Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-28 00:00:00

NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT,

-YESTRDAY.

[Before Mr. MA.ssviELD.].
ALLEGED ASSAULT ON A POLICE-OFFICER.—CON.
17RADICTORY SWEARING.—James Higgins' a youth.
lbOuf seventeen. years of age, was charged by police-
Dific-31' 704, with being drunk And disorderly, and with

I,avinA.' assaulted. him. The 'officer . said, on Mon-
day night, the prisoner, was in Tithebarn-street, at an,
oyster stall, where he had some oysters which he refused
to pay for, and when he, (the officer). attempted to
remove him, he assaulted him. He was very drunk and
disorderly. The boYgave a , very different version of
the case, and his sister's evidence was to the fol-
lowing effect. She said she went for her brother
to his masters .; the lad had got a drop of, drink;
and she was taking . him. home when he was called
over to the oyster stamt by the girl. "Witness told her
not to

- .
ive him any oysters, as he had no money. A
lad then carne, up, and began annoying the'.pris'oner by
pushing him about. The prisoner pushed him away,
when the officer came up and struck him.. on
.the mouth
with his baton, knocking four of his teeth out.—The
lad produced two teeth, saying that he had lost four by
the blow of the baton.—One of the bridewell-keepers
xaMined the. lad'S mouth, and • said theie were four
nit, :but only. two appeared to have been recently
The lad persisted in saying that four teeth Were

knocli.ed out, but two were

Mans field

Officer, you helix the evidence of this girl, and the
prisoner's story, and if they are telling the trilth,.you
deserve to be dismissed the force at once,—The officer

le;could produce a railway-porter who had seem the
- -Tice prisoner was remanded,
producing his witness.

whole of. the transaction:— _
for the purpose of the policeman

VIOLENT ASSAULT. Daniels 'Dawson. .and John
M'Carthy, two young men of respectable appearance;
were charged with having. committed a violent assault
upon Charles Smith; a night watcher for the-Gas Corn-,

On the previous evening theyroseeutor was en-

sale-street and the

Old Haymarket, ;hen the prisoners came up and with-
out the least provocation, Dawson drew a clasp knife out
of his pocket, and attempted to stab him. Not succeed-
ing in his object, he threw the knife to M'Carthy, and
jumped upon him (prosecutor), knocked him down, and.
(rave him some kicks. M'Carthy all the time was "egg-
ing" Dawson on. Both prisoners denied the assault ;
but a police-officer, who said he came .up at the time,
witnessed a portion of the transactiot.---Mr. Mansfield
said that 'the prisoners were two young ruffians; and he
should fine Dawsen in 40s. and costs, or; in default,
sentence him to two months' imprisonment, and
M'Carthy in 54. or one week's imprisonment.
DISGRACEFUL CONDUCT OF A MOTIIER TO HER
CHILD

—Ann Chatfield, a woman about thirty years of
was charged with the following disgraceful conduct.
-n,
On the previous evening Mr. Lyons observed' the woman
ill-treating her child, a little cri rl about three years old.
Mr. Lyons said that he saw' the mother striking and
beating the child. He took the girl from her, but the
child Cried so much that he was obliged to hand her
over again to the prisoner. As soon as this was done,
the prisoner seized the child by 'the arms, violently
wrenched them, hit her on the side of the head with her
cloSed fist, and' kicked her into the middle of the street.
This happened in Houghton-street: The prisoner was
given into custody.—Mr. Mansfield imposed a fine of
£5, or three
.months imprisonment, on the unnatural
mother, who was removed from the dock, screaming

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

—William Fosgrove, a trunk

'Maker, residing at 25, Rupert-street, and keeper of a
stall in the Pedlar's Market, was charged, with having
attenipted to poison himself the previous evening by
swallowing a quantity of oxalic-acid. Prisoner said
that he used the oxalic-acid in his business, and only
put a little of it on his tongue, without any intention of
doing any harm to himself.—He was remanded for the
purpose of being examined by a medical man.
PLUNDER OF A PEINTING-OFFICE—SERIOUS CHARGE
AGAINST A MARINE STORE DEALER.—William Smith,
a boy about 14 years of age, was charged with robbing
the priating-office of Mr. R. H. Fraser, Cable-street ;
and Stephen Hodson, a marine store dealer, at No. 4,
Westmorelani-street, with having -received the pro-
perty., knowing it to be stolen. Detective officer Eaton
stated that he had received information that the prin-
ting-office of Mr. Fraser had been plundered of a large
quantity of type, and other property. The boy Smith
was an apprentice in the office, and he was suspected,
chiefly. on account of his having the keys to take to the
office in the morning. Smith was an ested, aatl. itc- at
once admitted that he had stolen a large quantity of
type, and sold it to the prisoner Hodson. About two
months ago-the boy Smith went to Hodson with a hand-
ful of type, and asked him if it was worth anything.
Hodson immediately said, " Bring me as much as- you
can, and I'll buy it." The lad did "6ystematically carry
off quantities of type, for which he received id. per lb.
from Hodson.. He also sold him a number 'of composing-
kicks at 2a. each.—The. officer stated that' he found
1. cwt. of melted, type in the shop of Hodson, also some
composing sticks, and some type not melted down.
From farther information it was discovered that the
prisoner Hodson had sold I cwt. 17 lbs. of melted type to
Mr. Holgate, brass-founder.—Mr. Walters, manager for
Mr. Fraser, said that for some months past large quantities
of type had been missed, yet they did not 'suspect the lad
Smith, as he attended so well to his work, and was a
great favourite. The value of the property missed is
fully £5O. Mr. Bluck, who appeared for the boy Smith,
asked his worship if he thought the ends of justice would
not be met by putting the boy in the witness-box. He
had never in the whole course of his experience in that
court heard of a more destructive waste of property, and'
he stigmatised the conduct of the marine-storedealer as
dishonest in the extreme.—Mr. Mansfield said that the
proper person to make an application of that-nature to,
would be the Recorder. He would, of course, send the
prisoners for trial, but, in the meantime, he would
remand them for seven days.

DEATH OF VISCOUNT ST. VINCENT.—We have to
announce the death of the venerable Viscount St. 1
Vincent, one of the oldest members of the House of
Peers. His lordship expired on Sunday morning last at
Meaford Hall, his seat in Staffordshire, in the 93rd year
of leis age. The deceased Peer—Edward Jervis Jervis,
viscount St. Vincent, of Meaford, in the county of
Stafford, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom—was
second son of Mr. William Henry Ricketts, by Mary,
fourth daughter of Mr. Swynfen Jervis, and sister of
the gallant Admiral Earl St. Vincent and first Vis-
count. The late Peer was twice married,—first, on the
29th of January, 1790, to the Hon. Mary Cassandra
Twisleton, second daughter of Thomas, tentt. Lord Saye
and Sele, which was dissolved in 1798, when the de-
ceased Viscount married, secondly, Mary Anne, second
daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Parker. He succeeded
to the .viscountcy and estates on the death of his uncle,
Admiral Earl St. Vincent, in March, 1823. His Lord-
ship leaves surviving issue a son and a daughter by his
second marriage-7namely, the Hon. Edward S. Jervis
and the Hon. Mary Anne, widow of the late Colonel
Dyce Sombre. The deceased Viscount is succeeded in the
title by his grandson, Carnegie Robert John, son of the
late Hon. Robert John Jervis, by Sophia, daughter of
Mr. George Narbonne Vincent. The present Viscount
was born on the 12th of August, 1825, and married, in
1848, Miss Glegg, youngest daughter of Mr. John
Baskervyle Glegg, of Withington-hall, Cheshire.
SUPPOSED MURDER IN WALEs.—The recent charge
of murder against Martha Taylor has created great
excitement in Tredegar, and various on dies are afloat,
some of which partake of the marvellous. It is said by
the neighbours of the wretched woman, that on Sunday
night, while the drowned corpse of Elizabeth Taylor
lay in the coffin, without the usual attendance so sedu-
lously bestowed upon the dead in Wales, a most sur-
prising, event took place—that the persons who first
came into the room next morning, found the coffin
lid oast aside, the arms of .the corpse being rigidly
stretched out as if in the act of supplication, and
the eyes wide open, staring and glassy. 'Whether
this is a. case of re-animation, or whether out of a
simple accident the excited imagination of the witnesses
has spun this story, will now perhaps never be known.
The barbarities committed on the unfortunate girl,
which at first led to suspicion of suicide are unhappily,
too well authenticated. She was kickedby her unnatu-
ral father, and beaten by her stepmother, till, but
for the buoyancy of youth, life must have been
a burden to her. One mode of punishment was
tying her up by the arm to the top of the bedstead
all (fay, without food. Indeed it is averred that she
has been tied up by the legs with her head downwards,
which, if not true, shows to what length the woman was
thought capable of proceeding.- With all this, the woman
maintained a bold front during the two days, examina-
tion, and has even written cheerfully to her, husband
since she has been in prison to bring her some additional
clothing. The name of the man who saw the scuffle,
and saw the woman push the girl into the pond without
recognising their persons, is John Cohen, pawnbroker,
who, it is understood, will appear against her at the
asizes.—Cardfff Guardian.

EMBEZZLEMENT OF- £133 BY A SICK-
- CLUB.: SECRETARY. -‘

• On Saturday a case of embezzlement, which excited
considerable interest, was heard at York Castle. The
person who was alleged to have committed" the offence
was James Nixon, a stove, grate, and fender, grinder, of
Masbrough, near Rotherham, and the prosecutors are
John Lidster, grinder, of Rotherham, and the remainder
of the members of a sick society, known by the name of
the Forester's Friendly Society. It appeared from the
evidence which was adduced, that the prisoner, in the
years 1857-8, and during the early part of the present year,
Was the secretary of the above society, which from time to
time deposited its money, received nom the contributions
of the members, in the Savings Bank, at Rotherham. The
society had a bank pass book, which was kept in a box, to
which the prisoner had frequent access. One of the Hiles
of the society was, that moneys deposited in the bank
should be taken by three members., and the like course

adopted when money was withdrawn.- The prisoevr had
no right to the possession of the bank pass book at any
time but on club nights. It appears; however; that
having given the necessary notice at the bank rot the
withdrawal of £2O, the prisoner fraudulently possessed
himself of the society's bank pass book, and drew' that
sum on the 14th of December, 1857, and appropriate&
it to his own use. In November of the' following'
year he again gave a notice to the bank, anon the 27th
withdrew from the bank £3 4s. rf the society'S money:
In December last he drew the further sum of £3O in
the name of the society, after which the sum remaining
in the bank to the credit of the society was exactly £BO.
He immediately after gave Notice for the withdiuwal of
the whole of this sum, and obtained possession of it on
the 10th January in the present year. These four
amounts made up the stun of £133 45., not one ilirthing
of which the prisoner accounted for in the society's
books, and which he had made use of for own
purposes; The above facts- remained undiscovered by
the remainder of the members'of the Foresters' Friendly
gociety until July last, ''hen the prisoner sudd6nly
disappeared from Rotherham, without giying any inti-
mation to the members of the soeiety or any of his
friends as to where he was going or, when he intended
to return. The prisoner, however; came back at the
end of about' tea days ; but his absence had excited the
suspicion of tire prosecutors. An inquiry elicited the fact
that Nixon had been to Southampton, where he had
entered into' an engagement to act as fireman upon xs
steamer; and on an examination of the books of the
society of which he was acting as secretary, defalcations
as above stated were discovered. Evidence in proof of
the whole of the above facts was adduced, and the bench
committed the prisoner to the next Demeaster sessions.
for trial upon the charge.
Nixon was then further charged with obtaining the
sum of £6 under false pretences from Jbhn Lidster, the
secretary of what is called a "Threepenny," or money
club, at Rotherham.- On this charge the prisoner was
also committed for trial. It was ale stated by the
attorney for the prosecution, that there was another case
against the prisoner; which he did not intend to go into,
in which Nixon had embezzled nearly Zit), belonging to
the members of the Foresters' Friendly Society, by
making false entries-in the society's books. : ,

The prisoner's swindling propensities, it would appear,.
have not been confined to the above cases, inasmuch as
at the time of his apprehension on Saturclay morning he
was confined in 1 ork Castle as an insolvent debtor,
awaiting his examination, which 'was to take place on
Monday_ His object in taking the benefit of the in-
solvency act is to dear himself of debts, principally on
account of borroived money, to the amount of about
£250, whilst his assets-are down at'" nothing." Alew
years ago Nixon was a local preacher amongst the
Primitive Methodists-'at Rotherluam; Tint-.latterly he
has indulged in gamliling to such an extenVas to reduce
him to his present position.

BRA:MORD CHAMBER: OF COMMERCE.—The monthly
meeting of the Council. of the Bradford Chamber of
Commerce, acting for-the Worsted District, was held on
Monday afternoon at Bradford ; Mr. H. W: Ripley, the
president, occupying-the chair. - The notice paper stated
the business to be to make arrangements with respect to
the 'delegates expected from Chambers of Commerce at
the Sdcial Science 3Aleeting. The secretary read letters
from several Chambers of Commerce which had intimated
their Intention to sena delegates to tue casetvssions on tau
bankruptcy and other laws. It was stated that the con-
ference on the bankruptcy laws would nob take place
till Wednesday the-12th, morning and evening.' The,
President, Mr. W.- E. Forster, Mr. John Whitworth,
and the Secretary, were appointed a deputation to wait
upon the Right Iron. James Wilson, at Manchester, OR
the afternoon of the '4th proximo, on matters in con—
nection with ,the Wbod Supply Association, lately
founded at Bradford:

PROFESSOR MAURY'S FIRST MARRIAGIG—Mr:WiIIis,
in the New York Home Journal, relates a curious- in-
cident in the life of Lieutenant Maury. It appears
that the lieutenant in his earlier yearslad visited the
Pacific Islands, and mastered some of tke dialects. of
the natives. On one occasion a young princess, whose
attire consisted principally of her long tresses, came
to the ship, and dhclared she was sent on a mission by
her father and his tribe to offer her-hand to the young
lieutenant. In order to pay due respect to this friendly
offer, the commander of the vessel. ordered; young
Maury to proceed with the dusky damsel in ahoat to
shore, and to make every assurance of amity between
the United States and Europe, get rid' of espousing
the princess if he could, but on no account to make any
such rejection of the proposed honour as would lead to
a misunderstanding. Maury, with the, princess, pro-
ceeded to land in a small boat; the, lady leaping out
before they reached the island,, and swimming to the
shore. After some hesitation, Maury, on landing, left
the boat and proceeded to tho chief's bungalow. "It
was some little distance inland; and on. arriving he
found he was considerably expected. There, was every
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appearance of preparation for aTfestivity, the tables spread
for a royal banquet, and the fruits and dilir"
dant prodigality. The chiefs were alrear'
excitement, which precluded all explanation or• modifi-
cation of plans. There was nothing to, do but to yield
to circumstances. He must marry (a a Owhyhee and
she), to keep the peace and: protect the commerce of the
nation. The delays were apparently inconsiderable.
In a very short time the runaway bride appeared,
dressed in all manner of Pacific ornaments, attended by
her mother and a bevy of sister islandresses. The com-
modore was either not expected or not missed ; the cere-.
mony was performesl (what there was of it) with only
native witnesses, and; 'things proceeded as usual.'. For
the remaininc, winter months the sloop was anchored at
the same island, and Princo Maury, of coarse, had a
nice opportunity to become acquainted with the manners
and customs. Kis. copper-coloured papa proved very
gentlemanly, and,. as ion as he stayed, -he was.affectiem-
ately treated."

ks in abun•

r in a state of

STORM IN LONDON.—On Monday, a serious sterns
visited the metropolis and suburbs, and raged with
violence for several hours. In the early part of ale day
the weather assumed a threatening aspect, the rain
coming down rather heavily, but between three and four
o'clock, the atmosphere became as dark as night, and
shortly after the ram descended in torrents, accompanied
at intervals by thunder and lightning. The damage to.
property has been ascertained to be rather extensive,
and unfortunately several persowhave met with accidents
in consequenee, and along the banks of the river the
deluge has been seriously felt. Much consternation
prevailed at Lambeth, especially in Fore-street, and
P'rince's-street, several of the dwellings being deluged.
At Battersea, Putney, and Wandsworth, the fields had, the
appearance of immense lakes—trees, shrubs, and Tege-
tables being uprooted and washed away. Near Wands-
worth, a portion of the River Wandle burst its banks,
and the stream with great force rushed over the -sur,
rounding locality, and in its course carried away a layge
building, in which were some cattle, the latter being
killed by the falling of the building. Some of the
railway embankments were much damag.ed. Whilst the
rain was descending in its greatest violence, an acci-
dent occurred' in the Kennington-road to a female
named Mary Wright and her son. They were in the
act of passing across the road, when from the force of
the rain they became confused, and an omnibus coming
along they were both knocked down, the fore wheels
going over them. The poor woman's leg was broken,
and the boy's left arm fractured. Several men were at
work in a shed on the Sydenham-road, in a field, when
the shed suddenly fell with a loud crash, burying the
unfortunate men 'in the debris. Four were taken out
having very slight injuries, but the others were found to
be in an insensible state. In the Peckham-road the in-
habitants were alarmed by' a crash during the storm,
and on inquiry it was found that a partially erected
building had fallen to the ground, the immense body of
water having washed away a portion of the foundation.
This has been rather a disastrous storm, one so violent
not having manned for some time.