The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-16 00:00:00

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" the coming of the. Lord," "the great and terrible
day of the Lord." "the day of the Lord," a subject
seldom absent from the Mindi.of the sacred writers
The passage referred to by your correspondent
in the first chapter of. John's Revelatien, and
which is the only instance in the whole of the
Scriptures in which the expression " Lord's day"
oecurs,is as follows—" I John, was in the Spirit on
the Lord's day. and heard behind me a great VOICE
. .
As OF A TRUMPET " He then describes the appearance
of one like unto the Son of
,Man, with . all the
accornpatiiinents. of the solemn vision. Now, if it
be observed, that in the -two verses immediately
preceding. this notice. of the. voice as of the sound

of a trumpet, anl'the appearance of on
the Son of Man, i 3 the statement—"

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cometh with .clouds, and ever• eye shall see him,
&c., surely i,he most natural inference is, that the
Lord's day, into which the Spirit had eolveyed7tlie
prophet, in order that he might " slieW unto. God's
servants, things wi ieh rnngt shortly.comn'to pas-

is none other than that day of the Lord so oft
referred to as the cogent ground of so many warn-
itias, earnest exhortations, and 'solemn appeals, in
other parts of Scripture; whilst to interpret Lord's
day here, to mean the first day of the week, is an
assumption as unnatural and improbable, as it is
forced and unparalleled.

That this gratuitous interpretation, hoivaver, is
not used by clergymen, to give some-
thing like Scripture-like cOlour to their-Sabbath
lain quite aware ; but I would charitably
think of them, as a good, laborious,. old Wesleyan
Minister once said to me of himself, that be was
so very

much ocounied With his ministerial duties
and •engagements, as to have very little time for
the study of the Scriptures.—I am, Yours &0..

A SCOT.

RETURN' OF INQVESTS,'&c., 1855

A. Return of all Inquests held befrore the Borough
Coroner, for the year 1855.
Accidentally killed.. .....
f, Scalded , • • .
Burnt.
Excessive drinking...
Injuries, how received no evidence ..
Children found exposed, still b0rn.....
Infanticide, by persons unknown......
Natural causes..
Found drowned
Accidentally drowned.
1.4
Suicide during temporary insanity...
Felo de se .
Children accidentally suffocated in bed
Wilful murder
. Manslaughter
Other causes

159
29
51
QA

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Out of these 705 cases, 257 were found deal, and 91
died suddenly—the surgeon called being unable to give
a certificate of the cause of death.

The trials of the prisoners at the Assizes, charged
with murder and manslaughter on the Coroner's inqui-
sition, was as follows :

MARCH ASSIZES

L January 6.—lnviest on William

Murder" against-Giovanni 3farehett
. Tried before Mr. Baron Parke, a
vanni transported for life Antoin

Verdict, 1' Wilful 4
and Antoine Armua
the 30th March ; Gi
Armua acquitted.

January423.—lnvest on Daniel O'Reiley. stabbing:
Verdict, " Manslaughter's against Jto Roberts. Tried
before Mr. Baron Parke, on the 27th March, and sea-.
tenced to three months' imprisonment.
March 7.—lnquest on a new-burn male child, found
in a privy. -Verdict: Wilful . Murder". a4ainst Jane
Clayton and Ellen Forsyth. Tried before Mr. B.iron
Parke, on the 30th March ; Jane Clayton, mother of the
child, transported for life ;, Ellen Forsyth, acquitted.
AUGUST ASSIZES.

April 21.—Inquest held oh a new-born female child.
Verdict, " Wilful Murder'' against Elizabeth Wilson.
Tried before Mr: Baron Platt; n the 18th- August, and
sentenced to three months' imprisonment. for concealing
the birth.

May 3.—lnquest on Mary Ingles, scalded with boiling
water in a drunken broil. Verdict, "Manslaughter
against Ann Cain, Tried before Mr. Baron Platt, on the
15th August, and acquitted.
June 29.—Inquest.on'Patrick`-M‘Daniel, 45 years old,
killed in a drunken broil. Verdict, •' Manslaughter"
against John Crosby and Timothy Crosby. John Crosby
was tried before Mr. Baron. Platt, on the 20th August,
and acquitted..
July 21.—Inquest on James Fleeson,:- aged 7 years.
Verdict, "Wilful Murder." against John Breen, aged 9
years, and Allred Fitz, 7 years old They were tried
before Mr. Baron Platt, on the 22nd Angust, and sen-
tenced to twelve months' imprisonment, each.

August 4.-Inquest held on Ann Kelly, .53 years old.
Verdict, " Manslaughter" against William Kelly. Tried
before Mr. Baron Platt, 23rd August, and acquitted.
DECEMBER ASSIZES.

August 25 and 27.—Inquest op , Emma Aspinall,
year and 10 months old,an4,Thoinas Ratcliffe Aspinall,
4 months old. Verdict, " Wilful Murder" against WU!
liam Aspinall and. Mary Aspinall, the Parents, who were
tried before Mr. Justice
,Wirlitman, on 13th of Decem-
ber ; Aspinall acquitted ; Mary Aspinall guilty
of mans! tughter, .two years' imprisonment.
September 12.---loqtrtst held on William Appleton,
aged 2[l years. Vediet, " Manslaughter" agiiust John
Woods and'Jane Woods, who were tried on the 10th of
December, before Mr. Jostice Wightman ; John Woods
acquitted; Jane Woods guilty, threinionths' imprison,
went.

September 26. —lnquest held on Catherine Larkins,
aged 31 wears. Verdict, " ManSlanghter" against Ed-
ward Larkins. He was tried, 14th December, before
Mr. Justice Wightman, and acquitted.
October 12.—Inquest held on Thomas Cahill. Stab-
bing :; Verdict, " Wilful Murder" against John O'Neil.
He was tried, 12th December, before Mr. Justice
Wightman ; found guilty, and sentenced to be trans-
ported for life.
November 19:—Inquest held on Andrew. Ritchie, who
died from ill-usage on hoard an American • ship. -Ver.
diet, " Wilful Murder" against • William Wilson and
John Hansom, not in custody.
November 26.—Inquest held on John Keegan, 2j
years old. Verdict, " Wilful Murder" against Thomas
Keegan, the father. He was tried, 14th December.
before Mr. Justice Wightman ; found guilty, and
sentenced to 20 years'. transportation.
November 30.—Inqueit held ,on John Craddock.
Stabbing : Verdict, !‘ Manslaughter" against James
Jeffers. He was •tried, -14th -December, before Mr.
Justice Wightman found 'guilty, and sentenced to
four years' penal servitude.:. ••
December 6.—lnquest held on Ambrose Dunlevy,
35 years. Stabbing: Verdict, '' Manslaughter,"'against
Patrick Connelly. He was tried, December, before
Mr. Justice Wightman; found guilty, and sentenced
to twenty years' transportation.

Number of inquests
Number of days on which inquests were 'held 196
Number of jurors who signed the inquisitions 2,362
Number of jurors who wrote their own n
Number of jurors who sib
Number of witnesses-exam
Number .of witnesses who wrote their own
names

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Number of witne
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,es who signed with their

lExpenses of Witnesses, and cab hire for
juries in the year 1855, 5433 19 9