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The Northern Daily Times. — 1853-10-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL  ICADEIIIY.  FIFTII NOTICI  56. " The Aerial Combat," by W. Huggins„ represents a female sitting " by the sad sea wave," gazing on a struggle between an eagle and a serpent. We regret that the more interesting part of the picture is represented at so great a distance, for an eagle and serpent painted by Huggins would be sure to be well treated. The water is magnificently painted. 53. A "Study from Nature."—A. Frazer. Modest, truthful, and careful in execution, by an artist who has been long remarkable for his pictures of domestic life. I (54. "Beach at. Eastham."—B. Callon. A very clever little picture of the shore of what is called our Liverpool Richmond. This artist has vastly improved since last year, and his pictures are always careful transcripts of nature. 65. "A Rustic Artist."—W. Hemsley. One of the gems of the British school, and equal to Wilkie or Webster. A group of children are surrounding a determined student of the fine arts, who is deeply engaged in sketching a terrier dog, which is elevated on a chair for the occasion. The accessories are neatly and carefully finished. 68. " Bit of Moorland."—J. N. Oakes. A sweet bit of colour, by the worthy secretary of the academy. We wish there were more hate gems by the bailie  69. " The Ruby Ring." 'W. Douglas. A most admirably painted picture, but which unfortunately expresses nothing A chevalier, standing in a very ungraceful attitude, and a dowdy and very ugly female at a window. Douglas is capable of better things than such perpetrations as the " Ruby Ring." 73. " The Introduction of Halbert Glendenning to Sir Piercie Shafton" (from The Monastery). A. Egg, A.R.A. One of the principal pictures in the Exhibition, and an admirable illustration of the story. The impertinent selfsufficiency of Sir Piercy, as the young Halbert is introduced, Equally well, too, is the astonishment of the girl seated opposite to him, whose eyes are • wide open with astonishment at his impudence. The stately dignity with which Halbert regards the . foppish nobleman is capital, and the whole picture is full of life and incident. 74. " Murder of Duncan" (from Macbeth). H. C. Selons. Decidedly a well drawn picture, but no illustration of the scene so powerfully described by the poet. There is a want of harmony in the picture, and the various pieces of like samples of damask shop. The curtain at the back puts in mind of the mahogany curtain-poles at  is perfect pretty  drapery are so many sp( unholsf  at 4s. 6d. each: The artist ha: t. The picture fails to interest ing but pleasing. _ _ _  83. " The Siesta," *. ifuggin;. One of the gems of the Exhibition. The monarch of the poultry yard, surrounded by his harem, is majestically poised on one leg, and with half-closed eyes,. is taking his :siesta. The colour of the plumage is brilliant, and there is a delicacy of handling about the whole of the birds, indicative of great taste anc knowled,-^ F - (bought by Mr. Miller) conk  This pic tut  84. "Market Place, Frankfort?' W. Collon. A smal but charming picture by this artist, whose architectura pictures rank high.
The Northern Daily Times. — 1853-11-23 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

DAILY TIMES.  other: Why should our public justiciaries be placed in so unenviable and harassing a position ? Capital punishment is a capital mistake. There is no mistake about that: It cannot be justified upon any pretence whatever. It had its origin in the wild cry for " vengeance," which has characterised barbarous men and barbarous times. Traces of a similar policy may be found in the early history of all civilized nations ; whilst where society is either in a state of savageism, or without organization, the same rampant spirit is perceptible. What the Indians call " vengeance"—the colonists of Australia term " Lynch-law" —we refine by 'using the smoother word, " Justice !'' which, in strict phraseology, means nothing more or less than " an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth !" But why should such a diabolical statutelaw be suffered to go unrepealed ? What benefit does it confer, that it should be permitted to remain in force ? None, certainly, that we know of. It cannot atone for crime. Neither can it benefit the criminal. And society, so far from being made the better, is invariably made the worse. Instead of having a salutary effect upon the viciously-disposed, it tends the rather to excite their evil propensities; and many take their first lesson in crime—which they sometimes expiate on the gallows—in presence of the scaffold, the felon, and the hangman ! A fearful reflection, this ! But several have confessed as much just as the noose was about to be placed round their necks, and whilst rigorous Justice was panting for its victim. The inviolability of human life is the specious and flimsy pretext adduced by the supporters of the nefarious doctrine of capital punishment. But, assuredly, if human life be inviolable in one instance it must be so in all. How can such a claim be put forward as long as we wilfully violate the very principle for which we contend- ? Murder is murder all the world over—whether perpetrated by a highwayman—a midnight assassin— or an ermined judge. No legal enactment can justify such a proceeding. And those who take upon themselves to pronounce sentence of death upon any man, assume an immense and truly awful responsibility. The words of the unhappy culprit who has just undergone the extreme penalty our law awards, when gaunt Death and rigid Justice were striving for the mastery, are well worthy of serious reflection. They eminently serve to " point a moral" :—" Why do they endeavour to make me well, when it is only to hang me—why don't they let me die now ?" How long is English civilization to be impeded, and the glory of the English nation tarnished, by such inhuman deeds ? What ever alternative be adopted let us, in GOD'S name, get rid of the black cap, the gallows, and the hang-man !  Under the head " Bullion imports and exports," will be found in this day's paper, a letter from Mr. H. C.
The Northern Daily Times. — 1853-12-23 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

MURDER AT YORK.  YORK, WEDNESDAY.—Last evening a shocking murder '••••• r—p.trated in this city. Mr. John Hall, of Swaintain, New. Inn, near &arum, -« York. iattending. the great Christruas horse show. On Tuesday evening, between o ...a 6 o'clock, being in liquor, he fell into the company of two loose girls, who induced him to accompany them to the King's Staith, a dark, lonely place, near the river Ouse. A little before 6 o'clock, a man named Sargent saw Mr. Hall with these two girls, 'who were shoving him about, with .a view, it is supposed, of robbing him, he having about £O in his possession. He endeavoitred to beat the girls off, but he was so much intoxicated as to be unable to do so. Sargent shouted to the girls, " let the poor man go," but they took no notice further than to laugh at him, and they persisted in their attack on Mr. Hall until they forced him gradually dovtim to the water's edge, when one of them gave him a shove, and he fell backwardsway off the Staith into the water. Sargent immediately procured assistance, "and an oar was held out to the drowning man, but, on account of the state he was in, he was quite unable to help himself, and he sunk, and was sucked in under a vessel lying close by the spot where he was knocked into the water. The river was dragged for about two hours' afterwards, when the  hody was draWn from the water, and conveyed to a publichouse in the neighbourhood, where it was found that if the girls had intended robbing the deceased, they had not accomplished their object, as there was taken from pockets six L 5 notes, nineteen sovereigns, ss. 6d. in silver, and some copper, As soon as the girls had pushed the deceased into the water. they ran off; and from a description given of them by Sargent, Isabella Canipbell, of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and Caroline Nicholson, of Middle Water-lane, York, were shortly after!midi apprehended not far from the scene of the catastrophe; they hosing just emerged from a a...-ahop. at noon, the, prisoners were brought up for examination before the magistrates at the Guildhall, when the above facts were given in evidence, and the girls were remanded.  The meeting separated, after the usual vote of thanks to he chairman.  ! There were 64 patients in the Northern Hospital on the .21st. In the week previous, 35 patients,were entered, and 45 were cured. ARMY RELIEFS —The reserve battalion 12th and the 91st regiment, are to return home from the Cape of Good Hope. —j-The 99th regiment is also to return to England from Van Diemen's Laud.—The Ist battalion 12th regiment, and the 46th regiment will replace the 99th regiment in, Van Diemen's Land. —The service companies 21st regiment, will relieve the 91st regiment, .and the 'service, companies,634 regiment will relieve the reserve battalion 12th regiment, at the Cape of Good Hope. —The four, regiments intended for service ,in Witt arc not to b? :,angrnented ;tlnt4tkee' -usual time Of sending troops to India;
The Northern Daily Times. — 1853-12-30 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

IRELAND.  [FROM OUR OIVN COB.RESPONDENT.]  DUBLIN, DEC. 2U  Ma. SMITH our younger days we read, it may have been in Banim, or in Galt, of a gentleman who was bles.sed with "two left legs." Of course he was. the beau ideal of awkwardness, and in a political sense Mr. Smith O'Brien was his other half, if not his " better." The whole empire. , had felt satisfaction at the assumed escape of a gentleman who was probably. well intentioned, although his" course was no. less eccentric than :injurious and incompatible with law. We find now from the Freeman's Journal that he remains still a prisoner :—" We regret to learn that there is. every reason to believe that the rumoured escape of Mr. Smith O'Brien is not correct. We received this morning a letter from a personal friend of Mr. O'Brien's, whO yesterday received a letter from that gentleman. Our correspondent thus expresses his doubts O'Brien's escape was' stated; to have taken . place on the 15th of September; his letter to .me .was dated the' 18th of September. The dates!. therefore, 'would indicate the great -,improbability of the event having taken place " FRIGHTFUL MURDER NEAR :ENNIScORTIIY,—The murdered parties were a man of the name of ThonalW Ball, and his wife. who lived on the side of the public road leading from Newtonbany. to Enniscorthy, in a small cabin,,chiefly supporting himself by jobbing in orchards, and sometimes in sheep; some of the latter, report says. he had lately .sold, and it is supposed that the murder was committed in order to steal the money, which the wife usually carried round hor neck,' in a small bag. The night of the 23rd was the time of the crime. Ball and his wife were, as far as I can learn, alive at. nine o'clock at night. She, poor woman, had plucked a goose for their- Christmas dinner, and had laid it on the table. She had her cap off, and he his shoes, evidently preparing for bed; the fatal deed . was accomplished by a spade, Ball's skull being opened at a blow, and the wife's wounds are also on the head. The appearance of both, and the bespattered blood about the cabin, as everything remained untouched, was, indeed, a sickening sight. This fearful crime was not discovered until the afternoon of Saturday, when the wife's brother, who had an appointment to meet them in the market of _Newtonbarry; 'not seeing either of them, went to the house, and found the door locked. The police, of course, are in charge ever since, until the coroner holds an inquest. I hear two are in custody. However, this part of it I will not dwell on until justice examines into the cold-blooded murder. It has been remarked about twenty eight years ago a murder took place within a very short, distance of the present one. I give you my name as a guarantee that the matter is true.- —Advocate. [A reward of £lOO has been offered by the government for the apprehension of the perpetrators of the murder of Thomas and Elizabeth Ball, at Ryland, near Newtonbarry, on the night of the 23rd inst]. Mr.
The Northern Daily Times. — 1853-12-21 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

AUTOCRAT. It obeyed the orders of a political chief. " The politician was informed of the exact position of the Russian forces in the Black Sea, and if he choose to leave them to do as they pleased, we are not responsible for that," will, in all probability, be the reply of the " British Heroes" of the Bosphorus. But this will not be enough. Admiral DUNDAS either knew, or he did not know, of the existence of Russian flotilla's in the Black Sea, and it was his duty to have kept a watch on its movements. If he had positive orders not to do so, then, indeed, we know what the verdict of the world will be, and on whose shoulders the terrible responsibility rests. That such a direful event should have caused the dismemberment of our Cabinet is not a matter of surprise—but if it ends with the mere retirement of Lord PALMERSTON from Her Majesty's Govern ment, we shall not be a little amazed.  There is yet, we believe and trust, some one Englishman in the House of Commons who is capable of giving expression to the national voice of his country on this most tragical war, and the means by which Russia has been enabled to carry forward her aggressions on the Turkish territory. if England had no material interests at stake in the question of the SULTAN'S independence, surely as a land boasting of the Christian religion, and filled with temples devotedto the inculcation cf the blessings of obedience to the Divine law, and the mercies shown by the Creator to allmen, we ought, to be consistent with ourselves, and rise and denounce the monster who sends forth thousands of armed demons to plunder and murder a people who have offered no justification, even if justification were possible. Praying and preaching are only talk when they fail to accomplish great ends, and to en force moral obligations.  Spendingmillions upon churches whose ministers shrink from the duty of telling those in "high places" their guilt, is nothing more than squandering so much treasure upon hypocrisy, which it would be better to throw into the sea. If the clergy of Europe had done their duty, the CZAR of Russia would not be able to-day to find 500,000 men ready to cut throats at his command. In trying to counteract the power of such horrible monsters, it is not to the profligate and abandoned classes of human profess to make morality their study, and religion their vocation. It is on those that humanity has a claim. From our pulpits and sanctuaries the nation ought to be roused against " battle, murder, and sudden death." •Every church professing the Christian religion, ought to be able to produce a Samuel, but where shall we find one to-day ? Where shall we turn to look for one who would venture to face the CZAR and denounce him as a murderer to his teeth ? Half the world are boasting of the courage of missionaries who penetrate into the wildest parts of the globe to spread the Gospel before savage nations, but throughout the whole of Europe we have not heard one word from the Churches about Russia's violation of the laws of
Northern Times. — 1859-10-27 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

SEAS. MURDER Q.- 11.1r1 .11.11Jr.s.  Yesterday, before the Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Justice Williams, at the Central Criminal Court, London, Charles Annois, a Portuguese seaman, was placed at the bar on an indictment charging him with the murder of Philip Barker on the high seas. A second indictment charged him with wounding Joseph Cummings with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The prisoner pleaded not guilty to both indictments. On being asked whether he preferred to be tried by an English jury or a jury composed partly of Englishmen and partly of foreigners, he said he should prefer a jury composed entirely of Englishmen. The foreign jurors who had been summoned were then allowed to depart. Mr. Sleigh, who conducted the prosecution, stated the facts, which he said he should be able to prove. Richard Faux said he was second mate of the Margaret, an English vessel, belon-:ing to Hartlepool. Philip Barker was the master of the vessel. There were thirtean hands on board. The vessel sailed from Hartlepool on the 9th of July last with a cargo of coke, and reached Lisbon on the 28th of the same month. At Lisbon the cook was taken ill, and it was necessary to send- him to the hospital on shore. On the 10th or 11th of August the prisoner joined the Margaret as cook and steward, to take the place of the man who had been sent on shore. The vessel left Lisbon on the 11th of August. Matters went on quietly until the 18th of August. On that day, some words passed between the prisoner, and the men forward ; there were angry words, but he did not know what they were. Upon this, the captain (Barker) came out, and inquired what was the tie matter, aythaa u wpaos n matter. The men told him that the prisoner had refused to wash the dinner things, and that he had called them opprobrious names. The captain said he would not have any such work on board the ship ; and that he awnoyu lmd nnot they alloweny h ought board. He to the Hper cisossomi said prisoner ntoa e e imposednt him know. He that if then told the prisoner that he must wash the dinner things up for the men every day. Cummings was one of the men present on that occasion. Things went on quietly on board until the following Sunday, the 21st of August. The captain walked the deck from eight o'clock till half-past nine at night. He left the deck at half-past nine, and went to his cabin, which was on the deck on the starboard side. The , chief mate's cabin was on the port side, opposite the captain's. Witness's berth was on the starboard side, Joining the captain's, on the forepart. The prisoner slept underneath witness's berth. The men slept on deck in the forepart of the ship. After the ;aptain went to his cabin, witness remained on deck till twelve o'clock, when lie was relieved by Mr. Sharp, chief mate. At twelve o'clock he went to the laptain's berth to report to him the state of the weather. Witness then turned into his own berth. The prisoner was at that time in his berth underneath.
Northern Times. — 1859-06-25 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

BROKEN HEAD.—Richard Hulme, -a blacksmith, in Hygeia-street, and Jane, his daughter, were brought up on a charge of having assaulted Police-officer James Davidson, 310, under the following circumstances. Mr. Cobb said he appeared for Messrs. Reed and Jones, brewers, for the prosecution; and Mr. Black defended the prisoners. From the statement of Mr. Cobb, it appeared that Messrs. Reed and Jones had a bill of sale on the prisoners property, and bailiffs were sent on Thursday, when the male prisoner took a shovel-full of redhot coal and ran at them, swearing he would burn them. They had then to retreat, but they subsequently got possession of the house and yard. In the latter there was some timber. At twelve o'clock at night, the male prisoner went in among the timber, and the bailiff could not get him out of it. He called the police-officer, and told him he feared something wrong. The officer went to the gate of the yard, which was open, and called two or three times, who was there ? but not getting any reply, we went into the yard, when he was knocked down by a blow of a stick by the male prisoner. A scuffle followed, when the girl came to her father's assistance, and pulled the belt off the officer and beat him with it; but he (Mr. Cobb) did not wish to press the case, as against her. He then called the officer, who proved the case as opened. Cross-examined by Mr. Bluck : I was called to the place Ly the bailiff, who told me there was some one in the yard, and he feared something wrong was going on. Did he tell you there was murder being committed there ? No. The fall I got from the blow cut my head. The bailiff told me he had a bill of sale. Police-officer 358, and a bailiff named Harrison, were called up to sustain the case. The latter was severely cross-examined by Mr. Muck, who denounced his courage in no measured terms. Mr Bluck then addressed the court, and contended that the most destructire of all instruments to Liverpool tradesmen was a hill of sale. The moment a man made a bill of sale, particularly to a brewer, that moment was that mnn ruined beyond all equity of redemption. Hundreds of men, some of whom he knew himself, who could, in a few days, pay 20s. in the pound, were ruined in an infinitisimal period, by being unfortunately reduced to give a bill of sale. He went on to denounce bills of sale in a manner that was suggestive of I a society for the suppression of such legal artillery, and contended that if the bailiff's head had been broken, instead of the skull of the policeman, that public sympathy would not be very much in favour of the bailiff. He argued that the policeman had no right whatever to go into the yard, for when he did he became a trespasser. The goods might be in keeping of the bailiffs, but the possession of the premises remained in the owner, and therefore be had no right to be ill-treated on his own premises. His Worship took a view to the effect that the policeman had a right to go there when called by the bailiff, no matter how improper it was for the latter to call him. lie fined the man £2, and the girl .£1 and costs, in each case.