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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-04 00:00:00

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very doors, whilst the Board of Guardians look on
with the greatest complacency imaginable !

'Twas only the other day that a Mr., ROBINSON
addressed a letter to the London. Times, describing
a scene which he had witnessed, on the evening of
Wednesday last, at -the gate of the Marylebone
workhouse—a scene which might well call a blush
to -the- cheek of every one whose sympathies are
not frozen, or whose hearts are not hard as the
nether millstone! Huddled together on the cold
pavement, at ten o'clock at night, were three poor
miserable women—the rejected and outcast of so-
ciety—ragged and pennyless—who there sought
rest for their weary limbs, and perhaps solace for
their empty stomachs—one of whom, it had been
ascertained, a little time before, was refused the
workhouSe shelter, and turned away from the gate
by the well-fed porter ! to seek the only refuge
possible under the circumstances—the frozen
pavement! But
.this is not the first or second
time that such things have come before the public:
We have had instances of poor wretches being
denied admission into the " casual wards" till death,
in pity, came to their relief. Then a coroner's in-
quest was held-7a general verdict was returned—,
the Poor Law guardians were acquainted with
the fact7--and nothing more was heard of the
matter. The barbarities perpetrated upon unfor-
tunate prisoners in the Birmingham and Leicester
gaols, have elicited Special Commissions of Inquiry.
Why not similar steps be taken with reference to
cruelties not less revolting to our moral sense—
disgraceful to our civilization—and. even degrad-
ing to our humanity ? If our Poor Law system
be so egregiously defectiVe as to suffer the poor
to die in the London streets, it is surely high time
that speedy and vigorous measures be adopted to
effectually remedy the evil—and thus once, and
for ever, prevent the recurrence of such almost
ncredible abominations.

THE subject of Town Improvements will be again
brought under the consideration of the Town Coun-
cil at its monthly meeting to-morrow. We learn that
a plan, submitted by Mr. WEIGHTMAN, the Borough
Surveyor, which is a modification of the scheme last
recommended, will be laid before the Council, and
recommended for adoption by the Improvement
Committee. The High Level Bridge from Dale-
street to Shaw's-brow, still forms one of 'the chief
features of the amended plan, which it is thought
will provoke a great deal of discussion, and be
strenuously opposed. The High Level Bridge,
although it would, in some slight degree, relieve.
the traffic of Lord-street and Church-street, will
fail to effect the object for which it is contemplated;.
and the sooner the subject of a new thoroughfare,
leading directly from St. George's Hall to some
point in the immediate neighbourhood of Castle-
street or North John-street, be- considered, the bet-
ter. This would at once relieve the streets which
are now inconveniently crowded, and, at the same
time, cause the removal of some of the most -dis-
gusting and filthy localitieS in Liverpool, where
disease is ever present, and where the property is
in a condition so ruinous that a sacrifice of human
life may be averted. by its speedy demolition. By
reference :to a paragraph in another column, it will
be seen that a house in one of the streets which
would be extinguished by the new thoroughfare,
fell in yesterday morning.

We are aware that objections, of an almost
insuperable nature, stand in the way of carrying a
direct thoroughfare (as above suggested) from
Lime-street to Castle-street, intersecting North
John-street, consequent upon the fatal mistake
made by the Corporation, a few years ago, in
not securing the land upon which the Branch
Bank of England now stands ; but, admitting
that we are labouring under this disadvantage,
we are not thereby driven to the necessity of
approaching Lime-street by the proposed High
Level Dale-street scheme.. It should be remem-
bered, that what is required, is a relief to Chui:ch-
street. Lord-street, so far as it extends, already
opens out an uninterrupted communication with
Lime-street; and, crippled as we are by the Cook-
street blunder, perhaps, the wisest policy would
be, to construct a new street from the corner
of Whitechapel, through Williamson-square, and
direct to St. George's Hall. This project would
be attended with a comparatively small expend-
iture, for the property through which the street
would pass, is not, by any means, valuable,
with the exception, perhaps, of the Theatre Royal ;
and, there is every reason to believe, that the
proprietors of this building would be happy -to
surrender it to the Corporation upon reasonable
terms. Moreover, the sanitary condition of this
part of the town would be manifestly consulted by
the adoption of this plan, for the filthy haunts and
dens which it would intersect, and sweep away,
are amongst the worst and most obnoxious with
which the town is infested. But, whatever may
ultimately be resolved upon by the Council, we
advise it to pause before giving its sanction to the
High Level proposal of the Improvement Com-
mittee, because, we are firmly impressed with the
conviction, that whilst a vast outlay would be
incurred, the public convenience would not be
promoted by it, whilst a great injury would be
done to private interests.

A DEAD CHILD FO (IND.—Yesterday morning the
body of a female child, newly born, was found in a doorway
in Pomona Street, by a man named John King.
_
EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH—A WOMAN DELIVERED
OF FIVE CHILDREN. —We understand, that on Friday last,
the wife of a journeyman baker, residing in Windsor,- Tox-
teth Park, was delivered of two boys and three girls. Four,
surgeons were in attendance at the time of the accouchement.
Up to last night, the mother and children were all doing as
well as can be expected.
- SUDDEN --DEATH.—On Sunday morning, about
seven o'clock, a woman named Mary Browne, 28 years of
age, and residing in No. 9 Court, Milton-street, was found
dead in her bed by her husband. She went to bed sober,
and must have departed this life quietly, as during the
night, the husband heard no struggle, or aught else that
could awaken him to the awful incident happening by his
side. An inquest will be held on the body to-day.

DEATH FROM A FALL.—On Saturday night, a man
named Edward Dawes, a sawyer, 56 years of age, and resid-
ing at No. 10 court,• Penrhyn-street, fell down the stairs
leading to a cellar of a beer-house belonging to a person
named Doke who resides in the same street. The deceased,
who was drunk at the time, broke his neck in the fall, and
though he breathed for ten minutes afterwards, yet life was
found to be eTtinct on. the arrival of Mr. Arnold, surgeon,
who had been immediately sent for.
THE SILAS GREENMAN.—As we stated in our
impression of yesterday, the passengers were landed from
this ship on Saturday, and we learn, that on Sunday the
ship was thoroughly fumigated by some of the staff oi..the
Borough Engineer, under the superintendence of that gen-
tleman. Yesterday two more of the German emigrants
were removed from the Emigrant's Home, Moorfields, to
the Workhouse Hospital, suffering from a slight attack of
diarrhoea. This makes thirteen cases in all, but in none of
them have the more advanced symptoms of Asiatic cholera
been apparent.

MEETING OF INCOME TAX COMMISSIONERS AT,
BIRKENHEAD.—Yesterday, the first meeting of the Com-
missioners of Property and Income Tax for the hundred of
Wirrall, met at the Market Inn, Birkenhead, to receive
from the assessors of the hundred their assessments for the
years from 1853 to 1854, inclusive. Commissioners present:
John Deane Case, Esq., in the chair ; Major-General the
Hon. Sir Edward Cust, and Richard Barton, Esq. The
meeting was adjourned to the 19th instant, at the Market
Inn, Birkenhead.
CHATHAM-STREET SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, MAN-
CHESTER.—The Session for 1853-4 commenced. yesterday.
In the afternoon, at 4 o'clock, an introductory address was
delivered by Mr. Tontham, which was listened to with
much attention. At this institution, three scholarships are
offered for competition, one of £2O, for 3d. year's students;
£l5, for 2nd. year's students ; and £lO for Ist. year's students.
And it has been convened that at the end of the Session a
clerical prize of twenty guineas will be awarded in addition
to the usual medals, prizes, and certificates of merit.

COUNTY OOURTS,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMER

Sin,—A cause was tried in the County Court, on
Friday, which, for many reasons, demands some
notice. The action was brought by the owner of a
spirit-vault, named -,SYKES, against a pawn-broker,
of the name of SORTON, and a master plasterer or
bricklayer, named GRENFIELR. The cause of
action was the breaking -of a window and the
'abstraction of half-a-dozen bottles Of Wine and
spirits. Yet, a matter of so trifling a character
occupied the Court ten hours and a half, no less
than twenty witnesses being examined; • and a
special jury of eminent merchants being impan=
nelled to try the issue. Nor is this all—the case
'had been already heard on a former occasion, and,
after occupying seven hours, the Judge, Mr.
PoLtoex, avowed the difficulty which he felt. in
pronouncing any judgment satisfactory to his own
mind, .and, with .the consent of counsel on both
sides, directed this re-hearing
.before a jury. In
these -features the case is, without.. question, the
most extraordinely that has yet been heard in our
LiVerpool County Court; or perhaps, in any County
Court in the Kingdom. -
. But, .it is not on this account that we call atten-
tion to it t it has been marked -by other features,
that chew in a strong light, both the advantages
and the draw-backs of. the County Court system.
It is probable that all this heavy litigation; had
it been carried on in the superior courts a few
years ago, would have inVOlVed costs to the
amount Of a thousand pounds tO the losing party.
Two trials at the Assizes, with such a hest of
evidence, justifying the retention of three counsel
on either side, and with travelling and hotel ex-
penses of the witnesses, could scarcely have bech
defrayed at less expense. Under the new system;
it may be doubted if fifty pounds will not amply
cover the costs on both sides, even including those
extraordinary costs which are not allowed on
taxation by the officer of • the Court, Yet, we are
convinced that even-at the assizes the cause could
not have been more • satisfactorily tried, The
judge, Mr. PoLLook, discharged his duty, as is his
invariablohabit, with temper, acuteness, vigilance,
and unwearied patience—a patience that never
flagged from beginning to end—and at last,
summed up the evidence to the jury, in an address
of more than an hour, not omitting an iota of
evidence on either side. The counsel, Sir GEORGE
STEPHEN, for the Plaintiff, and Mr. ABPLNALL, for
the Defendants, performed their duty with (to
give the words of a co-temporary) their charac-
teristic ability. It was no slight tax on this
ability for each to do the work of a leading counsel
and two juniors, in the examination of a score of
witnesses--to address a jury twice, leaving no part
of the complicated evidence uncritised, and to
do this 'work well, with true professional spirit,
not damped by the paltry fees allowed by - the
County Court rules. Nor was the industrious
talent of the Attornies—Mr, PEMBERTON, on the
one side, and Mr, ALMOND, 011 the other—less
conspicuously displayed. To use the hacknied
expression, the Case was well got up, All this
judicial and prefessional ability, however, not a
whit inferior to any that Westminster Hall itself
. could have brought into play, • has been obtained
at the expense of a few pounds to the belligerents;
prObably• ten.would have coved the whole, but
for the extraordinary number of witnesses.
But there is a great drawback, and we regret
that our duty as journalists compels us to mention
it ; we say "compels," because observation tells us -
that it is not a pecularity of this case, but a fea-
ture too commonly seen in County Court litiga-
tion, and for which a remedy must be provided, or
the County. Courts will become a curse to the
country.

On the one side or the other, if not on both, the
grossest perjury was committed ! Perjury, not by
.a single individual—but by many ; not under the
influence of sudden and strong excitement—but
deliberately and by collusion ; not by the ignorant
and lowest class—but by persons in, apparently, a
position of respectability ! There was no room for
the apology of mistake, or of treachery of recollec-
tion; it was oath against oath, where no obliquity
of vision, no variety of position would possibly re-
concile the conflicting statements.

The plaintiff's case was simply this :—" two
panes in his window had been ' broken at one
o'clock in the-morning of the Ist of June, and six
bottles of wine and spirits taken away, as was
alleged, by a drunken party of four issuing from
the adjoining house, of whom the defendants were
two ; though Grenfield was only charged with
having joined- the party at the door. This case
mainly depended on the evidence of a private
watchman named RILEY, who had seen the de-
fendant Grenfield break one • of the panes, and
take out a bottle of champagne which Sorton and
the others .drank; RILEY only spoke to one bottle,
but the plaintiff and his barmaid swore that six
were missing. In many points RILEY'S evidence
was confirmed by three policemen, and especially
it was proved both by them and by others, that he
was perfectly sober when he reported the outrage,
about twenty minutes after its occurrence, being
as soon any.policeman approached."

This case -was met by evidence to show that
both the defendants were elsewhere at the precise
moment, when it was admitted on all sides that
the window was broken, and several witnesses
swore that RILEY was at the time staggering
drunk ! This was stated by several tradesmen who
were of the party. The alibi for GRENFJELD was
sustained by witnesses, who traced him from eight
in the morning, to his bed, at eleven.

To rebut this evidence for GRENFIELD, a re-
spectable tradesman was called, who happened to
be in Court at the former trial, and was so dis-
guSted by hearing GRENFIELD:S statement then,
that he came-forward spontaneously to prove hav-
ing seen him and conversed with him at eleven
o'clock, in the vicinity of the plaintiffs street, at
the very time when the others stated that he was
retiring to bed at home, more than a mile distant.
The plaintiff also swore that he had seen him near
his house, at the same hour of eleven !

Besides all this, overtures to pay for the damage,
based on partial admissions of having caused it,
were proved to have been made by both defen-
dents, and were contradicted on oath, both by
them and others.

Such was the mass of contradictions! but one
very- material point remained altogether unex-
plained and unaccountable. Though it was proved
that the most diligent search was made, no trace
could be found of more than one bottle out of the
six.. Where were the other five ? Could RILEY
have stolen them himself? This was the theory
of •the defendents ; but where could he have con-
cealed them at that honr ? If he had secreted
them on his person, the officers would have de-
tected him, nor would he have so promptly given
the alarm : had he been drunk, as alleged, that
would instantly have. excited suspicion, 'and the
Officers would have searched him.

Could the drunken party of four have pocketed
them. This was the theory of the Plaintiff, but,
only suggested as a lark, not as a felonious taking.
This, however, was rather too much to pass as a
practical joke.

Only one hypOtheSis remains ; that the. plaintiff
and his barmaid falsely swore to the loss of more than
One bottle, and we might assume that this was the
view which the Jury took of the case, were it not
that the Jurors were also on their oath, bound .to
return "a true verdict according to the evidence,"
and the evidence clearly established the. loss of one
bottle, so that such a view of the matter would
only have justified a reduction of damages, not an
adverse verdict. In a word, the case is, still
involved in inexpicable • mystery, and it matters
little to the public what may be the solution.
But, the public have the deepest • interest in the
question, to which this case gives rise. Is it the
tendency of the County Court syktem to propagate
wholesale perjury?

It is a question which we will not attempt to
answer; but, it is undoubtedly true; that a spirit
of partizanship prevails in county Court litigation,
directly opposed to the spirit of truth ; and this
spirit dangerous to the interests of the commu-
nity. If the cause of SYKES V. GREENFIELD, were
unique, as it oertitinly is in those particulars which
we have first mentioned, we should not have noticed
it; but it is a sample of the cause list. We care not
where the perjury lies ; all the parties are alike,
strangers to us. Mit, gross perjury. has been
committed somewhere, and so it is with most
defended cases in these new tribunals. The
desire to triumph is too much for the obligation
of an oath : this is natural among the illiterate
and uneducated ; but we were not prepared
to expect it among those who rank in a much
higher class. If our policemen are careless about
evidence on oath, where is the security for our

liberty, our characters, or even our lives ? If our
tradesmen are unconscious of the solemn obliga-
tion, what assurances have we of their honesty in
their
,daily dealings ? and above all, if our courts of
law are poisoned wth the gas of peijury, beyond
the power of legal ability to expect, who can dare
to enter them for redress, or to appear in them in
self defence ?

We are promised a Cottrity Court reform! it is
a sad necessity within siX years of their institution.
Let it begin, however, in moral purification, and we
may still hail their introduction as ' a national
blessing. It is more easy to point out the- evil,
than to suggest the remedy. We might have said,
let sufficient Costs be allowed in all cases, to secure
professional aid ; but the case before us shows
that such a remedy may. modify; but cannot cure
the evil. The cross-examination on both side's was
ingenious and Severe. The policeman Haines -wag
made to Mit a melancholy figure, with his " cannot
recollect" replies to Sir George's catechism. The
judge more than once lent his experienced aid to
extract some truth, and the jury most properly,
put questions for themselves. If there ever was a
Case in which fthifessional skill would have•suf-
ficed to expose the subterfuges offalSehood, it was
this case pf Sykes v: Greenfield it was abUndantly
displayed, and yet it Wholly failed ; so that ire who
are reviewing it as strangers, free from all bias to

plaintiff or defendant, and in the calm seclusion
of the closet, are obliged to confess -our inability-to
decide where lies the guilt. A remedy, however,
must be found, and perhaps a jury in every case
is the best, though its remedial value has not in
this • instance, lit'ot;ed aticacions. While Society
remains what it is, we cannot expect to eradicate
falsehood from our courts of law ; but experience
has proved that an acute and upright Judge,. able
counsel, and intelligent juries acting in hearty co-
operation,.afford the best security against success-
ful perjury ; nor haS the same experience failed
in the discovery, that cheap litigation may indeed
be a blessing, but ndt without much concomitant
evil, dal ctilaie did cOniiea Weging into a national
curse. Let us ehetit the "nisi-Ilia in its infancy :
and fix the offenders with that /floral responsibility
to public opinion, which, after all, is perhaps, the
most efficient of all remedies. The cause of SYKES
v. GREENFIELD reflects credit on nobody, except
the gentlemen who were officially and profession-
ally engaged.

ABSALOM

P OL COURPS.-11oNDAT

LIVERPOOL.

CLAIM FOR SEAMAN'S WAGES.—Mr. Chilton appeared
on behalf of the seaman, John Hall, to claim from Captain
George Alexander Lewis, of the Tytho, wages clue to him
for six months and five days, at £2 Os, a month. Mr.
Owen appeared for the defence, Upon the part of the
claimant it was stated that he shipped at tiVerpool, as an
. able seamen; to make a vOyage to and front the West coast
of Africa, at the rate mentioned; and that the amount of
wages which he claimed, • was now due to him. Hall was
examined himself, and stated; that before going to sea, the
whole of the crew of the Tytho appeared in that court, on
account of the forecastle of the vessel being too small for
them to live in, when the captain promised that the coopers
should live after, and the seamen have all the forecastle to
themselves, provided they returned to the ship. Seven of
them agreed to go back, okwhom plaintiff was one, and the
captain, promised, that if 'their conduct was good for the
future, there would be no deduction made from their wages.
The witness admitted, that during the voyage, he once was
found asleep upon the anchor watch, and that, when called
up very early one morning, after having been worked hard
the previous night, he said; if the seamen did not look to
themselves, and see that they got their rights, it was their
own fault. On that occasion he stated, however, that he
went to work on the 30th of June, When on the west coast
of Africa, witness, with two other seamen, went ashore in a
canoe, and got into the bush, lest the natives might attack
them. After an hour they saw the captain's boat come
ashore, when they Went clown to it, and when they came to
the boat, witness stated, that he was struck several times on
the head with a stick, by Captain Lewis and Captain Davis,
of the Abeona, until he was almost dead. Captain Lewis
then told some of the natives to take him away, and let him
not be seen there again. Witness was chained to the
ground, and kept there four days, after which he was
brought in irons down to the ship by the natives. That
afternoon, he, was transferred from the Tytho to the Abeona,
where he was kept in irons four or five days, until the vessel
got clear off, after which, he performed the voyage home:
Witness admitted, that upon ono 000ft010.., lie cma
had gone over the side of the vessel to bathe, and swam
ashore, contrary to orders. One of the seamen who had
accompanied him ashore upon the former occasion was ex-
amined to a similar effect. Mr. Owen then called William
Jackson, mate of the Tytho at the tame, who produced the.
ship's log, containing certain entries regarding plaintiff,
which he stated were signed by himself and were true.
These entries were to the effect, that upon one occasion,
plaintiff and another seaman left off heaving salt, and said,
they would heave no more, for which, they were put under
arrest. That, en the first of May, plaintiff refused to turn
out to keep the anchor watch : on the same day, he was
heard using language tending to excite the crew to insubor-
dination, saying, that. if they turned out at four o'clock in
the morning, it was their own fault : on May 7th, he refused
to go to his work, under the plea that he was not well,
although pronounced to be quite well by the surgeon, and
was afterwards examined by the surgeon of the Abeona,
when he did go to Work ; and finally, that upon the 29th of
May, he was found asleep upon his look out on the anchor
watch. Captain Lewis deposed, that having heard of lan-
guage used by plaintiff likely to excite insubordination
among the crew, he called plaintiff into the cabin, and asked
him if he did make use of such language ; upon which,
plaintiff replied, that lie had done so, and added some words
to the effect, that he would do so again. The Court.thought
there was sufficient evidence to show that the act of insub-
ordination had been committed by the plaintiff, and
accordingly dismissed the case.
CHARGE AGAINST A POLICE OFFICER, AND HIS DIS-
3fISSAL.—A man named Hall was brought before the bench
charged by police officer, No. 568, with having been drunk
and riotous, on Sunday evening about seven o'clock. The
officer stated that he told the prisoner to go home, . when he
struck at witness, and witness was struck several times with
stones by the crowd. lie brought along the prisoner as li
well as he could, although his right thumb had been dis-
abled some days before. A negro deposed that it was he
who first called the attention of the police officer to the pri-
soner. This witness stated that he went into a public house
at the top of Queen-street, and Oldhall-street, where pri-
soner and some others were drinking, and the moment he
came in, prisoner asked what that black wanted there.
The master of the house remonstrated with the prisoner,
but the latter came over and struck witness, who instantly
went out for the police. He met police officer, 568, and
spoke to him. The officer went to arrest the prisoner, but
a crowd gathered round, and he saw the officer struck by the
prisoner, and by the crowd, and bleeding at the mouth.
The prisoner, when asked what he had to say in his defence,
called upon a very respectable looking man in Court, who
came forward and deposed that on Sunday night he was
passing down Oldhall-street, with some of his friends, going
to church, when he.saz the black man and three others
attacking the prisoner the public house, the.door of which
was open, and saw the black man strike prisoner twice.
He then saw the policeman seize the prisoner by the throat,
and knock him into the street. Witness added—l never
saw such brutality in my life. You (to the police constable)
struck the poor man's wife, and you struck a young woman
on the cheek. You are a brute—you are' nothing else.
Mr. Mansfield : You must not make those 'observations.
Witness : I will not, sir, any more. A second witness, who
gave his name as Hayden, purser on board a vessel going
to Australia, deposed that he was passing by the Victoria
Vaults, the public house in question, on Sunday( evening,
when he saw the prisoner attacked by the negro and three
or four others. The prisoner told his wife to go for a police-
man, and police officer, No. 568 came up, and caught wit-
ness, and struck him. The prisoner, in return, gave him a
blow ; when the officer struck him upon the head with his
staff, and kicked him in the abdomen. Witness also stated
that he saw him strike the prisoner's wife and child, and
added that it was the most brutal assault he had ever seen
in his life, and lie did not know how the prisoner could have
lived until that day. A third witness, Alfred Taylor, de-
posed that he saw the policeman knock witness down, and
beat him about the head, and also strike his wife and child,
and that when they came to_ the watch-house to make a
charge against him, he wanted to thrust them out, and did
throw the Woman back from the door. Mr. Mansfield: You
are quite certain you saw him strike the woman in the way
which has been stated? Witness : Yes, on my oath, I saw
him strike her four or five times with a stick. All the wit-
nesses stated that they knew nothing whatever of the pri-
soner previously. The wife of the prisoner was herself
examined, and deposed that she and her husband were
drinking a glass of ale in the public house when the black
and three others came in, the black made some insult-
ing remark to her, upon which her husband spoke to him in
an angry tone, wken the whole four set upon him. She
ran to the door and called for help, when several persons
came around her, among whom were the gentlemen who
had given evidence. She saw her husband dragged out,
and the policeman held him, and struck him upon the head
several times, until the blood flowed out, she cried to the
policeman, for God's sake, to let him go, when he turned
round and struck her with a stick. She followed him to the
watch-house to make a charge against him, and was forcing
her way in, when he caught her by the shoulder and flung
her into the street. Her husband and she had drunk but
one glass of ale. Mr. Mansfield : Did the woman strike
the officer, or make any attack upon him ? Several of the
witnesses cried out, "no." The officer here stated that she
did attack him, and that he knew she was the pri-
soner's wife, and thought it natural she should assist him,
he would have knocked him down, for she struck him several

times. This statement was positively denied by the 0
witnesses. The police officer stated that he had a rel
ble young man, who could prove that he was struck :011
life preserver, or some weapon of the kind. He denied
could have struck with a stick, for his right thunly
been put out some days before, and was bandaged. ne
to call in the name of the Queen for some one to help
becausa the stones were flying in - hundreds. 00

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prisonef was more shined .
possible for us to doubt, afte
the four witnesses, that the oru,,_
to strike the Woman. We therefore con.—
improper person to remain in the polied force,
accordingly dismiss him;- Let the prisoner be discharb
SThlanvG Emory CASKS.—Thomas Waltott, ext
BfichAnan; and Jelin Mc Connell, were' charged with AO
two empty casks from thy; df Mr: Samuel lit
23, Harrington-street. John Me Connell iii the
Mr. Hunt, proved to finding the casks in the r
the prisoners. All three' were known unfav
police. Sentenced to three months each.

Ole have 1

him to

TAKING SECURITY FOR A D
Mary Cummins with snatching his 1
o'clock on Saturday night, The prisoner
elderly and ptior looking person)
Bed-tufty df.plknient of a debt

Hughes charr,

fir Viotk,:c

STnikr ItOlintitt .
both Preston, and William
mitting a street robbery in

who Iv

Zen ~~~lon;,F

,t two c

a-man;na

stances, in Sutlock-street, a
ing. They took from the p
W alter Long, seven pounds ten shillis
that when he first saw Long he appeared to have 're(
very bad treatment and severe injuries, and there was
on his clothes. Prosecutor swore that as he was inali
the best of his wtty WI
strangled, and rObbedl
officer stated that the two lions I
prisoner had at first escaped, but when. .1
arrested, a handkerchief, the pro.
found upon his person.
torious characters in I

shin: 1

has I

to the poliec

before committed: The woman Fallon .was once before
mitted, but Preston was not know
case was sent io the gessihns for trial
Pooirr noicnca.—J-ohn Brannon and Mary Vat

evert

were committed for 14 days, for atfemptin
ladies' pockets, in St. John's market, on
Thomas Tynan, was sentenced to one moni
for a similar offence. James Nicholson, a person well kilo'
to the police, convicted of picking Agnes Campbell's pock'
rn the same evening, in St. John's market, was sentenced
two months itolnisonrcent.

TAKING CAIiK 01$ A FIIIIIND.—
Aarged by a man named James B
pocket of a half-sovereign; in a cellar in'Jlicksofifstrect:
stated that he went into this ,den for the purpoSe of tali
care of a friend, but in his philauty
robbed himself, The Trisoner r
elderly person, and not kt

Annabi

a poor

was dischaq

SPIRiTED CONDUCT OF A tAtel",—On the evening
Saturday, about halfquist six o'clock, Mrs, Elliott, wit
Mr. Elliott, estate agent, in gamden-street, on going into
bedroom, had her attention drawn to the fact that
jewellery case had been opened, and the trinkets in it thr(
into disorder, she asked her servant, who was with her, al
it, and almost instantly perceived the fist of a man protrud
from beneath her bed: She called to the girl, who was
only other person in the house, at the time, to run at

for assistance, as there was a' man concealed in
and to be sure to close the street door that he mit,
make , his escape. The fell ,
to be John Thuthy, immediately got away from
bed and attempted to escape, but Mrs. Elliott
extraordinary courage, laid hold of him and contia
to hold on during Fotracted strne
which the ruffian shook her, and did
her. At length the officer (392) al
a neighbour gentleman, and the
the stairs they found a cameo br
diopped from the prisoner
for three months in Jnly last, and
trial. The magistrate commented warml
conduct of Mrs. Elliott. It is remarka
rageous young woman on a former-occa
rested a thief in her husband's office,' and
complimented for her conduct by the Grand Jur
STEALING A WATCH.—Ann Jenninzs was A

vhose name turned

filthy hid I

11 itrit

unaid,

21 days' imprisonment, havi
a watch, at twelve o'clock on

a convicted of st

son of Ekit'grd Patterson, fireman, onboard the steal%
" Tynwald."

SHOP LIFTING.—Ann Davies was committed for tin
months for stealing two silk handkerchiefs from the shop
Mr.• Peter Marsh, §cotland-
other handkerchiefs were found on heriperson belonging
ntlinr pstablishmants:

1, on • Saturdal

STREET ROBBERY WITH ASSAX
low who. had been seven times b
for trial at the sessions, charged with knoekin _
Conway, at Edge-hill, Wavertree, about half-past elc
o'clock on Saturday night, and robbing him of eight 511

down J

hugs. Seven shilli
prisoner's person.
STEALING ROPES. - William Elwood was convicted
sentenced to 42 days imprisonment, for stealing 1 cw
ropes from the Huskisson dock. They were the propert
the ship " Shooting' Star." •

were found Ton

IN A LODGING HOUSI

CHARGE or ROBIHN`
Wright and John Anderson, two seamen
robbing Charles Millar, of £4 12s.
of Mrs. Bale Denison, where the
which was only one of stron

.e charg

, in the iedgiii"g..hol'
II lodged. The ca

—On Saturday, a quantity of wearing apparel
dressing-cases,• and other property, were found in Liverpoo
at the house of a person named Sarah Meycliffe. :Other
portions of the same property were found at various paw'
shops. The goods in question had been stolen from the sho3
of Mr. Hynes, of the Bazaar, Birkenhead. It ie susiecte
that the goods, which are estimated as being worth ,about
£4O, were taken by a servant girl, since apprehended, bll
whose name has not as yet been made public. This girl 15/
we believe, daughter to Meycliffe. The case came on before
the magistrates at Birkenhead yesterday, but was remand'
in order that the police might seek for further inforrnatiott•

BIRKENHEAD

ROBBERY

STONE Tn-nowfict
ing, Mr. William Harris, proprietor (
Academy, G-awthorp, appeared to prefer
a boy named Byrne, who had;
thought, even dangerously, cut
named Whittaker. The case
will be brought before the mar

-At about six o'cl

yesterday evel
Mersey Hot

severely

MUNICIPAL ELECTION.-70n the first of
following are the names of the retiring members, of ti
Council: ,Everton Ward, S. M. Mellor ; Scotland, PI
Woodruff; Vauxhall, 'William Nicholson; St. Paul's, oliv
Holden; Exchange, Charles Turner ; Castl
Holt ; St. Peter's, James Holme; Pit.
Jeffreys ; Great George, W. A. Clayton ; Rodney, J.
Tobin ; Abercromby, R. C. Gardner ' - :Lime-street,'J.
Lloyd; St. Anne's, J. Nicholson; West Derby, J.
Wood ; South Toxteth, Samuel II
Matthew Gregson. The followin
tire

street, Geor''
-street, SY.

!I•orth' Tost(

Mr. Joseph Parker, for S
Joseph Cooper, Great George,
Wood, Rodney-street ; Mr. James Procter, Abereienik
Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, Lime-Street ; Mr. Edmund Mo'
neux, St. Anne street; and Mr. Thomas Chilton, Nor
Toxteth. At present, there is no prospect of more t 1.12„
two or three of the Wards being contested ; indeed, iiroD
the exception of Pitt-street and West Derby Wards;
intention to oppose the retiring members has yet been avd
Mr. W. Nicholson, in Scotland Ward, and M
ton, in Great George's Ward, decline to offer
re-election, and their places are likely to be. supplied
Daniel Powell and Mr. John Rogers.. Mr, W. P.
opponent in Pitt-street Ward, has not yet been n
a tried liberal will, we are assured, cont
tion of the Ward with that gentleman.
jun., contests the West Derby Ward wit

Peter's

,rd; 31'
Nel

W. A. 031,

Ir. W. liathbpo!

h Mr. J. M. Wroo,

FALL OF A HOUSE IN PRESTON STREET
morning, shortly after three o'clock, considerab
created in the neighbourhood of Preston St
chapel, and Dale Street, by the falling of a h_
Preston Street, occupied by a man named Grady,...,
store, and also as a residence. The property in qi
we believe, belongs to Squire Cross, but is held on 1
a lady who is now an inmate of a lunatic a
perty has been very much neglected in con
paid no rent for several years, setting,at
to dispossess him. This was the state. of i
terday morning, when the dilapidated ga
which was unsupported, gaVe way, and th(
cipitating a considerable portion of the fr(
street. Grady, with his wife and child, were in al
meat of the house when the srabl
escaped without injury
pelled to force them from the ruins, 1'
safety, but as soon as it wa
danger was impendin
roofless premises. •It was I
such an early hour in the month
hour of the day, it would in all probabil
with a sacrifice of life, as the street is d
and much used as a thoroughfar
Rishton, the building surveyor
finding them to be in a very da
secured the attendance of two
the premises, and having satisfi
ous state of the walls, issued an _
Grady was a second time forcibly ej
out a vigorous opposition, and the 1.
vigorously proceeded with

e alarm AB'
.eet, it

Thep

aiice all attest

up to y't

The police, we learn, we

Grady again took po:

ly popida,te,
Yesterday afternoon,

Mr. H. LEE CARTER'S ENTERTAP.,
evening, at the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-stt
Lee Carter repeated his new musical entertt
combines the best panoramic and scenic effect
vocal and instrumental music.

; exavaE'