Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-12 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—YEsTgepty.

LIVERPOOL.
BEFORE 9i R. MANSFIELD.

WANTON AND M URDEROUS ASSAULT.—A young man
named Wil'inn Cl.iy'o7, a boiler.mzker, out of employ-
ment, was hnnight up in custody of polcc cms'able 570,
charged wi'h hgvirg arsPult d a latonrirg man named
Michael Melia. resi.ling in 18 Curt, Milton-street. The
assault was of a 'nog wanton a, d murderous character, so
much so, that it is drub fu' whether 111,lia, who -is in the
hotpi al dangeroudy ill, will ever recover. He is unable
to leave the hospi:al, bu: from the stateme-,t of the con-
stable, it appeared that on Tuesday Pft..-trnlon -he w ,s called
to a piece of waoe gro%nl in the 'Pa,k, - where some
lab,iir,rs were at walk brer king stores, and there found
Mr li.t 1, deg in a state of insensibility. The bystanders
informed hint that the prisoner had knocked him down
with a blow of a hammer. Mr. Pone, the-sureena of the
Southern Hospital, sail the wound was a dangerous on&
The prisoner was remanfied,
MORE AssAuLTe.—John Gi'lham, a well dressed young
man, wa. cha-ged with havinznssan'ted police office s 584.
374, and 218. but twelve O'clock the pretions night,
the prisoner, with same (ober versota, were in Byrom-
strect, in a sate of intoxication, and•noting disorderly,
when the police ordered them awq, bot insteA of going
away they knocked down and kicked the officer 534. The
other nonst4b!es eo r,i g up, they were ,lea assaulted.
One of the pri-oner's inr;y, a person named Overerd. fell
and broke I-is leg, ani it at prtsent in the Northern Hes-
pit, al. The pr'smer sacs fined £lO f,r the two assaults,
or in d fault, to 11, imprisoned for six mouths.
BAER Cote.—Tonzeas O'lHen and Thomas Barrs, two
well known .'suishfis," w, re charged wi'h havinz passed
a b.sc florin at the shop of Mr. Naylor, Greet Haward-
stree, arid being w,lllcrinwn to the Nlica as f .llu wing the
"trade,"±hey were 'eat for trial.

Peter Kitig and Pat Mani were remanded en a earge
of p trise e,in in the p attic house of Mr. Ras-
bottom, Great Cresshill- trert.
CIIARGS UNDFR THIS MEECH VNT SHIPPINO ACT.--P I:Fr
M'Lear, el o..nniee-p!ace, was suinmoi.ed under the 147 h
sEctioa of the Merchant bhipping Act. for hayirig shipped
a seaman without a licence, Mr. Tyndall appeared fir
Vie Bard of Trade, and Mr. Diggers fir the defen hint.
Mr.. Tindall stated the case, and from the de'ails and the
evidence of a sailer n uned Walsh, it appeared thiv W Ish
was passing Carinieg-place, and seeing "shipping office"
over the (Icor, he went in and asked the defendant had he
a ship? He a-id he had the Glenalva, far Calcutta, and
thmanded half-a-crown, telling him to come at a certain
hoar to meet the capt in of the ship. He did so, and went
next day to the Sailor,' Home and s;gned articles. He then
went back t r the defendant's with his advance ro'e
and saw a piir4i,er of the ciefendantewito demanded 2s 6-1.,
but he hoi oily Is. Bt. w ich be gave him. ?he ship
sailed without him, and finding himsef dare out of sit,
he applii-d at the Seiko s' 11. me and henee the proceedings.
Superin'endant Murphy cf the Horne, earolairvd haw I,
was the man lost the ship, which was not the man's fault ;
he bore a good char ,c er and was a steady man. The
eeliplailant was or issiismominad by Mr. Diggars, and
denied that he dese ted the sh'p, or that it was ihe captain
that sent him to the defendant. Mr. Daggers said his
client laboured under great difficulties in the case, as the
captain, who emil ! prove his innocence, was absent. The
defendant ke;.t an office, o • was an agent only fir comas;
vessel', and did cot come within the Act of Parliament.
Ile contended that tde man was sent to his client by the
espta'n of the ship, and therefore, could net be held liable.
Mr. M aesfield said the cas2 we: r.-ry clearly proved, and -in
order that it might act as a warring others, he w-itild
Erie the defendant £2O, and £2 12i. costs. Sop rirtendent
Murphy said, there were seorss of paiisons plurdering
sailors daily in this way, a d he hoped the
decision of his Worofp would he a warning to
such pe sins in ftture. Mr. 11.1,esfielil said there were
many eoin,;lairos made to horn by me chants of the inopeo
ration of tl-n Ac' of Parliament, bat lat-rcoefare the staff of
the Sail •re' Ikme was no; of that efficient description
which it row w.s. Perha,esi, elan, in some meesure,
merchants r.hemaely s were to blame, in not lo king after
captains, ends eing that they 10.,,,rf,-rine(l their duty and got
proper'l ee. lie wi.s very 21ad to find that the stiff of the
bailors' Home was effieieut (under Mr. Murphy)
and that en rnooli reform was being card d out for the
benefit, of all pat t'es. SJ far as he was concerre!, lie would
do all in his power to carry out the Act, and preven.
plunder, for it was most disgace'ul to find the way sail irs
were treated.

Tun '.£loo BILL —ln our p-per of Monday there
apoaared a report of tha loss of a £lOO bill, and
cattiest's, that wore stoles from Humphrey Smith, of
Grafton-V.rret, on Friday night, by a female. Yesterdl;
lieory, and John Chin, svre nroneit up
chargd with having the picket-bock and the documents
it th it posse- sion. It ap:,earel that the female prisoner
keeps a bad house in the Pi k, and that the man (and the
woman who stole tho boAr, and Bch ) is at present in
prison) lo'ged there. The police got scene information
about the tome and its contents, and cs.nt t the !wag- to
search it. The prisoners at grst denied all knowledge 6f
the book, but subs quently gave it u', wi•h the bill and
other things. They were r,rnan 'el for farther inquiry.
A IVAlca " MAKER !"--A person of very formidable
svipeararc so fir as an itnronse crop of fiJry-r-d whiskers,
mats ache, &r., could be called so, aha gave the name of
Philip Lamont, and .sho was stated to be a watchiriker,
was charged wi h having stolen a watch out of the bedroom
of Mr. Joirt Wall, Warren•strcet. The hisfory of the case
was this : —lt ar pease I that the prisoner lodged at Mr.
house for ne erly Oro years, until about eight or nine
days age, when he left. He always hid a latch-key, with
which ha let himsall into the drive. 01 Tuesday nigh',
cfner 711 saw him in Vauxhall-road, arid, as he was ac lug
" susriciAisly " cri h a bundle that he hal in his hand, and
refusing to give any ace cunt if himsef, he took bun into
custody. On en'ering the stelion, he dropped something.,
and the , Meer pre curing a light, fund a watch beside the
door. Th's watch proved to be the property of Mr. Wall ;
and it would s:ern that, about one ofelock in the morning,
the prisoner was seen by officer 397, enter Mr. Wal's house
by the latch-key, but the etfi er took no more notice of
him, thinking he was shill loigi lg there, and was only
t!oi!.g in as u,ual. Mr. I.l.l..nstiell asked Mr. Wall what
the prisoner wag, and he replied, a watch maker. or watch
mender. Mr. Matifidil : watch etealer. Mr. W,ll
Hie Eto'e mine, at a!1 events. Mr. Mangled]: !re vas
it ? M. : fianing op in my hc.ironir, and he must
Tare stolen up ard stole it down. (Laughter.) Thy
trisouer was suit for trial.

THE BANK OF ENGLAND

TO THE EDITOR OF THIC DAYLAY TIMES.

Sir,--cif er tnetoor considerashun, I have come
to the conelooshun that the institooshun nown as
the Bank of England, h a noosance and hort to be
4‘ phut up." I regard it as an humbug, and the
bugbare of British commaree—frikentng, when-
Lever it thinks proper, this greet country from
its propaliaty ; and all for an untradesman like and
sellfish puppus. What rite, I hash—and 1 hask it
in the name of tha cominershll.commoonitv—has
this hooge jint-stock institooshun to dictete its 7,
8,9, and 10 per sent to the trayders of this greet
country whenhever its thinks proper ? Sir, I per-
test against it, and solemly call upon the country
to put it down ; or, at !vest, demand that this
ebomnib!e and protenshus institooshun be re
dooced to the same futting as other jint-stock
establislirneents: let it, and them, stand before
the pt;hlik upon equal tenni ns dealers in money,
and, hif they can get it, let 'em charge there 8,9, 10,
aye, sent per sent. The trayde of the country will
regelete the rate of intrest, and not the Bank of
England, as it now does, jest to pleese the greet
eappitallists,. to the hurter confushun of the legi-
teemate tr!yder. Let., I say, evry jint-stoek bank
isshue its own notes, and let 'cue be receeved all
over the country as legate tender;. but, to prevent.
any think like a swindell taking place, let a lor be
passed making anything like a swindeli, on the
part of the man, j tr and paid directors, punishible
with Deth, and the other directing gents with
transpertation for Life This wad pat the banking
sistim upon a holesum futting, make money plen-
tiful, and giv a hetnpetus to trayde such as this
greet country, nor nn bother country, as hever
experuneed before.--I have the honer to be, sir,
yours reely and truly, JEAM ES PLUSH.
Liverpool, Nov. 11, 1657.

At LEWIS Et CO II emirs, Rancagh-st met.
IsIOTS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Tweuty Year

A MIX 1N SKRUSTON POUND AT PONTEFRACT During
some rec•nt excarations on Copperas Hill, top of Newg4re,
Pontefract, the spade of ore of the diggers struck against
some s'.bstai:ca harder than ordin ry. Oa ex training the
loc lity, a human skull was blind. The m-in, 'were
very much ast.iundtd, as mw be imagined, carefully, par-
s .their labours, lAA at leagli turned up a carnp:e e
skeleton, which was in a sitting posture, and not more th, n
six from the surface of the soil. Th place in which
this relic of h imlnity was fiund, had for a number et yeArs'
been a shed to a ropeiy. It is only about six years ago
that this ropewalk i 4 as discontinued.' Vri ins are the
rumours now afloa►, but the circumstance rests, as yet,
sntirely unexplained.

At LEWIS & OMPANY'S, RaneJagh-street.
B3YS are CLOTHED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Years.