The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-23 00:00:00

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CONSTANTINOPLE

e undersigned Ii

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bed a BRANCH of

IL use at Comtant;nople, solicit
%ITS of ::HIPS and PRODUCE.

LIBERAL ADVANCES on Consignments and Freights.
M‘CLITNE and TAMPLIN, Columbia-buildings,
Brunswick-street.
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Liverpool, November 1. 1855,

FOR CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE CRIMEA,
DIRECT.
LThe powerful Steamer
EMPEROR,
217 tons register, 100-horse power,
Will sail Wednes-'ay, January 30. This vessel offers a desirable
medium for Parcels and Light Freight requiring despatch. Apply to
M'CLUNE & TAMPLIN,
Columbia-buildings, Liverpool.

Goods will be received, in priority of arrival, at the loading berth, 1
Wellington Dock.

LEVANT SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY'S

First-class Steamships
\ GRECIAN. I ATHENIAN.
ARMENIAN. I CIRCASSIAN.
4 EGYPTIAN. I CRIMEAN.

FOR SALONICA, CONST ANTINOPLE, & SMYRNA
CALLING AT MALTA AND 3YRA.
EGYPTIAN .... ....Wm. M‘Micxnx, Commander,
Is intended to sail from Wellington Dock, ou WEDNESDAY, the
13th February.

FREIGHTS to Malta, Syn., Salonica, Constantinop!e, and Smyrna
—Fine goods, grey goods, and twist goods, 55s and 10 per cent
primal° ; other goods as per agreement.

Freights must be paid in Liverpool.
To prevent the possibility of after discussion, it is requested that
Shippers will send a person to the Quay to see their Goods measured.
*JO' In the event of these steamers being placed in Quarantine at
any port, Cargo will, on the arrival of the Steamer, require to be
immediately taken away and transferred to another Vessel or Depot,
to perform Quarantine, at the expense and risk of the Shippers.or
Consignees. This also applies to Passengers.

Bills of Lading are required to be at the Office is Liverpool for
Signature the day previous to sailing.

Goods for the Wove-named Ports mast have the place of their des-
tination distinctly marked on them, in letters of not less than two
inches, otherwise the Agents will not be accountable for mistakes.
Shippers will please send a Shipping Note with each cart-load

of Go.ode

For freight or passage apply to Lewis Potter & Co., Glasgow; or
here, to
FOWLER & DAGNALL. 4, Tower-buildings West.

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PARTS OF NORTH WALES.
The quickest and cheapest route is by
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SAILING FROM LIVERPOOL.

Thursday
Saturday

Jan 24, 9 0 a.m,
;an A, 11 0a m

Apply to Mr. John Waticins, 8, Strand-street; or to,
DANIEL JAMES, 22, Union-street

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AM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.
The Glasgow and Liverpool Royal Steam
packet Company's r-J"eiful Steam-ship
PRINCES S ROYAL,
Captain J. 3.I4CHL.ERy ;

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is intended to sail as under:--

PRINC

revented by some unforeseen occurrence,
From CL.ARENCE DOCK, LIVERPOOL.

26, at 1 o'clock. Afternoon

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PRINCE'S ::•.:471;;;;d-a•y Jan 31, at 31 o'clock, Afternoon
N'l4.—Goods for shipment must be alongside the vessel one
hour before appointed time of galling.
Fares:—Cabin, including Steward's Fee, 155.; Steerage, 6s.

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In our impression of yesterday, we published a few brief
facts of the cold-hearted murder, which had that morning
been committed in Prince William-street, Toxteth-park.
The deceased, Sarah Drummond, was described as a
fine comely woman, about 28 years of age, but very much
addicted to habits of intemperance, and distantly related
to her murderer, John Ferguson, who is 23 years of age,
and has, from his earliest infancy, led a most disreputable
life

.--constantly being engaged in some factions broil, or
in plundering with the gang with whom he was connected,
and by whom the•locality, where the unfortunate deceased
and her murderer lived, is principally inhabited.
It having become known that the inquest would be held
yesterday, much excitement was manifested. and the
thronged by a number erJlatives
is deceased, and of the prisoner, the mother
and sister of the latter rnaifesting the utmost grief.
"'Besides these persons the ' court was crowded by
respectable looking people, including many well-dressed
females. It has been said that since the case of Gleeson
Wilson, so much public interest has not been exhi-
bited in any case that has happened in Liverpool.
It being known that the prisoner was confined in
the main bridewell, and that he would be brought before
the Coroner's-court, yesterday, at twelve o'clock, a large
crowd of persons were assembled about the door, with

coroner's. court -v
and friends Of fl

catching a glimpse of the prisoner. He was
bromht out handcuffed by Inspector Creston and officer
392 (John Pliaro), and conveyed from the station to the
Coroner's-court shortly after twelve o'clock. The
crowd augmented as the officers went on, and by the
time they had arrived at the court, some hundreds were
present, and during the inquiry, which lasted up to six
o'clock in the evening, the interest and excitement out-
side increased every moment. The prisoner, it appears,
resided with his mother and step-father, in the Park. The
step-father's name is Williams; he is a labourer, working
at anything he can get to do. The mother is an intelli-

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gent person, and gave her evidence clearly, though she
was much affected. The prisoner occasionally during
the painful inquiry seemed much affected, and cried; at
other moments he was cool, and almost careless, but he
hardly ever held up his head. He seemed most agitated
whilst his mother was under examination. Considerable
sensation was created in court at several points of the
evidence, particularly when the police-officer detailed the
observations made by the prisoner, when he said "I am the
man that done the deed." The knife was produced seve-
ral times to the witnesses for the purpose of identification,
and at these moments the prisoner gave side looks at it,
but still did not raise his head. We described the knife
in yesterday's paper. The blade, on both sides is covered
with blood. The sister of the prisoner, a good looking,
well-dressed girl, apparently about fifteen, years of age,
was present during the investigation, and was deeply
moved all the time. A thrill of horror ran through the
court when the detective officer, Povey, proved that the
knife belonged to the prisoner. The officer's knowledge
of the knife was put beyond all doubt, as he had searched
the prisoner recently, and found the knife on his person.
The initials "T. E." are cut on the haft. There was an
audible expression of feeling in court when Mr. Royston,
the surgeon, described the extent of the wound that caused
death.

At eleven o'clock, P. C. Curry, Esq., the borough
coroner, impannelled a most respectable jury, and, after
a brief address, they all proceeded to view the body at
the dead-house connected with the Southern Hospital, to
which place the deceased had been conveyed soon after
the fatal wound had been inflicted,
Upon the jury re-assembling, the prisoner was placed
in the dock, in the custody of two policemen. His intro-
duction into the court caused great sensation. The first
witness called was

Maria Williams, the mother of the prisoner, who said
she lived at No. 87, Prince William-street, in Toxteth-
park, with her husband, William Williams, a labourer.
She had known the deceased, Sarah Drummond, from her
infancy. She was a prostitute, 28 years of age, and second
cousin to the prisoner, who is a son of the witness by a
former marriage. During the last eighteen months the
deceased cohabited with the prisoner. Previous to that
she had kept company with a man of the name of John
Thomas, by whom she had had four children. The
deceased had been living with the witness for the last
three months. daring:which Jack Thomas had never come
to see her. She ma not know where or how the deceased
spent last Sunday night. The prisoner, all the Sunday
night, was in and out of the house until about one o'clock
in the morning, when he finally came in, and laid down
until about four o'clock in the morning. He then went
out perfectly sober. He usually slept in the garret, but
that night he slept in the kitchen. He appeared very
uneasy and restless during the night. He laid on the
floor, and not on the bed, because he said he might " hurt
little Ellen," one of the children. About four o'clock he
got up, and said he was going to the Brunswick police
station to see some young man who was going off in the
prison van. Between live and six o'clock he returned,
accompanied by the deceascl. She was cursing and
swearing, and using some very bad expressions to the
prisoner about a jacket belonging to Jack Thomas. The
prisoner told her that he did not know anything about the
jacket, and she had better go and ask her husband about

oaths " at him, and ran to a cupboard to get a basin for
the purpose, as she said, of splitting his skull with it.
The witness could not tell, as it was dark, whether she
attempted to throw it at the prisoner or not.
The Coroner : Did he strike her ?

Witness : Yes. He struck he a violent blow on the face.
They both fell on the floor, and struggled, when she heard
the deceased say, " Oh, oh." They had then been on the
floor about five minutes. The witness called to her, and
asked her if she was hurt. She could not speak, there
.

[0 held her liand'to her

Ihe then

her round, I saw that her throat was cut. Just at
that time, Bingham, the nightman, came up, and he called
for the police. The deceased was taken to the hospital in
my cart.

In answer to the Coroner, the prisoner said—l have
nothing to say.

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