The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

RIPENING FOR THE GALLOWS.

At the Worship street Police court, William Woodin,
loardened looking youth, about nineteen years of age,
:as charged with having assaulted his father, a coach
Faker, in New Inn yard, Shoreditch, and also with
feloniously cutting and wounding a police constable who
en effected his apprehension. Davidge, G 169, who wes
,;.luently in a state of extreme exhaustion, and appeared
ith his face enveloped in bandages, stated that while on
4tY in the Curtain road, Shorediteh, on the previous
lfternoon, he was suddenly accosted by the prisoner's
4thel., who expressed his intention to give his son
Itiv`.o custody, for having brutally ill treated him.
nness accordingly accompanied him to' his house,
filich he was about to enter, when tha prisoner rushed
iclverd to commence a desperate attack upon hie father,
the course of which he struck him a violent blow in the
taco. Witness endeavoured to protect the old man from
L.e brutality of his unnatural assailant, but on seizing
elto by the collar,, the prisoner Axed his teeth in the
b ;11Per part of his thumb, which be bit so severely, and
apsed him such exquisite pain, that he was compelled to
release him. The prisoner then retreated into a back room, vi ueo he caught up two table knives, which he brandished
each hand, and declared that he would murder the first
bn who approached him. Witness was attempting to
4r121 him; when the prisoner made a rapid thrwt at his
• ettst which cut through his coat and underclothing, and
Ink
g • allay after stabbed him in the face and inflicted a
tful gash under his left eye. He was also blinded
la the bl od which flowed from the wound but he
ka,„ o
thi "god to get out his truncheon, and after a deter-
At 'led resistance the prisoner was overpowered and secured.
aohn Mather, the divisional surgeon of police, stated
a't he had since attended the constable, who was suffering
4°14 a dangerous incised wound in the upper part of his
11fa 'which was cut to the bone. The blow had manifestly,
7:4 dealt with some sharp instrument, which had fortu-
it eIS been obstructed by the cheek bone, but for which,
Tj:ould probably have been attended with a fatal remit.
biutt- pris9Ler's father, a respectable elderly man, who wept
erit'erlY while giving his evidence, was then examined, and
11,0e,d into a sad relation with regard to the profligatetireults and turbulent conduct of the prisoner, from the
Priseets 01, vi hich, he was completely heart broken. The
iviffier, who listened to the evidence with an air of callous
be t„ken, erenoe, was ordered to be remanded for depositioes to

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On Wednesday last. Miss Nightingale, accompanied
is 3 Sir John M'Neill and- Professor Syme, visited the
urgical hospital and medical wards of the Royal
@_narrnary, Edinburgh, and minutely examined all the
rrangenicnts of this establishment.

LIFE B()ATS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—Will you be kind enough to insert the
following in your impression. It may be the
cause of creating a life boat demonstration, and
lead to some results for the future preservation of
life from shipwreck, and more security for the
crews of Life Boats.

Q —What is the difference between a Boat and a
Life Boat; or what is a Boat if it is not a Life
Boat ?

Two years and four months have now elapsed
since I brought to Liverpool u Life Boat, desirous
of having a competing test with the Life Boats of
this pelt, but after waiting; over a month, en-
deavouring to induce a trial, I failed to do so,
whereby the good that might have arisen, would
probably, have prevented the sacrifice of the gallant
crew of the Point of Ayr Life Boat, and others, as I
pointed out then, as I do now, the deficiency of
the Liverpool Life Boats, "as Life Boats," and
true it is, they are of the most mitnitivo character;
and that in broken water, such as the Tyne Life
Boats safely ride -out, the Liverpool Boats would
swamp.

I am prepared to prove this by practical demon-
stration, either with the Life Boat that has been

lying here the time above named, or with the Life
Boat I have now brought over here, that
I built for his Grace the Duke of Wellington at
a cost of five hundred pounds, "it being the first
built on this principle, which also illustrates a new
principle in ship, yacht, and boat building."
His Grace has.ing seen my Captain's Gig Life
Boat tested to prove all boats can simply be made

life boats, instructed me to build leis Grace a
large life boat regardless of expense. Pro.vi-iion is
made 'in this boat to meet every known accident
that has occurred to a life boat. She has been

tested by Government, and also against the life
boats on the east coast, with the greatest success,
having beatea all her competitors.
I have now made a second application, inviting
a practical trial against the life boats belonging to
the Liverpool Dock Commissioners, and also the
Royal Life Boat Institution's life boats, and any,
other life boats or life apparatus that can be pro-
duced.

I trust, sir, r shall not be disappointed, as it
must be obvious the greater my success the more
mankind will be benefittetl.

I am, sir, well aware of the many existing and
conflicting theoretical prejudices, and all of which
will continue to exist, until a practical and a com.
peting demonstration explodes them.
The life boat called the Duke of Wellington I have
taken to pieces, to illustrate what constitutes a life
boat, and also the principle how she is constructed
for war purposes—fir destroying ships of war, &c.,
&c. She will remain in her present state for a few
days. when I' shall attend from twelve to one
o'clock to explain and show the principle. I beg
to invite those who take an interest in a scientific
mechanical work, more particularly when it con-
cerns mankind.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
THOMAS CHARLES CLARKSON.

THE COUNTY COURT.