Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-22 00:00:00

ItllP °rti o Leig ° , otbr in thl le, no' Or .0 5 1/ i c ies 00 1 6 litle ' 1 to 8 1 10 t ip; do - DOCK BOARD. The usual weekly meeting of this board was held yester daY, Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. The other members Rubb ac k ,- Boult Present Were—Messrs. Smith, Arnold, Farnworth,, Laird, 1- bold Sagar, Anderson, M'lver, Moss, Graves, : bank Langton, Shand, Hutchison, Rounthwaite, Brockle t4 Evans and Bushell. WORKS' COMMITTEE. fae ll n 61! proceedings of this committee stated- that a deputa lieom the timbe r t ra d e h a d wa i te d on ' t h e comm itt ee , in ffence to the stat e o f th e ti m b er yar d a t C ann i ng D oc k. pr 'er conside ra ti on i t was resolved, that on account o f t h e urtesef,ti l t he sta ls t t e of f the uly yard, the rent should not commence un co the m o ti on of Mr. Brocklebank, the proceedings were nf unied. WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE. m at the proceedings of this committee it was recorded, tuun a char ge o f b r ib er y h a d b een ma d e by a l a b ourer tho ed Robi nson, aga i nst M r. R o bi nson an d M r. Pick vasrPe, but the m a tter on being investigated, the charge not substantiated. 4rlbirack Proceedings were confirmed on the motion o f M r . , Th e MARINE COMMITTEE: proceedings of this. committee were read. Langt on moved their confirmation. refe r • Laird asked whether the evidence was printed in , a t ea re , ace to the keeping of the , river clear for the ferry tiers. Mr. Lanitgton replied that the evidence was printed, but , r as for the information of the coMmittee. th ai r. Laird said he understood, at the last meeting, that 0 Muted evidence was to be circulated among the mem 'rs of the board. Til e proceedings were then confirmed. PILOTS' COMMITTEE. theT ' n,he proceedings of this committee were read, and, on tion of Mr. Shand, confirmed without any remark. AOOO DOCKS A./iI) QUAYS COMMITTEE. a Wa s tiVallied with the proceedings of this committee m ade port, Mr. Hodson, in reference to a complaint his e Air. Arnold, at the last ' meeting, that a vessel of co N ffi ‘ll not get into the Wapping. Dock. sen t r * Arnold said a co py of the letter should have been ken t° blin before it was read at the board. He did not I t -I v that M r .H o d son intended to send the letter to the board. was' as stated in the letter, that" Mr. •Hodson did gea e - r v i r him. and explain the matter. But he would say, th e - w a .'"Y, that th ere was a difficulty in entering vessels in Pro, a PPiug Dock, as there were two gates, and a want of Warr understanding between the gatemen. He, however,' Mgatisfied; generally, by the statement of Mr. Hodson. Rubback observed that there was a good deal of r y t'luc between the statements in the letter and the s e u ll ; e rt . submitted to the warehouse committee by their sett nuendent, and he thought, it would be well if the Was A r ,„', l s was agreed to, a n d the proceedings were then con ''eul on the motion of Mr. Rounthwaite. Ti t MASTER-PORTERS' COMMITTEE. th e e proceedings of this committee were read, and, on eh m aion of Mr. - Arnold, confirmed without any special servation applieation was read from Mr. William Foyle, dock ' 411a8 re t , er, for an increase of salary. the letter was referred to the docks and quays committee. a►i 4 / 1 1 application was rea d f rom th e eng i neer , as ki ng per ' 31 011 to run the Queen's half-tide and the Salisbury docks Ibis being the wish of the committee, the request was s'eded to. of Th e Chairman said he had to report, for the information 4 . 104 ,8 board and the public, that the bill which was pro asZi by the b oar d i n P ar li amen t h a d rece i ve d the royal en Tuesday, b e f ore th e p roroga ti on o f P ar li ament. co -x 4% M'lver asked, as this was the case, whether the works r tut nittee would reconsider their determi n ati on i n re f erence S naking the Huski sson d oc k 300 f ee t w id e, i nstea d o f 250 et ; for a steamer dock. T he Chairman said, the best way would be to communi cate with th e wor k s comm itt ee on th e su bj ec t. This concluded the general business. HEALTH COMMITTEE. , The weekly meeting board was held yesterday, R. Sheil Esq., in of this in the chair. The other members present /tete—Messrs. R. Beckwith, Anthony, Haydock, Bowring, and Barton. The Borough Engineer, Building Surveyor, and Inspector. it. th e lu i san ces, reported various particulars of the operations it a s everal dep ar t men ts d ur ing the week, from which haclPPeared th at 206 nuisances complained of by i nha bi tants ho lls h ., el ! inspected, and means taken to remedy them; 750 ap a . r i s 'n the u n h ea lthi es t di s t r icts, containing 2,292 ti on, l , manta and 520 cellars, had been put under examina and 9th the view of improving their sanitary condition; repor d ° l ed -houses had also been examined and te __ . . tivneino• The r MEDICAL OFFICERS REPORT. th e dn e in Port st a t e d t h a t i n th e wee k en di ng last Saturday, o f the , aths n i the borough were 202, the corrected average the n,,,lrjesponding week of previous years being 236. In shinr parish them were 131 deaths, and 71 in the out-town tha'ii • . 4 Y l notic diseases caused 43 deaths, a smaller number gastie an y Previous meek since June; 1857. Typhus, em u ' ,and other fevers, the deaths were 13 ; scarlatina, 11 ; 1. klt '; measles 2 • ervsipilas 2 - diarrhcea, 1; diyhtheira, 7 "liSn is m °ll ,,,,?. f r o m small pox. Diseases of the lungs, including Week. v, a ° ll , 70 deaths, being 7 less than the previous - ` 1 - married woman, in good circumstances, died from ton trenteds. Mr, p LODGING HOUSES REGULATIONS. ' 3 ll,se ir ,'„,, r esh submitted a report, in which he stated that he ke e r,„ — " with regret that Mr. Theodore Rathbone, at a for tITg 13 f the local committee of , the National Association e pp e Promotion of Social Science held yesterday, took an Mitt ° , rttul itY of indulging in reflections upon the health cora led,hl of this borough and their officers with reference to ha,rg-houses, which was the third attack thus made (two h ow ' l ig been made directly and one indirectly.) Before, bekpevaer proceeding to reply to Mr. Rathbone, Mr. Fresh his to' express his belief that that gentleman in making la nd aistements had been actuated personally by nothing but was a i ule and good public motives ; but at the same time it greu.„°_,be regretted that he bad made some assumptions on r ect :r Which, from whatever source derived, were incor help Pay the least o f th em , an d h e (Mr. Fresh) could not iIIt, 'nuking that as a ratepayer of Liverpool, and know tic% oat the public offices were always open in- business Part' it would only h ave been fair on Mr. Rathbone's th e have co mmun i ca t e d e ith er w ith th e c h a i rm an of "Mmitte e , stating honourably what he was about to ca se °r ,have signified the same to the officer ; and in such Pa rec tue committee and their officers would have been pre their' no doubt, to reply for themselves and account for fe wa everal doings. The committee would remember that sabi A ,weeks ago reports were read before them on this veay?' , which were ordered to be printed. These were ver vy itr. Duncan and Mr. M'Gowan, and embraced so obl e Powerfully and completely this matter, that further as th e on on them were not necessary by him, inasmuch sh ort ?' were now about to be in print, and copies would aad be in the hands of every member of the council, r ead ° L Mr. Rathbone and others, who might choose to said . 411 ,d consider them. In continuation, Mr. Fresh ap 4r. Rathbone speaks of the necessity of . the at ; 4 , 0 e , - °, l a of the services of the police to lodging- Ma lls ; oat here he has unfortunately spoken from respect f data, as he has long been anticipated in that la e ,, bY the health committee of the borough of Wls I, ° ° l - Some ten or eleven years ago, so strongly i ea rn` co-operation of the police deemed necFssary . n th r a • f iLrig out lodging-house regulations in the night d time d Myself late Mr. Capes Asblin, the late Mr. Harbor d, an ariC o '" exerted ourselves much upon the subject. An at "t,lganiation of the health and watch committees was made th e at time for the purpose, but it did not work well, and p u ff separated with the understanding that the ana e s ,,should look after the lodging houses in the night time f:eiltzee nuisance officers in the day time, which arrange ing i s in operation up to the present time, the police receiv of every change of registry that takes place th ' the nuisance office. Mr. Rathbone evidently lauds elsuePolice and thinks they can do duty better than anybody co nu Iras experience shown that ? All that Mr. Rathbone he ( n4B for has long been in their power to exercise ; but ( l a m'gets that this duty, with the few men at disposal in the Polip tim p e in comparison to the night, would remove the ki e o 'ram the leading thoroughfares during the day for the th e of looking after lodging-houses, which would be to out - 4 4 4 , r Y of the public service, and would place it entirely hi s in - 'uc power of any inspector of police to discover, where and -411 was at any given time, and open a way for excuses Li v . su bterfuges in that way. The health committee of Pow ers have not forgotton long ago to try to get further gov ern s if they could, in the shape of bye-laws under a Juri s e l ent act, to endeavour reasonably to extend their 51 x or n. They framed and sent up a code of bye-laws ret urned s e i ven years ago to the Secretary of State, which were feel t r i l l e 't as refused. So strongly did the health committee Lo then upon the subject, that they sent a deputation . to /virvit , who, with the town-clerk, had an interview with use Waddington and, notwithstanding the strong arguments Rattheir favour, these by-laws were not passed. Are the mmittee or their officers, then, to blame for this ? 10d; in bon e is evidently aiming at what are termed weekly erow4 d ho uses, but unless these houses are found nver found, there is no power to deal with them ; but if so sani tar why do not the police report them ? As to their ele ar ,, i 3 u t c ondition in the shape of white-washing , corn g, and o th er sanitary remedial measures, the health th e. :''"ce take care to attend to them ; but beyond that atlizet:enultapttoe;,er:ffedcotinngot as go, and indeed this is a very it does tho liberty of the r a a'bject. Without any wish whatever either to offend Mr. Rathbone or any other persun, I can hot help saying that a facts are stubborn things, and as Woolton has been specially quoted as a model place for lodging houses, the state of little Ireland there may any. day be seen and judged of impartially. Pig-styes have been long banished from the courts and places in Liverpool in crowded localities, but close to lodging houses in little Ireland, Woolton, such abominations still exist. In Liverpool the number of lodgers to be accommodated in each house is carefully considered and settled by an eminent medical authority, but in Woolton it is, it appears, fixed at the discretion only of the police rather an uncertain"Criterion.' With reference to Albert-street, which was alluded to by the Rev. Mr. Powell, it has long been put under as strong sanitary regulations as could be well adopted, and so much so that the representatives of the late Joseph Brookes Yates and others have often complained (through Mr. Higginson) of their strin,gency. It is difficult to regenerate people who live in localities such as this, and which must be an educational process, that time and careful sanitary improvements will probably only ultimately determine. The consideration of the subject was deferred until next week, by which time the reports of Dr. Dimcan and Mr. M'Govren, above'referred to, will have been printed and a copy furnished to each member of the committee. This was the whole of the general business. WORKHOUSE COMMITTER The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held yesterday, Mr. Churchwarden Cropper in the chair. The other gentlemen present were—Messrs. Syred, Scott, Critchley, Denton, Broome, Owen, Williams, Peck, Smith, Jones, and Luff. - The medical officer aeported that the number of deaths occurring in the establishment during the week, ending 19th inst., was 16. The number of patients in the hospital last week was 607 ; new cases admitted since, 133 ; cared and discharged, 111; now remaining under treatment, 613, of whom 60 are fever, 22 are' itch, and 6 smallpox cases. The Master of the vagrant sheds reported.that there were relieved in this department during the week; ending April 16th,' 293 destitute :persons, of whom 175 were males, 93 females, and 25 children. . The Governor '(Mr. Carr) reported that the total number of inmates in the establishment last week' was 2,030.; number this week, 2,007 ; being a decrease of 23 ; numbex in the corresponding week last year, 2,464'; shewing a de crease on the year of 434. ' Mr. Denton again drew the attention of the committee to the subject of the tea, which was before the committee at the last meeting. Mr. Goodacre, ,the contractor, was called • before the committee. He said he was prepared to meet any charge , that might be brought against the articles which he supplied. He never executed an order with more honesty in his life than he did this. If the goods were not as good as sample he had committed an error, and if he Was right he hoped the committee would protect him. Mr. Denton 'said it was in the absence of any feeling whatever to Mr. Goodacre ; in fact he never saw Mr. Goodacre before in his life, to his knowledge. -` It was ; simply he considered it an act' of duty on his part to bring the matter forward. He would ask Mr. Goodacre if he considered the coffee which was being supplied equal to the sample submitted to the committee at the time the Contract was entered into. Mr. Goodacre : Most certainly it is. Mr. Denton : I think you must allow that the coffee which was returned was not equal to sample. - Mr.. Goodacre said,' he could not allow words to be put in his mouth in that way. He positively denied that it was worse than the sample. Mr. Denton said, the wording of the contract was " good congou tea," and he was prepared to say, that this was not congou tea. Mr. Goodacre explained, that the sample of tea which he submitted to the committee was a mixed tea, and that the tea supplied to the house, though dusty, was a superior tea. ~He was quite prepared to prove that it was ld. or 14d. per lb. better than sample. .Mr. Peck said, he had submitted the teas to his brother who .was a dealer in the .article, and also to Mr. Syers, and they both stated that the tea supplied to the house was better than sample. After some further remarks, Mr. Goodacre was requested to withdraw for a short time. Mr. Owen said, they must remember that Mr. Goodacre had a character to sustain, and that it had been assailed before the public, and they should take care that the matter was set right. If the article on the whole was better than the sample submitted to the committee, then Goodacre had fnlfilled his contract honestly whether it was congou or not. The Chairman said,- it was merely a question whether the tea was equal to sample. The question of congou was a new matter imported. .He thought Mr. Goodacre had acted in perfect good faith. Mr, Scott said, that there was a tea that could be got at a,ch_eap rate, and when liquored it appeared very good tea, and might be as good as some other teas, but he never saw so much dust in any tea in his life,' as in that brought before the board at the last meeting by Mr. Denton. Mr. Denton said, Mr. Chesney drew his attention to it, as for his own part he knew nothing about tea. It was brought before the committee,. to compare it with the sample, and the committee pronounced it to be rubbish. (No, no.) The word was made use of, ,and he did say that the tea now supplied was one-third dust, and it was inferior because it was dust. It cost a great deal less money, and if they had permitted other contractors to supply such a tea, they would have made a great deal of money out of it. The sample of • tea was 6d per lb. better than they were getting ; and, as regards the coffee, it was much inferior to sample, and it was taken back without a grumble. Mr. Smith said Mr. Chesney told him that, after, examin the tea, he found it was 2d per lb. better. Mr. Owen said no member of the committee intended to inipute any improper motives to Mr. Denton. He had in troduced the matter hastily, and it turned out that'he was wrong. Mr. Scott considered that. Mr. Denton was perfectly right in bringing the matter before the public. The tea was per fectly small and full of dnst, and if he' had seen it, he would most likely have . done as Mr. Denton did. Mr.- Critchley said he had met Mr. Chesney on the day of visiting, and he told him that he had been in the Work house, and had instructed Mr. Denton with reference to the tea, as it was bad. Mr. Goodacre was called in, and the Chairman explained to him that the committee were satisfied that he had sup plied the tea according to contract, and they had nothing to say against him. Mr. Goodacre asked if Mr. Denton would tell him the name of the gentleman whom he had consulted with reference to the quality of the tea, ' as was stated in the Mercury. The committee interfered, and said it would be better to let the matter rest. The'subject then dropped, and Mr. Goodacre retired. Mr. Jones then proceeded to go over the accounts for brickwork, stuff, time, &c. He said a letter had been received from Messrs. Smith, Travis and Co., stating that he had made misNpresentations. Mr. Smith was labouring under a mistake as to what he said. He did not say that his bills amounted to £5OO or £6OO. He said that he held in his hand bills to that amount. Mr. Smith was correct in some matters which he referred to, but as to the matter of cement, the price of which was stated to be correct at 15s, he contended that good Portland cement was obtainable at 11. s per barrel. Mr. Jones then went over the accounts, and compared them with the orders given by the committee, and in conclusion strongly condemned the system which was carried on. Mr. Owen defended the committee from any blame in the matter, and stated that these accounts had been commented on upon several occasions previously, but Mr. Wylie told them that it was impossible for them to get tenders in many distances. The committee expressed an opinion that Messrs. Smith and Travis should be called upon to take off a large discount from their account. This concluded the business. -To SHIPPERS AND EXPORTERS.- - A most profitable article of export, to warm climates especially, are the Self cleansing Charcoal Filters, patented by Messrs. Saunders and Co., of 16, Parker-street, Liverpool—in fact they are invaluable wherever there is bad water. S. and Co. allow a liberal discount on export and wholesale orders. EXTRAORDINARY AND USEFUL INVENTION.—There 18 nothing that housewives complain of with greater truthful ness, than the breaking of some favourite piece of glass, valuable china, or earthenware. In hundreds of cases such things cannot be matched, and of course cannot be mended. The latter want has been obviated by an extraordinary and effective invention, by Mr. Adshead, of Derby Pottery, near Derby. It is a cement that may be said to heal, in a per fect manner, all cracks and breaks in the articles spoken of , and not only in these, but in marble, alabaster, &c. The benefit of this article need not be dwelt on. We have seen some of its effects at Mr. Hall's, our neighbour's, and the glass that has been cemented by it is stronger in that part than in any other. The article is very cheap, and no house can be long without it. Mr. Hall is the agent for its sale in Liverpool, and all interested can judge for themselves by looking in at his establishment. Agent for Liverpool, E. T. Hall, 23, South John-street. Sold in bottles, is each, or sent free on receipt of sixteen postage stamps. N. 8.-- None are genuine, except bearing the signature, "E. T. THE NORTHERN TIMES, FRIDAY, APRIL 22 1859 WALLASEY COMMISSIONERS. An adjourned meeting of this board was held last night at the Public Offices, Egremont, Mr. N. Caine presiding. The other members present were —Messrs. Hill, Pooley, Hughes, Holmes, Ball, Fishwick, Marshall, Daunt, Parr, and the Rev. W. Roberts. VICTORIA-ROAD, NEW BRIGHTON. Mr. Bouch, Mr. W. B. Golbourne, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Garrett, were introduced to the board as a deputation from the inhabitants of New Brighton, to bring before the board the state of the Victoria-road. Mr. Bouch addressed the board, referring to a meeting that had been held at New Brighton a week ago, respecting the state of the Victoria-road. At that meeting, Mr. Gol bourne, Mr. Pickering, and himself, were appointed to wait upon the board. They all believed—at least he believed— that the members of the board were their friends and neigh bours, and he would regret as much as any one' could do, that they should sustain any inconvenience such as they had been sustaining. They were quite alive to the difficulties which the board had to contend with, but his view on the subject was this. The inhabitants of New Brighton were lobouring under what they deemed a great injury to their persons and their property, and were' told 'that the local board of health is the only source to which they could apply for assistance. They were told that the bOard could make roads,' and keep them in a passable state. He'had paid rates for twenty-one years, and he would say of all that had been done by the Wallasey Commissioners, less had been done for the district of New Brighton than'any °the? district in the parish. The landowners had made a road at the cost .of about £4OO, but the commissioners had done nothing to keep it in repair. He entered at considerable length into a statement of the grievance under which the Teeple of New Brighton laboured in not haying this road in such a state as it ought to be, by having the sand removed which accuinulated on it. The other gentlemen of the deputation followed Mr. Bouch, all complaininc , of, how they werelreated. • Mr. Pooley entered into an explanation, during which he stated that the beard would, as soon as possible, make tbe condition of the people of New Brighton better, but, at the same time; he exonerated the board from all blame in the matter for so far. The deputation then retired. MR. POOLEY AND MR. PARR. Mr. Pooley said.:' I count it fortunate that this adjourned meeting enables me to shorten by a fortnight, the currency of a statement made by Dr. Parr, without previous notice, at our last sitting. I wish his 'speech might.be allowed to pass as a manifestation ,of mere petulance, but since it was no hasty ebullition of feeling, but delivered after long and careful, forethought, and since it obtained, an unusual prominence in, the newspapers of the day, it is too injurious to the board and to myself to remain unrefuted I trust to the usual fairness of the press for as much publicity to What I shall now offer as to the statement. I complain of. "Dr. Parr states that when he first joined the board it was the arena of most "disgraceful scenes at, nearly, every meeting." declare that statement to be utterly incorrect, and no. person will have read it with so much surprise as the members themselves, who 'as a bbard have been distinguished for transacting their business with a temper and decorum which become a deliberative,bOdy. That during the seven years I have held a seat there have been a few meetings when what may he .termed a " scene" has occurred is true enough. It is no less true that it is more than a year since any thing has occurred which coned affect the sensibilities of the most fastidious ; but that these scenes have been at any time general, or even frequent,. is without foundation, except in the peculiar memory or imagination of Dr. Parr. So much for the " scenes ;" now.., for - the actors. The doctor assigns to me the sole origination. and principal part therein, but it so happens that on the most flagrant of those very few occasions I was not even present either, as actor or spectator, and the only part I took was to interpose my mediation afterwards to terminate the legal proceedings , which had been commenced by the injured party. The aggresser in those scenes is not now at the board. Dr. Parr will have no difficulty to discover his name or the divi sion of our district which he represented. These old events might be well allowed to repose in oblivion, but since the doctor has recalled them I am obliged to advert to them (though I conceal the names, to avoid personal irritation), in order to show that Dr. Parr bestows on me a bad distinction which I do not merit, and on the board a stigma which it ought not to bear. The. true origin of Dr. Parr's choler is a scene" in another place, wherein he was himself the principal performer ; .the worthy member had allowed himself to fall into the unenviable position of a defaulter to the board by non-payment of his rates, and was , very pro perly brought before the magistrates, and compelled to pay ; for consolation under his vexation, he fell to stigmatising the board in open court in no measured or dulcet terms, hht went so far as to denounce us as an " intolerable nuisance." From the, board his anger descended to their officer,' by whose impartial rigour he had been brought before the bench. For that abused officer's sake,' one cannot but be glad that the doctor's power to crush him was not equal to, his will. There can be no surprise that for this conduct the doctor received , correction at our next meeting, the severest point of the rebuke I administered being an allusion to the respectability of his position, which ' had not been sustained before 'the court, any more than that other gentlemen of his standing and neighbourhood had been sustained, by the' circumstances b above adverted to. As my . animadversions on Dr. Parr's .condnct were made in his presenCe and hearing, he can say whether or not they were correctly reported ; but whether my language, on the occasion which so excited Dr. Parr's temper, or my words and conduct generally at this board, have been worthy of the terms applied to them by the doctor, that is' to say, " very coarse and very vulgar " (awful qualities in the latitude of New Brighton), or whether thOse terms belong more properly to him who applied them, I leave to the judgment of this board. In the discharge of the duties you have confided to me here it has often devolved on me to oppose stoutly certain persons whose interests have been pressed in opposition to those of the ratepayers and in so doing I have used severe terms with out regarding the person of any man ; but I have always clothed my meaning in words as remote from coarseness and vulgarity as from tameness and feebleness. My. conduct has been before you for a very length ened period, and you have honoured me with your confidence in many important and somewhat difficult affairs. I trust I may be allowed to say, that I have done what in me lay to promote the welfare of the district ; that in doing so I have not in any manner acted unworthily; and that the injurious- reflections on my general behaviour among you, which Dr, Parr has published, are altogether groundless and unjustifiable. Dr. Parr said he would not reply to the speech with which Mr. Pooley has favoured them, but would merely contradict one of the statements that he had made, viz., that he had said the board had become a nuisance. He had no recollection of having used such words, but he intended to apply to the number of summonses which had been issued by the collector of the rates, and the nuisance complained of, was the way in which those rates .were col lected. , The matter then dropped. Dr. Parr moved the following resolution, of which he had given notice at the last meeting : "That it is expedient to have a further consultation with Mr. Rawlins regarding the position in the parish of the well from which it is intended to supply the inhabitants with water." Mr. Rawlins, who was in attendance, then entered the room. Dr. Parr said : In bringing forward the motion of which I have given notice, I have no other motive than to obtain information —satisfactory, if possible - that the well. which Mr. Rawlinson proposes to sink at Poulton, will supply the parish with pure water. I think, if any doubt exists, the question is of such vital importance to the well-being of the parish, that every satisfactory means should be taken to re move it, and justifies the motion I have proposed. I should not have proposed it had it not been for my anxiety to see the undertaking successful. I am told that lam very late in seeking this information. My reply is that my attention has only recently been called to the matter by the com plaints of the inhabitants bordering the pool, that their wells have ceased to supply them with water, and that this is owing to the Wallasey Pool being dry, and the spring water in consequence escaping into it. This appeared to me to establish the fact of a very free and easy communication between the wells and the bottom of the pool ; and when I called to mind that the wells on the Liverpool side, to the extent of a mile from the river, had become gradually brackish, I began to fear what might be the possible conse quences of Mr. Rawlinson sinking his well •so near the margin of the pool. Now, the only security, as it appears to me, of a plentiful supply of fresh water from the well at Poulton, will depend upon the flow of water into the well greatly exceeding the demand ; for if the opposite condition should exist, then, owing to the easy communication through the bed of the pool; the impure water from the pool will enter the well. Now, if I mistake not, Mr. Rawlinson's confidence in his well yielding a plentiful supply of fresh water depends upon the non-existence of any great fissure or fault between this and the others side of the pool. The question, therefore, resolves itself into —What are the grounds of Mr. Rawlinson's opinion that no fault exists in the bed of the pool ? If no fault exists then the supply from the great sandstone basin on the other side of the pool will be amply sufficient for ages yet to come ; but if a fault does exist, then the water will be obtained only for the area of this parish, and if the supply should not be sufficient then the impure water from the pool will enter the well. I would, then, propose to Mr. Rawlinson whether it would not be advisable to sink the well in the centre of the parish. Mr. Rawlinson will admit that it is impossible to demonstrate whether a fault exists or not. It can only be a matter of conjecture one way or another ; and as an uncertainty must exist, will it not be advisable to place the well in the best position to get the largest quantity of pure water for the parish ? Mr. Rawlinson stated that, so far as expense was concerned, his coming would not cost the parish a penny, and entered into full explanations of the matter in question, at which the members expressed their satisfaction. The proceedings of the finance committee were read and confirmed, and this concluded the business. TOXTETH PARK BOARD OF GUARDIANS. . The first meeting of the new board was held yesterday, in the Board-room of the Public Offices, Park-road. The , members present were—Messrs. H. S. Alpass, S. Siddely, M. A. Johns, A. Grindrod, J. B. Hughes, J. Brundritt, William Leyland, G. W. Hunter, W. Wainwright, J. Harrison, J. Moss, John Wilson, A. Miller, W. H. Ogden, J. D. Carter, Joseph Wilson, W. Baynes, Henry Layland, and G. H. Horsfall. In the absence of a chairman, Mr. Alpass moved that Mr. Harrison take the chair pro tem. This motion was seconded by Mr. Johns. Mr. John Wilson moved, as an amendment, that Mr. Carter occupy the chair pro tem. Mr. Baynes seconded the amendment. A division was then taken, when the original motion was carried. - Mr. G. H. Horsfall said, in rising to propose a getleman as chairman of the board for the ensuing year, he had much pleasure in availing himself of the opportunity thus afforded by his attendance as a guardian ex-officio, being a resident magistrate, to return his grateful acknowledgments for the vote of thanks which hack been proposed to him by the board at its last meeting. That vote was not in his esti mation lessened in its value by the fact that it had not been unanimous. As the first chairman of the board, and when very ill-informed as to the nature of the duties of the office, he had received great and valuable assistance from Mr. Alpass; who he had now the pleasure of proposing as chair man of the board. Mr. Alpass was a gentleman in every respect well qualified to discharge the duties of the office. Before sitting down he would take the opportunity of offering his thanks to Mr. Urquhart, the late vice-chairman, who had been most useful and diligent in the discharge of his duties as chairman since his (Mr. Horsfall's) retirement. He would also thank Mr. Rogers, the deputy vice-chairman. Ho moved, in conclusion, that Mr. Alpass be appointed to act as chairman of the board for the ensuing year. Mr. Siddely seconded the motion. • Mr. John Wilson said, without in any degree doubting the qualifications of Mr. Alpass to act as chairman, nay he would admit that he would make an excellent chairman. (Hear, hear.) But'if it were to be considered an honour to be chairman of this board, and he (Mr. Wilson) considered that it was an honour, he thought it was but fair to "give honour to whom honour'was due," and in that view, when looking at the position on the poll, which the rate payers had placed Mr. Ogden in, and when he considered the amount of knowledge which that gentleman possessed, in reference to the business of the board, he felt that the guardians' could tot make a better choice than in appoint ing Mr. Ogden as chairman of the board. Mr. Baynes seconded the amendment, in very compli mentary terms to Mr. Ogden. Mr. Miller said : In the election of chairman this morn ing, I am glad to say that I have no feelin g beyond that of supporting the most efficient gentleman. ln doing so, I feel 'sure that shall be doing that which will not only facilitate the business of the board, but also benefit the ratepayers at large. With regard to Mr. Ogden, no mem ber of this board has greater respect for that gentleman than I have ; and perhaps there are fewer, if any, who have contributed more to place him in the honourable position in which he now stands at the head of the poll. But, sir, there are other most important considerations in connection with the office of chairman which should not be overlooked, and of which even friendship should not take the precedence. It is a well-kown fact that Mr. Allpass is most industrious, and that he has a thorough knowledge of the relative duties of each officer in this establishment, and also of the parochial working of the business of this town ship at large. And although I have come slightly in collision with him during the struggle for the Toxteth Cup, it would be a violation of my con victions, and a prostitution of principle, to say that he does not possess, to a great extent, the essential qualities requisite for discharging the duties of chairman to this board. He has, sir, in addition to a liberal education, an aptitude for delivering his sentiments which few only enjoy. I have, therefore, much pleasure in supporting the motion of Mr. Horsfall ; and if he so fortunate as to become our chairman, I . lave no doubt he will in future be more consistent in the distribution of his casting vote, and also most courteous to those gentlemen over whom he may have to preside. The amendment was then put, but was lost by six to ten. Mr. Alpass was then called to the chair, and said he was thankful for the honour conferred on him by the board, and in accepting the office he should endeavour to discharge the duties that devolved on him as chairman of the board, in a manner that he hoped would exclude partiality. He felt satisfied that the duties would be •comparatively light and easy, as he was assured he would receive the support of the members of the board. Mr. Brundritt moved that Mr. Joseph Harrison be ap pointed vice-chairman for the ensuing year. Mr. Johns seconded the nomination. Mr. John Wilson moved as an amendment that Mr. J. D. Carter be appointed vice-chairman. Mr. Carter declined the honour, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously elected. Mr. Grindrod moved that Mr. J. B. Hughes be appointed deputy vice-chairman, which was unanimously agreed to. Mr. Moss said, the ratepayers having unequivocally dis closed by their votes, in the election of eighteen gentlemen to be members of this board, he should not therefore say more on that subject, but, like others, he felt disposed to hold out the 'olive branch, and for his own part he should in future endeavour to restrain his remarks as far as passible. He had much pleasure in seeing Mr. Alpass in the chair, although he did not vote for him. In conclusion, he begged leave to propose the appointment of the building committee, and proposed that the committee should consist of Messrs. Siddely, W. Leyland, John Wilson, Baynes, Carter, Miller, Joseph Wilson, and Moss. Mr. Ogden seconded the motion. Ar. Harrison said that, from the progress made in the erection of the new workhouse, it was not now so essential to have a building committee as to have a committee to arrange for the internal management of the house. He would therefore move that the visiting committee be em powered to take the duties of the building committee, and his amendment on the motion of Mr. Moss was, that this committee consist of Messrs. Siddely, Grindrod, W. Leyland, Carter, Brundritt, Johns, Hunter, and John Wilson. Mr. W. Leyland seconded the amendment, which, on being put, was carried by 8 to 10. On the motion of Mr. Johns, seconded by Mr. Grindrod, the following gentlemen were appointed members of the finance committee : Messrs. Grindrod, Siddely, Johns, Hunter, and Miller. Mr. Harrison moved, as standing orders for the future guidance of the business of the board, that all motions be given in writing to the chairman, when required by him. That a motion for increasing the salaries of any of the officers be not received without a week's notice. That any motion for a special meeting, or for any alteration in the committee, shall,also be made only after a week's notice. The standing orders were unanimously agreed to. Mr. John Wilson wished to know whether it was the intention of the board to re-appoint the medical committee, or that the visiting committee should attend to the business of that committee too. The Chairman said the subject had been talked of, by himself and his friends, and they found that it had worked so well that it would be better to continue the committee. The matter then dropped. The Clerk read a letter from the Poor-law Board, announcing the intention of that body to send down a commissioner to investigate the matter with reference to the voting papers. Mr. Gough, governor of the West Derby Workhouse, showed by his returns that there were in the house belonging to Toxteth-park, last week, 356 paupers ; this week, 371; corresponding week last year, 423 ; in the hospital, last week, 42 ; this week, 41. Cheques to the amount of £l2O were drawn for the out=door relief of paupers. This concluded the business. No SHIP SHOULD GO TO SEA without one of Saunders find Co.'s Patent Self-cleansing Charcoal Filters, cased and atted-up expressly for use on board ship. Note the address, SAUNDERS & Co., 16, Parker-street, Liverpool. THE BISHOP or LONDON.—The Bishop of London has made arrangements for confirmations on the Continent this year. Bishop Spencer is on a confirmation tour in France, Belgium, &c., and will visit the following places : Brussels, Ghent, Bruges, Antwerp, Bonn, Cologne, Ceblentz, Weis baden, Frankfort-sur-Maine, Heidelburg—possibly also, Lille, Bordeaux, and Pan. Bishop Trower will, if nothing prevent, hold confirmation in the summer at the following places, and also, if required, in Russia, viz.: Amsterdam, Berlin, Dresden, Hamburg, Hanover, Copenhagen, Chris tiania, Gottenburg, and Stockholm. PROFESSOR FINNEY.---It will be remembered by our readers that we called their attention some time back to the arrival of Professor Finney, of Oberlin College, America. On his arrival in England, he preached for some time in Huntingdon and afterwards went to Lond on, p reachin g in the Borough-road Chapel four times a week, and twice on Sundays, to crowded congregations. On Monday night a farewell tea meeting to Professor Finney took place at the Borough-road Chapel, on which occasion a considerable sum of money, which had been collected among his friends, was presented to him for his services. Mr. Finney leaves again for Huntingdon this week, but has not stated it to be his intention to return to London. THE CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY BY A BARBER, TO DEFRAUD IRISH MERCHANTS. Patrick Lambert, the Liverpool barber, who had been re manded on a charge of conspiracy to defraud several tobacco manufacturers in Belfast, Dundalk, and Dublin, was brought up for further examination before Mr. Preston, yesterday, at the Police. Court. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Clough said there was another charge against him of uttering forged notes, with a gnilty know ledge. He also stated that, since the last day the pri soner was before the court, he had discovered some other cases against him, both from Belfast and Dublin. He had not been able ' at present, to get the people here from Dublin and Belfast. Since the last day, they had got another person, who is at present in custody, and whose case was exactly like that of Davidson, the approver, except that Davidson had written the letters for the prisoner on the 4th, and told of them on the sth. The person , now in custody had also written letters for the prisoner to Dublin, and obtained a large quantity of tobacco, from manufacturers there, by sending them forged notes. He would produce the woman; at whose house the letters were written to Dublin and Belfast, and she would prove that letters were received at her house for the prisoner, in the name of Taylor. He would ask for a remand on these cases, but would proceed with the case of Mr. Carroll, of Dundalk, and one of Messrs. Johnston, of Belfast, as he had them ready, and the witnesses present. He then called Mr. Carroll, and his son, who corroborated the evidence of his father, given on the last day, and identified the notes received from the prisoner, with the letters written by the approver Davidson. He also called Mr. David Johnston, tobacco manufacturer, of Bel rast, who said : I received this letter, signed " Samuel Goodere." [Davidson proved that he wrote this for - Lambert, and posted it.) I wrote in reply to Samuel Goodere on the 11th of April, and sent samples of tobacco. I did not get any reply to this. We • sent samples of tobacco, in reply, worth sixpence. Inspector Wilson said I found this letter in the prisoner's house,. and I saw it previously taken from the Crooked Billet, by Davidson, to Lambert's house. Officer Scaife said : I found a letter in the prisoner's house, addressed to Messrs. Johnston of Belfast, and it contained £25 in bad half notes. I found a letter also addressed to Messrs. Murray, Esq., Belfast, and that contained the corresponding halves of the notes in the letter addressed to Messrs. Johnston. Davidson said : I wrote those letters for the prisoner, and by his directions. This witness also proved his handwriting on the backs of the notes. Cross-examined by Mr. Cobb : I wrote the name " George Halliday" on the note. I did not disguise my hand. These- were the cases, as regarded the charges of Mr. Carroll, of Dundalk, and Messrs. Johnston, of Belfast. Mr. Cobb then applied to have Davidson taken into custody. but his Worship refused. Officer'Scaife then put forward Arthur Thomas Fowler, and said : I went to the'workhouse, whore I arrested him, and told him he was charged with a conspiracy, and obtaining tobacco from several persons in Dublin by false representa tion and forged notes. He said he had been employed to write the letters by Lambert, who had made him take a lodging at No. 10, Herford-street, where he wrote letters in the name of " Taylor." He made him 'inclose bad notes to houses in Dublin, and - tobacco did come to the house, and remained there for a short time, when Lambert came and took it away. He went soon after and asked Lambert to pay him, when he took up a poker, and only for Lambert's wife he would have knocked his brains out. Lambert sold the tobacco in his own shop after that. He was obliged to go' to the workhouse, he was so poor. Detective-officer Carlyle said, Davidson, the approver, called on him several days, and told him he was writing the letters for Lambert, and informed him of all the facts. Eliza Cross, of 10, Herford-street, said : 1 know Mr. Taylor (the prisoner Fowler), but nothing of the other prisoner. He lodged at my house for a short time. She proved that the tobacco spoken of by Scaife came to her house, and the prisoner Fowler and another man took it away in a cab, but I would not know the man. I don't think the other man was Lambert or Davidson. Several men called after Taylor (the prisoner) left, looking for him, saying they came from Dublin and Belfast to look after him. Mr. Clough said that was all the evidence he would offer at present. In reply to the magistrate, Fowler said he was employed by Lambert to write the letters for him, and to receive the tobacco. He took lodgings at the house of the last witness, and when the tobacco came Lambert took it away, and paid him for the lodging and his trouble. That was all he had to say. Lambert was then committed to the assizes on the two charges—Mr. Carroll's, of Dundalk, and Mr. Johnston's, of Belfast—and remanded on the other charge, along with Fowler, for another week: LIVERPOOL POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—YESTERDAY BEFORE MR. PRESTON. THE MAN AND THE PONY.-William Cole was brought up. He was an individual of an antideluvian appearance, with a head like a mop, and a fiery red handkerchief tied round his neck in a manner that the " finisher of the law" could not have imitated. One of his eyes appeared to be peeping into his ear, whilst the other was taking observa tions towards the zenith. The "coat of many colours," worn by Joseph, was only a dish-clout compared to the garment worn by Mr. Cole, and as for his nether garment, it is better to remain an " inexpressible" for the present. The charge against this fancy portrait of a man was pre ferred by police officer 746, who said, yesterday evening, I was on duty in Upper Parliment 7 street, when I saw the prisoner, along with another man, in a pony cart ; he was very drunk, and beating the animal in a manner that brought him clearly within a statute called after a person named " Dicky Martin." The officer is a soft-hearted creature, and could not bear to see the " dumb beast" wal loped in this way . , and, besides that, he had a stern duty to perform, in carrying out the aforesaid act of parliament. In accents soft as the sounds of an .iEolian harp, he informed Mr. Cole that it was contrary to Immanityand to the law to " castigate" the " hannimal" after that fashion. The pri soner maintained that he was at liberty to do with his pony as he liked. The officer wanted him to let the other man drive the pony, but he refused, saying that "the creature" would not allow itself to be driven by any one save himself, and forthwith he lashed away in such a fashion that marble could not have endured it, let alone horse flesh A discussion followed, and the prisoner, to show that he had full liberty to beat his pony, jumped out of the tart, and showed that he could beat the officer, too, by " punching his head," and " barking" his shins, for which he was ordered to pay lOs to the coffers of the borough, or go to jail for one month. MR. BANKS'S BEEF-STEAKS. — William Banks, a carter, was charged with having stolen a quantity of cotton bale ropes. Mr. Cobb defended. Officer 332, said he was on duty at the Bramley-Moore Dock, when he saw the prisoner amongst some, cotton bales, cutting the ropes off them. He got some ropes with him, and more in the nose-bag of the horse. He asked tte prisoner what he was doing there ? and he said, eating his dinner. The sagacious officer said it was the first time he had heard of a bale rope being used in place of a beef steak. He had heard of an ingenius Hibernian who managed to broil a beef steak off a piece of pork, but to metamorphosis a bale rope with a portion of a dead ox, was quite beyond his comprehensive philosophy. He thought that things equal to themselves should be equal to one another, and therefore he concluded that an open knife. in the hands of Banks, with a cut bale rope by his side, and the absence of a beef steak, was a clean case of thievery on the part of the carter, and so, in the name of our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, he deprived him of that which is very much valued by all Englishmen, to wit---his liberty : --which the carter much preferred to the grave or the prison! Mr. Cobb (to the officer) : You saw an open knife in his hand ? Yes. Would he not be likely to have a knife in his band at his dinner ? Yes, he might. Did you ever eat your dinner without a knife ? I cone eat my dinner with my teeth, and I have done so without a knife. Mr. Cobb : Then I tell you to your teeth they are very bad " dents." Officer No. 6 : There is no " dents" in them at all. Mr. Cobb : Would'nt they make " dents" in a beef steak ? Yes, but I could'nt eat a rope in place of one. Mr. Cobb : And do you swear lie was eating a rope ? No, he said he was eating his dinner. Mr. Cobb : Will you swear this rope was not cut with a hatchet ? but men don't use hatche ts at their dinner. Mr. Cobb : You are the "sharpest" policeman I have met with. My mother said the same thing. Mr. Cobb: Does she know you're out ? I hope you have not " cut" her ! Mr. Cobb then argued that the case was not proved, and produced a high character for the prisoner. The latter was " put down" for the present. BROWN AND JONES'S ADVENTURE IN LIME-STREET.--- A strange looking person, named Thomas Brown, charged three unfortunate girls, and a sailor named James Cock burn, for having stolen a gold watch and chain, value £2o,' from him. Mr. Bluck was for the prisoners. The short story of the complainant was, that a night or two since he fell in with the parties in Li me _ street; and that they took him to a " house," and then to a public-house, and then to a third " house," where they not only knocked his brains out, and his sens es i n t o t he bargain, but, what was far worse, and of a greater loss to him, they stole his watch and chain. Mr. Bluck got up to cross-examine the prosecutor, and looked at him for some time, amid considerable laughter. The " gen tl eman, " at t hi s interesting moment, looked, as nearly as possible, like the following. He wore a pair of greenspectacles,. very like a P en portion of what Maste r Mosey rimrose received in the twelve gross that he took for a fine horse, belonging to his father, the Vicar of Wakefield, when the young :rondo man was much greener than the "goggles." Mr. Brown had very long hair, of no particular hue, his vest might have been black, and was adorned with sparkling glass buttons, set r in brilliant brass rims, it was buttoned very close up to his throat. His manner was " very peculiar" and at present defies description, except that his seriousness of face and solemnity of expression caused much laughter. Mr. Black Pray, sir, what is your name ? Brown. Might it be Tom Brown ? No, sir, it is Thomas Brown. Mr. Bluck Very well, sir; a nod's good as a wink for a blind horse, Mr. Tom Brown. Yes, sir but I'm not a blind horse, although h I e w rs e e a r species,spectacles. perhaps 3.. Mid.o e B 1 claimuck an e : Ifyou e ciei d e on e o t t e e belongee with t o thethe other houseqt l ad g u e p n e e d yLl w idn h e : v i t hne a ot r w e e. y e o Pr WhereaOyr, i sir ? a y l o l rldew place?eas manufacturer.t the private residence is at No. 1, C o bd en -street. Who was with li a ttl h e m o i o n y t you ? Mr. Jones. Mr. Black : You are Brown, Jones was along with you, and all you wanted was Robinson 'to make up the celebrated trio—" Brown, Jones, and Robinson." The witness went on to detail how he lost his watch and chain, and amused the people in the court very much by the way he told his story, expressing almost all the Words he used quite wrong—such, for instance, as clandisticallii, and the like. Mr. Black " bothered" him so much, that the witness could not make head, tail, begginning, middle, or end, of the affair, and his Worship said there was no case, p p r a ie r s t e icu e l r a e r . ly as regarded the man, anal discharged all the BrFORE MESSRS. GRAN'T AND ROUGRTON. 'CHAitGE AGAINST ,A : BOARDING-ROUSE' KEEPER,— Mr. Thorne, a boarding-house keeper and publican in Denison street; was summoned .at the instance of Angus M'Donald, late carpenter on board the Thornhill, for.retainin,g a con siderable amount of money entrusted to him to keep. • Mr. Tyndall appeared to. support the complaint; and Mr. M'Oubrey, instructed by Mr. Dawson, was for the defendant. Mr. Tyndall said the case was brought under the • 236th section of the Merchant Shipping .Act. The section declared that any p:A.son guilty of detaining ally money, clothes, or effeet.i of any scainan, was subject to .a penalty - of £lO for the deteatioa —that the restitution of the money or clothes might . be ordered, and if not delivered up, that a panishuaent by imprisonment might be imposed. He said that, if the case stated to him were true, the present was a case of most heartless robbery. In March last the complainant had returned from a long yoyame, and received wages amounting to £Bl 2s 4d. lie: went to lodge at defendaut's house, and of his wages tie committed to his hands a sum of .£BO. Upon this account he had received in cash on an order £3l 2s 6d, leaving due £43 178 6d. The account furnished by the defendant's solicitor, stated that a sum of £7l 2s 6:1 had been paid t.' a person named Hannan, for complainant's anouut ; bilt Hannan, who was an out fitter, denied rec:!i ving. any such amount. There was a receipt drawn up at Hannan's for some money passed between the parties, but this the defendant .refused to receive. Sub sequently M‘Danald had made oat 'another receipt for £7l 2s. 6d., but, as the account was not rendered, he refused to pass it, put it iu , his pocket, from which he lOst it in a day or two, having left his clothes about; and, when he next asked the defendant for money, he produced the receipt so lost, said he owed him nothing, and that. he was, on the contrary, in defendant's debt. The defendant had lodged and hoarded • the complainant for twelve " days only. Since then complainant had made his demand. Thorne liad given up his clothes, a proof that M‘Donald was not in his debt. Mr. Tyndall called on the bench to do justice to his client, and called Au us M'Donald, who supported• the statement made on his behalf. On cross-examination by Mr. M'Oubrey, he said defendant had given him a watch. He denied. that he had bought it. lie had had a chain also, but it was not gold. For the defence, a number of witnesses, more or less connected with. defendant, were produced, who de posed that the settlement of account was perfectly regular. The receipt spoken of by Mr. Tyndall having been produced, that gentleman asked that it should be impounded, M'Douald having positiveiy sworn that the " witness" had not signed it in his presence, but that the name was affixed after 'the receipt had been lost. After a very loudhearing, the magistrates made an order for pay ment of £4B. is 6d, and, allowing £6 for the watch, of £42 is 6d, at the same time inflicting a penalty of 40s and costs. The money was paid. Mr. Dawson applied for the receipt, but the magistrates directed that it should be re tained. Defendant stated, , through his legal adviser, that he should appeal. • 1 PUBLICANS' AND BEERSELLERS' CASES. James Grant, publican, Waterloo-road, was summoned for selling spirits at illegal hours.on Sunday. The officer stated that he saw a woman come out of the house after eleven o'clock at night, and she had a bottle of whisky in her pocket. The defence was that if the woman had whisky she must have had it elsewhers, as she was refused at Mr. Grant's. Acquitted. Benjamin Trew, publican, 'Rose-place, was charged with permitting drunkenness. The evidence was that the officers visited the house at one o'clock in the morning of the lath, and found four melt inside, one of whom was drunk and unable to stand. Mr. :Snowball appeared for the defence, and said the officers (529 and 827) had been telling a downright falsehood. They were untrue in every particular. Evidence was produced to show that the hour was not so late as stated, and that none of the men in the house were drunk. The magistrates had a doubt, and would give defendant the benefit of the doubt. As there was a previous conviction against the house, they recom mended defendant to be cautious. Margaret Edwards, Fazakerley-street, publican, was charged with Sunday trading. Fined Is. and Is. costs. Joseph Bewsher, The Queen, 55, Great Homer-street, was charged with Sunday trading Mr. Rymer, for the defendant, admitted that a woman had been supplied with beer before one o'clock, but she had paid for it the previous night. and wanted it 'a little before the hoar intended. Acquitted. • Ames Trafford, Tenderden-street, beerhouse-keeper, was charged with having sold beer on Sunday foieuoon. Fined 40s. and costs. • Joseph Manly, Bond-street, beerhouse-keeper, was charged with permitting drunkenness. Fined 2s 6d, and 2s 6d costs. Elizabeth Corlett, beerlionse-keeper, High-street, Edge-hill, was charged with delaying to admit the police, and also with permitting drunkenness, Mr. Black de fended in the case. Officer 41 stated that he saw four men enter the house about one o'clock on Saturday morning. He and his brother officer heard cries of " police" and " murder." He knocked, and it ivas a quarter of an hour before they got admission. Wh en . they , got in they found the men up stairs. They were drunk. The men were drunk when they saw them go in. Mr. Black said there was - no proof that the men got an drink at all, 'and it had been shown that they were• drunk on entering. The charge of permitting drunkenness„there fore, was not sustained. Fined 40s. and costs. [The defendant was fined in the like amount the week previously.] Joseph Dimmer, beerhouse-keeper, Mile-end, was sum moned for Sunday trading. The defence was, that the parties were members of the family. Fined 6.5. and costs. Martha Morgan, beerhouse-keeper; Great Howard street, was summoned for Sunday trading.—Fined tos and costs. Henry summonedm e for s l u , n d b a e y e rh t o r u a s d e in k g e . e ep ar m , , B . ea L tr ig - s h t r t f e t e m t, t, was attorney, was for .the defence. When the evidence of the officers in this case had be-n given, Mr. Lightfoot stood up as if to cross-examine, but immediately sat down again. Mr. Wybergh : Why don't you defend your client; I suppose you have had his money ? Mr. Lightfoot made some unintelligible reply. Mr. Grant looked towards the defendant, and said, "I pity you." You must be fined 20s and costs. Defendant asked to speak, but was told that he could not be heard, as he had engaged an attorney to defend him. Daniel Kelly, beerhouse-keeper, Collingwood-street, was summoned for Sunday trading. Mr. Bluck, acting for Mr_ Cobb, for the defence, called the woman who was alleged to have bought the ale, who said she did not get the ale at Kelly's, but at another house in the same court. Ac quitted. John Lloyd, beerhouse-keeper, Wellington-road, w traveller. waa Robinson, beerhouse-keeper, Cli summoned for Sunday trading. The sale was it was stated in excuse that the ale was fora' andAcp,ruainttceids. summoned for Sunday trading. A c • quitted. Thomas Mason, beerhouse-kee teth Tark, was summoned for Sunday Per, Hampton -street, Tok was, that the ale was bestowed trading. The defence John Bailey, beorh • __ ou se _k e , not sold. Acquitted. eper, Gore-street, Park, was summoned for Sunday t trading. Inspector Nuttall said he entered the house half-past one on Sunday morning, and found person adrinking there. The defence was that the parties were s lodgers. There was a second information for a sale ' in the forenoon of Sunday. Fined 5s and costa in one case, and in the other acquitted. John s Jackson, beerhouse-keeper, Falkland-street, was ummonded for Sundaftrading. The officer stated that he found ten persons in the house on the forenoon of Fined 5s and costs. Thomas Evans, beerhouse-keeper, St. Domingo-road, Everton, was summoned for selling at half-past eleven o'clock at night. Acquitted. vaed-instirteteetd Patrick Greary, beer retailer, South John-street, was summoned for selling ale at hours not permitted by law. It was stated for the defence that the place was a small refresh ment room, and that the parties present were defendant's shoptnates. Fined 5s and costs. It is a well known maxim that "time is money"—the terms are relative '• so to save one is to save the other. We save both time, and economise patience, and present good tempers, when we ha ve a good PEN-a bad on© upsets pati ence and temper. Preserve all, then, by purchasing your steel pens and other stationery, at E. T. Hall's whole sale steel pen warehouse. 23, South John-street. John. Gillott's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W. Hughes, and other mak.eis pens at is per gross. Good Pen Holders 2d per dozen.