Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-29 00:00:00

poLio:4; INTELLIGENCE—YESTIMDAY.

LIVERPOOL.
Emma HR a. AMIN.

TABBING —A sailor,J)lin DOWneg, charged
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John Reddington, with having stn,hbed him. The parties
met in a beer-hones in Ilaptist-street, on Saturday night:,
whin the prisoner called cunplainant a "a ta;.:Or," instead
of a " and this caused a row. They want into the
s'reet to fight, when the prisoner atabbad cowplainant, with
a knit", under the jaw. Burge m Morris, of Saint Anne's
Dispensary, Reid the wound was of a serious c7eseriptiort
and deep. The prisoner we' sent for trial.
A man named John Xii‘Kuig!it was charged by off2er
:302 with an assault. It appeared that the prisoner was
disorderly, in a public-house in College-lane, when the
officer wan called on. sini coming up, the prisoner struck
him on the mouth, then caught him by the neck and
attempted to choke him, and had it not been that the
inspector came forward at the time, the consequences
tr3uld have been serious. The prisoner was fined. in 405..
and costs.

A pen:n, nernei Michael Eccles; Was charged with
having gone into the house of Cathei D.)he!ty, No 9,
Chisenhall s reet, on Saturday night litst, and broke
several articl-s of furniture, and soma' panes in the
window. The whole was valued at £2 94 6i The case
was renmided till to-morrow, to allow the prisoner ta,
procure some witnesses on his }albeit'.
A woman, named Mrs. Guy, charged her husband, and
two other females, fancy-women of her hu&baud's, with
annoying her and breaking in her door, cr. Saturday
evening last. Gay was fated in 5s and coetr, sari the
other pri.oners were hold to bail in each to keep the
peace.

REFORM MESSRS. BEIOT ROMILY.

EVADING THE CirSTOM3 —A Portuguese sailor, named
Hnnis kfirandum, was charged with having been co:...cernerl
in reeking to evade the duties payable on tweaty,three
bo..tles of Eau de C3legne. which were Lund on board a
Fhip now Ling in the dock. The bottles were valued at

2 each. its defendant, throng lt an intnweter, stated
that he did not intend i,srivging the bottles on shore, but
Mr. Tindall, wh, appeared for the prosecution, said that
that did not affect the case, the bottles were on board, and
they ought to have been repor►ed to the Customs. The•
be.Lch decided, as usual in such eases. that the defendant
pay treble the 'value of the good; 1:6 ISt 63, and £3 3s 3/
costs.

A woman. named Jane M'Cann, was charged with a
violent assault on an old woman named Ellen Trao4. It
appeared that some quarrel had taken place between the
prisoner and some other women on Christmas day, in
Johnson-street,. off Dale-street. Ellen T,e.cey interferred,
when the prisoner bit the tops cf her fingers noarly off.
She is now in the hnspital sufferirg severely from the
effects of it. The prieouer was fined 103. and costs, or
to be imprisoned fur a fortnight.
Hugh \Vhatley charged Bartholomew Branne.t with
assaulting him, on Steterday night last, about eight
o'clock, while going down the steps of the market,
in Market-street. The complainant stated that without
any provoation, the -orisoner. came up totem, att..] struck
hi.n twice on the' 'face, and made nose bleed. Mr.
Thompson, a licences' victualler, stated taw he had seen
the a,sault, and that the prisoner and a few- others were a
.terrer to the market. POlice officer 37,7),5aid the prisoner
was very violent, tuld had struck and kicked him while
bringing him to the police-office. The prisoner was fined
20a and costs, or in daiault, to be imprisoned for fJarzeea
days. _ .

A woman named Nary Brannen, received a eimilar
penalty for committing an as,isult on a person nivaied John
Rtiledge. by striking kir, on the forehea,-7. with a plate, so
as to out it severely.

A man, named. Alex.ander Crow, Imi chargas with a
brutal aesalt on a prostitute. The complainant stated that
the prisoner, at abut twl o'clock on Sunday morning.
came up to her and threw her doun on the flags, and
kicked her several times in the ribs. A reenectalde gen-
tleman appeared in court. and corroborated the ststements
of the complainant. He got the prisoner taken into
custody for it. lie charadterised the conduct of the
prisoner as most brut; 1 towards a helpless girl. The
magistrates sen•enced tho prisoner to pay a flue of or
to he imprisoned for two moo'hs.

JAMO3 Hibbert, a lad of about 17 or IS years of age,
WAS charged with having committed an inc cent assault
noon a little girl of about LI, named Mary Jones. Mr.
Campbell appeared ftr the defendsut. All the ovi.lence of
the case being heard, and the opinion of ylc. Charles
Morris, surgeon of St. Anne's dispensary, taken, the case
was dismissed.

A man, named Patrick Doyle, was brought up, charged
with having at.empted to defrau the Lancashire and York-
shire Railway Company, by offering a ticket sir: days old.
The prisoner stated that his brother ha 1 purchased two
tickets for himself, and only one of them wai use 1. Ho
di i not know that there WAS any date on the ticket, as he
soul t not real. A gentleman from the Company stated
that the prisoner off ,red to pay his fare, which was from
Waterloo to Sandhill, when told that the ticket was out of
date The prisoner was sentenced to pay his fare, a fide of
is et I , and le. costs, or to be imprisoned for throe days.
A fashionable lo king young man, Anted William Fox
Lees, who lives at Walton, was fined ss. for being drunk
and furious driving in the streets.
George Robinson, Emma Smith, and Sarah Jackson, was
charged with stealing SO yards of flannel, from a shop door
in Scotland-road. Mr. Block defended, and as the case
rested on the evidence of a la l, Mr. Block elicited from
him, in cross-examination➢ that he had been a witness
against a man before, who was sent for trial on his
swearing, although the man was innocent, as the boy was
mistaken in the identity of the man, and cn this Mr.
Black founded an argument that induced His Worship to
acquit the prisoners.

CORONER'S COURT.

The Coroner held the following inquests yesterday :
Oa the body of Robtrt K,arne, a sailor, who was killed
on Saturday, Ho waa passing along New quay, and at a
store where some men were lowering sugar, a ca=k fell on
the poor fellow, and dashed him into atoms. The jury
found a verdict or " Accidently Killed," but censured the
men, as it appeared there was some of the gear out of order.
On the body of Alexander Hayes, four months old, that
died in Tiehfield-street. The child was found dead in
bel, and, from the evidence, it sppeared that the child
was ac2identelly suffocated. Verdict accordingly.
On the body of Mary Woods, of Liscatd, whose body
was found in the river on Christmas Day. The details of
this case appeared in our paper already. V erdiet : "Found.
Drowned."

Oa the body oi a child named Epe, five weeks 011, that
was smothered in bed in Dixon-terrace. Verdict accord-
ingly.
On the body of a child named Milling, that was
smothered in bed in Blake street, in consequence of its
mother being drunk. Verdict accordingly.

In cou,tiv, three hard squeezes are better than fifty
soft words. Tcy it.
A wit and fool in company are like a crab and art
oyster—the one watches while the other opens his mouth
the he may catch him up.
AN EI,PEDIENT.—A dashing and Eshiouable widow
says she thinks of sueing some gentleman for a lwaaela,
of prom;se, in order that the work' may know she the
market.

A. merry doctor said the other day that vople win were"
prompt in their payments always recovered from sickness,
as they were goal customers, and physicians :odd.' not
afford to loose them.

The papers are bragging of an invention by which lea,
ther can be tanned in ten minutes. We hove seen they
human hide, hwever, tanned in Some seheolnLister&
can do it in less than two.

ALL T[l SAME.—" u are v• ry hand acme," said, et
gentle-mai to a lady. '' tha lady, "so. yew
would say if you did not think cc," " Aad so wouNt yowl
think," answered he, " though I should not say so."'
11-ul -?aOPCSE, WOMAN DISPOSES.—If yoa at=bt to
proposa do it in person. Never make a, proposal in
writing. Your letter gives the lady time to 'I tarn. it over,"
and to look at the question you are "popping"' to hsr on
all side,.
Domo s 3 }AC WAS DID.—" Did you present yolr
account to the defendant ?" inquired a, lawyer of his clerk
" I did sir." " What did he say, sir ?r' ", He told me to
go to the deuce, sir." "Weil, and what did you da after
that ?"" Why I came to you sir,"

The Times announces that Lord H%rrowby has resigned
the office of Privy Seal, not from any political difference
with his colleagues, bat solely on account of the state of
his health, which readers it necessary for him to abstaia
for some time from all ksiness. He is to be suc,,vedzd by
Lord Cianricarde.

WitomisAtas Bare], one of the medical
men attached to the hotel Disu of Pantoise, has addr,s:ect
a piper to the Acahtnv of Medicine, in wcich he corn-
phins that the benefits of vaccination are very frequently
neatraiised by the inefficient manner in which the intro—
duc ion of the vaccine matter into the system is effected.
He above all recommends the Government, as a matter of
precaution, to havo the whole of the land and naval forces
subjected to vaccination. Marshal Valliant, has given
orders to have the suggestion examined, and the Minister
of the Interior bite sent instructions to the prefects to have
vaccination as general as possible within their jurisdiction.
As to the revaccination of the army, it may be as well to
remark that the idea is not by nay meaus new, as in 1856
there wore 44,222 men in the Prussian army subjected ttt
the operation, and is no case with any evil effrQt,