The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-26 00:00:00

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Saturday, Jan
HUNTING FIXTURES.
The
Vale Royal
Monday, January 28, at Warmintham Village
Wednesday, January 30, at
7C2H6,EaStHIRE HOUNDS meet on
Norton Priori
Each day at half-past ten.

MANCHESTER RACES.—The Manchester Steeple-chase,
Flat, and Hurdle Races will take place on Saturday
next, the 2nd February. The entries stand as before,
and the stewards are :—The Hon. J. Drummond, Capt.
Tempest, and P. P. Moseley, Esq., 11th Hussars.
PIGEON SHOOTING. —The match for £lOO aside,
between Mr. Joseph Donald, of Huddersfield, and Mr.
Thomas Forster, of Aldwark, came off on Thursday, at
the York cricket ground. Mr. Donald proved the win-
ner, having killed 54 out of 48 double rises, and Mr.
Forster 46 out of 47.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday the coroner hell
the following inquests :—On the body of George Mar-
tin, 41 years old, a labourer, who woieineseoegfmoployed at
"—On th
Messrs. Horsfall's on the 4th instant.
hishifis hand
hurt at the foundry, and subsequently
was amputated. Lock jaw supervened, and thisfingers
Hugh Gibson, 30 years of age, a carter, who lvbedu
causeddiynoaf
death. Verdict, "Accidental death.
court off Scotland-road. On the 19th
that
he was caught
between his own cart and a wall, and itappeared
there was no blame to any one. He died in consequence
of the injuries. Verdict accordingly.
INTENDED SLAVE INSURRECTION Ire VIRGINIA:
aout
e y
ery
Great fear of an insurrection of slaves is felt in the
npleaignlitabtoiuonrinwgerVeiergstainbialischoeud. ntieTs,wtyfiv
aelp,trolu b
Twenty-five
kegs of pow-
der were found secreted in various places.
THREE MEN BURIED IN A MINE FOR THREE DAlr
—Great consternation was created at Calve' sebg.'
near Bakewell, Derbyshire, on Tuesday last, by the
fear that three men, named Thomas Edeson, and Joseph
and John Burch' (two brothers), had been killed iti
a
mine. The most arduous and anxious exertions were
made to dig them out, and on Wednesday mornin
they were reached. Two were found alive, viz., JosepS
and John Burch, though greatly exhausted. They
were at once removed, and, being carefully treated, are-
in a fair way of recovery. Not so Thomas Edeson • he
was found dead, his head being frightfully crushed.
The survivors heard Edeson's shot fired, when they
were instantly hemmed in by a large mass of earth
displaced by the shot. These men bad remained in the
mine from Monday, having bad no food.
A GAMEKEEPER SIIOT.—A few nights since a milder-
ons attempt was made upon a gamekeeper named Nutt,
in the employ of Lady Emily. Foley, of Stoke Edith
Park, Herefordshire, by a navvie, known to his compa-
nions by the soubriquet of "Lank." Nutt saw that a
poacher had a gun. and was watching the operations of
the dog, and he therefore advanced towards him without
attempting to warn him off, but the fellow called upon
him to "stand back," or he would blow his brains otat.
The keeper was about to close with his antagonist,
wnen the fellow raised the piece to his shoulder, and
deliberately shot him. Providentially the man partially'
avoided the charge by a dexterous movement of the.
body, but several of the shots struck him in the face,.
and one of his eyes is injured and discoloured, thouglx
it is thought he will not lose his sight. Nutt made
another attempt to capture the fellow, who had in the
meantime taken the precaution to re-load his gun, and.
who swore that he would either shoot him dead or beat
his brains out with the stock, before he would allow
himself to be made a prisoner. The keeper then
hastened home to have his injuries attended to, and to
inform the bead keeper of the formidable opponent he
had met with. The fellow, too, at once decamped, and,
although the police have been very active in endeavour-
ing to effect a capture, they have not succeeded in their
objet.
THE RECENT OUTRAGE BY THE CONVICTs ivr,
CHATHAM.—From the result of the investigation insti_
tuted by Captain Gambier it has been ascertained
beyond doubt that the recent outbreaks were led by a
few most ruffianly characters, on account of the failure
of the plot which had been concocted to enable a number
of them to effect their escap. The convict Peters, who
was at the head of the affair, was intrusted with the
skeleton key for releasing the others from their cells.
It was expected that Captain Gambier would have
ordered a severe example to be made of several of the
ringleaders, by directing them to be flogged in
the*
presence of the convicts at Chatham, but for certain
reasons this course has not been adopted. The leaders
yesterdayconvict
named
however, will not be allowed to escape condign punish-
ment, 12 more having been selected to be sent to Mil-
bank, where, on their arrival, they will doubtless he
flogged, and also reduced to the lowest class. The
number ordered to be reduced to this class, and all
mitigation of their punishment forfeited, is believed to
com-
mittedmear ly
b3oy. a An murderousnumber
of convicts sssau
on l t wa sa
Harold, while at work on St. Mary's Island, adjoining
Chatham Dockyard. Harold was believed to have given
implicated.
ces,
some information respecting the recent disturbances,
whereby several of his fellow-convicts wereea
party of
implicated. This deeply incensed them, and
convicts, headed by two men named Young
siin tia past
rold was
and
seizedjohn-
son,
and
guard,
a heavy
uar reachedstone h
each,te placeall
wherer n
at work, and commenced a murderous attack theupon
warders t
him.
Harold was soon overpowered,
and there is if not killed, not
several doubt
would have been seriously injured,
several of the warders hastened to to his assistance and
rescued him, seizing the leaders in the outrage. The
same day a savage assault was made in the prison big
convictd
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another leedft
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wtr, ht
a-
orr
dfo
co rm,
the,k
ea:not ilibwil
convict, a mulatto, on a warder, named De/lbws'''. U
and kicking and otherwise attacking him in a most
savage manner. The cries of Denbow brought some
ni sa as
mh beingie
tan t ,
dwhenouuw nn
one to his assistance, when it was found that he was a°
seriously injured as to necessitate his removal to the
prison infirmary.
EMBEZZLEMENT AND SUICIDE. PAINFUL CASE.— •
the death of Helen Martha Webb, aged
On Thursday afternoon, the City Coroner held a painful
inquiry in the board-room of Eridewell HesPitalf into
wasmr. gathered.
Bird,
a
tiiough :
who committed suicide under the following circum-
stanceseighteen years,
nessess, the subjoined history of the unfortunate girl
h---umFrbolemptehoepleev,idaeundcebaodf a. great numher of wit-
„of
lie
ia the service of
dairyman,
woafs
Ttuhrne
_lndaibeungehn.te:
..sue It Clerkenwell,
for about nine years, and had ahoy,/ bad . greatest
trust and confidence reposed in her. Amongst h,zr other
duties she had to deliver bills at her mistefa enston:,era
and collect the money, and not the slightest suspicion
was attached to her until Monday evening hot, when
Mrs. Bird called on a customer for a small accottnt of
Bs. 4d., and the lady said she had paid the deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Bird taxed deceased with having
received the money, but she denied it, and eventually
the lady and the deceased were brought face to
and said she
face, when the girl burst into tears,
hoped she would he forgiven. his.
which
asked licr
which she had
if there were any other moneys
received and not accounted for, but she
..did not
answer, and he said if he found any other ca_se_s_he lira
send for a policeman. She went to be and Mrs. Hoe
om said she was very
mother,•who slept in the same ro
tO and to forgive her
restless all night long, and called•
ast five an dressed
In the morning she got up at half-
Pki the
hurriedly; after which, instead of to ng out milk,
she ran away, and it is supposed that she must have
, into the river,
gone to Blackfliaes-bridge and jumped
for nothing more was seen of her till half-past three in
the afternoon, when the attention o City. constable
Robinson, 365, was drawn to a barge lying in the mud
hich a human foot
near the bridge, and from under which
of the City Gas Works,
was projecting. Mr. Mau",
and others, rendered every assistance; but it was not
till the tide floated the barge, at a quarter past six, that
the body could be extricated from
an d its fearful position
had
Dr. Hutchinson saw the body, said that life
been extinct some hours. Mr. Bird, in answer to the
coroner, said that he had since ascertained defalcations
to the extent of £l5. Verdict—" Temporary insanity."
IRISH REBELS THE FENEIDS OF SLAVERY.—The
Charleston Mercury (U.S.) enjoys the privilege of a
Paris correspondence from John Mitchel, the Irish
rebel and pro-slavery writer. In a letter in the Mercury
of the 4th, to which the editor proudly invites attention,
Mitchel says :—" On the whole, I believe the Southern
States need have no apprehension in this present crisis.
Whatever course may be deemed most suitable, most
dignified and independent by themselves, boldly and
proudly vindicating their own institutions, that course
The men will be sanctioned by the civilised world. of
_
white neckcloths in England, the old St. Simonians and
disciples of Anacharsis Clootz in France, may turn up
their stupid eyes, but the commercial
exigencies of the
world will, at least in this one can, sustain the conclu-
sions of plain good sense, as well as of the most genuine
philanthropy, and slavery will be recognised as the
only rational basis of all communities in countries se
happily situated that they can establish themselves.Ort
so admirable a foundation. As for those countries which
are too far north or too far south for so excellent a
system, they must do the best they can, and I trust t
hey
may be able to live in some tolerable manner, provi
they mind their own business, and not give themselves
up to a too envious malignity against more fortunate
lands."