The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-26 00:00:00

WILD OATS I

Philip Oates was charged with having violently as-
saulted Mary Oaths, whilome his wife. Mr. Cobb ap-
peared for the prosecution. It appeared that the par-
ties were married some ten or eleven years ago, the
woman at that time being an extensive cow-keeper in
the Park. anon after the marriage, the prisoner began
to beat big wife, mid from that time up to the present,
he has suffered nearly seven years' imprisonment for as-
saulting her. She got divorced from him, and since that
thus he has been two or three times in gaol for beating
her. He. has only just come out of prison, and the first
use he made of his• liberty was to nearly break her arm.
Mr. Raffles sent httt to gaol for six months, with hard
labour, and at the expiration of that time ordered him to
find bail for six months more. Prisoner : That's another
twelve months then. Mr. Raffles :• Yes,; remove him.
The prisoner appeared rather pleased at his position.
(Before Messrs. HVBBACK and T. EAutr,)
COLLISION IN THE RIVER. •
_ _

Tli captain of a steam yacht, called the Deerhound,
summoned Captain Pritchard, of the Elizabeth Anne,
for £22, for damage done to his vessel on the 21st inst.
Mr. Cobb was for the complainant, and Mr. C. A9i110,11
for the defence. It appeared that on the morning in
question the Elizabeth Anne was going down the river,
when she came in contact with the Deerhound, doing
the amount of damage complained of. Several witnesses
were examined to prove the damage ; and Mr. Aspinall
then called Witnesses to show that his client was not in
fault. The magistrate decided on giving the full amount
sought.

THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY
COLLISION,
. ATHEIWOZE, Nov. 24.
The proceedings of the inquest were re-commenced
this morning, in the Corn Exchange, Atherstone, before
Mr. Cartel', the coroner for North Warwickshire.

Mr. Cleather, solicitor; Mr. M'Connell, the loconm-
tive superintendent; gr. Dudley Parsons, superinten-
dent of the goods traffic Mr. Bruyeres, the general
traffic superintendent (in the absence of Mr. Cawkwell ;
and Ir. Grew attended on behalf of the London and
North Western Railway Company. Mr. Warrell, Mr.
Overell, and Mr. Dudley Baxter, were present to watch
the case on behalf of the friends of the deceased.

After the examination of several witnesses, it wag
stated that Mr. Fox, a gentleman residing near the
railway station, had shown great kindness and attention
to the passengers who had received injuries at the time
of the accident; and that one of them had remained at
his house since the time that he was first conveyed
there. The examination of this witness brought the
evidence to a close. One of the jurors suggested that it
would be advisable for the jury to go and inspect the
relative position of the main and auxiliary signals.
This suggestion was approved by the coroner, and the
proceedings were adjourned until two o'clock, in order
to afford time for the examination. The jury baying
returned

The coroner proceeded to sum up the evidence, and in
doing so- said that it had now become the duty of the
jury to consider when, where, and by what means the
deceased canie by their death. There could, he said,
be little doubt but that the injuries which resulted
in their death were sustained while travelling in
the cattle train, which had advanced about 500 yards
to the south of, Atlierstone station, and which, in
attempting to shunt, came into collision with a fast
train called "the limited mail." In coming to their
conclusion, it would be necessary to consider the
rules under which special cattle trains were started
front the stations. Without saying anything of the
discretion vested in those in charge of stations, and
who may happen to be the senior officer there, be
thought that there ought not to be any discretion
in such a matter, and that when trains came out of
the ordinary time, and were not noticed in the running
bills of the company, that special notice should be given
to the drivers and guards of the following trains, with-
out regard to the length of time such train might have
left the station. There could be no doubt that the
death of the deceased resulted from some error of judg-
ment, or some gross negligence or carelessness on the
part of one or more of the officials of the London and
North-western Railway Company. The evidence was
very voltiminollq, nmi NA-9c ,orry co‘y
and this being so, the last course which he
would adopt was to read through the whole of the
evidence which had been given, and to which no doubt
the jury had already paid considerable attention. The
coroner then proceeded to read through the evidenee,
after which the jury retired at a quarter past three
o'clock to consider their verdict.
THE VERDICT.

After an absence of nearly four hours the jury agreed
to the following verdict
find that the several deaths- of Andrew Derby,
John Macdonald, Edward Macdonald, George Renshaw)
Joseph Thompson, James Tallant, John Tallant, James
Hickey, and James Cheery, on the 16th of November,
1860, and of Michael Vaughan, on the 17th of Novem-
ber, 1860, were caused by reason of the up-limited mail
train of the London and North Western Railway Com-
pany, and which is timed by the tables of the company
to be at Tamworth at 1.56 a.m., running into collision
with a„special.cattle train while the latter was shunting
into a sidinc, at the south end of the•Atherstone sta-
tion, the deceased, except James Cheery, then seve-
rally travelling in a drovers' van attached to such
cattle train, and Cheery on the engine:of the up-limited
mail train. We find that the several deaths were acci-
dental, but that the rules of the company should not
allow their station -officers at their discretion to despatch
fast trains and slow trains from the stations so close to
one another, and are in this respect inconsistent with
the safety, of the public ; that upon the occasion in
question William Moorcroft, platform inspector, of
Tamworth, was wrong in not warning the driver
of the up-limited mail train of the cattle train
before him; that Edward Barter, driver of the
"up-limited mail train, was to blame in not observing
the •main signal and putting on the whistle at level
crossings ; that according to the scientific evidence
given at this inquest the drovers' van in cattle trains
would be more safely placed in front of the cattle trucks
than behind them, with a light van between it and the
tender, and that considering the peculiar state of the
line as respects the curves and level crossings near the
Atherstone station, it is essentially necessary for the
safety of the public that a telegraph at the Atherstone
station should he kept in communication day and night
with the stations at Tamworth and Nuneaton, as to the
arrivali and departures of all trains; and that an addi-
tional communicating signal should be placed and
worked at each end of the station."
te s t Theforemanadthat ile felt
ofa the jury,ehisduty
a f t,e ro
nhanding f inof thehis verdict,
jurors and himself, to say that in the course of the in-
brother
quiry they had received every possible assistance from.
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the officers of the London and North-Western Railway,
and
obtainnd that
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and cheerfully
them.

Mr. Cleather, the solicitor, stated that the directors
had instructed him to afford every assistance in his
power, and was gratified to learn that the assistance
rendered had been of service to the inquiry. With
respect to the recommendations appended to the verdict
of the jury, ha would take care that they should be for-
warded immediately to the proper quarter, and he had no
doubt but that the would receive every consideration.
The proceedingsythen terminated.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED EY THE QUEEN.—Lancaster :
Bth Lancashire Artil. Volunteer' Corps—C. C. Deane,
gent., to be first lieut.; S. Hodgson, Esq., to be surg.
15th Lancashire Artil. Volunteer Corps—First Lieut. J.
Mewburn to be capt., v. Watt, res. 22nd Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps-IV. Blackburn, gent., to be ens.
V. Dawson, prom. 27th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer
Corps—G. E. Gorton, Esq., to be capt. ;J. Gorton the
younger, gent., to be lieut.; W. IVallwork, gent., to be
ens. 2nd Manchester (or 28th Lancashire) Rifle Volun-
teer Corps-,--Capt. W. B. ',Villcock, to be major, v. Bar-
low, res. ; R. Hooke, gent., to be lieut., v. Dale, res.
Memoraaclum—Her Majesty has been graciously
ssissAlypletaasnetd.
to accept the resignation of the commissions held by
Paterson,
in th
2nd,thee3st TAncashire Rifle
1 and Hon. Lieut.
Volunteer
Surge°All. VSI.A. Armitage,
Corps.

AMERICAN NEWS.

COMPOSITION OF MR. tINCOLN'S

CABINET.

TRE- RUMOURED MANIFESTO.

MR. LINCOLN HUNG IN EFFIGY.

SPRINGFIELD, Et.f Friday, Nov. 9, 1860.
A kt,ptingfield paper of this morning states, on the
assumed authmity, of Air. Lincoln's confidential friends,
that the Cabinet .is to be as follows :--

Secretary of State ...... W. H. Seward.
Secretary of War ... ..F. P. Blair, jun.
Secretary of the Navy .. H. W. Davis.
Secretary of the Treasury, J. Sherman.
ISecretary of the Interior. John Hickman.
1 kostmaster-General _.. H. Etheridge.
Attorney-General _ _ .. S. T. Logan.
Proceeding froin this city, this statement might, if
uncontradicted, be received. with faith ; but the fact is,
it is a matter of the merest speculation. Of course,
nothing is yet known as to Mr. Lincoln's appointments'
Renewed questions are urged upon Mr. Lincoln as to A
declaration of his future intentions. I believe it is cor-
rect to say that, although he is not at all unmindful of
the uneasiness which may exist in many parts of the
country, nor of the unfortunate commercial troublesthat
may haVe. been threatened, he still does not discover any
cause for epteially developing his policy, or offering any
public expression of his views.
Atnon„e• other interesting dispatches received to-day
by Mr. Lincoln, was one announcing that he had been
hung in effigy in Pensacola, Florida. It was thought
at the Statehouse that if the personal danger came no
nearer than the!, there was little cause for apprehension.
I am told that Mr. Lincoln considers the feeling at
the South to be limited tcra. very small number, though
very intense. '
It is reported that cotton in a' Boston steamer was
unloaded in consequence of a determination of the
people of Charleston not to allow cotton tap to Boston.
Other kinds of exttavagances and reports are afloat.

THE BURNING OF THE SHIP CHINA.

STATEMENT OF THE CAPTAIN.

The Quaker City was delayed on her voyage by going
to the assistance of the American ship China, Captain
Wiggins, which was discovered to be on fire on the
evening of the 6th inst , at seven p.m.
The officers and crew and their baggage were taken
on board of the Quaker City at ten p.m., from the
barque Ocean Bride (35 days from Minatitlan, bound
to Liverpool), which vessel was already at the scene of
conflagra dart.
Before the Quaker City left her (30 miles northeast of
Cape Carnival), the China was burned nearly to the
water's edge.
The captain can give no account of the origin of the
fire, which he had discovered twelve hours previous to
abandoningi her. The China was eight years old, owned
in Portland, Me. ; 725 tons register, and had in 2,227
bales of cotton; twelve days from New Orleans, bound
to Liverpool'.
The statement of the captain of the China is as fol-
lows : • _ _ _

Left the bar of the Mississippi Oct. 25, for Liverpool.
Nothing worthy of tote' occurred until Nov. 6, at noon,
lat. 29 deg. 50 min., long. 80 deg. 12 min., discovered
a strong smell of burning cotton ;. searched to find
where it originated, and found it came through the cabin
floor ; closed all ventilation to smother the fire ; saw a
barque to leeward, kept a and spoke ; she proved to be
the barque Ocean Bride, of Liverpool, 35 days from
Minititlan, bound to Liverpool; requested him to keep us
company, which he did, steering to the northwest to
endeavour to make St. Augustine, it being the nearest
port; 4 p.m., fire gaining rapidly, got the boat out; 5
p.m., ship getting very hot, the pitch melting in the
seams ; 5.30, finding no hope left of saving the ship,
clewed down the sails, and saved all that we possibly
could which time and circumstances would permit ;
at 6.30 the fire broke out abandoned the ship and
went on board the barque at 7 p.m.; the ship was
enveloped in flames; at 9 p.m. the steam-ship Quaker
City spoke us, and kindly took us all on board ; the
last seen of the ship she was burned nearly to the
water's edge ; how the fire originated I am unable to
say ; the China was a good ship, built in Freeport,
Maine, in 1852 ; 725 tons register, owned in Portland,
Maine; had a cargo of 2,277 bales of cotton on board.
I hereby wish to express my thanks in behalf of my
officers and crew, to Captain Shufeldt and officers of
the Quaker City for taking us off the barque and landing
us at this port, and their kind treatment to us while on
board their ship.