Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-17 00:00:00

;everal. statiPnare

.On Wednes-
aval

tanoinnen, petty officers, and artisans for the ships now
fitting for the reinforcement of the fleet in China. lii
order that the ships of war ordered. on the China station
Ii expeditionothe coastguard are
aer: Her- ltrajaty's steamer
to Fleatwoook and the east
will iain.

Jae i,ee, indeed, would" litwe gone down:
for Lieutenant Broad in the.lranghty dasliing:ith,
xescue, and towing-her out,. under a heayy lire. Never-
theless, the bombarthnent Ira, kept up: with unabated
,vigour' and in about two, hoots, the eneni
sensibly to slackety;and (although, they had g..
iwsswhhiailiztaawd°thethsureh:sphms
range so exactly that alinost every shot told ;while ORD
"though admirably directe4 did comnarativelV
danmg,e to their mud ivalls•
became almost silenced.
"'At about five ateloc"..-
: was accordingly made for the troops
assault, which was briskly answered-by The._
containing them e-triring; t--4,, be the first tp reach: tht
shore.: ' Not .a soup in the. squadrdn at thatmoinent I
believe, doubted our obtaining a speedy vtory:
as,the rst boat touched theshore, hOweve,Flang
. a •gart again from the, forts, immediately foikuved
'perfect hurricane of shot; shell, gingall. ball
toeketi. from all tho-southern: batteries, *Lid,
-our men down by tens as-sosin as they lancFnd.
yjawinii,ditiiod..waaasshteLdiraxyfsoondaveaecipolivttehhraiintos;.uthiryeth'
ah:adthmuetydo
theless, out of the boats they- all leaped with",undinun-
oatrb;en
-possibly could.
"-The enemy's fire, `however,' continued t be so
deadly, and the mv.d prove& so deep (in most places -----
. reaching up to themen'a knees) often up to their waists,) -'irsonr....in. ring.......... _
that out of the iiooo mew who landed barely- 100 ~,s long been recog
reached the first of: the. three deep and wide ditches, ^.-cTrunissioners
which after some. no, yards of wading through the
mud, presented. thumsehles before the gallant few who
got` so far ; and out-of that small number,- scareel- -
had been able to, keep the,
Nevertheless, the?.-boldly faced thoSe newzdtinicuities, ---
and some 50 of them, witha crowd of officers. (Amon. the iron :cud hardware 0.,..,..__
.
whom were conspkaous the Commanding Officer of the Prevails most -blithe commercial ports
French Contingent , Commanders Commerell and Heath table shows. the number of, the re-
,
Liverpool and Birkenhead, so far
RN., Major Parke, and Lieutenant Hawltey of the
Marines, Major- Fisher and Lieutenant- Maitland of Poli6o
the Engineers>, succeeded in getting as far as the
furthest bank of-the third ditch, from which, they would
certainly have made a: good attempt to scale the walls
had ladders bean forthcoming. but out of the number
that were landed'all but one had either been broken by
shot or had stook, in the- mud. With, the-remaining one,
however, ten devoted men sprang forward, three of
whom were itumediately shot dead, and five wounded
severely.

may be manner/ Witt
to he called
SeaPMew has

gone roar

cot ,to recei-,T st

fire Beg

•
CRDIE IX
,DIVERPOOL & BIRKENHEAD

A blue-book._ of; j

a 4• for /858, Which

giortly afte

bur dere& it

has just .been issi

.re informed

Amount of infot.-

"-the- ancsiouslv expzeted:
to land. and
every boat

maim respecting "t
and the means fau ii

extent. Of

lIIE in this country;

a has been given irt

T Of known

criulimis and .sumect,

persons of

ach class in. each

---
policejtirisclictian, as

Jer and nature of
.th w-hich'they were
Its of:the proceedings against
I; aisO4 the number and
miunitmeiits to- each Ideal prison—
as---Land the costs; of apprehensiol4,

them, end their

discos.

descri*orts of t 1

the stati

Never-

onment. , The of e• esWsdishmentof
ined at 973, Whieh is a much larger
proportion to 'the popniatioh, than in Man,-
nd
_the,• cost at £65,137, of which sum
s-was by the Treasury.-. Birkenhead has

and impt

Liverpool
number, i

leers and sonata

)les, at a aosl

x. 4659,. of -which sum. the
9. , The

Treasury contributed

—.., rthintry—how many
persons in Enean Are mainly simported by unlawful
pursuits ..?-1-rhas -, ;if,e4l ; . but neither
the COnstabulaitr Loa.— , in 1839, nor the
Census- Commissieneis,' in 1851, were able to arriveiat
any reliable conclusions.. The stEtisties compileth by.

B

•e are the.

daily obser;-ationa

I,' rifles or ammunition

the pollee in the- several districts:

Grime is shown7te

he .most -rife i

e towus which are the seats of

s but prostitution
The followim
espective classes. is
s. ascertained by,- the

'erpool: B:rk=thettd

1t own thik-es and depredato
Receivers of stolen goods . . .

Strweettxt persons . .
1711 grant- awl tramps
Bablic-houses, &c.,

resorts of ), 158

thieves and prostitut(
Brothet& and houses of ill-fame
Tramps: lodging-houses .. . 174 . . 20
These numbers must evidently be regarded as approxi-
matively, rather than absolutely, correct, With regard
to the number of prostitutes, in particular; those only
ean lie included whose vocation:is public and apparent.
The number under sixteen years of age, is: returned at
• only 64 ire Liverpool, while in Birkmheadi there are none
t under that age within the cognizance.of the police ;
while in Chester, girls under that age constitute more
than a third of the total number. The-next table shows
1, the number and nature of thesindictable offences com-
mitted in the borough and in Birkenhead :

A vertieallre of' arrows, as
.well as..a constant fusi-
lade, was keptr up. on the select band, wsho now crouched
in the ditch' waiting, but in vain, far: reinforcements,
and that any of them afterwards. escaped alive is
miraculous; Seeing what insurmountable difficulties
presented themselves, the. order was. at last given
to retire,;: the lion-hearted commander of the troops,
Colonel. Lemon., of the Royal Karines (who- was
one of the first into the furthest :.itch,) Captain Vansit-
tart, of the Magicienne, and Captain Shadwell, of the'
Hightyeri. all having been severely wounded. The,
latter was badly shot through the foot shortly after
landing, but nevertheless managed' to struggle manfully
forward{, even to the advancetrench. Poor Captain.
Vanstittnrt had his leg shot off.. Lieutenant Graves, of
the Assistance, Lieutenant Clutterbuck, of the Coro-
mandel, Toung Herbert, of the Chesapeake, and Lieu
tenants Inglis and Woolridge, of the Royal Marines,
were all killed while gallantly cheering on their men ;
and at least three-fourts of the officers who landed, were-
more or less severely hit, In effecting the retreat, even
more lives were lost, perhaps, than in advancing, as the
Chinese, by lighting he-. lights were enabled to discover
the exact position of our then reeling and exausted men,
and so to shoot them down like birds. Even on arriving at
the water's edge matters were not improved, as so many
of the boats had been smashed to pieces by round-shot,
that there were not enough remaining to take off the
surviving men, Several were drowned in attempting
to get off, while many had to remain for more than an
hour up to their necks in water before they could get a
place in a boat.. And even then their dangers were not
past, as the fire from the forts continued so heavy that
several boats fall of wounded were struck and swamped
while pulling off to the ships. The Coromandel was
made the temporary hospital -ship, and the scene
on her upper deck was truly horrible. It was
nearly one o'clock before the last. boat-load of wounded
was brought off to her, and long, ere that hour she
was crowded with the mutilated and the dying. Every
exertion, however, was made by the officers of the medical
staff, to whom, and especially to Dr. Little of the Marines,
great credit is due, and long ere daybreak every sufferer
had had his wounds tended. Every operation—and
their number was siokening—l was gratified to hear was
performed under the influence of chloroform,
" Our proportionate loss has, indeed, been frightful-
-434 killed and wounded The Ist battalion of Marines TERMINATION OF THE PADIHAM STRIKE.—We are
alone,_ which landed bare_y 400 strong, has lost altogether gratified (says the 'Manchester Guardian,i in being
172 killed and wounded ; the Chesapeake, 26 killed or enabled to report that an amicable settlement of the,
missing, and 34 wounded; and the gun-boats 90 killed Padiham strike has been effected. The weavers of
and wounded. No expectation whatever is entertained Padiham have now been off work for twenty-six weeks,
of those who are returned missing being still alive, and next Monday it is ex-,!ected that an entire resume'
With such enemies as the Chinese, and under the pecu- tion of labour will take place in the six mills liar circumstances of the'ease, all-such hope is out of the Padiham, which have since the commencement of the
question. strike been only in partial operation.
" The belief is universal throughout the squadron THE GROWTH or THE NAVY.—When Queen Victoxii
that Europeans manned the batteries as well as Chinese. succeeded "the Sailor Bing" in 1837, the Royal SOY
Men in grey coats, with close cropped hair, and with consisted of 536 vessels, with a tonnage of 523,421,.
Russian features, were distinctly visible in the' batteries, carrying 17,120 guns in the rated ships, and manned
_by_
and the whole of the fortifiCations were evident of Eu- 31,289 seamen and marines. Of these vessels, how.,,
ropean designing. Some of those Who 'advanced near ever, only 26 were steamers, with an aggregate born.
to the wall even go so far as to declare that they heard power of 4,546. In twenty years afterwards upwards,,!l!
the men caning,. for 'more powder, in Russian ; and 400 steamers were added to her Majesty's fleet;
this morning it is reported 'that two dead bodies tonnage of the effective ships (sailing and steam) w
floated out of the river, dressed in Chinese clothes, but increased by. 300,000, and upwards of 20,000 additional.
having incontestably European faces. The damaged men were serving in the navy. Great as has been vaiet
forts have already been repaired, and have never increase in the royal navy during those twenty yew,
ceased to fire upo_n the boats that are still engaged,. is not to 'be compared with"the enormous growth
.t tihe.
under Canpntdainw,Wynillninest,t, anind
struggling
g4ertso CrOernMsetteertehlle, mercantile marine in the same period.—Steatn Shipping;
Heath,

Livcpoot

Murder
Attempts at murder
Wounclin &c.
Manslaughter

Birkenhead•
4

Attemptito procure abortion
Concealment of birth
Unnatural offences

Rape
Assaults with intent, &c
Bigamy
Child stealing
Assaults

Sacrilege
Burglary, housebreakg., &c
Highway robbery .. . .
Larceny (all kinds)
Fraud
Forgery

Coining and uttering, &c
Arson

Keeping disorderly houses 75
Perjury

Mr. Aedgrave concludes his report by a reference to
the costs which crime and its attendant demoralisation
entails upon the community. He mentions the fact that
the Watch Committee of Liverpool, in an elaborate re-
port made in 1836, stated the loss by depredations in
this borough to be £700,000 yearly, declaring their con-
viction that this large sum was not exaggerated, but, on
the contrary, was much understated. Adding to this
the cost of police and, of the administration of justice,
he estimates the total loss to the community by the
" dangerous " classes of society at not less than
£10,000,000 annually.