Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-02 00:00:00

he motion was agreed to, and the general prodeeo
ing6 of the committee were conOrmed.
TheproCeedings of the IMpritvement Committee were
read, age ferafirmed on the.motjon Rf Afr, WM. Yarle.

• AUDIT COMMITTAZ.
• The Proteedingi, resolutions; and reports of 'the Alf
Committee Were read, Comprising. a recommendation td
accept the
,policies or bonds of " The British Guarantee,
Society," and of "The Guarantee Sikietv;" in sizbstitu-
tion,Of private sureties for the .officets anaffiervanta of the
C_ orporation. required, to find security..
On fhe motion of Mr. Jeffkiv, the' 'Proceedings were
Confirmed,

The Coroner's- account, amounting to ;€76 6s. was
rderied to the Finance- Committee for payment. By
order of the Court of Quarter Setisions the coroner hag
been paid the sum of of £66, for fees on inquests. held
by Mtn between the S-th day of December, 1859, and
the 2nd• day of January, 1860: .

Mr. Robertson
.Gladstone was allowed to retire
.
from the Health'Cominittee; in conseeptence of the in-
creased duties which have been .imposed upon him cos`,
sequent, upon .his., recent appointment oa
~ the. Finance.
CoMmittee. - - '

MAYOR'S coaniumextiolig:

:A letter from, Mr. William Brown,. enclosing a letter
from Mr. Peniston, en the subject of 'horse railways
threngh the principal thoronghfaresi, and ;.a memorial
from Messrs. Busby-to lay a tram-road from the Es'
change to the Old Swan, along tondon-roail, at their.
dkVn expense, were referred to the 'Health and Water
Committees: -
Applications- 'rrom Mr. William- Risliton;• blinding
surveyor, from Mr. George- Powell, district surveyor for
Toxteth-park,- and from Mr. P. Gowin, clerk in the,
engineers' department; for increase of their salaries,
were referred to' the appropriate coamittees.
The Council rose shortly before. five o'clock, after
having disposed of all the business Oa the paper.

LLVERPOOL. POLICE COURT:•,--YEsTERmAir.

(Before Mr. •Auctiv.) - • -
••,_StABBING'! ON :BOARD AN AMERICAN Sam:---A
coloured man named John Williams_, a seaman on hoard
the American ship Nicholas Biddle,was- brought up on
the charge of stabbing the mate John Armstrong, It
appears that the- ship was being taken out' of the Stanley
:Dock, and when'in the /Oaks 'seine altercation toot
plitee between the mate alid the ,prisoner, who stabbed
'the former iu the with a clasp knife, having 2
spring at the bade: to guard it against 'dosing on the.
hand. He immediately leaped out
.of the ship on to
Salisbnry Island, and took fo his heels.- After thr,
vessel had passed &rough ilk' locks; aild the gates were'
eyed, Police-constable 222, who witnessed the,
,whOkl.
transaction, went after- the prisoner for the purpose or
Oprehmiding .overtaking him •the prisoner.
drew the knife and made three lunges the officer, :why
however warded them oftwith his staff, and finally suc-
ceeded in disarming: him of his formidable weapen•
gb.waa sentenced to ;pay a fine of A 5 and costs, or, ilv
default, three montlis'-"lmprieonment for the assault oar
the, Po/ice-officer. The mate being about to •go: to sea•
precluded the prisoner-being committed for trial to the'
assizes.

'OrITArNING CLOT:HES- ON FALSE PRETENCES.—WriI..
Murray, who representedhimetlf as a seamanrbblongior
to, the' ship Eagle Speed, was charged with 'obtaining 3
quintity of' clothes,. andqv strarof money, on 'false re'
presentations. , Mr. Bl'uck . appeared for , the prisoner.
The circumstances of' the case were stated to be as
follOw:--Ort Monday. afternoon the prisoner went to
Mr.- Lazarus, outfitters- Paradise-street, and represented
that a Mr. Smith, who keepS.e. boarding=house at No.
101.Seel4treet, had senthim to! get a suit of chythes, for
whieh he would be responsible; MT- Lazarus? being 011
terns of intimacy with Mr: gate the, prisoner
the'- clothes, and 12S. in money.. On making inquiry,
however, at Mr. Smitlfs, he hound that he had never
given the prisoner authority te use his name to procure
clothes from him or any one eke..ln erosi-examinatioa
b3L-Mr.. Bluck, ,Smith . stated that the prisoner had only
been two honri in his house. He enquired about
taitorsy:and. Mr. 'Lazarus's, name was ,mentioned. #e.
(Stith} was very glad to .r,ecci,te a commission on tne,,
tailors' bills of his boarder S.. The prisoner was re.
mamled for.fiirther 'evidence.

(Before Messrs...A.lkm; and EARLE.)
APPLICATION FOILATASSENGER BROKERS LIMNS
Aft: J. B. Aspinall; instructed by Mr. Cobb; applied feirr
adieense for Mr_ Patrick Tracy, Waterlog-road, to enalne.
him to carry on business as a •,enger broken A gene-,
demur from the Government ^ ..igration-officeepPear%
;to oppose the. granting of the. lieense.- Mr. Aspinall
he believed the formal part of. the matter was admittee•
`and the question whioh would be submitted tathe
arose from anothersource.• It appears that Mr. Tracy'
has carried on blisiness in this capacity for some years`
land there ha's never been anything urged against-his chal
ratter. But some- time ago a person from Ireland; name'
lctiCoul, who was desirous of emi,grating to California with
his family applied to Mr. Tracy to _know how-lre should
proceed in securing a pamage from New 'York to San.
Francisco. Mr. Tracy said that it Was not in his lid
of business, but would introduee:bith to a person nation,
Mr. Wilkie who could give him all necessary inform
and secure the passage for him and his family. MeC°l.id
' accordingly obtained the passage from-Wilkie, and pal
Mr. Tracy the sum of £63 for it, which that gentler/1
handed to Wilkie *with the exception of the "ow.
per.-tentage allowed on , such transactions. Whe'
the parties. arrived in. New York it was found
there was some irregularity, arising, it afterwards
appeared, .from the fact that Wilkie had not remitted
the money, and consequently when they applied
at the office of Wilkie's ac,ent, he knew nothing at all
about iL M'Coul was advised to come back to Liver'
pool to inquire into the matter, but it so happened the
Money arrived the very day he left New York. - On
arrival the Emigration •Commiisioners brought the case
before, the magistrates, and Wilke was ordered to pail
£2O over and aboVe the passage money.
Was never summoned to court about the noiMttr.erT'rabenei
regetting the .inconvenience to which the parties had
e
Veen' put, paid '£2o out Of his own money. Now 11'
(Mr: Aspinall) understood it. would be alleged that Mr'
Tracey had not paid over • the whole amount
Wilkie, and that the sum charged for the.
passage was. exorbitant. But why was this charr
brought up against , him now, when
might have been. brought before the magistrates wile'
M,Coul :was here, and punished for his fraud, if there
was any number of-documents received from ICe.W
York, on the subject of M'Cours passage, was put la
by the representative of the Emigration Commissioner°,
in one of which it was stated ..that the cost of the
passage was only £4l, and that that amount only had
been paid by Tracey to-Wilkie.—Mr. Tracey was placed
in the witness-box, but not sworn. He stated that he
had paid the whole £63 to Wilkie, less ten per cent'
He first gave him a-draft for £4l, and the balaneti
£22 in a day,or two after.—The magistrates remand
the case till to-day, as they wished to be satisfied UFon
the point of the payment of the money by 'Tracey t°
Wilkie.
(Before Messrs. AlKne and SMITE.)
A (Juniovs CHARGE OF STEALING.—Edward Mar*
an, 91d marc-rwas- charged by. Michael-Keating With
entering.his house, 30, Rose-place, Rose-hill, and carry'
ing away a beam and scales, 16s. worth-Of paper, and
31bs. of tobacco.—Mr., Bluck appeared for the prisoner,
and stated that he went in and took away the goods en
a warrant of distraint, which was held by Mrs. rennoi,
19, Rose-place... The warrant, it appears, was against
John Dillon, who died about 14 days age, and who ab
his-death owed-Mrs. Pennell a sum of money. Dili°
sold these goods to Keating ; but, as the time alloyed
by law for goods purchased from a party against vrb°lll
there is a warrant for distraint; to become legal the
property of the purchaser, had not elapsed, the prisoner
was justified in seizing on behalf of Mrs. Pennell.'
The magistrates dismissed the case.

THE GREAT MOGUL.—The last news of. the 011
Great Mogul is, that his two sons, who are imprisoue:
with their father, have begun the study of Eng'is'
An English serjeant gives them daily lessons. The. er
King and three sons, with their attendants, are kept
t;11
close confinement in a wooden building, construe .„
especially for their accommodation. Their residence 1"
Rangoon has excited no interest among the natives. t
COLONEL WAUGH AGAIN.—A " Creditor of the L
don and Eastern Bank" writes to the Times to say tur,,
the distinguished colonel named above "is residing
a handsome house, No. 3, Rue Balzac, Paris, at a COrny'
of the Rue Lord Byron, formerly the residence of gr.
Lawrence Peel, and situate in one of the most fashi°s
able and healthy quartiers of this brilliant city. -Of
passed the colonel's mansion the other day I the
through an open window his domestics spreading
social board.' This little incident leads me to the cerl;
elusion that the ex-lord of Branksea Castle is stiLl kl
vet)* comfortable, if not affluent circumstances." 1"
letter is signed " A Creditor of the London and Eastero
,
Bank, living au quatrieme, and eating four-frog'
dinners."