The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-13 00:00:00

paying me £l.O before be left

owed me that £lO.
called by Mr. Mackie to take the defendant into custody.
found two persons in the bedroom, ono of whom was the
. . _ .

—W. Willoughby, No. 480, sa:(l—

—I wa

defendant, who was in

Lis trousers only, and had th

dagger produced suspended from a str,
Mr. Edward Healey said—The defendar

and I came from

Ireland together about ten days ago, and put up at the
of Mr. Mackie from the time of our arrival till the occur
rence of the disturbance. A few days ago we paid for
our passage to Buenos Ayres, for which port the vessel by
which we aro booked sails on Wednesday next. My friend
purchased the dagger for. the pupae, as he told
of defending himself in the event of a mutiny happening
during the voyage. (Laughter.) On the night of the dig•
turbance I observed that Mr. Mackie, whom I did not then
know to be the proprietor, was drunk, and I had seen him

drunk on two previous occasions. I went to bed, and shortly
afterwards I heard some words passing between Mr. Mackie
and my friend, and when the latter came into the bedroom
I asked him what was the matter? He replied, "A drunken
man wanted to throw me down stairs." That man (Mr.
Mackie) came to the door ar_d began to abuse us. I imme-
diately opened the door, and said to a policeman whom
I saw on the landing, " You must protect us from the
annoyance of this man ; you see he is drunk ; he is a mad-
man, I shall not stop here." I immediately packed up
my things and said I should leave th© hotel, upon which
Mr. Mackie, who was dreadfully excited, entered the bow,
and holding his clenched fist to my friend's face said,
" I'll make you pay for this." The policeman was present
all the time, and both heard and saw everything that took
place. The Lord Mayor (to the officer) : Is all this true ?
Officer : No. Mr. Healey : I most solemnly declare every
word of it to be true. I then offered to pay the bill, upon
whi.ch Mr. Mackie said, "No, you shall not have my hotel
unless you give tne .ZSU." I then desired the porter to let
me out, which he refused to do, saving that his master would
discharge him if he acted contrary to his orders. Upon
this I went to the coffee-room, and called for a police-
man, when Constable No, 451 came up, and ho saw
Mr..lMackie sign a receipt for the £lO which I paid him.
The Lord Mayor: It is quite clear that neither the last
witness or the policeman has told the whole truth. What is
the defendant ? Mr. Healey : He has been a clerk in
Ireland. He has friends in Buenos Ayres, and so have I. We
both wish to join some friends there who have offered him
employment, The Lord Mayor ordered the defendant to enter
into his.o.wn recogni-antes to keep the peace, and said that the
dagger must be impounded:

POLITIC 1/. LEISURE.-Mr. Cobden is occupied on a
History of England ; Mr. Disraeli on a new work, whose
character is not described, but surmised to be a political
novel ; Mr. GPaclstono is an active contributor to the
Gentleman's Magazine. Happy day, when statesmanship
has the time and liking for such occupations !

SELECT COMMITTEES.--rt appears from a return issued
on Monday that last sess'on the House of Commons
appointed forty two select committees on public matters,
and that the total number of members who served on such
comtnit tees was 270. The number of members who served
on no committees at all 'last session was 380. The total
expense of the attendance of witnesses amounted to
£1,109 10s. .01

EXCURSION PANTY FROM MANOTIESTER TO BIRKENHEAD
—A special train arrived at the Grange-lane station, Bir-
kenhoad, on Saturday last,.With a large number of workp?ople
froni the faCtory of Messrs Molyneux and Co, the eminent
silk manufacturers of Manchester, who employ about 700
hands. They were cornposed principally of females,
employed as soft silk winders. An arrangement had (by
the liberality of Messrs Molyneux) been previously made
with Mr. Tliskey, of the Angel'Hotel, Camden-street, Bir-
kenhead, and that gentleman bad provided a bountiful
supply of substantials Ur their entertainment, and the way
in which they were brought to table reflected great
credit upon Mr. H. and his worthy partner,
The repast haying been concluded, the toast
of " the Firm" was given by Mr. Jones, Mes ra. Moly-
lleux'a manager, and, after having been drunk with much
applause, was ably responded to by Mr. Lawton. After
this, the.health of Mr. and Mrs, lliskey west proposed by
Mr. Jones (manager), who expressed his entire satisfaction
with the provision Mr. iliskey had nude for them. Mr.
Hiskey briefly returned thanks, and said he should beg to
propose Mr. Jones, "the father of the family," and success
to him. Mr. Jones replied, by thanking the company for
the very kind feeling they had exhibitei towards him, and
said that it should be his utmost endeavour, on all occasions,
to promote the comfort and happiness of all over whom he
had been placed in the capacity of manager by their bene-
volent employers. Several other toasts were given and-
drunk with much enthusiasm, and the afternoon was spent
most socially and agreeably.