Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-30 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

[Wo do not hold oUrselvii responsible' for at Opinions ef
our corropon&nts.]

THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE OF

LIVERPOOL.`

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEZIIi DAILY TIMES.
was telegraphed to the Liverpool press on
Thuriday, that Mr. T. S. Raffles, barrister-at-law, was
appointed to take the- place of Mr. J. S. Mansfield.
Previously, it appeared that a Mr. Bowen had been
appointed.'
There were three candidates before the meeting of
the Town Council ; and that Council declared, by a
large majority, in favour of Mr. Raffles. And why not ?
His father has been preaching, as a Christian minis-
ter, in -the town of 'Liverpool, for at least the last half
century ; and his venerable and patriarchal age vindi-
cates his position and status as such. I cannot perceive
on what account the Secretary of State should shove
Mr. Raffles overboard, to make room for one of his own
chums. I can only assure you, that if it had been per-
sisted in, and Mr. Raffles had. not been appointed, the
Mayor of Liverpool (who is a host in himself), and the
,ofber members of the Council who recorded their votes
in favour of Mr. Raffles, would have felt, deeply cha-
grined, and also called into questioithepower, apparently
above them, that would appoint a stipendiary magistrate
for Liverpool in contravention of their vote.
The respect in which the Rev. and venerable Dr.
Raffle's is held here, should at once have convinced Mr.
Secretary Lewis that he could not make any appoint-
ment against the learned son of Dr. Raffles. Counsellor
Raffles has often mesided at' our County Court in Liver-
pool, in the absence of the judge; and his decisions
always gave him the utmost satisfaction. As a criminal
or nisi-prius pleader,,he Teas been.engaged in many im-
portant cases, and, his legal acumen was such, that .he
seldom or ever failed in any case he took in hands.
In fact, I. do really think that Mr. Raffles is making
a sacrifice to accept of. the appointment at all. How-
ever, as the London Times "has put him into it,'" no
doubt, through ;qr. Secretary Lewis being aware, that
what the gentlemen of Liverpool talk about on 'Change,
he cannot gainsay, I am sure your truly Conservative
Journal will wish him every prosperity and success in

hii new appointment.
Learned as Mr. Raffles is in the law, he will not treat
his fellow-mortals harshly ; and those cases which come
befere him of a flagrant nature, he will; no doubt, deal
with according to their merits.
rn the hands of Mr. Raffles, the Liverpool Police
Court will assume a dignity equally characteristic of
those who have preceded him. No doubt he will deal
out even-handed justice to all; and the high respect in
which his venerable father is held, combined with his
own forensic abilities—these combined'. will make hfin
ond`oethe most pOpular stipendiary magistrates that has
ever presided at the Liverpool Police Court.
I am sorry for trespassing so largely upon your valu-
able space ; still, the justice of the foreed appointment
compels me to do so, and which, I hope, will be read
far and wide through your talented newipaper.—l am,
Sir, your obedient servant,
January 28, 1860.

VEILITAS.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.--SatißDAy.

(Before Messrs. TORE and HOUGHTON.)
EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SERVANT.—Mary Micken, a
servant lately in the employ of Mr. Wm. Mnrdoch,
publican, Waterloo-road, was brought up on the charge
of embezzling the sum of lit 4s. 10d. It appeared
that she bad gone to several provision shops in the
neighbOurhood, and obtainedgoods ou the credit of Mr.
Murdoch to the above amount. Mr. and Mrs. Murdoch
deposed that the prisoner had received the money to pay
"for the goods. The shopkeepers also appeared, and swore
that the prisoner said the goods were for Mr. Murdoch.
She was remanded for seven days. -
CnAuoz 0:P AssAvvr.—Michael Vernon, a labouring
man, was charged with committing an assault on a man
named Anthony Kirby, on Sunday evening, the 22d
instant. Kirby's wife was called, and stated that she
keeps a provision shop in Henderson-street. On the
evening. in question the prisoner came into the shop,
and insisted on having some goods on credit. He was
drunk and she refused to give him them, telling him to
go away, as she was in too much trouble to be bothered
with him. The' prisoner struck her, upon which her
husband came into the shop and remonstrated with him
for striking a woman ; but he (Vernon) seized her hus-
band, dragged him into the street, threw him down,
and leaped upon his body. lie was now in such a pre-
cirfous state from the injuries be had received that he
could not appear. The prisoner was accordingly re-
manded.

(Before Messrs. J. 11. Siwrnr,- J. R. JEFFERY, and
J. ll.;TunavEn..)

AssAut.T.---John Holmes, a rosier carter, was sum-
moned by his wife, Jane-Holmes,' for committing an
assault upon her. Mr. Cobb appeared for the com-
plainant, and Mr. Bluck for the defence. It appeared
that there had been a previous quarrel between the
parties, as they had been separated for some weacs, and
Holmes had sold off the furniture. He had not made
any. allowance for her maintenance • and when she re-
quested him for some money on the 22d inst., he as-
saulted her in a most violent manner, disfiguring her
face, and otherwise injuring her. The magistrates im-
posed a fine of 20s. and costs. The man threw down
two sovereigns with great violence on the table, upon
which Mr. Smith oidered him into custody fox' contempt
of court.

(Before Messrs: J. H. SMITH, J. R. JEFFERY, Y. H.
I TURNER, and , PEEL.)
Application was made for a renewal of the license to
exhibit dramatic performances iii the Adelphi. Theatre.
The-application was granted to Mr. Michael. Roberts.

SUBJECTS, or GEORGE IL—Although George 11. has
been dead a century come the 25th of October, yet two
of his born subjects, and one of them almost a woman
grown at the time of his death, have just died here. The
eldest was a coloured woman, who was known as Mrs.
Bosteii—more commonly "old Mother Boston"—and who
was born in Littleton (a small-town about 27 miles from
here, in Middlesex county), in December, 1744. She was
born a slave. Two such lives would take us back to a time
when Boston had no existence, and when only one white
pertain dielt on the whole of our Peninsula, where there
raustnow be very near 200,909 souls L-or bodies, to be ,
precise. Washington was but a -child when she came
into and. Wellington and Napoleon were not
born until she bad attained to more than a third of the
allotted:-term of human life. The other person was a
maiden Ilady, -named Zipporah
„Wells, who died at
Gorton 40 miles from Boston, on the, last day of 1859,
aged 104 years. At the date of her birth the white
standaid of the house of the Bourbon waved over more
of America than belonged to the English.. Yet was she
rather a juvenile in comparison with Mrs. Boston, who
wasvell advanced in her second year before the fate of
the Stuarts was settled at Ciffloden.—Letter from Boston.
RAILWAY AcenyeriT.—On Wednesday an inque s
was, held before the Wigan borough coroner, on the
body of James Eastham, who was found dead on the
morning of the previous day, on the London and North-
about a mile from the Wigan Station.
• Western Railway,
About half-past five o'clock, the deceased left heine to
follow his usual employment, that platelayer on
the line, and in two hours afterwards, his body was
discovered on the down rails. One of his legs was
doubled under him, and his left hand was mutilated
and almost severed from the wrist. The only
evidence - adduced, which seemed' to throw light upon
the jiumediate cause of death, was that of John
madman engine-driver, in the employment of Earl
-ra*ford• Witness was in charge of a coal-train to
Preston on Tuesday mornin• and finding the water in
"it boiler of
this. engine getting rather low, he unhooked
it from the rd to the Boar's Head
rain, and ran forward
for water, r t
so doing, hee urn.ras as soon as the boiler was filled. In
found.__!mr;Tile pass the spot where the. body was
behalf of the'olupson, who attended the inquiry on
lated the rules Company, said that. the witness had vin_
in
and his conduct wouriudnilin the engine without lights,
f,
—Witness declared that rought before the directors.
see the deceased on thehieinhea, dortwcoomlige hits n. did
contact not
anything, as far as hereturned. knew.—An open verdict was