The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-30 00:00:00

279 15 6

Which further reduces the sum to . . 78 10 9
which latter includes a small amount still recoverable,
and also the losses upon removals and excusals on the
ground of poverty. go that the loss upon this rate will
not exceed the loss upon the previous one. The large
reduction upon the railway assessment has arisen in this
way :—The railway company, two or three years
ap, had awarded to them by arbitration a sum of
.t 5,000 per annum for the exclusive occupation of a
certain line of rails between Grange-lane and Cathcart-
street stations; and the overseer of that year
assessed the railway company for that £5,000,
as increasing the value of the line to that extent.
Against this charge the company appealed, but on
appeal the assessment was confirmed so far as regarded
the £5,000. But the time for which that £5,000 was
aWattled having lapsed, another reference to arbitration
between the two companies has resulted in the £5,000
being taken away, and only £2OO or £3OO given in its
place. And of course we are now only entitled to
charge upon that smaller amount. The accumulation
of arrears owing by the Mersey Docks and Harbour
Board now amounts to between £7OO and £BOO. And
the overseers regret their inability to report a' speedy
prospect of the settlement of the case. In the action
tot relYlevin now pending in the Court of Common Pleas,
we are the defendants and not the plaintiffs. If we were
the plaintiff's it would, we think, have been brought up
for hearing long ago.. As it is we can only urge upon our
solicitor and counsel that no delay may be permitted
which we can prevent, and this we have never ceased
to do. (Hear, hear, and applause.)
Mr. TOWNSEND, solicitor to the
overseers, had stated that
a case to be submitted to the Court of Exchequer,
been agreed upon by counsel on both sides ; but there
was considerable delay on the part of the solicitor of
the dock board in setting down the case
.for hearing.
The dock solicitor had been pressed as much as possible
to have the case set down, and it was hoped that it
would be entered, and come on for hearing during
Easter or Trinity term. The result would be that if the
overseers got judgment in this case, the township would
get all the arrears of rates due by the dock board.
The CHAIRMAN--I suppose we are nearly sure of it
in the end ?
I think there can be little doubt
Mr. TOWNSEND—
about it, for we are advised by counsel that we are right.
The report was then received.
Mr. MARTIN then moved that the following list of
names should be submitted to the magistrates, for them
to chose from in the appointment of overseers for the
ensuing year. Messrs. J. H. James, J. Dutton, W.
Hinson, M. Glover, T. Kenning, J. Timmis, H. Fisher,
Charles Gatehouse, and J. Foulkes. It was explained
that the first four names were generally selected by the
magistrates ; that the two retiring overseers were Messrs
Martin and Minton, and that Mr. James and Mr.
Dutton, having served one year each, were nominated
.
further for the ensuing year.
Mr. JAMES second the motion, which was carried
unanimously.
Mr. James moved and Mr. Dutton seconded, that
the following list of names should be recommended to
the magistrates for them to chose from in making
the appointment of two assessors of assessed taxes,
viz :—Messrs. R. Ackerley, S. Weare, L. Keizer,
W. Ryalls, R. Hughes, and T. Cowley. The motion
was carried unanimously.
On the motion of Mr. Houghton, a vote of thanks
was passed to the Rev. Chairman, and the meeting then
broke up.

The notice inviting tenders for the new issue of. Vie.
tonic, 6 per Cent. Debentures will appear on Friday. The
total amount on this occasion will be about £2,700,000.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE
ASSIZES.

CROWN COURT.-YESTETIDAY.

/Before fifr Justice Hill.)
CHARGE OF MURDER IN LIVERTOOL.—Mary Ann
Sullivan was indicted for having feloniously murdered,
at Liverpool, a young woman, named Margaret •Cross.
Mr. Simon and Mr. Laresche prosecuted, and Mr.
Russell defended the prisoner. The deceased, together
with the prisoner and a number of other girls, lived in
a house of ill-fame in Conins Court, Comus-street, and
kept by a person named Joseph M.Keteiv. On the
25th of December last M'Kenay had a child christened,
and all the inmates of the house celebrated the occasion.
by partaking plentifully 'of liquor. About five o'clock
in the evening the •decease_ went out; and did not,
return till near twelve, when her voice was heard in the
passage, calling upon Sullivan to come and assist her to
fight Margaret Welsh, The prisoner immediately
rushed out, and an altercation took, place between bar
and the deceased. As they were entering the house
again, the prisoner gave the deceased a push, causing
her to fall on the floor. Exasperated by this, she
rose up,' and' threw a candlestick at the prisoner,
which, however, did not hit her. The prisoner then
rushed upon the deceased, seized her by the hair of the
head, and dragged her to the ground. She then placed
her knee upon her chest, and bumped her head against
the hearthstone. She then kicked her several' times
about the n'eek and shoulders, •and when the deceased,
in a weak voice, said " Another such, and you' will kill
me," she retorted, " There, then, you have it?' •deal-
ing her at the same' moment another kick on the head.
The deceased never spoke after this. A number a wit-
nesses were examined, whose evidence was exactly in
keeping with these statements. The surgeon who made
a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased
was examined, and said that the immediate cause of
death was concussion of the brain, resulting from the
severe wounds on the head ; but he coiteidered that
death was accelerated by' the state of intoxication in:
which the deceased was at the time it occurred.—The,
jury returned a verdict of guilty of -manslaughter.—ln
sentencing the prisoner, the Judge said—The learned
counsel who had so judiciously defended the prisoner,•
had in his few observations galled his attention to the'
fact that she had not •for many •years been under the
care of father or mother, and had grown up ,without
any moral training ; but he could not • give these c. r`
cumstances any weight; for although the prisoner woe
only twenty years of age, she had been eight times it%
prison, and five of these had been for crimes of violence.
He did not wish to enlarge upon the enormity of the
crime she had committed, but would pass the sentence
of the court upon her, which was that 'she be Kept aG
penal servitude for the term of her natural life.
MANSLAUGHTER IN LIVERPOOL.—John Rooney (50
was charged with the murder of James Carlisle, In
Liverpool, on the 15th of July last It app,aars that
the prisoner occupied the'eellar of the house in which
deceased lived, who was Separated from his wife, ()_ll
the day mentioned the prisoner came home with )1"
wife, whom he had brought from a public-house in
state of intoxication. On entering the cellar, he beelt
to upbraid her with her bad conduct, and charged her
with drinking with Carlisle. He then shut the door
and commenced to beat her. Her screams attracted the
attention of the deceased, who went to the door of the
cellar and demanded admittance. The prisoner refused:
to open the door ; upon which Carlisle threatened to
break it up. The prisoner warned him that if he did
so, the consequences would be upon his head. The
deceased broke open the door, and on entering the
cellar the prisoner was standing with a dagger in one
hand and a pair of tongs in the other. With the latter
he dealt Carlisle a blow on the head, which felled hires
to the ground, and while lying there the prisoner
repeatedly struck him about the head with both 'wea-
pons. He was taken to the hospital, Where he lingered
for several days, till he died.—The Jury found the,
prisoner guilty,' but recomniendedlim-to mercy. Sen-
tence deferred.

BURGLARY AT BURY.—George Good (48) was`charged
with burglariously entering the house of Henry InghaM,
Bury, and stealing a looking glass, a shawl, and various
other articles ; and Mary Ann Good was charged with.
receiving the seine. Mr. Pope conducted the prosecu-
tion, and Mr.' Scott defended, the prisoners. The prose-
cutor, who is a manufacturer in Bury, was awakened on
the morning of the 6th Dicember 'by a policeman, who'
had found his parlour window open. " On an 4tamiila-
tion he and his wife discovered that the articles mentioned.
in the indictmentlad been taken away. to trace could,
be found of the'guilty person for some time, till on the'
24th of February, suspicion having alighted on the'
prisoners, their premises were searched, and various,
articles, which were sworn to by the,wife-a-itheproseoll-
- found on them. In a ~o.arden,belonging
house a hymn-book was found, concealed'in a, box' awl
a- glove containing some pawn tickets. Fronar Mead' it
appeared that the male prisoner had pawned somespoomi
in' Manchester, under a false name' about fourteen Asiya
after the robbery, and a few days later the fetnale had:
pawned a piece of carpet. On these being procluetd,
Mr. Ingham positively swore to their identity. In sum:-
ming up the evidence, his lordship said that the femhle-
prisoner might possibly be coerced into receiving the•
goods, and it would be for the jury to consider whether
they could 'convict her upon the evidence.- , The jury
found the male prisoner guilty of burglary, but acquitted,
the female. The former was sentenced to imprisonment.
for fifteen months.

CHARGE OF MANSLA.TIGETZR AT BURNLEY.—WiIiam:
Flynn, a man about middie age, was charged with the
manslaughter of a man named ,Tuomas Hitchen, a.
butcher, in Burnley. Hitchen, .it appears, had becni
indulging, on the 19th instant, to a great extent in:drink, an as he was returning home along Mill-lane, ill'
company with a friend, they met two Irishmen, rill
moved out of the way to allow them to pass, as the decease
was taking up a considerable amount of room, his arms'
being thrust out in a peculiar lateral direction. Tilo
evidence as to what occurred at this point was rather
dubious ; but it would appear that the prisoner returnedr
after he 'had walked about twenty yards,.end withent
uttering a word gave Hitchen a heavy blow on the right
side of the head. The blow stunned him, and after
reeling a few steps, he fell heavily, his head coming in
contact with the pavement. When lifted up he was.,
found to be quite' insensible, and was first removed to.
tha Crown Inn, which was close by, and after-
wards to his own lodgings, where he died in
a few hours. An examination made by a surgeon
proved, that death resulted from a severe com-
pound fracture of the skull.—Ou the conclusion of
the evidence for the prosecution, the learned counsel
for the defence called several witnesses to proVe
alibi. Mary Murphy deposed that the prisoner acconir-'
panied her to her house a little after seven o'eloekr'
where he was when a person came in and told them:.
what had occurred at the Crown Inn, in Mill-lane-
Two men and a boy ,at
that the prisoner was not the
man who inflicted the blow, but that it was a man.
named Sullivan, who had absconded immediately after- .
A policeman was also called, who :said that the police
had been on the track of Sullivan, but had not fowl&
him. His wife had left Burnley shortly after him..
The jury, however, considered that the evidence
for the prosecution was more trustworthy, and accord-
ingly found the prisoner guilty.' In consideration that
he had only used his fist, and had shown no. malignity
by kicking or otherwise when be knocked- Hitchen.
down, he was only sentenced to six months' impsitrue
meat, with hard labour.

NISI PRIUS *llllO
(Before 21-r. Justice Blackburn.) .-e
TAYLOR V. TAYLOR AND OTHERS.—This .0.1313 wee,
only partially heard on the previous day, and it was'.
accordingly resumed this morning. The action Was to-
recover compensation from the aefendents, eegine--
makers, and trustees of Messrs. Wolstenholme anditye,...
of Lower Moore, for damage, which it was alleged,
owing to the interference of one of the Alefendeate3
workmen, had been done to the machinery, of the?)
plaintiff, a cotton-spinner, carrying on business at.flep7t
kin Mills, Oldham. A considerable number of witnesses)
were called, who gave it in evidence that the machinery.'
had broken down in consequence of an interference vitO4
the valves of the engine. The plaintiff, James Tayligpl
was recalled on the question of damage! ; :and in estir-,.
mating the loss incurred by the stoppage.of the, woiks fur;
three weeks at £3OO, he stated that the annual prats were
£6,000 ; but in answer to a question put byMr. Monk, he.
said he was not aware what amount of income-tax he Mid
paid. It was urged, on the part of the defence,' that.the.
appearance of the machinery after the accident showed
that a chisel, or something harder than wrought or cast.
iron, had been dropped between the cogs of the two
wheels, and that the accident was not the result 'of
Buckley, the defendant's man, having. altered, the:.
valves. It was given in evidence, that the plain-
tiff's engineer, Ogden, had absconded from the.
works for two days after the accident, and that, tie
had subsequently emigrated to America ; .and that
though the man employed as the stoker. by the-plaintiff
was in court, he had not been called to give evidence.'
The acting manager of the defendants' works, Mr. PIN.'
deposed that the indentations upons the cogs of the fly"'
wheel were such as would be produced by a chisel..
dropping between the wheels ; and as the door to the
engine-room was constantly left unfastened, he was led:
to surmise that some of the hands employed in the mill..
bad mischievously dropped a chisel or other instrument•
between the wheels. The case was not concluded When..
the court rose.

A HIGHWAYMAN FOILED.—A gentleman residing in
the environs of Auch (Gers), was returning home in. a
gig from that town, where he had gone to receive a sum
of 10,000 f., when he overtook a lady, well dressed sad
closely veiled, who, signifying to him to stop, stated that
she had missed the diligence, and begged the favour rol-
a seat as far as the next village. The gentleman 'at.
once expressed his readiness to oblige her, and haying
taken the lady's basket, offered his hand to help her up-
While so doing he caught a glimpse of a pair of mous'
taches through the veil, and instantly quitting the pill'
tended lady's hand, drove off as fast as he could. 011
examining the basket left in his possession, it was fonol:
to contain a brace ot' pistols and a poinarell—Galioo"
We understand that the Civil Service of the Govern"
ment are at length in a fair way to obtain the advaatan
so long desired, of a fund by' which the principles ('
life assurance will be specially adapted to their I".ntf:
and means. An arrangement has been made
company of good standing, and will shortly be acrtuiteouriu;',
by which a mutual fund will be established
pendent of official control, and out of which PO,ll
will be panted on the payment of premiums closely
approximated tO a per tentage on the incomes
gentlemen in public offices. The success of this arran°o4,
ment will undoubtedly be a great benefit to the services'
from the highest to the lowest ; and the more 80, as
believeit is ultimately to be extended to the arm,' i,-
the navy.
art
of
RIOT ON BOARD AN EMIGRANT SHIP.--AB t
the crew of the American ship Express. in. tilt. •
Havre, were on Saturday engaged in .embarking.
stones, a shower of rain fell, and they put theTsi,n"
under cover until it should cease ; but thomsr2l°_
that they should continue their work, and sole tl.l:f to
man, whose name is Childhen, he attempted by fore
make him do so ; but the man resisted, and on a
ae ensuing, knocked,from
his the
poc mate
ke t !Tit
ball penetrated the man's cheek, i'fiictowle hoslitet
anddowftrn.ed
wound, which necessitated his being sent
Tahtetmhea.tgaie thioserni,
_vas
f the sailors having',
t
self with a pistol, in consequence o .
The Havre journals state that the mate bad armed .
mart d the
shore. 4
him, arid thrown stones at him on
two days before, set themselves up in rebellion ageing'
crew have been taken into custody.

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