Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-07-31 00:00:00

UNGRATEFUL CONDUCT.

At the poliee-3ffice, yes'erday, before Alderman S.
Ho!me, Esq., and G H dt, Rrq., Me. Charles Reynolds,
ma❑ager of the typagraphical department of the NORTHERN
Trmas printing office, charged a youth named William
Edwards with having stolen a watch from him.
Mr. Reynolds said he had taken the prisoner into his
office about five or six weeks since as a reading boy. He
had pity on the prisoner, as he had only one arm, having,
as he told him, (Mr. R.) lest the other at Spot-
tisewood'a printing office, in London. The prisoner
had accesa to a small office used by Mr. Reynolds,
and where he was in the habit of hanging up his
clothes. Since he came into his employment, he missed
at three different tines, three sovereigns and some silver,
which had been taken out of his vest packet. On Tuesday
night he hung up his vest in the usual place, taking what
money was is the pockets out, but leaving a watch
(belonging to his son), that had just been repaired, in one
of the pockets. The watch was gone i i the morning, and
he suspected the prisoner, and gave information to the
police.
Detective-officer Sullivan said Mr. Reynolds stated the
facts to him, and, on investigating the case, he found that
the prisoner had left the watch at a public-house at the
corner of Crossnall-street in pledge for Is ni worth of
drink.

A boy frotn the public-house said the prisoner had drink
to the amount of is. 9,1 , and when asked to pay, he had
no money, bat, taking out the watch, he said, " here, keep
my watch until I get money and came and pay you."•
Sullivan said he had ascertained that the prisoner
changed a sovereign at a public house on one of the
morning's when Mr. Reynold's missed a I.ke coin.
Mr. Holt s id the charge was an exceedingly serious
one, and asked the prisoner what he had to say ?
The prisoner said he was sorry that he was overcome by
temptation to take the watch, for Mr. Reynolds had been
very kind to him.

Mr. Reynolds sail he dil net wi,h to press the case
for heavy punishment, but it wls a serious matter to
have a thief where there were thirty or forty men working,
and subject t) he robbed by a persln in wtoin confidence
was placed. However, he wished the prisoner to be dealt
with as leniently as possible.
Mr. Holt said, if the prosecutor had not kindly inter-
fered, the punishment of the c.mrt would have been much
more severe on the prisoner. He sentenced him to one
months' hard labour, aml hoped it would be a warning to
others not to be guilty of theft and ingratitude at the same
time.

BO IOUGH SESSIONS-YESTERDAY.

BEFORE GILBERT HENDENS9N, ESQ., REC,RDER.

CHARGE AGAINST MR. WICKHAM, PUBLICAN, FOR ALLOW-
iNa Dauenuase IN HIS HOUSE.—James Harrison, Wick-
ham, publican, of Lime-street, having recently been
summoned b lore the Borough Magistrates, for the third
time within a year, for allowing druakeness and disorderly
conduct in his house, availed himself of the power given
by the 21st section of George IV., chapter 9, which
enables the defendant to have the case beard at the
QiistrtPr Socoione if he requesta if. A pcnalty of £5O tivty
be there imposed, in •the event of conviction. Mr.
Aspnall applied to the court yesterday on behalf of
the defendant, to have the case adjourned to the next
sessions, on the ground that he had changed his attorney,
and the gentlemen at present employed, Mr. Blackhurst,
was not suffici.ntly prepare,!. Mr. Simon, on behalf of
the Borough Magistrates, opposed the adjournment. The
Recorder said he did not wish to proceed with the case
when the defendant, through his attorney, urged that he
was not prepared. In order that the adjournment might
not interfere with the general licensing sessions, he would
appoint an early day at the next borough sessions to hear
the case.

The _Dundee Courier states that the ancient baronial
mansion of Brechin Castle is again about to be occupied by
the Panmnre
The City Limerick Grand Jury Rate was by the Town
Council on Thursday fixed at 7d., the smallest ever recol-
lected.— Limerick Chronicle.

The _Mess, endeavouring to regard the news in the most
cheerful light, notices that the military insurrection had
not exceeded its original bounds, but was confined to the
north-west provinces, far in the interior, and surrounded
by a circle of order and loyalty. On every side our basis
of operations is undisturbed, and at the very wont it is
now little more than one of those local wars with a state
of confederacy, such as we have had a dozen timss over
since the beginning of the century. Although Delhi had
not been captured the insurgents had betrayed the weak-
ness of their position by some considerable sorties, and
their own want of courage, discipline, or generalship, by
being beaten with great slaughter. General Barnard had
only ;;,000 to 4,000 Europeans, while the insurgents were
much more numerous, and in addition to,a fanatical popu-
lation, better provided with artillery and ammunition. We
can make allowance for the policy of not bringing the
struggle to an immediate issue within the ramparts and
stree:s of the city. Every week is now adding to the
European force at the disposal of the Commander-in-chief
in Bengal.
Fruetereun ACCIDENT Is HALIFAX.-0a Tuesday after-
noon, a frigh ful accident happened at the works of
Messrs. J B. Farrar, ironfounders and machine makers,
Halifax, by which the fly-wheel of the double engine was
broken to pieces, and oue man was so vverely injured that
his life is despaired of. About four o'clock, the whole of
the machinery in the foundry suddenly stopped, 4nd on
going into the engine-house, the engineer found the interior
almost one mass of ruins. On,-3 of the bolts of the fly-
wheel, it is supposed, had came loose, and dropped info
the main gear wheel, causing both to be smashed into a
hundred fragments, which flew in all directions. The door
of the engine-house was broken, as was also that of the
joiner's shop on the epposi le side of the yard ; whilst a
man, named Ilueben Gough, standieg in the yard between
the two buildings, W3S struck by a piece of iron, and rendered
insensible, The boiler over the engine was also smashed.
The works, in consequence of the accident, will have to b
closed about a fortnight. The man G ,ugh was removed
to the Infirmary as speedily as possible, but his injuries
are so severe that the medical men give but slight hopes of
his recovery.
PIIIESTED PoercE.—At the Donegal Ass-zes last wce's
a priest named M'Fadden, when under examination in a
Roadie Netice affair, thus addressed Baron Pennefather :
—" If the authorities would place confidence in the priests,
and treat Wens with proper respect, they would bring ten
offenders to justice for one the police could bring." This
is a curious statement and an instructive one, no matter
from what side viewed. To bring an offender to justice is
the duty of every honourable and loyal member of society
—a duty prompted in persons of right feeling by a natural
love of justice. According to Mr. APFadden, this duty is
to be made a matter of sale and purchase ; if you
defer to us, priests, he says, we will discourage crime.
But again. If the police can only find one offender
out of ten the nine must be well secured. By whom?
flow does the priest come to know their deeds and
lurking places? He cannot mean that he will reveal what
he hears in confession—be must mean some other kind a'
knowledge of the criminal; and all acquaintance with crikne
not obtained in confession, and not divulged to the audio-
tities, renders the priest possessing it particeps criininis
before Gal and in the light of the law. We believe
Mr. I‘l`Fiadden'a statement at the expense of his position.
It is well, however, that there is a plan by s h:ch we
may hope to irfluecce the Romish clergyman to do the
common duty of every properly affected person. "We
must treat him with respect," else he will retort by for-
getting to treat his own conscience with any. What
t-eatment does Mr. M'Fadden want ? Let him state the
terms on which he will enable the police to capture
ten offenders in Donegal for each one now apprehended.—
Dublin Evening Packet.

THE ROMANCE OF AN ELOPEMENT KNOCKED
IN THE HEAD.

NEW YORK CODs' OF COMMON PLEAS.