The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-29 00:00:00

COUNTY COURT.-YESTERDAY.

4-IROOF PULLING AND LEGAL PROOF OF LIABILITY.
—ln this case, Mr. Frazer, printer and lithographer,
of Cable-street, was the plaintiff; and Mr. Fonquinos,
an engraver, who has recently located in the same street,
was the defendant. The claim was for 10s., the balance
of an account of £1 4s. td. Mr. Grocott appeared for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Gray for the defendant. The
former legal gentleman, having briefly opened the case,
called Mr. Roger White, the foreman in the plaintiff's
lithographic establishment, who stated, in May, 18.59, the
defendant called at the office and said he had an order for
some chalk drawings, and gave him a stone upon which
the design was traced. Tile defendant asked to have a
proof of it, and he pulled him one. The witness
explained the process of pulling the proof from the
stone, from which it appeared that much time was occu-
pied in getting the impression even, and then he had to
pull about half a dozen sheets before he could get the
right shades. He sent him two proofs. After some
alterations were made in the design, he again called for
another proof, when the same process had to be gone
throug, and
hios he se
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reasonable
charge
proofs. He con-
sideredargefortheproofs
considering the time and trouble. The defendant had.
been asked for the money, but he said he would not pay
because it did not please his customers. If there was
any fault, it rested in the execution of the drawing, and
not in the pulling of the proof. Mr. Gray argued that
the action had been brought because the defendant had
taken premises next door to. the plaintiff—that it was
the custom of the trade to pull proofs of drawings in
anticipation of having the printing, and that the charge
was too much. •He called the defendant, who said all he
wanted was the judge's opinion on the case. He admit-
ted that at the time he had no establishment, and that the
proofs were pulled, but they were badly done, and he
had to do the work himself. [The proofs were pro-
duced, as was also those done by the defendants, from
which it was clear that the design of the drawing had
been much improved.] Mr. White said the pulling the
proofs had nothing whatever to do with the design, for
if the angel had been drawn on the stone upside
down it would have appeared so on the proof, /and
he could not have helped it. The specimen exhi-
bited by the defendant was quite different in the
execution and in the design to that he had to pull
proofs of. He denied most emphatically that the
reason the action had been brought was because the de-
fendant had come to live next door, and stated it would
make no difference to Mr. Frazer if he occupied a part
of the same building, and that the reason the action had
not been commenced before was, because the work was
in hand at the time the defendant settled his last
account, and it was not until he refused to pay it that
proceedings were commenced. Without hearing Mr.
Grocott, his Honour at once gave a verdict for the
plaintiff for the amount claimed, with costs.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before MR. HUTCHISON.)
THE ROBBERY OF £1,500 AT THE OLD SWAN.
John Thomas Richardson, described as a dealer, living at
No. 1, Little Anchor-street, Bethaail Green, London, was
brought up by Sergeant Edward Funned, of the City Detec-
tive Police, London, and by detective officer Scott of our own
force, on a charge of having stolen three notes of £5OO each,
and about £7O in gold, from Mr. Moore, near the old Swan, in
Noveniber last. Inspector Horn said the prisoner had been
brought down by warrant, from the Lord Mayor of London,
before whom he had been examined on Wednesday, on the
charge. The officer (Sergeant Funnell) who had brought
down the prisoner, took him to the Central Office where he
Was booked, but as the offence took place in the county, the
prisoner would have to be taken before the magistrates at
Basnett-street. His worship directed the officers to take the
prisoner before the County Magistrates. The prisoner is rather
a remarkable looking person, about five and a half feet high,
dark complexion, cocked nose, and piercing eyes that seemed
to look every way at once. He appears abOltt thirty years old.
He was neatly dressed in black, and had a fancy blue tie on
his neck. When put into the dock he looked anxiously about
the court, and trembled very much, but soon became calm,
and when he left he was quite cool. [As will be seen else-
where, a brief examination took place before the County
Magistrates.]

TAKING "TIME" BY A CROOKED, STICK.
Michael Shea was brought up charged far having stolen a
gold watch from the shop of Adolphus Herr, watch and clock
maker, 129, Dale-street. The prisoner is About eighteen years
of age, and got a fearful character from officer Skuse, 249, who
said l‘e liyed in a house of ill-fame, and was a notorious thief.
He had also decoyed two girls about sixteen years of age from
their parents, and had kept them in the house for some time
past unknown to their parents, and me Thursday night, he
(the officer) got the girls in the house, and restored them to
their parents. It appeared that on the 25th instant, the
prisoner entered the shop of the prosecutor, and produced a
watch that wanted a hand. He asked could he get a hand on
it ? And being answered in the affirmative he left it. whilst
he was in the shop, some gentlemen came in, and the Kosecu-
tor was in attendance on them, when the prisoper, with a
stick that had three or four hooks on the, end of it, hooked a
watch out of a glass case, and thennd search ‘ h Oomk eadd
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arrested him in the house spoken of. The watch waft r:of
founel as yet. The prisoner was remanded.

•
(Before Mr. HOUGHTON.)
PUBLICANS' AND BEER-HOUSE. CASES.
Caroline Ann Green, beer-house lees_
e_ Bolton-street, was
et
charged with doing business cul Ea,:nutay morning. Dismissed.
Joseph Hoult, publicatl; toruldn-road, was summoned by
Inspector Hough for hilowir4 a number of men to be drunk in
the house, and for Fe: dug them with ale. The inspector
proved having got ", number of drunken persons in the house,
after one o'cl°el:- in the morning. Two police constable corro-
borated the'inspector's statement. Mr. Copeman appeared for
the de4etlaant, and said thvarties were from Derbyshire, and
wpre, friends of the owner. He called the barman at the house,
who said the men were cabmen, and were not drunk when they
entered the house. Mr'. Copeman produced one of the men
who was said to have been drunk, and he swore all were sober.
Fined 10s and costs.—There was a second information against
the same defendant for selling at prohibited hours, before four
o'clock on Monday morning. The house was lighted up at one
o'clock in the morning, and men were got in the place, drinking
at the counter. Mr. Copeman said the barman had opened the
house contrary to orders of the owner, the barman not knowing
the law. This case was dismissed, but defendant got a serious
caution as to future conduct.

John Cat•athurs, publican, Greenland-street, was summoned
by Inspector Kelsey, for doing business on Sunday morning
last. Mr. Cobb was for the defence, and said the person got
drinking in the house was a person who was being sent of a
message, and he got a pint of beer as an " allowance." He
called a Witness to prove this, and the case was dismissed.
Simon Kelly, Edgar-street, beer-house keeper, was charged
with Sunday trading. Mr. Cobb called a witness to prove that
the drink was given to the parties as a "treat." Mr. Peel
said beer-house keepers were very liberal, as such defences are
very common. A second witness was called by Mr. Cobb to
prove his statement, and the complaint was dismissed.
John Maddox, South Chester-street, beer-honse keeper, was
summoned for refusing to admit the police on Shnday morning.
Mr. Cobb defended, and the case was dismissed.
Mathew Martin, beer house-keeper, Chisenhale-street, was
charged for selling ten pints of ale to ten men on Sunday
morning. Fined ss. •
John Smith, Rose-place, beer house-keeper, was charged
with doing business on Sunday last at twelve o'clock. The
defence in this case was, that the ale was given as a present.
Dismissed.

(Before Messrs. HUTCHISON and BRANCKER.)
STABBING.
Luke Milton was brought up on remand, charged with having
stabbed Daniel Gannon. It appeared that on the night of the
18th, the parties were in a public house in Scotland-place,
along with some other persons. A quarrel took place, when
the parties were all put out. The prisoner and prosecutor are
brothers-in-law, and had a grievous difference. When they
were Put into the street, they had a fight, and fell, and when
down, the prisoner stabbed complainant in two or three places
in the neek, from which he was suffering ever since. Several
witnesses were examined as to the row, and then Surgeon
Pemberton, of the Southern Hospital, said the injured man
was brought to him by the house-surgeon of Saint Anne's Dis-
pensary.
.He was in a very precarious state from loss of blood.
Found two wounds in his neck---one an incised wound across
the neck, about two inches in length; the other was a
punctured wound immediately over the carotid artery, and
from which blood was slowly oozing. It was a perfect mira-
cle how he escaped death on the spot, and I cannot account
for it. He is now suffering from paralysis of the left arm,
which shows that the veins in the neck supplying the arm
were wounded. For the first ten days his recovery was very
doubtful, but he is now progressing, the paralysis of the arm
only remaining, and it is possible the arm may remain par-
tially paralysed. The punctured wound must have been one
of considerable depth, so as to reach the nerve. In reply to
the magistrates, the prisoner said, " I don't know a haporth
about it. lam a hard working man, but he's a thief and was
twice transported, and that fellow's arm was broken twice
before." The prisoner was sent for trial.

Mr. Elliot, Minister of England to the King of Naples,
says the Opinion Nationale, has passed through Paris on
his way to London.
CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—The annual meeting of
this association was held last evening, at the Royal
Institution Colquitt-street. Dr. Edwards presided.
There was but a small attendance. Mr. Shaw, secretary,
read the annual report, which detailed the proceedings
for the past year, and were considered extremely satis-
factory, as they now numbered 156 members and 21
associated members. The funds were also in a satisfac-
tory state, notwithstanding the expenses incurred in the
purchase of instruments, the income amounting to
£lBl 14s. 2d., and the balance in hand was £l9 15s. 9d.
Mr. Evans announced a very valuable donation of 32
articles from Mr. T. Z. Simons. who was much pleased
with the museum when he visited it, and promised that
he would aid it as much as possible, and hence he had
sent such a valuable donation. On the motion of the
Chairman, seconded by Mr. Lightfoot. the report
was unanimously adopted, and a vote of thanks
was passed to Mr. T. Z. Simon for his donation.
It. was decided that the report, with a list of the mem-
bers of the society, should be printed. A vote of thanks
was passed to those gentlemen who had given lectures
during the past year, on the motion of the secretary,
seconded by Mr. Sumner. A similar compliment, on
the motion of Mr. Ayrto ,n seconded by Mr. Pearson,
was passed to the office-bearers of the society, which
was acknowledged by the 'chairman. A vote of thanks
was also passed to the Press, for the publicity which it
gave to their proceedings. The following are the names
of the gentlemen re-elected as the council for the ensuing
year :—J. Abraham, H. Coupland, J. B. Edwards,ll
5, Evans, J. Dutton, C. Jones, N. Mercer, A. Redford,
J. Shaw, R. Sumner, W. Wright, and T. D. Walker.
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associationholds its meet-
binefisevine, thh4useinho:xhisotoeinnee
association was opened. The
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During the
entertaining and
winter sessions, courses of lectures
take an interest in the
gentlemen of the township, who
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intellectual and moral welfare
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classes,
which meet
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instructive subjects are delivered by the ministers and
Practical instruction is afforded ed
once or twice weekly. . The subscriptions are such as
great extent upon their passociation is beneficial ; and we
indeed every respect, t
of this nature were more general
working men can contrirbutoeckmeittshooruteoemncfrootate.hinlgn to any
wish that institutions .
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were attired in their
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huemyrisbier
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success,

WRECK OF A LIVERPOOL TRANSPORT
SHIP.

SAFETY OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW.
We regret to state that information was received in
Liverpool yesterday, by telegram, announcing that the
troop-ship Conway, of and from this port, bad been
abandoned at sea ; but, although she had a large human
freight on board, the telegram gives the gratifying addi-
tion—" crew and passengers. saved." The Conway,
belonging to Messrs. James Baines and Company, of this
port, sailed from the Mersey on the 24th ult., under the
command of Captain W. Pole, and having a crew of
forty-two seamen, &c., on board. She was bound for
Calcutta, having been chartered by the Commissioners
of Emigration, for the conveyance of soldiers' wives and
children from this port to Calcutta, at the rate of
£l6 9s. 3d. per adult head. She had previously been
chartered conditionally by the Indian Council for the
conveyance of three hundred and seventy soldiers,
from Cork to Bombay, at the rate of £ll 9s. 6d. per
soldier, but upon survey was rejected, and her subse-
quent acceptance by the Commissioners of Emigration
caused considerable discussion at the time, that one
Government department should accept for the convey-
ance of wives and children a vessel which another
department had rejected for the men themselves. She
had at the time of her departure, in addition to her
crew, 264 souls, of whom 70 were married males and
135 married females ; 1 male and 6 female adults single ;
65 male and 12 female children, and 9 male and 7
female infants. Of the passengers 216 were English,
65 were Scotch, and 33 Irish. The telegram, which is
very meagre, states that the Conway was abandoned
300 miles to the north-west of the island of Madeira,
but no particulars nor dates have yet been received.
She was a fine vessel of 1,126 tons, and has made several
voyages from this port to the Antipodes, and was char-
tered with Government emigrants, for which trade she
was admirably adapted.

'AMERICA.—The British and North American royal
mail steamship Africa will sail from the Mersey for
New York with the American mails. The steam tender
Satellite will attend at the South George's Pierhead at
nine o'clock in the morning to convey the passengers on
board.
LIVERPOOL CIISTOMS.—Mr. J. G. Thom, controller
of accounts at this port, is about to retire on the list of
superannuated officers. This fact gives us an oppor-
tunity of testifying to the many excellent qualities
possessed by that gentleman. His urbanity of manner
and general business tact are too well known and appre-
ciated by the mercantile public to require notice at our
hands, and weare aware that the good-will and respect
exhibited towards him by his brother officers and collea-
gues of all grades, are as freely given as they are well
merited. Under such circumstances we may well
congratulate Mr. Thom on his retirement, and express a
hope that he may long enjoy his well earned repose.
NEW Pwrwrs.—Patents granted for the week ended
the 24th September, 1860 :--Edward Gardner. of Maid-
stow, " Improvements in apparatus for the manufacture
of paper." William Turner, of Nottingham, " A new
mode or method of making or manufacturing bread and
other articles of paste, and in the machinery or apparatus
employed therein." Geo. Banks Rennie, of Blackfriars,
"Improvements in the construction and mode of working
and employing floating platforms, pontoons or docks for
supporting ships or other vessels." David Millard, of
Liverpool, " Improvements in sewing machines :" a com-
munication to him from abroad, James Rowe, of
Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio. John Money Carter,
of Monmouth, " Improvements in knapsacks and pouches
for the use of soldiers and others." Edward Joseph
Hughes, of Manchester, "Improvements in the manu-
facture of oil of turpentine and resin, and in the apparatus
connected therewith :" a communication to him from
abroad, by James Napier, of Brooklyn, U.S.--Communi-
eated from the British and Foreign Patent o.fflees, 4,
Clayton-square.

MURDER OF AN OLD MAN AT WARRINGTON.—
VERDICT or WrLruf. MURDER.—The adjourned inquest
touching the death of William Yarwood was held OR
Tuesday, at Appleton Thorn, Cheshire. The prisoners,
William Dagnell, Thomas Kendall, William Leyland,
Catherine Leyland, and Ann Green, were present. The
wounds, deposed Mr. Spinks, were of the most frightful
Character. There was a lacerated wound on the head,
about an inch and a half in length. There was another
wound over the right ear. The man's side had been
literally kicked in, and his ribs smashed, the ends pro._
jetting into the cavity of the chest. The lower 1' „As
were frightfully bruised. The cause of death Was in-
flammation of the pleura or lining memb' line of the
chest, produced by the injuries inflicted ca the' deceased.
—The Jury, after an absence of, a e,aarter of an hour,
returned a verdict to the effect, ',,ti at William Da hall
was guilty of wilful murder.,‘---that Catherine Leyland
had aided and abetted '4.,. the said murder; and that
Ann Green was an ae-
tssory before the fact. The other
prisoners, Thoma,.. 'Kendal and William Leyland, the
Ju found n.-. 0 guilty. The Coroner then committed
iDagnell, Catherine Leyland, and Ann Green to Chester
Castle to await their trial on the charge. On Wednes-
ky, the whole of the prisoners were brought before the
Borough Magistrates at Warrington, when the three
found guilty by the Coroner's Jury were handed over to
the Cheshire police. William Leyland and Thomas
Kendall were discharged.
A LARGE PIKE.--A few days ago Mr. Charles Drum-
mond, Abercairney, Crieff, succeeded in hooking a large
pike while fishing in the pond near the mansion-house.
The fish gave him fine sport, but he succeeded in bring-
ing it to land. It weighed sixteen pounds. A pike was
caught in the same pond about twenty years ago which
is said to have weighed sixty-five pounds.
ALARMING ACCIDENT ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.
The smashing of part of an iron bridge occurred on the
Midland Railway, Bull-bridge, Derbyshire, on Wednes-
day morning, about three o'clock. A goods train, con-
sisting of nine wagons of salt, and four empty ones;
were being conveyed upon the line to Hull, where the
salt was consigned. When the train has passed the
Ambergate station about half a mile or so, it crosses the
turnpike-road leading to Crich by means of an. iron flat
bridge ; at this point the engine driver, Samuel Gadd,
, felt a "drag" behind their engine, as did also the
stoker,. John Perkin. Nothing occurred till they had
passed over with their engine and four empty.wagons,
when immediately the bridge must have given way, and
the nine wagons of salt were precipitated in the road,
blocking up the turnpike for several hours so as to
render it impassable. Alin Davison, the guard of the
train, fell and was bruised on the head. As only half
the bridge fell in, one line of rails is in a safe condition,
and the traffic is at present carried on by that means.
Some of the stones of the bridge, a ton weight, are
smashed' and tumbled about like pebbles.
GARIBALDI PAINTED BY A YOUNG LArrc.—A young
lady, writing as enthusiastically a young ladies generally
do, portrays Garibaldi "a dear old weather-beaten angel."
We doubt if angels care much about the weather, con-
sidering they are always living in the open air, and are
not generally represented as having much clothing
about them, though, pu the other hand, it is agreeable
to picture Garibaldi as an angel—an avenging angel
for the long-endured wrongs of Italy—the angel of
deliverance for the long-suffering martyrs of Naples. I
However, granting (and to a young lady we are always
ready to grant everything) that Garibaldi is " a weather-
beaten angel," it is a comfort to know that as yet be
has never been beaten by ailything else.
THE MASONS' STRIKE AT HALIFAX.—Another attempt
has been made to bring this protracted dispute to a
termination. It will be remer#bered that the majority
of the masons in Halifax struck for nine hours a day on
the 7th August, since which time the largest works in
the town have been at a stand. On Tuesday night, the
operative masons held a meeting, at. the Nelson Inn, to
discuss the matter. They agreed to submit this pro-
position to the masters :—" To consent to a reduction of
Is. a week in wages, but to work nine hours 'a day : in
the event of this not being acceded to, the original pro-
position of nine hours, without an alteration of wag-es,
to‘be adhered to." A deputation of four masons waited
upon the masters on Wednesday evening, at the Com-
mercial Inn. The reply of the employers was that the
nine hours' question could not be entertained at all.
THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF STEAM
BOILER EXPLOSIONS.—At the monthly meeting of the
Committee of Management, held on Tuesday last, Mr.
H. W. Harman, chief inspector, presented his report,
from which the following are extracts :—" We have
made 172 visits, examined 501 boilers, and 296 engines.
Of these, 7 visits have been special, 11 boilers specially,
16 internally, and 34 thoroughly examined ; 6 cylinders
hare been indicated at ordinary visits, and 1 at a special
visit. • The general defects are as follow :—Fracture, 16
(3 dangerous) ; corrosion, 22 (3 dangerous) ; safety
valves out of order, 13; water gauges out of order, 2;
pressure gauges out of order, 4 ; feed apparatus out of
order, 3; blow-off cocks out of order, 6 ; fusible plugs
out of order, 2 ; furnaces out of shape, 8 ; blistered
plates, 2; total, 78 (6 dangerous). Boilers without
glass water gauges, 50; without pressure gauges, 8 ;
without blow-off cocks, 11 ; without back pressure
valves, 48. I have no bservation to make this month
on any particular defect, with the exception that I have
noticed on several occasions water gauges fixed in dark
situations, where it is impossible to observe their action
with any degree of certainty. In all cases light should
be thrown upon them by some means' or other; as I
believe it is far better to be without these and similar
means of indicating the internal working of a boiler,
than have them surrounded by circumstances calculated
only to deceive. I may add, however, that lam glad
to perceive a practice growing up a providing every
boiler with two glass water gauges, thus affording at a
cheap rate, even when the best description are adopted,
additional security to all concerned. This, and the
• hooping round the internal flues' to prevent collapse,
with other improved methods of construction, will, I
hope, in future years have their effect in lessening
.the
number of boiler casualties, not only in our own districts
but all over the kingdom, by presenting a comparison
with places where these points are not so attended to."
THE "REVUE DES DEUX MONDES" ON THE VOLUNTEER..
MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND.—" The state of the English
military schools and arsenals has now been shown. This
study prepares us to enter into the organisation of the
army and the Volunteer. movement. Here a fresh field
of observation ()liens. It is the barracks, the fields, the
parks, and even the public streets, that we must hence-
forward visit to acquire a complete idea of the forces of
England. It seems imprudent for Europe to judge those
forces on va,,,aue reports, which alternately attenuate or
exaggerate the character of the armaments. When I
read the French newspapers, I think--to use an expres-
sion common on the other side of the Straits—that the
Thames is on fire; when I read the English newspapers,
I think it is the Seine. Without dwelling on such reports,
I think that the armaments and military reforms of the
United Kingdom are of a nature to make Europe seriously
reflect. Every nation of the continent, no matter which,
that should feel disposed to come into collision with
Great Britain ought to think twice about it. First and
foremost she would find before her the old wooden wall
of Old England, hitherto an impenetrable bulwark to
her•shores; behind the ships are soldiers, who are daily
increasing in numbers and improving in organisation;
behind'those-soldieri stands the armed nation."
WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.--A return made by the first
commissioner of works shows that since July, 1856,
when the report of a committee stated that £50,000
had been expended upon Westminster-bridge and the
approaches, there has been a further sum of £196,283t
laid out upon the bridge, and of £36,919 upon the
approaches. The 'engineer, Mr. Page, reports tat he
expects to be able, in January next, to give possession
of the piers and abutments of the new bridge to Messrs.
Cochrane and Co., who have contracted to complete the
iron work of the second half of the bridge in nine
mouths; their work, therefore, according to their con-
tract, will be done by the end of October, 1861. In
that case, allowing time
.for the foot pavement and
roadlay, the new bridge may be expected to be _cam. •
pleted about Christmas, 1861. The width between the
parapets will be 84 feet 3 inches,