The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-06 00:00:00

A RUFFIAN RIGHTLY PUNISHED.

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Mrs. Rock, a respectable-looking woman, charged her
son, Michael Rock, for having assaulted her. The poor
woman told a frightful story' of the t:eatment she was
in the habit of receiving from the prisoner, and her tale
was corroborated by a police-officer, who saw him beat.
her the previous night. The prisoner said, I won't do'
it again. Mr. Castellain : I will take care you will not,
for some time at least. You must go to jail for six
months,
,and at the end of that time you must find good
sureties to keep the peace, or to be imprisoned for six
months longer.
(Before Messrs. COIII3ALLY and Liorron.r.)
INDECENT ASSAULT.
BailJa,mes Speed, a journeyman baker, employed at Mr.
Jones' baking liouse, Athol-street, was charged by Mary
for having
indeceantsly
eivantin t
assaulted
morning the girl went i-4-" the b 'lcehouse- for water.
her.he samelt o
n e, nn
ear employment,
itehltt,
about six in
The defendant was at wo-k then, and as the prosccutrix
stated, he caught hold f her and committed an indecent
assault. She screamed and resisted, and then the defen-
.daut ran away. He was fined 40s. and costs, or two
months' imprisonment.
ASSAULT AND FURIOUS DRIVING.
Charles Screw-, the driver of a cart, was charged by
police-officer 772, for furious driving, and for assaulting
him. It appeared that on the evening of the 19th Nov,
the defendant was driving at a furious rate down Lime-
street, and that several persons had narrow escapes.
The officer followed and caught him in Roe-street, when
the prisoner lashed him with the whip about the head.
The magistrates fined him 20s. for the assault, and 10S.
for furious driving, or one month's imprisonment.
Thomas Lunt, a builder, was summoned for not
having given notice of an alteration made in a building
in Parker-street to the Building Surveor. The case
was proved, mut d fine of 20s, imposed.

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MR. MASON JONES'S ORATION ON GA/VIII,At,DI

IN THE PHILHARMONIC HALL ,

We haia aVait_to, remind all of our readers, for
Whom the heroic feats at O sttccessful efforts of the for-
ever celebrated Italian 'liberator-have an interest, that
Mr. T. Mason Jones' will make the carter of that illus-
trious man the subject of a most eloquent, e7fciting, and
thrilling oration in the Philharmonic hall, en.
Friday evening next, the ith instant. The orator, after
a brief review of the events of the past six mouths, will
Bite aL short sketch of the life of Garibaldi up to the
jltri64 of Ms arrival before Marsala. He will notice
the progress .of events before and within the city of
Palermo, describe his career up to his entry into Naples,
'sketch' rapidly the condition of that city, visit its prisons,
describe their horrors with terrible vividity. He
w/li then.' take. his audience through the camp before
Capua, nri with the leading men in the army and civil
service, and give them the results of the advantage
which he enjoyed of personal'intercourse with the great
Dictator himself. We are given to. understand that
Mr. Jones's forcible description of a'vi'sit to the hospitals,
where 'he accompanies Garibaldi, on hie visitation
amongst his wounded and dying comrades,is touching in
the eltreme. The oration will also be interspersed with
lively descriptions, short anecdotes, and piquant
reflections upon men and events. We would, therefore,
strongly recommend the public' in general not to lose
thiS opportunity. of hearing a speaker who comes so
direct from the seat of war, and has enjoyed such rare
opportunities of collecting information on the most
iiitereltiug topic of the day:

THE CHINESE, ARMY-ITS NUMBERS,
COMPOSITION, AND ARMS.

correspondent has sent us - the following
interesting information on the above subject : -
The ilailankl sea forces at the disposal of the Em-
peror of China anion& to 1,200,000 men, scattered our
the whole stitfuee 6f the empire, , and distributed into
three great divisiont The first comprises the "Eight
Standards," composed of Mantchin Tartars, Mongols,
and Han-Kinn (Chinese brought Under subjection to
the Government since the Mantchiri Tartar conquest),
whose total number amounts to 270,000.; .the second
comprMcs the militia of the Green Flag, to the number
of 600,009; red is composed of Chinese, with the excep-
tioV of some general officers ; lastly, the third comprises
the city militia; to the number of 300,000, a .kind of
municipal gttardf whose duties are to watch over the
general safety.,
Independently of these three, great divisions, which
are.quite distinct from each other, there is the army of.
volunteers' who in time of war are obliged to take up
atnid at the command of the Emperor. This fourth
division, ifiris'h is a'species of landweltr, varies in num-
bers, which can env be ascertained when the force is
called out. It cannot, however, be otherwise than an
imposing force, so far ins numbers are concerned ; and
ton'sequ'entty at first sight one cannot but feel astonished
hair' fur army so large in this respect should be so utterly
powerless in repressing and extinguishing a rebellion,
which each year is increasing: in power and in extent.
Let us take in the first instance the first division,
which is the most important, if not in numbers, at all
events in composition and military strength.
The army called the " Eight Standards" is thus
divided :
These are called su-
1. Yellow Banner
:-.4. P\i., with red border
l. White ...- ... :.- .. ... . ..... chin Tartars, and
Mongols.
. „ These are called in-
ferior . . banners, and are
composed of _ Mant-