The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-29 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

DEPARTURE OF MAILS.—The North American and
City of Baltimore are appointed to leave Liverpool to-
day, the former with Canadian, and the hitter with
Amerieall Mails. Thh lettet-bot for thb Canadian mails
rinses at 10.36 a.ui, aid the lettacboi I'd theiti4riOd
hiails at 11 a.m. Lttteit May lie posted at the Land-
ing-stage On paythent of a late fee, UP to 12 o'CloCk.
LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of patients
flAring the past week.-.--,New cases received advice, and
medicine at the institution North„.:29l Smith, 110, i
total„ 430. Neiy eases visited. at thdr owji h9uSes7
80001 North, 02 i Sbdthi 651 tdtql,
7. 11,0 v. Reettir Campbell, A. 31., president; Captain
Boilrne, vice-president of North Dispensary; Mr. Charles
Booth, vice-president of South Dispensary ; Mr. Francis
Mill, treasurer ; Mr. F. H. Langley, secretary. Office,

Leith-offices, Moorffelds.
THE KIRKDALE NEW INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCHOOL
AND FitEE SCHOOL'ItOOM Curneu.---The third fort-
nightly meeting of the working men, who ate pledged
to meet Mr. Alderman Dover's challenge, Wad held oh
Monday evening, the I:l7th instant, when no less than
four hundred small subscriptions were paid in, Making-
in all, ViO raised in. six weeks. 'this is an indispittable
proof of the earnestness, perseverance, gill *tiling
co-operation of the Waking elaSs'es in a benevolent work.
It may fatly be elpeeted that the required £lOO will be
forthcoming by Easter week.
TitE LiAlEur sir AtiEni,ROLE,Voit.riEri COP-PS,:
A CGrrOSpokapit iftfOrms As that thi. , he nacwilpil dl'
voting nien stilt ivant A le* rttipettable tOuilg Men to
cisniplete the V.oliliis. A
.doer corps Is not in TA'terpoiil;
'And. theSe WhoCorripOSe the batttilion, are deserting. of
moth praise for the mannei. in Which it bAs beefi erected.
Parties ,wishing to become connected with it, have
only to refer to our advertising columns. It is sufficient
to announce that Mr. John White is the secretary, . and
Mr. J. B. Iteay the treasurer, to have the battalion at
once cempleted in its numerical strength. The corps
will be under an officer of experience,, (did *lk.d4 lir&
attachment to sound prineiple; is *tv. t,,.,0_14, ,
Tunkritt RoVAi•-:---WILIALhA. RIKELL.—In spite
of the ivinttiett 'O'f*alber and great competing attrac-
tions eliseiVileVe, Prik'ell, ," the King of ,Conjurors," as
itt 15 Appropriately styled, 'continues to ,attract raizo
ttttd fashionahle audiences to the Theatre Royal 2, Where
his astelindingperie'rendiices baffle inAiiiiiNtlitithatipeft
of his pations. ..T is, Week ,hey hal, litti'oclllC.'AM t.e'veral
ridstribk§, nil 4 ItAtitAts‘tt CM wonderful, while in
the PrpftiN libel/111-Y of his gifts he is still as open-
balktivAl tiltd generous as the most lavish of his necro-
mantic predecessors. Those who would wish to see
"Conjuring" brought to the highest perfection should
certainly not omit patronising Frikell.
LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT.—Re RICHARD
BEVA.N.—The adjourned examination of James Bevan,
son of the bankrupt, took place yesterday before Mr.
Commissioner Perry. Mr. Deighton, who (instructed
by Mr. F. Hull) appeared for the assignees, examined
the witness, at considerable length, with a view to, show
that at the time, he line+, his father tb lip a bankritpt;
rptopii# belonging- to the tither 'skis AtanSferred to him'.
AittiesS Said- that the deed was riot executed
bet Weep.. lifiri and his ,father in eoriSe'cjilence of the
position in whiCh hii Wier was placed at that Anne, but
merely because he was himself going as to SPaiii, and
he wished to have it in writing before he went. The
agreement had been ' entered ' into previously. He
believed he knew at the time the document was executed
that. a notice in bankruptcy had been served upon his
fathi r, hut he was not bore..
WHOLESALE APPREHENSION OF GAMBLERS AT MAN-
CHESTER.—On Monday night, at nine o'clock; no less than
20 persons were apprehended in two notorious gambling
houses in Manchester, the one situated in Turner-street,
and the other in Thomas-street.. The house in Turner-
street is kept by a man named Bartholomew Onley, and
that in Thomas-street by George Petts and George
`Hardy. In each house, when the police entered, the
game of hazard was being played, and on the table at
which Petts presided there was no less than £2O in
silver. Many of the prisoners had considerable ennui of
money upon them, and one man, so much as £l2O. The
capture was. effected under the directions o Captain
Pali,,, the chief constable, assisted by Super f intendent
Gee. Inspector Mayburv, Inspector Buckley, and the
Whole of the detective force, assisted by some of the
officers in uniform. The prisoners were apprehended
under the powers of the local police act.
YouNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -------A lecture
in connection with this association was delivered last
night in hope-hall. by the Re%'. F. A. West, late
president of the Wesleyan Conference. The lecture was
entitled "Sense, Reason, and Faith," and the lecturer
treated his subject with that perspicuity for which he is
so remarkable. . He referred to the doctrines of
Christianity, and eilleavoured to show that there was
nothing inconsistent in them with either sense, reason,
ot faith. After some highly complimentary remarks
from Alexander Galey, Esq., the chairman, a vote of
thanks was tendered to the lecturer, and carried by
acclaination. . .
CotrN•nt Coeur, Yesterd4.—(llefore W. 1. Blair,
Esq.—JoNEB v. Fox.—The plaintiff lit this Case was a
plasterer, and was lately employed by the defendant to,
do some work on the premises of the latter. The plain-
tiff worked for about three weeks at the work, and was
then discharged. The action was brought to recover
compensation for the plaintiff's labour during the three
weeks he had been engaged on the defendant's premises.
Mr. Grocott, who appeared for the defendant, showed
that the work was executed under a contract which
stipulated that the whole of the work should be com-
pleted by the plaintiff. It was also shown that he had
been discharged for carelessness, and he was therefore
nousuited.

BOARD OF TRADE INQUIRY, YESTERDAY.

The adjourned official inquiry into the origin of the
fire which lately took place on board the American ship
Endvmion, in the Mersey, was held yesterday, in
the Crown Court; St. George's-hall, before Mr. Raffles,
stipendiary magistrate. Mr. O'Dowd appeared on behalf
of the Board of Trade, Mr. Squarey for the American
Co7sub and Mr. Bateson on behalf of Captain
Hallet and the consignees.
Mr. RAFFLES said, that as soon as he could, after. the
last meeting, he forwarded to the Board of Trade the
objection taken by Mr. Squarey to the jurisdiction of
the Board of Trade; and he had that morning received
a letter from the Board, enclosing the following copy of
the opinion of the law officers of the Crown in the mat-
ter :

" Lincoln's Inn, Feb. 27, 1860
" Sin,,—We were favoured with' your letter of the
30th ult., stating that you were
.directed by the Lords
of the Committee of Privy Council' for Trade to lay
before us the accompanying case as to the application of
the 432nd and following sections of the Merchant
Shipping Act, 1854, 17 and 18 \le., cap. 104, to the
case of foreign ships lost. on or near the coasts of the
United KingdoM.
"In obedience to their lordships' commands, we have
taken the accompany case into consideration, and have
the honour to report that we are of opinion that, if a
foreign ship is lost in the harbours of the United King 7
dom, or on the coasts of the United Kingdom, and
within the limits of British territorial jurisdiction, the
432nd and following sections of the Merchant Shipping
Act., .1854, apply to the case, and enable the Board of
Trade to order an inquiry into the circumstances of the
loss. . • - •
"The part of the statute in which these provisions
occur, is not prefaced (as other portions are) by a local
restriei4oh in terms of the operation in the clauses Con-
tained in this part, .the language is general : any ship,'
&e. ; and there is nothing in the nature or scope of the
provilions themselves' that renders- their application to
foreign vessels, in the circumstances described, either
impolitic as regards this country, or contrary to the
principlo. of international law.—We have the honour to
be, sir, your obedient servants,
" RICHARD BETHEIL.
"WILLIAM ATIMILTON.
" Sir E. Tcnnent, Knt., &c., Board of Trade."
From that, opinion it appeared that there was jurisdic-
tion to inquire into the ease.
Mr. O'llown said that, as regarded the destruction
by.fire of the Endymion, lie had, in the discharge of his
duty taken the utmost possible pains to obtain informa-
tion as to the origin of the• fire.. There were only three
possible hypotheses to which he could direct his atten-
tion in seeking for evidence. The first was as to
whether this fire, taking into account the nature
of the cargo and its mode of stowage, could have
arisen from spontaneous combustion. -Ie had been in
consultation with professional gentlemen of very
high character in this port, on that. point; and he had
also examined the parties under whose charge and
supervision the cargo was stowed, and the conclusion at
whiCh he had arrived was, that there was no possible
ground for supposing that the ship was destroyed by
spontaneous combustion. The next point to which he
deemed it his duty to direct his attention, and, in refer-
ence to which to seek for evidence was, as to the possibi-
lity of the
.fire having originated in design or maliciously.
After making minute inquiry, in which he received
the very kind assistance of the Customs officers in
this port, he entertained the opinion that there was no
ground whatever for that supposition. The third point
was, as to whether the vessel might have been destroyed
by what was commonly called accident, but what might
be more appropriately described as want of caution or
regularity on part of those on hoard the ship. Un-
doubtedly he could produce • some evidence which he
thought would tend—he said " tend"—towards that
conclusion ; but still the evidence appeared to him to be
so imperfect and so unsatisfactory th at he thought he should
not be warranted in occupying the time of that court in
proceeding with an inquiry upon such incomplete testi-
mony, because, had he done so, he apprehended that no
satisfactory or beneficial result whatever could be arrived
at. Under those circumstances, and exercising the dis-
cretion with which he had been hOnoured by the Board
.-of Trade upon these occasions, he thought, that whilst
asserting the right of that board to investigate occur-
rences--,-casualties of this description, be would not be
justified in proceeding with the inquiry, and therefore
he should. produce no evidence.
Mr. SQUAREY said, as the representative of the Ame-
rican consul, he•would ask the assessor (Mr. Raffles). to
furnish the American consul with a copy of the opinion
of the law officers of the Crown, in order that that
opinion might be forwarded to hiswGhio:h7ermnmusetntn,
of‘ovrhiet
was clear that this was a question
discussed between the' tito Governments. -
Mr. RAFFLES—Have O'Dowd)
you
Mr. O'Down—None atailaln; q
Mr. BA'rsotsi, on behalf of
yclbipiitteeacittnhi 'ianutertatr, ys .aid
he
was prepared, as an individual, to give any,inforn mgtolnf
that he could about the loss of the ship ; and, o behalf
the consignees, drew attention to the 329th section of
the New Merchant Shipping Act, which is as
to
" No person shall be entitled to carry in any ship, or
require the master or owner of any ship to carry therein,
aquafortis, oil of vitriol, gunpowder, or any other goods
which, in the judgment of such master or owner, are of
a dangerous nature ; and if any person carries or sends
by any ship any goods of a dangerous, nature,
without distinctly marking their nature on the outside
of the package containing the same, or otherwise give,
notice in writing to the master or owner, at or before.
the time of carrying or sending the same to be shipped,
he shall for every such offence incur a penalty not
exceeding £100; and the master or owner of any ship
may refuse to take on hoard any parcels that lie suspects
to contain goods of a dangerous nature, and may require
them to be opened to ascertain the fact." That section
did not apply to foreign ships, and he was at a loss to
see how the Board of Trade could claim jurisdiction
over foreign ships where such a protective clause as this
was confined purely to British ships.
Mr. O'DOwD replied, that that was a matter for the
legislature:
The inquiry then terminated.