Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-28 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.
ASSAULT.—Joseph Dodd, a young man was charged
with having assaulted Mrs. ikephenson, of Simpson-street.
The complainant said the prisoner lodged in her house,
and on the previous night he came in drunk, and without
any provocation he commenced beating - her. • A police-
man proved that he saw the man beating the complainant,
and Mr. Stephenson, the husband of complainant, said
he was in bed when he heard his wife calling out, and he
went down and found the prisoner assaulting her. Mr.
Bluck, for the prisoner, said he was instructed to say that
the prisoner only acted on his own behalf, as the com-
plainant and her husband had assaulted him, and he
called a fellow who said he saw Mr. Stephenson and
and his wife assaulting Dodd. His Worship said he did
not believe a word of the defence, and sent the prisoner
to jail for three months.
THE CAR ASSOCIATION AND THE MAGIsTRATEs....:
Three hedged car drivers were brought before his Worship,
charged with being drunk and incapable of taking care of
their vehicles, and thus endangering the lives of the
public. Mr. Mansfield, on hearing the last case, said, this
is no less than the thin ease of badged carmen who have
been brought before me this morning on charges of
drunkenness. I understand that the car and coach
committee have made a complaint to the watch com-
mittee, that they are subject to the double jurisdiction
of the watch committee and magistrates. There

is not a word V of truth in the representations
male, by the car committee to the watch
committee. When car drivers are brought
before me for being drunk, they are fined' the same as
other people are for the same offence. It is right that
the public should know, that I have nothing to do with
taking away car drivers badges, and it is right also that
the public should not have false statements made by the
car committee to the watch committee, and let the
reports go uncoutradicted. The late car and
inchicy ea:ll464;re committee did their duty to
the public in an admirable way, and with
very great leniency to the carmen—more than they
deserved. lam sure the gentlemen who have succeeded
the car and coach committee, will do their duty impar,
tially to the carmen and the public, as I aim convinced
they will; but it is right that the public should know
that the car committee ought not to go. before that•body
with a false statement. I know this will go to the
public.

BEFORE MESSRS. JEFFERY AND PEET.

CAUTION TO BILOKERS.—Mr. Tyndall appeared 011
behalf of the Inland Revenue, to proceed against Hannah
Rily, broker, of 110, Vauxhall-road, under the 19th and.
20th Victoria, chap. 7, sec. 2, for having acted as a pawn-
broker without a license, the penalty for which is £5O.
Mr. Bluck appeared for the defendant. The case was as
follows :—On the sth of January, at ten o'clock at night,
a Mrs. Cannon, who lived at 41, Eldon-place, sent a
jacket belonging to one of her sons, to the shop of defen-
dant and pledged it for 2s; next morning she sent her
daughter to redeem it, and she paid 2s 8d for it. She
had previously made a bargain with the defendant to pay
4d in the shilling for whatever she would
lend, and it seemed that Mrs. Cannon had been
dealing with defendant for five or six months This was
the case for the prosecution. The complainant, on cross-
examination by Mr. Bluck, denied that she, at the time,
intended to inform on Riley. The defence set up by Mr.
Bluck was, that the jacket was purchased of his client,
and resold to Mrs. Cannon; but this failed, and the
magistrates said they had no alternative but to convict.
Mr. Tyndall said he would not press for the full penalty
in this case. Mr. Jeffery said he did not wonder at poor-
rates being so high, and poor-houses so full, when such
brokers existed. They were an abomination to the poor,
and made the poor people who resorted to them poorer
still. A penalty of £l2 lOs was inflicted on the
defendant.

BEFORE MESSRS. SMITH AND HOUGHTON

CHARGE AGAINST A CAPTAIN.-Captain W. Lachman,
of the German ship "Jane," was charged by one of his
seamen, for threatening his life. Mr. Bluck was for
complainant, and Mr. Cobb for defendant. The whole
case was got out by Mr. Cobb on his cross-
examination of the man, who admitted that the threat
was used on the Ist of January, and that he brought it
forward now to get away from the ship, as be could ge
more wages on board another vessel. On this state of
the case, the bench dismissed the charge.

THE BURNS CENTENARY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—l was favoured, on the 20th instant, with
a reply or notice on my letter published, on the
19th instant, in the Daily Post, by a correspondent
signing himself " Lang Tam," and I have delayed
replying for a week, in order to observe how
" Lang Tam's " countrymen would conduct them-
selves and their dances at the ball of the 25th inst.
I believe my expression, " uncouth gesticulations,"
gave great offence, and I would have been glad to
recal the same, had the amateur reel performances
been such as to have warranted my doing so. I
would not wish it to be inferred that the reel
dancing on the 25th was not as well performed as
possible, but I still say that such a style of
dancing is not such as should be the rule at any
ball here, and the usual polkas, waltzes, &c., &c.,
the exception. The committee, however, sowed
their good sense (of which they had but little) in
the choice of programme of dances, by not allow-
ing Scotch dances to preponderate. I would ask
" Lang Tam" if the yelling and screaming, as
uttered during the dancing of the reels at St. George's

Hall, is the usual accompaniment to such perform-
ances, and (if he was present) how he liked the
marked tokens of approval elicited by the perform-
ance of the Scottish band at their conclusion
of the second quadrille ? I think the less
we have of Scottish management at any
future balls, &c., the better, as, with the
exception of the refreshment department, the
management throughout was most wretched.
" Lang Tam " has had his sneer ; I my triumph ;
as, notwithstanding his would-be poetry, he did
not gain what he evidently desired, viz., a pre-
ponderance of " uncouth gesticulations." I think,
Nl5.
eeiuerilthfem
from the style of his effusion, such talents as his
ought not to be thrown away on so " daft a chiel"
as he would make me out to be, while there is so
open a market for the display of such talents at
Kelly the butterman's,. where I would advise him
to offer his services : doubtless he had a trial
for the prize poem. I suppose, when he reads
this he will feel inclined to apologise for the
conduct of his countrymen, of whom only five got
" fou" at St. George's Hall ; but probably he will
. think it better to be silent, remarking (as.l heard
I
a Scotch gentleman say on Tuesday evening),
if he
am ashamed of my countrymen ; " 1
or-
give and forget both what he said and what I saw
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Hall hat,t andto-morrow,
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and heard.—Yours, &c. U.
Liverpool, January 27, 1859.

"'The suspension is announced of Messrs. Bryant and
Davies, general merchants, London, with liabilities d
olfnchouursildre cannot
sup-
posed to amount to about £15,000 or £20,000.
EXTRAORDINARY AND USEFUL INVENTION.—There is
nothing that housewives complain of with greater truth.
fulness, than the breaking of some favourite piece of.
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be dwelt on. We ohavet seen some of its effects at Mr.
Hall's, our neighbours, and the glass that has been
cemented by it is stronger in that part than in any other.
The article is vel • y cheap, and no house can be long without
it. Mr. Hall is
all interested the agent for its sale in Liverpool, and
can judge for themselves, by looking • in at
his
establishment. Agent for Liverpool, E. T. Hall, 23,
South John-street. Sold in bottles, ls. each, or sent fn.
on receipt of xtesien postage stamps.
STATISTICS OF EDUCATION.—The " National Society
for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Prin-
ciples of the Established Church," has completed its
decennial inquiry into the statistics connected with
church schools throughout England and Wales. The
number of scholars in Church of England week-day, Sun-
day, and evening schools is reported to be 1,672,415;
or about 8.61 per cent. of the entire population of Eng-
land and Wales. In 1847, the date of the society's pre-
vious inquiry, the per centage of the population under
instruction In Church of England schools was 8.25.
There are at present 1,187,086 scholars in Church of
England week-day schools ; 1,093,070 in Sunday schools ;
and nearly 55,000 in evening schools. The number of
evening scholars has more than doubled since 1817. The
returns embrace other particulars, especially as regard,
teachers, pupil teachers, and annual income. The results
of the inquiry bear striking testimony to the accuracy of
the report and tables of the census of education in 1851,
which were issued by the Registrar-general in 1854.
The National Society's inquiry was conductedb by the Rev.
Alexander Wilson, assisted by Mr. Flint, of the Education
Commission.

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Publiz Vulustmtnts:

THEATRE ROYAL, WILLIAMSON-SQUARI
ter CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS ! _eV

The New, Grand, Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled,
THE LADYE BIRD BOWER !

OR, HARLEQUIN PRINCE PEACOCK AND THE FAIR
PRILLIANTAII!
7_ THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), THE 28th INSTANT,
_

And duing—tire Week, the performance will Commence with the
r
celebrated Drama, by Tom Taylor, Esq., entitled
A SHEBP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING.
Master Jasper Carew .......• ••.... . Mr. Edgar.
Rester Chedzoy
Anne Carew • • • ... Miss Page.
After which, the New, Grand, Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
LADYE BIRD BOWER !

OR, HARLEQUIN PRINCE PEACOCK AND THE E:R.BRILLIANTA I ! !
Founded upon the old Nursery Chaunt,
jdadye-bird, ladye-bird, fly away. home,
Your housiis on fire—Your &harm at ;tome."
Written by Mr. C. Somerset, and the author of "Puss in Boots."
The Comic Scenes written and invented by W. Dorrington, Esq.
The Overture and Music of the Opening composed, selected, and
arranged by Mr. Musgrave. The Scenery of the Pantomime Designed
and Painted by Mr. Dearlove, jun., assisted by Mr. George Dawson
and Mr. Penn. The Machinery by Mr. Cawdrey. The Properties
by Mr. Dearlove,,sen. The Dresses and Ball-room Costumes, which
are of the most recherehe description, by Mr. and Mrs. Jeffries.
The Wigs and Masks by Mr. Clarkson, of Russell-street, London.
The whole of the Dances and the Action of the Ballet, arranged and
directed by Miss M'Ginty and Miss Bramah.

THE STORY OF THE PANTOMIME.
Once upon a time there was a certain Queen, whose same was
Goldenwing, and who had a very large family of daughters. Her
husband having long since been dead, the family was a source of
great anxiety to her, and she kept them at home, as well as she
could, in a beautiful bower of roses and fillies. Her eldest daughter,
The fair Brillianta, was so exceedingly handsome that she attracted
the notice of Prince Eblis, who sought her hand, but was rejected,
not only by the young lady, but by her mother and all the
family. by
afterwards the Prince Peacock, a gay bachelor,
whose domain joined that of the Queen Goldenwing, becoming
tired of single blessedness, proclaimed that he would give a
grand ball, and invited everybody, far and near, in the hope
that from amongst the ladies he might select a wife. The
fair Brillianta, with all her sisters, went to the Prince's ball,
where he at once became enamoured of her, and arrangements
or their marriage were being made by Queen Goldenwing,
when Prince Eblis, hearin of this, became so enraged that,
while the Queen was at the Palace of Prince Peacock, having sent
ker children home to the Bower, he resolved to burn that beautiful
place to the ground, and all the family in it. Fortunately the
'fair Brillianta remained with the Prince, carefully enclosed in a
large and lovely rose, to guard her from ham. As the Queen and
the Prince were looking from the battlements of the Palace at a
great comet which appeared at that time, a lurid light was
observed in the sky, while voices in the air warned the Queen of
what was doing by singing, " Ladye Bird, Ladye Bird, fly away
home, your house is on fire, your children at home." On hearing
this the Queen became alarmed, and, with the Prince and her
daughter, attended by the Double-faced Guards, who never turned
their backs on an enemy, because they could not, flew to the scene
of the conflagration, where, in spite of the exertions of the good
fairy firemen, the Prince and his Guards were completely van-
quished by Prince Elbis, and Brillianta was nearly in his power
when King Fog, who had one night protected some of the little
ladye bird children of Goldenwing, when they had stayed out too
late and become lost in his mists, suddenly appeared, and, calling
to their aid a shower of rain, not only extinguished the flames of
the burning Bower, but so befriended Prince Peacock and the fair
Brillianta, that they eventually became united and lived happy
over after.

King Fog ..
Queen Goldenwing
The Fair Brillianta

Mr. Misty.
. Mrs. R. Power.
. Miss Bramah.
Miss Ed s ards.
Miss Richardson.
THE TRANSFORMATION.
...Mr. Hunt, I Pantaloon Mr. J. W. Collier
Miss Bramah. Clown .......... Mr. R. Power
To-morrow (Saturday), the 29th instant,
The LAST GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE of the
PANTOMIME,
Preceded by the Musical Farce of NO

Prince Peacock
Spottina ..

Harlequin
Columbin,

The Pantomime terminates every Evening at a Quarter-past Ten.
Prices of Admission :—Dress Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. ; Pit,
2s. ; Gallery, Is.
Doors open at Half-past Six ; to commence at Seven o'clock.

The BoX-office is liow Open from Ten till Three o'Clock, for
securing Seats in the Dress Circle and taking Private Boxes, which
may be had under the direction of Mr. Geo. Weston.

R 0 Y A L AM P H I THEATRE
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET.
Proprietor Mr. W. R. COPELAND.