The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-05-16 00:00:00

MURDER EN- EIV itiiPOOL.

Or the morningnf Friday lastrone-of the low streets of
Liverpool was again. the scene sinsangninary brawl, end-
ing, in the murder cf one of the brawlers,. by the deliberate
and savage use of a dagger, the repetition of which atroci-
ties has of late, from, time to time; cast a stigma on the
town and its inhabitants: In •this‘instance both the victim
zed the assassin were fcireigners.- The• circumstances of
the case, as these were •elieited ' at' the inquest, held by
F. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, on Saturday,. by adjournment
frimn the previous day,. were as follow':,—A. seaman, named
John Kelly, a Frenchman ,by birth,. but of Irish paren-
tage, who had just completed a • voyage. from America on
Saturday week, in the-ship •Portlande in company with
one of his shipmates, went to a •publiCgionse at the corner
of Crosshall and Dale-streets; about half-past eleven
o'clock on Thursday night, where • they had some drink.
About twelve o'clock a foreigner, named Antonio Tab-
bachi, a native of Tessin,insSwitzerlan4 accompanied by
a female, entered the apartment where- Kelly, along with
his companion and others,. were sitting. Shortly after the
arrival of Tabbachi, some angry words. ensued between
him and Kelly ; but none of the parties present understood
their exact import, as they were • spoken, in a foreign lan-
guage. Kelly then left the public-house, and, along with
his shipmate, proceeded to another publie,honse, situated
close by, at the junctionof Preston-street with Dale-street,
to which place he was followedi by the Swiss. Here, it
would appear, the quarrel was renewed, anti Kelly having
placed himself in a boxing attitude; was put out of the
house by the landlord. While this was being done, Tab-
bachi was seen to stoop or crouch down slightly, and,
uttering sonic angry or threatening expression, he instantly
followed Kelly, and, on passing: the• threshold, was ob-
served to have a, knife. or dagger firmly grasped in his
right hand, with which, he aimaa blow at a private of
the Lancashire Militia,. who was.leaving the house at the
same time, but which the latter evaded by jumping to one
side, and immediately returned into the house by another
door. A woman passing, saw Tabbachi cross rapidly to
the other side of the street, where'Kelly was, and, coming
behind him, strike him suddenly in the right breast, over
the right shoulder;. with the dagger, which he left sticking
in the wound. Kelly immediately fell, and Tabbachi
went off; but, after going a pace or two, he returned, and
snatching the dagger from the breast of his victim, who
was lying in the street, pished a ,part of the weapon up
1 his own right hand sleeve, so as.toeonceal it, and then ran
away. The woman called out forassistance, when instantly
a policemantame•up, and saw the murdered man in the
street. To the policeman she• pointed out the assassin,
and he took him, intoncustody.• On being taken, the dag-
ger, covered with blood, was found concealed in his right
hand, and under his coat sleeve; as above described. It
proved to be a regular poniard, the blade of which was
between four and tire inches in length, by a breadth of
about three quarters of an inch at the handle-guard, and
tapering ton very fare, sharp. point. The blade bore the
following inseripiion.:,---`' Never draw me without reason,
nor sheathe• me without .bonottr." It also bore to have
been made in Sheffield. SO unerringly precise had been
the aim of the Murderer, that death was almost instanta-
neous, Kelly never uttering.a sound, or hardly even draw-
ing a breath, after he received the wound. On a post
mortem examination, it was found that the dagger had
passed into the chest of Kelly between the fourth and
fifth ribs, opening the aorta, one of the principal blood-
vessels of the heart, for fully half an inch. After a very
patient inquiry, and the examination of several witnesses,
the jury returned a verdict of " wilful murder" against
the prisoner, who, under the coroner's warrant, was con
mitted for trial. lie is, as has been already stated, a native
of the canton of Tessin, anal was one of about fifty Swiss
emigrants, who had taken their passage for Australia, and
sailed in the Great Britain, but were unfortunately com-
pelled to return to Liverpool by the accident which occur-
red to the ship, and Tabbaehi, along with the others, was
waiting till she was again ready to take her departure.
His countrymen appeared to take a deep interest in the
unfortunate position of Tabbachi. and several of them
were anxious observers of the proceedings at the inquest.
The prisoner is a stoutly built, and, on the whole, rather a
good-looking man ; and as he scarcely understands a word
of English, his case was attended to by the Swiss consul,
Mr. Zwilchenbart, and Mr. Meiss, secretary to the consu-
late, the latter of whom acted as interpreter to him.

THE CLIPPER SHIP "OCEAN
HERALD."

THE fame of the American ship-builders, it would ap
pear, is not likely to suffer diminution, so far as that rests
fairly on the practical test of excellent workmanship. At
the present moment an admirable specimen of their con .
structive skill may be seen in the Wellington Dock, in
the shape of the fine new ship Ocean Herald. This beau-
tiful vessel has just arrived from New York, laden with a
general cargo. She has been built by the celebrated
Cotter, of Maine, the builder of the Red Jacket, and is
nearly identical in model with that beautiful example of
marine architecture ; the difference of the two being, that
the Ocean Herald is a little broader in the beam than the
Red Jacket, her lines in every other respect being the
same. In extreme length the Ocean Herald measures 230
feet on. deck, her breadth of beam being 42 feet, and her
tonnage measurement 2,135 tons, American register. She
is of very elegant external proportions, with a sharp bow,
and gracefully sweeping lines aft. Her deck-lines are
easy, and she is very roomy on all her floors. Her ribs
and knees are all of live oak, and she is planked with
pitch pine up to her water-line, and above that with white
pine ; her masts, spars, canvass, and rigging are all of
American manufacture, and from their general disposition
and the fine model of her hull, she conveys the impression
to the spectator of being an excellent sea-boat. The
length of her mainyard is 90 feet, and that of her fore-
yard 85 feet ; thus enabling her to carry a large amount
of canvass.
The sailing qualities of the Ocean Herald were well
tested on her voyage from New York, which she made,
under considerably adverse circumstances, in 18 days,
having strong easterly winds from about the longitude of
20: her depth of draft being 21 feet, while 20 feet is her
calculated draft for cargo. Notwithstanding this deep
loading she logged as much as 3110 miles in a day, her
fastest rate reaching 17 knots an hour. She possesses
great stowage room, and, from her interior arrangements,
is admirably adapted for the purposes of a passenger ship.
Her principal cabin saloons, which are placed on her
main deck, are spacious, and are fitted up in a style in
which elegance is happily combined with comfort. The
ladies' cabin is tastefully wainscoated with polished
mahogany, and panels of the state-room doors having
raised fields of choice walnut-wood, while the interspaces
are occupied with rosewood pilasters with gilded capitals
and bases ; the furniture being in a corresponding style
of beauty. The dining saloon, which is situated more
amid-ship than the one above referred to, is fitted up in a
form entirely similar to the other, but it is painted white
with gold mouldings and ornaments. Six handsome and
commodious state rooms open ow each of those saloons,
each state-room having two berths. These are roomy and
well ventilated. From the height of her 'tweet' decks,
and the ample space they contain, the Ocean Herald is
well calculated for accommodating passengers on a long
voyage, and she is reported to sail admirably even in
rough weather.