The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-10 00:00:00

CRIM. CON.

LING v. CROHER.—Yest erday morning, application was
made in the Court of Common Pleas, by Mr. F. J. Smith,
for an order that the letters which had been produced by
the defendant's council on Saturday be impounded. The
Chief Justice said that as the case had been heard before
Mr. Justice Willes, the application had better be made to
him in his private room. At a later period of the day the
Chief Justice consulted Mr. Justice Willes, and subse-
quently came into the court and said that the letters must
remain in the hands of the associate until an application
should be made upon additional materials.—[ We published
copies of these letters in our report of the trial yesterday.]

PUBLIC 11V-COME AND EXPENDITURE.

Yesterday morning was issued a return to an
order of the House of Commons, dated the 3rd,
for an account " of the public income and expen-
diture for the year ending the 30th of September,
1856, together with the balances in the Exchequer
at the commencement and at the termination of
the year, and the amount of funded or unfunded
lebt created or redeemed in the said year ; and
like account for the• year ended the 31st of Dec ,
1856,"

The excess of expenditure over income in the
year ended 30th September, 1850, was 16,959,4111.
Os 6d—the income being 71,348,066/. Os 10i, and
the expenditure 88,307,477/. 16s 4d. The balances
in the Exchequer on the 30th September, amounted
to' 7,084,7431. 5s 6d.
In the year ended 'the 31st of December, 1856,
the public incoma was as follows ;—Customs,
23,618,3741. 18s ; excise, 18,073,777/. 13s 2d ;
stamps, 7,268,271/. 18s ; taxes (land and as-
sessed), 3,105,026/. Os lld ; property-tax, 16,028,421/.
108 2d.; post-office, 2.869,152/ 5s 10d; crown lands
(net), 284,857/. is Gd ; produce of the sale of
old stores and other extra receipts, 510,1541. 13s 51 ;
money received from the East India Company,
60,000/. ; miscellaneous receipts, including im-
pressed and other moneys, 318,006/. Os 6d ; un.
claimed dividends received, 82,946/ 13s 10d, making
a total of 72,218,988/ Is HA The expenditure,
including interest and management of the perma-
nent debt, &c , charges on consolidated fund, and
supply services, amounted to 82,323,400/. 14s 11d.
The excess of expenditure over income in the
year ending 31st December last was therefore
10,104,412/ 13s. The items composing the supply
services are, army (including ordnance), 24,749,8241•
19s 81; navy, 16,013,9951. Is sd; vote of credit (addi-
tional expenses war with Russia),s2,4l 3310. 3
o,osoo/84 Imiscel-
laneous civil services, 6,0
salaries, &c., of revenue departments, 4,210,361/.
16s 9d.

The balances in the Exchequer on the 31st of
Decembet, 18.55,. were 0,658 600/. 6s 3d ; the
money raised in the year ended 31st December
last, was :—by funded debt, 10,771,9861. 8s ; Exche-
quer Bonds, 977,7501.; Exchequer Bills, 24,231,000/.
making a total of 39,672,336/. Lis 3,1. The sum of
324,7531. Os 5d was paid to the Commissioners
for the Reduction of the National Debt in discharge
of interest on donations and bequests, and the
redemption of hereditary pensions ; the total issues
on account of the unfunded debt in the year were
21,549,7001. The premium on exchequer bills was
2,1861 8s ; the advances for local works, Sze., less
repayments, were 742,656/. 16s 10d. The excess
of expenditure over income in the year was
10,104,4121. 13s , and the balances in the Vxchequer
on the 31st of Dec, amounted to 6,942,4271. 16s.

REPORTING IN THE HOUSE ORDS. —The Lord
Chamberlain has restored to the use of the reporters the
room in the House of Lords, of which they had been
deprived by the unauthorised act of some subordinate
official.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. MAYSFIELD.

A BLACKGUARD.—A decent-Loking woman, named
Elizabeth Jones, charged a fellow, named Richard Burke,
with having assaulted her. The complainant said she
never saw the prisoner until Saturday night, when he
called at her holm, and enquired if his wife happened
to be there. She replied that she was not, and that she
did not even know the woman, when he commenced a
furious attack on her, knocked her down with a blow,
and hurt her very much. The mother in la -a of the
prisoner gave him an "excellently bad character." He
was sent to gaol for two months, in default of paying
£2 and costs.

A FIGHTING MlN.—John Farrell, belonging to the
13th Light Dragoons, was charged with having assaulted
police officer 661. The complainant said that between
twelve and one on Sunday morning; the prisoner, with
other persons, were in Rose Hill fighting. He advised
them to go away, but the prisoner refused, and acted
very disorderly, and he was obliged to take him to the
station. After booking him, and as he was being locked
up in the cell, he seized the officer, dragged him into the
cell, knooked him down, and nearly knocked his eye ont,
at the same time telling him, " that was the way to fight."
fie Na as fined £2 'anti costs, or in default of payment,
two months' im risonment.

CAN " GENTLEMEN DO AS THEY PLEASE ?—Police
offic-r 591, charged a fashionable looking young man,
natn2(l John Shaw Townley, for being drunk and dis-
orderly in Lime Street, on Saturday night. The officer
said, it appeared that the prisoner had been in ne
" Turkish Divan" Lime street, where he had quarrelled
with some one, and be was then put into the street, where
he acted very disorderly, being drunk at the time. He
advised him to be quiA and go home, but this only
made him wo,se. He swore he was a "gentleman, and
that he would do what he liked, and that no
policeman dare to interfere with him." He acted so
disorderly, that he was obliged to lock him up. Mr.
Mansfield : What hive you to say prisoner? Nothing.
sir. Mr. Mansfield: Pay 6s and costs. The money was
at once
VERY BAP OvsyEns.—Catherine Walsh, a poor girl
who makes out a living by selling oysters in Vauxhall
• road, charged a fellow named John Jones, with having
assaulted her. It appeared that the prisoner called the
girl into a public house, and ordered a quantity of
oysters, which she supplied him and another man with,
and the parties were then leaving the h use without pay
ing for the oysters, as the prisoner said they were very
bad. She followed him our, and caught him by
tail of the coat, and asked for payment. He turned on
and struck her a violent blow on the mouth, which split
her lip. A policeman saw the assault and took him into
custody. Mr. Mansfield said the prisoner was a cowardly
ruffian, and sent him to jail far two months.
_AN OLD FAMILY PIECE.—A young female of loose
character, who gay. her name as Ellen Shields, was
charged under the following circumstances. Mr. Camp-
bell appeared for the prisoner. It appeared that on
Friday night the premises of' Mr. Allison, of Creswell
street, (who is an insp-c'or of night men) were broken
Into, and amongst other things taken was a five shilling
p_ece of the reign of Queen Anne, dated 1707, which
had been in the family many years. On Saturday even-
ing the prisoner offered the coin for change in a pawn
shop in Vauxhall road, when she was stopped, as a
notice had been previously served on him. The line of
defence taken by Mr. Campbell was, that the prisoner
got the coin from a young man, and that she was inno-
cent otherwise. She was remanded until Mr. Allison
(who is absent) comes forward to identify the coin.