The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-23 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS.

•
DrATir v(ite'm • AN. .A.etaiaitret.--,-11 ty Wilkinson; the
mall who was hdrtliit tho; Exchatig6 on Sitturday,
erred on Wednesday night dl thb Nditherii Iltlital.
cc InEirk.,----3i ichitcl White, .rt .tabcitLier,-.Liidahg in
Oarleton-street, received, yesterday, a severe scalparOund
on board tire 'shit) Dreadnought, in Wellington Dock, by
a blow of a winch hauclle.. . , „ ..
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Tj k
' WTI • •-- Alth.rrnEnitr:-z-, ,a:-_-nig_t-aj..p.e• i louse wit-
nessed Sir William D.ues.ntost succes4ul first represen--
, tationg Loipg Pow ovidl in the " Pilot." TO ,night is
tidy 'Don's
.6enefit. 'The '' 'Pilot '' will 'be' refitted
toz-norro* utiit, , ‘, .
QUEENSTOWN, NhR. 22:--The Liverpool,, New York,.
and Philade'phia Company.'s screw-steamer Nangaroo
ArriVed I fibre frolkLiVerpcdl at 1.31i,j).m. td-i14,1 ti:iik
ilimengers. and lateSt telegrams, and sailed for Xew
Ydrk a 3-.0 p.m. The Montreal Ocean Steam Naviga-
tion Company's steamer Canadian arrived here at four
.p.m., received: on- Ward- mails and pas,Angers 'at 3 30
p.m., and sailed again. . , ,
, ST. BtatirAnxb' Scuoorm,.l—Mr. Beloe delivered bis
'the
Wedn(ll4 letttilbg 'JO .n cro*tiWsimiteiieb.
subject Was ." Three weeks on the Continent " and
'in a brief space of time he took his delighted hearers
to Rotterdam, the Vague, Amsterdam, Utrecht, Han-
over,:lluttiburg, Berlin, Po(sdani, Brunswick, sad home
byway of Antwerp. , .The lecture was illudtrated by a
profusion of views of the different towns, as also of the
costumes of the people, and seemed to giie great satin-
faction.; - . : ' ' ' , •- r
niE EntcA.Tioi4. OF THE lOTJNG.-:ertwitet, Charles
Hodgson, Rector .or la.r ban-le-street, ',rOrldliire, his
ofered priies Of-150, £2O, 1.16, and 10espeCtivel, fdr
essays " On the best method of infusing a missionary
spirit into the education of. "the young.!lr ?The essay!;,
which must be sent in before the end of next September,
will be adjudicated upon by the Rev. W. W. Champney,
prebendary Of St. 'Paul's Cathedral, the Rev. C...A10rd,•
principal' Of. the" Highbury (MetroPolitan) Tk;aining
Institution, and the ltev: J. Gabb, of Castle. Ifoly,ard-,.
'domestic chaplain to 'the Earl Of Carlisle.
A Goon HINT ,TO THE GOVMENMENT.-,,At the;con-
elusion of theinnatify on VedneSday night, in,r6 erertee
to the tnortalityogiboard tihe Gi-tat: Tasiinthla i l e)nry
i appended to ther •vefdlet the folloWing presenta on :--
ti
"The jury think it an imperative ditty to urge tipOri-the
Government the. necessity .Of such
,e, ,change in the
systemo iiii4t4-y. ins ect Mid supply
,of clothing
before soldiers leave Judie-, orany other foreign countiy,
whether they are still in the service or have had their
'discharge and are receiving a•Government passage' Home,
as"slie.3l- prevent ineoin future arriving in England in
cold weather, so, insitfficiently
,Clothed- as the men Who '
have arrived. by the Great Tasidania " ,
' Wonieitotst Coif:Artmt.—The -weekly meeting or;
-this-contratittenwasheld in the board-room at theTafish--
offices, Brownlow-hills.y.terday forenoon. Mr. Church- !
warden 'Cropper', presided ; , and the other members
_Present: were Messrs. Scott; Critchley, Syred, Peck,
E. Byford, and Afßyford. .Frikin the weekly retain of
.
Mr. Carr,' the 'grivernor of 'the Worklinese, it appeared
that the total number. of ,paupers ,in the establishment
last week, was 2,185 ;. this week sras 2,139; -number ha
the corresponding week last 'ear 2,195. The Medical
officers reported that the rinmber Of paupers in the sick
wards last Week,. was d• ; new cases since 181 ; 'cured
add diseharsted 138; died `,.)1: noW'rdnitairlitig tinder
treatment. 675; including 9 lever and
.23 itCh cases._
~
The- 'maSter of the- vagrant sheds reported that the_.
number .of -destitute,persons.relieved in,that department
during the, week-ending the -18th inst.' was 167 men,
.69 women; ~and 17 children, total 203, .showing, an'
.increase of 30 persons during the week, andias compared
With the oorresponding week cif" last, year an iderease..of
one person. . - -
SlT,Ticious DEATii OF ONE OF TIID TASMANTA,MEN.',
—About eight o'clock yesterday morning Wm. Oibotne,
one of the discharged Indian soldiers 'who returned in I
the Great Ta'imania,- was found dead at Michael Gill's !
beer-honse, '2l, Midghall-street, under suspicious cir- I
cumitances. - It appears that the deceased underwent
an examination yesterday. by the surgeon for the o,oth
regiment:of foot, in which. be had enlisted:3oth a -rain
named Wald', a, pensioner. Walsh, -Who- slept with
bidi oil Wednesday night, states that deceased_ got out
of bed 'several times, in the course of the night,: and
complained of illness.. -Next. morning a
.girl named
Bridget Killburn:ibund -him on his face in bed in a
-pool of blood,- apparently dead. Mr. H. R. Watters, of
the Vauxhall 'Dispensary, was sent for, and he pro-
nounced life extinct.

• Saw PATEN-N.—List of • 'pritentS, amongst others,
-which passed the Grvat &al during the week ending
Martill 20, I t5O Ilertry Taylor; dt
" trrini•oVemEnts in. the mode of securing the bolq in
fish-joint and other fastenings for rails on railways.k!—
James"Wri'ght, Improverifents in the construction of
carrigeS, cinches, omnibuses, and other.. such con-
vey:mos" (a communication to him from 'R. S. Pelt.
Mare, of Lvons).—li. J. Warlomont, '"lmprovement4
in apparatus to be employed in the manufacture of zi-dc.":
--Edward' T. Simpson, "Improvements in apparatus for
condensing distilled fatty matters.77l,-George and .Tarrins
Gibson,
,"Improved machinery for ra:sing and-removing
soil or cartbfrom sewers and other eicarations."--John
Gordon, " Improvenientsin machinery or appnratesAir I
pulping coffee,".—James tivernddi, " f mor,',;ie-
ntents in of applierible to packages for containing batter,
lard, and cothpr articleS."--:Cokihaviiidtaft '0 id. ;',7;., o.plas
foe Pmetering Patens, 4, eltlyOn-sltitfil
FIRE ar PRESTOII.-A great fire too ptace at Preston
on WednesdaY morning. involving the loss of. two lives,
and serious injury to three others. The fire broke: out.
at' about one o'clock a.m". on the. premises of Mr. T. B.
Dick,- grocer,,Market-place. The house was four storey
high. Three of the inmates leaptifrom the third storey
into the street---Ir. Dick, with an •infant in liis'arms,
and a servant' woman. Mrs. Dick had iefitoet6d her
escape by the back part of. the premises. in the front
room of the uppermost story were sleePitig andther
female- serratt and the elderehild-df the ..The
greatest efforts•iare niade to save these, hut in vain.
By ten minutes' to two the fire was subdued; but it, had
progressed with more than usual speeds in so brief a
period. The flames had•not touched the top part of the
building, where the sleeper§ lay; but the aseending
smoke and heat had'dOne their fatal work. .The little
boy lay dead in his crib, in one corner, suffocated ; and
in the other corner lay the 'scorched corpse of the woman,
who had fallen down whilst 'atteinpting to reach the
windoW. Mrs. Dick is out of danger, as also is the
servant woman; and the infant is expected to recover.
Mr. Dick is in a precarious condition. •
NEWS Cr CAPTAIN' .11ARItI,ON'S. DEATH IN. AMERICA.
—The death of Captain Harrison seems to create as
much • sympatly on the other 'side of the' Atlantic as
here, where he was known so well. Col. Hiram Pullet',
the author of the " Belle Britton Letters," Sparks
from a Locomotive," &c., speaks the sentiments of many
New-Englanders in an •eloquent' tribute whieh appears
in the special correspondence of the, new Orleans
Picareq. . „
LANCA.SILIRE ARTILLERY VoLUNTRY;II3..
Yesterday:evening the !members of the thirA division of
this company entertained their officers at supper, which
was provided by Mr. Barrett, in his usual excellent ;
manner, at the London. After supper the usual loyal •
toasts were drank ; after which "The Army and Navy"'
Nratc-propa3q,,,and.dulfrvsponded to. " The,Officersiof
N. . was, next given, audit was f'olloweit by •
that.pf " Xhe' 4,th Companyrif Lancashire Irptigiteere,7
"The ith—DiviAion o,f. the, same,": and " The Volunteer
Movement?! "3 1 The:members, who ritimbored.tipwardi'M
fifty, then concluded the evening's. entertainment by
singing' the' NatiOnal Anthem. ,
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AIEMEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR ,BOARD,

Mr. Charles Turner presided 'at the weekly_ meeting
of this ho'ard yesterday ; and the other members present
were Messrs. litthhaek, Farnworth; Ranlin,'Mondei,
Graves; DadayShire, Mime, .11,uutliN'vaite,-, jriman,
Brockle.bank, Moss,, Segg, Ferwood, Evans, Lockett,
liutel,
Langton, Shand, and Tobin.

WORKS COMM ITT CE
- The proceedings-of Coininittee---"-firWorks comprised
recommendations to accept tender for the supply of hard
coke for general- purposes ;:- Tor constinEting wood slides
for dock shedi; for paving tbehroads on the timber
ground east of HuskisSon DoCk ; to build an office at
the south end •of Prince's Dock, to be rented by the
Pilotage Committee ; and to issue an advertisement
inviting applicatiOns -to rat or lease land tin theatforth
side of the Great Float, Birkenhead.
On the motion of Mr. Brocklebank, seconded by Mr.
James Holme,
,the prqccedings were, eionfirmed, Mr.
Holme rernarkino Mat the land to tiojet on the Great
Float had a water privilege and a railway running at
the bank of it'-) '

WA REHOUSE COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of -this 'committee were next read ;
and they . wele _confirmed. withont, .comment, on .the
motion of Mr. Fflibback;seConded by Mr. Segar.

MAILINE Qp,M,MITTEE.
The proceedings of the Marine Committee comprised
recommendations to accept tenderaforVepaira and altera-
tions in Queen's Channel hell beacon ; for a new iron
belfry to ditto ; and for repairing a wreck buoy.
A letter was submitted. in reply ,to the acting conserva-
tor, upon the memorial-(if the Birkenhead Commission-
ers, enclosed by him to thp, board, and ordered to be
sent to Rear-Admiral Evans, the Conservator of the
Mersey. , T
Mr. Mdi,TDEL moved the confirmation 'of the pro-
ceedings.
Mr. Moss Wc.Otildedtie motion. • •
In answer to Mr. Graves,
Mr. MaNDEL stated that the, alteration in the"-new
bell beacon did not arise from any defect. in the princi-
ple, which was novel, but excellent. The new bell
beacon worred inosradmirably.
The proceedings were confirmed;
PILOAGE COMMITTEE,.
The proceedings of this committee,, which presented
no_ points of public- -interest, were: confirmed
motion of Mt. Fakworth.
DOCKS AND QUAYS COMMITTEE..
The procebdings of the 'committee for the management
of the docks and quays, comprised recommendations to
grant a donation, ,of- £25 to the widow. of Or late
superintendent of the north division of sweepers ; to
superannuate a' dock •
.gateman; to appoint threA dock
gatemen to fill vacancies, and to increase the salary of
the Wellington :book Master ; from £l5O to £lBO per
annum: • • •
Mr. LOCKETT moved the, confirmation of the pro-
ceedings.
.Mr.,RA.irini wished to know whether the committee
had considered the propriety of increasing •the salaries
of the whole of the dock masters. He thought the
dock masters were much under paid, for the duties they
had,to perform,