The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-11 00:00:00

CORONER'S CO URT.

ACCIDENTAL DEATHS. —The Coroner held the following
inquests yesterday :
On the body of John Joyce, three years of age, who lived at
10 Court, Crosby street, with his parents, and who died from
the effects of injuries received by his clothes having caught fire.
Verdict, " Accidental death."
On the body of Hugh Hughes, who was found dead in Pall
Mall, on Sunday morning, under the circumstances detailed in
our paper of Monday. Verdict, " Found dead, but how he
came by his death there was no evidence to show."
On the body of a child named Cook, aged six weeks, that
was suffocated in bed at 31, Cheapsido. Verdict accordingly.
On the body of .1)1m Barton, aed 50, who was knocked
down and run over, in Vandries street, by a cart belonging to
Mr. Glazelbrook. The affair was purely accidental, and the
jury found a verdict accordingly.
An inquest was opened on the body of Henry Ebbles, who
was killed at the crane at the canal wharf, as stated in our
paper of Monday, but the enquiry was adjourned for further
evidence.

COUNTY COURT.—Yesterday,

BEFORE J. CBNWAY, ESQ.

ROBINSON V. SHETTLEWORTH. —TEM was an action
brought by John Robinson, formerly a singer in the choir of
St. George's church, against Mr. Shuttlewoah, town clerk, to
recover £4 14s Gd, for three months' salary in lieu of notice.
Mr. Pemberton appeared for the plaintiff. The case was that,
some ten years ago, the plaintiff was engaged by Mr. Shut-'e-
worth, ex officio churchwarden, as ono of the singers in tine
ehoir of St. George's church, at a salary of £2l par annum,
three months' notice to be given in cie of dismissal. Subse-
quently, however, plaintiff was removed 'o another class, and
his salary was reduced to £lB 18s. In May last he was
dismissed by the late Mr. George Holden without notice. On
the part of the defence there was no appearance, and it was
stated by the plaintiff that no objection had ever been mado to
tho payment of the amount except on the ground that the late
Mr. Holden had stated that he gave the regular notice. This,
however, was denied by the plaintiff. A verdict was given for
the plaintiff accordingly.
WHITTLE V. VILLIERi —A WOUND IT THE. TARING OF
THE REDAN NOT MENTIONED IN THE " GAZETTE."--This
was an action brought by Mr. Whittle, surgeon, of Liverpool,
against Mr. Frederick Villiers, manager of the Amphitheatre,
to recover lOs 6d. There was no appearance on the part of
the defence. Mr. Whittle stated that at the time when a
representation of the events of tho recent war was being
performed at the Amphitheatre, a militia man, who formed one
of tho " British army," and who was engaged in the storming
of the Redan, unintentimally carried the representation into
so close a resemblance of the real thing that he came away with
a wound eta the hand. Mr. Villiers sent the maimed hero to
Ir. Whittle, who restored him to a condition for similar active
service. The action was accordingly brought. His Honour
gave a verdict for the amount claimed.

COUNTY MAGISTRATES COURT.—Yesterday

ROBBERY OF A CASH Box.—Three young men, Danis
Murray, James Murray, and Henry Ford, were brought
up before Messrs. Rotherham and Preston, charged with
having stolen a cash box containing £49 from the Edge
Lane Hotel, Edge lane, West Derby, on Friday, the 27th
of last February. It appeared that on the night in ques
lion the prisoners came into the hotel, and had some ale.
While they were drinking there the proprietor of the
hotel, Mr. Gillespie Dunlevy, had occasion to take out
and open his cash. box in their sight. lie locked the
cash-box, and put it into a cheffonier, in a
roam next; to that where the prisoners were. At that
time the amount in the box was £49 in gold and silver.
The proprietor had occasion to leave the house shortly
after,, to go into Liverpool. After he went the barmaid
served them with some more ale, and she observed them
looking towards the place where the cash box was. The
mistress of the house w:nt upstairs to dress, and happen-
ing to look out of the window, saw the three men leaving
the abuse, one of them having his overcoat thrown over
his aitn, and hanging down. When she came down stairs
she Went to the place where the cash box had been placed,
and fband.that it had disappeared. The prisoner Denis
Murray was arrested in a house in Coppers hill by
detective officer Thompson, and the prisoners James
Murray and Ford by detective officers Scaife and Povey.
They were fully identified as being the parties who were
in the house on the night in question. None of the
money, however, was found. Thi magistrates committed
the primers for trial at the sessions.

The „Vining Journal states that the Great Eastern will be
launehed in August.
President Pierce has presented a gold chronometer to
Captain MOrre, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company,
for assistance rendered to a Boston vcs,el.

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER -It is expected (says the
Economist) that th:i necessary business of the remaining
portion of the sessi DU will occupy fully four weeks, and that
a dissolution will take place about Easter. As it rtsnires
nearly six weziks to complete a general election, it will be
the end of May, or towards June, when the new Parliament
will re-assemble.

CANADIAN EXHIBITION AT THE CRYSTAL PAIACK.—The
parliament of Canada voted last session a sum of £2,000
for procuring a proper exhibition at the Crystal P lace of
the products, both raw and manufactured, of that country,
together with models of almost all the important public
works there. A large space has been allocated for this
purpose by the directors of the Crystal Palace Company,
and in It short time are exhibition, exceeding in extent and
interest that displayed by Canada at the " Exposition
Universelle" of 1855 will be completed. A sum of about
£5OO a year will ba expended in maintaining and adding
to the collection.—Canadian News.
PREVENTION OF PITTING IN SMALL Pox —Mr, Startin,
the senior surgeon to the Garvey Hospital for Diseases of
the Skin, has communicated to the Medical Times a very
important plan, which he has adopted dining the lest
fourteen years, for preventing pitting in small pox, and
which, he states, has always proved successful. The plan
consists in applying the acetum cantharidis or any vesicat-
ing fluid, by means of a camel hair brash io the apex of
each spot or pustule of the disease, on all the exposed
surfaces of the body, until blistering is evident by the
whiteness of the skin in the parts subjected to the applica-
tion, when the fluid producing it is to be washed off with
water or thin arrowroot gruel. The pain attending the
application of the vesicating fluid is vary slight and tran-
sient. _ _

TIM LAST WORD IS TtIE 13,,5T.--Io the clubs it is
stated that qr. Hayter, the Government whip, waited on
Lord John Russell in reference to his expected vote on the
Canton question, aad actually entertained the conviction
that he had persuaded his lordship to support the Gwern-
meat. Just as he was taking have, however, Lord John
added, " I say, rlayter, you needn't take the trouble to
send me any more of your Ministerial circulars, you know."
SPANISH RAILWAYs.—It appe,us from au official return,
that from May, 1849, up to July, 1856, 2866 kilometres
(1791 miles) of railway had been conceded in Spain, and
that 506 of them are now being worked, and 1474 in
construction,