The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-17 00:00:00

LocAt, INTEL,LIGE,NOE,

LwrußE.—Last night, Mr. iohß Baxter delivered a
lecture upon "Petev the dreat," at Burlington-street
Cougregational Chapel ; . Mr. John J. Stitt in the chair.
This was the fourth of a series of lectures in course of
delivery.

CURIOUS CHARGE OF ROBBERY.—Yesterday, at the
Birkenhead Police-court, Thomas Kerns and, AftineS'
Patten, mere charged with haviiig. xo.lJaeti .31r.. Jahn.
Pate, farmer, of Behington, ofln purse, gold watch,
&c. It appfared.: tab .on Thursday night the prose-
ctitor ivasititspeseti-and took the prisoner Kerns's car,
from-Woodside to Behington. Patten-;jumped into the
ear with the proseentor,- who fell 'Weep, but on his,
arrival at home fOund that his pocket, with its, contents,'
had been cut from his breeelre, 40, his;_gojd,ygitch
also stein. Part •of ;lte property. had: teen traded to
the possession o,f.the prisoners, and they were remanded
11ntii.Mouciny..
' I have carefully examined the principle of Mr. W. P.
Dreaper's new patent improvement in the manufacture
Of piano-fortes, and I have great pleastit iu tearing
testimony to its efficiency in produeing a remarkably
pure and poWerftil lione ~`the touch is extremely agree-
ahle, and very; sensitive to the slight or heavy pressure
of the linger. The treble tones especially are exceedingly.
beautiful, clear, and vocal.--CHARLES SAL AMAN. —36,,
J Daveßaker-street, Portman-square, London.--J heard
and played many pianos of many v,,erys great makers in
England and France;, but none of them has given me
seich pleasure as those of Messrs. Dreaper and Son, as
they can be used for an orchestra, producing the fine
' effects almost unmistakeably, and I am perfectly satisfied
of their much greater durability than others.---Qwtoial
. .
SMITH.--57, ChampS Elysees, Paris,
GRATIFYING PRES,RWCATIO/4 TO MR. COUNCILLOR
STITT. -74113 TtlirSaaY evening last, the young men
forming the present, and a few of the late, members of
Mr. Stitt's Bible class, in connection with the Crescent:
Chapel Sabbath school, partook of tee, together, after
which they presented their teacher with. a beautiful
ornamentally written address, executed by Mr. U.
Plfkpps, Oastle.street, elegantly framed, as a testiatinv:
of the advantages they have derived, nut/ centinne tO.,
derive, from, his instructions ; and, also expressive 'of
their gratitude to hit, frig, his unceasing labours in their
behalf and ef,thelo,ve and esteem, tliey. eutertain towards
him ask their teacher. Mr: Stitt replied in feeling terms
to the as,
honour and pleasure which had been '
conferred upon hint. The remainder of the evening
was profitably employed in• discussing various means for '
promoting the efficiendy of the class. ' After again par-
taking of substantials, around the social board, thp Meeting . I
separated, highly pleased with the evening's employments.
There were present some gentlemen. whe'were pupils, '
under the c,ame teaelter twelve, years ago. _
V-(43.)NTM MOVEMENTS.—lntimation, has been
received from, the LerdAietena4 thpit leek mkiesty has
accepted the services of the .second -company of the
22nd Company of the Lancashire Rifle Volunteers. The
ina*mum strsAgth of this eurps will consist of one cap-
: tain-eommandant, one captain, two lieutenants two
ensigns,' and 200 men of all ranks. Lieutenant T.,:,-a:
Parr of the 22nd has'received his conaiss;on as captain, ;
and Mr. T. B. Mozley, late of filth e:l9tarry has received
lettnne'ertaqiii* tir`e. li4d is now in progress of forma_
tian. 0.41ky a grand full-dress parade of a number'of
' the 'LiVerPeol Gores, headed by the Ist Company and
their band, will take place at the Birchfield barracks,
whence the volunteers will march at half-past %hoe, to '
the Exchange flags, and through the :town; It 'is
p
expected that several handred4mteers will be present.
of the select commit-
. teirgs ofort
thentinet.4ll.o--nr lot
"pljeotirtns have been received
to the 7th instant inclusive, So many as 3,957 petitions
had been. presented against abolition, with 132119
signatures appended. Only 12 are signed officially, the
rest by individuala. To tie same date 101 petitions had
been presented in favour of abolition, or on the side id
Sir ~I. Trelawny's bill, with 9,005 signatures. There are
thirteen of them, including eight signed officially, the
joint ' signature,s to which ' axcippted to only. 38. So
many as twenty.-one, or more than a fifth of the whole
are fromPlacei'm' Wales ; and. the largest number. of
.
' signatulres obtained, anywhere is 40.44,44,XsVrOgralis,
in BrecknoCkshire. , ' '
" THE, CUSTOM OY IR.* CO,UNTRY."—TMA:MIITANT TO
AGRiCV,LTWASWS. -:OA Thursday, at the Warrington
' County Court, Mr. Wood, the owner of a farm at .
Poulton - with'. Pearnhead, sued the outgoing tenant, ,
Mrs. Henshall, for £2O, the price of' a quantity of
manure which the defendant had sold. The defendant's.
husband (since deceased) had entered on the favn,ta.
November, 1856, when there were about 3p, tws or
manure on it, valued at 416,. • Theagreerrient, as alleged
by the plaintiff, was, thAt the defendant's husband was
not to pay for this Manure, lint that, when his tenancy
j ceased, he. Was to. leave OW manure that might then
be on the farm fvr Aa next tenant. Mrs. Henshall was
presentwhen her husband agreed to this arrangement ;
but notwithstanding, when she left, she had sold all the
manure, amounting to forty tons. Witnesses were eked i
to prove that the " custom of the;oottn4y,". and the 1
"course of good husbandry," re,gratred OnAt the. manure
be left by the. off-going tenant.—For the"
defendant., witnesses were called to show that the " cus-
tom 4 the country " was to first offer the manure at a
' val'inttion to the incoming tenant ; and if he declined it,
to sell it.—The judge said that, whatever inight *0,4
"custom of the country," the eckOrse Ife gond filritqnk
reqnired that the %sup, shoqd be left, ft, and eve a
verdict for the plai;nVifffoT.4ll3, with costs.. .
Tun Loss OF, THE NIMROD STRAvA.--The Board of
Trade has received the follobwing, letter from the agents
at Milford of the, Dity of Paris, Waterford steamer,
respeeflng, the sorbet of the commander of that vessel
upon the occasion of falling in with the ill-fated Nimrod
Steamer,. on the night previous to her fatal wreck at St.
David's .Head :—" In answer to yours of the 6th, we beg
to inform you the captain of the City of
Paris reports to us,
that, on his voyage to Waterford,
aterford, on the 27th February,
he fell i 4 with and spoke the Nimrod. Inquiring Af she
wanted any assistance, the reply ,_ wa.1 "What will you
tow us into Milford for ?" The City answered £l,OOO,
the Nimrod offered £lOO, The captain of the City said
it was out of the question, but he would tow her into,
Milford and leave the remuneration to be settled by the
owners. This the captain of the Nimrod refused. The
City remained by her some time, but all assistance was
refused by the Nimrod, At this time the weather was
moderate, . and ho apparent danger to either life or pro.,
perty. The wind
him at Waterfbrd. -We
was
vwiseibstie.andsbMeijfordaiill atren
had quite
open St. Ann's lights
her all the her
canvas'
set and good steerage "ay an
sextaistet-,
only request the captain of the Nimrod made was for
captain of the City of P.; ;
reporttheCittyheoforPafurliscatloam
merit is corroborated by his officers and crew ; that he
may add that the
e and trustworthy man dc:esrLns'ost
' himself has been in our employ for the last four years,
and a more hu
• and we Teel assured
that befel the unfortunate
that had,he for a moment contem-
plated
Nimrod, no thought of money woold have cio„eci his
mind.
Neither is it to be supposed that the captain of
the Nimrod would have allowed the City of Paris to
leave him had he foreseen the slightest danger either to
himself or passengers." Owing to the fact of all who
were on board the Nimrod having perished, and the
explanation which the above letter furnishes, the usual
inquiry under the Merchant Shipping Act into the loss
will not take place.

A Lcoß ol,,IC! 'Mesa'.--A red nose.—Piineh.
A BAIA ar SMALLS.—Lord John Russell and , has-
Reform Bill.—Puede
Mr. Blackburn, in committee on the i
14 up,er Duty
Repeal Bill, is to move that the bill should not take
effect until the 31st day of 1114reh, 1861.
ME ent.THQE4 PI. 'thE SANDWICH Israxus,.---We
understand that an effort is now being made by Mr.
gaixky. Hopkins, consul for ' Hawaii, in concert with
the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, to intro-
duce a branch of the church of England into the Sand-
wich Islands,
A London journal, the organ of Canadian interests,
says it is now officially announced that the Prince of
Wales will visit• British America. The period assigned
for his Royal Highness's departure is the middle of May
next. ,
OIL THAR VALL.NOT €1,0(1.--The ordinary trotter or
neat's fot oil may be prepared for the most delicate
troFk, in, a similar manner to the oil of the sloth bear.
If a bottle of the former be placed in the sun's rays; arid-
a feve,alips of lead dropped into the vessel, an extra-
eeNifLl•Pi)ktrili i!tulitltte.:—"TtieruliPer liart, hbv;eie:i,
remains bright and lirripidaa crystal, and,, by a repetition
of the eaulePNVeSs, may be so effectually purified that
it will never be liable to that annoying!• viscidity which,
detracts so much from the value of animal oils that have
been some time in use. It is in this manner that watch-
makers purify-the oil ibrAlke lubrication of the delicate
machinery al their trade. .Ro4tiedg#'s ///usheated
~.I`_
Nat -ac IfistorY.
14 •
Op.D, PLUNKETT AND lilS, rtitsANl„ TufNAN'T.---
The frisk, Times of Thursday says : " e are most
hap
Ipy to find that the eviction cases at Partry are at an
end• n,...„„,4 a tenantry should be at rariatike with their
,Acibc,,d is always suggestive et suffering awl distress.
the heat of passion, Rua impelled by bad advisers
n,
the. ignorant p nt
_may be induced to turn against
- •
his best friend. but, he. soma atiels out is error by suffer-
iag. As th,e fiat of the Emperor was' too strong for the
iirlin,lent in Paris.. England is too power-
so the lawreof
fl 4 fox agrarian offenders here. Because Lord Minket*
w. ere led to believe he had
"i'm a bishop the peasantry.
them. The impunit
`no rights, or feared to claim
the s hoalheuses at Mali)
which attended the burning of
thaw(3.oove t encouraged them in the belief _
1 aid: them, z.llßutu Bisl
arm-
` pathised with and would Twe Y
of
the land, and in the
Plunkett •appealed we 44
hour of )o ‘
embereo mercy.. The tenants,
lstice Wm
address
dfrvtory, signed an.acknowledging
hithtrrio. ;
rror, and that was sufficient for a Clirastian
~
lieji:td:' He would not visit misguided men, with the .'
P'e---'
penalties that should fall only upon theik advisers,'
VA HY
VOLUNTEER MOUNTED, OR CA. N. Rl}.., ocatrs._
We have peculiar pleasure kri, referring to au advertise-
ment,. in another colanaa, inviting applications from
i gentlemen desirua of .i,oining this corps, who are pre-i 1
pared
ic,,
ii 9040 044 equip themselves 'at their own,
,•,,,ppiihae. The uniform and regulations of t4t, Qp will
be determined by the members when •a alt dent number
have joined ; so that all who. *sr, a, aoie. it; the
settlement of these impr.stitam,
ii 1149"tters sholl4 lose no
time in. applying., A WeLe-ap'pointed ,z 01,,, t
a eer cavalry
corps we cArOCIfr.
. 91-P °I4Y. t,hki 'Wanting to make our
xglnuteer or,garnsatton Co .
, and while its imports an,ce caplet 1)o (4); ?, tacaaent doubted, we must conteSs
to, a, stro4 (lestre to behold so fine a sight as such a
bpi,' must present. We know no place in the world
capable of producing a finer calls of mounted rifles than
Liverpool; and we trust hefoxe to Oat'
ng to be able to b
of haYing added tliii, splendid Corinthian capital to the
already 111444iiiueut column of our local volunteer force.
TIESIikE/4ANH HIGHWAY ROIMERT VY A WO3tAli.'—
OA Wednesday night Mr, e Gee m' Langman, of the firm
of Skidmore and Langinaii,auctioaeers,Walvothamptou,
Whilst attending a farewell lecture by Mr. J. B. Gough,J
in the St. George's-hall, in that town, lost two cheques ,
to tll. %tumult of 46 front his pocket. He did
not discover his loss befere he reached his resi-
dence, which is on the outskirts of Wolverhamp-
ton. Immediately on doing so,
•however, be retraced
his steps to town to, give information and to make
inquiries regarding the missing cheques. On his return,
at a rather unfrequented part' of the way, a stout
young woman sprang in front of him, grasped his face,
and plunging her hand into the breast pocket of his
coat, pulled out a leathern bag containing £6 15s, and
made off with it towards St. John's churchyard. Mr.
Langman started in pursuit and getting up with her by
the church gates tell over her and they struggled
together for some time. Two men, apparently accoln--
plices, then approached, to one of whom the woman
managed to hand the money. They were about to
assault Mr. Langman, who was shouting vigoadmay
for assistance, but a window being thrown up close at
band they decamped. The woman then made a
desperate attempt to escape, and She and Mr. Langman
were rolling about the square when three persons came
to.the spot., They found both parties so exhausted that
they could scarcely speak ; but on Mr. Langman
recovering sufficiently to inform, them of what had'
occurred, they assisted in conveying the *omen to the
police station. She was brought before the borough
magistrates on Thursday. She gave her name as Mary
Butler, stating that she was' a married woman and
resided in North-street, Wolverhampton. Both she and
IMr. Langman bore on their faces evident marks of the
struggle in St. John's-square. Tbe_prisonr was com-
mitted' for trial. ''' ' - - ..

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OFFICIAL INQUIET NT THE xi, vaRrOOL WORKHOUSE. C
IORRESPONDENCE.
Mr.,-Mainwaring, the Poor-law-Board inspector,- eon-- - - -
eluded his inquiry: yesterday, into the-charges against [
Mr. Leather, medical. officer, of 'neglecc-andgeneral [We do not hold ourselves responsible for the epinzons Of
irregularity. The details are of a tedious and uuini- , ourcorrespondents.]
portant character; and as no decision can be arrived at
until the whole of the facts have :been reported to the
Poor-law Board, theresult of the investigation' will not
be known for some time.
.;
A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO THE CORNOPEAN.-By , TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY TIMES.
the addition of a fourth valve, which directs the passage SIR,--A letter appeared in t.he Pally Times on Wed-
of the wind, into a second and detachable bell, a perfect nesday last, signed "Senta," who will be pleased to hear
echo is produced, without anteing
the.pitch or intro- that the
number of petitions and signatures against
dueing anything:unsightly io the instrume'nt. This legalising the above have the majority at present, as the
is an invention of Mr. KOhler, Of London, maker of following extract from an official paper will prove:—
cornopeans for the army, and may he seen, at Mr. dames " Summary of Public Petitions.—Jan. 25 to March 9,
Smith's extensive warehouse, 76, Lerd-street. This is 1369: Against legalising marriage with a deceased
an entire" yiew feature in cornopeana, and its mechanical wife's sister, 141 petitions; number of signatures, 9,037-
edvautages and superiority of tone, really exceed any- —ln favour of the above, 119 petitions, and 7,640 sig-
thing; we bave yet seen or beard. It is called the natures." In the words of your correspondent, let all
harmonic cornopean. It. enables beginners on thiS row who are opposed to the unholy union of a man with his
popular, instrument to practice their: exereisenwithout .deceased wife's sister relax not ; but, by further peti-
the slightest annoyance to others in the house ; in fact, tions and signatures, sent to both Houses of Parliament,
no one can possibly hear it who is not -in the same strengthen the hands of "The Marriage Law Defence
room. But, above all, it must hare a very striking effect" !Association" in their righteous endeavours to defeat a
in a • concert-room or ball-room, and we should- most 'section of society anxious, from various motives, to cause a
decidedly recommend it to all who desire to improve change in the law of marriage that, in all probability,
upon' and develop the general appreciation'of the merits would lead to misery in many families.—l remain, &c.,
of that fine instrument the cornopean.
ELECTION OF THE THANMERE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BOARD.—The trouble and turmoil caused by toisoniii
voting at the polling booth, on the, occuaion of the
wisely obviated
election of sixteen members to serve on the Tranmere
Local Government Board, has been very
by exercisin the peaveys contained in the Public Health
Act, 1848.
beriag the week voting papers were delivered.,
at tb,e houses of the voters, and were to- have been col_
leoted yesterday, but Mr. Gorst, the summoning officer
appointed by the Home office,,, will scarcely be in 4
position
to declare the result of the contest until Month
Party feeling has been exceedingly Tifecleeiv. the wee?
and passing through Tranmere one cowl not fail to call
to mind the words, of Pope, " A.,earning is like mercury;
one of the most powerful and ,excellent things iii the
world in skilful hands : in unskilful,' the roost raj's-
c4v,,, -6,a
nas7 the walls wero, to be seen placards
co'n.'toiong the most offenaive and ill-natured thing%
imagirt• • able and it Would he impossible to eoniplitnent
the allthara of them either upon their Courteiy,-disere_
tion, or goodhuinour. In fact, such Yulgar manifersta;'.
tiring of ill-temper, rudeness, and, one might almost
add, impertinence, are unworthy an enlightened; com-
munity, and are only calculated to prove a hindrance
rather than an aid to the well-being of' the,,OeoPle of
Tranmere.
THE BAZAAR AT THE qy -4A 1, interest
attachingto this bazaar winoins unabated, and we are ex-
tremelyglad to And that it will probably be sustained to the
close, vhieli will take place at four o'clock this afternoon
The sale by auction will commence at five. The oliject'
for which the bazaar is being held is one that so,
entirely commends itself to the friends a Nelitgi.o4
and
the popularity of the exeellto illeAnfbelati, the Rey. Ate.
Piney; sso deserved, that maY safely predict a most
successful formulation to, the very arduous labours of
the geatie, ladles who, have. SA gracefully presided over
the richly-laden and tastefully-arranged stalls in the
Quee*kialt. It is no doubtful point of evidence in
•
favour
that
of the popularity of this undertaking
although the weather yesterday was exceedingly ,
unfavourable for going out of doors, a sunikof abont eighty pounds was drawn for sales. We .cannot rehain
from taking this opportunity of noticing the, Att,e,,thoe,„
of the Aekhar musical band, which woes only suspended
yesterday, ace regret to say, owing. to, the sudden death of one of the other boys ou, beard th,e reforinatory ship.
The behaviok cf ink boys of the hand, iu their tidy
naval e.aatume, as, they. performed some excellent selec-
tion of ingsic, and during the intervals, was the
admiration,, aitdi: We might say, the wonder, of every
person whcs entered the hall. Their individual -and I
musical training and discipline were universally praised
and spoken of, as something quite refreshing and
encouraging in connection with the great object for
which the Ackbar Institution was established. It was,
only natural that this feeling should lead to a general
expression of gratitude to Captain .Fenwick for -his
successful exertions, and a tribute of praise to his
efficient bandmaster. This highly creditable 'appearance
of the Ackbar band has enlisted a great antouat of' good
feeling on behalf of the boys and the institution that
shoteta them. Thus one good work provokes another.
Bannyzatuir, PoLtcy; COURT, YESTERDAY.----CHARGE
ox,Linnt.---At the. Birkenhead Police 'Coda, yesterdaY,
Mr. Bietherton appeared for a number of gentlemen tes,
apply for a summons against Mr. Richard Lee,. blcigk-
maker, llanipton.:streete .Tranmere, to whom was attri-
buted a libel. Mr. Lee is the secretary to, a,body form d.
in Tranmere for the purpose of ,promoting.the'ileation
of certain gentlemen to nit ak
,tbe Local Government
Board, and a paper, signed, by: lain, and addiessed -4 To
the Ratepayer.s and Owners of Tranmere,"• was prochkoect
to o,ct court Mr. Bretherton: stated that bria..4ieuts
; were libelled in that document, front *ich the falloiY-
ing are extracts To the,Rnteplisers. auxl. Owners of
Tranmere :--,-Gentlemen,—Nogr-oppouenta now respect-
fully and earnestly request" you to surrender your water
rights. Search, the world's records and match this cool.
toe and modesty, if you can. Birkenhead, lost four
kuludred thousand pounds by 'surrendering her water
rights ; LiverpObt's loss, by surrendering hers, has to be
counted by millions. The red men, having for the last
fourteen months, by frauds Wood tricks innumerable,
sought to swindle you of ywit- water property, and finding
their villanies vain, now 'respectfully and humbly be,
seech' forsooth. Led on by a man who 'affects a public
zeal, only to hide his private crimes," they • now
impudently ask you to give theta, the. management'
of that property, which tilt); bave tried in vain to
plunder you of. IV;fiee, you surrender your sanity, you
will, do so, At iaa, wonder that they do not ask yea. to
trust ttO, Vroxi4ettee, and, toss up for it.' The plea now,
that amongst your opponents of the red 'party there
are respectable men: Excepting one or tiqo, there is.
net a man who has not done his ;;mast to deprive
Tranmere of its only property and the few who have
not opposed you have done nothing to support yon',
You hold your goperiy only because the Loc,4 Govan.
ment Act, the House of Lords, and Y4vlr "(11, intelli-
gence and manliness at the late eleetion Made it impoa.
9ible for the Wirral Water. Company and their paid
agents (and on the .k:Od-list tberaare many of- thenx,) to
appropriate *, There are men on the red
list Muse it.
to serve the tovtnship, 'no doubt ; but on this
op soon not one of them, can be. trusted. ". The magis_
and Mr. Younghusband,
• trates, Mr. Richard *yams.
said that siipho a paper as that ought not to `faits
unnotit ed, and granted the Bahamans against jr; Lee.

MARRIAGE. WITH A DECEASED

WIFE'S SISTER.

Xlirttm, Vartiagts, anb tatti:.

•
Births; Marriages, and Deaths, forwarded for insertion, oust_
• ted with the name and address. of t
bePr
sender.viPJ lY u
ihaeetenlw.aye.for A. insertion of Births will los flax-
pence each.