Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-04 00:00:00

GARSTON LOCAL BOARD. OF HEALTH.

The as. ual weekly meeting of this board was held
yesterday afternoon, the members present being Messrs.
J. Cooper, chairman ; J. Chisson, J. Castenaine,
M'lntire, Tatts, Harrison, and J. G. Norris.
The Finance and Works Committee proceedings were
read and confirmed,

Mr. WATTS raised the question whether, under the
new act for the regulation of boards of health, which
embraced the whole district now, special districts should
be included in the general district.
The CHAIR3IAN referred to the Law-clerk, and after-
wards stated that all monies sunk in improvements
for special districts were of a distinct nature.
The act of 1858, for the regulation -of Boards
of Health, did- not permit them to raise funds
on any special, but upon the general district ; conse-
quently, he thought that all those parties who had in-
vested their money at a certain per centage, must wait
until the interest realised the amount invested. Though
nothing specific on this subject has yet been settled,
however, it was evident from the act itself that, in
future, all monies raised must be charged to the general
district.

Mr. IV/mg—There is an injustice in the question.
The CHAR AN—We cannot go further unless ad-
vised. The eomitig session of Parliament will explain
the matter,

Mr. LLotn (law-clerk)—The -debts already incurred
must be confined to the special district, and those here-
after accruing must be charged to the general district
of the Board of. Health.
The Chairman then tea several communications
which 'bad been addressed to 'him, in respect of the Rifle
Corps getting permission to meet in the large public
;room in Garston, wherein to carry on drill; and also a
letter from the G-arston Reading Committee, asking a
-4.4milar privilege. The letters were referred for consi-
deration.

COtrSTY CbT.J.II,T.--YR#zußo•Av.

In the :atsenoe of J. K. Blair, Esq., judge, Cob-
bett, barrister-at-law, presided.
Commaxmcir ;SUMMONSES.—The following-orders of
commitment 'were made on the subjoir.ed.parties for not
haviAgcompliea with previous ,orders of -She court :
John. Nuttall, 6, Vernon-street, 14 days, warrant to
issucin a euktith ; Wm. Lloyd, 'Frowbridge-street, 14
days:; Catherine Carter, 9, .Altred-street, 14 days to
Lancasthr*-Castle.

SUSINESS.OF THE CorratT.---Tehe:follOWing is the busi-
ness :=Wednesday, 4th Jam, judgment summonses and
140 other "cases ; Thursday, sth, judgment summonses
ittad 140 oases ; Friday, €4ll, judgment summonses and
:140 cases; Monday, 99th, jtdgraentstmmonses and 140
,easeS; 7Daesday, 10th, Judgment -summonses and 440
'cases ; Wednesday, 11th, -gaol and insolvency cases ;
Thursday, 12th, 30 ;eases of claim for debt, £l,O and
upwards ; Friday, 13th, adjourirel cases.—The 'total
ilutaber of original +plaints entered last year was 21,551;
for the year 1858, 1,8,147=-showing an increase lin the
bdSine'Es of last year, above that-'f the preceding year,
of 3;t4 plaints.
It fs gratifying*tOlnow that the business for :the past
year, although soch increased, has been gonethrough
;year,
armanner whidlaas been highly satisfactorro suitors
and' the bar.

'ALLEGED ZRUTAL 'MURDER ON THE

HIGH SEAS.

On Mortaay, at the 'Null Police-court,'
.William
Lorensen, a l'etmen, eight2en years of age, attended
kefore the stkpendiary • magistrate, Mr. Travis, and made
,-the followingkleposition ursn oath :—" lum a • seaman
Lon board theiDutch-schooner Maria. She arrived in
Bull the se r four -weeks ago, from Marseilles. -.She
sailed from that port to:. gull ; she sailed from Malta to
Trieste, and thence to Marseilles. Theyhad onboard. one
able seaman, two ordinary seamen, the cook, the mate
and mater. The coal's name was Fritz Lausman, and.
he was shipped at Hamirargh. His age was sixteen, and
he hail never been to .sea before, and. the .day zafter
he left gareburgh he^was sent aloft-to furl one of the
sails. .He Was veryineeh frightened, and only-partly
did the-work. Whenishe came down.-on the deer the
captain and the mate beat the lad. On that occasion he
got )0 -lashes' with a ocpe's end. Whenever Lausman
could noimork he w.asbeaten, and the-captain and mate
had a violent hatred against him after the first-beating.
He was -beaten a day or two after the-first time -because
he eouldelat remember the names of-the different ropes.
On that .occasion he got 20 lashes with- a •eane. He
called- outterribly, ana there were marks all .ever him,
The c.aptain and anatc,heat him many times afterwards.
On the-.lest day he-was beaten he :got 8G lathes, but
the captain threatened to give him 160- lashes. The
day 'before he died he. was not beaten; but they tied his
head •l his-lege. They then pit a piece- of wood
behind his neck, and another behind his knees, then
tied-both-pieces of weed together, having first-made the
deceased:bend double. In this state • they threw him
about Ihe deck, and .the mate threw chains upon him.
On tenor twelve different days he was treated in this
way, sometimes twice. a day, remaining.so tied for half
an hour and sometimes for an hour. The-captain also
made him drink urine, 'but this the witness slid not see.
The captaia hungered:the. deceased. When lie was tied
up, and.tite.charns,were upon him, he cried out that
he could.fust breathe, and could endure •it Aso longer.
The day Osefore he died the chains were upon him
for neruly half tan thour—from the time he was
tied up to -the time/ he was liberated. He was tied up
at half-past five, andtat midnight he was ordered to go
to the pump. .Wherehe got hold of the pump he fell
down, arida:ever speke.ggam. He died about ten o'clock
the next morning. That was on the 13th -of August,
and the vessel was off .a-small island belonging•to Sicily.
In the evening, when the sun went down, deceased was
thrown overboard in his £leeping clothes. There were
marks all ever the .body,,except the chest. There were
also many small holes and wounds. The body was co-
loured red and blue. About four weeks before.deceased
died, on one .day he gotffirst ten lashes, then :twenty,
then forty, and then-oghty ! The face of deceased was
14'0 swollen with blows thatche could not .be recognised.
-Sometimes he had -to take off his clothes, and:receive
lashes on the bare -skin." The Danish consul and the
t-cellector of custems,at were corresponded with by
-the magistrate, and the.case is to be further inquired

.PRESENTATION DF CHELTENHAM AND WEST
GlAUCESTER.—The,akucestertlite Chronicle states that
Colonel Berkeley will retire frost the representation of
Cbelterham at the net election. It has been at length
determined to bring the
_gallant colonel forward as a
eunclifigte for the representation of West Gloucester
whonaver an opportunity may occur.
The ,prospectus of the Bank of Turkey has been
Lisosunedd,ono. War abelisftoornif tehrceodinresieettorsofinzCngoinisstah
wptnhoaht isanosntdli Constantinople p
capital
Frenchfperaoiont
aumd.
merchants, pad Greek merchants and Armenian bankers;
the latter are Messrs. Russell Mice, Gladstone, M.
cEe.ssitioondoacadausatcrtt, andtes
areß R. f
rrra umbei
dilLas nTetrel:Tyfainiscet.
the example of the Bank of England, readers the ques-
tion of suceess.one of management.
is to b 3 paid up,,
A letter from Milan in the Times, 'states that the
coming interview Igtween King Victor Emmanuel:and
Garibaldi
.is to settle a plan according to which Gan-
bedi is to be named Commander-in-Chief of all the
,National Guard of the kingdoni, with full powers of
organising it according to the tenour of the Pierlmon-
tese law, which is valid for Lombardy likewise, and
may be introduced into Central Italy. At this moment
the National Guard is altogether localised, and has no
common centre of activity. Garibaldi's name at the
head of the National Guard would give it at once the
character of a national force.
Frans AND RESCUE or LIVES.—At a fire which broke
out yesterday morning- in the house of Miss Myers,
importer of foreign goods, 24, Houndsditch, London,
the conductor of a fire-escape, on entering the first floor,
found. Mrs. Jane Mitchell, aged sixty-five years, in a
state of insensibility. Being nearly 'fifteen stone weight,
it was with difficulty that be succeeded in bringing her
down. He again ascended, and brought Kate Cantor,
aged twenty-five years, to the ground in safety.—The
same morning some
spersons passing the house of a
furniture broker, . 9, Norwood-place, Hackney-road,
observed smoke to issue from. the lower part of the
building. One got on the: back *of another and so
reached the firit floor, whence they rescued two children
just afterwards. Eilbeck, the fire-escape conductor,
arrived and rescued Mrs. Hart from the leads of the
shop. He again ascended and searched the house. The
flames were not subdued until the premises were
destroyed, and the adjoining houses V9n§iderably
damaged,