Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-04 00:00:00

OCIOBER 4, 1859.

TIMES.

I really do . thank you for giving me. the op-
portunity of coming among my tenants at Oxton
upon so auspicious and gratifying an occasion.
(Loud cheers.) I thick it augurs well for me,
. [Before Mr. :MANSFIELD.] T: is with great regret that we announce that "Big
and for my future career as a landlord in this .Murionn IN PRESTON-STREET.—Susan Trotter was E. 1" tolled his last on Saturday afternoon. The bell,
district, that I should have had an opportunity of cool- ' charged with having murdered her husband, Alexander h*:.e its predecessor; is cracked, and its heavy' doleful E
ins here for the first time under such favourable ein em. Trotter, a tailor. From the evidence adduced, it appeared n ::aral will never again be heard booming. over the
stances., (Loud cheers.) We are all delighted upen .that the prisoner and her husband resided at 21, Shaw-
all occasions to see any undertaking inaugurated which hill-street, off Preston-street; They were both in the n: tropolis. , For some time past the state of the great
will ameliorate the condition of the dwellings and pro- habit of drinking,' and on Sunday night, both beine bell has caused considerable anxiety.; his voice has
mote the gerieral comforts of the working classes. We ander, the influence oniquor, they began quarrelling '
been less sound and vigorous than formerly, and
only wish to know how to do it in our respective - posi- About twelve o' clock, or a few minutes before that hour, the
tions, and I believe that it is the wish which per- the husband chesed his wife out of the house, followed - catastrophe has at length occurred which must
doom the metal of the great bell once more to
wades society. (Hear, hear.) lam glad when I can do her into Preston-street, and attempted to strike her. •
the furnace. There cannot be Much doubt as to
anything to get rid of those social evils which attack She had a child in her arms, and also carried a large
what will be the verdict of the country upon. the
society in over-congregated dwellings and indecent i wanhditceatlaedndlottedt, knife. She Sonhee whetted eytotuedr
head,itbn saonmdeointoenfeosr,
,inquiry which must take place as to the cause of
habitations. It cannot all, indeed, be done in a day.
All those things have their cost, and they have their your neck," and made two blows at him with the knife this untimely death. It was bad enough when a coin-,
difficulty,—difficulties which ;very often appear almost inflicting two wounds on the neck.—lnspector Tomlinson' mission reported that there, was no one in England mho
without end. But we all know that where there is a said that on Sunday night, `about twelve o'clock, he could make a bell, and ordered distinguished
street, he found the man,.Alexand.ei Trotter, ,lying on visit every country in Europe to learn something abou
Preston- on going into , - .
will there is a way. (Cheers.) Gentlemen. I consider .heard cries of "police," and •
eell-making ; but it is far worse to have it,roved upon
that this is a great social question about which we have 1
a car, and took the man to the hospital at
met to-day. Its object is the improvement of this great the steps, of a. house, and bleeding very freely. He,
work,
occasions that we are wholly incompetent to the
work. Will no Frenchman, German, Russian, or
district by giving it a plentiful supply of that most procured
.. .:7-Edward Roche, a man residing in Shaw Hill-' Turk come to, our help and teach. us how to make
necessary element, good water. _(Cheers.) . lam sure I once, where he died' about three o'clock in the mornine..
a bell that will not, crack its own sides at the mind
cannot but congratulate you, who have gone throueh., all
the turmoils and diffiCulties of getting through theiumise street, said that he knew youngthe prisoner and her husband. of its voice ? The clock must be taken to pieces
of parliament, with the array of solicitors, and parlia- They werein. the, habit. of.dnnking very freely, and on
quarrelling. The husband chas-ed the wife out of the to get the broken bell down ; and, ,of course, it
mentary agents, and counsel aril erotchettY members, of Sunday they were both the worse -of liquor, and were
house, and she
,wai very excited. She had a large knife cannot be put together again until a new bell has been
both Houses. (Laughter.) I congratulate you noon having cast and hung in • its place. So there will be more
in her hand, and, as her husband attempted to strike her, delay;. more expense, -in connection with these never-
got your act, and having permitted me to perform the duty
she struck him about the head and neck. Witness said he
which I most willingly accepted, to take the first step by ending Westminster clock and bells. The public is
atones went to the assistance of the man, and found that heartily sick of the whole
_question. We should re-
laying the foundation stone of what I' hope will be a
he was wounded. He attempted to staunch the blood
monument to future ages of your industry and your 1)-2,;
from the wound, but could not stop it.—Mr. commend that - Mr. Denison . should be copipelled: to
nevolence (loud cheers). - Gentlemen, I had the satisfm- reside in the cloak chamber, or belfry; of the tall tower,
tion of hearing to-day an eloquent impromptu 'speech; I lowing and himself strike the hours upon some 'large gongs
until a p' roper bell is provided to do the work.—
which evidently came from the heart, from a gentleman , Weaver, house-surgeon at the Northern Hospital, said Observer.
. who did me the honour to address me in the 'open air. that the wounded- man 'was brought to the hospital
I was very much obliged to him for what he said, and
shortly after midnight. He was suffering from two
I assure him, if he be here, or any of his friends, very severe wounds in the' neck. The hemmorage
that I heard with very great satisfaction what he could not be restrained, and he died in about three
said (hear, hear). I do not like to profeSs things hours. The immediate cause of death was a wound in
which I cannot always perform, and I do not like the cheek, ' inflicted by a knife.—The woman was
to say things in an unwary moment, of what I might remanded.
possible hereafter repent ; and, therefore, I shall only PreiriNd Poeurrs.—Mary Wilson, a tall and rather
generalise anything I have to say at ' this mornent. I good-looking young woman, was charged with picking
shall merely say that I always wish and I always intend' pockets, in Clayton-square, on Saturday last. On that
—and Ido not use them as merely common expressions; afternoon, Mrs. Petre, of Mersey-court:Old Churchyard,
well knowing that smooth words butter- no parsnips was proceeding to, the morning performance of the
(hear, hear, and laughter)—l always intend to do the' Christy Minstrels, when her daughter, a girl of about
best I can ; and let any one point out to me any way eight years of age, told her that she had seen the Woman
in which I can really benefit my tenantry, and if 'Wilson pulling her , hand out of her (Mrs.' Petre'S)
I can do so without any injury to myself or my pocket. She•examined her pocket, and found that the
.successors, I shall always at least be ready to listen to purse was gone. The prisoner was accused of the offence,
•it, and, as a matter of busiuess, if I can carry it Out, all but she denied it. The purse was found a few. yards
she was summarily con-
can say is that I will. (Cheers.) I heard something off. As there was .not the slightest doubt that the
about sewerage and long leases, and I don't know what prisoner had picked the pocket,
victed, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment,
else. (Laughter.) All that may be very well, but these
•
are matters to be discussed behind the counter, as it with hard labour.
were. (Laughter.) I must know all the pros and How THE POLICE TREAT INsuurs.-,-Daniel Rice,
cons. . (Laughter.) But I only wish to say that. who lives in Chisenhate-street, was charged by Police-
Showofficer No. 400 'with having assaulted him. The officer
the animus, the' spirit, the wish, arid sincere
desire to do anything which can benefit the tenants stated that, on, the previous evening, there was a disturb-
of the Oxton estate as much as I 'possibly can ante in Chisenhale-street, and that Rice was the busiest in
(Cheers.) I know that I may be a little premature in the fray. He insulted him (the officer), and kicked him
saying I. will do all these things. lam somewhat in a about the legs. The prisoner ran into his own house,
false position. I am, as you know by the decision of and the officer followed him. In cross-examination by
the House of Peers, in the possession of the title of Mr. Cobb, who ' appeared for the prisoner' the officer
Lord Shrewsbury. (Loud cheers.) I was told before swore distinctly that it was the prisoner who struck him.
I got that title that when I got it there would be He followed him into the house, and he was obliged to
an end to all the dispute. Since that, however, I have, 'use the handcuffs. On the part of the prisoner, It was
gone through several phases of law, and I believe I shall denied that he was the man who struck the officer; and
have to go through a few more. (Laughter.) So fas as we Mr. Mansfield dismissed the case.
have gone, I have had a very elaborate and deliberate - A FAMILY qUAß.REL—Richard Carter was charged
judgment, which was. in my favour, and which 1 think by Police-officer 29 with the following disgraceful
•
at will be very difficult to upset. But still we all know
conduct. On the previous evening the officer was going
what are the glorious uncertainties of the law, through Kitchen-street, when he heard screams,and
(Cheers and laughter.) I say this with great respect discovered the prisoner striking right and left.
He cut
for Mr. Harden, who must not think I am depreCiating • open
his mother's head, blackened his sister's eyes,
that very great institution of our country, the law—(hear, knocked down his father, and kicked the officer. about
hear, and laughter)—but we all know that there is a the legs. He tore the officer's coat, and
• Spoiled the
glorious uncertainty about law. I therefore de not
numbers.—The prisoner was. fined, in 40s. and costs, or
like to count my thickens before they are hatched. to be imprisoned for two months in default.
BURGLARS SHOT B ' ;RENdli WOMAN AT CON-
(Laughter.) lam consequently, to a certain extent, in
ANTINOPLE —On. Saktu-rclay night last, a courageous
a false position. I am saying this and that, as if I .
Frrenchwoman, resident at Moumkhaneh, (Constaati-
were the actual and positive landlord of the place. 'The
nople) taught the mauuis sujets of that ." uncann"
Judgment may be reversed. Ido not think it will, and
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I am sure that if it does it will not be of lone, duration.
(Loud cheers.) Still it is possible, and therefore I
should speak within bounds. So far as in me lies, if I
be continued as the landlord of this locality or not, all
that I can say is, that I shall ever entertain the. most '
grateful sense of' the kindness with .which I have been laying hands on the lonely wife, were proceeding either to
received. And I shall always feel an interest in the
place, and always wish for it that prosperity tie her, with a yew to robbery, or to commit other and worse
which I violence. The courageous Gauloise, however, had strength
feel confident I shall see realised in the success of the as well as nerve, and managing therefore to shake them off,
Wirral Water-works Company. (Loud Cheers.) His
she escaped into an adjacent room where there hung
lordship then concluded by proposing " Prosperit) to upon the wall a couple of loaded pistols. Seizing these,
the Wirral Water-works *Company." . - she turned upon the pursuing ruffians, and, levelling
Mr:C. G. COWIE responded, and said the company
felt exceedingly obliged to his lordship, 'who had come 'one .-1 her weapons at the foremost of the two; shot him
amongst them at such great personal inconvenience to dead. His accomplice thereupon turned, but before he
himself, for laying the foundation stone of those works, ' could reach the door, a second well-directed shot brought
him .also to the ground.- seriously,
and which he trusted would be as profitable to his lord- - if not mortally
ship's estate as they would be to the people of the neigh- wounded. The noise promptly brought the neighbours
bourhood generally. He then went into the history Of 'and the police to the spot, where the robbers *ere found
weltering in their blood, and their would-be victim
the company's formation, and the progress of their move-
standing over theta
meats in parliament, in the course of which he highly'-L-cool and terrible as another Judith.
applauded the conduct of the Birkenhead Commissioners —Levant Herald, September 1.
FORTY SHIPS AND NEARLY 400 LIVES LOST.— _
in reference to the company's bill. It was their boUnden- During the past week no fewer than 40 total wrecks with th....
duty to say everything that was fair and honourable, and have been posted on the books at Lloyd's. _ Among the sideration' of ~,,_
due to the Birkenhead Commissioners, and especially to more calamitous were the destruction by fire of the ship such practices.
Mr. M'Gill, the chairman of the water committee, Mr.
John Laird, the chairman of the board, and other gen- Schah Jehan. - She 'was bound from Calcutta to the FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On
West Indies, and had on board 300 coolie emigrants. as Mr. Bruce, in company with
tlemen of that body. (Cheers.).
" The Members of the two For days every effort was made to save the ship and croft, was passing the 1-
The CHAIRMAN gave
.the unhappy creatures on board, and ultimately three of the Eastern ("-
Houses of Parliament." rafts, crowded by 300 souls, were set adrift, and have tion, boo-
The toast was received with loud cheers, never since been heard of. The master, officers, 'and ,e--'
Lord INGESTRIR said, he thought it would -be incon- crew about 60, were picked up in a very distressed
siatent with the comfort of his guests, and he was sure condition, five days after, by the ship Vasco de
inconsistent with his power of eloquence, to retain them Gama. The Admella, screw steam-ship, was completely
late at that period of the evening. He had sat there, wrecked near: Cape Northumberland; on the coast of
and he had heard with 'great interest topics of local ad- Western Australia, and 87 lives were lost.. Another heavy
vantage-to them. He thanked them for the honour ' loss is the total wreck of the well-known American
that they had done them in , replying to the toast clipper ship Sovereign of the Seas, which took place on
of the House of Commons. It was somewhat agree- the pyramid shoal on the Straits of Malacca on the 6th
able to find that' some works, such as they . had of August. She was 1,988 tons, and had made some of
been taking part in that day, had met with the the most rapid passages on record from. China. The
approbation of the good. He looked on this as a matter English ship Chinchurah Eastaway' from London for
of great approbation, that the clergy had taken such l ton the Gaspar Sands ; and the
great interest in this undertaking. They would all Calcutta, was totally- os
Bombay
ship Thomas Brassey, from for Liverpool, was
agree with him in the sentiment of the rev, gentlemen
Cal-
on his left (the Rev. Mr, Redhead), who said that clergy-
men should mix themselves up with the secular wants of
their people. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He must sa
that he believed that in all classes of the community,
by co-operation in carrying out such an undertaking as'
that that they had entered on that day, they would
hest benefit themselves morally and socially. (Cheers.)
When they saw on the ether side of the Merse
the great town of Liverpool—when they saw the
great docks at Birkenhead—one of which docks
was capable of holding a greater extent of ship.
ping than any other docks in the world—when they
saw the great wealth that was accumulating, and thye
umbers of merchants that were coming over to the
-healthy localities in Cheshire—it was only to be .fore-
:warned to be forearmed, and they were taking a proper
step in proper time in providing a splendid and a good cults, from Calcutta for the Clyde, was wrecked in the
abandoned off the Cape of Good Hope ;the City of
river Hooghly ; the Hellespont steamer struck (ma rock
on leaving Naples and went .down,.. but the passengers
and crew were laved ; the Victoria, of Glasgow, foun-
dered off Anholt, in the Cattegat, but all on beard were
preserved. There are, in addition, several missing ves-
sels, respecting which the most painful forebodings are
entertained.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF
SOCIAL 'SCIENCE.—BRADFORD, IsT OCTOBER.—Aa the
week of meeting approaches, the occasion needs less to
be said of it. It speaks for itself. The interest among
our chief circles is now becoming the engrossina.
one. Preparations on all hands urgently press, As'
the time draws on, applications from the most distant
quarters thicken, and the interest and gratified feel-
, supply of water. (Hear, hear.) He appealed to the rev. mg compressed, is quite remarkable. Bradford took
a very high station in the Great Exhibition of 1851,
gentlemen present, that if they taught the working It has since taken one of the highest positions in
classes to be cleanly and comfortable in their ownthe musical world. And we feel convinced it is now
houses, they avoided disgraceful scenes and other disre- going to vindicate no slight claim to a most devoted
putable places, paving the way for those rev. gentlemen
higher
and proportionate achievement in a still
to inculcate those principles which, as a nation, they all walk of public good. We believe the Associa-
cherished and -desired. (Loud cheers.) His lordship tion that is to meet here on Monday is exactly fitted
to the eager:aspiration and sound moral thought which concluded by proposing the health of the chairman.
The toast was well received. its hardy climate and vigorous industry has con-
The CHAIRMAN briefly responded,
soicuously produced. The subjects and questions which
.
Mr. R. A. M'Pre proposed " The -Press," enlarging tt
on the great advantages which Liverpool possessed In e Association deals with are precisely those which a
' community in our healthy growing state is exactly
having an essentially local press. in a position to consider, upon which it ardently seeks
Mr. DAVID Ross, whose name was-coupled with the .
for light, and which, treated as they will be by
our
toast, returned thanks.
best and most thoughtful men, and discussed by every
The Earl of SHREWSBURY briefly proposed the health
the variety of mind, will prove of most congenial and season-
of the officers of the company—Mr. Cunningham,
able
effect. Gladly do we make every effort and sacri-
arehitect ; Mr. Gill, the solicitor ; and Mr. Hardman,
. five to welcome such benefactors.- We cannot estimate
the honorary secretary. ' - too highly the deep concern for the victims of ignorance
The toast having been responded to, other compli- a
an .crime which prompts so much devoted labour in
mentary toasts followed; and the proceedings were '
their service, nor again the time and thought of some of
brought to a conclusion at a late hour. the -first thinkers and reformers of the day in every
branch of our national and social interests. The oppor-
tunity of seeing,-and hearing, and knowing so many of
such a class as will. meet here, is indeed, a privi-
lege as rare as it is great. 'We are much mistaken if our
hall, large and commodious as it is, does not prove insuffi-
cient for the members that will eagerly throng it on this
occasion. The presence of Lord Brougham alone, in
his age retaining all the ardour of his early devotion to
intellectual pursuits and popular improvement, living to
see. educational institutions, some of the earliest of
which he founded, multiplied and thriving on every
hand, is in itself a loadstone of power ; and we venture
to say that there will be one evening
two, on which he will see that he did in the week, nay
not vainly-pledge
himself half his life ago to the Mechanics' Institute and
Library of Useful Knowledge,

I LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY

THE LAST TOLL OF " BIG, BEN.

The Grand Duke Co.nstantine it is said, is to leave
Cronstadt with a Russian squadron for the coast of
.Italy immediately after the fetes in honour of the
heir presumptive have terminated.
The Germans are making great preparations for the
celebration of the centenary birthday of Schiller, on the
10th of November next. Already the majority of the
papers are filled with proclamations and proposals for
the fete, which is to extend over at least three days;
and poems are coming in at such a rate as entirely to
eclipse our late Burns' centenary enthusiasm.
To MOTHERS AND Nonszs.—To supersede the tardy use of
the fine tooth comb in the nursery, and to cleanse the hair and
skin, preventing animalculse, obtain Greer's Patent Anti-Vermin
Lotion (perfumed), 3d., 6d., and Is., at the Anti-Vermin Office,
49, Brownlow-hill.

savans to