Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-15 00:00:00

knocked down by a person named Thomas Lynch. The
prisoner was acquitted: ; • -

lITTIMING COUNTIMFEIT COIN AT IrvEraroon.,--
Eliza Mahon .(36), and Peter Mahon (35), were, charged
with having' at Liverpool, on. the 'l9th November last,
feloniod,sly uttered' a .counterfeit -shilling, well :knowing
the same to be false and counterfeit, they. havingbefore
been convicted ef.a like offence. . • The female. prisoner
was further charged with a:similar offence on the 18th
November.. The female prisoner gave a base shilling to
a little girl named Emma Haydock, and sent her to a
butcher's shop for half-a-pound of mutton chops. When
the shilling was tendered for payment it was found to be
bad, and the little girl then told that as woman bad sent
her. Two Officers' of the detective force were watching
the proceedings of the two prisoners, and observed the
male prisoner leave the female prisoner to wait for the
little girl, while he went to watch if the fraud would be
detected. The ()leers arrested the prisoners, and
the little girl pointed out the . woman as the
person who had given.. her the shilling. The
woman Called a witness to prove 2. that the" male
prisoner was her husband. His lordship explained to
the jury that the law said the wife could net he found
guilty of such an offence, as she was considered to be in-.
tluenced by the husband: The jrny.found the male
prisoner guilty.; and the second charge against the woman
was proceeded with,- and she was found guilty._ The
prisoners asked for mercy. His lordship said there never.
were two persons at the ar who had less ground to ask
for mercy. He knew that Peter Mahon had been con-
victed no less 'than fouritimes. In -:1857,-he ha-d-beeir
committed:to prison for eighteen months, which was the
longest period that he could imprisoned. His eras,
therefore an .excessively bad ease. . It was impossible:to
. conceive a more misehleyous • offence than passing bad
money: 110 was sentenced to four years' penal servi-
tude ; and-the. female .prisoner; who the judge said was'
quite as bad as the .man she called her husband, .wan
sent-toTrison for eighteen months.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. J. S, MANSFIELD.)

ROBBERY AT LIME-STREET STATION.—Robert Bouch,
a- car driver, N0.17a, was ;brought up on the charge of
stealing a coat from the, Railway-station, Uwe-street,
on the previous evening, the property of Mr. Charles G.
Grey, a. gentleman living at Knowsley. The prisoner
was. caught in -the act by Mr. Povey, Government
inspector for the protection of • emigrants, who stated
That he was at the -station in the afternoon, looking
after 'the :arrival of:emigrants, when he observed the
prisoner l4iag., his 'eyes very intently on coats hanging
over gent!emen's arms. - When the train was empty, he
observed him:go to the wrong side cf the carriages -and
open. the doorsaof several-of-them. - He afterwards went
into the' ladies' waiting:4oom, • and -,deliberately unfas-
tened a belt,: -which. was -holding together some- coats
and wrappers. He selected the coat 'which was
shown in court, and when walking away with it, he (Mr.
Pove-7)-.aceostedliini- and asked if it .was He
replied,. no, but-it belonged to his master. :Being, how-
ever, unable. 'a) give any satisfactory- account of his .mas
ter, he gave him in- charge. Mr. Lace, •of the firm of
Lace, Marshall and Co., appeared for the prosecution,
and stated that since the 'apprehension of the prisoner,
number of pawn tickets had been found in his lodgings.
lie therefore asked for a • remand; as it was''.probable
there-would be some ; other case against; him. -The
prisoner-Was accordingly remanded for seven days. a- •
ROBBERY lilt 'A. StatvkxT.-.--Sarah -Carroll, a domestic:
servant, was charged with robbing her employer, Mrs:
CuM.Mingf.4, of a pair of blankets, arnantle,- a boa; and a
bonnet. The prisoner had been in her service only fiiie
wc‘eks, daring which -time she beha-ved herself in a
beeorning manner, till on the previous evening she abseon
ded with-lhe above Mentioned articles, which were found
in the honse of a friend of the prisoner, Limekiln-lane.
She was- sentenced to. imprisonment for six- Months
with hard labour.'

(Befere Meisrs: R. GLADSTONE and W. EATtLE.)
CIATA FOR 'WAGES.—Bernard Burns stimmoneci Cap-
tain Kirby, 'of-the' ship Rod Jacket, for £l2, being
amount of wages he allcged to be clue to him for acting
in the capacity of baker from Melbourne tol,iVerpool.
Mr: Cobb' appeared for the complainant. Captain
Kirby stated 'there was no arr,-.r.,_r--:out made with the
complainant when he shippeC., called his steward
to state what took plaCe between :c m at the time .he
was taken on board.' The sta;,v..:rd saii r that Coin-.
plain ant came to the ship abOut four weeks before she
sailed. He said he was in a state of starvation, and"
would b 3 glad to take a passage horac,,and officiate as
baker dining the voyage. There was nothing said
about Tlyment. . lie was too glad to get home on these
conditiQus. The magistrates dismissed the case. -

TILE NEW HOUSES OF PAELIA3IENT.—Another
fresco, .by Cope, has just been, placed in the Peers'
lobby of the New Palace at Westminster. The subject
of the fresco is Lord William Russel/ the night before
his execution. •

SINGULAR. Drs.-cow:RT.—Dr. Velpeau has just laid
before the Academic des Sciences a strange discovery, •
superseding chloroform as an ainesthetic, without any
of the danger or risk_ of the latter process. It appears
that, if a bright object, is held at some' short distance
between the- eyes, and the patient is directed to squint
with both orbits at this brilliant point, catalepsy super-.
venes, and perfect insensibility of some duration, allow-
ing all surgical, operations to be perforated.--Mobe's
Paris Correspowle;it.

FRENCH 'WARNING TO GREAT BRITAIN.—The other
day,. two French officers who came to this country, said
to a' friend; " The thing that strikes as most in this
conntry—(thii was three or four weeks ago)—is the
abominable audacity of the English. people ; they seem
to 'make no preparations, and to care nothing about what
is said or done elsewhere; and yet," added these men,
who were by no means hostile to England, "it is a pity
that they are not•more attentive and active; and We•can.
tell you that the time is not far distant when attention
and activity on their part may come: too late."
lan MAJESTY AND THE CULTIVATION OP' ltuste.—,
The choir of the -quarrymen employed in. the Per:rhyn
quarries have • just had presented to them a handsome
silver cup, the 'gift- of her • Majesty and ,the Prince
Consort, in acknowledgment of their performance on
the recent royal visit to Penrhyn Castle. The illustriouS
donors hope that the cup may be regarded as an ex-
pression "of the. approval with which . her Majesty and
his Royal 'lig,lirress regard the cultivation of so laudable
and humanising a taste, and of their 'wish that all
should unite in encouraging a mode of employing their
leisure hours 'so'likely to prove beneficial to their social'
and moral condition.

`VISIT OF PRINCE LUCIEN BONAPARTE TO BARNSLEY.
—Last week Prince Lucien Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
arrived'at.Barnsley, and paid a visit to the author ef- the
well-known Pogmoor Almanack.
,Fkom his 'quiet and
unostentatious mode of travelling, scarcely any .sue was
aware of the visit of his Imperiall-Highness until he had
left the town. The object of Prince Lucien's visit was,
we understand, to procure materials for the tranilation
of the Songs of Solomon" into the dialect of the dis-
trict. His Imperial Highness has, for many years,
noticed " Tom Treddlehoyle's " works, and particularly
the " Visit to t'Great French Exhebeshan of 1855 "
(which was dediCated to the Emperor Napoleon), and,
from this circumstance was led to visit our townsman,
who has undertaken to write the Songs of Solomon in
the Barnsley dialect. Prince Lucien has recently visited
Sheffield, but did not like the dialect, considering that
it was not pure as that of the Barnsley district.—Leeds
Mercury. -
THE COAL TnADE.:—During the month of November
the total quantity of coal and coke exported from the
various coal ports- of Great Britain was 436,044 tons of
coal, and-12,554 tons of coke. Of this quantity New-
castle shipped 122,336 tons of coal, and, 6,620 tons of
coke ; Sunderland, 59,222 tons of coal, and 1,327 tons
of coke ; Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 26,238 tons
of coal, and 1,569 tons of coke ; Hun, 19,319 tons of
coal; Liverpool, 38,702 tons of coal, and 321 tons of
coke ; Cardiff, the great Welsh shipping port, 75,951
tons of coal, and 939 tons of coke ; Swansea, 23,225
tons of coal, and 229 tons of coke. In Scotland, Glasgow
exported 5,282 tons of coal, and 70 tons of coke ; Alloa,
6,338, and Troon 8,263 tons of coal. The total quantity of
coal and coke shipped to the various ports in the 'United
Kingdom during the month was 719,197 tons of coal,
and 6,745 tons of coke;_ of which Newcastle shipped
217,268 tons of coal, and 2,056 tons of ,coke; Sunder-
land, 174,483 tons of coal ; Seaham, 52,341 tons of coal;
Hartlepool and West Hartlepool, 125,618 tons of coal;
Cardiff, 51,380 tons of coal, and 846 tons of coke ;
Newport, 42,524 tons of coal, and 160 tons of coke ;
Swansea, 13,955 tons of coal; Maryport, 30,306 tons
of coal; and Troon, 16,466 tons of coal. Compared
with the returns for November, 1858, those for last
month show a largo increase both in the coal and coke
exported and in the shipments made to home ports. The
number of vessels engaged in the oversea coal trade
during the month was 1,811, of which 683 were British,
221 French, and 198 Danish vessels.

IRISH CORPORATE MEETLNG.

. L A "SILVER CRADLE" SPEECH .A
The Cork papers report a speech delivered- in the
tomicil-charliber of that city, in- a style remarkable for
originalitr, Upon the minutes of proceedings of last
meeting being read, Mr. Sheehan started up and said
Mr. :Mayor, my notice .of motion ought to be the first on
the list, sir, for I spoke about it long-and merry ago. I
don't want to flatter the mayor at all, but four weeks
before any one o'ye spoke of it, -I spoke about the silver
cradle. A -long time before I- knew the mayor, and
before he was in the council at all, I found charitable
movements in him for many years. I hadn't the
honour o' knowing him till I met him at the gas
meetin! first; an' was introduced to - him by Mr.
M'Ostrioh at the gas, which he joinedi and whiCh we
saved thirty. ner cent for the people. Now, he joins
everything that's a locomotive. of his principles.
(Shouts -of laughter.) He do; indeed, and only for our
lookin' for .our locomotive principles; what 'adhecoMe.
ov us ? (Laughter.) I hope the Harbour Board woult,
be thanked- for not to- look to our harbour, sir, an'
mindin' our locomotive principles and our inthrests in:
the harbour. (Much laughter.) I spoke out my mind
about thim -before, an' in doin' so I pronosed about
• two. or three weeks' 'ago, that we get up. a - silver
cradle. for Lady Arnott(hear, hear, and laughter)
and the raisin I done so, because she was the wife
of .a respectable
,an! charitable man, who was giving,
before ever he was in the , council at all, charity every
PhriStnias•—(hear, hear)long.--before I ever seen him.
(Laughter.) Gentlemen, I had a great friendship for
his kindness to the poor of every class and every reli-
gion ' • and, besides that, sir, here's the-gentleman that
gave
Mrsi—Mrs.—Mrs. Ryan, in. Limerick—she got a
•
large one there: (Laughter:). - I suppose, as-much in
one half-year as he gives; Mrs. Arnott gave thirty times
more.—(hear, and laughter)—and if he was not in the
council at all, I think we really ought to pay him a com-
pliment, (Hear, hear.) Now, here's ;82,500 distributed
to the poor and all kinds of religions by his means. •Un-
der these circumstances, I do him the honour of proposing
that we give a silver cradle to Lady Arnott, for she's a
kind, humble-hearted being. (Laughter.) She is, and
she hos none of those, pretended aristocratic airs
about her that sonic of our daughters have sometimes.
(Loud laughter, and cries of " Have- they ?") They
have, I assure you; and sometimes they - don't know
themselves' or anybody else. (Renewed laughter.) She
has no unfriendly feeling to her husband. (Shouts of
laughter.) What the d are you janghing at ? Sure
ye know very well77we that's married- men know very
woll—that our wives often-differ with us. (Laughter.)
01course. ye know well they do—in religion, sir,
an' charity.. But she is always, I'm teuld; supporting.
him in the principles of a kind hearted. lady. (Laugh-
ter.):.- I hope we'llg-iVeher a decent one; and- one that
will be the proper size, an' not one o' thim little things
• that I heard it was to be.—The proposition was agree
to by acclamation.

ANOTHER, BREACH .OF PROMISE CASE.

An action. for breach of promise of marriage,
Armitage v. Chaplin, was tried in the Queen's Bench,
on Monday, 'beforeM
r..JUstice -Blackburn. The de-
fendant pleaded, fki:St,.that he did not promise, and
secondly, that' after making, the promise, the 'plaintiff
rcs.oindeet the agree:nent to marry.- The plaintiff joined
issue on the first plea, and to, the second plea replied
that she was induced to rescind the agreement through
the fraud of the defendant.

Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., and Mr. Henry James were
counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Serjeant Petersdorff and
Mr. Robinson -were counsel for the defendant.
Mr. Edwin James, in addressing the jury, said this
was an action .brought by the plaintiff, Miss Clara
Armitage, a young lady of considerable personal attrac-
tions, about 26 years of age, to recover compensation in
,damages from the defendant for a breach of promise of
marriage. The plaintiff was a younc, lady, the niece of
a merchant carrying .on business, who, on the death of
her mother, adopted her,, and had brought her up and
educated her. In 185.5, the plaintiff, who was super-
intending apastrycook's business in the Arcade, London
Bridge,, became . acquainted with
.the defendant, • who
carried on business in . the same place. as a jeweller
'and watchmaker. The defendant was introduced by
the • plaintiff to her -uncle and other members of
-her family as her future husband, and they continued on
terms of intimacy 'from 1855 to 1858, when the de-
fendant suddenly broke off. the match, on the ground
that he was too ill for the marriage state. •It, however,
tudwil out that the defendant, at the same time that he
•brokeloff the match, was engaged to another, and, in
September, 1859, he married- a lady possessed of con-
siderable property. - The learned counsel referred to the
letters that had passed from the defendant to the plain-
tiff,,of the most ardent character, and called upon the
jury to give the plaintiff substantial damages.
Evidence in proof of the learned counsel's statement
was then given: • • .
Sin letters, out of a volume of 379, written by the
defendant to-the plaintiff were put in and read. They
were couched in the most tender and affectionate terms
and spoke of his affection to her, and her having en-
trusted herhappine,ss to him. Most of them commenced
with " My dear Clara," "My dear, dear Clara ;" but
one of them was addressed, " My dear, dear, dear Clara."
The following letters were put in and read:-
1 "My dearest Clara,—lt grieves me very much, in-
deed, dear, to think that 'we
.did not meet on Sunday
night. One thing, dear, perhaps, I had my brown loose
'coat on ; but then, dear, ought to have seen you.
It hurt me so, dear,• to think:my own dear girl was
walking about by herself. I did not leave- the station
- when the other people did, dear, when I came up,
which, Perhaps, made me late. I have so thought,
dear,. that perhaps you think it was my fault ; that would
be worse than anything. Do say, please, my girl, if
you do. I should have come up to Highgate, dear, but
cannot leave fora moment, on account of the boy being
at :work, in the shop. Ido so much want to see you.
Look, dear; suppose Miss Crewe does not come down,
Shall we not have a nice day by ourselves On Sun-
day ? D.V., you must 'let me know, as'l shall have
to get 'some , one for the day. ary dearest girl, it
is doubtinz. piy lote for- you, dear, to think I do not
miss you as much, dear, as you me. Do not. think of
such a thing'for a moment, dear, as it is doing YoUrself
an injustice as well as me. It isaiot wrong, dear, to
write 'your troubles;. it-is.wrong-of -me to . cause them.
There' shall, 'indeed, dear,.be an end to them some day,
and such an 'end, too, dear girl. I did not get home by
the ten train, dear, but came back by the 91 train, up.
If I had net been stupid I should have thought of your
comin and seen the 9 train in. 0 dear,. dear girl, do
forgive me for causing you such very.greatgrief. ill
you' not, my dear girl ? My bold is better, dear, ,and
finmergoing on all right. I am so happy dear,. your
cold 'is 'better. Is it not. cold weather like winter ?,
ITOping you are
.quite well, dear Clara,. I remain, your
ever affec., with best love, " Rongar."
'""'" My' own dear Clara,—Dearest Clara, I have asked
you so many times to forgive me for my bad outbursts of
temper, although it is that same temper that makes me
love you so truly and dearly ; but I know you do in
Your own
.dear self do it. I think, my 'dear girl, you
did not mean it, as I misinterpreted the words, as I.
know a: few words like those create a breach which is
sometimes never forgotten,: though forgiven. I knoW,
nay girl, you are, only too happy to, oblige me in
any way, and only so very sorry that ever I have said
or written anything that has given you the slightest
cause of displeasure,instead of doing my inest to make
you the happiest f 'girls. My dear girl, you will
endeavour- to forgt that the . note was written by me,
as I confess that it has Made me very miserable; indeed,
the reason why I asked you to say the end of the week
is, I expected a customer, would come, and I wish for
your sake, my own dear
,Clara, to do all the business I
'possibly can, I can assure yott I do not, perhaps, go
out all the week. My dear girl, do write one of your
own dear kind letters, and burn the one received froM
me—won't you ; now, •there's a good girl, and I do
sincerely hope an 4 trust as you have intrusted your hap-
4iiness to me,-and me alone, you will not. find me deficient
in anything you could 'wish. My dear girl, you would
have pleased me so much if you .had begun your letters
in the old way, instead of the. Way now sent, although
I could not expect it ; but I think of you being so
good and Iso bad. The reason I sent the paper was,
that I cannot bear to think of your wanting anything
ectionthatienkin3 9f
hwahpepninlessk.noNwowl
tocanacienouanntyfosrhabpaed owrriwtianyg.addTttioass)t-E
I want to say so much that it puts
me in suFrhi, as
I get along too last for my hands. Do, i'ye
love me, write and say you entirely frays yon
caaaffn assure you J. do
,you,
ocuo,n
how u bad
d- dyaoyu,
A •
not do a thing without seeing Clara Armitage in the
Cuy do love me as you say, the
distance.—With best love from your
" One kiss—a forgiveness." "ROBERT."
"My dear Clara,—It is with regret that I have to ask
your forgiveness again for my doubting you for a
rineytrgleartled,las aim
moment, when I know