The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-18 00:00:00

PuLIOE INTELLIGENCi?.

LIVERPOOL.
BE.^•ORE MR. MANSFIELD.

FREZ-AND EAsy.--A. wild-looking fellow, na'ncd Peter
Ring, was charged by a servant man, named Samuel
Johnston, with having torn the collar tff his livery coat.
The complainant was standing with his master's carriage,
at a shop door in Church-street, waiting for his mistress,
who was insPe. The prisoner came up to the carriage,
and began to use the vehicle rather more freely than if it
belonged to himself. The complainant remonstrated with
him, when he caught him by the coat coil& and tore it off.
In reply to Mr. -Mansfield, the prig eier said he did not
remember anything that happened, as he was drunk. The
complainant said the damage done to his coat was ss.
The prisoner was fined tt4;l; amount and costs, or in
default of payment, one month's imprisonment.
VIOLENT ASSAULTS ON Tun POLIO c. —David Johnston, alias
Richardson, a fellow well known to the police, was charged
with having eassaelted officers 142 (Lynch) and 442, and
heving nearly bitten the fingers off the latter. Lynch
said that at three o'clock in the manaing he got the pri-
soner lying on the footway in Beau-stress, and when he
roused him ep the prisoner knocked him clown, and kicked
him severely. The other officer came up, and the prisoner
caught him by the finger, and nearly bit it off. He
behaved in the most outrageous manner, knocked down
both officers, and kicked them in several places over the
body. He shouted in such a manner, that many persons
got oat ef bed aed ran into the s rent, as the prisoner
kept shouting police," " murder,'" and " fire." His
Worship fined him £5 for each assault, or in default of
payment three neenths' imprisonment in each case.
OUT OF TRZ COUJION. —A powerful pan, named Evan
Thomas, a carter, living in Scotlend-rold, was brought up
by detective officer Horn, on the following charge :—From
the evidence of three witnesses, it appeared that on Wed-
needay last the prisoner want with a carter (who was
drunk) and float tc the warehouses of Messrs. Horefall,
in Upper William-street, where there were a large quan-
tity of bile repel, belonging to Messrs. Glynn and
Anderson, and the prisone- put a large quantity of ropes in
the cart and drove off. This was done openly at
noon, and with such an air of business, that
no suspicion was attached to him. Ile came back
in an hour, and on being questioned as to what he wanted,
her knocked down the warehouseman and ran away. He
was not found until Friday night. The prisoner, in reply
to the charge, said he was taken there by the drunken
carter, an .t paid for his labour. The ropes were not
found. The priSoeer was sent to gaol for two months.
Semmes —A tall thin man, lapped in a cloak and
muffle*, who gave the name of 'Thomas Clarke, described
as residing at 98, Christian-street, was brought up by
officer Reilly, 91, who said he saw him go into a shop in
Weitechepei, and iu a short time he sew him come out
with a person belonging to the shop, who said he was
offering some silver spoons for sale. The officer found six
silver tablespoons on him. The crest and initial letters
were erased. There was a robbery of such spoons in
September lest from a hose in Eastbourne-street. The
prisoner told the constable that he purchased the spoons
from a travelling Je vin Boston, America. The prisoner
was remanded to Tuesday.
VIOLENT ASSAULT. —Arthurand James Conville (brothers)
were charged with having violently assaulted a railway
ofial.ial at Lord Balearres' coal yard, in Crown-street. The

prisoners were employed at the yard, and as complainant
saw them patting trucks in a dangerous. position, he gave
them some direetione, but in place of obeying him, one of
them struck him with a stone on the nose, and broke it;
the other struck him with a stick on the arm, and nearly
broke that too. The prisoners were sent for trial.
A Fix.—A pereon dressed as a gentleman, wearing
gla-ses, who said his name was J Ain Winter, living at 62,
Brownlow-hill, not in any business, charged three young
women with having robbed him, of his g watch, in a
bad house in Powaall-street. Mr. Bluck appeared for two,
and Mr. Dodd for the other prisoner. Mr. Bluek, on
cross examination of the witness, elicited from him that his
conduct was most disgraceful, and the learned gentleman
was proceeding to speak in severe ernes of the conduct of
the prosecutor when he was interrupted by his worship,
who said there was no evidence against the prisoners, and
ordered them to be discharged.
RSALLY SERVED Reear.—A wild-looking fellow named
Robert Barclay, a shoemaker, was put forward *on a charge
of having committed a violent assault on his wife. The
complainant was as wild a lookirg -personage as her hue-
band. Her head was bound up with bandages and plaister.
The policeman who had the case, produced a stick about
a yard long, and as thick as a man's leg, and said this was
the weapon with a hich the blows were inflicted. The
woman, on entering the Witnt.PS box, looked at the pri-
soner in a peculiar manner, and then taking the bludgeon
from the officer, hugged it with apparent satisfaction to
her boom. and kissing it, put it under her shawl. Mr.
Manqield : What heve you to saa ? Compisivant : I have
nothing to say—that's what I have to sat. Mr. Mans-
field: Did your husband assault you ? Woman :It was
my own fault it he did. Mr Mansfield: Well, what com-
plaint hay you to make ? Woman : I have no complaint
at all to make ; it wee. my own fault, end if I got twice as
much from him I deserved it—ha would then have served
me rig-ht. The prisoner was of coerse discharged, and the
loving spouse left the box, kissing the stick most
affectionately.

THE NEW IRON SCREW INDIA7.4A.N GENERAL

WILMA ItS.

Liverpool yields to no place in regard to the size, beauty,
and general qeality of the vessels which she almost daily
turns off the stocks of her extensive building yards.
Altheuah we are fairly proud of our position in this respect
yet we are not so selfish as to refuse due reward to the
qualities of noble vessels built elsewhere ; and amongst a
fine specimen of the latter class is a screw steamer called
the General Williams, just arrived at our pert, and destined
to make one amongst the fine and extensive class of India-
men now belonging to Liverpool. She has just come round
here from the Tyne, where she was built by Mr. Leslie,
who has sent some splendid ships from his yard. She is
an iron vessel, and put together with the greatest care, and
of the best materials. A .few of the particulars may not
prove uninteresting. She is 250 feet lorg, 33i beam, and
221 deep, with a registered tonnage of 1,00 i) tons ; but from
her irculiar construction and stowsge Capacity, she will, on
a comparatively light draught of water, carry at least 1,500
tons. She is built in five water tight compartments, from
main deck to keel, and these a-e on the latest improve-
ments, and such as have proved most effective in ere y
way. The engines were made by Messrs. Robert Morri-
son and Co., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, whose success in the
fabrication' of marine enghies is well kn awn and appre-
ciated. The nominal working of the engines is 180-horse
power, bat capable of being worked, without heavy pres-
sure, to at least. half more. The emasts are of iron, and
are used, as in modern improvements, for the purposes of
funnels, so that there is economy both ways by this con-
trivance. She ie, as well as being a screw of such raver,
a full-rigged vessel, With double royal yards, &c The
standing portion of the rigging is composed of galvanised
iron wire, which has been so much approved of lately by
seamen of practical experience. The screw is capable of
being detached in a few moments, and in like manner at-
tached again, and in this respect there are some important
' improvements observable in the General Williams. She
is an attractive vessel at first sight, sad when examined
in detail, she approaches as near the idea of re-faction'
as any sails can. She is faultless in all respacte, and
her to!,` ensonqe delights the experienced eye of naval
arch tects rtlid commanders " whil t the landsmen cannot
held saying —" is she not a beauty ?" Her interior is in
full keeping with the exterior; her saloons and officers
apartments are fitted up with taste, and exhibit a degree
of artistic skill, in design and execution, most creditable,
and much to b© admired. One of ;he firm, who built the
engines, came round with her here, and superintended the
working, and it appears that a more satisfactory result
could not he obtained, as all more than realised the best
expectations. She made a rapid run, and as she is destined
to aecome one of the many--aai alholgh about the last,
not the least of our matchless Indian fleet—we hail her with
satisfaction, and it will not be too much to presume, from ell
her qualifications, that she wi 1 become a remarkable
vessel in our Indian trade. An inspection of this truly
splendid ship will more than repay for the time spent.

The celebrated Vicbcq, an individual who acquired an
extraordinary notoriety in the police cf Paris, has just
died in the 78:h year of his age.
A BOY KILLED BY L avont gs.---7.tt the village of M,ntign y
la Fare, near P trie, Lanquie, a druggist, litely estab-
lished a nursery of leeches, tor medical pui.pses, in a
marsh or poed, where be was accustomed to feed them by
drivifig an cld wore-out horse, purelliseil at a knacker's
yard, every morning into the muddy water, and allowing
the leeches to fix and gorge themselves with blood at the
expense i:f the bors3's iegs. llts son, a boy of 13, used to
ride the horse int) the pond ; but a few days ago, the boy
having gone aleLe updn that errand, the family were
terrified by the horse coming back without its rider ; its legs
were bleeding profusely and covered with leeclieS that
suck to their prey. People went to the pond to look for
the child, and found him immersed there, struggling
feebly. to extricate himzelf from the mire, and to defend
himielf from the hundreds of voracious creatures which
hal crawled under his clothes (tor he wore
.no shoes or
stockings), and had fixed upon every part of his body. He
had probably been throWn off the horse's back by the;
restlessness of the tormented animal. The poor boy was'
quite exhous'ed and speechless when he was got put, and
died in a few hoUrs._