The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-24 00:00:00

THE BOUSFIELD TESTIMONIAL.

We are glad to see that the public is most cor-
dially seconding the committee which has been
formed for the purpose of raising a testimonial
to Lieut:-Colonel Bousfield. Although the circu-
lars nave only been issued during the past week,
the amount already received etceeds .tl,OOl At
present the whole safaris kith has fien subscribed
in Liverpool, and by the time an appeal has been
made to the gentlemen interested in the voiririteer
movement throughout the kingdomL_We has do
doubt brit that the' sum will be quadrupled. In
Liverpool the therits and services of Colonel
Bousfield, in connection With the volunteer move-
ment, of which. he was undoubtedlg tie pioneer,
are too well known to need further mention ; but
as many Of our readers have not yet received a
circular from the committee, we may inform them
that the subscription books are still open, and
that suniS of fitly attiount will be gladly received
by Mr. William Alieddefi the bong sggretary, and
Mr. Lister, of the Union Oadie:

AN dl,ll MAN ROBBED AND MURDERED

On Friday Thomas Kendell and Wm. Leyland, two
ruilianly-looking men, and Elizabeth Leyland and Ann
Green, the former a middle•aged and the latter an old
woman, were charged with having robbed and caused the
death of Mr. William Yarwood, of Appleton Thorne,
Cheshire. The principal evidence given was that of
Martin Brogan, a hawker, residing in Warrington, who
said---:i Was in the neighbourhood of Golden-square on
Sainrdayniglit, and eaW the prisoners, Kende 11 , Leyland,
and an old mac'.. The old !Vail was coming out pf the
Market-shed, and the prisoners were going in: Mendell
knocked against the old Mai. The old min said,
"What are you doing ?" Kendell slid T t'h'e old man
did not go, he would make him go. There Was an old
woman with the man, and Kendell made a blow at her.
because she called them blackguards. Yarwood, the
old man, got between Kendell and the woman. Ken-
dell then seized the old man by the hair of the head and
struck him. The woman continued abasing the men,
both of whom afterwards made a savage attack upon
Yarwood, whom they knocked down and kicked. Sub-
secptent evidence Went to prove that the old woman,
Anti Greed, 34s are accomplice of the two male prisoners
and Elizabeth Leyland: Abont I/ the same night Wm.
Parkinson, hearing a noise in' tEe street, went to the win-
dow, and there he saw Yarwood hold:link .t-nn Green by the
throat, and calling out for the police, saying that she
had robbed him. A crowd assembled, and the Woman
Green recognising one of her acquaintances, called her
to go and get some of her friends to rescue her from
Yarwood.' This person went, and presently several
men, accompanied by Elizabeth Leyland, came, and
respt4ng Ann Green from the hold of Yarwood, made a
mitideroits attack son him, knocking him down and
kicking hini on the fibs and head: This took place
in the midst of between 2;6 end 3d spectators, but no
one interfered. He lay moaning in tote; street for a
quarter of au hour, and when at length lie Was taken
into an adjoining house, it was found that be had been
robbed of his money, and had received a frightful wound
on the back of his head. He was taken home and
medical assistance sent for ; but, when the surgeon
arrived he found the man in a dying state, several of
his ribs having been broken, and he being otherwise
frightfully injured about the head and body. The
surgeon got bandages to bind the broken ribs, but the
poor old man died whilst under treatment. The exami-
nation yesterday being merely a preliminary one, the
prisorierg Were remanded. An inqiiest, it is under-
stood, will take pla6e, and a post mortan examination
of the body will be made.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-SATtRDAV.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
MARY O'NEILL'S SWORD

A lNelyzieoking female, named Mary O'Neill, who keeps
s mie sort of a slinp' in Rupert-street, was charged by a police-
officer with being drunk arid disorderly in that street ; and
there was also a charge preferred against her by two females
for having threatened to assassinate them. Ilk' officer said
about seven o'clock the previous evening he was in Ititpert-
street, when he heard a noise, and on going forward he saw
the prisoner with a gigantic knife (hero he produced a formid-
able-looking affair that would have made a sword for the Irish
"gems' for Marshal M'Mahon) running after the two females,
eWearing she would " do" for them. Whs.' the " do" meant,
may be inferred front the &wishes she made with the "imple-
ment." The worried got inter a shop, and the officer arrested
the prisoner. In answer to the charge, the' prisoner sail the
females owed her some money, and called at her shop, when
she asked them for the money; but instead of getting any,
they attacked her with a poker and tongs, and she was obliged
to defend herself. She was fined SI, or in default one month's
imprisonment.