The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-21 00:00:00

THE ;UN OF MANY WIVES.

A few days ago it man, named John Williams, a timber mea-
surer, was broughr up an a charge of bigamy. The details of
the case were publishedis feb- isy,s sq. Two of his wives were
preisent, the third had.married another man. The females now
appeared, but refused to prAisecete ; and, therefore, i.he
soner was discharged. Air. Nehoe said the irisoner had he
Aid' not know how many wives, HB lilid received the follow-
iug•letters about him :

" Goole; Sept. i 4,

'• Sts,—l am inclined to think you hare in- custody my hus-
band, Who was married at this place on the 21st of March
last. If it is him, he is in person light brown hair, slightly
bald, has a scar on his lower lip, rather to the right side. I
hire not heard from him since the 6th of April; he then was

at CheaterAlelil. " A. WiLLIAms."
Another letter wt* reeeiyed fropa a Mrs. Charles Nash, Clifton,
stating that the dese,riptiOn in the Liver pool papers of the
Malt led her to think that he was a pe4en wba endeavoured
to marry one of ber servants, some time ago, Ittl,t was tir4e
vented. Mr. Kehee said, no doubt he wonld soon have the
prisoner up again, as he (Mr. g. eho ) thought froi what he
bad heard, that he had at least a dozen wives.

(Before Messrs. CHALONER and If unnixsom.)
ISLINGTON MARKET.

Thera were over thirty persons summoned by the markets
authorities for selling fruit and other things in the market by
retaib in small quantities, Contrary to the by-law, which im-
inkict nes on de-
fendants, d
im-
poses a penaitty and 2s. 6d. costs, as the market is one
for wholesale purpOsea
The charges being proved, the
fen magistratesda nts whichh they
ya ldtiedrntaoti vt
he
ebut
extent
of
2s.
ga, r
Chaloner remarking that it was a hard case on the defendants.
They paid 4d. toll to go in -and sell their articles there, and
then, for selling a pennyworth of fruit or otherwise, they had
to pay a flue of 2s. 6d. He could not understand this, but it
was so, and the magistrates could not remedy it.
BAD

- Inspector Tyrrell sunli9r•4l #tirtecm fish stall keepers, from
St. James's and St: John's A artetsi ot laying ezp,se4 bad
fish for sale. The defendants had exposed quantities of end
fish and, ray, varying .from 40 to 200 pounds, for sale, and it
was proved by the inspector that the article was bad and not
fit for human food. The defendants, in each ease, were fined
ss. and costs.

About two o'clock yes.ACCIDENT IN DIM:UNREAD.--
d John Willi
terday morning, a young man
liamehartby beingall"'
residing at 85, Wood-street,
was severelyarid a mortar mill, on
crushed between some waggons
dHe
was taken
the works of the Mersey Dock Boar •
home, and 1$ now in a yer
a Y Fulcarialls state'
TOXTETH BOARD OF ,AUARDIA.N9.---
Xl'.rli. S. Al ass
presided at the weekly meeting of this board, yesterday_ ;
and the other members present were—Messrs. Baynes,
Carter, John Wilson, Hughes, Hunter, Joseph Wilson,
William Leyland, Ogden, H. Leyland, J. Brundrit
reported Moss, Johns, and Miller.—The Governor repo
J.
number of paupers in the township to be, last week, 329 ;
admitted since, i 6; discharged, 6 this week,
Bridget Robinson, a_piuper; appeared ro preferlocodulay
1
.
i_ea.i
plaint against Mr. Heath' for Visiting 'her
on n
night, at ten o'clock, while she was in bed. Mr. t
stated that the door of the house was open, and that he
had entered because he believed the woman was not
lijing with her children as she stated when her applica-
tion for relief was granted by the board. The guardians,
after hearing this expianation, at once dismissed the
charge.-=From the minutes of the Visiting ConOttee
it appeared that with reference to the proposed
increase of the salaries of Mr. Dunkley; the chaplain,
and Mr. Ward, the medical officer, they recommended
an increase of 420 per annum to each.—lt was moved
by witr.'wirOm Leland, and seconded by Mr. Hunter,
that the minntis be ca4rmed. VAC pro need, as
an amendment, that the•salaries incileasedl4#ls9 per
annum instead of £2o.—Mr. Miller objected to the pro-
mittee was amply sufficient. Mr. Dunkley
posal; he thought the sum recommended by the corn-
was not
occupied for a very great portion of his time; and even
when he was engaged, it Was only in talking what was
sometimes nothing more than cant. He considered that
the proposition •of Mr. Moss was a most inconsiderate
one towards the ratepayers, who were already very hea-
vily tared. It was an act of very bad taste on the part
a of 3fr. Moss, who did not now reside in the township,
and aia hod gt.:74 the board. meetingsregularly, to come
and make such a proposition._... Wilson wished
it to be borne in mind that se, as one of the visiting
committee, did not sanction so !cry meagre an increase.
He could heartily support• Mr. Moss's proposition, grid
rther remarks the Motion foethe adoption
bT the reprP
taken, and also 'the emendment: For
the former
eAnfttierrely disagreed with the remarks of Mr.. Miller.—
some
fu
tfieiOtto 4. 4,0 fq Pie letter 6.—Mr.
Mosi then explained 00 his absence 4,2 N Tim board
concluded the business,
had been occasioned by severe demestic eVa.,