The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-26 00:00:00

The City of Corkhas contributed £l,OOO to the Pope.
The funds of the Suffolk General Hospital have just
been enriched by the following legacies :—Lady Har-
land, £5OO ; Robert Buck, Esq., £4OO, free of duty.
The Italian princes appear inclined to fixitheir resi-
dences on the banks of the Lake of Constance. The
Grand Duke Leopold has chosen the villa Leuchtenberg;
his son, the Grand Duke Ferdinand, is to inhabit the
villa Amsea, belonging to Prince Leopold, of Bavaria;
and the Duchess of Parma has rented a residence at
Kreuzlingen, near Constance. The Duke of Modena
is making preparations to leave Vienna for Hungary,,
where he possesses considerable property. . •
SUICIDE OF AN ARTILLERY SERGFANT.--4 few days
since Sergeant Fletcher, Royal Artillery; eMPlOyed in
the recruiting service' at Croydon, visited Woolwich, and
committed suicide at the house, of his brother4n-law, by
taking prussic acid. An inquest was subsequently held
before Mr. Carter, coroner for West 'Kent, when the
wife of the deceased stated that she believed, the deceased
was deficient in his regimental accounts to the amount of
£l3, and he had been much depressed inspirits. Verdiet
—Temporary. insanity. •
A RUNAWAY VESSEL.—namourir, April 23. L-The
Tiverton, Captain Spicer, of and for Liverpool, from
Rotterdam, anchored off Gunwalloe, in Mount's Bay.
on the 15th of April, during a strong N.E. gale; the
weather having moderated on the 22nd,' the master
ordered the crew to weigh anchor, which they refused to
do; he then landed and procured,five seamen at Fal-
mouth, but before his return to Gunwalloe the vessel
had proceeded in the night of the 22nd, leaving the
master and one seaman behind.
FATAL FALL.—An inquest was held at Bradford, an
the body of, James" Lawson, cork-Cutter, Old Market-
place, who was found dead on Sunday morning, at the
bottom of the north end of Mr. B. Aforgatroyd's quarry,
Manningham. The body was discovered at the bottom,
a depth of 32 feet. It is supposed he had walked over
a broken wall to the brink of quarry, over which he had
finally fallen. He had his money, in his pocket, and
there is no resaon to think he had met foul play. Death,
however, must have been instantaneous aid a verdict
to the effect that the whole had been accidental was
returned,
A SPARROW BATTUE.—During the last four months
an exterminating war has been waged upon the unfor-
tunate sparrows who have taken up their residence in
Westerham, a club having been. formed for that object.
Of course, a dinner was an indispensable -adjunct, and
so the valiant members met over the social board the
other day to recount their feats in the sparrowrahooting
line. The following prizes v-era awarded ;-Ist prize,
bag of shqt, tp Mr. Ndward Skinner, Toys-hill, number
of heads, 1,443; 2nd prize, llb. gunpowder, to Mr.
James Young, Chart Well, 684; 3rd prize, 31b. gun-
powder, to Mr. Charles Dawes, 630. Total number
birds destroyed by the 20 members being 6,128. of I
HARWICH. ELECTION.—The result of the contest for
Harwich (the success of Colonel RowleylwaTutiliccuced
by telegram yesterday. Sher* after four o'clock the
numbers weia eiZcialy stated by the Mayor (Mr. F.
Hales) as follows :
For Colonel Rowley .. .. 146
For Mr. Donaldson .. .. 116
His worship accordingly declared the hon. and gallant
gentleman duly elected. Col. Rowley briefly eweased
his thanks, and stated that he shgl4 cia his utmost to
promote thei prosperity of the town, without reference
to party eensiderations. Mr. Donaldson also addressed
the meeting with much good humour, and the proceed-
ings closed with a vote of thanks to the mayor.
FOOT BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES AT RreamoNn.----
We understand that this very desirable abject ' will
speedily be carried into effect. The inhaWante 'of Rich-
mond, T.N.09.1ce.4114m, aid .Teleiortki Lave resolved, to
co-operate with the allottees of the St. Margaret's estate
in securing a communication which will be the means
of developing a property which is well known to be one
of the most beautiful spots on the banks of the Thames:
Subscriptions are coming in liberally, and plots. of
ground are being selected for the erection cif yillea. The
project of erecting a lack ininediately abode the 'entrance
into the Thames of the Grand .Tutiction Canal and Great
Western Doeli, which will he of Amnwnse advantage to
the neighbourhood, is again to be brought forward.
There are rumours that the new authorities of the
Thames intend removing the swans, which have so long
been the especial care of the City. It is to be hoped
that it is not true; for, independently of their pictu-
resque and elegant appearance, they are of great use in
checking the growth of various obitroctixe vegedes with
which the river abounds.
RoTAL 4-!,}4?3ATie Col..r.mc3.e.7=The first stone of this
institution was laid on Monday by its master, 'Mr.
Benjamin Webster, assisted by several of the officials
connected with the project. The site is at Mabury,
near the Woking Station of the South-Western Rail-
way ; and at twelve o'clock, a number of gentlemen of
the dramatic profession, and of visitozs interested in the
proceedings of the day, assembled to witireal the 4re:,.
monial. Amongst those mtet\t Ntere-r;Sir William de
Bathe, Colonel 4e, Atha, Mr, T. P Cooke, Mr_ 'A,
Wigtm,lii.' Asoni Mr. gmden, Mr-Nelson Lee, Mr.
Churehill, Dr. Borlase Childs, Mr. B. Webster, jun.,.
B.A. ; Mr. W. S. Webster, Mr. Stainton, Mr. Webb,
Mr. Fletcher, Mr. Stirling Coyne, Mr. P. Le4pr, anti
many other gentlemen connected loccll7 rith 4 ckta,
blishment, and feeling an actiye wn.pathy with its tiffany
excellent pu'ooses. Atter.the. stme had be.exl embedded
in concrete, hnaari4 inure' in the approYed fashion with
champagne, Mr. B. Webster delivered an impressive
address;

TILE LONDON COMMERCIAL SALE ROONIS.—TESTI-
NIONIAL TO TOM SAYERS.—The announcement in some
of our contemporaries, that Tom Sayers woj,-,ld attend
the Commercial Sale Rooms, li.e,c.iug-lane, at twelve
o'clock yesterday, for the iourpose of receiving a sum of
£100; collected from some of the members, as a testi-
mony of his courage and science, has turned out to be
a misrepresentation. A subscription list has been got
up, and upwards of £4O received, which it is expected
will reach £llO, but the day of its presantation not
yet named, and it is rtimotired that the presentation will
ale made Rrivateiv. The announcement created great
exeiteinent in the City, the neighbourhood .of the Sale`
Rooms, as also the rooms themselves , being crowded
with persons anxious to see'' the celebrated combatant.
Sayers is at present at Newmarket. The gentleman who
is getting up the subscription has communicated with
Sayers, and the presentation will Ile made, as an "off"
day, so as not to interfere with general business, It
will, iu all nroliability, be. Saturday next.
LoNnoN SOCIETY FOR TF.wcHING ;TSB 13LIND TO
ReAn.—This society held its .annual meeting at St..
James's-hall, on Tuesday, under the presidency of Lord
Cholmondeley. The report showed an • increase of
success during, the past year in the education of the
pupils, but stated that the !ands had considerably fallen
off. There were at present 50 pßpils in the school, who
were taught reading, Writing, History, geography,
masio, and worsted work. The industrial arts, such as
brush, basket, and mat making, were- also taught, and
many former pupils were able to earn an independent
income in these departments. In music, also, She pro. I
ficiency of several had been so great as to procare-for
them good engagements. The income of the society was
stated to he totally inadequate to its requirements, being
only 4500 in donations and about 4350 in annual sub-
scriptions, and an appeal was made for increased
sympathy and support. A selection of music from
Handel, Mozart, and Mendelssohn was admirably per.
formed by the pupils, under the direction of Mr. Barnes.
The meeting was addressed by the Rev. S. Minton, Mr.
H. Harwood, the Rev. Mr. 'Veitch, and other friends of
the society.
AN AsinnicsN STEAN CORVETTE.—The new steam
corvette Pawnee, now in course of completion at the
Ehiladelphia Navy-yard, is nearly ready for sea, and
will make her first trial trip next week. The model of
this beautiful vessel is both new and novel, She is
much sharper than any United States' vessel ever built,
and instead of, having dead rise, like all other vessels of
war, the bilge is below the base line. Her chief dimen-
sions are as follow :—Extreme length over all, 240 feet;
on line of main deck, 233 feet ; beam, 47 feet ; dis-
placement of load line, 10 feet; tons burden, '1,533;
indicated horse-power, I,IQO, to be developed by two
screws of 9,r, feet in diameter each, with a pitch of
17 feet ; when the engines make forty revolutions, the
propeller will make 100. There are two boilers, each
`24 feet front; 10 feet deep, 11 feet high, and have 280
square feet of grate surface, with 6,800 feet of heating
surface. The machinery and boilers are made in a sub-
stantial manner, and weigh altogether 268 tons. Her
armament consists of four Dahlgsen shell guns; two of
the four which she is to carry weigh with their carriages
11 tons each, and carry shells weighing 001b.---Neir
York Courier and Inquirer.
THE ASSOCIATION IN AID OF THE DEAF AND DUMB.
—.The annual meeting of this association was held at
Willis's-rooms on Tuesday. In the absence of the
Bishop of London, who sent a letter of apology, the
chair was taken by the Duke pf Marlborough, who
briefly advocated the claims of the association, as taking
up the objects of its benevolence at the critical age when
they left the institutions for deaf and dumb children,
and endeavouring to provide for them the means of nib-
sistence, and also of religious instruction. The income of
the association for, the past year was shown by the
report to be only £432, of which £389 had been
wended. Mr. Shirley Wooliner moved.thi, adoption of
the report, calling the attention of the meeting to the fact
that there were, according to the last census returns,
17,000 deaf and dumb in Great Britain, of whom about
1,700 were resident in London, and Were the special
objects of the care of the association, which was the
only one in London to which an adult deaf and dumb
person could turn for assistance. - He was convinced it
was not generally known, or it, would be better sup-
ported. Professor Owen moved a resolution pledging
the meeting to use every exertion to obtain increased
support for the association; which needed, he said, no
eloquence to commend it ; for, though the objects of its
care were dumb they spoke so as to excite 'sympathies
which ought to vibrate throughout the country, and the
association was as far as possible practically repeating
some of the miracles of the Saviour, who made the deaf
to hear and the dumb to speak.
Tip RELIEVING OFFICER.—A relieving officer, with
all his tact and knowledge of character, cannot always
get at the truth. My entrance into a street is tele-
graphed from one end to the otbes, much more quickly
than I can walk the d,i,s4i£Tee. Like the. rabbits do*
these little urchins dart into their own particular bur-
rows, no doubt informing the stay-at-horge of the
stranger's presence. Perhaps my errawl is to visit a
family who had applied to me a few hours before,
stating that there was nothing in the house to eat. Well,
I mount the stairs, or dive into the cellar, as the ease
may bel and lo x my olfactory nerves are saluted by a
most Savoury smell, " I thotOt," says I, " you had
nothiner, to eat." " Divil a bit, yer banner, but the
taste Of the 'unties for the cbildher," says the wife,
pointing to a tolerably large pan of the excellent root,
just ready to be eaten. "And where is the beefsteak
you were frying, Bridget ?" I inquire. "As it the bit of
beef that the neighbours sent me Sure I'm afther
aitingut, me and the chgdber ; and there's me husband in
the bed beyant FAck, and me niver a ha'penny to buy him
a dhrink." Just at this moment my eyes were directed to
aka bed "beyant," and sure enough I obsereed, a small
portion of the handle of a fryingpan sticking from under-
neath the bedstocks. I take the liberty of withdrawing
the culinary utensil, and vet an ample dish of beef and
onions, still gently simmering in. the gravy. Ettcouniel,
eOcinhP,il it'se. a, cold " 4.nd
by my snwess, I gently lift,ed the soiled ceverlid of the
he
bed, and discovered the husband with his jacket on.
what`
hareresailtsh3i,moutopcoanitr
Patrick
maird,d lanA.
have i' my hea,d, and a pain. in me face, an' paw all
me' bones, an' a stufllin' an'. a, smotheriV 'about me
fellow's face ?I, fancied st kav( a, tiwiri4le, hiR 'big
a .eye
harzat.'?, What mild I do, but, WWI t 4
gee. 'Before leaving dal:eight, would ;.
lvT.t. peep into
the cupboard: and, Ming a browA
;vilienware mug, I
discoveit4 ao9d urictit wheaten loaf.— w
Odd Fellow's
Magaaim,

The Prince of Wales arrived at Buckingham Palace
on Tuesday night, from the Continent.
A subscription for the widow of the celebrated Jullien
has been opened in Dublin. His Grace the Duke of
Leinster has headed the list with a handsome donation.
SELF ABSOLUTION.—Our readers Will be amused with
the question suggested by "A Priest," in a letter to the
editor of the Union :—" ABSOLUTION.—Can a priest
administer absolution to himself ? I am inclined to
think that such pardon, would be recognised by God sad
the Church. * *
* Absolution may be said to
*
be, the medicine by which the soul is prepared for the
sacred food of the Eucharistic Sacrifice. If, then, the
food can be administered by a priest
.to himself, surely
the medicine can likewise."
A YOUN
a WOMAN BURNT TO Desert .—Yesterday
~
sseerning'Afr. Payne, the coroner, 'helds an inquest at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Elizabeth
Haris, aged 22 years, who resided in Wimborneeetneets_,
New North-road. The deceased was in the act,of taking
some clothes out of the 'copper, when her apron was
wafted by the wind against the copper door, and she
became enveloped in flames. The fire was extinguished,
and she was conveyed to the hospital, but she gradually
sank and expired: Verdict, accidental death.
A CURIOUS MUSICAL Box.—At a concersac;one of the
Institution of Engineers in Scotland,. held in Glasgow
on Tuesday evening, Mr. W. C. Shaw, Buchanan-street,
exhibited a unique musical box, in the form of a gold
snuff-box, which, when set e-going, attracted considerable
attention. A little bird sprung out, moved aboutquite
life-like, whistled a favourite tune, and then vanished
out of sight, the lid shutting down upon it as at first.
The mechanism is iu 400 pieces, and is of Swiss work-
manship.—Glasgow Herald..[A toy of this sort was
shown in the Great Exhibition of
.1851.1
THE Swiss TROOPS.—A correspondent of the Times,
writing from Geneva, gives a very satisfactory account
of the Swiss army. It includes 71 companies of ear-
bineers, or About 7,000 men, all the best shots in a
country where. every one has his rifle and practices,
Only those who have proved themselves to be superior
is the others are accepted in this body, which, in its
speciality, has probably no equal anywhere else. Besides
this, the companies on the wings of each battalion are
chasseurs, likewise chosen for their efficiency in the use
of their rifles, making about 30,000inore proved marks-
men well aware of their skill. -
BRIBERY ANII TnnarrNo.--eYesterday morning the
following seturn was issued, by the House of Lords of
the number of members unseated for bribery or treating,
distinguishing those unseated for treating only, for all
the boroughs of the United ,Eitigdarn far the three last
parliaments. Parliament begiuntng 1847-48—Boroughs
Treating, 8; bribery, Q. k bribery and treating, 6
total, 20. Comities ; nil.' Parliament beginning 1852-3
—Borouglia:, Treating, 3 ; bribery, 11 ; bribery and
treating, 17—total, 31. Counties : nil. Parliament
ben.inning sees—Boroughs : Treating, 0 ; brilsesT, 4 ;
briery and treating, 2—total, G. Counties : nil.
CASUALTIES IN LONDON.—yesterday niornin a •
return was issued by Sir. R. Mean°, to an order of-tire
House of Lcrds, of tl e. number of persons killed or
injured by carriages within the metropolitan police
district from an, 1, 1858, to March 1, 1860. In 1838
the number run over and killed was 45 ; of maimed or
m
otherwise injured, 665. In 1859, 51 were killed and
682 injured. In 1860 (two ouths), eigt h ave been killed, and 110 injured. About two-thihrds of these
cases were not witnessed by the. police themselves; Init.
the particulars were obtained at the time from other
persons, in a great number of cases of those maimed,
Sses, the in/oriel/ were slight.
FRENCH CREW SAVED BY AN 'ENGLISH SHIP.---The
"John. Masterman, government emigrant ship, just reports
that when in the Channel, let. 49 deg. 17 seo., tong,A
'deg. 8 sec. W., in a gale, she sighted the Frencles
schooner Frederick Gustave, from aardeAux, in a sink-
ing condition; her lialwarli-s, boats, and port staunchions
having been washed away. The Captain writes, "That
in conseivence of the heavy sea he dare not for some
time lowbr a boat, but at last he risked it, and his life-
boat was safely lowered by Clifford's patent gear,- mid
was clear in one roll of the ship, and thus saved Capt.
Title, four men, and a boy, from perishing." This case
affords another proof' of the good that must follow all
ships having a ready means 0,1 safely lowering the boats
on board.
The proyincial papers continue to report the depar-
ture. c,f Dirge numbers of the Irish peasanti7 for America.
A Sliga journal, for instance, says :—"Emigluits are
leaving this port by the steamers for Liverpool us great
numbers. The public conveyances arriving in ' Sligo
from the surrounding districts are bringing them in
crowds. We learn that the deramid tbr passages on
board the Galway steamer Ia so great that the agents
here---the Messrs. D.usllecen of Knox's-street—liaye
refused SQ nian.y. as 9 applications for berths on board
the Cireetwasn The severity of the winter and spring,
withe enosmaies price to which hay and other provender
and provisions have in consequence risen, Ese, no doubt,
the causes of the panic which has weed among the
peasantry in the districts where this visitation has fallen
most severely."
THE Cosvicrt (G ills Ariltots.—The capital sen/
tence pasad upon, Charles Annois, a Brazilian sailor, at
the. Oeutral Criminal Court, in October, 1859, for %kg-
' murder of the master of the barque Margaret, on the
Tome from Lisbon to England, has been reapited during
her Majesty's pleasure, . Shortly after his conviction it
was represented to the
_Seeretaxy of State that he had
at various times been subject to attacks of frenzy,
or insanity, wl*la bad rendered it necessary to place
him un and as the absence of all apparent
t restraint.;
nlotive or his crime favoured the supposition, that It
might, bare been committed under the inftuence of
an attack of that kind, the execution of the
sentence was respited- unttl, the 20th instant in.
order that inquiry, rnight be made at Rio de
Janeiro, of which place he is a native, as to his
antecede*. The result of that inquiry, which has
beP made throuf,,,li his Excellency the Count Laeradisi,
Portuguese minister at this court, is such as to confirm
the statements which gave rise to it ; and as there is
thus good reason to believe that the prisoner was in a
state of insanity when he committed the murder, the
Queen has been advisee} to remit the capital punish-
ment, and he will be doult with in such manner as his
condition and the circumstances of his case may, upon
further consideration, seem to require.
THE FIGHT FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP...---The Laezon
correspondent of the Areu, Prussian Ga;eett writes as
follows :—" For some days past. he whole of England, so
to say, has occupied itself with a boxing match, and
although 'dukes of royal blood* may no longer shake
hands with the boss;, and illustrious lords may no longer
boast of theis intimate acquaintanceship with pugilists,
such as notoriously was the case in the last century,
nevertheless the interest all take in the matter shows
how 'national' this methodical thrashing, this bloody
thumping according to definite rules, still is in
England. Even a- minister answered with official
reserve when . questioned in parliament
'fight by some gentlemen of about the
more delicate n PR
than the rest. It was lainp that he il-
ling 'to, disturb the ' old English pastime was unw
,' and so the
long-announced fight between Tom Sayers Engla
nd's.
first boxer, and the American Heenan,
niclnamed the
' Benicia Boy,' did really take place, on the 17th of
April, near Aldershot, in the presence of about 3,000
persons. The day after the fight, the Home Secretary
was again questioned in Parliament whether he would
now cause the participators in the fighting, legally pros
hibite:d, to he punished. But Sir George Lewis is an
Englishman first and then a minister—so he again gave
an evasive answer."
GALLANTLIFE-11QAT Senvicr..—.-Telossatourir, April 19.—About half-past one o'clock this morning, when:
the wind was blowing fresh from the E.N.E., it
being at the time very dark, loud cries for help we hoard seaward by one of the men belonging to the coast-guard. Immediately an alarm was given
to muster
the crew of the life-boat of the National Life-boat
Institution; and; with a promptitude most credit-
able to the gallant crew, they were quickly at their
post. Everything being ready, as usual, for instants- - neons service in the life-boat holise, the life-boat was at
once 14111104 d, and proceeded in the direction whence
the cries of distress came. A pistol was fired from the
life-boat which was responded to by cries from those in
distress. The life-boat's anchor was then dropped,
and she was veered down to the scene of danger.
Here they found the smack Wonder, of this
port, sunk, with the sea breaking violently over
her—her crew, John and Samuel Basset, in the rigging,
They were found much exhausted, and were forthwith
taken on board the life-boat, and safely brought by her
to land. This is the second crew of wrecked vessels
this valuable life-boat has been instrumental in rescuing
from a watery grave during the present year. It was
only the week before last that the crew of nine men, of
the brig Nancy, of Teignmouth, were also rescued from
an inevitable death by the Lytham life-boat, belonging
to the National Lifeeboat Institution.
Tiffs IiaIIYNXOSCOPE.—The arrival of Dr. Czermak
from Pesth, whence be had been fraternally summoned
by the French Academy of Medicine, is considered an
event in medical annals. Dr. Czermak is a professor
of physiology, whose recent discovery of an instrument
whereby 'the larynx may be sufficiently lighted for
medicalinspection has obtained great applause all
over the Continent. This instrument, which he calls
the larynxoscope, has been on trial for the last few
days in, every,, hospital in Patis, and has succeeded
perfectly. Every disease to which the human throat
as subject will heneeforth be rendered as clear as noon-
day to the surgical operator, and the weaknesses and
failings of the human voice are alike made manifestliy
the fiood, of light which is poured into the patient's
throat by aid of a concave mirror reflecting the
rays of a strong lamp before which the patient is
seated with open ro.outh, and the introduction into
the cavity of the throat on a line with the tonsils
of a small mirror attached to a long wire which the'
operator holds while the examination is going forward.
This little mirror being held on an inclined plane
of 45 degrees, every organ is made visible on the larger
one. Even the trachea is perfectly reflected thus, as far
down as its bifurcation in the bronchia. The interior of
the larynx, until now completely hidden in the living
substance, can be examined with the greatest
minuteness, and for the first time the whole meehanism
of the human voice becomes manifest to the sight, Dr.
Czermak was received with much congratulation, as
f utu
being.re, the bearer of good tidings of the possibility, in
of mastering many diseases of the throat which
have hitherto eseaped all surgical-pursuit.—Paril Letter.
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deceptions fully oxposed. Sent free for two stamps, by Dr.
Sargeant, 8, Store-street, Bedford,square, London.
EAR.---,lz will be seen by our advertising eolorang that Mr.
Raokham, of Norwich, one of tie Most celebrated aurists of
tha day, and whose treatment 011ie various forms of deafness
has been so successful, is IA Liverpool, and may be °unsuited
daily. • . .
The latest edition. • Just published. Sent free Per post for
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