Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-15 00:00:00

available !fol. a - mush larger. number of men ..without•
much additional outlay, and would -therefore-afford un
usual facilities for the economical maintenance of
-additional companies of the artisan class. • .If it were
proposed to raise two such companies of 75 each,
the expenses might be estimated as follows :,---They
ought to be clothed as economically as possible. The
costume recommended by Lord Elcho of a .grey serge
blouse, with trousers of the same materials,- and gaiters,
with bolt and cap, costs, according to his estimate,. 28s.
for, the suit, and 10s. for belts, total £1 18s.- This may
be an under estimate, but £3, viz., £2 10s. for uniform,
-and 10s. for belts would certainly be amply sufficient
for the expende of the undress and accoutrements of
several of the self-supporting Liverpool corps, only
slightly exceeds that sum,
The Government would ,supply 50 per cent. cf- the
arms renuired, which allowance will probably soon be
increased.; but supposing it is not, the long Enfield
with bayonet can be purchased for £3 each.
The expenses of equipping and arming, these two
companies would then be as follows

LIVERPOOL WINTER ASSIZES.

CROW.iT COURT,. YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. Baron MARTIN.)

BURaLALX AT MANCIIESTER. —Rich &rd. Tat er.sall
(30) was indicted for having,. on the 23rd of August,
1859, barglariously entered the dwelling-house of
Edward Logan, at Manchester, and stolen therefroni
several artieses of wearing apparel. The. prisoner, was
stated to be a deserter from the ship Hastings. The
defence wan, that he had entered the house &the
prosecutor for the purpose of obtaining some means of
disguising himself, and for that purpose he tool: the
articles in queetion. The jury found the prisoner, guilty.
The prisoner was sent back to hiS ship.
CriaendklnithEn..ay LIVERFe OL —Mary Ann Intawles
(20) was indicted for the wilful murder of a new-
born male child, on the 23rd of October lest, at Liver-
pool, It appear -at the prisoner had lived for some
weeks previous a: ahove date as a servant at 3:88,'
Scotland-road, and j in that service she' slept with
a married, woman --• eed Singleton, who accused the
prisoner, about awe :h after she went to the house, of
being in the family eny, but she denied it. She was
often accused, and as : admitted that she was in the
family way. On Sue, aes• night, the 23rd of October,
the prisoner and .errs.. Singleton .went to bed
about half-past ch;:t a'clock, and cheat one or two
o'nloela in morning the prisOner got -en en: walked
about the room for some time, saying she end a pain in
her face. She went down stairs to light a Ere and
,get,'
seine salt to put to her face, as she said, and she re-
mained there for some three qUarters of an hour. When
she went up stairs, -Mrs. Singleton said to the prisoner,
" You have delieered yourself of a child—where is it ?"
She denied it at first, but when Mrs. Singleton got up
her suspicions were canfirnied, -and the prisoner then ad-
mitted to having given birth to a still-corn child. The
body of the child was found in a cupboard in the cellar,
• where the prisoner said :she had put it. The prisoner
was giVen into custody, and the body of the child handed
over to.a surgeon, who found that death had been caused
by congestion of •the brain, arising from a fall or a
laloW.The jury acquitted the prisoner of wilful murder,
but tbund her guilty of concealing the birth of the child.—
, His Lordship, in passing sentence, said if the evidence of
the surgeon had satislied him that the prisoner had caused
the death of- her child,
.hee:shoeld have put a severe
punishment upon her ; but as the who gave
his evidence in a very
,earadid and straightforward
manner, thought that deatinmight have been caused by
an accident as readily.as by any act of hers, he:would
sentence her to three months' imprisonment. •
A HUSBAND KILLED BY•IIIS WIFE AT LIVERPOOL.—
Susan Trotter (23) was indicted for Leaving, at Liverpool,
on the 3rd October last, wilfally inuree'red her husband,
Alexander Trotter,
_and, .was further charged With the
manslaughter of the said Alexander Trotter. Mr.
Aspinall conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Pope
defended the prisoner. , The prisoner lived -with her
haebane'a in a court ,off Stew:fill-street, and on the
evening of the 3rd of October both the prisoner and the
c"
I' had been drieking. A quarrel took place
hetween them, and the prisoner went "down into the
court called her husband to -come down and she
NVO;11:: iliM Ver4iit sio .would do. She kept .up a
greet a....s far. some time, and continued to dare. her
._ e• to cothe dowse. The husband at last came
dewn
,and, after a-. great deal of abusive and
Jihreateeleg language had passed.between them; when
he went into the court, a, -man reamed Edward Roach
saw the woman take a white-handled table-knife out of
her pooket. The husband made a rush et the prisoner,
ar.d.she put a chill which she held in h. : arms down
against the •wall, • :and rail away, and the deceased
feqowed.. She went back again, and me _he deceased
making a second rush at tlse his head
down, she drew the knife and stab's— .1 in die breast.
The deceased then fell upon the e: i and cried out
." , stabbed," and soon afe,..e expired: Nothing
could-exceed, the sorrowof the woman when she saw
what sht had done. The jury found the prisoner guilty
of manslaughter. The learned judge, addressing the
j. prisoner, said she had been convicted of the manslaughter
of her own husband, and that crime was committed,
when she was under the influenee of drink. If anything
would be a Warning to people he thought that ought to
be.. He .dared say when she was sober she would never
hd,ve thought of taking away the life of her husband ;
but, as it was, she had taken a knife- and stabbed him,
and then at the moment she had done the deed repented
it. , She had brought a More severe punishment uPon
herself than he could inflict. She was left a widow
with two . children, who might have *been respectably
taken care of if her, har:sband had still lived to support
them. She
.Was" sentenced to three months' imprison-
ment.
FORGERY AT PB;a7.oN.—Denis :1.1.4C0y• (40) was
indicted for having in his possession at Preston, on the
31st October last, three, moulds • for the purpose of
making counterfeit coin. Mr. Cobbet and Mr. Whig
ham conducted the- prosecution. It was proved that
the prisoner had on three occasions passed, or attempted
to-pass, base coins, and when taken into custody moulds
for making counterfeit coin were found in his possession.
.• He was sentenced to five year penal servitude.
' UTTERING BAST: COIN' AT WINDLE.—WIII. M'Donald
041, Thomas Johnson • (32), and Thomas Johnson
(23) were indicted. for . having at Windle, on the
18th October, 1859, unlawfully and knowingly
Itaeoare-TAY.—We have reason to believe that nn j,uttered. ,pieces of counterftit coin resembling the,
inquiry-into tire. working of the income-tax eollectieri'. lawful current, coin.. called crowns, the prisoner
in Ireland is about to be instituted, and that a commis= •M`Donald haeing been before convicted of a similar
seen is to be named for, that purpose.—Reentsrais low-n(1. offence:: The prisoner M‘Danald and the younger
CONVICTION OF' A ,SOLICITOR FOR Fonenny.--:-At Johnson. pleaded guilty to the.indictuie,nt. It appeared
the Wincheater assizes, on Friday lest, before Mr. from .the evidence that the elder Johnson was in coin-
Esion Channcll, Edmund Wardroper, solicitor, of Mid- nany with-the others when a certain counterfeit crown
burst,. ,aged 41.3, pleaded guilty to ,two, indictments, piece was passed. The jury found him guilty. M'Donald
charging him with forging and uttering a prOthissory was sentenced to three years' • penal servitude, and the
note for £275 and another for' £350, with intent to de- two Johnsons to twelve months' -imprisonment.
fraud, and was sentencltt-to two years' penal servitulle. ,Bro.t iv AT:LlvainrooL.—Ann Crombie (20), pleaded
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGR.—The vacancy in the .
;guilty to the charge of havingeat Liverpooleon the 18th
chair of technology, caused by the daniented death of November, 1853, feloniously married William Given- •
Professor George Wilson, 'will, it is said, be filled up .law, Henry Crombie, her first husband, being therialive.
by the translation of Professor Lyon Plsiyfair from the She, was sentenced to four days' imprisonment, his lord--
. chair of cheenistsaa Should this change take place it ship observingethatshe believed her first marriag.e.was
at a considerable pecuniary sacrifice on the part not lawful, and told her second husband all about it. •
of Dr. Play fair. His 'varied, aceomplishthents and ex- SERIOUS ASSAULT AT LrvEnnooe.-.--Daniel Atkins
cursive Mind pcculiarly fit ltim for teaching the appli- •(44)•was charged with having, at Liverpool, on the 20th
cations of tlie sciences, Whieh is the businesS of the tech- November last, feloniously assaulted James McGowan,
nblogy class: Dr.. Anderson, professor of Chemistry in with•intent-to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Con-.
the University, of. Glasgow, is, confidently spoken of as • :way conducted the. prosecution, and Mr. Scott defended •
Dr. Playfair's successor.-0/oe. , • • the prisoner. The prosecutor is a labourer, working at:
A PRISON TRAGELY.—On one of the turnkeys in the the 4irkerthead Docks; and on the,evening in question
prison of AngOuleme entering three evenings back the .he. went down Regent-street along, with a friend,
ward appropriated to prisoners awaiting their trial, a with 'Whom: he had some ale. He was passing
man named Massacret suddenly rushed for Ward. and . down Gibraltar-row, on his Way to the Landing-stiage,
struck at his 'head with a glass bottle. Fortunately when he was struck on the side by some person from
he missed his aim, and the' bottle was broken to behind, 'Which knocked hiM down. He endeavoured to
atoms againA the door-post. A violent .struggle ',then .rise, but was again . struck two "heavy bloWs which
ensued between them, ,ankwhile they were rolling on rendered him insensible; He kneiv nothing more of -
the floor, the head keeper...,came to the assistance what happened him until he -found himself being con-
of his subordinate, . mid .the 'prisoner was mastered weed to . the Northern Hospital by the .police. The
and shut up in a solitary cell. The next morning, officer who arrested the. prisoner, said he saw him 'kick
when the same turnkey was going his round to see that the prosecutor, at the time he was attracted to the place
the prisoners had put their cells in order, on entering by the ;noise.. The surgeon who attended to the pro-
the cell in which MassetrA was confined, the latter secutor, had thought. at the time the man was injured,
asked hiM what he Wanted. The other replied, " I only
.that his injuries were of a serious nature. Several
want you to. keep quiet;-, and remember I have my witnesses were called for the defence, who deposed to
sword, and shall not hesitate to use it." Incensed at their having been present at the time of the occurrence,
this reply, the.prisoner. rushed on the turnkey,,wlao en- and that the prosecutor, fell down the steps of the pri-
deavoured takeep him at sword's point. In the attempt goner's cellar, as he was too drunk to take care of
Massacret received a slight scratch on the cheek, and as himself. One of the witnesses said -she assisted in
soon as he saw the blood he sprang forward, , seized the .lifting the prosecutor up, and it was net until after that
blade of the turnkey's sword with both hands, plunged had been done, that the prisoner came out. The jury
the point into his own breast several times, and at last . ,found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding, and
fell dead on the spot. . he was sentenced to one month's imprisonment.
THE POST-OFFICE.—The .last annual return of the . NIANSLAUGHTER AT WlGAN.—Michael Burns (23)
public revenue and expenditure eillibits, the. Post-office was indicted for having at Wigan, on the 9th October,
"1 very favourable financial position, the ordinary 1859, feloniously killed Thomas Daniels. Mr. Raffles
rece'pts having been £3,175,560, while the expenditure prosecuted in this case and Mr. Cobbett defended the
was £15804,917. The amount of postage collected by ,prisoner. The deceased was a man of about 63 years of
postmasters in the country was £159,122, and in the age, and left his lodging-house at about half-past five
metropolis £142,158,whi1e £143,377 was charged against o'clock' on the morning of Saturday the Bth, to attend
public departments, and £142,689 was collected by Post- hii work.. •He was then in his usual good health. He
masters and agents abroad. The value of the. stamp s did not return home until about one o'clock on Sunday
charged to postmasters was £1,934,217, and of the. stamps :morning, when the person with whom he lodged observed
charged to the Inland Reyenue-offtee £554,642. The that he was bleeding from the 'mouth and face. The
commission on money orders realised £112,7.20, and deceased complained that the back of eis head was very
£8,892 was received from nuscellaeeous sources ; but painful. He had been drinking, but was sober
a deduction of ~522,209 is , made in the accounts when he got home. The deceased had been in a public-
for returned, .refused, and mis-sent letters, On house in the evening, and had spent some time there.
the other side, the uprises of the chief offices in Lon_
He was afterwards seen smoking a short pipe in the
surveyors street, near to the place where the prisoner was standing
xrg4h3,Bw7e,re; £443,029(;
provincial establish- with some companions. The deceased went up to them,
idnonthep tlubnliitne'dan _lidin Edinburgh
and immediately after the prisoner struck him and ho
dittome nt sinisseE6tnigalnand,dl6£B4,olo4,oB;3eBsiadibititoshinmelnrteslainndth,.eil446llBi9 ;.
e 8
fell with the back of his head on the kerbstone. The
the deceased died on the Wednesday following; and after a
Past-mortens examination had been made, a piece of a
and cuts abroad, X 21,034 ; conveyance a mails in
fbpuOldtianggeslabalielad,72asl7, 4.2 in; :tobacco-pipe was found in the right side of his throat,
dUinittote7d£lliino7,3lsomm,
aXnfiusaB9,o4turs7e;o•
superannuation 'allowances, £36,360; and compensation. which was the immediate cause of death. The prisoner
allowances, £3,747. The balance of receipts over ex- was arrested eleven days after. For the defence several
penditure, including outstanding balances and claims, , witnesses were called, who swore that the prisoner was
was £1,280,643 ; but the expenses of the foreign at ho me at the time the deceased was assaulted, and two
Packet service are included in the navy estimate% of the witnesses stated that they saw the deceased

.Uniferrl ?.t:rl lce;,:itnnzents for 150 men,
;LS
Lificae arr] nit L'3 each 225 0.0

'0 0

If only enc..' cc>rc.F.7l7 were rr,ise.l, the ex-
peLe: ba half the above, 'viz. £3Z7 10 0
If any gentle: ten of the district should desire to sub-
scribe specifically to equip particular men, this could be
done at the rate above-mentioned, but should be done
on the express understanding, for the sake of insnring
the preservation of the equipments, that they would to
the property of the-corps.
It would not be :lesirable to extend the numbers -of
these companies beyond the number of 75 effcctives each,
and a public notice that the corps were ready to receive
150 respectable young Men, would bring in double the
number of applications, from which selection might be
made, and so a corps formed of picked men. In thbse
companies, as well as in the self-supporting companies,
the men mast be arrangedincompames orsub-divisions,
as may be found to be most convenient for keeping the
man of each district together.
The.uniform would probably need replacing in three
years; but the belt and pouch might be expected to last
double that time. This would give -an expense of £375
at the cud of the first three
.years, and £450 at the end
of six years, which sums, spread over the six years,
would pre £1:37 10s. as the necessary annual expense of
the maintenance of this part of the force. ,To meet this
expense, it might properly be required of the members
of these companies that they should pay a subscription
of not less than 10S. a-year, which, for 150 men, would
give £75. It might also •be required that they should
find some members from • amongst themselves, by rota-
tion, to take charge gratuitously of the two district store-
rooms, which te()ald effect 'a saving of £26 'per annum.
This 'would still leave an annual deficiency. of £3O 10s.,
which would not be• a very formidable sum to expeet the
public to contribute for the maintenance of • two efficient
• companies.

lii the' rst year, however, it must be regiolle.:tcd that
one sergeant coild not drill all the four companies, as the
wc7:lo. not be sufficient for more than one
'company to drill at a time. An extra -sere e':::. 1-1 -,t-
tht,refore, be'allowed-for in the first year's expe7ls-..
ter that time the olicers and non-eommismoned
of the force ought-to be able to keep up the drill, with
the help of the drill instractor • for • one day a week
each company.
The amount; therefore, required for establishing a per-
Mtnent corps of two companies, of seventy-five men
each, .of self-stpporting yr.mbers, and two companies, of
seventy-five men each, ef artisaaF, would, 'therefore, be
as follows •

Peruament outh.y in lad, &c. • • £BOO.
Equipment and arraing,6l twa art! as C 75
tra :ex drill ir.4tracticzllcY fir ;,-ear

. . . - - .
' .1,527
. . .
And permanent snbseriptions. F,11011....1 be fornishCd to the
extent of 'fortyhoporary 'members at £2, 2s. each, and
additional subscribers to the ameant • of- not I'.',3S than
£5O. - ' '

. These sums are not such as there need be any difficulty
in raising, in sl wealthy a district, for the sake of ob-
•tainin`g a permanent and effisient body of three hundred.
eEectaye -.nen, that would do credit to this diVision of the.
county, and'would form a nucleus of a force that could
readily be extended to double the number in case our
shores were •seriouslyjhreaten.cd.
It nnist be' nuilerstood; 'however, thif the figures upon
1 which these estimates are' founded ar- of necessity, mere
appreximation:.:, and the committee uo not bind them-
selves to their accuracy,. bat merely to adhere to the
principles sketched- out in this report. As soon as a.
sufficient sun,: over the' .EBOO, estimated as the probable
cost of the perMament establishment, is collected, imme--
diate steps will be taken for the formation of one or two
artisan companies, according to the aiaount placed at
the disposal of the committee.
Subscriptions and donatiOns may be forwarded to the
treasurer, C. 1): Melly, Es 4., 7; -Water-street, or to any-
, member of the committee, some of whom attend-at the
Boys' School: room, Oily-lane, Wavcrtree, on .Wednes-
day evenings, at . eight o'clock, and at the •Woolton
Hotel, Woelton, on Tuesday evenings, at 'half-past
eight, to receive subscriptions and donations, and the
names of persons desirous of joining the 'corps.
S. R. GRAVES Chair Min.