The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-15 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES.
In consequence of the painful domestic circumstances
which called Mr. Baron Alderson to London, the Crown
Court was adjourned on Saturday, and the only cases
taken were in the Second Court, before Mr Sergeant
Chanty 1, who opened the court at nine-o'clock.
SECOND COURT .—SATURDAY.

VIIL%TION.—Jatnes Atkinson was charged with having,
on the 14th October, at Preston, committed a rape upon
Elizabeth Ta!lantine. The prisoner was a bailiff, and ;.
came to the hmise of the prosecutrix, a married woman,
whose husband had left her, to execute a warrant at the
suit. of her landlord for rent. The prosecutrix was
unable to pay, and the prisoner offered to take a letter
to the landlord on her behalf. He took the letter and
returned, saying the landlord's wife would hear of no
terms, but he told the prosecutrix if she would pay six
shillings for costs he would make some arrangement.
She said she had not the money, but that she would
pawn her blankets. He advised her to do so, and she
went up stairs to her bed room to get the blankets.i lie
followed her up, and there attempted to take liberties
with her. She resisted, and asked him would he have
the heart to injure a destitute woman ? He said he
would have his ends, and after a struggle, in which the
prosecutrix declared that she screamed and resisted to
the utmost of her power, he succeeded in effecting his
purpose. Mr. Cross prosecuted, and the prisoner was
defended by Mr. Fernby. The jury, after half as hour's
deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty. The prisoner
was convicted of felony in 1847, and suffered a short
term of imprisonment. Since that period, and up to
the time of his committing the offence of which he was
now convicted, his conduct was reputable. His Lordship
in passing sentence observed, that though the prisoner's
offence had not been attended with that violence `7,ltivh
usually attended such cases, yet that it calied with it
peculiar circumstances of aggravation. ;le had obtained
admission into the house undo- one sanction of the law,
and while profbssing kinj7:ess to the prosecutrix, availed
himself of the oPPortianity, evie..ntly created by himself,
to commit by tree the offence of which he had been
found gait The '.,-ntence of the court was, that he
• be trans:orted for the term of fifteen years.
5-"nes ildthell, aged 20, a sawyer, was put on his trial
I.°r /"....ing, at Liverpool, on the 18th of October, 1856,
teronionsly assaulted and ravished Mary Ann Forrester.
714?. Aspinall prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended
by Mr. Scott. From the statement of the learned
counsel it appeared the, prosecutrix was about eighteen
years of age, and was dependent on her own industry
for a livelihood, her parents being so destitute as to be
compelled to seek the shelter of the workhouse. About
half-past-seven 'o'clock on the night of the 18th October
last? She Was proceeding on business -to Parliament
'street. The ,prisoner, whom she did not recognise at
the time, but with whom she had before a very slight
acquaintance, met her and solicited her to go to walk
with him. She refused, but in order to get rid of his
importunities, as she alleged, she consented to take a
glass of ale from him. They entered a public house,
and he called for two glasses of ale. He drank one, but,
being drunk, as he was handing the other to her he
upset the contents of the glass over her dress. He
induced her to visit a second public house, but as she
veftlsed tti drink any ale, ,he himself drank the two
Sasses foi whiCh be had called. He then left her, but
As She was hastening home by Back Carter street he
'itclain came up with her. He struck her in the face,
knocked her up against a back door, and he then
endeavoured to commit the offence for which he was
now on his trial. She made all the resistance she could,
and screamed aloud. Her screams were heard, though
the prisoner endeavoured to stifle them by throwing his
handkerchief over her mouth, by the police-officer on
dUty in the neighbouring street. She succeeded after
souse time in loosening herself from his grasp,
but as she was attempting to run away he
put his foot before her, and tripped her
up. She fell on her side, and overcoming
her struggles, by placing his knee on her chest he corn-
initted the offence. The constable who heard the
screams catite up almost immediately afterwards, and
found the prisoner adjusting his dress. He at once took
him into custody. The prisoner admitted that he had
had connection with her, but alleged that it was with
her consent. The constable, on being examined, stated,
that when ha came up the prosecutrix hesitated for
some minutes before she charged the prisoner with the
offence. Her hair was not tossed, but her bonnet was off.
The surgeon who examined her afterwards, discovered
n) marks of violence on her person, and was of opinion
that the act had been committed with her consent. The
jury, after a brief consultation, acquitted the prisoner,
who was at once discharged from custody. We should
also state, that additional doubt was thrown on the
pioseeutrix's testimony, from the fact that she is now in
custody on a charge of felony.
The court rose shortly after four o'clock.

ACCIDENT ON TnE GREAT NORTHERN lasirmAY.—tarly
nn Friday on accident occurred on the Great rth ern
tt n
ailwAy. The up luggage train was approaching Hatfield
station when it suddenly ran off the line, and several of the
carriages were broken. N 9 person was injured. The
engineer attributes the accident to the rails giving way,
owing to the heavy rains.

LITERARY GOSSIP.—We find the following in Siturday's
Illustrated London News : —The literary event of the week
is the publication, by Routledge and Ca., of the new volume
of poems, by Charles Mackay, with the suggestive and
pleasant title of " Under Green Leaves." The first meeting
of the season of the Graphic Society, long an established
favourite with all sensible artists, was held on Wednesday
last, in the library of the London University. The
attendance was good. The things shown were better than
usual. Hans Christian Anderson, the fairy novelist of
Danmark, comes to winter in England, and will be very
-sselcome ; and if there be any mother so ignorant of her
duties to her nursery as not to have provided it with the
fairy legends—in which the commonest articles of every
day life are endowed with an existence, and with pa'sions
and caprices, in the most delightful way ; the extreme of
gravity and whimsicality blending in dialogues and nar-
ratives of the richest humour—let her forthwith repair her
fault, and thank Hans Christian Anderson for thus giving
us an opportunity of recommending her to do so. The
children of England should erect a Christmas tree in the
Crystal Palace in his honor. Some extraordinary pictures
of the coronation of the Czar, at Moscow, the fair of Nijni
Novogorod, and scenes in parts of Rassis, have been
furnished by the Russian authorities for the Dioramic Tour
in Russia, which is to be opened at the Great Globe, Lei-
cester square, next week.
STAMPING OF LETTERS BT THE POST OFFICE.-011
Friday last Lord Chief Justice Campbell, in the Court of
Queen's Bench, intimated that he had communicated with his
Grace the Duke of Argyle, her Majestj's Postmaster-general,
with respect to the post office marks on letters, which were
really discreditable to that department of the Government.
Continental letters always showed the places through which
they passed, and the date of their postage in the most dis-
tinct manner, as many gentlemen at the bar must have
observed ; but the stamp on English letters was so blotched
that no letter or figure could be distinguished. This pro-
duced most serious inconvenience, not only to individuals,
but in the administration of justice in both civil and crimi-
nal courts, He had himself, since he had been a judge,
seen the course of justice most seriously obstructei by these
marks being illegible. H e was sure the Postmaster General
was most earnestly desirous to do all in his power to remedy
the evil, and there would be no difficulty in doing so,
because be had only to ascertain how letters were stamped
on the Continent, where there was no reason to complain.
A case had been tried during the present sittings in which
a question arose as to the time when a letter was posted and
delivered, and the marks were so indistinct that it required
a person from the post office to make a conjecture as to
what they indicated. He really hoped that he should
have no reason in future to make any complaint upon the
sulject.
Tan FRENCH MARRIAGE LAW.—A Paris letter in the
Emancipation of Brussels has the following :—" Two years
ago Colonel left with his regiment for the Crimea:
As he had been bethrothed several months to Mademoiselle
—, who was gravely ill, he demaneed that before leaving
Paris a religious marriage should be celebrate] between
them. The young lady and her family having consented,
they were united according to the forms of the Catholic
Church. Five months later the colonel, who was then at
Constantinople, learned that Mademoiselle had com-
pletely recovered from her malady, and was about to join
him. She arrived, and it was determined between them
t sat the celebration of a civil marriage, which, according
to the French law, was required, should be postponed until
after the return of the colonel to France. The 1 idy after-
wards left Turkey and returned to her family. Peace
concluded, the colonel, whose regiment was one of the first
to reave the East, returned to France ; but, instead of
hastening to his bride, he remained far from Paris, where
she resided, and without giving any explanation of such
conduct. Nevciations took place between the lady's
family and the gentleman, but without leading to any
satisfactory result, as he persisted in remaining away from
her. Under these circumstances the young lady has brought
sn action before the civil tribunal to compel him to make
her lawfully his wife by celebrating. a civil marriage, or to
pay her 100,0001. damages. It is believed that the affair
will be pleaded before the end of the month. M. Berryer
is charged to defend the gentleman, and M. Nogent Saint
Laurent is the a ivocate of the lady. It is said that the
latter and her family, before commencing the action,
obtained the formal sanction of the Archbishop of Paris.
The question raised is of considerable importance as to the
vali lity of religious marriages."
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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.
DEFORM MR HAYWOOD.

A Petit OF JOL'IY TOFERS,—.LAIa Uorrison and James
Mullen were charged with a burglary in the public house of
Mr. IsPlieverigan, Great Charlotte Street, and for having
stolen jars containing rum, gin, and whisky to the value of
£lO out of the prosecutor's cellar. The facts were these;
it appeared that Mullen has a cellar, which he occupies as
a workshop, next a yard belonging to Mr. Hays in Great
Charlotte Street. This yard is next to Mr. Mlteverigan's
• premises. The latter, for the past six months, was in the
habit of missing spirits and other articles from his cellar,
but could not find out the thief, although he did every thing
to do so. The house was closed up on Friday night in the
usual way. About three in the morning, a police officer
saw the prisoner Morrison in the street, carrying a five
gallon jar, full of rum, and as he gave a" rum " account of
how he came by it, he locked him up. A searth was then
made, and the officers found that the cellars of the press-
cutor had been entered and several jars and quart bottles
of rum, girt, and whisky stolen therefrom. The cellar had
been entered thus •—Out of Mullen's ( he prisoner) cellar,
some one got into Mr. Hay's yard, and then over the wall
into Mr. McKeverigan's premises. Here the kitchen was
broken into and the cellar entered. The police, on search-
ing Mullen's cellar, found him lying with his head on a five
gallon jar, full of whisky, which, added the policeman,
made a pillow for him (loud laugh) and another at his back
by way of blanket to keep him warm (renewed laughter,)
The officers also found several other Cars aril bottles full of
spirits in the cellar. The prosecutor fully identified one of
the jars as his property, and although he would not swear
to the others, he had no doubt they belonged to him, as lie
missed thu ;anae sort, and the same liquor as these con-
tainP'?„ The prisoners told a long story about how
fortunate they were in fading the liquor, and of course
concluded by the usual declaration of " innocent as the
child unborn." Other people may be found " soft"
enough to c-edit the story, but his worship fully committel
the prisoners for teial.
BEFORE MR. MANSI'IELD.
MONEY AND MtNtrres.—A boy who belonged to a ship
just arrived, was brought up on a charge of having at-
tempted to smuggle a bottle of brandy. The lad was got
leaving the ship with the brandy, which he obtained in a
legitimate manner, and it was evident he was quite igno-
rant of doing anything illegal, as lie knew nothing of the
law of the case. Mr. Mansfield said, under the circum-
stances of the case, be would fine the bov lOs , or to be im-
prisoned for ten minutes. The poor lad at once began to
try his pockets for the cash, but on a sudden he looked
up at the clock, and shrugging up his shoulders, drew his
hand from his pocket, and endured with apparent fortitude
the lengthy imprisonment, thereby saving his money.
STABBING.—John Plunkett was charged with having
slabbed a youth named Bernard Murphy. The complain-
ant went into a passage in Sawney Pope.stre(t the previous
night. Whilst there, the prisoner rushed on him and
struck him two or three blows about the face and head
with some sharp instrument. He was covered with blood,
and cut seriously in the cheek. The prisoner alleged that
the complainant insulted his wife in the passage; but this
was strongly denied, and the prisoner was sent for trial at
the sessions.
SMUGGLING.—Edward Cook, the second mate of the ship
Shamrock, who stood remanded on a charge of having
smuggled a large quantity of tobacco, was brought up. Mr.
Tyndall prosecuted, Mr. Gluck defended. The facts of this
case were published a few dips ago, and the prisoner only
awaited the decision of the board in London. This being
given against the prisoner, the bench had no alternative
but to inflict the fine of £lOO, or, in default of payment, six
months' imprisonment. The primer was committed in
default of paying the fine.

THE LATE DARING GARROTTE ROBBERY,
AT BIRKENHEAD.

On Saturday tie two men, F. Jones and J. Jones,
charged with assaulting and robbing Mr. Singlehurst, of
Birkenhead, on the evening of Saturday last, were again
brought up before Messrs. Bryan and Jackson. Povey and
M'Culloch, of the Liverpool detective force, who appre-
hended the two prisoners on Monday night, at Jim
Clarke's boxing crib, near Williamson-square, were in
attendance. Mr. Daggers, solicitor, appeared to watch
the case in behalf of the accused. When the case was
called on, Detective-officer Povey applied to have the
persons further remanded, on two grounds—first, that
they had not at present succeeded in finding the property
stolen ; and, secondly, that Mr. Singlehurst was
so indisposed that he was unable to attend. Mr.
Daggers opposed the application. But the magistrates
decided in further remanding the case, and they thought
they were justified in so doing, by the fact that Mr.
Singlehurst had already identified one of the prisoners, as
the man who held his arms wile the others were robbing ,
him. The prisoners were accordingly remanded.

REDPATII'S Housgs.—The following horses were sold by
auction, by the Messrs. Tattersall, by order of the assignees
of Leopold Redpath, a bankrapt :—A brown tnare, has been
ridden hack, 32 guineas; two brown geldings, have been
constantly driven together, one sold for 78 guineas, the other
for 75 guineas; a brown pony, has been driven in harness,
17 guineas.

NEW NEPTUNE.—In the course of Virile excavations just
made at Cherchell, in Algeria, a statue of Neptune in
white marble, about seven feet eight inches high, was dig.
covered. The left arm and leg had fallen off, but the frogs
ments of them were collected. The head was separated from
the trunk, but fitted it perfectly ; the nose was slightly injured.
The statute has been deposited in the Archas Jlogical Museum
at Cherchell.
I IA decision of the Board of Inland Revenue is causing
considerable dissatisfaction among the shipowners of the
Tyne. We have before stated that the Income-tax Corn •
missioners well not allow averages or insurance on ship or
cargo on the mutual principle as a deduction from income ;
the Commissioners of Inland Revenue have confirmed this
decision. They say sums paid for mutual insurance cannot
be deducted from profit—that is to say, payments made on
policies so mush positive per cent, premium they will
allow, but not sums disbursed under conditional circum-
stances, as in the case of averages pail by shipowners to
mutual insurance societies. Above £3,000,000 worth of
property is insured in the north on the mutual principle.—
Letter from Shields.
COLONIAL Pos.r&oa.--The Gazette contains a Treasury
warrant revoking certain warrants previously issued, and
stating that packets consisting of books, publications, or
works of literature or art, whether British, colonial, or
foreign, and all packets consisting of printed votes and
mo:.•eedings of the Imperial Parliament or the Colonial
Legislatures, may he transmitted by the post between any
part of the United Kingdom and any parts of the colonies,
respectively, of New Zealand, New South Wales, South
Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania, and that on
every such packet so transmitted, under the provisions of
this warrant as aforesaid, if not exceeding Ilb. in weight,
there shall be charged for the trasmission thereof the uni-
form rate of 81. ; for every such packet exceeding llb. in
weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid such pro-
gressive and additional rated of postage as are directed to
be charged on and in respect of the several packets men-
tioned, and contained in and authorized to be transmitted
by the post, under the provisions of the said recited war-
rant, bearing date the 22nd of February, 1855, and remain-
ing unrepealed.
TaEssonet-TaovE.—The classic village of Dromconrath,
County Meath, was on Tuesday, 25th ult., thrown into a
state of considerable excitement by the announcement of a
discovery which for the extent was fully coequal in yield
with California, Ballarat, or even Geelong itself. As some
workmen in the employment of Henry C. Singleton, Esq ,
of Aclarc Castle, were opening a drain or a portion of
ground where a house was in which the late Mr. Patrick
Steen lived, they came on an old crock in which were
snugly encased somewhere about three hundred old guineai",'
bearing the time-honoured physiognomy of the good old'
George the 3rd of blessed memory. The accredited history
of the precious metal is, that Mr. Steen, having been rob-
bed about thirty-five years ago of a large quantity of plate,
was influenced by fear and buried this money in his bed-
room fluor, the very spot where the drain is sunk, and hay-
ing died in his dotage, did not reveal the whereabouts to
his only daughter, Mrs. Ward, wife of Patrick Ward. Esq.,
.of Rallyloughan, near Carrickmacross. whose property in
law, equity, honour, and justice, it should he. However,
Mr. Ward is in safe hands, as than H. C. Singleton, Esq.,
no more honourable man can exist.—Newry Examiner.
SERIOUS FIRES IN LONDON.—On Friday afternoon, about
half past one o'clock, a fire which at one time threatened
the most disastrous eenseTeences happened in the premises
belonging to Mr. Pearce, a cabinet maker, situate in B inner
square, St. Luke's. The fire commenced in the workshops
at the rear of the dwelling, and when discovered was seizing
upon a number of tables and chairs. The fire was net
subdued until the stock in trade was cons;derably damaged.
The sufferer was insured. A fire also broke out on Friday
morning in the extensive premises of Mr. Adams, wheel-
wright and tyre smith, Red Lion Yard, Warner street,
Clerkenwell. The building in which the fire originated
was nearly 70 feet long and 25 feet wide. The two upper
floors were used by Mr. Holmes as workshops and stores,
but the lower floor was occupied by Mr. Isaacs as coach
houses, Owing to the dry state of the building and the
highly combustible nature of the stock in trade, the flames
extended with such impetuosity thet in less than ten minutes
after the first alarm was given the fire had taken complete
possession of every part of the premises. The engines
having arrived and plenty of water having been procured,
the firemen set to work, but they were unable to get the
flames under until the whole of the building and the stock
in trade belonging to Mr. Adams were consumed. The
property of Mr. Isaacs has also been reduced to ruins,
eincludingr an expensive van. Mr. Adams was uninsured,
Du' • Isaacs was insured in the Sun.
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