The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-24 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'S-HALL.

leaore
l'eulind.our readers that Miss Hiles will take her
flito; °f the Liverpool public this evening, in St.
tingernerous
a 1111 ae'S'ilan, and we trust that we shall have to record
attendance, for there are few of our local
tp hope have ever deserved so well, in every respect,
cetve the support of their native townspeople as
Qiil
I es.

Istlt seems yens and to be quite settled that the contest between
ae6lllBll will not be renewed.
Six Cr, ho uses and a vast amount of property, in Red
"'street, London, were destroyed by fire on'Sund ~
The
„ot to ma'ter
beats
his
pupil
hrLdk it or d .
t but to bring it into shape.
as a potter batters his clayt
estroy i ,
meek,
ar.:Thfoogen7,,are grateful God loves ; be gentle,
r 1 tot hoso who revile The Court preset • or slander you.
oring to the funeraledFriday
a complete retirement on t
burg. ofthe prince of Hohenlohe Laigen-
Five court martial, for the trial of several a
!n ordered to assemble to-day
otth
the charge of insubordinati?rew of
H.M.S
Edgar,
°II'
• The Earl of Eglinton has written to the Daily A rews
contradicting
fight. p the report
t atapionship that he was present
at the
ka
A calculation of the Patric demonstrates Piechnontese army, when united to that
of that the
Central Italy,
'kill number 200,000 men.
,Rithes are not equal to learning, for wi
tot stolen or lost; it is, therefore, thy best friend, cannot,
and
41tehts while living and even after death.
1. Rulers should pride theniselves in forbearance intel-
f,Price, energy, discrimination, tenderness, forethought,
"). e4ess Bring' satisfaction and contentment.
did The show*of bands yesterday (Monday), at
ate. liar wich,
in favour of Colonel Rowley, the Conservative can-
Th Q
A poll was demanded for Mr. Donaldson.
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Mob openhagen having been at sea 116 days from
i.,10,,,.°11rne, three guineas per cent. has been paid at
the 3tO effeet fresh insurance on the gold, £157,000,
"ual rate being 30s.
The
having Thunderbolt, iron-plated. floating battery, is
eh4i.._
,defects made good. It is expected she will be
Neilh ',Zu dtring the experiments ordered to be made
`l,-iitoe Whitworth guns.
N!,iel; fads committed by the late chief cashier of the
ilee‘t. Rik of London are undergoing a chorougl
keltaitation, but nothing farther officially has tran-
' (44 the subject,

DREADFUL: B OIL ER EXPLOSION.
THREE LIVES LOST.

A terrific boiler explosion occurred at Airdrie,' at a-Pit
belonging to the Summerlee Iron Company, . and
situated immediately at -the beck of High-street, near
to the Old Masons' Ledge. The report of the explosion
was heard at a distance of two miles, and- bricks and
other rl.2b rig Iserc' thrown to a distance of nearly half 'a.
mile all around the scene of the explosion. Those who
were still in bed were rudely startled from their slum-
bers, and numbers, who were wending their way to begin
the day's fOil, were thrown into a state :of great alarm,
arid might be seen running in all directions to ascer-
tain the cause of the terrific report.. Crest crowds were
speedily on the spot, and the scene et the pit-head,
shortly after six o'clock, almost hafileS description.
The shaft - is about 97 fathoms in depth, and as,there
is a e'reat quantity of water in it there were two engines
employed, one: about. 40-horse power for pumping the
water, and the other for winding up the ironstone.
The water engine was kept going night and day.
There were three large boilers, and a fireman* was con-
stantly employed keeping q: the steam.. Two of these
boilers are completely destroyed. • One of them appears
as if it had been cut in two nearly equal parts,
which were thrown to great 'distances, in. exactly
opposite directions, the one portion of it, said.to be from
three to four tons' weight, was blown up into the air,
and thrown a distance of about 150 yards over a range
of two-storey buildings, and. right into High-street. In
its crescent 'it appears to have come in contact with the
upper portion of the wall of the Masons' Lodge—a
portion .of which -is broken off—and then struck the
centre of the' street, tearing -up a portion of it, and,
rebounding from that, struck the front of Mr. Dick's
property ..on the opposite side of the . street, where the
pillar between, two. shop doors is broken, and one of
the shop _doors 'destroyed: 'The other portion -of the
same boiler, the .weight of Which will be about six or
seven tons, was thrown a distance of about 230-
yards to the -north, over a park, and in the direction
of the house of David -Mitchell, Esq., banker, Mavis-
bank. . It seems to have-been driven with great Velocity,
and its course is clearly traceable, large portions of the
earth having been Scooped out in several places, while
in others deep indentations are made where the whole
end seems to have struck, until at.last it reached a tree
which measures upwards of four feet in girth, which has
been broken in 'the middle as if it had been glass, ,the
under portion riven up by the roots, and the upper por-
tion carried with i .c boiler itself into the ravine below..
The second bailer seems to have been shivered to pieces;
a portion of it, abent fifteen feet in 'length, bad been
almost completely'straightened and thrown to a distance
of nearly 300 ards to the north-east, and with such
velocity that it ,has sunk into the earth to the depth of
six or eight feet immediately behind the houses in North-
street. Other portions of it lie scattered east, west,
north, and south, in all directions. The third boiler
appears to
.be, perfectly whole, but has- been completely
lifted from its seat and thrown right across the place
*here the two powerful engines once stood, the engines
themselves being completely shivered to pieces and
scattered about in fragments, as if they had been so much
crockery ware. The bricks which composed the boiler
seat and engine stalk are -itiewn abOut in all directions,
the parks in the neighbourhood being literally covered
with them. The oversman, engineman, and fireman
were killed on the spot, and their bodies, which were
much mutilated, were found lying in different direc-
tions, at a distance of from 20 to 30 yards. William
Cathcart,. a ruiner, was so severely hurt that there is no
hope of his recovery. A carter who wars-engaged in fil-
ling char at the was also struck and much bruised
by the flying missiles, but he is not seriously injured ;
and another young man who .was just going forward
to -his work received a severe stroke -On the chest
with a, brick. 'At the time the explosion took place
there were'on the pit head, besides those killed, a miner.
named John. Shanks, .and a son of Mr. Ramage, who
were standing in the shed on the plates, just waiting to
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be. let down, but 'they fortunately escaped unhurt. Had
the explosion occurred half an hour later, the proba-

is that the men would then ha4le been all on the

pit 'head waiting to descend, so that the sacrifice of
human life would have been much greater; and hPd it

oreurred half an hour sooner, when the streets were

thronged with mill-workers and others going to their

-
work, much greater damage must also have resulted.
Immediately after the explosion, steps were taken to
get the men out of the pit, awl they were all got safely
out by a little after twelve o'clock.

Soft words make many friends,

The Ti,e..? attributes no importance to Mr. Massey's
proposal_for a committee on Reform, which is merely a
convenient expedient to break the fall of a certain class
of members of the House of Commons.

CRANBERRIES AT CAPE Cou.-:----The people of Cape
Cod are now busily employed in cranberry planting.
The .largest meadow devoted to the culture of the cran-
berry is near Hyannis Port, and contains nearly fifty
acres.

EGGS IN PA ms.—The-yemrly consumption of eggs in
Paris is estimated at 165,000,000. awl the total con-
sumption of all France at 9,000,000,000. so that
reckoning ergs at a sou each, this single article repre-
sents 465,000,000 francs.

The Prince Consort has made known to the t ociety
of Arts his willingness to place his name in the list. of
guarantees for the sum of £lO,OOO, so soon as the
remaining £240,000, necessary to carry out the scheme
of the International Exhibition in 1862, shall have
been subscribed.
"'"k fellow down East thinks the day way vet come
when men will he I.7ropelleo! by steam-power, the boilers
bein„r, placed in their coat-tail pockets. We judge frrm
what we see, there are a great many men propelled by
steam from bottles if not boilers in their coat-tail pockets,
but they seem really to need ruddkrs to guide their
motions.

THE FATAL 1111.:Nr.--lhe clock of the steatn,hip
Hungarian has liem found, the hands indicating eleven
o'clock and fifteentminutes, which was undoubtedly the
moment when she struck. It is still in good running
order. But eight bodies hare been recoVered, only one.
of which, that of Mrs. Wood, could be identi&ed.
The report of the Royal Mail Steam Company recom-
mends. the usual dividend of:2 per share for the six
months,. Receipts of 1859, notwithiitanding the inter,
ruption of specie shipments from Mexico, show a slight;
increase: 'The superheating principle hai been applied
to five of the company's vessels, and
.will soon be
extended to a sixth.
On. Sunday evening the service at St. George's-in-
the-East was brought to a close 'by the church being
thrown into darkness, in consequence of an accidental
defect in the gas Appa:ratus. There was much yellin.g,
howling, shouting, and slamming of pew doors. The
parish-clerk, shortly after, announced that the service
would not proceed, and the police then cleared the
church.. •
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A singular petition is in course of signature at Not-
tingham. A number of the lace manufacturers of that
town attribute the low state of, their trade to the
"adverseness of fashion," and, despairing of being able
,by any other means to curb the fickle likes and dislikes
of the fair sex, they appeal to her Majesty to eet the
ladies of England an example which will have the
.effect of filling the counting houses' of Nottingham
with orders.

HUNTING IN , THE NEXT WORLD.--Sir J. Eardley
Wilthot relates that, shortly after the death of Mr. T.
Assheton Smith, George Carter, his huntsman, sought
an interview with an old friend of the family, and, with
much earnestness, made the following proposition :—" I
hope; iris when I and Jack Fricker and Will Bryce (the
whips) die we may be laid alongside master, in the
Mausoleum, with Ham Ashley and Paul Porter (two
hunters) and three or four couple of hie favourite
hounds, in order that we may be all ready to start again
together in the next world."
The fleet of forty-seven gunboats, laid up at Ports-
mouth, are undergoing a general overhauling. Twenty-
two have beenrendered fit for service. Of nine vessels
now under repair, not one but bears the marks of
having been constructed with the most reckless dis-
regerd to quality of material. The contract price is
said to have amounted to about £5,000 for each hull
alone. The copper bolts in one of the boats, which
ought to_have gone through and, hem clenched on each
side, were found to have been changed into short ends
of abed two inches driven in on each side. In the
midst of all this decay there are two boats, the Earnest
and the Escort, most creditable to their builder, but they
are said to have proved nearly his ruin. The machinery
of all the boats is believed to be in good condition. .
SAGACITY .0E THE BEAK—That wild beasts of all
kinds are scared away by fire is a well-known fact, but
the hungry bear is of so cunning a nature that it even
;sets at defiance the flaming circle, which would at other
times afford a sure protection to the sleeping traveller.
It is true that the bear does not .venture to cross the
fiery barrier, but it contrives to avoid. the difficulty in a
most ingenious manner. Going to the nearest stream
it immerses itself ,in the water so as to saturate its fur
with moisture, and then returning to the spot where the
intended prey lies . asleep, the animal rolls over the
flaming embers, quenching the fire, and then makes its
attack upon the sleeper. This curious .fact is well
known among the natives of Siberia, so that they have
good grounds for the respect in which they held the
bear's intellectual powers.
ROBBERY OP A CASE-Box AND NEARLY Two Tires:
DUED SO CEREIGNS.—A very adroit and extensive
robbery was committed last. Friday evening' at the well- •
known horse repository in Barbican, known as Dixon's
repository, but which has for several years belonged to
'Mr. Gower. It appears that Friday is the sale day, and
upwards of a hundred horses were' put up for auction,
the clerk receiving the deposits as the different lots were
knocked down. The sale was brought to a close shortly
after four o'clock, and- Mr. Gower, 'the proprietor, lent
shortly afterwards; and the clerk who had been attending
to the sale, took 'the cash-box, which contained £lBO in
gold, and some cheques and memorandums, to the upstairs
office, where he locked it up in a desk, in which there
was a Bramah dock, He then went to get his dinner,
leaving the in charge of another clerk, who would
in ordinary course have remained until his fellow clerk
returned. It appears that there were some horses to be
sent to Ireland by a particular train, and-that in conse-
quence of the clothing which had been ordered for them
not having airived, the" clerk who had been left in the
office ran down stairs to make some inquiries upon the
subject. He was only gone a very short time, and upon
his return he found that the desk had been forced open
and the cashbox and its contents abstracted: There is no
doubt that the robbery. had been "put up," as it is
termed, for, a considerable time, and there is every reason
to believe that it was committed by some of the horse
haunting fraternity who infest places of this description,
.s.pitenf the efforts made by the proprietors to keep them
',117:!-Y, and that being aware of the usual course of the
D mess they had been on the watch for a great many
sale
abseue.e ot=litt
days for opportunity of committing the robbery,
which tel affordediclrk themonder
t
momen-
tary
hebyouthoeumalsmtaonsteesabo
elated: Information was speedily given to the police, but as
yet no clue has
apprehension of thebeen obtained likely to lead to the
offenders, although a a very strong
eusficioll attaches to .certain parties. On the same
evening the rebber •
y was committed a small parcel
was picked up •
on the area of Spital-square police-
station, which, .upon being opened, was found
to - contain the
,memorandums stolen cash-box, aija that had been in
written, in pencil, the folloine(2° •of paper on which was
betters, Mr. Gower, and• than a • le*m Givef
these to your
contained an
In
addition to the gold, the cash-box
bank-bill, at tell days' sight, for
£.locon in an Irish
0 ' • but as this was
pot endorsed, the thieves are not likely to kn it avail-
able ; but the fact may as well be stated,.-
in order. that
the public and bankers may-be on. their
, guard in case
such an instrument should be presented or offered for
discount. • -- •