The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-30 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL

Stn,—We beg to hand you an extract of Messrs. A. Gibbs
and sims' letter, which shows how much the presentindemnity
required at Birkenhead interferes with the guano trade.
Without this we. should long since have been able to fill the
shed. Trusting that it will be withdrawn on the 3rd proximo,'
We are, sirs, yours, &c., GIBBS, BRIGHT, &. Co,
Liverpool, 26th November, 1860. .
(Extract from Messrs. A. Gibbs and Sons' letter, London, 24th

November, 1860.)
"'We also note that the Dock Committee do not intend to
take the question of the indemnity into consideration until the
3rd proximo, in consequence of which we have ordered rive
vessels .(out of about twenty-four, arrived at Queenstown
within the last few days) to London, which otherwise would
have been sent to your port; and only two, for which the
-ownerk.ll.l=eQUQC ato
"the requisite indcrunitr. have.
been directed to the Mersey.
The CHAIRMAN said Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.
were quite mistaken. The question of indemnity had
been taken into consideration by the board; and after
consulting the proper officers, they had come to the
decision that it would be impossible to make any altera-
tion consistent with safety to the ships, and of course
the board, previous to the 3rd of December.
.The• Dock
Board could have no desire to prevent vessels going into
the dock, but they must take care how it was -done.
They were smarting under a payment of something like
£20,000 to Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. 'for what
had been alleged to be a default on the part of that
board ; and if they withdrew that indemnity, and
damage were to follow, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co.
would be the first to claim upon them. There would be
5 feet more water in the Float on the 3rd of December.
A letter was next read from Mr.. Alexander Ross,
pointing out the great necessity which exists for a new
proving establishment for chain cables being erected and
put to. work without delay. It was in 'fact becoming
the rule for chains to be proved at a public machine ;
consequently, the present one at the King's Dock was
very much run upon. He had to supply a good number
of chains, which- had to be proved there ; and there
seemed to be a certainty, from the length of time which
he had to wait till the chains before his were finished,
that they would lie too late for the ship. The Superin-
tendent did all he could to expedite work, but the
appliances were inadequate.—Referred to the Works
Committee.
A note from Mr. Pilcher was read, reporting the death
of Thos.-Gremson, an assistant in the transit sheds, and
requesting the nomination of a successor.—Referred to,
the Warehouse Committee.

The CHAIRMAN produced a letter from a labourer,
who said he would not put his name to it, as it might
deprive him of bread, questioning the arguments used
at the meeting of the corn trade, and stating reasons
why the request of that trade could not be complied
with, without damage to the port.-As the letter was
anonymous, it was resolved, in accordance with rule, to
take no notice_of. it. -

The CluntmA.N said the next subject on the paper
was the notice of motion given by Mr. Shand, ,for
exempting pilot boats from payment for the use of the
gridirons. Mr. Shand, however, was not present, so
that the motion would,, for the present, fall to the
ground. It might be revived, however, by a subse-
quent notice. _ .

This was the whole of the general business.

THE WORKHOUSE CommirrEE.-The usual weekly
meeting of the Workhouse Committe'e WaS. held yester-
day, in the hoard-room of the workhouse at Brownlow-
hill. Mr. Smith in the chair. The other members of
the board present were Messrs. Denton, Pcck, Owen,
Critchley and Goodacre. The governor 2 reporteds that
the.n u273b6e4r;inintehreeahse7s7e9l;asetorwreesek wasd 2 ; at pre-
sent,same.period last year, 2,111 ; increa.se,e2the
1 u At;3 numberF renalt
thethe
last report
medical report it appeared that since ;
there were 29 fever cases in tli;dl, 21 had been
received since; cured and discharge d+ 1326.; died, 2 ; and
32 case of
remaining under treatment at prescri
itch are now under treatment,
The. clerk reported that on Mohn -aßn° x
dressed cases.
workhouse
in sailor's attire, presented . and
dr asey :Ira' rsaet
tne
as
the
l
Shortly after being
and a stranger in Liverpool.aerdeclared that the male
door, and solicited to be admitteed, being quite destitute
admitted the pseudo-sailor
_,
d and that her real name
character was merely
native of Glasgow, and about five
was Annie Stuart.,haer native city, assumed male garb,
years ago she
left.l in Greenock as a seaman, and fulfilled
that position up
and
'joined a
vessel in Grecnock as aseaflian, and fulfilled
that' positiOfl up to within a short time ago, when her
wn through an accident she sustained in
sex became
fromkno
vard-arm. The reason she assigned for
taraiin step, was that she might succeed in
taking this s
falling
Members of her family who had previously
tricing some
She state that se d fiVe bas
gone to se a.
board ordered d thath sheha be providedrothers with
sailors. The
; irt suitable to her sex.
After the disposal of the
raiment
routine rose. board
tine business, the
' '

TOXTETII GUARDIANS;

The usual weekly ifteeting of the Toxteth Guardians
was held yesterday, in the. board room of the public
offices, Texteth-Park. Mr. Alprisg occupied the chair ;
and the other members present were Messrs. J: Wilson,
I. D. Carter, George Hunter, H. Laylanu, eel J. B.
Hughes,
The -trarb.r in the house was reported to be lasi
•
r c4.11e 358=a; ti since, 29; born, 1; discharged,
,317.
The p the.69nitniffee were confirmed. -
Mr. HUNTER ealVe EUICe that e the neat meeting of
the board, he would Mole fdi• rAtiftih by the reliertng
officer of the number of applichtlioni- for relief from
to week, number relieved, and the' atibunt' paid.
A ler!et rota the Poor-law Board was react; #ndlosing
copies of ciiiiikattes awarded by the Committee of
Council on Edura4r, with reference to the qualifica-
tions of the schoolmaste7 aio schoolmistress, and •speci-
fying the rates at which gill& It ould be made. In th
year ending March, 1861 Aft. Chtttles. Bedford will
receive frOm the Local Board £39 7g.i AT being added
by the Poor-law Board, and Miss Tonge'*ill'receivd
X 44, Xl4 being added to the salary 'Of £3O gicci by t'lle
Local Board.

The following letter was read by the chairman.
/o.tut cnrArr.M.V.v ANIi 110/A la 10 p tn'A I2DI ANS, ToxTrro-PAnk•
• 103, Grafton-street, Nov. 29, 1860.
GEI4TLE3tEN,—A demand bale' been made by the collectors on
rrie for 4,1 IN. 71d. for poor rates; &e.. If it does not appear
Upon your books as paid/ I bold a receipt far it. I wrote to
Mr. Alpass, telling him of the aboVe demand; and his '/MPres-
sion is that the rate for 1860 is uniraid., I hold a receipt for
that ratie also'; and I am ready, to wait on the board With the
receipts at any time they name. Make a searelling inquiry
ir td these irregularities, es they may be of great disadifantage
to the board. I hope the reporters of the press will report it,
for the benefit of the ratepaferS.74 remain, yours respect-
fully, WSLLIA3I Avis. •
The, o.nialt4AN condemned` the system pursued by
the poor 'rate collectors, of not ptomptlyi collecting, as
the bills became dde, urging that prompt collections
'would be the.mcans of lessening the rate by 3d. to 4d. in
the pound.

CORONER'S COURT.

Yesterday, an inquest was held before P. F. Curry,
Esq., borough coroner, on the body of Julia Ann Red-
man, 31 years old, daughter of Mr. James Redman,
hatter, 17, Kensington. On Mandl evening last, about
half-past seifen, the mother was taking the deceased up-
stairs to bed, when a customer came in and she turned
back, leaving the child on the stairs. When the child
went into the bedroom, where there was a fire, she
commenced placing some playthings she had in her
pinafore on the mantelpiece, and whilst doing so her
pinafore caught fire. The mother hearing her screams
ran up and pulled a blanket off the bed, wrapped it
round her, and put the fire out. She was badly burnt
over her face and arms, of which she died on Wednes-
day.—Verdict, "Accidentally burnt."
A Mosi DISTRESSING CASE.—On William Abra-
ham, aged 511 years, residing at 53, Rostock-street. The
deceased was formerly in the employ of the Lancashire
and Yorkshire and East Lancashire Railway Com-
panies, but was obliged to leave in consequence of hay-
--ing—u—sore leg about Christmas last, since which
time he has been employed occasionally as a dock
labourer, hut was never in the receipt of a fall week's
wages, and, having, a family of five children, Was
reduced to extreme destitution. For the last five
weeks he had been under the dispensary surgeon suffer-
ing from giddiness of the head and general debility.
The surgeon said his ailment arose from want of
food. On Saturday last he went home and told his
wife that he was going to work again on Monday at
the railway. The family had received relief from the
parish in the early part of the week, and this prevented
them from again making application. Early on Monday
morning he went to the north dock goods station, to
the office of James Jackson, the timekeeper there, to
give in his name to start work there at seven o'clock.
Jackson observed the deceased to be very ill. He spoke
to him, but he could only say " Oh," and then he fell
down on the floor. Police-constable 779 was called in,
and removed the deceased to the Northern Hospital,
where he died on Wednesday. Oa Mr. Blake, the
beadle, visiting the house, he found it to be in a
most deplorable state of destitution. In answer to
-intjuiries,by.the..coroner, the widow said she had five
children, the eldest thirteen years and the youngest only
a few-months old, and they had often been in want of
the 'common necessaries of life. The surgeon froth the
hospital said the deceased had died from apoplexy, the
result of natural causes, but that the body appeared in
an awful state of debility and weakness. The coroner
and the jury deeply syinpathised with the poor widow,
who gave her evidence with great modesty, and evidently
suffering from want. The jury made a subscription,
and the coroner, with his usual humanity and kindness,
ordered her 10s. from the poor box. Verdict, " Died
from natural causes."—The deccased was a brother to
the Late Mr. Thomas Abraham, superintendent in the
Liverpool police force.

FRIGHTFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT
THE VICTORIA STATION.

A frightful accident, terminating in the death of ,one,
of the oldest servants of the London and Brighton Rail-
way Company, took place on Wednesday, on the arrival
of the London and Brighton Railway at the Vic-
toria station, Pimlico. It appears that the deceased, a
man named Henry Gallop, between 30 and 40 years of
age, was engaged in the onerous dutyof examining and
oiling.the points and transverse plates. He was stoop-
ing down for that. purpose, not having observed that an
empty train had been shunted on to the line upon which
he was engaged,, the engine of which having stopped,
the empty carriage came silently up the line; the buffer
of the foremost carriage struck the deceased, threw
him round on to the rail, the wheels of the carriage
running over him, and literally cutting him in two.
From the nature of the injuries, death must have been
instantaneous.

TILE SHEDDEN CASE.-THE JUDGMENT.

At the conclusion of the case on Tuesday, the learned
judges retired and held a short consultation. On their
return the Judge Ordinary delivered a very able and
learned judgment, concluding as follows : •
I think, then, said his Lordship, that in the first in-
stance the evidence in support of the petitioner's case is
very flimsy ; that contradictory and conflicting reasons
have been given to account for the secrecy of the sup-
posed marriage, as it suited the purpose of the petitioner
at different times ; and that everything has happened as
in a true story it would have happened with reference
to the death-bed marriage for the purpose of mak-
ing the children legitimate, to the letter of the dying
man concerning the guardianship of his son, and
to the reason why that letter is not produced. With-
out the least hesitation, therefore, I must pronounce.
that Walter Patrick Ralston Shedden is not the
legitimate son'of William Shedden and his mother, and
that he is not a natural born British subject. One
word as to the position in which the parties are left by
this judgment. From the manner in which the case
has been conducted by the elder petitioner, and in
which he gave his evidence, I 'can have no sympa-
thy with him. He may have become excited, he may
have brooded over his fancied wrongs until the faculty
ofjudging was disturbed; but the course he has pur-
sued in other matters, where no such excuse is open to
him, leaves him without any title to the sympathy
of the Cdurt. For the female petitione.: Ido feel most.
deeply. I have no doubt she has been bred up in the be-•
lief of the truth of her father's story. From the intimate
and familiar knowledge she has displayed with every
article of evidence connected mediately or immediately
with the case, I have no doubt that for years and years
her mind has been devoted to its consideration ; I have
no doubt that she has received her father's statements
with the unhesitating confidence of a dutiful.and
+ll.‘, holy, hx.e.ft.,. .
her very nature. What is to he the consequence to her
of this judgment ? One of two things. If she is not
convinced by it she will live under the harassing Sensa-
tion and conviction that she has sustained a grievous
wrong, and is unable' to obtain any redress. Such
a position is sad enough. But, if she is convinced by it,
she will have to mourn and lament over a mine of con-
duct which has embittered the last days of an aged man*,
Who for a period far exceeding the ordinary limit of
human life has lived honoured and respected, and with
integrity unimpeached ; and she will feel that she has
been instrumental in submitting him to a relentless per-
secution, carried on by means of unfounded aspersions
and most unjustifiable litigation.
Justices Wightman and Williams expressed their
entire and unhesitating concurrence in _the decidok of
the Judge Ordinary.
On the application of Mr. Bovill,
The Court granted costs to the respondents.
The case had occupied the exclusive attention of the
Court for fourteen-days,

*William Patrick, Esq., writer to the
signet, Edinburgh,
the owner of large estates in the county of
Ayr.

• • t
MUTUAL AlD.—This matter of mutual aid is a prom
much to be considered. Self-reliance is a great thing,
but it may sometimes carry us out of our depths, The
most successful men are commonly those who have
known best how to influeneetheir fellows—how to turn
inferior agency to good account. After all, that which
any man can do by bitriself is very little. You must
turn thq energies of other men to account in furtherance
of your -own. The right thing is to identify their in-
terests with yours, and not only to make them believe
that by helping von. they are helping themselves, but
really to insure that it is so.—" Cornhin 21fagaibie" for
December.
MONKEY 1.3-Ncolimorg, MASSA !—ln .consequence of
the election of Abraham Lincoln as •President of the
United States (bravo, -hooray, 0 my brothers!), it is
announced that SOnth' Carolina, ' ni an ecstacy of
slave-owner's rage, has ordered a solemn day of
burniliatiOn, on 'which all the slaves in the' State are
to be flogged; and all the copies of the Scriptures
burned.- Moreover, she calls a Convention, and declares
that -sh& is going to separate from the Union, and
be an independent State, and have representatives of
her own at the Courts of Europe. We hear that her
first 'demands on England are, that to show our sym-
pathy in her -bate of the President, Lincoln Cathedral
be pulled down, the county of Lincoln be re-christened
and called Breckenridge County, that all Lincoln and
Bennett hats be immediately smashed in, that Lord
Lincoln be transported and that Falstaff in the play
speaks of “thieves in 'Lincoln-green," he be ordered to
say, "President , Lincoln's black . thieves." Anythin
to please the -lovely Carolina..—Punch.
g
EXAMINATIONS FOR THE INDIAN ARMY.—The fol-
lowing notice has been issued from the Horse
Guards :—The competitive examinations hitherto held
of candidates for the artillery and engineer serr
vices of the Indian Army will cease, and all mai:-
dates for the artillery and engineer services generally
will, in ftiture, have to rio throtigh a course of
instruction at the. Royal Military Academy, 'Wool:-
wich. The next competitive examination, in conformity
with the annexed regulations, will commence on 7th
January, 1861: The number of vacancies to be coin-
peted for is 70. Applications of candidates, as required
bg. Art. 8 of the regulations, will in this instance be
received until the 20th of-beCember next. The suc
cessful candidates will be admitted, in the first instance,
to the 'Royal Military cone,
e,
Addiscombe, and'even-
Wally transferred to the Boyal Military. Academy,
-Woolwich. As in the prospectus formerly issued
for admission •to Addiseombe College, it was provided
that candidates might be examined in
the use of astro-
-noinical and surveying instruments, 'there will be an
examination in that subject for such as desire to take it
lip in January next; after which date, however, it, will
not be included among the subjects of examination for
admissionllotted to Woolwich. Seven hundred and fifty marks
will be ato this subject, as heretofore.—W. F.
FO4BTEB, Military Secretary."

--CORRESPONDENCE.

FURIOUS AND ILLEGAL DRIVING.

TO THE EDITOR. OP 1148 DAILY TIMES.
SIR,—My vocation takts me at all hours through the•
streets and environs of Liverpool, and I have had some.
experience of London and other large towns; but, much.
at- I appreciate the general efficiency of the police andl
conotaNittry of Liverpool, I am obliged to declare—
gainsay it Who• may—that there is no town. in England}
techachtlfsisoaking, " the road is so badly kept.'"
All over the town and saburbs, the drivers of waggons,.
lorries, and farmers' carts sot as if they had a " vested!
right" to do as they please, and drive as they please..
Instead'of being close up to theirlitorsts' heads, you will
see theme lazily shuffling along, saint twenty to fifty
yards behind, thus allowing the animals to take any
course they please. As they have by " usage" consti-
tuted tbsinSelves the "authorities' " all sensible gentlemen
'drivers prefes pulling up, and letting their lorryships
pass on, rather thnn have, in addition to a collision, a
volley of abuse sucfi av only a Liverpool carter can
bestow. Now, considering the risk to life occasioned by
this negligent driving, not to speak of the immense
hitidianee to traffic, it will not be deemed impertinent
in me to• suggest a simply remedy. It is this. The
polit'eand cOnstabidary being the paid and authorisedl
regulators of the driving, that the head-constable and!
superintendents of constabulary do at once issue rovera--
tire orders to all ender them, in and about Liverpool, to
summons, without fail, every driver who is negligently
driving to the endangering of life or hindering of traffic..
By tkis course the carters would learn that the roads are
not kept up for their exclusive use ; and the horses,
being in many cases quite as intelligent as their drivers,
would get into the way of keeping close to their proper
side ; and as the streets and road are generally wide
enough for vehicles three abreast, there would be no
difficulty for lighter conveyances to pass safely and
expeditiously. lam confident these increased facilities
would be an immense gain to the mercantile community,
to whom, as to myself, I presume, very often that time
is money, Any one who observes our more crowded
thoroughfares, as about the northern line of docks,
see constant hindrances caused by negligent driving..
Does it never happen that the lost minute in getting;
goods alongside must detain the ship, or the lost minute
in reaching the post-office involve the loss of thousands
my suggestion would, moreover, occasion no hardship
to the drivers, as they can as easily keep their own side
as be all day long hoarsely "gee-hawing" and " woing ;"
while the only difference to the police would be, that,
instead of watching the maidservants, they would have
to look after the drivers.
I hoe every respect for the police and constabulary,
but I consider they neglect a very important part of
their duty, in not regulating the traffic.—Your obedient
servant, CONSTANT RI; 5T.&.
Nov. 27,.1860.