The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-02 00:00:00

CORONER'S COURT—Yesterday.

CHILD MU RDER.-Yesterday the coroner held the follorid
inquests :—On the body of a new born female child, foundthi:
Little Howard street, Frem the evidence given on t
enquiry, it appeared that the child was born alive, and th:,
death was the result of violence, and the jury found a vein
of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unkno°ll,.
The next inquest was held on the body of Catherine Ham
is
ton, aged 41, who died, as stated ill our paper of yesterdati;
consequence of injuries received by bring burnt. Verdi'
oa "Accidentallythe
body botft r nEt .1 'i
z'
a bAe tsh
stated Hatton.
in ag e d 51,
Hope street, Windsor.our paper 0 - •
Verdict
the death of this poor woman was caused by scalding. •
" Accidentally scalded.''
CAUTION TO DRUNKEN WOMEN.—On the body of a i"rnatn.
named Ellen Fogg, aged 40 years, who lived in Peter stnrebeer,
She was much given to drink, and was hardly over_as-
when she could got drink by any means. It aPra"
whilst in one of h -
from which she never rose, as she was found dead some 0
e. drunken fits, she lay down on the 0.03440
after. The jury returned a verdict of " Died from aces°
drinking." Who
el!vteerddaya:

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF N4,94*

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES' tie.
Sir.—Although I make it a rule never to tie ea
attacks on the Grand Trunk Railway, I ani
to depart from my practice at the request ol soma„a
shareholders, who have called my attention htued
paragraph in your paper of this date, furaisP
by a correspondent. ore
I do not hesitate to say that the statennen",,ed
wholly untrue, and which the accounts renebear
weekly in England from all parts of Canada to
witness to. As a further proof, I have ore
remark that as regards the staff, there are 1101710 c
than seven or eight Englishmen in the tr4ov,
department on the whole 849 miles in opeltjiy,
and that out of three that were sent out orig!e: of
one from Birkenhead, who held the sittlati%vd
goods manager at Portland, for drunkeneen iog
bad conduct had the option given him Gs' i-teter•
discharged or resigning, and he chose the All'oso
This person, since his return, has, for the p, the
of annoyance, inserted several articles ,111 A the
papers, and issued printed circulars against
Grand Trunk Railway, and I have not the 7.010
doubt will be found to be the author of the ara
in question.—l am, sir, your obedient servant'
S. P. BIDDER, General Manager.
Liverpool, April Ist, 1837.

SHIP WRECKED MARINERS' SOCIE2I.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES' id
Sir,—lf I were a member of parliament, it nit
not signify--but I don't like to be snubbed.
tter
-
offend a man let him say so. I thought mY
aeti•to
of the 28th January, in your journal, had %lea
ballast enough in it to warrant my venturing up
ie,o
a bowline, so as to get the weather gage of PeeliP co
pockets at once. I did hope the
name I took the liberty of mentioning, weuldret
in company, but not he; neither tack nor 5-beet
does he start in the good cause—who kn°ws
, an
that he is on his new " Great Circle Track ,
got among the Icebergs, or in the " Doldrums' oe
gentleman vvme'l
becalmed, so that not even" Old Harry" hirnse,hfied ;
find him—well, some people, sir, are never sat's be
ihl.:
elaul
hwma7;:ssb,ec
become
ounmlad,lfisnod meridians,any cou
entangledr st eh
iaantu dhhdi
sei s
at
stl: et I
ie:;:
agrno;se
sdi
jammed up like my poor old friend Jackson--Yet,
remember the regular cable tier squeeze he ells
mpoiozrenfen3llaoswt.,) betLsveeetn
if you pleas-
Ant
don't mean Jackson), hear from me, wc-b
it would not have cost his ready pen lot
trouble to have followed up my 1„cl
disinterested romarks upon the Shipwree-50
Mariner's Society. Things there are even Ives
than I have described ;
_the last gales have be
awful, in the misery they have spread around t 0,
coast; I see the Committee of Lloyds, at L°ll‘l°.
their
have just given £25 to help them onward in
noose
work of mercy, and if Mr. --, but I Or'
the fly of the ensign and tit
I roust not use his name—well then, if the
D---- is not willing to receive donations--3er
I plainly offered mine—let the kind heartediLibvell
pool merchants send their cash at once, as staet
do, to headquarters, " The Royal Banegi'ser
Shipwrecked Mariner's Society, Hiberniaitl
bers, London Bridge," and I hope their gertere-
will be made known through your paper. nioer,
Well, sir, as regards yourself. By the tiove
(and my game leg thrills at the word), y°im der'
lately touched upon a tender subject to 111"kiag
writers, owners, masters, and all of us, in ta:ii-ses
of insurances, and any man in his seven s'n-oer
must see the absurdity of a little whipper-sns,,,r; of
of a steamer being made liable only to her va"-rio
£lO a ton, if she runs her nose into tberi and
of a ship of 1,500 tons, just between will- the
too
water, and sends her,' with all her cargo,
bottom. I am afraid that steamers are gensit:oits
the agressors. I cannot say that I and are
friendly to big ships in general, unless tueibelP
steamers or screws. I could not, however, the
waving my stick when people cheered, °llr4rest
Landing Stage, a few weeks since, as the "oa
Britain departed. She is a noble ship, sintaad
respect a craft that has worked, and thumPelara•
twisted, and strained, as she did in Enra.-resS
Irneleaotc:fiVvter in time ComPanY's.sinljeu.
Bay. By the blue noses, she is worthy of -a
fine
Britain." People say, too, that her captain 1'.,,-0111
young fellow—and so he ought to be to coni„o
ship like that ! I dare say people said
4 fine young fellow" (like Sam Weller'sai 0,6
"once!" The captain of the Tyne was, A'46o'9
"fine fellow," until he look the ground at Gt• `l,;
Tradehis " case." Sharp
head—(as if that could make any differene e is
of
oga
f4lol.ictclego tsnhgi
aodeine,nrtcrt
gentry;
Captain
know his high ttaahlakievni
eraedernit,
impartial
ponae
,yto,rhsttNeit
aesaarlevia'bl sea:
_otnteoe,
.fallar;v7i
his
emthaoayir
hatt- dio: having worn the " dog vane" myself, and
my jacket with the " laughing jackass,"--11°.,.ice,',
respect to the really "Honourable Company siev. ana,
—the most "united," the most gentlemsn'',i' ar/4-1
the most noble merchant service that tbe f ono
ever saw, or ever will see. I know a great des] (310 of
of the magistrates who condemned the esPts.tbah
the Tyne—of J. Lobb, Esq. I can deelare„„o,
whatever he does, he does from conviction, ' of
sense of public duty. But surely the eaP?itsl3oo
the Tyne (I do not remember his name)
injured man. We at Liverpool, as shiPlll.% his
feel keenly discouraged that one so eminelll"--„ftet
profession as this " martyr" to marine law:bilitit
years of unblemished aetivity and resnonsi tioo,
atter:raj;
ehould,from a single half hour's abstracted
from certainly important parts of his duty, be stns
down in the prime of life! means'
Su nnt jmt u us, summa injuria, which
nogg
according to Cocker, that law is all my eye OP
TIMES. I say expediency before strict law,
er'u ove
I .}m touching on a most se,ious question, nly ;
that affects the shipmasters of Liverpool deejpoo
perhaps, therefore, you will allow me to ente,r. jo
the question like a regular seagoiog of
few clays, and if I don't show that the eaTt no,
the Tyne ought to be pardoned, you may---:atioas,
sir, I never imprecate, so make no PrePal your
b
sir, „
but believe that I feel it an honour to be,
OLD 1-Lsit
obedient servant,