The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-26 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFoRB MR. MAN-FIELD.

CHARGE OF SMUGGLING AGAINST A CAPTAIN. —M r .
Alexander Abbott, the master of the ship Falcon, from
St. John's, was charged with having attempted to smuggle
four bottles of brandy, value 18s. Alexander Jenkins, an
excise officer, said he saw the defendant send a bag of some-
thing from the ship, and he asked him what it contained.
He said'some aid things, but on searching it, he found four
bottles of brandy, value 18s. The defendant said the
biandy was sent ashore open,,iad besides he had purchased
it, dat3 paid, in St, John's, and he thought that was
enough, having paid duty once. If he had dont) anything
wrong, it was not wilfully, but through ignorance. Mr.
Mansfield : But this brandy has not paid British duty. De-
fendant : It paid duty in St. John's, and that's a British port.
Mr. Mansfield: So is Dublin a British port, yet there is
a difference of dtity here. Captain : Well, I have acted
though ignorance. Mr. Mansfield : Pay 18s, the value
of the brandy. The fine was paid.
INDECENT ASSAULT.—Two persons, named Michael
Murphy and Julies Sheppard, were charged with having
Committed an indecent assault on a girl named Margaret
M'Mahon, in Redmond Place, Circus street. The charge
was proved against Murphy and he was fined lOs ; the
other prisoner was discharged. - .
A DESPERATE RUFFIAN.—A fellOw named James
Watkins was charged with having broken the arm of a
female named Julia Haley. It appeared that the parties
resided in the same house, in court 30, Paul street,
and on Tuesday night the prisoner had some dispute
with his wife. The complainant was in bed,
and remonstrated with him on the impropriety of his
conduct, when he took up a poker and gave her a blow
on the arm, which smashed the limb. Surgeon Davies,
from the Northern Dispensary, said the arm was broken
above the elbow, and the fracture would be somewhat
difficult to manage, as it was rather serious. The
prisoner was sent for trial at the assizes.
A PINCH OF SNUFF. —On Tuesday night, officer 630
found an old woman named Eller' Doherty, sitting on
the steps of the Royal Bank, Castle street. She wonli
not go away, and he took her to the station. He observed
her trying to conceal some‘hing, and on asking her
what it was, she said a box of matches, but on searching
her, he found it was a massive silver snuff box,
value about £4, having engraved on it " James Tennant,
Liverpool," and she then said Mr. Tennant had given
her the box, as a keepsake, for a pinch of snuff. Mr.
Tennant, who was formerly a police officer, said he was
in a public house in Park lane, where he lost the box,
but knew no more about it. Mr. Clough said, drink had
a singular effect an Tennant. He would be stupidly
drill-1k and would walk along the dock quays, the street
or any other place with apparent sobriety, and no one
would imagine hilt he was perfectly sober, whilst at the
time he would he totally oblivious and quite drunk. It
appeared that Mr. Tennant was minus his watch and
chain, and the prisoner was remanded.
VIOLENT ASSAULT.—MichaeI Mooney, a joiner, residing
in Wright street, Park, charged John Eiars, and John
Evars, his son, and Anne, the wife of the first named, for
having committed a desperate assault on him. From
the evidence, it appeared, that on Monday :,;ght. the
younger of the Evars, had some distrn-,`,,e with Mooney, but
nothing serious then took et . ace On Tuesday, about three
o'clock, the nrit`,;nerd having got charged with drink,
broke illta) the house of complainant, and beat him about'
'Lite head and face, with one of his own hammers, in a
fearful manner. He was dreadfully injured, and his
appearance bore evidence of the ill usage he had
received. There a'as no apparent cause for this gross
outrage on the unfortunate man. The prisoners were
fully committed for trial.
AN OTEI E a STARRING CASE.— William M'Bride was
charged with having stabbed Bridget O'Donnell. The
parties reside in 16 court, Paul street, and on Monday
night some dispute arose between the prisoner and a
female, regarding a charge that was made against the
prisonet's daughter. The complainant interfered, and
the prisoner, taking part with his daughter, drew a pen.
knife from his pocket, and stabbed the woman in the
forehead, over the eyeball. The wound, although serious,
is not a dapgerous one. The prisoner was sent for trial.
Suspicious. —A SLY R-oone.—George Sly was charged
under the following circumstances. It appeared that in
the last week about a dozen of coats were stolen from
the. Stanley dock warehouses. About ten in the morning
one of the men employed in the warehouse gat the
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no coat, but there was one found near where he was con-
cealed. He was rematided in order to make further
enquiry about him.
"ALL IS FISH THAT COMES IN THE NET."— George
Mathews and James Hemer, two carmen, were employed
to carry some fish from Tithebarn street, and so well did
they perform their duty, that they carried it away. They
were however caught and handed over to the police.
They were sent to jail for one month, and their licence
ordered to be revoked.

COUNTY COURT—Yesterday.

BEFORE JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.

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NECESSITY FOR AN .ASSF,TANT JUDGE.—An application
having been made to his, Honour during the day to fix a time
for hearing a case in which Mr. Hime was advocate, his
Honour remarked that ho was unable to comply with the
application, as every day, for a considerable time, would be
fully occupied with the cases already arranged for hearing.
He added that the business of the court had quite gone beyond
his power to' dispose of, and that tho necessity for some
assistance being given was becoming every day more apparent.
He hoped the present session of parliament would 'not pass
over without an act being passed to appoint a second judge
for Liverpool, and to have a court sitting every day, without
which it was impossible speedy justice could be done in so
large a community. He had communicated on the ,subject
with the Lard Chancellor, who assured him that he was very
anxious the government• should take steps to provide the
required assistance. Mr. Hime said' ho feared government
were not very favourably disposed towards Liverpool at
present. s His Honour said he did not think that had anything
to do with the matter, or that there was any disinclination
whateVer on-thee part of •govermnent to' give the assistance
required. The only difficulty was in the passing of an act to
apply only.te.pee community..
STAITUR Y. MULLINS.—The plaintiff in this case was Mr
W. G. Stattur, of Oldham street, Manchester, printer, and the
defendant Mr. James Mullins, tea dealer, of Mill street,
Liverpool. The action was brought to recover £8 6s 8d
being the-cost of printing 1,000 copies of a- paper called the
Catholic Guardian,. alleged to have been printed -on the order
of the derendant. The case for the plaintiff was, that defend-
ant-was one of a committee appointed some time since to carry
out the project of establishing a newspaper called the Liverpool
Catholic Guardian. It was arranged that,the plaintiff should
furnish 2,000 copies, bitt Mr. Mullins urged that 3,000 should
be printed, arid finally, according to plaintiVa statement,
became guarrantce teethe additional 1,000. A witness named
Rankin deposed that the papers were not delivered for some
hours after the time agreed on, and that a great many were
spoiled. The impression of this witness was that Mr. Mullins
only became responsible for any of the 1,000 papers which
might remain unsold. Mr. Mullins denied having given the
gparantee alleged by the plaintiff. The case Was adjourned to
the 3rd of April for the production of further evidence.

as to when he had seen the smoke, and had given notice to
the defendants
Ist Notice sth May, 1856.
2nd Notice - luth May, „
3rd Notice
4th Notice
sth Notice l3th June jn
6th Notice 91 s t June ~
7th Notice 26th June ~
Bth Notice llth July
9th Notice l7th July
10th Notice "Bth July „3
11th Notice
12th Notice "oth Jan., 1857.
13th Notice ... • 4th Feb. „
Mr: Shell From the report you have furnishetl, I per-
a3ive that from the Ist of August to the 20th of January
there was no complaint. Did you visit the works during
that time? Inspector Wignall : I did, and there was
nothing to complain of. Mr. Shell: If they could prevent
smoke during that time, they could always do so. Mr.
Nl‘Ctowan : Of course they could. Mr. Wye Williams was
then called, and his evidence went to prove that there was
no occasion for the nuisance, if proper precautionary
measures were taken by the stoker in feeding the furnace.
Tee person who appeared for the defendants stated that all
• had been done tbat couid be done to prevent the evil ; but,
in answer to Mr. ITGosvan, admitted that since Christmas
new hands had been employed, which Mr. M`Gowan
stated to have been the cause of the nuisance. The bench,
in inflicting the fell penalty of. £5 in these cases, hoped
that it would act as " a refresher" that the law must be
obeyed, and that no further complaints would be requisite.
It is scarcely necessary to say that the casas were most,
ably con lucted by Mr. M`Gowan, and Inspector Wignall
the s :le witnesses, and that nu demurrer was expressed :to
the decision of the bench.

A SCENE IN THE MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.

At this session, Mr. Dames, of Scott, introduced a
resolution, which had been previously offered in joint
session, of this tenour : —Resolved, in the General As-
sembly of the State of Missouri, that the emancipation
of slavery in the State of Missouri is impracticab'e and
unjust to the slaveholders, and ought not to be agitated.
The resolution was read, and a motion was made to
suspend the rule, and that it be read a second
time. Mr. Reid objected. Mr. Dames did not
fear gunpowder, and begged to inform the gentleman
that his room was at No. 12, Newman's ho'el. Mr.
Reid : If I am not mistaken, it may be at No. 12, a little
lower down the river. Mr. Dames : Yours ought to be
cell No. 12. Penitentiary, Where you ought to hove been
before you fought the battle of Ossawattomie. Mr. Reid
arwe, and Mr. Dames, facing the speaker, continued his
remarks. Mr. Dames : Your p iwder has no terrors for
me ; lam contending for principle. At this moment
Mr. Reid had stepped to the right hand side of Mr.
D ,rnes. He laid his left hand upon his shoulder, and
drawing off with his right struck him (Mr. Dames) a
heavy blow on the right cheek and knocked him down.
Mr. Reid was then taken by his friends to his seat.
Mr. Dames having recovered somewhat from the effect
of the blow, said—l say, sir, that no man but a cowardly
assassin would step up behind a gentleman's back and
strike him. I pronounce him a coward and a scoundrel.
Mr. Reid here stepped forward again, when Mr. Dames
raised a tumbler with the evident intention of throwing
it at him. Mr. Reid then drew a knife, when Mr. Allen,
of Warren, and several other gentlemen, stepped in front
of Mr. Reid, and he retired to his seat. Mr. Barnes was
also prevented from throwing the glass by gentlemen
around him. The latter gentleman was then conducted
from the room. IJp to the present time nothing
further has transpired in regard to the position of the
parties.—St. Louis Republican.

RAILWAY COLLISION.—On Tuesday morning, at 9 50, a
collision took place near the Slaithwaite station on the
London and North Western Railway, between a goods and
passenger train, which resulted in serious injury to several
passengers. They were both down trains. The passenger
train was due at Slaithwaite at 9 30, and the goods train
preceding it, arrived two minutes before that time. Two
waggons were being shunted from the luggage train on to
another line, when the passenger train ran into the luggage.
The drivers jumped off their engines on seeing the danger.
The goods waggons standing on the line, by the violence
of the shock were unc-,upled, and caught the engine of the
goods train, as it was shunting the two other waggons
mentioned, doing great injury to the engine and several
of the waggons. The line wal blocked up two and a half
hours. Little injury was done to the passenger train,
though several of the passengers were much injured. One
gentleman had his jaw bone broken, and several teeth
knocked out. Another man, seeing the approaching danger,
jumped out of the window, and suffered a blight sprain by
he fall. Soma passengers returned by the express train ;
the others went forward.

ROBBERY OF £l7O, AND CLEVER CAPTURE OF THE
THIEF. —l'sterday week a carter, named James Harding,
was entrusted with a bag containing £l7O in gold and
silver, to convey from Hanging Ditch to the house of of his
master, Mr. Gibb, of Corporation street, near Windsor
bridge, Salford. The man put the bag in his cart, and over
it some bags of cotton. On the way he stopped for about
half an hour at a beerhouse in Water street, and when he
cune out the hag of money was gone. From information
the police received, Sergeant Sandford proceed to tock•
port, thence to Chester, and last of all to Derby, where he
found Joseph Chader,ck and a man who gave the name of
Thomas Conolly, had been locked up, having been found in
a public house together, and Cbadcock with £l2O on him.
Both prisoners were taken back to Manchester, and were,
on Tuesday, placed at the bar of the City Police Court.
Inspector Ferney and Police Constable Davis' of the Derby
force, stated that their suspicions were drawn to the priso-
ners when they arrived at Derby, and they followed them
to the public house, where the inspector found on Chadceck
39 sovereigns, 82 half sovereigns, and £lO 4s in silver.
Conolly had only 23 4d. Chadeock pleaded guilty to
stealing the money as coon as he was charged with the
offence, but said that Conolly had nothing to do with it.
The bench committed Chadcock for six months, and dis-
charged Conolly.
DEATH or " TERRY O'Detscom„"—The last number
of the Warder newspaper was published as usual, but in
it did not appear the well known signature "Terry
O'Driscoll." We believe that for some time past he had
ceased to write for that journal ; declining health, which
eventuated in consumption, incapacitated him for work,
and on the 19th of the present month he died at his
residence, Richmond -place, North Circular road. No
Irish writer, Carleton not excepted, equalled " Terry
O'Driscoll," in his peculiar stele—his spontaneous
humour, sly sarcasm, graphic portraitures of character,
vivid pictures of life and manners, and his succinct and
pointed allusions to the political and local incidents of
the day. His pen and ink sketches had 'much of the
artistic ability of Cruikshank, the wit or earnest and
useful purpose of Hood ; and no writer was more
thoroughly Irish in his phrases and style. He had
infected a large portion of the reading public with his
humour, and the Warder was as eagerly sought on each
Saturday for " Terry O'Driscoll',," letter as politicians
look for a budget or a Royal Speech. So great a
feature to certain newspapers was his letter, that a
special messenger was despatched to procure the earliest
impression of the Warder to print it in time for the
morning's publication. The public generally are not
acquainted with the name or antecedents of " Terry
O'Driscoll." He was Mr. John Jackson, of Kilrush, in
the county Clare, and by profession was a writer, and a
correspondent for public journals. He also filled an office
in the Treasury, Dublin Castle. He was for several
years a correspondent of the Morning Chronicle and Horn-
ing Herald, the Limerick Star and Limerick, Chronicle. He
also contributed to proVincial newspapers, and the Uni-
versity Magazine. He left Kilrush in the year 1842,
and became the correspondent of the Morning Herald.
He had previously written sketches of the Kilrush
Petty Sessions, many of which appeared in the
Morning Herald; and the natural wit and humour by
which these were characterised led to the consolidation
of the two duties, arid the facetious writer of the sketches
from Kilrush was afforded a wider range for his abilities
—we may truly add genius, as the correspondent of local
and provincial intelligence in Dublin. He is, however,
more extensively known by his letters in the Warder to
Mr. O'Donohoe, of St. Giles's, London, which were so
life-like and natural that one was often disposed to won-
der why the favoured resident of St. Giles's never an-
swered the pleasant correspondence that was addressed
to him. Some adventurous writers endeavoured to rival
"Terry." others regretted they had not his faculty of
composition, but there was not any one who did not
admire his kindly nature, and the rare and racy humour
of the genial, warm-hearted, and eccentic Irish writer.
He had the tact or talent of enlisting the affection of his
companions, and even the public. His letters were more
continuously attractive than Douglas Jerrold's " Caudle"
papers, to accomplish which rare qualifications were
required ; for only a man of great talent and poetical
impressionable nature could supply the weekly demand for
an article which, to be effec!ive, must be humorous and
seemingly spontaneous and unrestrained, though written
in the midst of sorrow and physical infirmity. The
highest encomium that could be paid to his literary
memory is to say that his place cannot be supplied.
Terry O'Driscoll's" mantle has net descended upon any
one, not even on his real or imaginary heir; and those
who shared his friendship and participated in his social
enjoyments will have an equal difficulty in findiug so
pleasant, harmless, and generous a friend,—Saunder's
News Leteer,