The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

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,aes this there were a dumber Of pawn-tickets relating to
;hes. Mr. Snowball appeared on behalf of the publican
when he was brought up before Mr. Mansfield this morn-
ing; and, as there was no evidence to show that Mr.
Smithurst had acquired the valuable property in an illegal
manner, he was discharged.

Two SHEETS IN THE WlND.—Bridget Newmile, a
middle-aged little woman, possessing apparently a strong
predilection for the poteen of her native land, was charged
by a neighbour with stealing two of her most valuable
ts, one of which she most disrespectfully lodged in
hands of the pawnbroker, for the purpose of procuring
liquor with which to allay the cravings of a thirsty soul.
The magistrates stopped the prisoner at the commence-
ment of sundry voluble explanations, by awarding Mrs.
Newmile fourteen days' imprisonment.
STEALING COTTON.—Ann Burke, brought up on sus-
picion of stealing cotton, was ordered to be imprisoned
for fourteen days.

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN SHAW'S BROW.—A fine
sample of young Liverpool,in the shape of Peter O'Donnell
and Francis Murray, were sentenced to a month's impri-
ment for attempting to steal lead in Shaw's Brow, o❑
Saturday night. A younger cousin of the lad Murray,
who was mixed up in the matter, was discharged with a
salutary advice. •

A YOUNG HOUSEBREAKER.—A young lad, apparently
about fifteen years of age, was committed for trial at the
sessions by Mr. Mansfield, on a charge of breaking into
the house of Mrs.' Jane Roberts, Field-street, Everton,
about nine o'clock on Sunday night, and running off
with sundry articles of wearing apparel, including a
valuable coat belonging to the son-in-law of Mrs. Roberts.
How he obtained entrance is not known.

THE " EARL OF .LONSDALE."—REFRACTORY SEA-
NIEN.—Six of the crew of the Earl of Lonsdale were
brought up on a charge of refusing to proceed to sea, in
compliance with the terms of their agreement. They
had already obtained one month's advance, and the cap-
tab had even offered to give them another half-month in
advance ; but with less than another whole month's
salary they said they would not he satisfied, and accord-
ingly went ashore. Mr. Mansfield placed before them
the alternative of adhering to their agreement, or being
lodged in prison, when they very sensibly resolved to go
to sea.

CANDIDATES FOR PRISOZ,I.—Jane Clarke, Catherine
Doherty, Catherine Holmes, and Jane Smith, four prosti-
tutes of not more than from fifteen to twenty years of age,
appeared on the charge of breaking certain windows at the
workhouse, with the desire, which they openly avowed,
of being. sent to gaol, where they are not compelled to
work, and,where consequently they prefer to reside when
destitute of quarters more congenial to their habits. The
miserable creatures, who conducted themselves most in-
decorously while in the dock, were sent to gaol for 21

A MODEL MEMBER, OF THE MlLlTlA.—William
ham, a militia man, for a brutal assault on Elizabeth
Lamb, committed in a fit of drunkenness, on the 29th of
November last, was fined in 205., with the alternative of
going to gaol for a month if he dia -^.

CASE OF THE CALEDONIA.---SEAMEN
REFUSING TO GO TO SEA.

Yesterday, the case of the Caledonia, remanded
from Saturday, came before Mr. Mansfield. Twelve of
the seamen were brought up at the instance of the com-
mander, charged with refusing to go to sea, according to
the terms of their agreement. Mr. Owea appeared as
attorney for the seamen, and in reply to his queries,
Captain Richardson of the Caledonia deposed :—The ves-
sel is registered 789 tons, new measure, and twelve years
old : she is now laden with 1,050 tons of coal. I cannot
tell whether there are more or not. I signed weight un-
known. She is drawing 20 feet on an even keel. Mr.
Hamilton is the broker. I shipped the men, and I pre-
sume they were aware at the time of the cargo. The
Caledonia is going to San Francisco, California. The
owners are William Taylor and Son, of Sunderland.
Captain Banks was displaced by myself, in consequence
of the ship having passed into the hands of my owners.
The ship was classed ../E at Lloyd's, and she was making
two inches of water in fifteen hours when she was de-
serted by the prisoners. I have commanded four vessels
during the past five years. I have never heard of coals
choking up the pumps, although of course it is quite pos-
sible they might do so.
One of the men alleged that the ship had 2 feet 6 inches
in her when they left her ; but this the Captain flatly
denied, alleging that she had not drawn so much during
the whole time he had been in her.

Mr. Mansfield : It strikes me the seamen would only
be too happy to go to San Francisco, if they thought there
was a reasonable chance of their reaching their destination.
This is one of the things which seem to strengthen their
Use.

Mr. Littleton, secretary at Lloyd's, deposed that the
Caledonia had at first been registered A 1, and that she
would remain the same from four to six years, so that it
was likely that her A 1 character expired at the end of
1847. She would then fall into the second class, fit to
carry dry and perishable cargoes, but not to or from any
place in the world. Our surveyor, on going on board,
compliance with the suggestion of the magistrate on
Saturday) found the leak was not increasing, but, on fur-
ther examination, it, was found that the ship was defective
ordered all the ueces-
plied with, instruc-

in some i;

lhe surveyor had
If not c

sary repairs to be made

tions would at once be communicated to London, and the
character of the ship would be struck off the books at
Lloyd's.

lir. Owen here drew attention to the fact that coals
were calculated to imbibe a great quantity of water, and
that the cargo of the Caledonia had doubtless done this.

Captain Richardson begged to state that half of the
crew still remained on board, and were willing to go with
the ship. He at the same time intimated that he would
telegraph to his owners the fact that the repairs must be
done.

Mr. Mansfield said he believed, if the men were not
seriously alarmed, they would make no objection to pro-
ceed on the voyage ; for seamen were generally anxious
to seize the opportunity of proceeding to San Francisco,
well knowing that they might almost name their own
terms in engaging to come home, and always being sure of
lucrative employment if they decided upon remaining
in that country. Ho was sorry to see that one of
the most :conspicuous :faults he found in the seamen of
this port was, that they did not in general seem to
regard the sanctity of an agreement into which they had
- he had requested a sur-

But in the prese.

o be made,

and the resul

of that examination is,
that certain repairs are required, and that if those are not
made the ship will lose her character at Lloyd's, and the
insurances which have been effected on her will be made
void. From the recent case of the Seringapatam,
in which the seamen refused to proceed to sea, and
which had subsequently been found to be rotten
from stem to stern, he was desirous of arriving at
a cautious decision. Were a magistrate in such a case to
put the seamen in prison, or compel them to proceed on
the voyage, it might afterwards be a very great source
of sorrow to him that he had been a party to the
injustice. From the result of the official survey in the
present case, it is quite clear that the ship is not in a
proper state to go on her voyage, and that there is no
excuse whatever for the seamen being retained in custody.
If the ship were repaired and could safely go—and that
were proved before him—then, of course, I:r' should think
it his duty to hold the seamen to their agreement. But
in the meantime they must be discharged.
The prisoners then left the dock.
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A RETURNED GOLD-DIGGER.—Daniel M`Carthy, who
returned from Australia in the Marco Polo, with gold dust
which he sold for £5OO, has had the whole of it taken
from him by a relative, and now has not a penny left.
BUTCHERS' PROFITS.—In the adjourned examination
of William Lowcock, a butcher, at the Bankruptcy Court,
on Friday, the bankrupt endeavoured to show that the
profit on £5,500 worth of stock was only £6l 14s. 5d.,
and that the retail butchers of Liverpool were not paying
their expenses.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO A YOUNG
MARINER.—About 9 o'clock on the'morning of Tuesday
last, while the schooner Margaret was sailing in the Irish
Channel, John Walls, aged 21 years,, a mariner, fell from
the top-mast, and was so severely injured that he expired
in less than an hour. The schooner came into the King's
Dock, Liverpool, on Friday ; and on the followirn, day
an inquest was held on the body of the deceased, when a
verdict was given of "Accidentally killed.,,
. On Sunday
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF A FIRENIAN --
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week a fireman, about forty-five y
Edward Duffy, belonging to the Nimreoards,
Liverpool and Cork, fell into the No. 2 Sp:
Dock. In consequence of the injurieshe received he was
carried to the Northern Hospital,.
was held yesterday, great pain until Thursday, whCurry, a verdict 20 Accordance with where he lingered. in
eln he expired. At the in-
quest, which
r-ay, before Mr. Coroner
the facts Wa;rettiracd.