The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The weekly traffic of the Grand Trunk of Canada
Railway is £17,400, the largest on record; conijiariitg
against £12,015 last year;

MISS ANNA MIIIAN.--ThIS-accom-
plished yotit, lady is acquiring fresh distinctions and
ddditional p4illarity. at the Salita Radegonda, Milan.
The Milanese are quite as entlitisiastiC in thuir
tion of her singing as the inhabitants of the other cities
of Italy which she has visited.
LIVERPOOL EYE. AND EAR INFIRMARY, A.IOUNT-
pLEAsANT.—Consultinm Surgeon, Dr. Hugh Neill,
F.R.A.S. ; Surgeons, Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, Dr. Nevins,
T. Bickerton, Esq. ;
.Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty,
Esq. ; Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, Esq. Report for
the week ending Nov. 24, 1860 :—New cases : Eyes,
56 ; Ears, 21. Prescribed for and received surgical
assistance : Eyes, 280 ; Ears, 94.

CLAYTON HALI.-11fli. HODSON. -- This versatile
genius still continues to delight crowded houses at the
hall every night in his double entertainment* " Gems
from the Emerald Isles" and his representations of cele-
brated living Characters, to which We hate already
referred at some length, acid et alit week will probably
be the last We Mould advise all Whd iiish real treat to
go and enjoy one.

On Sunday, the 25th inst., the Scotland Ward Rifle
Volunteers , attended Divine worship at All Saints
Church, Great Nelson-street North, *ben the Rev.
Henry Marlen preached a special sermon for the
occasion. Since this corps has had the patronage and
substantial aid of Messrs. Bennett, Crellin, and Clarke
Aspinall, the alderman and councillors of the ward, the
ranks have filled up fasts and it bids fair to accomplish
all that is desirable iri making a flrstrate corp.
AcelnEwrs:-=Emelia Foyden, 23, Northampton-street;
broke her ribit by falling dowft gtairs ort Satufday Morn-
ing. James Monaghan, 5, Lemon,streit; fell ftorn a
ladder yesterday afternoon; in Thompsor4 DA, and
received some severe contusions in the legs and othei
parts of the body. Yesterday morning a man (name
unknown) was picked up by Police-constable 779, near
the LancaNre and Ye'rkghite Rail Way, and taken to the
Northern Mispital j the man could not speak When
admitted, and has continued speechless (lie Ntliditi of the
day,

SERIOUS ACClDENT.—Yesterday about mid-day, a
child of from three to four •years of age fell to the street
from a spring-cart, driven by a man named Hugh Riley,
a resident of 18, Preston-street, off Dale-street. The
child was the daughter of a man named Henry M‘Gough,
living in
.7, Court, Oakes-street. Af the time of the
accident the cart stood at the junction of London-road
with the street leading to Oakes-street, The child was
immediately conVeyed it, Mr. irnstisj chemist, and a
large gash On the forehead Was instantly dressed. The
injuries are rather serious.
BAthinifTCY cirtirtt:----=(.Before Mr. ConiraissiOner
PERRY.)—in r,e J-61.1* This bankrupt, a
joiner and builder in Pleasant-stmt, aPpeared yesterday
on his last examination. Mr. James Watson fepfesented
the assignees, and applied for an adjournment to afford
the bankrupt further time to prepare his balance sheet.
The commissioner adjourned the last examination to the
12th December.—ln re GEORGE CRAVEN : This bank-
rupt,- a forwarding agent in Liverpool, game up yester-
day on application for his certificate, supported by Mr.
Sandy& Mr; Duke appeared for the assignees and Mr.
John liobinstin on behalf of an opposing creditor. The
objections alto(' Ny. Mr, Aobinson . not being personal
grieVenees hiS client,_ the' dthirt decided they could
not be entered into.. With regard to the Certificate, his
Honour said the b'ankrupt's eipenditure bad been 6:1-
testif6 6ongldeting that he commenced business when
in debt; but as Ole assignOeS. offered no opposition he
might take a second-Class enittPcrite;

TRADE OF LIVERPOOL.—The followinw N. a tetntn
a of the number and tonnage of ships reported inwards
and cleared outwards at this port as emnpated with
the 60ite'Spolidirig periods of last year :
REPORTED' f•-t.rit,:'s, For lihe Week ending Nov. 24.
1860 - ' 38,480 tons.
1859 - 30,299 tons.
Decrease in ships • • - 22
Decrease in tons Mt/
CLEARED OUTWARDS, For the Week ended 21th Nov.
1860
WC
Decrease in ships
,
Increase in tons 182
REFoAlakii litWAtiiiS, prom Jan. 1 to 24th Nov., 1860.
180 • • ••• 4,307 ships 2,423,232 tons.
1859.
, Dectedse in ships , . .. . 4O
" Increase in tons .' .. . . . 269,844
CLEARED OnrwAan's,Proin .lan. I to 24th Nov*.
/860 • • .• - 4,830 ships ,,.::2;647,016 tons.
1851
Increase in ships - . . 223
Increase in tons ., . • 357,069
TILE WATER COM;CrItt.--,The RSthil weekly meeting
of the Water Committee was held yesterday in the Town
Hall, —Mr. Farnworth presiding. There were also
present Messrs. Charles Turner, Alderman Woodruff,
Crellin, I.a t, apd Bstill. The minutes of the proceed-
ings of the last itieetiltz were read and confirmed.
Nov: 24: Ner.,17., Rise. Fall.
ft. in. ft: in: ft. in, ft. in.
Roddlesworth ... 1 2 ... 1 3 .., 6' 1 ~.... ......
Rake
Anglezark 0 1..?., over 0 1 over 0 0 over • . J....*
llivingtorl

PieSciit NO, 1 0 0 ... 0 ... 00i
Prescot No, 2 .., 1 4 ... 2 5 1 1
Attention having been drawn to the fact that a great
quantity of Water was. let run waste, Mr. Turner sug-
gested that the police should be made responsible. for
the matter, as it Was pfttily owing to their negligence
that the Water' was allowed to,ran waste, Several of
the inutility's. Centurred in this suggestion, after which
'the committee proceeded to' tho transaction of the pri-
vate business,
MARKETS COMMITTEE.—The Weekly Meeting of
this committee was held yesterday, ill' Site council
chamber. Mr. Alderman Woodruff, chairman, presided,
and the following members of the committee were also
present --Messrs. Aspinall, Shimmin, Ridley, Johnson,
Barton, Ifitchen, Rogers 'and lia,ydock. From the
finaklat etalemerit . submitted, it appeared that the
receipts for eft the markets; from the 15th November to.
the 22nd November; have been £3;786 3s. Bd. ; and the
expenditure on wages £.17.6 f'ics. lir the corresponding
period of last y3ar the amount receifed Was £3,498 76.
4d. ; and expenditure on wages for the same period, was
£619 3s. The inspector reported that from the Ist of
September to the 22nd November, 1860, he had seized
in the northern district of the borough, 16,579 lbs. of
UnWhofesome meat, of which 1,940 had been seized
during the Weal,. iu. the central district, 1,781 lbs. and
254 lbs. of fish (ray Y.. Tho business before the com-
mitteowas of the ordinary fontine Otaracter,
THE PROTESTANT RErousimrioN' SOCTETY.--A lec-
ture
in connection with this society was delivered last
night,. at the Concert-hall, by the Rev. Jr.. Taylor:
The subject chosen by the rev. gentleman was "'Watch-
man, ythat of the' night ?" The proceedings were
°Veiled With prayer hy the Ilex, Mr, Ireland, after which
Dr. Ta)lef pfWeded with the delitery of his lecture.
In opening his address' he stated that ministers of the
Lord were watchmen oil the te'Wera of Zion affd stewards
of the Lord. After an eloquent exoriliarn, he proceeded
to give a beautiful and erudite exposition of the Biblical
text that he had . selected for the subject of his lecture.
He drew attention to the present state of affairs on
the Continent, and expressed a hope that the watchmen
of Zion would take opportunity of it, and spread the
Bthi°anks, The
proposed Gospel amongst the nations, and fulfil the Divine miss
hall
ci
llewas crowded ad plethoram. A vote of
by P. P. Curry, Esq. (the „borough
coroner),-.was passed with acclamation to the lecturer,
after which the proceeding's terminated with the singing
of the Doxology.
WAA.r IS DONE 'WITH THE DISEASED' MEAT ?—At
the meeting of the Markets Committee yesterday, the
following repo'rt was read from the Inniector of
Nuisances relative to the disposal of diseased meat
offered for sale and seized by the inspector of nuisances:
"The inspector of nuisances begs to report that,' in
consequence of numerous complaints Or a nuisance
existing tt Mr. Ellison's yard in Cresswell.street,
Everton, and hating reason to' suspect that some irre-
gularity was taking place in reference to condemned
meat and refuse from the Market, your inspector, in
company with Inspector Freeney, made an examination
of Mr. Ellison's_ premises on the afternoon of Friday,
the 16th Nov., 1860, when a cart load of condemned
meat was found upon the premises. The meat bad not
been destroyed, but was in a cart „apparently in the sante
state as when it had left the market. There was no
market officer on the premises to prevent' misuse of the
meat, and part of a hind leg of beef of the same'
character as that ill the cart was hanging up in the house
Whete provender is prepared. Being desirous of ascer-
taining what became of the load of meat, and particu-
larly whether it was destroyed O the premises in ques-
tion, yoni inspector attended there again between nine
and ten o'clock at night of the same Friday. The cart
Was not in the yard, and your inspector could not learn
what had become of the pleat."
LIVERPOOL DISPENSARY to/4 DISEASES OF THE
T activelyE TH —e
engaged
ged Fridayin promoting last aDßaim.ieltes(sh!seritssi meeting
otT
and the ether
e
;the Rev. Wm.
institutimihr
at the Common Hall, Hackin'syt,oHoEkeseyqs,:
goticeacnnutiplseitmeedr:
nbiDyrL.
presentßa urroewnnwc
raßol7.d
K. Howard, and W. J. Newman. The immediate
object of the meeting was to engage premises for carry-
ing on the business of the institution, and to give prac-
tical effect to the preliminary proceedings already
adopted.. Dr. Brown reported to the meeting that a
house,.No. 82, Russell-street, could be had for the pur-
, motion of the Rev. Mr,
every way suitable.—On the
pose, at a reasonable rental, and that the locality was in
question. Carried unanimously.
to take the premises in
Banister, seconded by. Mr. G. Jordan, jun., it was agreed
he
for instruments, &c., be
Howard, "That the accounts eNvijaalsiinr held. w gentlemen
ja:
paid." Carded unanimously.—Proposed by Mr. J. K.
—Proposed by Dr. Stookes, and seconded. by Mr. J. K.
Howard, and seconded by Mr. G Jordan, Jun., "That
Mr. W. J. Newman (surgeon-dentist) 'bye n_trust9 to
tution," Carried unanimouay.—After some other
purchase the necessary fittines,
busl-
Ste., for tabe
also, to .
unanimously accorded to the chairman;
busi-
ness of a merely tontine character, a vote of thanks was
Macfie, for the use of the hall.
to Coroner held
CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday
Sarah Anne
week the
Campbell, eighteen months old. On Friday
coffee
on
child was scalded by pulling a pot of boiling
f
the following inquests :—On the body
death.—
On the body of Margaret Shuteffects of the injuries. 'Verdict Accidental
b ut four
ilebottom, 0,
itself off a table, and died on last Sunday from the
are very drunken persons, and on Sunday morning the
mother hind
months old. It appeared that the parents of the child
child: was found suffocated in bed. The
been previously convicted of smothering
a child whilst
drunk, and was sentenced to three months' imprison-
ment. In the present case there was no doubt of how
of
,_
the child lost its life, and the jury returned a verdict
Found suffocated ; but there was not sufficient evidence
wst
to, inculpate the parents.—On the body of a child named
Thomas Hill, three months old, the child of parent in
Cooper-street, Park. This child was also suffocated in
bed on Saturday night. Verdict accordingly.—On the
body of Thomas Lewis, a groom, who was about thirty-
five
years of age. He was found in the street on Satur-
day very ill, and was taken to the workhouse by a
police-officer. He died there soon after; and on a post
mortem examination, it appeared that the heart and
lungs were much diseased, and that death was tbe result
of exposure to cold. Verdict accordingly.-oii the body
of Bridget Burns, five years old, who lived with her
mother in a court off iludson-street. The clothes 'of
tlie. child caught fire some day last week, and she was so.
much injured that she died in consequence. Verdict :
Accidental death.—On the body of Mary Jane Bennett,
three months old, the child of a watchmaker in Clare-
street. This child was also suffocated in bed on Sunday
night. Verdict : Accidental death.—On the body of
Thomas Murphy, eleven days old. This child was also
suffocated in bed on. Sunday night. Verdict': Acci-
dentally smothered.