Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-19 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE

WRECK OF THE ROYAL :-CHARTER. —The body of
Captain Withers has been.cast on shore and identified;
It was picked up in the vicinity of Alinwch.
ST. MARY'S,' KininpAtE.--Sermons; it will be Seen
by advertisement, are to be preached .at this. church
to-morrow (Sunday) morning and evening, in. aid of
the choir. Let us hope that the appeals 'to be made
will be liberally responded to. •

GRATIFYINd TESTIMONIAL.—On Wednesday, evening,
the choir of St. Martin!s-in-the-Fields pTesented to their
choir master, Mr. John Simpson, a very handsome arm=
chair, as a testimonial for his unremitting exertions and
uniform kindness in conducting the rehearsals ; and as
a mark of their appreciation of the valuable musical
instruction that they have received from him.
A GOOD EXAMPLE.—On the evening of Tuesday last,
the workmen employed at 'Mr. Davis's coach works,
Birkenhead, regaled themselves with a good supper in
the workshop o the establistment, provided out of the
money paid as what are denominated "footings." In
this 'instance, instead of going to a public-house, the
parties interested laid, out the money in a way conducive
to their own enjoyment, and undoubtedly to their own
satisfaction.

Tun- ROYAL FAMILY OF FRANCE. —The admirers of
. works of art are indebted to Messrs. Agnew and Sons
for the opportunity now afforded them for viewing
such a choice collection of pictures as that exhibited
in their gallery. It includes Ward's highly interesting
picture of "The Royal Family of France in the 'Prison
of the Temple," and other works of great merit. •
NORTH SHORE NATIONAL ScuooLs.—These schools
continue to educate daily a large number of children,
and must therefore be doing a great dear of good in the
neighbourhood; but they need pecuniary support; and,
in'the hope of obtaining additional donations or sub-
scriptions, we have gladly placed our publishing office
in South John-street at the service of the treasurer, for
that purpose.
CORONER'S COURT.—Yesterday, the borough coroner
held the following inquests :—On the body of Charles
M'Caffery, who was seriously burnt on Wednesday last, '
and died the same afternoon. Verdict, " Accidental
death." On the body of Elizabeth Edleston, an infirm
old lady, who was burnt on Thursday, and died shortly
after. Verdict, "Accidental death.' Also on the body
of George Adamson, a labourer, who was killed by the
falling of a brick upon his head, Verdict, "Accidental
death."
LATEST FROM AMERICA.—ARRIVAL OF THE KANGA,
Roo.—The Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia
Steam-ship Company's screw-steamer Kangaroo arrived
in Liverpool yesterday, with dates from New York to
the sth instant. The intelligence has been superseded.
The following is a list of her cabin passengers :—Mr.
Arthur Barff, Mr. R J. Thompson, Mr. G. C. Mathew,
Mr. William Blackham, Mr. Peter Campbell, Mr. S.
Tate, Mr. J. C. 'Webster, Mr. H. C. Potter, Mr. Mau-
rice Power, Mr. F. Tinson, Mr. T. D. Wrinch, Mr. M.
Raleigh,,Mr. H. D. Northrop, Mr. Thomas Campbell,
Mrs. H. Quinn; Miss Quinn, Miss Mary Bramwell, Mrs.
E. Howard, two children and infant, Mrs. W. C. Carter
and two children, Miss Jewill, Miss Mary Lynch.
ROYAL C HARTER. —Amongst those who perished in
this ill-fated vessel was John Dunge, one of the firemen.
He had lost his wife; and, when he sailed in May last,
left three interesting, young children in the care of a
friend to await his return. Within a day of anticipated
arrival, these poor children were, by the wreck of the
ship, bereft of their survivini, parent, and thus, deprived
of their only means of support, became destitute orphans.
Happily relief was at hand. The doors of. the Orphan
Asylum were open for their reception ; and they are now
domiciled, one in the Feinale Orphan Asylum, one in
the Orphan Boys' Asylum, and a little girl, four years
of age, in the Infant Orphan Asylum. The last is a
temporary abode in Windsor-terrace, Upper Parliament-
street, preparatory to the new building, now erecting,
and near completion, contiguous to the existing insti-
tutions.
ST. GEORGE'S HA LL.—FEOPLE' S CONCERTS. —We
have Feat pleasure in recommending to the notice of
musicians, and of the public generally, the concert
about to take place at St. George's-hall this evening, '
which promises to be one of the best heard there for
some time. The vocalists. are Miss Emma Heywood
and Mr., Henry Croft, who will sing several well-
known and favourite songs—among others, " Under
the Greenwood Tree," '‘ The Hundred Pipers," and
"Il segreto ;" and the instrumentalists are no less :t
In-L> khan goin4i-91, Matti. ona TTall6, tbrpA parformprs
who are unsurpassed on their respective instruments.
They will play Mayseder's ' trio in A flat, and Mendel-
ssohn's grand trio in D minor, one of the finest works
of the kind ever written. Saihton and Halle will also
play Beethoven's beautiful duet Sonata, dedicated
to Kreutzer ; and each performer will give a solo on
his instrument. Thus there will be ample food both
for the classical musician and'the general public.
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PRESENTATION' TO THE REV. DYSON _
RYCROFT.

Yesterday evening the teachers and pupils of St.
Paul's (Toxtetb-park) National School assembled in the
school, Whitfield-street, for. the- purpose of presenting
an address, accompanying a clock, an inkstand, and a
gold pencil-case, to the Rev. D. RyerOft, the senior
curate, and a basket of woollen and other fancy work to
Mrs: Rycroft. There were about 450 pupils present,
and a large attendance of parents and friends of the
schoOl. The :Rev. Dr. •M'Neile took the chair, and
said it was a 'very happy thing when school children
were pleased with their masters and mistresses. :It'
spoke well for both. He had only very lately been
informed of this presentation being got up, but it had
afforded him much satisfaction, as showing the go'od
feeling which existed between the teachers and the
visiting curate ; and he would now be, a happy specta-
tor of their kind acts towards his good friend and
fellow-labourer, Mr. Rycroft. (Cheers.) •
Mr: 'IIEIitER, •the master of the 'boys' school, ex-
pressed the pleasure it' afforded him 'in having to read
the following address to Mr. Rycroft—which was
beautifully engrossed'on parchment—and signed by the
chairman in presence of the' meeting :
"To the Rei. DySon Rycroft, 'Senior Curate of St
. Paul's Church; Toxteth Park. :'• - •
" REV. AND DEAR .Sllt,—The teachers of the school
in connection with St. Paul's Church, male and female,
adult and juvenile, entertain a kindly and gratefal ap-
preciation of the gentlemnly and' Christian manner in
Which' your "superintendence-is exercised. They feel
that, while the duties shoUld be discharged with fidelity
in every sense, their performance may be made agreea-
ble or otherwise by the presence ,or absence of those
nameless courtesies which usually
,spring from a kind
heart.
"We thank you for your kindness to us all during the
Year and a-half that you have exercised your sacred
office in this place; .and we request your acceptance of
the accompanying tribute as an enduring record of the
good feeling which has existed on our parts towards you.
"May you be long spared in your usefulness and
happiness, is the earnest wish of all who have the
pleasure to participate in this offering. • : _ .
" (Signed)
"T. W. MERCER, Master of Boys' School.
Master.
rd JOHN RUTHERFORD, Assistant
JOHN F. DODD PupilVeacher,
w-nit
ARTHUR F. WHITE, do.
~T,a W. J. ARDERN, 'do.
S. E. MEYERS, Mistress of Girls' School.
iu t.cli MARY A. MRDHURST, Pupil Teacher._
edi Ri, JANE E RICHA.RDSON, . do. i i.
SARAH J. TATE, do.'" btl'
jissrE WHITEHEAD, do;
J. FARQUHAR, Mistress of infant- School.
J. MonufsoN,,Pupil Teacher.
E. M. Donn,.: do.
"Huon APNEthu, D.D., Chairman,
" 18th November 1859."
The timepiece, which is a very elegant piece of work-
nanship, bears the following inscription :
" Presented tethe'Rev, Dyson Rycroft, by the teachers
.of St. Paul's School, Toxteth-park, .18th Nov., 1859.
'lle that, is faithful ,in:;that which is least is faithful
also in much.'—Luke 16.10."
The inkstand' wMch is of costly construction,' had the
following en„trra.ved"on it
"Pt'sented to the Rev. Dyson Rycroft, by the boys
of St. Paul's SchoOl, Toxteth park, 18th Nov., 1869."
The handsome gold pencil-case presented to the rev.
gentleman at-the same time,' W. 48
The Rev, Mr. RYOROFT ill returning thalakae9ined
greatest 'pleastire• in visiting
cos
impressed
tweazith'h hers,
the surprise with which he had learned of
from the infant sehool,
`:,sir inten-
tions.as.nQyo carried into effect thti &Inning.
unWorthin, ss of such a
lie felt
Mar of respect; 'bat, *ne
the f.iadesllfb7ooiatybsasaghtiliardeddeottmbhieantitvte.hrinye
tsner of e,oelnducting• the business of the Senobl, and.the
iSenshtrouorin
iouthe,country. Ae felt a deep communicated wsnotsecond to
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,debt of gratitude to the teachers and pupils of the
school for their kindness. He then illustrated the
necessity of. combining moral and religious training
with secular education,by reference to the fact that the
progress of' merely secular knowledge had in a great
measure altered the character of crime without abating
it—as in the cases n)w so numerous of secret poison-
ings, instead of the open and daring acts of violence
which once rendered our highways so dangerous—so
that education without religious tuition was worse than
useless—it enabled a ba I man to do more
mischief than otherwise he could have done.,
He concluded by tendering his best thanks and good
wishes for their temporal and eternal welfare.
One of the female pupils then presented Mrs. Rycroft
with a basket of very beautiful woollen and other fancy
work.
Mr. RYCROFT returned thanks.
Dr. APNEILE, addressing the children, said that it
might be gratifying to them to know that persons of
more experience, than themselves in this world, and who
were competent to form a more accurate and discriminating
judgment, agreed with them in the estimate they had formed
of Mr. Rycroft—and it might be gratifying to them to
know that he (Dr. M'Neile) was one of those. (Cheers.)
Having witnessed Mr. Rycroft's courtesy, and kindness,
and consideration as a gentleman—(cheers)—and his
diligent attention and perseverance 'as a fellow-labourer
in the gospel, he (the Rev. Dr.) most entirely coincided
in the opinion they had now openly and practically
pronounced upon his (Mr. Rycroft's) conduct since he
had been among them. (Cheers.) The worthy Doctor
then gave some highly interesting and instructive
anecdotes suited for children. He felt grateful
to the teachers for the manner in which they had con-
ducted themselves towards Mr. Rycroft, and he thought
such a happy state of matters was'evidence of the good
which could not fail,to be derived by the children; and
(turning to Mr. Rycroft) he expressed warmly the pleasure
it afforded him in having to congratulate him on his
conduct, and the hanedsome acknowledgment which
it had met. In the course of the evening the children
sang several beautiful pieces, concluding with the
National Anthem; a fact, which the worthy Doctor
humorously impressed upon the reporters present as ono
that might be specially noticed, to prove to...the public
that they were so very loyal, that they could not separate
without singing " God Save the Queen."

BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT.

- (Before Mr. J. B. JACKSON.)

SERIOUS CHARGE or Swrbrormia.—Barbara Hewson
was brought up on remand yesterday, charged with
having obtained goods under false pretences.—Mr.
Moore appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Brethertoi
for the prisoner.—An outline of this case was given in
the Northern Times of Thursday; but as the case was
not minutely investigated until yesterday, we were pre-
vented from entering into the details of the various
charges. There are no fewer than five charges against
the prisoner, the first being that, on the 30th August
last, she obtained froin Messrs. Brierley and Drape,
drapers, Hamilton-street, goods to the amount of
14s. 30., upon the pretence that they were for Miss
Simmons, a provision dealer in Birkenhead Market.
With reference to this charge, it should be noticed that
Miss Simmons had herself purchased some linseys at
Briefly and Drapes the day before the prisoner obtained
the articles in question. Further, on going into the
shop, the prisoner made use of some words to the effect
that Miss Simmons wanted some more linseys like those
she had obtained on the previous day. Miss Simmons
stated in her evidence that, in general, she only saw the
prisoner once a week—namely, on Monday. After
hearing the evidence on this charge, his Worship wished
to know if the prosecution could point out any means
by which the previous purchase could have been made
known to the prisoner ? No further evidence being
adduced, the next charge was investigated. The second
charge against the prisoner was that, on the 24th Octo-
ber last, she obtained goods worth Ms. id. from Mrs.
E. Bradbury, draper, Aarket-street, under false pre-
tences. She was also charged with having obtained,
under the false pretence that she was sent by Mrs.
Keizee, and was her sister, goods worth I Is. 6d.,
from Mr. Milnes, draper, Hamilton-street. In this
case Mr. Forshaws, the gentleman who supplied her
with the things, was called in evidence, and said that
he recollected a person coming into the shop who
represented herself as the sister of Mrs. Keizee,
and, in consequence of that representation, he
allowed her to oelect a number of articles,
among which was a head-dress. The mantles were
made into a parcel, but the prisoner said she would take
the head-dress herself, as it might be crushed in the
parcel, and she accordingly walked it off. As soon as
the parcel arrived at Mrs. Keizee's house, she denied
having authorised any person to make purchases for
her. Several of the witnesses identified the prisoner as
the person who had made the purchases. There was
also a fourth charge against the prisoner of obtaining
goods to the
,value of £2 ss. 6d. from Mr. Bragg,
draper, in the name of Mrs. Morris. Mrs. Morris was
called, and denied having given her any authority ;
and Mr. Hodson, detective officer •of -Birkenhead, de-
posed to tracing to the prisoner the articles described.
The above are the main points of the evidence ; and
it should also be added that the majority of the witnesses
positively swore that the prisoner was the person
who had obtained, the goods. After hearing the
evidence at much length, the bench committed the
prisoner for trial, bail being taken for her appearance.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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