The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-01 00:00:00

THE EQUINOCTIAL GALES

. f In yesterday's NORTHERN TIMES, we published a state.
ment as to the late equinoctial gales • in and around
Dover. Since then, further accounts from various parts
► of the country have reached us, from which it appears,
that the storm has been not only general throughout the
United Kingdom, but severe in its effects, and that
several instances of destruction to life and pro-
p-rty have taken place. At Yarmouth, the
Coromandel, from Archangel, struck on the sands,
filled with water, an i was deserted by the crew. The
Ida (s s.), of and from London, for the west coast of
Africa, struck on the sands at Dymchurch, and became a
total wreck ; all except the boatswain were saved. From
Torquay we learn that the Jeune Arthur (Fr. brig),
Captain Pichaud, from Sunderland to Nantes, was
obliged to slip her anchor and chain during a strong
gale from E.S.E., and in making for Brixham harbour,
ran on the end of Victoria Pier, Torquay, and is expected
to become a total wreck. The Magdaleine (yacht). of
Heiligenhaven, for Newcastle, with wheat, came on
shore on the South Wall, Suderland, and has gone to
pieces ; part of the cargo is landed, and crew saved.
The John and Mary, of Sunderland, Captain Hodgson,
from Caen to London, with stone, went ashore about
two miles to the westward of Rye. Crew saved ;
master's wife and four children drowned. At Dublin it
blew a strong gale, and to-day from the E.S.E to N.E.
The Irene, of Maryport, laden, from some one of the
lower ports, with deals, for Drogheda, is on shore at
Layton. The schooner Greyhound, of and for Douglas,
from Lisbon, was towed into the Old Harbour, full of
water, having been on some rocks in Kingstown har-
bour. Two small schooners belonging to Bray are on
shore at that place. A round stern schooner went to
pieces on the rocks at Skerries. A brig is reported to
the southward with signals of distress flying. A large
ship is in the hay supposed to be the York, of Dublin
At Holyhead the schooner Coral, of Alnwick, was driven
ashore at the east si of the Head, and has since become
a wreck. The crew were saved. The Portland, also of
Alnwick, foundered 40 miles S.W. of Holyhead. The
crew were saved. The st,rm appears to have been
particularly severe in Ireland. Our Belfast daily
cotemporaries give full details of the gale in that locality.
In Kingstown, Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Ind other Irish
ports, considerable damage to the shipping is reported.
Accounts from Greenock and Glasgow mention that a
storm had visited those localities.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.
(BEFORE MR. BENN.)
ALL IN THE FAMILY.—An old woman, named Catherine
Smith, was charged with having stolen a signet ring,
value £4 10s, and a watch, value £B, the property of
John Brockbank, her son-in-law, of Bolton•street. The
facts of the case were these :—Some days ago the wife
of complainant (the prisoner's daughter) got into a
" difficulty " with the police, who locked her up for
being " drunk and disorderly." When she came home,
after getting out of the " difficulty," they had " a bit of
a row," and he went and lay down, leaving his watch
and signet ring on the table, and when he awoke, he
found the articles gone. The prisoner said she had
preserved the things in the family ; she took the articles
to a friend of the family, in order to prevent her daughter
pledging them and going on a " spree " with the money.
She could produce them. The prosecutor said he did
not wish to press the charge, and the woman was
liberated.

" NOTHING LIKE LEATHER !"—Laurence Cartan and
Bridget M'Caul were charged on suspicion of having
stolen 20 lbs of leather from the shop of Mr. John
Thompson, of 41, Byrom-street. The case was as
follows : The male prisoner keeps a shoemaker's shop
in Fontenoy street, and the prosecutor carries on busi•
ness in the same trade in Lime-street. He missed the
leather, and, on making enquiries, it was found in the
prisoner's shop. The latter gave a variety of accounts of
how he got it, and at last he was arrested. His wife then
gave the female prisoner into custody, on a charge of
having sold the leather to her husband. Mr. Goodier, for
the male prisoner, attempted to show that the female
prisoner bought the leather from two of Mr. Thompson's
daughters, and then sold it to Cartan ; but he totally
failed on this point, and the prisoners were sent for
trial.

(BEFORE MR. J. AIKEN.)
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Maria Hill, the wife of a labour-
ing man, who resides in Bacon-street, was charged with
attempting to drown hers3lf, whilst in a state of
drunkenness. The woman, it appeared, is an habitual
drunkard, and whilst in this state, on Monday evening,
she attempted to fling herself into the canal. She was
remanded,

(BEFORE MESSRS. AIKEN AND SMITH.)
ASSAULT Br FEMALES.—Catherine Henson, Harriet
Allen, and Mary Ann M'Donnell, were summoned by a
man, named Peter Sweeney, with having violently
assaulted him. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prosecutor,
and Mr. M'Donnell, barrister, was for the dtfence.
From the statement of Mr. Bluck, and the evidence in
support, it appeared that the defendants are sisters, and
reside in C-ough's-court, Parliament-street, and that on
the 20th inst., between one and two in the day, the
defendants fell on Sweeney, and beat him severely, one
struck him on the head with a mug, and cut him,
and another blackened his eye with a blow, and the
third kicked him. He has not been able to work since.
On cross examination by Mr. M'Donnell, the complainant
said he was fined 9s. 6d. for a dispute with the defendants
on the 10th of August. Several witnesses were called
on behalf of the complainant, who stated that the
defendants used the man very badly. Mr. M'Donuell
produced witnesses who gave a different version of the
story, and he offered to produce evidence of the respect-
able and peaceable character of the defendants ; but their
worships did not think it necessary, and said they were
satisfied that the case on the part of the complainant was
not shaken. Mr. Bluck said his client was not vindic-
tive, and all he wanted was to have the parties bound to
keep the peace. The bench said that was a very fair
proposition, and ordered them to enter into their own
sureties in £2O, and two housekeepers in £lO each, to
keep the peace.

REPORTED COLLISION IN THE RIVER

The public had scarcely recovered from the consternation
caused by the shocking collision that took place on Monday
night, when the boat Fanny was sunk, than the startling news
was spread yesterday morning through town, that another
had taken place in the river. Hundreds at once flocked
to the stage to learn the particulars, but we are glad to
say that ,in this instance, the rumour was not well
founded. It originated in this way :—A screw-steamer,
the Sillotb, of Carlyle, was coming to a round ; it was
blowing a sharp gale at the time, and from some cause
or other the chimney went over, and caused a good
deal of alarm. There was, however, nothing more
serious happened, nor was there any one hurt by the fall
(so our reporter was informed) of the chimney. There
must not have been much damage done to the boat itself,
as she immediately turned down the river and made
for one of the north docks.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
It has been subsequently ascertained that the Sillott"
is the name of the screw steamer, and was hence for
Carlisle. She was run into on Monday night, or early
yesterday morning, by a vessel at present unknown, and
this caused the loss of the chimney and one of the masts.
The bulwarks of the steamer are injured ; but we believe,
with these exceptions, the steamer has not been further
injured, The vessel that struck her got off, but we have
not heard if she has been injured.

LONDON GAZETTE

BANKRUPTS,--JOHN INCE, surgeon, Eaton-street, Pim-
lico. WILLIAM GRAYBURN, groper, Kingston-upon-Httll.
RICHARD FLYNN, grocer, Liverpool. JAMES MARTIN,
licensed victualler, High-street, Borough. JOHN THANQ
HARRADINE, corn chandler, Needingworth, Huntingdon-
shire. JOHN PHILLIPS, grocer, Crumlin, Montnouthshire.
THOMAS CoorzNo and TtionAs BOWSHER, joiners, Shef-
field. ISAAC PARSONS, printer, High-street, Rye, Sussex.
LYDIA JOHNSON, nail manufacturer, &c , Duffield, Derby.
ANTHONY BENNETT, painter, Ashton-under-Lyne.

SPECULATION IN Ice.—An ice manufactory is in full
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a large retort between a double range of iron plates,
through which the water is pumped. The action of the
ether converts the water into ice. In this mariner ice can
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ppr you id.

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THE ROBBERY OF A GOLD WATCR.-- In referenpe to a
of a case which appeared in our impression of
Monday, in which a woman, named Mary Anne Himes,
was charged With stealing a gold watch, it was stated that
the woman was sent for trial. So far, that report was
quite correct, as the presiding magistrate ordcecpcl thp
woman to be committed, and the depositions were accord_
tinhgelyprtiasokneen.r. ClTnheios, ft
f our reporters was informed, ygeter-
day, that after the depositions were so taken, and whim
all the reporters had left the cam% his Worship discharged
but appears on enquiry, was the case,
of course the reporters could not be, and are not,
accountable, for in the three morning papers of Monday,
the same report, namely, that the woman was committed
for trial appeared, and of course the reporters eould not
tell what happened after they had left the court, when the
business was over. It is right to all parties to give this
explanation, and to state that Mr. Goodies' was the
attorney for the woman.'