Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-20 00:00:00

CORONER'S COURT.

On Saturday the Coroner, Mr. Curry, held inquests on
the bodies of the following parties :
Oa the body of a child, still-born. The evidence in this
case went to show that a female, named Turner, was taken
in the pains of labour in a brothel in St. Vincent-street.
She was delivered in the car as she was being conveyed to
the Workhouse. Dr. Kemp, upon making a post mortem
examination, declared that the child was still-born, and a
verdict was returned accordingly.
Also on the body of a man, name unknown, who was
found in the river on the previous day. A verdict of
" Found drowned" was returned.

DESPATCH OF A NAVAL FORCE TO INDIA.—OPERATIONS
IN CHINA..—The activity of the Government in providing
for affairs in the East will be found fully to sustain the
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Council will, with the concurrence of the Legis-
lature, increase the member of seamen by 2,000. It is at
the same time intended that the nec?ssary operations in
China shall not be delayed in consequence of the change
of destination of the four infantry regiments some time
since embarked for Hong Kong. We have already in the
Chinese waters, besides some 6,000 or 7,000 sailors. the
sth and 59th Regiments of the Line, amounting to about
1,500 men, and the same number of marines. As loon as
possible a battalion of Marines, 1,000 strong, will be added
to this force, which will then:we are inclined to think, be
amply sufficient, not only for purposes of attack, but for
retaining possession of any points which it may be neces-
sary to occupy in carrying out the objects of the expedi-
tion.— Globe.
RELIGIOUS DISPUTES AT DAMASCUS.—The United
Catholics of Alexandria and Damascus are quarrelling
amongst themselves. The Patriarch, to please the Pope,
advises them to adopt the Gregorian calendar, but the
majority clung to the Oriental calendar. The Patriarch
has therefore denounced his disobedient flock, and at the
intercession of the French Consul procured an order from
the Pasha to shut up a new church purchased for their own
use by the dissentients. " The indignation of the people
was great on learning these facts. They demanded, and
they still demand, by what right the French Consul, the
representative of a great nation where religious tolerance
is professed and practised in its NI ex'ent, should debar
them from the exercise of their worship and thence of their
church. A hundred and twenty-one of the principal fami-
lies of Alexandria instantly went to the Palace of the
Russian Greek Patriarch, and then and there embraced
the schismatic faith. The Russian, who had been previ-
ously informed of all these facts, issued forth in pr.:cession
to meet them. He embraced them affectionately, spoke to
them as penitents, and in the effthion of his heart cried,
This is indeed a great day for my religion—it is truly
the fete of God !' The bishops of the dioceses and their
people have prepared a petition to the French Government,
praying that instructions shall be sent to their Consuls in
these countries net to give themselves any further trouble
about the changes in the Gregorian calendar; and to the
Consul at Alexandria in particular, to permit the church to
be re-opened, to restore the banished priests to liberty, and
take again under his protection the unfortunate people
from whom be has withdrawn it."

CURIOUS CASE OF FALSE IMP RISONMENT. —TUCK ER V
GOLDSRED —This was a writ of inquiry held at the Lon-
don Sheriff's Court on Thursday, to assess damages, in an
action brought in one of the superior courts, for false
imprisonment. The prosecutor stated that he lived at
No. 4, Duke street, Westminster, was twenty-two years of
age, and of no business or profession. His christian names
were Stephen Isaacson. On the 16th of March last he saw
the defendant, a gentleman living in Half-moon-street, and
at his request he instituted some inquiries in a matter of
pedigree concerning a Mr. Newman. He was a Fellow of
the Society of Antiquarians. Those inquiries were satis-
factory, except that he had received no remuneration for
making them. On the 11th of April he saw the defendant
again, and spoke about his remuneration. Goldshed said
that was all right, and he had got another job for him. A
gentleman had a considerable reversionary interest in some
property in Scotland, amounting to something like £16,000
a year, and he wanted him to examine copies of deeds to
ascertain the legality of the title. He said it would be as
good its £lOO to him. He found Mr. —'s title good.
under certain contingencies, and the defendant then
asked him if he could raise £3,000 on a bond, given
upon the reversionary interest. He answered that he
could not himself, but he would submit the paper to his
own solicitor, and take his opinion. He did se, and infor-
med the defendant. His solicitor was Mr. Smith, of
Lincoln's-inn-fields. Subsequently some letters passed
between them. On the 3rd of May he went to the Queen's
Bench Prison to see a clergyman named Hounsfield who
was there. While there he saw the defendant on the
landing. He was there to see a person named Gibson.
The defendant demanded the return of the papers, but he
could not of course give them up. He had only received
them back from his solicitor on the previous Thursday.
He gave his address at his father's, Ledbury-terrace,
Bayswater. The defendant said he had given a false
address, He hal been to Duke-street, St. James's,
and he did not live there. Plaintiff said it was Duke-
street, Westminster. At last he said he had been troubled
enough about it, whereupon the defendant hallooed out, so
that a number of persons about could hear, that he would
have his papers that night. He promised them next morn-
ing, and, telling him he might be —, ran up-stairs, to
the clergyman's room. The defendant said, Never mind,
my boy—you shall repent this ; I'll nail you to night."
About eight in the evening he left the prison with Mrs.
Hounsfield and her two daughters. The defendant followed
them, accompanied by a policeman and a cab. They
walked along Blackman-street towards St. George's Church.
He felt greatly annoyed, having three ladies with him, and
being made an object of observation to passers by, and
turned round and asked if he was following him, because
if he was he would put a stop to his proceedings by giving
him into custody. Defendant said that was his business,
and he told the policeman to take him into custody
for sterling his papers. He told him to do so at his
peril. He persisted, and he was taken into custody from
St. George's Church to the police-station in Vine-street,
Piccadilly, where he charged him with felony. The '
inspector, after hearing the police-man, refused to take
the charge, and the defendant withdrew it, upon a written
guarantee that the papers should be returned next day.
They were returned accordingly, and the writ in this
action was served by the person who delivered them.
In cross-examination, the plaintiff said he was a prisoner
in the Qeeen's Bench two years and seven months, up to
the 9th of March in this year. He was there, some of the
time, at the suit of the defendant and George Carrew. He
wrote to Mr. Goldshed, imploring him to withdraw his
detainer, as he was wasting his energies and the best part
of his life when he ought to be doing something to put
himself in a position, and the defendant sent him his dis-
charge upon a warrant of attorney for the debt and costs,
which the plaintiff subsequently got set aside on the ground
that it was executed when he was under age. He was
also detained on another suit after Goldshen's discharge.
He promised Goldshed he would pay him, and Goldshed
said he would trust to his honesty. He had not paid him.
He was a member of St. James's-club, of the British
Archaeological Society, and several Antiquarian Societies.
He never represented that he was heir to a baronetcy.
When he was arrested he did not owe £6O himself, but
there were claim s to the amount of £5OO or £6OO for bills
accepted by him for other people. He borrowed £2O of a
Mr. Marsh, which he had never p rid. He gave a bill for
£26 for it, which bill was discounted by Goldshed, and he
was imprisoned on it, and upon another suit for bills for
money lost at gambling. He had left off gambling now.
His father had instituted proceedings against him in Chan-
cery. He had been receiving advances of money from his
solicitors upon the security of reversionary property in
Devonshire, and his fatter disputed his right. Other
evidence having been given as to the arrest, and some
correspondence having been put in, Mr. Medcalfe addressed
the jury in mitigation. Mr. Burchell having summed up,
the jury assessed the damages at £lOO. The writ was
ordered to be detained until next term.
cssar AND PEED BOXES.—The neat important thing to the posses-
sion of cash is, how (when you have got it) to keep it safely, either in
the counting-house or at home. The same remarks apply to deeds
and other valuable documents. We have seen a large and varied
stock of both these desirable articles, manufactured expressly for Mr.
E. T.' Hall, of South John-street, that challenge attention. These
boxes are made on new and admired principles, and possess patent
loots, which defy the ingenuity of any "pick-lock" in the world to
open, except with the legitimate key. To merchants, solicitors, and
others, these new safes, on a small scale, must prove valuable ndeed
—Northern Daily 2111143,215 t May,1857.