The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-02 00:00:00

t'y4elT CRUISE

The Royal Mersey Yacht Club's first sailing elt.ach
for the season came off on Sattirday for a handsome
.pieca of plate, valued at 420. The weather proved
favourable ; a stout southerly wind blew, and the sun
shone out gloriously. The race was a very tame affair,
in comparison with former years. This may be SS-
counted for, perhaps, by the threatening state of the
weather during the previous week. The prize was
offered to yachts of all royal clubs. The boat attend-
ing on the race left the Prince's lauding-stage, for Rock
Ferry, shortly after ten o'clock, with a party of about
'fifty ladies and gentlenaen, including the commodore
(Captain Littledale) and the viee-commodore (Mr. J.
drod), who immediately set about placing the cora-
ls Ving g . h
ehts in t ei r proper positions for the start.
Three yaelittionly competed. The first was the Mona,
of twelve tons,tite property of the ' vice-commodore.
Ver wa.s Ted. The second was the
.ision, of 'eight tons, the property of Mr. Q. H.
Peclpingtan, of the Royal Mersey *ftioht Chib.
A'er distinguish* Ilag 'was red, with white
44epee. 'Ate Atiird Wag ,tike yiet,i4; of 13
tont the property of the b.onerary secretary. Her
flag WAS white, with a blue centre. About a quarter to

twelYe o'clock the signal was fired, and the yachts made
..the start-beautifully. The Vision took the lead imme-
diately, the Victoria followed closely at ker stern, whilst,
Mona fell into the background from the commence,
Ighttuttollih race became exciting, between the Vision
And' the' Ificttiitia• 14ow and again a strong gush of
*1,1,1444 'carry 9ie .1,4 e bye, is
ligged" for cruising, not fot fteing tiurriesei--tO the
ride of the Vision; 4u4' as the' breeze abated again, she
was lett. considerably 'in the rear. ' Outside the light-
. house, . thO.iea ran 'heavily, and the' little crafti were
tossed about in fine style. The Noiia retired 'fFom: thp
vice in the Queen's Channel; in returning. The race
lay -then, of course, with the two remaining yachts,
and the owners, who commanded themselves, left nothing
undone to win the goal, at which the Vision arrived at

,twenty minutes, and the Victoria at nine minutes to five
o'clock. The Vision thus won the race by eleven
minutes. The course was from Rock Ferry down Crosby
and Queen's Channels, leaving the black buoys on the
starboard, and the red buoys and the New Bell Beacon
Fairway on the port band ;'back up the same channels,
lowing the black buoys on the port, and the red buoys

on the starboard band, to the flag vessel off Rock It‘erry,
coming in on the port hand.
The party on board the despatch steamer enjoyed
themselves to their heart's content. They had a string
band aboard, and a portion of the time was spent in
dancing. There was also a supply of the best refresh-
ments, including plenty of champagne and wines of the
best quality.
After the race, the plate was awarded to the winner,
Mr: Codrington, on board the despatch steamer, by the
Commodore.

SUICIDE IN BLAKE-STREET.

On Saturday morning, a car-driver named John
Caulfield, who lived in Blake-street, hung himself. It
appeared that the deceased was not regularly employed
since Christmas, and that he has been in a desponding
state for some time past. On Friday night he came
home about about eleven in drink, and his wife left him
at two in the morning on a chair, and about eight in
the morning she found him hanging behind the kitchen
door. These facts were given in evidence before the
coroner, who held an inquest on the body on Saturday
afternoon; and the jury returned a verdict of t' de-
stroyed himself whilst labouring under temporary insa-
nity."

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)

THE LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT.
A young woman, named • Catherine Bishop, was brought up
by officer No. 365, who said she was creating a disturbance,
and using indecent language, and, as she wonld not go away, he
was obliged to lock her up. The prisoner denied the charge,
and raid it was all spite of the officer, and arose out of the fol-
lowing circumstance :—On Sunday last she saw the policeman
go into a public-house, and soon after she saw a man basting
a beY, when she went for the policeman, telling him he qught
to be in-the Street doing his duty, and not iu the public-himse.
He 'Sworele Would be revenged on her on the first occasion,
and 9n:the previous evening, when speaking to a friend at the
corner of Wilkinson-street, he took her into custody. Mr.
WitKaria' 'Hargraves, who said he was an estate agent, came
forWkrd, and'said he saw the whole affair as he was passing at
the corner of •Wilkinson-street. The prisoner (he said) was
not doing,anything ; she was standing speaking quietly. to a
smother female, when the officer came up and shoved her along
the street; there was no noise whatever at the time; he was
:within-two yards of them at the time_ Mr. Raffia. Ivae she
using. any bad language ? Not at all, sir, everything, was
quiet; and if she did say anything (but I did not hear her say
anything), ;he was greatly aggraVated by the officer. Mr.
Raffles (to the office*: What was the prisoner doing? There
were tWe of them standing at the corner. Mr. Raffles : Were
they-causing an obstruction at the time? No, but they might
have done if I did not remove them. Mr. Raffles : I discharge
the prisoner;' and I think you have exceeded your duty in this
case.
• A QTTESTION FOR SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY.
Agvld 'woman-nanied Catherine Mulrey, was charged with
,beigag,tbrunk-- •_The bridewell-keeper said the prisonerhad:been
30 for being drunk.
,(Query : How much drink
Tdicl OThecens_urneraud how much did it cost?) She was tined
•
• • • A' AMAZON WITH A SWORD.
'ialfer* itont'imade and well-dressed woman, named Bridget
idottanroged,about 45, the wife of George Connor, a brushmaker,
having a shop in Byrom-street, was brought up by 'ORlcer
ge-tte:e (No. 249), -charged with having assaulted him, arid she
wax also aliarged by ter husband with assaulting him,!; Mr.
Muck' appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Cobb' f its the
prisoner. Mr. Bluck, in opening the case, said the huSband
did not wish to press the charge ; all he wanted was t a separate
from his wife, but, of course, the magistrates could not do
that. The husband stated that his wife had taken to drink for
the last three years, and conducted herself very badly.: She
was drunk: the previous night, and beat him severely. He did
not, however, wish to press the charge, but wished to separate
from her. Mr. Cobb : What will you allow her a deck ?
Whatever is right. Kr. Cobb : How many children under
seven have you! Two ; and she may have them. Mr. CPbb
Will you give her Ws a week ? No ; I will give her 8s a ieek,
as she Has over £l5O of het own private money. She lost £3O
last night whilst she was drunk. Officer Scuce (249) said : I
was called to the shop yesterday evening, where she was beating
her husband, when she ran out with a bucket of. slush,; and
flung it all over me ; she then ran into the cellar, and returned
with this sword (here be exhibited a large, rusty, but formidable
looking sword) and wound it round my head, swearing she
would cut my skull off. Mr. Cobb : Did she do it ? No ; for

if she had I would not be here to tell the story. Mr. Block :
What else did she do ? She pulled off my whistle and swallowed
it. (Laughter.) Mr. Bluck : Then she will be musical all her
life from this. What else did she do ? She pulled a fist full of hair
out of my whiskers. (Laughter.) [The officer has remarkably
large wing whiskers.]
.Mr. Bluck : Which do you think Worse
tf the whistle or the whiskers ? (Laughter.) Why I will have
o pay for the whistle. Mr. Cobb : Oh, the husband will • pay
for that. The husband said he did not wish to have the
woman punished. Mr. lioffles said he thought some time in gaol
would serve the prisoner, and he would fine her 103 and costs
for the assault on the police-ollicer, onto be imprisoned for
fourteen days.

CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.
A respectable looking man, named Abraham Marshall; was
brought up by detective officer Pattick on a charge of embez-
zling £l6O, belonging to the executors of the late John John-
sten, of Hattou-garden..Mr. Robinson appeared fort the'pro-
secutiou, and Mr. Bluck for the prisoner. Patrick said : When
I arrested the prisoner I told him the .charge, and he
admitted that he received the 2160, and said if the promises
that were verbally made to him had been carried out, he would
not be in that position, He had a claim of £134 against the
£l6O. Some time ago he lost • £5O, and had been in very
straitened means ever since. Mr. Blusk applied for a remand
at once, and said when the case came to be fully inquired into
there were several circumstances that would be favourable to
the prisoner. Mr. Robinson turreed to thil fp;.naiyi.
prisoner was. remanded for week. -