The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-22 00:00:00

Bahia, &e

Maranliam ..1 0
Demerara, &c 9
Egyptian

Ciiiii.W.l.&c. 74
Surat
Madras
Bengal 34

PRODUCE.—The markets during the week have
assumed a firmer tone, particularly for Tea, Sugar,
and Rice. Palm-oil has also been in more request.
To-DAY there has been a fair inquiry for the refin-
ing qualities of Sugar, the sales, including Satur-
day's business, consisting of 20 hhds. grainy
Demerara at 36s 6d, 70 hhds. Jamaica at 33s 3d
to 34s 6d, 1,100 bags Khaur at 28s 6d, 200 boxes
brown Havana at 20s 3d, 1,500 bags Pernams and
Paraiba at 18s 9d to 19s 6d, and 30 cases Maceio
at 19s to 20s per cwt. Of Molasses, 90' puns.
very ordinary St. Lucia have been taken by a dis-
tiller at 16s per cwt. ' • a small Parcel of Demerara
Rum is reported, at full prices. There continues
a good demand from the trade for most descriptions
of Tea, together with further speculative inquiry,
and prices for all kinds are decidedly higher ; com-
mon Congou is in request at is 2d, and a con-
siderable parcel of fair quality changed- hands on
Saturday at is 22d per lb. 200 bg6 Arracan
Rice are reported at 13s 9d, and 500 bags Ben-
gal at 15s 6d per cwt. We have also to notice
300 bags Saltpetre at 29s 6d for 5 per cent. refrac-
tion, 1,000 bags Sago Flour, to arrive, at 21s, and
120 bags Plate Lac at 34s per cwt.
WooL.—The improved feeling noticed in our
last week's report has continued to characterise
the market this week, and a fair amount of busi-
ness has been done at rather improved rates. A
portion of the East India Wools withdrawn at our
last auction sales have found a market this week,
at much better prices than were then ruling ; the
general opinion is' that the wool market has seen
the worst, and we now look for more activity in
this branch of trade. The London sales closed
very firm last Thursday evening, since which this
market has been much more active. Imports for
the week 1015 bales. In English there is not
much doing • prices are without change.
1 Messrs. W. GREENE and Co. in their Circular of

Friday, say :
" The London sales, which closed last evening, have
recovered a little from the extreme depression noticed in
our last report, and closed firmly at about opening rates ;
about 53,985 bales Australian and Cape, 5,243 East India,
530 China, and 5,256 sundry low Foreign Wools were
offered. So large a quantity put on the market at' one
time, in face of such adverse circumstances, both political
and commercial, had, as was to be expected, a very depres-
sing effect on the market ; and the reduction in prices, as

compared with the August series, is very considerable,
averaging at one period of the sales, from id. to 2d. on
clean first-class Australian wools, 2d. to 3d. on medium,
and 3d. to 4d. on ill-conditioned and burry wools, of which
there was an unusually large proportion."
TIMBER.—We extract the following from the
recently published circular of Messrs. A. F. and D
Mackay :

Since our last printed circular, of the 14th ult., wood
goods have still further advanced in price, more from a
conviction in the mind of purchasers that the stocks at the
end of the import season will be moderate than from any
immediate extra demand for consumption. Judging,
. • •

of the trade, it is reasonal

article of spruce deals, which are now below their relative
value, when compared with the wood in the log.
" BALTIC.—Since Ist February to date, 79 vessels, 22,301
tons rerister. wood laden. have arrived, against to cor-

I responding date last year,'s6 vessels, 17,126 tons register.
i The stock of Baltic timber is now reduced to a few lots in
the hands of the dealers, and early arrivals of this cannot

miss a good market. 359 logs from Jacobstadt, ex Enter-
prise, sold yesterday at 2s. Id. for clean straight but small
wood,with 4,707 pieces red wood, deals, and battens at
£l6 10s., and white at £ll5 per standard ; the last sale of
common Dantzic was made at 2s. 2d. per foot.

LIVERPOOL COUNTY
YESTERDAY.

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Court opc

COURT-

rday, before

THE LIVERPOOL ADELPIII LOAN ASSOCIATION V.
HOWIE AND OTHERS.—His Honour gave judgment in
this case, which had been previously heard, and the cir-
cumstances made public. He decided for the plaintiffs.
The question was whether sureties for loans could be held
responsible for fines levied for non-payment, in the same
respect that they were for the original amount of the loan.
In this instance the borrower had by his own act
sanctioned such appropriations of money, and therefore he
held that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover. It
seemed to have been the custom of those parties
to charge fines against others than the borrower.
They admitted, if he recollected rightly, that they
had no legal right to do so, and he thought it an exceed-
ingly improper proceeding that they should make such a
claim. Whenever a case came before him in future, in
which they had endeavoured to obtain these fines from
sureties, he should always consider that an important
element in the determination of the other matters which
were left to his discretion.
SHIPPING. DISPUTE : PERRY V. SPENCE.—This was
a claim set up to deduct as against the consignee of good 1;
certain dues payable out of the Ramsgate Harbour Act.
He had looked through the statutes at large, but could
not discover any reference to that act, but the collector of
customs had promised to supply him with a copy, and
he should defer his judgment till then. It had been said
in the case that the bill of lading contained the words—
"that the goods shall be delivered to the consignees in
Liverpool, on payment of 10s., freight in full," and the
question was, whether "in full" was meant to include
harbour dues, or whelier it was meant to include " hat
money," and other charges. Upon that he should be
willing to hear evidence, if any, of the custom, and should
then give his judgment, after a reference to the Act of
, Parliament.

Fawn SUMMONSES.—Orders of committal for thirty
days to Lancaster Castle were made against the following
parties, for neglecting to comply with previous orders of
the court :—John Birch, clerk, railway station, Wapping,
at the suit of Messrs. R. and W. Fort, coal merchants,
Crown-street, for a debt of £2. 10s. ; Fanny Wilson, Tra-
falgar-place, out of Russell-street, described as a "house-
keeper," for £2 2s. 6d., owing to Joseph Myers, of Chesnut-
street, for jewellery ; Thomas Spencer, clerk with
Messrs. Brownout and Co., Exchange-alley North, for a
debt due to Mr. G. J. Aspinall, chemist, Fairview,
Park-road ; Richard Taylor, porter, at the Great Howard-
street- railway station, for a debt due to Henry Beckett,
grocer, of Burlington-street ; John Davies, Harrison-
street, ship-scraper, for a debt due to James M'Carty, gro-
cer, Mary bone ; Josiah Wedgewood, of Lord-street, for a
debt due to Thomas Clarke; and Thomas Kimpton, small
parcel deliverer, for a debt due to Messrs. Parnell,-printers,
of Russell-street. In this case the Judge asked,. " has
thisman Kimpton no place or house where you could serve
upon his property ?" Mr. Parnell : He has a sort. of office
where parcels can be left, in Sweeting-street, but he cannot
be seen. The Judge: I see him very often. (A laugh.)
There were several other fraud summonses heard. One
against Ebenezer Owins, dock-gateman, at Brunswick-dock,
for a debt of £3 16s. fo a flour dealer, in Carnarvonshire, was
adjourned for a fortnight, that defendant might prove, as
he had stated, that he had sent off £1 10s. in a post-office
order. There was a summons against Mr. Hudson and
Ellen Hughes, his wife, at the suit of Mr. Pennington,
surgeon, Pembroke-place; but- it was stated, amid some
laughter, that the defendant had sailed to Australia five-
weeks ago. A summons against Oliver Shannon, 122,
South Chester-street, lumper, at the instance of John
Johnston, joiner, Upper Haigh-street, was adjourned; as
was also one against William Doolan, sawyer. Michael
Egan, of Henry Edward-street, described as a musical
instrument maker, was summoned by Thomas Denton,
Chapel-street, spirit-dealer, for a debt of £5 9s. ld. The
defendant pleaded that he had been unable to meet
the former order, owing to the slackness of trade, and to
his having five orphan children. The Judge : Why, the
order was only 2s. ld. a-week, and you are a musical
instrument maker. Defendant : Aye, but they are only
bagpipes ; consider what sort of instruments they are.
The plaintiff said that his business could not be bad, if
he could go off drinking for a fortnight or three weeks,
as he was informed he was in the habit of doing. The
case was adjourned till the second court in December,
when his Honour said he would grant an order for com-
mitment, provided that the payments were not made
good in the meanwhile.

INSOLVESCY CAIIES.—Mr. John Turner, late chemist
and druggist at Runcorn, but now a clerk in the office of
Messrs. Eyre and Co., of this town, dry salters, appeared for
his final order. The insolvent was opposed by Mr. Simon,
on account of Messrs. Roberts and. Co., tea merchants,
Royal Bank Buildings. It appeared that he had paid
£l7l, being 18s. 6d. m the pound, to the creditors who
had signed the deed of assignment, but there were about
thirty-six other creditors, the aggregate amount of whose
debts was £240, who had been paid nothing.. The case
was adjourned to the next court.—Samuel Hulse, fur-
niture-broker, who was unopposed, obtained his final
order.—An adjourned audit meeting was held in the case
of Dennis Sullivan, clerk, and late a flour dealer, &c., in
Crown-street. It was urged against him that since he
had obtained his final order, he had disposed of the
good-will of the baker's shop he held, for £6O. His
Honour said he saw no reason why he should
not have parted with it before for the good. of
the estate ; and he thought that he ought to account
for the expenditure of the money to the assignees, other-
wise their proper course would be to apply to him for re-
scinding the final order.. He ordered the case to stand over a
fortnight for the purpose.—ln the case of Mr. Lawrence
Holden, plumber and glazier, of 66, St. Anne-street,
Mr. Blackhurst, solicitor, called attention to the fact that
Mr. Fazakerly, who had been appointed trade assignee;
had received on his own account £27 10s., the proceeds of
an action which had been brought -against Mr. Cribbin,
one of the insolvent's debtors. It appeared that the•
defendant, who had been appointed trade assignee, had
not acted in that capacity. The petition of the insolvent
had been dismissed, Mr. Fazakerly being a consenting
party to that through his attorney; and on the very same
day the insolvent had given him an order to receive the
amount of the action when brought. His Honour,. from
his remarks, appeared to think that this had been a cor-
rupt arrangement, Mr. Fazakerly consenting to a dis-
missal of the petition that he might himself pocket
money, which it was his duty, as assignee, to see should
have gone to the estate. He did not like to seen man ap-
pointed assignee at the request of his legal adviserone day,
and withdrawing from it the next, and he thought that
this was a daring attempt to make use of the pro-
cesses of the court for the pnrpose of enabling one
creditor to put money into his pocket at the expense
of the rest. He (the Judge) had been called upon to
exercise his powers to make the insolvent appear in the
action, and he had done so, but felt keenly that he had
been made a tool of, and that the processes of the court
had been diverted to serve a private purpose. It was such
a contempt of the court, that, for the first time in his life,
he could. not trust himself to give judgment at once, but
should postpone it for a fortnight. Mr. Fazakerley stated
that he was not cognisant of the dismissal of the petition,
and that the insolvent, on leaving the court on that day,
had come down to him to ask him what he should do.
He had told him that if his debt were not paid he should
send him to Lancaster, and it was then that he had given
him the order. At the urgent request of Mr. Toulmin,
who appeared for Mr. Fazakerley, his Honour consented to
hold that no imputation rests at present upon that
gentlefortnight.t
man_
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; and then adjourned the inquiry till that day
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'MASTER PORTHR'S CLA.I3I.—Mr. John Welsh,
master porter, summoned- Messrs Grimshaw and Co.,
shipbuilders, &c., for a sum of £25 6s 6d, for labour done.
of which £l5 had been paid into the court. Mr. Hime
appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Almond for the defen-
dants. It appeared, from Mr. Hime's opening statement,
that in the month of October, 1852, Mr. Milligan, who
was one of the acting partners in the house of Messrs.
Grimshaw and Co., employed the plaintiff to unload one
of the Black Star line of packet-ships, called the "Joseph
Walker." In the usual course of business the vessel
would have taken some little time to discharge, but it
being to the interest of Messrs. Grimshaw that it should
be got ready as rapidly as possible, Mr. Milligan instructed
Mr. Welsh to get the goods out with haste, and they
would pay the expense. Consequently, a great number
of men were put on, who worked from seven o'clock in
the morning until dark, and by that means the ship was
discharged in three days and a half, where it would
otherwise have occupied seven or eight days. Mr. Wick-
stead, clerk at that time to the plaintiff, deposed to these
facts ; and Mr. Welsh himself was then called in cor-
roboration, and in cross-examination stated that Mr.
Milligan had told him he had been paid enough by them,
and that he ought to look to the consignees of the
goods for the balance. In answer to the judge,
he said that all extra charges in such cases were paid by
the consignee of the ship, and not by the consignees of
the goods.—William Beatty, a master porter, was called to
prove that this was the custom. In cross-examination he
stated that when goods had been landed on the quays, they
were there at the consignees' of the goods own risk.—
Mr. Almond then addressed the court for the defence.
He contended that the residue of the claim beyond the
£l5 ought to be paid by the consignees of the goods ; and
read the by-laws of the Dock Committee for the regula-
tion of master porters, one of which declares that all
goods shall be removed from the quay within 48 hours of
being landed ; and that when any goods ready for de-
livery shall be left on the quay, the expense of watching
them shall be paid by the consignees of the goods pro-
portionately. Now, amongst other items, the plaintiff
was claiming from Messrs. Grimshaw 445. for eleven
night's watching, at 4e. a night.—His Honour said he
entertained much doubt about the general doctrine. He
could not be persuaded that if it became the interest
of the owner of a vessel to get their vessel ready
rapidly . for another voyage, and they employed mon all
night in discharging, they could call upon the con-
signees of the goods to pay a double price to get the
goods with
equal speed away. The consignees of the
goods appeared to him to have a right to have them re-
tained in the vessel as in a warehouse, for a reasonable
time ; and in his opinion, if the Dock Trustees were to
fine parties under such circumstances for not removing
their goods within the limited time from the quay, they
could recover the amount again from the consignee of the
ship.—Mr. Milligan was then called, and stated that when
the plaintiff applied to them for his bill containing the
extra charges, he alleged as a reason for charging it on
them (the defendants), that he could not get the con-
signeesvgo°thtowhich could probably be settled out
pay.—His Honour suggested that
th
of court ; and both parties concurring, Mr. Beatty was
appointed on the part of the plaintiff, and Mr. M`Lea.n, a
master-porter (whom Mr. Almond had intended to call to
a the custom), on the part of the defendants, to go
dispute
pouftes the
las one
the accounts. They retired for the purpose; but, on
_ return, stated that they had not been able to agree,
but that they were mutually willing to appoint a third
party, Mr. Wright, as referee. This was then agreed to.
COLLISION AT SEA.—IMPORTANT DECISION.—HiS
Honour gave judgment in an action brought at the last
Court to recover damages for a collision, sustained by the

brig Oceana, in the Channel. The plaintifr (Juan de Eche-
varria), was the owner of the brig in question, and the
defendants (Messrs. John and William Strong) owners of
the steam-tug Gleaner, which, at the time of the colli-
sion, had the Oceana in tow ; and it was alleged that, in
consequence of those on board the steamer not obeying
the commands of the pilot on board the Ocean; that brig
was run into by a schooner, named the Elise. The facts
of the case may be sufficiently gleaned from his Honour's

remarks in giving judgment. He said he had g
case the best attention that he could, and he wa

nion ou the whole that the plaintiff v
ver. He was of opinion that the

rightly throughout -- that the pilot in charge of her was
entitled, according to the regulations of the Admiralty,
to hold the course which he did, she being then close-
hauled and on the port tack. He thought that the steamer
ought to have given way, but he did not hold that, because
he assented to the proposition that had been laid down, that
a steamer having a vessel in tow was always to be consi-
dered as going free. He found that Dr. Lushington, than
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n there -was no better authority, had intimated a
strong- opinion against that doctrine, and he went fully
with him. He could not think that a steamer going with
a vessel in tow was to be considered as a steamer without
any vessel, and whether she was to give way or go free
must depend upon the circumstances of wind and tide, the
condition of the vessel she had in tow, and other circum-
stances. But, in his opinion, this steamer having seen
the schooner cross her bows about a cable and a halfs
length in front, she must have been aware of the spot at
which that schooner put about, in so narrow a channel,
and he thought it was the duty of the steamer not to go
into the course that she should have known the schooner
must take. Now, the only doubt on his mind had been
whether the fault might not be attributed to the pilot.
It seemed to him in all probability, that the pilot of the
Oceana would have been justified, nay, have been called
upon to have moderated the speed of the steamer, but he
thought on consideration he was relieved from the diffi-
culty that that view of the case suggested, by recollecting
that the orders of the pilot were given and not obeyed by
the steamer. It was said that the persons on board of
the steamer could not hear distinctly, in consequence of
the freshness of the breeze, the commands of the pilot;
but he had it in evidence that the commands were given—
that the pilot ran forward, and hailed the steamer to give
way and pass astern the schooner. Now, either the per-
sons on board the steamer were negligent in not attending
to that order given by the pilot, or they had disobeyed it.
In either case they were responsible. It was clear in all
cases, that although the responsibility was first on the
pilot, yet that responsibility might shift to the masters or
crew who failed to attend to his orders. He was not
prepared to say that a steamer was to be considered as
always going- free, and that it was bound, when it had a
vessel iu tow, to give way to a sailing vessel, but he was
not without authority for the opinion he had expressed,
because he foundthat in the case of the Bartlett against the
Europa, it was distinctly laid down that a vessel keeping her
course, as in this case the schooner did, was only bound to
keep her course without watching what else was coming-; she
had a right to expect that a steamer would avoid and give
way for her, and if it did not the steamer must be held
responsible for any consequent damage.—Mr. Hull, soli-
citor, said his Honour's observations were very important,
as they were likely to come into collision with the usual
practice of the pilots here. The Liverpool pilots at pre-
sent acted on a notice to, the following effect, issued to
them by the Pilots' Committee :—" As steam vessels may
be considered in the light of vessels navigating with fair
wind, they should give way to sailing vessels on a wind on
either tack. It only becomes. necessary to provide a rule
for their meeting other vessels when at large." The Li-
verpool pilots construed that rule that steam vessels under
all circumstances should be treated as vessels with a fair
wind.—His Honour thought that rule must apply only to
steamvessels when not cumbered with a vessel in tow. The
opinion of Dr.Lushington, in a case which hehad referred to,
was as follows : It was to be found' in ' the Kingston-by-Sea,
3 Robinson, Admiralty case, page 15,24'—" Gentlemen, it
has been urged in the argument that, as a steamer is
always to be considered as having the wind free, the con-
sideration applies whether she has another vessel in tow
or not. To that proposition I cannot accede. It is true, a
steamer is considered always to have the wind free, but it
does not, in my opinion, follow that a steamer having a
merchant-ship in tow is always free. That will depend, I
conceive, upon the state of the wind. and weather, the
direction in which the steamer is towing, and the nature
of'the impediments she may meet in her course." His
Honour said he thought, under the peculiar circumstances
of this case, that when the schooner passed in front of the
bow, and was known to have a given point, at which, from
the narrowness of the Channel, she must put about, the
steamer was bound to moderate her rate, if she did not pay
strict watchfulness to the orders of the pilot. He was not
prepared, however, to go so far as the case in the House of
Lords of the Bartlett and Europa, that a steamer should
be able to stop at her own length. He took it, that what
their lordships meant to say was, that at whatever rate a
vessel was going, she ought so to regulateher speed as to
be able to stop at a fair distance at which she could see
danger a-head. The verdict must be for the plaintiffs ; at
the same time he should like to have hisopinion confirmed
by a jury composed of men of nautical experience, and he
should grant to the defendants a new trial on Thursday
next, provided they were willing to pay the costs, and
appeal to a jury.—It was intimated that they should take
that course.—The court rose soon after three o'clock.

TUE LUSITANIA., South American and General Steam
Navigation Company's screw-steamer, will take her de-
parture on her first voyage to the Brazils, on Thursday
next, with a full cargo and a fair number of passengers.
THE EUROPA, British and North American royal mail
steam-ship, Shannon, commander, sailed from the Mersey
at 11.40 a.m., on Saturday, with the usual mails and a
large number of passengers.
ABSCONDED.—About a fortnight ago, a young man in
the employ of the London and North-Western Railway
Company, in this town, named George Kirkby, absconded
with about £1,500 belonging to the company. A reward
of £2OO has been offered for his apprehension.
SOUTR-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The question of this.
Company extending their line from Dorchester to Exeter,
was submitted last week to a poll of the shareholders,
which resulted as follows :
For the extension 13,911
Against it
Majority against —3
BURNED TO DEA Tn.—Yesterday an inquest was held
before Mr. Curry, the coroner, on the body of Mary Ann
Ratty, a little girl about four years of age, whose parents
reside at Mersey View, in Bootle. On Saturday week
she was putting some toys on the chimney-piece, when,
her clothes caught fire, and: she: was so severely burned as
to die on Saturday last.—Verdict, " accidental death."

CHIMES FOR ST. PETER'S CHURCH.-It will be seen.
by the list in our advertising columns that great progress
has been made in the subscription for the restoration of
the chimes of St. Peter's Church. A larger sum is, how-
ever, required, and it is hoped that those who have not yet
contributed will speedily do so, in order that the committee
may make arrangements for the object being effectually
carried out. It will not be the least interesting feature of
Liverpool when the chimes of St. Peter's church resume
their attractive melody.

THB 111saGanEm Diaxs.—Owing to the prevalence of
the easterly winds keeping back the tides, it was found
necessary to defer the. launching of this ship from. Satur-
day last to Wednesday, the 30th instant, when the. water
will be sufficiently high to ensure the safe launching of
this beautiful vessel, when she will be taken at once into
dock, and receive cargo for the Brazils. Of course, there
was considerable disappointment experienced by the-delay,
but the vessel will now be launched at the time stated,
namely, the 30th instant, at two o'clock.
ACCIDENT AT TUB AMPHITHEATRE.—A, few minutes
before the commencement of the performances at the
Amphitheatreon Saturday, a young man, named Connolly,
who was in the gallery with his sister, fell over into the
pit, alighting on one of the forms. The house was nearly
filled at the time, but, although the distance he fell is very
considerable, sustained no external injury. In a few
minutes he again entered the theatre, and witnessed the
performances.

- TSB BLA.C.KBURN BOILER EXPLOISION.—The inquest
terminated on Friday. The Coroner, in addressing the
jury, said, " The awful circumstances of the occasion
imposed upon them a serious responsibility, for without a
full investigation public anxiety could not be satisfied.
With respect to the responsibility of the employer, he
said he considered that, as the master generally left the
management of his machinery to some person whom he
might consider competent, he agreed to some extent with
the argument of Mr. Backhouse, that the person so en-
trusted was to a great extent the responsible party." He
then proceeded to read over the voluminous evidence, coin- .
menting upon the statements of the various witnesses.
The Coroner finished his summing up at nine o'clock,
when the jury retired to consider their verdict. At twenty:
five minutes past ten o'clock the jury returned into court,
and, on answering to their names, delivered the following
verdict:—" The jury find a verdict of `Manslaughter'
against William Hesketh and Edward Sharpies, con-
jointly, relating to the death of Edward Sharpies and
others, caused by the explosion of a steamboiler under
their care, in Starkie-street. The jury entirely exonerate
Mr. James Pickop from all blame. The jury recommend
the inspection of boilers, and suggest that the mayor call
a meeting of the millowners and proprietors of steam-
boilers of Blackburn to consider the matter as early as
convenient." The court then broke up, Mr. Hesketh
being given into the custody of the police to await his
trial at the next Liverpool assizes.
ALLEGED ROBBERY OF 1.11,200.—0 n Saturday informa-
tion was given at the police-office by Peter Ball, of 7,
Wilton-street, who keeps a fruiterer's stall in St. John's
market, that his house had been broken into, a box forced
open, and £l2OO stolen therefrom. Ball stated that the
sum was all in Victoria sovereigns, some wrapped up in
brown paper, more in writing paper, and that it was made
up in twelve parcels, each containing 100 sovereigns. He
also stated that an entrance had been effected into his
house by parties getting over the back wall, into the yard,
then breaking a square of glass, and by this means raising
the window, and getting into the house. The money
was stated to be in a box, the lock of which was picked,
and the contents carried off. Some bundles of wearing
apparel were also found tied up, but not removed, and the
robbery was stated to have been committed during the
absence of Ball's daughter, who had left the house at six
o'clock to take her father and mother's tea to the market.
She returned home about seven o'clock, and then found
that the robbery had been committed. Immediately on
information of the robbery being given, several of the
detective officers were despatched to the scene of the
alleged robbery. A critical examination of the premises
at once satisfied the officers that professional thieves had
nothing whatever to do with the robbery ; and if robbery
there had been, it must have been committed by some one
belonging to Ball's household. This surmise was con-
firmed by the fact that the window by which the entrance
was alleged to be effected had been broken from the in-
side, the glass falling outwards rather than inwards, which
would have been the case had the window been broken
from the outside. A ininute search was then instituted,
a sum of £3OO in sovereigns was found concealed in a
cradle, and after a further search an additional sum of
£6O was found in the ashpit, making altogether £360.
From inquiries instituted by the officers it was then ascer-
tained that Ball and his wife had had a dispute iu the
early part of the week, and from the nature of Mrs. Ball's
remarks they were led to believe that no robbery had
taken place, unless she and her daughter were parties to
it. It is also believed that the sum actually taken is far
below the amount stated by Ball to have been taken from
the box,