The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-28 00:00:00

DEATHS.

On the 24 h inst., at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr. C. W.
Townshend, Birkenhead, Mr. John Killey, late of this town
aged Bi.

On the 27th inst., Harriet Ann, eldest daug'iter of Mr. Jas. Cooper
surgeon. ht. Anne-street.

(1. Births. Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent to
our Office duly authenticated.

Owing to the heavy rains of the past few days, the
rivers Derwent and Trent, in Derbyshire, have over-
flowed their banks and done considerable damage to the
corn crops, many fields of wheat being under water.
Ths Emperor Napoleon 111. has just sent, as a gift to the
Emperor Alexander, a splendid copy of the well known
religious work of Thomas a Kempis, entitled "De
Imitatione Christi," printed and bound in the Imperial
workshops.
BAZAAR IN THE VICTORIA SCHOOL-ROOMS' BIRKENHEAD.
—We understand that the arrangements for the bazaar,
which is to be held in the first week of October, for the
benefit of this school, are., progressing satisfactorily, and
that the promoters have secured the Town Hall for the
occasion, The school has been erected by the friends of
the Hamilton-square Independent Chapel, with the view
of carrying the blessings of religion and education into the
midst of the large population, chiefly composed of the
working classes, at the north of Birkenhead. The situation
is admirably fitted for this object, and the room itself is
dry, airy, well lighted, and capable of seating about 400
persons. A Sunday school has been held in it since it was
opened, and latterly a day school has been in operation,
There is still, however, a debt of some £3OO on the building
and to clear this off the bazaar scheme has been organised.'
Several very handsome contributiors, both in money and
kind, have been already received, and doubtless, when the
object is fairly before the public, others will pour in.

mISS 111

AR I A N,

AMERICAN ENCHANTRESS,

AT THB

QUEEN'S HALL, BOLD STREET,

ON MONDAY NEXT SEPTEMBER 18T,

POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY,

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD,

ASSAULTS.—James Price, and Alexander Price, his
father, chair-makers, residing in Spencer's-buildings,
Christian-street, charged Mr. William Wilding, chemist,
St. Anne-street, and Mr. George Baker, superintendent
of Huskisson Dock, for having assaulted them, and the
defendants had charged the Prices with au assault also,
Mr. Snowball was for Messrs. Wilding and Baker. It
appeared,that young Price and his father, who is nearly
blind, were passing down Islington at about twelve on
Tuesday night, when the other two persons were passing
in an opposite direction. By some means they all jostled
aVinst each other, when old Price fell, and the son,
thinking be was knocked down on purpose, struck one
of the other p2rties, and then a general fight between
them followed, the result of which was, that the police
arrived, and took the '; gentlemen" into charge, as the
officer saw them striking young Price. When at the
station, the cross-charge of assault was preferred.
These were the facts, and on hearing the details, hint
Worship said, it was no wonder that young Price should
defend his father, as he iniaginet:
lie l!
,ad been knocked
down on purpose. However, such 171 not appear to be
the case, and he would therefore di
and „no both charge
cross-charge.

MR. DICKSON.)
CAUTION TO PAWNDROKERS.—Levi Lazarus, describect
by the police as a pawnbroker, carrying on business irt
Paradise-street, was summoned by a sailor under the
following circumstances :—lt appeared that, on Sun-
clay night week, the complainant lost his clothes in a
house in Peter-street, and on the following day, he
stated that he saw his jacket and boots in the shop of the
defendant. He went into the shop, took the boots and
jacket, put them on the counter, told the defendant the
things were his, and to keep them until he came back
to redeem them. When he came back, the defendant
produced an old jacket and pair of hoots, and alleged
they were the articles. This the complainant denied,
and went to the police office and made a complaint there..
Laycock said be went to the defendant's shop, wild
denied that he had the clothes at all. The officer said
he had to complain of the conduct of the defendant ott
two or three occasions. The defendant said the clothee
spoken of by the complainant he had purchased on the
previous Saturday, and had sold them between the time
the complainant a.Ad called and his return. The com-
plainant said that couid not be the case, as he only inst.
the articles on Sunday night. The defendant said, if
the articles were pledged he would ;:ut exhibit them for
sale. The complainant said that could n 6! be the case;;
for it appeared that a pair of trowsers, which naal been
stolen from him and pledged with the defendant, he bact
sold to a man who now had them on him in conrt.
Dickson said, after hearing the whole case, that he had
every reason to think that the defendant had taken id
the goods knowing them to have been stolen; and, had
the case been brought in another shape, the prosecution
would be of a more severe and different character. He
was sorry that the case was not brought in another shape,
for he would have dealt differently with him. Ile
ordered the clothes to be given up to the complainant
without any payment, as that was all he could do. If
he could, he would do more ; but if the defendant was
brought up again, he would be most severely dealt with.
He told Mr. Clough to keep a sharp eye on the defend-
ant for the future. He then told the latter to give up
the clothes. The defendant offered to make some
observations, but his Worship, in a peremptory manner;
ordered bun to quit the court.

(BEFORE

(BEFORE MESSRS. DICKSON AND it. EARLE )
ASSAULTS BY HUSBANDS AND WIVES.--A very pretty
looking and lady-like attired person, named Mary
Godfrey, summoned her husband, James Godfrey, a
master cart owner, of considerable property, residing in
Hatton Garden, for having assaulted her. Mr. Campbell
was for the complainant, and Mr. Bluck for the defen-
dant. Mr. Campbell, before opening the case, addressed
the bench, and said he had advised the parties to settle
the difference, which was a painful one, out of court.
Mr. Bluck said he would strongly advise his client to'
adopt the pendent crown suggested. The defendant, int
a dogged and savage manner, shouted out that he would
not give a half-penny to compromise it. Mr. Campbell
then stated the case, and called the complainant to prove
it, which she did by recounting a series of the vilest
assaults committed on her, by her husband. She said
all she wanted, was quietness and protection. In the
course of the enquiry, the magistrates suggested that
the parties should arrange the difference out of court;
and the learned gentlemen on both sides agreed to do tO
but the defendant jumped up, and, in a ferocious
manner, cried out "no ; I bed—d if I do. If it cost
me £5O, I aill not settle it—that's the style." A.
murmur ran through the court at the observations.
After calling witnesses at both sides, and after an
address from each of the learned advocates, the magis-
trates said the conduct of the defendant was brutal, and
they would require him to enter into sureties—two in
£2O each, and himself in £4O, to keep the peace towards
his wife. Not having the sureties, he was transferred to
the dock, where bridewell keeper Campbell took charge
of him for the present.—The next case was that of hus-
band against wife, and was a charge preferred by Virrd.
Clay, a highly respectable looking young man, against a
very pretty young lady—Harriet Clay, his wife—witli
havingassaulted him. Mr. Bluck was for thecomplainant,
and, as in the last case, he suggested that an arrangement
should be made out of court. In the former case it was
the husband who objected to an amicable treaty ; in the
present instance the lady refused to hear of anything,
but war to the knife ' - and she stated that she had a
charge against her husband for next Friday, and she
would like to have the present case pos•poned to that
day, when both cases could he heard together and
decided on. In reply to Mr. Wyhergh, she said shd
could not go on at present with her case, as she had not
brought her witnesses, and would not have them until
Friday. Mr. Black then went on to state the complaint
on behalf of the husband. He said, on the 16.11 instant,
the defendant presented herself at home after three nights'
absence ; it was half-past eleven when she came in, and
when the complainant asked where she had been ? she
refused to tell him, and used very abusive language to
him. He put his hand, in the most gentle manner, about
her waist, in order to remove her, but she not appreci-
ating his kind politeness—(loud laughter)—took up a
razor, and promised to separate—oh, it was a razor-
strop, with which she threatened to break his skull.
(Renewed laughter). The mistake about the razor and
strop (said the able advocate) was in my brief. His
client was most willing to give his wife an ample
allowance and let her live away from him, and not
come to annoy his shop and place of business. The
lady would hear of nothing, until her case against the
husband could be heard on Friday. She said he would
not allow her enough to keep her like a lady ! Both.
cases were then referred to Friday (tomorrow.)
Julius Sohansen, a Dutch sailor boy, charged the
captain of a vessel (not named), who gave his name as
Edward Mockenford, with having assaulted him. Mr.
Grimmer was for the boy, and Mr. Bluck defended.
The boy was beaten by the captain, for taking some
sugar for his coffee, and surgeon Martin proved that the
boy's back was much bruised. The defendant was fined
l and costs for the assault.

CURIOUS CHARGE OFIA;;;ULT AND ROBBERY.--A de-
cent looking person, named James Reed 111•Dermott,
was brought up by officer 752, who said he arrested the
prisoner at twelve o'clock the previous night, in Lord-
street, on a charge of having assaulted and robbed
Henry 11I'Quig (a native of the Island of Rathlin), of'
his gold watch and chain. The complainant, who
spoke with a strong Scotch accent, said he was a stran-
ger in Liverpool, and had been down at the King's dock
with his friend, Captain Dixon, of the Fairy. They
were going home to his lodging, in Hope-place, and
when they came to the corner of Lord-street, not know•
ing the town, he asked the prisoner the way to Bold-
street. The prisoner said he would show them the
way, but that he was a stranger—a Sunderland
man. He asked if witness was a native of
Scotland ? and he replied he was not. The prisoner
then said he (the witness) was a d--d Irishman, and
spoke most disrespectfully of the Irish (albeit the said
prisoner M'Dermott is a real son of the "sod"), when
he told the prisoner he did not want to have anything to
do with him. They went on to the corner of a lane in
Lord-street, when the prisoner knocked him down and
grappled with him, and in the scuffle he lost his gold
watch and chain. He could not swear positively that
the prisoner took them, but he lost them at that time,
as he had all five minutes before be was knocked 4
down. He could not tell if any one came up or ran off.
whilst he was down. The evidence was corroborated
by Captain Dixon who was seeing his friend home, and
he added, that whilst the prosecutor was down a fourth
person passed rapidly to and from him. The prisoner
made a long and earnest statement, the amount of which
was, that for the last twenty years he was well known to
the superintendents of police and the bench of magis-
trates at Sunderland—not as a pickpocket, a thief, or a
drunkard—and in the course of his experience, he
never
heard such a concocted piece of perjury. He was a
compositor, and the present was his third week in
Liverpool ; he was at work at the Albion office for a
and had got a few shillings, and he also
es of drink, and so had the parties who
geooutpalereowf dgalya
glasses
s,
vilely perjured themselves. He could refer to the chief
of police in Sunderland for twenty years, for his
character. He had been drinking in Cable-street, with
some others, and was going home when he met the
complainant and his friend, and then the row followed.
Mr. Dickson (magistrate): You said you were connected
in some way with the press ? Prisoner : Yes, as a com-
positor. Mr. Dickson : I will remand you, and have
some enquiry made about you.

THE WEATHER has again, we are happy to say, become
fine and mild, and such as is most desired by the husband-
man. There is every appearance now of a continuance of
fine weather, and we believe another ten or twelve days will
see the most ardent hopes of the fanner realised.