The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-22 00:00:00

(BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.)

ASSAULT UPON THE POLICE.—Peter M'Ardle was charged
with assaulting the police. On Sunday morning, between
twelve and one o'clock, the prisoner was seen attempting to
break open the door of a brothel, in Crimp-street. He was
given into custody, and on being conveyed to the bridewell, he
resisted and behaved in a very violent manner. The defendant
stated, that he only went to the house to take away his sister,
who was therein confined, and as they refused to admit him,
he attempted to get in by force. He was committed for two
months' imprisonment, for assaulting the police.
VIOLENT AsSAULT,—James M'Loughlin and William
Gray, two dock labourers, were charged with having assaulted
a poor old man, named Edward M'Cormick, in Chiseehale-
street. Police constable 13 saw the defendants fighting
together in the street, and soon after he followed them into a
court, where he found the defendant M'Loughlin beating the
complainant with a poker. (The poker was produced, but was
not identified by any person.) The poor old man, whose
head was bandaged up, had evidently been most roughly
handled by his assailants. Mr. Mansfield regretted that these
Irish fights should be continually taking place in the town,
thus bringing disgrace upon the name of Irishmen. He
committed each of the prisoners foo.,•lloinnes,maonth
child
whose chain
ROBBING A CHILD. —John Collins,
scarcely reached the top of the bar, was placed in the dock on
a charge of having stolen a pair of boots from a child about
five years of age. The evidence in this case was, that the
prisoner and another boy were seen with the child, when they
asked him to let them take his shoes off, and they would clean
them. The child let them take the boots, which were stolen,
one of them being afterwards found on the little prisoner. The
magistrates ordered him to be imprisoned for three days, and
to be privately whipped.
CLAIM FOR WAGES.—Henry A. Calhorn, captain of the
ship Henry, was summoned by Maurice Vantright, for £l4, a
balance of wages. The complainant stated that he shipped on
board the vessel as a steward, to Mobile and back, at £4 lOs
per month. When out, the defendant had sent him forward
to do the work of a sailor. The captain, in his defence, stated
that the man had been shipped as a steward, but after he had
been on board, he discovered that he was perfectly useless,
both as a steward and as a sailor, and his habits—he was a man
of colour—were so filthy, that it was impossible to tolerate
them. He also stated, that in the present day it was
customary for persons to ship themselves as able-bodied sailors
and as stewards, when they were perfectly incompetent to per-
form the duties of either; in fact, out of a crew of twenty-five,
he had only eight who were of any service. In his opinion,
that was the cause of so many ships being lost, and be only
wished to protect himself and others from such characters. A
witness was called, who corroborated the statement of the
captain, and the magistrate exonerated the captain from all
blame in reducing the man, and allowed him £4 168 4d as a
balance of his wages.

A VIOLENT ASSAULT.—Patrick Martin, a lad, was charged
with throwing a stone at, and inflicting a severe blow on the
right cheek of a dock labourer, named David M‘Gowan, of
Graven-street, on the previous evening. The complainant
stated that he was standing at his door smoking his pipe, when
he saw the defendant running up the street, with a large stone
in his hand, which he instantly threw at him, and it struck him
on the cheek, inflicting a most severe wound. The defendant
pleaded that the complainant had insulted and assaulted his
mother, and wounded his brother. Mr. Mansfield committed
the boy to take his trial at the next sessions.
THE WRECK OF THE BOOMERANG.—John Dickenson and
Howard Blucker, two of the crew belonging to the late ship
Boomerang, were again brought up by detective officer
Sullivan, on a charge of having stolen a large quantity of
property belonging to Mr. Thompson, the chief mate of the
vessel. It appeared that all the crew and the passengers of this
unfortunate vessel had left the wreck, with the exception of the
mate and four others, whom it was supposed were lost, and the
defendants tio thinking, disposed of all the mate's property,
valued at about £lOO, and that of some of the others. This
property had been traced to the possession of the prisoners, and
some of it they had appropriated to their own use. The case
was adjourned until this day for further evidence.
ASSAULTI3.—Arthur M‘Guire, a labourer, was fined £5 for
assaulting police constable 397 in the execution of his duty.
In default of payment, three months' imprisonment.--7Thqmas
Le 3 was imprisoned for the same period, for the same offence
upon officer 755.—Michael Shantley was committed for two
months for assaulting a young woman in Hotham-street, with-
out the slightest provocation, on Sunday evening.

SUNDAY PERFORMANCES art ST. CrEORQE'S

HALL.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES,
Sir,—There has been a deal of discussion for and against
using St. George's-hall for sacred music on the Sunday.
I would suggest that a middle course might be adopted
that would probably give general satisfaction. It is this :
1,46 t a number: of Protestant clergymen—say Church of
England, Independents, Wesleyan, and Baptists—under-
take that one of their ministers shall give an address of
half-an-hour, and that the proceedings be opened with
singing an hymn, and concluded with the Evening Hymn
(which might be printed on slips, and distributed to those
going in). One in a thousand would hardly be affected
with the finest organ mania; further than the pleasing of
the ear. Rut' who could hear two thousand or more of
Gbd's voices, singing, in unision, His praise, led by our
magnificent organ, without feeling the heart touched, and
would leave that assembly better than he came.—
Yours, &c., a J.

SPEECH OF THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER,

AT MOSCOW,

TO A DEPUTATION OF THE NOBLES

We extract from the Constitutionne/ the following extract
from a letter, dated Moscow, April 11:

The Emperor has arrived quite unexpectedly at our
city, accompanied by the Grand Dukes Constantine,
Michael, and Nicholas, and a numerous staff. Their
reception was most enthusiastic. This morning, the
Emperor gave audiences to Count Zakrewski, the
military governor, who was accompanied by deputations
from the nobles, and from the civil and military authori-
ties. When all these persons had formed a circle round
him, the Emperor addressed them as follows :

"Gentlemen,—The war is over, for I ratified the treaty of
peace, which had been signed at Paris, before I left St.
Petersburg, Russia was able to defend herself for many
years to come, and I believe that, no matter what forces were
brought against her, she was invulnerable on her own
territory. But I felt that it was my duty, in the real
interests of the country, to lend an ear to proposals compa-
tible with the national honour. war is an abnormal state,
and the greatest successes attained by it scarcely compensate
for the evils it occasions. It had caused an interruption of
the commercial relations of the empire with most of the
States of Europe. I should certainly have carried it on,
had not the voice of neighbouring States pronounced itself
against the policy of late years. My father, of imperishable
memory, had his reasons for acting as he did. I knew his
views, and I adhere to them from my soul ; but the treaty of
peace has obtained the objects which it was his ambition
to obtain, and I prefer this means to war. Many of
you, I am aware, regret that I have accepted the proposals
made to me. It was my duty, as a man, and as the head of
a great empire, either to reject or accept them frankly. I
have honourably and conscientiously fulfilled that duty ; I
am sure that allowances will be made for the difficult position
in which I was placed, and that shortly every Devoted friend
of Russia will render justice to my views and intentions for
the welfare of the country. Supposing the fate of arms
should have remained constantly favourable to us, as it has
been in Asia, the empire would have exhausted its resources
in keeping up large armies on different points, the soldiers of
which would, in a great measure, be taken away from
agriculture and labour. In the government of Moscow
itself, many manufactories have been compelled to close. I
prefer the real prosperity of the arts of peace to the vain
glory of combats. I have thrown open the ports of Russia to
the commerce of the world, and the frontiers to the free
circulation of foreign produce. I wish henceforth that the
greatest facility shall be afforded in our markets for the
exchange of wares of every origin ; and of the raw materials
and manufactures of our soils. Various projects will
shortly be communicated to Ton, the object of which will be
to give an impulse to home industry, and in which, I trust,
every nobleman will take a share."

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