The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-14 00:00:00

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

The balloon ascent did not take place last
evening, as advertised, at this popular place of
amusement. We have received the following
explanation from Mr. Coxwell, the aeronaut

TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES.

SIR,—As there are various and conflicting rumours as
to the cause of my balloon not ascending yesterday,
from the Zoological Gardens, I beg to furnish you with
a plain statement of the facts whieh occasioned the
disappointment.
On Thursday last I ascended from Alnwick, and
immediately after my descent I accompanied the balloon
to the station, and stated that I had an engagement at
Liverpool on Monday, the 13th, and begged to know
whether it would be desirable to convey the balloon by
passenger or by goods train, in order to arrive in time.
I was assured that goods delivered before Friday morn-

ing would arrive on Saturday evening, consequently I
left the balloon with that specific understanding.
On Monday morning, in company with the anxious
directors of the Gardens, diligent search Was made at

the different stations, but no tidings could be gathered
about it. We immediately telegraphed to the respective
stations, including the place of departure, and the sub-
joined replies will, I trust, exonerate both the Gardens
Company and the aeronaut from blame.

The Electric and International Telegraph Company.-- The
following message forwarded from Alnwick station, and
received at Liverpool Station, August 13, 1850: " From Station
Master, Alnwick, to Henry Coxwell, Telegraph Office, Liver-
pool. Balloon left here Friday evening for Newcastle, thence
it was•forwarded this morning in truck E.L. 1976."

Lahear,hlre and Yorkshire Railway Telegraph Message.—:

"Great Howard-street Station, August 13, 1860. From Elliott
Nortbanton, to Cullen, Great Howard•street. Donaldson,
Newcastle, says Coxwell's balloon sent this morning, E. L.
1976."

These explanations, it may fairly be presumed, will
clearly show that gross neglect or fearfully slow travel-
ling is to be traced to the railway, thus upsetting the
business calculations of the garden directors and of
myself, who have vied with each ether to keep faith with
the public.—Yours,
August 13. HENRY COXWELL, Aeronaut.

The ascent of the balloon will positively take
place this evening.

Of the twenty-five barons who were appointed to
enforce the observance of the Magna Charta, says Sir
Bernard Burke's second series of " Vicissitudes of
Families," there is not now in the House of Peers a
single male descendant.

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.—It is 110 W under-
stood that the prorogation of Parliament will take place
on Saturday, the 25th, or Monday the 27th instant.
According to law, the session cannot terminate until ten
days after the Appropriation Bill is introduced, and that
bill cannot make its appearance until after all the sup-
plies have been voted.
STRANGE RAILROAD ACCIDENT.—OR the arrival of
a cattle train on Friday night last from the Dumfries
show, groans were heard to proceed from one of the
carriages, and on opening the door an, unfortunate man
was found with a heavy cow lying upon him. It
appears that the man who had charge of the animal,
from the Dumfries to the Alnwick show, lay down soon
after leaving the former place, and *ll asleep, from
which he was suddenly awoke by finding the cow lying
down upon him, and no effort he could make would raise
the animal. As soon as he could be extricated, some
restoratives were administered, and he was removed to
the infirmary, as it was found he was very severely
injured, several 9f his ribs being br9lieu,

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY

Elizabeth Jones, a servant in the public-house of Mr. Ashton,
corner of Hanover and Paradise-street, was charged for having
stolen two skirts, a bottle of rum, and one of gin. Mr. Cobb
prosecuted, and Mr. Bluck defended. It appeared that about
six weeks ago, the prisoner went to live with the prosecutor,
and on Sunday week the articles named were missed, and the
prisoner was suspected, and one of the skirts was found upon
her. The prosecutor, in reply to Mr. Bluek, said he got an
excellent character with the prisoner. A boy and a girl were
produced to sustain the case ; and the former admitted to Mr.
Bluck that he gave her the rum and gin, as she promised to
pay for it. The girl said she gave the prisoner one of the
skirts to fix it, but denied that she gave that which was found
on the prisoner. Mr. Bluck characterised the case as paltry,
and contended that there was no charge of felony made out.
Mr. Raffles sa d the girl's conduct was improper, but agreed
with Mr. Bluck that the evidence did not support the charge
of felony, and discharged the prisoner.
GA ROTTING IN GLOUCESTER-STREET.
George Nash, a young gentleman, living at 2, Daulby-street,
charged a person named John Green for having (with others
not in custody) garotted and robbed him of his watch, worth
£5, and some money, in Gloucester-street, on Saturday night.
After one o'clock on Sunday morning the prosecutor was
going home through Gloucester-street, when he was attacked
by four men, two of whom caught him by the throat, and two
by the hands, and nearly strangled him. They took his watch
and money, but he grasped the prisoner by the throat and
held him until the police came up. Mr. Bluck defended the
prisoner, but was not able to shake the evidence. There was
a sum of money corresponding with the amount taken from
the prosecutor found ou the' prisoner. Mr. Block tried to show
that the prisoner went to.assist the young man, but the latter
denied that, and said he never let the prisoner go from the
time the prisoner seized him until the police came. Part of
the evidence of the young alai was sustained by two or three
witnesses, and one of them swore positively that he saw the
prisoner attack the young man, and saw the latter catch and
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hold him until the police came up. The prisoner was re-
manded until to-day, for certain reasons.

(Before Messrs. BENN, BOOTH, and T. RA.TnnoNE.)
THE SUPPER ROOMS, LIME-STREET.
William Gilmore, described as "a gentleman," was sum-
moned by an "unfortunate," named Mary Jones, for having
assaulted her in Allen's supper rooms, Lime-street, on Satur-
day night week. Mr. Muck was for the complainant. It
appeared that on the night in question the parties met in
Allen's supper rooms, Lime-street, and in consequence of some
difference that took place she said the defendant struck her on
the shoulder and knocked her against the wall, cutting the
skin off her face and injuring her considerably. The defence
was a denial of the assault, and that Mr. Gilmore only inter-
fered to prevent her striking a friend who was with hint at the
time. The prosecutrix admitted that the defendant and his
friend got leeches for her face, sent her home in a cab, and did
all they could for her after the transaction. Mr. Gilmore
disclaimed the charge, and said he never laid his hand on a
female except in joke. He was fined 10s., which he paid.

OVERLOADING AN OMNIBUS.
William M'Knight, the driver of Mr. Busby's Brock-road
omnibus, was summoned for overloading the vehicle. The
'bus was licensed to carry only eighteen outside passengers,
but the complainant counted twenty-one, which was an offence
against the act. The defendant was fined 255. and costs.

FIRE ON SuinnoAnn.—On Sunday morning, between
eleven and twelve o'clock, a fire was discovered in the
cabin of the steamer Iron Duke, lying in the Clarence
Dock. The damage sustained was comparatively
trifling. The Iron Duke is one.of the City of Dublin
Steam Packet Company's fleet, and had only arrived
from Dublin a few hours previously.
REPAIR YOUR FENCES.--It appeafs that a number of
gardens have lately been broken into in the neighbour-
hood of Birkenhead, and the fruit trees have suffered
considerably in consequence. Mr. Widburn, of Tran-
mere, and Dr. Dixon, have on several occasions com-
plained of these intrusions to the police, who captured a
lad in Mr. Widburn's garden on Sunday night.
We perceive from the Gazette that Mr. F. W.
Promoli, jeweller, Church-street, of this town, has been
gazetted as Lieutenant of the 45th Lancashire Rifles.
" War-office, Pall-mall, August 10, 1860. 45th Lan-
cashire Rifles, Eneign T. Henry Bowea to be Captain.
Frederick William Promoli to be Lieutenant, vice
Bowen promoted."
BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT.—At this court yester-
day, a printer named John Jennings, was charged with
having stolen jewellery to the amount of £350 from the
dwelling-house of William Bennett, of Blackwell, in
1857. Remanded until this day. Thomas Moons,

labourer, was bound over in £lO to appear when called
upon, touching a charge of picking the pocket of William
Elliott of 35., on Saturday night.

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—New cases received
advice and medicine at the institution : North, 249 ;
South, 125 ; total, 374. New cases visited at their own
houses and supplied with medicine : North, 73 ; South,
60 ; total, 138. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M., Pre-
sident; Captain Bourne, Vice-President. of North
Dispensary; Mr. R. A. PaynO, Vice-President of South
Dispensary ; Mr. Francis Mill, Treasurer ; Mr. F. H.
Langley, Secretary.
A bale of cotton, ex Richard 111., from Charleston,
was discovered on fire yesterday morning in the ware-
house, it is supposed from spontaneous combustion, as the
bale burnt was saturated with oil. On examining the
cotton still undischarged from the Richard 111., two
bales were found on which sweet oil had apparently
been spilt; and several strands of rope, which had im-
bibed sweet oil, were discovered loose among the bales,
which appeared to have been used by stevedores in
Charleston to clean the screws, and thrown carelessly
amongst the cargo.
MARKETS COMMITTEE.—The weekly meeting of this
committee was held yesterday, Mr. Alderman Woodruff
presiding. The other members present were, Messrs.
Haydock, Ridley, Kitchen, Houghton, Johnson, Rogers,
and Shimmin. From the report of the Superintendent.
it appeared that during the week ending the 11th inst.
301bs. of meat had been seized in the north district,
1671b5. in the central, and 1,796 lbs. of fish in the town.
The revenue for the present year up to the end of last
week amounted to £13,935 11s. ld., the expenses
during the same period being £2,061 10s. The amount
received during the same period of last year amounted
to £12,928 3s. 60. the expenses being £2,017 Is. Od.
The business beyond the above was unimportant.
WATER COMMITTEE.—At the weekly meeting of tbis
committee held yesterday, the members present were
Messrs. Wagstaff, Vernon, Beloe, Rae, Bennett, Wood-
ruff, Crellin, and Estill. The engineer's report showed
that the rise or fall of water in the various reservoirs
was as follows : Roddlesworth, rise Oft. Tin. ; Rake, 4tt.
Tin. ; Auglezark, rise 6in. ; Rivington, rise Bin. ; Pres-
cot (No. 1), rise lft. 4in. ; Do. (No. 2), fall stin. The
quantity of water received from Rivington daring the
week ending the 11th instant, was 68,935,656 gallons,
and from the wells 29,189,091 gallons, the proportion
of Rivington to well water being as 68 to 29. Some
remarks were made by one of the members respecting
the fire at the Stanley warehouses, but the committee
considering that, as the committee of enquiry was
engaged in the investigation, the subject should not
be discussed. The only matter worthy of notice trans-
piring.being the opinion expressed by the engineer that
an' additional number of turncocks ought to be employed.
This was the whole of the business:

•BANKRUPTCY COURT.—.M. re Jam Pooley : This
bankrupt was a builder and contractor at' Liverpool.
Mr. Commissioner Perry was to have delivered judg-
mont yesterday, on the bankrupt's application for a
certificate, which was heard on Friday. There were
various grounds of objection to the allowance then
urged by Mr. Martin on behalf of the assignees, one
of which was that the bankrupt had, at the instigation
of an architect in this town, added the sum of £lOO
to his original estimate for building a church at Bir-
kenhead, and had thus been a party to defrauding the
trustees for the erection of the church.—His Honour
said, before giving judgment, he would wish to know
from Mr. Martin whether the objection with Niel.-
ence to that contract was pressed, and y so he should
mostwish certainlytoliear presseditarg the objection.—Mr.Martinued.-31r.
said the assignees
Evans,
who
appeared for tile bankrupt, said if there was really any-
thing in the objection, he thought the court should be
in possession of all the particulars of the case, as what
had been done by his client, he was informed;- was
that had
court. • If the bankrupt nothing whatever
almost a universal practice, and ho contended that the
it had
in
taken plaee
ttoradnosa:tiin, if
with
hhisconduct
had knocked a man down and robbed him of £lOO, that
court could take no cognisance of it.—Mr. Martin said
that certainly would not be "conduct as a trader," but
in the case before, them he could clearly show that the
bankrupt's creditors were damnified by the transaction,
and he should now ask the court for an- adjournment, to
have the architect present and examined.—His Honour,
at the request of Mr. Evans, adjourned the sitting :till
the 11th September.


NIF E A
JohnG A
(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
A pawerful-lookinTgirranK, named ANl.'Keon, was charged
for having stabbed William Duffy. The injured man was not
able to appear. From the evidence of a police inspector, and a
cousin of Daffy's, it appeared that the prisoner, Duffy, and
some others, were in a public-house in Cook-street, where
they got tipsy and quarrelled. They went into the street and
commenced fighting, where the allegation was that the priso-
ner drew a knife and stabbed Duffy about the chest, inflicting
no less than seven wounds on him. It was stated that the man
bled a great deal, and is so weak that he is not eapab'e of being
removed from where he lies at present. The prisoner showed
his head and face, and said he was kicked very badly by the
other parties. He was remanded for a week, in order to ascer•
tain how the injured man would progress.
'JOHN WALSH'S ADVENTURES.
John Walsh, apparently about 25 years of age, whose head
and face presented an appearance as if he had just come out of
the final struggle at the Betian, Sebastopol, ova: charged
by officer 134, for having assaulted hm. Mr. Bluck was for
the prisoner. The officer said, at three on Sunday morning he
was in Midghall-hall street, where he saw a drunken man on
some steps, and when rousing him up, the prisoner came
behind, struck and knocked him down, and used him very
violently. In reply to Mr. Block, the policeman denied that
he used his staff, or that he injured the prisoner, but he would
not swear that he then presented the battered appearance
which he does at present. The prisoner was not drunk, nor
was he sober at the time. Part of the policeman's statement
was borne out by officer 552, but he did not know how the pri-
soner got injured. Mr. Bluck said be would produce no
less than five witnesses, who would swear that the officer used
the prisoner most barbarously, without any provocation, and
left him in the state he now presented, and if that were so, all
he would say, was, that it was scandalous conduct on the part
of the police, and if the witnesses did not tell the truth, it
would be a great shame. Mr. Raffles said that in both points
he agreed with Mr. Bluck. Mr. Block then called five persons
who swore that the officer had treated Walsh very cruelly,
without any provocation—that he knocked him down, beat him
on the head, knelt on his chest, and otherwise injured him.
Mr. Kehoe cross-examined the witnesses, when Mr. Raffles
said there was no doubt the man was punished by some one,
and but for that circumstance, he would fine him double what
he would now inflict on him. He fined him 205., or fourteen
days' imprisonment.
CHARGE AGAINST A SERVANT.