The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-05 00:00:00

ALARMING

On Saturday morning, at an early hour, the inhabitantael
Cornwallis-street, and the densely populated neighbourn
ofthat partion of the borough, were suddenly alarmed %
the outbreak of a fire in the extensive rice mills situated,'
White-street, Pitt-street, belonging to Messrs. Stote„l
Brothers and Co. For some time the devouring elegiac,
raged with unabated fury, spreading the utmost diemsll4
the breast of all who bad property within its reach.
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compelling them to use the utmost precipitation in rei/P
the mast valuable and portable of their household effec-g:
Shortly after toe first outbreak, the engines from Terd(r
court, accompanied by Mr. Hewitt and his staff, tOget
with the West of England eegine and br;gade, were (1110
on the spat, and the pipes having been laid vast queatl:,„,
of water were thrown up ,n the &tales, which at this ore
assumed an appearance of the wildest grandeur, threatest;#
the surroundiug property with speedy annihilation. and'eel
if to mock the superhuman exertions of all engaged, aPPes",
to gain in power and extent. The well directed well;
however, of the firemen, were, by degrees, crowned g
success, as they were enabled to eoefine the devetP47,
elemrnt within the area in which it at first originated, Ito
preserving to the many families around their little all. 444
the greatest exertions the fire was ultimately subdued, ba d
gutted the extensive range of premises, and caused leo
c neiderable damage to all withie its reach. The 0144
of the tors it is at present impassible to estinentee hut fr. 4
%he v nature of the machinery we fear it, will be
heavy. We understand the property is insured. At Cdl
period, end during the time the fl ones were raging at tr
ntmoste an alarm was prevalent 'hat one of the dock et,
men bed lest his life in his praiseworthy endeaenalljel
erri st the flames and save some property. This createsbc
great ee alien in the crowd, more particularly among 4
female nertion, hut are happy to state that, although be 'll,
a troly ilceis escape, his injuries amounted onliiteli
same severe lacerations, &c , of the face. The exten*l
premises, the Atlas works, belonging to Messrs FasTioli
being in close contiguity to the rice mills, were for ,rbil,
in imminent danger of being totally destroyed. II;
gentleman was early at the scene of the conflagratkla'of
his exertions were very great in eotleavouiing to sale:oli
only his own, but the property of others, froth ",e1
destruction. Amongst those of the inhabitants wb°4ll
took an active part was a sailor named Re sell, and
Cahill, a pattern maker, to omit whom would be sul sat
injustice,

THE INHABITANTS OF BOOTLE AND
IVBIF BOROUGH GAOL.

In the County Magistrates' Court, on Saturday,
of considerable importance was heard, in which th'a Pgttb
were the Bootle Nuisance Removal Committee r,gain
Mayor, Corporation, and Burgesses, of the Tgeroegoi
Liverpool. The case was brought on in the atieee
summons against the Corporatic,n, for a nniFeauce
arise to the inhabitants of Bootle from tbj sewerage °,T
New Borough Gaol. Messrs. Thompson, Hill,
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Chaloner were the presiding rnagist:ntes. Mr. C°l3,.oiti
barrister, appeared for the Bootle Nuisance Removal
mittee, and Mr. Aspinall, barrister, instructed hi ft
Hughes, for the Corporation. Considerable time at,
occupied in the hearing of the case. Mr. Joseph I"ie
inspector to the committee; Mr. Beasley, member ° tl
committee ; Mr. Gee, architect and bridgemes'er t°,Ti
Hundred of West Derby ; Mr. Lee, surveyor of Bootle
other witnesses were examined to prove the nuts-
which it was alleged arose from the fact of the sewAe tt
of the gaol being carried off in a culvert, which alloele",,el
matter to be carried off in an old watercourse; _whey
discharged itself over several fields. The smell was et°.cfr
be most, offensive, and dangerous to health; and it wit' 131:0?
'hat the nuisance was within ten yard of some of the jot
in Richmond terrace, and Richmond Yale, Bootle. /0,1,11
medr,some of the witnesses sugtreated that the present er at
should be continued to a fiteinF outlet. Mr. Jall;I:i!,
governor of the gaol ; Mr. Weightman, surveyor rn SP.
corporation ; and other witnesses were examined as tO
position and construction of the culvert, which wag 01.,
upon land belonging to Lord Derby, and by the perol;i tr,
of his lordship. Mr. Aspinall contended that, even I,r,
nuisance were proved, the corporation were not the P',ftr
parties to be called on to abate it, as the management °aid,
gaol was not in their bands. The bench, having
much consideration to the subjoct were of opinion
there was satisfactory proof that a nuisance existeo%.,
that the nuisance was caused by the Corporation of
pool from the sewerage of the borough gaol. Thep,
fore, declared that an order should be issued, Calli 4„,
the corporation to abate the nuisance. Agait at tbis ,
it was stated by Mr. Aspinall, that the corporation f
probably appeal, and time was accordingly allotro°
preparation of the necessary recagnizances.

We (Ilerapath) are informed that Mr Breff, the eligf4;
of the Eastern Counties Railway, has resizued his °di
The re emu alleged is that the new boari hae disebitior
some 400 of the men employed in the works and repays
of the fine. gl
VACANCIES, APPnINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS I, fr,
CIVIL SKRTICE —Poor Law Department : Mr. [1.13 4°
Dan, Poor Taw le-p-ctor of the L snesehire and West Alf
district, has b'en appointed to the London dr,trict; 1;
John Manwaring, Insoector of D incaster, has be0:01
piloted to eunceed Mr. Farnall. Registry and goo
Office of Seamen : A p-rmanent extra clerkships 1);
temporary extra clerkship have become vacant bisfu
resignation of Messrs. Tribe and Waite. Customs: re
'Thorpe has been promoted from second to first class itotr,4
in London ; Mr. C. G. Sanderson has been promotept
third to second class searcher in Lon.'nti ; Mr. J. J,ef,;
has been promoted from fourth to third class searri,
London • Mr. T. Bowden has been promoted from P
fourth due searcher in London • Mr. T. Pollowe b°90175
promoted from first class clerk for general business to pif;
principal clerk at Liverpool; Mr. J. Burr has bee 4iild
rno.ed from seconcl=o first class clerk for general
at Liverpool, Mr. E. Rigmairlen has been promo eurpo`.
third to second class clerk for general business at Lireocbed
Inland Revenue Department, Stamps ant Tax 13; btfp
Mr. Alfred Rose, assistant surveyor at Ipswieb, bad 's
promoted to be surveyor of Mn wick, in the room 40440
Sells, appointed to Buckingham; Mr. M. Kelly, tO4l
surveyor; has been promoted to be surveyor ° osr
Norwich, in the room of Mr. Nicholson, promoted to
on Trent. —Civil Service &Lutes.

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE MR. G. HOLT,

posy Orrice DELINQUENCIES.—WiIIiam Henry Tyn-
dall, a young man, employed in the Post office as leter
sorter, was charged under the act of parliament, which
constitutes the concealment of letters by an official for
shlPurpose of destroying them a felony. Mr. Banning,
ieitor to the Post office, was for the prosecution, and
Mr. Muck defended the pris-ner. Mr. Thomas Hunter,
' . 4 clerk in the Post Master's office, and sating sometime
15 inspector of letter carriers, said the prisoner was
111Ployr-d in the office as letter sorter, and his duty was
to seearate letters, class and take them from one part of
, the office to another. ne had no right whatever to have
a 423- letters in his possession, nor to detain letters for a
inqtrient. In consequence of some suspicions that were
I attached to the prisoner, the witness was directed to
wateb him,
and on Friday evening, he, along
With Cozens,, a detective officer, proceeded to watch his
‘,7l°lfell3.tets. He saw the prisoner act in a very sus-
.--`ions manner. About eight o'clock the delivery bags
. frnln the receiving houses came in, and the prisoner
tasisted to open some of the bags, and in some time he
observed him take t'iree letters, and throw them aaiongst
i some papers or office bills that were about, He then
Pin the letters under the bills, and after a short time he
took the papers away, and took out the letters, which he
I Put into his pocket. Witness immediately took
1- bin) up stairs to the Post Master's office,
I where Cozens met them, and asked the prisoner if 1
he had any letters in his possession ? and he said not to
his knowledge. -eozmns then searched him and found '
these letters (produced) in his pocket. Witness thinks'
there are reins of some sort in the letters by the feel of
. them. They then went to the house of the prisoner,
wtirre they found a quantity of jewellery and other
things which they suspected had been abstracted from
lett-
ers. Cross-examined by Mr. Block : Do you know
i' that the nrisoner has been very ill for the last six months ?
l' I can't say'that he was, as 'I don't know. The prisoner
w's a letter carrier before he was promoted to the place
t-tf sorter. Mr. Bluck : Do you know that the prisoner
i ever threatened to commit suicide ? I know nothing of
4111' 'ort, Mr. Block : Do you know that Mr. Williams
I l'rnholed more work on him than he was able to perform ?
lurlw nothin of the kind. fir. Bluck : Is Mr. Will
slants here? I g think not Mr. Mick :I am sorry he
1:11". Do you know that he had rn ,re work to do than
„"11,1111 nature could bear, and that Mr. Williams put it
-11 nim ? I know nothing of the kind. Mr Block : Do
Yell know that he complained of such ? I know nothing
er the kind. Mr. Bluck : Do you know that he com•
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of Mr. Williams : I know nothing of the kind.
r. Block :- Were the seals of the -letters broken ? No,
the 7
.‘ were just as they are now. Mr. Block : I now ask
r e solicitor to the Post Office, if he intends to proceed
Ill:rater to-day, or will be ask for a remand ? Mr.
-,4l,thing: I will ask for a remand. Mr. Block : Very
1 then, I shall not go further With the defence to-day.
,prisoner *as then remanded for seven days
br timiGn op MAKING Ihss Cont. —Ellen Burke was
01 'isll.ght up by detective officer Sullivan, on a charge of
~,,asing base coin. It appeared that a woman who bad
i:,,,Te out of jail on Friday morning, had left her children
il "iii_ltt she was in prison) in charge of the woman
ttu,"!`e; the latter, it would seem, treated them after the
Insonion of a recently exposed hoarding school, and the
e,,,th‘er of the children, out of revenge, no doubt, gave
i0.,..,1'11 information to a market constable, named
ra'tlts, at Saint James market, and he made a cora-
, nnication to Sullivan, the result of which was that he
proceeded to 4 Court, Cuerdon Street, where hi'
. olrnte2etaerrlchtliinegprisoner in the act of making base coin, and
a,ate•., the. place, he got a mould, and all the
eo,,,irklals generally used in the fabrication of such.
bre'C'n'ee with a quantity of bad half crowns. The
:, ''',!o~aer was committed for trial.
:01,ittave -CONDUer OF " GENERAL" KFNNEDY.—When
are conduct -of a police officer is deserving of credit, we
th, the first to accord it, and in the present instance, we
ink liennedy (better known " general Kennedy ")
deserves something more than praise. On Saturday
112°11ing, a native of Manilla, named John Thomas, a
sailor, stole a watch, a jacket and trousers, from another
sailor, named Charles Taylor. The latter went in search
. .of the thief, and fell in with him some place in the
:11,!igilhourhood of South John Street. A scuffle took
13. - ,ace between them, when Thomas drew a large knife,
andlran furiously through the streets, stabbing at all
" fo e
rioueslhyimt
Kennedy tackled to him, and although
to
assailed, he, in the most courageous man ,er
ok hitn into eustode. The pris in was sent to jail for
three months, and. 'Kennedy seas complimented.

BIRKENHEAD.
13tr)RE J. S. JACKSON, AND R. ERYANs, ESQ.
Tun MAN wrist A CARPET BAG.—Michael Cleary, a
'eserter from the Royal Artillery, was charged with
stealing a rug and carpet beg, with its contents, from the
loetk Lane Station of the Birkenhead and Chester Rail-
j‘,l‘43'; The evidence to support the charge was as follows :
thi% "Vm• Geddes, of 35, Brid port street, Liverpool, state t
at On Therselay last he crossed to Birkenhead with the
Ptention of going to Booton ; that he walked through
"anmere to Rock Lane Station, and having arrived
th In lie expected, found that he had some time
wait for the next train ; that he left his rug and bag
'With •
t„ its contents in the waiting room at the station, and
time he then took a stroll towards Rock ferry.
to. en nearing the hotel at that place,he met the prisoner,
t asked the way to the Rock Lane Station, and having
toad
him, be continued his walk. On his return
he ``,)and his carpet hag and rug were not where
left them. Ha made enquiries, but could
11')t lear ehm.
the , n where they had gone to. Mrs. Evans,
thaiW,,he of the station master at Rock Lane, stated
tCl'''• Prisoner came there and enquired the next train
tu, „7,lster, and shortly after the prosecutor was making
,I'rtes for his beg and rue, upon which she told the
lcf the 7.20 train to Cites er what had happened.
eert4; ". right, the guard alluiel to, stated that he received
Ps►
,tnrieeZrinforna ttion, and at Bebbington station he saw the
get into the train, and at the tine he appeared
ene 'That encumbered with the clothes he was wearing,
he rug over his shoulders. Be (Wright) asked him if
it• Nay luggage, upon which the prisoner replied only
) latir of boots he was carrying. He then asked him where
13:ikot the rug from, and what colour it was inside; prisoner
ee (I it was " brown." Wright having turned it over, clis-
i) Tered it was ,‘blue,' and then said he did not think it
perilnge4 to him, and for greater safety he locked the
ner in the carriage. Between that station and the
e,on station he saw the prisoner several times attempt to
r out of the carriage window, and for greater safety he
then transferred him to the van in which he himself was
ravelling. On the way to Chester the prisoner asked him
1,011. e was going to take him up on account of the rug, moon
t he (Wright) said he ehoeld deliver him up at Clies-
et., as he believed he had stolen the rug, whereupon the
prisoner took 22. or 3s. out of his pocket, and offered it to
him to say nothing more about it. This witness declined
to do, and at the Chester station he delivered him over to
bc'le of the company's officers, who upon searching him found
weerne, in addition to his own clothes, the prosecutor's
coat, two'waietcoats, a pair of trouse-s (on hind part before),
and a pair of shoes, and in the pocket of the coat he fouud
e. (Darter of a pound of re), a muffler, and two pairs of
stoekings. County constable Mason stated that in conse-
quence of information he received, he, on the evening of the
loss, went and made search near to the Rock lane station,
and in a pit by the road side he found a carpet bag. which
had been forced open, with a necktie, some bookstand letters
in it. The whole of the articles mentioned were produced,
and fully identified by Mr. Geddes. The prisoner, who said
na hal bought them of a man for 58, was fully committed
for teed_
,IS, EALING Mr "UNCLE'S TIME AND INTEREST TICKETS.—
geret Mt Loughlin was charged with stealing a number
of Pi
• n tickets, the property of Mary Armstrong, her
In--other, and Michael Finnegan with recei,ing them. The
e .other was asked by the bench if she wished to press the
_tlarge against her daughter, and having replied that shit
`Tali obliged to do so the evidence was proceeded with, from
Which it appeared that the female prisoner, although a mar-
,;l. d woman, had not led a very steady life, in consequence
(I.)rathich she and her mother had not been on good terms
nsome time. But, about three weeks ego, she (the priso-
er) sent her son to her mother's, and from what he said
she enneented to receive her daughter, and permit•ed her to
Atop en the house. After having been with her about a
fortnight, she missed a great many pawn tickets, and the
,prisoner suddenly absenting herself, she gave information to
pte police, and she Wall shortly after apprehended.
tn,‘_,aPPeared in regard to Ftnnegan, who is a
" rlnZt?e store dealer and leaving shop proprietor,
teee had tmechased the tickets for a triflirg
an immediately redeemed the articles, at the same
_ re.
lied
sum, and
s Pt.edz,ing them in the name of his wife, which fact
by two pawnbrokers residing in the town. The
%he Prisoner admitted having taken the tickets, but that
Pln,et_nni,v left them with Finnegan for the 3a. as a pledge.
nowever, declared he had bought them. Both
Po!ice ooremitted for trial. It was stated by the
small Sant; b in was a regular purchaser of tickets for
by one :If It and then rser. ming them, which was confirmed
was that et,l•lisePrnbrolccrs who had given evidence, and it
tan othersf men who did more mischief as tallymen
e6t, huleft e ' s o
not only by exacting a large amount for inter-
very ne e • they had •
With them.
that tney had ever received the
tweoeteeaU, OATS
TROUBLIL—John Lee and Chas. Stephens.
eharßed t"Y looking men in the dress of soldiers, were
whiwttlit.l! being drunk, and obtaining money by threats.
half.pas. "garn, of Mortimer t.rrace, stated that about
three.o'clock on Friday afternoon the two prisoners

came to his office, and StephenS produced a discharge for
one Jo' n Lee, a gunner in the Royal Artillery, at
the same time asking to be relieved, which he refused
to do, whereupon they became very iio;ent. Having
ot them out of the c,ffice, he sent to apprise the
police ; and watched where they (the prisoners) went to
and saw them enter the house of Mrs. Brandon in the same
tertaca. Inspector Thomson stated that he vent to Mrs
Brandon's house, and having placed himself in the lobby
overheard Stephens say he was a dis barged soldier from
the E.i.C.S., upon which Mrs Brandon asked where
Lee's discharge was, when he (Stephens) said Major Greig
bad got for the purpose of getting him a situation, and
that he (the major) was a friend of his, and at the same
time (as Mrs. Brandon had told him) he drew a life
preserver from under hs jacket sleeve which very much
alarmed tier, more narticularly as there was a quantity of
plate on the sideboard, and she then gave them 2s, when
Tnomson and another officer walked in fold took them into
custody. Both prix mere resisted very much, but they were
ultimately got to the bridewell, and the 2s was found in the
corner of Stephens's jacket. Thomson also stated that
Mrs. Brandon was suffering from the fright, and *as unable
to attend. The discharge for the prisoner Stephens was
afterwards found on hint, from which it apeeetr el that he
was discharged from the Madras Horse A.tillery on the
21st June, 1849, aceompanying which was a letter to the
following effect : —" The Secretary to the Court of Directors
of the East India Company, in accordance with the request
contained in Charles Stephens's letter of the 29 h instant,
herewith transmits a certificate of his discharge from the
Madras Artillery. East India House, 31st December, 1856
Charles Stephens, '24, Ben Johnson street, Liverpool."
Both certificates stated that the prisoners were discharged
with good characters. They were ordered to be reminded
that enquiries might be male about them.
UTTERING BASE Cone..—John Dolan, a young fellow
dressed as a dock labourer, was charged with uttering two
base half crowns—one at a public house kept by Mr Peters,
in Cleveland street, and the other at another public hous.,
kept by Mr. Copestake, in Bridge street. Both uttering.
were fully proved, and the coins produced. Ordered to be
remanded, that the mint authorities may be c ,mmunicated
with.

ATTEMPT To COMMIT SurciDE• —Charles Tames, a man of
very respectable appearance, and whose mind appeared ill
at ease, was charged with having, no less than three times,
attempted to commit suicide, while crossing by the 12 p.m.
Woodside boat, from Liverpool. last night, sad having
male another attempt while on the Woodside slip Highly
respectable testimonials were Lund on him, amongst which
was one from the superintendent's office of the Lyndon and
North Western railway at Liverpool. Having refused to
to say where his wife and family were residing, he was
remanded for further enquiry.