The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-26 00:00:00

A CAPTAIN.

he could depend upon. Ile,,said I was not the first
woman he had had there. He never had had a stew-
ardess but who had yielded to him. He told me to tidy my
hair; aIM then sthistied to 4the boy to'come in, When the
boy came in. the plaintii7 made come felMtrk about the
ladies, and I then left the room. I remember the &it
. day, after the children's dinner, the captain sending for
me again to his room. I went; he was there. When I
went in he was sitting with his coat off. He told me to
fie seated: Ite told the boy, Johnny Scott, to put down
the deedritier3;, and Mid it rn'tist Mote the door.
refiled te,' take any wine fromtheft
wished, nie some hrandi,, saiing loPked wry ,
ill. contintied iefilse'. to tile. any fromHe then came up to me, and tried 49' .krlig ni j,os to i
the sofa. • (Witness here described the, plaintiff's Co.n:
duct:), resisted his .endeavours,, and then he wished
me not to say. anxthini; and not to cry,,for fear any i
person: might see me. I ferf.?enibei.:; a few dals,after, the
captain sending for me again. lie .told Me lie &heti
Me to mend his coat. He got up and bolted the door
of his room, and drew the curtain down. He tried to
kiss me, to put his arm around my waist, and made use'
-of indecent language. (Witness repeated the language.),
I ithpldred hin/ td let rile go;
.Wheni he said; if carried
on in that way, and refused hint, I.shoUld Ceriain/yyill
him. He gave, me a. glass of Water and sonie,eau de
cologne tp drink. He gave me
,a bottle to take with
me, and teif nip not to ,ell what had taken place. I •
rot to eel arty qdf,
,die wished
tidy my hair, and he then unlocked the Johnny
Scott then came in, and the captain said, " You need
not stay, Mrs. Mackenzie, Johnny Scott will bring you
my coat." I remember the next day Johnny Scott Com-
ing to me while at dinner, and saying that the captain
wished to see me. I tried to get up so as to avoid my:
agitation being noticed, when I fainted, and fell
down
.14 the Man keniici the chief steward. Re
bathed my fade, end said the eartatin drily 'Wanted
me to Mend a fiag, but that -1 Was AA tecprired
then. The captain afterNidids Caine into the ladies'
cabin, andasEgNiliTl fainted, and if i had. told any--
body about that had passed between us said no.
That was on the outward passage. (hi the hoWeviard
passage I recollect him sending to me. I remember the
captain coming into my room after I had gone to bed, ,‘
and after the other ladies had gone too, and all the lights
had been extinguished. I was in the third room in.the
ladies' cabin. Nobody was there besides myself. The
captain, dsed to threaten to come to my room ; and, in
consequence, I asked the steward d iooli on
door, which he did. After I locked my door I used to
hear some person trying to open it at night. I told the .
captain or plaintiff of the fact, and he said " it was not
but•l will come in some of these nights." I begged of
him not to do so, but he said I waste. be quiet ; that no
lrarru ryas tiftettd di and that it was Tery improper 'for
Me to lock the door, as ft Might arouse suspicion, and
might make the passengers think there was On person
with me in my room. He said that if I continued' to
lock the door, I should get a bad name, but that ;
if it remained' open persons pas Sing could see I, had
nobody with me. I thanked him, and said I would
not lock it again. I put the curtain , of my bed down
quite tight: When he came, I felt some- person
pUll the eititalii; Mtd I said, " my God." He
took up the slide of the lantern he had with
him,.and I then saw who it was. , I felt quite eicited..:
The captain told me not to say a word, and then he put •
the slide down again. He took every stitch of clothes ,
off.my bed, and I said, "Captain Thomson, do take me
up and throw me overboard, for it 'is preferable to
this. " He told me . to be quiet, and he put his
hand on my mouth. then left. The witness then
proceeded to relate the- annoyances to which she was
subjected froth the plaintif during the second and third
voyages in the ,Glasgow, the condact of the plaintiff
being, according to her statement, much the same
ds that already detailed. The new mam-A were
as . follows 'recollect giving the captain a letter
ffri one; dpeitsion vilien he sent tot me to his teom. lie
was sitting oil the tofu, arid on my entering he told me'
to be seated. He took hold of the letter and read it, and
said, looking.. at the signature, " Isabella Ettirila Mae-,
kenzie." I said, " Yes ;. I have brought this-letter so
that you can understand what I mean." He read it, or
at least a portion of it, and then wished me to give him
a kiss, and told me not to be vexed with him. He asked
me if I had told any one about what had passed between.
us'; I said no. He said if I were to tell anyone it would kill
him.: He then said, " Isabella, if you are a woman of
that kinds and you will forgive me, there will be nothing
more between yoti and me." I promised him.' would
not tell any perkin. 'I told him, I shMild be ashamed to
tell any lady of it. Afterwards I told him I b.a.tritten
several letters, but was afraid to give them to Johnny'
Scott, for fear he might lose them on the way, for if he
had done so my character would perhaps be ruined. A
night or two before we got into Liverpool I again saw
him, and he then told me to be seated. I said, " Capt.
Thomson,'haVe you forgotton your promise ?" He said
he wished to see me about' that letter. He wanted to
know what I meant by giving him that letter. He got
-up, tore up the letter, and then threw it out of the port-
hole. I told him that I wished him to bear in mind that
I Caine to work, as stewardess, for my husband and my
children, and that I had not come to be his mistress.
During the remainder of, the time I had been with him
as-stewaidess he was always cross with me, nothing
More:. What I have stated occurred during the first
three voyages ; after that he was cross with me. I
mentioned what I had suffered to Mrs. Wright,
after my return from the first voyage. I never
heard any complaints about my being a drunken
woman. I was- not in the habit of getting tipsy. I
mean to gay I was only once tipsy, and I will state the
cause:' Mrs. Carlton, a lady passenger, was playing at
cards with' the captain, as she was accustomed to do,
when I had to apply some chloroform to her. She made
me take some brandy, and it had an effect upon me,
That was the last voyage but one coming home. On
leaving I applied to Mr. Alexander for a character, and
he_ told-rne'T should apply to Captain Thomson. Subse-
quently, I was asked if I knew anything against Captain
Thomson, and I then made my complaint.—The witness
was then cross-examined by Mr. James, Q.C. She
adhered to her previous evidence in all material points.
She added that a lady passenger told her that the plain-
"Tiff''''diid.t6 go into her` room at night, arid- that-We-was
going to telt her brother of the fact. Sire (witness) did
riot call out when the plaintiff assaulted-her, because she,
did'not wish to alarm the .passengers, nor did she wish
to deprive him of a situation. When she told- him so, he
replied that he was
.independent of his situation. She
subsequently met the plaintiff, when he asked her to retire
with him to some, house, but she replied that-she knew no
hou'se to go to, and that she only went with her husband.
--It being now eight o'clock, his lOrdship interposed,
and said, thoughhe was most anxious to relieve the jury
from attending the assizes as soon as possible, he feared
he must adjourn the case, which was nmost important
one, until after Christmas Day, as there was scarcely
any. hope of its being finished that night. The jury
expressed a wish to proceed with the case, even if they
sat to Midnight,. Mr. Overend was also anxious ,to
'proceed, and- he thought the case might probably finish
in two or three hours. illr. James could not say when
it would finish. . His Lordship said, personally he was
as anxious as any of. the jury could possibly be to finish
' that 'night, as he was desirous of Spending Christmas
Day in Scotland; but the inquiry was, as he had,stated,
a most important one to the parties concerned, and he
I felt bound tO adjourn the case until this (Wednesday)

. %I ,•• • 'I,. •
ir_orsos o. WI Vii action, idrotight
Captain. S. tales ;Amnion, late commander of the
Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Company's
steamship Glasgow, against Mr. W. Inman, a member of
the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, and managing
partner of the company's business in Liverpool, to re-
cover damages fat wrongful dismissal from his Situation,
he haVitik Win ek-i-Mid fot iiiie :fofage,, ThO tie-
fendant pleaded, first, a,. denial of the ;agreement;
secondly, that the plaintiff had, misconducted himself
with the stewardess pf the ship
,afy which he was' the
captain, iand ,fie was. therefore disfinssed,7Mr.
EdwardflaMes, Q.C., and Mr. Ilrown, appeared for the
plaintiff; Mr. Overend, Q.C., and another learned
gentleman,
.for the defendant. Mr. James, in open-
ing the case, said it was one which involved
'very seriously the interests of the plaintiff, whose
character was now, and had for some little time,
been assailed by the defendant. The plaintiff 'came to
that court fdr the iirpost of tit-Minting his character
and reputation, iiefy recentiY fie and had
for some time been, the captain of a vessel Called the
Glasgow. He had been brought,up
,t 6 the service of the
sea, and had been. Coritieted with .the seafaring profes-
sion ter 11444 thitty years; afid•lie-bad far. a 6ofisiderable
number of years discharged the duties of captain to the
entire satisfaction of all the owners under whose orders he
had served. He was captain of the steam-ship Glasgow
at the time when she was purchased by ti:coinpany'ealled
the Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship
Company, of whom the defendant was the chief partner,
he having dritire direction of
,the business in Liverpool.
.The companypurchasedThe dlasg64 In tlie ;:arly part
of this year, and she performed in the interval between
that time and last November a number of voyages—from
five to seven. The vessel returned from a voyage to
New York on the 27th of October last, and she was ad-
vertised,to sail again, o, fopewinF 7th of November.
Up to November e-veiytoirik ft4eeded iri dtie order ; no
complaints of the plaintiff's conduct were made, and
there was no reason on the part of the plaintiff to suppose
that he would not continue in command of the Glasgow
as heretofore. As late as the sth of November, how-
ever, he went to the office of the defendant, and there,
in the afirrse of conversation, the defendant told him
that the ethiipmy had already pittehased, or were about
to pareha4e, a 4.'esdei edlied the t trid; a medh superior
one to the Glasgow, and that he (deferkian6 stddid take
care that the plaintiff was appointed to the comtnand..
The plaintiff's salary up to that time was at the rate of
£4OO a-year, and the defendant agreed to' raise it to
£5OO. That fact showed, that the plaintiff had at that
time the entire confidence of his employers. On the sth
Nov. he proceeded with his crew to the Sailors' Home
to have their articles signed, according to the require-
ments of the nets law; and eterythinas was in a state of
readiness for the ship sailing on the day folio efing. In
order to dischafge some business connected i4ith the
vessel the plaintiff Omit td the defenddties office: He
was there asked to go into a private apartnient, and 'on.
going thither he found a self-constitnted dotift off inquiry
summoned to sit npon his edndtict, 'the court consisting
of the defericiditt hiniself, and his Stiiiordinates-----clerks
and others. He found that there was a Charge
made against him by a female named Mackenzie,
who had been the stewardess of the Glasgow, to
the effect that he, in the mouth of March preceding,
had, upon the very day after the vessel left this Tort,
attempted to take liberties with her in his own itate-
room. That was a very serious charge, and it was natu-
rally asked her why she had not made any complaint of
the sort before. She said she had mentioned it to a
female,friend (Mfrs, Wright), but to no one else until
she found that she had been dismissed by the plaintiff
for drunkenness, when she made the counter charge to
which he had alluded. After stating that the plaintiff
was obliged to dismiss Mrs. Mackenzie on account of the
complaint of the- passengers, the learned counsel pro-
ceeded to say that his client was told he was;Jus-
pended from his situation, although the ship' was
upon the point of sailing. The plaintiff immediately
got a declaration signed by the officers of the vessel
in his favour, showing that they had not the slightest
suspicion that anything improper had taken lilace
between him and Mrs. Mackenzie, and he took' that
document to the defendant, who, however, treated it
with the utmost scorn ; and the plaintiff then felt that
nothing remained for him but to bring the present
action, for the purpose of vindicating his character. Mr.
James concluded by calling the
,plaintiff, who,
,in his
examination in chief, fully , corroborated the opening
statement of the learned counsel.—Cross-examined
by .Mr: Overend, Q.C.: Never made any immoral
offer to Mrs. Mackenzie, or used indecent language
.to her. Never locked the door of his private room
while Mrs. Mackenzie was in it.' Remember her
complaining of one of the men, named Kenzie
kissing her in one of the rooms, and it was very
likely he might have. said it would be better
if she paid more attention to the ladies and less to- the
gentlemen. Might have sent for•her to mend a flag in,
his private room. Had perhaps sent for her to come to
his room altogether about twenty times, but
,she never
remained 'with him an hour ; and whenever she did come
she always stood just against the door, and never fairly
in the room itself. Wouid swear most earnestly that
be never locked the door while she was in the room.
-Never told her to be sure and not go with any Other
man' on board. Never went into her bedroom, but
always went all over the ladies' cabin, as well as all
over the ship, with a dark lantern, about one o'clock
each morning. Never went into her bedroom, and
never took the clothes off her bed. Never went to
the, bedside, and never pulled the bedclothes off her
person. She' never expostulated with him about' his
conduct,' and never said she: would prefer he threw her
overboard than for him to continue his importunities.
About six months ago was the first time he Made'cern-
plaints to Mr. Nicholsen of Mrs.. Mackenzie: ~:Comp-
lained of her misbehaving herself, and her general bid
ebaiaCter: The plaintiff emphatically denied hayripg
made"aiiy improper overtures to Mrs. Mttejset4e, ;or
saying that she must do what previous stewardesses had
done.—Mr. James said _he did not purpose-Calling-any
more witnessses until Mrs. Mackenzie had been examined.
—Mr. Overend then addressed the jury for the defen4e.
He willingly confessed, he said, that the case was ckne'of
the utmost importance to the plaintiff, and he was sure
no person was more anxious for the fullest investiga-
tion, and for the jury to come to a right decisien; than
his client, Mr. Inman. That gentleman was the
managing partner of a very large company, who had
some eight or nine large vessels sailing from this port.
Mr. Inman had, with reference to the present case, acted
solely from a sense Of duty; he had no interest Whatever
to serve, and the best proof that could be given of his
feeling towards the plaintiff was that, immediately pre-
vious to the charge made by Mrs. Mackenzie, he had
informed him of his intention to transfer him to the
Etna, a larger ship than the one he then commanded,
and to increase his salary from £4OO. to £5OO a year.
He stated that Mrs. Mackenzie bad an invalid husband
and font' children entirely dependant upoa her for sup-
port, that she had an excellent 'Character when engaged
as stewardess of the Glasgow, and if her story was

morning.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will of the Right Rev.
Henry Pepys, D.D., Lord Bishop of Worcester, • of
Hartlebury Castle, Stourport, Worcestershire, and Gros-
venor-place London, was proved in her Majesty's Court
of Probate on the 14th inst. This aged prelate; who-
attained to the lengthened period of 78 years, died at
his palace at Worcester on the 13th of November last,
having made his will in 1852, to which are appended
two codicils, bearing. date respectively 1854 and 1859.
The executors appointed are the bishop's two sons,.
rhilip,Henry Pepys, Esq, Chancellor of the diocese of
Worcestor, and the Rev. Herbert George Pepys, M.A.,
vicar of Grimley, Worcestershire. The former gentle-
man has alone taken the grant. The personal property
was sworn under £50,000, which amount, from the
bishop's own statement, appears to be made up of
various kinds of securities—Namely, mortgages, Grand
Junction Canal shares, railway shares, policies, and
shares in insurance companies, &c. The whole of this
property, together with all other assets, the venerable
prelate has left entirely to his relict and sons and
daughters ; in fact, it is simply a family will, and con-
tains no other bequest whatever.—The will of the Hon.
Sir Henry Davison, Knight, late. Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court at Madras, who died at Ootacamund, in
the East Indies, on the 4th of November last, was admi-
nistered to in the London Court of Probate, on the 15th
inst.,.by James Clay, Esq., M.P., the executor according
to the tenour. The will is entirely in Sir Henry's own
handwriting, and in terms so precise and peculiar, that,
we at once give its entire contents : "Bombay, 30th of
June, 1858. , I hereby bequeath all my property to my
friend, James Clay, Esq., M.P. for Hull, in trust to pay
my debts, and apply any surplus in such manner as he
may think best for the benefit of my daughter Emily,
now at Mdme. Tellenloch's school at Kensington."
Witnesses, Edward Yardley, barrister, of Bombay. and
Henry Gamble, clerk to Sir Henry.—The will of Walter
Coulson, Esq., Q.C., late parliamentary draughtsman
and Counsel to the Home Office, which bears date
the Ist of September last, was proved in the London
Court of Probate, on the 14th of the present month,
by two of the executors,—namely, Arthur John Wood,
Esq., of the Inner Temple, barrister, and William
Couson, Esq., of Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, and of
Kenegle, Cornwall, the brother of the testator. The
personal property was sworn under £12,000. His real
estates, situate in the counties of Kent and Norfolk, he
has devised to his brother and two nephews ; the latter
were also nominated executors. His brother, the said
William Coulson, Esq , (who is a member of the Council
of the Royal College of Surgeons), takes a life interest
therein, as well as in the residue of the personalty. His
nephews, the Rev. Thomas B. Coulson, M.A., and Walter
John Coulson, Esq., surgeon, on the decease of the Jes-
.tater's-biiither,-areto inherit the property, and in the
interim they are to receive an annuity of £l5O each.
There is a legacy of £5OO left to 'his housekeeper;
together with an annuity ; also a legacy of £2OO to his
executor, Mr. Wood, and a further bequest to him of his
law library. Mr. Coulson. only attained to his sixty-
fifth year, and died on the 21st of November last, at his
residence, North Bank, St. John's-wood. He was much
esteemed by the profession, and beloved by those who
enjoyed intimacy with him.—lllustrated News. . _

to .be relied upon, and the jury would observe her
demeansaur in the witness-box, the plaintiff had em-
ployed every artifice to seduce her. Time after time the
plaintiff had called her into his. state-room ; he had,
if he (Mr. Overend) was rightly informed, made improper
proposals to her, although she' had written a letter
expostulating with him, and had even on he knees
begged of him to discontinue his entreaties. Mrs.
Mackenzie would tell them that the plaintiff told her
stewardesses always yielded, to the captain, and •had
by every means in his power tried to overcome her.
virtue. With respect to the assertion that the charge
made by her had been trumped up because the plaintiff
had accused her of drunkenness, he wanted to know
why, if that accusation were true. the plaintiff had con-
tinued her in her office, instead of reporting her, if it
were not for his own purposes ? As to the remark that
Mrs. Mackenzie had made no complaints immediately
after the overtures of the plaintiff, they must recollect
that a captain was omnipotent on board his own ship,
that for many reasons it might not be desirable to make
any complaint, and that she did confidently inform a
female friend of hers, 'Mrs. Wright. Mrs. Mackenzie
would prove that on being ordered to go into the captain's
room she fainted through sheer excitement, and that she
had some eau de cologne applied to her. She was seen .
to come out of the captain's room after being there a
considerable time, the door being locked, and the cur-
tains being drawn down by the plaintiff to prevent any-
body seeing in. The learned counsel concluded by
stating that he should call Mrs. Mackenzie before Them
to relate her own story. .His Lordship said—lt must be
borne in mind that the action they were trying was
not one of slander, but one of wrongful dismissal merely.
Mrs. Isabella Mackenzie was then called. She deposed
—My husband's name is Duncan Mackenzie. He is an
invalid, and I support him and my four children. Soon
,after I went on board the Glasgow, as stewardess, I was
sent for to the plaintiff's state cabin. When I got there
the plaintiff filled two glasses of wine ; he gave me
one, and took the other himself. He got up and
told the servant, Johnny Scott, to shut the door
and stay outside. He then came to the place where
I was sitting, and tried to assault me—that is to
say, he endeavoured to take liberties with me. (The
witness here described the conduct of the plaintiff).
. He told me that he was as cautious in his conduct as I
L was, for he kept his boy at the door, and he was a boy

TIIE DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1860.

LIVERPOOL NYLRIE COURT:-MONDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)/
TERRY LYNCH'S OLD COMttADE.
Terry Lynch, the owner and driver of a cab, was
charged with being drunk and incapable of driving his
Mr: Lynch made the following excuse : I met
an ,Ord serjeant-msjot who belonged to my regiment,
and we had b'eeft "splering''' out In India and Africa for
seventeen years ; and tell tire vld reCollection came over
us, and we had a glass or two toiefhticand./ suppose it
had an effect upon me; but I was never liekie'd
trate or mortal before, in the course of my life, and I
hope you'll let me off this time. Mr. Raffles : It is a very
claitgetutis thing to have ear-drivers incapable of minding
thelfrcl s,patticularly in this weather. As you have
not been here b'efOte, twill not order you to be reported
to.' the committee' but I fine yon Os, and costs.; and be
,/tiod not codehere a • Di•
caus that yea do gain : prisoner
was theft d?.thintiOtl; dla'ting that if 116 met with his
old ‘‘ sojering " comrdcre fie, *6410 not take en Marry
parting glasses with hfin again.
WAY, LAWLETC WARMED' IthiStM
Pat Laliler,' who wasdressed in the uniform Of a
Scotch legfriletili 144 up, charged by Sarah
Henderson, of Crosshall-street; with haiidg set fire to
her house, and destroying abed and &Ales to the value-
of3os. The complainant said the prisoner came tdl6dge
at her house, and went to bed about four o'clock, and at
seven o'clock the room in which lie lay was found to be
ml Ore.: A. 'alarm was given, and the fire put out, but
damage tg tVe anithint, of 30s. had been done to the bed
and clothes: The prisoner, in &fence; said I didn't
do- it at all; it was a candle.. (Laughter.) Mr. Raffles—
'Was there, any one else in the room? The servant gill
in the house said there was no one in the room except
ttlprisoner,.: nor Was there any Candle in the room. The
prisoner then said Was another man's pipe that set
fire to the place. servant girl' said there was no
man nor pipe in the room, and dfl teas safe half an
hour before the fire. The prisoner said he cd-dld prove
that there were two men smoking in the room the pre-
vious day. at four o'clock. (Laughter.) Mr. Raffles—
,The case is clear enough, and you must pay. 30s. da-
mage. The prisoner, in an impudent tone, said he
would not pay. Mr. Raffles—There is Ils. booked to
rot; and if yott don't pay I will send you to jail. The
Woman said she would take £1 rather than have
any mote to do in the case. The prisoner declined to
p'ay' anything, and behaved *ety insolently. Mr. Raffles
-,-There is Ils: booked to you, and if you, don't send
far, the, balance /swill send 'you to prison, Prisoner
Then •Uyon't pay. The woman said she would even
take rtithef thad ha 4 any more bother about it,
• The policenian Whd had the ease; said he was of opinion
that there was nearly 3(s. Worth of damage done. Mr.
Raffles—Then pay the Wonian 10s. otft of his Money.
The Prisoner--I won't pay it. Mr. Raffies-4fieclact it
from his money dud discharge him. The prisoner Ind
on his cap And used sonte insoknt language,
.when he
%Vag- turned out of couit by order of his Worship..-
.

. _ .
PAV,ING IT IN FOB THEM I
James Gaitlatid, 6oil IYeliteri of 13ankfield-street,
Bootle, was charged by poliEe-offieers 83 and 733 With
having assaulted them. It appeared that there Was ri
fight in a public-house in the street, on Saturday night,
and that the prisoner, with others, was engaged in it,
and on being put out the prisoner rushed at the officer,
swearing he and others had it in for them for some time
past, He knocked officer 53 down. Both officers then
followed the
.prisoner to his own house, when he got a
dog aria set. it at them, and the animal bit them in the
legs. The prisoner came ant with a poker and assaulted
both the officers, repeating thet he had it in for them.
In reply to Mr. Raffles, the officers stat&l that this was
one of the gang belonging to Leonard, who this tried d
few days ago at the assizes, for nearly killing a police.,
officer. His worship thought such men ought to have
taken warning by the fate of Leonard, who got ten
years' penal servitude for nearly killing an officer in
.that place. He fined the prisoner. £5 or three mouths'
imprisonment,

• TIM POOR WOMAN FROM PERTH.
On. Monday Mt;. taffies received 10s. from. Mr. John
Gibbons for the benefit of the poor woman, Mary
Stuart, who came here from Perth to kook. for her hus-
band: Her case *was reported in our *paperf which
induced Mr. Gibbons to act so kindly. However, Mt:
Raffles having already forwarded the poor woman. to
Perth, the money remains at the Police Court until it
can be forwarded to her, and in case she cannot be
found the money will be added to the poor-box fund.

THE BURNING CASE IN LOWER HARRINGTON
Mary Heenan was brought up on remand charged with
having burnt to death another woman named Mary
Anne AsP:lnall, in Lower Harrington, on the night of
the 16th instant. The' details of this case were pub-
lished in our paper twice last week, so it is unnecessary
to go into, the case again. The coroner's jury on the
body of the deceased returned a verdict of manslaughter
against the prisoner, and Mr. Rallies sent her for trial
eh a e

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST
AN AMERICAN SAILOR.

Henry Goodwin, described as an American sailor, was
brought before Mr. Raffles at the Police-court, on Mon-
day, on a charge of having. caused the death of Grace
Ward, aged 50, in Charters-street, on Sunday night.
Mr. Cobb appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Kehoe said
the charge against the prisoner was for causing the
death of a woman named Grace Ward. There would
be a Coroner's inquest held on the body that day, but
there was a post lizartem examination of the body to be
made, and he would only offer as much evidence as
would warrant a remand. Police-officer 739 said: At
half-past one this morning a woman came to me in
Vauxhall-road, and said there was a woman who had
burst a blood-vessel; and was very bad. I went to
the house and saw the deceased in a chair, and a great
deal of blood on the floor. I sent for Dr. Warburton,
who came and saw her. I after Wards apprehended the
prisoner, when he said the deceased came to his lodginz
to look for her daughter, and she annoyed him, and he
pushed her away front the door, and then she caught
hold of . the latch of the door and he pulled her, when
she fell, .and he fell on her, and that was all. Several
.witnesses were produced, who made various state-
ments, from the whole of which it appeared that' at
about half-past twelve the deceased went to the house
where the prisoner lodged, to look for her daughter, who
is nineteen years of age, and who hai been living away
from her for some time. The daughter told a girl in
the house to deny that she was there, and the deceaSed
commenced to knock at the door, when the prisoner
came down to put'her aWay, arid they fell. Ile dragged
her otatof the place, and met a woman, who took her to
her house, where she commenced bleeding, and died
soon afterwards. Surgeon Warburton said he was
called to the deceased.and,found her quite dead. Death
was caused by hemorrhage, from a wound inflicted by
external violence. In reply to Mr. Cobb, he said a fall
would not do it, unless the deceased fell on some sharp
or projecting substance. Two or three other witnesses
were examined, but none of them saw the prisoner do.
anything except drag her away. In reply to Mr. Cobb,
they.stated that if the prisoner had kicked or otherwise
. struck the deceased, they would have seen it. Mr. Cobb
contended that there was no case against the prisoner.
Mr. Raffles said it was only a case of suspicion, but he
would not allow the prisoner to go until after the post
mortal: examination. The prisoner was then remanded.

TTIE Poott-Box.—Mr. Raffles acknowledged the
receipt of D. from P. R., and £1 from C. L., for the
poor-box orE Monday.
The Prussian Government has just caused new experi-
ments with cotton-powder to be made, and they are stated
to have been so satisfactory that large quantities have
been ordered.

STATUE OF SIR WILLIAM PEEL, K.C.B.—A statue
in marble, seven feet in height, of the late Sir. William
Peel, K.C.8.; of -the Naval Brigade, executed by Mr.
W. Theed, at the expense of the Right Hon. Frederick
Peel, M.P., was placed in the Painted Hall, Greenwich
Hospital, on Saturday.
In the province of Posen, in 1857, out of 1,440 noble
domains, 904 were possessed by Poles, and 536 by Ger-
mans; but a recent official report shows that the Germans
now hold 600—that is, 64 more than three years back.
COMMUTATION or SENTENCE.—Margaret Hannah,
the young woman recently sentenced to death at Edin-
burgh for the murder of her infant, will not be executed,
her Majesty having been pleased to commute the sen-
tence to penal servitude for life.
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN.—The election of a Lord
Rector, by the students, to this university, took p'ace on
Friday, when the majority of votes in the Marr and
Angus nations appeared for Sir Andrew Leith flay, and
in the Buchan and Moray nations for Mr. Maitland, the
Solicitor-General. The vote was thus equal by nations,
but numerically the returns were in favour of Sir.
Andrew. The casting vote is said to be with the prin-
cipal, who by ordinance can give it within 21 days.
A RosiAN LorrritY.=—A letter from Rome says
grand lottery is in course of organisation here, in which
some sixty of the prizes will be articles sent as presents
to the Holy Father. Among them are many articles of
ladies' toilet, such- as gold pins, jewels, and diamonds.
Princess Borgliese, and many other persons of different
countries, are' at the head of this undertaking. The
tickets will be obtainable in all countries at if. each.
The proceedi of the lottery be devoted to the relief
of those officials of the Pontifical Government who have
lost their places by recent events.
STRANGE OCCURRENCE.—Some curiosity was greatly
excited at Havre by the fact that the complete uniform
of a soldier of the 34th regiment. with shoes, shirt, &c.,
had been found early in the morning at the extremity
of the north-west jetty. An inquiry was set on foot to
ascertain how the articles in question came there, hilt
nothing was discovered to throw any light on the sub-
ject. The general opinion is that the whole affair is a
practical joke, as a person bent on suicide would scarcely
have stripped himself before leaping into the sea.
BERNADOTTE'S WlDOW.—Queen Desiree, widow of
King Charles John XIV., fell dead, it appears, when
witnessing the representation of Calderon's piece, " Life
is a Dream." Bernadotte was thirty-four when he
married Mdlle. Clary, who was then exactly half his
age. Her sister Julia had married Joseph Bonaparte.
When Bernadotte went to Sweden, the Princess de
Ponte-Corvo remained in France. Her husband had
joined the Lutheran Church, but she remained a Roman
Catholic, and after his elevation to the throne, she
stayed a long time in Paris, and was not crowned at
Stockholm until the 21st of August, 1829.
CORONER'S COURT, MONDAY.—The Coroner held the
following inquests :—On the body of a newly-born child,
found in the ashpit, of a house at the rear of
Mount Pleasant, as reported in our paper of Mon-
day. The child's throat was cut, and there was no
doubt that it bad been born alive. The jury returned a
verdict of murder against some person or persons un-
known.—On the body of Thomas Murphy, 32 years
old, a porter who lived in a court off Redcross-street.
The deceased died rather suddenly on Saturday ,night.
He was an habitual drunkard, and from the medical
evidence it appeared that death was the result of
apoplexy, brought on by excessive drinking. Verdict
accordingly.—On the body of Henry Howard, a carter,
aged 49.. The deceased was hurt by accident some days
ago, and he died from lock-jaw that supervened. Verdict
accordingly.—On the body of William Cole, 24 years of
age, who was the mate of a schooner called the Fanny.
It appeared that on Saturday night the schooner was
getting up along one of the dock walls, and had a rope
out, when a steam-tug, not known at presentt
_came
between her and the wall and snapped the rope, which
struck the deceased, and he was so much injured that he
died. Verdict : Accidental -death.—On the 'body of
Robert Anderson, a child two months old, that was
accidentally smothered in bed. Verdict the same.—On
the body 'of a child, named Henry Harding, that was
also smothered in bed under similar circumstances.
Verdict accordingly.