The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-16 00:00:00

MAPPING CERTIFICATES,

•
Clasp E McDowell A. ; 11. Cassidy J., Makin-
son NV:I-111. -Rider T. F. ; IV. Travell J. T. A., Maris G. J.,
Fletcher N. ; V. Bishop W. S. P., Skinley J. A. L., Beckett
W. J. ; VI. Banner A. W., Lund J. ' • VII. Wilby G., Owens
J. VIII; • Hughes T., Harris G. ; Moore--F. H.,
M'Cracken G.

Several of the more successful pupils were loudly
cheered by their comrades.
At the conclusion of the distribution,
Mr. Howsox remarked that during -the six months
there had been an extraordinary amount of illness
among the masters. One of 'them was at, present
unwell, but he trusted that his *sickness was only
temporary. While upon this subject, he had to men-
tion that another of the masters, whose health had
not been thoroughly established, had decided upon
resigning; he alluded to Mr. Wilson. That gentle-
man had been a master ever sine° the *nig Of the
s'Olools of that institution, -and he should be certainly
failing in his duty if he did not express the obligations
under which they lay to him during his long and valu-
able services. He was certain that the boys who had
been under that gentleman would always look back upon
him with -respect. (Applause.) In regard to the de-
partment he presided over, the vacancy had been filled
by a gentleman in whom he had every confidefice, and
who yromised to Maintain the credit of the department.
% Orkkosoti, Esq., nett addressed the meeting. He
said, although he had been connected with the institu-
tion from its foundation, this was the first occasion on
which he had taken part in its public proceedings. He
was desirous of giving some account as to how the
Cambridge University examinations had operated upon
the institution last December. The results would be
announced that day. In the case of those examinations
the eicellence of the pupils was tested by others than
the resident masters, as in Canning and Gladstone prizes,
for which the pupils were examined by a distinguished
scholar from Oxford or Cambridge, who fixed upon
the most meritorious. The peculiar value of the
Cambridge examination was that there was corn-
rpleielY a race for it between all England. The
-result so far as. Liverpool. was concerned had been
most remarkable ; 2.1 candidates had gone from
that school, and ant of these there had not been a
single failure: He believed that that was more than any
single town'or city in England could say. Out of the
number he had mentioned, four gained first-class prizes,
six gained second-class prizes, and there were_four who
gained third-class prizes; so that seven passed in a satis-
factory manner without obtaining honours, while all the
rest obtained them. His experience of, colleges *as
such that he knew they fluctuated' very much with
respect to their prosperity, and all should, therefore, be
exceedingly carefUl as to the manner in which. they sent
out young men froM the institution. Mr. Gregson then
paid a high compliment to Mr. Howson, the principal,
and to the assiduity which he displayed in the performance
of his duties. To him was owing the total extinction'
of the once heavy debt on the institution. He concluded
by expressing a hope that. the Collegiate would in future
retain the very high point of prosperity to which it had
now reached.

The Rev. Mr. LAWRENCE also spoke to the advantages
of the institution, and impressed upon the pupils present
the necessity for spending their holidays in a proper

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.:-7YEsrERDAy

(Before Messrs. ItotTollfd* and PREsToN.)
ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE,--
deeent;loolking roan Minted John Roberts; described a::
bricklayer, living -in Islingion-gaideng; was' charged with
being drtink rind attempting to commit suicide. It appeared
th t the prisoner was in the habit of indUlging too freely in
drink, and for soine iiine past he has been laSeliring under
delirium tremens; and on Thursday. evening he flung himself
into a pit near the Gardeni. Some boys were near at the
time and gave an alarm, when, with the assistance of a police-
man, they got him out. The unfortunate man appeared in a
terrible state, and he was remanded for the present.
THE TWO GLASSES.
William Roberts was charged -with breaking glass in a
shop window. in Scotland-road, the damage amounting to
£2 7s 6d. Police-officer 692 said he saw the prisoner rolling
along the street in a very ungeometrical manner, that is, not
from point to point, in a straight line, but as if he were walk-
ing on the figure of an S. -He advised him to get home es
soon as he could, and for this wholesome piece of advice the
prisoner asked him to imbibe a glass of tenpenny; but 692
declined the preferred beverage, when the prisoner gave a
lurch and went right in through awindow, so that having emptied
several glasses, he broke several more. He was ordered to
pay £2 7s. 6d., which he did and was then discharged.
A MAN OVERBOARD!
William Evans, the matter of a flat called the John, was
brought up in custody on a charge of hating assaulted William
Griffiths, the master of the tug Brother Jonathan, and for hav-
ing thrown him overboard in the Nelson Dock. Mr. Cobb was
for the proSecution, and Mr. Bluck for the prisoner. From the
evidence of the complainant, and some witnesses who were
examined to sustain the case, it appeared that the flat was
alongside the Euphrates. in the dock, when the tug was being
shifted there. The complainant asked the prisoner to move
the flat out of the way, but instead of doing so he need very
llatflanguage, and a scuffle followed, when the prisoner struck
Griffiths siiih the Handle of a winch and knocked him into the
dock. This was the amount of . esidenee given for the com-
plainant, when Mr. Bluck produced three witnesses, who left
all the blade on Mr. Griffiths; but the magistrates said they
believed the evidence for the complainant, and fined the priso-
ner £5, or two months' imprisenment.
SHOP-LIFTING.
Elica Anne Gil'an, who was remarkably well dressed, was
brought up by officer 752 on a charge of having stolen a coat
from the shop door of Mr. Hellewell, Lime-street. The officer
said he arrested her on the steps of George's Hall, and found
the coat in her possession, and she said she stole it from the
door. He also got a fine umbrella with her, and on inquiring
where life got it, she replied " I stole it like the coat." Her
husband (said the officer) was a mate on board one of the
"White Star" line of Australian packets. She came from
Rutlandshire, and Was knocking about Liverpool for the last
Couple of years.. A young woman named Barber, who works
at Mr: HelleWell's, said she saw the prisoner pull the coat from
the door, and Walk off with it. • In reply to the magistrates,
the prisoner (who seeded quite unconcerned), said she took
the coat. She was sent for trial.
(Before Messrs. HAMILTON and Boom.)
IMPORTANT TO RAILWAY PORTERS.
Mr. Marshall, the salicitor for the London and North-Wes-
tern Railway Company, appeared to prefer a charge against
Edward Turner, a porter at the Lime-street station, under the
Railway Regulation Act 7, 1842. From his opening statement
it appeared that it was made a serious offence, for a porter to
cut any straps belonging to carriages ; porters sometimes,
when they found Straps rather hard to tinbuokle from the lug-
gage, used to cut the buckle-holes with their knives, and this
rendered the straps weak, and when pulled strongly tkey used
to give Way, and were very dangerous: in fact, on one occa-
sion, a man lost his life in consequence of a strap having been
cut in that way. It Was tri prevent shell an oecurrence again that
the present case was brought, for an exatilple. He then called
henry Pletcher, a gtiard in the Ccimpany's service, who said : I
saw. Edward Turner at tile station at Ude-street, et three O'clock
On Friday last, and lie got Sri
•odd-lege, the Strap of which
was rather tight, when lie tticik iiiE kiiiie And Cut the
buckle hole. (Here it was exhibited.) ltit, lqaisde'n was
examined, and said he knew a man to have been killed in con-
sequence of an act like the present. The defendant said the
strap was too tight, and in the irritation of the moment, he cut
it. He had lost the top of one of his fingers in the company's
service, and this made him less able to open the buckle. Mr.
Marshall said he had no wish to press for a heavy penalty ;
it was more for the purpose of a warning to others than
punishment to the defendant i but if another offence of the
sett took place, he would press for the full penalty. The
magittratee thought a line Of h., adder the circumstances,
would be sufficient, and hoped it Would be A others
in future.

PUBLICANS' AND BEERHOUSE CASES.
Thomas Riley, publican of Milton-street, was summoned for
allowing drunkenness in his house, at an early hour on the 9th
instant. Mr. Cobb defended, and asked the ofil?er if he knew
that the defendant had sent out for the police to remove the
drunken person, and he replied he did not know. Mr. Cobb
called witnesses to explain the matter,
nstakittnzer,erb,uthetehrehomusaegi..kseterateers
finedClstreric£6l-starneedt,cEodsgtsi-hilf.owseas suninioned by Inspector liePlso,
fdr Sunday trading, Nid,bned is. and costa; Ifenty Pollard,
beerhouse-keeper, inbilee-street, ei•ar`, sdninioneci for doing
businesS on Sunday morning. The defenee Artlfi that peo-
ple found in the house were lodgers. Dismissed. Charles
Price, Myrtle-street North, was charged for doing business on
Sunday morning. The defendant:had been fined several times
before, and the case being proved, a fine of £2 an d costs was
inflicted. George Woods, of Wood-street East, beerh arse-
keeper, was summoned for Sunday trading. Fined 10s. and costs.
John Tolson, heerhouse.keeper, Rose-hill, was charged for sell-
lei?, ate befdre I o'clock on Sunday. Lined ss, and costs. Robt.
beerliorige=keeper, Dryderi-stteet, was charged on four
for as niariy breaches-Of the la*, alleged to have
been conimitted at different times since the 3rd instant. Mr
Cobb was for the defence, arid attempted to elie4 that the
parti6s who were supplied with the liquor were lodgers, lie
called• two respectable-looking females, who swore that the
evidence given by Stedman (who was in plat clothes, and
who was the prosecutor in this case,) was the opposite to the
truth. Here a question as to the credibility of Stedman arose,
when Mr. Cobb appealed to the magistrates and said,—l am
now going to ask Stedman an important question, and I beg
your attention to it. Were roil ever told by a magistrate of
that bench that he would not believe a word you said on your
oath? Witness : Never. Mr. Cobb : Take care, sir. I ask
you again, did a magistrate ever tell you from that bench that
he *mild not believe a word you would say on your oath ?
iiritnege what owoo 4 Mr: Cobb :In a Case of bastardy.
Witness : I will not answer you sea rin ffi t rant
Mr. Cobb , i again ask, did a magistrate tell yein froni the
bench that he would not believe what you would say on yntii.
oath? Witness : It has nothing to do with this case, and I
will not answer you. Mr. Cobb : Did a magistrate tell you
from that bench that he would not believe a word you would
say on your oath? Witness : I will not answer that question.
Mr. Cobb : Then I assert it here that Mr. John Turner, the
magistrate; said so to you from the bench ; and as you refuse
to answer the question, the magistrates avill see where the
truth lies, The magistrates at once dismissed this charge. One
of the Oilier eilargee ties dismissed also, a third adjourned for
a witness, and in another a fine of Ifis. ei:as iblposed.

CLEVER CAPTURE OF AN ABSCONDING
DEBTOR, AND RECOVERY OF PRO..
PERTY AND MONEY TO THE AMOUNT
OF £l,lOO.

On Saturday last, Henry Smith, alias Henry Cooper,
abadohded from-London, taking with him twenty-three
cases of goods, id ihe, vailie of .43800, and £3OO cash.
Information having reached Liverpool by telegraph, the
case was placed in the hands of that active and intelli-
gent officer, Mr. Maguire (late superintendent of police,
who has his private inquiry office in Doran's-lane), who
lost no time in looking after the party, aad very shortly
found traces of the fugitive. It appears that Cooper
was carrying on the business of a boot and shoe manu-
facturer on a large scale, in 10, Cambridge -street,
ilackeY. tondos, arid obtained goods from several
merchants to the extent of £BOO or X 560, which goods
he forwarded to Liverpool, and engaged a passage in
the ship Northern Bride for New Zealand. Mr.
Maguire soon made his acquaintance, and, having,
politely invited him ashore, banded himself and pro-
perty, consisting of £3OO in gold, and twenty-three
eases of goods, to the officer of the London Bankruptcy
Court, Who conveyed hini to London by the night mail.
This is another proof of the very able manner in Which
Mr. Maguire performs his work, in a short time; and
parties who have such matters to deal with, will do
well to place their instructions in the hands of Mr.
Maguire, for he loses no time until he catches the
runaways. .

BEAR rOOD AXD THE WORKING CLASSES.—The
stirring question of dear food drew a "monster"
gathering to Brandon-hill, Bristol, on Wednesday night.
The fleeting consisted chiefly of the industrial classes ;
and resolutions were passed, pledging thoie present to
abstain from buying till prices were lower, and to en,
deavour to check some evils, which are supposed to pro-
duce monopoly and dearth. The tone of the meeting
was moderate, and a strong vein of practical good sense
pervaded several of the speeches. No allusion was made
to politics. The reporters reckon the attendance at from
five to six thousand.
A HINT TO MR. HORACE MA.NN.—I don'•t believe a
word of the Registrar-General's return. I have no kind
of confidence if those census papers which are occasion-
ally distributed at our houses. In point of fact, when
I know how the cook and housemaid at Gamma Lodge
set the laws of their country at defiance upon the occa-
sion of the last returns, and yet have not been cent to
Newgate or the Tower—neither has the Attorney-
General done anything to their prejudice in an ex officio
way, how is it possible to have confidence on more
critical points ? . Cook is fifty-seven years of age, if sh 4
is a day ; she represented herself as twenty-six. Betty
is a Particular Baptist, but returned herself as a member
of the Establishment, because she considered it more
genteel.---Once a Week.

AMERICAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION. --- A new Arctic
expedition sailed from New London, Connecticut, on
the 29th ultimo, on board the bark, George Henry. The
expedition is not very numerous, for it consists only of
Mr. B. F. Hall, of Cincinnati, and his Esquimaux guide,
Cud-la-ja-ah. Mr. Hall, who lately resided in Cincin-
nati, intends to leave the vessel in which he sailed at
Sussex Island, taking with him a large boat, which has
been constructed expressly for him, and with which he
designs to make explorations in the region lying be-
tween Cape Willoughby and the entrance to Fury and
Hecl'a Strait. A crew of five Esquimaux, which he will
select at Sussex Island, will assist him in his researches.
Mr. Hall hopes to obtain further traces of the party'
which went with Sir John Franklin
EXTENSIVE THEFT AND SPEEDY CAPTURE.—It
appears that a gang of light-fingered gentry from Edin-
burgh succeeded at Crieff market, on Thursday last, in
robbing many of their purses and money. On the plat-
form of the railway station, a farmer named M'Laren
got his pocket-book stolen, which contained £3B in
bank notes, and a pass-book containing three bills of
£2OO, £56, and £8 respectively. Information was im-
mediately sent to the police, who apprehended, in the
course of a few minutes, in the Commereial Inn, a man
who, on being searched, was found to have Mr. M‘Laren's
whole property in his possession, besides other sums.
The prisoner, who gave his name as John Roy, cattle-
dealer, Edinburgh, was taken to Perth on Friday, and
after being examined, admitted the charge, and was
remanded for trial. The rest of the gang managed to
escapes—Scotsman.

COURT OF DIVORCE AND 3IATRIMONIAL

CAUSES.—THURsDAY.

(Before Sir Creswell Cresswell, Judge Ordinary.)
ALLsor v. ALISOP.-

This was a suit preferred b; Hannah Allsop against
her husband, John William Allsop, for a judicial sepa-
ration oa the ground of his adultery with their female,
servant, darolirie Wagstaff. The -Mutter)! was not
denied. Dr. Spinks appeared for the petitioner, and Dr.
Tristam for the respondent:
This case gives a positive contradiction to the state-
ments of the delays of the proceedings hi this court,
inasmuch as the petition was only filed on the itith of
April, and such was the rapidity of the proceedings that
the petitioner was unable to apply for alimony pendente
lite, and the decree has been suspended for that purpose.
The parties were married on the 7th of August, 1856,
at Hardenshaw, Lancaster, the respondent removing to
a small farm at Ballidon-on-Moor, near Exeter, where
they lived happily together, there being two children by
the marriage, until the wife discovered that her hasband
was cohabiting with her dairy maid, Caroline Wagstaff,:
and traced them as sleeping together on several
occasions at the Midland Hotel at Derby ; and also that
he had taken a cottage fer her, where she resided, at
Matlock Bar, The wife having made this discovery,
left her husbaid on the Ist of February, and went with
her children to reside Itith her sister and brother-in-
law, and at once commenced the preterit proceedings.
The case was fully proved, and the Cottrt granted a
decree of separation, but suspended it as to alimony arid
the custody of the children.

SHEEAN V. SHEEAN.

Mr. J. Baker Green appeared for the petitioner.

This petition by a wife for a judicial separation on
the grodnd of adultery was before the court on this day
week, and was adjourned fot additional evidence. The
parties were married in 1851, they cohabited until July
last, and had three children. The respondent was
charged with having since that date committed adultery
at Paddington with a girl named West.
Evidence was given that last year the respondent and
a woman, who lived with him as his wife, had occupied
apartments at Paddington, but it was not proved that.
this woman was not the 'petitioner.
The attorney for the petitioner was examined, and
produced a letter written by the respondent, in which
reference was made to some negotiation which had been
going on between the parties for a private separation.
In answer to questions put by his lordship, the witness
stated that he advised Mrs. Sheean to present this
petition just after the negotiation was broken off; that
Mr. Sheean had at one time suggested a divorce a
vinettlo, and that he was first instructed through Miss
Shecan, a sister of the respondent, who was an old client
of his, and who was anxious that Mrs. Sheean should
be protected from the respondent..: This suit was insti- '
tuted at Mrs. Sheean's desire, and not in consequence
tlf an arrangement with the repondent.

Mr. Brady, M.P., who had known the parties, was
put into the box, but was unable to supply the defect in
the evidence.

The attorney said that the difficulty in obtaining
evidence arose from want of funds and a desire to avoid

expenses.

His Lordship said that parties wasted more money in
patcliitg ►ip their cases than would be spent in getting
them up proyerly in the first instance. He would
adjourn the hearing, and fie alicnild be glad to see Mrs.
Sheean at the next sitting, as there were same matters
that required explanations.
The respondent rose and attempted to address the
Court, but not having put is an answer, he coula not be
heard.