Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-09 00:00:00

AMUSEMENTS, &e.

Zoo,
Ppor, GrekL avail ourselves of an
"nity to remind our derrs that the last of the
froth unao Fetes" takes place at these gardens to-day, and
menu tche numerous attractions set, forth in the advertise-
'. Oee other column), there tan be no doubt of au
Qngaextra,.
.-t,''''flarY success." The talent' of the artistes
raCCI thi,se fetes :lave given the highest. satis-
-40,4 tri t° the numerous visitors upon each occasion, and
this `he fact of a new prograinme being announced fir
ket,,beitelling, the' public: may rely upon a treat. The
towrisers of the band consist of some of our most talented
10, 41"1, and have been extensively patronised by the
tellaes,ehf Terpsichore. Great .ffforts are being made to
Nl)j the attractions or. the ball-room, greater than on
bpola;"i°us occasion, so that the fair sex may depend
des,
.that is possible to' render the amusements
Fire ir'g of their especial patronage. A double display of
richs'°:ks is also announced, portraying some of the
aati-‘ eff,!ets in the pyrotechnic art, thus forming a combi-
to,47l„ of attractions not to be equalled in the "good old
eXertb, 'We had also forgotten to mention that the
ett 18 of lierr Mayer, manager of the musical depart"
Nit lye been unremitting, and certainly deserve all the
which has been bestowed upon him.

4148RA.TION IN TqE MININIUM RATE OF
DISCOUNT.
Th,
the t 'lnk Directors, at their meeting yester3ay, pintiuin)
va, ate of discount from 51 to 6 per cent. This
tv,aiere.
°tctlet'ally exp cte3, and n) surprise w Li,
in 'oar,:
'111k%,1.°11el• Mone ary atfairs are certainly g
?e;,Netory app-is”ance, and we are threatene 1 with a
044,46-Iti°4 of the stringency and inconvenience which have
clotiaca th 3 concluding months of the two Trevino: •
14,7* Trade must suffer, and many weak firms wi
to"vitably succumb. If first-class housei are compelled
,05.3tt7i.0ts per -cent• for accommodation, what onerous
tete cipkr character
be exacted from those of a -seconlor third
eve,. 4cer These may be big* respectable, and is
more respect solvent, but not having the;pre3tTge of their
14:e Powerful r vals, their poi ion.under such
,circum-
the-e", je exceediney disadvantageous. The strain upon
ititvelstabli'llutent, both for notes and gold, is believed. to
Nsstrie bet,4 exceseva ; and, as a measure of precaution,a
op Pre P3liey was dictated. The allowance for deposits
1,44e4'1, for the fixel periods wilt be' proportionately ad-
and. thus large suing* that nolght otherwise be in 7
tlie:o!iu the funds, shares, &e., will be attrae el to the
title e '7(srY .41t ulvket, where the supply will consequently con-.. 1

•
C —RESIGVATION OP MR. VOLT OCK.
‘leVe it may b 9 considered certain the Office of
fret " our local county court is at presen!., in point-of
die°l`lsllt. The health of Mr..Palloek rend ring it of late
14014,t for him to undergo ne laborious.. and almost
ot hi-41tduties,inducedhim to determine upon aresig nation
ohs 13,1 ,°sition, and we believe he now only holds the
fe,llll tha appointment of his succelsor takes place.
Atr"` sa isfied th t the feeling in Liverpool at the loss
%tire'
' ?°llock's services in this capacity will be one of
tevet. No gentleman holding a judic al appoint.
iittll3l4lll,°rlg us d7schated his duties with greater ability,
t 4 th. "41 °ernpulous attention, and with more sntisfacLian
the It frequently happened that questions of
illt:e "at importance, involving mercantile and shipping
eotiret."B' earee to be decided in the Liverpool County
kEloode,l4ll4. in all such instances the thorough, 'legal
ever 15 and the ilute.pereeption. of the pointitembrened
'414 thY,citle3ti°n, which It '. Pollock displayed, 'rendered
.44 rt valuable judge for such a community It need,
0 syid that the politeness and perfect. courtesy
4ot„Cr• Pollock manifested, to all with whom his duties
takti t in contact, were as conspicuous as his judicialwhich
kt,t3Land professional attainments. The regret.
be ilten.
°.'veitcB resignation of his office must oocas on will
u/.111.7ned by the knowleiga that it has been occasioned
tir4Do uealth ; although only, it may be hoped, of a
rikrY and passing nature

111!1;p14t.lik=lh, an error in yesterday's News of the Day a ra'he,lr
We said VI -1, M. 11,1 g,
Li‘l,, blunder appeared. , • . •8 Pa' k.
qOpilce delivered a sermon at St. Paul '= Pr! 'Fe . a
111/' 1, a4l the world" known tha worthy divine xst,
hOo-lretau D " Itshoul I have been . Dr. M'Nelle,
1 el
'lleer"
4; r vdt • GUAM SWXLL MOBSMAN.—FO;
tlf): fair or e
tu Ay
'is
‘a
fellow named James blacktnore,
,ott/I:ll4lll°,,,,•ilpioel•clearas a Travelling thief, has in railway
l'ettgl: ""i at fairs and races carried on a very successful
lite afl-4:l.Pielceocket. F.xceediog.ly well dressed, and
Z,4lfrpin 401 e and palite, he passe i as. a gen.-fenny', and
N1)11', gshah a position, he on Friday tight Int, with a
a3e.g 19atIV Well attired, stepped into a first classear
cm Ntr'—r,,`',rninghana for Perry Bar. Jeans, of the Londonhis
-eVI t(1-17. 17 tstern detcc'ive police, also took it into.
11:11 ade that a siralar trip, and amongst other busir.ess
tltti the of watching Mr. Blackmore a pa•ticalar poi
was a
/11°_11_,Ag LviB..ah3,o carriage in which the,e pe.s ins got
Ligs.rue .1. "lona Btrminghlm, Misn Reb. cca Fe ir, n, who
1r -a
_, Juveniles under her care. Toe ' sweli" at ne, x.ht.
1,44 da° his companion
opposite, and when the tn.'
l's the' at perry 13 trßl k egot out. Before he began
baisil'eelld the Steps • _ ac mor
Ltd be . leading toroad, MSS Fearon
the ,
-,anle 101ciurse
B acknaore
, Nvl.l.Al contained only 4s ld.
4 it. ,gnant at being charged with knowi,,g ought_
lltch
thing take her purse !" said he, " whoever beard of
e,,,llislrid tti.enigt.::n.i
,Haviever, it was pressed that he had
th Pe,ron
~ u Jenne cerniog up heard him whisper to
nt titer that he went,' retu n bar purse anil.m ine‘va
eer ahih'd taking it, and Blackmore, then s eing n
.aP ih-"°lt to lay hold of him ran off. In an attempt to
Itottd edge.he stuck in the mi,•idle, and was c aught. 1.11 e
Ilfate•ltteicePtlabbitif!re Messrs.
A. Kenr ck.and Thomas Bagna I,
11.'4 Wert, • '-hffine, Wea Bromwicb, viten t.he,, above
hli, ,_ given il evidence and Detective Spoke, , !"%.""
:°tate(' !Ilan], gave the entle'men the informa'aon we ll e
al th: tc° his antecgedents The court after hear,ng
,t-ellt 14- (-..8/41-" that he .was guilty of this robbfrym.
cl‘rakr2. '.° the treadmill for six moaths.--13inning"

BIRKENHEAD MURDER.

THE CASis BEFORE THE CORONER.

Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, H. Churton, Esq., held an
adjcurned inquest, at the Caste Hotel. Birkenhead, on the body of John
Drury, whose body was found near the Dock Cottage pro7..erty ou
Sunday night. The three parsons amused of the murder of the above,
Frauds Smyth, John Smyth, and Peter Gar, agtter, were in attendance,
and were represented by Mr. Bretherton.

The first witness examined wax police-constable. Graham, who
stated that, on the night in question, he heard the cries of mnrder,
and, on turning back a few pales, a man (Dunn) came up and stated
that he had been stabbed. After :th at, Dann was convoyed to the
hospital by police constable Clarke, and subsequently Giaham loan
the body of the deceased man. He then detailed all the particulars
se to what he heard and what he did, the result of which was that he
went into the house, No. 7, i block, when he saw two me a in be 1'
one of whom was Francs Smith, nha had white trousers on. and a
white shirt, both of which were besmered w th blood, an 1 he had a
cat on the left hand side of the head. Tlie other man in bad was
Peter Gallagher. The other prisoner, John Smith, was apprehended
in the adjoining room. There ware marks of blood on his clothes.
On the way to Bridewell: Gallagher said he had been in bed since eight
o'clock, and knew nothing for what he was being taken for.
Mr. F. Stephenson, a surgeon. stated that, on Tuesday
afternoon, he had made a post martens examination of
the body of the deceased Drury. Externally he found
two incissions on the right side of his face. a cut on the
right shoulder, an incised wound on the left arm, and a wound en
the left side before the fourth and fifth wound. On the chest
was a large wound, in the left verticlo communicating with the ex-
ternal wound, and would have caused immediate death. The knife
p oduced would have inflicted such a wound. It was about three
inches in depth.

Police Constable Clarke give similar evidence to that given by WA
brother constable, Gr ,bam.

Constable Hodgson spoke to arresting the prisoner, John'Smith,
who was partially dressed, his shirt being smeared with blood. Who
charged with the crime of murder he made no reply. He had been
drinking. He had not male any inquiries as to the knife.
William Leyland. a striker in the Canadian Works, saw, on the
night in question, the prisoner, Frank Smith, wrestling with some
man, and soon after he heard a cry of "A knife, a knle." Another
man was within hrlf a yard of them, and an3ther man came up and
threw a stone at Frank Smith. After the stone was thrown, Frank.
Smith fell sndd lily. Mrs. Hey want out and said, "My Frank, your
killed." When a light was git the witn3ss saw the three prisoners
f Bowing Mrs. Hay. After thit he heard one of them say, We are
the three b---ga for them."
Jame, Thomas, ano her stOker, was at home at the time, when he
heard a great noi.e outalp, and on looking out saw a number of
people kicking each other. He saw one man throw a stone at a man
who fell. He did not know any of the parli-r.
Mrs. Ann Wesre, the woman exam'ned before the magistrates on
Tuesday, was next called, and she made a sinil a* statement to that
which shehad. made on the former occasion.

The girt Chalouer also un:_de the same statement as ahe did b fore
the maristrates. '
James Edwards, a labourer belonging to the Canada Works, also
living in I bloc of-the Dock Cottages, was in hit house on Sunday
night, when he heard a noise, and on poking ut of the:hou ehe saw,
swan or eight men fightingitogether, one aino,g the other. He went
to go out but his wife stepped him, and would not:et him, nor would
she ase oad time. Therefor% h- again went to the wi. dow and save•
a man comin; round from he corner where tile deceased wa He
met Frank Smith oppo.ite the window and: knockel him down with
a stone, and then ran down towards the IC, block. •
The next witness cared was Peter Miler, who, sated that he lived
.in I block.' On Sunday night he was in b_di and was awakened by" a
disturbance in the avenue. He went to the window, where he saw
two men snarling, when one said tithe other, "there have been two
of you at him.". Some blows were exchanged, and they ran into the
passage No. 7, I block, bat had not been the .e long before they
_
returned into_ _the avenue, having hold of ,each - other.
Aacther
,133. an came, and there were two ,to one, i,its he -took
the part-of one of them, bat another soo curie up and then they
ware equal, They had not been-long " agate" of each other befora
one of them cried out for " a stone," and another shouted oat Here's
a knife, a knire." The scuffle was going on when a stone hit one 'of
the men on the head, and two of the men ran away and did not show
themselves again. The min who was kno:ked down had on a pair
of light trousers and a blue jacket.

By Mr. Bretherton—He cried out for '1 stone," and the answer,
i I my impression, " Here's a knife," was in answer to it.
John Hoare, the young man examined before the magistrates on
Tuesday, was tared called, and he gave the same account of the trans-
action as he had done on the former occasion. The only additional
evidence given by this wines was, that justebefore ha wa. attacked,
he saw the deceased standing in his shirt sleeves opposite the lobby. :
Hs did not see him after the, until he went to his " wake" on the
same night. -
Hugh Keenan was also c Wed, and gave the same evidence as Ins
had dents oh the former examination before the magistrates.
Martin Radagin, of A block of the Deck Colages, stated that the
deco:teed lodged w:th him at No. 27, for about four weoke, and the
last time he saw him alive WAS about nine o'clock on Sunday night at
the Eggs and BAcnn public-hence. At that time ha was not drn
He then asked him to come home, bat he would not, and after that
he (witness) stated that. he teat him a shilling. Thu deceased was a
qtitatt min. He had been at Prescot on that diay to see his wife any
fnny; and had after his retur.a got his tea, and then went out
perfectly sober and quiet. •
At this j incta-e of the inquiry,. the Coroner, with the jury, ad_
j uraed to the hospital for the purpose of taking the cepoeitions of the
man, Dunn, who was evidently injured in the same' affray as had
can ed the death of the deceased. On this =idols the,coroner did
not express the slightest obj iclion to the representatives of the Pres,
being I relent to hear the statement made by that, the most important
witness that could be heard, althoughlhe magistrates had not the
courtesy to do so, under the pretext that it might frustrate the ezda
of jastim. His statement was as :follOws : •
John D inn, the poor injured man, stated: I live at th ink Ct.
tsges. On• Sunday I went to the publichouse about half past nine
o'clock, and left in about ha'f an hour. I-did not knew the degas, ea
by name, but I might know him le•l had seen him after I left the
pualichouse. I recollect seeing shine enen running along the poec
dottageseon the'doc ( side. When I got ue to where they were, .
there, was about four of them. I went-up to them, but; (,cannot toll
who they were. They were fighting one another. One was dewn.
There was two inside the doorway, and two out, and they were
striking et one another. I went to the' door to sea if I knew any of
them, -when I was struck, as I thought, with a fist, bu' it 'woe w tie a
knife in the left side. I saw the man who struck we; he wore,
white tron‘ersi a•,d had a d ,rk j ackst on, but I do no know him.
I saw the polio man, and was brought to the hosptal.
Tae man laid oppodt e the door way where I was stabbed, but did
net stir or move when I saw him. I have seen the, three persons
accused, and I cannot identiry one of them as the party who stabbed
me. He depositions he gave in the clearest and most collected man
ner, and siened it without the slightest hesitation.
Tee jury then retired to the Hotel; when Mr. Bretherten, in
a most able and masterly manner, addressed the jury on behalf of the
three accused, contending that there was not the slightest evidence
against John Smith or Peter Gallagher, and the only thing that was
brought against Francis Smith w:s the knife that was found, as one
witness said, under his hand, but another said eight feet from him,
which it was clear could not be the fact, as he would not have loft
behind him the emblem of his own guilt ; therefore, after taking all
the facts into consideraton, they woul 1 at once! say that the three
epers nes accused hal nothing whate er to do with the stabbing of
,the ecoased.
:'The Coroner then proceeded to sum up the evide nd in
doing so, observed that tim jury would recollect that tee learned
gentleman whs had addressed them, had been retaMsd by tha
.arcused, therefore 113 hope t that his obseryations would have no
• weight with them, but that they •.would alone pay attention to the
evidence, which he would real over. But there was one thing
that he must refer to, end that was the total carelessness and want
of feeling-evinced by the navvies in that, didriet, and also their
t tat diem gird to 1 fe, for there they had the fact—that on- man was
mortally stab' ed—another was severely injured. by a stab in the
lungs, an i a third had nearly received a mortal wound from the
elf !eta of al immense stone that bad bowl hurled w.th great
force at him. Such a -state of th ngs was truly lament—
able, but how it was to to prevented he did no: know.
The respected coroner then read over the evidence a idaced
d ari iig the Investigation, Upon which he offered some
comments, for the-purpose of enabling thej -try to come to a right and
proper conciutian, but, in so doing, hr also pointed out the
discrepancies in the several statements Veit hod been made. Having
recapitu'atod the evidence, he said it wanly be for the j ery to give
their verdict. It was quit- clear that a in in hod been most cruelly
murdered, and it won d be for them t say whether the evidence
addend in the lead effe!ted tee men who had been charged. It was
a cost involvsd in meevery, and it appeared a great dacalty to
unravel that mystery, bit, taking the whole coats into (consider ttion,
it would be for them to find a verdict se oording to the evidence, which,
he booed, would be ash factory to themselves and to the county at large.
Ater a brief censultatioa, the jury returned a verkt of " Man-
slaeg'lte • " aertin4 the three prisonors, and they wore consequently
c. mmitted to take their hi rl at the next assizes for the c ffence.
The following were the names of the jurors : —H. S. Nels on, .1:

Taylor, G. Barnett, G. Brrtroe, H. Robinson, H. Ma•tin, C. Hants,
J Mulholland, R. Hargreaves, T. Woodwork, S. Coate., J. C. Ward,
E. H. Birch, atd 0. Edwards.

It is scarcely ne_es,ary to say that this investigation, which rom-
men2el at ten o'cit ck in the morcd g and did not cone:ude until nine
o'clock in the even ng, created a great sensation in Birkenhead.

RATHER AN EXPENSIVE EXCURSION—We believe it will
be found that the expense of the recent visit of inepction
to the lighthouses. lice-boat slat oas, &c., paid by tla.
members of the Dock Committee, amounted to somewhat
ever £220. Our readers are aware that these annual
num, &otos are accernponed by bargoets, to which a great
numter of ggAlemen, Lot members of the Dock Commit.eP,
are i ivited. . Considering how much w‘o hear of the
me. ssity of economy, and the very freveot oppAtion
ra'sed by members of the Dock Committee to an allow-
ance of Lo being made to the widows an children of men
killed in the service of the trust, one cannot help thinking
£220 rather a heavy item of expense for the performanoc
of a formal duly.