The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-04 00:00:00

THE MARKETS COMMITTEE.

The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held
yesterday in the council-chamber. Mr. Ridley in the
chair. Present—Messrs. Haydock, Crellin,' Holden,
Rogers, and Nickson.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and con-
firmed, after which the inspectors reports were submitted.
The reports stated that in the north district 3,0041b5., in
the central district 347 lbs, and in the south district
393 lbs. of unwholesome meat had been seized during
the week ; and of unwholesome fish 1,142 lbi had been
seized. From the financial statement it appeared that
the receipts, up the 25th November, 1859, were—£3,7o2
Bs. 71-,d, and wages for the same period, £533 ss. 6d ;
the receipts up to the 29th November, 1860, were—
£4,osl 6s. 10d., and wages for the same period, £561
12s. Ild. The receipts for the present year showed an
increase of £343 and some odd shillings on the receipts
of the corresponding period of last year.
Mr. NICKSON considered that a very satisfactory state
to have their finances in. _ _ _

A report was then submitted from a special
meeting of the Health Committee, relative to
the following statements laid . before them at their
last weekly meeting, by the Inspector of Nui-
sances, regarding the disposal of diseased meat offered
for sale, and which had been seized by the inspector.
"The Inspector of Nuisances begs to report that, in
consequence of numerous complaints of a nuisance
existing at Mr. Ellison's yard in Cresswell-street,
Everton, and having reason to suspect that some irre-
gularity was taking place in reference to condemned
meat and refuse from the market, your inspector, in
company with Inspector Freeney, made an examination
of Mr. Ellison's premises on the afternoon of Friday,
the 16th Nov., 1860, when a cart load of condemned
meat was found upon the premises. The meat had not
been destroyed, but was in a cart apparently in the same
state as when it had left the market. There was no
market officer on the premises to prevent misuse of the
meat, and part of a hind leg of beef of the same
character as that in the cart was hanging up in the house
where provender is prepared. Banc, desirous of ascer-
taining what became of the load oemeat, and particu-
larly whether it was destroyed on the premises in ques-
tion, your inspector attended there again between nine
and ten o'clock at night of the same Friday. The cart
was not in the yard, and your inspector could not learn
what had become of the meat."
At a special meeting of the committee held on the Ist
instant, the proceedings of the St. John's Market Sub-
committee were read, from which it appeared that the
sub-committee had met on the 28th ult., and proceeded
to the consideration of the report of the Inspector of
Nuisance to the Health Committee referred to that (the
sub-committee), Mr. Ellison, the inspector of nuisances,
Inspectors Freeny and Jones, and having examined the
inspectors and having heard Mr. Ellison's statement,
and the repert of the Health Committee, that meat
unfit for human food was placed by Inspector Jones in
a cart on the 16th ult. for the purpose of being taken to
the place provided by Mr. Ellison for its destroyal.
The committee considered that it was the duty of the
inspector who had the meat placed in the cart to accom-
pany the same, and not to leave the cart containing, the
meat until he had seen that the meat was destroyed,
but instead of doing so the inspector permitted the cart
to go out of his sight. Inspector Jones stated that he
went direct to the place for destorying the meat, and
that the meat was destroyed in his presence. The com-
mittee were of opinion that such was the fact, but they
also thought that Inspector Jones was guilty of a breach
of duty in permitting the cart and the meat to leave his
sight, and they recommended that he should be strongly
reprimanded and also be suspended for a week. With
respect to the leg of beef mentioned in the report as
having been in the house where provender was pre-
pared, the committee were satisfied with Mr. Ellison's
statement and explanation that the beef did not form
any portion of the meat placed in the cart by the
inspector to be destroyed. It was resolved that
the proceedings should be approved, and Inspec-
tor Jones having been brought before the com-
mittee, he was severely reprimanded and suspended for
seven days. The Inspector of the Markets was ordered
to make tl e nece,ssary arrangements for the due perfor-
mance of the duties of Inspector Jones during the time
of his suspension ; and that, on his restoration, he be
sent to the Sout district, and Inspector Lloyd be
appoin'ed to the North district.
. Several members of the Markets Committee spoke in
approval of the course adopted in the report submitted.
—Mr. NICKSON drew attention to the fact that at present
a disease was very prevalent amongst cattle which were
purchased by small butchers, and the meat of which was
afterwards exposed for sale. He hoped that the inspec-
tors would use all due vigilance, and seize all unwhole-

some meat.
The committee then rose.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
DANGEROUS ASSAULT.

An ill-looking fellow, named John Webster, was
brought up by. police-officer 340, on the following
charge. The officer said that on Saturday night about
eleven he heard cries of murder issuing from a flat in the
Queen's Dock ; and on going on board, he found a woman
lying on the floor of the flat quite insensible and bleed-
ing. The prisoner was standing over her and swearing
he would kill her. He arrested the prisoner, and then
took the woman to the hospital, where she has been
since. She was now present, but very weak. Anne
Culshaw,.the woman alluded to, here stood forward and
said she did not wish to proceed in the case, as the man
was very kind to her, and it was all the fault of drink.
Mr. Raffles : Are you his wife ? No, sir. Mr. Raffles:
Do you live with him _as his wife? Yes, sir. How
long ? Over two years. Has he ever beaten you before ?
Not much—he ,is very good only when he gets
drunk. Are you. much hurt ? She did not answer
the question, but a doctor from the hospital said she
was brought in on Saturday night in a state of insensi-
bility, and remained so for some time... She was bleed-
ing from one of the ears at the time, and she is much
bruised about the shouldBrs, neck, and body. She is
quite unfit to be out to-day from her state, and she
must go back to the hospital at once, until she gets
better. Mr. Raffles : Is there any danger of her at
present? Bleeding out of the ear, sir, is a bad symptom,
but I do not apprehend any immediate danger to her
life, but she must be kept very quiet. The prisoner, in
reply to Mr. Raffles, said, she is jealouS of the captain's
wife and me, but she need net. He was rmanded for
a week.

A DEAD MAN.
A stormy-looking fellow was charged by police-officer
197 with having assaulted him. and also for having
torn his cape to the value of 75. 11d. • and the
prisoner was further charged by constable 552 for
having kicked all the " bark " off his shins, greatly
to the detriment of the aforesaid shins. s Officer 197
said, about a quarter to one on Sunday morning I
was standing at the corner of Soho-street, when the
prisoner came up and said, "There is a dead man." I
asked him where ? and he replied go and look ; and
when I asked him where I should look, he replied I
will show you, and at the same time seized my by the
neck, struck me, and tore my cape. Officer 552 said— -
I came up, when the prisoner turned on me and kicked
all the skin off my shins, and they are very sore this
morning. Prisoner—So are mine, and you returned the
compliment. It would do you all the good in the world
ust to have a peep at them. There was a man lying
bleeding in Roscommon-street, and I told the officer I
thought he was dead, and then he gave me a puck in the
jaw, swearing he would make a dead man of rim This
statement was disproved, and his worship fined the
prisoner 40s and costs, and 7s. 11d. for the cape, or two
months' imprisonment.
THE GAMBOLS OF WILLIAM OWENS.
William Owens, a never-may-carish sort of looking
fellow, was brought up by police officer No. 8 on the'
following charge. The officef said, last night r heard that
a man and woman named Reardon, who live in News-
harn,street, had been stabbed by the prisoner. I went
to the house, and in the parlour I saw the woman on
the sofa all covered with blood. I saw the man who
was also stabbed, and he pointed out the prisoner as
having done it. The prisoner then caught up a poker
and ran up stairs, when I followed him. He stopped
on the stairs, and swore he would knock my brains out
if I attempted to follow him. I kept talking to him for
some time, until I got in on him a bit, and then I made
a spring on and caught him. lie then caught me by
the neck and cried out you I will blind you, and
at the same time he put his finger into my eye and nearly
scooped it out before I was relieved. It is very bad this
morning. I found the man Reardon, stabbed in the
arm with a fork, and his wife, who is the prisoner's
sister, cut most seriously across the arm with a knife.
The doctor says the woman is very badly injured.
Police-officers 690 and 854, corroborated the statement
of the other officer, and the latter constable said he
found a knife on thel floor with blood on it.' The
prisoner told some fowl and cattle story, alias a " cock
and bull" narrative, about some quarts of ale, and then
he was remanded for a week.

THE BOUSFIELD TESTIMONIAL.—In accordance with
the expression of A general wish, the committee of the
Bousfield Testimonial have left books with Messrs.
Benson and Mallett, of Castle-street, ond at Messis.
Smyth, of Bold-street, for the reception of small sub-
scriptions under LI ; and we have no doubt, from the
universal popularity in which Colonel Bousfield is held
by all classes of the community, that the "million" will
eagerly follow the example of their more wealthy neigh-
bours, by subscribing to the utmost of their ability.
THE MARINE STORE DEALERS AT BIRKENIIEAD.—At
the Birkenhead Police-court, yesterday, (before Messrs.
Jackson, Darbyshire, Case, and Brians), the remanded
cases against a number of marine store dealers for
receiving quantities of iron, knowing them to have been
stolen, were finally beard. Mr. Rymer appeared for
two Of the prisoners, Sadler and Lee, against whom
there were three charges. The prisoners were com-
mitted for trial, as was. also a man named Whilligan
(defended by Mr. Bretherton), for a similar offence.
Bail was accepted for Sadler, the others being sent to
prison.

MR. • WASHINGTON FRIEND'S GRAND
PANORAMIC TOUR AND ENTERTAIN
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this country, are a " long chalk" behind the Americans
in the faculty of making the most out of public patron-
acre and support. Every day furnishes us with examples
how much the English have to learn of the art of puff-
ing, and largely as the advertising medium is now
employed in this country, a glance at one of the first-
class New York Papers, or at the telling manner in
which Mr. Washington Friend, for . example, invites,
coaxes, nay almost coerces, the public to make, under
his guidance, the grand tour of " Five thousand miles
in Canada and the United States of America, including
the Falls of ,Niagara, &c., &c.," will easily satisfy our
advertising friends at home what scope remains open to
their genius, if not to their invention in this respect.
But we make.these preliminary remarks, which are
suggested by the admirable method which Mr. Washing-
ton Friend has adopted for making known his presence
in Liverpool, not for the purpose of accusing him of
exaggerating its merits and attractions, but in order to
assure the public that they will in this case meet with
an instance where the language of newspaper hyperbole
is no more than the language of truth, and where, by
accepting this artist's invitation to meet him in the
Theatre Royal this and the two succeeding evenings, all
our friends can pass a couple of hours,—or more if neces-
sary, by encoring some of his admirable songs and melo-
dies,---in a manner at once instructive, delightful, and
diverting.
Mr. Washington Friend announces himself as ", an
artist, a vocalist, and a musician," and we will add he
excels in all the three characters. His vocal, musical, and
pictorial American entertainment—than which no more
appropriate designation could have been selccted:-tis really
unrivalled. The magnificent moving panorama, which
faithfully delineates 5,000 miles of the most interesting
natural scenery in Canada and the United States, is a
marvel of drawing, management, and artistic effect. It
brings before the spectator, with inimitable vividness,
the Falls of Niagara and the River St. Lawrence, includ-
ing an admirable view of the grand Victoria Tubular
Bridge, the last rivet of which was the other day fas-
tened by the Prince of Wales. It presents Canada as it
is in all the four • seasons, illustrating American,
Indian, emigrant, and negro life, showing every
• place memorable in American and Canadian history,
and the actual abodes of thousands who have
emigrated from this country, and are now living in
their new homes in a new world, accurately depicting
the river, lake, forest, and prairie scenery of the Far
West. There is, besides, a descriptive lecture given by
Mr. Friend, teeming with characteristic anecdotes and
adventures in the back woods, all his information being
derived from personal experience during a residence Of
many years in the countries which he describes.
We observe that there will be a forenoon entertain-
ment also ; and this suggests that we should conclude
by a further recommendation of the entire exhibitiOn as
one specially calculated to make a lasting and a favour-
able impression on the minds of the young, whose
parents and guardians Would do well, where practicable,
to take them to see it.