Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-07 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN niVIES.---LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1857.

AMERICA..

ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC.

4rr h! rr
YesterrnitediStates mail steamer Baltic arrived here
tittseperltY, in about 91 days from. New York. having left
on the afternoon of the 26th ult. She brings 64
•pte...agers.
The news is three] days later than our
nooe *deiceSev s.
eral
lager additional statements from officers and pas.
d
l'eeites„,3,,a,veti from the wreck of the Central America had
litti,`ushed in the New York journals, but they add
t14,02°,r no to our former accounts. The schooner
aetio"‘°:4l;arrived at Boston• This is the schooner so
iii hnslY looked for, the c tpta.in o f which promised to
on ,71,1411 e Central America at six o'clock of the fatal day
°otlshe was wrecked. She did not save a single
her It
e 'vas confidently hoped that this schooner, from
haa:ear Proximity at the moment of the catastrophe'
115,
aved many lives, and beating hearts were awaiting:,
loagirrival with an intensity of feeling that may well b
may tope that Captain Herndon or any others
Sabel 4T.4 been saved is therefore at an end. The Boston.
trig ikarlae Company propose attempting to raise the Cen
the'. Merles, and recovering her treasure, as it is thought
been 111 about twenty-eight feet water. They have
or d awaiting tha arrival'of the schooner for the purpose
'Poteea.terrilialcg the latitude and longitude of the exact
14
el • eera
wn the Central America sunk, as Capt. Herndon
the r'hrted to have given his position to the captain of
41480e-"n":: The list of the names of those who were
littt wall the steamer when she sunk is very incomplete.
left e learn that the whole number on board when she
104,4: alirtah Was 593. Of this number 166 are known
hkr been saved—making a total of 426 human beings.
4781,111tirriebed by this disaster. The New York Times
440 wi Perished
very clear that the catastrophe could not
ark Lathe
"aolit fault either on the part of tha ship herself
" manner in which she was managed.
testin°°3' of the best and most competent judtgneis.
4887 thepositive
vessel. Captain Badger, whose evidence upon
~.4441ts el" °f this kind is entitled to very
. groat weight.
4,atleti..,.'erY decisively in regard to matter,
. having
`gebesre voyages in the ship, and considering her one of
arth and staun e Eta . chest vessels all )at.
.Captain McGowan,
. tare City, is equally emphatic in expressing the
4114121..na1°n; and from no uarter have we any direct or
have bee "lents to tho
'‘atcontrary. There mast then
-a quame very great fault in her management—and
tli,ueli'm""rter to which attention must bt.) dttecte—,l
as
},-"41; e-titicluirY. must of course be her engine:room
lea:inr-i,Y of a steamer, in a storm, depends entirely upon
gs If these are well worked she can breast any
the and ride any storm. But if the machinery breakisi osrs
a rogilles cease to work from ane cause, she as hedpneot
bra
at machinery of the Cen•ral America di
in
gadget het eneines stopped—and according to Cta
enact StateMent, 'before there was any considerable
%loe; °f water in the ship. What was the cause o
.th s
!attorfel?? This is the vital question ; and
.when
a 550 -e`orily answ'ered the real cause of the disaster will
l
fell illbeen reached, for as soon as they stopped, the vessel
bogeyt°rthe trough of the sea and was thenceforth at the
etn„°: the waves. The only reasoa assigned wass
not
kutt'uehi'ent auPply of coal ; but why the coal tva
"'feet; mot rapidlv—arel especially why this veit—al
uthoas not remedied the moment it wa! dits.convsertol. e
let% Yet to learn. We trust the iuvestuaa,io b
°ot will clear up this matter, and hold whatever
chtlyetlolbaY have been guilty of so disastrous a neglect of
wale ?roper responsibility.
Nersillitilfgt°n advices inform us that
to
mprre.rNeimptory
trLlft,l ati been sent by the Government Ke au,
states District Attorney for New York circuit, to
, e
-zped._ ry means in his pow, r to check
meat i":4°45 that may be on foot in that city. The Govern.
aadwiall4termined to break up all unlawful en,t
rehreprniseosn,
Tho,Pave no efforts to effect its purpase.
4tlii•jkla- Renton is said to be lying at the point of. death
Ni.aslesuingt°n• Late news from Kansas, received atof
tAgton, states everything quiet, and the .proclamation
oof
ker ready for promulg ttion. Tw')
companies
their
*ay ttrtlll:3:,,,,.had reached New O: leave from Florida on
""asas.
avertlllecaan in Cineinnatti is said to have.inventedvorya
vil!, Power which is capable of being applied to
d.
The Site .
tad
for which steam power is now employrein.
eiPle4o,e°lloll., if what is stated be true, realises the p
in
the tb Perpetual motion, the moving principle beingnn
4gee hive itself, and requiring the assistance of.
I'4 he"' late that of oil, to reduce the effect of friction.
Nl' set in motion the m whine will run as long as
o'attrials of which it is composed will last.
B,s'ecent advices
from the United States Minister at
On, give indications of a renewal of ill-feeling towards
41)
'illnert.triean Government on the part of the Spanish
430eFrom reliable data received at Washington, it has been
the "Coed that the cotton crop of the United States for
111o:fear enling on the 30th of last June, is 303,149,216 lbs
s'
-.tome
or th Preceding year. The value, however, was
-.tome
A moll; greater.
th-at,11"410 correspondent states that the warehouses
. in
Nine" are crammed to their utmost capacity with
ea tt'ur, and general produce from the West. Fresh
receive are continually arriving, but there is no one to
d
the etZtbem- The banks in many instances have advance
has taking the whole cargo as security. Oae firm
valuable (3
13 boats lying at West Troy heavily laden with
(3'oodr,r,oduce, and they are unable to raise the money
emig--"`') to pay the tolls. So far this year 139 9)5
aerl:4,-Tts have landed at this port, being 41,513 more than
bahl;" la the same length of time last year. It is pro-
by 7014 the emigration this year will exceed that of last
m%4%,, toon newspaper published in New York has
.tbenthelkh led after an existence of two years and seven
r The New York' Herald says :
"N 4•
10,e",(1,Ys a•m ;ative orders were received from
ylVters that llppelaces of Mormon worship in
Tthies
i„,ealLeteled, and the newspaper discontinu.edt.
here
Z▪ eilla.'S immediately complied with. Th. e Sa.in sen
aleepe;,„q?andary as no reason is given tor this sudd e
~.""teee ik",.`, and were all taken aback. There were som,t.
604,-;"orraons connected with the paper, only one
"eeti • .3
an uring its they
rnistritmentaliineril':n •
forwarding someexistence 3,800 personshave to
!pmt et teatly of them of the lowest class of European
oe T—e' The principal Mormon locality in this reglioed
aith (,),C4'B river New Jersey. The Mormons connecl
te
!ale 'g' hen', and probably all, conternp a
jia'R n git being now too lee in the
ure ,•„- reach et,:chteres-•riThey were is hopes of arriving
ruched the the spring, before the United States troops
-ata Deseret, a t.hey supposed the troops would go
quarterss. At first the Mormons here looked
(1614) 1,•le fear en the troops alien-, to go to Utah, aod,
P;ltlerel;inaled, them, thinking
. theyesivould have no difficulty
(10Zeat 04tnonst in.to their '[hey don't law the
they are distrustful.
of him, and are
154
I.3nudelf for appointing him• The news-
l'es Li! cost Buchanan
mtha2nlo dots per week, and i.ts
businessstoage
awith want of funds. They did their
'Lave b'e Aassau Bank. Some three hundred missionariesgt
I'loo "ea sent to all parts of the world during pa.
-..t.hat4ll!'e Years, many of th •m on long missions and
witlllkt4otoonegr warning
was
a day or two. One of
ordere I off in this way
,50eb.",14 nightlssencorteitcaerleasnd was compelled to leave h.is.
170 e, Z 1 eight wives in t:he morning for a European.mitso
hitch may beprolonged until Brigham thinksht
e'e IndividuFals who are thought rather inquisitiveo_
ott in 7 to he frequently- treated in this capital mode f
od of them for au indefinite period.
egoarty 13aha. Nebraska, correspondence states that. pro-
-144a1l kinds is quite low throughout that territory.
4 that it is a g tod time for Eastern; capitalists to
"; but E
have just now more press-
g dam astern capitalists
P4lly ahltnds at home for their money. Provisions, genhele-
thlheaZeaking, are high, notwithstanding the favourable
giliceirt of the harvest. A Russian magnate, Prince
over the St.. Petersburgh, was reported to:be wandering
ate
e Territory.
*clic
apt (-a`lyiene from Washington territory represent the
°L th
rapidly.
e oundary Commission as progressing
p
441'4 rucoeau is the English Commissioner for the
*IS ejr,allung the islands. The English steamer Plumper
.
alooer ,eeed to
arrive this month to assist the Commie-
-814.11?-e
survey. The American survey of the islands
-hee(3:l—sed, so that,. as regards that portion of the work,
the ttlluegitilscitan Commissioner- is three years in advance of

security, there being no law in that state compelling
banks to secure their issues. A meeting of the directors
of all the Philadelphia banks was held last evening. At
a late hour last night it was understood that they
recommended a general suspension of the banks of that
city, to take effect this morning.
To-day's Journal of Commerce says :—" There is quite an
unsettled feeling in the market, owing to the untavour-
able reports of financial affairs from Philadelphia. The
Bank of Pennsylvania suspended this morning, and the
telegraph announced a run upon the other Philadelphia
institutions ; the Girard next. stopped, and we believe
that most, if not all of the Banks in that city refused to
pay specie for checks or large bills, before the hour of
closing. There will, therefore, probably be a suspension
of specie payments in that quarter until further notice.
This was not unexpected, as the circulation there is not
secured as it is in this State, and the middle and lower
classes have always been ready to hoard specie, upon
the slightest apprehension of trouble. The suspension,
if generally determined upon there, will have a tendency
to strengthen the position of our Banks, but will be a
disadvantage to those having collections to make in that
quarter. The semi-aannal shipment of specie from Cali-
tornia will be due early next week ; and this will also
unlock considerable money payable upon drafts against
the specie which was lost in the Central America, tunds
for which are uow collected."
Money at call to-day was nearly as tight as on mercan-
tile bills. The stock brokers still hold off from orders
requ'ring money negotiations, and this reduces the de-
mand; but other parties wanting accommodations for a
few days find the supply uncomfortably stringent.
Cotton.—The market remains inactive for want of stock
wherewith to operate, awl prices are nominal. Shipments
to a considerable extent are still making, on owners ac-
count, to Liverpool, but home spinners are not in the
market. We continue quotations, which are entirely
nominal. We quote :

N.Y. 01, siitication. Upland. Florida. Mobile. N.o.&.Texas
Ord nary .. 122 12i 121 124
Middling
Middling Fair l6- 161 166 17
Fair ...... ...

Breadstuffs : The flour market opened buoyant on
Wednesday, at a slight advance in prices of State and
Western, but with an abatement in the export demand,
and the neces-ity oe the part of receivers to realise as
speedily as possible, consecoent upon the money pressure
the improvement was subsequently lost, and prices now
stand 10e to 15c below last Tuesday's currency. Shippers'
limits are about 5 dots to 5 dots 25; for superfine qualities,
which is about 50e below the ruling quotations. The
demand for home use is moderately active, stocks in toe
hands of consumers being more than usually low for the
season of the year. The receipts are moderate, and there
is no accumulation of supply worth mentioning, though the
demand is promptly net. A fair demand has prevailed
for wheat, and the enquiry has been frpely met, so that
the position of the market has not changed materialy.
Taere is not a great deal doing for export, shippers hold-
ing back in the hope of forcing a concession from holders.
Tnere is an increased movement in Indian corn.
flops : New come forward freely, and, with only a
limited demand, prices still recede, the scarcity of cash
aiding materially the depression. We note sales of 140 to
150 bales new Eastern and Western at 8c to 11c, cash, and
a further pat eel of 300 bales, crop of 185.5, on terms not
made public.
Iron:; Sc itch pig is in fair request, and prices are
supported. Sales since our last 400 tons, at 23 dots 50c
to 29 dole, six months. In other kinds there is little or
nothing doing. By auction, 800 packs damned Russia
sheet sold at 3c to 4ic, and 1.150 tons rail road, Erie
pattern, 561hs to the yard, 27 dots to 30 dole, cash, de-
livered at Elmira, N.Y., where it is now in store.
Naval Stores : Crude turpentine is iu better supply, and
prices are lower, as are all other articles in the market
which are sold for cash—stock 4,000 brls. Spirits turpens
tine closes very dull, and nominal and though some pur-
chases were made yesterday for immediate delivery (to
fill a freight engagement) at 46c cash, in shipping order,
this price could not be realised at the close. Lots in
prime shipping order, however, are scarce, much of that
here being in ordinary condition—stock 3,500 brls. Com-
mon rosin, and all grades, except prime pale, are dull, and
nominal. though they can be bought at a reduction from
previous quotations. Tar continues dull, though in light
stock, and limited supply.
Oils ; Whale and Sperm are quiet, and we have tie sales
to report. Linseed continues unsettled, and prices are
again lower ; sales 20 000 gallons English at 70c to 75. e,
and American, in lots, at 73c to 75 e, cash. 5 casks Olive
brought 1 dol., 30c, 6 mos., and small lots Tallow Oil 101 c,
cash, which is lower. Camphene, 49s to 52-s, and Fluid
Bic to 56c, cash.
Provisions: The pork market continues irregular, and
buyers are making the most strenuous efforts to reduce
the market in their favour, but holders here managed to
sustain prices. Beef is offsred freely, and a decline of 1
dol. has been submitted to.
Freights : The market is without important change,
and Use business is quite moderate in all directions.
We understand that there is some prospect of most of the
Propellers plying between this port andGreatßritain being
withdrawn, and placed in the Indian transoart service,
in which event, our sailing ships would reap the
advantage of a monoply of the carrying trade for a period
between the two countries. The engagements in Liver_
pool include 90,000 bushels grain, closing at 54 in bulk,
and 61 in ship's bags ; 4,500. bales cotton, 3 16 i to 7-32 1 ;
2,000 brls flour, Is 6,1 ; 250 hh Is swear, 17s 6d; 1,000 boxes
cheese. 2,1 s ; 90 tons oil cake, 16s 61 ; 50 hhds tallow,
Is 61; 150 tons fustic, 15s ; 12,003 galls whalefoots, 21s ;
80 tons ore, in brls, 8s ; 500 green salted hides, lis 61 ; 25
boxes tobacco, 2s; 50 doz brooms, Is ; the Baltic, sailing
to-day, has 15 tons leather, at 503; and 19 pkgs hats, on
private terms. To London, 1,000 brls crude turpentine,
2s 91; 140 hhds sugar, 25s ; 300 brls oil, 22; 61 ; 500 do.
oil cake, 23; 50 bales hides, 25s ; 200 boxes Spermaceti,
Iss. To Glasgow, 1,000 brls flour, 2s 3.1 ; 15 tons whale•
foots, 27s 61 ; 12;000 bushels wheat, in shipper's bags, on
private terms.

THE WAY TO CLEAN WlsTnows.—A gentleman in a
neighbouring town gave his man-servant some whisky
the other day to mix wi la the whitening in cleaning the
winlows of the house. He was surprised that the man
never dipped the cloth in the whiskey, and accosting the
delinquent sharply as to what had become of the spirits,
the following reply was male, " you see, yer honor, 1 drank
it, ton' (suiting the action to the word) I blew my breath
on the glass, an' its' a' the same 1"
LAGEtt BEER.-In t•avelling through the many cities
and villages of the States and Canada, particularly the
western portions, a stranger is struck w:th the numner of
saloons devoted to the sale of " lager beer." He becomes
naturally inquisitive, a-d anxious to gain some information
on the n store of the beverage, the use of which he per-
ceives, has become so general throu:Thout the cou itry.
Fo- the information of such pers •ns as a.e urmia] iinte
Kith the various qualiiiel of 1 +ger b:c.., and tho character
and customs of its saloons, we purpose giving a s'iort sketch
of this beverage, fist making brief mention of its preva-
len and use in Gtrmany and the Uaitel S'atee,
diag with a notice of the frogress of the lager beer
inswution in the City of Tor ntn. Lager beer is
compsed of three bashels of malt to a baml of 32 gallons ;
awl, before us, d, it is made to undergo such a process
of
fernenta'ion as renders it almost ervirely devoid of alcohol

there being not more than from two or three per cent. 'n
the beverage thus made. It is Ih.n placed in large asks
and kept ie a cool lerground rock ce far, when it is said
to be " laid down ;" and where it remains from two to
four months, when inteodsd for winter, and a little over six
months for summer use ; the heat of the latter season
requiring this d.ffsrence. The term " lageL" applied to it,
is derived from the fact of is being thus kept or " hid
down " for a certain perio 1. In Bavaria and other parts of
Germany, where this beverage is mo-t common, the
regulatious respecting its quality are exeedingly suit'.
Inspectors are ai by the G 2vernment, who visit the
various mocufactories and try the article, before sent out,
by chemical enquiry. When it is foen 1 good, the proprie-
tors are allowed to sell it ; otherwise, !hi whole is turned
out into the sewers. Every brewer is obliged, under a
penalty, to inform the officials where any beer has been
manufacture] and is ready for inspection. By this means,
as might be supposed, a goo 1 sterling beverage is eve-y-
-where sold throughout Germany, where such strict rules
exist. With the progress of time, and es the use of this
beer becomes common, it may also be fumy' advisable to
appoint the same regulations in this country. At resent
adulteration in Western Canada, at least, is not practised ;
and even in the States but to a very slight extent. As
might be imagined, lager beer has become qu'te an ‘• insti-
tu ion" in the United States, as a large fi ,w of German
immigration has been passing into them for fifty years past.
The old Dutch settlers of Pennsylv'nia and New York did
not unlikely introduce the article into tho country with
their saner kraut and other delicacies. However, the
meagre histories of theee early days have not condescended
to inform our inquisitive posterity whethar such was the
case ; and it is necessary to rest satisfied with the know-
ledge that if they had not the sense, their successors hid.
With this prelude, we turn to Caaada, and enquire what
progress is it likely to make there ? About four „ears ago
was witnessed the first advent of lager beer ; it came in
quietly with no flourish of trumpets in the Press. Ia
Hamilton and Waterloo was this atticla first used. if we
mistake not ; and since then very few of the ptincipal towns
bare been without it. Hamilton and Berlin supply the beer
to all other places ; but in the former city is the largest
br3wery, ownel by a German of the name of H. Bitter.
The same person has a saloon of a large size, very neatly
decorated with frescoes. It is undoubtedly the finest in
Canada, and is well worthy cf the notice of those who may
visit " the ambitions little city." Toronto does not yet
possess a manufactory for the article (though one will
probably be soon established), which is, of course, supplied
from Bauer's, though she can boast of a greater number of
saloons. The eastern portion of Canada, it may be men-
tioned, are comparatively little acquainted with its benefits;
but it is trusted that in th !se progressive days it will
speedily become the tutu of all in those quartere,—Toronto
Colonise.

THE BIRKENHEAD MURDER.

INVESTIGATION BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES.

This case, which has excite I such a powerfal sensation throughout
the township, particularly amongst the labouring civics, was yester-
day proceeded with, and the greatest interest was maaife,ted to
ascertain the result.

THE PRISONERS AT THE HOSPITAL,
On the previous day, when the three prisone-s accused of the
murder of John Drary, were taken before the presiding magistrates,
Messrs. W. aid J. Jackson, it was understood that they all stood
remanded until eleven o'clock yesterday, wh m it was of coarse
expected, that they would again be placed in the dock, and the
evidencs would hare been beard in the public court, as is usual
on such occasions. Such, however, was not the case, but the pri-
soners were conveyed by a large poser of police constables to the
hospital, accompanied,by the magistrate, Mr. J. Jac son, where the
deposition of the injured man. D inn, was taken.
The reporters for the Liverpool preys were in attendance, for the
purpose of taking notes of the evidence given. but after waiting for
npwa-ds of an hour, were informed by one of the magistrate's clerk.,
Mr. Towneshend, that they would not ,be admitted, butt that perhaps,
alter it was over, a copy o' it would. be supplied t hem by Mr
Dre v, the dep sty-clerk. But before that could be done, the rnagis-
tra e would consult with his brother magistrates, to see that the
publication of it would not frustrate the ends of justice. This being
the decision of the magistrate—a most nnu-ual course to adopt on
stash an important investigation. as that in which parties are
charged with the crimeof murder, and for which their lives may be
f r eited—we 9.-e unable to give the statement. in the same un-
biased and important way as we do that of the other witnesses, who
were publicly examined in open court, but mast rely on the deposi-
tion as taken before the magistrate privately at the hospital. From
this being the only actual perm besides the accused who could
have witnessed the whole transaction - from the commencement of
the affray, th's is much to be regretted, because the pahl c are too
apt to draw, however wrongfully, conclusions which may be quite
at variance with the facts, particularly in a case which is involved
in so m .ela mystery, and at le 13t at present, there do not appear to
bb the slightest evidence to show who really is the guilty party, or
who it was that wilfully murdered John Drury on Sunday night last
However, be that as it may, the following is a copy of the deposition
of the man, John Dunn, as taken under the above circumstances.
During the time he was under ex mlnation. he appeared, as we were
informed, very weak, ant once fainted, when some stimulants were
a 'ministered to him an l la- became somewhat refreshed, but altogeth r
he w.ss in a weakly and dangerous state.

TILE WOUNDED MAN'S DEPOSITION.
John Dann, on being sworn, stated—l live at the Do.lt Cottages of
Block A. ; I was at Seawards house on Sunday evening ; there were
some of Ilea•r3 Thompson's drivers there ; I left at about 10 o'clock ;
I can't say if the prisoner, were there ; I d ,n't know them by sight;
I don't remember tither of them being there; I know the prisoner,
John Smith, well; I had got a little way towards my lodgines in the
Doak Cottages, whsn I saw two or three men running into ono of 'he
avenn s of the Do .k CAtsges ; I went up to them, and saw abow
four of them striking on- an •th-r ; they appeared all to be striking
each (-Alva'; one of them was down ; the man that was down lay
quits sti 1, but I saw no Wool; it was lightish at the time ; two of
the ratio were inside a doorway and one outside; they were all fighting
tog.:her ; those three men were part of the four I first saw ; the two
inside were fighting th - two outside ; the man I first saw was still
lying near the doorway ; I went us to the door to see what woe the
matter, when I got near, one of the two men inside the doorway
ruche I at me and struck me a blow on the left side, as I thought,
with his fist; I then went away out of the avenue and felt
b'ood coming, and then I met police Constab'e Clarke and
another; I told him I was stabbed; I saw the We of the
man who stabbed me, but not sufficiently to enable me to tell him
again ; he hod white trousers on, and I think something of a dark
jacket; I cannot tel what he had tin his head ; I can't tell what kind
of a man the ocher m n was ; I saw no more of the row, and w, s
brought to the hospital; I do not know a man named John Drury
(deceased); 1 may kno v hi n, but not by name ; there was no
quarrelling at the p iblz-house when I left, and I believe they were
clearing out; I recollect telling the police that I would tell him
the house where the men were when I leas stabbed; before I left to be
brought to the h ispital I poistel out to the police. down the avenue,
the direction of the house—one of the police went in that direction.
and the tithe, remained with me ; I could not tell how many doors It
was down; when I came oat of the publi:-honse I turned to thA
right ; I do not know what block It was ; I heard a nose, but as I
went into the avenue the row was on the right hand side; when I met
the police I was on the way from the church to S •acombe.
After the examination, the three pristrera were azain conveyed
back to bridewell, in the (dos, custody of Mr. Superintendent Bernie
oni his constables, attende I by a very large concourse of pers tt,s
aux:Gus to obtain a sight of the accused.
THE PRISONERS AT THE P: LICK COURT.

About a quarter past one o'clock Mr. J. Jackson, the mag•strate,
to k his seat on the bench, and directly after the three accused m-n,
Francis Smith, Peter Gallagher, and John Smith, were placed in the
dock. They were all attiredjin the garb of nay vies, and were,
apparently, strong,, hale, and healthy looking fellows. By their
demo, tour, they appeared perfoct?), care'ess as to the result of t"c
investigation, and never once evinced the slightest trepid Con.
Francis Smith's clothes were much spotted with blood; bat those
marks may, in some 'degree, be acconntedffor from a very severe
wound on the side of the head. which had evidenly bled
most copiously. Gallagher is a most repulsive looking men.
having los- his right eye, and the whole of that portion of his facs
being much distorted, apparently from the effects of a burn or scald.
John Smith is a fine powerful looking man. All the prisoners are
well k,,0 wn amongst :the Davv•es empl iyed about Blikerthead, and
have bean there for a considerable time, but none of them were e er
be ore in the custody of,the police.
•

Mr. Brethertan appeared to watch the case for the three prisoners
The following evidence was adduced on the part of
TrIE PROSECUTION.
Ann Ware, the wife of a labourer living in No. 9 I block of the dock
cottages. I recollect that on Sunday night, about eleven o'cl .ek, I
was in my own house. I heard a scuffle outside of my window, an I
I heard a voice shout oat, "Are you going to murder me." I toek it
to be my lodger, and when I went to the lobby door, my lodger was
there. His name is John Ila-e. I called him in, and he came in. I
stood at the door. There was a number of persons about. A few
minutes after I saw one of the prisoners knocked down with a stone.
The men I saw struck with a stone was the prisoner, Francis Smith.
The men were standing at the opening which divides the II and I
biocks. Smith fell on his back. I went to assist him up, when the
two men dressed in white clothes sat I it was time for them to go, and
they did go away. I went to assist the prisoner Smith up, and while
I was trying to lift him up, as he could not help himself, I saw
another man ,ying on the ground on his face. I Mil not know who
that man was. Putting Smith down, I saw a knife under his righ.
h .lad. fhe man lying on his face was in a gore of blood The knite
was open, and marks of blood upon it. I red to turn the man over,
but could not. I turned him ov, ras far as I could on one shoulder,
and I saw that he was dying. I went back to Smith again, and saw a
ma tiling to get him tr. The man's name is Jones Thomas. I
aiso saw Thomas pick up the knife. The kai`e predu-ted is the one I
saw. [Police-constable Graham exhibited the knife to the Ben eh,
but it was far fro a being such a formidable weapon as had been
represented. It had r..,ther a long bla le, with a silver-like looking
metal handle, richly embo ised, and altogether presented quite a
different appearance to the knives lased by navvies, or any other
(lass of labourers.] I [heel went for the police constable Clarke, but
eouli not find him. Whoa I returnst I found the priontr, Francis
Smith, had been taken away, but the ba ly es'. the man was there, and
quite dead.
By Mr Bretherton.—l aid not see where the stone strack him,
but his he.d was bleeding; there was about agi 1 of blood on the
stones ; the blow from the stone knocked him down ; I saw him
quite plainly by the moonlight; the deal man was about four or five
yards t of the feet of the prisoner ; the dying man was lying in the
division between II and I bock ; I coullnot see his hands at the time
he fall : tiie other two men, whom' did not know, were about the
sams distance from the dying m au ; Smith eeeme i to me to be quite
insensible from the brow.
Tae Magistrates.—Hat Ile a wound on the 1 cad.
Mr. Bretherton.—Fes, a very severe one, sad it ought to have been
dressed 'before now, as it is festering. A man has no business to be
treated as guilty, until he Is prey, dto be so. He has been left on the
cold flags and might have died.
Mr. Jackeon.—l agree with you. His head sho Id ha a been dresse I
and properly attended to.
Examination continued—l knew Francis Smith to be a lodger
in the block ; I did not notice the blood going into his clothes ; I di
not see any blood between the holy of the decease 1 man and the

pr. soner.
By the liagistrat3.—There tni;ht have been blood there, but I did
not notice it; I did not see eith, r of the other prisoners about; I
knew the n as well as the other, by seeing them.
Ann tmel:a Chaloner, aged 17, lived with her parents in the Doak
Cottages; she Beet at No. 6, block I ; about eleven o'clonk she was
standing at the door talkin o to a young man, when two mein came
up and stood opposite the door; one said, " I live np he e," and the
other said" so do I ;" I bid the young man good night, and went into
my own house op stairs ; after that, in about five minutes, I he ,rd a
row, and went down stars again to see what was the matt r, and 1
heard a stone fall as I come out of the house, and when I got out I
saw Smith lying on the ground; the last witness was then leaving
him ; I s ent np to Smith, and saw the kni'e under his right hand ;
then went to Mrs Ware's house; I stopped there about ten minutes,
when I saw the pa is ,ner Gallagher with apoker in his hand; he was
going into the lobby where he lodged; the other prisoner, John
Smith, was tdanding there ; Gallagher s3id, " We are the men for
any three in the blocks ;" Gallagher and ohn Smith then went uo
etairs ; I sopped about the RV nne until the dead man was taken
away; hat previously seen the body of the man lying in the
opening between the two blocks; after the prisoners went into the
holm they did not come out again until the e 'notables fetched them
I did not notice what became of tt e l risoner; Francis Smith, but I
saw him taken out of the house with the other two, by the co:-

stables.
By Mr. Bretherton.—The pri.oners and John Smith and Gallagher
lived in the same house as I do ; they lodged in the block; before f
came out there was a considerable disturbance in the street; I heard a
noise as if there was many feet moving ; I thought there was a great
number; I only hrard one at ne thrown; when I got into the yard I
s :w only Mrs. Ware with Francis Smith ; there were two men, but they
had run away; ,Smith was bleeding, but did not notice where the
Wood came from; the bilge was under We hand; We band was not

lying flat upon the knife, but was al tt'e curved, so that it might have
been put there by some other person ; I did not see rny blood on
his hand; I and the last witness live in the sane block, and should
say that where Smith was lying was about five yards off; when I saw
John smith and Gallagher together they were not talking, but
Gallagher had a poker in his h ,nd ; I know all the three prisoner.;
when I first saw Gallagher and John Smith together, there were some
four or five persons in the avenue ; there was only one man, and the
rest wet e womea; Gallagher could not have seen where Smith was
lying.
John Hare, a labourer On Sunday night I was coming down the
avenue, and eopped at the door of the last witne-s for about five
minutes; after that I turned out of the opening to go home, when
three men came up and come In et the door ; ono of them caught
hold of my arm!, and one of the others struck me on the nose ; I was
then atm ed down in the street by the three, but I cried" murder,"
and they let me go; I glt up and went to my lodgings in the I block,
but not in the same lobby as the last witness lived ; I do not know
any of the men ; one had a pair of white trowsere oo ; I lost my c.p
and handkerchief in the scuffle, but they have since been given to me
by Mrs. Ware.
Hugh Keenan, a labourer, living in the Dock Cottages: Oa Sunday
night I w,s near the lobl.y of me of tie houses of bock I, when I
saw the three prisoners going into the house; I had just seen them
all at the sign of the Eggs and Bann; we at ,pped there from eigl t
o'clock until the cloning time, when the landlady told us to go ; we
all turned out of the house together a little before eleven o'clock,
when the house was closed, and the prisoners all waked together to
the ntranee of their own lo ige at the I block; I bid them good
night; as they were going in-lie, they met a man eta ding in
their own lobby; they sited him what he was doing there,
and he said the people in his lodge were in bed ; he said he lodged
up stairs ; they said that he d d not ; he then said he lodged at Mr.
Waltone, they told him that he did not, and then they pashed him
out, and he was knocked down. Eight or nine people came round
the corner, font* of whom began beating the prisancr Jack Smith,
and two or three were heating the prisoner Frank Smith. The
prisoner Gallagher was standing ready to step into his own doo-, but
never struck anybody, nor nobody did anything to him ; I did not
se, anything in his hand ; when I saw them all fighting I ran away ;
I am a teetotaller, but the oth'rslwere a little the worse for drink ;
they cou'd walk home, and did do so ; they were not stupidly
drunk.
John Hill was re-called, and showed that he was the person who
was standing at the door, ant WAS attacked as described by the lest
witness.
Hugh Keenan, cross-examined by Mr. Bretherton : When the
last man called out " murder," the nine people , came round the
corner, and attacked John and Frank Smith ; they were both
knocked down ; I did not see any knife in Frank Smith's hands ;
one of the men who came round the corner was dressed in a white
sl p and white trowsers ; that man was one of the parties who
entered into the fight, and I ehoild know him again, but I do not
know hi. name, or where he lived ; he had been in the company of
F, ant Smith several times, but never saw a knife like the one pro-
dacel in hi, po_sess:on ; He hal been in the company of the caller
wo men also.

Mrs. Ware was recalled, and proved finding Hare's cap in the lobb y
after the scuffia.

Ann lla3 e was next called. She lived with her mother in the Doe._
cottages. On Sunday night, about eleven o'clock, I was in my own
r om, in I block, when I heard a noise and went &an ; I saw the
p-isoner, ' rank Smith, standing with his hands hanging by his side ;
I saw a man throw a atone at him, and it knoceed h'm down ; after
that I went for the po ice, and when I got back again Frank Smith
was ;one.
By Mr. Bretherton.—l am quite sure when Frank Smith was
et aiding he had no knife in his hand; I diJ not see anything of th
other two prisoners.
This was all the evidenca that was brought forward on the occasion,
and the prisoners were further ramanded until ten o'clock on Saturday
morning; nut prior to that time, the C troner for the C,unty will
with a jury, hold an inquest.
The Court did not terminee until half-past fuur o'clock.

THE MURDER IN TROWBRIDGE STREET.