The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-09 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLfCE COURT.-SATURDAY

• (gefore Mr. AAIELES.)
NEGLECTING TO JOIN SHIP.

A respectable-looking and well-dres4ed young man named
Estrange was brought up by Mr. Murphy, of the Local Marine
Board, charge) for neglecting to join one of Messrs. Horsfall's
chips, on board of which he had signed articles as third mate
and
_b_Oltalv n for a voyano-ta--Afrien-anel bask. Mr. Btu*
defended. it appeat.d that the prisoner had gigited aft!elec at
A 6 a rtiontli, and had i4o triontits advance. Fic rdidtdd have
dii, the Ith, goyrdobri, did
not taint -ups ata the ship eiilad without hun. The e*cus::
made by Mr. Bluckfor the prisoner was that he hectitle ill and
was not able to pi Oa board ; but there was no proof of that,
anci his w9tship said it Was a bad case, and sent him to jail for
ten weeks.

.• , GOING, To KiLLAR.NEY,.
ziatite dl Lthaotti list of Irish.p3rents
Charged a vordan #1 td .4e14 an
Improper lions° in Mailee:het:sift:set, for.haAti aisatffted 4.nd
robbed her. Tho prosecutrix, a:young woman, who looked. in
a delicate state.of health, said she came from Londoi some
days ago, and met the prisoner in the stredt, who asked her if
she were a stranger,, and she replied she was. The prisoner
- raid shs-gotild give her good:anil7oll4aP A)c:lfgai, and she went
to the slept Tog t*o sights. Early on that
(SittirdAY) nlothirti, ttld prigeiner attAsied d , rid ssan'lted her,
taking Is. and a paWn ticket. In reply to dt% gehoe And his
worship, the girl said she lived in Westminster-road, London,
as a housemaid, but her health, was not good, and she- was
going over toKillarney. She did not know the sort of house
the prisoner kept until that morning, when a man came in,
and then the prisoner made an improper proposal to her, an
• because she 'would not do as requested, the prisoner attacked
her as described. His Worship ordered the'prisoncr to be
ten:landed, arid told Mr. /tehoe to Write to London, asking
about the proseentrix:
CARE .CIF PROtERTY:, , •
Ellen Martin was atiaged by tattletale Weilinitein, with
Stealing a quantity of fUrniture and other piopesty, worth £3O.
It appeared that, in 1859, the prosetutrit livgd in Norman-
street, and that she was convicted of an offence, and was
sentenced to 15 months', imprisonments anl_on
.Saturday last
she cane out ofjail; da going, to her house to look after her
property, She fotind the prisoner • hid gdne t 0,4 place called
Itcforti;-btiildinksi.tittell4striet, and that she had pledged or
sold all the furniture
,and other property. A considerable
quantity of that pledged was produced. The prisoner said she
disposed of the property in order to pay the rent and support
the compla.ir.aat's child. She was remanded for furthe
inquiry. . .

.CII,ARdE Or EMBEZ,ZIXIIENT.
A respettahlo:loOking radii named Abrah4nt Maa'shall
&tight tip (dd reniand) by betettive:officer Patritik, on
a charge of having embezzled £225 belonging to the aiminis-
trators of the lath John Johnston. of Hatton-garden.
Block defended the prisoner. Mr. Bateman, the cash keeper
of the administrators, stated that the prisoner was a collector
in the employment, and his duty was to hand over every night
the money he received. In answer to Mr. pluck, the witness
said the prisoner was employed by the late Mr. Johnston.
The administrators are Mr. Richard and Mrs. Houghton.
What salary had he ? Thirty shillings a week. Mr. Bluck :
Anything else Ile told me the late Mr. Johnston promised
hint a lioute to life, hi; and he ha& a hotise for About a year in
/slington-stpitire. Mr. Magee pro,Ved having Paid tits irsdner
Eli 10i. on the 6th of ,trine. .141 r: Small, of Bentley and-
Blair, proved that lie pa'd the pritoner AO 10s. on the lth of
Jane ; and Mr. Joseph Hines proved having paid him
£24 Ils. 6d. on the lith of inne. Tiles° anvils were paid to
the Frisoner on account of the administrators Of the late Mr:
Johnston ; and Mr. Bateniin proved that he never received the
money, nor did the prisoner adcolint fdr it io hint. ()Meer
Patrick Said the aciniinistratora hdd discdfered, bp to the
piesent, ttb6ut Cij6 deficiency in the prisoner°,6 accounts. Mr.
Raffles said the three cases proved were enough for him to
deal with the case. Mr. Bluck said--Anything I can say in this
stage *of the proceedings will not do him any "good. There
were certain promises Made to him that were not fulfilled, and
that is the cause of Lis misfortune to-day. Ile was to have
had a house and several other things extra, along with 80s
a week—a salary that certainly was not equal to the respon-
sible position that he held; however, that was no reason why
he should have acted wrong. but it might go a great way in
mitigation of the offence. The prisoner was sent for trial. -
THE ItOBBERY OF £75 IN THE srREEr.

Catherine JOhnstdn end James Tayldr (with several alihses),
*ere broil& dp on remands charged with having lobbed Mr.
Geed* Bartda of Xl]9 in Cook-stfeet. Mr. Bltich and M. Cobb
defended. The details df this case were published twice during
the week, iu the Daily 77111,38. There was no additional evi-
dence, and as the prosecutor, in reply to Mr. Bluer, refuse_d
to swear positively to the man, he was discharged, but the
woman was sent for trial.

llAYMAlirgar IN LISCARD VALE
VENISECItIig-lIISCARDEIfgE

LINES SUGGESTED ON
.SEEING SOME LADIES ASSISTING

IN THIS DEPARTMENT OF PRAEDIAL ECONOMY.

"Neque erubuit agros habitare

Welcome, fair ladies, to the flowery mead,
Fare well your work, and genial may it speed,
Who condescend with deft and dainty hand
To help the labours of the homely band,
And, undeterr'd by scorching suns, expose
Your lilies fair, enamell'd by the rose :
But they're in grain—the genuine red and white
Tiittt, Stand ttie test of mind's and Weather's spite.

This day the prospect of the Jovial fields
To visitants a twofold solace yields ;
While on charm'd sense the breath of fragrance falls
Ton goodly company ti mind recalls
An image of old Saturn's happy reign,
When innocence and beauty walked the plain,
Aud nature was in vogue, ere spurious art
Infected manners, and debauched the heart
In dress and speech no false refinement reign'd,
hit dative grade and elegance onfeign'd ;
Nowhere appeal the prints of olden times.
EXcept in Liscard Vale, and poets' rhyides.

When Rome, triumphant, wide o'er subject world
Her standard of civility unfurrd,
And civilised to friends her barbarous foes,
Virgil, majestic prince of poets, rose ;
Each phase of the bucolic life he drew—
Drew to the life, because each phase he knew
Not great Augustus more illustrious shines
Than rural king in mighty master's lines ;
His lines to court and fashion gave the tone, •
To toss the hay imperial dames were known.

lldd cOltrtly Iforaee, or quaint Chaucer seen.
Ton sprightly group disporting on the green,
What store of tales romantic It id We beard.
Engender'd in the brain of phrenzied bard
All fancy-tired the poet's vision, keen

With actors soon had dramatised the scene,
With troops of fairies, or with bevy bright
Of angels, jumping from Olympus' height,
Or naiads fair, emerginz from the deep
To help poar mortals harvest-crop to reap.

grit poets now must doggrel ditties write,
Insipid songs to rifteninn indite,
And modulate their unideal lays
To the hard genius of these iron days, .
That universal fool's—tbepublic's--taste,
Trying to please their time and talents waste;
Yet never bard, who courted vulgar praise,
Slegkori Parnassus, or deserved the bays.
rarDevr ES.
Liscard, Cheshire, July 2, IMO.

THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

THE LAST DAY.

•On Saturday the great prizes of the association were
contested, and the interest in the proceedings was
greater than has been shown on any previous day. The
Queen's Prize of £250 and the gold medal of the asso-
ciation were shot for by the twenty best shots at ranges
up to 600 yards, and the second best shots at that dis-
tance. In addition to these twenty best shots, each of
whom were already entitled to a Whitworth rifle, value
twenty-five guineas, the next twenty best shots were
entitled to compete for this great prize. The firing
commenced at 800 yards, and each competitor having
fired five rounds at this range, next shot at 900 yards,
and finally at 1000 yards. The following is the result
of the firing :

Points.

Ross
Vierount Fielding
Williams
Trnley
Itcaton
Jenkins
Blackburn
Baker
Henry
Cowan
Plaskett .....
Potter
Sandford
Gosnald
Collinson
Lawley
Wylie ....
Phillips
Marryat ,
Caiger
Cox
Owen
Marshall
Burg
.Tackson
Fenton
Pout
Patsy •• •
Johuion
Howard
May
Sharp
B-ooks
Wood
Russell
Beard

?Ttt NORTH Yosx
4th Flintshire
Berkshire
2nd Lancashire
3rd Manchester._
sth Glamorgan
Edinburgh
Bristol
Edinburgh
Lanark
21st Middlesex .
sth Surrey
.. St. George's
.... Norfolk •
Bth North York
Derby
Ist Lanark
Ist Shropshire ...
4Lh York•
2nd Middlesex ..
11th Middlesex .
2nd Glamorgan .
Ist Lanark
loth Gloucester.
32.1 d Kent
9th Middlesex
sth Kent
9th Surrey
Victoria Rifles
Essex
sth Sussex
9th Sussex
12th Middlesex
Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh


16

14 t

The remaining four volunteers withdrew.
The Duke of Wellington's prize of £.50 was also
disposed of, and this was adjudged to Lieut. Archibald,
33rd Regiment, instructor of musketry, who made three
points. Knecht, a Swiss, also made three points, and
on the tie being shot off Archibald won. Knecht was
awarded the second prize, namely, a watch, given by Mr.
Bennett, of the value of thirty guineas. The prize
given by the Duke of Wellington was for the best shots
at five rounds, at 1000 yards, tired from a rest.
The Swiss deputation offered a prize of a Swiss rifle
to be shot for by any volunteers who were not, included
in the forty qualified to shoot for the Queen's prize and
the medal of the association. The contest excited great
interest, and the prize was won, after a sharp struggle,
by Dear, of the 9th Middlesex, who made seven points.

Some very exaggerated statements have been made
relative to the expenses incurred by the National Rifle
Association in connection with the present meeting. it
will afford some gratification to the friends of the asso-
ciation to know that the expenditure on the ground has
not. exceeded £1,200. The contract price for erecting
the butts. instead of £6,000, as wa* stated by some of
our contemporaries, was little more than £6OO, and the
sum above mentioned includes the whole cost for drain-
ing, palings,. and all other expenditure connected with
the preparation of the ground. The receipts from
admission for each day have been—
Monday
nesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

51,355 610
63 18 0
76 4 0
96 10 0
64 A 0
320 7 0

Total

...41,941 13 10

The number of visitors was greater on Saturday than
upon any previous day since the opening of the meeting.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary, the Duchess of
Cambridge, and a very large number of the aristocracy
were present during the day. Shortly after four o'clock