The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-10 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUESTS.-SATURDAY,

DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINKING.—An inquest was
held on the body of Emma Gaskill. Ellen Sumner deposed
that the deceased resided with her, at 9, Doncaster-street.
She was in receipt of an annuity, and earned money also by
sewing. She was in the habit of drinking, and was very
tipsy on Wednesday. evening when she went to bed, at 9
o'clock. Next morning deponent found her dead in her bed.
Mr. George Kemp, surgeon, deposed that he had made a
post mortem examination of the body, and found the cause
of death to be congestion of the lungs, in all probability set
up by excessive drinking. Verdict accordingly.
SUDDEN DEATH.—An inquest was held on the body of
James Byrnes, a labourer. John Edmonds, deposed that he
was drinking with deceased all day, in Fisher's public house,
on Friday, and whilst with him he perceived blood coming
from his mouth. He followed him to a druggist's shop in
Cleveland-square, kept by Mr. Taylor, and in a few minutes
afterwards he saw him dead in the shop.—Mary Goodwin,
a servant in the shop, deposed to deceased coming in—they
first thought he was tipsey. He put one hand on the rail in
the shop, and fell with his head against her shoulder. She
saw a great quantity of blood coming from his mouth. He
was dead in a few minutes after coming into the shop.
Verdict, died by the bursting of a blood vessel, caused by
excessive drinking.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE DocKs.----Saturday an inquest
was held on the body of William Wilkinson. Margaret
Wilkinson, his wife, deposed that deceased was the captain
of the flat " Mercator," belonging to Mr. Ellison. He was
discharging his vessel in the Brunswick half-tide basin,
when she went to him, and they were going to the Trafford
dock, to load coals for the Halifax boats. They had a line
made fast to the flat's bows. Deceased was forward in the
bows bringing the rope to the winch, to check her in. He
told witness to shove the tiller over, and she did so, and he
then said, " steady her again." She saw him stoop down to
loose the rope, and at the same moment heard him say,
"Oh ! dear !" She then saw him fall overboard. She was
of opinion that when he stooped the rope came across his
eyes, as she swung it the wrong way. He had no one to
assist him, as he had paid off his men that morning
for drunkenness. Police constable 424, deposed to finding
the body just outside the cockle slip, and removing it.
A verdict of accidentally drowned was returned.
Same day, on the body of Garrett Real. Thomas Mahony
deposed that he came to Liverpool from Cork on board a
steamer, on Thursday night. Garrett Real, the deceased,
was with him inithe same boat ; they were to go from Li-
verpool to America, in the ship " Queen of the West."
The deceased went out before him, towards the quay, at the
Clarence Dock, and fell overboard. It was a very dark
night. When he was taken out £lO 4s. was found on his
person. Accidentally drowned.

FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Wednesday last, Mrs.
Williams, residing in Gardwell-street, fell down steps, from
the effects of which she died on Saturday evening.—Mr.
Daniels, one of the pilots, fell overboard on Friday night,
and was drowned. The body was recovered, and put on
board the steamer Telegraph, and from thence transferrrcd
to the dead house, An inquest will be held to-day.

CHOLERA IN LIVERPOOL—FEARFUL MORTALITY.—
Since Saturday no less than thirteen deaths from Cholera
have occurred in the Workhouse ; of this thirteen, ten were
emigrants from the Isaac Wright, two from the Silas Green-
man, and the remaining case was a pauper, who had been
actively engaged in removing the dead bodies of the Cholera
patients; she was perfectly well at 10 o'clock on Saturday
night, but so violent was the attack of the disease that she
was dead in ten hours. In addition to the deaths from
Cholera in the Workhouse, two deaths from the same disease
are reported to have taken place in Kent Street. On Satur-
day evening three German emigrants, who had been on board
the ship Emma Folds, were brought from a house in Kay
Street to the Workhouse, suffering from Cholera; and a
fourth, from a German lodging-house in Paradise Street.
The total deaths from Cholera in the Workhouse up to last
night, have been forty-nine ; but, with one or two exceptions,
the deceased parties were all German and Irish emigrants.

CABINET COUNCILS.—The second Cabinet Coun-
cil this week was held yesterday afternoon (Saturday). The
Ministers were not summoned in the usual manner, but from
some oversight Sir William Molesworth was not summoned
for the first, which was held on Friday afternoon. Im-
mediately on this being discovered, a telegraphic dispatch
was forwarded on Friday evening to the family seat of the
right hon. baronet, in Cornwall, summoning him to the
meeting of his colleagues yesterday; but as Sir William's
house, Pencarrow, is at least 40 miles from the nearest
railway station (Plymouth), it was found to be impossible
for the right hon. gentleman to get to town in time. With
this exception, and the Duke of Argyll, who left town onFri-
day night, the whole Ministers of the assembled and remained
in close deliberation some hours. Sir Lines Graham being
in official attendance on the Sovereign, of course could not
be present. Another Cabinet Council has been summoned
to meet at the Foreign Office on Monday, at two o'clock.—
Observer.

DARING ATTEMPT TO ROB A JEWELLER'S SHOP,
YESTERDAY ArrErmox.—Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon,
about half-past 4 o'clock, one of the assistants of Mr. David
Falk, jeweller and silversmith, Market-street, close to New
Canon-street, Manchester, went, according to his usual cus-
tom, to the shop of his employer, to see whether all was
right. On entering the premises, he was horrified at finding
in the shop a person busily engaged in packing up goods, and
who, it may readily be imagined, was still more astonished
than the assistant at the unwelcohie visit. An alarm was
speedily given, and a policeman, who was near the premises
at the time, was speedily on the spot. The robber was of
course immediately given into custody, and removed to the
A. division. He is a young man about 18 of years age, dressed
in fustian, and has a respectable appearance. He was ex-
ceedingly dirty when caught, but that may be accounted for
by the labours he must have undergone "before he obtained
admission into the' shop. On search being made, it was
found that a table-cover, filled with plate, was wrapped up
and ready to be taken away. In the shop were found various
implements of house-breaking, such as jemmies, crow-bars,
knives, &c. Subsequently to his apprehension, the prisoner
stated that there was no one connected with the attempted
robbery but himself. If that be so, the efforts he must have
undergone to effect an entrance into the shop were of a most
extraordinary character. Over Mr. Falk's shop are several
warehouses, and it is supposed that the robber must have
found his way through them all before he reached the pre-
mises upon which he was apprehended. Immediately over
the shop is the warehouse of Messrs. Welch, Mor-
getson and Co., shirt, stock,' and cravat manufacturers,
and betwen their floor and the ceiling of Mr. Falk's
shop, a hole large enough to admit of the passage through
it of a man was cut. From this hole to the floor of the
shop, was hung a piece of doe-skin knotted, in order to
afford facilities for the egress of the robber from the pre-
mises, when his cupidity was satisfied. From this aperture
in the ceiling a string was likewise suspended, and that
string was attached to the bundle containing the plate.
While we were on the premises, a police officer, by means of
a ladder, ascended to the hole in the ceiling, an thus effected
an entrance into the warehouse of Messrs. Welch, Morgetson,
and Co., where he found the halves of four £5 notes. We
understand the prisoner says he found those half-notes in the
safe of that firm. The officer also found an empty purse,
the contents of which, amounting to £2 ss. were taken from
it by the prisoner, upon whom they were found. During
the progress of the prisoner through the various warehouses
which he must have entered, before he obtained access to
Mr. Falk's shop, he possessed himself of several bags of
sheeting, which he spread upon the floor of the shop, evi-
dently for the purpose of deadening the sound that might be
caused by the falling of the pieCes of material driven down
the ceiling. It is thought that no propeify has been re-
moved from the shop. The prisoner will be brought up for
examination this morning.