Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-07 00:00:00

young: woman -named Elizabeth Duffy

was on the

foundon-her.

and. £2

and on searel
another lady, that bad been. just stolen. NI;
lir. Cobb said he would not offer any observations
state of the case, and the prisoner was sent for trial.

BEFORE MESSItg. PEEL AND HEATH,
ewis, buildet•s, of Tallison-street, Great Homer—
) summoned, by the • officers of the Health

Lllpwing

) feet with

street where they are

and IkT. Cobb v

Mr. M'Gowan pros,

.ppearea t

houses in th

iilders, and lave ore

A) doors, making the street

less than 30 feet wide, .the width required by act of parlia—
ment. After some discussion, it was agreed to adjourn the

case for a week, so as to arrange the affair

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SMOKE. NUISANCES

At the Police Court, yesterday, before Messrs. Peel and.
Heath, several merchants were summoned under the sani-
toly act, for permitting dense volumes of black smoke
issue from their cones, contrary to the act of Parliament
The deputy town-clerk, Mr. M'Crowan, with Mr. Wignall,
the inspector of smoke, appeared as the representatives of
the health committee, to conduct and prove the cases.
On the case of the Messrs. M•Fic, sugar refiners, of Batehe-
lor-lane, being called on, lir. Meowan said, the heAlth
committee bad to trouble the magistrates with four com-

plaints against merchants of the town in reference to the
smoke nuisances. He believed that in each of the cases the
same facts would be proved as had been proved over and
over again, that the works of the defendant's were in good
order, and that if smoke was allowed to be emitted it was
through the culpable neglect of the servants employed on
the premises. WVitl► regard to the Messrs. U'Fie,
they have had to be troubled : with summonses
time after time, and have been fined rei
and on their part, as they have been -s,

fined, and it has been so often shown that they can prevent
the nuisance, the neglect on their part is must unpardonable,
and he should, therefore, press for the full penalty. Mr_

Wignall, the. inspector, 'pr'oved that, on the

Zsth of J ant

. .
last, he saw dense volumes of black smoke issuing from the
defendants premises, from 11 26 to 11 59, without the
slightest cessation. He also proved that they had
been freqnently fined, and that since the last
conviction he had served them with four notices,
on each occasion of which they might have
summoned- to this court. He also added in
statement that the smoke from the defendants cone was
greatly complained of by the inhabitants of that part of the
town, and also by many other gentlemen. In answer to
Mr. M'Fie, Mr. Wignall stated that there were
several furnaces emptied themselves into this cone, bet

he could not say mit of which furnace the smoke arose.
Police-constable Hess, No. GOO, stated that he saw the
smoke from the time Mr Wignall directed his attention to

it until half-past twelve, and that it was very black
Mr. At 'Fie addressed the bench at considerable
showing that they had done their utmost to prevent tt

he alsO believed had other 'manufacturers.

paid their men no less than £3 Bs. per month extra to pievent
it, and if the offence was committed, the men had to pay dr;
fines themselves. For his part, he, did not believe it pn.s-
sible that all smoke could be prevented altogether, but be
did believe that they had got as near perfection as posale.,
considering the number of chimnies in the town, and the

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clearness of the atmosphere. Having described the nature
of the works; and their extent, he proceeded to endeavour to
exculpate his employees from any blame, believing that they
had done all they could to escape the penalty, and feared. that
what was hitherto called grey smoke had now turned to black
smoke. He also added that, upon inquiry, he believed no
notice of the present offence had been received. In answer
to the magistrates, .llr. Wignall said he had not

of the offence at the ti

going on, but by notice or

after a lengthy .'e

sultation between the Ilene

and Mr. M'Gowan, at t

;he request of

. ,
bench, a servant in the employ of the de-fendant was
called, and he stated that he that he thought the smo&e
from a furnace could he cut off in three or four minister.
Upon this, Mr. M'Fie contended that, as such was the
case, as.his firm had thirty-six furnaces, they were entitled
to have three minutes allowed them each. This, Mr.

M'Gowan said, would he virtually upsetting the act. `II
magistrates having considered the case, said, that as the in-
spector had not gone to the place at the time, and informed
them of the nuisance, the penalty would be mitigated.
Mr. M'Gowan protested against -that system, as the:
inspector had done so on former occasions, when he had
been so treated that he did not wish to go again. Miter
some further discussion, Mr. M'Fie regretted that tke
inspector should have been so treated, and said it should be
inquired into, and the parties reprimanded, if not dis-
charged: The Bench inflicted a penalty of 50s and costs.
John Crossley, of the rice-mills, Rainford-place, was
summoned for a like offence.-. The facts were preyed hg
Mr. Wigtall and the police-constable; upon which Ifir.
Clarke, one of the firm, addressed the bench at some lengat,
and called -a witness to prove that it was impossible for any
man to prevent the smoke. A long discussion followed, the
result of which was; the firm was fined 20s and costs.
Messrs. Tlaylock and Co., biscuit-bakers, were also E
in the like sum. •
Joseph Crostee,

the same offenC(

LORI) HENLEY tas

110 s and costs t(

.ned fur Northampton with

THE RICHNION9 POISONING CASE.—The trial of fl
tethurst, is to commence at the Central Criminal Court,

PRESENT BY .TIL E DIJISE or HAMILTON TO THE EN:PERO I
NAPOLEON. - A tine West Highland bull and two heifer;
a blaekfaced raw and six ewes, and two collie dogs, were
trucked on Thursday id ). it at Motherwell Statim fier
London, en root' as a present from his Grace
-1' the French,-
the Duke of

,otc Heraid

The

rill.; KINGDOM OF 01'1,- .yutta English*,
the following singular Paragraph : "We are u
,on Of the ex-Xing of ,Ode, who is at pre-
--itteu to his father that he basisitt
--‘a that the: kingdom is

formed that the

to be restored to hita
in this, had not the 1

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and forwarded byhi

Lid he nothing reinarkable
ihmitted to Lord Stanley,

y morning an inque
coroner, at the Pelham Arms,
13- of Mary Humphrey, wife of a max
11. The deceased woman was 41 year;
ved for some time unhappily with bp-4,-
.; addicted to drunkenness, and in bx
umuiL of quarrelling. A witness named Champ, who reside
in the.same house, deposed to finding, on Sunday morning.
on his return from church, the deceased suspended by keg
itiieleektooday V
gate near the canine° to the dwelling; she all
immediately cut down, but life was quite extinct, thou
N‘vitilos Hot cold. -vSaurl.,enrlasicuttskieort,wi ill tnesseso
tr
examined, ;
part of the husband, which; however, he strenuously de"7:
Other evidence shoWed that the deceaspd had been a
g woman, though of ill-regulated and intemperv'
The jury returned a verdict of Temportg

SUICIDE or A FBM
was held before Mr. Li_ PL.•I
Brighton, on the
living in that .ho

ItabitQ

Insanity."