The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-10 00:00:00

INFIR;ISIARY FOR CHILDREN.

The quarterly meeting* of the committee of this valu-
able charity was held yesterday( at 58, Hope-street,
when, in accordance with a motion proposed by one of
the members, at the previous meeting-10th duly last—
a physician was appointed, thereby placinc, it &II an
equal footing with other institutions of the town.b
The demands upon it are growing, 1,338 out-patients
having been treated this year, as compared with 1,160
patients same period last year ; and it is to be regretted
that, simultaneously with this increase, an augmentation
of the funds from annual subscriptions, to any consider-
able eitent, cannot be reported.
When it is remembered that according to the Regis-
trar-General's last tetntir; the mortality among chil-
dren under ten years of age was 7,969. The total num-
ber of deaths in Liverpool and West Derby being 13,738,
it must occur to every thinking mind that the propor-
tion of infant and juvenile mortality is too great.
Surely in a large community like ours, the inclination
is not wanting to come to the rescue of the "little ones,"
who require special care during sickness ; and when it
is known that the annual income from subscriptions is
below MOO, no doubt willing hands will be prompted
by generous hearts, to -deal a portion of their bounty to
so' deserving a public charity.
ought to. be mentioned that F. A. Hamilton, Esq.,
in addition to his annual subscription, has kindly given
a donation of five pounds; and no doubt many others
will imitate so liberal au example.

A DRUNKEN FROLlC.—Yesterday, at the County
Magistrates' Court, Patrick Brown was charged with
having stolen a sack from two boys cm the Old Swan
road. The prisoner was drunk at the timehe committed
the offence, and the magistrates, thinking that it was a
drunken frolic, dismissed him with a caution.
FEMALE OFFENDERS.—At the County Magistrates'
Court, yesterday, Ann Wilson, alias Regan, and Frances
Xegati were brought up on remand, charged with
stealing a fender from the beer-house of James Pye,
Old Swan, and a silver coffee-pot from the Old Swan
Vaults, and were sent to the sessions for trial.
NOMINATIONS IN TUE CHURCH or ROME.—The Pope
has appointed Cardinal Patrizi to the dignity of Grand
Prior of the Military Order of Jerusalem, Cardinal Aze-
vedo to the post of Grand Penitentiary, and Cardinal
Mevtel to that of Prefect of the Congregation of the
Propaganda.
Posr-omeE ROBBERY.—On Monday a letter-carrier,
named Charles Richard Lines, belonging to the Man-
chester Post-office, was committed to the assizes for trial
on a charge of stealing money from the letters which he
was engaged to deliver. On searching his home an
immense quantity of valuable articles was found, all of
which, the prisoner said belonged to the Post-office.
There were no less than eighteen pencil cases found in
his drawer, nearly as many rings, scent bottles, and
guard chains in considerable numbers, and bank notes
varying from £5 to £2O in value.
A VERY SLEEPY INDIVIDUAL —ln Taunton, Massa-
chusetts,. on Monday night, a man named Soward inti-
mated to his family that he probably would not be seen
again' in this world. In the course of the night he pro-
vided fiLnaself with a clothes' lines, and went into his
wood house,
where he was afterwards found in a sitting
position, with
t4-e cord around his neck, and the other
end attached to a bOam overhead, he being fast asleep.
IC
A: IN CORA.'
just been lishing a railway through the
made for estab...A.—Preliminary surveys have
Rousse on the eastern
island of Corsica, from the le
,d
from there to Porto
coast to the ports -of Bastia, anl4
in addition, to
Vecchia on the western. This raiN:aY,
occasion a
its local' utility, would, it is not doxibil4ll.
considerable extension in the steamnavigatu2n between
considerable
the islands and principal ports of Italy and a4:?U‘" of
France.

• TILE AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND ABD-EL-KADER.---
A letter from Beyrouth says :—" The President of the
United States has sent to the American Consul here, for
presentation to Abd-el-Kader, a magnificent brace of
revolvers, decked with silver, in a box of American oak,
richly
i carved and ornamented. Accompanying the pre-
sent• s a letter written in Arabic and French, in which
the .President congratulates the Emir on the courage
and energy displayed by hini in saving the Christians."
—Galignani.
IMPERIAL JEWELS.-luring the recent Imperial
journey, some of the finest diamonds of the Crown were
more than once worn; the value of the whole collection
being 20,908,260 f. The first inventory was made in
1810 by order of •Napoleon 1., and another was taken
under Louis XVIII. on his return from Ghent, to which
place his Majesty had caused them to be conveyed. On
the latter occasion all the precious stones, being removed
from the settings, were found to be 16,312 in number,
to weigh 18,752 carats, and to be of the value mentioned
above. An inventory recently made shows the number,
weight, and value to be unchanged.
AUDACIOUS ROBBERY AT AVIGNON.—On Sunday

last, several bags of gold coin, containing together the
sum of one million of francs, arrived at the Avignon
station, addressed to the branch establishment of the
Bank of France in that town. The person whose duty
it was to superintend the removal of the specie from
the carriage, happened to enter one of the offices for a
moment, and on his return he found that a sack con-
taining 200,000 f. in 20f. pieces had disappeared. Owing
to the weight of the coin (64 kilos.), it is thought that
more than one person must have been concerned in
removing it. The police are making active search after
the perpetrators of this audacious robbery.
Tim CITADEL OF MESSINA.—It was recently an-
nounced that the citadel of Messina had reopened its
fire on the town. The following- is the explanation of
that fact :—According to arrangements come to with
Garibaldi, it was declared that this citadel should remain
in the hands of the Neapolitans, until the fate of Sicily
had been definitively settled. The Garibaldians, having
wished to oblige the Royalist troops to deliver the
citadel up to them, prevented the garrison from receiving
the necessary supply of provisions. On that, General
Fergola, who is a decided officer, commenced a warm
fire on the town, but which soon ceased, as the inhabi-
tants compelled the Garibaldians to supply provisions.
The general, moreover, declared that he would never
surrender without an order from the king.—Galignani.
SHOCKING MURDER IN NEW YORK.—On the 25th
ult. an altercation took place between two men, named
Daniel O'Rourke and John McKeogh, at 310, Water-
street, 'New York, which finally resulted in the latter
drawing • a sheath-knife and killing his adv€rsary.
O'Rourke and McKeogh had long been at enmity, it
appears that at the time of the difficulty they were both
intoxicated and very quarrelsome. - The knife entered
O'Rourke's neck, severing the jugular vein and causing
instant death. McKeogh tried to make his escape, but
the timely arrival of policemen Coakley . and Conekl.i!Te•
prevented him from carrying out his. intention. T„.10.
prisoner is an Irishman, about forty7two years of
years
O'Rourke was also a native of Ireland, thirty- )
for. The affair took place in a low, disreputable
of age, and leaves a wife and family totally iitlpvrnoveiid,hed-
bourhood.
Akt Epinal, in the
Wm MURDER IN FILANCE.7, of
"Murder 1"
Vosges, three mornings ago, Zil cries)y a couple named
were beard in a house.
found the woman lying
when some persons mitered,d
Florentin, in the vicinif:%°(c)tthietyhe Hotel de Ville, and
in a pool of blood
with an agricultural imple-
mentthe husband 'standing
ivti violently,
appeared that
atheand
his
din his hand. He admitted that
with
near with
wounds in the head, and
stained with blood
allowed , him-
self As 'to the
self to be taken into cudsto
emanc
st
le.
werey. considered towb°
wounds she had received he had struck his
from one of them the brain protruded,
From what the man
violent quarrel in consequence of her
wife had had a
and, in fact,
from the. house •
wishing to expel him in order that she
wife
mostsaid
might lead an unrestrained life of debauchery, and also
ss exclusively the money obtained by letting out
P''ss
lodgi.ngs; be added that she had slept from home on the
.
ht, and it was
on her return that the dispute
prevous,n_ige
hman himself is a very badcharacter,and
arose. A
has only recently been released from prison.