The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-20 00:00:00

ROYAL AMPHairEATRE.

It was pleasant to witness the heartiness of the recep-
tion accorded last, night to Miss Laura Gray, on the
occasion of that accomplished young actress taking her
benefit, The part of _ilra;'fiquerite gave additional scope
for the develnpment of her great And varied talents, and
she, at ailed herself of the opportunity to tie a s addi-
...
tional hold on the admiration of tile. Liverpool play-
going public. At the conclusion of the first act, the
audience insisted'upon the 4pilearance of their favourite
before the cttrtairt, and She -retifed amid must enthusiastic
'demonstrations of applause. .
.In the second piece-,-," The tidies' Club "—Miss
dray,make3 a speeeh to the Members from the chair,
Which would have done. credit even to a Liverpool town
councillor. "

•' Let us not forget -to remind .our. readers that this
evening is set apart for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs:, J.
Walton,'who will'appear in three favourite pieces. The
claims of Mrs. Walton and her husband are deserving of
the utmost encouragement,,and we feel satisfied it will
not be withheld.

MR: ROBISON AT' THE CLAYTON RILL.

Mr. Hodson appeared at the Clayton Hall last night
•in an entertainment called " Gems 'from the ,Emerald
-Isle , anent a full house could be called an element of
success, be was triumphant in that. respect. Mr. Hodson
has a 'good natural Irish voice; but when be attempts
to' go out of the -natural circle, he does 'not -succeed! so
well. To award him unqualified praise would be
simply .absurd ; but to deny that. he is a clever
man, would be equally incorrect. In some parts he
IS inimitable as an Irishman ; but he spoils others
by endeavouring to make his audience laugh at the
expense bf poor_ Pat. 'thete ate some partssalso so"extra-
vagant and unreal, that it WOUld be judicious to emit
them altogether. However, in noticing these defects,
there is much also to praise, and his singing covets a
multitude of fatilts. His Kings are
,excellent, and given
With grace end real feeling.; and We forget many things
in the admitable manner in which he sings the song
incidental to tlie dhardeter of i?acidy CP Retfferty=it
: ithieM; " a em.". , Many portions of the Irish
part of the entertainment 'are old, brit still they
are well dressed, and will pass muster. Other. .portions,
are original and good: On- the. whole we think this
portion will have a run, particularly as Mr. Hodson is
an excellent actor, and changes his voice and :garments
rapidly and appropriately. The second part of the per-
formance is also attractive, and shows the leading stage
and concert characters of the day' in admirable style.
Altogether, we must say that the entertainment is well
worth sitting out ; and from the applause bestowed on
the performer last evening, be may augur a successful
visit.

THE WATER COMMITTEE.
• The weekly meeting of this committee was held
yesterday, at the Town-hall ; Mr, FarnwOrth in the
chair. The Other members present WereMes,srs, C.
Ttirner, drelliii, Woodruff, Rae, fleloe, and W. Johnson:
Front !the rettitts •sulunitted, it appeared that the
quantity of water teceived from Itivington during the
'week ending 'the 17th of istovember was 73,340,939
gallons; the quantity of water pumped from the wells,
22;056,503 gallons; making a total of 95,357,212
gallons,--the proportion of Rivington to well water
being. thus as 73 to 22, The engineer's weekly re' ort
was also stibutitted., The rainfall dtiring the week 'bad
exceeded an inch, and the, depths of Water under the
overflows of the various reservoirs showed a rise in each
instance as follows :

Rise. Fall.
ft. in. ft. in.
Rake and Roddlesworth 2 6 0 0
Anelezark
Rivineton 0 7A- ... '0 0
Prescot (No. 1.)
Present (No. 2.)
The proceedings of the Works Committee were read,
and comprised a resolution that a special committee be
appointed to enquire into the emoluments and duties of
the Engineer and his staff in Hotham-street; and also
to confer with ,the Ifealth Committee as to the propriety
,amalgi-to.ling the collection-of the sanitary7rates
and the water-rates; and to report to the committee
such alterations and improvements as they might think
necessary:

Mr. BELOE could not see why thb same man should
not collect both rates, and moved the adoption of the
recommendation. _ _ _

Mr. WOODRUFF seconded the motion. He thought it
indesirable that they should have more collectors going
to a person's house than necessary. It was inconvenient
to the public, who, from the multiplicity of calls which
they received, scarcely knew what they had to pay. As
to the ~:ngineer'i department in Hotham-street, he
thought it would be well to have that investigated like-
wise, to see if the officers were efficient. • •

Mr. ORELLIN- asked Mr. White, the treasurer, whether
the experiment of uniting the collections had been tried
-6.lready.

NT. WHITE—It was somo years ago, under Dlr.
Ashlin.

Mr. ,CRELLIN—What was the reason it did not
succeed ?

Mr. TIIITE —The loss sustained: there was not the
same per tentage collected.
Mr. Tut NEn could not see why one man should not
crollect £4, as well, as two men v; each.
Mr."Wnrrg —The treasurer fat' the time did
,being
not like it, and the men also were opposed to it.
Mr. TURNER—That will' not do : there ought to be
some better reason:

BELon—There was a prejudice against it.
Mr. CRELLIN—If the collectors did not- like it, that
is the vetv reason why we should tryit again.
74r. - WabDRUFF said, when churchwarden he had
endeavoured to have the parish and all other rates col-
lected-at the same time,—the rates to date from the ISt
of January, and end the 31st of. December.
After some further conVetsation the motion was agreed
to, and Mr. Beloe nominated his committee as follows !
•--Messrs: Rae, Woodruff, Crellin, Jeffery, Beloe, and
the chairman. ' _ _

Mr. WOODRMET asked if it was to be understood that
the enquiry should extend as to' whether the present
engineer was to continue superintendent of all the works,
or that the Rivington works should be separated from
the town works ? He wished gentlemen to understand
that was what it was intended to investigate.
Mr. TURNER said he did not undrstand it, and
thought the sPecial committee. would have enough to do.
without opening that question. • '
Mr. Woopntirp appealed to:the Town-clerk es to
whether the resolution did not 'imply an ;enquiry as to
whether the engineer could manage both the Rivington
and home'departMent.
The Town-clerk replied. that it 'meant they' should
enquire into the whole duties of the engineer every-.
where. _

Mr. enniuN—Then, if you are taking the duties of
the engineer into consideration, you should not take only
the staff in notham-street, but .the whole staff under
his supervision.
Mr: T;lfr?E li cl. no, objection to _omit.the.words " llot
ham-street" from the resolution, but might state that
the reason they appeared Was, ,that the committee were
ashamed and, disgusted to find that the Engineer had
not a mari in the establishment there Who could 'supply
the place of secretary to the committee, and they had to
go all over the world to get one. ,
The subject then dropped.'
The Engineer, pursuant to previous instrue-
tioni, then submitted some information which he had
obtained . from the engineer of the Glasgow.. Water-
Works,, as. to the bursting of a 36-inch 'main on the
line of pipeage leading to th 4 city. The object of the
enquiry appeared to have been to ascertain. if the line
of pipes fronvltivington were in danger of any similar
casualty. The engineer explained that the eirdumstances
were quite different, and expressedhis belief that there
was no such danger; but was directed to obtain further
information, and present a formal report upon the subject.

BIRKENHEAD AND. tiLA.I.JGHTON.—IMPORTANT Da..
CISION.-,-The question which has so long been •in
dispute; as to whether the Birkenhead Commissioners
or the county had the right, to 'levy a rate .for the pur-
pose of watching and lighting the township of Claughton,-
was-decided on Friday last, in the Court of Queen's
Benth, in a trial " Birkenhead Commissioners v. J..
H.
Hind.", The three judges were unanimous in their
opinion that the Birkenhead Commissioners had not the
right to levy a Tate, and therefore gave their decision in
favour of the defendant. This decisiontives-the county
the right tolevy and collect the rate.
ELECTION OF A • REPRESENTATIVE OF SCOTLAND.—.
On Thursday, pursuant to royal proclamation, the .
Peer* of Sebtland assembled at Holyrood, to' elect a
representative peer in the House of Lords, in the
"room df the Earl of Leven • and Melville, deceased.
Fifteen peers attended, and seven absent peeis
voted by signed lists. All the votes were for. Lord
Rollo, excepting the Earl 'of Buchan, who declined
to vote, and the Earl of Haddington, whose vote .the
clerks refused to receive, in consequence of a resolution
of the House of Lords of the 13th May. 1822-:---" Thati
no peer, claiming by collateral
_succession, shall be per-
mitted to Vote.for a representative peer till his right to
vote shall have been admitted by the House of Lords."
The clerks held 'that this applied to Lord Had_
ding,ton, as • the Lord Register of Scotland, had
received no evidence that his lordship's claim had,
been admitted by the House of Lords.—The Earl
of • liaddiigtOn said he had, 'at the last election,
been returned a representative, peer, and the House of
Lords never objected to his sitting and voting therein.
The Duke of Buccleuch said he thought the House of
Lords, in raising such a restriction, exceeded its powei.
A restriction on a peer's right to vote ought only to be
created by statute. The Earl of Roseberry said the clerks,
according to precedent, must refuse to vote. The Earl of
Traddington then lodged a protest to the effect that,
having sat and voted in the House of Lords,
,the said
house acknowledged his title.—The clerks then signed
and sealed the re urn, and promised to forward Lord
Raddington's protest with the return.
TRADP, OF LIVERPOOL—The following is a return
°fthe
number and tonnage of ships reported inwards
and cleared outwards at this port as compared with
the corresponding*
c2rresponding periods of last year:—
.:.111.0aTED INWARDS, For the Week ending Nov. 17.
1859 ....................... 106 ships ............... 43,351 tons.
.................. 69 ships ............ 3309 J tons.
. Increase in 37
Increase in tons
..................... 14,659
.L,sß,E,.pylury:l) 'swarms From Jan. 1 to 17th Nov., 1860.
4,226 ......... 2,384,7a2 tons.
1859 .............
Decrease in . 4,253 ships ..................... 2,103,089 tons.
Increase in tons .... ..... .............................. 2i
, ........ 281,663
pr EAULDon the
.........
.... 17th Nov.
1360 ........................ 5.31 43,506 tons.
1850 .
78ships 43,659 tons.
Increase in ships ...
Increase in tons .............................................. 4,847
.1860 CLEARED OUTWARDS, From Jan. .I. to . 17th Nov.
1859
4,330 ships ............ 2 256,711 tons.
Increase in ships . ............... 241
Increase in tons ....................................... 330,887 tons.

CONSUMPTION, ~, A
C°----.1 ASTHMA AND iIIiO'NCHITIS CUILARLI4.
_..,, I believe that the preparatio'n of Balsam of
-and - Aniseed (as prepared by lip. 2trartin,'-of 22; C°PPefris-
Horehound
hill, Liverpool,) will prove of more value, in cases of bron-
chitis and incipient.' Ponumption, than any other remedy
extant. It relieves the most irritating cough 'ma few 211 ;flutes ;
and, although it contains no preparation of opium, it induces
sound ' and refreAiny sleep, soothes the nervous system, and
restorrs the healthy action of the lungs." Recommended above
all other medicines by Sir Alexander Tralles—see Thomson 's
irateria Medico, page 17.5, vol. 2. The following is from Dr.
Brett, the eminent chemist :—" I consider the balsam of hore-
hound and aniseed, as prepared by Mr. Martin, an elegant
and efficient coagh remedy, and I fully agrse with Sir Alexan-
der Tralles and Dr. Anthony Todd Thomson, that, in conjunc-
tion with cod liver oil, it is an admirable remedy for con-
sumption and delicate constitutions."—R. 11. Brett, Ph. Dr.,
m.R.C.S., late Lecturer on Chemistry and Medical Jurispru-
dence, Liverpool Royal Infirmary.
The balsam of horehound
and aniseed is prepared only by T. Martin chemist,
and increasing
chemist, 22, Cop-
peras-hill, Liverpool; but, owing to its re
sale, agents have been appointed in all principal towns and
,
g
cities. It can be procured wholesale from Raimes and Co.,
Edinburgh and York, from Sutton and Co., London, West-
macott, Manchester, and wholesale and retail from the manu-
facturer, as above. Price, Is. lid.
2s. 9d., a ad 4s. 6d. each.
The lozenges in box at Is. lid,.! 4 'tees by post, Is. 6d.