Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-23 00:00:00

A COURAGEOUS LANDLIDY.

At the Southwark Pol ce-court, on Saturday, William Oglaway, a
tall, powerful looking young sallow, with a downcast look, was
chargod with breaki..g and entering the Greyhound public-house,
Greyhound-tridge, Bermondsey, and taking therefrom a gold brooch,
a iilver brooch, eight silk handkerchiefs, two waistcoats, and a pair
of trowsers, the property of the landlord Mr. James flay. Mrs.
Mary Hay, the wife of the prosecutor, stated that about ten o'clock on
the pravions night she was in the bar, when see heard a violent
ringing o' the bells ttpstal s. She, however, had to inform His
Worship that their sleeping apariments were on the second floor, and
between that. and the first floo was a door, which was always kept
shut,and to which were attached two bells, so that if any attempt
should be made to open it, an alarm would be immediately given. At
the tine above-mentioned she rushed npstai s, and saw semeth ng
like a match going out inside the doorway, when she called out,
" Who's there ?" She received no answer, but on proceeding
feirtlier she met the prisoner, and asked him what he was doing
therti ? He replied that he was looking for the water-closet. Witness
immediately seized hold of him, and in his ettempt to gat away, he
endeavoured to throw her down stairs, bathe failed in his object, as
his feet slipped, and he fell hmeself. she again caught held
of him, and, assistance coming up, he was secured. Witness
afterwards we,t up stairs, and found the drawers rlisacked and
property strewed about in all directions. The prisoner had over his
own clashes a pair of her husband's trousers and two waistcoats, and
on him was found a gold brooch, a silver one, and eight silk handker-
chiefs, which she identified. They were safe in the room .4 seven
o'clock. He must by some means or other have obtained admission
to the second floor a: an early part of the evening, while some one
had left the doer open, as he could not o:herw:se have gained admis-
sion without ringing too bell. She bad no rec Tection of seeing the
prisoner before. Henry Wilimott, No 25 i, said he was called in to
take the pesener into custody, when he. found on him two waistcoats
lis?longing to Mrs. Hay,
besides o gist silk hanikerchie is, and a gold
and silver brooch. He then took him to th> stati n house. The
prisoner acre said it was no use saying anything except that he was
guilty. lie was a paiater, god had teen out of work some time,
which induced him to commit the theft. The prosecutor hoped his
worship would deal with th. prisoner under the Criminal Justice Act.
Mr. Combe a cordingly sentenced the prisoner to six months' hard
labour in the Wandsworth home of cO.ection.

ALLEGED CRUELTY AT SEA, AND SUICIDE

OF A BOY.

On Saturday, Captain Robert M'Eachim, the master of the brig
Heather hell, apps ired be:ore Me. Yard ey, at the Taames Police-
court, to answer a charge of assaulting a boy named John William
Norris. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor. ceridncted the prn-ec'ition ;
Mr. Wa'ter Pelham, clerk to Mr. Fletcher, solicit or, appeared for the
defence. The falter of the deeeased boy applied for a warrant
against the prisoner on Monday evening last, and it was greeted.
Howland, 89 11. was directed to execute it immediately, and he went ,
down to Gravesend and ascertained that the ship had sailed for Bar-
badoes, and was likely to remain in the Downs for several days. 'The
captain hearing that a warrant was issued left his ship in the
Downs, and came to London to answer the charge. The
father of the deceased, on applying for the warrant, alleged
that his son had been ill-treated on the voyage by Captain
APEachim, and that, while labouring under fear of more severe
punishment, he was threatened by the prisoner, and jumped over-
board and wa' drowned. At the same time, Mr. Norris produced
a letter from Captain M'Eachim, stating that the boy fed overboard
on the 30th of October, while reefing the tore op-sail, " and it being
a dark, stormy night. with thunder and lightning, he was lost sight
of." The second mate of the ship, who wcompanied the father of
the deceased when he applied for the warrant, et ted teat Captain
AP.Eathina had given a false account of the boy's death, and chat the
boy had committed suicide. Mr. Young state.] that he believed he
could establish a case of great cruelty against the defendant, and
called a seaman named Stewart, who said the voyage of the Heather
Bell recently terminated was the first on which the deceased boy bed
ventured to sea. The boy was apprenticed by the Marine Society.
The Heather Hell made a voyage to the West Indio and back. A few
days alter leaving Encland the captain commenced ill-using the
boy, and scarcely a day elapsed without the captain beating
the lad with a rope's-end in a most brutal manner.
One day the boy was at the wheel, and the captain
strock him with his fist and knei:ked hi a down. This
was repeated upon other occasions, and upon one of them the
boy's eye was blackened. The boy had often said in the fo-ecastle
that tho captain, by hi; continual bad t eatment, had made him
stupid. The day the bay was lost the witness was at the helm, and
he sow the captain take hold of the boy's tyro t with one heed, and
compress it until the deceased was block in the face, and with his
other heed, which was clenched, he struck the bay on the face. The
deceased appeared to stiffer a great deal of pain, and the same day was
lest. Mr., Yardley : How did ho go overboard ? I can't tell how he
went overboard. Mr Walter Pelham said the captain had came up
from the Downs to meet the charge, and he hoped bail would be
taken. Mr. Yardley said he would allow the defendant to be a: large
upon entering into his own recognisances is the sum of £5O.

MILIT INSPZCTION AT BURY.-011 Friday, Li7lut.-
General Sir Harry Smith, G.C.B.' general in command of
the diitlict, attended by Colonel Wemyss and two aides-
de-camp, arrived at the Bury Station of the East Lanca-
shire Railway, by the train due at Bury at 9 25 a.m , and
proceeded to the barracks to inspect the companies of
infantry now lying there, after which they returned to the
station and proceeded by the 11 10 train, on their way to
Preston, where a curt-martial was to be held at one
o'clock.