Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-30 00:00:00

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was afterwa"rds raised by means of lighters. The question
was, what stopped the_entrance of the vessel into the basin?

hief. For the de-
fendatits it was contended that the vessel drew more water
amidships than the numbers on her stern indicated, and
that she " sagged," or curved downwards, and deceived the
authorities at the basin as to her actual draught. Mr.
James Wilde, Q.C., Mr. Cleasbv, and Mr. Vernon Lush-

resting On the sill had caused

ington now showed cause against'the rule. The Attorney-
General, Mr. Edward James, Q.C., Mr. Forsyth, Q.C., and
Mr. Quain appeared to support it. The reading of the
judge's notes of the trial, and the
arguments of Mr. Wilde. and Mr.
day; and the further h

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till 'Monday (

morning.

ENORMOUS DEFALCATIONS 1?1"

A TAX

COLLECTOR.

On Saturday morning, M. Layton, the vestry clerk of
Islington, Loudon, obtained a warrant from the magistrates
of the Clerkenwell police-court, for the apprehension of Mr.
William Wellington Turner, a tax-collector for the parish.
of St. Marv, Islington, and lately residing at 4, Canonbury-
villas, Highbury, on the charge of feloniously embezzling
the sum of £7OO and upwards, received by him for and on
account of the vestry of the parish of St. Mary, Islington.
Mr. Turner has been in the employ of the parish for many
years, and it was not until within the past few days that any
suspicion has been entertained of him. The books have
since been gone over, and although the sum of £7OO only is
mentioned, the loss to the parish is understood to be much
greater. The warrant has been placed in the hands of police-
constable Randall, 172 N, one of the warrant officers of the
court, and it is expected the prisoner will be in custody in
the course of the day.

DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER
POLICE-SERGEANT.

Much consternation was caused in London, shortly
before two o'clock on Saturday morning, by loud cries of
alarm and the springing of rattles of the police in the
neighbourhood of Sparrow-corner and the lower part of the
Minories, nor far from the intersection of the locality by the
Blackwall line of railway. Inspector Scott, of the fifth or
Seething-lane division of the police, being upon his rounds,
with his acting-sergeant, Oliver, heard the cries of some
parties for help, and upon reaching the lower part of the
Minories they heard terrific screams from one of the houses
in the neighbourhood. Sergeant Oliver entered the
premises with his inspector, and was informed that a
powerful fellow, a black, who had taken a lodging at the
house, was upstairs destroying every article of furniture
upon which he could lay his hands, at the same time
swearing in a most frightful manner, and threaten-
ing to stab any one who might dare to approach
him. Nothing daunted, the intrepid sergeant, however,
proceeded up stairs, but neither he nor Mr. Inspector Scott
could find out what had become of the ruffian, whose violence
was sufficiently manifested by the wreck the rooms exhibited.
Oliver upon thisproceeded to the attic, where the fellow was
not to be found, but the sergeant thinking he had got on to
the roof, was getting out of the window after him, when the
wretch commenced a most brutal and cold-blooded attempt
to murder him, stabbing him in the head, neck, and shoulders.
The brave fellow struggled desperately, and nearly disabled
the fiend, who, our reporter was informed, raved and roared
in frantic fury. The noise being heard, the maniac was
beaten off and secured. and poor Oliver immediately
attended by a medical gentleman, who pronounced the
attack to have been so fearful that no hopes could be enter-
tained of his recovery. He was as speedily as possible
taken to St. Thomas's Hospital. His brutal assailant is so
much injured as not to be expected to survive. No man in
the force, we learn, is more respected than Oliver-44*as
been some years in the establishment.

DARING

A PRISO.YER

TRAIN.