Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-08 00:00:00

THE MURDER IN LIVERPOOL. -

The adjourned inquest into this. mysterious case was
resumed yesterday morning, before P. F. Curry, Esq.,
coroner. Several additional witnesses have now come
forward, bUt the evidence still fails to throw much light
upon the perpetrators of the deed. The following is an
outline of the evidence which was adduced yesterday :--
, John Gill said he Was a publican at 70, Regent-road:
On Friday evening, ;a man came to his house and went'
into the parlour. He ealled•lor some--ale, and wrote
some letters to his friends in London._ He said he had
been eleven years in Anteiicaandwould never deny his
country. During the time he Was Writing,- Capt. Parry
came into the parlour and the two went away together.
He spoke with a Yankee accent, and was dressed in a
brown coat,
.plaid velvet waistcoat, red flannel shirt and•
a cap. Witness went to the deadhouse at Prince's Dock,,
and saw the body of the murdered man, whom he recog-
nised as the man who left his house with Capt: Parry.
James Parry was then called. He was-in Mr: Gill's
public-house on the night mentioned by the last witness.
Three men were in the house, . and a stranger whom he
(witness) did not know!, Tho stratagee was writing a
letter. About half-past eight, witness left the house to
go on board his ship, the,Mazard, in the Canada-dock,
and theitranger left with him, saving, he was going to
a vessel in the Huskisson-dock. They walked together
as far as the north-east corner of the Sandon-dock. The
stranger said he was a steward, arid was goinvto receive
about £3O. At that. time they were opposite Mr. Hales'
public-house, two foreigners were standing in front ofthe
house; and one of them said to the strange man, " You
belong to the Havelock," to which the former replied,
" How do you know ?" The man then said; "We
know you." Witness left the stranger at Mr. Hales'
door.

John ,Marsh was the next witness called. He said—
I am in the Lancashire Artillery, and on Wednesday
last I saw a man reading one of our placards On Islington
Barracks. He looked like a labouring man, and told
me he had been i s the viilice force. J said to him,
"Will that snit youi" and he answered, "Will. you
take me ?" -I replied ," Yes," and took hint before
Lieutenant Hall, who approved 'of him, and directed
me to take him before the medical officer. Before we
went to the doctor, the than asked me to come to a
public-house and have some drink. We had some drink
at Mr. Heatley's ; he paid 'for it, and appeared' to be at
no loss for money. He looked very wild, and appeared
to have something on his mind. He got drunk that day,
and in consequence of this the doctor would not eiramine
him. He was,examined and passed the next day. I left
him on' board the Cork steamer. From his general
manner I thought there was something wrong. I had
heard of the murder in Liverpool, and could not help
thinking in my mind that-this man had something to do
with it. This.impression was 'so strong that when
went to bed I • cciuld not sleep for some time, and *hen
I did sleep, I had a dream, in which I saw the man who
had enlisted struggling with the murdered man.
Charles Foster said- he was a quarter-master-serjeant
in the Lancashire Militia Artillery. The man described
by the last witness was brought to him on Wedaesday
last. Witness asked him his age; and he said 26, to which
witness replied, yes, that perhaps ten years ago. The
next day he paid .hitti 6s. 3d., and told him .that as the
boat would he going soon he had better get his refresh-
menti at once. He replied "a am very glad, for-I want
to get out of Liverpool as soon as I can." His hat was
drawn over his eyes and he appeared dull and sullen.
After. the boat sailed I thought. there was something
about the man that I did not at all like.
Evan Healey was then called. He kept a public-
house in Islington. He remembered seeing the recruit
mentioned by Marsh in his bouse on Wednesday lass.
,The man appeared to be about five feet seven inches in
&eight, and bad on a blue coat, such as those worn by
cabmen. His vest, was velvet; he had light whiskers
and a cap. Witness thought he was a cabman, and
remarked. to Marsh, -" Where did you get cabby He
nose:
His flesharedOh was dt a d
have
plenty of
rmeondeiar
colour,ndhad and his asearn
faceohi
appeared to be rather small. _ _ _

Samuel Memock,,barnpn at Mr. Hale's-public-house
in Relent-road; was recalled,-and said the cabman who
came into the shop on Saturday night was of a Cuddy
complexion, and about five feet eight inches high. He
had on a blue coat and a cap. -
At this stage of the prociedingd, the inquiry was
adjourned to Monday next.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before -Air. T. 8. RAFFLES.)
STEALING FROM DWELLING-HOUSES. A . middle-
aged woman of rather decent appearance,znamed Bridget
Gibbons, was brought up on remand, charged with en-
tering a house, 13, ,Rose-place, occupied by a Mrs.
Noian, and stealing several articles, several of which
were found in her, possession.in the house .where she was
apprehended in Stanley-street. Mrs. Nolan identified
the'thtngs which were recovered. Another charge of
a precisely similar nature was made against the prisoner,
of going into a house in Bond-street and taking away
three pairs of trousers, two near ties, a ecarf, and a
looking-glass. The owners of the goods appeared and
identified. them. Mr. Bluek who appeared for the pri-
soner, contended that as she had not been seen stealing
any of the articles, she might as -she told likn, have
bought-them without a guilty knowledge. The magis-
trate committed the prisoner to gaol for two months.
CHARGE OF MUTINY.--Thirteen coloured men. sea-
men belonging to the American ship Albert Gallatin,
were brought up on the charge of refusTgto proceed to
sea. Being _American, there was no jurisdiction, and
no one appeared to piosecute. Mr. Cobb. however,
before they were discharged, said, that he (charged four
of them on. behalf of Mr. Isaac Atherton, a boardink
"house keeper, with obtaining money on fal,se pretences,
having gone to' him with their advance notes, and
obtained £5 each, on the repregentation, that ,they, were
about to sail- in the Albert Gallatin.—The magistrate
said it was impossible to prove they had no intention of
going to see when they applied for the money. It was
very probable. they did intend to go at the time. He
would therefore discharge them.
COLLISION ON YHE RIVER. JUDGMENT. -- His
Worship, in giving jatlg,ment in this case, which was
tried before him on Friday last, said judgment in
this case is in favour of the owners of the Linda. I con-
sider the, Edmund Preston was in fault, in being on the
wrong side of the river for a vessel entering the Mersey.
She was in charge of a steam.-tug of indifferent power—
a circumstance which must have been patent to those on
board of her. She was wrong in attempting to cross
the bow of the Linda with her sails aback, though pos-
sibly she might have done so and got clear had she
been in tow of a more powerful steam-tug. By let-
ting go her anchor as she did, she would necessa-
rily, with a flood tide, swing across the bows of
the Linda, and hence the collision. The independent
testimony of Capt. Wakeliarit reads the to the conclusion
that she must have-east off to go alongside of her very
much longer before the-collision than "the witnesses for
the Edmund Preston allowed, and I do not see what the
Linda could have- done, to avert-the collision, being at
the time as it was termed " unmanageable." , I am
therefore of opinion that the collision was caused through
the negligence of those In charge of the Edmund
Preston, and the owners of .the Linda are entitled to
receive the 'sum of £22 Is. claimed by them. I may
add, and I believe_ the opinion has been already ex-
pressed by nautical men, &c., very much more competent
to judge of the necessity than I am, that the steam-tugs
should be compelled by law to have their tonnage and
horse-power conspicuously painted on the paddle-box,
and then there 'would be no excuse for vessels employing
tugs of too little power, as was clearly the, case here.
(Before MeSSIS. EARLE and HOUGHTON.)
ASSAULT AT SEA.--zJohn Alexander White, captain
of the barque Severn, recently home from the Coast of
Africa, was summoned on a charge of assault by William
Brock, steward of the same vessel. Mr. Cobb appeared
for the defendant, Complainant stated that on the
13th of December last, between 8 and 9 o'clock in the
morAirc, there- was some trifling dispute between
the captain and' himself. The captain lifted a billet of
wood and threw it at him, hitting him on the head,
which it cat Severely. He still retained the mark of
the blow. On cross-examination by Mr. Cobb he ad-
mitted sfraking
to transport hands with the captain, and agreeing to
bury all aifilnosity, but then it was before he got his
certificate of discharge. Having got this he threatened
Mr.
Cobbl
defendant,
then addressed''4:ll;eUlheencli
commenting upon* captainon behalf
fmoaft et.he
con-
plabatiff, and hoping' that the magistrates, they
would
sidered there 'me against the defendant,
was a defendant was
inflict only a very small penalty' The
the bad disposition shown by the
fined 40s. and costs.

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GOLD PRODUCE. --- A —..+
parlia InentarY return, issued
and value of
yesterday, gives the estimate nett quantity
gold exported from Australia, 80" May' 1851, to
December 31, 1858, at 19,602,640 oi:Vces, of the value
of £74,460,094 18s,