The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

POLIdVINTELLIGENCE.-;-;YrsTERDAY

L1V1..1000
nEratis -lei?. MANSFIELD,
R,xsevr.oa ,ra,Pgra pst, WIFE'S OFERATIOXS.— A
decent loaking person, named Robert Armstrong, of Lydia•
,4,tuae!street, ehb,igred his wife, Anne. Armstrong, with
having aeeaulted him. The complainant, who was described
asi a 'respectable sea-faring map,,told , a story of the
,nie,st
dismal description, from whieh it appeared that the
prisoner beeibeen a ci,unkerd for many years, and *hat the
has • roieed his pro epects in
.life,,but had neatly,
; veined hie elfildren: Hs tinted every nieeus to reclaim
I. her, but all failed.: He brought- elkrtynieti to attetupt
rel.wen, but theN ride 1. She had ioadil a hei4t-tar of !,iv),
and butecichereouditet lie would have been worth Ibuiteaudsoi
pimuds. tier lauguage-:vvee molly es ad as 1,,r conbee
ud the ex ani).,:e she gr., e tier ebitd:tv....::.”
•e I to eeli 311.;,
Christ maa ,Da y,,;lese,.t she took out a 'beds .'and sold it for
drink.. Last night elle• heat hira with a poker, and he,
gave her into Custo4 die hal her before the magistrates,
several times, but all failed-to reclainr her.: ?el'. Mansfield
censured the horrible conduct. of the prisoner, and sent
her to jail for two months.
lisrirorroa.—A pt or but decent looking woman, named
Jeiasitradley, Wit s„brcp.ght up loy an-officer, who Faid.she-
earptoli'ite- pn:viotpi -11;ght, and stated that she was in
great distre49,l andltad :no place to' 'go, and that' she hid
Wssii turned out Of the workhouse, and she wished to be
taken befdre a magistrate. The poor woman, in reply to
his worship, said herself and motherformerly had a stand
in. one of the markets, and were in good circumstances.
Her: paeteer died, arid her sight became bad, and she lost
her posid SD. She was obliged-to einto the workhouse
wi It her chili, who is now ill there; andata she -could not.
work, she was not allowed to remain in the house, but her
child is there, ills at prevent. She said if she had
three shillings she could make a living for herself, and
would be aale to take out the child in a fortnight. Mr.
Mansfield : What would. .y ou do with, three shillings?
I would go out with a basket', and make out a living. ntr.
Mansfieleta Well, I will give -yen fivOiliillings, and that
will be bejaer than tbrefteejlisepoor.creature seemed over-
whehriecr veithjoyaaudexpresseed her deep gratitude to the,
worthy. and benevolent magistrate.
THE suip3 En FUME:I4ND LADT, EBRIKOTON.—A short time
since!asn enquiry took place, at St. George"s Hall, into, the
alostizof the-above ships; before Meisrs. Mansfield and Capt.
Walker, andyeetaNayltleaMansfield received a letter from
-the-Beard cf Trade in reference to them, and he read, the
fallowing ate 'ease-of-the ErUperor," it appears to
my Lerds that the neglect of the master to use the lead,
to which the loss of the vessel is attributed, was a default
which is I..lPta_o.tflepatedalty cireutnatancesi of the
case, • and which they cannot properly. or consistently
pas-over: They, hare therefore decided that Captain
Mitchell's certificate shall be suspended for six months
frorn•-the date at which it was
adeliverel to you. As
regards the case of the Lidy Ebriogton,' my Loids
'consider that the neglect to use' theleadline was not less
cadpable than in the case of. the 'Emperor,' but considering
Captain Iliiihnan's general conduct and character, and the
sueeeisfulaefforts made by him to extricate his Ship, my
Lords,have determined not to withhold his certificate from
him any longer. They therefOre request you to return him
his certificate (which isenclosed for the purpose), with a
warning against a' r epetition of the neglect which has in the
present case been attend,,d with such sex-iglus conse-
quences."
GOING FROM TILE CIRCUS —Mr. Henry Maybauke, of 8,
Devonshire-street; charged a well dressed young fe male,
named Louisa Brach'ett, with being Cerium-lea robbery
comMitted,on him in Stanhope-street.- :He. said he was
going fro circus the previous night, about half-pa-t
twel444 o'eloek; when the prisoner accosted him, but he
re 'used to
,speek to her;: and tried to 'shake her cff. She
dogged hirli along to
p,per Stanhope-street, and when
a clitakVissagii ebb gaitiVpi!culier coitgli, When a
man and wow:bear/Ass, mete, rushed , out, knocked him
down, and" inslantly plundered him of his watch. He
suteeeNttitehtildit6g th%aptisoner, but the others got off.
On, th'e prfflpner benigaearelied at the elation, the key of
prosecutor'S vital via found close .to where she was -
standing. Mr. Mitri4fielci Said,-he 'wit's resolved to put a
stop to such a system in' Liverpool. It-appeared to him
;that there were gangs of women and men connected-
-the latter awaiting in dark passages to *rush out and rob
such people as the former might succeed in getting to
them. He sent the prisoner for trial at the assizes.
How DID -IT , HAPPEN ?—Mr. Muck appeared on the part
of a man named. Martin Gunn, Whom he deseribad as a
licensed emigrant runner, and said a day or ,two ago hie
client was brought up on a charge of having stolen £5
from au Irish emigrant. •The.complainant did not appear
on that occasion and the man was discharged. Re said a
report cf the case appeared in the papers, and had dons
his client great injury. and in addition to that, his basis.
had lai,en taken from him. Now, he (Mr. Bluck) had the
person present, who had entered the charge on that
occasion, and he was ready to swear that he was drunk on
that occasion, and did not know what be was doing, and
that the man had not robbed him of anything, but on the
contrary, he had taken care of his money, and prevented
him from being robbed. He wished to make this state-
ment, for the benefit of his client, who had been eo deeply
injured. Mr. Mansfield said he was satisfied, if Mr.
Clough' could say so. Mr. Clough said he had no confi-
dence whatever in the man Gunn, nor in the emigrant
(Laughter.) They were divades _limbo. (Laughter.)
but-of 'course he could not now say more. Mr. Bluck:
I think you have said too much. Ile then examined the
emigrant, 'who coefirmed what he (Mr. Bluck) had stated,
and said he would entrust Gunn with a thousand pounds.
He was very sorry' for what had happened, but he was
drunk. Mr. Mansfield toldhlr.Bluck to apply to Captain
Schoenberg on, the point.
Fuscous ttniviNo.--:-Aathur M‘Guinness and Robert
M‘kittricke were fineallOs for furious driving in Scotland
place. (The po'ice would render vast service to the public,
and probably save some lives, if they paid a little more
aitention to this sort of offence, which is general and dan-
gerous, No doubt the attention of the head' constable and
other officers will be called to this matter,,and the public
properly proteeted from the serious consequences to which
they 'are hourly. exposed by reckless— blackguards;
who drive shandrys and other vehicles through crowded
thoroughfares at a rate that would hardly be tolerated on
an unfrequented road.) • ; .
STaneraat CASE Donnellan, a resident of Stanley-
street, was charged. with stabbing Mary M‘Gurk. There
wate.as usual, in such cases,:a 'tight, and the prisoner 'used
a knife, with which he inflicted wounds on the com-
plainant's chest and one of her hands. The prisoner was
sent for trial.--John Birmingham was charged with
stabbing Catherine Washington. The complainant lives
in Chisenhale-qreet, and she swore the prisoner rushed
into her house the previous evening, and, with a knife,
stabbed her in the face. She di i not know him, never saw
him before, and certainly did not give him any provocation.
He was sent for trial.
Tue LITTLE BLACK BOY TUAT WANTED A DRINK
A very laughable case came before his worship, in which
a man named Michael Melly was charged with having
stolen a tobacco sign (s, little 'black boy) from the shop of
Bridget M'Dermott, of St. Martin's street. The amount,
however, of the case was this. About three o'clock on
Sunday morning last, Mr. Malty was roving about the
streets looking out for some object to exercise his bene-
Yolence upon, when he saw the "little black boy" over the
door of complainant's house, and by a one of these
acrobatic jumps, he planted himself on the signboard,
took down the " poor fellow," handed him most carefully
to Frank Boys, who affectionately said, " Come here my
poor could boy, and I'll give you a big drink ;" and- he
took hint into a beer house. (Loud laughter.) After a
scene of great merriment, the prisoner offered to pay for
the " little black boy," and he was remanded in order to
prOctire'the money.

BANXRU.E'TOY COURT-YESTERDAY.

BEFORE MR. COMMISHONZR S?BVENSON.

In re JOSEPH SToxxa.--Assignees were appointed in
this case, and an allowance made to the bankrupt of 35s
per week.
lii re J. & T. BASNETT.—The bankrupt., who were op-
ticians, passed their last examination. The granting of a
certifioate was fixed for the 3rd of June.

TILE Nzw PARLTAMENT.—One hundred and eighty nine
persons aho had no seat in the House of Commons at the
period of its dissolution have been returned to the new
parliament. Of course a corresponding ,number have
been ejected, or have retired from public life. In addition
to these, twelve members were returned during the frag-
ment of a session between the 3rd of February and the
20th of March, who :have succeeded in retaining their
seats. So that 201 new members appear in the "Par-
liamentary Companion" who had no place in the regular
annual edition for 1857. This is almost a% large an amount
of change as has taken place at any dissolution since the
Reform Act, the numbers having been :—ln December,
1832, at the general election, 280 persons; in January,
1835, at the general election, 184 persons; in August
1837, at the general election, 121 persons : in July, 1841,
at the general election, 183 persons ; in July, 1847, at the
general election, 213 persons ; in Jaly, 1852, at the gene-
ral election, 201; on the present occasion 189 persons.
It is also worthy cf notice, that in the interval be-
tween the laat and the present general election 152 new
members took their seats on the occurrence of va:ancies.
So that the reader who only purchases "the dissolution
edition" of the " Parliamentary Companion" will find 341
new names in the present issue, being considerably mote
than half the house,—Dod.