The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-25 00:00:00

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• . A young fellow named. James Campbell was brought up by
Officer 651 on the following charge; He said, on Monday, there
was a ship going out of the Wellington Dock ; the prisoner
was on board, and just as the vessel got into the river, the
prisoner threw himself overboard into the river, saying he
wanted to drown himself. A boat was got, and witness, with
some others, went into it, and were proceeding to the quay
wall, when the prisoner again jumped into the river. The
tide was running strong at the time, and they had a great deal
of trouble to save him, but they succeeded. He was very drunk
a; the time. The prisoner begged to he forgiven, and said he
would not get drunk again : he would not act as descritied, if
he were sober. He was discharged with a caution.'
AN UNFORTUNATE CASE.
A respectable-looking Anal.) named Anne Powell was
charged by her mother of the same name, who lives in Myrtlei.
street, for being drunk and annoying the house. The com-
plainant said the prisoner had a weekly allowance to live
upon, but the spent the greater part of it for drink, and whilst
in a state of intoxication, she committed great extravagance
and was in the habit of creating much disturbance and annoy-
ance. She _has had her up several times before, but forgave
her; however, lately, her conduct was so bad that she could
not endure. it any longer. Mr. Raffles said it was an unfor-
tunate ease, and ordered the prisoner to find sureties to keg
the peace, or in default one month's imprisonment. The
prisoner was cuumittecl, as she could not procure the sureties.!

CHARGE QF MANSLAUGHTER.
Hugh O'Donnell, a cooper, was brought tip on a charge of
having caused the death of his wife, Ann Q'Donnell. The de-
tails of this case were published in our paper of Monday, under
the heal of Coroner's Court. The facts were, that on the 20th
of June the prisoner and his wife were drunk at their place in
Thomas•stret, when the prisoner pulled his wife down stairs;
and broke her leg, from the effects of which she died on Friday
last in the hospital. An inquest was held on Saturday, and
the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the pri-
soner, A warrant was issued for his committal. Mr. Raffles
remanded the prisoner until the magistrate who took Vag
depositions of the deceased could be present.
CHARGE AGAINST A 'I CRIMP."

Henry George Pierce, described as a crimp," living at
10, Radcliffe-street, was summoned, under the 14Sth section
of the Merchant Shipping Act, for having demanded and
received 2s. 6d. for having procured a ship for the eon of a
woman named Charles. The case was clearly proyed by Mrs.
Charles and her daughter; and Mr. Murphy, of the Local
Marine Board, said the prisoner had been repeatedly cautioned
to desist from such illegal practices. The prisoner acted ill
the most disorderly and uproarious manner in court. He was
rind 45 and costs, or three months' imprisonment. He swore
if he had a bushel full of gold he would not pay a farthing.
He was then removed, kicking up a furious row.

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER ON THE HIGH SEAS.
Hugh Gallrtlitl, late a cooper oti board the ship Earl of
Derby, belonging to Messrs. Stewart and Douglas, was
brought up on remarid, charged with the manslaughter of
John M'Kay, on the voyage from Africa to Liverpool. Mr.
Bremner was for the prisoner. The prisoner had been before
the magistrates on last Tuesday, and the details appeared in
the Daily Times of Wednesday. In addition to the evidence
already given, James Pulver, who had been a sailor on board
the ship, Said :—On the day the deceased died, he saw the
prisoner strike him twice, and deceased rolled over from the
hatch; the prisoner amused deceased about some canvas
shoes, and then !truek him ; the prisoner then writ and
got some vinigar, to rub deceased's head, and said he was
very sorry for it, for he did it in a passion. The deceased was
very weak, and in bad health, at the time; he did not roll off
the hatch from the blow, blit from his weakmiss. To Mr.
Bremner ; The witness said he was 'sure the prisoner did not
kick the deceased ; the deceased seemed in a flt, and' foamed
at the mouth. He was very bad from the scurvy. Edward
.pyres, a sailor on board the ship, was examined, and said the
deceased was very sick, and had the scurvy in his legs and
gums, and was not able to work, but was allowed to sit on the
hatch, to keep a•look-out. His evidence was much the same
as that of the last witness. Some other witnesses were
examined, and they all agreed that deceased was very ill, and
that the prisoner struck him with his hand ; but, if qecettaed
had been strong the blow 'would not have done him any harm.
Mr. Bremner said there was no necessity for him to say a word
after the evidence. The captain was called, and said he
thought M'Kay tiled in a fit. In reply to Mr. Bremner, the
'captain said that if he did not bear that the deceased had been
struck,la would have concluded that he had died in alit. Mr.
Raffles said ;t was a slight case, but yet he would not deal with
it then ; he would send the case before a jury ; but, if Mr.
Bremner wished, he would adjourn the case, and let a medical
man hear the evidence and give his opinion on that evidence.
Surgeon M'Call was then sent for, and on hearing the evi-
dence, his opinion was that the blows accelerated death, and
the prisoner was sent fqr trial, but was admitted to hail.
CHARGE OF ENTBEztLpityr.
Charles Bartlett, late a bock-keeper in the employment of
Messrs. Wright and Crqssley, North,John-street, was brought
up by detective-officer Scott on a charge of having embezzled
minis of wpm belonging to 41.5 employers. Saperintendent
Kohoe said the prisoner was book-keener to Messrs. Wright
and Crossley, and he had been absent on leave for some days,
and it was found that he had received some money which he
had not entered in the cash-book, but had entered it in the
ledger, The prisoner had done all in his power to arrange the
affair, and therefore the firm did not wish to proceed further
in the case. The prisoner was then discharged.

niscoymy OF GOLD IN NOVA SCOTIA.

A correspondent of the Star, writing from
Nova Scotia on the 12th ult., says :
We have had an " excitement " in this province for
the last two weeks, owing to the discovery of gold in
a portion of the county of Halifax, N.S., about fifty
miles from Halifax, on the Atlantic coast. The dis-
covery was first made by the native Indians, and, since
then, there has been quite a "rusk" to the "gold
fields!' The locality where the precious metal was dis-
covered is on the upper fork of the Tangier river, in a
part of the country at present a dense and almost
impenetrable forest. The first specimens were brought
to Lord Mulgrave, the Lieutenant-Governor, and his
lordship having ascertained that they were of pure gold,
sent Professor How, of 'Windsor College, to examine
the locality, and "report." The matter, however, soon
got wind," and before the professor made his appear-
ance on the ground, several hundred people found their
way thither, and a regular search for nuggets com-
menced. lam sorry, however, to have to report, that
they made very little by their searching. The
quantity of gold hitherto picked up would not
command 200 dollars, so the diggers have got
enough of it, and are returning to their farms and em-
ployments like sensible men. Some men, who wrought
hard for aye or six days, had not succeeded in getting
any gold, and the few who did succeed, did so by wash-
ing the sand and debris, and collecting the. small par-
ticles of gold as they made their appearance. The loca-
lity is distant from the nearest, village about twenty-five
miles, and nine miles from the nearest dwelling-house ;
hence there is some inconvenience getting to the spot,
through the immense forest surrounding it. That
there is gold, of the very finest quality, on the
banks of the Tangier, admits of no doubt whatever ;
but it is found in such very small quantities as to
fail to induce men to dig for it. The quartz in which
it is seen is so hard as to defy breaking it up or pounding
it in the ordinary way. Probably with powerful machinery
the thing could be done, but we have no such machinery
in this country, and again we have not enterprise enough
for such an undertaking. The gold as yet collected
was taken from the banks and bed of the stream,
the largest nugget weighing only three-quarters of
an ounce. Notwithstanding the small returns at the
diggings, a steamer is put on the passage from
Halifax to Ship Harbour, the nearest point to the
diggings, making the run three times a week. The
Hon. Joseph Howe, Provincial Secretary, was at the
diggings last week, and announced that the Provincial
Government would not interfere With the diggers in
their labours, nor make any claim on their good luck—
only if they should find nuggets, to be sure and report
their success to the Government, who in the meantime
had no idea of charging any "royalty" or other tax for
their hard labours.

VERDICT FOR MR. J. 0. I.EvF.R.—The great record
of " Hartnett v. Lever," the trial of which occupied
three days, and excited considerable interest, terminated
on Friday evening in a verdict for the defendant The
plaintiff was a passenger on board the Indian Empire,
and the action was brought to recover damages, laid at
£2OOO, for breach of contract, work and labour, and
alleged ill-treatment during a voyage of 45 days from
New York to Ireland. It will be remembered that the
vessel 'encountered very tempestuous weather, and with
great dif6ctilty reached land. The jury brought in a
verdict substantially for the defendant on all the issues.
IMMORALITY AND CRIME: SINGULAR COMBINATION
—Four young women of Sedgeley, near Dudley, named
Newell, Wheeler, Hunt, and Bond, the daughters of re-
spectable parents, being in a condition that threatened
disgrace to themselves and families, combined their re-
sources and obtained from a chemist a drug of which
each partook with the object of procuring abortion.
Hunt, wlio4is about 17 years of age, had a miscarriage
on Saturday, and her recovery is doubtfq. Similar
results were expected in the cases of the other three
young wome, who were dangerdangerously; ill ;the four i:equir-
ing unremit ting attendance from two surgeons to prevent,
if possible, fatal results,