The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-11 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO MURDER A HUSBAND.

A woman named Mary Ann Hickes was brought, on
Monday last, before the magistrates for the western dis•
trict of Somersetshire, on a charge of having attempted to
murder her husband, John Hickes. The husband is a
"navvy." He had lived with his wife at Barrow. After
finishing his day's work, Hickes stayed for some time in
company with several other of the navvies, and at nine
o'clock proceeded, accompanied by two of his fellow work-
men, to his cottage. On nearing the house he wished them
a good night, and a jocular remark or two having passed,
his companions went on their way and he t 3 his house.
The two men had only got to it snort distance from the
spot where th;)3l had separated, when they heard a cry of
" Murder," and on turning round they saw their com-
panion running towards them covered with blood, and, as
they thought, with his throat cut. They returned to him,
and found that he had received a tremendous gash, ex-
tending ''rom the neck to the chin, on the left side of his
face. He told them that the wound had been inflicted by
his wife with a razor; that on his reaching home, she
came t owards him as if to hiss him, and having'seized him
with one hand, she with the other inflicted the wound
with a razor, which he saw her throw from her on to the
floor. The unfortunate man was bleeding profusely from
his wound, and the men carried him into the house of a
neighbour, and immediately sent for Mr J. P. Chadwick,
surgeon, who sewed up and dressed the wound. The wife
was immediately arrested and handed aver to the custody
of the police. It was found that she had dug in the garden
a hole of five feet long, two deep, and two wide, by the
side of which had been deposited a quantity of quick lime.
It is inferred that the hole was intended to receive the
murdered body of her husband, and that the lime was
intended to be thrown In with it for the purpose of hasten-
ing decomposition. The deposition of the wounded man
was taken by Mr. Woolen, a magistrate, in the presence
of the wife, who was subsequently committed for trial at
the next Somersetshire assizes.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh street,
BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of 6 to 20 Years.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL, MAT 11.
ITIGII WATER—Morn, 12 23—Even. 12 40—Height, 15 ft. 5 in,

ISt. Patrick ..... Giaour
D
liolate
Dublin
I
Streoneshal ...
Hannah Eastee ..
George Hughes .. Alexandria! Ranger Sligo
Amcrika .... .
Zagora ............... Alex. ndria Catherine Westp,irt
Fa,con
Cleopatra ........ ...... Bordeaux, Maria Whitehaven
Centip de...... .. ...Gibraltar,&c., Alert ..
ca lia • • ....... • • ...... Tarragona: Cater
lere)ella .
El Dorado .... ... ...... .. rombay 0pa1.... Glasgow
Zel'e .. ..... ....... itonen, Annan and Whitehaven /
, Carlisle
He: mane ..
Fardinskeiold Denmark Ann and Mary
Elias .. • • . Nystad i . aragon ......... .. ... Westport
Augusta . ........ Gheat Felt.. ...........Port Dinorwick

ARRIVED.

May 9,

i )Ctall Qileen
Faith .
Reinhardt
Emms
Doris Galway. Pelicans.s.) ............HelvOet

, A May 10.

SAILED.
!Niagara (11.31. S. ). •.. Boston. & e
El en B tes Bombay
aGeaeral Simpson Hombay
IDamtriesshire Santa Martha
agent City Melbourne
Aurora New York
John Bright New York
Calpe (s.d.) . Trieste
May 10.

May 8.
J. Morton New York
Livaly Lass
Margaret San Sebastian
Pet
Gaon.. ............ .. . Narva
Votant . . Boston
Norfolk . . . . Valparaiso
Creole . Rotterdam
Robert thistle... .... Halifax
Moor of Venice .....Gen0al
Exile

Harmony Quebec
New England .. Portland
(Jane Ewing Madras
Shirley
Gauntlett .. Pernambuco ide . . . Brass River
.i oh .nna Santander Baron Reetz Trots .. Revel
Missionary' ' St. Petorsburgri Irvin
William
William Henry.. .... ... Rouen; I, leanor and Jane...... New Quay
Margaret . N trva Peggy ..Cardigan
Sebastian Cabot New York Flora .. West; ort
lonia (5.4 )• •• • . .. Constantinople Jessie M`Clew Larne
Secret Civita Vecchia Thomas and Frances.... Waterford
Pintado .. . C. G. Hope
.. ..,4:-.-L,,y-'!,:-,1.i

May 9

CLEARED OUTWARDS. •
lAnn Rankin. ... Richibncto, &c.
William .... St. John's, N F., &c.
Johanna
Anna Gustav Stettin

May 8.
Fortuna . Frederickstadti
Ed aoard . Ghent'
Loochristie .. Ghent
Eclair . Guernsey, &c.l

R LOADING.
Melodic
Eleanor Thompson .... Guatemala
• arah Dixon
Rosario .. —Monte Video, &c.
John Clements Odessa, &c.
Oromocto Qurbec
Fox . Venice
John Bunyan .. Sydney