Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-19 00:00:00

SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES CROWN 601TRT.—TnunsnA.Y. [Before Mr. Baron WATSON.] His Lordship took his seat this morning at nine •'clock. SENTENCES, John hone, aged 43, a porter, for a rape on his own daughter, a little girl only nine years of age, was con demned to penal servitude for fifteen rears James Nawdsley, aged 18, for a married woman, name( felonious assault on -lizabeth Langton, imprison ment with hard labour for fifteen calendar months. Alice M'Allister, aged 32, for the manslaughter of Sarah Evans, condemned to penal servitude for three imprisonment and hard labour for three Joseph Pollard, aged lendar Monti on the is Ilartlev, i. 27, for having, at Chadderton, assaulted and robbed Edward and hard labour for twelve calendar months ND ROBBERY AT I ASSAULT ERPOOI Henry Fitzgerald, aged 18, a sailor, was indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the 14th June last, feloni ously assaulted James Ferguson, and stolen from his person a watch and chain. About half-past three o'clock on the morning of the 14th June last, the prosecutor, who was returning from Tranmere wakes, was accosted in '\Vhitechapel by the prisoner and some other men and women. They asked the prosecutor to go into a public house to have same drink. On coming out, the men attacked him, and the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the forehead, and then robbed him of his watch and chain. The prosecutor ran after the prisoner, and, though he could not catch him, he kept his eye upon him. The watch -vas found in a street through which the prisoner was attempting to escape. Verdict—. guilty. Sentence deferred. _ _ THE CHARGE AGAINST THE CAPTAIN OF A BRITISH CONVEYING CHILIAN POLITICAL OFFENDERS TO THIS COUNTRY William Lesley, 3 the captain of the Louisa Bra ginton, appeared on bail, to answer an indictment, con taining many' co injuriously, hat he had unlawfully rnprisoned, assaulted, aid detained, for the spice of ninety-eight clays, on the high seas, Benjamin Vicuna M'Kenna, Angelo Custodio Gallo, Manuel Antonio Matta ; and also that he had conspired _with others, to the jury unknown, to take mid convey the gentlemen named against their will from their own country. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. Attorney-General Bliss, Q.C., and Mr. Aspinall were counsel for the prosecution; Mr. Overend, Q.C., and Mr. DeightQn were for the defendant. The case excited great interest. The defendant sat with his solicitor at the table oc the clerk of the court. The Attorney-General in opening the case, said—The charge which you arc now-to try against the defendant in this indictment is the charge of false imprisonment— that is, of unlawfully. imposing restraiYA upon the person -raer the protection of the laws of England -flitted upon shore in England or upon of a ill which, the high season board a British ship, is, I t a k e it to be, an ot. fence, and an offence of:a pubhc nature, to be punished upon indictment. As this is a case somewhat nove l i n many of its circumstances, it is necessary for me to open to - - I;,‘, nAq conceive it, and the facts, as they With regard to on both the will be proved in ovidence before you the law of the east of course, will take it frOm my Ind it is with all submission to I propound it, that every restraint - en the free man is an imprisonment. It is so laid r Lord Coke, second Institute, 482 ; and also lord upon the bend that if "a man be imprisoned without cause, there will Lgainst him that did the wrong, ute of Magna Charta, as also laid the second Institute, 55. The be an indictment according to the s down by Lord Col let me remind you, is Autos of the realm, and is Charter of our liberties. It us all, though we have lost sight of the Charter in the lapse of time, and in the great improvement in our institutions since then—the precious clause which ,says that no free man shall be imprisoned, except by process of law and judgment of court. And if the statuteibe followed, as in the present His .Lordship : Magna Charta itself was founded upon the themexisting fundamental laws of the kingdom. The Attorney-Geterid continued: In the same insti tute it is provided that for every breach of the peace by false imprisonment an indictment will lie. Now, gen tlemen,. the false imprisonment in this case consisted in the prisoner taking on board his ship four subjects or citizens of a foreign state, who, involuntarily and against their will, and by violence, were put on board his ship . . them in the ship from their own countr y , "c Ocean, being in the State of )f lllflny•thousand miles—to Eng- and brin, situated in the Paeit Chili—a long voyage. land, during the `whole of whiCh time the and imprisonment in the eye of the h Gentlemen. this captain beyond that of bringing themaiaTns i tthei; own will, from their own , country, a voyage so long, and or so many days, to such a distance as this. Gentlemen, the defendant in this case, W. Lesley, was:the masterof a Bri tish ship called the Louisa Braginton, a ship which is registered at Bideford, to which pla c e s h e b e l ongs, an d of which ship the defendant is not only master, but part owner. At the end of the year 1858, lie was at Valparaiso. From that place to this country it was that the imprisonment took place; and he arrived in this country- some time in June or July last. On his arrival here, the four persons whom he had brought as prisoners from that country went before the magistrates, and made a complaint which is now to he tried :before . yon. These four persons arc the •prosecutors in this case. They are gentlemen of high respectability, of , character, of position, and fortune ir. their own country. They are all natives of Chili ; two of them are iumobers of the legislature of that state, and the other two are men of letters, connected with the !public journals of the country. In December, last year, there was a public meeting in Santiago, at !which these four gentlemen were present, when the -overnment of that country surrounded the meting Armed force, arrested these four gentlemen. mprisoned "iem, and kept them in imprisonment 'r brought them down to board the defendant's - - eminent made with an armed force, and when 0 bronfrht • Lilt; U V ciaiaB Vl night of the day, the 9th March ' they were accompanied by armed soldiers on board the defendant' s ship. The defendant, who had before agreed to take them, and who was perfectly well aware of their situation and the restraint under which they were placed, was on board his ship with his crew, and had - made ormarntinn. receive them. crew were stationed about, two of them at his cabin door. When the_ gentlemen were brought on board his ship, some time was allowNl thAm tions to resist to the utmost if any attempt was rtmde to escape. It is very true that , the gentle men were lodged in the ra:hin, that they were allowed to walk about the deck, that :no violence or further restraint was put upon them, other than the restraint and imprisonment which -consists in being put on board a ship contrary to their will, and being carried further and further every moment - from their homes, And where they wisheii r ie 713 e. This continued until they arrived at Liverpool, and when they arrived there, ;the captain objected to their :lauding until he could take them to the Chilian consul, for a reason you will presently hear. An attempt .was iciade when they did .iving- a ress to 't bat, knowing the privilege , of liherty, when under her Majesty's protection, -they 'insisted on7being taken to the Adelphi Hotel, and they then Found :means of making their wrongs known. Beim :the magistrates, the captain made no dispute qiftthe Teets alleged against him, and the magistrate preperly lthoiAght it involved a question which ought incestigated by a higher tribunal than his„an , dl hesteordiltly sent it to be tried captain of this ship to imprison these men on the high seas, or `.ring them from their own country against their will. There is no law of any country that could autho rise that, and it is most contrary to the laws of this country. I think you will agree with me that the mas ter of a British ship ought to conceive that, with the flag that is committed to his charge, there is also entrusted to him some fragment of the authority of the laws of Eng . ,• - Tana; that some portion of that flag is entrusted to his eus tody and go©d behaviour ; and that to make it wave over a prison,liouse of British subieets—who_ t h e mompnf thirty are on board a British ship on the high seas, under the British flag,- are entitled to the protectionsof British laws—is doing a diseredit,and a disgrace to the British flag, and to a British ship, of winch he ought to be ashamed. I do not know, nor do I pretend to say, that there is any other degree of inhumanity charged against this captain, than that of having done this serious act of imprisonment, continued for a serious length of time, and which might have been attended with very serious consequences, had these gen tlemen resorted to u - hat they would, perhaps, have been justified in doing—violence, to retrieve themselves from the unjust restraint imposed upon them. I apprehend we shall be able to prove these facts beyond all doubt ; the question of law you will receive from my lord. I am not aware that there is any doubt upon the law of the case ; however, if any should be raised, his lordship will direct you. His Lordship.—ls there any disagreement as to the facts of the ease ? . The Attorney-General. —I believe not, my lo . rd. His Lordship said he had in his own mind prepared himself for this case. If the facts were ada:" - was no doubt what the question was for consic It was the legality of a British captain making 1, there tract with the civil from home, lese men urtlitgllG tnem to Liverpool, and during the time of the voyage they had no power to escape from his dominion. This being so, it was a question of law entirely. He intended to reserve it for the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeal. This being a misdemeanour, he would take the facts Ts they appeared on the dep os iti ons, which seemed to be as much in favour of one side as the other. If this suggestion met with approval, he would state a case which would incorporate all the facts. He would direct the jury to find the prisoner guilty, and discharge him upon his own bail until the question was decided in the Court of Criminal Appeal, which would December or January next Mr. Overend said the ship was ready to sail. His Lordship replied that if the captain was absent from the country it would be a sufficient excuse for not appearing, and he would give him time.. •He believcd that this prosecution was not carried on in any vindic tive spirit against the defendant. He could not suppose that it was necessary that he should be deprived of the means of his daily bread while the question was pending. The Attorney-General said that, so far as the gentle men themselves were concerned, they were men of fortune, and they had refrained from-sec tion for their wrongs by a pecuniary were, however, anxious that i British shipmaster was not ti Ign captive a dray going up Park-lane, when, in consequence of attempting to pass a coal cart, he came into collision with a ginger-beer shandry. The result was, that the* deceased and a boy were thrown out of the shandry. The skull of the deceased was fractured; he was taken to the Southern Hospital, and died soon afterwards. The prisoner bore a good character, and had been in the same employ fo fteen years The jury acquitted the prisoner ASSAULT . WITH INTENT TO DO BODILY HARM. John Widwell, aged 40, was indicted for having, at Liverpool, •on the 12th July last, assaulted James Cooper, with intent to do bodily harm. They had a quarrel, and the prosecutor was about to strike the prisoner with a jug, when the prisoner aimed a blow at the Tace of the prosecutor and broke his jaw. The jury found a verdict of guilty. Sentence deferred. STABBING AT LIVERPOOL. Martin Cannon, aged 30, was indict e d f or h av i ng, at Liverpool, on 14th July last, feloniously stabbed John Fegan. The offence arose out of a quarrel between the prosecutor and the prisoner at St. John's Market on the 14th July last. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of a continua assault. Sentence deferred li' u vua I 111.:411 I Jualey na, done this in Chili, . - ander the' superior- force and coercion of the 'Milian government, and had been constrained to kflo 'would have been a question of public wrong, 'to :bc !publicly vindicated by our government and the Chilian , government ; or if the captain had beendectiivell, or had supposed that these men came voluntarily ton 'board, •and had been utterly ignorant of any violence liming used 'by government, or any restraint imposed 'upon them, it must have been thought that it was liis misfortune and not his crime. But we shall show you!that the captain was an accom, plice—a party to the whole proceeding. He knew before the condition. of these .men ; he made a con tract—a written contract—with the Chilian govern- GREENEP AND ANOTHER V. PHILLIPSO N. meat. to bring five 'passengers _away, and he bound himself under a p en alt y to ,bring them to England. In this ease Mr. J ames , QC., an d M r. Jones ap- He was required b reo nt rac ti o pro d uce a cert i f i cate from peared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Serjeaut Atk inson an d the Chili= consul 'in_ !Liverpool Mr. Brett for the defendant. or in England that h e had landed them h ere . Th e act i on was to recover the value of a mare well He saw them brought down by known in sporting circle s , name d Bl yt h e. Th e plain soldiers—he'Saw armed• force' that :accompanied a n d tiffs, Mr. Thomas G r e cne p an d 3f r. Th omas W agstaff, conveyed them, that ;came. on board his ship with the m; Mr. who and, after they hail 'gone down into the cabi n , an arme d are the executors of beim, Bryan Holmes, at the time the oeno,,;m• died on the steamer took them 'ant to Ren Nn.rf). • 9th of May last, he ♦ NISI PRIUS COURT -YESTERDAY [Before Mr. Justice HILL.] His Lorship entered the court at nine o'clock, ECE V. PEEL IN this case, which was an action to recover the value of certain gas fittings furnished for a new Methodist Chapel at Ackworth, near Pontefract, • ..- which me published yesterday, the jury returned a ver dict for the plaintiff, damages £64 10s. 2d. A HORSE CASE , , proprietor of the Bu s h V au lt s , Li verpoo l ; and • likewise Isith; when out at sea , on th e impropriety-of his conduct, the proprietor of the Ti ger V au lt s , i n t h e same neigh and was' requested to land th em . He confessed that he bourhood, which, at th e ti me o f hi s d ecease, were occu- For bringing th ese gen tl emen f rom Chili h e got £6OO, hall done it fora rewa r d,. andthis reward was a mere bribe. pied by Mr. James Phillipson a n d M r . R o b er t I re l an d . The fast-trotting mare Blythe, th e va l ue o f w hi c h the ordinary passage-money for each gentleman being was now ' sought to be recovered, was b re d b y M r. from £3O to t4O. It was for the sordid m o ti ve o f an Bryan Homes, out of a ma r e w hi c h h e h a d, an d was extra sum of mone y h e did i t, an d ma d e h i mself an accomplice to all the rest ra i n t an d a ll th e v i o l ence i m - about six years old. Ab ou t Ch r i s t mas l ast, the mare was sent by Mr. Holmes from th e B us h s t a bl es t o t h e Ti ger posed ?yen the se men . F rom t h e moment they touched stables, to be attended by the groom there. Mr. Phil his ship they were under the jurisdiction of the Admiralty Epson,' who kept the Tiger vaults, was brother-in-law to of England; and when they got to sea, they were M be yond all doubt un d er th e i r j ur i s di ct i on, and the master rem Holmes, having married hi s s i sr , er . Th e mare of the the ship and every b o d y e l se was li a b le for any offence remained fourteen or fifteen week s , an d th en committed on on board th e s hi p , i n t h e same manner as if returned to the Bush stables about a fo r t n i g ht it was committ e d on s h ore . Th e or i g i nof their imprison- weeks before Chester races, which to o k pl ace week in May. It was sent there in order to be in good ment becomes, the r ef ore , an i mportant matter i n this condition •to be taken to Ch es t er . . Mr. Holmes, enquiry. I beli eve , i n po i nt o f f act, that the proceedings on th e p ar t o f the officials of the Chilian however, was taken seriou s ly ill, did no t go to Ch ester, . on May. government was not au th or i se d b y t h e l aws o f Chi l i , b ut and died Tiger the 9th of stables, to which it The horse was then with that I appreh en d we h ave not hi ng to d o. There ~ had been remov e d. at the fintingrori r..-- at. - • is no law of Chili w hiph o n„ .... , ....--1 ,-, '' It the first —,,,c11 gave way, the latter part of last year, the two . families were somewhat estranged, but when he saw his health was so declining, '- wished for a reconciliation, and sext for th fendant. At that time, being he was in want of some person to and the defendant went nearly every night to sit up with Mr. Holmes over and over again expressed ' , tent"— .l'- corpulent man; in. ion never to se,. MS mare, or part with her, but that so long as she lived she should remain in the family ; he would either give her to his nenhew. Henry Tro- land, or to his brother-in-law, James Phillipson. The defendant's kindness to him, during his last illness, induced him to make the gift to him at mid-day on the 28th of April, about a week before his death. Mr. Holmes said to Mr. Phillipson, who was in his bedroom, " James, I will give you my mare." Phillipson replied, " Very well, Bryan, I will behave we ll t o h er ." M r . _ account, and the defendant promised to introduce the plaintiffs to Mr. Powell. Subsequently, about the -end of February, the defendant said that he had seen Mr. Powell, who said that he declined to transfer the busi ness to plaintiffs ;_but that, in the event of the defendant giving up business, he should transfer the business to his aunt. On this the plaintiffs said the bargain was then off, and they must have the money which they had paid on account returned, as the agreement was for the trans fer of the business. This the defendant refused to do, and hence the present action was brought. The jury were instructed to enter a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT [Before Messr ABSCONDING FROM WEDNESDAY. AIKIN and DixoN.l HE SCHOOL-FRIGATE )NWAY —Patric Leslie was brought upon a charge of having deserted the frigate Conway, and taking with him £5. Captain Powell, commander of the Conway, stated that kuu prISOUCT was a pensioner, anti had been taken on board more for charity than anything else. • He was by trade a joiner, and could make himself very useful on roweu) unu given him £5 to puicha7se tools, so that he might be of service to the frigate. He did not hear of him for some time after he had givenlim the money, and then felt it his duty to report the case to the police. He had no desire to prosecute the prisoner, as be attributed his ill-conduct to having taken drink. He never found anything against him before to complain of, and he f I should wish him to go on board qnd return to his duty ; for, if he (Captain Powell) did prosecute the prisoner, the result would be that he would lose his pension. —Mr. Aikin (addressing the prisoner) : Captain Powell has evinced great leniency towards you, for which you you should feel very grateful. As he does not wish .to press the charge, I shall direct that you be taken on board by a police-officer, and you are to bring the tools with you. Let this be a warning to you ; for should you again be brought here, you will be severely punished. The prisoner was then discharged. naa been charged with embezzlement, was called, when Mr. Bluck stated that the money had been re funded, and there was no desire to prosecute the case further. Discharged. A YOUNG THIEF.—John Henry Kirby, a youth of thirteen years of age, was brought up fo watch from Mrs. Coventry, of 70, Roscoe-s ;reet, w he pledged with Mr. Fishwick, in Tithebar"n-street. It appeared that the lad was living in a situa tion with a Mr , . Williams, and had been sent a message by his mistrcs3 to Mrs. Coventry' s h ouse , on which - occasion he abstracted the watch in question, which he pledged for 153. in the pawn-office referred to. r3,..1 a position. „it was grievous t 9 see young boys beginning life so badly. He would re mand the prisoner generally, that his parents might knew of An kN UNGRATEFUL SON.—Michael Lynch, a rough and --1-looking customer, was charged with beatir harden and verN him to pay a fine of £.5, or to be im prisoned for two months - CHARGE or FORGERY.—George Clarke surrendered to his bail, on a charge of. forgery, inasmuch as he signed the name ,of John De Silva, a seaman, to an allotment note, purporting to allot to Clarke a portion of De Silva's wages. The facts were given on the M first hearing of the ca se . r. Cobb appeared on the Cobb sai and Mr. Black fi was not a felony, but only a misdemeanour However, o Clarke's ;her rust the notice of the Watch Committee ; and he would recommend the board to refer it to the Watch Com- mittee, who he .was sure, would & )orterage, in vio- was given by a consequence I HEALTH COMMITTEE. This committee held a weekly meeting yesterday, in the council-room of the Town Hall, Mr. Alderman. Dover presiding ; and there were also present, Messrs. Beckwith, Shiel, Crosthwaite, Gladstone, Anthony, Haydock, Avison, Bowring, Stitt, Crellin, and Barton. The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and In snector of Luis,..--- t.. , ......arivucs particulars of the operations in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 122 nuisances complained of by inhabitants had been inspected and ini-an in remedy them ; 942 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 2,839 apartments and 568. cellars, had been put under examination with the view of improving their sanitary condition ; and 225 lodging-houses had also been examined and reported upon. The Medical Officer of Health reported that, in the. week en:lino. Saturday last, the deaths were 235, beim,- 1, ULU Lau, uemb 10 fewer than in the previous week, and 37 less than the corrected average of the same week of the preced ing nine years—one-third of the entire mortality ; 78 deaths occurred in the out-townships. The deaths. ascribed to zymotic diseases were 83 • comprising 52: from diarrhoea, 11 from hooping-cough, 6 from scar latina, 3 from erysipelas, 2 from dysentery, 2 from English cholera, 1 from croup, 1 from diphtheria, a n d 1 from thrush. During the ten weeks only two deaths were registered from typhus, and one case o f sma ll pox proved fatal ; a lower mortality than in any similar period since the Sanitary Act came into operation.. From diseases of the lungs the deaths were 42, in cluding 22 from consumption. . Delirium tremenB proved fatal to a man thirty-four years of age. The CHAIRMAN said he had seen a paragraph in the papers which stated that a woman had been poisoned by eating the seed of the potato, and he wished to know if that Were poison. Dr. DUNCAN stated that there was a plant which: grows in this country, vulgarly named the potatoe apple,. that was well known to be a strong narcotic poison. Mr. ANTHONY said he always heard that it was poison.. Mr. STITT said he had mentioned some time ago that Molyneux, of West Derby, had complained of a. I near his premises, as being a since, when he again. cattle treagh, erectec made the same complaint Mr. CROSTHWAITE said he was aware that it was no nuisance, Mr. STITT said that-it was stated by Mr. 3folyneux that the corporation had erected the trough on ground The CHAIRMAN said the matter had been referred to, the Public Convenience Committee, and no report had been received from them. The matter then dropped LODOIXG-HOUSES The CHAIRMAN said he would trespass on their time a few minutes, as he could not pass over in silence' a letter which Mr. Rathbone. well intentionec appeared in a contemporary, signed by He believed Mr. Rathbone to be very 1, but, like many other gentlemen, he was inclined to push matters too far. What he com plained of in his letter was, the state of the common lodging-houses in Liverpool. They had no proof that the lodging-houses of Liverpool, over which the coin- Inca iroin wora,.Desiaes doing thittee had control, were in the disgraceful state which much injury to the interests of the shipping of the port. he had depicted them in his letter, and, therefore, his The memorial prayed the interference of the board for remarks did not apply to lodg,ing-houses with which the suppression of this practice. they could deal. The whole subject turned on the- The CHAIRMAN said the practice complained of, all construction of the 125th section of the Health Act, members of the board would agree , was v er y injurious, the . words of which we re —" Th at, whereas the and they were called upon to remedy it as far as in their keepers of lodging-houSes of every description for the power. He was afraid, however, that they had no . accommo d ation of mendicants, strangers,' and oth ers , f or power. The subject was one which must come under on to say, Tint tl,on V MILLIE snort, penoo." And the act went , that they would have a jurisdiction with such. nagistrates said the committee had no jurisdic- prevent a -- -- (-ma ov er loaging - nouses where apartments were let by Mr. GR the week ; and th a t, i n f act, the i r power only extended practice most injurious to the port. AVES suggested that it would be bette r fi rs t to to ho uses occup i e d b y mendicants. This was really could do with it. refer it to the 'Marine Committee, to see what they meant, so to spe a k, o f peop l e who m i ght be occasionally • . lodging for the night in passing through the town. He Mr. Foawoon considered it was a matter of police, had known cases where the police had interfered with and that they had no power over the men in the river. parties who let weekly lodgings; and it was only the other Mr. BUSHELL said there was no question that the day, when speaking on that subject in the Council, Mr. matter had become a crying evil, and although they Beckwith had - mentioned three cases that were brought might have no jurisdiction, it was perfectly c l ear tk a t before the magistrates in Liverpool, and two were fined, they were deeply interested' in the morals of the seamen but the third said he did not take in lodgers for the in the port ; and if these men should set ships on fire night, and that he only accommo d a t e d wee kl y l o d gers, through their drunkenness, he th oug ht th ey would be and the fine was returned. In a conversation which he greatly to blame if they were negligent in a matter. of himself had with the magistrate's clerk, he learned that this kind. He thought Mr. Graves's suggestion a very that was the c ons t ruct i on w hi ch had been applied by one. the magistrates to that section of the act; and he could The memorial was referred to the Marine Committee. not see the use of going to court with cases if the. A letter was read from Messrs. Cavafy and Co., com- magistrates would not take them up. On application plaining that Messrs. Bibby, Sons, and Co. refused to being made to the officers of health to register lodging— grant the usual allowance ibr mn.f..” -- - L - houses, they went to inspect the houses, and then Run, ;tween the alterations a of thc Ittorney-General, tl 1 by calling the principal witnesses, and read Cdepositions; which they 'said were tr Tile jury, on his lordship's direction, returned a v His fArds 7 hip then directed that the defendant shank , nter into his own recognizance when called on to receive that he should find one s'uretv for £lOO udgment on this indict was a cas, Leration w ue amounteu tor to tne timber trade of the houses which applied for a license. were unfit generally. Mr. Evans said he had examined the dif- for lodging-houses, and were 'refused; but still the ferent premises occupied by the timber trade, and he had people kept them. By his statement, he ap come to the conclusion that there was not the slightest peared to think that all the faults of lodging-houses. excuse for them requiring compensation for removing. would be obviated if the whole matter were left to the There were no expenses except that of keeping a boy or police. But in order to show that, under the present. two. The yards Were amply worth the rent. Among system, blame must rest with the police, it was the the yards that were well occupied was that of Mr. business of the police-officers to inform the officers of Farnworth. and this frentleman moa. „,.„ any houses were wet so low I without being. licensed, th had no reason complain; and hove he could reconcile his conscience take any part of the £2,600, he could not possil tile his mind to. By giving this £2.600. t 'arnwoi to I mediately proceeded against I ferred to a comm ,nd it was not fo. The matter had been re -2e some time ago V . the Council, lira to say what' decision that coin- to out it appeare m that ' cars' rent out of th e f un d s o f th ere were two or three ; courses that coul d d to be hi adopted. fhe timber trade had incurred Would they let the matter remain in the hands of the no expenses by removing. The land, which was police, or put it wholly into the hands of the Health let at tenpence per yard, he considered was worth Committee ? He had no wish to sing his own praise; but is. 6d. per yard. The board had done everything it was a fact, that before the introduction of the for the timber trade except carrying on the business TT. Itl, em A • - the drek • esta )uses were soli now there was no such thine ;herefore )c carries _ ..... ~...... ,ou committee had done was __. oy that board, he begged, . done with a good result. But if it should be thought with their permission, to withdraw his motion. desirable to alter, he wished to show the committee how _ the alteration would act. In a place like Liverpool, were a great many people, many of the • ' , s , industrious mechanics. proceeamgs IMPTtOVEMENT IN GENTLEMEN'S HATS Many letters from time to time have, on this Ri,me .ers of t id if an a get into DA our shops 9, DA 'JOHN 6, OIIESCE' _ active partner of the fi lm of d SIMPSON ,__ begs to of the wo state that this vac fi,„+ SIMPSON, the KINNEAR lodgin .t in Gentlemen's Hats is his own inven Tri - "' c 3gistered by him in his own name, and is au tidn, and re In bringing this invention ins own private property so prominently before the publi.,, _ _ nr. BEexwl thought that the committee tzt say- I referred t o Prescot nd - Walton fo aas jusl 'eel)._ to print, in uj. lax snoUla be glad to avail end the i‘ Liverpool Journal," some three or four himself of the information, and he meant to take a etters at a time. The principle upon which the journey over to Prescot and Walton for that purpose. Salta thorn _ ,dvertisemcnt is inserted is the one so well expressed in M r. GLADSTONE orn , that admitted of no doubt as having been guilty of what Mr. Bluck said the cas was altc the uncorroborated testimony of I went to a jury they could not but have a: reasonable -- ,- iiie . 8 .661:1.1..Ga, ...-- _ , ~ Holmes then ordered a groom named Tommy to be on of discharging Clarke. Sent for, and on his arrival in the bedroom he said to THE SHA.REBROKER'S CASE.—This case, which has him, "Pat the saddle, b r idl e , an d c l ot hi ng on my mare, created so much interest, owing t o the revelations that and take her to Mr. Phillip son ' s s t a bl e. " He further are being made on its investigation, has, with the eon said to Mr. Phillipson, " Take her away now,, or, if I sent of both parties, been adjourned for a week. We die, you will not get her." The jury returned a verdict do not wish to prejudge the proceedings ; but if we may for the plaintiffs—damages, - .£150. • be allowed to form an opinion from the excitement ACTION FOR A TRESPASS. - evinced, taken in connectio:?_ with the host of books that were conveyed into court, together with the evidence Is that will be given, which is reported to be very volumin ' i ous, it is likely to resemble something in the shape of an. auxiliary case to the Liverpool Borough Bank ion, came BENNETT V. BAIZE AND OTHEIV This was an action. to recover .compensation damagesfrom the defendants for a trespass on the tiff's house. Mr. James, Q.C., and - Mr. Brett, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Monk, Q.C., a n d M r . S oIN Q.C., appear( case, 3ft arty on Niessrs been co 1041, p U Uil rent was XO6 a year; he payed it regu l ar l y t ill M ay last. The defendants Baize were plumbers, carrying on busi ness in the same village, the agents for the landlord of Ho uSEREEPERS the house ; and the defendant Harrison was a balitf. - 11rnthprq 5 'P.M.+ . . . .7 appeared that the plaintiff wa s a ppli e d t o f or hi s rent pay IA Bd. for at in May. On the 11th of June, he had collected sufli- THE S cient money to pay the half-year's rent due, and he into th( instructed a friend, named M'itenna, to go to the shop w arr i ng ,, of Messrs. Baize for the purpose of tendering the rent. Beaumont, Mr. M'Kenna accordingly went, and offered the money . sur to Mr. Baize ; b u t, s t range t o say , M r. B a i ze refused to eon, am, Miss Ewing was not of ur take it, alleging that the matter was now entirely out again adjourned. of his hands, and that hay --, 1 had been instructed AMUSEMENTS IN L rt I take possession. The - 61 , 11 fon a avarl 4,, _ WARItINGTO was resumed Dr. Shiupto: NEW Er -Tha Coffee sold by Thompson -.street, at is. 4d., is better than you ;hment The inc iv other establisi LUNACY CASE ,ed that, in their opini( The inquiry wai to , the moniing until ten at night. .Allsop's Wax-Work Harrison, but he refused to receive it unless a sum exhibition. All the kings . and queens, from and in of £6 10s. 6d. were paid on account of expenses. eluding William the Conqueror down to Queen The plaintiff declined to pay the expenses alleged Victoria ; also princes and princesses, dukes, duchesses, to be due, and took all necessary precautions to lords, , eminent statesmen warriors, p oet- '• • keep the bailiffs out of his house. H av i ng consulted a l -- - with a legal gentleman, however, h e allawedtl to come into his house, and at the door he dlr., the arrears of rent due, in addition to ss. for eac and 7s. 6d. for the warrant. The bailiffs refused to r the money unless they had Harrison's authority. H i son was accordingly sent for, but he declined to at pt the tender of the money, and told the men `he furniture. The bailiffs stopped 4 , much to the annoyance of V - Amily ; and, on the following in , article of furniture was renw 6 I defendants, including eve ,, " s, divines 1n1 r) I `world, varying' from five to twenty feet e ‘`' v e Allsop's dioramic, panoramic in height :osmoramic, and topic_ views, c now c I forming one large establisl )ranig, 001, and near 1 n to thepubE ladies. A few da learnt the whereabouts of h place and again offered the r( pay a sum of £62 19s. 9d. befo_ _ returned to him. The expenses charged a y. a--" "Liu observe to the half year's re n t, £27 10 s. M r. Monk, who appeared ic amounted to no less a sum th an £35 9 s. 9d ., i n p r°ur-.- on behalf of defendants Baize and Penning that the nlaintiff hnd hnnn Dn, stated 1 in a period of three years hat Mr the cos NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. , irt, in ti m of steam vessels for lo'nz s name, " Allsop," at the Alrm. Allsop. to the County Court, Lime-s ly opposite the Adelphi Hotel AUGUST 19, 1859. LIVERPOOL DOCK BOARD Mr. Charles Turner occupied the chair at the weekly meeting of this body, held yestelday. The other mem bers present were Messrs. Rankin, Mondel, Bold, Smith, Evans, Graves, Shand, Farnworth. Inman, Forwood, Segar, Moss, Lockett, and Bushell. WORKS' COMMITTEE I The proceedings of this committee contained a recom- mendation to alio'w 15s. ft week as a superannuated allowance to Owen Griffiths, who. had been 59 years in the service of the Dock Committee. The proceedings 'le engineer to give notice for the clearance of the liuskisson Dock of all timber that should not be re 'quired in the construction of the steam dock by the Ist February next. On the motion of Mr. Smith, the proceedings were confirmed. ground east side of The proceedings of the Marine Committee were then read and confirmed. )OCKS AND QUAYS' COMMITTEE Mr. BOLD called attention to a letter which had been referred to the committee by the Warehouse Committee, in reference to vessels goin ,, into the Albeet Dock and going out again, without discharging their cargo. Mr: SMITH explained that the Docks and Quays' Committee had passed a resolution some time ago pro hibiting this practice. If the superintendent of the warehouses had brought the matter under the notice of the Harbour Master at once the matter would have been remedied, and saved both committees the trouble they -' been nut to. said that there was a resolution CHAIRMAN passed, by which there was a distinct agreement to be entered into that,. all vessels entering this dock should discharge there, but that had been evaded in one or two instances. Mr. Foßwoon said the statement of Mr. Smith ought to be noticed, in reference to the superintendent of the warehouse. The proceedings were confirmei The proceedings of the Mast were read and confirmed ,er Porters' Committee Town council. was . read, recommending the discon tinuance of the chain-adjusting machine. It was re solved by the committee that the establishment should be closed on the 31st December next, and that notice be given to the officers.that their services should not be required after that date. It was for the Dock B o a r d to consider whether they should contiuue the establish- Mr. MoNDEL said it was very important that there should be a public and impartial test for ehains, and he trusted the board would take this establishment under their charge. It would more than pay itself. Mr. RANKIN said the present machine was very in adequate for the purpose : something simprinr require. The resolution was referred to the Works' Committee -a L., n n•P A-memorial was rc writers and shipowners, complaining of the practice of persons boarding ships in the river, and inducing sea men, by drink, to go to certain boarding-houses, and by the armed force holding them in arrest aid imprison ment to take leave of their friends. They were then - down to the cabin, and the vessel put to sea, --I soldiers leaving th. the a ship-of-war, a Chilian steamer, towed the vessel out some distance to the high seas. As soon as the ship of war had left the vessel, the gentlemen scat for the defendant down to the cabin. They remonstrated with him upon his proceeding, and endea--oared, as well as they could, to call forth his humanity and excite his respect for the law. _ They appealed to him t. them on shore again, and informed . him th a t he had right to do what he was doing ; that he was disgracino• the flag; of his country by making his ship a orison_ house for them, and they being landed at Arica, no ()Teat distance from where they w ere . Th e defendant, however, refused this. He said he had made a good thing of it, and that, for money, he would even take the President of Chili himself and put hinton th e top of Cape Horn. (Laughter.) And when one of the gentlemen added, as another inducement, that he Nrveauids afflicted with a di seas e which the voyage might coolly fatal him, a disease of the lungs, the defendant y replied that he would probably be better when he got to the other side of Cape Horn. Finding that no reTnonst,,,,- mut hat tnat no motives of shame, propri , ety, he humanity, could induce the man to desist from a , li e w as doing, they ceased further to contend with him, and they subitted in silence to the wrong inflicted upon them. For What could they do ? Four gen tlemen surrounded by a crew of thirteen, what could they do but surrender themselves to the laws of their country, whose flag was waving ever theft, and at some time, to tell their injuries to the offfeers hope, of •,,w here, and that proper redress would be afforded The defend ,, -' - - - - them ? y_ident ttll.ll ant actually armed arms ag his crew with Bre jl ainst the t our gentlemen. they approached .the Azoes, !Ring afraid they might attempt to escape, he directed that his boats and holes bored iu them, and he also should be sroTe in distributed some arms amongst „elv, with iustruc . • another man praise thee, and not lie defendant then thanked his lordship, and lef the court 3IANSLAEGIITER OP A WIPE AT LIVERPOC Thomas 3tereu , 3on, aged 53, was indicted for means of the renhtatathtande Ir , ce co house, and that his object in tendering tinie he did was solely to avoid the expens, been unavoidably incurred. 91— 1 voyages for the general purposes of trade rrover bs• thine ow] wishec that will render more rapid The whole of those lette - rs 'are written by to mention, and tt bier uninfluenced by an ry gave a verdict for' Ibring c s one subject which he riven t treets towards the Cattle persons (3ii.)e;ie,...;li;;:wie near the Old Swan, to the danger - than He had had a conversation with the —",uu toe most distant u.,,„ t t n t the had poweratter, and to fr frame o w o a s h n y e o - t _ j other motive this parts of the globe and the mother country is a national —that they re n ally su f c e i l l t athdeegbreenee,fitthaotftpilery. thought it s T u o i r w - h cl e e t r h k ei i . n th r e ef eeoriyenoerei; i i m to state their opinions, not in words law to have a certain number of drovers to a certain . --- 07 the piamtitt, 1;30 damages for the house, and £62 19s. boon. The Great Eastern will, to a certain extent, do invention to an h d d number of cattle, and not, .as at present, have human Liverpool, on the 25th June last, feloniously killed 9d. damages for the wrongful seizure of the goods. • this, but at what an enormous expense ! Her first cost only just • and slain his wife Mary Stevenson. . M'KENNA V. HARRISON. The prisoner and his wife had lived happily together and current sailing expenses must be enormous ; and, merely, but also in writing - . No 7 • as a commercial operation, will she pay ? If it be •J. Gorsuch, Hair-Cutter and Perfumer, • , life endangered. for nineteen years, but on the 25th June last they both This action, which arose old of the last case, was true, however, as we have no reason to doubt—the P ar k er - s t ree t, b egs most res p ec tf u lly to thank his _ Mr. BECKWITH said he should be exceedingly glad got drunk and went to bed (the husband with his bouts brought to recover e couipe t nsatio h n e for l an assault on the plaintiff by the f ndan T and pai_ i _ _• i led with fact having been vouched for by such eminent men friends and the p u bli c f or th e lib era l patronage be- if some such thing was done, as he was pinned to the on). They then quarrelled, and it appeared the priso y :113S s ‘s e C ne s , , aLl A NTazr ii t ,, ree lm ; ~on en cl i tn 4 d i ft . , ,, ol9 ! as Mr.- Napier of Glasgow, and some of our other stowed upon him during th e f our t een years he has wall by a bull in London-road one day. ner kicked his wife. Tlfey were both found in bed b —that an engine of 100 horse-power been in business in Liverpool, and, furthermore, + at work on board a vesse l o f a b out 700 tons, sol i c i ts a cont i nuance of their favodr, which it shall SHIP LIFTING. -4 few days back the public, ladies . `ly between 8,000 an d 7,000 ever be his study to dese rve . H e takes the present inclusive, were called in to behold an anti-launch, with I miles on a consumption of coals only one-fourth o f th a t o ppo r tunity to ann ounce that the, late . partn ers hi p ex- t h e usual paraphernalia of spread tables and the eternal sting _ between himself and James Wynes is diss o l ve d ; champagne bottles. The valv es o f th e h uge tray b e i ng and for the future the business will be carried on, opened. it graduoliv ~,,,i, ~,,,i,-,,• ~,,,,,..- ;4- 411...1 1,...---,- _ inagnoour, tne prisoner in the stupor of intoxication and his wife in the arms of death. Verdict—guilty. Sentence deferred. for a person named Bennett. Plaintiff desired him to i wait, whereupon the defendant made use of abUsiVe TIIROWLNG VITRIOL ON MAN AT WIGAN. lanomage towards the plaintiff, and then s t ruc k hi m A Mary Norris, aged 40, was. indicted for having, at with has umbrella, and dragged him along,. in the Wigan, on the 15th May last feloniously thrown on course of which he tore his coat. The plaintiff, Miss William Taylor a quantity of vitriol, with intent to Clarke, and another witness, were called, and deposed • to the facts of the assault. The defence was, that the burn him and do grievous bodily harm. . The prosecut or was d es i red by a woman to look over plaintiff was the aggressor, having struck the defend ant a shutter into the prisoner's house to see if her husband first ' was there. The prisoner observed the prosecutor, and ' a room window. in deploredilritrying ri n i ; o that r s d u s c h h t i p h C a i t n i m trumperyes u of m u t l i h n e g a courtetuiPo said . 4 ' immediately threw upon hi m a quantity of vitrol from The jury found the prisoner guilty of burning. Sen tence deferred. plaintiff—damages, one farthing. lhould be wasted Verdict for the JOHNSON AND ANOTHEF GARVkIt ff I first---claTss-eng'liee-rs' is now STABBING AT LIVERPOOL. In this case the plaintiffs sought to recover damages Mary Wilson, aged 22, was indicted for baying, at for a brea c h o f con t rac t, an d also the return of £75 Liverpool, on the 15th July last, feloniously stabbed which the plaintiff's had paid to the defendant under Esther Johnson, with intent to do her grievous bodily the terms of an agreement which the defendant had en harm. tered into with the plaintiffs, but which he had failed to The offence arose out of a quarrel. On the 15th carry out. Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Deighton appeared July last, the prisoner had been fighting with another for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Pickering, Q.C., and Mr. woman la Ford-street; she then went .and got a knife, Henderson for the defendants. The plaintiffs were and inflietad a severe wound on the head of the prose- father and son, one being a warehouseman, and the cutrix, Verdict—guilty of unlawfully wounding. Sen- other is a shipping clerk in the employ of a merchant in tense deferred, this town. The_defendant is a corn broker, ar ,lse MANSLAUGIItER AT LIVERPOOL FROM FURIOUS which has run satisfactor it we must be on the eve of a c complete revolu 4-ion. What - - tion in steam naviz occurs to one's I ,Ae.,. , a cartowner in LitierpOol. In February last, plaintiffs DRIVING. agreed to purchase the defendant's carts, horses, stock, Thomas Linford, aged 41, was indicted for having,and goodwill of his b us i ness f or th e sum of £lss ' in a'i Liverpool, on the 2nd April last, feloniously killed consideration of the defendant t r an s f err ing to th em the and sl a i n J oseph Fallows, business ato, connexion, his principal employer b e i ng O n the 2nd , April last ; the prisoner was in charge of . Mr. Daniel Powell, ' The Bum of £75 was pa id on _ .. au the ram-heads with the gridiron. ......., ~,, craft from Aberdeen, called the Jason, light in _ ..... ~..,, ,y,ut,eu on as usual at ballast, and feather-headed, with a multitude of _.. _ ___,,,,.. uiltllll, ana that th e tea r and their residences. An experienced.. assistant will flags, of between 800 and 900 tons burthen, was The pumps were her keel, when a wear would be great. Such, however, is not the case. be sent round once a month to the foll ow i ng hahled by a rope . forward, and pushed by a steam hauled g l the and tray ni 9 touched vin g. The machinery is quite as simple and stro ll .. if not places : — Bootle, Seaforth, Waterloo, Crosby H u yt on , tug aft, till her keel ranged fore and aft over th e stronger, than ordinary marine engines ; and the boiler Rainhill, Runcorn, St. Helen's, Seacombe, Egre- centre of the tray, carefully adjusted by' measuring_ is far stronger, and likely to last double the time of the mont, New Brighton, Birkenhead Park, Claugh common marine boilers in use. 'We have heard a great ton, Oxton, and Rock Ferry. J. G. may be consulted t p li n e l i e l s ; deal lately about economy by ." superheating," and, no personally in all cases of disease in the hair. He calls series of huge chocks were llauled by ropes and slid for-- doubt, coals are saved, but we believe not money ; for it especial attention to th e s ti mulative .i ., renerties of his war d on th e transoms of the tray-till they formed a cradle et w t i o lil l e voi l - i k ft t i is very dangerou.s, and the absurd temperature of such " Circassian Balm, " (where th e h a i r I's falling t off,) o f a ll round her bottom. Then the rams were again set to. steam often cuts up the parts, and may in an hour ruin the which, and the Milk of Almonds, he is the sole in- work, and up went gridiron, tray, and cliper-shi machinery. That t rue h on e s t economy i s on l y to b e go t ventor ; an d , no other is genuine unless made by J. her keel stood some five feet above the water-level, p L and by good pressure of steam, is admitted by all engineers who Gorsuch.captain and mates could walk round her as easily as a understand th e i r p ro f ess i on . I n ocean steam-ships, to Crucuint.—Exchanov Hair-cutting and Sham - ' shoal of dolphins could swim rou n d h er i n d eep w „t er . use steam above 30 lbs., surface condensation must be pooing-rooms, (over the c ' s h o p o f Mr.. Turmeau, cigar T hen.unmistakeablycould beseen the traces on hercopper adopted, which Mr. Rowan has provided. for by his new merchant.) No. 11, Castle-street, Liverpool, August 5, of all the ricking and straining or scraping she might patent condenser. Rowan's boiler, again, can be used 1859.—Sir,—In h an di ng vOO . th e inclosed card ermit have undergone. As the tray rose, the water fell through more safely with 100 lbs. pressure than 9-lOths of the me to inform y ou th a t tt e partnership hitherto_ sub- the valves, and when clear of water the valves were ordinary marine boilers with 20 lbs—hence the economy sisting b e t ween myse lf an d Mr. Gorsnch has terminated closed, and then the great tray floated with Jason and of fuel. With Rowan's engines, the Great Eastern b y mutual consent. I s h a ll for the future carry on the his Argosy, and captain and crew, and what golden might have been a third smaller, and have had the same rooms situate as above, where I trust I may be favoured fleecery they might have, all on board. . The vess'el was capacity for cargo, &c. ; besid6 this, the money saved with y our patronage. Nothing shall be wanting on hoisted upon the tray for public inspection as deftly as in coals alone in a few years would be as much as would my part to deserve your conadenc e .—l h ave the honour Raines of' Buckley-square eo - ald hand up a letter.---Ohce build another ship of moderate dimensions, ' to be, sir, your obedient servant,' Jam e s Wynes. a 11 7 i , , - k, . mind, on hearing of these patent enginesOißOwan's, is, I superintendence .• that the r e w ill lik e l y b e somethinliahln to one /Int of mnnth. Priva Boarding Schools attended by the