Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-15 00:00:00

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.

Tae meetly meeting of this Board of Guardians was held at
the Workhe Yl.ll-line, Evertor,` yesterda;. Mr. It. Edwards
oeienpied the ch sir. The other goard►tis present were—',leslrs. Lunt
Morris, Parkin, Heiel, Me da ley, Wensley, Stone, Abrahams
Msdealf, Ledger, Robats, Roscoe, Riell'aiond, French, Almond, and
Taylor.
The Clerk rep tel th a the bllance in the hands of the treeeurer
was £1,657 19, 7d, and also thiit he hid examined all the book;
kept by the several oaFters•df ih3 union, al o, which were eenvleze.
Cheques were votel for i 62 for the relief of the ont-door poor
within the nnioi.

ifirs Board ti.why; r0e37v8,1 fr6ra the Gax, Haas of Thateth-pa 1, a
request chit a re ta-!tim ought t) b • ma le in the eost of ma:otensaze
of the paupers cha,geabh to that tawaship in the, workhouse of this
nn,on,

Oa the motion of. lir. Ls le,;e *, see) Kiel. by Mr. Roberts, it was
resolve]: —" That the i3o Lei, bearin4 in miad the fact ,hat the
Guardians ,f Tomteth-park arc k !cpinz their pal?ers lathe workhou• e
or Oils wiloa 501.31 y for their o 'fa covrmle tae, an I that th y h ,ve
euvi_el to pa • the atisl cost only of au3h mainten mc,, conside
such a request a m ,st uurossoatTe oas, and are flat prepared to
redu .e the charge for the maintena-ac of the To (teth park paupers
to an amount less than the West Duty Giardi tie p ty for their own "
After traasaAing some roatiae bit,iness, the 80ir..1 adjo 'med.

SI3 COLIN CAMPBELL'S QUARTERS.—S'IortIy after, I
crow•el through th 3 late Camp of the Highland Division,
thronzb wales, dal•s, and_ rockyranantains of K mare.
Rusdan tficers and s9l 115 s ha IA dies p)ssessian of Sir
Colin Cam ibell an i Gino Ceneroo'a heai.giarters,
its green turret. • Alth ,ugh no sentries were pi,ti.d
any co traity of Tartmrs were wan.'.e.l,g about lade i with
spoils of the des•rted camp. Wuat a contrast 1 Oaly
fevr days ag this'pieturesq;te spot was all life wad anim
ti •n; indeed tie clOth was hardly removed trim the
,festive boar', the echo o' the shrill pibroch was sttli vi-
prating th ough the •ajoetit miantafai. It was there,
only a Sher, time since, tilat I b tele fareviell Ct.z: brave
gomrals, Sir Ca'in Cairybell and Cameron.'—..yer's
Culinary Campaiga.
DEATH OF MR CBAWFAID, THE F.cur roa.—We re-
gret to learn of the death, on Saturday last, in the metro.
polis, of the eminent American sculptor, Mr. Taonias
Grasvfo d. The deeeased artist was b •rn at New York in
1814, bat since 1334 resided at [tome His " Orphe ,8,"
produced in 1839, after studying under Thor,* .Isden,
introduced him to general notice. His later aelievements
hav,t been nitieed from tini4 to time in the letters of our
corresponde7it at Rom!. One of his most •celebrated
works is the " Babes is the Wand." Two of his speci-
m-ns, figures of children, era in the C ystal Palace,
", 'lora,". and the "Dances F.".

THE BIRKENHEAD MURDER.

COMUITrAL OF ONE OF THE ACCUSED

FOR MURDER.

The three prisons a, Francis Smith, Peter Gallagher, and J.lan
Smith, wh s stood charged with the murder of John Drury, and
unlawfully stabbing and ws.uading John Dann, who were remanded
on Monday last, that the presiding Magi,trate (Mr. J. S. Jackson)
might carefully go through the deposit! ns, were again placed in the
dock. lir. Bretherton was in attest lance on beh elf of the pig ners,
r. Jackson again prAided, an I sail :—Wnen I remanded these
prisoners, it was for the; purpese of looking over the whole of the
depesiii ,ns taken in this protr.scted cue, to enable U 3 to arrive, if
poesiele at ajn,t CO3Cittil3l, I have carefally due so, and further,
I have had a plan praperel of the whole locality whe -e the unfortu-
nate occurrence took place, to guide me in the identical places
referred to by the respective witnesses is the case. I have also made
an hypothesis of the evidence—the preparation of which occupied me
nail a late hour last night. I must say I never had before mo such
complicated and mysterious evidence; iu some instances it tallies, but
the e aro ma' y discrepancies, and, en the whole, circumstantial
That the life of a fellow creature has been taken, is too evident and
another ste',bed.-Llt is et all time desirable to detect the perpetrators
of uch • rimes as those ; therefore, by tak ng al tee circumstances
connected with the case into my fullest consideration, I feel ,t my
duty to commit Frances Smith on ths c ipital ch u•ge, leaving it for a
highs- tribenal an 'jury to docile his innocence or guilt The
wort%y magistrate then real the charge to the prisoner, Francis
Smith, in the usual manner, who, in reply t'nere:o said, " I have
nothing to say n Av." He (Mr. Jackson) than proceelsd to say that,
as regards Pot--r Gallaher an i John Smith, Ido net think the
evidence given in this court has been sufficient y borne out to jturky
me in detaining them any longer on the charge of murder. Tho
charge against all three •or stn shine an I wo and ng John Dunn, Nile
tothe groaad, as he (re lee did n I 'entify either of the prisoners
when at the hospital, as the party who roil cted the injury upon him.
The prisoacr, Francis Smith, was then filly c immittedto tithe his
trial at the next Cheater assizes, for the murder of John D:nry.

COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT OSWALDTgISTLE.

VERDICT OF IKANBL AUG qTRR AGAINST
THE UNDLRLOOKER.

On Thursd y an exp'osion o' fire-damp tank place in the No. 2 pi
of Ms. re. Simpson and Young, at Dac't worth Hall, Ostvaldth'ste
welch resulted in the death of Robert East, a boy 15 years of age,
residing with John. Duckworth, of Shadaw trth, and a drawer named
John Woodherl, a bay 11 years of age, redding with his father in
.oswaldthietle. Three other persons who were lo the pit at the tma
of the explosion were also very nantili burnt These parties are John
Whe.ll and son, residing at the Gttlde, Lower Damen, and John
Dackwaitb, of Shaisworth. On Monday an inquest was had an the
bodies, before John Hargreavcs, Eel., coroner. A nnint;er of wit-
nonce 'were ex =tried, after while Mr. I Diek'nson, goverunten
inspector of coil mines for the diet let. said:—B ins informed that
an e• plosion of fir, 'amp hat taken place on Thursday at the Duck-
worth Hall Pit, I went down on tit., Friday, accompanied by George
Howarth, the manager, all W. Hoiden, the naderlooker
who pointed out to me the pace where the explosion had
ox :med. From tte exaniaation which I made, I thank that
there could be litt e or uo doubt that the fire-damp was
given off by the fissure in the rd.f. Tnefirst geae:al rule req airee
the proprietors of the pit to provide proper vent lation. Fire-damp
haying been found in this place on Monday preceding the accident, I
thi k teat tie nederlooker was bound, b; the 41ul sdevial rule, to
report it to the manage-, in order that prop': precautions might le)
taken, such as Attie olng the place, in order that it coal' be ventilatel,
or having a fireman appointed, is accordance with the fourth rule, In
order that he cou'd exami-te the place whit a safety la up before the
ha .ds went to work. Had that been done, I have no doubt bat that
the explosion world have been prevented. I found nothi ig wrong in
the gener,l ventilation of the p 3. The part where the explo•ioa took
place is what is called a fast end, and unventilated. The general
ventilation might be good, and that part stagaaat. It was too far
in advance of the ar. It ought not to have beea elite od a ther or)
them nflings of the Tuesday or Thursday without be n,-; examined
wick a safe y lamp.- The unle to keyought to h teArted Ali
previous'api.te trance o! sulphur having beet found in the pit, and a
fireman ought to have ' esti appointed. The jury retired, and after
an absenCe of fifteen mi utos, returned into court, and having
answered to their names, the foreman sad they hal come to a unani-
mous verdict of " almeshaugh.er agtiost Widiam Heiden, the
underlanker," and recommended Mesu•s. Sinansa t and Yonng in
fatty e to use the Davy lamps in the pit. William Holden was
then committed to Kirkdala gaitl for trial at the text L,vcrpool
ate:zes.