The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-04 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT BIRKENHEA.D.—Yesterday
turning Charles Fox, aged 40 years, a navy, died at
the Birkenhead Hospital, from, the effect of serious
injuries which he received by a quantity of clay falling
anon him, at the " tip," in the Woodside Basin, on
Tuesday.
The Canadian mail steamship Anglo-Saxon. Captain
Ballantine, from Portland (Maine) on the 21st ult.,
which touched at Queenstown on Wednesday morsiing,
arrived in the Mersey about seven o'clock a.m. yester
She brings no news of importance beyond that already
received from Queenstown.
The Montreal steamer Canadian arrived at Queens-
town early yesterday morning, and sailed at five o'clock
P•ta., carrein-
s n Canadian mails, telegrams, and a large
number of assengers. The Liverpool, New York, and
Philadelphia steamship Kangaroo also arrived at the
sort;ie place in the afternoon, and sailed again at eight
ei,°ek pans full of passengers.
t memorial has been presented to the Home Seere-
zaris (Sir G. C. Lewis), signed by a number of Liverpool
tfranth, in favour of a commutation of the sentence
°OdY, a young American seaman, convicted of man-
._ lighter at the last winter assizes at Newcastle. The
memorial" was presented by Mr. J. C. Ewart, M.P. for
jaerpol, at the instance of Mr. John De Costa, and
r'tterc., Redmond, representing. Moo.dy'sfriends. The
Gentleman had an interview with Mr. Ewart on
the subject on Monday.
nearly been
AT THE SAILORS' HOME.—The debris has
th LIT been cleared away froin the dining-room of
e ""cinte. Subscription-lists in aid of Davies and the
Widow
rr °L Hardacre have been opened ; and for the
I:l:bietsmae:ld. ed rimer sum considerably above £lOO has been already
For Hardacre a number of subscriptions was
yesterday at the Police Court. By referring to
news the names of the donors will be seen.
fella sing "'however, been yet done for the other brave
it —.woo acted with such intrepidity during the con-
airation.
aAlonitsr °l' PASSENGERS PER ANGLO-SAXON. The
s real Ocean Steamship Company's steamer s',.nglo-
Mese-, 'apt. Ballantine, from Portland, arrived in the
cabi eY.• Yesterday, with the following passengers :
Clsarlilp; ia-Wm. • Muir, Esq., and lady, Mrs. J. Boyce, Dr.
-n.'remont, Mrs. Sturgess, Miss J. Sturgess, Miss
ilardont, Miss Eliza Wiscomb, Mrs. &onion
RC 'gala ler F. C. Clark, Rev. Dr. Burns and lady,
and'. Dr. son, 'Lieut. Symons, Mr. Heatley, servant,
J:swo children F. Gibbe, G. H. Richards, Mrs.
eatei",alds and two'' children. Steerage : Hmsb. Grant
Wiet`wko children, George Morton, Henry Heron, F.
-Itcsis°°Y, W. H. Edmonds, Thomas Rodger s, Mrs.
is,ilsers, John Scott, Mrs. A. M'Auly, Mrs. Rtily, L.
William. Walker, William Aitchison, Henry Len,
.sued POwellWilliams, F. Lang, Isaac Latin, D. Harts Mrs.
' John Crass, James Philips, J. Gillespie,
.R.
o,,,•"ess_Fatrick Hume, Thomas Walker, Samuel Acid,
Ik'_faCrireleott:ll,raornpes:‘,lrs. Gould, Peter Well, Philip Klinger,
charlotte
Mercier, Hannah Mercier, Andrew Fisher, Mrs.
John Largent, John Alexander, and J.
uskin
A `v
£w • FIRE ESCAPE.—Mr. Thos. Bryan. a wheel-
rifirgllt, called upon us yesterday to exhibit the model of
War escape, which he has invented. It appears to be
looked ef. great attention, and no doubt will be closely
foltok_t°- to-n3' the Watch Committee. We find the
rectiqwg in a daily contemporary of yesterday
" t d
to e„ and too numerous loss of life by fire has sugges e
road': ingenious mechanic in 18, Aintree-street, Scotland-
reads a ,traallellt fire-escape, self-acting, and always
nared• e examined the model yesterday, and are pre-
am to pronounce it the very best we have ever seen,
isn Re have seen and tried hundreds. The inventor
Laced. it only for public buildings like the Sailors'
retlidre's manufactories like. a cotton mill; but it
render nothuig boyond being made ornamental to
ht. rit essential to private houses. In London we
it i;ehno doubt it will universally recommend itself, for
in seal' be available for many uses as well as preservative
one ,"-es of fire. In cases of fire it can never fail, and
side of
be made to answer for all the houses on one
the model
of a street. We recommend the inventor to render
Inodel more sightly, and then exhibit it on 'Change.'
isti4
dee s tissis.—The following inquests were held yester-
b P. F. Curry, Esq.: On the body of a new-
ja"."l, female. child of Elzabeth Evans, an inmate of the
ts7°"lll°w-hill Workhouse. She was admitted about
„lid° o'clock yesterday • morning into the lying-iu ward,
betnel. th,,e charge of Mary Stewart, a nurse, who, having
eteicsLaued, went to Evans's room, where she saw her
"`"g on the floor. Immediately afterwards the
jZse discovered a dead female child in the chamber. Mr.
the 11, Prytherch made a post-mortem examination of
Ve sar°43-, and found that the child was still-born.
et,Zet accordingly.—Ori the body of Joseph M'Alister,
i4t04.111, Years of age, who fell the day before from a b9at
Lee Ruskisson Dock, and was drowned. Verdict,
th'"ceidental death."—On the body of Mary Douglas,
eYears of age, the child of Thomas Douglas, of
B e°nrt •
over urlington-street. The deceased was run
✓ in Burlington-street by a lorry on Monday last.
ebdict"
a "Accidental death." James
at the body of ames
at°te-rt!l joiner, in the em.plos of Mr.. Mullin, builder,
feu" New Public-offices in Dale-street. The deceased
,ever the stairs, it appears, in the offices on Friday,.
bb'ractured his skull. The occurrence was not observed
7,,,anyone. Verdict accordingly.
tllis•l4-ntroitio_ SOCIETY.—At the periodical meeting. of
St. George's Hall,
J. soniety, in the Grand Jury-room, .
evening, Mr. M'Quie presided. Various donations
t ere acknowledged by the secretary. Mr, H. E.., Smith
ith
t-thee,d 'Several- objects of antiquity, chiefly found by
)1/o,e" in the high tide of April upon the Cheshire sea
s'ei Including an ancient instrument in stone with
?erforatioo unusually widelysplayed; a perfect enamelled
si3:tliaPed brooch of Roman manufacture, found within
r —" 'feet of a silver penny of the joint Emperors
sl3seian. and Titus (Aso. 71-79), and bearing the
'trait of the latter on the obverse—the reverse is
011. scribed " Maxim: Pontif:" (reading from the outside
beiteoin)lsround the figure of the Emperor, seated
i Pri tiOrt; aEdit, witn
aphis right hand raised in the act of
eaental same era ; a Saxonhairpin in bronze, of the
•
head; a central bead of the rosary in terracotta ; together
pin brooch in brass, with moveable
with mediaeval knives in iron, one, singularly enough,
still retaining its wooden handle. All serve to attest
that,‘sr despite the unproductiveness of the past year, the
harvest of small but valuable social reliques occurring
in locality is not yet wholly gleaned. The paper
~or h
the evening was "On the en raved portraits and
Pretended portraits of Milton," by §olin F. Marsh, Esq.,
of Warrington.
bilo_]XTZTll GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting of this
i."°2_,ru Was held yesterday, at the Public Offices, Park-
°4u; Mr. H. S. Alpass presided, and the other .
members present were Mesrs. John Wilson, Joseph
slaPisori, 3' Carter, 3'. B. Hughes, A. Miller, A.
ir,lndrod, :Leigh, Ogden, Siddley, Leyland, Baynes,
Jradrit, and Hunter. The governor reported the
366 her of paupers in the workhouse last week to be
n&,,-; admitted since, 10 ; discharged, 25 ; this week,
ei..--The chairman read a letter from the governor of
• It'dale Gaol which stated that,the governor had ben
,
welieenvhzbyga prisoner, named DMA that Mr. Williams,
officer for Toxtetla-paxls, made him (Dallas)
T.lrik while on his way to 01. Mr. Williams ex-
LTlled. that so far from making Mlles clruuk he had
Tie all he could to prevent him spending his money.
64eYembers of the board expressed themselyes perfectly
te
`Sec 7.'401. Mr. Williams's explanation.—Accordsog
returns moved for at the last meeting of the
p•
ar,s* appeared that the sum paid for vaccination
satcluria.N the past parochial year was £62 Ca.; and
ssat the u- 'um iser of Roman Catholics at present in the
76 of which number 31 are males.—Mr.
g4rs (41 was. in.' stre'etAl. d to receive tenders for the
Zrs Which are requn .4d to complete the fire exit's-
tithe lag apparatus at the We:*khouse. There was no
Public business.
,e •
`lf this 441", CoarmiggroNEßs.
ter s board was held last ni,ght, at the fl
embers
The ninnthiltyliemoethetuiney,
ti:eseni„f°l4. Mr. Pooley presided, and the ether ria.
Harrison,
were Messrs. Caine, Holmes, Kerford,
Mr--7-n-',_ishwiek, Eyre, Hughes, Bi4ley, and theßev
Vers•"*Derts• The minutes of the laSt or
estv-read and confirmed, as were also the minutes of an
inary meeting
Pro narY meeting held on the 30th of April. e.
die 0711 gs of the Works and Health Committee, ,which
4raillen-ITlPrise anything of general interest, were
the toe chakmais made some observations respecting
holyed e°lllPlefe marginal drainage of New Brighton; he
teed that the Health Committee would aeon take pre-
the 113 in the matter, its it was most important that
rate —atilag'e should be improved. Mr. Eyre said the
be . at NT
haa '"eW Brighton was now 4d. in the pound, and
that— no doubt that before the scheme was pprfeeted
th.e,rate would have to be doubled. Mr. Hill movesithe
-Cnlfirthation of the proceedings of the Gas and Water
~;123itnittees •In doing so he remarked that when he last '
,sunders
the well it was stationary, in consequence of the
soon not not being quite ready. He thought it would
also Pe ready for working. The works at the Tower are
lirramEtv°nr„,nbly progressing. The proceedings were con-
thtsi,". Mr. Caine next submitted the proceedings of
The erY Committee. They included a statement that
arbitrationearc between the board and Messrs. Coulbourn
liwareAt° it conclusion on the 23rd ult., and that the
fe is £6O opo for Egremont and New. Ifrighton
dirreerYt„,' and 40's for Seaconibe. The committee
.h.ave
atr the law clerk to use all diligence gbtaining
••
•kh,.B.ll:ifer of the ferries to the board. The petition
Use bill, which was promoted by the Mersey
Docks%thew Board, has beeniapresw.entedt,sary eox4
and the
board' upmittee,rt Viet il.by counsel before a wllep
an equitable geor.a..-
"iew of obtaining
rsteise n lieu of the tolls over the new landing-stage,
annosnicing that the men”.
neTnrainittee had pleasure .
fr • tlessrs. Coul- •
b,„7Sary to complete the purn_ .„„„n be settled.
/11'.(.4 was in hand, and the affair Mr, Caine
oallt:ring the adoption of these proceeci'Lr „float
had ,liPeri the chairman to give them a statemen
•b.nn
toss been done in London. The minutes having • ",
it'urrued, the Chairman rose and detailed the proceed-
e4s which had taken place in London in the arbitration
e„le; Re said that they had taken the precaution to
e4toy short-hand writers to take the whole of the
theeenee and addresses on both sides. The fact that
lae notes when transcribed into long-hand occupied
1"* Pages, would show something of the onerous and
gthY chthat th aracter of the ease. It had been suggested
A__ e e report should be printed, and as that could be
nsl..at a rate of about 2s. per copy, he thought that the
t.'l!).illieation Would be a valuable and interesting record •
Vol:re times. There had been three distinct sittings is
13th 0141,4 first on the 26th of Jan, the second on the
At these sib." and the third on the 19th of April last.
Coulborry‘tlingthere were arrayed on behalf of Messrs.
in..r•-doratio Lloyd,
most ea Mr' who was known to be the
casessran in the kingdom in arbitration
Manchester, amides n, and another gentleman from
well arrayed agaisses Beloe, so that they were pretty
whencer. they ozit.ce beard _
; on behalf of the latter
q of. great d" and Mr. Littler. In conse-
the board ea emand for Mr.
w that the attend James' services,
have the benefit of hisd not continually
es"
fore, added to their counsel
It?, and, there-
At the first sitting Mr. Lloyd took .11 Coralie, Q.C.
that the ferries were Permanent ans the position
Property, and could not be interfered a:ATI;
even by selling for £16,000 the Messrs. Colbourn woce
lose considerably. Witnesses were then ealsen by
M. Lloyd, who spoke as to the income from the ferries.
Immediately before referring the matter to the umpire, it
Stood thus—the board were willing to give. £34,000 ;
-.Messrs. Colbourn would not sell under £99,000. The
umpire decided the proper sum to be £60,000. Great
es.ertions had been used in the getting up of the case,
and he believed the result would confer great benefit
upon the parish. The proceedings of . the Finance
_ eoransittee were confirmed. It was agreed tp levy a
F.,ll.e_ral rate of 18.8 d. ; a sewerage rate at Seacombe
vvri.s..Ude and at New Brighton of Bd. in the pound. This
all the business.

Cracers SERMONS.-011 Sunday next, the Rev. Dr.
M'Neile will preach the last of the sericseaf sermons in
the Circus, Dale-street.
NEW PATENTS.—The follow,ing patents, amongst
others, passed the great seal during the week ending
Ist of May, 1860 : James Graham, Warrington
Junction, improvements in treating and applying pro-
ducts obtained when galvanising iron.—J. F. Delavier,
improvements in coffee pots, tea-pote, and other culinary
and pharmacCutical vessels of the same nature.—Job
Hamer, an improved material for insulating the wires
of electric telegraphs, for lining articles of dress, for
covering, clothing, casing, or lining steam-boilers, pipes,
cylinders, and other vessels, conduits, or chambers, and
for other similar purposes to which the said material is
or may be applicable as a non-conductor for preventing
or diminishing the transmission of . heat or of thg
electric fluid.—H. B. Powell, 'the protection and pre-
vention of fouling or injuring by foreign matters the
screws, paddles, rudders, and stern-posts of steam-ships
or other vessels.—A. Lerch, an improved process of manu-
facturing embossed sheets or stuffs called embossed ficti-
tious leather for hangings and household furniture.—M.
Auerback, improved apparatus to ..be applietisto omni-
buses, stage-coaches, and other similar vehicles, to
indicate the distance each passenger travels, and the
amount of his fare.—W. H. Muntz, improvements in
the construction of ferry-boats.—Conimunicated from the
British and foreign patent offices, 4, Clayton-square,
Liverpool.
MERSEY Doers AND HARBOUR BOARD.—Mr. Jas.
Smith presided at the usual weekly meeting of the Dock
Board yesterday, and the other members present were
Messrs. Farnevorth, Hubback, Hutchison, Rounthwaite,
Moss, Segar, Derbyshire, Shand, Inman, Langton,
Graves, and Boult.—The minutes of the preceding
weekly meeting, and of a special meeting subsequently,
were read. At the special meeting a resolution was
passed, by twelve votes for to seven against, confirming
a conditional agreement for the transfer of a portion of
the Town-dues of the board, referred to in the Tipper
Mersey Dues Bill now before Parliament.—The pro-
ceedings of the Works Committee, which included a
recommendation to accept the tender of Messrs. Willis
and Co. to supply hair felt; of the Warehouse Com-
mittee; of the 111arine - Committee, which included a
recommendation to superannuate the keepers of the
Semaphore Stations at Cefn Du, Llysfaen, Voryd, and
Liverpool; of the Pilotage Committee, and of the
Master Porterage Committee, were read and con-
firmed without discussion.—The Docks and Quays
Committee, in answer to a letter from the secre-
tary to the Liverpool Steamship-owners Associa-
tion, had resolved that the resolution of the 20th
February. last,.in reference to the charges to be_made for
the use of dock stages did not refer to steamships,—the
letter from Lloyd's surveyors at this port seeking per-
mission to use naked lights on board ships during
official surveys, had been referred to the solicitor for a
report. The proceedings were confirmed.—Mr. Graves
gave notice that, next week, he should put a question
to the engineer as to the Pluckington Bank, which he
believed was considered to be a very serious evil. That
dav, he understood it was 3 feet 6 inches above the dock
sill. He should also put a question to the engineer as
to the unsafe condition of the docks at Birkenhead::—A
letter from: Mr. Towson, secretary to the Local Mering.
Board, was read. The board thanked the Dock Board
for affording them accommodation for the conduct of
the public business consequent upon the destruction of
the Sailors' Home by fire.—An .application from Mr.
Henrichson, dock master at the Huskisson Dock, for an
increase to his salary was read and referred to the
Docks and Quays Committee.
' HEALTH COMMITTEE.—MT. Sheil presided at the
usual weekly meeting of the Health Committee, yester-
day, and the other members present were Messrs.
Crellin, Beckwith, Barton, Haydoek, Crosthwaite, Job,
Nickson, Ridley, Bowring, Steel, and Stitt. The
borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of
nuisances reported various particulars of the operations
in their several departments during the week, from
which it appe,ared that 197 nuisances complained of .by
the inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to'
remedy them. 1,144 houses in the unhealthiest districts,
containing 3,751 apartments andl4B7 cellars, had been
put under examination, with the view of improving their
sanitary condition: The medical officer of hearth re-
ported. a further decrease in the mortality of the borongh,l
the deaths last week having been 201-12 lesiethen en..
the previous week, and 64 less than in the second week
of April. The number is 25 below the corrected average.
Two-thirde of the deaths were in the parieh;and one-
third in the out townships. Zymotic diseases caused 27
deaths, the corrected average being 57. Of these 6
were from measles, 6 from hooping cough, 6 from
typhns, 3 from influenza, 2 diphtheria, 2 croup, and
one syphilis. From diseases of the lungs.and consump-
tion the deaths were 87, the same as in the previous
week, and 15 more than the corrected average. The
mean temperature of the week- was 4i degrees below
that of the same week of the fourteen preceding years.
—MIs7R. M. Beckwith presented a memorial from rate-
payers and occupiers of houses in-Marsden-street, West-
Derby, complaining of the deposit of manure near their
premises.--The memorial was referred for consideration.
—A letter from the Home Secretary was read, confirm-
ing the new bye-laws enacted by the Council for the-
regulation of common lodgingehousee.--A memorial
from the Liverpool Land and IfoaSe-owners'
tion, referred from the Town Council to this conimittees
was read.—Mr. Stitt said the rates that had bebtelaills'
were as low as necessity required, and expressed his
conviction that the only remedy for the heavy pressure
on the out-townships was to be found in the equalisa-
tion of the rates. There were some important sugges-
tions in the memorial, and he moved the reference of it
to the rates committee, so that it might have due weight
with that committee when they came to lay the rates
for 1861.—Mr. Hodson supported the motion.—After`
some discussion the motion was agreed to.
BIIIN.ENUEAD POI,ICE COURT, YESTERDAY.—WiIIiam
Ford, a seaman on board ll.M.'s ship Majestic, at pre-
sent moored in the Sloyne, was brought up before the
Rev. R. M. Feuding, the Rev. Mr. Coxon, Mr. R.
Barton, and Mr. J. R. Shaw, charged with having
stolen two £5 Bank of England notes from one of the
officers on board. A beerbouse-keepet in
_Birkenhcid
had changed the notes for the man, giving only 3Qs 'for
one of themeand a sum not much larger, for the other.
The case was not gone into yesterday, and the prisoner
was remanded until
.to-morrow (Saturday).—The bench
constituted themselves an adjourned highway session,
and proceeded with the adjourned inquiry in reference
to the objections raised at Neston against the accounts
submitted by the lete surveyors of highways for
Orton. Mr, Bretherton appeared on behalf- of Mr.
Henderson, a ratepayer, to object to the passing of. the
accounts; and-Mr. Conway, barrister, appeared -forethes
late surveyors, Mr. Henry Denson and 'a r, John N.ewr
burn, instructed -by Mr. Rymer. We have already
given- the particulars -of the case at Neston, and, so far
as the facts are concerned, what transpired yesterday
was, to a great extent, a repetition. -Mr. Henry Denson
was examined at considerable length, both by Mr.
Conway and Mr.. Bretherton. In the course of his
evidence he stated that there was a surplus .of about
£lO4 when he took office ; that that surplus, hoWever,
was a sum Which had leeen raised for a specific purpose,
to which it was after Wards applied ; that'a highway rate
of 6d. in the pound was laid by himself and his brother,
surveyor, realising about £262 ; that the chief part of
this money was expended in a manner directed by dis-
tinct resolutions come to, at vestry meetings, on' several
occasions since 1854, in making and repairing portions
of Shrewsburyeroad and Alton-terrace: It was admitted
in cross-examination that' Mr. John Newborn had done
some carting in respect of this Work, for which he had
been paid about £l2 art of the-rate. Mr. Bretherton
contended that the roads in question, although the land-
owners joined iu the expense, were not adopted roads,
and should.not, therefore, be repaired at the expense of
the ratepayers; and he insinuated' fleet the_ parties
instrumental in carrying the resolutions in question were
personally interested in the improvement of the roads.
Mr. Conway replied ; but the Bench held that the
expenditure. though sanctioned at Vestry meetings, had
been illegally incurred ; and that although no blame.
whatever could personally attach to the surveyors, who
had an onerous duty to perform, without receiving any
remuneration, still it would. be better that in. future no
expenses should be incurred that were- not strictly legal.
After much argument on both sides, the -case WAS
adjourned until the 26th ; the chairman. of . the bench-.
expressing w hope that in the meantime- some under-
standing would be come tows to the future, which might.
induce Mr. - BrethertOn to withdraw -his present objec-
tions, and allim the highway accounts to be passed.
Wonituoust ColNi.fttE.;-31r..Churchwarden Crop-
per presided at the usual Weelelyne Min"' of the Work-
house Committee yesterday; and the other' members
present were Messrs. Peck, Whittje Scott, Denton, E.
Byford, Critchley, Williams, Jones, Goodacte,
_Light-
borsa, and the Rev. Rector Campbell. The Governor
reportedllae,t ,tlie number of paupers in the house, last
last
week was 2,007; this yie!*, 2,006; corresponding week
last year, 2,418.—:The master of the- vagrant sheds
reported that the number of vagrants relieved during the
week was 171 men, 83 women, and 29 children ; total,
283, being an increase of 11 as compared with the pre-
vious return, and an increase of 64 persons as compared
with the corresponding week of the previous year.—The
medical oaeers reported that there were under treatment
in the hospital last week 609 persons ; admitted since,
146; discharged, cured, 140 - dead, 21; now under
"
treatment, 611.—A lengthy discussion took place on the
subject of sick and infirm paupers smoking-View pipes
in bed, and also -en the desirability 'of-facilitating pipes
escape' of the urinates in rase of fire,' -The discussion
arose in ceniceinenge plthe.inpPosed aanse'of the fire at
the Sailors' Hbitie: -NOifiiiirdefir4te was done,- but it
was understoed that the subject would be brought for-
ward on a figure day in a- tangible shape,—The Rev.
Mr. Fleetwood, tiegoman Catholic priest at the work-
house, had entered on the bOOks a complaint that a Wes-
leyare local preaoher;_ when visiting the hOuse, had read
and elponAd.ed 'llona the Sctitures in certain wards,
where there were Other religionistiiiiiii.Weileians. Mr.
Evans was in attendance, and explained that he had
only read and expounded the scriptures to persons -of
his own creed, though he would not send away arty per.
sou who chose to come and listen. He had never soli-
cited P 7 pf the " opposite party " to listen to him, but
they
hailed him to read the scriptures to them. He had,
however, replied the:t b.O must go to his own people."
In answer to the rector, Mr. Evaps said by- " opposite
weer he meant the Roman Catholics. To Mr.
Whitty, , Evans said he was ccanicetedi prin4pally
with the 'Weste Methodist Chapel in .._oat-iitreet.
r;
The rector read t e order of the Poor-law Board on the
subjeet, and said that visitors 133114 not conduct their
services in such- a way as to be - offensive to the con-
sciences of other religionists.—The Cheirnian said the
complaint made against Mr. Evans would equally apply
to the Rev. Mr. Fleetwood.—.-Mr. PACk was of the same
opinion as the rector.—The Chairman, Mr. Denton, and
-Mr. Critchley defended the conduct of Mr. Edam.—Mr.
Whitty hoped no censure_ would be passed -upon Mr.
Evans for what he had done, because he might be fol-
lowing the peculiar mode of conducting his form of
religious worship, but he trusted such a course would
not in future be followed.—On the motion of Mr. Den-
ton, seconded by Mr. Critchley, a resolution, exculpating
Mr. Evans, was passed—an amendment, moved by Mr.
Scott and seconded by Mr. Peck, to the effect that the
inquiry be adjourned until Monday, being lost,

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headache, dethettelie. :,raxip spasms, sinking, fits, bron-
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widen; --'-' opeless• •T.

REPORTED MURDER IN
LIVERPOOL.

At the Essex-street Police-station, yesterday, John
Gillman, aged ten years, residing at 77,11 and-street,
and Agnes Wilson; about seven years of age, 96, Clevedon-
street, Park, reliorted that in the afternoon 'they saw.
two women, dressed in black, without bonnets, caps, or
shawls; and barefooted, whose names are yet unknown,
and who seemed to be, to some extent, under the
influence of drink, after hurriedly and anxiously-looking
around them for some time, throW a child, apparently
of two or three years of age, into a deep water pit in
the. Brickfield, between Beresford-road and Parkhill-

road. The child, after some little struggle, is said to
have sunk. Several police-officers were at once set to
guard the pit and keep the crowd back, while labourers
were employed.te run off the water in the pit supposed
to contain the body of the murdered child into another
pit adjoining. Grappling irons had been employed
without any discovery. At a late hour last night the
greatest anxiety was felt in the neighbourhood as to the
result ef the laudable efforts of the police thoroughly
to investigate this mystery without loss of time. But
it yet remains to be seen what truth, if any, there is in
the mysterious alarm. We have a strong suspicion that
this report may have been got up for a purpose ; but
such as it is we give it as it appears on the face of the
police books. Great crowds were collected late last
night on the scene of the reported•disasfer, and much
excitement and speculation as to the truth of the report
prevailed.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. ,RAFFLrs.)

A CHARGE OF BURGLARY: Lawrence Riley was charged
with having atsempted to force open the back door of the shop
of Mr. Cahill, draper, Great Howard-street. On Thursday
morning, about a quarter to One o'clock, the prisoner was
found in the back premises of a Mr. Johnson. Previous to
that he broke into Mr. Cahill's shop. A. bad five-shilling-
piece was taken 6oin. the till and a pocket himdkerchief. He
was apprehended by Pa/iceman 135, with a hammer.and chisel
in his possession. The prisoner was remanded.
Wears CASE.—Thomas' Cooper summoned Capt. J. W. Barr
for £9 ls. 4U1., balance of , wages. Mr. Cobb appeared
for the complainant, and Mr. Bluck defended. The
claimant, it appears, Was imprisoned'in-Mobile for refusing to
do duty. The police expenses amounted to upwards of £l2,
and the captain set this as a defence, contending, through Mr.
Bluck, that the wages were forfeited. Mr. Raffles had power
to award £3 for expenses, which, taking. all th 9 circumstances
into consideration, he did.

The allowing, subscriptions for the widow and orphani of
the constable. Hardacre, who was killed by falling off a
'alder at-the Sailors' Home during the fire, were collected in
court :—Mr. Raffles gave 109., and ordered £2 from the poor-
blx ; Mr. Cobb, 10s. Gd., Mr. Muck, 109. W., D. C. Deane,
10s., Richard Ellis, 10s., L. Stubbs, 55., J. E. Jones, 2s. 6d.,
A Friend, 29. 6d., Thomas Poole, 2s. 6d., J. Edwards, 2s. 6d.,
John Wybergh, 109,, John Talker, 2s. Gd., Anderton, 2e. Ed.
In the court, where Mr. Sainuel Holmes presided, a juvenile
deputation from the schools of the.. Royal Institution handed
in $6 10s. collected amongst the boys, to the magistrate,
who made a few remarks.