Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-23 00:00:00

CHARGE AGAINST A RELIEVING
OFFICER.

A edmmittee of the Toxteth Guardians met yesterday
morning-, in the board-room of the Publie-offices, Park-
place, for the purpose of inquiring into the conduct of
Mr. Heath, relieving-officer for that district, a com-
plaint having been lodged against him by the Head
Constable of this borough with referenee to his refusal
or neglect torelieve a woman named Mary Brady,
residing in a cellar, 30, Mann-street. Mr. M. A. Johns
occupied the chair ; and there were also present—
Messsrs. John Moss, John Wilson; J;. B. Hughes, Wm..
Baynes, and A. Grindrod. The_complaint having been
read over. in the presence 'of Mr. Heath, 'Mr. W: E.
Smith, medical, officer for district 'No. 2, was called.
He stated that the woman., had erysipelas in the
head. When he spoke. to Mr. Heath in reference
to the case, he understood him to say that he had
refused to give the woman a Medical order. i
He did not consider that she would have been in
more danger by being remove‘to the hospital than she
would have been -by remaining, in the cellar. James
Patterson, deputy of Mr. Finnigan, medical officer for
No. 1 district, stated that on Saturday evdning, the
;_l2th instant, Mr. Wilson, the guardian,
.called at his
house, but he was not at home. He left word that so
soon as hesihould return he was to visit a woman in a
cellar, 30, Mann-street. He returned home on Sunday
morning, and soon after went to the place as directed.
He found the woman lying on three mattresses in a
small recess of the cellar which was very damp. She
was quite blind and suffering from phle,gmonous erysi-
-pelas. The face and scalp of the neck were. much
swollen, and she was in -a very low state. He pre-
scribed for her, and she got a little better after taking
the stimulating medicine. She had no nourishment.
except what the neighbours gave her, and he' would
haVe ordered her some beef tea and wine if he thought
he had the Power to do so. He considered that she could
have been removed with as little danger as to allow her
to remain where she was. The neighbours said that'
when M. Heath offered her the workhouse, she refused
to go until she would, see her daughter, who lived in
Birkenhead. He visited her daily till Wednesday, when
she- was removed to the hospital. William Darkin,
inspector of police, said he was informed of the woman's
destitution 'by 'officer 807 ; and after visiting her, he
sent the officer and a neighbour woman to acquaint. Mr.
Heath of the case. He again called, and found that
the relieving officer had offered her the *orkhouse, but
had given no r.elief. She said she wished to see her
daughter: He called upon Dr. Patterson, to ask him
to see her, but he did not find him in. Christopher
Jackson, assistant to Mr. Patterson, stated that Mr.
Wilson and the police-officer called, but no other person.
Ann Jones, a neighbour to the woman Brady, said she
went to Mr. Heath's house with the officer, and that he
was impertinent to them both. This was corroborated
by the officer (807). Mr. Wilson, the guardian, was
also examined, and he corroborated the above statements,
so far as he was personally concerned. After the evi-
dence had been considered,' the committee agreed to
recommend the suspenSion of Mr. Heath. The re-.
commendation will come before the general board to-
morrow.

A SERIOUS CHARGE.—At the magistrates' clerk's Pffice
at Petersfield, on Thursday, a painful and melancholy
circumstance occurred. Mr. Wardroper, for many years
in practice as a solicitor, of Midhurst, Sussex, was
brought up from the police-station, in which he was in-
carcerated on the previous day, on the charge of fraud
and embezzlement to some considerable extent. A pro
form 4 examination took place, after which the prisoner
was remanded by the Hon. J. J. Carnegie, the presiding
magistrate, to a future day. The prisoner will remain
in custody at the .Petersfield police-station until the ne-
cessary evidence confirming the charges can be com-
pleted.—Hampshire Independent.
COURT OF :REVISION.—APPEAL.—SOUTH LANCA-
SHIRE.—An appeal of some importance was heard in
the Court of Common Pleas on Saturday. Among
those who claimed a place on the Manchester list of
voters for South Lancashire was a Mr. Joseph Sher-
lock, whose qualification was stated to be the owner-
ship of one thirty-fifth of a property producing a gross
annual rental of £llO 14s. 4d. and which, when divided
among the various owners, left each 40s. 6d. a year. It
was, however, found that in order to collect
,and dis-
tribute this rent it was necessary to employ a collector,
to whom £5 a year was given, and that, deducting, this
£5 from the gross amount, the dividend to each of the
owners was under 40s. Mr. John Steward appeared
in the Court of Revision with this objection to Mr.
Sherlock's claim, and the Revising Barrister consider-
ing- the-objection fatal, struck off Mr. Sherlock's name:
An appeal against this decision was carried into the
Court of Common Pleas on Saturday, .but their Lord-
ships sustained the judgment of the Barrister; -
THE INNS OF COURT VOLUNTEERS.—On Saturday
afternoon, a very large and enthusiastic meeting of
henchers and members of the different Inns of Court
was held in the Lords Justices' Court, Lincoln's-inn, with
a view to take the necessary steps for giving immediate
practical effect to the design in contemplation there for
some time past for the formation of a volunteer rifle
corps. Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Kindersley was
present, as were also a considerable number of the more
distinguished members of the Bar, and "others occu-
pyin positions of honour in the profession,' including
Sir Hugh Cairns, M.P., Sir John Harding, the
Queen's Advocate-feneral, Mr. Selwyn, M.P., Mr.
Malins, M.P., Mr. Samuel Warren, Q.C., Mr. Whateley,
Q.C., Mr. Phinn, Q.C., Mr. Forsyth, Q.C.,Mr. Bacon,
Q.C., Mr. Kenyon Parker, Q.C., the Hon. Nfr. Liddell,
Mr. Otter, Examiner of the Court of Chancery, Mr.
Huddleston, Q.C., Mr. Wilcox, Q.C., and many more
of note and standing. The profession' mustered upon
the occasion in great force, and seen in a mass it would
be difficult to find a more spirited body of men. Many
of them fresh from the Universities, accustomed to ath-
letic exercises, no more promising;.band 'could be sub-
mitted to the training of the drill serjeant-major, and the
sight of them would delight theheart of Major-Gen. Hay.
Armed, highly-trained and disciplined, in the prime
of life, they would be well nigh invincible, and with
such a body to defend them the time-honoUred members
of the profession might still burrow in their shady
retreats in the Temple and Lincoln's-inn, or "live at
home at ease" in their suburban chateaux, utterly
regardless of invasion. Mr. Selwyn, M.P., having been
voted to the chair by acclamation, recounted the steps
taken by the provisional committee, of which he was a
member, composed of representatives of the Inns of
Court, and 'embodied some time ago for the formation of
a corps. The election of a committee was adjourned.
Thanks were voted to Mr. Kenyon Parker and M.r.
Selwyn, M.P., and the meeting broke up in high glee.
POPULAR FEELING IN FRANCE TOWARDS ENGLAND.
In a letter from a Scotch gentleman who has been tra-
velling extensively in France this season, we have the
following :—" I have just returned from a tour which
embraced Paris, Tours, Bordeaux, Arcadron, St. Sebas-
tian, Bayonne, Biarritz, Bordeaux again, Royan, Roch-
fort, La Rochelle, Isle de Rhe, Paris again, Boulogne, &c.
I met a whole Government Commission, and was in com-
munication with Government authorities officially in Paris,
where I dined in public places. I wore a Scotch cap, with a
silver griffin therein, on the railways. I was sufficiently
marked to be a butt for chaff if any had been going I
walked up and down at we station for a long time in
front of a regiment in a train, all smoking, jawing, and
larking. I was in constant communication with com-
mis-voyageurs,' who are perfect thermometers, as you
well know. I was in official communication with light-
house district engineers, who have coast defences, &c.,
under them. I was rowed about by sailors and fishermen,
and I talked to everybody I met. I had my eyes and ears
open, and I know French pretty well. I did not hear
one word that could be twisted into an indication of
feeling of any kind towards England, and no one said
one cross word to me; no man, said that I and he must
be friends. I was politely and cordially treated every-
where. . . We saw but one suspicious craft—a long
unfinished steamer, about 300 feet long, and 40 broad,
with a roomy lower deck; , but she was openly alongside
the pier at Bordeaux, and we walked on board. The
invasion may be in the conquerer's mind, and in the
Times, but it is not in the mind of the French people."
—Scotsman,

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTEIMAY.

(Before J. S. MiNSFIELB, Esq.)

MATRIMONIAL FELICITL—Jane Hill, a middle-aged,
dissipated-looking woman, was brougit up charged
with having assaulted her husband.—Mr. Bluck con-
ducted thaence.—The prosecutor, rather a respectable-
looking man, said that his wife was the bane of his
existence, as_she was continually drunk. To get rid of
her he had'sent her to America; but she had returned,
and that without being reformed. He was unable to
live with her, and would gladly send her back to
America. The lady, however, although Mr. Bluck
strongly advised her to 'accept it, Spurned at this offer,
and wished for a separate maintenance in this country.
—Mr. Mansfield, sentenced her in two sureties of £lO
each to keep the peace for 'six months: or to go to prison
fot threeinionths.

A DESTITUTE Boy.---John M'Guire, a lad about twelve
years of 'age, was brought up on the charge of vagrancy.
The Offider said he' had no mother and that his father
had been drowned in the Pacific. Thehoy expressed
his willingness to work, if he had anything to do; and
requested- the magistrate to send him on board _the
Akbar. Mr. Mansfield, however, said he could. not do
so without, first sending him to gaol, which was a course
he was very unwilling, to take, as it might prejudice any
ono. from whom he might seek employment in the future.
He, therefore, sent an officer with the lad to Mr.
-Brougham, at the bankruptcy :court, for the purpose of
representing the case to him. Mr. Brougham promised
to bring the wish of the lad under the notice of the
Akbar Committee, which meets on 'Monday, till which
time Mr. Mansfield sent the lad to thelndastrial Schools.

MATERNAL CONDUCT AND EXAMFLE.—A tall, power-
ful and depraved-looking woman, named Murphy, was
charged with having assaulted her son, Peter Murphy,
a lad about fourteen years of age. It was brought out
in evidence that the woman has left her husband aad
family and now lives in a brothel in Ben Jonson-street.
She met her son in the street on his road to school,
inveigled him into this infamous house, and stripped
him of his clothing. After remarking on the unnatural
conduct of the woman, Mr. Mansfield sentenced her to
six months'. imprisonment, on the conclusion of which
she must produce two sureties of £lO each to keep the
peace for six months longer.
BRUTAL ASSAULT BY A POLICE-OFFICER.—WiIIiam
Mills, Police-constable 235; was brought up on the
charge of having committed an aggravated assault on
George M‘lienzie. Mr. Bluck appeared for the defend-
ant. The prosecutor stated that he was cook and steward
of a ship, and that on Thursday week about 12 o'clock at
night, he was in Oxford-street, east side of Queen's
Dock, when he called upon the defendant to take a
person into custody who had stolen a quantity of wear-
ing apparel from a shipmate. He was holding this
person by the coat, when. the defendant came up, but
instead of taking him into custody for the 'theft, he or-
dered him (the prosecutor) to move on. This he refused
to do, whereupon the officer assaulted him in the most
violent and savage manner. In the scuffle which ensued,
he was thrown crown, when the officer kicked him on
the head and struck him with his -stick on the shins.
He was forthwith conveyed to the Southern Hospital
where he remained several days, in consequence of which
delay he lost his ship, as it sailed in the interim.
Several witnesses were called who corroborated the state-
ments of the prosecutor. The surgeon of the hospital
deposed that when the man was brought in, he
was insensible, but whether it arose from the
effects of blows on the head, or simply from
intoxication, it was difficult to determine. A few days
afterwards he came in again with a very bad leg, the
wounds oil which had evidently been caused by blows
from a stick or some such instrument. Mr. Bluck
called witnesses to prove that the man was drunk, and
that he had assaulted the officer. Mr. Mansfield con-
sidered that the officer evidently did not do his duty in
not arresting the,man, whom the prosecutor had charged
with theft. He thought it was a cowardly and das-
tardly act on his part to draw his stick to a man who
was in a state of intoxication, and whom he, being sober,
could easily. overpower. He was sorry to say that such
conduct was too general in the force. In the present
instance he • would sentence the defendant to pay a flue
of £5, or to be imprisoned for two months, and dis-
missed from the fprce.
STEALING FROM AN EMPLOYER.--Christopher H.
Boulton, a young man who had been an apprentice in
Messrs. Bradley Brothers, Bold-street, for five years,
pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing 180 books of gold
leaf, value £l2, from his employers. The books were
all bile up in packets, and were found concealed at the
root of a tree near Elm-house, Fairfield, by Inspector
Jackson, of the County Police, on Sunday last. Boul-
ton was sentenced to imprisonment for six months
with hard labour.

Giovanni Kamalech made application to the magis-
trate to hear information against Pietro Bragato, the
master of the ship Azof, who had made an affidavit on
which to found an order to prevent him leaving the
country. In this affidavit he swore that Kamalech, his
employer, owed him the sum of £6B, while the former
swore he did not owe him above £lO. The application
was the cause of a long-technical debate between the at-
tornies for the respective parties. One held that it would
be an unwarrantable anticipation of the result of a civil
cause pending between the parties, while the other main-
tained that it was the only course left under the circum-
stances. The informations were eventually taken, and
Kamalech was bound over to prosecute on his own
recognisances in the sum of £lOO.

THE FRENCH EMPRESS AND THE HIGHLAND PIPER.
—At a recent visit of the Marquis and Marchioness of
Stafford to the Emperor and Empress of the French, at
Campiegne, the Marchioness's piper, M'Alister, attracted
the particular attention of the Empress by his costume,
and on being informed of his musical ability by her
ladyship's servitor, the Empress expressed a desire to
hear the pipes, and to see the national reels danced.
Before leaving the Imperial chateau, the Emperor pre-
sented M'Alister with a valuable gold watch and chain,
the Imperial crown and "Ni" being embossed on the
back of the watch.—&otsinan.
LADIES' DRESS AT COMPIEGNE. The Paris cor-
respondent of the Literary Gazette writes :—Apropos to
dresses, there is a system established at Compiegne,
that to English ideas does seem something positively
wicked. Four toilettes a day are about the general reqUire-
ment, though there are days when only three are necessary;
the invitations are for eight days, and no lady is expected
ever to be seen twice wearing the same gown. Count
this up, and you will find an average of thirty or
thirty-two toilettes to be carried down to the court.
Suppose a female invite not to be alone, but to have a
daughter, or two daughters, with her—you come at
once to ninety or ninety-six dresses. Now the average
of these gowns will be 250 fiancs, (L 10,) because, whilst
the finer ones cost 360, 400, or 600 francs each, there
may be some which cost . only 120 or 150 francs ; but
put them all at 250 franQs, you reach, for each person,
the figure of. £3OO or £320 ; and if two persons, £6OO
or £640; if three, £9OO or £960.
THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.—The struggle between the
masters and operative builders has, now continued four-
teen weeks, and yet a settlement has not yet been arrived
at. The men have given up their original demand for
nine hours, but as yet the masters have not withdrawn
the document,, the final determination of the question
resting with the master builders at their adjourned
meeting, which was to be held yesterday. On Monday,
the weekly dividend was made to the men locked out,
and for the last time to Messrs. Trollope's men ; but if
the masters refuse to withdraw the document, they will
then go into the same category as the " lock outs." This
week they receive 12s. and 3s. each, the skilled lock
oats, 4s. 6d., and the labourers, 3s. 6d. The numbers.
last week were, 5,173, and the amount paid £960. It
is expected, in the event of the masters persisting in the
enforcement of the document, in some measure to alter
the constitution of the Conference, especially as the
masons are now entirely' separated from it.
THE VOLUNTEER RIFIR MOVEMENT AT MAN-
CHESTER.—We learn from the Manchester Guardian,
that a great demonstration was, on Monday, made in
the Town-hall of that city, in support of the Volunteer
Rifle movement. The Mayor presided on this important
occasion, and among the speakers were some of the lead-
ing citizens. It was, of course, generally admitted that
Manchester had been rather slow in entering the field;
but the enthusiastic tone of the meeting indicated a.re-
solute determination to make up for lost time forftohrwirtoh,
by joining :hand and heart in the movement
opened
tahtatt
hepmwaeredatingof,
A resolution was unanimously carried in favour o
formation of rifle corps throughout the
viding a national defence for the security
country; and it
3rofour shirteh%
was also resolved to raise a abscription for the pirpose
ping such bodies in that
of aiding in arming and
equiith suitable grounds for
city, and providins. theTstwwas
to annoim
£3,000 has already been contributed,
panradctwi cee .
are Ag
lsaudb subscription ion
able

NOVEMBER 23, ic-1

CAPTAIN VERNON, 11.13-, ON OUR RP A-

"lONS WITH FRANCE.

At the annual meeting of the Abingdon Agricultural
Association, held on Monday at that town, Captain Ver-
non, M.P., presided, and there were present also Mr.
-Walter, M.P., Mr. Norris, M.P. the Mayor of Abing-
don, and a large number of the principal gentry and'
farmers of the neighboUrhood. In the course of the
evening several political speeches were made.
fl.
Mr. Walter, M.P:','prsposed' "The Array and Navy
in a speech in which he highly commended the rifle
corps movement, and trusted that rifle corps would be-
come a permanent and regular institution of the country.
Captain 'Vernon, M.P., in responding, observed that
the gentlemen ,of England who lived at home at ease,
and .who trusted ,a, portion " of their countrymen with
arnis, did so in the, full confidence that they would tiao
them to- defend their liberties, their laws, and their
country. (Hear, hear.) The Chinese war had followed
in quick succession on the war with Russia, and the Indian.
mutiny ; indeed we had hardly been able to realise the
termination of one war before we saw the commencement
of another. The Chinese war had commenced in disasterr,
but it was a disaster which had given fresh proof of the
courage of the British army and navy. (Cheers.) lie
was very sorry that we had not undertaken the ex"-
pedition to. China singlehanded. If he could hare
.a voice in the matter, he would not allow a single
Freechman to pall a trigger in our quarrel. We wero.
strong enough to vindicate our cause by our own strong'
arm, and we had at present a large number of troops
India who were not sepoys, who would have axisWelt'
every purpose. It tended greatly to diminish ourprestige
abroad to find that we were always participating writ"
France in our wars, and the continental nations were
led to believe that we were not able to make war
without the aid of France. In the time of the firSt
Napoleon, England stood in arms almost against the
whole world. We had little assistance from Portugal,'
and from Spain none at 41. But although the Emperor
Napoleon was backed by nearly every power in Europe,
and though he commanded armies of a fabulous numeri'
cal strength-for the army which helost amid the snows
of Russia was 700,000 strong, and spoke eight different
languages ; though his court and his camp were crowded.
with kings and princes, and almost the whole of the
European nations were obedient to his nod, and were.
swayed by his will, England was a match for him. WAs
the present Emperor then greater than his illustrious
uncle ? History replied, no. Was the French soldier
who fought the other day on the plains of Italy better
than the soldiers of the Great Napoleon, 30,000 of
whom overrun the whole of Italy in a fortnight, beat
80,000, fought six pitched battles and gained them,
destroying 25,000 of the Austrian and Sardinian troops
Magenta and Solferino would reply, no ! Were the
British soldiers of the present day inferior to the troops,
half regulars and half militia, who fought and conquered
the troops of Napoleon at Waterloo, the Crimea, and India?
Answer, no! (Cheers.) He had butreeently returned fronl
the continent, and taking into his consideration what
would probably be, the course of events, he thought it
his duty to look narrowly into the constitution of the
force, which would possibly be next called into action-
He meant the Belgian army and the Prussian array'.
He knew the French army by heart, and was intimately"
acquainted with the Austrian army. Knowing all that,
he said that the British army need fear comparison with
no army of Europe, either as regarded the men or the
materials of war. Before the recent campaign iU
Italy they were told that the Austrian army had A
quarter staff which was the finest in the world. Wendel
were expected from them, but what was the result:
Why, that they utterly failed in Italy. General Gyulai
appeared almost ignorant even of the first princilLie:
of war ; and General Hesse, if no worse, was cert3w-;
no better. The battles in Italy were fought by the ial,c‘fit
alone. The hand-to-hand fighting was desperate, """
it was admirable. Had the Austrians improved, or the
French retrograded ? For argument's sake, he would
suppose that the French soldiers of the present day
were equal to the heroes of Marengo and Austerlitz",
we need not value them a rush. Our soldieri beat them
in those days, and they would beat them at an",
time. In addition to that there was a military spirit
growing up in England which was so widely diffused
that there was scarcely a man capable of bearing
arms who was not anxious, in the defence of his country,
to cast in his lot with his brethren whose sole business
was war. (Hear, hear). The rifle movement was a great
and unmistakeable fact, and it was a great physical power
in England, and it indicated a new and effective mode of
defence. That made it a great moral power on the COn'
tinent, for this was the first time within the memory °f
man that they had seen England bristling with bayonet;
from one end to the other, and the hardiest and sturdiest
r
prepared, if necessary, to repel and beat back an
race in the world were seen standing shoulder to shoulder
(Cheers.) Hea d m believedilitia ciotmwmaisngai
with our present railway accommodation, we could horse
Inogo,aormooy. men, regulars
and foot--upon any point in England within 46;.-, 000
and that 100,000 would be more than equal to l''
invading Frenchmen, because

would
(Cheers.)ohitulitceliddlwte
"Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just."
pr
ftwsasFtrheante
however, that they would
on English soil ; but if ever a French army
leave
land,
esbvhelei
salrinebpdv
belief
alive.
have any Occasion- to do so, because they had a //,-„
o
of Frenchmen, but it was as well to be on their guar
(hear, hear)—because it did not become a great 113" e
like England to be taken unawares. It was, therefertl;
their duty to be prepared ; and he had it from the lii°o
est scientific military authority in England, that or,
coast and other defences were becoming hourly nnoe co°
midable. (Cheers.) Our navy and the fleet were kueuia
man
to be the finest in the world ; and the artillery, he c,°„ot
(Cheers.) h
He
to pat
hanawdoelift :at lateld;
venture to say, was matchless. For himself, he di" 00
believe that Louis Napoleon had any direct intentlo t!,
of his own mere motion as to the invasion of Engl,at
but he had narrowly studied the political career of tPa,
potentate, and he leant to the opinion that, like all guia
venturers, he was the mere sport of fortune, and cOOO
be swayed hither and thither by the circumstances (0
moment. (Cheers.) In consequence of the defectionte;
the priesthood; half his hold upon France had been WI,
he therefore depended now entirely upon the army%
that army war was a necessity. Turbulent and °a On
glorious, they were perpetUally thrusting Louis Sainte
forward, in spite of himself, to take a step which his be,lis.
judgment rejected; They say that they have the
that
grace of Waterloo to avenge. We had no debts ofrte:or
kind, for in all our encounters with France, from C_
,stit
down to Waterloo, we could regard the conduct or
army with considerable complacency. It did not req:ere
the gift of prophecy to reason on events that ,ept
passed, but he ventured to predict that if the Prir;loo.
generation of Frenchmen sought to revenge I"' ftet
to a
by the invasion of England, they would bequeath
generations a still greater defeat—a defeat that Ivy
be as decisive as disastrous.
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Mr. Norris, P., in returning thanks for the b° oat
members, expressed his opinion that the intimacy o.' 0
commercial relations with France would prevent "
between the two countries.

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rate; but, on a poll, the decision was reve..ls,c4u. At
numbers being=for the rate, 190 ; against lti ,I.Y .as 9150,
Market Harborough a rate of 3d. in the pouna laity al
been carried, after much opposition, by a PIN
60 to/12,