The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-28 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE Manco•Poto.:--This vessel arrived here yester-
*limn- Putt Philip, having -made the passage in 95
'days. She brings £50,000 worth of gold, 449 bales of•
netton, and ten cabin.passengers.
Mr. Cuthbert Edward Ellison, late police magistrate
for Newcastle-on-Tyrre, whoa was recently appointed
stipendiary magistrate of Manchester, as the successer
of Mr. D. Maude, presided on the bench for the first
time on Tuesday.
Torn :n.l PARR.—The auditing of the actonnts of
this parish commenced yesterday morning At 10 o'clock
Before Wm. Rees Esq., Auditor. As yet no objections
have been made ; the atiditingvill probably conclude
te..day,
DENBIGH NVllOl'OO.. tISTEDDFOD.—The grand Welsh
Iniisicaland.?itetary gathering will take place at Denbigh
in the mentb, of August next. Last night, a meeting
'of Well !residents was held in the Bible repnaitory,
wheifarrangenienfi-vrere made for erganis,
Sit yid in furtherance of the denionstration.'
IkcanErr.=—YeSterday a boy, named iohn Boyle,
*residing at 17 Court, Upper Frederiek-4red, *at,
entangled in the gear of the engine at "the bakery of
Haylock, Lydia Ann-street, and sustained a severe
compound fractitie of the' leg, Ite was conveyed to the
Northern Hospital.
Ronnant OF M6l Div A Roors.=William Ratcliffe, '
lately boots at the Wellington Hotel, Pitoadily, Man-
Chester,- Who ran away a Victrt Arse ago with £l6O
*illicit had been ' entinited td him by a commercial
'raveller to 'take tb Aestrs. Cunliffe's bank, pleaded
:guilty to the 4felblik on Tuesday,' at the Manchester
quarter Sethlohh, and was sentenced by the recorder to
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iiiiprisonment.
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EitUTAIL ASSAULT IN BIRICENREAD.—A most brutal

sat& ;as committed on Tuesday night on Jam;
`iii4tl43ll; labourer, working for Mr. M'Cormick
Ott the docks. It appears that whilst returning from
the works, about eight o'clock, a man-t-who has not
seen apprebended, but who also *orked at the docks—
ran at him and fiercely attacked him with his fists,
breaking his'jaw bones in two places. He immediately
Made' escapd,' and the sufferer was conveyed
to -the hospital,. where he remains in a precarious
state. '
CoTYNTY Counr.—Yesterday the following debtors
Were committed to goal by Mr. I. H. Blair :—Edward
Rimdlet 189, Bedford-street, Park, 14 days, in a fort.
night; 'Edward Minn, Lodge-lane, 14 days, in a Week ;
Joseph Powell, 16, Derby-street, 14 days, in a, ffertnight ;
lienry Green., 8, Wolf-street, Park, 14 dap, In a month ;
thomas Roden, count, Mann-street, 14 ',lays, in a month :
harlet Ogilvey, 63, Regent-strni, 14 days, in two
Month; ; James Green, 48, --"Ardeen-street, 14 days, in
*44, to pay Bs. lld ;. Pye, oil-mill, Oil-
*tat, 14 days in a Plo.:ach, to pay 10s.
BIRINHEAI:, WOOL FAIR. Yesterday the third
annual w:":1 fair was held at Birkenhead market. There
-pretty fair attendance of sellers, and 2,942 fleeces
et wool item offered for sale. Among the sellers were
kessrs. Hope Jones, of Hooton ; Bushell, of Herderton
httrnhate, of Spittle ; Kern, of Harrow Brook Turner,

ten; sad jun., of Stourton, Powell ; Heeling, of Plim-

h 141; Barber, of Poveton Hall ; }toward, of The Sands ;
;and Amery, of Pool Hall. The principal purchasers
*ere Messrs. Smith, of Chester ; and Pollard, of Brad-
ford. The prices ranged from is scl to is 9d. The
amount of busidess transacted was comparatively small.

AsativAL or rim NOVA SCOT/AN.—The Montreal

Ocean Steam-ship Company's serew-steamer Nova Sco-
tian, Captain M'Slaster, arrived in the Mersey yesterday,
bringing advices from Quebec to the 16th of June. The
news is nnimportaat. We append the list of passengers :

Messrs. Evison, Richardson, Crawford, Wfshart, Clark,
U‘Keard, Wilkins, Eastwood, Thompson, Woirum,
Smith, Lewis, Plomondon, Pirie, Foster, Oliver, Donelly,
iludon, Laurie, Gordon. Birrell, Thomson, Claxton,
\Venham, Niles, Gilmour, Whitley, Schiedmayer, Yin-
tent, Loranger, Fabre, Eason, Stenson, Lyle, Sin,gborn,
Vahman, Fisher, Elliott, J. Elliott; Gaboarian, Gis-
borne, Drey, W. tey, Milne, Boyd, J. Boyd, Nichols,
Stacey ; Captain
,right, Lieutenant Street and lady,
air. Thompson and two Misses ThoMpson, Mrs. Leme-
tetrier, Mrs. "Pennefather, three children,- and nurse,
Mrs. Shore, Mrs. Kidd, Mr. and Mrs. Papps and child,
Baron and Baroness Lougueil, six children, and nurse,
Miss Mercom and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Mercom,
Mr. and Mrs. Muir, Rev. R. Flood, Mr., Mrs., and
Miss Mackay, Mrs. Hawkins, Miss Frazer, Miss Thom-
son, Mr. and Mrs. Benson, Rev. 3. Bate, lady, and three
children, Rev. H. Gale, Dr. Nash and two Misses Nash,
Miss Wanless, Miss Hervey, two Misses Bartlett, Mr.
and Mrs. Rider, Mr. and Mrs. Logan and child, and
Mr. Grant.
THE ALLEGED PEPPER ADULTERATIONS.—The case
of the Attorney-General agaiust the Messrs. Crossley, of
this town, was determined in the Court of Exchequer
en Monday. On the part of the defendant, one of the
partners and several of the men employed by them were
examined, and the denied having any knowledge of
Mustard husks having been mixed with the pepper.

Ilerapath, whom had mach an analysis of the nsinver
Since the trial, was at variance with the chemists
examined for the Crown as to the fact of adulteration.

The learned Judge,' after carefully summing up the
evidence, told the jury that if they should be of opinion
that the pepper obtained from the defendant was adul-
terated they must find a verdict for the Crown, whether
they thought that the defendant knew about it or not.
It might be that some of the mustard husks had got

121iXed- by accident, and that the defendant's firm were

tinware of it; so that, if the verdict should be for the
Crown, it would not be anything serious against their
character. The jury retired to consider their verdict,
and, after an absence of a few minutes, they returned
into court, and the foreman said, "We find that the
pepper was sold adulterated by the defendant, but
where and by whom adulterated there is no evidence to
show. We find three penalties, but unanimously re-
commend that they should be nominal."—Verdict for
the Crown.

COUNTY MAGISTRATES' COT:RT.—Yesterday, at this
court, (before Messrs. John Campbell and Wm. Preston,)

John Maxwell was brought up on a charge of having

leei• engaged in a fight with Patrick Morphy—who has

not been apprehended—at Newsham-house Fields, West

Derby road, to which spot they had been conveyed in

tare. The fight was for a wager of £5. While tho
'Then were yet " milling " ona another, a constable
appeared, and he succeeded in taking ➢iaxwell into

custody. On the road, however, he was surrounded by
a mob, who rescued the prisoner, conveyed him to a
cab, and drove off. The West Derby omnibus came up
at the tinie, and the constable demanded the assistance

of the gentlemen upon it, who immediately secured
Maxwell, and a man named Jones, who were ordered to

-find bail to keep the peace for the space of two months ;
.or, in default, two months' imprisonment.—Elizabeth
Evis was charged with stealing 6s. from the dwelling-
house of Mary Kilbrian, Springfield, Old Swan, with

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'whom prisoner lodged. The theft was committed' whilst.
the landlady was from home. The prisoner plea led

guilty; a bad character was given her ; and she was
sent to gaol for three months.—A woman named Ann
Bershaw was charged with stealing a quart of brandy

!eon a booth on Aintree racecourse. Wh en the con-

stable who had charge of the case visited the prisoner's
house, he found her lying upon the sofa in a beastly

state of drunkenness, and a quantity of brandy was
sound beside her. The prosecutor not appearing, she

`was remanded for a day.
WEST DERRY GUARDIANS—The usual weekly meet-
ing of this board took place yesterday. Mr. Heyes
nceupied the chair, and the other gentlemen present were
Messrs. Pilling, Haigh, Wareham, M'Connell, Whitby,
Abrahams, Jeffery, Metcalfe, Clarke, 'Garratt, Bolshaw,
and Richmond. The following cheques for out-door
relief were ordered to be issued :—Mr. Potts, £ll2 ; Mr.
Roberton, '£36•; and Mr. Lythgoe, £23. It appeared
from the Governor's report that the number of paupers
in the house last week was 313, the number of persons
admitted and discharged during the week were equal, and
the number remaining .was consequently the same. The
number in the► corresponding week of last year was 249.
In the hospital last week there were .54 paupers ; ad-
mitted since, 8 ; discharged, 2 ; this week, 60 ; corres-
ponding week last year, 97. The following letter from
the clerk to the registrar-general was read :—" General
Register Office, Somerset House, June 22, 1860. Sir,—
With reference to your letter of the 21st instant,-and its
enclosure, I am directed by the Registrar-General to
acquaint you, for. the .information of the West Derby
Board of Guardians, that he regrets that the wishes of
the inhabitants of Kirkdale cannot be complied with in
regard to the separation of that township from the
Registrar's district of Everton, inasmuch as he is advised
by high legal authority that where registration districts
have been once formed, approved, and published, under
the 7th sec. of the Registration Act, they cannot after-
Wards be altered by him or the guardians.—l am, &c.,
G. Solway, pro Chief Clerk." The Chairman remarked
that those only who made the laws could alter them.
Mr Jeffery thereupon suggested that application should
be made to Parliament to separate the township. Some
conversation followed, and the subject dropped. The
ptiblie business then terminated.

THE CHARGE OF MURDER IN MASON-
STREET.

Thomas Rawlinson, a carter, who stood charged with
the murder of his wife in Mason-street, was brought
Wore Mr. Raffles yesterday, at the Police-court, on
remand. The details of this case were published twice,
fel, days ago, and a report of the proceedings in the
Coroner's Court was given in our paper of Monday.
The jury, in that case, returned a verdict of wilful
murder against the prisoner. It will he remembered
that on Tuesday week the prisoner went home to his
dinner, when he found his wife drunk in bed, and be
got no dinner. He had some words with the deceased,
who need bad language to him, and he struck her with
a handled pot on the head, which knocked her into a
state of insensibility, and she was removed to the
Southern Hospital, where she died on Friday. The
evidence Was repeated de novo, and Mr. Raffles committed
him to the assizes for trial ou the oharge of murder.

THE CHARGE
:OF. MURDER IN

VAUXHALL-ROAD.

• Mi. Cobb applied yesterday fitday to Mi. qs, aty
Police Court, on behalf of'
chated Aith the nitithi bt Anne tames, In Vatiihall-
‘tad, kimitt the following circumstances :—Mr. Cobb
Isald, the chargé against the Mali 4114 miirdei, 'the high-
'est known to the law, and he was that Moini,ng iilstiiiFtgd
by the prisoner's 'friend's ta htti. theit *as an
inVettirati6A to be opened at the Coroner's Court,
isWA a great injustice would be done to the prisoner if he
were absent from that investigation. He (Mr. Cobb)
had been engaged only a short time, and had not tithe
to go properly into it. The prisoner irds A of
some means, and as a great deb of the Zaid *atm rest
on medical evidenle tligo pVitotitit *mild employ a Sur-
geon to be Pietetit. On the enquiry, and he wished al-46
to he l'OpYegehted by coinsel, and his (Mr. Cobb's) appli-
cation was that the niagistiate shcoild !hke Ati brdei-
tkat the prisoner be iiieseht at the Coioner'S
Court dUrint the iiiiestigatioh. lie thought he should
show Me *orship that he had the power to make such
ah brad.:

Mr. Raffles—lf you convince ;le I havii such power
I wilt make the order, belt I dotibt it.
Mr. 'Cobb-L.-No doubt the prib'orier ivill be committed
for trial; aMi that one or all of the witnesses-
died 'before the trial, he would be tried on the deposi-
tions, without having an opportunity of cross-examining
them. It was a case as important as that of Palmer or
Dove, and in the case of the latter he was taken first
before the magistrates, and after that he was taken
before the coroner at the inquest.' There was another
case before Mr. Wakely, the London coroner, and—
Mr. Raffles—l know this sort of case is constantly
disputed, and I wish It were ptelleily settled.

Mr: Cobb said he had a case some tiThe ago, and he
applied to the Secretary of State on the subject, and he
got a reply from Mr. Waddington, tO the effect that he
might apply to a judge in chamber for a habeas 'eorfitis,
and on that he could take the party before the Coroner,
and examine him as a Witness) and that time from a
lawyer.

Mr. Itafiles--= fear you cannot convince me that I
have the power to make the order you require.
Mr. Cobb said all that Was required was the safe
custody of the prisoner, and all he wanted WAS an order
to the governor of the gaol to produce the prisoner at
the Coroner's Court, and to have him safely back in his
custody again, and it certainly would be a gross injus-
tice to the prisoner to prevent his being present.

Mr. Raffles said there were two bills now before Par-
liament 'relative to the office and duties of coroner, and
it would be a proper time to have the question settled,
and he hoped it would be attended to.
Mr. Cobb hoped the Law Society wo\tld look after
the matter, as it was very important.
Mr. Raffles refused to make the order, and the matter
then dropped.

THE BIRKENHEAD MODEL YACHT CLUB
REGATTA, YESTERDAY.

This regatta came off yesterday. The weather was
very wet and unseasonable throughout; which not only
diminished the number of spectators which is usually
collected to witness these interesting races, but threw a
considerable "damper" on all engaged in connection
with them. There were, notwithstanding, some splendid
sport and spirited competition : indeed, in spite of the
disadvantageous state "of the weather, the whole affair
was successful:to a degree that must have been highly
gratifying, to the generous and gallant Vice-Commodore
Harrison, and the obliging and indefatigable Honorary
Secretary, Hr. William Scott, whose exertions in this
spirited enterprise deserve the thanks of the public on
both sides the Mersey.

FIRST MATCH.

For four-oared river gigs. First prize, a ; second
prize, £2.. The start was from the flag ship—the Vice-
Commodore's yacht, Gauntlett, which was placed off
Woodside Ferry—and the course lay once round the
floating light, moored off Tranmere, leaving her on the
starboard hand. Three gigs started, viz. :

Name,_,
Prima Donna
Nimble
Havelock

Owners.
T. Hatton.
T. Hatton.
R. Newton

The start was good, all being pretty equal. The
rowing on board the Nimble was not much admired.
Havelock came in first, followed in half a minute by
Prima Donna. .