The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-19 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.
lIFFORE MR. J. A. slillTri.
Me 4, GRACPI.ESS FELLOW,—Jahn Mars, a workman em-
co., at the establishment of Messrs. Newton Ward one offi;'.lardrefiners, Ray street, was brought up by detectia.v h',"1;11. Carlyle, on suspicion of having sailen t‘Fse ,re
ilfor a I:. lard, the property of his emp'oyers. . romr hai 111,a'1011 received, the officer heard that the prisoner
j, (B°4l twelve casks of lard to a small melter, named
ave.,-1,44VP who resides at the back of Paul street.
.He
s,-; .'t `,"re, and found Leonard breaking up and melting
'seillae;4l,.... He assaulted the officer, and made his
SiGy oubsequeatly the officer got eight casks of lard
Roelcl street market, and four more at a son in Black.
ItaeerStreet. These were the missieg casks. The pri-
cb.wttg remanded.
11/,,gita)besttrioN ISY A MoTHER.—Mr. Hughes brought
I,strWoruan named Mary Don .hoo, charged with having
1856,Led Ler children, Margaret and Patrick, in January,
R194:14 leaving. them chargeable to the amou.nt. of
bt th °hi? the parish. Mr, ringh,s proved the admission 1,1111414,11.1c!reet and that in October last he found h "t'lt she:l'lg in Pre,. Row, in receipt of £1 a week.ir
Citil the tiger away, and he could not find. her 41lar • - Pre,'lous evening, when be chased her into. a
rpm 111 a ,
iNshe wart off Hornby street, and in order to avoid
in', got uP to her knees in water, and covered the.
"": , ' 'er of her body with straw. She was sent to jail.
A";icrae Meath, Ivith hard lab or.
Iviß a, •it'r " Bora)" SoLonn BOY.—Richard Lawler, who
1,i,,:
att tired
ia an undress artillery u4iform, Was charged
1).
VI
4°emC,,„;_
r• ing to pick the pockets of Several ladies in
hurch streets. A paliceDiatt was told by a
il)te j, the doing@ of the prisoner; -and he followed him
Nel,ll.ll"ch slreet, where he yaw him trying to operate
bl•."P'ekets of several IP'‘iies. I-Ie arrested him. The
I,rtleallede
, dto proved having seen the prisoner do the
ilsid, `l3 BeYeral ladiPs in Bold 'street. Inspector Wilson
os
I,l4:4setillot.he,ni7,)at. of the fancy ball, the prisonerstrlevet,
tilt he. 1, I,:icking pockets in the crowd in Line
4:7l:::saway. mr. Epworth, one of the cler sof the
lere,;-ell, said the prisoner had been transported for
in 1849, and bad been five times convicted.
'"lt4laCtlli ed the dress of a soldier the better to carry on
'r
lenvligt He as sent to jail for three months.
-kh4ll -aan was sent
SMUGGLING Ton.tcco.—Thomas Sand-
-1,111 who
._ Or.
Ukki-A was twice remanded on a charge of having
P,kaibi " 221 b or tobacco, was brought up for final
leillfatin• sMr. Tyndall was for the crown, and Mr.
Airthor the prisoner. It may be remembered that a
111,41.tj,,hettse Oilier stopped the prisoner with the tobacco.
~„'Nhals-,,enly aecraint he could give of it was, that he
'll4 h-' tell at Birkenhead, from some one whom he
1.44411 Lel!. The chief question, however, that was
.'110t) • tt:lr. Block, was this—was the tobacco foreign_
t`a there tie contended that it was ordinary tobacco, and e?et thw'lis a doubt about the point, the prisoner ought
ad e °enefit of the doubt. The evidence (we have.
tiltforoliYo Pnhlished it) was heard over again, . and hts
Art4loo Bkaldr he had DO alternative but to inflict a fine
.."11 it.'" be would at the same time. recommend the
ar
- the I.4:l'JurAa9ble consideration of the board.

BIRKENHEAD,
N!tkiftil b BEFORE J. S. JACKSON, ECt.
PIV-tivpi n.RPUSING TO GO TO SEA..—Ten seamen, re.sd-
) rt-,,lnalned Pet Nelson, George Thompson, Davi
,1) e -04, Cha le r •th John Bragg, Thomas Turner
:iert: 444" die, Jorhns BBmrlow'a, Peter Russel, and Joseph
iNti iere charged with refusing to go to sea in the
ell') a-',1"8, the property of Mr. Heathcote, of Butt-
tl,4lltetn-,
Fund fo- the coast of Africa with ed.,.
ET ti
.4`Lay produced the articles and said
o;ii e,b,_ had refused to join the ship, al-
:liell'aeat he was not the captain that they had
tp erect to go with. The worthy magistrate said that
r;l/ellea-leuse and told them that as Captain M'Lay
kiilihrill,4 f° be a' respectable person, they had better go
~, hut, and asked them if they would do so. One and
liii'e r„--e'ver, reftved, and Thompson, who acted as
i4,4.84id, in 'add.ition, that the vessel made water.
ii, u'ititte 1-erpenter said she made two inches of water
;11 .4th. ell hours, and he himself pumped it out. The
t'eTagistrate again asked them if they would go,
lit e-"ed the'same reply, upon which he said, it was
hea thato ,
ro,. ',. b.i . such a lot of
f Wli• hbg sent to gaol instead of going in their ship,
454.14 ‘e; te4v.,Yl4e had signed articles ; and, as he had no
1;, onYt to award them punishment ; they must
' 'aYs each, with hard labour.

11-40 A.
v. BROOK—MARRIAGE WITH A
bECEAS.ED WIFE'S SISTER.
111,4 this
lir „ay ,ee) which came before the Vice-Chancellor on
th;:.''e important question of the validity of a marriage
fore;-4ter of a deceased wife by British subjects domiciled
country where such marriage is valid by law, was
t,tillii444Ler the following nreancholy circumstances:—Mr.
first eigh Brook, lato of Meltharn Hail. near Hudders-
-11(147 tat mare
,le • rid Miss Charlotte Armitage, who died in
;liaulavg,totkwo, children, Clara, .Jane Brook and James
4,, tefitator (the testator's nett at law). 1851,
ii,
at
t Altona, Denmark, married Emily
~1 "ae sister
e c of 'nis deceased wife, and by her
tact d, andhicit aernie,s Charlotte Amelia Brook, Sarah Helen
Iq~t of k the easn irmit,ge Brook, since deceased. The
top. rt. t ""ore these :--In the autumn of 1855, Mr.
'went to Switzorland, and were returning thence
ofe:i2t-ai ,t.) when, Frankfort on the Maine, Mrs. Brook
pter4i 4'lth Asiatic cholera, of which she died on the 17th
tc 'et. Mr• Brook prosecuted his journey homeward,
to
to ologne, where ho was found by his relatives,
ttit4'°l the tasequence of a telegraphic message, met him there,
at
.° ch°lera.., A. will, giving all his real and personal
to been his children in specified proportions, which
4,115 pi,e Prepared by an English clergyman, who happened
a,,Y s'etit, was executed by Mr. Brook on the 19th
si"e dk,„ePteinber, 1855, and he died of cholera on the
I,l4?itii,,t're'r. -A. bill was afterwards filed for the purpose of
ing the trusts of the will. Before the cause came
11! e
eott,, ard) James William Brook, one of the children of
tesoadit inarriage, died, leaving his brothers and sisters
hertintr Y his death, the question o f the validity of the
tkit:lsg.lti. nage was raised, because if the deceased child
tth as b4''tt!, his eldest brother by the first marriage would
o;beeheir at law, the real estate vested in him, and the
Ithrl.,44dr" Would take the personal estate equally. On the
the marriage were invalid, the deceased child
.
a and the crown would bo entitled. Mr.
L Russell, for the plaintiffs in tha suit,
fact l
at there should be certain enquiries at chambers as
41
'• Ir. Elwsley, for the heir at law, took the same
tolltelici• 'Wickens appeared for the crown. The Vice
114 b,,t, laid that minutes ought to be
g prepared. The case
"I the paper
on Friday' mornin.

CHINESE CUSTOMS.
very
ptii4111%1,,,', striking contrarieties in comparison with our own,k
Rhicl ishtel given in the following extract from a work
4t Macao: —" On inquiring of the boatmen
the Illsay ati,teati(ni Macao lay, I was
.answered in the west-north,
tl I Was informed, being east-south. We do_ noten
ti~atg4:°Pe, thought I ; but imagine my surpriseanawddhed,'
tha
tinb the utility of the compass,
_the boatm
to J!oci, t"t_.(lle Pointed to the south ! Wishing to change the
il;b4 'llB 114.'1'a:11'44 that I concluded he. was about to proceed
Plet tgh festival or merry making, as his dress was
tha'
White. Ho told me, with a look of much
1,4;
„ ho' "'at his only brother had died the week before, and
4114; was in the deepest mourning for him. On
ht,i a first object that attracted my notice
tcd'eciat mil'iitary mandarin, who wore an embroidered
I,L' es a string of heads round his neck, and who,
rks'-'lCo4ii'eri a fan ;it was with some dismay I observed him
i'Ytt4tteell•'e right side of his horse. On my way to the house
tilli-,setrit':4,,,was drawn to several old Chinese, standing on
l•nn 'whom bad grey beards, and nearly all of them
'4,114 Pat' F.ariectaeles ; they were delightedly employed in
od
While a group of boys were gravely. looking
r'''lt%a';'4lrig the innocent occupation of their seniors with
11)1‘4!4ro8-rifts and gratified attention. Desirous to see the
4:l'rapri°,B° curious a people, I looked in at a book store.
ti to, 'r told me that the language had no alphabet, and
, tirla `,l,OWh
111 hi_ at astonished, on his opening' a Uhine.se volume,
ti't)'PN th'n begin at what I had all my life previouslyhicioena-
4ta'` 'nd of the book. He read the date of thepu,
AOhlde 0 le, !fth year, tenth month, twenty third day.' We
alessl:,e4oC differently,' I observed; and begged that he
their ceremonials. He commenced by saying,flo
4%1)44.'4 receive a distinguished guest, do not to
to eilt,c)ti? Your left hand, for that is the seat of honour
tliti eanii, I°4B riot to uncover the head, as it would. be aa
elit,Vet of fatuilarity.' Hardly prepared for this blow
f
'shed notions I requested he would discourse
V.'''l4gT,Pll,3% He re-openedi the volume, and read with
t," 41,54 ihitLvittYi The most learned men are decidedly szl,
tanf_e_seat of human understanding is the stomach
'att Ivo,,lA'`"Y quarters, I thought that a. cup of. '
.Young
Vthi.,"'" Prove refreshing, feeling certain that, in ttus at
thrk, -414 nieet with nothing to surprise me ; imagine my
had4atllktielt Wl'en I observed that the ' favourite leaf' thel
tilt hetet 8 .'aa about to infuse looked quite different to any
/t 4 ,141.141 tePI, being, in colour, a dull olive, having none of
Cy a °4l on its surface. I remarked on its appearance,
,5;`1,114, h_7'tt quietly said that they never used painted
~51ir, le as the foreigners pay a better price for it
aNC. as ri;avea are made of one uniform colour, they of
tr,ialvik rho 6hjoetion to cover them with powders. On
`lj,,*ed to h infusion made from the pure leaf, I at once
cuo;ecerne a convett to this fashion, leaving the other
me
for future consideration."