The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-21 00:00:00

She then took a pinafore, put it round my throat and
dragged me up stairs. She twisted it tight round my
neck, and I could not speak or call out. I was crying

before that.

She asked my half-brother to fetch the

clothes line to beat me ; it could not be found, and she

beat me then with a brace, and the thing round my

neck all the time. Blood came from my mouth. She
said I had eaten a pie, but I did not, and she hit.me
with a spoon in the ear, and blood came from it. She
was in the habit of beating me several times, and on
Sunday she kicked me. She plucked the hair out of my
head, and my head is bare in several park I was in
great agony, and she hurt me terribly. I used to cry

Out, but I don't know if any one came to speak to her
or not about it. I was not disobedient to her, nor ever

gave her bad language. She is sober, but sometimes
she takes. some drink. There was a complaint made

against her at Crewe. She was in jail there for
abusing my brother—that is a good while ago. My
brother died at Crewe. She beats me several times in
the week, and did so at Crewe.

Mr. Kehee said the girl could show the marks where
she was kicked.

Cross-examined by Mr. Black—l was sent to several
situations, the last in Everton ; was not sent away for
stealing ; was in three situations in Liverpool, and was
some time in each. I left some of my own will. I did
not tumble off the larder and hurt my. head. I got up
on Monday at seven. I came here by the advice of Mrs.
War, who lives next door. She is a Catholic, but
she does not want me to become one. Mrs. Wagg is
summoned here ti-day by the prisoner. lam in the
habit of running away from the prisoner.
Mr. Kehoe--Why ? Because she used to beat me.

Margaret IsVagg, 10, Egerton-street, Park, next door
to the prisoner, said—l have lived there for two years,
and used to hear her beat the child, but never saw her
do so; heard screaming and pounding, and heard
the prisoner often say, " You devil, I will

pay you." The child complained to me, and I reraon-
strated with the prisoner, and said, " Cursed are they
that abuse the orphan." Heard the noise on Monday
morning. The child ran to her uncle's, and I saw blood
in her ears, and the hair torn out of her head ; she is
all black under the breast. The prisoner said she would
beat the girl every time she deserved it. The prisoner
was summoned here last week by a basket-girl for
beating her.
Cross-examined by Mr. Bluck—l do not mind other
people's business. There is a summons out against me
to-day, at the suit of the prisoner, for an assault ; it is
all about this girl. I went to the girl's aunt's, and
found her there, and went to the police with her. I am.
a Catholic, but I have nothing to do with making the
children Catholics. I don't know if the girl is a naughty
girl ; she was in a situation, but was not able to work.
Ts Mr. Kehoe—The•prisoner got a summons against
me, because I gave evidence against her for beating the
basket-girl.
Joseph Wagg, the husband of the last witness, corro-
borated the statement of his wife, in part, but he is
hard of hearing.
Mr. Peter Lowndes, surgeon, said he examined the
child ; she had a wound on her ear, and contusions on
her ehest. She must have had a severe wound on the
head ; found bald patches on the head. Such treat-
ment as described would injure the constitution. To
Mr. Bluck.—Considerable violence must have been used
to produce the contusions on the breast ; it is possible it
might be from a fall, but much more likely from a kick.
Mr. Bluek then addressed the bench, and said that
the girl was dishonest. Mrs. Wagg, he stated, was a
Catholic, and she was anxious to make the girl one,
although the stepmother and the girl's father were
Protestants, and of course the prisoner was averse to
that. This caused an ill-feeling in the mind of Mrs•
Wagg, and she thus induced the girl to make the com-
plaint against her stepmother. He then called
Mrs. Peacock, who lived next door to the prisoner for 14
months, and said the girl was very naughty, and used to

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Tun away. She did lint hear the prisoner beat heir On Mon-
tliY. glib stated tha'tbe kritATA -4Mry
bad indeed. Tlijs 47ithels 'iVO-'misslei.amined by Mr.
aild-A4 AdrAiited that she was not believed last
week hi the magistrates when she swore that tile-pri-
soner did not beat. the basket girl.—Did you come here
to swear anything that would suit the prisoner ? I came
here to tell the truth. • „

Mrs. Knot, who, lives ol6se tó tho tiriSoiiei ;as exa-
mined, 1)d her i‘iickeilee *as riot material, as she had
bein drily 14 days in the street. . .

Mr. Ilut,chison said the Card was very clearly proved,
and the evidence was not at, all. shaken. It was a very
gross case, and therefore they would send the prisoner to
gaol for three months.

SOUTHPORT, AND ITS nIPROtEMENTS.

bitgit to Which prosperity has been imparted to
tiie various sea-bathing towns on the English coaft, by
railway communication with the inland centres of popu-

lation, is truly surprising. While advances have been
making on the east coast, progress has not been lesss
marked on the west) and perhaps iti no instance has
improvement been more incessant and rapid than in the
ease of the pleasant to*ii dl' 6otithpolt. ft looks over
the irith ahandei„ and is sittiafed a little
,northxyqd of
the mouth of the RION. By the Lancashire and York-
shire Railway, it is a little over 31 miles N.*: floth Man-
'Waiter, add 2d niileti it. bf Liverpool. It would scarcely
be ::thought, by those who view it in its present
condition, that prior to 1792 the site on which it is
built was 'a dreary waste of sand. Evert in the
early part of the present 'dentiirykad lite Ai isoj, there
were oqly 38 hooFe4 Add the inhabitants aid not exceed
16.4. The census of 1851 gave it a population of 4,765
persons, but that number has since considerably increased.
It may, almost be said lo have a.climate of its own, and
it is one of genial mildness. It is an advantage
of bathing places on the west coast, that they get
much more of the sea breeze than those upon the
east coast, owing to.the wind in England blowing more
frequently from, the West_ than ,atiy- ether
.quarter of
the compass; .and. in the case of Boutliport, the air
is deprived of its chilliness by, having to pass over a
considerable extent of sandy beach. This, mobile it is of
great advantage to Perseids of.deliedie affords all
the requisite fadlities fee- bathing, and at the same time
present's seop for exercise by either pedestrians,
equestrians, or charioteers. The extensive level Band,:,
of Southport have acquired for it a name known,
not only all over England, but in perhaps every
other civilised nation, on • account of their being
selected for the important experiments made a
few months ago with the Whitworth cannon,
the acknowledged rival dr the Armstrong guns.
It *as scarcely ektiiited that another " Shoeburyness"
coilld be found, but Southport supplied the ground, and
its well-appointed hotels and lodging-houses provided
ample and comfortable accommodation for the numerous
and distinguished visitors, although some of the fasti-
dious repsesentatives of the metropolitan press found
fault with the place, because there happened to be some
snow upon the ground. On that occasion, however, and
for the first time in the world's.history, a ball was thrown,
fully five miles and a-half, and from a breech-loading
gun, invented by a gentleman resident in the same
county.

It has been the good fortune of Solthport to have for
its local rulers commissioners who have kept a steady
eye upon whatever would promote its improvement and
render it attractive to visitors. The carrying out their
own powers, by supplying the town with gas, &c., has
alSo been well seconded by_the enterprise of the inhabi-
tants. The promenade, which forms the foreshore and
overlooks the beach, is in excellent tbndition, and in
every part of it is well protected from injury by high
tides or storms.. Hitherto, the communication between
the western and eastern portion has been divided
by Neville-street, so far as the carriage way
was concerned, there being, however, a bridge for pedes-
trians. The Improvement Commissioners haavejudiciously
determined to remedy this deficiency, and another bridge
is now in course of erection for the passage of vehicles,
so as to form a continuous drive. The toll which was
formerly demanded for admission to the north-eastern
portion promenade, and which proved a great annoyance
to visitors, was wisely abolished some time since. The,
straets in all parts of the town are well paved,- and a
marked cleanlinesrprevails. -
The gradual extension of .the place has caused. addi-

tional demands of various kinds. The Improvement
Commissioners, who, like the Corporation of Manchester,
have the supply of gas under their control; are laying
down new mains of large calibre, and the Waterworks
Company are constantly receiving an increase of
customers. - _

It is gratifying to see that the work of doing good is
not confined, however, either to those who have the
administration of the rates, or to trading companies, but
that private generosity also extends a helping hand.
Several neat drinking fountains have been erected in
different large thoroughfares, by J. H. Wrigley, Esq.,
whose liberality in this respect cannot fail to be duly
appreciated. A very handsome and appropriate one has
also bean-constructed in Lord-street, near the Town-
" in

all, by the members of the Temperance Society,
memory of their founder, the late William Mawdsley,
who was the founder of the society in the parish, and its
treasurer, and useful advocate for twenty-five years."
The refreshing 'stream gushes from the bell of a water-
lily into a polished granite basin.
NEW BUILDINGS, &c.
There are few more decided indications of progress in
a town than the increase of shops, dwellings, and public
buildings. New walls are rising in almost every direc-
tion, particularly toward the western extremity. Large
and commodious houses, both for private residences and
lodgings for visitors, appear in every stage of progress,
but many of -them near completion. Some have a
sea aspect, and others look landward, with garden-
ground in front. On a spot in this direction a graceful
tribute is paid by the improvement commissioners to
the memory of one whom it would be an injustice on
the part of the inhabitants to forget. It has reference
to the original founder of the town. A new street
(Duke-street), leading towards the beach, branches from
Lord-street, and at the junction of these two streets a
short, square monument,. having four panels, standing
upon a bold base, and surmounted by a large lamp,
occupies a prominent position. - The panel facing the
south-west bears the following inscription :
This column was erected A.D. 1860, by the improvement
commissionary, as a tribute of resdect to the late William
Sutton, commonly known as the "Old Duke," the founder of
Southport. He was born at Churcbtown, North Meols, A.D.
1761, and died there May 22, 1810. He erected, almost upon
this spot, A.D. 1792, the first house in what is now the
flourishing town of Southport, then a wilderness of sandhills,
the.house originally called " Duke's Folly." It was afterwards
known as the " Original Hotel." A memorial tablet, taken
from its walls, has been placed on the north-east side of this
column, and this street has received the name of Duke-street,
in reitembranee of the "Old Duke."
The inscription referred to in the opposite panel runs
thus;—
In the year of our Lord .1;92, this house was built in memory
of D: W. Sutton, of North Meols, who was the first founder
and executor of Southport,- which was called his " Folly" for
many years, and it proves that his- foresight was his wisdom,
which should be remembered with gratitude by the Lords of
this Manor, and the inhabitants of this place also.
We have great pleasure in giving publicity to this, as
another to the many proofs that what is considered. the
folly in one age.of a pioneer, afterwards comes to be
recognised as sound wisdom.
The Town Hall, which is a somewhat imposing struc-
ture,. has an advantage which many good buildings in
more inland towns lack—plenty of space in front, and
is undergoing enlargement. It was built by the Im-
provement Commissioners, and opened in the year 1853.
An addition is being made to the rear of it, which will
answer several (purposes. On the ground storey, some
new:cells, and other conveniences requisite for the police
department, have been formed. Above these there are
two commodious rooms—one for the use of the magis-
trates, on the same level as the Petty Sessions Court :
the corresponding one is for the service of the Impr( v
merit Commissioners, and communicates with their
boardroom. The storey over these is laid out in one
room, 13 yards long and 21 feet wide, available for
small meetings, tea parties, &c. The principal hall in
this edifice fronts towatds Lord-street, and in this also
some improvemeni is taking place.
In about a fortnight, Christ Church (erected in
1820), in Lord-street, will have undergone such an
interior transformation that its previous occupants will
scarcely recognise it as the original building. The
side walls 'have been removed, and two new aisles
built. . The roof beams now rest on lofty iron
columns, and the galleries have been placed in
the • new aisles. The church is about eight yards
wider, and will furnish about 500 additional sit-
tings. The work is being executed by
Messrs. Wright
and Sons (Mr. W. Rimmer), who are also making the
alteration in the Town-hall. An enlargement is also
being made in the Sunday School of Trinity Church,
and the church 'itself will soon have the builders in for
the same purpose. The parish church of Southport,
situated at Church Town, about two miles distant, is
unroofed, and an additional aisle on both sides, each ten
feet wide, is being formed. An increased breadth is
also being given to the galleries.
The buildings in Southport are almost- universally of
brick, many, however, improved by stucco, but we are
glad to see an example set of attempting to overcome
the question of expense, by the introduction of good
masonry. .The new Wesleyan Chapel, whose walls are
already_ above the. height of the galleries, will form a
conspicuous object to, the right of the railway, as visitors
approach the town. It stands on a large plot of ground,
extending from Mornington-road to Church-street, and
abuts, on its northerly side, upon the grounds in front
of the house of Dr. Wood, a liberal supporter of the
Wesleyan cause, and who performed the ceremony of
laying the foundation stone of this chapel on the 27th
of October last. The chapel fronts Mornington-road,
and the site contains room for schools, and ,Minister's
house. The building is of pierpoint, with ashlar quoins
and dressings, stone for which is brought partly-from
Burnley, and partly from Alton Towers. The length of
the nave is 53ft., and 49ft. wide ; with a transept 26ft.
deep, projecting uft, 6ig. on each aide beyond the nave.

,
Froth the tiniis'it U.; tPe eAtetn end is A/ft. 6in., by
28ft. At one side of this,liortion -is. the vestry, and on

the other a class-room. The chancel window, over the
communion table, will be 13ft: from the floor tq the sill,
then 15ft. to the springing of the arch,,and lift. 3in.
to the crown, filled in with tracery. The chapel will
be lighted on each side with elglit ,Wlndofts,, the heads of
which Will i3i611 blve tracery cif 'different deragri: The
front is 66 feet wide. The principal entrance, in the
centre, has three attached columns, and richly moulded
arch, also filled with tracery. The body of the door-
way projects 1 foot 4 inches. A short buttress supports
a moulded corbel, from which ascends a water-tabling,
surmounted by a carved finial. Over this door, the
design includeg allatidsortie witidoit; With elaborate head.
On each aide of the rtiain entiance a ddor leads to the
galleries. At the north-west angle, a steeple will be
carried up 64 feet, terminating with four gurgoyls ; and
this will be surmounted by a neat octagon spire ascend-
ing 56 feet, making together 120 feet; the whole to be
crowned with about eight feet of ornamental iron work.
The interior will contain front and side galleries, and'
the roof will be open timbered.
Tilt SEW IRON PIER.
The most extensive improvement, however, and one
which must pfove of great advantage to the-town in a
financial point df is the edrisittictioil df a large and
substantial, bid, at the Mule time, light and elegant,
pier—a work which is so rapidly advancing towards
completion, that some description of it will no doubt
be a matter of interest not only to the inhabitants,
but to the thoiiiands of visitors WhO may this season
sojourn at Sonthpdri: Thti Want of something
of this kind has been long felt, but we believe the
idea of developing the work on anything like a useful
and adequate scale originated with Mr. John Gallo-
way, of the firm of Messrs. W. and J. Galloway, of the
Knott Mill Ironworks, Manchester. Some were in
favour of a wooden erection, on the score of economy ;
but gradually it came to be thought that a pier 'some-
what resembling the iron railway viaduct over the
tilverstone sands, erected by Messrs. Galloway, would
in the end be most reasonable. A company was formed,
under the Limited Liability Act,' with a capital of
£lO,OOO. Designs Were prepared by Mr. J. Brunlees,
engineer, iondon = whd designed the Morecambe
Bay Itiaddct and tifii_ eredtidn was entrusted to
Messrs. Galloway. To avoid the transport, at
Manchester, of such a large quantity of iron as
would ho ivipitito for the girders; it was determined
to have the iron sent direct to Southport from Stafford-
shire, and a long shed was erected in Neville-street,
near the beach, in order to make the girders on the
spot. A punching machine and other tools, with a
stearthengine, Were fitted dp for the purpose. The first
pile for the pier was sunk into the sand in the middle of
August, last year, but the works have been much
delayed by the wet and stormy weather. After
some length of the pier had been erected, doubts
began to be entertained whether the girders were
of sufficient strength. As this was a matter upon
which no risk must be run, Dr. W. Fairbairn was
requested to make an examination, and it was decided,
on his recommendation, that as large crowds of persons
would gather upon the pier, the girders should be
stronger. The engineer (Mr. Brunlees) accordingly
altered his plans, and the light girders have been
substituted by others which leave ample margin for any
strain to which the structure 'can be subjected. This,
although' involving some cost, was the most prudent
course to adopt.
The total length of the pier is (describing it as if
completed) 1,200 yards, or nearly three-quarters of a
mile. It commences at the level of the promenade,

just on the south side of Neville-street, and runs out
directly toward the sea. Its. height above the sands
varies from about 13 feet at the promenade end to 22
feet at the sea end, reckoning to the under side of the
girders, but three feet additional to the flooring. The
pier itself is constructed on a level, from end to end.
Its width is 15 feet, but it is provided at the further end
with a large platform, for promenade. This portion
is placed in a transverse direction, parallel with
the coast,'and is 120 feet long, by upwards of 20 feet
wide. It is furnished with two sets of stairs, by means
of which the promenaders may, at low water, descend
upon the sands; and whence they can gain access to the
boats which lie in the channel a little beyond the
extremity of the pier. In the whole length there are
72 bays, each of 50 feet span, supported by a triple row
of 72 iron pillars ; with 20 under the platform, making
a total of 236 ; but in three places the pier is stiffened
by doubling the number , of columns (six instead of
three), and at those points there are projections at the
side with seats for visitors.

The pile proper—that portion-of the pillar which haS
to be sunk into the sand—has a widened socket at its
uppetend, into which the column will fit easily ; and to
the bottom of the pile is cast a disc, Ift. 6in. diameter,
constituting its foundation for supporting the weight
above. But how are piles with a broad surface, instead
of a sharp point, to be got down to their intended
places? Sand is a very curious material to deal with.
It is like not a few specimens of frail humanity—may be
led, but cannot be driven ; and Messrs. Galloway
have , discovered the means of humouring" it in such
a way as to coax the piles down to any necessary
depth by their own weight. The method is both novel
and interesting, and was first adopted by Messrs. Gal-
loway when erecting the railway viaduct over the sands
at Morecambe Bay. Down the middle of each pile a
piece of two-inch gas tubing is fixed, which passes
through a hole of that size in the disc, below which it
projects about four inches. The pile is then raised on
end by a travelling crane, and a stream of water forced
through the small pipe. At Morecambe Bay, a force-
pump had. to be used ; but as there are waterworks at
Southport, with a pressure equal to about 501bs to the
square inch, which was amply sufficient for the purpose
required, they availed themselves of this power, by
simply running a pipe along the pier as they advanced.
The water thus forded down the tube issues out under
the disc. There are small flanges or scrapers cast to
the disc's under surface, and by giving the pile a
semi-rotary motion, with levers, the sand is loosened.
The gushing water sluices the sand away, and the
pile gradually descends. When low enough the tap
is tatted off, and the operation ceases. In a few
minutes the sand closes so firmly round the foot of the
pile that it will bear a dead weight of ten tons placed
on the upper end, without subsiding. No amount of
battering with a ram could accomplish this ; but by the
_method employed, a dozen piles have been sunk in a
day, and in one favourable week 450 feet of the pier was
erected. The depth to which the piles are sunk varies.
At the shore-end they descend seven or eight Ted into
the sand, but deepen towards, the other extremity,
where they penetrate twelve feet. When the pillars
are placed in the sockets of the piles, and the girders
adjusted, iron wedges are driven into the sockets, thus
firmly uniting the-piles with the pillars. -
The flooring-is: of seven-inch planks, three inches

thick, placed about an inch apart, so as to prevent water
lodging linen it. Besides the seats on the pier, there
will be ample accommodation of the same kind on the
promenade at the sea end.
The height of the pier was a matter duly considered,
and it is such that ihe lower side of the girders will be
four feet above the level of the high tide which occurred
in December, 1852, • and about eleven feet above the
ordinary high-water level.
The cost of the erection will be between £9,000 and
£lO,OOO, and from the travelling facilities afforded by
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, and
the additional attraction which ithiS pier will prove to
the town, there appears to buno reason for doubting a
profitable return upon the outlay, especially under
liberal management,- office is erected at the
entrance' for taking toll, which we understand will be a
penny for each person; 'with suitable prices for tickets of
longer or shorter periods.- -
Had the works not been retarded by the unusual,
severity of the weather, the pier Would by thiutimelia,ve
been completed. The whole of the piles, however, are'
sunk, and it is expected to be finished about the end of
next month, and will probably be opened at the begin-
ning of August. A walk on the pier in its present con-
dition, showed that on .account of its elevation, a fine
bracing breeze is felt, even when there is but a light air
experienced on the beach•belovi. Its strength has been
pretty well tested by the workpeople; and by there being
piled npon.it at various points large piles of timber and
of iron railing, &c.
The best portion of the sands of Southport lie fully
halla mile outward from the promenade, but which can
seldom be reached by pedestrians on account of the
lodgment of water. On descending from the further
end of the. pier, the visitor finds himself on this fine, dry
sandbank, extending a considerable distance, along
which he can walk close to the deep channel, in which
the pleasure and fishing boats find good anchorage. In
future, therefore, Southport will not only provide a warm
and genial resort far thoSe of delicate constitution, but
also the means of enjoying the invigiiiating breeze fresh
from the sea.—Abridged from the Manchester Examiner
and Times.

DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AND LOSS OF Lira
NEAR NEWARK:—At half-past eight o'clock on Friday
evening ilearful boiler explosion took place at Win-
thorpe, about three miles from Newark, by. which . a
highly-respectable gentleman of the town, Mr. George
Ingledew, millwright and engineer, and one of his
Workmen, named Richard Gregory, have lost their lives.
Apparently for the purpose of getting additional power,
Mr: Ingledew directed his man, Gregory; to put the valve
down, and the moment he did so a terrific explosion took
place, the concussion being too powerful for the boiler,
which had been in use many years. Gregory was
fearfully scalded, and fell with his head across the
manual on the top of the boiler. Mr. Ingledew was
also scalded in a similar manner ; but both of them crept
out of the boiler-house through the coalhole. The force of
the explosion forced off the roof, and scattered bricks,
tiles, and iron plates an immense distance. The
sufferers were conveyed to Newark—Mr. Ingledew to
his home, and Gregory to the hospital. The former died
about half-past one o'clock the same night, and the
latter expire 4 shortly before nine o'clock on Saturday
morning.

THE DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1860.