Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-11-18 00:00:00

SELECT VESTRY.

The fortnietly meeting of the Select Vestry was held
at 10 o'clock yesterday, in the Workhouse Board Room ;
the Rev. Rector C.Ampb;ll in the chair. The other members
present were -.:+lessrs. Bairstow, Owen, Jackson, Richard-
son, Cork, Chesney, J. Jones, Mellor, Denton, Syred.
Whitty, Smi:h, Crellin, Hughes, Williams, Critchley, and
W. Jones.

WORKUOITSII COMMUTEE.

The proosedings of this Committee were read, from'
which it appeared that the number in the house on the
lith inst was 2,341; the number of sick cases on the same
day was 614, includmg 40 fryer and 29 itch; the vagrants
relieved were 256 wales, 101 females, and 35 children—in
All 392. The number in the industrial School on the 10th
inat was 902 ; sick eases, 61, including 7 cases of itch.
- Mr. Owtnst moved the confirmation of the proceedings,
which did not contain anything, of public interest.
Mr. BAutsrcw seconded the motion, which was agreed
to without any discussion.

INDUSTRIA'. ECIIOOLS COMMITTRE

The prcceedings of this Committee were also read sad
Confirmed, without exciting any discussion.

r•t /NCE COMMITTEE

The minutes cf this Committee were read and confirmed,
on the motion of Me. OwaN.
Mr. JACKSON moved (in the absence of Mr. Woodraff, of
-whose presence the Vestry were deprived by a domestic
-calemi y) that the Vestry rescind se much of their regula-
tions as related to the boundaries of NO3. 4, 11, and 7
mcdi-
cal districts, in order to form therefrom two new districts,
agreeable to the recommendation of the Finance Commit-toe
of the 30 h ultimo Some gentlemen might not be aware
that the medical officers were appointed upon two princi-
ples—part receiving £l-10 a year each, with a very small
district, and permission to have private practice. The
more recent method had been found more desirable and
convenient, that of requiring their medical offizeris to give
their whole time in attending to the poor uneer the care of
the parish, and of giving them a competent allowance, so
as to command hti services of efficient :tad respectable men.
-The dee- h of Mr. Braththaw has lefL a district vacant. One
of the medical officers at present, whose whole time was
devoted to the service of the parish, received only as much
eatery as if he could take private practiCe also. Instead
of £2OO a year and vaccination fees, he had only £l4O a
year, and a v -ry small district, not being equal to
one-h-df of the work which was performed by
those who had full Cisericts with £2OO a year each. The
Finance Committee, therefore, thought this a favourable
opportunity for uniting two small districts, and giving to
31r. Games the fair remuneration to which he was
entitled, for devoting his whole time to the service of the
parish. On that ground, therefore, Mr. Jackein proposed
that the resolution be adopted.
Mr. DENTON seconded the motion.

Mr. WiirrTy said, it apps ired by what had fallen
from Mr. Jackson, that it was now proposed to make
three districts into twr, and it we,4, at the same
time, proposed to add £6O a year to the salary of Mr.
Games. He did not hear any reference whatsoever made
to the other medical cfficer, who would receive, no doubt,
by the division of the three districts, a large acces.ion to
his labours and duties. It did not appear that additional
remuneration was contemplated for any person except Mr.
Games.

POLICE IN TELL' GENCE - YESTrAbAY.

THE GREAT WEI,CH HEIRESS IN LIVERPOOL Our
readers, no doubt, will remember a celebrated case of an
alleged Welch heiress at Chester, some time ago, and now
we have to announce her arrival in Liverpool. Mary
Ellen Todd was charged by Mary Lewis, with having
stolen a mantle, a collar, a pair of gloves, and other things
out of a house, No. 5, Greenwood-street. It was stated
that the complainant is the celebrated h Welch heiress."
She is considerably taller than the generality of women,
and but for her nose, which is rather " snubbed," she
would be a regular Juno according to modern notions
of Heathen mythology. flow she came here did not
appear, but several hints were thrown out. It did
appear that she lodged at the house in question, and
that over a week snce, the prisoner called there. The
complainant said the prisoner seemed to know the
owner of the house, and she (witness) invited her
to " a cup of tea." When she went away, the
things were missed. and the collar was found with the
prisoner, and this piece of finery the complainant identified
as her property, and said it cost 2s. Gd. The prisoner
alleged that she bought the article. She was remanded
for further inquiry.
IMPORTANT TO PAWNBROKERS —Mr. Hughes, the out-
door officer of the parish, brought up a woman, named
Anne Smith, charged with having absconded from the
workhouse, taking sense clothes, and pledging them, besides
leaving her two children in the workhouse. Mr. Hughes
said she absconded in Slstember, and he did not find her
until that morning, when he found she had taken a house
in the Park, and that she was residing there with a black
man as his wife. He got them sitting down to a nice
breakfast of tea and toast, and a bottle of rum on the
tThle. He found she had pledged the clothes at Messrs.
Medder and Thorn's pawnshop, 132, Saint James's-street,
and on going there, he found that the articles were pledged
with the workhouse marks on them, and he was of opinion
that the pawnbroker was liable to a penalty for so doing.
The prisoner was sent to jail for two months; and Mr.
Hughes was instructed to lodge an information against
the pawbrokers.
CHARGE ITNDIR TILE 14.7tru SECT. OF THE MCI CHANT SHIP-
PING ACT.—Mr. lichert Palmer, of Litherland-alley, was
summoned under the above secii of the act, for
" supplyi-g seamen," without being duly licensed to do so.
Mr. Tyndall appeared for the lioarl. of Trade, and Mr.
Snowball for the defendant. Mr. Tyndall, in stating the
case, said there were two informations against the
defendant—one at the suit of Williem McDougal, the other
at the suit of Peter Johnston, both seilore, whom the
defendant had procured to be shipped ou board a vessel
called the Floating Light, for Bombay. The charge
was under, he said, the sect. of the act in question, and
the facts were these. The defendant was the keeper of
an office in Litherland-alley, and calls himself a shipping
master or agent. Mr. Snowball : I beg your pardon, he
calls himself no such thing, he is not a shipping master
nor agent. Some years ago, he acted as one, but he does
not do so now, nor does he hold out that he is one, by
proclamation over his door or sign board, The only sign
about his place is one intimating that young men would be
taken fer her Mejesty's Navy Mr. Tyndall said on the
12th November, the seamen McDougal and Clarke, wont
to Ute office of the defendant, and asked hint had he a ship ?
Be replied he had the Floating Light, Caplain Edward
Sleigh, for" Bombay, and that she was in the Birkenhead
docks, and that they could ship by her. He told them to
g) to Birkenhead and see the captain, and they did so.
They saw the captain, and he asked them for their cer-
tificates of discharge, which they produce 1. The captain
wrote on the back of the eartifictates, " please ship the
hearer." They returned, and saw Mr. Primer at his office,
and ho told them to call on Fatuaiay, when the captain
would be there to meet them. They subsequently went
to the Sailors' Home, on Monday, and signed articles there
along with the captain, and the C3.:0 was no ,v ,brought
against the defendant for supplying men, not being licensed
to do so. He (Mr. Tyndall) had also laid another
information against the captain, for employing an unlicensed
person to supply him with moo, and that he would pro-
ceed with after the two present cases were disposed of.
He called M'Dougal, who, on being examined,
said : I am a seaman, and went on Thursday last to the
office of Mr. Palmer, Litherland-alley, and asked him had
he a chip, and he said, " Yes, one for Bombay." Ho
sent me to the captain (Sleigh) who wrote on the
back of ma discharge, "Please sh7p the bearer." The
captain did not spea's to me. I then went to Palmer's,
and told him the captain had accepted my discharge, and
he took down my name. He told me to be there again on
Monday. I wont, and saw the captain there, and then
went to the Sailors' Hcme, and signed articles. Crass
examined by Mr Seashell : I went to Paper's first; I
did not pay anything to h'm ; the captain of the ship
employed me. To Mr. Tyndall : The captain told me I
wets to get my advance nete at Mr. Duncan Gibb's, the
owner of the ship. To Mr. Snowbell : The captain told
me I might go in the ship To the Court : There was
nothing said about payment, nor am I to pry Mr Pelmer.
shipped with Mr. Palmer some years aro, and that was
why I went to him then. Peter Johnston, in whose case
the second information nas laid, was then examined, aid
proved the same a 3 the other witness. Mr. Snowball nip],
his client was not a shipping agent, but he knew Captain
Sleigh, and the man haring formerly shipped with Mr. Pal-
mer, when he wee no agent some years ago,: merely went
to ask him if he knew of a ship, and knowing his friend the
captain wanted a crew, he told them to go, and the captain
engaged the men himself. Making use of Mr. Palmer's
office was not an effmce, and besides, there was no pay-
ment nor mention of any ; and there was no proof that the
vessel was a British ship. Me Tyndall : We are not
bound to prove that. His Worship did not think the
evidence sufficient, and dismiseed the information. Mr.
Tyndall said, the evidence given by the men in the box
was totally at variance with what they told him the pre-
vi ;us day. His Worship said, he had little doubt of that
as they appeared very reluctant to give their evidence.
The charges were then damissed, end Mr. Tyndal said he
would withdraw the case against the captain.

Mr. JACKSON said, the addition which would ba made to
the district of the other me3icil offi:er, was so exceedingly
small that he neither sought nor would be entitled to
increased remune.ation. He was him-elf perfectly
satisfied with the arrangement, which would make his
district more cAivenient for his own dwelling.
Mr. DErroN said it might be still further mentioned
that the medical officer in question even asked for a small
portion in addition, in order that the offic, he now
occupied might come within his district, end the pro.-
posed addition was the only way in which thi could Le
effected.
The motion then passed.

Mr. JACKSON moved, following oat the previous motion,
that Mr. Games b appointed to one of the now districts,
at a salary of £2OO per annum, and vicciaation
Mr. DENTON ca:r.cled the resolution, remarking that
the altered arrangement would afford a saving to the parish
a something like £6O a year.
•
The motion was carried.
RATING OP THE DOCK PROPERTY.

Mr. BAIRSTOW said the members would perceive a notice
Eon the table that morning of an int,nded application for
power to rate the dock property of Liverpool. Notices
had been given by the churchwardens and overseers for an
epplicatiou to Parliament, and in order that they might
proceed, he had now to suggest a resolution authorising
them to apply to the Poor-law Board for permission to
take the necessary steps, by means of the parish funds.
Mr. CHESNEY moved accordingly that an application be
made by the Vestry to the Poor-14w Board, for permission
to take the requisite measures out of she parish rates.
Mr. CRITCHLEY seconded the motion.
Mr. DENTON asked what had become of the voluntary
fund. They had £3OO or 1100 in bank.
Mr. BAIRST,:,W : They may not grant this application.
Mr. DENTCN thought by an application to the ex-church-
wardens they might be able to get up that money now,
especially as it was sought for a 1- gitimate purpose. It
would be worth the trial, at any rate.
The motion then passed.
Mr. DENTON give notice that, at the next meeting, he
'would move the rescindirg of the following resolution
entered upon the minutes of the Workhouse C_Eamittee,
and cor..fi,naed by the Board • n the 2ad February, 1854 :
"The committee, having learned from the governor's
journal that unauthorised persons have visited the work-
house for the purpose of imparting religious instruction to
the inmates--:llesolved, That the practice be prohibited,
except as regards the vagrant sheds, and that the views of
the committee up-on the sul-jeet be communicated to the
governor by the Vestry clerk."
This concluded the business.

TEE IRISH CHANCELLOR AND TIE

C RANGE LIEN.

Chr'st Church (Belfast) Protestant Association,
beaded by the Rev. Dr. Drew, have adopted a series of
resolutions menacing Chancellor Brady with " attainder
and loss of fortune, liberty, and life," as the just penalty
of the unhappy letter addressed to the,Marquis of L9n
donderry. Such, at least, seam to be the obvious mean-
ing of the following resolutions :
Resolved—That the Protestant Association take notice
with much regret of the recent letter of the Lord Chan-
cellor.

They respectlullfplead with that high officer of State,
and ask whether, in his limitation respecting candidates
for the magistracy, he has not outstepped the limits or
the British c:mstitution ; and, if so, whether there be not
bistorical record for showing that by acts of a similar
unlawful kind great functionaries have been subj.eted to
attainder and loss of fortune, liberty, and life.
They respectfully inquire if the same high efficer o
state reject any candidate on alleged and specified oppro
brious grounds, at once insulting to said candidate, and
injurious to his position and reputation, whether an ac
tion at law will not lie against the public defamer of any
candidate who belongs to a society of proverbial loyalty
and undeniable legality.
As to the commemoration of anniversaries, this asso-
ciation r: speetfully remind him of what occasioned the
visit of William 111. to this country, and how the monarch
_James 11. and Lord Chancellor Fitian of those days
ceased to hold office. To commemorate the removal of
Inquisitious Kings aad Statesmen, to glorify God for civil
and religious liberty restored, and to keep in endearing
rememberancl the fathers of the Reformation and the
originators of the glorious revolution of 1888 they bold
to be a most indespensable and religious duty.

Exclas!vely for CLOTHINGi BOYS from Six to Twenty Years
LEWIS & COMPANY, Itaaelagt-street.

LIVERPOOL
BEFowl MR MANSFIELD.

A " Rem" REcat;rr.—A. young fellow named Edward
Biggins, a recruit, belonging to ttte 60th Rifles, was
charged with having assaulted o:-cer 809. The officer took
the prisoner into custody in Dale- acreet, where he was very
drunk, and creating a disturbance, and then the prisoner
kicked and maltreated him very badly. It required the
assistance of eight men to take him to the station, and
am.ngst these was. Mr. Joseph Bates, of Sweeting-street,
who got a blow from the prisoner that split his lip open,
but he declined to prosecute, but the prisoner was sent to
gaol for two months, in (lefault of paying a fine cf £5 for
the assault on the officer.

SLA:9IIER AND CRASHER !—A tailor named Henry Bamber,
was charged with breaking the door of Mc. J. B. Wickham's
public-hogs, Lime-street. The barman at the hearse,
said about 1 o'clock in the morning the prisoner called at
the house ; he was drunk, and wanted mere liquor, but
he was refu6•ed, and put into the street, when he turned
back and kicked the pannels out of the door. Mr. Mans
field : Is this the house that there was some discussion, and
an appeal about ? The officer said it was the same house.
The barman said the damage done was about 151. His
Worship said the course adopted in this instance was a
very proper one in refusing the drink to a fellow who was
already drunk. The prisoner alleged that some one inside
had struck him, but this was denied, and the prisoner was
fined lss. and costs, or to be imprisoned for two months.
His Worship expre,sirg his intention of protecting from
insult and damage publicans who kept their houses respect-
able.

A BLACM;ITARD.—A. bbourer named Thomas Morris, was
charged with having atteurpted to rob a drunken man, and
also with having assaulted a female, named Hannah Holden -
bottle. She stated that about 3 o'clock the previous day,
Ell 9 taw a drunken man in Limekiln - lane, and observed
the prisoner go up to him on pretence of rendering him
assistance, but insteA cf that, he tried to rob him, and
when she interfered, he struck her several blows on the
head and face. The prisoner was filed £lO, or to be
imprisoned for six month with hard labour.

John Bernie was sent fa. trial, for picking pockets in
a mock auction room.

THE CANNIBAL.-John Jones, who was remanded on a
chnrge of having bitten the ear of Richard Carton, was
brought up, and the evidencl of the medical man bring
given as to the injury, the prisoner was sent for trial.

Taut NEW ESGLISII ENVOY Tl'lllE 'UNITED C:TATES.—By
let'efs from our London corresp in lent, recetv..l by the
Persia, we learn that the B:itish Governmeat has decided
to appoint a speciel Minister to negociste a setthment of
the remaining differences between agland and this coun-
try with regard to Central Ame•ican affairs. The appoint-
ment will rake place early mat year, end possibly soon ,r.
We have reason to believe that Sir William Gore. 0 Iseley
bas been selected for this important service. If so, the
choice indicates a disposition en the part of 'he British
Government to coneuet this d-licate and protracted nego-
elation to a peaceful and mutually satisfac'ory result. Sir
William Oaseley commenced his diplomatic career as
attache to the British Embassy at Wbshingt sone thirty
years ago, when he married a daughter of the late G)v, rn
Van Ness, of Vermont. He has ever since manifested a
steady and intelligent interest in the affairs of this enentry,
an' has written several pamphlets up in vari )us topo3 Cor;_
ne ted with its current politics. He has been engaged in
diplomatic service, mainly in Brazil and the River Plate,
where his action was in so little accordanc3 with the views
of Lord Palmerston as to render it a little singular that he
should n w be appointed to effiee by a Ministry of which
that stet sman is Premier. Sir Wiliam is well known. to
Prceidcn. Buchanan, and will enter upon this negotiation
under circumstances of peculiar promise. It is understood
that, if ,uccessrul in the negotiation here, he will proceed
at once to Central Arnerfca. We trust the rumour of
his appoi tment may prove correct.—New York, Times,
October 29.

THE FRIV:CII MINISTRY OF JUSTICE.—M. Abbatucci,
Minister of Justice, lr.ving expired, hundreds are already
soliciting end intriguing for the Mini. try he has left vacant,
without dreaming of the heavy penalty ambition must pay to
serve the present Emperor. Few frames can long support
the cares and fatigues which result from the stunt orders
of his Majesty, that every case or report shall be examined
by the Minister whom it regards. The Etnrror does not
spare himself, and he insists that those who erj•iy the honor
and the advantage of governing the country shall perform
their daty in a complete rnattror. M. Abbatucci is the
fourth minister who has died in harness under the present.
reign. M. Abbatucci wee in his sixty-fifth year, and up
to she last fortnight enjol el robust health. An internal
absce:is which defied all the skill of the faculty, was the
cause of his death. • The decessed belonged to one of the
most illustrious families of Corsica, which he represented
in the Chamber of Deputies, and also in the " Cousti-
tuante." Ho contributedlargely by his influence to
ensure the success of the Emperor in his election for the
Pre idency, and on every occasion he displayed touching
devotion to the name of Napoleon. The late Minister was
rather distinguished by his working qualities and sound
judgment than for any brilliant Oil ties, The funeral
took place on Saturday with much ceremony.

JOYS' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE, at:LEWIS up
COMPANY'S, Ilalaelagh etreot.

THE NORTITERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, 'VVEDNESDAI, NOVEMBER is, 1857.

THE BRUrAL MURDER OF A POLICE

CONSTABLE.

The inquiry into the death of John Starkingq, the police-
constable, who was so brutally murdered on the 30th ult.,
near Stevenage, was resumed on Monday, before Mr. C.
Tines, the cironer for the county of Herts. Mr. Barnes,
Police-superintendent, was the first witness examined. and
he stated that he apprehen led Carpenter on the 3rd of Nov.,
and hie attention was called to the shirt he had on,
and he asked him to account for some stains that
appeared on the left wristband, and which there seemed
to have been some attempts to remove. The wristband
appeared to have bean stiffened by something that had been
placed upon it. and the prisoner said it was caused by the
lotion he had been using fir his leg. He afterwards found
a wicker basket in the prisoner's house, in which there
were a few grains of wheat and barley ; and the prisoner's
wife, in his presence, said, "There's no wheat there ; don't
you think if there had been any wheat there, we should
have got rid of it ?" He afterwards observed spots of
blood on the ba kat, and he cut out that part of the
basket, and handed it to Dr. Taylor. When he first
found the basket, the wife of the prisoner said, " You
cant make blo )d where there is no blood, can you ? '
When the prisoner was exatnieed before the magis-
trates, and witness stated that he had found blood
on his clothes, the prisoner interfered and said,
"It was not the blood of that man." On Friday last
witness received possession of some pieces of smock frock
from Inspector Hawkes. There ware mars of blood
upon them. He had searched the prisoner's cottage
before, and he could swear positively that there
were no pieces of smock frock in the cottage upon
the occasions when he made the search. Upon the
left gaiter of the prisoner a button was missing. which
appeared to have been dragged off, and a button had since
been found near the spot where the struggle took place.
Several butt ns were off the otter gaiter, and all the but-
tons at p-esent on the gaiters were odd ones. The witness
then stated the measured distance from the prisoner's cot-
tage to the place where the murder had been committed,
and also said that he found five freshly-pulled turnips from
a field leading from Mr. Rimes' (the prisoner's master)
farm, and in a pig-stye at the prisoner's house he saw
some Swede turnips of a similar description to those which
had been pulled up. Upon searching the prisoner's house
he also found about a bushel and a half of barley in his
bed-room. The portions of the frock that were found wore
producei. The arms appeared to have been torn from the
body, and small blood spots were distinctly visible. The
clothes of the prisoner were then produced, and the cuts in
them pointed out, and Mr. Smith, the surgeon, stated his
opi❑ion that all these cuffs might have been produced
by the k❑ife found on the prisoner, and that they
corresponded with the blade. Toe surgeon also stated that
he had no doubt that the spots on the smock frock were
blood. David Carpenter, a boy about 17, the son of the
prisoner, was then examined, and after some hesitation he
admitted that the k❑ife that had been produced by the
police belonged to his father. Inspector Hawkes deposed to
finding the pieces of smock frock, with blood upon them, in
a clapboard in the prisoner's house. William Segsae, a police
constable, proved having found a button of a gaiter, which
he produced, near the spot where the struggle took place
Inspector Capron, of the Herts constabulary, deposed
that on the 3rd of November, he conveyed the prisoner from
Stevenage to Hitchen, and as they were going along, he
observed to the prisoner, "It is an awful murder, and it is
an awful thing for you to be charged with it." The pri-
soner replied, " You did not see me do it, nor nobody
else ; they have got to find that out ; and if they find out
I done it, I must bide the consequences, that's all." After
the prisoner was at the station, witness observed some
blood on a piece of stuff he had been using to bathe his leg,
and he asked him how it came there, and he said it came
from his nose, which always bled when he had a cold
Wm Day, a labourer, proved that on the morning of the
day on which the prisoner was take a into custody he called
at his cottage, and asked him how his leg was, and he said
it was a lade better. Witness then said it was a shock-
ing thing about the warder, and he' supposed they
would try to bring him (Carpenter) in fcr it. The pri-
soner replied—' I darosay they'll have me up to-day,
because there's been two doctors looking at me, but I am
innocent, and if I am innocent they cannot hurt me."
William Shepherd, the lad who was examined on the
former occasion, was recalled, and he said that on the
Saturday after Carpenter hurt his leg, Mrs. Carpe❑ter came
to him in the morning, and said that he must not say any-
thing about Master Carpenter hurting his foot in the
school, because if he did, they'd hang him and his father
too. On the evening the accident took place his father
also told him that if he said. anything about Carpenter's
accident he would " pay him," meaning that he would
thrash him. There being no further evidence to be laid
before the jury, the coroner summed up the whole of the
evidence with great clearness and precision. The jury,
after deliberating for a short time, returned a verdict of
" Wilful Marder " against Jeremiah Carpenter, and the
coroner at once issued his warrant for his committal to
take his trial for that offence at the ensuing spring assizes