Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-22 00:00:00

oouta onn-street, ana mailer for having embezzled' ~8 I4s.
Bd., paid to him.by Messrs. Henry Hayes. and Co, wine and
spirit merehants, Church-street. Mr. Muck defended. Mr_

r....lleyes. having severally proved payment of
the stuns named to prisoner,-he was committed for trial at
the sessions?, but his Worship said he. would admit him to
bail in two sureties of £2O each. Mr, llluck said that as he
should be able to submit a very good surety, perhaps- his
Worship 'would be satisfied with one.. Mr. Mansfield.; Very
well ; one' in £4O.

;pwring

ANOTHER CHARGE.. Or EMBEZZLRIiENT
na.med William M'Denuott, was chan

.—A young man,
.ed with having

muus of money, amounting in the whole
to £2O 7s. Bd., the, property of, his . employer, llr. Dear,
grocer, Islington. The prosecutor said t-

hat the

_ cso.uvau Furter aria Coil-
Aeet9.l7, and, he (prosecutor) had ,recently discovered that he
had emben led the amount now chaiged against.him, which
he had"received from 011,1-Arrinvw,

lure upoo;wno appearea tor tile prisoner; Mr. Dear Said that
the lattei'had been in his employment 'between seven and
-eight years, and. until now. he, had alwap considered him
very honest: The prisoner was committed for trial at, the
sessions,
,but admitted to bail. •
CONVOTTAL, OP A SIIIP'S STBWAIID.--John Davis, steward
on board the steam-ship Kangaroo, was. brought up charged
with having stolen a coat belonging to, one of the passengers,
The charge having been proved, th prisoner was committed
for. one 'month with hard labour.

SERIOUS CHARGE OF OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSIS
PRETENCES.--A young man, .of highly respectable appear-
ance, attired in a full-dress suit of black, named William
.bliss, appeared in the dock, charged 'with fraudulently ob-
taining the sum of £2o,under the following cireumstances

It appeared that in June last, the prisoner-representing. him-
self to be a clerk of Messrs. Bonk,' English and Go., at
a salary of £250 per annum, called upon Messrs. Hartog, part
owners of the ship Jason, and stated, that ho could obtain a
good freight for the ship. On the representation of the
prisoner that he was in the employ of Messrs. Boult, Eng-
lish, and Co., the prosecutors were induced to entertain his
offer, and ultimately he obtained, £2O from them, by stating
that it was for the purpose of paying for the insurance of
the freight, amounting to L 500., The prisoner further, re-
presented that he had paid certain sums of money an
account of the freight, in telegrams. It was subsequently
discovered that the freight had only been insured to the ex-
tent of £2OO, for which £6 16s. only was paid, and that
the amount which the prisoner alleged had been disbursed
in telegrams had not been expended., It was further disco-
vered that the prisoner's representation that he was in the
-employ of Messrs. Boult, English, and Co., was alto-
, gether false ; and these several facts. having come to
the knowledge of the prosecutor, the prisoner was appre-
.hended by Inspector Horn, of the •dotective force. In his

the prisoner he first stated to him that the freight was in-
sured for £5OO, and afterwards he said that it was not, and
that he told Mr. Hartog, jun.; to make an advance of the higher
sum of £2O in order to repay himself (Mr. liartog) part of
a sum of money which he had advanced to the prisoner on
a former occasion. Mr. Hartog, jun. was examined, and
said his father was part owner of the Jason. He deposed
to advancing the prisoner the sum of £2O for insurance of
for £5OO, under the circumstances before detailed.
xamination by Mr. Cobb, who appeared for the

In cross-

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Mr. LITTLEDALI
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-ere terribly annoyed

;ha gin in'Georges. De
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going on with refareitce
and he thought there,wa
abated.

Mr. PARNWORTHi asKa
an interview with the g.
trade had power to sc
the timber trade.
The CHAIRMAN said
enable them to settfe. it.

motion of Mr: H

Mandel moved their eonf

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from Messrs. Bateroft

properly treated' by the

remove(

the 1

that there were some

to the §owerag

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ed if the deputation
;entlemen connected wi
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were rc

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E COMMITTEE

Ltd Co., complaining so
committee with refer

supply of a quantity of oil ; and that they (Me*
and Co.) had made application three times for
had been refusedl.
Mr. MoNDHL.explained that the parties had
engineer in the, first instance, who cautiously
instructions from the committee ; and another

s the

-2:0 haw

timber

with

without

.cad, Mi

enee to the

;sm. Bancroft
.samples, and

called. on: the
)" waited for

to do so,

Mr. SMITH. sail there was-also another point in this
matter, and that was as to whether the oil , was, or was not
refined, and moved that Meksrs. Bancroft and Co. have
samples of th'e oil supplied to them, for the purpose of giving
them an Opportunity of proving their statements as to whe-
ther the oil was refined.

Mr. MnultvEß said this was a reflection on, the Marine
Committee. _ The. contract had been accepted; and the matte'

tent to reforthe matter backs to the Marine Committee.—.-
Mr. TOBIN thought the course,takru by the Marine Com-
mittee had; been a very proper one. , They, had the oil tested
by, a proper person.
After some further disci

Smith
being seconded by Mr. Farnwor'th, was7put to. the vote, and
lost by a. majority of 18 .toi 3'

The kocCedinis were tlvn confirmed

The,praceedings of.thiseommittee lining read, were,., on
the •motion of Mr. Illondel. confirmed,.;

On: tip• proceeding,#:of this committee it was stated, that
the committee had taken into consideration the resolution,
recommending that no, more cargoes:be taken into the Bir--
kenhead Docks ; and they came to the dttermination of rescindL
ing.that resolution,' on the,: understanding that the IMaxe...
tinuen :44. a

thereto
On the motion,of. Mr. Locketti.the proceedings were

/Ave suoject oz 'the Dock Gatemen's cottages WaS agaim
deferred for a fortnight, at the request of Mr. Lockett..

The proceedings of this committee were read. and con-
firmed, without remark.

Aletter was- read from T. H. Waters, hog see, to
Reception Committee for the British Medical Associa-
tion, asking permission for•the members of the Associa-
tion to vatrthe Observatory: next week, anti; during their
stay.
The application was granted.,

A letter-was read froin, Messrs. Boult, English, and Bran-
don, soliciting berths in, some of the northern docks for
their New Orleans ships. The letter' was. referred to the
Docks and Quays Committee.
A letter was read from Mr. Albrose Wain' law-clerk to
the Birkenhead Commissioners, asking the Board to increase
the police force on the. docks. The letter•was referred to the
Works. Committee.

THE DEFENSIVE STATE OF THE MERSEY

Mr, HUBBACK gave a notice of motion that he would call
the attention of the Board to the, defensive state of the
port, and to move for a committee,to confer with the. Go-
vernment on the. subject. About ai month ago he calla at-
tention to the subject, and the chairman was then to, com-
municate with the mayor on the. subject ; but he had not
heard anything more of it.

The eIiAIiMAN said he had communicated with the
Mayor ; but he had been in London since, on business con-
nected with the estate. The. Mayor's opinion appeared to
be this—that he ought to goto Government, as the organ of
the mercantile interests, and on behalf of the inhabitants
generally. The different mercantile bodies of the port who
were primarily interested, he thought, ought to move in the
matter. They were the owners of the property, and the
owners of shipping ; and the Mayor seemed to think, and he
(the Chairman) could not help agreeing, with him, that if
the owners of property did not move, the publiebodies should
not go to Government. The Chamber of Commerce had
not taken the matter up ; and such bodies, he agreed with
the Mayor in thinking, ought to take the matter up first,
before he cenld go to the Government with confidence.
Mr. BOULT said that the opinion of Admiral Evans was,
that a public discussion would be very injudicious on this
question.

Mr. Iltruu‘ Acx said he had no desire for a publio discus-
sion. They should see first whether it were at all necessary
to go to Government. - -

subject, and Captain Mann was about making a report,Mr. LAIRD said had mitten to the Admiralty on this
and
he thought it would be well to write to Captain Mann before
he reported.

The CHAIRMAN said it would be better to take a little
time to consider the matter.
Mr. Boma, then gave the following notice of motion :
" That the Secretary be instructed to write to the Presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, the Chairman of the Mersey
Conservancy Commissioners,
.the Chairman of the Birken-
head, Commission(

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and, North. Western, Great Western, and Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Railway Companies,
that the Board will forthwith proceed to construct and
complete, with all despatch, according to the act of
Parliament; the great low-water h.sin at Birkenhead, as laid