Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-01 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
THE OPERATIVE CABINET M./MERL—Mr. Bluck,,
on behalf of Mr. Quaile, manager of the Opera-
tive Cabinet Makers' Society, of Lace-street, appeared
to ask His Worship's advice under the fol-
lowing • circumstances :—He said that, for some
time past, affairs were not going on prosperously, and
creditors became rather pressing, either for money or
goods ; Mr. Quaile returned some goods, and this
seemed to displease some of the committee, .who
broke into the premises, and locked them up,
and kept possession of the place. The application now
was that his Worship would order some officers to go and
restore the premises to his client. His Worship refused
to interfere in the dispute, and declined to grant the
application.
LOVE " ON THE OCEAN WAVE."—Ellen Clay, alias Brown,
a tall genteel looking female, about 32 years of age, was
charged for having stolen £45 and a watch, the property of
White. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Bluck.
The case presented a novel feature, and the history of it
was collected from the evidence, and was as follows : The
prosecutor was the mate of a ship called the
Fanny Nicholson, just arrived here from China.
The prisoner was the stewardess of the same ship,
and it appeared that Mr. White fell, deep as the ocean,
in love with the prisoner. Mr. White, as well as
being a sailor, was a writer ; and, if not a poet, he
might have been, for he wrote no less than 350
letters to her on the voyage. Of course some were
about a " Life on the Ocean Wave," and a "Home on
the rolling deep," "Ben Bolt," and " Tom Bowling,"
were depicted in glowing colours. " The Rover's Bride"
(which he intended her to be) was painted (in
writing) in terms of glowing eloquence. " Black-
eyed Susan" was brought over the coals several
times. " William and Nancy, of Yarmouth," formed the
subject of two or three epistles from Mr. White to Miss
Clay,. (frail clay she pro red to be) and he often sang to her
enraptured ear, "Did you not hear of the jolly young Water-
man?" and then he would pull away like two "Tom Tugs."
Now all this might have melted the " heart of a marble
stone," but Elizabeth Clay's heart (although clay) was not
made of such very penetrable stuff. It was as hard as a
price of Dalkey (near Dublin) granite stone, or a thousand
of bricks. "Oh ! fraility, thy name is woman," saith
Hamlet—but Mr. Prince Hamlet made a very great
mistake, so far as Mrs. Elizabeth Clay was con-
cerned— for the deuce a taste at all at
all, of frailty appeared to be about her. It seemed that
she " loved another man," and passinly she had a right
to do so; but it may be asked why ? The reply is one
that solves the mystery—she was already married, but
whither she loved her husband is quite a different
affair, and beside the present question. At any rate she
did not tell Mr. White who the person was that she
loved. She coquetted, and danced before him—Herod's
brother's wife's daughter did the same thing. The results
of the dancing affairs happened, however, to be different.
Mrs. Clay received the 35. J letters of Mr. White, the
mate of the Fanny Nicholson, and, probably, in return he
used, now and then, to get au extra drop of brandy. At
last " Englaud Ho" came in view, and Mr. White became
frightfully impatient to change the name of Clay,
to a more snowy designation, to wit— White. But Mrs.
Clay was not "such a fool altogether," and she began
to give vague hints to Mr. White that there
was an . obstacle in the way of their happiness,
to wit, her husband ! To Mr. White tins did
not seem an impediment at all ; if she had as many
husbands as Soloman is said to have wives, it would not
make the least difference to Mr. White, he would have
married her nolens volens. It would have been rather
awkward for Mrs. Clay to be prosecuted for an offence
which our criminal jurisprudence calls "felony"—that is
to say "bigamy," and she rejected his offer iu toto.
However, they arrived here, and went to the Sailor's
Home, where Mr. White got paid off; and
put £45 in his pocket, the sum that he earned
during his voyage. Mrs. Clay got £2B, and then
the parties went to lodge in a house in Finch-street. The
street does not bear the " best of names," but the house
is respectable. Mr. White made overtures to Mrs. Clay,
and Mrs. Clay rejected the overtures of Mr. White. Mr.
White then went oat, and got drunk, and when ho
came back he charged Mrs. Clay for stealing his
money and his watch., although Mrs. Clay said she
had merely taken the money and watch for the
protection of the same, and had left all sate and
sound in a public-house in order to be preserved. Atter
a good deal of laughable details, too numerous, and
otherwise too exclusive to mention, Mrs. Clay was re-
manded to this day, ineautimi she is to point out where
the money and watch are deposited, and no doubt she
will be liberated, and Mr. Waite may go on his way re-
joicing that he has found his watch and money, and lost
a wife.

PIT FIT,TCANS" OASES.
BEFORE IkIESSII.i. JEFFERY AND DIXON.

John STie;ridan, publican, Miik-street, was charged for
permitting drunkenness. Inspector White proved the
case. Mr. Cobb, for the defence, stated that the maa
who was supposed to be drunk, was a lodger, and he had
a right to be drunk -if he were a lodger. Mr.
Jeffery : On the principle that a man may ge,r, drunk in
his own house ? Mr. Cobb : Yes, but I don't admit he
was drunk; he appeared so from illness. Tne person
alluded to was called, and proved Mr. Cobb's statement,
and the charge was dismissed.
Margaret Evans, publican, . Red Cross-street, was
charged with doing business at an illegal hour on
Christmas night. It was proved for the defence that the
persons found in the house were lodgers, and the case
was dismissed.
Margaret Every, of the same street, was summoned for
a similar offence. Tuero was no appearance for the
defence. It appeared that the house was kept by
another parssn, and it was referred to the Excise to
prosecute the party for selling without license.
William Carter, Pitt-street, was charged with having
done business, and for having drunken people on its
premises, ou Christmas night. Fined £1 and costs.
Edwd. Barnes, publican, Peter's-lane, was charged with
doing business at e o'clock, on Christmas morning, and for
allowing drunkenness at the same time. In reply to Mr.
Snowball, who appeared for the defence, the oaicer said,
the mistress of the house stated that the parties were
friends of hers, from Wales. Fined 10s. and costs.
Thomas Bold, Tithebaru-street, publican, was charged
for doing business at near,y one o'cloes., on Cnristmas
day. Mr. Snowball was for the defendant, and
said the clock was kept by Greenwich time, and the
local time is twelve minutes later, and that
caused the difference in the opening of the house. The
case was dismissed, as Greenwich time was recognised
here by consent.
John James, publican, Westmoreland-street, was
charred by Inspector Dawson, for refusing to admit him
on Sunday morning last. He heard a great noise and
knocked, but was refused admittance. In reply to
Mr. Black, he . said : After waiting about' two minutes,
the defendant asked who was there ? add then
went away. He stopped five minutes after and
was not let in at all. At the end of the street the de-
fendant called after him (in his shirt sleeves) to go back,
but he refused. Mr. Bluck called witnesses to disprove
the fact, but a fine of ss. was inflicted.
James Prescott, of Tithsbarn-street, publican, was
charged with doing business on Christmas-day before
one o'clock. A person who appeared for the defence
asked the officer, " Did you keep a watch ?" Yes. Mr.
Jeffery : Why, what is a policeman if he dosn't keep
"watch ?" (Laughter.) The case was dismissed.
" WILAT's is A NAME ?"-An application, on behalf
of the parish of Liverpool, was made against the over-
seers of the parish of Llanfainiathafaimwethaf (God
save us !) in Wales, to compel them to pay £5l 65., as
due to the parish of Liverpool, on account of a pauper,
named David Jones, who lately died in the workhouse,
• and who was chargeable to the place with the (God
preserve us!) name iu Wales. It appeared that the Welsh
parish paid for the pauper from 1843 to 1847, when it ceased,
and the order now sought was for the balanoe due up to the
time of the man's death. The application was resisted
on some technical law point ; and after. an argument,
the magistrates decided ou making the order and leaving
the Welsh parish to appeal if so advised:
A railway porter, named John Gardner, at the Lime-
street station, was lined 10s. and costs for being drunk
at the station. The fine was under the bye-law of the
company.
Two notorious pick-pockets, named William Hunt,
and George Webb, were sent for trial for having picked
the pocket. of a Mrs. Sidley, of Boumount, Oxton, in
Lord-street. The prisoners were caught by officers
Scaife and Marsden, who saw them commit the offence. •

BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT.
BEFORE MESSRS. R. BRYANS AND J. BOLTON CASE.

LICENSE TRANSFERS.—The following transfers were
granted :—Clelland Hotel, Birkenhead, from: Mr. Daniel
Calligan to Mr. William Parker. Claughton Hotel,
Birkenhead, from Thos. Orrell Spekeman to Richard
Hilton. British Queen Hotel, Birkenhead, from John
Lane, junr., to Wm. Smith, owner of the property. The
Brittonic., at Tranmere, from Martha Dunbar to Jane
Jones. The Sun, of Birkenhead, from Jas. Bebbington
to Henry Gill. A license was granted for the Angel
Hotel, Birkenhead, to Mr. Edward Davis, owner of the
property.
At the close of the business, the Magistrates instructed
Mr. Drew, their clerk, to enter in the minutes of the
day's proceedings the following resolution :—" That in
all future applications for transfer of licenses, the police
be instructed to make inquiries as to the respectability of
the parties to whom the traders are to be made,"