Finch street.
He left them on a little box on a drawer, whilst washing
his hands, and forgot them. Cress examined by Mr.
Black : The house was one of ill fame, but he did not
know it then, although he was there two nights.
lle met a young woman (now in court) there. Mr.
Bluek (addressing the interpreter) asked if he was
not desperately fond of her ? No answer was given
to this question. Mr. Block : Did he not gra to
Birmingham after her, and take the prisoner along with
him ? Interpreter He went to vieZt Birmingham, but
not for that purpose. Mr. Bluolc Witif on, and received
the following replies to la's questions. Complainant saw
the girl in Birmingham, in her parents' house. There
were plenty of sisters in the house ; he can't tell the
street in Birmingham. He knows her by the name of
" Charley." Mr. Block : Why, her name is Sarah
Clayton. Interpreter : The commander knows her by
the name of Charley—that is, Charlotte. Mr. Block.:
Ask him if he did not go down on his two knees to her.
and offer her £3O to' come back to Liverpool with him
The captain was understood to shout " Never, never,"
(amid much laughter). He met her first in Finch street.
He was not acquainted with the prisoner, nor was he
his intermter ; the prisoner was not in the captain's
service, he was only a hanger on about the ship. The
prisoner has brought an action against the captain, and
he (the interpreter), offered £2O to get rid of it, sooner
than go to law. That was done through a lawyer (loud
laiighter). The prisoner netter advanced thecaptain money
He never advtaticed him (the interpreter) any money. The
captain did take a lodging (out of French street) for the
girl, and paid £l6 a month for it. Mr. Black: Do you
kno..v what the girl's parents are ? No. Ido not. The
girl (with an attempt to er)) : They are respectable. Sarah
Anne Clayton was then examined4she said the captain left
the rings as described, and on that day the prisoner came
in a cab to take her to another lodging, and when going
on the way, she mentioned to the prisoner that she had
forgotten the rings, and he said he would go in the
evening and get them, and he celled next morning and
said they were stolen: The witness was cross examined
at great length and proved the tzr') of the heading of
this report. Mary Anne Watson proved that the prisoner
owed her money, and gave her the pawn tickets of the
rings as security. She gave one of them to the inter-
preter. She said the prisoner was always well con-
ducted until he fell in with the Turks. (This
caused much laughter) A young man from the pawn
shop proved that the rings were pledged for £5, all that
was asked on them, but it was not the prisoner but
another man who pledged them. Mr. Bluek, in a
forcible address, spoke to the evidence, and lashed the
conduct of the captain in no measured terms. He
contended that the captain owed his client £270 for
services, and that an action was at present p acing
against him for it, and that it was to get rid of this the
charge was brought. The interpreter denied this. Mr.
Block concluded an able address by calling three
witnesses, foreigners, who swore that they saw the rings
on the prisoner's fingers several times in company with
the captain, and the former told them that the captain
had made him a present of the rings. They swore posi-
tively to the identi'y of the rings, but when examined by
Mr. Mansfield as to whether they were single stones or
not, they could not tell. "Hie worship said lie did not
cretlit the evidence for the defence, and sent the prisoner
for trial. The court was immediately cleared of the
crowd.

Several destructive fires broke out in London on Sunday.
ST. VALENTINE'S DAY IN LONDON —Upwards of 250,000
letters p.irs,:d through the post office on Saturday last, St.
Valentine's day. According to custom, the post office
employes had refreshment, consisting of bread, beef, and
beef, served out to them in the sorting room, whilst the out
door postmen had tickets supplied them to procure refresh-
ment at different taverns on their routes

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY OXALIC ACID.—On Sunday
morning, an upholsterer, named Keen, residing in Tower
street, Waterlco road, London, attempted suicide by
swallowing a large quantity of oxalic acid. Shortly after-
wards, he repented of the rash act, and begged the police
to procqre medical assistance, for he had taken poison. He
was imm diately conveyed to St. Thom:l3's Hospital, where
the stomach pump and the usual remedies in such cages
were apolied, but the unfoltunate man has not rallied
sufficiently to warrant recovery.

DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS.—E. Jackson and E. Clark,
Manchester. wholesale milliners ; second div of 82d, any
Tuesday, at Mr. Putt's, Manchester. T. Hindle, R. St.A-
tard, and H. Walmsey, Accrington, manufacturers ; first
div of 4s I Ad, any Tuesday, at Mr. Hernamann's, Manches-
ter. J. Wovenden, Manchester, eating house keeper; first
div of 6d, any Tuesday, at Mr. 11 ernamann's, Manchester.
R. Orrell, Ashton under Lyne, chemist ; first div of .5s la I
any Tuesday, at Mr. Hernamann's, Manchester. T. H.
Ryland, Birmingham, wood turner; first div of 6d, any
Thursday, at Mr. Christie's, Birmingham. Smith,
M'Lachlan and Co., Liverpool, tailors; first div of ls 4d,
any Monday, at Mr. Bird's, Liverpool.
DISCOVERY OF GOLD IN HYDE PARK.-.-011 Saturday a
rumour was prevalent thata considerable quantity of gold had
been discovered by a labourer named Jones, in the employ
of one of the contractors employed by the Commissioners
of Woods and Works, whilst digging a trench for laying
down drain pipes in Hyde Park, near the Victoria Gate,
Bayswater. The man in question had arrived with his
digging near the trunk of a tree, when he struck against
some hard substance at about a foot from the surface, and
on turning out the earth he discovered amongst it a large
I umber of pieces of gold. It is stated that he took oat
about £3OO worth, and had sold some of the pieces at from
£2 to £3 each. Inquiries were made in the afternoon for
the formnate "gold finder," but without effect.

FOLEY'S AMERICLN GOLD PENS.—Charles
wholesale and retail stationer, 19, South John•street
respectfully intimates to merchants, traders, and dealers,
that be has been appointed sole agent for the sale of Foley's
celebrated American Gold Pens, which are universally
acknowledged to be far superior to any other manufactured
either in America or this country, They are sold cheaper,
are made of the best gold, with superior points, and are
warranted to wear at least ten years. In America they
have bfen extensively used for that period, and are pre-
ferred to new ones. The prices range from five shillings to
a guinea each. Supplied wholesale by Charles
19. South John-street. Livernool.—Ativt.

TAB SIIi•PECTED POISONING AT 13ANBURY.—We publ!Ole
recently an account of the suspected poisoning of a foniiy
of children at Banbury. It will be recollected. that after
dinnerone day, the children were taken ill, and that ono of
them died. The father's name is Samuel Lancaster, and he
is a working man. An ireprest•on the deceased child has
been hel I, and adjourned from time to time and on
Monday last the jury unanimously agreed to thq follo7ing
verdict, which we copy from the report in the Banbury
GaardiLin :—" The deceased child died suddenly from
congesti :n of the lunas and brain ; and from the evidence
produced, it is the opinion of the jury that the parents of
the deceased have neglected to perform their duties, in ro'
providing those necessaries and comforts which the deceased
and other members of the family had a right to demand."
THE MESSRS. CROSSLEY, or HALIFAX. —Tho extensive
carpet manufactory of RI essrs. John,. Cressley and Sons,
Dam Clough, Halifax, is about to be cansidorably, enlarged.
Premises lately in the occupcien of Robert Whitworth and
Co., and contiguous to Messrs. Crossley's mill, have lately
been bought, and among other operations, a chimney is
now in course of erection, 315 ft. high. Messrs. Crossley
already emp.oy 3,000 workpeople, more then one-third of
whom are male adults, in the receipt of wages ranging from
£1 to 255. The firm, in 10 days' notice, recently manu-
factured 1,100 yards of velvet pile carpeting for the residence
of the Empress Dowager of Russia at Nice. The Cress of
the Legion of Honour has been bestowed by Napoleon 111.
upon
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poantbneowsiezior member of the firm (John Crossley, EN.),
ament of the superior quality of the carpets
exhibited by Messrs. Crossley at the Paris exhibition. The
liberality of Messrs. Crossley is munificent. At the recent
opening soiree of the llalifax Mechanics' Institution, £1,600
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is also a gift to the town from Prank Crossley, Esq.. M.P.
A handsome pile of almshouses, twenty-three in number,
and built in the Italian style of architecture, have recently
been built and endowed by the last•named gentleman, and
are now all tenanted. Messrs. Crossley 'a carpet manufac-
tory, already a marvel of industry
anti enterprise, bids fair
to become the wonder of Yorkshire.

COMMITTAL OF AN OFFICER FOR FRAUD.

At Marlborough-street Police-court, on Saturday, Ed.
ward Cape, who represented himself as an ensign of the
88th Foot, was brought up for final examination, charged
with defrauding various tradesmen by means of spurious
cheques. There were a great number of cases against
the prisoner, but only three were gone into. The first
charge was for obtaining £5l from Mr. Wood, wine mer-
chant, N0..132, New Bond-street, from whose evidence
it appeared that on the etenins of the 4th inst , the
prisoner called upon him, and gave an order for about
thirty-six dozen of wine for Major Maynard, of the 88th,
which was to be sent to the m ijol's quarters at Alder-
shott, After some doubt as to the correctness of the
order, prosecutor entered it, and just as the prisoner was
about leaving the shop, be produced a cheque on Messrs.
Cox & Co. for V. and requested prosecutor to cash it
for him, as he *a§ going to dine at the Wellington.
Prosecutor, from the prisoner's appearance, stisijected
nothing wrong, and handed him the money. On the
following morning the cheque wrs presented at Messrs
Cox & Co.'s, when prosecutor was told it was a swindle.
Similar frauds on the firm of hedges and Butler,
Regent street, arid Christopher and Co., 55 Great Coram
street were then probed. It was stated that the
prisoner's. account at Cox and Co's ceased on J.inuary 9.
Police constable 102 C said he took the prisoner into
custody, and found upon him the various orders for
wine no* produced. On the way to the station house the
prisoner said he thought his friends would compromise
the matter. The depositions were then taken, and the
prisOn -r fully committed for trial It was stated that the
prisoner formerly enlisted in the 88th, and served
through the Crimean campaign, and for his valiant
conduct got his promotion as ensign. He subsequently
roiscondueted himself, and left the army, covared with
disgrace, -in January last. His friends are highly
respectable tradesmen in Bond street.

The Weekly Register states that the large and valuable
collection of paintings and works of art in Alton Towers
will shortly be brought to the hammer, with a view of
effecting a speedy settlement of claims, testamentary or
otherwise, upon the estate of the late Earl of Shrewsbury.
THE SALE OF BEER BILL.—On Saturday, the bill relat-
ing to the sale of beer and the regulation of public houses.
&c., was printed. It contains twenty three clauses, and it
is proposed that it shall come into operation on the Ist of
September next. Increased powers are given to publicans
to remove drunken and disorderly persons ; and persons
drinking at unlawful hours may be fined 20s. each, before
two justices.
AMNE,TT IN Pasma.—The Parma Gasettt of the 7th
inst. contains a decree, by which the Regent grants full and
entire pardon to fifteen political prisoners, and commutes
for eight others the punishment of imprisonment into exile
ont of Europe for a similar number of years. The treasury
will furnish the means of going into exile, with a sufficient
outfit to those who do not possess it ; and if any one
returns before the expiration of his term, he wi►l be liable
to as many sears imprisonment as he had been originally
condemned to.

Tux RAT A COMMERCIAL COMMODITY.—We are informed
that they have established a company in Paris, upon the
Hudson's Bay principle, to buy up all the rats of the
country for the sake of their skin. The soft nap of the
fur when dressed is of the most beautiful texture, far
exceeding in delicacy that of the beaver, and the hatters
consequently use it as a substitute. The hide is employed
to make the thumbs of the best gloves, the elasticity and
closeness of its texture rendering it preferable to kid.—
Quarterly Review.
THE REPRESENTATION OP LEPDS.—The precarious health
and increasing infirmities of Sir George Goodman having
rendered it unsafe for him to resume his parliamentary
duties, it is pretty generally understood that a new writ for
Leeds will shortly be moved for in the House of Commons.
The tories are going to fight the borough with Robert Hall,
Esq., Recorder of Doncaster, a gentleman who is much
respected in the town. The advanced liberals will put in
nomination W. E. Forster, Esq , manufacturer, Burley,
near 0:ley, a gentleman whose eminent busiaess capacity,
general literary ability, and broad catholic liberality of
opi: ion, eminently qualify him for the representation of an
important constitneney like the metropolis of the West
Biding. The voluntary party, represented by Mr. Brines,
of the Leeds Mercury, have not yet declared. It is
rumoured they have a man " bottled" for the occasion ; but
his name has not been allowed to transpire.—Corrcsportient
of the Manchester Examiner.

BURNING OF A NEGRO VI ALA.FAMA.—We find the
following account of the burning of a negro, named Mose,
at Abbeville, Alabama, in the Eufala Native. It will be
recollected that the crime for which Mose was burned was
the murder of his master:—A large concourse of people
was assembled at Abbeville, numbering from 4,000, to
5,000. The negro was taken from the gaol by the guard ;
no opposition was offered by the sheriff. The place was
arranged before the negro arrived. A green pine stake
was set in the ground firmly, and around that a pile of fat
pine was arranged, in diameter about six feet and about
four feet high. He was bound head and feet to the pole,
and before fire was placed to the pile the wretch made the
confession that he had murdered his master, but would
not have done it had it not been for a white man. He
made some other confession, implicating a white man and
another negro in the affair. Our informant says that
when he left, the fire had already consumed his head, legs,
and feet, and that they were piling on more wood to finish
the body.
STATUTE LAW COMMISSION.—Baron' Martin has been
added to the Royal Commission for Inquiry into the Statute
and Common Law Courts and the Courts of Assize, in the
room of Baron Alderson, deceased. The commissioners
meet every SAurday, ander the presidency of Chief Justice
Lord Campbell, to hear evidence; and to- decide upon the
subject of their labours. Although they have come to no
decision respec'ing the number of judges in the Common
Law Courts, it is understood that the present judicial staff
cannot be safely reduced. The business of the Assizes is
much more likely to be increased than diminished. In fact
we are likely to have a general gaol delivery three times a
year. This view is fortified by the appointment of a new
Baron of the Exchequer, after it had been found that the
Court was full of business, and that it was. not expedient to
send a commissioner on circuit, instead of a judge, if it
could 'be avoided in time. Mr. Serjeant Channel has,
therefore, been appointed the new judge instead of being
sent on circuit as a commissioner only. The Law Commis-
sion have examined several of the judges, and are about to
examine the authorities and representatives of Leeds,
Manchester, Birmingham, &c., who are anxious to have the
assizes held in those places.
THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—Captain Osborn,
R.N., has caused the publication of the following extract
of a letter, dated " Rad River Settlement, Hudson's Bay
Territory, December 6, 1856" :—" I received a letter from
Roderick by the last mail, and he expresses a wish that I
should write you by the, first opportunity, and state more
particularly about the reports we heard last summer about
some traces of whites being seen in the north. I have just
returned from —, who was at Norway House last July,
and saw the man wbo brought down an express to Sir
George Simpson from, Mr. Anderson (commander of the late
searching party down the Fi.h River), in Mackenzie's
River (district), stating that Indians had brought over
reports to one of the trading pos's in that quarter, that
Indians had seen two or more encampments of whites on
an island, or some points rear where Anderson and
Stewart tufted back (in 1855), and that one of the
encampments particularly wae quite fresh, supposed to have
ben abandoned a day or two before the Indians saw it,
and, from the traces, thought there might have been
abut 'ten or twelve men. I could not hear of the exact
locality further than that Anderson ald Stewart were
within a very shell distance of the place where the
traces were seen. Thope yon have heard more particularly
about the report."
TIIE HREW7BURY ESTATES.—We understand that, in
order to carry out the late Earl of Shrewsbury's bequests,
and to meet the charge of £25,000 placed upon the con-
tents of Alton Towers by •the.will of Earl John, the execu-
tors will require the whole available personalty ; and
than it is not imProbable that the large and valuable col-
lection of petin rugs and works of art contained in that
magnificent pile, will shortly be brought to the ham-
mer. It is understood that ' the late earl bad,
in the first instance, bequeathed the whole of the
contents 'of the. Towers to Lord Edmund Howard,
the devisee of. his landed estates ; but that, subsequently,
he revoked this b, quest, under the conviction that, in case
of his demise at au early period, his personal estate would
not otherwise have been suffieient, even for the payment
of his debts. , The sale, therefore, should it take place,
will be wholly the act of the executors, with the' view
of effecting a speedy settlement of all claitlis, testamentary
or otherwise, upon the estate of the late earl. The
powers of the trustees of Lnrd Edmund, though extensive
as far, as regards the management and preservation
of the estates, do not extend to any expenditure of the
proceeds, the whole of which they are bound by the will
to invest in the funds during his minority; so that it is
not practicable to dedicate any portion of them, even to
the purpose of saving this great family collection from
dispersion. The Vicarage of Alton, the advowson of
which belongs to the Shrewsbury estates, having become
vacant by the death of the late incumbent, it is reported
that Lord Talbot has assumed to present to it. We do not
think' this probable, as independently of the litigation
which would undoubtedly follow upon any such attempt,
Lord Talbot, if he presents at all, must do as " Earl of
Shrewsbury';" and it is very unlikely that his lordship
would assume the rank of Premier Earl of England, until
he has proved his title to that position before the proper
tribunal.— The Weekly Register.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF RAILWAY SHARES.

A fortnight ago, a man of gentlemanly exterior called at the
office of Mr. W. Cooper, sharebroker, Birmingham, stating
that he was Mr. Thomas 'Valker, town clerk of Wolverhamp-
ton, and that he wanted to sell some South Staffordshire Rail-
way sharee. A day or two after the broker received a letter,
dated Wolverhampton, and signed " Thos. Walker," directing
him to sell ninety " South Stafford," fifty for cash, to be paid
on the following Wednesday. Having ascertained that a Mr.
Walker was town clerk of Wolverhampton, he sold the shares,
and paid the money to his new client, who called for it on the
appointed day. In the course of the same day, Mr. Cooper
learnt from another broker that lie also had received a
letter from the tame person about the sale of South
Staffords. • Upon this the two brokers made enquiries,
and found that the shares Wil'els had been sold were
still standing in the company's books in the name of
Charles Shaw, of Birmingham. They also "found that Mr.
Walker, the town clerk of Wolverhampton, bad no knowledge
of the affair. Communication with Mr. Charles Shaw was
opened immediately; he was forniehed with the fullest
information, with all the particulars, all the facts ; and, if our
information be correct, Mr. Shaw's readiness and qtlickness of
perception were never more completely displayed, than when
he listened to Mr. Cooper's description of the man who had
called upon him ; his mind caught, es it were instantly, what
kind of a fellow " Walket" was. Whilst this was going on,
Mr. Shaw had opened a chest oe safe in his private counting
house ; in it securities and other matters of that kind were
deposited. Mr. Shaw searched for the South Staffordshire
certificates he expected to find in security, but one hundred
and sixteen were missing. It was natural for him to extend
his research under such circumstances, and more discoveries
were made of securities missing; coupons for £lO,OOO
Derby stock had been abstracted ; Mexican bonds (about 50),
and worth £1,100), had also vanished ; so had a couple of
mercantile bills en Montreal, which Mr. Shaw had last seen,
we believe, on the 9th of January. There are other securities
missing, but sehat their nature or value is we are not informed ;
Mr. Shaw himself had not very minute information on the
subject; at least this was apparent in reference to the Derby
stock, the information as to the amount mining being derived
from the office of the company, no transfer having taken
place. On Friday it was mentioned that the Mexican Bonds
had been sold in Birmingham, but certainly this has not been
done in the Exchange, neither have any traces of them been
discovered. The railway shares still stand in Mr. Shaw's
name, and he may continue to receive the dividends, but even
in respect of the South Staffords, until he recovers the eel ti—
ficates for which the brokers concerned have paid, he is unable
to complete a sale ; to this extent he is prejudiced, and in
respect of the other securities referred to.— Birinivham
Journal.