Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-04 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN LIVERPOOL.

The adjourned inquest on the body of the man who
was found with his throat cut, in Messrs. Houghton and
Smith's timber yard, was resumed yesterday morning,
before P. F. Curry,:Esq. The detectives have not, as
yet, succeeded in obtaining any clue to the perpetrators
of the deed. Another publican has recognised the
deceased as having been in his house on Friday or
Saturday night. His evidence was as follows :
James Clements said—l am a publican at 62, Athol-
street. On last Friday or Saturday afternoon, three
men, apparently seamen, came to my house. One of
them called for three glasses of ale, which they drank
at the counter, in about ten or fifteen minutes. They
were talking about the Lucy, a Prussian ship, which
was going to sea that evening. They did not say what
dock she was in, nor where she was bound for. One of
them said he had a brother going out cook and steward
in her. The man who said that appeared about 26
years of age, about 5 feet 6 inches high, dark com-
plexion, and fresh looking. His hair was dark, and I do
not think bohad any whiskers ; he had on a cap, and
ke English.. The second man appeared to be
a ut 35 years of age, and nearly 6 feet high. A strong
built man, with a dark complexion, black hair, and black
bushy whiskers all round his face. lie talked like a
Yankee, and appeared as if he was either a mate or a
captain. The third man was about 30 years old, and
5 feet 6 or 7 inches in height, rather fair complexion
wwharodsm—
, and dark hair. He wore a cap, and talked like a Yankee.
additional tt °nhoetb be on
third degaromeldatinhdt
the same.
mschaea;v have
h. described,
seBlicutericirbd nevere. adYy,
All left the house together and I never saw them after-
wards—they
went to the dead-house, and there I saw the decea.s
I threecYoganpipsedeareasd
and who was in my house on the Friday or Saturday
afternoon. I have seen his clothes in the dead-house ;
allet thedid
the coat appeared to be the same he had on when in my
g
hoTushei.s
bTelaine
saw any of the men before.
stands adjourned.till Tuesday next. inquiry

jug 3uttitigenrc

MANCHESTER BETTING.
There was a strong muster at the rooms yesterday, but the
only animals in force were—The Wizard for the Two. Thousand
Guineas, and Birmingham for the Chester Cup. The Derby,
City and Suburban, and Liverpool Steeple Chase, require no
comment whatever.
TWO TIIOUSAND GUINE \S.
4 to 1 asst Wizard (taken) 6 to 1)
5 to
11 to 1 agst Buccaneer 'off'd.) 10 to 1 agst King of Diamonds
2 ... Lupullus (off, take (offered)
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.
20 to 1 agst Telegram (taken) I 33 to 1 agst Westuiinster (t.)
20 to 1 ... Emigrant (taken) 1

THE DERBY. •
10 to lon the field (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cramond (taken)
40 to 1 agst King of Diamonds 50 to I Loiterer (taken)
(taken) 50 to 1 Restes (taken)
THE CHESTER CUP.
20 to lon the field (offrred) 33 to 1 agst PromiiedLand (o 25 to 1 agst Birmingham (Ulf) 50 to 1 ...• Blueßuin
(offered) 25 to 1 ... Satellite (off, to 30) 50 to 1 .. Tame Deer (offerd)
LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Curlew (offered) I 100 to 7 agst any others

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LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.—YEsTERDAy.

(Before Mr. dtairLEs.) • •
SERIOUS CHARGE OF ROBBERY AND ARSON.—ThoMES
daintier and John .Challinor, brothers, the former
warehouseman, lately inthe employ of Messrs. Rite ands
Lace, Exchange-Street' East, and • the latter a:labourer,.
residing at Willenludy meat- Wolverhampton, were
brought up—the first ;charged with robbing .his em-'
ployers Of a quantity of•ollire oil, and setting lire to- the
Warehouse in which it was stored, and the .other with •
receiving the stolen. property. The warehouse is situated
in Blundell-street, and known by the name ofCarsori B.
The cellar is occupied by Messrs. Prise and Lace, and
the room above was occupied by a dealer -in damaged
goods, flamed John Duffy, who has' absconded. Elijah
Price, of the firm of Price and Lace; Exchange-street
Esst, 'was the first witness called. He 'stated that the
prisoner, Thomas Challinor, was their warehouseman,'
and had been in their employ since 1853. They occupied
the cellar, or warehouse, in,Blundell-street, and between
the 15th and 17th of December last, 113 casks of olive oil
had been deposited in it.' On the night of the Ist of,'
January last, • a fire was discovered inthe warehouse,
and on the Friday following, the prisonor.had absconded.
Suspicioni having been roused by several circumstances,
tiler orderedthe cellar of the warehouie to he. searched,
when•itiwas found that a number of casks had been..
emptied, and considerable quantities of; oil taken out of
others., • The 'quantity 'taken away is: -about
.10. ton
11 cwt., in value about £5OO. After the apprehension
of the- prisoner, he (witness) saw him at the police-office,
when lie expressed his sorrow for what 'had 'been .dOne,
but said that a man named Duffy hadinduced him to
it. It had troubled his mind so much that he had been
down at the Queen's Dock several times with the!:in,.
tendon of destroying himself. James Meliernan, a
v.-sipper; was exiled, and deposed that the prisoner, Thomas
Cliallinor, and Duffy, had ordered him to make several
pipes for holding oil. They got eleven of them,.
and :Duffy paid hem the money for them. George
Hall, a young man, book-keeper to his father in,York-
chambers, Wlstenholnie-square, deposed thatihe. let a
cellar' to the prisoner, Thomas Chailinor, in the same
building, on the 23rd of December. He stated that it
was for a party named John Stewart. For days .aftei
he .brought several casks, and deposited them:in the
cellar.-Thomas Forsyth, carter, swore that on the 27th
December he was employed by the prisoner to remove.
four,casks, which he was given to uiderstand contained
'men juice, from the warehouse, in Blundell-street, to
cellar in York-chambers, Wolstenholme-square.—
John Came, also a carter, deposed that he took seven
casks from the same warehouse, in Blundell-street; to
the same cellar in Wolstenholine-square.—Charles Mor-
gan, carter, is the employ of Messrs. Swift and Co.,
stated that he removed, under the directions of •the pri-
s'iner, Thomas Challinor, eight casks from the cellar in
Wolstenholrne-square to the railway station in Wapping,
addresied to John Stewart and Co., Willenhall, Stafford-
shirc.-JNYm. Eccles, an einployd at, the station, deposed
that he received the casks, which were addressed as above,
i
and. entered n the , books as, casks of lemon jaice.—
William Horne, Inspector in the detective police force,-
was sworn, and deposed that on the 7th of January last
he . visited the warehouse in Blundell-street, -called
Carson B, and found in it a great number of casks of
olive oil, some full and some empty, At the far end of
the cellar there were. three casks, all of them full of oil,
and on the top of them:a large quantity of rosin chips,
which came within two feet of the room above, which
was occupied by Duffy. Immediatelyover this, a pet-
tion,of the floor of Duffy's room was torn up. Having
gone into •Duify•'s room, .4' found that this hole
was . covered by . a great quantity of valonia,
which had fallen down during the fire from the
room aboVe.. On removing the valonia, another
quantity of rosin wood was discovered plaeed aver
the hole, across the joists, so as to catch the , flames
from the wood beloW when set on fire,.7--Detective Scott
was. called., He stated that -in consequence of informa-
tion.. he received he went to the,, railway station at
Willenhall, where he found ten casks, which were said
CContain lemon juice, addressed to John Stewart and
0., He apprehended the prisoner John .Challinor
removing two of them. He stated that his brother
Thomas had written to him that they were coming to that
address, and that was all he knew of the, . matter.
Witness afterwards went to Shrewsbury, in company
with Detective Laycock, and apprehended the prisoner
Thomas in , a ,Publie-houSe. He told hina, he was- an
o-neer from Liverpool, and, was going to take '
lam into custody for sterling a quantity of oil
from his employers, Messrs. Price and Lace,
and setting fire to -the; warehous,. He also cautioned
the prisoner not to 'say tint to criminate himself,
as that would be given. in -evidence against him on his
'trial.' Prisoner, holever, said, "I will tell the truth
about it;' a man named Duffy and I stole the oil, and
set fire to the- place. We' made a hole through the j
lloor of his tobm,- on the Mcinday after Christmas, and
passed the. oil out of the cellar in casks above. Duffy
brought five or six sacks of rosin chips, and emptied
them down 'through the' hole 'into the Cellar. , lie
brought also font.. gallons of naptha, And poured it on
`the Chips. It was through Duffy that I did it—he has
been at 'Me for some time. Have . you • tak en hint ?
do all I can to have him taken." Beln.. told that his
brother John was also in custody", the prisoner said he was
pn-fectlyin nocent, and knew p othingofit.—Petee tl ye Lay=
cock stated that. he was present when'the Prisoner ThcmlaB
Cliallinor Was appiehended,'. and in addition to What he
itatedtri la:4 witness, told
:that on Sunday night',
the Ist.of January, about, twelve o'clock, he went with
) lily pi his room in the warehouse. _,tier they entered
'puffy' stood 'with his back 'to the door while he struck
match and set fire to the chilli. They then carw, out
'and stood till 'they , saw the flames when they
Parted.-Mi::,eobb,'`Who 'appeared on behalf !of loiin
&intended' that there was no case against him,
as it was clear from the evidence, he knew nothing of
the matter..—The magistrate considered that it, was for
a jury to settle that. —Mr.' Cobb then applied for him to
be admitted to bail, which-was granted on sureties,
'antoiffiting'to £l'oo. The other priSoner, Thomas,livas
!committed:for trial,at the 'cissiieS. •
'CcitttsioN OPi muiitivEn.--Edniund
Preston, Ihdia-
buildings, Water-street, siimmOned,Vining,
Cliapel.;street; to recover the'sum of £4B 19s. 6d., being,
• amount of.chi'magd Caused by the. bar,* Linda running
-foul of the' hail:lnc Edimind Preston, on the 30th' of
Decemberiast. Mr. J. B. Aspinall, instructed by Mr.
-ItinOlds;: 'appeared for' the complainant ;. and Mr.;
'Ldivndes"Condlicted the Case for the defendants. • It ap-
peared that° the • day 'above-mentioned, the "Edmund
Preston was betting' up the' river; towed by a steamer,
twolionts of full tide and the wind right in her
l'teeth. • 'The:titida was' beitig towed down the river for -
'the purpose of being-docketl;=wind and tide both being
•In -her fitvohr. When f within' 'a short distance of
Ltho Edmund -Preston, she. let go her' steamer and
• teingcarried forward by the impetus, struCk the Edmund
-'Preston 'en the starbcard'.lido,:atin4rit
OWert,' the pilot' on board .the Edinund 'Preston at the
time of the collision,: said that if the Linda had not let

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go Her steamer so; quick-sheiwOnld have gone astern the
iEftmund ,LoWndes contended; thepart
ef the defendant,,that the:plaintiff, was the party liable;
41 The damage', was not caused" by the Linda corning,in
collision with the.Ednitind Preston,. bit by ,the"EdMund
i),Preston coining in collision with the 11.4ndi ; and sump
r, mouses to recover the sum of £22 had ebneequently been
taken out. He rested' his claim on the grounds, that the
-1 Edmund Preston was coming up thelvton,t Side ~.of the
river, that she was being towed bra steamer tartoo weak
• for so large a vessel in such a stormy day as that in
which the collision oceurred, and that the orders Of the
pilot on board.:the Linda were . implicitly obeyed..---A:
• great 'number of witnesses were examined;:who- stated
-• their belief that the collision was caused by the Edmund.
'Preston being • towed by too • weak 'steamer.—The
magistrate having heard •tlie evideneel'finobOth sideS,
7 -reserved his deirieion, till Titesdayi
jßefore MeSsrs. DENN arid HotmiiTox.)
P7l-sLicaws AND BEnitsni.Leits'-cASES.—Anne Devine,
publican Longville-Streiet, for.mhom - Mr. C. Aspinail
. appeared, was summoned for harbouring the police, and.
was fined 4s. and .costs,;-i-JOhn Gascoyne-
street, was summoned for. Sunday trading, and dismissedi
=Richard Tyrer,.- publican, Clement-street, for 'Sunday'
trading, was fined 10s. and coets.—LCharles Turner, pub-
lican, Pine Apple Hotel, Park-road, was summoned for
Sunday trading-ond' on a second information for refusing
admission to the police. . Both offencee were proved, aad
fines of 10s. and costs, and. tis, and costs were inflicted.
—James Clements, beerseller, Athol-street; for Sunday.
trading,
.%-as fined 58.,and,costs.—Jolin Pearson, publican,
Moorfields, was summoned for permitting drunkenness,
and acquitted. Mr. Cobb appeared for the defence.-7-John
Bridge, pnblican, Marybone, was summoned for permitting
drunkenness. The officers stated that when they 'visited
defendant's house, they found seventeen men and three
women, a great number of whom were drunk. r The case
was dismissed.—Dennis Costigan, beer-seller, Athol-
street, was summoned for selling during prohibited
hours, and was defended by Mr. Cobb. The case was
dismissed.—Edwin Parks, beer-Seller, Chriqiad-street,

charged with refusing to admit the poliefOiinifined
and costs.—Catherine Moore, beer-seller,Charter-street,
was summoned for Sandal trading, and fined les.nnd
costs.--.Surah Ellen Stockton, beerselier, Mann-street,
was summoned for Sunday trading, tand acquitted.—
Patriok -Uohn Kilbryde, beerseller, Pellew-street; was
summoned for selling at illegal hours, and acquitted.—
James Alarshall, beer.seiler, Duke:street, Ererten, was
summoned for Sunday trading, and acquitted.--,Emma
Hague, beer-seller, Earle-street, fEverton, was charged
with-Sunday trading, and acquitted. -

CONSERVATIVE FESTIVAL AT . CADIBRM.GIZ.

A festive rinition-of the Conservative party at Cam-
.
bridge took place ea .Wednesday: evening, at•the Red
Lion Hotel, the obiect being to do honour be the mem-
+era for the borough, Messrs. Maeaulay and 'Steuart.
itharles Balls,- Esif; presided, and there were about 169
:)gentlemen. present. .Samuel Peed and Deunis'Adatns,
T3qrs., Were in the 'vice-chars. Messrs. Macaulay and
'Steuart Occupied"the .ieatief honour on the right and
left of the chairman, and the other gentlemen.present
comprised the whole strength of the Conservative party.
The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having
.'been duly
honoured,

The Chairman proposed "The Bishop and'Clergy of
the Diocese," and the toast was responded to by:the Rev.
Edward Terowne, of Corpus Christi College'; then the
"Army and Nalry;" acknowledged by Captain Smith
and next the president,arrived at the toast of the even-
ing, " The Health of the Borough Members?' -In pro-
posing this, toast, the .chairman remarked that, about
seven years ago, he had had the pleasure of Introducing
'his hon. friend Mr. Macaulay in that room to' aCam-
bridge constituency, and since then Mr. Maeanlay's hon.
colleague, Mr. Stettaift, He had then great pleasure in
meeting those gentlemen again in that room, in the
position of their members. (Loud cheers) The chair-'
man having called on. tho.assembly to do honour to the
toast, ao. Conservatives, loud cheers, again and again re-
,ne Wed, :and :waving, of :handkerchiefs, followed. ,
Mr„ . Macaulay., proceeded in reply to express - his
adherence .to the general, policy of the Earl of . Derby,
and then adverting 'to the, budget to be introduced by.
Mr. Gladstone, said, that, he believed that. the reduction
of the duty on French wines would form the excuse for
a continuance ,of the income-tax; that he likewise
thought Mr. Gladstone was beginning at the wrong
end, , for , propOsed to reduce taxation on an article
which,.im.der usual circumstances, was available only to
the' upper .classes of society (loud cheers); and in
addition he trusted, that the late treaty supposed to be
the
~effect of -the mediation of Mr. Cobden with the
astute 'Emperor of the, French, would not induce this
country to neglect those precautions now adopted in the
sliapepf volunteerlnov.ement for the maintenance of not,
only the safety,"biit the dignity of this country. ,
Mr. Steuart. endorsed these sentiments, ainid the
cheers
,of the meeting.
The'• Chairman then proposed "The University ;"
acknowledged by the ltev. Mr. Willets.
Mr. Macaulay gave " The 4ealth of the Chairinn,"
as the 'leader of the Conservative party; Mr. Steuart,
Prosperity to the Town of Cambridge;" Mr. Garrett,
“.tord' Derby and' the ConserVative party ;" Hardy," The 'Conservative Club;'.'. and Mr. T. H. NaylOr,
"The glorious 753" (the latter the number of voters
for :Messrs. Macaulay and Steuart). All these toasts,
as well as," The. Press" and " The Visitors" were appro-
priately acknowledged by Messrs. Warwicker, Adams,
and C. W. NviYler, and sundry other complimentary
toasts conelnded the proceedings, .