Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-14 00:00:00

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-YESTER➢AY

/Sittings Pl;us, at Westminster, before 21[r. Justice

Williams and Common Juries )

This was the first ,day of the after-term sittings. The
list contains 56 causes, 29 new causes, and 29 remanets.
ST. PAUL'S WARD ELECTION.
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THE Qualls ;:6.}lK.—This was a prosecution in the
nature ofl a quo warranto calling upon the defendant to
show by what right he exercises the office of town councillor
of the borough of Liverpool. The defendant was elected
for No. 4, or St. Paul's Ward.. The affidavit upon which
the quo warrant° was issued stated that the defendant made
the declaration required by the act, and that he voted in the
council without being duly qualified, in consequence of his
not being a burgess, owing to his residing beyond the
boundary of the borough. Formal proof was then given
of the above facts, and the jury returned a verdict for the
Crown.

LADlES.—Thompson Brothers, 5, Elliot-street, sell the
best foar shilling tea'in England. '
No SHIP SHOULD GO TO SEA without one of Saunders
and Co.'s Patent Selt-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and
fitted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the address,
S4,UNDERB & CO., 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. d
HOLLOWAY'S OINTICENT AND PI/MS.—The ulcers,
tumours, pimples, and discolorations of the skin, which arise
from impure blood, ill-regulated secretions, or some heredi-
tary taint, often defy science, but can never long resist the
action a Holloway's Pills and Ointment. Ladies accus-
tomed to apply astringent lotions to eruptions on the face,
breast, and arms, should be warned that no practice is more
dangerous. They throw the disease inward, and put life
itself at stake. The only really safe and effective cosmetic
ever ye prepared is Holloway's Ointment, which, assisted
by his pills, will subdue the most obstinate cases of skin
disease. -
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STOPPAGE OF AUSTRIAN MAIL PACKETS SAILING FROM
TRIESTE.—The Austrian postal service by sea between
Trieste and foreign ports having been interrupted by war,
no letters or newspapers can, for the present, be forwarded
rid Belgium (the first portion of the Trieste route) to the
lonian Islands, Greece, the Levant, or Egypt. Letters, Bce.
for Bosnia, Servia, the Danubian Principalities, Itijstchuck:
Seres, Salonica, Sophia, Adrianople, or Canstantinople,
when specially directed to be sent "vitt Belgium," will be
forwarded from Vienna by the land route.--By °command of
the Postmaster-General. ItowLawD KILL, Searetary._
General Post-office, May 14.

LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE. - YBSTERDAT
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BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD

La REARING.—A well-dressed, elderly Woman, named
Mary Garlick, was brought up by officer 769, on a charge
of having broken the leg of a woman, named Mftry Jones.
The injqred woman is at present in the hospital, and of
course was not able to attend. The evidence went to ahow
that the prisoner and Mrs. Jones were-at 28; Sperling,:
street, when some dispute took place 'between them, and the
prisoner threw the other, woman down the steps of a cellar,
and broke one of her legs.. The prisoner was allowed out
on bail until Mrs. Jones could come forward.
DESERTING SHIP. - Mr. Henry Murphy, the ont-door
Superintendent of the Local 'Marine' Board, brought up •
Henry Smith on a charge of having neglected to join the
ship Thornhill. It appeared that the prisoner had been
formerly the master of a vessel called the Mary Black, but
was discharged in consequence of some irregularity. He
then joined the Thornhill as second mate, and signed articles,
He received £lo—two months advance. He did not join
the ship, which was obliged to sail without him. The
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defendant was sent to jail for ten weeks with hard labour.

BEFORE MESSRS. HEATS AND HUTCHISON.
. John Clements, publican, Shaw'sbrow, was charmed by
Inspector Danson, with Sunday trading. "Mr. °Muck
defended. The Inspe_"gtor said he saw, through the shutters,
persons served with drink at onoo'clock•on SundaY morning.,
On cross-examination, it appeared that some of the persons
Were lodgers:: Fined 2s. 6d. and costs.: . •
Thonias Tarbuck, beerhouse-keeper, Preston-street, was
charged with selling at illegal:hours. DismiSsed:'
S. Graves, beerhouse-keeper, St. Andrew-street, was
charged with doing business:at illegal hours. Dismissed.
Henry 'llanfold,-Wolfe-street, was charged with selling
ale on Sunday at prohibited honrs. The house was fined
se-Veil, times during the year. Fined now 10s. and costs.' "

Joseph Al‘Gorem, beerhouse-keeper, Midgehall-street, was-
charo•ed with ale •at twelve o'clockon Sunday to
fourteen men. It was contended that six of the 'men were'
lodgers, and the others came to see them. Fined 10s. and
costs. • •• '- • . .

Edward Park, beerhouse keeper, Christian-street, was
charged with not admitting the police at three o'clock on
Sunday morning last. Adjourned for witness for the defence.
Richard Fox, beerhouse keeper, Finch-street, was
charged with Sunday trading. Fined 5s and costs.
Louisa Maria Booth, beerhouse keeper, Church-alley,
was charged with selling at illegal hours. Mr. Cobb
defended. The case was stated by officer Lanigan (554),
who said he got nine men drinking at the counter, at nearly
twelve o'clock at night. In reply to Mr. Cobb, the officer
said the defendant stated that it was her birth-day, and
something about a wedding. The defence was that the
defendant had given the beer as a treat to the people on the
anniversary of her birth-day,, and. on this, and on a point
of law raised by Mr. Cobb, the case was dismissed.