The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-05 00:00:00

WEST COAST OF AFRICA

The mail packet Gambia arrived at Plymouth yesterday
morning. Her dates are as follows :—Old Calabar, May 25 ;
Fernando Po and Cameroons, 26th ; Bmny, 28th ; Lagos,
June Ist; Accra, 3rd ; Cape Coast, sth ; Sierra Leone,
14th ; Goree, 1 Bth ; Madeira, 26th. At Cameroons trade
was biisk, and the rivers healthy. Oil is scarce at Old
Calabar. The colony of Sierra Leone is healthy ; trade
dull; and merchants will find great difficulty in fulfilling
their contracts. A number of ships are awaiting cargoes at
Bathurst.

ARRIVAL OF THE GUARDS

PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY MORNING.

Her Majesty's ship Princess Royal has arrived, with
the Scots Fusilier Guards, arid the steam transport
Orinoco, with the 2nd Dragoons, and other cavalry and
artillery. _ .

The -Guaris land this morning and proceed in special
trains to Aldershott.

We can positively state, on the best authority, that the
brigade of Guards will certainly not enter London this
day. . . _

Her Majesty has not yet appointed the day on which
the interesting ceremony is to take place.
Until her Majesty fixes the day the Brigade will re-
main at Aldershot[.

MADAME VESTRIS.-This popular and highly gifted
actress, who has for some time been suffering from most
severe indisposition, will shortly take a farewell benefit,
previous to her retirement from the stage.
ROYAL BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—On. Thursday last,
whilst Edmond's (late Wombwell's) Menagerie was on its
way from Leslie to Lochgelly, Fifeshire, a distance of
eight mites, a lioness, in the interior of one of the vans,
gave birth to four very fine cubs, by the celebrated Lion,
Wallace, which are all alive and doing well. The same
lioness gave birth to three cubs, two males and one female,
on the Ist of Nevember last, at Doncaster, in Yorkshire,
which are also doing well.

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)

SHIPPING SEAMEN WITHOUT A LICENSE.--MT Tyndall
appeared on behalf of the Board of Trade in support of
an information against a man named George Mackay,
for shipping seamen without a license, contrary to the
provisions of the Mercantile Marine Act. There was a
second information against him, for receiving money for
the same. The defendant did not appear. It appeared
that on the 2nd of this month, a seaman named John
Who *as called and examined, went to the
defendant's office, in It public-house in Park-lane, in
search of a ship. The defendant directed him to go to
the captain of the Persia, and when he shipped on board
that vessel in the course of the day, and signed articles
at the Sailors' Home, he returned to the defendant's
office, obtained his advance note, and paid him his fee of
2s 6d. Mr. Tyndall pressed that the full penalty might
be imposed in this case, as the piaaice or 6bippibg
seamen without a license still prevailed to a very great
extent in Liverpool. Mr. Mansfield observed,that the ob-
ject cf Sailors' Homes was to prevent seamen from being
plundered by " crimps," and it was to be regretted that
they did not always make use of the advantages which
the " Homes" afforded them. In both informations the
full penalty was imposed—X2o in the first, and £5 in
the second case.

INTERESTING TO ARCHITECTS AND BIIILDERS.—kr.
Mansfield gave judgment this day in the case of the
informations laid by
.the building surveyor of the Health
Committee against Mr. Samuel Heinle, the
,younger, and
others, for laying the joists of a building (the St. Peter's
Schools, now in course of erection in Everton), more
than eleven inches apart, contrary to the provisions of
the Building Act. Mr. Mansfield, after reviewing the
circumstances of the case, said that he was of opinion
that the joists were clearly more than the prescribed
width apart, but that though the requirements of the
act were not complied with, they were yet substantially
so. The object of the act was the security of buildings,
and in this instance, he considered that not only did the
joists as at present laid afford full and complete security
to the building, but that it was more secure than it
could be made by having them now taken up and other
joists placed within the prescribed and, there-
fore, as the defendants alleged, to compel them to do
that would simply he to cause great expense and to
accomplish no useful purpose whatever. According to
the letter of the act, it was certainly competent for the
prosecution to call on him to order the floor to be pulled
up, and to have another floor substituted in its place,
but after careful consideration, he had made up his
mind not to be a party to such ridiculous folly. Admit-
ting that the case had been made out under the words
Of the act, he should yet refuse to make the order, and
should leave it to the prosecution to apply to the Court
of Queen's Bench for a Illandcimus to compel them to
Make the alteration.

CHABOB OF RAPR BY A POLICE OFFICER.-=Benjamin
Forsyth, a constable in the Liverpool police force, was
placed in the dock charged with having committed a
rape on Sarah Boardman, a middle-aged married
woman, in her own house on the evening of Friday last.
The prisoner lodged in the house, and it appeared from
the testimony of the prosecutrix that on the evening in
question he followed her into the passage and committed
the alleged olience. She did not tell her husband of
the occurrence jinni a week afterwards, and then under
very peculiar circumstances. Mr. Block defended the
prisoner. Mr. Mansfield was of opinion that the case
could not be sustained before a jury, and ordered the
prisoner to be discharged.

, COLLISION IN THE RIVER—CLAIM FOR DAMAGE.-Mr.
Henry Nicholls, owner of the Eastham Fairy steamer,
applied to make a claim against Messrs. Hetherington
for injury done to his boat by the steamer Ant, of which
they are the proprietors, coming into collision with her.
Mr. Bretherton appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Aspinall for the defendants. Both boats left the landing
stage on the evening of the 18th June—the Ant for Rock
Ferry, and the Fairy for Eastham, and came into
collision almost immediately afterwards. A large
number of witnesses were examined on both sides. The
bench held that the Fairy was in her proper course, and
ordered that the defendants should pay £l4, being the
amount of the damage, with costs.
(BEFORX MR. HAMILTON.)

PUBLICANS AND BEEBHOUSS CASES.—The following
publicans and beerhouse keepers were summoned for
various infringements of the Sunday trading act. John
C. Groven, publican, Lawrence Street. This case was
dismissed. Edward Griffiths, publican, Lime Street.
This was for keeping his house open for the sale of
spirits, after the hour of eleven o'clock on Sunday night.
Mr. Rymer appeared for the defendant. As it was not
proved that any sale took place after eleven o'clock, the
case was dismissed. Daniel Fayle, publican, Raffles
Street. This case was also dismissed. George Frazer,
publican, Bolton Street, was summoned for refusing to
admit the police. The case was proved and the defend-
ant was fined 20s and costs. Jane Rroilsworth,
publican, of 34, Lime Street, was summoned for having
permitted drunkenness in her house at one o'clock in
the morning. At the time the police visited the house,
there were eight men, and the same number of prosti-
tutes, all of whom were quarrelling. Mrs. Harrison,
who stated she was conducting the business for the
defendant, denied the statement made by the police.
Fined 20s and costs. Jane Wilkerson, publican, of
Copperas Hill, was summoned for permitting drunken-
ness in her house at five o'clock in the morning, of the
26th ult. The offence was proved, and the defendant
was fined 20s and costs. Jacob Garlick, publican, of
Hygeia Street, was summoned for permitting drunken-
ness in his house, on the 27th ult. This case was proved,
and the defendant was fined 20s and costs. James Barr,
a beerhouse keeper, of Kensington, was summoned for
keeping his house open after eleven o'clock. Fined 2s
6d and costs. William Randall, beerhouse keeper, of
Peach Street, for the same offence, was fined in the Ile
sum.

William Murray, beerhouse keeper, of Bolton
S.reet, was summoned for the same offence, but the
case was dismissed. Peter Moore, beerhouse keeper,
Edgar-street. For refusing to admit the police, was
fined 108 and costs. William Nicholson, beerhouse
keeper, Denbigh Street, was fined 20s and costs for the
same offence. John Griffith, beerhouse keeper, Back
Stanley Street (Bootle), for permitting beer to be drunk
on his premises on the Sunday. Fined 2s Gd and costs.
Robert Lamb, beerhouse keeper, Dexter Street, for sell-
ing beer on the Sabbath. Fined 5s and costs. Francis
M'Kenzie, beerhouse keeper, Paddington, Edge Hill, 5s
and costs. William Henry Sheppherd, beerhouse
keeper, Green Street, Paddington, 5s and costs. John
Simpson, beerhouse keeper, of Cookson Street. Fined
20s and costs. John Ford, beerhouse keeper, of Peter
Street, for selling beer after eleven o'clock on Sunday
night. Fined 2s 6d and costs.

Cardinal Wiseman has arrived in Paris,

The Imperial decree declares that flax and hemp tow
destined for making sails, shall be added to the list of
articles allowed to be imported free.

The Under-Secretaryship of State for the Foreign Office
remains vacant ; but we have no hesitation in reiterating
our former statement, that Mr. Layard, M.P., will be
appointed.—Chronicle.
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—We deeply re-
gret to announce the occurrence of a sad accident which
took plaee in the Lough, off Carrickfergus, on Tuesday. It
appears that Lieutenant Donnellan and two gunners of
the Royal Antrim Artillery corps, went out on the Lough
to enjoy a boating excursion, when, owing to some misad-
venture, the boat capsised and sunk, when Lieutenant
Donnellan and one of the men were drowned ; the other
man was fortunately saved.

THE TIPPERARY BANK,—MR. JAMES SADLEIR, M.P.—
The Limerick Chronicle says that there is reason to believe
in the correctness of a report which has been circulated
to the effect that Mr. James Sadleir, M.P. for Tipperary,
and director of the Tipperary Joint SI ock Bank, has been
able to elude any criminal proceedings which his con-
nexion with that notorious swindle might entail. It is
added that he got into a yacht near Kingstown in the
presence of two detectives under whose surveillance he
was, and that the policemen waited in vain for his return,
as the yacht was met off Dublin harbour by an emigrant
ship. in which he proceeded to America
KING LEOPOLD'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.—It is said that
the visit of the King of the Belgians to this country is
connected with the future government of Greece. The
present dynasty, according to the settlement of the
treaty of the three powers, England, France, and Russia,
has finished itself—King Otho has no children—his bro-
ther refusing to comply with the conditions of the suc-
cession in becoming a member of the Greek Church, or
even undertaking to brine up any child he may have in
that faith. Therefore, it is reported among diplomatists
that a new settlement of the throne of Greece is immi-
nent. There has been, for some time, afloat a suggestion
that the Count of Flanders, the second son of the King of
►he Belgians, should be providetl with a throne. Hence, it
is stated, the appearance of his Majesty to a family conclave
in this country.

MURDER IN IRELAND.—A barbarous murder was com-
mitted near Ro.crea, on Monday evrning, a respectable
farmer, named William Curran, baying been shot dead in
his own house, while sitting down to supper, the assassin
having fired at him through the parlour window. It
appears, according to a correspondent of Saunders's News-
letter, that the deceased got married to a second wife a
couple of months ago. Ills first, with his mother-in-law,
were drowned when returning with the deceased from a
Party at her father's house on the 12th of December last.
The second marriage did not please his former wife's friends,
and caused an unfriendly feeling. This, it is alleged, is
the cause of his murder. The deceased, who was a tenant
on the estate of Colonel Lloyd Gloster, was in the prime of
life, and in very comfortable circumstances. An inquest
was held on the body by B. Toy Midgley, Esq., coroner,
when the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against
some person or persons unknown.