The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-27 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The. Preston duay:dlien repOrtS that tle parties injured
on the occasion of the .recent fire in that town are pro-
gressing favOurably.
FailND DEAD:—MEiry' English, fifty-seven years of
age, lodgin. at 28, Gildart-gardens, with Anthony
ArmstremgASS foinid dead in bed on Saturday morning
lasts :-• ••. .•
There was an increase of 9, ships and 9,281 tons in
the entries inward at this port last. week; as compared
w4b:, the ‘'cerrespending week of 1859; and in the
-clearance outwards there was an increase of 10 ships
and 5,603 tons. . .
LEctotini.t--,,Last evening, at St. Mary's Schoolroom,
King-street, Kirkdale, a lecture, in connection with the
proposed new Industrial Ragged Schools and Church,
was delivered :by the, Rev. -T. Holmes, chaplain of the
Industrial Schools, on the " Nobility of the Working
Classes." •

AcciDEns.-7-4Alartin Quinley, a labourer, residing in
werryhouse-street, received a scalp wound and fractured
shoulder, by an iron gin felling on him, in the hold of
the ship Inca, in; Prince's Dock.—John Hunter, a
labourer, residing in Rose-hill, fell out of a warehouse
into the cellar, in Vnlcan-atreet;: and sustained a com-
fractuie of the skull. ' •

. . . •
LIVERPOOL - Dtsrmsnams.-,- Number. of patients
during the past week.—New cases received advice and
medicincat the institution :-North;, 3177 *Soutlf,-216';
total, 553.. New.ease,s:Tisited at their 00* houses, and
supplied with
,inedieine Ndith, f 33 ;. SOittl4.l.23_;_total,
256.- Rev. Rector Camphel4 £M, pre-sideiic;-Califain
Bourne, vice-president of }Torth Dispensary.; Mr, 4.4.
Payne,. Tice-president of SOuth Dispensary ; •Mr. Francis
Mill, treasurer ,• Mr. F. 11. Langley, secretary, OtEee,
Moordelds. ' ' ' - .
LANCASHIRE VOLUNTEER 'RIFLES. Ciwing to the
unfavonFable state:.Of the weather on Saturday last,
there was only a small mu.,,ter of the .ISt division ; thoSe
in attendance, were, however, marched to Rose-hill
I.Plice-station, where they were inspected by.Cplonel
Smythe, the Commanding ,officer in this town, who
expressed himself highly pleased with the appearance
of the men, and surprised at the ease and ra.pidity with
which they performed the various evolations they Were
pot through. He also complimented Capt. &wiled& on
the very efficient state' to which the men have been
brouirht.
•
DEATH OF THE SOEERINTENDENT OF THE COUNTY
POLICE AT Boorri.E.-:lfesterday. an inquest was held at the
Athol-Street Bridewell, before the borough coroner, on
the body of John Sellars, 43 years of age, the, snperin-
ten'dent of the ,County police force at Bootle. Until
half-Past nine o'clock on Saturday night; the deceased
was in the company,of Mr. 'George Turner, auctioneer,
at the latter person's house, 70, Audifry-Street,
Everton. Mr. , Turner, accompanied the deceased
in a .shandrY for sortie distance ..on the way to
Bootle. About two o'clock on ' Sunday morning?
groans attracted the , constable 'on the' heat near the
kalckaaliia..itt—Nortli.-lan, I.ll'4n...searching-the-place
the deceased was founsl under the shandry. The horse
lay OR the groutid: BA' shafts were broken. Dr.
Parker was -sent--for immediately. Life was extinct.
i-
pTahl y d
knife, and a • km. The, jury returned- a verdict of I
irtubaneciki had
note notes,:goldis person,
c:rs'w e hX,9aBnld3sp. e6ncleilLPesserilic,
aceiden.tally killed. - •
-• -Me.na.rrs 09314ITTEE,—Alderman Woodruff presided
at the usual we,ekryfnetig of the Markets Committee,
,to
,
yesterday, and the- sr; members present were--
Messrs. Alderman Houghton, Barton, ehimmin, John-
ion, and Illaydock.. Ttie-returns 'of cash received at the
various markets during= the week eliding, the 24th .9f
luarcn, teov, snowoa mat tue total receipts ,were
£7;'568 18s 4d, whilst• the wages, &e., amounted to
;£1,210,105. ; A. like retUrn.for the'. corresponding week
of this Tear showed that.. the receipts 48,218 14s
I,,QC AAA that the wages were £1,228" 3s 9c1:4--The
Chairman observed that the receipts showed an increase
of £660, wbilit•the expenditure had only varied about
£lB. . The .increase was, in the •St. John's
liarket and' the .fish market. No, doubt matters *ere
progressing very favourably, and he -hived they would
continue. Mr.•,gutchinson, the inspector of the markets,
reported that since thef last meeting the following
quantities of unwholesome meat and fish •had beep
seized, viz.--BY inspector Jenes in 'the north district,
772 lbs. meat ; inspector Read in the central district,
362. tbs. of meat; and • by. inspector Tyrrell in the
borough, 1,01.2 lbs. of fish. The working of the
several markets bad Ow) on satisfactorily, and the
conduct of the meu was good.--The following tenders
were accepted': Knight and Son, to ,paint' St. James's
Market and St. Martin's Market ; 'and Mr. T. Bromley,
fo'whitewash those two markets.-7 This was • the whole
of the general business before the committee.
WAIT* COPLITTEZ. —At the Weekly meeting of this
Oonarnittee yesterday Mr. Earle presided, and the ~other
tittimbef:s; presm'iticWero Iffessrs. Beloe, Estill, Jeffery,
FirnWorth;
From the•engineefs weekly rethru, it appearertNat
the quantity of water, received; from. RivingtoAi during
the week ending the 24th inst. was 71,628,602 gallons;
and the quantity pumped from, the wells during the same
Teiicd was 23;464;531 gallons ; total, 94,493,133 galloni.
he rainfall of the past four .weeks had been 2'63.--Mr.
Bremner and Ur. O. Williams attended as a deputation ,
before the committee to enforce the following resolution
agreed to ty the Land and ffonseowners' AsSociation :
" That, in the opinion of this association, it is most
desirable . for the pUrpose of arriving at- a iggt :and
equitable mode of assessing .property to the water.
rate;' • they • suggest =to the" -Water 'Committee that
they should insert in their. Water Bill now' before
Parliament a clause similar to the 176th section
of the : Sanitary Act, making the assessments to
be calculated according to the Value,:and according to
the arnount of the poor rate for the year prededitit,'!
mr. Bremner advanced the reasons which had hidued
the association to,•:corne to :the above resolution, and
contended that they ps• a right to expect that the
water rate should be put on , the same feotinc, as- the
"Sanitary iates.—:Ate.,Belee desired to diseiSlse mattei•
in the presence of the deputation. lie advised them to •
look to the other Side, of-the question; Test in attempting
to do justice to the •liouseholdera inflicted a
great injustice upon the. •warebott;re holders, •Whe
received no water, but, who, :Wider the plan now
proposed,'would have .to pay the tax. Ths argument
about 'the ,poor rate did not apply ; the poor rate
was net. limited, 'but the Water, Cotimittee were bound '
to a makithem. of 6 per cent. by the bill now before Par-
liament.—Mr. Jeffery thought the ease •of the House,
owners' Association was founded on equity and justice,
and exressed-his surprise_nt.learuing_that in the.TpN-
teth-park district a similar practice,prevailed to.that in
Ate West Derby .distriet, thee-in order to facilitate the
sihmaivlianr.gfentot *Rex::
calection of poor-rates in the one Case, hOuies valued M.
-p2-tirt'ls-a=yeitr were :reduced to an assessment of
Case,:hd°eB, .Pla4nY•dinlogrdas'
reduced an ;assessment of , £lO C- ear- •;•: Thus, the
'and'in the other
rates . were, collected,
.fronto,e landlords. instead tif
uetion for ensuring the Payment of
fromroit
those rates. would as) the. delm,itY town-clerk, •
Whether that did not amount to a misdemeanour on'the
totiltle;
part overseers.—The Deputy
. TONyn..
tleaßragßetSr,ed
Clerk : Oh,
said that
gerttiinit, sir,*-Mr. Jeffery 7
p,r6bably not
101014 te;• the overseers, and he hoped the'gentlemen of
the press would cOnvey the fut to.them.—.Alderman
Bennett and Alderman Woodruff suppofted the views•of
the, tlepgitation:HMr. Bremner said the association
would be quite willing to submit to an assessment upen
the net rental.—=After a general discussion
.on the • sub-
jeet the deputation withdrew, and'thecomMitteedoided
an taking the,opinien of the town-clerk on the 'question
as sew as he arrives from London.—This concluded the
public business before the committee.

We understand .that...-A. CasteHain, Esq., one of our
,borough •magist-ates,-has hubscribed the; sum of )ten
luineas to the fund of the Marriage lAA' Defence
Association.

AMPHITHEATRE.—Sir William Don was unable to
appear last evening, owing to severe indisposition. His
I place was promptly and
_spiritedly supplied iiy 11;etribers
I, of ti,IF company, and the performances went of admirably.
lortn STANLEV.—Two hundred ,and thirty-nine
of the magistrates of the, county of Lancaster have
signed a reghtdtioir to, TorilL.Stanleryi irskifiWthim to
allow piinseityqrbe put ia numintion fo,,the chairmanl-
ship:of the, court of Annual Se.ssiMtsi Va4ted the
death o{' 'lon. l‘f. T. aines. '
in acknowledging the re,ceipt of the requisition, says :
•to tho expression of a wish so g,enerally, entertained, and
so gratifying to mpielt; there Is:only one answer which
I can gibe., I accept with pleasure the'proppsed nomi-
nation, arid, if 'elected, will serve the Cpunty tii the best
of my powers."
TEA Mvvrticg.—The first annual te4Meretingin con-
nection with the; Mersey Dock Institute was held hint
evening, , inf.the ,room. at Peter's tang. • The.room, was
decorated with flags and appropriate mottoes. Tea, pro-
vided by m).. Millburne, of St. Anue's-4reet, "was served
at half-past six o'plook:: • The cruslai wag' extreme. ,A
great number. of persons bad to waitrtrutil.tlie two first
sets at' table were satisfied. • Through 'the excellent

arrangentsente,; of the committee, how-ever, none went
without refreshinents. *After tea a public Meeting took
place, Mr.-Joseph Hubback in the Chair. The secretary,
Mr.'Thos:"E hignett, read the report of the conimittee.
A proysdent society and evening edueatienal clasiea .had
been established, and .a .course of :lectures on various
topics. delivered, during the last year. The provident
society consists of 'lO5 members. The'lectures had 'riot
been duly appreciated.. With regard to the classes, they
could scarcely. be said to have been commenced as :yet.
A elms of :NI-aural Philosophy -bad -met,' however, and
had' received. instruction from Mr. Boiven. t, was
hoped that the gentlemen connected with the •Albert
Dock would volunteer their services as teachers, for the
benefit of the men ,in their employ: The.readingland
.news-room had 'been ill'supported; but this was occa-
sioned by a want of funds to engage a suitable room.
The committee regretted, to say that the .working classes
themselves had' not sap Ported the institute as they ought
.to- have done, but the hopewas indulged that the day was
not far distant when the society would rank with the lead-
ing institutions of :the borough, and prove a, means of
enlarged and instructive edification to its . members,
The treasurer read a statement of the accounts,, .from
which; it 'appeared th/tt balance of 111 1.55:- remains
bankers.-Messrs, the bankers.essrs. Thos. E. Hignett and Thos,
Pickthall were elected secretary-and- treasurer for the
ensuing.' yetir.—The chairnian read a large number of
letters -from gentlemen, apologising for their absence
from the meeting; briefly:enuinerated the benefits arising
to working classes from educational classes and coursed
-of lectures such as b;ad,b--t 611,-eitablished and delivered in
the laif twelve thonas: `ni b6rineetion With the society:
which he hoped would receive greater su_pport in
the future than it hadtin the past: .Mr. X, P. CamPhell;
the chairman of the Guardians Committee, proposed
success to the MerSeY, Docks Institute ; and 'the Secre-
tary, the welfare of the men emplbYed in `yapping
and Albert Docks, which Were received with .loud.
cheers. Mr. 'Denson . proposed the prosperity 'of the -
working' men of Liverpool, and reviewed the4pat,
benefits to Mankind Which had ,attended modern scien-
tific discoveries, :and showed the effects of ern-nine:re° to
multiplying the means for social and intellectual improve-
•ments. Bright proposed that the institute
threwnopen,to all, the working classes of Liverpool Who
may wish to avail themselves f its advantages.. Every
candidate for admission must not be under sixteen years
of age, and be able to read and Write. Three months'
subscriptions,and'art„entrance fee ' two ,shillings and
sixpence are to be paid in advance. The speaker theaght
that by-anV3ye theinstitutewbnld assume au important
shapev and,' perhaps, have a 'working. pan's college
attachelto it; and he 'trusted that it. wonla receive the
cordial. support not hitherto extended to it, of the mer-
chant and the educated classei ; and pledged himself • to
"devote one evening weekly pest winter' to the instruction
'Of the members. A few remarks from Mr. Leonard,
and votes of thanks to the chairman and officers, termi-
nated the proceedings. • ,
•
I arsu Mrssioms.—The annual meeting of this society
was held last night in Hope-hall. The - attendance
exceedingly numerous,,, the seats being all well
'filled. The Rev. C. AV. Lawrence occupied the chair,
and opened the proceedings: Inc doing so he noticed
the great good'which the -society was
,doing, in various.
Parts of 'lreland:- He referred 6-the evident need that
existell.aruoug.thr...Ronian..Cathalica.of Ireland-
sioniiies from a society like-the present. TrecoMmented
upon the influence *Melt tyre *alai of Popery exerted
-upon--the4r-_beljever.s;. ancr ahowed__that_a-geat.-amount'
of good had already .followed the efforts which • have
been: made by the missionaries, of th society.
He concluded by calliog itpen the secretary to read the
annual report. The report was then read ; it. bore tes-
timony. 'to the great -success which' has attended the.
efforts Of the society in the south and west of Ireland.
'With respect to the funds of the society, the , receipts
for the past year excee4ed those of the preceding
by about £1,700. The balance in' the hands of the
treasurer was 195 12s, 3d. _ The report went on to
state that Liverpool had not contributed so darglly, to
the fUnds of the society during the last few Veers as she
hid .fom~riy done. ;At the commencement of the
societFS operations, they received £5OO from one Liter—
pool pntleman,,and th 2; Itcy,l) anouyinously
contributed the.sum of .oclo a,,yeurw The Ref. jqseph
Bardsley has been. appointed secretary, conjointly with!
theiter.- -T.- ,Moore.---The ••Rev. Joseph- Bardsley then
addressed the meeting on the ihdepenclenee of Ireland
from. the _Church .of :Rome up to the 12th eeatury,
-The fey.(,gerktleman; commeneed..:hia ;observations by
stating the objects of the society to be the promotion of
the glory of God by preaching An' the people of Ireland
that pure religion which they possessed in early times.
Ile believed that up lo 'the • 12th century Ireland
bad been. tota.).ly independent ef rha Church of
Rome, arid if this. conk :by established it would
not be difficult to prove that the dOctrines held hy the
Church of Ireland in the fifth century differed but little
from those, of the Church 1igi4.10.0 the preseut
time. The Roman Catholics -bad always claimed St.
Patrick as the introducer of Christianity Into, frilairi,
bat he could show, on the authority of Roman Catholie
historians, that Christianity !,is,,,iutroduced into Ireland
long before 'St..Pittrick ever entered it. But supposing
that
.St. .patriek had introduced Christianity into
Ireland, still the Boman Clatholie- ChUtCh'• could
not claim ,arty praise; 4-o.'s titere .4qt, the, alightest
evidence that St. Patrick received his mission. from tl:2
Pope; In the writings of the patron .saint, "nn whi4
he gives-an account of hi#•:mission, there was no
mention whatever of the Pope, which would 'eer:-
tainly • 'have • been the ease had he been under
orderafroin the head of that church. • Bede also, in
Ig.s ',AcOunt of St.' liatil,d); 4.,*0 no allusion to his
recery;rag any commission from the Pope, and it was ,
therefore extremely improbable that St. yatrick had any
connection, with the pope of
_Borne. 'The :spealtbr
quoted various GathQlo. historians • of the period ellnded
to. and clearly, demonstrated the truth of ibis proposi-
tions.—The Rev. H. C. Eade, foreign missionary Of the
society, next addressed the meetimeeting,,,;;He ,detailed many ,
interesting particulars of the society's operations in •the
western parts of Ireland. He referred to the 'Schools
vtich have been established in ,cennection with the
mission, and related many instances in which they had
proved signally successf.4l..-Dr. Baylee afterwards
delivered an address upon tim probable 'Mtge of 'the
Papacy, in the course of which he referred :to the con-
ference which had just concluded,. and said that it was
a most glorious thing to see so many servants of God
collected together to, consider 'variOus', details of the
missionary work.—The preceedings terminated with
vote of thanks to the chairman.