Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-14 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

John Rowlason and Thomas Brooks; builders, Liverpool.
John Bentley, sen., and Joseph. Bentley, jun., gun and
pistol makers, and dealers in ammunition, Liverpool.
James Keirs, licensed victualler, Old-street, St. Luke's.
William Strange, printer and publisher, Strand.
William Jackson, victualler, Kidderminster.
Philip Hawks, brickmaker, Kinson Lodge, near Poole,
Dorsetshire.
James Warren, licensed victualler, East Stonehonse,

Devon. •
Raley Middlevrood and :John Middlewood, linen drapers,
Leeds.
William James Webber, baker and confectioner, Teign-
mouth, Devon.

s.trartinff nteiligturt.

MANCHESTER BETTING.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS:
4to 1 against Wizard (taken and (Aida)
9 to 2 against Buccaneer (offered.)
7 to 1 against Lupeßus (taken.)

THE DERBY.
12 to 1 against Wizard (taken.)
50 to 1 against Paleface (taken.)
50 to 1 against Brassey (offered.)

CHESTER CUP.
50 to 1 on the field offered.

COURSING.
COURSING FIXTURES FOR 1860.- DaIiJARY.

Judge.

Meeting;
17

Place. County.
Home Park Open Middlesex
Cork Southern Club ... Ireland
Barton-upon-Humber Lincolnshire... Mr. Warwick . 17, 18
Bishop's Castle Salop Mr. Warwick ... 18
Altcar Club Lancashire ... Mr. Dalzell
West Hereford (Bred-
wardine and Morn-
ington) Herefordshire. Mr. Warwick,,, 19, 2Q
Amicableclub (Ramp-
Ylroerlkanshid re Mr. S. Cundall ... 24, 25'
ton Court) Middlesex Mr. Warwick .., 23, 24
Southminster Open ... Essex Mr. Bennet 24, 25
24, 25
port) Lancashire Mr. P. Taylor ... 25
Chilton . . Berkshire ... Mr. M'George ... 25, 26
Baron Hill,Beaumaris Anglesey Mr. Warwick ... 26, 27
Cardington Club Bedfordshire ... Mr. Warwick ... 31, ito.
BCC
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(South-
port) idS
coa (Kildare)
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Short Sporting Advertisements will be inserted in this soiumn
at the rate of 6cl. per line, pad in edvence,

LIVERPOOL POLltEleinfitT.--:.,tsiiiitAl:

(Before Messrs. PEEL; antISASTELL AIN.)
STRALING CDTTON.—Anthikny Murphy, James John-
•iori, axd Witiain Atkinson, were ;brought up on remand
litsk-TharsdaY.'—"-Thd•person whOie cart was employed
-to convey the cotton, appeared, and depOsed that he took
Cotton, by difeetton of the- prisoners, from the. Ship
Amity; West side triuisviick Dock.L-The prisoners were
:aceorduigly committed. for
(Before Messia..lUNiti'Mul. bit ALONER.),
PUBLICANS' AND DEEitiaiitES:
r 'David EveS, publiCan, William lienry"=street, was.
summoned for harbouring 'pOlice-Oftmels while 'on dl tp:
Inspector Gardiner stated that he foUnd two policemen.
in defehdant'S house at half-past five O'clock on Monday
morning, January 2.—Mr. C. Aspinall appealed .for the'
defendant; and having_ given satisfactory reasons for the-.
officers being there, the P*,,istratei',dismtised' the case.
'(before Messrs. Ilorowrox arid
John Ellam, publican, Prince William-street, was
summoned for Sunday trading _Dismissed. . „
Wilson Pearson, beer-house'keeper, 'Fairclough-lane,
was summoned for selling liquor' at illegal liouts•-7-Di7
missed.

James Harding, beerbotise-keeper, Bond-street, was
summoned for trading on Sunday.—Dismissed.
Margaret Jones, beerhouse-keeper, Derby-road,'
Bootle, was. summoned for selling beer at illegal hours.
—Acquitted. • _
Mary, Jane Creedy; beerhous&keeper, Tempest-hey;
-was summoned for 'trading at illegal hours.--.-Fined,
2s. 6d. and cost.
John Stewart; be-erbmistlekeeper, Wood-street, Park,
Was summoned for trading after eleten o'clock niglit.
--Pined, 2s. 6d. and.coSts.
liugh Houghton, beerhouse-keeper, was summoned
for permitting drunkenness. 'lt was pleaded, in defence,
that the persons were lodgers-and had had no liquor in-
the house.—;Dismissed. • _

Alexander Jasmine, beerhottse- keeper, Netherfield-
road North, was summoned for permitting drunkenness.
—Fined sst and costs. '

:Williams, publican, Norfolk - street, was•
arimmoned for permitting 'drunkenness between nine
and ten O'clock on Sunday morning.-=—Pdr. Bluck.ap-
iiearedfor the defence, and • called gei'eral persons-who
were in the house at the time to prove that drink had
not been served to the parties lite were drunk on tho
premises.=This, however was the •third offonce,,lnd
defendant wasofined 40s'. and costs. • ",

Thomas Birkenhead, beerhouse-keeper, Wellington.
road, was summoned for refusing, to admit the police.—
'Fined 40s. andTosts. • , .

SERIOUS' CHARGE OF, NEGLECT BY A
-PAROCHIAL MEDICAL OFFICER.

' On Thursday, Mr.- W. Carter, the coroner for the
'eastern • division; of Surrey; received, a communication
from the Bermondsey board of - guardians, requt.sting li
him to 'hold an` inquest' on 'the body of a man named
Scott, who died on Friday morning last; at. 22, Bruns-
'iek -after-continuing in a most
'dangerous state for. 24 -hours; during 'which . time the dis-
trict medical officer, although repeatedly sent for, did
snot attend. The woman in- whose house the deceased
-had• lived for twenty-seven years, having hen ant for
by the
,gaurdiaus, in Consequence, of a kttur . from Mr.
Churchwarden Darnell on the subject, stated that she
-obtained a' Medical: order- on Thursday morning last,
.ittbout nine, and took it 'immediately to the' medical
lames dispensary, and also went several times in the
course -cit the day, but only saw the assistant, who said
the matter would be attended to immediately. The man,
hoWever, died onfriday morning, in extreme agony ;
and'the doeter zstont to. the house,. for the first time,
,about ten o'clock-on the Friday, the man. having 'been
.abourfour hours. He is -stated 'to have mad:
inquiries of the woman_ (Mrs. "Edwards) as to.the syrup-
toms before and at-the time of death, and gave the- fol-
lowikg elrtifiCate to the registrar of the sub-distric t inwhich
the death took place :—" I hereby.certify that I attended
' Scott, aged sixty years last hirtiiday ; that r last
saw him-on (left:blark) 1860; that, he died on January
- -6th; 1860, at ;Co. 22,,, Brunswick-coutt, and .that. the
—cause of death .c6s tetinic .Convulsions. , (Here follows
-the' signatureLof 'the- surgeon:), The 'circumstances
becoming known, a letter was written as follows, which
caused the board. to make .an investigation-- into 'the
charge affecting one of their officers : •
•s man named Scott has died :at my house,
--entirely through the neglect of _the parish doctor, whO
•never came till four hours after his death ; and, there-
fore',' an inquiry' ought to be made in the:naatter.
-" I am, sir, your obedient servant, ' ,
(Signed), BENJAMIN EDWARDS, Waterman.
"22, Brunswick-court, Bermondsey, S.E., Jan. 7.
".To W. Darnell, Esq."
'The inquest was to, be holden yesterday, .at three'
o'clock, but the proceedings will:only be preliminary, as
-a post mortem examination will he, made, and •it is
-stated, under the-peculiar nature of the case, the task of
-selecting a surgeon to make it will be delegated by the
coroner to the jury. •
. .

BASE COIN.—It appears from a return recently made
to Government, by Mr. Webster, tlre.inspector and cus-
todian of the counterfeit coin to the Mint, that from the

prisoners tried at the twelve sessions of the. Central
Criminal Court—from October 25, 1858, to October'24,
1859:--the below-mentioned almost incredible quantity
of base coin was taken possession of:—Sovereigns; 38 ;
half-sovereigns, 46;• crowns, 193 ; half-drowns, 1,000;
florins; 422; shillings, 2.220 ; sixpences, 465; and four--
peaces, 66—in all 4,450 pieces, representing a value of
£4OO. The total weight of raetitl , employed in making
the :coin was three-quarters of a ewt. The Central
Criminal Court jnrisdietion is sixteen miles round the
tf;;!eotirt, and this return, which only embraces that area,
•-.‘ It has been calculated, represents about one-third_ of the
• base coin in circulation there.
THE WESTERN BANK.-111 the Court of Sessions,
Edinburgh, on Tuesday, a series of important decisions
was given by Lord Kinloch in the actions in depen-
dence before him against the directors of the Western
Bak. In the case of Miss' PeArson .against Dutilop,
Douglas, and other directors; the Lord 'Ordinary fcipelr
the pleas founded on the. institution' of -the aetick at
the instance of the liquidators against the defenders,
And finds that: the process ought neither ~be.dis'-
' missed nor gated in respect of the• dependence of
the other action, repels also the objections 'to the 'form
and structure of the summons and record, and-to, the

title to -sue, reserving 'pleas 'on the-Inerits of the case;
and uoad ultra finds, that in the present 'case it is
er- ex enfnbr piTOpbrto-cletzrmitzr any_ question
of law or relevancy. anteriotitoL trial, and appoints the
pursuer within eight days to lodge the draft issue or
' issues which he proposes for,the trial 'of the cause.
Similar interlocutors have been issued in the cases
" Landale v. Douglas," "Graham v. Douglas," "
-v-Douglas;" and, in a. lengthened.speech, Lord Kinloch
gives his reasons for these judgments, which practically
dismiss all, preliminary objections to the actions against
'• •the directors, and enable the several pursuers to pro-
ceed against them, notwithstanding that they are also
proceeded against 'by the liquidators as acting for the
shareholders at large.
ANNot4...xcia JtTRIt CITY OF WBST3iIN§TpR. —On
_ _

Thursday night a meeting of the inhabitant housekeepers
-1,-„,Of Westminster how doing- dutr as ,annoyance jurors
called by circular), was held at the,house of Mr,. Baker
e'rawa);Brsner=street; -for- the purpose
of forming a -society, ,and adopting such steps as may
...be deemed desirable. Mr. Robert Cocks, one of the
governors of the poor of St. James's,,was called to- the
chair. -The chattinan, in opening'the proceedings,
directed the attention of 'the meeting to the fact that the
law they had met that evening to try amend was one
of old date; having been passed in the reign of Eliza-
beth, and under which, no less than 25,000 inhabitant
housekeepers of that city had been called from their
lawful business to serve for a period of six months.,
The act gave the burgesses the power to summon
before them no less than 160 housekeepers, out of
which they. selected 96 for jurymen, to do duty for
six months. Many of their duties had fallen into,
disuse by the introduction of the Police and Metropoli-
tan Local-Management Act, the appointment of district
surveyors, &v. ; and the whole system was most cumbrous
and total unadapted to the purpose it 'was designed to.,
serve. In other districts the duties
,were performed by
a properly qualified inspector, who, by going about
singly, had a better opportunity of detecting fraud than
the jury, who were frequently followed by from 50 to
100 of the lowest characters, thus giving notice to all to
remove fradulent weights and measures before exami7,
`nation. Mt. Ci Sargent, Grafton-street, Soho, said he
had great pleasure in proposing the first resolution, viz.
—" That a society be now formed to be called the Society
for Promoting a Repeal of the Law that directs the'
appointment of Annoyance Juries for the City of West-
minster." The resolution was supported by Mr. Asser,
Burliiagton-arcade, and carried unanimously. Several
gentlemen -(all members of the annoyance jury) were
• appointed the committee, with power to add to their I
number.