The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-20 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT.—There was a Consider-
able atnount of, business at the Birkenhead Police Court
yesterday, but it consisted principally in the hearing of
ifffiiiinations for drunkenness, Sec.
FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD.—Yesterday morning a fire
was di/see:Wed in. the County Court offices, Market-
street Birkenhead, tint it was extinguished by the
police without Much trouble. Seidel of the joist!
near a flue were burned to cinders. It is thoUght that
thefire was `occasioned by the-overheating of the flue,
The damage done amounted to about £6, but the pre,
mises are insured.
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUSISTANCE.—Yesterday after-
noon, on the arrival of the one o'clock train from
Birkenhead at Chester, the body of a dead child two or
three days old was found under the seat of a second
class carriage.. The body was taken'charge of bythe'
railway officials; and information was at once sent to
the police at-Cliester and Birkenhead.
erstand
SCREW STEAMERS TO -NEIV Yoitet.-eeWe und
.that the Cunard- CoMpany intend, in June next, to
resume fegillet sailinge to New York with their celes
brated screw fleet, add will then,. ni addition to zoodsf
carry all classes of passengers. Tile emigrant deParte-.
in th,
ment is to be entrusted to a well-known? firm.
Anstralian trade, whose agencies ramify through ev
the
crY.
district of Great Britain and_ Ireland, as Well fie.
Continent ; and from their experience the verybest result'
may be expected. of
the
TOXTETH GiirARDIANS.—The first meetiq' ee
newly elected heard was hOd yesterday, at the 1-7:`"4".
offices, Park-road. Mr. 21, S.4lmes was ananiniousl7
re-elected chairman of the board, Mr. 1. itarrisdn,
chairman, and Mr. J. B. Hughes, deputy- 140
other members present were Messrs. Siddeley, J°l
John Wilson, Joseph Wilson,- Miller, Ogden, Grindre
Leigh, l3runerit, Carter, Hunter, and Leyland. TII°
governor reported the number of inmates last week e'°
be 364 ; admitted since, 20; born, 1 ; discharged, 1';
and 2, dead.. • This week, 364.—Messrs. R. and 5.
Evans' tender to supply coal to the workhouse '''Bs
accepted.—A cheque for £92 was granted to relieving'
offleer Heath. A communication was read from tin
Poor-ht*i Boatd with reference to the Medical 13110 i
which has recently been introduced into the House
Commons. The bill was referred to the visiting coal'
mittee, which were instructed to draw up a petition on
the subject. This was all the business.
WORKHOUSE COMHITTEE.—The first weekly mesons
of this committee, since the election of the new T'estrY'
was held in the board-room at the parish office',
Brownlow-hill, yesterday forenoon. The members peasent were Messrs. Churchwarden Cropper. Dente'
Broome, Peck, Melly, Scott, Williams. Satchel, Critehle,
Lightbound, Whitty, and ekuod..Te, and the EO7:
--Rector Campbell. Mr. Churchwarden cropper 13;
unanimously re-elected chairman of the , commie
during the ensiling year.—From the weekly retur4
submitted by Mr. Carr, the governor, it appeer:t
that-the total number of patmers in the establislille'
last week was ; ndulthet this week, 1991, heir!
8 less, and a decreaie of 17 as compared with ths cocri.
responding week of last year. —e The mediae
officers reported that the total number enels
treatment in the sick wards per last report
30
592 ; new Ceitits :inter 152; cured and discharged,
died, 2") ; now retail:U:2i, under treatment, aii;
•
including -10 fever cases, and ra itch cas":s-:.,--ber of
master of the vagrant sheds reported that the nese—
destitute persons relieVe4. itl that detiertnient digit"!
ed
week eliding the 14t1i instant, wds as follciiis
'l6B, women 77, children 24, total 269; shoWil
increase, as compared with last week's return,
persons, and, as compared with the corresponding w',
of the last year, a decrease of 24 pqreons.—Mr. Leatheeii";
senior medical officer, haying resigned his office et '
of
reqaest of the vestry, it was agreed, on the motion
al
Mr. Scott, that it be a recommendation to the gen°
board to_ advertise for candidates for the vacant site'',
tion, on the usual terms, and subject to three raoctil
notice.—The applications for the office of dispeaser,°,
medicines in the house were examined, and a selec,hfoe
of names was made, to be sebnitted to the vestry-
other business was routine.
Mmeiec-rnoer.—The third anniversary of the eet;
tenary of this great German theologian and religielic
reformer's death was celebrated, last night, by a P;ieb,,,
meeting_ held at the-Cellegiate Institution. The 17:6
J. S. HoWson, PtinciPal of the Institute, occupied
chair. An instructive and interesting paper on. the
of Melanethon,-- was read by D. J. Hirsch, Esq.; 31)r,
which the meeting was addressed by the Reveele
Bafee. That 'gentleman referred to the pure Ceti
tianity of Melancthon's character, and said he belt
that that was the real cause of the excellence of ,to
theology. God, in raising up Melanethon, raised
most remarkable man in the history of the Reforrealo
A man well acquainted with Hebrew and Greek, :sio
with all the classical learning of the age,--with a i
of
Possessing information upon nearly every eubjeede
human interest; such an individual was emineritlY `c-o.
culated to effect improvements in theology, and ;f el:
plete the reformation which Martin Luther began-
ancthen made the Bible the centre of all his human kii`iie
ledge, and by SO doing Was enabled te clear away the
crustations pure thedlogy. and reduce it to its Prebtee
completeness. Shortly after Latherbd.d drawn the, striae
tion of the world to the errors of the then existing de,aef
great confusion might have ensued had not the
the
mind of the German theologian stepped in to torl let
current of thought in the right direction, HQ 10,0e1
the deeply mystical mind of Luther, and was not t'-`,,"et
fore so apt to fall into those extreme doctrines wt"t-ie
Luther sometimes professed. It would be well
present generation could reverence the Bible as rle.'„ris
as Melanethon reverenced it, and be guided hy 1"06
solely as he was.--The- Rev. Dr. 'Taylor also edcirsteo
the audience to the same effect, and pointed en",tee
the great difference between Luther and Melanovas
was, that the former destroyed the old and false sletene,
of religion, while the latter employed himself in:l"A ,
structing a new and holy one, founded upon the P.,. r_te
In the course of the evening two German- chorid'e :d•
sung by the German Choral Society, and the Fenian. geed'
ings terminated with a vote of thanks to the ch,
HISTORIC SOCIETY.—A meeting of the Arch!'it;
gical section of this society was held last night, ill ee
grand jury -room, St. George's-hall. William Br().3:
Esq., presided. The following donations were annovlu-so
—Proceedings and papers of the Kilkenny and South-e
of Ireland Arehwological Society, Nos. 21 and 2-1, 704
the society ; Journal of the Manchester and Live.,,r„.
Agricultural Society for 1860, from T. S. Ryder, -01;
a Manual-for the use of Friendly Societies, frotae
author ; a Political Index of the Histories of (iltrse
Britain and Ireland, &c., from the author. Thep' et
-for 'the evening (independently of the continuatieetee
the essay on the chameleon), was by Mr. G. A. Atidlas
on "the art of illumination during the middle ages, Owl
modern application." The paper began by stating.,
the spirit of inquiry which was new 'being creatloot
this branch of knowledge wee' bring eoi
greater advantages in the sciences of architectur"
archasology. There had lately been a great ireee,Pjee
merit in the public taste as regards Gothic arellim'iag
Pointed or Christian architecture might no* be e.eajech
'be in a state of revival. Of the'clecorative arts. 10'
flourished in the middle ages, that of illuminatiol? Art
the most glorious. Within the lait few years th'oso,
has rapidly gained upon the public.taste, and ice, e
features are now applied to the decoration of art
to
necessity and luxury. The paper then proceel; tl3:
sketch the history of illumination .from its foe: coo"
fifth century, to its ultimate decay,in the sixteen,',:eD;
conclided with a few remarks, oil its revival anae.-;o3'
cation to modern articles of . manufacture. l'clocel'
specimens of art, which were exhibited, served et scree
lent illustrations to the instructive' and compreu
essay. • •
PATENTS.—List of patents, amongst other', 1,1 0-
passed the Great Seal during the week ,e4itie
April 17th :—James Jack, of the Victoria' P,"teel?
Works, Liverpool, for "certain improvement-Tin; 0'
engines and boilers, for marine and land pare Fair
Thomas Rothwell, "improvements applicable tti 57,
houses and other buildings, in which wellehr'ese;
constructed for the purposes of light and ventiia+,,,-
Charles P. Moody, "a method of, and appesse 1,110;
raising grass and other crops on to stacasf fersio
apparettis is also applicable to raising and tralleti,
weights ;'! Henry Bright; " improvements in nitial
or apparatus for aasigating the 'air ;" Ale ecop'
Watkins, " improvements' in-timekeepers ;"
Bruckshaw and W. S. Underhill, " improveTa" err
machinery for elevating grain or other suitsblee cos'
stances;" P. A. analefroy, "improvement' in tb ill?'
struction of submarine cables;" E. H: Battelle, see,
proiements in apparatus for crashing or grindi7%,loll]:
or seeds ;" C. C. Simonet De Changy, " iraPr°l' tS
gt
in the' manufacture, of bread, which improveSete fe'
also applicable in the 'preparation of dough PresPos P
other purposes."—Commeni.eated from tio (4/
procurang 'Pertentis, 4, Clayton-square.

CATHERINE HAYES AT THE LIVETO°L
PHILHARMONIC HALL•
oho
f t"
Advantage has been taken of the pro°ce ta.l,
party of performers, vocal and instruinell giedo
appeared at the last Philharmonic concert, °pe altie
public an opportunity of hearing then, tai
next, at half-past two in the afternostlfr, George
.',O
Catherine Hayes, Miss Fanny Huddart,,lifr. e
Perren, and Mr. Weiss, as vocalists • aila OsborS,
0. rfav
Collins on the violoncello, and Mr.
Williams on the pianoforte, as insiruniatjotn that 1/..
programme will, of necessity, he different 'fa Galats3ll
Tuesday evening last, as Handers ACi5 luadart
was performed on that occasion Miss ill,
doubtless repeat the song, by Hullah "
' that e f hit
in which she created so great a sensatioo onie o
and Madame Catherine Hayes will 0"
most effective operatic airs and ballads. tslists.

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" LURLINE" AT THE THEATI‘ E_ROYAIi
a P. ____--
pa., playe too
The Pyne and Harrison second ge
Wallace's new opera, " Lurline,'Crd' ofamovietvleeniDg. viretieb
to a densely crowded house y
rDinorah :" that it i§i't!,
confirmed in our favourable oepsteien'°f
possesses this advantage ov_enrd not a melodrama, s'fic•
opera—music throughont,..
th conversation. Them 4
the work, wP,o
d
music only intersptehrernoeughvt, and the accompaninie'ej
dies are pleasing,
incantation song is ,arr
,aurdskeil!:tilly varied. The reps ell
janrterovdtioeurcyenffecotfive
jj line's"
opera which the libretto has fail° re`
parts of the
forms a connecting link between the sa to
of th tand Or 1:
managed,o and
e mos graceful too
supply. The air
era, and Miss Louisa PYlll,lOcl
sive in thewhole 9
• it due character ; but thee '` '-'4"„et
great pains to give
third act by ~L • • • they I;srt
urhne ' is,_
Scene" sang in the
is one
solo, and the finale to the second act the grana,` 0
of the work. More commonplace songs, silucadoof,
"Take this cup of sparkling wine," and ii Troll.,
at of
enchanting," sung by Miss Pilling, caught the eifitly
the audience, and were encored; and the quartettecroe,
out accompaniment, sung by Miss Pyne, Ali °,1,. 00,1
Mr. H. Coin, and Mr. Grattan Kelly, vas ve'' I-
take place, Mr. Mellor's opera,
applauded. This evening the last perfortnane,,. 0°
subject, and for Miss Louisa Pyne's benefit. The
will be crowded again.
" Victorme, hoopoe

SUSPICIOUS n —CCURRENCE AT SEA —Genoa! lir. ort°
—The
gort to S. Liberata, Brincra, arrived at Malta, rePtbst
that on the 2nd March while on her voyage fr°ll3l3o.
Scoglietti, she saw a brigantine vaecked into s
motto, seven miles east of the latter place, hat
se°
report was current in S. Croce and Scoglietti tha,., be
found dead
persons seen alive on the brigantine had afterwaor beer)
broken open and robbed. It is also stated by nroPund Orl
1 and that the cases and lockers hauwer
ger on board the S. Liberate, that a letter willi or S°r'
the brigantine, showing her to be a SwedL
wegian vessel named Thetis or Themis.