Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-11 00:00:00

ar e to ot the oval? olesale every hear! propo freely' ;cl, 011 n-hall. iat the LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. ' LOST OVAILI3O,UI.D.—The ship Kalamazoo, - WillaThiti just arrived, reports that P. Thomas, a coloured seaman, fell from_ the maintopsail yard on Sunday, the 19th ult., and was drowned. SIIICIDB.—On Saturday, a Man named Luke Pape, aged 44, who was engaged in Mr. Macfie's sugar-house; and who resided in No. ICOurt, Queen-street, cut his throat, on Saturday morning. He was taken to the Northern Hospital, where he died yesterday from the effects of the Wound. EVANS'S, UPPER DAWSON-STREET. —These rooms :re crowded to excess nightly, to hear the extraoranary performances of the greatest Wel4i:harpist of the day, r. Edward Jones, whom, it will be remembered, has been the successful competitor in most of . the recent Ilardic contests at the various. Eisteddfods .N:orthern Principality. • TESTIMONIAL •TO CAPTAIN N. REDDINGTON Saturday evening last, after ,the discharge of business, the officers and men in connection with 6 and 1' depart ment, Albert dock, mustered on the quay to present Captain N. Reddington with a. token of respect, on his retirement from the situation of wharfinger, which position he has held for the last twelve pat* and from Which he retires with the 'best wishes and regret of all he name in contact with in the daily discharge of his duties. The present consisted of At very massive pair gold spectacles, handsome silver snuff box, and a neat pencil ease, which were presented with vociferous and continued cheering. , LITERARY XND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The usual monthly meeting of this society was held last evening, in the Royallistitution, Colquitt-street. Mr. Archer pre sided. ;Mr. John M'Andrew, Mr. Robert Gordon Hamil tenoind Mr. Richard Stuart, were elected ordinary mem bers of 'the society. Mr.'Halton presented the society `with 'three remarkable diseased fossil teeth of different 'Sites. The Chairman also contributed two interesting *Peeitnens of shells, illustrating the useful applic;ation to the . shells were 'put,'by the natives of the Phillipine .1311. ands, a n d o th er parts o f t h e e ast. Th ey were carve d 41 ' the nati v e s , •an d' were u s ed in feeding their children. i la e . r yaper 'for the 'evening was read lyy Dr. Edwards, P.C.S ".0n the Correlation and 'Conservation of Physical Foice, and its Association with Matter." A uiseussion followed, after which the meeting separated. . Warrnrunt 'B'ARD OF HEALTH.—The monthly meet ing of this board was held yesterday -evening, at the Board -room. the Rev,- Mr. BadnaThin the chair: The other members present were—Messrs. Picton, Clarke,' Parker, and SWindon. The. Law clerk read the minutes of the last month's proceedings, -whirl were confirmed. A letter was read from Mr. Barclay, -complaining of the footway at ! - the railway-bridge. Mr. Picton said there was a dispute between the railway company and the health .committee about this place. Mr. Blenkensop . told him !to let the health 'committee do the work, and they weird be paid by the railway company. He cen sured, the conduct of the health committee for their great neglect of this place. The question was referred to the -Law-clerk. A complaint was read relative to some damage alleged to have taken place to the village by the contractor for sewers. The - subject was also referred for, inquiry. A motion was passed, empowering the Law-clerk to inquire and -report how the branch of contemplated railway will affect the roads of the•town `ship. The routine business was then transacted, lend the board adjourned. _ ENGLISH OPERA AT min "ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.— Last night, Flotow's Opera, 4 ' Martha," was given by Mr. Elliott Galer's company of English Operatic -gingers, at the Royal Amphitheatre. The opera is very 'dramatic, and well put on the stage. The - Choruses vent off exceedingly well. The principals were all 'Suffering from cold, and-we can scarcely judge of the effect of the opera on thist-rst performance. The music 'has been brought forward, in parts, at the People's 'Concerts, St. George' Hall, and has been very popular 'nn those occasions, but the spinningquartett was not so effective on the stage,if rom some noises at the crime, or •Nvant of spirit on the ;part of tho singers. By the way, Mr Borrani should take.e lesson in spinning , b.._fore he professes to teach " Miss . Nancy." Mr. Lalor was not 'very skilful, but his character in the opera rendered his want of kni,wledge less -)bjectionable. The audience did not appear to be so critical as we feel bound tocbe. They loudly applauded the -opera, and encored the favourite " She appeared clothed in lights." Mr. E. Corri dealaonf amusing comic apart, of which he made a great in. the CORONE R ' S COURT.--.Yesterday, the Coroner held the follo w i ng inquests:—On the body of Frames Burns, twelve years of tge, the son of a carter. On Saturday, the lad was at the Trafalgar-dock, engaged "scotching " the wheel of a 'tart, , irhort the horse pushed the vehicle :acpko,sta,ndantdhe poor borwas caught between the cart and the hod and Prances Taylor,' Verklict, " accidental death." On the build' two and a-half years of age, m & the me s pout mfr Taylor, ."shoemaker, living in Sir Thomas's lit, the child kirank out of ti • a WIL Y — ng-kettle, and died in con- On the body sequence of theqnjuries. Verdict, " ACtidental death." 11145wrat' lies Son, a seaman ,on board a Hanoverian ship, and it -seemed he fell itito!one of the Docks, and was teowned,q , ut by what - means there was no evidence to Shbw. The body was found intihe King's Dock. Verdict ; •" Found drowned.". On the body of a man (name 'unknown) found in the BrOnley-Moore Dock. He was .•about thirfy years of agej large black Whiskers &rim under the chin, and black hair. He was five fe e t six iitehes high, stoat built ; had a black monkey jacket, with bladkvvelvet ,seliAr, cloth vest, dart: mixture trousers, white shiit r . anlblea silk neck-tie, lambs' wool singlet and dra , wers,..and grey socks. He had -six keys and a knife in hispocket. %Verdict, "Found drowned." THE SHIP JAMES FOSTER, Jux.—Last week; we gave 'the particulars of the handsome treatment shown to the Passengers of this vessel by Captain Abeel and Ms officers, atnder the almost unhearthef difficulties through which she went. Since the:-arrival ,of the passengers here,. every .attention has been shown to them by the eousignees (Messrs. Baring Brothers) .of g•the ship, and the :agents, Messrs. Tracy and Baldwin. The latter despatched seventy-three of the passengers by the Isaac Wont) on 'Saturday, all showing the utmost thankfulness for the 'kind attention paid to them. ,Others remain to TO in succeeding: tl some who prefer to remain until weir homes by Messr and Baldwin, who have guaranteed their ships at , any time. This is enough. Before , the passengers separated, they presented Captain Abeel and his officers with !the following handsome address:—." Presented by the pawn 'ors of tthe ship James Foster, Jan , to Captain Abeel, We, the - undersigned Passengers, 'ere we quit the vessel which, under your able management, has so nobly weathered a continuance almost.,unprecedented gales, beg to offer our gratefttl thanks forthe gallant _manner in 'which your onerous duties were performed on the most trying occasions, sus taining the.confidenee of all, andinduerng many to hope even against hope ; we should ill repay the debt we owe, for, next to' God, our lives arethe result of your unwearied labour arid -Skill, did we not give the present public expression of -our gratitude. Accept, gentlemen, our heartfelt thanks, and may the oec.asion be ler distant.when your gallant •tisialities on such occasions, be again required and, if such' be the -case, may they ever be equally successful. Signed, on behalf of the passengers, _Robert X`Kee, George Bigott, Thomas Grie ve ' Brennan, William Patrick Knowles, John Stewart, Auguste Berte, Julius Berte, Tarqui n Al son, t aus J anso n, John Brown, Midsael Cantwell, Thomas Flynn, Brian Flynn, Paul Keatin g , Terence M‘Gauty, Henry M'Knight, Richard Hitchcock." This is a handsome tribute to all the brave men concerned. THE INCONVENIE NCE OF A PECULIAR N.ixtE.--We all remember the in conven i ences and dangers in which one of_ Sir W a lt er S cott ' s 'heroes is involved, owing to the fact that he is uncle to teonvince a country justiee of the possibility of there being in the country two persons bearing such a name as •"Vanbeest Brown." A peen ;:'itY of nomenclature somewhat less inharmonious, ntigrh scarcely less uncommon than this, drew upon its h sin art.° V very'startling communication and a very ern , ont asg interview in this torn, within the past day we ' A gentleman, connected with the litera de.- p!trtn ient of this journal, has the fortune to bea r a singular juncture of names —a Milesian surname being preceded by a peculiarly classic and historic pronoun. un Sun* morning when sitting down to breakfast he received a letter of formal and formidable aspect, directed very Correctly to his name and address. Being opened it was found to contain a letter from a respectable firm of Liverpool solicitors, informing onr friend that a certain bank, in the northern Part of the kingdom, had instructed them to forward to hi m a statement of his liabilities, with a request t hat the whole should be liquidated by Tuesday evening, or else some further communications of a still more urgent character would probably be received by him. He unfolded the statement of accounts, and found that the sum he was requested to hand over within such a ve rY limited space of time was £23, 9 77, with various tad_ct,sh.illings and pence ! Never having heard o f t he b ank before, he was more amazed than alarmed at the 'inland, although it must be owned that a peremptory' claim fo r £2 3,977, come i n what s h ape it w ill, is enough L make any one pause. We shall not name the bank, n or state whether it was one of the banks on which the Wild Times blows. Yesterday the recipient of this astonishing demand waited upon the solicitors. Hi s agg urances that he was not the individual in quegtion were first received with something like a smile of polite iec redulity. The name was in th e directory—there ?vas no oth er o f th e name in Liverpool—the gentle-. officers and ere —Gentlemen man - must own that it was rather a •?eculiar - name, &c,, &o. '•The gentleman -did own th i it was a peculiar name, and that probably no one , else in. 'Liverpool was unfortunate enough (under the circum stances) to bear it. But he endeavoured to explain to them that as there might be two Vanbeest Brown's in Holland; there might be found a duplicate of his name somewhere.' not -in -Liverpool. After some further explanations, he at length succeeded in impressing on the solicitors the conviction that they had mistaken, and left the office, to his own full satisfaction at least. A hope may be expressed that the other Antipholus will read the NORTHERN' TIMES, see what has occurred, promptly settle the little bill, and save anybody else of the same name (if there be yet-a third in existence) from the possibility 3f earning the title of Martyr; which is appended to one of his namesakes of au earlier date. ANNUAL MEETING or THE ROYAL INFIRMARY ,The annual meeting of the Trustees of the Royal Infirmary was held in the board-room at, ten o'clock, yesterday. There was a considerable attendance of trustees. The chair was taken by Edward Gibbons, Esq. Mr. Robert Hutehison, hon. treasurer of the institution, read the annual statement of accounts. _ Infirmary patients admitted and discharged from Jan 1, 1858, to Jan. 1,, 1859 : Patientsin the house, fan. 1, 1858 Admitted during the sear...—. Discharged— • . Cured .. . Relieved, acid at own request ...... Made out-patients ........ Irregular Died.•• ••••• .... •••••••• •• Remaining In the house, Jan. 1, 1859 Average weekly number Admitted dut-patieuts,, 643 Surgical casualties ........ ........ -.810 Lutuitic Asylum patients admitted and discharged from Jan. 1, (858, to Jan. 1, 1859 : Number of patients i►► the hoes Adniitted from Jan. 1, IssB, to Jan. Jan. 1, 1858 1859 .. Cured. ....... ..... &fiends request, rellevt Priends request, not haproved. 'Lied In the house, Jan. 1„ 1859 5 . .. 60 - -06 Average weekly number in the house.. _6l - Patients admitted and discharged from the .1 , . - • - ck Hospital from Jars. 1, 1858, to Jan. 1, 1359 : In the house, "It.nuary , l, 1858 Admitted during the yeur--• Males . Females 123 116, Discharged— Cured . Relieved, and at c wn request Sent home to friends--females Sent to the Bendvolent House PoOltentiery Magdalem Arylum, and Workhouse , Irregular . Died .... . . In the house; anuary 1, 1859 Average weekly number .......... These returns (helaid) present sesslight a variation from those of last year that they do net call for any particular comment. The several bistitutione have named continue to afford a large amount of relief to The sick and disabled poor within our community, and •the returnsi have read show that the benefits they confer are duly .appreciated and availed .of by (hose for whose benefits they have been establi&ed. 'With - respect to the preseet financial position of the charity, I regret to state that the accounts show a heavy debt; and as the arneunt will be considered, as it really is, a large and serious one, feel it incum bent on me to explain the circumstances under which it has been incurred. For many years past, and long previous to the commencement , of the recent alterations-the committee bad 'felt the ilamentable defi ciency . that existed within the infirmarrin the respect to the accommodation provided for the house officials, especially the nurses, the scanty supply of water, the want , oehaths, cisterns, olosets,•and warning rooms, and unmoving other requisites,. into the detail of which I need not more particulakly enterat this time, but which were 'imperatively required for the proper conduct of the business of the hospital; and although fully alive to the urgent.necessity of imprimments arid. Iterations upon an extensive scale, they did not see their way clear in the then state of the finances of the institution to commit themselves to an expenditure of which it was impos sible 'with any degree of certainty to calculate the result, .and especially when as regarded repairs and alterations no builder would send in a contract. In this state of uncertainty there was a tnatural hesitation on the part of the committee to enter:upon an expendi tnre•df which, from the-varying condition of the buildings, it was not possible to, sarrive at any ecrrect conclusion ; but .when at length the-provisions of the Sanitary Act for Liverpool were brought to their notice, which rendered it compulsory upon them forthwithilo set about the drainage of the preMises, the destruction of cesspools, and establishment of closets in their place, &c., they at once applied themselves to the task of e - what I may call restoration. They piked it also most-expedient at this time to commence upcu those other repairs and altera tions(which experience had shown to be necessary, and which it was evident could be undertaken most con veniently at the samertime that the ,drainage was in progress. These, and other matters of a like nature, too numerous to detail, have almost -entirely changed the features of the hospital : and although it is true that the cost has been great, I trust it will be borne in mind that to supply a large institution like this with the requisites in which it was so admittedly deficient through its entire length and breadth was a work involving a great .outlay of slow progress, and of a kind where so much of all description of work was necessary, that to estimate even its probable cost was a matter of the utmost ditculty —I might klki, absolute impossibility. The result of all these important altera tions and additions has been that to place . the charity in a situation free from debt, it is necessary that the sum of te6,000 should be raised ; of which slim it is only right that the trustees and the Initlic should know, that upwards of £t-,500 has been m.pended iu the manner alluded to, mul in a way in -which, it is submitted, now that the alterations are brought to a close, must without doubt contribute materially to the general welfare and benefit, not only of the patients but of the charity itself. To meet the obliga tions thus resting upon us, I trust that we shall meet with the approval aud generous support of the public, so far as to prevent the necessity of further trenching upon our investment fund, which has already dwindled to an amount which must be considered very small compared with the great results sought to be accomplished by the charity to which it belongs. I might here rpnistrlc that there has already been Fr marked ;7 - edriction during the past year in the ordinary expet:diture of the house, and which is to be attributed in a great measure to , the very alterations ,in question. For nvself sir, I have not the slightest fear for the future continued success of this institution. The care of the poor, and espccially.of the sick poor, is a cause that commends itself to the cont& Aerate sympathy of every Christian community, and has ..ever formed a leading feature, -and been enforced as a duty in every scheme of religion that ;has at any time been propounded to any civilised nation; and I cannot doubt but that the people of Liverpool •will come for ward as is their wont to strengthen the hands of those who are engaged in dispensing their charity and by an extraordinary..effort enable the committee to wipe out the debt which at present stands against the institution. I may add, in conclusion, that having had the opportunity . within a zlery recent peried of visiting most o the principal hospitals in. the great ,centres of medical science —Paris, London, Edinburgh, and the provinces—l can safely affirm that for its size the " Liverpool Royal Infirmary" stands unrivalled in its accommodations for the patients and inmates, its general arrangements, and all those requisites which go to consti tute a well-regulated and well-appointed hospital. There are few indeed that can vie with it—certainly none that surpass it. Tho Chairman moved that the statement of accounts be passed, and took occasion to remark that the deficiencies to supply which so much money had been required, had been for a long time felt, and Imperatively demanded remedy . Mr. Cropper seconded the motion, and stated that the committee had to deal with a very ill-regulated building when they set about the alterations which had been completed. He wished the subscribers would now all visit the institution, that they might see how perfect its arrangements had been made.. • The motion was carried. Formal votes of thanks were moved to the late presi dent, Mr. John Stewart ; to the treasurer, Mr. Robert Hutchison (who was - requested and consented to continue in his office) ;to the medical officers; and-to the Rev. Henry John Garrod. The Rev. Mr. Garrod, in replying, took occasion to thank the treasurer, Mr. Hutchison, for his liberality in fitting up, at his own expanse, the room set apart for Divine worship, in a manner appropriate to its purpose. The Chairman expressed similar sentiments. Mr. Henry Lawrence was elected president for the coming year. Tho medical officers and the outgoing members of the committee were re-elected. The proceedings then closed, with a vote of thanks to the chairman. We were afforded an opportunity of inspecting the alte rations made in the arrangements of the institution. They are of a character which fully deserve the descriptions given of them by members of the committee, and which la ke the amount sent 14 effecting them seem anything but large. Every possible convenience for the reception and , accommodation of patients ; for the ventilation and purification of the several wards ; for cooking, - washing, and prompt transmission, of food and necessaries from room to room is now provided. The room where Divine service 'is performed is a spacious chamer,,noW, through the liberality of Mr. Hutchison, comfortably seated, and fitted up with tate and becoming neatness. Any sub scribers who have not seen the alterations made in the institution, and are not aware of their nature and extent, will probably be surprised .on visiting the building to find that the committee have effected so much with an amount of expenditure comparatively limited. LIVERPOOL CHURCH OF ENGLAND'SCRIPTURE READERS SQCIETY The annual meeting of this society was held,' last night, ,at the. Collegiate Institution. There was a moderate attendance, and the chair was occupied by Adam Hodgson, Esq. -There were also . present—The Revs. Dr: AVNeile, Cowan, A. Gore, Joseph Bardsley ; C. Bushell, Esq., T. D. Anderson,,Esq., &O. The Chairman said, he was sure they would all deeply regret the absence of their kind friend the BiShOp of Chester, who, from the commencement . of the society, had ever been a warm friend and advocate of its objects; and: he hoped that his lordship would be present at the, next anniversary. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the society, whose cause had induced them to assemble this 'evening, it was, he regretted to say, a lamentable fact • that the spiritual destitution it was intended to, relieve had rapidly increased, with the rapid inc: ease of the population of the town • and that increase bad not been overtaken by the efforts of all kinds that had been brought to bear upon it. re ;Jetted to say this " was the case, not only in Liverpool,. but in all parts of the kingdom in the metropolis, and the manufacturing and mining districts in the provinces. Spiritual destitution was outspreading all the means that were provided for its relief, and the question 'was assuming a very alarming aspect, and becoming one of the most pressing, difficult, and fearful questions. of The day. In the . course of the autumn a committee, of the House of Lords was appointed to take the subject 'into consideration, and that committee ex amined witnesses from every part of the country, and the 'evidence given by those witnesses will be found in the published report of the committee, which was both instructive and suggestive. It appearcil, from that report, upon the very lowegt calculation Unit could be made, that the present •state of society required at least, 1,000 additional' clergymen ; and to give them the very moderate stipend of £lOO a-year each, Would require, to, raise it, a sum something like i 3,000,000, to say nothing of the erection 'of additional Thurches. It would' be ' quite out of the question 'to attempt to meet the spiritinil destitution and requirements the people by 'building new churches, because the amount of 'contributions they would require would be beyond any stun that could be raised ; but even if the churches could be erected, - they would net meet 'the necessities - of 'the care. What was most wanted, and what alone - would meet the necessities of the case, was that living agency required to operate upon the inhert masses of the cominu iiity, and make them feeltthe value, and avail themselves of the opportunities of instruction within their reach. That agency might :ultimately induce numerous contributions, and thus lead in the 'end to the erection of a church. The impittance and success of the labours of scripture readers, 'was evident from the report of the Lords' Com mittee, founded upon , the testimony of persons 'from all parts Of the kingdom. (Applause.) That agency was peculiarly appropriate to the exigencies and necessities of the times ; and they 'would learn from the report an account of the stewardship of the local agency during the year just closed. In these regular recurrences,-and these anniversaries there was much to remind them all of their responsibility as indiiiduals in relation to the spiritual destitution which surrounded them ; - and it was important that they should 'all have a clear notion of what the objects of this society were. Their object was to supply the wants indicated in the spiritual destitution of which they were witnesses. And what was the spiritual destitution ? The want of the means of grace and instruction, the want of churches and schools, and an absence of all that instrumentality - which was required amongst those who were liiing w ith ou t God and witheut hope. That spiritual destitu• tionwas shown in the freaks of the profligate husband, -in . the dissipation of the abandoned wife, in the cruelty and carelessness of parents, and in the neglected, cor rupted, and • vicious child. The evidences of spiritual destitution were visible on every hand in the sin, misery, 'crime, and wickedness with which we were mixed up. 'in our daily moments, and which we had so-many oppor aiities of observing. If anybody asked—where does it iit4exist ?- he should Jay it was not necessary - to take them ,to Africa, India, or New Zealand—though God had a message 'for all those lands—but to ask them to look round in England. (Applause.) He pointed out some -of the miseries and abominations by which we are sur rounded. That spiritual destitution should be sought aeut, because it was of a nature that would not effect its own cure ; and, to have any effect upon ;it, they must go from house to house, ifrom family to family, and search it out. Greater efforts were needed, more earnestness was called for, and the number of scrip ture readers ought to be doubled, trebled, and qnadrupled, to meet the requirements of the neglected portion of -the population. (Applause.) In looking back upon the labours of thee society for past years, they .saw much misery that had been relieved, and much spiritual desti tution that had been alleviated. He trusted there were none present that evening who had not an earnest desire to exert themselves in their various stations of 'life with a view of effecting the objects the society had in view. (Applause.) Whilst busy in extending their commerce, and diligent in pursuit of every object of self interest, let them not forget, but listen to everything calculated to meet the spiritual wants of those poor brethren whose instruction was committed to their charge, and whose number was increasing from day to day. (Applause.) the Rev. Mr. Cowan read the Seventeenth Annual Report. The report stated that the balance in the society's hands was £230, being £lO7 less than in the previous year. 42 readers were still on the society's list, and the districts were for the most part the same. There were during the 'past year 146,537 visits made, to sick, 14,710 to the Roman Catholics ; and of the whole number of visits made, there were 16,643 visits made in the evening and were generally found to act well. The committee regretted the death of one ,of their readers, John Conway, who died by fever which he easAt while vici tin o. ;Ti 14,,,,A mu„ committee regretted the death of one of their members, Mr. Charle3 Inman, who supported several readers, but they had with _gratitude .to state,..that Mr. William Inman had consented to act on the committee in his brother's place. Mr. Hilton Halhead then read a statement of accounts, by which it was shown that the total income of the year was £3,550, of which £2,834 2s .8d had been paid to readers. The balance in the society's hands was £233 2s Bd. Mr. T. D. Anderson moved that the report be adopted, printed, and circulated, and that a number of gentlemen which he read, be appointed as a committee of the ensu ing year. Ho was very happy to bear his testimony of the good that had been done, and was still being done, by that society. lie knew no society that had been so eminently successful during its operations. The . Rev. Arthur Gore; the new superintendant of the society, seconded the adoption of the report. In reference to the scripture readers theinselves, he said a more intelligent, a more earnest body of men, more zealous—of sound discretion, and more spirit and sound mind, he thought it would be very hard to find anywhere. (Applause.) He went on to prove this by the beneficial results of their labours.' The testimony of the elergy was unanimous as to the great and good results of their labours. He concluded by, saying that they must have three times the number of readers before they cease agitating the public on the matter. It required this number to .carry on the work in this large and populous town. The resolution was carried by acclamation, and a col lection was then taken up while a hymn was being sung. The Rev. Dr..M‘Neile, on rising to propose the next resolution, was loudly applauded. He said the resolution he had to move was as follows : —" That large numbers of the working population of Liverpool, though possessed of many excellent qualities, have, unhappily, little or uo regard for religion ; and this meeting believes that their social and moral condition cannot fail to be greatly improved by the efforts of the Liverpool Scripture Readers Society, being more heartily supported, and perseveringly carried on." You have already heard stated—and stated in a very touching manner, in my judgment—the existence of spiritual destitution in Liverpool. The fact that it exists is no longer doubted. Some of the particulars whereby it is exhibited to the world, have been brought before this meeting by Mr. Anderson, particularly in his allusions to, the assault cases before the magistrates. Then this society has been spoken of in its constitution— in its objects, which are proved in its working, to be successful. One object of this meeting is, as we have already been told by the report, to give an account of our stewardship—to tell our supporters something of what has been done. And another object which may be alluded to also is to endeavour to procure fresh support. The Chairman has appealed to those present, and made a very scripturll and touching allusion to the widow's mite, Mr. Anderson appealed to those that are absent, and hoped that the report of this meeting might induce__ some of those to join our laboursin this society. Sir, I cannot but think that there must be some reason, some r eason that has not been fathomed or fairly met, which induces so very large a number of men who could help us in this town, to .stand aloof, and give us no help. Now, I will venture to address a few words to the absent. Following out that hint which Mr. Anderson gave us, the language of some of those gen tlemen is of this ktod. "ReligiOn," they say, "is a personal matter, a matter of private, personal consciousness, between the individual upon earth and his heart-searching God in heaven. You have no busi-. ness or right to interfere with it; why. do you attempt to middle with other men's religion ? I feel persuaded, that there fs:' an opinion of this sort in the minds of a great many of our gentlemen in England and in Liverpool, which keeps ,aloof from every such effort as this. Now, sir, I feel disposed to say a few words in reply to this. I think there'can be no doubt, that religion,considered as a matter of personal experience, is a private affair between -the individual and his God No man can have true religion by proxy. No man can have true religion by co-operation with somebody. A man may be a member of an orthodox and sound Christian church, and yet he may have no real personal religion in that sense. But there is such a thing as religious duty, as well as religious experience, outward duty, as well as inward experience ; and although every true Christian in the inward experience of his heart is, indeed, delighted to be alone with God, no man can be delighted . to be , alone in his outward duties. There he is, undoubtedly, brought into contact with his fellow crea tures, for a large portion of religious duty is of a social character. • We are asked; then, why do y'ou interfere, and why are - you so concerned about the .religion of others. I appeal from Christian experience and Christian duty, and I answer these gentlemen two things—" expe rience and duty." Experience is the spring of duty, and duty performed is one authorised test of genuine experi ence. "Charity to the soul, is the soul of charity." The Rev. Dr. - then went on to say that they were con cerned about the people, because Christ died for them, and this was the sublimest reason ; and secondly, the test of the prosperity, the progress, the improvement of the nation in everything that could deserve the name of reform, depended in the highest degree upon the practical religion of the people. They Were concerned for whom them,not Christ only as as thei h r eir fe s llo o w f creatures, for immortality, but they were concerned for them Its fellow-countrymen, fellow subjeets, under the same gracious sovereign, partakers of the same privileges and liberties, civil and religious, in which they yeere themselves involved. And thirdly, 'the engagements of their social intercourse, the confidence in business trans actions, their comfort, and their communications with one another, and with those - whom they employ, depended, in the highest degree, upon the practical - religion of the people. ' Some of the 'population, of Whirl he spoke, possessed many excellent qualities. There were in this town immortal •spirits, jewels of the very highest value, for whom the Sot. of God died; but many of these jewels were sunk in such mud, such wire, such filth, that the very uspeetuf humanity was slmost lost from the face of the man, and the feelings of hamanity out of their hearts, and the man would be seen'to raise his hand to a woman and to his child. The only - cure' for this was the word of Gad. The rev. speaker concluded amid loud applause. Mr. Christopher Bushell seconded t}ee resolution. It had gratified him to see the 'way in which the superinten dent North Scripture Readers had bees received, because it showed that the general was popular. (Hear, hear:) He did not think their energy should be damped because there were many gentlemen and merchants in Liverpool who heeded not the thhigs, apart from their hilliness by which they w ere surrounded, and to avoid w hi c h these gentlemen selected - their residence in the country. (Applause.) But ought these gentlemen to entirely disregard the spiritual 'con dition of these seething masses of the population, who were compelled to dwell in the crowded town, so that its buiiness might go on ? Wealth had its responsi bilities, and they all had responsibilities, as members of the community ; that it did not 'therefore become them to shut their eyes to the actual condition of the poor classes of the population. (Hear.) It was important to create confidence or faith in better 'principles and better hopes, and when that began to ope rate, the habits and condition of men and women would improve. We had an illustration of the mischievous effects of the want of faith in the commotion, and probable trouble, which had arisen ont o f a f ew wordsi spoken by an Emperor in whom we had no faith. (Applause.) To have peace we must have faith ; and the best faith to secure peace here and thereafter, was faith in the great Almighty ruler of the eluded with an appeal in favour of the society. The resolution was carried. The proceedings then concluded with the singing of the Doxology. WATER COMMITTEE, At the usual weekly meeting of this committee, held. yesterday, Mr. Hodson occupied the chair. The other members present were—Messrs. Bennett, Jeffery, Turner, Ryley, Rae, Wagstaff, Crellin, Earle, Fare worth, Vernon, Stitt, Woodruff, and Holme. _ Mr. Duncan reported, that the quantity of water re ceived from Rivington during the week, ending Jan Bth, 1859, was 47,766,756; quantity pumped from the wells -27,747,267, making a total supplied to - the town of 75 514,023 gallons. The proportion of Ri v i ng t on to well water was as 47 to 27. Mr. Bennett asked the engineer some 'questions as to the small quantity of well water that was now being sukulied to the town: Duncan replied that it was in consequence of the engines being stopped on Sunday, and that several of the engines had fallen out of repair. In the first place, there was a loss of a million of gallons per week from the Water-street engine, in consequence of being stopped on Sunday. They, had no water at all from the Soho engine. From the giotha.m-street engine, there were 1,500,000 gallons deficient, and 2,000,000 from 'the Bush engine. The loss on the Sunday amounted .altogether to 2,250,000 gals., and including the. Green-lane, and the other stations, there would be about 11,450,000 gals., which would make about the maximum quantity when the wi , rks were in order. It would require some hundreds of pounds to put the Soho and Hotham-street engines into repair. The water pumped from the latter engine was-very bad, and it was decided to stop the engine, and the Bush water was also very inferior, and when that engine got out of repair, it was considered right to stop it altogether. Some discussion ensued, in which Mr.. Duncan remarked the maximtinfctuantity of water formerly from Green-lane was 21,000,000 gallons, but now it was about 15,000,000 or 16,000,000. That arose from altered circumstances; and if the matter was allowed to stand over till next week he would report upon the whole matter. The suggestion was agreed to, and Mr. D uncan was accordingly permitted draw up a report by next week. Mr. Campbell reported that the Roddlesworth bore hole was discharging 21 gallons per minute, and that the impounded water was discharged 61 inches deep into the goit. Mr. Duncan (the engineer) reported as follows . . The depths of water in the various reservoirs under their respective overflows were, on the Bth instant, as tabulated below : Present week. Last week. Rise. Fall. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. fn. Roddlesworth 9 4 .... 9 0 .... 0 0 .. •. 0 4 Anglezark Rivington ....' 4 11i ....• 6 0 .... 0 101 .... 0 0 Aspull Mountray........ 2 0 ..... 1 0 . steady. Prescot.. : „. ~. 2 5 .... 1 9 .... 0 0 .. . 0 8 The rainfall for the same week was 0.07 inches. The eseap, from the Millstone is 183,000 gallons per day, same as last week On the Pipe line there have been two leaks near Plat Bridge all else is in good working condition. A letter was read from Mr. Docwray, thanking the committee for dealing with his account so liberally, although he was at a great loss by his contract, and expressed his willingness to serve - the committee on a future occasion. A letter was read from Mr. Spencer, stating, that his account, accompanied with a statement, would be laid before the committee next week. This concluded the general business. LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. 116NDAN BEFORE J.' IC. BLAIR, ESQ., JUDO} PRIELLI v. SMITH. —His Honour gave judgment in this case in the following terms : —This was an action to recover the sum of £1 2s. alleged to have been paid by the plaintiff under legal compulsion, for a penalty to .which the defendant and not the plaintiff was liable. The facts were briefly these—the plaintiff is the master of a vessel called the Louizza, in which, as part of the cargo, he brought a large quantity of osier rods, consigned to the defendant. These were discharged over the slip's side upon the quay, under the superintendence and into the charge of a master-porter, the discharge commencing on the lit. December. When on the quay, they were, no doubt, in the possession of the master-porter, and not of the plaintiff. On the 22nd, notice was given by the police, that unless the rods were forthwith removed, the parties suffering them to remain would be summoned, and of this notice was duly given by the master-porter to the defendant. Several days elapsed, and the defendant did not remove the whole of the rods, at all events a quantity 'of rubbish appears to have been allowed to remain, 'although the defendant asserts that he had removed all the 1 rods The plaintiff was then summoned ? the case .. heard at the Police Court, and the plaintiff fined. It is to recover this fine and expenses that the present action is ,brought. At the trial , I entertained considerable doubt whether the action was maintainable, on the ground that the law refuses to entertain any c l a i m for contribution or indemnity : between wrong doers. There are, no doubt, many exceptions to this rule, because there are many causes of action;which, assuming the form of tort, vire not necessarily and in themselve illegal; and, i n such cases, contribution and indemnity is allowed. But where the . law expressly imposes a penalty a s the conse quence of a definite, act, it seems. impossible to contend that the act is not illegal, and that the party committing it is not in the strictest sense of the word, a:wrong-doer. It was contended, on behalf of the, plaintiff that he had been guilty. of no offence, and was,, therefore • n fact, n wrongidoer, and therefore'entitled to claim indemnity from the party really 'in fault. This, howey( was a defence which he might 'have set at when . sued for. the penalty, and probably did. He was, nevertheless , convicted, and the conviction must be either right or wrong. If right, maintain his action; _ it wrong, tlie remedy. is by appeat. This remedy the plaintiff has not availed himself of, and must, therefore, be taken to have acquiesced in th , 4 " -se the Cr I P.' finding of ,ourt. -am on these grounds of opinion, that this action will not lie,, and there must, therefore, be a verdict for the defendant or a nonsuit. Plaintiff nonsuitc d WHO OWNS SURPLUS CARGO ? —JAMES GALES V. THE MERSEY •DOCKS AND HARROUR. BOARD This was an action brought,by James Gales, master mariner, against the defendants, to recover the sum of £6 16s. 4d., 1- 1 .4 , value of one hogshead of molasses, part of the car .fr o of the ship Florence Nightingale, of which the plai-da..„ _ . and is master, from Boston to Liverpool, the said hogs , head weighing nett 14c*t. 181bs., at '_pis per cwt. duty paid, which hogshead of molasses v,,,,11,, defenaanis' servants:lit. the month "1 November, in•the hold of the said vessel, 'whilst, in. the Albert Dock, and the contents -hist: ...Mr. Houghton appeared for flit plaintiff, and mr.. North, solicitor to the' Dock Board, for t:ae defendants. 'Mr: Houghton, on the part of the plaintiff, contended that the property in question, surplus cargo, was in the name of master of the vessel, who had a paramount claim to all other persons, except the consignors, to recover the value of the property in question. The consignors could re cover from the captain on his return to America, and therefore, as the captain was responsible to the consignors on his return to America, he should be able, whilst in this country, to recover "for damage 'done to any cargo _the ownership of - which, for the time, might be in him lie apprehended, if the hogshead had not:been broken the bill of lading-would be satisfied by the 'audit 245 hogsheads, as per -bill of lading, and the master might :then either have, left the hogshead in his owu tu,._ no ques cion that en his 'return to Boston he might be sued for the value of .it by the consignors. If, there fore, he had no remedy with the Dook Com -- f Or the damage, who was he to look The law involved in this case was of great importance, and it was very desirable that the point should be settled. Mr. North said the custom - at - this port was quite different to what had been represented by Mr. Houghton. Here, according to the bill of lading, 245 casks of molasses were delivered to Baring Brothers and C 0..; and the custom with respect to surplus cargo was, and always had been, this—when a cask or two, or a small quantity of merchandise, is shipped above the bill of lading, the custom had always been, if it was clear that the surplus was intended to be a rim. t he aav signment, to deliver it to the consignee of the rest of the goods, believing that he would state it in his account to the shipper. That was the course taken in this case. The surplus was notified to Messrs. Baring, who made no claim whatever. He conceived, therefore, that Mr. Houghton was out of court in contending for any property in the surplus cargo on the part of the master of the ship. Under such circum stances, with regard to merchandise so situated, it was perfectly clear that it was in this case the property of the shipper in America If the dock servants had been guilty of any negligence in the handling of this cask, which he did not admit, they would be liable to the consignor. His Honour : If it is set up that this was an unavoidable accident, I must have evidence. Mr. North said that point was not now in question. The principle he had stated had been recognised by his Honour's predecessor, who had adopted Mr. Mansfield's judgment in a similar matter, where the mate of an American ship had been apprehended and brought before him, on a charge of felony, for improperly appropriating to the use of the ship ten casks of flour. The circumstances were precisely similar to those in this case. There was a mistake of the shipper sending goods in excess of the bill of lading. Mr. Mansfield, in that case, said no charge of felony could ha hr ~a , 14 +I,A „,„so, he gave orders to the police to impound the remaining surplus for the benefit of the rightful owner. If that principle were right, it would be a suffi cient answer to this action. But there were other circumstances which might influence his Honour's decision. He would not say whether the master of the ship had or had not any special property in the cargo ; but the custom on the arrival of a ship at the Albert Dock was this ; a copy of the manifest of the ship, signed by the captain, is delivered to the superintendent of the warehouse; and at the foot of the manifest was the following statement :—" I declare the above to be a true copy, of the manifest of the cargo of the above ship, and hereby authorise the trustees of the Liverpool docks to deliver the same to the holder of the bill of lading." The very existence of surplus cargo could not be ascer tained--and seldom if e ver had been—intil; probably a ship had left the dock several days ; and then, when it was so . ascertained, the surplus was dealt with in the way he had mentioned ; and in such a case as this handed it over to the con signees to whom it was intended to be addressed ; and that, he submitted, was done in the present case to the full extent that the circumstances permitted. They could not, of course, deliver the cask that had been destroyed, but they informed the consignees of the acci dent, and they made no claim whatever. Again, as to the question of special property, a washerwoman being trusted with the custody of clothes, could defend her right to the same against a wrong-doer : but here the master intended, before the accidenehappened, to deliver all these goods to the superintendent of the dock, to be delivered to the holder of the bill of, lading. This conrst having been followed, he conceived that the consignor could not sue the captain. He considered that they had done all they ought to do, and all that they considered just under the circumstances. Mr. Houghton : 'With regard to the memoranditun delivered by the captain, it merely requires " the dock company to deliver the goods claimed ; and, in this case, that memoran dum and claim was satisfied by the delivery of the 245 hogsheads. But that does not at all touch the surplus cask, which Baring .Brothers could not claim. As to the question of special • property, he called his Honour's attention to a case in Ist Strange's Report, where is was, held, with regard to the finding of a jewel, that the finder of the property could keep it against all the world except the rightful owner. The same principle was held by Mr. Justice Pattison, in the case of Bridges v. Hawksworth. Upon the sti ength of those decisions, he contended that the captain in this case was entitled to recover the value of the cask. Mr. North said they were liable to the con signor, but if the principle contended for by his friend were held to he good, they would also be liable to the captain—liable to two parties. Mr. Houghton said the consignors and the captain had their own liability. His Honour said he should have to look into sonic acts of parliament, as the point was an important one. He would give judgment on Ist February, QUINE AND OTHERS V. WILLIAM CORKAN. The plaintiffs iu this case are John Quine, 'William Hum phreys, and James M'Cormick, shipsmiths, and the defendant 'William Corkan, of Upper Mann-street, Tox teth,park, shipsmith. The plaintiffs, as trustees of the Shipsmiths' Benevolent Society, claim for themselves and the other members of the society the sum of £4 175., being money received by the defendant for the use of the society, on the 6th day of November, 1857; the plain tiffs also claim £4 178 on the unliquidated balance of the partnership account between the defendant and the said society. Mr. Wilson appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Husband for the defendant. It appeared that the defendant and two other persons were trustees of the society in 1857, and after the stop page of the Liverpool Borough Bank they drew out the sum of £l4 odd, which they divided into three equal stuns of £4 175., each trustee holding one sum. Two of the trustees had paid their money over to the society, but defendant refused to do so. The secretary of the society and other members were called to prove these facts ; and in cross-examination, Mr. Husband endeavoured to show that the society was an illegal one—a combination of workmen, who were in the habit of fining and dictating to what were called• black-sheep," or non-members:- The witnesses stated that money was allowed to men on strike, and the names of persons " out of benefit" were published and sent round to the various shops in the town. The name of the lodge was "The Royal Mersey L o d ge ,- and the present plaintiff s ' were alleged, accord- . ing to the minutes ► to be trustees of the society. Mr. Husband, for the defence said, the society sought to con trol employers and employed, and was an illegal com bination, which ought to be put down. It was shown by the books that men h a d b een fined for working over-time and that £9O had be en pa i d by the society to men on strike. His His Honour said the society had also paid considerable sums as relief to sick members, and for other benevolent pur hposes. Mr. H us b and said the "benefits" were merely a liud to conceal the other proceedings of the society. He admitted the defendant had'reeeHved the money as alleged. His Him Our said, he did not see any legal ground of action ; but he was anxious to do justice in the case, and would take time to, consider his decision. Thero mos one or two objectionable features in the. case : to impose on working men, as that society did, a scale of the rate of wages at which they should work, the hours which they should work, and for whom they: should work, was a species of tyranny which it was impossible to tolerate, though there could be no doubt the society had exMsed. that power. He would give judgment on the Ist of February. LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLi BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD, VERY "DOUBTFUL -A I apparently about 10 years ( officer Gray, 645, who said he t or Church-: tree., on Satnrda% was 'or, .ht up by T•ging; in A woman boy and his mother lived 1'..4t1 no n eee ,.. mother be - wen andviwith her, e w r was n t ho..ew ladn 'to his In reply . tt) H that the lay felt ratl%,, orship, he woman said, very simply, a father. His Worship *biz -nn;nt t re . ssr A his opinion that t e- then in court if he had not had a fathE etuk at one time he had a fathe', who dii boy would not the woman .d said he only wanted to in an hospital Denny to go with He was another lad to a penny "hop," in Dale-str admonished, ,and then discharged. brought lup for having 'assAUlted Aune. Lo'vett,. and breaking, her windows, in Chisenhale-street. • It appeared that, on aturnay, tne- prisoner naa come out of jail, wnere sae had been for fourteen days, for breakingthe complainant windows, and, on her arrival in the street, she went to Lovett's house, and asked, in a friendly way, " Mrs. Lovett, have you got your coffin and grave ready? " Mrs. 'Lovett not I:leing . at all prepared with these 'requisitesi, informed the quenest that she had not either ready at the time, and ventured to enquire,--why it was she had asked the question? When the prisoner replied, I came to be your butcher, so you had better prepare.the coffin and. grave at 'Once. At this intimation, , the - complainant attempted to get away, when the prisoner assaulted her and broke her windows again. The prisoner was fined • £2, or, in-. defanit .of payment, two. months imprison-. ment. , . WIFE ilEATlNg.—"William Harrison, a , fireman Oil board a steamer, and who lives in 37 Court; Ford-street, was charged for having beaten his wife and daughter. He went home on Saturday night in a state'of intoxica tion, and commenced beating his wife 0 -.- Hung' a mu g at her, but inst ea d o f hitting her, it strtick his daughter in the arm, inflicti ng a severe wound.lrc then kicked his wife, and the assault was witnessed by a poliCeman., Ills Wershin thought the awful f.tf, nr the _ hung for his wife, ought to prov6nt-rnelfrO a rn beating their wives. He fined the . prisoner £lO, or be imprisoned for six months. TEE BRIDEWELLS.—MR Tit nm.—Two MANSFIELD' S OPINION OP Henry Howarth , said to be compositors, were charged for being drunk and disorderly.. The only thing remark able in the case was a speech made by one of the prisoners, the amount of which was that himself and his friend were locked up with all sorts of "miscellaneous characters " in bridewell. There was one fellow there mr;4l, n , • . choked him. ment he bad r,, who wound it round him and nearly lie complained very much of th e treat _ cu in LUC nriaeweit. His Worship condemned the present system in the Bridewell, of locking up all sorts of people in the same apartment. He was of • opinion that at a very small expense a great improvement might be made in bridewells, by separating the cells, • He understood that young . people, in particular, were more contaminated by one night's confinement in bride well, than by three or four months in gaol. He trusted something would be done to remedy this evil. He, dis charged the prisoners. A girl, named Maria Steward, was reported to have stolen £164 from her master, and a reward of £2O has been offered for her apprehension. A Swimins.—A well dressed person about 28 years of age, named Alfred Clarke, was charged with having obtained upwards of £3B worth of bacon and cheese from. Mr. Gilmore, provision dealer, Copperas-hill. Mr. Black defended. It appeared from a statement made by Mr. Clough, and the evidence of Mr. Gilrhore, that early in December, the prisoner called at Mr. Gilmore's establishment, and represented that he was about com— mencing business at St. Helens, and asket4fora month's credit, on the usual terms. Mr. Gilmore said if he brought respectable references he would give the goods. Tl.O F,L,utict ,411,11 tam, tutu brougnt letters from a Mr. David Gamble and a Mr. George Scott, both well known and respected persons in business at St. Helens, highly prai s i ng the prisoner. lie then got the goods, and, as Mr. Clough said he would prove, the day after a portion of the goods were deposited by the. priso ner with an auctioneer for £lO. Mr. Gilmore went to St. Helens, and found that the prisoner had no shop at all there. He demanded his goods, and the pris oner sen t eight sides of b acon back. The prisoner was remanded until Mr. Gamble and Mr. Scott could be present to prove that the letters purporting to be written by them were forgeries, and on the genuineness of which the pri soner obtained the goods. ASSAULT ON A CRIPPLE.—A man named Alexander W. Tressell, was summoned for having assaulted a little boy, named Thomas Dearin, a cripple, in a delicate state .of health. The complainant stated that about a week ago the defendant met him in the street, and said he was one. Witness asked him, " one of what ?" w h en th e 'defendant repli e d, " one of the boys," and then struck him, knocked him down, and kicked him twice. The evidence of the boy was corroborated by a woman and her daughter, who witnessed the assault. The defendant, who pleaded that he accidentally tumbled over the boy, was fined 20s. and costs. INDUCING A NAVAL i 7 OLUNTEER TO DESERT. —P. J. Daly, boarding-house-keeper, appeared to answer an information laid against him at the instance of the Admiralty. Mr. Aspinall, barrister, appeared to support the information, and Mr. Cobb fdr the defence. 1 here was also another information against the defendant-- that of. trying to conceal the seaman. It appeared that on tha22nd of May last the seaman went to the naval rendezvous, and offered himself as a naval volunteer. He was accepted, his name entered on the books, and he was sent to the rendezvous. A few days after the defen dant went to the rendezvous to see the seaman, and asked him io go to his house, and, when he got there, the door was shut, and locked. The defendant told Corry (the seaman) that' he had no business to ship in the navy ; it was all a humbug, and he must go to New Orleans, in the vessel he had already s hipped. The man had s hipp e d i n t h e John M. Wood 7 for New Orleans before he was entered in the navy, but 1 L he then wished to go i n th e navy. Defendant should not go, k e pt hi m l oc k e d up iiiN;rico,r,to,(2s iti said m n i til l cart.ncat day, and then took him to the John M. return n w to L T i h v e e r s p ea o m ol, an i n w e a n n t o t t o h e N r e v w es O se r l l , Ca i n n s, D a e n e d e , m o b n e r h l i as s e met rma a in g e a d in th b e y r t e h l e o d ck ef e e d nd up anut,natinldotiaek6etnh instant. his house. He had t iouse. He again signed articles to sail in the Antarttc, and was on his way to the ship, in a spring cart, w h en he was stopped by an Admiralty officer and taken into custody, and produced as a witness against the defendant. Mr. Cobb applied for an adjournment, and the magistrates at first refusing, inflicted a penalty of £5; but, upon finding no power to mitigate the penalty under £2O, adjourned the case till Wednesday. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAT BEFORE MR. COMMISSIONER PERRY In re CHARLES BARLOW. —This bankrupt, who was a hatter, in Price-street, Liverpool, applied to pass his last Jones, who appeared for the examination. Mr. Oliver assignees, examined the bankrupt shortly, with references to his interest in certain property left him by his father, and stated in the balance -sheet to be of no value, which he explained was in consequence of its being mortgaged. No opposition being offered, His , Honour allowed the bankrupt to pass, and fixed the certificate meeting for the 7th of February. In re RICHARD THOMAS.—The bankrupt, late a ship builder at Conway, came up on his adjourned last exami nation. Mr. Evans, who appeared for the assignees, offered no opposition, and the bankrupt passed. The certificate meeting was fixed for the 7th February. BURNT TO DEATH.—Miss Annie Fowler, the favourite and talented columbine at the Grecian Theatre, died on Friday morning. We are not yet in full possession of the sad particulars, but we hear her melancholy and sudden decease was caused through her clothes accidentally catching fire.—Era. FRIGRTRUL ACCIDENT BY FIRE TO A YOUNG LADY. — On Saturday morning a frightful accident occurred to Miss Fanny Swan, aged eighteen, residing in the Derer7road t ,_ London. The unfortunate young lady was sitting by the o ve yed to firrae,te.wheTnhe inmates shewase s i m ze e d llin w ith it fi h re a , , fi v t ;n a t nd int f o ell th in e t r o oo t m he g and found Miss Swan's dress on fire, and th e young lady fiightfully burnt. She was extricated fr om her ur p i o e s s it s io h n e and the flames extinguished. ouch arengsuuished. theS h thenxteewasensNi,e injuries n Guy's Hospital, b has received, that f aint ho p es are entertain e d of her re covery. L;iniug little clubs mouse• gar of the Pond daps' to the lot of of the eillng other vas 3 ndai.t lately id oil )ning, 1' at 3 m of pnvi .a hi; A of !d the ge )f the fortu- ader- D'be with went Lord ms of nt to took weer cl k ii nuch 'ouXt 2r of y ars. ape. the ped eed, THE IWirr i l-MRN TIMES TUVSDAY, JANUARY 414859.