The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-30 00:00:00

LqcAL INTELLIGENCE

The royal troops attacked the insurgents
entrenched in' the town of Carini on the lgth
inst. The fighting was most desperate, and con-
tinued during the 19th,20th, and 21st.
Rein-
forcements having then reached the royal troops,
they compelled the insurgents to retreat to Par-
teneip,..letivin.g 250 killed behind. The royal
trooPslad. 300 killed, and the -number wounded
on both sides icifs •eonsiderable: The .town 'Of .
Carini, after having • been: pillaged, was set on
fire. Sueveratp'eriOns hae been shot at Paler Mo.
PAT4l!.mo.(viii Naples), April 21.
Citimi- Misers, prevails in 'Palermo since the
execution of the 13 insurgents. 26 Neapolitan
soldiers havi:- Uel-17:surimilect and hanged by a
bud of igsorgenta, at Carini, _ which
.tqwp_
said has been taken and destroyed.
Letters assert that, within the last 12 months,
successive,levies have raised the Neapolitan army
to 160,000 men.

THIFRENCH

PARis, April 28, 3 36 p.in

Ths Bourse has been animated, and.prices.yery
buoyant.
.T4e final -quotations of Rentes was 70f
560, or 20 centimes higher than yesterday. f

. On Saturday, several deieleves from Liverpool were
amongst the visitors at Birkenhead-park, and sucteat
in--apprehending a number of pic'frpookets who w
plying their calling. • • • -
-Duringthe nevi aw on Saturday, in Birkenhead-Pa Lt
br. Craig, of Argyle-street,-Birkenhead, was thrr"
from-his- which had run away withhiro. ??I'c'e:
man Was hart in stopping
..the career "of the aurae.
'Fortunately Dr. Craig_eseaped uninjUred.
We perceive-II-OM announcement in another Party
tbe laper,.,-th4t- P•riths, auctioneer, I'osl
..uuusuilly_lar,e and select stook of room -papers' for easy
this
ddy. t' cn inspection we find them of the navise
fashionable and Useful deseriptioni; acid would ad f
our. readers to avail themselves of the oppartrOY °
making their selections from so lite a stock. al:3- L:viRPOOL ROY AZ f°:. 44.
we el: ending- April 28tha--Adraitted :
Injpa, en•
oat-patients 30, surgical casualties .86. Disc atr":i,
relieved, - and at own reonest 15. made out-petinll.
dead 6. Remain in theillionse 26`,.. 'Visitors: ~.
M. C. Jones and T. D. Hornby. PhysicianTOrobull. Jones
Mr. Bickersteth. House-Surro.
T: •S. -Walker. Junior house *surerioa:
Chaploin : Rey. Edward. 200'1e..-
Wilson, . treasurer.
Tam Banotaat Grairz,_—The Lord 'r
ieutenatt
intimated•Eher Majesty's aceltl*t:e.i)f :the service' iy
this ..00rps,os
_alse that. her :Majeity. boo been. graci°„,us,l
.pleased o. appoint Toaeph Mayer,..Es4., av-the first u",[i;
fain.- The .elothin,,, and -accoutrements- being t'ais'N,
arranged,- the members intend to meet on an early
„to be embodied. The--uniforin and -21.CCOatreMen*
understand—which are: admitted . to 'be the- •hands..ol%)
in this quarter=--haVe•b.ll.-Nen contracted forin- tcni-4
-parties of resge etabflitit . and :441 so thiit-ho
rib
.equipment of 84.0.4 thAueirel.Will :be literall,
within the borough; -.:We John wr-:,
and -Co., St. -George's-cgarSaant,: aie tentractois for
uniforms ,• Mi. R„ -,T, .48:Tcrelerti:for shakos and caps
Mr. Mulcaster, saddler,..fllfyrtle‘street, for the acedn''''''
reents. • .."
TITE OXION RIG-Er-WAY ACCOLTICTS•.--0/1 tridiY,
Piersfift- theft was a Ftt3:- sessions for the purpose „-
passing the accounts of the surveyors of - highwar
for the past year. The magistrates on the bench wel
the Rev. R. F. Fielden, the Rev. Mr. Co-en, Val',
Barton, •.Esq.; and J. B. Case, Esq. Oa the Presentet'°;,
of the accounts for Oxton by Mr. Henry Damson, °-
behalf of himself-and Mr. Newborn, the late ssurveY°7;
Mr. Bretherton- said he had a few questions to pat
Denson before the accounts were passed. Mr-
-son objected to answer any question's which were not
by a ratepayer or by the magistrates. Mr. BrethetW;
said he appeared on behalf'of two ratepayers, Mr. Dila
and Mr. • Henderson, nurseryman, &c., of Oxten an
ißirkenhead, and who had to complain, amongst etbe
things, of a lavish expenditure of the public ainne,
the
upon. roads which_ had not yet been adopted by
ut
public. On the other hand, Mr. Danson had brag:,
with him the minutes of the vestry, with a view to Prc:-
that Mr. Drew hid been one of the prime movers,
a resolution authorising. the expenditure of the Dion:.
for the repairs of the roads in question, on the na„-;
dition that the owners of the property abutting, ,"t
the roads' should pay one-third of the expense, ttrr4
Mr. Danson had actually- collected from the
more than one-half of the expense incurred, and t"0,
diminished-the cost of the work sanctioned by a vestry
in 1857. Mr, Bretherton also raised an objection toe
item of about £l2 for corteges paid to Mr. Newb...,,,n-"'
one of the surveyors, for work done by his own tee"'
and_ by' which act it was alleged that that_ eirentlea7t,
had incurred a penalty-of- £lO. On the other han".t
was contended that this was bad law,- because the
expressly stated that„ the- penalty applied: only- to PI
surveyors, which Mr. -Newborn was not. After
siderable discussion, on the applicatiOn of -Mr. llama;
the case was adjourned until Thursday next, at Birk,e
head, when the rata-book will be produced, and why
the solicitor to the late surveyors will be in attendP'
to watch over their interests. -. • --

uvE4rpoL POLICE COURT,--SAirap-t1

•
(Before Messrs. RArPLES, CASTELLAIN, &c Ecr.sl7.l.°''')
Ar,urzail.rzow or PEPPMR.--Thonias Gilbert, 90, mill-see,,
Henry Boote, 34, Mill-street, Samuel Hughes, 18, St. Jai
street, J. Grayson Boadle, 231, Mill-street, Henry
Great Howardestreet, Charles' Pickin. 152, Mill-street, gec,i,
Smith, 24, Mill-street, Thomas Aylward, 14; St. James'e;rl3 a
John Parry, .110, Dale-street, John Dear, Is; lelingeoc,e,°t,
Henry eriddleten, 157, London-road, appeared to 1-I_„i
informations charging each of them with adulterating
Fein:lg pepper_ adulterated with the husks of mustard
cereal starch. Mr. Welsby, Q.C., instructed by Mr. De'''l;,,
of-London, and Mr. Tyndall, of Liverpool, Opened the ee-'
the prosecution, stating that the object of the Crown ,r;'";1,),
so•much fer,the purposes of,obtaining heavy penalties froiel;t,
defendants, as by their means to be' able to proso,:;e
caste the real culprits in the cae-41re manufacturers, -.*e 'tato
that the bench had power; to mitigate £100; the pen--111',,
one-fourth that amount, and he shou/d net object to,sa:v.i
prodeedine. The dealers YeeteirepresiEted by Mr. Men,fi„
instructed by Mr. Leeboy. Mr. Thomas Lumley aEddle.w;,*4
supervisor of exeiseepreyed that the defendants wore dues,
in pepper, and he purchased samples, a quarter of a pean'2,,
weight, from each. Each sample wee divided into three
two being sent to London., and the other retained. The latter
ultimately handed to Mr. Williamson, assistant chemist ° t,
Board of Inland Beveniie, London. The greater nu.mber:Cf “.1-
retailers told witness that they had purchased the pepper ~,, _
Messrs. Wright, Crossley, & Co.. Mr. Robert. Willislofflr.
stated that- the pepper was adulterated With mustard 2iu•
the elite to theeeteet of S per cent., and the black front • 3
5 per cent., exclusive of about 1 per cent. of cereal starch.
Weir, chemist •in the 'Excise Department at Liverpool, 1150,
examined the samples, and found in themhUsks and cerey'
starch to the extent mentioned by the-last-witness, Prefer
Archer examined by Mr. •Welsby : You:are a erofesser
botany in Queen's College, LiverpoPl ? I am, Sir.' You
secretary to the Liverpool Mitroseopie Society'. I a
have received from Mr. Weir samples of pepper enrcha','"
from the defendant 2. I have. You have submitted- them
a microscopic examination 1 'I have. • With what result ? tt
each case I have foundele.ataanii unmistakable eVidence of
admixture of mustard husks*, capsicum seed, and cereal starcf
What meant.- did :you take for ascertaining the preeeco:-
starch in those garnples ? I hrst prepared- them by we..et'''.l.
and viewed the milky fluid through the microscope, the gf:a.
nales of starch were then diSlinctly visible. fther. 2,51:4
Bodine as .a reagent, andreund the granules of starch gee', ";:e
veell known violet coloured reaction: 41tie,y -were ales, of °,O
siderable size; 'and altogether different in shape to the
known starch pecullarte pepper.-- Do you think any
eßeptetouldpOseibly mistake the cereal statch far the
starch 7 Certainly not,if tia,•.,Cientifte investigations had
specially addreesed t 6 math examinations. acid do yen o'7
it equilry eleer that' parts of Mustard' andp,
per' ,could- be • positiVeri defined ? I do most "cos 1,
Are you prop/Mon that thisadmixture of epurioui ingr tAok.pliceett the time-of grinding or subseqUentlY: At the tie
of grinding. Why do you suepose so ? Because the afog.
ingredients were too intinettelymingied to admit of their 118c1-4,5
been mixed by hand, or byaily .ther mode of mixing of too ",:e
grinding.. Mr. George Phillips, mineipel chemist to the Box.
of Inland Revenue, stated- that h, had examined the sistor-1,
shpwn him by Mr. William son, a found. all the white: sac'
terated with the huSles of eituetard and the black with- 0,4' e
and cereal.ataroll• He had been too much engagelto asi
the extent of the adulteratio.a, bUt ht was quite setiefis dohs
aneiteasiye aeulteration ha/ taken pace. He ati also hdASt
tie magistrates some microscepiedraeirigs of' the. integu
of mustard and pepper, showing that ther structures wer
dissimilar. Mr. Campbell, ohemise-to the Bromnton HoBPie
fey Consumption, was next examinedi hilly concur. red -4
the evidence given by
.the prtvions_witteSses, and eX:111„ii
tiartlre fidsks-of mustardeeedyielded; when treated with et"e
e-
sulphur oil, whilst pepper nor any of its constituent par r
not yield any such oil. Dr. Edwin Lank.stere
director of the food department of South Kensington hiu,ot
10
and_late_ president of the Microscopic Society of Londcs kr:7,4
provedthe adulteration, anti he Nv.t.s. surprised that the a ieo,.-15,
• at which he estimated the extent of the adultontiei so'few
:coincided with the views of the other witnesses. Di *Ja,"-,
R.S., Professor of Botany, at the Untiereity C
London, 'coincided in his evidence with the irevioa• s tr
t
nesses. He, had no doubt that adulteratior. had ta':(
phice _to ifie extent of 5.-or 6 per cent. ; but he me' -a
opinion that the amount of• adulteration as usual -V eat
by the micrescope, did not give a true estimate, beet case
Tatso
the process of grinding. a considerable quantity of the
was so broken up as- not to be recognisable, and onl F tb.et
particles which escaped such an eff.ett were lee for ..`„,
mierescope to discover, and' of these sufficient wee -lea;:c.,
those samples examined bythim to 'variant him in sal in;
a very-gross and unwarrantable adulteraticiehad Pr'ee
tiled; The stipendiary here asked if any gentleman 141'
turPentine in the exiMination of the samples, as it 11'-ac ."-;
specially mentioned in the former case tried before hi: e„
fessor. Archer said he had used turpentine, and t
freqnently used in microscopic investigations, for the ' ViTnti
GI rendering the objects under examination more trans. P3t9;
buthis experience of this medium was,that it contracted tl
and was not so well adapted for the purpose as water,
by dilating the cells, and rendering them equally tratte 'ate
tl
answered far better. Mr. Williamson. was then examine d';.
proved the sale of the samples in five of the cases, an, 141
Johnetor.e proved the purchase of the remainder. This ot art
ee
taw for the prosecuton. Mr. Mansfield, in addressing the ',tee
for the defendante, said his duty was ensiderably sire P
by the liberal
.admission of his learned friend who cond 12Yos
the came for the Crown, that 'no iniputation of fraud
en.
intended to be cast upon the-defendants, but that this presa
Lion arose from_a determination on the part of the crawl
.0
reach the true source of this very eerie*. W
He V 0
acknowledged it was impossible, in the face of the Overiet'''
ing evidence- of the learned and scientific •witnesses broSi /dr
.for÷aid by 'the Croevn on this occasem, 'to deny the /le' •p
adulteration, but he. contended that it must 'be evideit to
thaf his clients wart clear ofepy morelguiltinefls in the roe"' Se
and that they were, unfortunately for -themselves, 2..an°"
or
neetiras to more designing pertiti. Stich being the case, ,
felt sure -their worshipe :would indict the lowest Penalty 4-
..
laiVWOUld allow; and he hoped they Would 41160 ectlP:4 "'" to
a strong representation to the Board -of :inland Rerenue
remit the fines altdgether, or to a great extent. some desulto;;
conversation ensued, and the atpendiary declared that t
bench were unanimous in their opinion as to the hardness
the ease upon the defendants, whom they would thereforethe lowest sum the law perinitted them, namely, £25 ea!;,..
and he, on behalf of himself and 31r. Castellaine Who .7'4' 1;:st,
sent with him on the previous occasion, regretted
they haillicit then, as-now, the advantage of such 7slul
sb
?lot then,
scientiffe evidenc'. - -
' (Before MeSars. SseIIH and CASTELIATfIi j.) to
ROBBERT pv As OvrtoE Boy.--MicbaeLtiaylan, an ofAcc'i:,,
in the ofhce of MI. J. C. Carver; was eheried witlistealinf4o
his master's mosey. It appears the prisoner steje the ',-Lecee.
on Friday Morning, about nine o'clock, froin a tie I ; te`cre!, he
reigns were found tied in his. shirt tail: his deieete'for,
alleged that he found the money on the floor. 1 tematil"-
ieeen days.
ebs
; Citesienf ne-Eserzeremeeer.---lolanßawsrin, tr 555.n7turptcoe
Edge-hill and Windsor Tontine 'Society,' was hie sught•the sot'i
Charge of embezzling £l9, the eociety'e moneys. 00
(14. 11*
of Marchrheihad4t was said; £l7 12s. 4d. in his 11:Firred bF
received on the 3rd and 10th of April 2Ss. He ,rnCies
thepresident'to hank 49 and keep .ClO against epati.¢'
for ble
instead of doing so, however, he. used the nsopeS_
.
pritate purposes. Remanded for seven days.;. rel,
STEALTH° ritom THE WoititHousr.---Catheriiied with r!b"
inmnte of Browniow-hill Workhouse, Was charge
.ilitikory
bine the house,- The evidence was not of a veil $:01, for jot •
nature : but'she was committed two months to - •
accounting for the articles founcLin her possessicio• ,

, •
DR.A.IxAGz • T.
GP' THE " f•r„, ts
the Giioncle has addressed anircular to the: 6.11°-I'.-ths:m
and the ynkyors,. of •-that :.departinent remin(.l444t h
that • all. the' waste- doWnS,.beloni; lug tO-the
different townships of that.fil-epartuteut arc,. and
silence of the .lawz of-June,; 1857, tc bn 4110-118'
c'ultiVaied- with trees, and that as triewC-„T-a,-
munes may not have the necessary
they should sell by auction or private contract
of the said lands, and employ the proceeds in reclaiming
that by following:
the remainder. The Prefect adds,
this course the waste land, instead of being tain°s'
worthless, will soon become a source a revenue apPLA-
funds at
connrar-thi-rd
able to municipal purposes.