Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-30 00:00:00

ATTEMPTED MURDER FROM JEALOUSY.

At the Worship-street Police Court, on Saturday,
Liam Mann, a journeyman shoemaker, of dwarfish ats
and miserable appearance, was charged with cutting
wounding a young woman, named Mary Ann Inwood,:
intent to murder her. The prosecutrix, a fine.loo
young girl, whose face and neck were enveloped in me(
bandages,•stated that she was a shoebinder; in the era
of Mr. Freeman, of Westmoreland-place, Kingsland-r
About nine months ago she became- acquainted with
prisoner, who professed a warm attachment, to her,,
subsequently proposed to marry her. Having ascertat
however, that his intentions were not of an honour
character, she discouraged his addresses, and studio
voided his company. On Thursday evening she
dentally met him in the street, when he 'addressed
in an impassioned manner, - in the course of which
told her that unless she consented to live with
she would have the blood of both upon her head
he was determined to kill her, and afterwards to dee
his 'own life. The prisoner then abruptly left her, and
saw no more of him until the previous evening, when
was informed while sitting at work in her masters 10
that he was anxiously. waiting to take leave of her. be
he left the country. Witness accordingly proceeded ti
to see him, with the consent of her mater; and on elate
the room, the prisoner advanced towards her
pressed her cordially by the hand, with the observe
"That they must part on friendly terms, as he was 0
far away." Witness was in the act of shaking be
with him, when he rapidly passed his left
round her neck, and at the same moment' she felt
he had stabbed her in the left side of thiy throat,
which the blood streamed down her dress. She strugl
desperately to release herself from him, and her sere(
for assistance attracted the attention of her master,'
rescued her from further violence.
,Mr. 17illiam 11!
Freeman, the complainant's employer, stated, that er
engaged in his workshop on the preceding evening,
prisoner entered and requested his permission to see,
last witness, as he was going a long way off, and will
to bid her "good bye" before they parted for
Witness communicated his request to the complainant,
from the excited demeanour of the prisoner, he kept we
at the door and had scarcely been a minute there when
heard the noise of a violent snuffle, accompanied by
of " Murder," from the prosecutrix, which induced
to burst into the‘room where he found her struggling a
the accused, who had a shoemaker's knife in his 111
which he was in the act of drawing back from her the
Witness grappled with the prisoner, and, after wreel
the knife from him, he flung him down upon the IF
where he held him fast until the arrival of a policelg
Cox, 60 N, stated that the prisoner was given into.,
custody under the circumstances described, and on LI
way to the station-house he voluntarily declared that
had made up his mind to murder the woman on heal
that she was about to be married to another man. lb
Henry Coward, the divisional surgeon of police, ell 6
that he had attended the prosecutrix, who had receive'
superficial cut down the left cheek, together with an ink
wound of about three-quarters of an inch, extending iOl
diately over the jugular vein, and but for the point of
knife having been previously broken off, it would inevitS
have been attended with a fatal result. The prisoner, ei
exhibited extreme excitement during the proceedings,
declined offering any defence, was ordered to be remetiv
for the formal completion of the depositions.

THE PRINCE CONSORT.

(From the London Gazette.)
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th
June, 1857: Present, the Queen's Most Exc3llent
jesty in Council.
Whereas, there was this day read at 'the board
draft of letters patent, conferring upon his Royal High l,
Prince Albert the title and dignity of Prince Consorts:
Majesty, having taken the same into consideration,
pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy CouncPJ,
approve thereof, and to order, as it is hereby ordered "
the Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, one
her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, do cal)
warrant to be prepared for her Majesty's signatures A
passing Letters Patent conformable to the said draft no
the Great Seal of Great Britain. Was. L. BA.Tuußst.‘
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 25th daloo
June, 1857: Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Mai
in Council.
Whereas, by the Act of Uniformity, which establisoo
the Liturgy, and enacts that no form or order of Cot/
Prayer be openly used other than what is prescribe%
appointed to be used in .and by the said book, it is
withstanding provided, that in all those prayers, litat
and collects, which do anywise relate to the King, 42°,71
or Royal progeny, the names be altered and changed
time to time, and fitted to the present occasion, accor(r,
to direction of lawful authority. Her Majesty was p'en
this day in Council to declare her royal will and plea-wd
that in all the prayers, litanies, and collects for the 1
Family, the words "The Prince Consort" be inserted
stead of the words " The Prince Albert."
And her Majesty doth strictly charge and conun,.so/10
that no edition of the Common Prayer be from hence
printed, but with this amendment ; and'that in the 11171
time, till copies of such edition may be had, all pati
vicars, and curates within this realm do (for the prevenp
of mistakes), with the pen, correct and amend all 150
prayers in their church books, according to the foregc?l,l
directions :And, for the better notice hereof, that
order be forthwith printed and published, and sent to $
several parishes ; and that the right rev. the bishops
take care that obedience be paid to the same accordin_.
Wm. L. BeTrinig.'"'

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The last quotations in the negro market are someone,
lower than the previous rates. At a sale reeently at ►4ere
burg, S.C., a lot of 52 averaged 690 Bois. There were
many very yonog children in the lot, however, who Wr
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sold away from their mothers, thereby diminishing tii"a
chance of existence and naturally their value also.
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INSTALATIOIN OF THE BISHOP OF Nonwren. —llO
installation of the new Bishop Gf Norwich took pack 0,
that city on Friday afternoon. The proceedings CO
menced with the presentation of an ad Ire s to the hishio
from the clergy, and at one o'clock the I,l4ter went,,o
procession to the episcopal palace for this purpse.
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Dean immediately proceeded to read the address,
referred in terms of satisfaction and congratulation to
se
previous exertions of Dr. Pelham, during his ministry °el
parochial clergyman in the diocese, and expressed a bold
that no needless dissensions would arise to einhirresg "og
mind or impede his usefulness in future years. 'I he 8i5,110
of Norwich replied in a very appropriate speech ; 111,01
received oonled ocie
which he proceeded to the cethedral. At the great vi`p
ceremonies
theem theiron e future
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tu tni
door of the sacred edifice a table was placed in the °Pee,
shwpihsaoce,_
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occupiedai
vn,di.the
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seats
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occasions, having been observed, the Bishop took peesesg'vo
canons
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la re
olesnri does :lene
of his stall, and evening service was performed. A tle4
anthem, composed by Dr. Buck for the occasion, was
with meeh ^ taste
and feeling by the choir. The we da
c imposition were selected from the 16th, 20th, 22nd,
27th verses of the 89th Psalm.
A YOUNG LADIZS' ESTABLISHMENT IN BELGIUM.I6
miscellaneous assortment they were, differing both in cas,,,f
and country. As I sat on my estrade, and glanced
one,
the long range of desks, I had under my e F
h
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ye renc
lish Belgians,
Austrians, and Prussians. The msPriof blonged to the class bourgeois ; but there were
rna'd
comptesses, there were the daughters of two generals
of several colonels, captains,
and Government emploglo.
these ladies sat side by side with young femalis destine(' be demoiselles de magasins, and with Some Flamandero;
genuine ab ,r-gines of the country. In dress all we,
nearly similar, and in manners there was small diff renehe
Exceptions there were to the general rule, bu'
majority gave the tone to the establishment, and tilo
tone was rough, boisterous, marked by a point-bla
disregard of all forbearance towards each other or (bee
teachers, an eager pursuit by each individual of her osts
interest and convenience, and a coarse indifference to tP
interest and convenience of every one else. Most of theo
to
could lie with audacity when it appeared advantageous
do so. All understood the art of speaking fair wholl 0
y
point was to be gained, and could, with consummate 810,.;
and at a moment's notice, turn the cold shoulder tle
instant civility ceased to be profitable. Very little °Peo
quarrelling ever took place amongst them ; but hackbitil
and talebeeiing were universal. Close friendships
vier
forbidden by the rules of the school, and no one g"ii
seemed to cultivate more regard for another than was la
necessary to secure a companion when solitude woo
have been irksome. They were each and all 54;
posed to have been reared in utter unconsciousness
of vice. The precautions used to keep they
ignorant, if not innocent, were innumerable. How w'",i
it, then, that scarcely one of those girls having attaivel,
the age of fourteen, could look a man in the face vitta,
modesty and propriety ? An air of bold, impudent flirtio
tion, or a loose, silly leer, was sure to answer the Wee
ordinary glance from a masculine eye. I know nothing
of the arcane of the Roman Catholic religion, and I got
not a bigot in matters of theology, but I suspect the rout.
of this precocious impurity, so obvious. so general, he
Popish countries, is to be found in the discipline if not t"10
doctrines of the Church of Rome. I record what I 11%,
seen ; these girls belonged to what are called the reaPti'is
table ranks of society ; they had all been carefully brolie
up, yet was the mass of them mentally depraved.
Professor.