The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-11 00:00:00

REDUCTION OF THE WINE DUTIES.

On Wednesday a great demonstration, in favour Of this
object, took place at the Crystal Palace, under the
auspices of the Wine Duties Committee, of which Mr
Oliviera, M.P. is chairman, and of the Anglo-French
Free Trade Association, which is in active operation in
North Staffordshire. Nearly 500 gentlemen sat down to
dinner, The proceedings of the day were of great
interest.
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the dinner a conference was held,e
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On Wednesday night the Lord Mayor entertained
Si W. Williams, or Kars, and a distinguished party,
who had been invited to meet him.
A rupture is anticipated between the Liberal Northern
and the Protective Southern States of Germany, in
reference to the negociations for a new Z)llverein, which
Prussia is empowered to frame. It is suggested that a
Blitish representative of manufacturing and coin vercial
interests ought to be at Berlin.
The Monitgur of yesterday refers to the incident at
Giurgevo, where a French soldier was killed by an
Austrian corporal, and states that the government has
received advices of the intention of the Austrians to
render prompt and severe justice. Meantime the
Emperor of Austria has decided that a pension
graotrd to the family of the French soldier

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY,

(BEFORE MR. HAN.PIELD.)
ASSAULT UPON TETE POLICE.--JOllll Williams, a tall,
stout fellow, who bore an °minions mark on the brow,
was charged with a violent assault upon the police.
Inspector Skermer said, that about eight o'clock on the
previous evening. the prisoner attempted to rescue a
woman who had been taken into custody for using
obscene language. He ordered the prisoner off, when
the fellow knocked him down. He got up, but before
he had well risen the prisoner knocked him down a
second time. On getting up he, on this occasion, struck
the prisoner on the forehead with a small stick which he
had with him. A scuffle then ensued between them.
and be (the inspector), was again knocked down and
kicked. About 100 swell thieves, who were coming
from the races, surrounded him, and lie was being
severely ill-used when other officers came to his rescue.
The prisoner was exceedingly violent. .hile being con-
veyed to bridewell, and committed an indecent and most
dangerous assault upon one of the officers. Inspector
Tomlinson said he found inspector Skermer lying under
the prisoner, and rescued him. Officers 733 and 667
stated that the prisoner assaulted them while he way
being conveyed to bridewell ; the latter, named Joseph
Denman, had suffered from the indecent assault. Mr
Mansfield asked what was known of the prisoner.
Inspector Skermer : He is what we call a bludgeter, sir,
or garotter. It was one of his fancy women that was
in custody. I am very seriously injured, sir, and could
scarcely walk down to the court. I have been to the
dispensary. and am much hurt about the hip, I think
from the fall. Mr. Mansfield : Well, man, what have
von to say to this charge? The prisoner said he was
drunk, and did not know anything of what had taken
place. The inspectors, officers, and bridewell keeper
denied this, and said that the prisoner was quite sober.
and knew what he was doing. Mr. Mansfield said it
was a most disgraceful case, and the prisoner must pay a
penalty of £5 and costs, or go prison for three months,
for the assault upon the inspector; and when that fine
was paid, or the period of imprisonment expired, he must
pay a similar penalty, or go to gaol for the same time,
for the assault upon the officer. The fellow not having
the £lO, was removed to gaol for the six months.
(BEFORE MR. ANDERSON
A CLEVER ATTEMPT TO PASS OFF A STOLE?, WAIVE.--
Ellen Bird, a bareheaded Irishwoman, who carried a
child in her arms, and had traces of having once been
comely, was charged, along with Mary Sweeney, an
oyster girl, with robbing Liebert Frietchie, a German
emigrant, of his watch and pipe. From the evidence of
the complainant (given through an interpreter), and of
police officer Southwell, it appeared that Ellen Bird had
been tempting the complainant to purchase some oysters
at Lumb's publiohouse, Whitechapel, where Mr.
Frietcnie was solacing himself, about four o'cloek on
Wednesday afternoon. The complainant went to lie
down in a private room, but the prisoner Bird followed
him there, and persisted in trying to sell him some
oysters. What took place there did not very clearly
transpire, but it appeared that the interpreter went for
a police officer, and on constable Southwell going to the
publichouse, Mr. Frietchie charged Bird with stealing
his watch and a pipe. The interpreter found the pipe
upon the woman, hut the watch was not discovered at
the time. While Southwell was carrying Bird to bride.
well, the girl, Mary Sweeney, came up and walked on the
pavement along side of her. The officer, perceiving this,
ordered her to keep off, but she would not go away, and
as they walked together, he observed Sweeney put her
hand under Bird's apron. He immediately seized her
hand, when the missing watch fell to the ground. Upon
this, he took Sweeney into custody. In reply to the
magistrate, the bridewell-keeper said that Bird bad been
up for similar practices before, but the girl was not
known. Mr. Anderson committed Bird for three months,
but said that as the girl did not appear to have been
present when the felony was committed, and the evidence
against her was only suspicious, he would give her the
benefit of her previous good character, and let her off
this time,

ALLEGED ROBBERY o A FATHER BY ITN 50N....
Richard Dodd, a respectable young man, was brought up,
and Superintendent Clough said that he had been
apprehended at the request of hie father, Mr. John
Dodd, surveyor and civil engineer, of Chester, on a
charge of absconding with £6O. The father had since
withdrawn the charge, saying that he did not now think
that his son intended to steal the money. About MB
had been found on the prisoner, who was accordingly
liberated from custody.
PUNISHING A ROGUE.—A surly looking fellow, named
Henry Jones, was charged with passing a base half-
crown, at the shop of James Bewinan, Shaw's-brow. He
had been apprehended at the corner of Byrom street, by
officer 621, whom he assaulted and abused to such an
event, that Inspector Elaimes had to go to his assistance.
The charge of uttering was very clearly made out, but as
the mint are unwilling to prosecute in such cases,
the prisoner was dealt with for the assault upon the
officer, and fined Z.I. He was sent to gaol for three
months, in default of payment.
ROBBING A TILL.—Joseph Thompson, a boy of 16,
was charged with robbing the till of Mr. Getyge Barry's
public house of 7s 4d. Arthur 'Waterhouse, the barman,
said that as he was going into a room behind the bar, be
turned and saw the prisoner leaning over the bar counter,
with his hand in the till. He ran and caught him, and
then went for a constable, leaving the prisoner in charge
of Mr. Barry. Mr. Barry said he found 7s 4d in the
boy's pockets, which Le had no doubt had been sto'en
from the bar. The prisoner was sent to gaol for three
months.

" SAVE ME FROM MY Furmvn:."—Nicholas Smich,"a
porter, was charged with robbing Thomas Connor, q
respectably dressed man, of his silver watch. Mrs.
Jane
Knight said that she saw Connor lying on the ground at
the Tithebarn-street station, on Wednesday afternoon,
apparently drunk, and the prisoner searching his
pockets. Her son gave similar testimony, end said that
the prisoner left Connor after rifling his pockets, but went
hack to him on seeing a police officer approach. The watch
had not been found, but the guard had been broken, and
the " bow " or ring of the watch was found open the
prisoner, Connor said he had been to the races, and
got a " little fresh," and believed his watch was taken
from him in the train. The prisoner said he had met
Connor at the races drunk, and had befriended hiss in
every way. He found the bow of the watch on the
course, and put it into his own pocket " to take care of."
He had paid complainant's railway fare, and behaved to
him as well as he could do. He certainly had searched
his pockets, but it was only to find out whether there
was anything else wanted "taking care of." Connor
denied all knowledge of the prisoner, end the magis-
trates evidently believing that the alleged kindness of the
latter was founded on rather too interested a motive,
committed him to jail for two months.
John Jones and John Williams were committed for
trial, for attempting to steal copper bolts from the ship
Jamaica, in the Queen's graving dock, yesterday morn-
ing.

Mary Dobson, a girl. was sent to ga for two months
for stealing cotton from a bale on a cart in Carlton-
street.

Alderman Hohne and Mr. Bolton sat in the magic
trates' room, and disposed of the applications for renewal
and grants of game licences.

MACNAUGHT versus THE CLERICAL

SOCIETY

TO THE EDITOR OP TIII3 NORTHERN TIKEiI.
Sir,--From to-day's Courier we learn, that th• Clerical
Society do not in'end answering MacnauF.,,ht'a Free Diem,.
sion v. Intolerance. For the credit of the Clerical profession
we are sorry—at the same time, we cannot but admire their
discretion ; but what will the public think of this silence ?
The answer is obvious.

In future, then, we shall be entitled to say, that Dr,
M'Neile played the Jesuit in Mr. Macnaught's house, usider
the guise of a sincere friend (?) and used the information
thus procured, in effecting Macnaught's expulsion from that
region of stern honour and exquisi e refinement—the
Liverpool Clerical Society.
But does the odium rest entirel
think not; for it is into y with the doctor! We
nceivable that sixty one other
clergymen should have been ignorant of the means taken to
get at the information upon which they were acting. Then
came another question : Where was the manliness of the
staly-one, that tot one dared to stand up and say, "
disapprove of Mr. Macnaught's views, and think his expul-
sion desirable; but we utterly scorn to proceed egainst him
by any but the most fair and honourable means P" Not
solit try one dared thus to speak out—beaten spsniels Qsthey were--and beard the leader of the gentlemete who
snivel and whine, Sunday after Sunday, at the defections to
scepticism of our working classes.
Who needs wonder that infidelity abounds, when we
behold such contempt of courage and honour in those who
should be our spiritual teachers—at one time trifling
their time in solemn impertinences about unfulfilled prophecy
—at another, attacking the Papacy and its devotees, as if
they (poor souls) were the only people deficient in the first
principles of morality. It will be said this is strong lan-
guage, and we admit it; but is it any stronger than is
warranted by the facts ?
While we talk smoothly of the shortcomings of the elergy,
Christianity is being brought into greater contempt than by
all the combined efforts of Messrs. Barker, Holyoak, Cooper
and Co. We have not the least mite of respect for gentle-
men in white neckcloths wanting uprightness and integrity ;
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