... ALLEGED SWINDLES IN LIVERPOOL CLEVER CAPTURE. The local police have succeeded in capturing ; two men who are believed to belong to a pro- fessional confidence trick gang, hailing from gs London and Birmingham. It seems that about a week ago two men named John Burdett, alias ry Murphy, and George Williams met a coloured a seaman in a Liverpool public houso, and treated of him in a very ...

... VI ?? !,n hi nNQUEST AN]) VEEDICT. h The inquest on the bodies of the lady known w professionally as Madame Webstor, and her son, B aged 11, who died under painfully tragic circum- *, stances on Tuesday night, was held yesterday p, - by Mr. Sidney Smelt at the Manchester City C3 Coroner's Court. The deceased ladys proper ti ii name was Ellen Rourke, and the child, Wilnam T nArthur, was one of ...

... LIVERPOOL POLICE CLIf. hfONDAT. OCTOBER 1Z. BT EnrORE IE.L . J.. S'EW. .kRT.Stli'E\'. tE ?? Mkt;AL> ED UNLAIVFL PO-SES:StN. 1 pH ?? -a otrned witch bei;-- 01 pozsemsion of a et'ver matchbox bea-: .- Te- ! T. F. C. it appeared that S. ad offered the nmtchisjx in ple- er qo uep:r;c-n by thle ?? oi the b-or was Pren to F-m hy a - beortee he was wet- and coid --as r- e. -r . -t ? ior inqurines ...

... ALtEGED SHOCKING CRUELTY AT PREiSOT, 17 24 MTE CASE DISMISSED. Yesterday. at the Prescot PolieeCourt, before 5S 2 -Messrs. . R. d'A. Willis, T. T. Rogers, and T. t 22t Dennet Walter Wainwright, a youth, of Huy- te ton, an aestetant to Mr. C. W. Brown, butcher,f b6 of 3Irkotpl'ccerescot, and Derby-road Buy- c 51. ton, was chargeA with cruelty to a hor60 by pull- w A. ing out its tongue. T ...

... IP E LIBERATOR TRIAL. _ ?? 4ABEZ BALFOUR IN COURT. 1 cSIR Rh WEBSTER'S OPENING STATEMENT, At the Royal Courts of Justice, London, yes- trclay. the trial was commenced before Mr. Justice Gainsford Bruce and a special jury. of p Jabez SPencer Balfour, er-M.P., George Edward | t Broc', John Thomas Wright, Morrell Theobaid, fol end George Dibley. for offences in connection F la xith the ...

... I I 2;en Ir u In the Liverpool County Court, before his to nd cur Judge Collier, yesterday, the Pharma- lih ho nd ceutic31 Society brought, an action to recover w es- two penalties against Owen Thomas Jones, for Lct ha-int,,, contrary to the Chemists and Druggists wo ,v- Act, 1808, kept open a shop for the sale or com- thE as, pound of poison, and for wrongfully using the nu to title of ...

... pAITFUL TRAGEDY IN MANCHESTERI e- SUPPOSED CILURDER AND SUICIDE BY A MOTHEI t ae The Manchester City Polioe are engaged in- r. vestigating a trady of the most sensational r- and pathetic nature, in which the name of a v It very well-known teacher of stage dancing figures I prominently. Madame Elens Webster, the per- c si i referr to, resided at 60, Nelson-street, Ox- e ford-street5 with her ...

... HORRIBLE MURDER I LONDON. slIne. I now- e rM A MYSTERIOUS CRIME. finds About 10 30 yesterday morning a shocking t Lesire discovery was, made at 41, Parkfield-street, t rered Ilington, London. A child named R. Dovling, t legalrwho lived with his parents at 4a Parkfield-street, t was last seen alive seated on the doorstep eating c datei, and within half an hour his dead body was i found in a ...

... 1LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COUT,_ ird rm rodl the 195, ec- ak- on Vs: for ear is led per tres rho res. ond the rhe eas- oin- the on or :ors THURPSDAY, OCTOBER ?? BEFORE MR REGISTRtAR B2L. , HENrs JAMES 1At.N-Tnis _Th. - : : public examination with a Stt.Cment. ct a mng liabilities £653,and net ?? LI'r. ?? M 'Konna appeared for a cred:ir ani ' 1. appeared forthe debtor, who csrriet, orn Bootle. The ...

... LIVERPOOL POLICE COUrT. - A MONDAY, SEPTEMB1Sn 20. 1 BEFORE MR. W. J. STEWVA.RT,5T11'lTNIiAltY MAGISTh.T& A ScENE IN CouaT.-A woman named Mary C Howlett, on being sentenced to ?? for a b month for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, became' very violent, and abused the officer () 107) who had 31 given evidence against her. Whien about to be taken w to the cells she produced from under her ...

... LIVERPOOL S GAS SUPPLY. ad i APPLICATION AT THE CITY SESSIONS. a's ;er In accordance vith an Act of Parliament under as which the Recorder is invested with the power I me- of appointing an auditor of the Gas Company'sI ir- accounts on the petition of two gas-consuming rig ratepayers other than proprietora of a gas coin- *1- pany. three applications were heard yesterday rfor the aryointment of ...

... ,ersu -W ~ X L.. . _JJ _v Ics. 0a. THURSDAY, OCTOnIm 3. are BSEFOREELP w JW STEWAULT,STIoPENDuAMrsr 3fC;T-%>T on. CHARGE OF EmuBF2ZLLEENT.-Hgenry \\ the man of respectable appearance, was c-arged iule embezzled the surmvs of £11 odd ard 54 a,.dd, b;: ge. to the Liverpool Stationery anri Prsiting- C'onp--; ' per whom ho wa6 employed. Mr. BercdLct ' anes; ' ant the prosecution, and 3L-. Afu-phb ...