Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-18 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

BEYOR MR. MANSFIELD,

CHARGE OF VIOLENT ASSAULT. Officer Burne, 63
brought up three persons, named Jane Darcy, of 63,
Trowbridge-street, Samuel Vincent; and Anne Johnston,
charged with having commiited a dangerous assault on
a female, named Catherine Hallahats„ who was a servant
with the prisoner Darcy. Mr. Bluth defended the pri-
soners. The officer said he saw the injured woman in bed,
at a house in 3 court, Bent-street, and she was so much
injured that she could not leave the bed at present. He
produced a certificate from a surgeon to that effect. He
said her head, back, and legs were beaten, and were all
black from the beating she got. Her head was not cut,
but swelled very much, and there was a lump
on her jaw that prevented her from epeakino-
Mr. Mansfield : When did the assault take.
place ?
Officer : On Saturday night, but I did not arrest- then'
until last night. Mr. Block said, his clients denied the
chard Mrs. Darcy (he said) was a respectable woman,
and the woman who was injured, had been herservant. Mrs.
Darcy sent her out, on Saturday, with 18s. worth} of
tripes, and, when she came back in the evening, she only
brought &s. with her; and, when Mrs. Darcy enquired
what she had done with the remainder, she gave her a
great deal of impudence, and then Mr. Darcy gave her it
smack on the face, but denied having done any more.
His Worship said he must remand the prisoners for the
present. He directed the officer to take a doctor to the
injured person, and ascertain how she was going on. The
prisoners were then remanded.

THE Poo R Box.—Mr. Inspector Kehoe, handed in a .£5
note, No. 54,262, for the poor-box.
A HARLEQUIN IN A NEW CHARACTER-
CHESHIRE POET IN TROUBLE."—Edward Tennett, a
curious gutta-percha looking faced individual, with long
black hair, all combed over his right ear in a bunch ala
Absolem, was brought up by officer Whitstone, 779, on a
charge of bigamy. The officer said, the prisoner was the
"gentleman," who performed harlequin at the Park
Theatre, and called himself the " Cheshire poet"—he
was given in charge on Saturday for having been
guilty of bigamy. . From a confused sort of statement
made by Emma Julia Dennis, the last wife, and her
sister, Susan Dennis (Manchester people), it appeared
that in January, 1858, the prisoner was married to the
former named female at the church of St. Barnabas, in
Manchester, and-that she brought him some money, but
he soon "sold her up" - according to her own story.
She forgave him then, but he did so a second time. She
then discovered that he was previously married to' a
woman, named Sarah Wilson, who was then,
and is now alive, and was at the house of
the last wife's brother in Manchester on Wednesday last.
It was stated that the first wife is at present in Bradford,
in Yorkshire, and that she had promised to come down
here. The parties here had written for her on Sunday. A certificate, of the first marriage was put in, but it was
not considered sufficient, without a witness to prove it.
The second wife stated that, after the prisoner had "sold
her up" the first time, he left her, and lived with his first
wife for four months. He was remanded for the present.

BEFORE MESSRS. R. RANKIN AND C. CHALLONEI

Mr. Parr, of the firm of Parr and Lloyd, appeared on
behalf of the Admiralty, to claim costs in the case of the
Queen v. P. J. Daly. The facts of the case were these :
Some time last week, the defendant was fined before the
magistrates on a charge of having induced a seaman to
desert from the navy. The fine was £2O, and
although it was not clear that the defendant had
acted as described, the magistrates had no alternative
under the act, which was very stringent, except to
inflict the fine. The magistrates thought it a hard case,
and recommended the defendant to the Admiralty, for a
mitigation of the penalty to £5 The answer received
from the authorities was that the Admiralty had no
power to mitigate the penalty, as the act of parliament
was imperative in the case. Mr. Parr's applica-
tion now was for his costs, which would
amount to over £l5 in the case Mr. Cobb
opposed the application, and said it would be too
hard to require the defendant to pay £l5 in addition to
£2O, although he was not morally guilty of any offence.
The magistrates had a discretionary power in the case of
costs, and he hoped they would exercise it. The magis-
trates said it was a hard case, and reduced the costs to Xl.

LIVERPOOL CORONER'S COURT.

The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday :
On the body of Margaret Burnett, 38 years of age, the
wife of a shipwright, living at 71, Oswald-street. The
,husband of deceased stated that she was much given to
drink, and was seldom sober when she could get drink-,
and seldom went out except to get drink, and on
Saturday night she was drunk. He went home before
twelve o'clock, and found her lying on a chest, with
her head downward. She was found dead about three
on Sunday morning. The son of the deceased gave
similar evidence, and said she got several heavy falls,
whilst drunk, on Saturday night. A woman, named
Littleton, gave evidence that she knew the deceased to
be a great drunkard. The inquest was adjourned to have
a post mortem examination made of the body.
OU the body of Peter Courtney, 50 years of age, a
labourer. Ile was found dead in a cellar in Porter-
street. He was seen drunk at the Clarence dock,
about two hours before his body was discovered.
He was an habitual drunkard, and was seen
drinking- rum through a can, from a cask of ruin on one
of the quays. Verdict, " Died from excessive drinking."
On the body of William Macfie, 62 years old, who
lived in Hunter-street. He was deaf, and afflicted with.
palsy, and was very shaky' on his legs. He was ran over
by a butcher's shandry on Saturday evening, in Islington.
It appeared that the unfortunate affair was purely acci-
dental ; and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death "

On the body of James Reed, three years old. It
appeared that the mother of the child left Manchester ou
Sunday morning-, at day-break, and carried the child all
the way. The boy died of congestion of the brain from
natural causes. 'Verdict accordingly. The coroner said,
he believed there were few women in England who
would have carried the child 36 miles in the arms, as
the mother of deceased, and walk all the way.

LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT-

--YESTERDAY

BEFORE W. A. HUTTON, ESQ

ARRANGEMENT OF BUSINESS FOR TILE MONTH.--Tues-
day 18th, protection cases at half past ten o'clock;
prison cases at twelve o'clock. Wednesday 19th, judg-
ment summonses and 70 cases fixed at half past ten
o'clock; 60 cases at twelve o'clock. Thursday 20th, 131
cases. Friday, judgment summonses, and 201 cases.
Monday 24, judgment summonses, anti 130 cases.
Tuesday 25th, judgment summonses, and 130 cases,
Wednesday 26th, judgment summonses, and 130 eases_
Thursday 27th, 10 cases, £lO and upwards, and one
jury case. Friday 28th, adjourned cases.

In Germany there was published, a week or two ago,
(the Statesman says), the " Musen-Almanach.„" or
Calendar of the Muses for the year 1859; and to this
single volume of rhyme no fewer than one hundred and
nineteen poets have contributed, at the head of whom
stands the veteran songster, Moritz Arndt, whose nine-
tiethcelebrbaitretd o
h-day
inhabitants of
yßaontno,relligt
proces—
sion, the students singing his well-known "Where is
the German Vaterland?"

ATTEMPT TO 17PS.ET A RAILWAY TRAIN.—The railway
from, Gloucester to Cheltenham is what is termed. ix
"'mixed gauge," and the " chair " is an iron frame by
which the mtals of the narrow-gauge lines are secured
to the sleepers. On the 31st ult., one of these chairs
was placed on the top of the broad-gauge rail, and secured
by means of screws, near the Sugar Loaf Bridge, at the
Churchdown cutting. The mischief in _

was averted, for on- the arrival of the. eleven a.m. train
affixed t
at the spoot
theen mentie.d, its impetus; aidid by the "lift
'•
g ineon ,
was sufficient to remove the
obstruction, and, except a shock, nothing occurred to in-
terfere with the progress of the train.
The feta/140n of the Paris
.tifoniteur contains a very
favourable notice of Miss Augusta Thomson, the young
Glasgow
girl, who carried of the first prize at the Con-
servatoire,
and who has lately made a successful debut at
the Grand Opera, as "Matilda, "- in William Tell. Her
voice is described as " a very fine soprano, one of those
_ _ -

however,

, •
Lig voices which gain, immensely bythe vast amplitude
of the arena of the Opera-house, which it fills en.sily.."
The critic (M. de Rovray) praises the dawtaide for
having thoroughly learned her part, performing it with
marked originality, and singing Rossini's music textually,
" not following any of those false traditions which, sown
by ignorance or carelessness, cover the works of great
masters with ugly superfetations like thorns and nettles
on the marbles of the Parthenon."

A eorrespoudent in Oude, writing on the 14th ult.,
remarks that Lord Clyde's preparations augur long
marches and light kits. "When we entered Oude from.
Lucknow each officer had only a hill-tent instead of the
single pole-tent, which latter was a canvass residence,ess.
tent
disdained by subalterns in former days.
,1?
of the Commander-in-Chief was simply
on the march iti
wilith two were allowed to field o
his officers
sal staff
The
ethme sort of
live at his
`previous campaigns ; and assas p
was
has
simited enough. But Lord
declared war against it,
table, the ttihiemaigchcotniltmtoocolait3ionn.
being "cu pied b
dust, its place
ianndthdeon it came this in7iorning, flappini and floundering:
pole subaltern's tent, whil'; his lordship lives in a hill,
tent beside it, '