The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-17 00:00:00

LAUNCH OF THE ANSON.

Another valuable addition to the Royal Navy was
made on Saturday afternoon at Woolwich Dockyard by
the launch of her Majesty's steam screw line-of-battle
ship Anson, of 91 guns and 800 horse power engines, in
the presence of at least 5,000 spectators. The following
are her dimensions : .

Length between perpendiculars
Length of keel for tonnage
Breadth extreme
Breadth moulded
Breadth for tonnage
Depth in hold
Burtheo in tons, old-measurement

Feet. In,
. 244 10
. 209 101

53 10
54 S
21 6
3,335 70-91

Ditto,
' new measurement 3,400
The armament, to be furnished from the Royal Ar-
senal, will 'consist of ninety-one guns, as follows :
Thirty-four eight-inch 65cwt. guns, nine feet in length ;
thirty-four 32 pounder 56ewt. guns, oft. 6in. in length;
twenty-two 32-pounder 45ewt. guns, Bft. 6in. in length ;
and one 68-pounder Newt. pivot gun.
A vessel of the same class, to be named the Cale-
donian, is ordered to be laid down forthwith on the slip
vacated by the Anson. During the launch a large
number of the swell mob were pursuing their avocations,
and several prisoners were made by Crouch and Newall,
detectives of the B division.

ATTEMPTED MURDER. IN MURRAY,

STREET.

Yesterday morning the inhabitants of Murray-street
were much alarmed by the report that a man had been
shot at, with the intention of murdering him, in that
locality. The first rumour was that the injured man
had been so dreadfully wounded that he had been taken
to the Royal Infirmary, where his death was momen-
tarily expected, the ball, so said public rumour, having
passed from the right ear through the brain. Upon
inquiry, however, we found this to be a gross exaggera-
tion, as far as the injuries received were concerned, and
that the facts were, that late on Saturday night, a
man named Gittins, who was in the habit of attend-
ing the American Shooting Gallery, in Murray-street,
kept by Dan M'Lorinan, had entered that place of
amusement, for the purpose of "rifle practice;" that sub-
sequently Gittins and M'Lorinan, with others, got to
cards, and kept on gambling until between nine and ten
o'clock on Sunday morning. Then a dispute arose, and
Gittins left the place, having determinately refused to
pay M'Lorinan four shillings which had been standing
for some years. In rage M'Lorinan caught hold
of a pistol, whether previously loaded we have not
been table to ascertain, and ran after Gittins,
whom he caught near the end of the street. tie fired
the pistol, and the ball passed through Gittens' hat,
having entered in the back and passed through the
front, but, fortunately, inflicting only a slight scalp
wound. Gittens, however, bled most profusely, and for
a time it was thought that he had been mortally
wounded ; but upon being taken to the Vauxhall Dis-
pensary, the wound was found not to be of a serious
character, and when he recovered from the fright, he
went and gave information to the police authorities.
M'Lorinan, however, became alarmed at the desperate
act he had committed, and aftewards " made himself
scarce." But, in the meantime, the police had been
apprised of the facts, and the detectives were all upon
the alert to catch M'Lorinan. They succeeded in
tracing him to several places, but up to a late hour last
night had not succeeded in apprehending him ; but
when we say that the most persevering and energetic
officers of the Liverpool detective force are seeking the
offender, it is scarcely necessary to say that if, before
this meets the eyes of our readers, he is not apprehended,
his days of liberty are of short duration.

OUR SHIPBUILDING AND SHIPPING
TRADE.
(Prmn the New York Herald.)
. _

A few years ago the shipbuilding trade received an
extraordinary impetus, and the tonnage of this country
almost exceeded that of England. Our shipbuilding
was then in n high state of activity ; but of late Eng-
land has gone considerably ahead of us. For a year
past bushless has been falling off in our shipyards to
such an extent that they were almost deserted,
no work at all being in progress ; but within
the past few months a wonderful reaction has
been experienced. The stocks of the various
shipyards are being filled, freights have gone up consi-
derably ; in fact, the demand for ships exceeds the
supply. The shipping business to California, to China,
and to Europe, is in a prosperous condition. No doubt
much of this is the result of our abundant harvests,
coupled with the prospective necessities of Europe for
American breadstuffs in the event of a scarcity there,
which is now more than probable, owing to the partial
failure of the crops in Great Britain and Ireland.

It is past peradventure that the reason why England
got in advance of us in tonnage was because she built
more propellers than we did, and hence she was better
able to fill the demand. Canvass is too slow an agent
for packet ships these times ; commerce is pressing hard
upon the heels of steam, and it must eventually adopt
the quicker agency. Therefore, if we are to keep pace
with other maritime nations, we must devote ourselves
to building propellers in lieu of sailing vessels, and when
we do that, we shall have the largest amount of tonnage
sailing under [the American flag of any nation tra-
versing the seas.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY.

(Before Mr. RAmts.)
ME. O'LEARY'S GAMBOLS

Mr. O'Leary, junior, is a young gentleman who eschews the
common garment called a coat, and he seems equally careless
in regard to a vest, alias a waistcoat. It is not unlikely that
he, at a remote period, might have had a shirt, for there was
the appearance of the remains of such an article about Lis
shoulders. Perhaps it would be just as well to be silent in
regard to his inexpressiblcs, for they were inexpressible indeed.
He might have heard of a comb, but that implement might
have been wedded to his head without any danger of encroach-
ing on a marriage between forbidden degrees of kindred ;
in fact, his head appeared never to have known the
luxury of a flue tooth-comb. What bowler, the phrenologist,
would have said to his bumps is a mystery, and as to his
"human face divine," it was a picture for painters to study.
So stood Mister O'Leary before his worship. Police-officer
2'15 said, abut midday on Friday,„l saw the' prisoner 0 the
root of a house in Oriel,street; and he was hinging dawn
bricks and slate's at NO people passing in the *rect. I wit on
the roof of the hotise and chased him over several,' and
in a short time I caught hint. lie was drunk at thetime.
In answer
.to the charge Pthe prisoner said, I ,went home
to my dinner yesterday, and because I haYl:ilittle drink
my father got a poker and began to thrash me.,, i could not
get afiray, so I ran out on the roof of the house to save Myself,
and the slates and bricks were so loose that they began to fall
down, and tVe pollee thought I was throwing them down. It
was as much as i could do to save myself from falling ;, but
when the polieman folloiVed, I made a spring to save myself,
and got up on another roof. Air. Rafges thought the con-
duct of the prisoner rather unaccountable, rid fined him Se.
for being drunk.