The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-05 00:00:00

GIIENT FIRE, YESTERDAY,

One of those destructive tires thdt 1 aye faiefy been of
such lamentablY frequent occuirenCe, in, fit& fifv.Fri took
Wee Yesterday morning, in the
,Bedford-street ttiice
Warehouses of Pletz4.4'. Twi'gxanalCrossfield. The fire
was first discovered by a wetL4r •V;)hO' was Passing the
buildings shortly before two o'clock, midi :'lie
diately gave the alarm. The reels from the Brunswict I
Peck and Essex-street, were promptly in attendance,
dnd they were immediately followed by the West of
n'tiffel. the direction of Mr. Barrett, which
arrived, on th spa's a few minutes after two o'clock.
The "Liverpool," tinder arrived sooty
and the combined efforts of the Varimie .were
theii 110.440 toWaidie. t'he secopd floor otthe ifattifoikes*
where the fire seeiP2 tr have eiligi'nited. The Warehon'Ses,-
however, ,were well filled WitTA 1.16.`efe4 aiT it being
of a very dry nature, the flames soon Streid so'
by thilee o'clock, the whole building was
in Aantes: ScFne was now one of the greatest excite-
ment, and, if such afa tinfOranatie event can be so
deecribed, we might also add of tinfiaiaii"e.t44 iplendoui
and brilliancy. The flames, issuing from. every of
the building, and rising high.above the surrounding,
houses, reflected a purple hue upon the sky for a con-
eiderable distance around, which, along with the shouting
d the firemen., Scion brought thousands of individuals
to the stet: l'tithoTe street, in fad, thrs lined with
spe'ciatoi-e, man); of Whdr4crAtdered eensiderab'ic assistab
in extinguishing the fire: Abed time *6 have
mentioned aboVe, it was feared that the adjoining, *eV-
also.contained rice, and is the property of
the same .getVni4i winild Catch fire, but the vigilance
of the firemen prevented its sq!..:tainintir any Material
damage. About five o'clock the efforts of the fli6; be
succeeded in allaying the flames, and from that time they
decreased until seven, when the fire was almost totally
extinguished. During the whole of yesterday, however,
the hoses were playing upon the embers. The damage
done to the property is certainly not less than £6,000 ;
bitt, vie believe, there were extensive insurances over the
property—in the West of England for £4,000, and also
in the Liverpbel and Lund* and 'ln the filsottish Union.
As yet we belieVe the origin` of the die is tinicntali: The
mill was closed al .1-te: 65 tqo oil' &turd ay evening', tied the
fire is supposed to have bro.ktrro. 4tzt abetit one d'cleek.
In the course of the fire, valuable assistaria*atied6ied
by Superintendents Quick and Walker. The whole a
the stock is, of course, burnt, as is likewise the roof and
the whole of the upper portion of the building, the lower
parts being also severely scorched. The West of England,
being the company in which the largest insurance has
been effected, teMairts In charge of the property.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.—SATeitatir.

B'efote Mr: RATTLES.)
CPETOUS CASE OF 1316:174_-_,!.—Thoin'as Cooper was
placed in the dock charged with hafii*, 'on the 14th
of August, 1853, married Mary Burland, his feener
wife being.still alive. Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the
defence, said this was a curious case. The prisoner had
been brought up on the previous day, charged with
having deserted his second wife. When apprehended,
the prisett ttl'ttritteduthat he had married two wives,
and that both were iriling.-=',-Eita Hutchison said she
was present at the marriage of the Fri-omi. grid his first
wife, on the 31st of June, 1836. In insqei tei Mr.
Bluck, this witness said that. the prisoner and• his Pist
wife were now living together. His second wife knew
he had been previously married. Witness told her he was
married, and that if 'she married him it, would cause
trouhie. The Prisoner's Ara wife also got married again
while the ifilgotter svrs away from her, He was away
from her sixteen years, and after he had been away ten
years she re-married, concluding inVi he *as dead
The second wife having testified to hei with
the prisoner, admitted, in cross-examination by Pik
Bluck, that she was aware that the prisoner was married
Previously. The prisoner told her so himself, but said
that it was a long time since he had seen his wife.—The
prisoner WU sent for trial, but was admitted to bail.
ThinEzatMtmt.----Edwd, Wilson Hannah was charged
with hating embezzled over £2OO, belonging to Messrs.
Bancroft and Co., in Ntheke employ he had been as town
tratelier and tolleefor. Mr. Collier, senator, appeared
for the fioseeti`tion: t was stated that the prisoner
had at Vat:lads r6'eeited money Eroni Mr. Cun-
ningham, cashier to the Him of Woodhdll acid Jones,
amounting altogether to between POO' and £4oo', Of
this he had only paid in about £l2O. The pf Maier; Wit&
apprehended by Detective Patrick, said he had only
embezzled about £163, of a portion of which he had
been robbed, the remainder he had lost at billiards. The
prisoner was remanded.
(Before Messrs. HOUGHTON and CASTELLAIS.)
ArriusTioN CASE.—Mr. Cobb appeared on behalf
Of Alice Harris' a young woman of respectable appear-
ance, dud rid dllOgetlier destitute of personal attrac-
tions, to apply for an ORIN. Of affiliation against John
Brooker, a middle-aged Mail, yid represented himself
as an owner of house property, and reaidetit Itrith his
sister, who keeps a public-house in Soho-street.
Bremner appeared for the defendant. The young
woman belongs to Blackburn, in this county, where
her parents now reside, and in August, 1858,
she' entered. the employ of the defendant's sister as a
barmaid and general servant. The defendant was at
that time art invalid and it became part of the com-
plainant's dutir, td attend to him. in July he wished her
to. leave, and agreed to allow liei gS. a if eek towards her
support. The complainant was under the impression
that he would marry her, as he had said seielai times
that he would like to have her for a wife. On the
strength of his promise to make her a weekly allowance,
she went to engage a room; but it was necessary that
he should go with her, and one morning she asked
him to do so. He promised to do so, but did
not ; and the same day the defendant's sister told
her she' Wottld have to go. Before she went away
the defendant gate her a sovereign, and also 2s. 6d.
towards her support. After she left she went to the
house again, but the defendant thfeateuted to put her
out. The complainant was called, and, having detailed
these facts, she stated that she was last month delivered
of a child, of which the defendant was the father. In
cross-examination by Mr. Bremner, she said she was
not aware that the defendant was of weak intellect.
Mr. Cobb haling called the defendant, Mr. Bremner
objected to his being sworn, cm the ground that he was
a man of weak intellect; and supposing the magistrates
thought the facts sufficient to justify them in making an
order they could not enforce it, as the disobedience of
the order was only punishable by committal, as contempt
of court, and as the defendant being of weak intellect
was not capable of disobeying an order he did not under-
stand. Al r. Wvbergh said the defendant's property
could be seized if he disobeyed the order ; and as to the
other part of Mr. Bremner's argument, he thought he
was bound to shew that his client was of weak intellect
before they could admit his objection. The defendant
was then sworn, and was examined by Mr. Cobb. He
denied the statement of the girl, but he admitted
having given her money. The magistrates with little
hesitation ordered the defendant to pay 10s. expenses,
ss. for the first six weeks, and 2s. 6d. afterwards.
They also allowed a guinea for the advocate's fee, to
which Mr. Bremner objected; and on its being allowed,
gave notice of appeal.