The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-20 00:00:00

TEE 4N/k7U.A I VESTRY.

Contras opinion, Pnd also to the expressed
wial;es yfAlka-:great 13.)dy of the I,dvers of :he borough,
the p aitig'for. an overseer and + s .yrrcrn. ,f-sired on
Saturday 'morning, at the Ses4 )I.i ! . , steet.
After the txpresion of public oipinian. or Fcilly evening,
at the
~cOnclusion of that day's proc, d-ngg, when the
majority for the list proposed by the churchwardens was so
decided, being as follows :

Persons. Votes,
Thomas Soith
William Taylor
S. Itialiardsoa
J. t hectic',
J. fit, Syers
E Wiiti ims
It was nathrally expected that the " Orange faction" (tor
so) it is alleged that the opposition was got up by) would
have, if riot retired, at least saccumbed to the expressed
general w shea of the ratepayers. howevtr. wa
not their desiza ; they being
in ti,.fe.atecl..,,4 dt - mined, because they could n t ere e e.-
o,aro 111;-1-r object, to run
the town to all tb
(if one of the .
eti*oso iihev possu„m)? could, and
;-
p
Ili`Wit handbills spe cOrrtetly) keep the
ri while there was a rßtfin:yer to vote. However,
poll did open on Saturday morning, and, notwithstand•
in.; the -earnest anpi=al from one of the newly latrodueed
,abid tory weekly prints, for all true Protestants to go
and record their votes
.8-gaiirst the Churchwardet.'s list of
narnes; the true Protestants showed their better sense,
and. heeded not the appeal, but either abstained .from
;voting:fit ail, or recorded attiiivttesin favour of men of
,rnoterate or sensible views, rather than-in favour of those
italtra opinions M hie], if carried ottti would shake the very
foundations of soci,ty hi the present day. The
conse.4oenee was, that when the pnlli ig fist commenced
in the morning, it went on languidly, but when it was
fount "that the " Orange faction " pertinaciously
insistek upon carrying on the contest, the
fri nilt-of moderation rushed to the rescue, and
succeeded in placing t iFir opponents in a position that
their most sensible and best friends must deeply deplore,
and all through the over zeal of a few unscrupulous sup.
porters, As we said before, the voting throughout the day
went an languidly, hut that referred to the votes given lor
the " 0 angefac ion," as at times it was with the utmost
tlitlictilty that th-y could record a sufficient nember of
votes to keep the poll open ; but by dint of perseverance,
and Warne iit•le management, they did accomplish . that
ohject,and t t ur o'c'ock the result of the da)'s polling
was is'firllo

OVERSEERS' LIST.

Mr Thomas Smith
Mr Willi im Taylor
Mr 4aityiel kiehardsoa
?Er I inies Chesney ...
Mr illhn Milne Syers
Air Elward Williams

Person% Vo'e'
1349 2737
1333 2763
13,11 2768
1355 2765
1351 2764
1352 2757

PARISHIONER'S LIST.

Persons. Votes.
Mr Thomas Henry Sitchell
Mr Richard Holmes
Mr George 7, ickson
Mr Edward By ford
Mr AlFre.l Whittle . " 834 1652
Mr Thomas Smith . .
Thusit will be seen that the majority for the Church.
warden.' list was consirkriNy augmented, it being—

Persons. Votes
305 1040
522 1109
5.7 1119
521 1109
520 1112
.505 1094

Mr Thomas Smith.
Mr-William Taylor
Mr S.:Richardson
Mr J. Chesney
lkirJ. M. Sve,s
Mr E. Williams

Shortly after f,ur o'clock Mr. Churchwarden Woodruff
announced the above to be the ,`ate f thz poll, and that
'announcement was received w !se by a large
number of ratepayers assemb'i-d. 'l' hpplaute having
'to some degree subsided.
Mr.-Churchwarden Woodruff Paid ,d,eatiemen, it his
been iryjrnated to me, on the port of the movers \of the
amendments,ant. the poll will require. to be opened again
on Monday morning, at ten o'clock. (This announcement
was reeeiv.d wi,h loud cries of "shame, shame," bhs.s,
groans, and other marks of disapproba• ion.) It is, there-
fore my duty to arfj ,urn the polling until ten o'clock on
Monday morning. (Groans and hisses.).
.Mr. &Wiens : Never mind, they find that they are in a
'difficulty. (Laughter.)
Mr. J. Wilson: Mr. Churchwarden, allow me to make
'one or two observations -

Mr. Holmes, who was evidently labouring under great
excitement, occadoned by the result of the polling or some
other cause, here rose in the body of the hall, and said :
Mr. Churchwarden, Teverday you laid it down as a rule
that no person should make a speech, or I should have
made some obstrva,ions on•the insoltieg remarks made by
Mr. OWN. I therefore li,ps you will stick to that.
Wi'son : I will not detainyou two minutes.
11+.1naes : Hold your tongue, you shall not speak.
(Laughter.)

Mr. M uilens ; Holmes, you had better go and get
another half glass of bandy. (Laughter.)
Mr. Wilson : Let me say a few words,
`Mr. flolmrs : I insist ou you not speaking.
After a short &lay,
Al r. Churchwarden Woodruff expressed it as his opinion
that if eny observations were made it would tend to create
an ill feeling, and, therefore, adj turned the meeting
f.rthwi,h.

Ba Mr. Holmes Yon are right, and I thank you.
After several cheers at the result of the poll, the
meeting separated.

IRE GREAT COCK FIGHT BETWEEN
LIVERPOOL AiVD ALANCHESIER.

In our paper of Friday we gave the details of the great
" national main" of cocks, that was so suddenly brought
to a," close" by the interference of Inspector Tomilson,a and couple of his men. It may be remembered that the
wonderfol battle took olace iu the beer house of James
Clark, Houghton stieet, corner of Tyrer street. On Satur-
day, the said James Clark appearel on a summons, before
Mr. R. Shell, the preaidiag magistrate in one of the
police courts, to anstv r the complaint of Inspector
Tomilson, who laid an information- against him, under the
police act, which impos s a penilty'of .E 5 oq ran ry Eters, n
havieg a coda pit in their hoarse, am. Mr. Daggers ap.
reared for the defeodant, The case attracted several f'
the fancy" to the cu t. Inspector Tomilson
said he' having heard that there was a great
" main Of cocks" to be fought in Clark's house, ha got two
constables with him, and neat at once to 'the house;
thy , rushed up to the middle room, and there fnund a
regular cockpit, made up of sods ; there were upwards of
100 persons in the room at the time, and Clark was there
also.; there were two cocks in the pit at the time fighting
Here he produced the two cocks, and such a pair of
miserable looking things as they were it would be im-
possible to-look on. He also produced the steel spurs that
were on the birds at the si e. He aid lie did rot know
how the birds had lived sire Ri,d it was pretty clear they
• could_not live much longor Moigh every care had been
taken of them at the'peiao, , where they had limn
at nourished," since the a ro one would own them.
lie then went on to sal when he entered the rpom the
people who were there raF'.d out as fast 'as they could,
and ran over each other clown evils, and it almost
miraculous that some of the r: were not killed; in fact, " I
never saw such ' a sight, oset ono !Atntired man
running away from three of u', d. it was,
wonderful that they did rot brank packs or legs'
or arms trying to make their eseape." Weaaeparated•thel
cocks, but no one wont! admit the ownership, so we took
them to the Central Office in Dale street. Ia a corder of
the room we got other 'bags, with six cocks iu them, here
they are, (cocks produced) ready spurred and triaimad for
the fight, and as no one would claim these, we took them
also. Clark is the landlord of the house, he would tor
tell who Itio owners of the cocks are. In reply to Mr.
Wybergh, the witness said there was a regular Eiteri uo
cock pit, for the purpose Of cock fighting. Mr. Wybe gh
said, according to the act,thavallapersOos found in the place
at'the time were liable to penalkiea as well ak• the landlord:
The Inspector said he had got thenattes of several, and
would summon then. The two otfieers who were with the
Inspector, fully, bore out his statement. Mr. ll.gaers
made an appeal to his Worship on behalf of his chant for
• mitigation 'of punishment, and founded his argumet t
ou the grotind that the " spore" was hand- d down
to us by our aristocratic epee; ors and ance•thesses,
but now that the Legislature had made the " fit" illegal,
he did not justify it. He was old enough to
remember. in 1805 when there was a public cock pit in a
field where-the Lime Street Railway Station is now. He
trusted that the smallest penalty would satisfy the ends of
justice. Mr. Shell said in this Me there was not•the
!cast grounds shown for mitigation of punishment. He
would inflict the full penalty of £,5 and costs, and as Mr.
Daggers had . spoken of the aristocracy practising such
inhuman spi nt, he could assure the learned gentl man that
if the defendant'was a member of the ari.tocracy he (Mr.
Shell) would feel much more'pleaeure in itlitc,ing a fine
on him. Mr. Clark drew from his pocket a handful of
sovereigns, paid the floe and walked away. .A question
a 'me about the di-i-Oaal of the " birds," as no on- would
claim them, Mr. Ata-4ergh giving it as his opinion that the
police had no right to confiscate the cocks. Mr. Clough
said be would take care of the birds for the present, and
so 'terminated the "great main between Liverpool and
Maitehester."

BOARD OF TRADE ENQUIRY

VIE LOSS OF THE LADY EBRINGTON.

The enquiry into the circumstances .attending' the
groureitng of the Lady Diengtor, was resume-d Wore Mi.
lat,6eld and Captain Walker, in the Sheriff's Court, St.
George's Hall, at one o'clock on Saturday.
Mr. C. Aspinall briefly addressed the court on behalf of
Captain Hillman, stating that since !he previous day it had
come to his knowledge that the tirjlrity of the crew had
left the vessel, and that the captain had, by the course he
pursued; saved the owners a very considerable sum for
salvage. He added, that he was permitted to say that the
underwriters felt that it was a case in which they could
not wish to press very heavily upon' the 'captain, and an
admonition from the court would finite satisfy them.
Mr. Mansfield, in giving the decision of the court, sail
there was ,n aottial charge against the captain. lie seemed
to hate te.!n, generally speaking, most anxious to do his
:inty, and was very attentive, so far as hiS personal exer-
tions were cot:cetned. He seemed to have been on deck,
and taking all the precautions he could, generally speaking.
But it was cot upon these general grounds that the enquiry
was held. There were plain Straightforward 'rules of
seamanship, which were considered by naval autho-
rities necessary to secure. the . safety of life ano
property. Among those, one of the most important
was that when a man was in doubt as. to his position, he
should make c,rtain of it by sounding. This had not
been done in the present csse. If the precautions
bad been taken properly, the accident would not have
occurred, It was a great piece of good fortune that the
tide happened to be rising instead of falling, or else the
.hip would probably have beets wrecked. It was very
painful to the court to inflict punishment—a very
disagrteable and thankless duty, but the act of Parlia-
ment threw the duty upon them, and they were bound to
obey it in enforcing the otaservance of principles necessary
for safety. They therefore felt bound to call fur Captain
Hulman's certificate, but under the circumstances they
should give a strong recommendaion to the board to act
as leniently as possib'e. He could net, however, avoid
making some remarks upon the extreine impropriety of
going to sea with such a chart as the captain had.
Mr. Aspinall slid the chart was of comparatively recent
date, and es far as he o.ulit judge, published under some
authority.. It appeared ?o have some merits' which other
charts had not, although it might have some di- fidencies,
The captain hid been sailing many years successfully
with that identical chart.

Ca, tain Walter said the admiralty chart, had
soundings all over it, while tl• e chart in question had
soundings only, at very long dis'ances from each other,
and was therefore of no value in navigaing certain parts
itf the channel. Mr. ToWsen htd lectured in Liverp ,o 1
upon the necessity uf frequent soundings, and the
examiners invariably impressed it upon captains. There
was no port in the world from which more intelligent
captains went than fr,ini Liverpool—such men ns these
who were now making the splen,lid passages between
Liverpool aid America, or Australia.
The enquiry then terminated.