Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-19 00:00:00

NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.

ward here said that they were desirous 'nothing should
be said which should create feeling between yourselves
in this ward. I have alluded to several topics, and have
spur of the moment. I did so without
notes or anything of the •kind, for I trusted to what
might come from my heart—(cheers)-7and it has been
my wish, and I hope I have succeeded in carrying it
into effect, that in anything I might say I
should give offence to no party. (Hear, hear.)
To my Roman Catholic brethren in particular, although
I don't think there is any one more strongly opposed,
in principle, than I am to them—(loud cheers,)—l
Said nothing unkind. Yoil are aware that I refrained
from saying one single word which could by any pos-
sibility be construed into anything like insult to them
or to their. religion ; at the sanie time, also, wishing to
conduct everything in a gentlemanly manner, I did not,
say one single word against my opponent. Can I say
the same of them? (Loud cries of "No, no.") I
don't find fault- with Mr. Aspinall, for he took up my
speech very fairly ; and I don't see anything in that to
complain of, for there is a little more license given on
these occasions than is usually granted to public speakers;
but I have heard. that the 'remarks of Mr. Alderman Wood-
ruff, although they were not fully repoited in the news-
papers, were very strong—much stronger indeed than
those of Mr. ASpinall hiniself. Now Ido think that
Mr. Woodruff should have been the last man in the
world to make, those remarks, and I do say that be
ought to have refrained from anything of the sort—
(hear, hear, and loud cheers)—not that he could say a
single word againit me that would, in any respect,
injure me in the eyes of those who knOw me ; but those
remarks, although strong itnd not reported in the
Uheers 1 papers, might operate

done so on tht

with those to whom I was per-
sonally nnkown. (A Voice—" Woodruff is a thorough
hhmbug," and roars of laughter.) The remarks were
very strong I informed by a gentleman who heard
them. (Another Voice—" Woodruff's a turncoat," and
groans and laughter.) Now I have been desirous
of conducting everything as a gentleman, and I
do hope, in leaving you now that I may,have made
many friends, and that amongst all the electors I shall
not have made a single enemy. (Loud cheers.) I take

leave •of "y6u gentlemen, most sincerely appreciating
your kindness. (A Voice—=" No, •no ; we want you
another year and loud cheers.) I thank you mos
heartily; but I think I shall harp

ever be persuaded
(A Voice—" But

to try a,

gain for municipal.- honours
you must."). Let me again thank you warmly, sin
cerely; and from my heart, for what you have done.
cheers were giyen for Mr. Came, for the Chair-
man, for :Mr. Watson, and Mr. Henry Lafone.
Mr..LA.FoNE., in obedience to the oftea repeated calls
of the meeting came forward to speak.. (A Voice :

"Vauxhall
:helps Scotland. We'll help Vauxhall
in opposition to the •Cartoviners, and Lafone must
be the man.") Mr. Lafone, in the course of his
.obscrvations,said--As your chairman has just remarked
I think there has been undue influence exerted by our
opponents; and I think if our 'friends on the opposite
side had-showed the same amount of consideration that'
coerced people to vote, it would
-(cheers)—and if it is true: that
y have been buying to an unlimited extent to-day,
Gentlemen,- I do feel deep

ave done

Kaye, bgen much better

In very

sorry for it

'booth i r

t that Mr. Woodruff should have attended the
Radical meeting last night at all, and still more so that
he made remarks stronger than those which are re-
ported in the papers, but I certainly do think that those
remarks will redound to his own discredit. (Loud cries
of hear, hear.) Gentlemen, Mr. Woodruff was
returned to the Council by the Conservatives of
this ward—(hear, hear)—and now that it suits
his own purposes he turns round and tries to
catch both parties. I have no doubt Mr. Alderman
Woodruff will bo duly appipeiated when ho rnmeq hp-
fore the public again. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, if you
will only give him rope enough he is one of that class of
public men that will very soon hang himself. And
now let me say I think that Mr. Corbally—whose time
of office happily will expire next November—should
not have made the remarks he did I Est night. He ad-
dressed himself to the Roman Catholic electors, and ex-
pressed a hope that every one would poll for Mr. Aspi-
nall. That course was one unbecoming Mr. Corbally.
Religion should not have anything to do with voting in
the Council—(A Voice, " Bravo,")—but on this occasion
I have been very much deceived. You cannot always
hope to be successful; but your want of success to-day
will, I trust, stimulate you to exert yourselves, as your
chairman has so admirably recommended. I trust you
will organise yourselves, and make " Union" your watch-
word. I sincerely hope you will not have long to wait
before you return none but Conservatives for your ward,
and that your sister,. ward (Vauxhall) will never return
three Radicals. (Loud cheers.) You have had enough
of the Radicals ; let there be an alteration in November ;
and if your chairman and the executive will pledge
themselves to return Mr. Crellin in November, Vaux-
hall ward will pledge itself to turn out Mr. Corbally.
(Renewed cheering.)
Mr. WATSON strongly urged the formation of a ward
association, and concluded a very eloquent speech with
the expression of a hope that any asperities of feeling
created during the contest that day, would now be put
in abeyance.

Three cheers were given for Mr. Came, who briefly
acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting broke
up.

MEETING OF MR. CLA.RICE ASPINA LL'S FRIENDS.
Mr. CLARKE ASPINALL, the successful candidate,
addressed the electors from the window of his com-
mittee-room in Burlington-street. He exhorted the
crowd to forget all that had passed, and to think of
Mr. Came as at least the representative of an in-
fluential and respectable party. (Loud cries of " no.")
Let them not be illiberal. He (Mr. Aspinall) thought
Mr. Came a respectable, but a misguided man,
(laughter)—and he entertained for him that respect
privately to which he was undoubtedly entitled. He
(Mr. Aspinall) was not an extreme politician. He was
not a partisan; and he did not espouse extreme opinions.
He believed the truth was to be found in the golden
mean; and as he did not believe in extremes
on one side or the other, he would be the repre-
sentative of_ all the electors. He would either
resign his seat in the Council or he would do all he could
to promote the prosperity of his native town, and the
social improvement of the condition of his fellow-citizens,
and uphold the safety and welfare of her Majesty and
her dominions. (Loud cheers.).
After a few congratulatory remarks from Alderman
Woodruff, three cheers were given for Mr. Aspinall, and
the meeting broke up. Subsequently Mr. Aspinall
addressed another crowded meeting at his central cOm-
mittee-room.

__ RAILWAY AMALGAMATION IN SCOTLAND.—Eitri-
°cFN!;B4*, general meetings of the shareholders of the
, clieZrap,, j," yinburgh, and Glasgow, and Scottish
Scot-
tish Central at
two ftrat_"7tuZiY Companies, were held on Monday—the
alliCS in Glasgow and the Perth__Scot-
d u
the purpose of considering,
and if so resolved, of
meat entered into braetting and approving an agree-
companies with reference tI9I the directors of the three
the companies. The tonnweafPgeposed amalgamation of
before each meeting and diseuseedi agreement were laid
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most efficacious medicine ever yet discovered. TePievt 'V
not merely vanquish the particular disease, but exercise
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They impart tone, restore the appetite, give strength
and flesh, and make the patient feel himself quite anew
Man. Being composed of vegetable extracts, unmixed
with any mineral substance whateyer, these pills are as
safe as they are efficasious.

I LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.—YEsTERDiY,

(Before J. S. MANSFIELD, Esq.)

A VißA.ao.-Elizabeth -Kelly charged Margaret

White with having committed a violent assault upon

her on the previous night. It appeared that, last week,
a robbery of £7O had been perpetrated, and that some
friends of Kelly had been arrested on the information of

'White, the prisoner, conseqtently, had an antipathy
against White, and committed a violent assault on the

complainant. The charge having been ' fully proved,
Mr. Mansfield fined the prisoner £5 or to be imprisoned

two months.

ASSAULT ON A POLICE-OFFICER.—George Sands (a'
black man) and a girl named Wade were brought up on
the charge of having violently assaulted Police-officer
658 and another. The officer arrested Sands on the pre-
vious night on suspicion of having committed a robbery.
Sands was well-known as a very bad character, and
while being brought to bridewell, he kicked the officer
and knocked-him down, and the female prisoner aided
and assisted Sands. Mr. Mansfield having heard the
case fully, fined Sands £5, or three months' imprison-
ment, and Wade 10s., or one month's imprisonment.

AN INDISCREET POLICE-OFFlCER.—Elizabeth Chad-
wick, who resides in Lambert-street, was brought up by
officer 19, charged with having been drunk and disorderly.
Mr, Cobb defended, and went to prove that Mrs. Chad-
wick and her husband were returning from the house of
a friend ; where his wife and he had a glass of punch.
The officer had very improperly arrested Mrs. Chadwick
when she was under the protection of her husband going
home, and incarcerated her in the station-house with a
lot of idle drunken characters.—Mr. Mansfield considered

that the officer had acted most indiscreetly in arresting
Mrs. Chadwick. No officer, he said, had a right to in-
terfere with 'people under such circumstances, and the
arrest was a very unnecessary one ;—let Mrs. Chadwick

be discharged.

BAREFACED BOBBERY.—James Moore was charged
by Messrs. Mackay & Co., of Oldhall-street, with steal-
ing two silk pocket handkerchiefs, on the evening of
Wednesday last.—The prisoner, having pleaded guilty,
was sentenced to three months' imprisonment and hard
labour.

FORGERY CASE.—Detective Redman brought up
Alphons Fancon, a Frenchman, charged with forging a
bill on the Liverpool Bank. It appeared that a person
named Snowdon, who lodges with. Mrs. Stephens in
Chesterfield-street, had been sent a cheque for £25,
drawn in the Lancaster Bank and made payable on the
Liverpool Bank. The prisoner lodged in the same house.
On the 10th instant two letters more were left with Mrs.
Stephens by the letter-carrier of the district, which were
addressed to Mr. Snowdon. The prisoner got the two let-
ters, and said that one of them was directed for him. 'Mrs
Stephens took no further notice of the matter, but Mr.
Snowdon not receiving the cheque of £25, which he had
expected, wrote again back to the party in Lancaster.
In the meantime a letter arrived, stating that the £25
had been forwarded on the 18th, and that it could not
but have reached Mr. Snowdon. Inquiry was imme-
diately set on foot, and the efficient detective officer took
immediate steps to recover the missing cheque. Hav-
ing procured the letter from Mr. Snowdon, he at once
proceeded to the Liverpool Bank, and found that the
cheque had passed through the hands of Mr. John
Rogers, of Great George-street. Steps were at once
taken to discover the thief and forger ; and Redman
having received the description of the prisoner;
who, had purchased goods in Mr. Rogers's shop,
he succeeded in arresting him, and found £8 and some
silver on his person. The prisoner adMitted that he
had opened the letter which was addressed to Mr.
Snowdon, and extracted the cheque. The -prisoner
stated to Mrs. Stephen's, his landlady, that he had ex-
pected a letter to come to him from Cardiff,' and told
her that one of the two letters given to her for Mr.
Snowdon was it. Mr. Snowdon having been examined
as to the facts of the cheque, stated that the cheque
was 'from the Lancaster Banking Company, and was
to be cashed by the Liverpool Bank. The money was
sent from. Lancaster Bank, as he, had a small account
there. The prisoner told Mr. Snowdon that the letter
came from Cardiff, and related to a situation there.—
John Dearling, a young man in the employ of Mr.
Rogers, deposed to the prisoner getting the cheque
changed there, and purchasing a scarf shawl. The bill
was cashed in Mr. Rogers' shop, and after keeping the
price of the goods out of it, the person was handed the
change. The name of Snowden was written on the
back of the cheque. A gentleman from the Bank of
Liverpool stated that the cheque came from Mr. Rogers'
shop, and was credited to his (Mr. Rogers') account,
who did his business with the Liverpool Bank.—Mr.
Mansfield : There can be no doubt at all but the prisoner
has been guilty of a forgery, ,and, after robbing the
letter of the cheque, he forged thoname of Mr. Snowdon
upon it to carry out his base purposes. He must be
committed for trial at the next assizes, on the charge' of
forgery.

Several unimportant cases were next disposed of, after
which the Court adjourned.
(Before Messrs. CASTELLAINE and CROSTHWAITE.)
PUBLICANS' CASES.—Thomas Taylor, Milk-street,
was summoned for permitting drunkenness on his
premises on the night of the 22nd October last. Mr.
C. Aspinall appeared for the defence, and stated that
the parties in the house were cattle-dealers, and had
just come from Dublin. They called in the public-
house to settle a bargain ; and though they made some
noise, they were not drunk. A fine of 6s and costs
was imposed. Mary Lumb, Vauxhall-road, was
summoned for a similar offence. Tke officer who
laid the information stated that he saw two men going
along the street, one of whom was so drunk that the
other was obliged to support him. They went into the
house of the defendant, where they were served with a
glass of ale each. Mr. Snowball contended that when the
parties entered the house, the barman did not observe
that either of the parties were drunk, and so soon as the
officer told him that the men should not be servedhe took
the ale away: A fine of 40s. and costs was inflicted.
—John Wilkinson, Great Howard-street, was summoned
for allowing drunken men to fight in his house. Mr.
Cobb contended for the defence that the men had began
a row before they got into the house, and even when
they were there they were not 'served with any drink.
He produced witnesses who swore that the men were
not more than three or four minutes in the house. The
case was dismissed.—Richard Ford, 73, Oldhall-street,
was "summoned for trading at illegal hours. The de-
fendant was fined 20s. and costs.--Edward Eaves, Vaux-
hall-road, for permitting drunkenness, was fined 20s.
and costi.—Mary Davis, Richmond-street, for selling at
illegal hours, 40s. and costs.—Thomas Mills, Vauxhall-
road, was fined 20s. and costs for a similar offence.

Bmtitama.s.a' CASES.--William Berkley, Ford-street,
for selling at illegal hours. Fined ss. and costs.—
Elizabeth Allerton, Brown-street, for a like offence.
Dismissed.—Thomas Lewis, Highfield-street, for selling
after hotirs. Dismissed.—William Johnson, Fairclough-
street, for a!imilar offence. Dismissed.—joseph Beazley,
Cable-street, for selling at illegal. hours. Dismissed.—
William Hughes, Stanhope-street, for refusing to admit
the police. Fined ss. and costs.—James Cotrell, Lord-
street, Edge-hill, for permitting drunkenness. Fined 40s.
and dostg.

LIME-STREET SUPPER ROOMS. - William Baxter,
Ireepar of a supper room, was summoned for wilfully
And knowingly permitting prostitutes to meet together
and remain on his premises, contrary to the Local Act.
Mr. Cobb appeared for the defence. Inspector O'Brian
said he Visited the house on Saturday morning the

12th instant, at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock,
and he found a great number of man and ,women
there. He knew thirty of the women to be prosti-
tutes, by having' "seen them on the street re-
peatedly. He again visited the house- at ten minutes
past one, and found about forty prostitutes inside. He
was in the neighbohthood durin the interval and saw a
regular stream or people going in and out. This was
corroborated by Inspector Hough. Mr. Cobb, after cross-
examining- the witnesses at great length, argued that it
was the night after the Liverpool cup had been run
for at the races, and as a great many people had come
from all parts of the country, there were a great many
more in the house than was usual. This, he considered,
was proved by the fact that since July last, when the
house was opened, there had never been a single com-
plaint against Mr. Baxter. On this night, he contended,
the people had net assembled and remained, but so soon
as they had partaken of the refreshments supplied, they
took their departure. Mr. Castellaine said, in con-
sequence of no previous information having been laid
against the defendant, he was inclined to make the
penalty as light as possible. A fine of 60s. and costs
was inflicted.

COUNTY COURT,

--YESTERDAY.

(Before W. A. MILTON, Esq., Judge.)

HOWELL V. DUFF.—This was an action raised on a
promissory note for the recovery of £4. .The plaintiff
keeps a public-house at Bootle, and the defendant is a
young lady, who, along with her sister, keeps a boarding-
school at the same plaoe. The circumstances under
which the action was brought are as follows :—About
three years agog an 'elder brothei of Ifiss'Duff fell ill

at-the house of Mr. Howell; and after lying .for some
time, he died. The amount claimed was for the ex-
penses incurred by attendance on him during his illness,
and for which his mother signed the promissory note.
Mrs. Duff, however, died shortly afterwards, in a state
of extreme poverty; so much so, that there were not
the means of giving her a decent interment. The Rev.
ThOmas Spencer, a Catholic priest, kno*ing the
painful circumstances of the case, interested him-
self on behalf of the two young ladies, who, he was
aware had received a superior education. He went over
to the Isle of Man, for the purpose of communicating
with the guardians of a younger brother, who is yet a
minor, and in-the receipt of a considerable annuity from
an uncle. Having stated the unfortunate position in
which the piing ladies were placed, he received autho-
rity to draw upon them for as much money as would
pay the funeral expenses and debts. They at the same
time -made over all their deceased mother's furniture to
the Misses Duff. In conformity, therefore, with the au-
thority with which he was invested, Mr. Spencer paid
• debts to the amount of £6O, and would have paid the
,promissory note also, if lie had known, soon enough of
its existence.
• The plaintiff was non-suited.

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MORA.V,IAN MISSIONS

A meeting on behalf of the abote 'society rotas held
yesterday evening, at half; past six o'clock, in Hope-hall.
Mr. R. A-Macfie, in the chair. There were also present—
the Rev. T. L. Badham and Thos. Leach, Esq., as a depu-
tation from the London society; and also the Rev. W.
Ffolliott, Thomas Clarke, Esq., and J. Cropper, Esq.
The meeting being constituted by prayer, offered up
by the Rev. Wm; Ffolliott,

The CHAIRMAN said it was the daily prayer of un-
numbered thousands that the kingdom of God might
come, and yet it coald not come until those were found
who were willing to become the subjects of that king-
dom. (Hear, hear.) It was natural and right that
4k. ol~ould a..:— so
throughout the earth. In order that this might be
brought about, it was necessary that men should have
respect to the mission entrusted to them—" Go ye into
all the world and preach the Gospel." In this men
should co-operate. Angels were not called upon to do
the work. The ministers of the Gospel went forth
and were regarded as messengers of the Church.
The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge had estab-
lished missions; but still Liverpool was behind, there
being no mission to the heathen from Liverpool.
They should have told them, • by gentlemen present,
much that ought to encourage them to join the service
and enter upon the work. The success of that work
so far would be put before them, and he trusted that
the money which they should give in aid of the great
cause would he but like the first droppings of .a great
shower. The Moravian Church had become as a house-
hold word among them all, and was a Christian name
endeared to every Christian. Even before the time of
the Reformation it still maintained the pure gospel
truth, and had three translations of the Bible in the
vernacular tongue. It was the first missionary church,
for it was not till about thirty years ago that the
Church of Scotland adopted a missionary scheme, and
even up to the present day the Church of England
carries on her missionary operations through societies.
Mr. LEACH then addressed the meeting, and stated
that it was his duty, as the representative of the London
Association, to bring the matter generally before them
briefly. With regard to the Moravian Church itself, it
was a very ancient one, formed more than four centuries
ago ; and in 1857, the brethren celebrated the fourth
centenary of its establishment, which took place at
Bohemia in 1457. When the church was first consti-
tuted, it was called the Church of the United. Brethren,
and changed its name after they were driven into
Moravia, where they took shelter in the forests
for many years. Letters were still extant from
Martin Luther and other Reformers, in which their
thankfulness was stated for the Church having still
maintained the truth during its persecution. Ile then
went on to enumerate the various places where the
Church had first established mission stations, and traced
their history up to the present time ; and concluded amid
applause.

The Rev. W. Fyora.forr addressed the meeting, after
reading a letter of apology from the Bishop of Chester,
Who "had been requested to take the chair. The letter of his
lordship expressed the higheit respect for thuMoravians,
and the greatest syinpathy with the cause of their missions.
The rev. gentleman then . enumerated several of- the
reasons on 'account of which he 'supported the Moravian
Missions. All honour, he said, .was due to those:men
who, denying themselves all the comforts, and sacrificing
all the amenities of life in the cause of duty, went forth
to the inhospitable shores of Greenland, and spent a.life-
time without the hope of reward or earthly applause, in
teaching the barbarian Esquimaux the truths of the Gospel.
The missions of this church extended to almost every
coUttry under the sun, yet were carried on on principles
the most economical. The whole of the money collected,
both at horn. and abroad, in their support amounted
only to £14,563, out of which 305 missionaries were sus.-
tained, whose congregations amounted to 74,538 personi.'
He would therefore recommend this church to the kind
sympathies of the meeting, as it rose superior to all
narrow and sectarian spirit.

The Rev. THOMAS BADHAM delivered the next ad-
dress, in the course of which he laid before the meeting
several interesting statistics of the Moravian mission in
several parts of the world, and explained, at some length,
the leading principles of the church.
A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the
business of the meeting.

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amounted to the high number of 601 years, giving
.an
average of more than 86:- years as the term of each tiff.