The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-21 00:00:00

COUNTY V COURT--__ESTERDA Y

(BEFORE{ JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ , JUDGE
HAYES V. HusoN.—ln this case Elizabeth Hayes, a
domestic servant, claimed two months' wages in lieu of
notice, from Eugene Huson, of 7, Huskisson-street,
teacher of languages. Mr. Hime appeared for the defen-
dant. The plaintiff was a well-looking girl, 18 years of
age, and stated that she was an orphan. It appeared
that, when engagirg with defendant, an aAreement was
made that, when she was permitted to visit her friends
on Sunday nights, she should return to the house not
later than nine o'clock. A short time since, she ex-
ceeded the limit, and her master locked her out for the
night, and refused to let her return to her service. She
stated that it was but five minutes after nine o'clock, and
that she spoke to him, and told him what the hour was,
and asked him to let her in ; but he locked the door in
her face, and told her not to return again. His Honor
asked defendant what was his reason for locking the
girl out ? The defendant said he wished her to be in
early as there was such temptations and dangers in the
streets of Liverpool at night. His Honor : But, not-
withstanding these dangers and temptations, you turn
out into the streets at night a girl 18 years of age ! His
Honor animadverted on the conduct of the defendant,
in thus straining the rule which he had made, to such
an extent, under such circumstances, and gave a verdict
for the plaintiff for two months' wages, and three weeks'
wages in lien of notice, one week of her term having
expired, in all £1 8s 4d. and costs.

MUSICAL HONOURS The celebrated vocalist, Ronconi,
has received the dignity of Commander at an installation
of Knights of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, in the
Chapel of the Orders of Knighthood at Madrid.

RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—On Tuesday morning,
as it became known that a rise had taken place in the
price of corn at Mark-lane on the previous day, many of
the bakers throughout the metropolis took down the
announcement from their windows " fall in the price of
bread," and added a halfpenny to the previous price.
BANDITS.—In the sitting of the 12th, of the Piedrnontese
Senate, Senator La Marmora proposed that the Sardinian
carbineers should be armed with double-barrelled rifles,
in order the better to cope with the bandits, who all pos-
sessed the weapon in question, and were, moreover, pro-
vided with reconnoitering telescopes. The Minister of
War trusted he should soon be enabled to exchange the
old muskets for the others without any expense to the
treasury.

A Constantinople correspondent of a Brussels cotem-
porary says :—" The Turks, far from encouraging
proselytism, combat it with every means in their power.
They neglect nothing to prevent it, and even compel
the person to first confer with an Ecclesiastic of his own
persuasion. If he be a minor, they will not have him
at all, and very recently Faud Pacha three times sent
back to the Patriarch a young Greek who wished at all
hazards to embrace Islamism."

EXECUTION OF THE S NABESTO NE MU RDERE R. —J oink
Fowkes, convicted at the last assizes of the murder of his
nephew, John Acres Fowkes, at Snarestone, on November
25, 1855, was hung in front of the Leicester County Gaol,
at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning. The executioner
was Calcraft. At least 12,000 persons must have been
present, notwithstanding a very wet morning. The demean-
our of the condemned man had much changed during the
last few days. lle bad been most attentive to the spiritual
instructions of the chaplain, had manifested symptoms of
repentance, and had confessed to the commission of the
murder. He did not inculpate any other person, as it was
expected he might do, but stated that he intended the shot
for his brother, Wm. Fowkes (who was the principal
witness against him), and not for his nephew, and that he
believed he had shot his brother until informed to the
contrary.

TAGISLATuRE IN TAE LORDS.—We find from the jour-
nals of the House of Lords that Lord Brougham has intro-
duced no less than three bills of a novel and important
character. The first of them is a bill for the further relief
of the subject from penalties and disabilities touching reli-
gion and religious worship. The bill states that" it is hurt-
ful to the interests of religion, and inconsistent with civil
liberty, that any person should be subjected to any temporal
pains, penalties, or disabilities whatsoever on account of his
religious opinions or his mode of worship." It proposes to
repeal several acts from the reign of Edward VI. to the 9th
and 10th Wm. 111. The next measure is a Lill to repeal
certain acts and parts of acts appointing the observance of
certain holidays and fast days. Among the acts to be
repealed is one passed in the third year of King James,
entitled " An Acte for a Publique Thancksgiving to
Almighty God everie yecre on the Fifte day of November."
There are other acts to be repealed. The third measure
which the noble and learned lord has laid on the table of
their lordships' houee is a bill to repeal a part of another
act whereby fathers are restrained from appointing popish
recusants to be guardians of their infant children. The net
referred to is the 12 Car. 11., c. 24, section S. his proposed
to enact that no guardtan is to be deemed invalidly
appoiuled by reason of being a popish recusant.

NEW PA TENT FOR PAPER-MA ICING.--We have just
learned that Captain Brown, of the Rob Roy steamer'
plying on Loch Katrine during many years, has applied
for and obtained a patent for the manufacture of paper
from the plant known throughout the highlands generally
as the " fern," or breachun. Such of our readers as have
rambled much amid the Highlands of Scotland will be
fully aware that, of the plant in question, there is such
an abundant ant spontaneous crop annually, amongst
grass, that the graziers and crofters would give a good
deal to get quit of it. In Ireland, also, the plant is very
abundant. We have had a specimen of paper manufac-
tured from this plant left at our office. One of the most
extensive of our paper manufacturers has already had the
material tested, and ano'her in the vicinity of Denny
purposes, in a short time, making an experiment with
it in the making of millboard, it being unnecessary to
bleach the plant, as is done with other material. When
this matter will have bee❑ somewhat more matured, we
shall be able fully to furnish the particulars ; meanwhile
we may remark that the saving in the manufacture into
various kinds of paper will be very considerable, but
especially in such qualities as are used for printing
purposes.—Glasgow Daily Mail.

MILITARY EXECUTION AT BouLooNE.—The soldier
Ruchet, of the 6th Regiment of Artillery, con-
demned to death by court-martial for having, when
in garrison at Neuf Brisach, murdered a serjeant-major
named Rouillon, was executed on Tuesday morning, at
Strasbourg. For a short time after his condemnation
the man was very brutal in his language, and threatened
several persons with death. One evening, when the
gaoler entered his cell, he seized him violently by the
head, and cried, " How dare you come to me at such ari
hour? What is to prevent me from killing you ? But
no," he added, " I will not kill any one to-day—so go !"
After a while, however, the exhortations of the chaplain
produced a strong effect on him, and he became recon-
ciled to religion and to the idea of death. He was on
Tuesday conveyed under an escort to the Finckinatt,
where all th troops of the garrison were drawn up under
arms. The man on descending from the prison van,
walked forward calmly to the place destined for him,
and took off, without assistance, his stock, cap, and
jacket. He twice refused to allow his eyes to be band-
aged, and requested that the platoon who were to fire at
him might be brought so close as to be sure to hit him.
He kissed a crucifix, embraced the chaplain, and knelt
down. The judgment condemning him having been
read, the signal to fire was given, and he fell struck by
several balls; but, as he moved after falling, a non.
commissioned officer discharged a pistol in his ear. The
troops were made to march off before the dead body,
which was afterwards removed to the hospital.—Galig-
nani.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Maria Johnson, a young woman,
who appeared to be in a very weakly condition, and
suffering great pain, was brought before Mr. Ingham,
on Wednesday, at the Thames Police-court, charged
with attempting to commit self-destruction. Mrs. Mary
Ann Lamb said, the prisoner hired a ready-furnished
apartment for her husband three weeks ago. He lived
in the house alone until Saturday night, when the pri-
sonerjoined him, and said she had left a situation, and
where her husband was she had a right to be. On
Tuesday morning, the prisoner ran down stairs in a
great fright, only partially dressed, and said her
husband had deserted her, and taken away her purse and
money from under her pillow, and that she was ruined.
She
accompanied the prisoner to the station-house to
give information of the husband's abandonment of his
wife, and on her return to Church-street, the prisoner
seemed to he labouring under great anguish. Witness
persuaded her to lie down, and she did so. In the
evening the prisoner suddenly rushed out of the house,
and she saw no more of her until midnight when she
was brought home by a gentleman, who said he found
her crouched upon the steps of a door in Whitechapel.
The prisoner was in a state of frenzy, and witness re-
mained in her room watching her, until four o'clock
this morning, when the prisoner seemed to be very quiet
and composed. Witness becoming fatigued, went to
bed. About an hour afterwards she heard a noise in
Mrs. Johnson's room, and on proceeding there found her
lying on the floor with her throat cut and a knife by her
side. She called in medical assistance, the wound was
sewed up, and the prisoner was removed to the station-
house. The prisoner, who sobbed loudly, said she did
not recollect going to her box and taking out the knife ;
but all she recollected was, that she felt something sharp
at her throat and swooned. She was very sorry for what
she had done. Her husband had twice deserted her, and
yesterday morning he left her, taking with him his tools,
which he used in his business of a ladies' shoemaker,
and he also took away the whole of her money, which
she had honestly earned in service. She was quite des-
titute, and had no means of reaching her father, who
lived at Crediton, in Devonshire. Mr. Ingham re-
manded the prisoner for a week, but, at her earnest
request, allowed her to go to Whitechapel workhouse.
The magistrate directed a police constable to request the
relieving officers to take every possible care of the Uri.
fortunate woman.

POLICE COURT. v
-- E STE RDAY,

(BE FORB 1111. MANSFIE ID.)

A BEGGING IMPOSTES CAUGHT.—Detective-officer Patrick
brought up a person, apparently about forty years of age, on a
charge of being a begging letter imposter. The prisoner gave
his name as Charles Thomas Duncan, and, from cards and
letters found on him, ho had assumed the following names
also :---Thomas Douglas Munro, Thomas Douglas Gladstone,
Thomas Douglas Chalmers, Thomas Douglas Logan, all of
Bonnington, near Edinburgh. The prisoner had represented
himself to gentlemen, whose surnames he had assumed, that
he was the son of a certain gentleman of the above named
locality, and claimed relationship with the gentlemen men-
tioned. He succeeded in obtaining 5s from Mr. Chalmers, of
No. 93, Wellington-road (and Tably-street), and he pre-
sented himself at the house of Mr. M'Fie, and represented
himself to a gentleman there that he was a distant relative of
his, and sought for pecuniary assistance. The assistance (very
properly) he got here was that of the officer, who took him to

the station. He was sent to gaol for three months, as a cheat

and imposter

A MISTAKE.—Mr. Stone, the high bailiff of the County
Court, summoned a gentleman, named Harrison, under the
following circumstances :—lt appeared there was some arbi-
tration pending (the facts were not stated), in which the parties
were engaged, and it seemed that an expression had been used
by Mr. Harrison, in the course of conversation,
to the effect that he would lose his life before
he would lose his goods, and that the expressions were
mistaken by Mr. Stone to mean " that he (Mr. H) would
take his (Mr. Stone's) life before he would Lae his goods,"
this gave rise to the summons. The flatter being explained,
the parties appeared satisfied, and withdrew.