Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-12 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL DOCK BOARD Mr. Charles Turner occupied the chair at the usual - weekly meeting of this board, held yesterday. The other members present were Messrs. Smith, Graves, Bold, Farn worth, Brocklebank, Shand, Langton, Monde], Inman, ltounthwaite, Laird, Hutchison, 'Rankin, Maclver, For wood, Segar, Tobin, Loc :01111ITTET The proceedings of this committ, dations to accept the tenders of Messy, Co. for the supply of cast iron cylinders, the Birkenhead Dock ; of Messr•~ T ' Co., to supply twenty , sheet; of Messrs. Keats and Co., to. „sheet lead. It was stated in the proceech— t , committee had been appointed to consider in all its bearin g the question of the increased facilities for traffic across th river, and to which sub-committee the resolution of tl! Town Council on that subject was referred. An annual report from the dock engineer wh. the general state of the docks and dock works, with the expenditure of the departments. _ contained recommen- or and red on to be de Bibby, sheets o supply of milled I read, on The report was an important document to the ratepayers , but was withheld from the reporters. It states that there was during the year an exnendi' otks on the turc on new Liverpool side of the river of' '' 77779265. 3d. Mr. BROCKLEBANK moved the confirmation of the pro ceedings, and the adoption of the report of the en g ineer. Mr.RANICIN, in seconding the motio n, said the report of the engineer 'must be satisfactory to the board. As to the Birkenhead works, they had done their very utmost to b et them finished within the time specified by the act of Par liament. Such an amount of work, in such a short time, was perhaps without parallel. Mr. MoNnEi. asked if there was no alterations to be made at George's Dock. The enninmA.N said there was nothing before them with reference to George's Dock. In reply to Mr. Laird,. the CHAIRMAN said a copy of the report was to be supplied to each member. The proceedings were confirmed. The proceedings of the Warehouse Committee were read .and confirmed without comment. MARINE COMMITTE This committee had no meeting last week ; but the sub ject of the line of telegraph along the docks, which had been put forward by them in the previous week, and which was deferred, was brought-on for consideration. Mr. MoNDEL said they would recollect that, in bringing this report forward, it was in somewhat of a crude state. He apprehended that they could not bring out any plan at present, but what must be verycrude. They had consideted the number of stations that would be requisite for the well working of the line. Eleven was their present number, but he did not know whether it would be desirable to confine themselves to this number. It was thought that this subject might be better considered when they came to enter into the contract with the par ties for workii it. "Five of these stations were for their own use. The engineer and the electrician stated that a simple woden hut would form an intermediate station, at a very slight expense ; but the committee would be very happy to have suggestions from, any member . of that board -who thought himself competent, or who had a knowledge of the question. They should learn a good deal when they came to contract with the parties. He had no doubt, mean time, they had altered the contract for six months, so that they would have the power to take the line into their own bands if they found it did not work well, by giving 'six months' notice. It was his own individual opinion that ffte - y should keep a wire in their own hands, for their own purposes, and let the remainder, and have connected that wire with the central police and fire station, andinake other ar rang,ements which he,apprehended they could not do if it got into the hands of a company. However, the board had passed a resolution that it should go into the hands of a company, and it was their duty to do the best for the work ing of it. There was one party which must be specially gr'eved, and that was the Bridgewater Trust. Their prin ciple dock was isolated. He thought it was hard upon them to restrict them from sending messages through the wires on their own business. He moved that the advertisement, as drawn out, be inserted, for tenders for working the line. Mr. INMAN seconded the motion, and said the Bridge water Trust Were no more aggrieved than other parties. . --- Mr. GitavEs said it must be quite impossible that in a matter of this sort every possible contingency 'could be pro .-vided for in an advertisement for the first time. They were asked to confirm what appeared to be the basis of an ar rangement between that board and any party tendering for the working of the telegraph. It appeared to him that it was desirable they should, as far as possible, determine what the vi.-ws of the board might be upon any point that might strike any member of that board, before they confirmed that advertisement. On reading it over, it struck him that there were points upon whic a th a t b oar d might express an opinion as to how far they were desirable for the greater utility of the telegraph at the south end of the town. He observed that one of their stations was worked in the fire police depot ; and it struck him, and he would suggest, that a station should be placed at the south-west corner of the Stanley Dock, within some fifty yards of the police-station there. The reason he made this suggestion was, that a party being always at this station, it would be extremely desirable that they should have a communication with it, in case of fire, to both extremities of the town. Following out this idea, he would suggest that it would be desirable to rim a wire to the central police-station of the town. He was aware that, by an act of parliament, they had no power to do this, but with the consent of the corporation there would be no difficulty ; and he had reason to think the Health Committee would be favourable to this. They would then have the power, at all times of the night, to have communication with the fire-office in case of any emergency. He would also suggest that they should reserve to themselves the right, in the tender, of placing the wire - where it was necessary for the estate. In reference to Birkenhead, he would suggest that it would be of very great importance to have a communication across the river by means of a telegraph. When the cable was laid to Holyhead they would require, and the public would require, to have messages transmitted to Birkenhead. A. station should be kept at Birkenhead for the same cost as one on this side of the water. Mr. Mondel spoke of letting the wires for six months. He (Mr. Graves) was of opinion that they would get no respectable party to come forward for the public utility, if they thought they were to be dis :l3laced in six months. lie hoped whoever entered into the arrangement would enter into it with the view of holding it for years, and that they would be prepared to go hand-in hand with the board to develope the line, at an expense which, while it would be profitable to them, would be eco nomical to the board. Mr. Graves concluded by suggesting an alteration in the wording of the advertisement. Mr. MAclvnn said the stations must be defined [before they could get anybody to come forward and tender. Mr. FoawoOD said he apprehended that it was intended that whoever took this line of telegraph, took it w i t h the view of connecting it with some other line, and e x t en di ng its usefulness, and that it was not to be let to a party for working itself merely. It was the wish of the board that the line should be commercially useful. Mr. Tonne thought the suggestions of Mr. G raves were well worthy of consideration. He thought it exceedingly desirable that the police-station should be ahle to communi cate with all parts of the town, and to the dock estate, which was more especially the subject under consideration, and also that they should have communications from all parts of the dock estate. As their operations grew wider, the neces sity bcame greater for this. As they extended their dock works, they must resort to artificial means in order to con centrate them ; and he should be glad that the Bridgewater Trust, and Mr. Maelver, and other gentlemen who carried on an extensive business should have a wire in their offices, and in the different establishments in the various parts of the town. Mr. RANKIN said it occurred to him that some one of the Present stations would not be wanted for a long time, and that ethers were too close together, that one in some places might answer for two, Mr. 13ema issued, it suggested that ! before the advertisement was tee should would be very desirable that the Marine Comm it -communicate with either one or both of the telegraph The valuab r e rnpanies. He thought they might throw The board le as to the working of the line. working it. „ perfectly ignorant as to the manner of the marine Committee same time he would, suggest,_ that they issued their adv e e e take into consideration, before torr,ttsement, the propriety of advCrtis ing the Holyhead one person on more adV;?tiap„li. also. Both might be let to , 7eous terms than one. This ad vertisement should come before the board before it was put in the papers_ The CHAIRMAN said, w i t h re spect to the Holyhead must head tele that involved a no th er consider grap h, r ecollect that the marine se map h ore had to be workyed. It : ivas' worth 'Consideration whether the heir ha should keep tl serna p4ore in t was I,doubtful ie marine, whether they should give the Holyhead teßrra be into other hands. There was no doubt some basis should be down for a tender, but at present no basis could be laid down which they were sure would work. Whatever basis they wo uld l a y down now might have to be materially altered as they gam e d experience. Therefore, h e cons i dered it of great importance that the line should not b e l et at first for more than eamonths, rnanths, so that they might be i n a noel .if the •partyshould not be willing tion to resume the line, to Ami d e t 9 Any alterations they might propose, Other- wise a company who got it into their hands for years , : could dictate their owirterms if alterations were made. Mr. LANGTON moved that the matter be referred back to the Marine Committee to enable them to consider the sug gestions which had been thrown out. Mr. Slum) agreed - Ivith Mr. Bold, that it would be better for the Marine Committee to communicate with the differ ent telegraph companies on the subject. Mr. AIRD hoped the Marine Committee would not ter suggestions thrown out by Mr. Forwood. • Mr. BROCKLEBANK said he was quite sure one of 1 to tak Lt up; be companies would be quite r;repareu the advantage of the commerce o f the p or+ advantage of the dock estate. These thinly in a much'better position '- information, and they ne- reformation at any time. (Hear, hear.) f the Marine Committee consulted the - • would be able to come committ beat deal of new matter The subject was referred back to the Ma The proceedings of the Docks and Quays Committee wer( then read and confirmed. The proceedings cf the , Master Posters' Committee were also read and confirmed without comment. Petitions were read from Hannah Bell and OWen Griffith, asking the board to assist V band of the former having the board for alength of time, his great age, and having been 59 years . the board. The petitions , were referred to committee ied, after being in and the latter n the service of The CHAIRMAN said, as Mr. Evans, was not present, he would pet a motion on the books which Mr. Evans had handed him last week. It was, " that the remissiou of rent be accounted for to the timber trade in general." A letter was read from J. Price Edwards, collector of customs, asking for an additional hut for the accommodation of timber measurers. This concluded, the public business. LIVERPOOL POLIC.P uOURI (BEFOIs. PAYING TOO DEAR FOR A BMOKi named Gough, was charge with having in his possession two iu.. _ The case having been provod against , the prisoner; thc magistrate said that he would like very much if all.the other custom-house officers did their duty like Pettit. Ile should fine the prisoner 19s. and costs. POLICE -OFFICER 177 AND . MRS. THOMESON.—Poliee officer 177 charged Mrs. Thompson; a most respectable looking woman, with being drunk and disorderly on the previous night, in Mornington-strcct. The. prisoner denied the charge, and stated that the officer owed her spite, because she would not accommodate him with water and a towel to clean himself. The officer haVing denied the statement of the prisoner, she was discharged with a caution. A BARBAROUS AND UNFEELIN,' Clare, a tall and hardened-100km,- on the complaint of his wife, with _ life. Mr. Black appearerl *1 by enstom-hot wretch, was brought:up rMrs. Clare, a most respec able-looking, yet ipparently heart-broken woman., stated that the, prisoner had been incarcerated in Kirk, gaol for the last two years, for a most unnatural attempt o the person of his own daughter. , The term of his irapris meat having expired, the moment he got relo--- thing he did was to go to; his - I £3O frc her to take him out of cc to comply, he actually threatel had passed through much adv( ~ and ing to support herself and poor children way ; and all Bluck) applied for IV e 011 prisoner securely bound in In carrying out his violent thr her appearance in the Iv decent person she was. saner was one of the we Liverpool—in fact, he was a monster, and wf, to the police. He (Mr. Keogh) would corrohorat Bluck in what he had stated, that if the prisoner were mitted.to remain in Liverpool, he was almost convinced tha he should take hiS poor struggling wife's life. Mr. muck The prisoner was nurtured and brought up in a brothel Mr. Aikin : You ought to be ashamed of yourself, sir; and it is only a wonder to me that you have the hardihood to show your face in Liver Pool.• Prisoner : If I had what would take me out of Liverpool, I would lea ye the town once. Mr. Aikin : Yr:u ought, sir, t 6 go and hide you self somewhere. After the gross and unnatural crime y( were found guilty of, and for which have th ent him from Detective officer Keogh said the well known imprison( two years, you now, life of your unfortunate, but highly must find security to keep the peace towards your wife, sureties in £5O each and yourself in £roo, or be imprison( for twelve months. This decision was well received in coup n you get out of gaol, threaten. t le wit"( THE BIGAMY CASE.—Georr b e Chester came up on remand, when James Ford, parish-clerk of Walmington, proved the prisoner's first marriage with Maria Heath. Eliza.betl Holmes, the second wife, stated that she had been marries about ten years to the prisoner, but she never 'led a coin. fortable life with him, as he was_a very jealo Black defended, and said that, after the evideneanow given his worship had no alternative but to send the prisoner- fo] trial. However he (Mr. Bluck) felt satisfied that, when the case came before a jury; they would deal very light! with it. The prisoner was .sent for trial assizes BRUTAL ASSAULT.—Patrick Warren, an unfeeling-look ing wretch, was put forward on the charge of having brutall assaulted Brien Hobne, in Collingwood-street, by striki him on the head with a deadly weapon, on t} prdvion -- - night. The prisoner was remolded for the doctor to pro. nounce upon the nature of Brien's wound. BEFORE MESSRS. J. R EFFERY AND L. PEET Several unimportant cases of town nuisances came before these magistrates, which were disposed of. One case, how ever, was heard, in which a police-officer had laid an infor mation against a Mr. Massey, for having obstructed the thoroughfare to the markets in Queen-square. The evidence having been fully gone into, the Bench decided that it was more a subject for the Markets' Committee than for that court. They stated, as an important Tact, which it is right the police should clearly understand, that on the precincts of the markets, if any parties caused obstructions, it should be reported to the town-clerk, whose duty it was to submit it to the committee in question. The police were instructed to (10 so in future, and hot to prosemte by information. RENEWAL AND TRANSFER OP SPIRIT LICENSES. The following magistrates were engaged, yesterday, in granting renewals and transfers of spirit licenses, viz.:— J. H. Turner, J. R. Jeffery, R. W. Houghton, a n d A. Castellaine. There were sixty applications, all of which, with few exceptions, were granted. ...110. , '.... THE LANCASHIRE AN YORKS' RAILDWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIM SlR,—i;rl;ict;;;;liih;aiiention of the Directors of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to the very great inconvenience caused by their present arrangement of joining the excursion trains, from Liverpool to Sotathport, to the ordinary trains. This morning (Wednesday), the 9.55 train was delayed a full hour by being joined to an excursion train, and, instead of arriving at Southpoit at eleven, it was twelve o'clock before we got there. This put me to a very ,great inconvenience and loss of time, for I was prevented executing my business in Southport until late in the afternoon, when I ought to have been in Manchester. L complain, not of the pleasure trip, but of the loss of time to any man of business by such an arrangement. TrUsting the Directors will see the desirability of attend ing- to a matter of so great importance to those who cannot afford to waste two hours upon a journey of eighteen miles, I remain, your obliged servant, August 10, 1859. C. W. S. [ADvEßTisEmLisrr.] TILE RHYL STEAMERS LION AND THE SO-CALLED SEA KING, alias DUNTROON CASTLE TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES , this time I feel assured the public must be quite tired of the newspaper correspondence whi c h h as b een so rife of late between the owners of the steamers Lion and Sea King, plying between Rhyl mid Liverpool. Laying aside all prejudice for or against either party, the public will now judge for themselves of the conduct of the owners of the so-called Sea King,, in having presumed, for more than twelve 'months, to run their boat under a fictitious name, in direct defiance of the law, thereby deluding the travelling public into the belief that she was not the Duntroon Castle, her registered name--not a very convenient one for the owners, knowing that it is seventeen years since she was built. The Bodrd of Trade, however, have , inuance of thenow interfered, and have Very properly put a stop to the coi4 deception, by insisting upon her' being sailed under her registered name, _Duntroon Castle. --I am, sir, your obedient servant, A LOVER OF 'JUSTICE. Liverpool, 11th August, 1859. The Vicarage of Tenterden—the steeple of which is said to have caused the Goodwin-sands--has been conferred by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury upon the Rev. Henry Robert Merewether, of St. Alban Hall, Oxford, ctusate Of Latching(lon, near Maldon, Essex, - NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. LIVERPOOL SUMMER ASSIZES. Yesterday the Summer Assizes were formally opened for business in St. George's-hall, before the Hon. Baron Wat son and the' Hen. Mr. Justice Hill, the former sitting in the Crown Court, and the latter in the Nisi Prins Court. The calendar contained the names of 98 prisoners for trial ; this„raise the number to 107, m neither read nor write, and i read only, and 9 can en compared with 9 late commit favourab . grand jury A. 11. II 6amtle Dunca Icla Myers, Esq a, Esc! Esq. )yds, Esq. osiah Evans, Esq... A Samuel Taylor, Esq. F. C. W. Gerrard, Egg. ' 'Charles Turner, Esq. Edward Gibbon, Esq.- . R. Theakstone, Esq. Sir Jas. G. Hesketh, Bart. J ames . H. Rigby, Esq Frederick ifter the usual pioclamatiOn against vice a'na'imniorality vas. read, e grand jury. . Ile , on the presentoccasion, timorous in point of prisoners, and not so serious in point of 'crime, as it was two years ago, when he had the honour of presiding in that nourt. On the former occasion there _were 176 .prisoners for trial, and on the present occasion there . were .only 106. On the former occasion, there were somewhere between 140 and 150 cases to try ; and on the present' occasion there were only between 80 and 90 cases. This was a considerable diminution, and he hoped some good cause might be found for it. But still His Lordship in'oceerina that the calendar was na the calendar was a very g,reat - one—grave and serious in the cases to be tried. There were thirty-eve cases of cutting, stabbing, and wounding, by which eighteen persons had come to their deaths, the cases thus becoming homicides ; and in the remaining sovente:n, the results had not gor.ze to that length. There were no less than seven cases of high way robbery, fifteen of burglary, and eight of. rape. These were all cases of violence that could not be too quickly re pressed in a very populous county like that of Lancashire, having within it large towns like Liverpool and Manchester. There were three cases of.murder, to which he would direct attention. No. 48 was the case of James Davies, wh! , was eha-ged with the murder of his wife, at Liverpool, by striking her a blow on the head, from which death resulted. They had not lived on happy terms, and had been married Only a few months. But the question for the grand jury to consider in this case , was, whether the blow given was such a one as a reasonable man would imagine would end in death ; , because, without there was that reason- able expectation, then the offence became one of manslaughter. But from all, he could gather from what took place before and after the blow was given, 'he could see not to the conclusion that the ml wifnthouglit it one. from whit ng to lead MTh m who gave the blow to his vas a e 4 r them for one offence was anothor case of He always liked . to . try peoplE tar, Mileton Garai, ( foreigner, NO. 3 in the ri Liverpool zed with having murdered tround. The first case ar y nearly the from the prisoner I which she returned, treet quarrel, in which file' pri ; and the second case resulted en turned out of a house, to up a chimney ornament, and 1, and caused her death. le different cases occasiofled without premeditation, caused guilty of Manslaughter. It case of the foreigner, whether the woman certainly was sti It was for the irranc f a person in hot blood, and !lhe death of another—he was was not quite clear, in the r or not he was struck ; but ruck, and turned, out of the hether, under the irritation of blows, ihe had committed the graver or lesser offence, because mere words should not reduce the offence. There were a number of cases to which he begged the grand jury to give the closest inquiry. These were cases of rape, the public investigation of which he thought was, a very great source of mischief; at the same time, when the crime was perpetrated, it was right and proper that the offender should be brought to justice and - punished v'that crime; In these' assizes there were several cases of Tie would mention to re they should look le case No. 12, knee, also at the woman's statement. evidence in these cases was that of the only corroborative evidence generally. the case of (05), John Battersby. In at case there was no surgeon examined e case (68)—the case of. Riley, reqiiired close examination There was where the surgeon's There iva:4 the case (29) Of Thomas Tootill, where they had only the statement of the woman herself. He mentioned thes e cases to the grand jury, in order that they might closely enquire into them, and that they might not send them for clear that a case would be made trial unless they were prett out, against the prisoner (No. 75), where a Live acre was a case of manslaughter )ol car-driver was charged with I having caused the death Of Thomas King, by driving over him The coroner's jury, which, like themselves, had power to send a person for trial, had found that it was an accident ; but the man had been committed by another court, and the grand jury, after learning the evidence, would say whether or not tho coroner's jury had been mistaken in their view of the case. There was another case to which he would have to call their attention, a 3 they might find some difficulty in it. It was a case for assault and imprisonment on the high seas. The circumstances were very peculiar indeed. It seemed that the Chilian government thought they had reason to complain of the coaduct of some of their subjects, one being the editor of a Chilian newspaper. The government by force brought these persons down to Valparaiso, to banish them from Chili. The officers of the government brought them down to the harbour, and made a contract with the prisoner, who was the master of a ship,; and in accordance with a contract entered into, the prisoner brought the parties to Liverpool. A part of that contract was, that he was to pay back 1,500 dollars if he did not pr aluce a certificate that he had landed them at some port in England. These were the circumstances, and the prisoner now stood indicted for an assault. There was a great deal of difficulty in this case in his mind. It might raise some difficult points of law, but he advised them to find a bill. The prisoner was charged by a gentleman wh o came across. If the grand Jury found a bill, they could then deal with the points of law, either there or at a higher tribunal, so as to give satis faction to all parties. He did not know that there were any other remarks which he could make upon the case ; but if any difficulty should occur, i the grand jury had always access to him. They would find in the calendar that they might classify the prisoners, and the crimes they had committed. Those stabbing cases very often proceeded from brawls in public-houses—many from ebullition of passion. The two next classes—that is to say, the highway robberies and burglaries—proceeded from people of utter depravity in most instances ; they were regular thieves who derived a livelihood from that occupation. And as to the next class, they proceeded principally from persons who hadsnot a con trol over their desires that well-regulated minds ought to have. The gentlemen of the grand jury all knew of the in stitutions that existed in this country—the reformatories, the gaols, and the police—for the prevention of crime. But he believed the great rule was to bring up the youth of the community in a proper course ; and that could only be done by early education, and giving them opportunities, examples, and instruction, and an honest and industrious training. That was the only way which he knew to meet the inroad of crime, while the increase of wealth was constantly going on in such a populous county as Lancashire. The great and im portant branch of education was that which taught to them wisdom and the fear of the Lord. The grand jury were then dismissed to their duties. A petty jury was sworn, and the business was soon after wards proceeded with. CROWN COURT. [Before Mr. Baron WATSON.] BURGLARY AT BURY.—John Allen, 27, pleaded guilty to having at Bury, on the 23rd April last, stolen various silver and copper. coins, and two handkerchiefs, the pro perty of James Hill ; and also 'to having, on the 24th April last, broken into the dwelling-house of James Butter worth.—Sentence deferred. • BURGLARY AT A SH TON-UNDER-LYNE.—William Bush, 25, pleaded guilty to having broken into the dwelling house of William Wrigley Schofield, at Ashton-under-Lyne, on the 26th April last.—Sentence deferred. = ASSAULT AT MANCHESTER. George Boardman, 27, was indicted for having, at Manchester, on the 3rd May last,"feloniously assaulted Mary, Ann Cawthorn, and robbed her of a shawl. Mr. Saunders proiecuted. - The prisoner was undefended. The jury found the prisoner guilty.—Sen tence, six years' penal servitude. BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER. -- Thomas Tetlow, 23, was indicted for having, between four and five o'clock on the morning of the 12th June last, broken into the dwell ing -house of Mr. Anthony Beaufort Brabazon, a surgeon, of 71, Downing-street, Manchester. Mr, Ashworth ap- peered for the prosecution, and Mr. Fernley defended the prisoner. The defence was that the prisoner was bltOli cated, and had no intention of =committing a robbery. The prisoner was found guilty, with a recommendation to mercy on account of good character, and was sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour for two calendar months. - MANSLAUGHTER AT BOLTON.—Thomas Brown, 17, was indicted for having, at Bolton, feloniously killed and slain Robert Lever. Mr. Sowler conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Pope defended. The deceased was a person of about 26 years of age, and was a stonemason by trade. On the 6th June last, the deceased and.the prisoner were drinking together. After leaving the public-house, the prisoner at tacked tl% deceased, and, when on the ground, kicked him in the belly. The deceased died in two days afterwards. The-surgeon who made the post mortem examination stated that death arose from ruptec and inflamation of the intes tines, which might be occasioned by Other • causes than external violence. On this ground, the prisoner was ac quitted. BURGLARY AT OnmsninK.—Mary Mooney, 30, was in dicted for having,, et Orinskirk, on the 10th July last, stolen a shawl, a sovereign, &c., from Austin Grady and another. Verdict, guilty.—Sentence deferred. BURGLARY NEAR MANCHESTER.—George Parker, 30, and Alfred Newton, 25, were indicted for having, on the morn ing of the 2nd June last, at Rushohne, near Manchester broken into the dwelling-house of Elizabeth Brooks, and stolen a picture, silver spoons, sugar-tongs, &c., belonging to her, and a coat, &c., belonging to John Aitken. Mr. Leresche prosecuted; and Mr. Foster and Mr. Fernley con ducted the defence. The property was found secreted in a hole in an old sewer, covered over with sods and bricks. The police were set on the alert, and the prisoners were seen to go to the hole and remove part of the property. Several witnesses were called for the defence, to prove an alibi on the part of both prisoners at the time of the robbery. The prisoners were found not guilty of burglary, but guilty of receiving, stolen goods. Parker was sentenced to penal ser- vitude KU. six years ; and Newton was sentenced to im prisonment and hard labour for fifteen calendar months. The court rose at twenty minutes to seven o'clock. 4 NISI PRIUS COURT [Before Mr. Justice HILL.] The learned judge entered the court about twelve o'clock, when the trial of causes commenced. RlGurrs OF DOMESTIC SERVANTS.—GORDON V. POTTER. —The plaintiff is a widow of the name of Gordon, and a domestic servant in the employ of the defendant, who was a manufacturer, residing at Mytton-hall, near BlaCkbutrn.' She brought the action to recover a month's wages; in lieu of notice upon her dismissal. In May last she engaged with the defendant as plain,cook and housekeeper, 'coming direct from Worcester to enter her service. After she had been a week. in the service, the defendant asked for i potted trout, and upon her saying that there was none. ready, he told her she must leave before ten o'clock in the morning. She demanded wages, or a month's notice, the salary due for the week she had been, in their service, a month's board and lodgings, and her railway fare to and from Worcester. The defendant refused to accede to all this, though be made some offer, which she declined to accept, and renewed her demand through an attorney, at Manchester. When dis missed, she stated the defendant gave as his reason that she . could not agree with the other servant ; but in reply. to the attorney, he stated that she was incompetent for the duties, and about the pleas he set up that she was guilty of moral misconduct, and so habitually intoxicated as to be unable to perform her duties. In cross-examination, the plaintiff denied that she had ever been in drink, or that she was in capable of discharging the duties which she had undertaken, or that she had been guilty of any waste. Mrs. Potter was.called, and said that she had ordered the butler, to give the plaintiff a bottle of wine, to make calf's-foot jelly, but the jelly was made without any wine in it at all. She also stated that the plaintiff was incapable as a cook, had Suffered the bread to be spoiled, not being able to make an omelette or sweets. The defendant's brother stated that he had seen the plaintiff worse for liquor fwice.whilst she was at Mytton-hall ; that she 'quarrelled with all the servants ; and that, on one night, she was out until after ten o'clock, and when 'she returned she was drunk. His lordship, in summing up, directed the jury as to the state of, the law between masters and ser- wants, stating that, in all ordinary cases, a month's notice must be given, or, in lieu of the same, a month's. wages must be given ; but, where a servant had been guilty, of moral misconduct, wilful disobedience, or habitual neglect, she could be discharged without notice, and not be entitled to wages. He cr.d not think that in this case the evidence for the defence had supported their plea. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, for the double journey, a month's wages, and payment during the time she was in, the defen daties.service, amounting altogether to £2 17s. 3d. BREACH Or CONTRACT. BOLTON AND ANOTHER ' V. HINDLES.—This was an action for breach of contract. Mr. Manisty, Q.C, and Mr. Pope, appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. James, Q.C., and Mr. Millward, for the defendants. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Bolton & Barlow, are commission agents in Manchester, and the defendants also carried on busin Manchester, under the firm of Hindle & Son. At the time the contract was made the defendants' firm consisted of the two defendants, and also of Mr. James Hindle, but he had since that time 'ceased to be a member of the firm. On the 31st of March last year, the plaintiffs made a contract with the defendant, through the medium of Mr. James Hindle. It was made verbally on the Exchange at Manchester, where very large contracts are constantly made. The contract was for two lots of calico, one lot of 1,500 pieces, and another lot of 1,000 pieces. They were to be delivered in quanti ties of 500 pieces each,' the last delivery to be on the 10th of June. None of the goods having been delivered in ac cordance with the contract, a letter was written to the de fendants on the 27th of May, stating that if. the goads were not delivered the plaintiffs would be obliged to buy against them elsewhere and charge the difference to them. Sub sequently two lots were delivered, but no more, and shortly after the 10th of June the plaintiffs purchased the number of pieces to make up the contract; Mr. James Hindle havinc , told the plaintiffs that the de+ fondants did not intend to deliver any more. There had been a rise in the market in the meantime, and the difference between the contract price and the amount which the plain tiffs paid for the goods was £75, which was the sum now claimed. The defence was that there never was a contract for the 2,500 pieces, but only for 500 pieces, which were duly delivered. It was denied, on the part of the defendants, that they were manufacturers, as stated by the plaintiffs:; they were commission agents only, and had to purchase the goods they sold.--The jury found a verdict for the plaintiffS for the full amount claimed. The court rose about half-past five o'clock. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAY, (BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY.) IN RE HUGII JoNus.—This was an adjourned sitting for choice of assignees to the estate of this bankrupt, who carried on business at Chester, under the firm of Hugh Lloyd Jones, as a wholesale grocer, hop, oil, and iron mer chant. Mr. Hull submitted a proof on behalf of Thomas Jones, 'the brother of the bankrupt, upon a bill of sale for the sum of £896. Mr. Pemberton, for the petitioning creditor, objected, and examined the creditor. Ilis.Honour admitted the proof. Mr. Hull then applied that his,client should be appointed assignee. in con j unct ion with Mr. Woodall, who was represented by Mr. Evans. Mr. Pem berton objected to the brother of the bankrupt, and stated that he represented seventeen creditors, amounting to £BOO, and would wish a client he named to be appointed, in con junction with Mr. Woodall. His Honour, however, saw no reason to disturb the usual practiee, which was to appoint an assignee whom creditors representing the largest amount of debts voted for. Messrs. Woodall and Jones were then appointed assignees. The Bishop of Cape Town has left England on his return to his diocese. MOWING 'VERSUS REAPING.—On Thursday, July 28, Mr. J. Farrow, farmer, of Old Newton, by way of illustrating to some of his friends the superiority of mowing versus reaping, undertook, for a trifling wager, to tie up two acres of a fair crop of wheat after the scythe within twelve hours. Of course he was to have a man or men, if required, to cut it. Mr. Farrow,. with one of his own men, commenced operations the following- morning at .five o'clock, but rain coming on before dolt put a stop to work till the after noon, when they again resumed work at a quarter past one, and sticking manfully to it, completed the two acres in workmanlike style in nine hours and - ahalf, to the surprise of the gentlemen who held the stakes, and attended to see the work was done. The wheat (Hunter's white) has since been carted, and produces three full waggon loads per acre. --Bury and Norwich Post. __ _ _ HOP INTELLIGENCE.—Ked: The reports which we have this week received from the various hop-growing districts, though still generally favourable, arnnot so uniformly' so as they were a week ago. In all the plantations the plants are stated to continue growing, while the burr is fast matur-: ing into hops. Our Canterbury correspondent, with refer ence to the - important districts around that city, says : The burr is in almost all the grounds well out, and fast eagiand ing into hop, and scarcely any mould is perceptible in the plantations. The average anticipated in East Kent is about 12 cwt. per acre. Sussex : The above summary of the reports for Kent might serve also for Sussex. We hear from some districts that the burr comes out more slowly than the previous condition of the bine seemed to promise. The Worcester duty ifi estimated at £20,000,-Bauth Eastern Garrett( •A huge athletic man, officer Pettit mled tobacco, HEALTH COMMITTEE, This committee held their usual weekly meeting yester day, in the Council-room in the Town-hall, Mr. Sheil pre siding ; and there were also present Messrs. Beckwith, Crellin, Crosthwaite, Anthony, Hodgson, Bowring, Barton, Avison ' Gladstone, and H a yd oc k. The Borbugh Engineer Building Surveyor, an tor of Nuisances reported various narticnlar Lions in their several which. it appeared that 140 nuisances complained of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them ; 775 houses in the unhealthiest. d' tricts, containing 2,473 apartments, and 521 cer is examination, with the - view of inipro zr In, bad been p dition ; and 2 had Om; been examined and reported upon. . . The Medical Officer of Health reported that in ending last Saturday, the deaths in Liverpool were 245, being rease of twenty-seven as compared with the previous week, but Seventeen less than the corrected average of the nine preceding years. Of the 245 deaths, 155 were parish, and ninety in the out-townships. occasioned ninety-six deaths, including fifty-five from diarrhoea against forty-four in the week previous; six from dysentery, one from cholera ; scarlatina caused nine deaths ; hooping cough, nine ; fever, six ; measles, two ; diphtheria, two. Of the fifty-five to whom diarrhoea proved fatal fifty three were children, and only two adults, .(each sixty-six years of age.) From diseases of the lungs the deaths were forty-seven, of which - thirty-one were from en,— Zymotic diseas Delirium tremens was fatal to three males, aged t twenty-seven, and forty-one: imptior A memorial was read from Mr. Farmer, Boundary-lane, West Derby, praying to be exempted from paying the rates for the borough, he being rated for the parish of West Derby as well. Mr. CROSTHWAITE said he knew of a similar instance, or one which was much worse, as the parties in the instance he referred to had been obliged to pay the rates, and were two orphans. He thought it a very hard case when the boundary line happened to pass through the yerd, and the house was in the rural district, that the owner should be sued for the rates by the borough and the pax same time Mr. BECKWITH moved that it be refeired to the sub committee, that they might go into the matter fully. Mr. ANTHONY said, when he was one of the Highway Committee of West Derby, there was an agreement coipe to that the parish was to send some parties to meet others from the borough, and have the whole question set reference to the boundary between Wes. Derby and I pool. He did not think - that any such meeting Mr. GLADSTONE asked the Town-clerk if; when the divisional line bisects the premises of a person, it would be legal to divide the rates. The TOWN-CLERK replied that it would be a very difficult question to decide ; but it was quite Manifest, if the matter were taken up by the sub-committee for investigation, it would result in something. . : : After some discussion as to what committee the matter should be referred to, it was finally agreed to refer it to the rating sub-committee. Mr. NEWLANDS, borough engineer, submitted which he had prepared, at the suggestion of Mr. Gladstom for improving the names of the leading streets, such as Water-street, eading to George's Dock; &c. The plan was adopted. deputation from a number of the inhabitants of the north end of the town was introduced, they having to complain of damage done to their goods and premises by the heavy rain which fell on last Sabbath. The committee resolved that their officers should enquire into the whole facts of *the case, in conjunction with any one , whom the . deputation should appoint, After the facts had been ascertained, they would deU with the matter in all fairness; but until that enquiry had been made, the committee did not know whether the corporation was liable or not, and they could do nothing. This ended the business. O TOXTETH-PARK BOARD OF GUARDIANS This board met yesterday, in the Public-offices, Park road—Mr. H. S. Alpass presiding ; and there were also present Messrs. S. Siddeley, M. A. Johns, Wm. Leyland, Wm. Baynes, John Moss, G. W. Hunter, A. Miller, W H. Ogden, John Wilson, and J. D. Carter. The report of the Governor of the West Derby '- house showed that there were in that esti, - ing f- Toxte' y. 1 • + ,ablishment: b .o _ ~,cn-park, last week, 326; responding week last year, 356. Cheques were g the relief of the poor to the amount of £lOO. Mr. Cr.eAvEninformed the lioard that there was a blinC boy at the door, who had complained that he had made ap• plkation to Mr. Heath, relieving officer, for an order that had been granted by the board the previous week, and that he had refused to give it untii yesterday. Mr. Moss complained of the hard-heartednes Heath, and said that the complaints against him were ver general. Mr. CLEAVER said, in that case, the boy complained very much of the' treatment he had received of Mr The boy, Whose name was John Herity, was then called in, anti he stated that he had got an order from the board on Thursday last, and on Friday he applied to Mr. Heath, when he told him to go and fetch his fiddle, and that he' was well able.to make a living for limself. The boy withdrew ; and after some further observations from several members of the board, Mr. Moss moved " That John Herity, a pauper, for whose admission into the workhouse an order was given at the last meeting, having made a complaint that he had, on three occasions, applied to Mr. Heath for such order, who refused to give the same, and that the pauper having received the same only yester day, such conduct on the part of Mr. Heath is enserving the severest censure of this board." Mr. BAYNES seconded the motion, which, on being put to the vote, was lost by a majority of 1. The CHAIRMAN stated that, at a meeting of the Building and Visiting Committee, a question arose as to the number of inmates that they meant to provide for in the new work house. He had been looking through the books, and he found that in the first two weeks of January, this year, they had in the workhouse, including the hospital, 450. One week there were 453. Mr. Moss.--There are now only 314. The CIIAIRMAN summer. Yes, but the - number is still less in the Mr. JonNs moved that they should provide for 500. Mr. Moss asked if they . would advertise for the neces sary articles to make provision for the 600 inmates. The CHAIRMAN said they undoubtedly should. They had desired Mr. Holmes, the governor, to send them samples of what he would recommend. Mr. Moss seconded Mr. Johns' motion, and said he thought it would be very important to take into considera tion what would be the best material to stuff the beds with. He :knew that in out-going steamers to Australia, with passengers, the beds were stuffed with cork shavings. The CHAIRMAN said that would be an after-considera tion ; but as that was not before the board, it could not be entertained. They then separated. HOUSEKEEPERS.—The Coffee sold by Thompson Brothers, 5, Elliott-street, at Is. 4d., is better than you pay is. Bd. for at any other establishment. LEWIS AND COMPANY'S NEW ESTABLISHMENT POE BOY'S CLOTHING.—Number of boys clothed for the week ending Saturday, July 9th, 1,025 ; corresponding week l as t year, 989.—Increase, 36 boys. HOLLOWAY'S PILLS cure headache, bile, loss of appetite ; can be taken without danger from wet or cold, and require no restraint from business or pleasure. They act mildly on the bowels, without pains or griping, strengthen the stomach, promote a healthy action of the liver, purify the blood, cleanse th e s ki n , b rac e th e nerves, and invigorate the whole system. They prove an admirable restorative of a debilitated constitution, creating appetite, correcting indi gestion, removing bile, giddiness, and nervous or sick head aches. It is i m p oss ibl e t o speak too highly of these pills. AMUSEMENTS IN LIVERPOOL.—Open from ten in the morning until ten at night. Allsop's Wax-Work exhibition. All the kings and queens, from and including William the Conqueror down to Queen Victoria ; also princes and princesses, dukes, duchesses, lords, eminent statesmen, warriors, poets, divines ; 8180 all the most noted' personages of the past and present ages, &c. Allsop's sculpture galleries, containing upwards of 3,000 statues ' selected from all parts of the world, var yi ng from five to twenty feet in height. Allsop's dioramic, panoramic, cosmoramic, and stereoscopic views of intense interest. Allsopp's musical promenade., The above attractions, are now combined, forming one large establishment,' in the immense and magnificent building., known as the Teutonic-hall, next door but one to the County Court, Lime-street, Liverpool, and nearly opposite the Melphi Hotelound is open to the public at 6d. each ; children under ten years of age, 3d. each. Mr. Allsop's exhibition has been pronounced by the press of Liverpool, London, and elsewhere, to be the most perfect, superbly magnificent, and largest establishment in the world—a fact that coanot possibly be cont ra di c t e d. B e sure to observe the name, " 41Uop,' at the entrance. Bole proprietor, Mr. Win. Allaop, AUGUST 12, 1859. THE LEEDS MURDER, Up to Wednesday evening, the police had not obtained tr slightest clue to the murde rer or mur d erers o f M r . Brag'," ton. It is generally thought that hi s assa il a nts,' who probably employed in agricultural pursuits, have take° D d towards the north, as no nerson. whosc , annearance warrant suspicion, was immedit• principal Sei on behalf of rune,. ••; 0 I from X°(,)•mt the wily m e devo tit blow xtraordi THE LATE M. AT Sit lELP. The man Richard Brown, who was remanded from S5l lay last, was taken befor further remanded, for shooting pt James I 5, Milk-street, Tao most iii on the night ( immediately aft( witness saw a the shot, whose dress w was described to be i was . fired about `four minutes that on the day after t Linley when he was shot give eviler forwarc n Inn Y )1. :In°l'!'',e )AS's d by in or scl they bt man, butliving a he prisoner wa g'e of t yard immediai It was al so proved t ter 'Broicn h he outrage, Brown said. he - was Linley _was unable to attend and in consequence the case w SHOCKING WIFE MURDER f Taiton/., A most diabolical murder was committed Tuesday, which has created the most intens Castle, a maltster, i had married hi d they had eone to resimA appears-that J r. Cass, of Ware, li ars since; from Lutm On Monday, till l'Op" 1 8 0 bollt_ t ; A t town the same evening,wh appear miiia, C have made up their quart On T'uesday n promised his .wife if Sh have better to her. T go - with him. They left the parents of tl -ould return honie v mate wor. n'eleek in the mornin the nearest a footway near to St Holy About eleven o'c k Mr; How' was je g, , when he saw t: direction from his dI some one raised from a holloi;i or dell abou the road leading* to his farm. He (Mr. How) i to the spot, and there he was horror-struck at s woman speechless and nearly dead, with he large'gash in th in several other parts [ her fingers left .hand being yet had strenzt inj urea white pocket handkerchief to the wound Mr. now soon procured assistance, and had removed to Mr. Barret Luton, but before she twenty-one years of s, Heron Inn, bottom of -Park-51 of there she ceased to exist. §.11! lett nA many relatives residing Luton. About bought to the po. ~ht ~o'clo~~ Tuesday night Castle Luton by the superintendent and one of his men, 11? 11A-011, been captured near to Welwyn, more than ten miles 1 . : 0 0 where the murder was committed. The diabolical pe was done with an old table dinner knife, sharpenedtpe . . point. It was found in a ditch near to the p 1 offence was committed. .It is nearly twent "IlYm-sietTteedil I'l 11: since a crime of such magnitude has been district, iu which the excitement increases h supposed murderer was well sidered a steady man, and has been some years in Militia, and for his good conduct promoted to the corporal. own m the town, and/c, MUR DER OF HUSBAND BY cUTT I THROAT. horrible murder w s committed at I one and two ( y mornir a journeyman Mad; 36 years of age, T second wife some y( a woman h s Ellen. S ars, whose c . • , 'of ill repute and we Dursley." Shortly a rel, and as the perio eir union le I3v the first iisagreements Bathe had - a son, now - a young evening last he was le morrow's dinner, whey. whoinsisted upon ha she said, " she knew rho (111' was stopped by hi's step he money given to her, with it why she should no between his father id his step-mothe ith er 0I a the same evening at the S house, in Dursley, tut not drinking together. Ellen ilior is sitting apart from her husband, and with two me ( IV whom she pours cider from a jug into their glasses. husband complain s o f thi s conduct on the part of 14 5 ,i mild asserts that he married her to wait upon him filthy oath she repudiates the marriage ; and nu.- her to drink some of his cider. Late in the evening said to one of the men with whom she was sitting will go home and. cut Tool's throat." She s e° greatly excited, and her husband had by that time., Sidney Wood, the man referred to, tried to prevail ; II her to renounce so- shocking a determination. The riated woman replied, "You don't know what I ho r i! in my mind ; if twenty people'were to persuade we', determined to go and do i t Finding that he coul a p , move her from an intention which, not only to him hilt to , to others in the house—revolting- and dreadful as the,lll,iiiel tion might seem—appeared about to be carried out, Sje4 Wood sent wife part of the way home with t i' Rutter. Wood' s w if e now renewe d h er h us b an d' s eutr e o g that Ellen Rutter would go home and live comfortably her husband, even as Wood and his wife lived. BY o tit time Ellen Rutter promised that she would not earr: bo tt her previously-expressed intention. This took •plaee s e oft half-past eleven o'clock. Ab ou t t wen t y m i nu t es p a st ° II S SUnday morning, Ellen Rutter knocked up a n ei.' ll lo, named Hanc oc k, who lives twenty-six yards fr o m her saying, " T om h as ma d e away w i th himself, " an d a" ft) See how he has served me." A sleeve of her dre ss o 4 covered with blood, and she appeared as though her Wl' Oe had wounded her. She had, however not been injure"' 0 0 1 reaching Rutter's house, Hancock and his son found the tilt lying in bed surrounded ,rith a large quantity of 11 . . ; . ` g ht which was flowing, from a large wound across the P° o o l temple and down the right cheek, and from a still frightful one in his throat. The unhappy man AO!t he dently gasping hi s l as t . I t was clear to Hancock t "p had been murdered, and Hancock the re f ore sa id to he Rutter, " Wh o did this ?" She replied, " I did." At the inquest a verdict of "Wilful murder" was returned; the surgeon' deposing that Rutter could no t h ave inflicted j o , injuries upon himself. The excitement in DursleY 0! mense. Thousands thronged th e h ouse an d the e%"00 the inquest, clamouring to be allowed t o " pull her ne s fr ool her." The police had great difficulty in protecting her their violence. -♦-- J. Gorsuch, Hair-Cutter and P er f umer , N o . 7, -0 L ir d th e street, begs most respectfully to thank hi s f r i en ds an ~0 % public for the liberal patronage bestowed upon hima'f, n olf the fourteen years he has, been in business in Liv c ro ft and furthermore, solicits a co n ti nuance o f th e ir JO the which it shall ever be his study to deserve. He take s hip present opportunity to announce that the late • ol'' existing between himself and James Wynes is digs /O. and for the future the business will be carried on, at nd' 7, Parker-street, under J. Gorsuch's sole s uperinv ence. Boarding Schools attended by the month. AO vate families waited on as usual at their residences• t he experienced assistant will be sent round once a month t ° 4 bir, following places :—Bootle, Seaforth, Waterloo, e r v ° o - - re' Huyton, Rainhill, Runcorn, St.. Helen's, Seacombe, rnout; New Brighton, Birkenhead Park, Claughten, (- 7„ a ll and Rock Ferry. J. G. be consultedto • may personally .oo cases of disease in the' hair. He calla especial attent l her o the stimulative properties of his " Circassian Balm, " ( iv r , o dsr the'hair is falling off,) of which, and the Milk of he ,is the sole inventor; and no other is genuine 11 0 made by J. Gorsuch. CincuLAn.=—ExChange Hair-cutting and - ShanlP rooms (over the shop of Mr. Turmeau, cigar partneP„a; No. 11, Castle-street, Liverpool, August ' 5, 1859.--S h ;, * tha t handing you the inclosed card, permit me to inform yo r, the partnership hitherto subsisting between myself an the r Gorsuch has terminated by mu t ua l consen t. I 61 . 1 -,- 1 fotrust I future carry on the rooms situate as above, where .L ha m b* may be favoured with your p a t ronage . Nothini i s oce wanting on -my . part to deserve your confidence.- 1 honour to be,Wyn n ' sir, your obedient servant, Jamesirra