Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-16 00:00:00

FINANCE COMMITTEE

The puiceeding.s contained a recommendation to• take
premises in Newington;, at a rent of, £34 a-yeari. to, be
used for the purpose of a dispensary.
The proceedings were confirmed:

It was ntived,-according to notice, that the salary of
Mr. Walker, relieving olti,er, be -raised -front £lOO- to
£125, which was agreed to..
The Ckairrnin called attention to the fact. that in one
of the local papers the Daeks' Rating Bill was. erro-
neously described as having passed the second reading.
This was not the fact, as the second reading had been
postponed for a weeks in order to ,allow the Government
to make.their statement.

The. vestry then adjourned

LIVERPOOL POLICE INfELLLGrESCE
'BIM It

ULL.CR.tCKINO

MA.NSPIELI

described as a
the addition of "n•itorious thief,"

—Samuel Ferus,

E"
was ,charged with breaking the heads. of John and
Matthew Shannon, and John Glynn. The. complainants
had their heads tied up, and seemed. to have suffered
considerably. It appeared that on the previous evening
the complainants were standing at a door in Arundel-
street, having some argument with a shoemaker about
shoes, when the prisoner came up, and mahout the
slightest provocation attacked them. with a "

icting serious wounds on • their heads_
Surgeon Powell said the wounds were serious, and.in one
here Niras.slight concussion of the brain. lie•could
it sax what the result might be. The

cracker,

primers -were reminded until the result of the injuries

tained

13EFORE HE SRS. HU CCHISON AND HOUGHTON

THREATENING LANGUAGE.--,-Mr. G. D. Chaplain, late
solicitor at Messrs. Allen and Gillespie's, charged.. Mr.
Qwen Carroll, master stevadore, with having threatened
to do hills some grievous bodily harm. Mt. Cobb was
for the complainants, and Mr. Bluck for. defendant.
Several witnesses were examined at bath .sides, and it
the

4 iustan

apparel that on tue u
Coburg Dock, wheii_a dispate arose about the discharge
of a ship called the Diary Elizabeth, and as Mr. Chaplain
alleged, the defendant threatened to stab him.. On the
other hand, it was ass3rted that the complainant threa—
tened to knock the head off Mr. Carroll with. an.
umbrella,. After hearing both sides of the case, the

magistrates 'dismissed the complaint, saying it was a
shame to see two respectable persons thus differing about

little more than nothing

LIVERPOOL COUNTY COIJW[

-YESTERDST

BEFORE W. A. HULTON, ESQ., JUDGE.
His Honour, on taking his seat, proceeded to hear the

followi

INSOLVENT CASES

Catheiine Longman, glass dealer, in Scotland-road,
supported by Mr. R3by, and opposed by Mr. ilitne.
The court agreed to give judgment at half-past tea
o'clock, this tWednesday) morning.
David Roberts, unopposed. Supported by Mr.
Thornley. The final order was granted.
James Whitter, supported by. Mr. Grocott, opposed
by Mr...lliine, had his final order granted.
James Rinirner had his final order granted, being
unopposed arid unsupported:
• der d for 15th M.
John Irving, supported by Mr. Thoruley, and. =op-
posed , final or
John Wragg, unsupp fixeorted and unopposedarch„had his final
order fixed for the sauce date.
Win. Bell, opposed by Mr. Thornley, and unsupported,
was adjourned till 15th March.
Douglas Csx, supported by Mr. Pemberton,. was
unsupported. His Honour was of .opinien. that
the case was of such a nature that the same proposal
might have been mode by the insolvent ;
,such. had not
been the case, however. Under the circumstances, he
felt himself justified to adjourn the case for further con-
sideration for three months, with protection-
Walter Dillon, Belmont Cottage, whose t
brought before the court several times previously,
was supported by Mr. M'Oubrey, instructed by Ur.
Grocott, and opposed by Mr. Dokum, titteted
by Messrs. Daman, Squarey and Co., for a.creditor fromßirmingham ; by Mr. "WoWii.p for Nir. Humhes Bold-
street; by Mr.. Barrel for the detaining creditors and two
others; and by Ur. Husband for Aki. Hpatheote, The
insolvent unavrwent a sewre examination by the various
legal gentlemen opposing
.
mmanager to„ Mr.
to the amour of .Cl5O his petition, Mr. l‘t•Pherson,
linghe,,, was exarained, and proved that
furniture
in value had been pur-
chased from him by the insolvent,. fora which cash pay-
ments had been promised, and. part tendered at time of
purchase. The goods were not all, delivered, at one time.
4r. ausband contended thiit the insolvent had not
accottnted in his schedule for;the receipkan,d expenditure
of 4532, '

case .had, been

. .
borrowed money from. Mr.saolnaes,-who was
the,insolvent's solicitor in Ireland. The hearing of the
wise occupied full four hours, during which the most
minute and seArching cpiestions were put to the insolvent
as to his private affairs, and the manner of conducting
his business. At the end of his examination the
opposing gentleman addressed the Court, contend-
ing. that the case was one of great fraud, as
the insolvent could not have any reasonable expectation
of meeting the debts. iacarred by him. Mr. M'Oubrey,
for the insolvent, urged that any man had a right to pur-
chase goods on credit, with the hope that he would make,
money and pay for the goods; and he had paid p.art..
He denied that there had been any false representation,
but that the insolvent had been foolish and indiscreet.
His Honour, in summing up the evidence, gave i 4 as hi 4
on looking over me several points, that goodsopinion,had been obtained a
from the creditors•kko....er false
pretences. opposingle would therefore sentence the insolvent to.
eight month's imprisonment, two 11104.145. of which ha 4.
already expired,

LECTURE BY M.R. GEORGE PARRY, OF

SALFORD

The concluding lecture of a course, on the doctrines of

the true Christian religion, was delivered on Sunday
evening last, in the new Jerusalem Church, Bedford-

street, by Mr. George Parry, of Salford. The subject of

the gentleman's lecture was —"Religion ; its relation to
life; domestic, social, commercial, and political." The

service commenced at six o'clock, and the church was

well filled, there being

After som,

devotional

=blued that, as .ay

subject that evening, he had selected t