Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-25 00:00:00

THE NORTMERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOLI WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 1587.

EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS IN IIJNDON,

At the Mansion-house Police-court, on Yeetiday,
,
Thomas Piper, of 173, Biehopsgate-street Without and
Mr. John Young, of 35, King-street, Chetrtide, architect,
were summoned for having, on the 19th in Atant, unlawfully
and indecently disinterred and dog up t'set dead bodies and
portions of dead bodies of divers pfareens„ whose names
were unknown, end unlawfully, know.segly, and injuriously,
placed and permitted the said cad bodies, then in a
state of der -imposition. to be aetd remain .exnosed to the
open air, whereby divers unss'aolesome smells did arise
therefrom, and the air was theireby greatly corrupted and
infected, to the danger teed common nuisance of al'
her Majesty's lieges there inhabiting and residing Rec.
Mr Pearson, city solicitota attended for the prosecution,
and Mr. Harting for the defendants. Mr. Pearson, in
opening the proceedings said it appeared that Mr. Young
was a surveyor, and Mee Piper, contractor, for the erection
of a school adjoining the Catholic chapel in Moorfields.
For the purpose of the erection they found it necessary to
excavate the burial ground, and in course of doing so
found it necessary to remove the bodies of persons interred
there. In the city, during the removal of the charchsea
it had frequently been found necessary to remove the
bodies of the dead, but it had bean the practice to hoard
in the ground, so as to prevent their indecent exposure,
and to place some one of education there to protect the
feelings of the living, in the decorous treatment of the
remains of the dead. lie was sorry to say this practice
bad been disregarded in the present instance. lie
did not wish to excite feelings of disgust by gain; into
details which w,uld be proved in evidence, but a circum-
stance had just come to his knowle 'ge which rendere l it
absolutely necessary for him to bring the matter fully
before his lordship It appeared that a discovery had
just been made by the pelice that a greet quantity of
human bones that had beea deposited in this
churchys,rd, had been taken away and sold to
a marine store dealer. He entirely acquitted the
deenclants, who were men of high respectability, from
being parties to this transaction ; but still, men who ware
under their control, or who ought to have been under
their control, had been guilty of this gross outrage upon
the common feelings of humanity. The rev. gentleman
who had the , flicial ecclesiastical management of Moor-
fields Chapel, with whom he (Mr. Pearson) had commu•
nicated, and who was in court, had been told by the
superior Board of Health, that the ground might be used
for the site of a school under certain restrictions. He
was sorry Mr. Patterson had not been directed to reply to
the officer of health of the City of Loudon, but that fact
did not discharge Dr Letheby from his duty in seeing
that the requirements of the law were not disregarded
[A. very offensive and sickly charnel house sort of smell
was now csmplained of in the court, and was found to
arise from a bag of bones which had been brought from
the marine store dealer's alluded to by Mr. Pearson ; and
they were ordered to be ins aatly removed.] Mr. Pearson
proceeded. He was about to say that some of the human
remains that had been displaced by the advice of Dr.
Letheby had been put in a vault and walled up. her-
metically sealed, in fact, and it was Dr. Letheby's
opinion that, if their f rther removal wag necessary, it
ought not to take place till the cold weather had set in, so
as to avoid the noisome smell that would otherwise arise,
Mr. Pearson was about to cell witnesses, when Mr. Harting
said the announcement of the discovery of the sale o'
human bones had come upon the defendants altogether by
surprise. They had no idea of such a thing before they
entered the court, and he therefore must ark for an adjourn-
meat of the proceedings to give them time for inquiry.
Mr. Pearson said the announcement of the sale of the
bones was only made to him ten minutes before he
opened his case, and he then immediately made it
known to Mr Piper. Under such circumstances the
application for a postponement was so fair that he dii not
intend to oppose it. He would assent to the arrangement,
but only under an assurance that Mr. Piper would give
him every assistance in discovering the men who had sold
the belle!, so that they might be brought to justice. Mr.
Piper would be delighted to do so. He had, however, had
two men coast ntly watching the ground. and it was their
opinion that it was impossible the bones could have come
from there. He was glad also to say that the ground from
which the bodies had been taken had been filled up with
lime concrete, and the vault where they hail been placed
walled up. The proceedings were then adjourned for a
week.

ADMIRALTY COURT.-NOVEMBER 21.

BRFORE •DR LUSHINGTON.

BROMVICagIkVEN.—SALVAGE.—III this case the
owners, masters and crews of two steam-tugs belonging to
the port of Sander'and, named the Whitwell and the
Gipsy King. c'aimed the sum of .C6OO for services rendered
to a Ditch barque named the Broutvershaven, about 600
tons burden, on the 2nd of Ap7il last. It appeared that on
the morning of that thy. shortly before eight o'clock, the
Whitwell fa! in wi:h the Brcuwershaven, about a mile and
a-half from the port of Sunderland, in tow of the steam-
tug Bee, which 'was endeavouring to convey her in °dock.
At the request of the master of the Bee, the Whitwell came
to her assistance, but the two tugs were unable to get the
bat qua into port, and while they were endeavouring to do
so the tow rope of the Bee Enke. The barque thereupon
dropped her anchor, which drsgged, and, as the salvors
alleged, she was in peril of being driven upon the south
rocks. The two tugs then endeavcurcd to take her out to
sea, as a &gaal hid been made that she could not enter the
dock, but were unable to succeed. They then hailed the
Gipsy King, e hich came to their a,sir•tance, and the three
tugs took the barque out to sea The owners cf the barque
resisted the demand on the ground that this was an ordi•
nary towing ease, the vessel never having been in such
peril es the salvors represented. They asserted that the
tugs were thrown offdirectiv•they had taken the barque out
to sea and that the Bee had claimed and rweived nothing
beyond the ordinary charge for towage, which was,
they contended, all to which the two other tugs were
entitled. The value of the barque had been estimated by
the salvors at abont £6,000, and £l5 had been tendered
to the two tugs and rejected. De. Addams and Dr. Thies
aegued the ease on behalf of the salvors ; Dr Jenner and
De. Deane for the owners, The learned Judge was of
opinion, looking at the state of the wind and weather at
the time the service was rendered, and at the position cf
the barque, and at 'he difficulties which the tugs had to
en,•otinter in renderirg the service, that this was a salvage,
and not a towege service. He should therefore award tho
sum of £2O.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MISDEIIEtINOUR.

James Cowan, an elderly man, surrendered to take his
trial at the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, for mis•
demeanour, in having published certain indecent and
libellous placards. The defendant pleaded guilty. Mr.
Serjeant Parry, who was specially retained with Mr.
Talfoni d Salter, on behalf of the defendant, addressed the
court, and said that the defendant had adopted the course
of p'eading guilty to this charge, upon an understanding
tha- had been come to with his learned friends, Mr. Bodkin
and Mr. Clark, who appeared for the prosecution, that he
should be allowed to enter into his own recognizance
to appear and receive the judgment of the court upon a
future occasion, if he sheuld.be called upon to do so, but
that no such proceeding should be taken if the offence
were not repeated. The defendant, he was instructed,
was a medical gentleman of great skill and of considerable
practice, residing in Westminster, and in a moment of
excitement he had put forth certain placards, which were
undoubtedly of an illegal character, and he had explained
to him that they were so, and the defendant was now
satisfied that he had done wrong, and had plealed guilty,
and would undertake not to repeat the offence. The object
of the prosecution he understood t 3 be chiefly to prevent a
repetition of the offence ; and as the defendant had pleaded
guilty, and would be under a recognizance to al pear and
receive the judgment of the Court if the offence were
repeated, it appe Ind to him that the requirements of justice
would be satisfied by the course he had suggested, and the
defendant would understand that the issuing of such
placards- was illegal, and that it would be at his peril if
he repeated the offence. Mr. Thdkin said that the act
imputed to the defend ,nt, who, ha believed, did carry on
the profession of a medical man somewhere in West-
minster, was the exhibition of libellous and offensive
placards outside his shop, and he was very glad
that the course that had been taken by his counsel
rendered it unnecessary to produce these placards in
court, as they were of the most indecent and obscene
description. They were also calculated to create dissension
among the Queen's troops, and to prevent persons from
en'ieting, and the exhibition also caused crowds of persons
to assemble, and occasioned a public nuisance. His
learned Mend had rightly stated that the object of the
prosecution was to suppress this illegal proceeding, and
he did not object to the course that was proposed to be
taken by the defendant, because, if there should be any
repetition of the offence, the defendant might at once be
called up to receive the judgment f the Court. He added,
that he hoped that the defendant was acting in good
fai.h, but he was informed that placards of a
similar kind were exhibited outside the premises
of the defendant at that very moment. Serjeant
Parry said he was instructed that this was not
so, ani that the placard was merely of a medical character.
He believed the defendant was acting sincerely in the
matter, and, as his advocate, he must understand from him
that, if he repeated the offence, he weulA 1-e acting most
improperly. Mr Bodkin said he was told that the pla-
cards now exhibited were not at all of a medical character,
but that one of them contained a most indecent attack
upon an illustrious personage. However, he should not
object to the defendant entering into a recognizance to
appear and receive the judgment of the court, if he should
be required to do so, because, if he should continue
to publish those offensive placards, he could be brought
up in a few hours, and the court would then deal
with the case as it should think fit. The
Recorder said that as the counsel representing the
Crown were content that the course suggested by the
defendant's counsel should be taken, the Cou t would not
of course, offer any objecti en ; but at the same time, he
wished it to be understood that if a conviction had taken
place the defendant would have been dealt with in a very
different manner, and the Court would have passed a
severe sentence. It was essential to the public interests
that offences of this description should be put down, and
the defendant should bear in mind that if ho repeated
the offence he would be brought up and severely punished.
The plea of guilty was then taken, and the defendant,
having entered into a personal recognizance in the sum of
£2OO to appear and receive the judgment of the Court,
if he should be called on to do so, was discharged from
custody.

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NARROW ESCAPE OF A GERMAN EDITOR.—The Treves
Gazelle says :—Mr. Gall, editor of the Telegraph
published here, bad been arrested at Stuttgart, at too
demand of Bavaria, for larguage used against the Bevarian
administration. Being taken to his lodgings at Stuttgart
to get his effects, he managel to lock the door on the
peiice officer, and then away, get into a carri..ge, which
was obtained for him by a friend. He has now arrived at
Treves, where, by the Federal law, he c Ingot be arrested.
ESCAPE OF A CUNVICC AT CHATIIAM.—For some weeks
past, several gangs of convicts have been employed in
breaking stones and laying them down in the military road
which belongs to-the Boird of Orenance. On Saturday
morning, about ten o'clock, one of them effected his
escape from the gang. He took his course towards
Chatham lines, wee was vigorously pursued by several
keepers, who twice fired at him, but owing to his sharp
ruining, he manage I to get into the open ccuntry between
Rainham and Gillingham. His name is Thomas King,
and he was under sentence of four years' penal servitu
having been tried for theft and desertion from the 4 h
Light Dragoons. Owing to the reward of £5 for his ap-
prehension, a number of men from Chatham are gone in
pursuit of him.
TILE WOUNDED FRENCH IN THE CRIMEA.—Dr. G Scrive,
head-surgeon of the expeditionary forces of France during
the war with Russia, has just published a statistical report
on the subject of the wounded whom the French military
surgeons had to deal with during the expedition, that is to
say, from the landing at Gallipoli, down to the evacuation
of the Crimea. Altogether, 43,044 French soldiers were
wounded, including those who were immediately killed or
died afterwards from their wounds. Of the whole 23 870
occured in the trenches. The storming of the g-een
Mamelon, of the white batteries, of the Malakoff (twice),
of the Little Redan, and of the Central Bastion, added
10,004 more. Finally, the three battles of the Alma, In-
karman, and Traktir furnished 2,240 ca7es. From this it
appears thet battles in the open field are far loss dangerous
to life and limb than siege operations, and storming of
works in particular.
AFFECFING INCIDENT.—It is with sincere regret that we
insert in our obituary of this week the intinittim of the
death of a your!g man i clanging to this town, who expired
on bo mrd th ) Earl of Caithness, steamer, in Pelteneytown
harbour, on Saturday Inst. The deceased, Mr. Alexander
Mowat, son of the late Mr. A. Mo Nat, merchar t, was among
the now considerable num'ser of young men belonging to
Wick who have graduated in their profession as compositors
in the office of this paper, and who have sits.qunitly held
respectable siiuelens in connection with the press in this
country or in the colonies. At. the close of his apprentice—
thip, Mr. Mowat proceeded to Edinburgh, and the e and
in GlasE;ow he wan recognised among his co employes as one
cscclli .g, in various respects, the rn..j nity of the members
his profession. He was also, and more wi tele, ktown
in other circle', as a vocalist of very rare abilities and
accomplishments, possessing as he did a powerful bass veice
which he had carefully cultivated until he could almost
with no disadvawage have competEd with the celebrated
artiste, Herr Fortnes, and hal he lived he witild, there
is little doubt, have attain-d in musical circles a very
eeviable reputation. Letierly, howevca a serious pul-
monary affection compdled him to relinquish his
en,*6 igement., and on his pissage to Wick, by the E
ofCaithncss, in the hopes of being vs ored by his native
air, he became so much worse that in a Inv hours after
the arrival of the vets -1 he died on board, very much
regretted by his many acqu iintances in the place a his
nativity.—John O'Groett Journal.
RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN CANADA.— JOURNEY OF TILE
GOVERNOR GENERAL BETWEEN QUEBEC AND TORONTO IN
15 lIOURS, BY GRAND TRUIi RAILWAY !—His Excellency
the Governor General, on the arrival of the Indian in
port, having expressed a wish to proceed from Quebec to
Montreal, and thence to Toronto, by crank Trunk Rail-
way, arrangements were immediately made by Mr. Bidder,
General Manager of the Company, to place at the disposal
of His Exellency a special train to convey him and suite
from Quebec to Toronto. The journey, a distance of 500
miles, was performed in 15 hours, but as two hours and a
half must be deducted for stoppages, including an hour for
dinner at Kingston, the running time is theroby reduced
to twelve and a half hours,—making the rate of speed 40
miles an hour for twelve consecutive hours. Such running
being managed on a single line of rails, and without, as we
aro informed, interfering in any way with the ordinary
trains. reflects not only the greatest credit on the officers
generally and their efficient management, but also affirdi
very conclusive ppoof that the construction of the road
must be of first rate character to warrant such high speed
for a continuous journey of 500 miles. Comparing this
journey of His Excellency with the locomotion of only a
few years back, by which at least a fortnight would have
been occupied in the transit between Quebec and Toronto,
the Province has reason to be proud of their great national
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ALARMING- OCCURRENCE ON BOARD A RIVER
STEAM-BOAT.

On Sunday afternoon, between eleven and twelve o'clock
the numerous passenge s on board the Citizen G. Loudon
and Chelsea steam-boat were painfully excited in conse •
quence of the following unfortunate occurrence. It
appears that the steam-boat, after taking in her passengers,
was being backed to the pier at Paul's Wharf, when, by an
accident, owing principally to the state of the tide, the
vessel struck one of the anchors of the " dummy " forming
the outer part of the pier, and the whole weight of the
steam-boat and her passengers resting on one of the flukes
of the anchor, caused the bottom of the vessel 10 give way,
and in an instant afterwards the steamer began to fill in
the foremcst cabin. The captain, on finding what had
occurred, turned the boat astern, and al er drifting about
thirty yards, she settled upon the dry shore, when another
of the same company's boats came alongside and took on
board the passengers from the injured steamer, who were
all terribly alarmed, but happily none of them were injured.
A number of barges, and another steamer, were engaged
to weigh the craft, and it was expected that by the foll m-
ing tide she would be able to be taken into dock in ordtr
to be repaired.

REV. J. K. GLAZEBROOKE TO T 17,2 REV. J.

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