Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-24 00:00:00

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appearance. • • ; --
ANOT-HElt SERIOUS ASSAULT UPON A. WOMiN.—
Robert Smith, a tall and. athletic sailor, and Richard

Neale, a man of colour; were charged with assaulting
Mary Ann Johnston, on the;Bth instanti. On-that day,

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crart,- ti4stOyne-street. „ something to
drink, 'and -.Stattb. heing.:the'i,iorse' for liquor, began
smashing the picittres oii the wall; an&Aemofishingrthe
other furniture. '' 3olin4ton • not atri4roiiig 91 her
kind's bin'g• thus- treated; interfered, when Smith knocked
er'dn'ii-n and 'kickeiVher. -11Tcal alSo struck her, but
'the- rfroiectitrix said that' Smith was the worst of the
two. She fainted, and was barriedqlto the Nottherr
Hospital. At the time she was •

1 since

had .been delivered of a stillborn child. A number of

in g eriit

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those on cine•gel6-or the other committed wilful perjury.
One girl sworeyeSitively that it was Neale who abased
Mrs. Johnston ; another girl, that Neale was not there

at all, and that Smith beat the woman. The surgeon
from the hospital, said that q,hen the woman was brought
to him; she was 'suffei-incr under extreme collapse, and
through the loss of bloodbhcr life was ii dan,,,,rer at the
time._ She was now betttr,—Mr, 11.a.mfic.14 .said
that the evidence was too conflicting for him t 9 judge
which was correct, and he should therefore sena, the
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prisoners for , .

RAILWAY COMPENSATION CASE. On Thursday, a
jury was assembled at Wolverhampton, before the sheriff,
for the purpose of, assessing the compensation to be paid
to his Grace the Duke of Sutherland, and F. W. Giffard,
tii., lords of the manor of Stow Heaton, for
the enfranchisementol eeritil'aCopyhold lands in Bilston,
and, within that manor, thlV.ll the purposes of the
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rNFORTUNATE.—Martha Williams, a girl about Wolverhampton," Dudley, and Birmingnain Railway.
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years'of age, was 'placed in the dock. Officer-311 The land had been purchased some time since from the
,stit that, on the previous evening, he was called into the copyholders, but the amount to be paid for enfranchise-
Northern Hospital, and told that the girl :had been ment -the parties had not been able to determine.
taking poiqUi. An emetic was used, and she was now Dr. Wheeler,' instructed, by, Mr. Underhill, solicitor,
out of danger. The officer made inquiries, aril learned of Wolverhampton, appeared as counsel for the
Ilrat-t/ielfris-Oner had sentVlittle boy into a druggist's lords of the manor; and Mr. Mottram, inbtrueted,
shop to . purchase a pennyworth of sugar of lead ; and 14 Mr. -Whateley, solicitor, BirmiLgnarn, appeared for
that on receivingit,she put it into a ilass of wine and the company. A host of eminent valuers Were in attend-
drank it off, On being asked why iiie haddsne this, ante on both cries ; but after the tury had been sworn,-
she said that she did not recollect it, and she was almost 1 and before Dr. Wheeler had opened his ease for the
._qer.tain that it was not true. The Bridewell-keeper said claimants, a -conference took place, the result of which
that she was charged in December last with a similar was that the company agreed .to a verdict for £3,500
.offence.—Mr. Mansfield addressed the girl in severe and costs:
terms, though in a kindly manlier, and remanded her THE CHESTER ASSIZES.—At the next quarterly meet-
for seven days. in of. the magiStrates, of
.this county; to be held at
INHUMAN PARENTS.—A boy, about seven years of Knutsford; the question relative to the proposed re-
age, whose head scarcely reached to the top of the dock, moyal of the assize courts from Chester to Knutsford,
was.charged..with begging in Lord-street,- at- half-past will be again brought forward for discussion. We hear
two o'clock yesterday morning. The little lad said his it is in contemplation to call a meeting of the citizens
mother sent him. out to beg, and if he did not returri shortly, to protest against so preposterous a change. A
with some money, he would be beaten. His WorSbip memorial on the subject is in preparation, which is to be
• 3 _ him to a reformatory, but he was • presented to the magistrates to-day.—Chester Courant.

said no WORM Milt/ mt. ,
afraid he was too young. If there was any gentleman DENBIGHSHIRE AND YLINTSTI IRE AGRICULTURAL
in court who 3vould wish to take thelad.uuder his care, SociEyv.--This society held its annual show of fat
he would hand him over to him. Unfortunately, there cattle and stock at Denbigh, on Wednesday, and the
was no one in attendanee: who accepted the benevolent attendance and the show was all that couldbe desired,
at. • n favourable state of the early Dart

uIIV_IYALL lelly n taimuuzaza y.
(Before.Mestrs, CASTEDLAIN arid CHALomni.) of the day. - _„ uwentieto. :nit, „ .._
PUBLICANS' AND BEER-SELLERS' CASES. society, and was in every respect the most successful
Elizabeth Clarke, publican, lowther-street, sum- A dinner took place in the evening, in' the Denbigh
moned for selling spirits at eight minutes before one on ToWnHall, at which Townsend Mainwaring, Esq., M.P.,
Sunday last. The defendant said that, when the officers presided, supported by Sir IVatkin Williams Wynn,
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came into the hoise, it only wanted one and ti,lialf Bart., M.P:, and. many others.
minutes to one. She had' kept the house for thirteen PRUSSIAN EMBASSY TO JAPAN.—A Prussian squad-
years, and was never stunnionedliefOre.. Five shillings. ron is enected to call at 'Plymouth shortly with a
and costs. . , minister on board, on the way to Japan, with a view to
Ellen Hartley, publican, in Islington, summoned for the establishment of an advantageous commercial treaty.
permitting drunkenness in her house on. the mornino. of SIIIPINSECK.7HEA.RTLESS DESERTION.—The Catha-
)Vednesdiy, the 14th instant. The case *as suppor''ted rines, of Dundee, from Hartlepool for Dundee, went
by officers 442 and 23, who stated that they visited the down in the gale of Friday last, the 16th inst., at three
house at ten minut t one o'clock, and saw four p.m., fifteen miles
.off, St. Abb's Head. One'boy, the
drunken men in thee house.as Mr Hartley's son was grandson of the owner, was drowned; the rest of the
serving drunken men with liquor. * Mr. Snowball ap- crew were picked up by the ship Gezina Alvina, and
peared for the defendant, and urged that it was on the landed at ShieldS. The men were three hours in their
night of the fire, and there* were several drunken people boat before, they were fallen in with. The master had
about. , She was fined 40s and costs.Banfield Derby. to ump overboard to save his. life. The fate of the little
James M'Cubbin, publican,
summoned for permitting drunkenness ''
fellow that perished, was most, painful. No doubt suffi-
his h-roouasde: cient reason can be given why the adults on board were
The officers stated that they visited thein house on justified in abandoning the boy, only eight years of age,
Monday afternoon, the 12th inst. at five o'clock,whose
aft piteous cries were heard, it is said, some time
saw twelve men in the house, ten Of whom were drunk, G
aezre
ftehe.e men had left him to die on board.--Shipping
Mr, Snowball appeared for the defen :Ant, and urged
on his behalf that here was not a sufficient number of T _NDIA. The • disarmament in Oude is still going. on
with great success.in the four
,Weeks ending Jul-.' -
policemen on the beat, and that Mr. M'Cubbin had, on
five different occasions, written to Major Greig for mere there were collected-
22 cannon, 12,504 fire-arms, '
officers. The men were in the habit of coming into his swords, 2,315 spears, and 6,629 miscellaneous, n
hOnse drunk, arid he could not possibly turn them out. a total of 47,601 'weapons. Since the first comet.
He had frequently been half murdered by them.. There merit of the collection of arms in this district, there
were 1,000 navigators, and 500 Coal-heavers, in the been taken in all 671 cannon, 132,718 fire-arms,' 55e5 9.
neighbourhood, and on the 12th inst. the brickmakers swords, 49,445 spears ad 634,402 misaella 555,9.
neighbourhood,
had been paid. Witnesses were called to prove that the giving a total of 1,420,160 weapons. Of the fortsn
198 m
defendant refused to supply ale to the drunken people in Oude, Out of 1,569, 1,327 hand e
aidetro ,ed,
the house, The defendant was fined 10s. and costs,
.the are in course of demolition, and 44 redin.,l
lkfaior public purposes.
__ A feeling of dissatisf,,•

This was

bench stating to the police that the attention oi
Greig had better be called to the case, with the vie,
'd number of policemen being placed on tii(

of amongst the people of Cawnpore at the government fine
of three lacs, and all sorts of entreaties are resorted to
for the non-payment. The destruction of the two medical
depots alkine aht t 1
Cawnpore and itteenit, entailed, a loss
acs. consequently no curtailment cnh

an increas
beat

William Williams.

publican, Norfolk-street.

moved for sc
The offi,,‘,,

uy govermiLeuD,
ago ,A • v --
they saw two women Oade has heen.ora
of whisky, which. arc absolutely neceSsary.. In Central India,*the
:1I iha-
The rajah of Gwahor has paid a visit to Sir -R.'Shakspear,
unghur, to settle the affair regarding mann

the morninc, of Monday last,
come out of the house with a bo
they threw away when they
officers-then wer

saw" the officers

suns (nun.. ttir, isitick defended, and. said that the I 6111 g, the ""
officers had failed to prove the sale of the whisky to the I reward of his

rayal of Tantia Topee