The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-21 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

TOXTTITR PARK BOARP.OF lIrALTH.—TI}e election
of rive commissioners in place of the members retiring
by rotation took place yesterday, when there was no
opposition.
The royal mail steamship Asia sails this morning for
New York, with the mails, a fair cargo, and about a
hundred passengers. Letters to be forwarded is
Queenstown may be posted as usual up to 9 3O p.m.
INQUEST AT BIRKENRFAD.—An inquest ivis held
yes,erday by Mr. Churton, on the body of William
Jones, who was scalded, a few days ago, at. the Copper
Works, Seacombe, and die I shortly afterwards. The
jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death."__

THE REV. DR. $1 '\ Env. AND THE EASTHAM
PARISHIONERS.—On Thursday evening last, a meeting
of the parishioners and residents connected with the
parish of Eastham, was held, in order to take into con-
sideration the means best to be adopted for securing the
settlement of the Rev. Dr. M'Neile in the parish.
ACCIDENT AT Woonstor..—A young lady, the
daughter of a publican living on this side of the water,
was yesterday rescuing her poodle, which had fallen into
the water at, Woodside slip, when she herself tell in
head foremost. The policeman on duty caught her dress
and pulled her out, and the dog was drawn out at the
same time. .

PATENT GAN ECONOMISER AND PURIFIER —Being.
desirous at all times to conduct. our business with economy,
we have lately had attached to our gas meter, at our
:printing works, 40, Leigh-street, one of the patent gas
economisers, supplied by Mr. John Thompson King,
°44, Clayton-square. We have tested it, and find that the
- waving of gas effected amounts to upwards of 30 per
cent.

ALTERATION IN THE SAILING OF THE CANADIAN
STEAMER..--It will be seen by an advertisement in an-
other column that in future the steamers of the Mon-
treal Ocean Steamship Company will leave Liverpool
on the Thursday in each week, instead of on Wednes-
t!ay ; and will call at Londonderry .on the Friday, to
.•
embark mails and passengers.
MELANCHOLY Deschi.—A lady, name 4 Stephenson,
whose friends reside in Skelliorne-stfeet, died at the
Lime-street Station, yeiterday, soon *after leaving the
railway carriage. The deceased had been for sortie time
'in Bristol for the benefit, of her health, - but ' heComing
worse was recommended to return. She had just com-
pleted her journey when she expired. -
ALLEGED DISCOVERY OF A MURDER .COMMITTED
SIXTEEN YEARS Aoo.—A rumour has gained currency
in Birkenhead, during the last few days, that conclusive
evidence had been obtained regarding the murder of a
man named Peacop, at Rock-ferry, sixteen years ago.
It was stated that a woman who had washed the clothes
.ef the murderer had confessed, but the police have no
season to believe the statement to be true.
ROYAL COLOSSEUM.—The attractions at this theatre .
continue to increase, by reason of the fresh novelties
which the liberal proprietor is constantly puttiug before
the public. " Damon and Pythias," " Dominique the
Deserter,' " Lucille," &c., have been played by the
stock company during the week, and have, as a matter
of course, been successful in the highest degree. Mr.
Townley and Mr. Parkinson increase in favour; and the
evening's entertainment is of so varied a character, that
it can scarcely fail to please.
SKETCH OF THE REVIEW. AT AINTREE.—A sketch of
the review at Aintree, on Saturday, has been litho-
graphed by Messrs. T. Morgan and Co., of Brunswick-
street ; and dedicated to Col. Bourne. The sketch is
exceedingly truthful, and represents the volunteers- on
the march round the course. The imposing appearance
,of the volunteers, the grand stand, and the crowd of
apectators, is delineated in a masterly manner that must
-recommend itself strongly to the mind of those who were
fortunate enough to be present on the occasion, as well
as those who have hitherto judged of the spectacle by
what appeared in the newspapers.
.ZOOLOGICAL Gauumes.—The fine lummer weather
whicis we have been lately enjoying has not been
without a good effect upon this popular place of
resort. The fine • state in which the grounds now are
would, 'tare are sure, be sufficient to attract many
visitors ; but the proprietors, with their characteristic
enterprise, have introduced other novelties for the
amusement of pleasure seekers. There is now a first-
rate dramatic company, the members of which have
been selected from the principal metropolitan theatres,
and a petite comedy, or farce, is now performed each
evening in the handsome little theatre attached to the
Gardens. Numerous visitors have during the week
crowded the grounds, and,•as a visit is never regretted,
we, doubt not that they will continue to be well patro-
nised during these summer months.
NEW PATENTS.—Week ending July 17.—Mr.
Har-
rison Blair, of Farnworth, for "improvements the
production of carbonic acid gas."—Mr. Nicholas Doran
Millaird, of Dublin, for " improvements in the means
for steering and indicating the course or direction and
time of ships and other navigable vessels at sea, which
improvements are also applicable to other purposes."—
Joseph Needham, of London, "for improvements in the
.application of the rico and fall of the WfIVPS to the pro-
pulsion of vessels."—Sean Jacques Maurer, of Paris, '
for "an improved propeller, applicable to various pur-
poses." Mr. Anthony Bower, of Liverpool, " for im-
provements in ship building,."—Mr. John Shaw, of
Manchester, for "improvements in the construction of
ventilators for hot-houses, conservatories, and other
.such buildings."—Messrs. George Hellen Catena and
.Henry Richard Cottarn, of London, for " improvements
-in the manufacture of chairs, bedsteads, and other
articles to sit or recline on."—Messrs. Theodore Rams-
pacher and Christopher Frederick Schmidt, of Paris,
for "preparing wire gauze to render it applicable to
various purposes."—Communicated from the British and
Tcre;gn Patent Offices, 4, Clayton-spare.
WALLASEY ComsuissrosrEas.----Mr. Poole presided at
the adjourned meeting of the Wallasey COWinliS"
Konen., held on Thursday evening. The other mem-
bers present were Messrs. Carne, Fishwick, Holmes,
Isaac, Hughes, Marshall, Hill, Kerford, Maude, Boyd,
and Brierley. The chairman read a letter, received from
Messrs. Coulbourn Brothers, in reply to a communi-
cation by Mr. Hersfall, intimating that the board, in the
-event of their becoming proprietors of the ferries, would
be ready to adopt all contracts, if Messrs. Coulborn
Brothers would state the rateable proportion of the
sums charged in respect of the periods the contracts
would have to run, from the date of the possession of the
ferries by the board. In their reply, Messrs. Coulborn
Brothers asked if it was di be inferred from the sentence
's in the •event of their becoming proprietors," that a
-doubt existed of their inability or unwillingness to
,become proprietors; and impugned the truth Of the
assertions made by the chairman of the board in his
annual address. The proceedings of the Lighting
Committee were confirmed with the exception of so much
as related to the lighting of the public lamps, which
-was referred back for further consideration.
INAUGURATION OF A STATUE OF ST. VINCENT OF
PAUL.—Yeaterday being the feast of St. Vincent of
Paul, a beautifully modelled statue, in honour of that
saint, was inaugurated in the Catholic church dedicated
,to him, in St. James-street, in this town. The figure
zs represented with an infant on one arm, and leading a
second child by the hand, expressive of his works of
charity, especially among the abandoned children of the
streets of Paris, where he has been ascertained to spend
many of his nights in self-denying efforts to resmae the
helpless. The statue is placed on the gospel side, of tile
high altar, and was ornamented by lighted candles,
flowers, and banners, placed around
it. Solemn high
mass was celebrated in the morning, and in the evening,
in adaition to the usual weekly service, there was a
inegyric on the saint pronounced by the hese James
Conway, of Oldham. The church wass. dAdenselylpass 13111.eted
Tossassaar GUARDIANS.—Mr.
at the weekly meeting of this board,
yesterday, and the
o.i..hgr members present were Messrs. Harrison, Hunter,
Bar,
D. Carter. Brundrit, iohn Wilson, Joseph Wilson, Wm.
' Henry Leyland, A. Miller, and J.
Leylana,
The govemsor of the workhouse reported the number of
inmates to be:
last week 356, gifted since 17,
dis-
charged 21, dean 3 ; remaining this
week 349 ; the
yeveiving industrial trgiViAg
number of childred
is 24.
The proceedings of the various committees were.soll4 :
firmed without oppositia. The clerk read a letter
which had been received 4r4ra the Poor-law Boardlette on
the subject of the dietary of the workhouse.although T
was dated 25th ultimo, and statedher
that the
Board regretted that it differed from tike
Guardians on
the subject of the dietary it still thought that in
accordance with the practice which prevails at other
workhouses a distinction should be made in the qualities
of food allowed to men and womenrespectively. t
.would also state that it was usual to hue two separatei
•scales for children between the ages of two and five and
'five and nine years. Children of both sexes between
the age of nine and sixteen should be allowed the same
,suantity of food as able-bodied men. On the motion of
-Mr. 'Harrison the letter was referred to the visiting
committee. A cheque for £74 was granted for out-door
relief. The remainder of the business was unimportant.

:COUNTY OF LANCASTER. - GRAND

REVIEW.

The _committee of officers formed at Manchester, of
various volunteer corps, have for some time had it in
contemplation to arrange, on a grand scale, a review of
the volunteer ,regiments belonging to the County of
Lancaster. They have now fixed, by permission of the
Right Hon. Sydney Herbert, that the review shall
take place on Saturday the 11th of August, et Newton
Heath—Lieut. General G. A Weatherall is to be the
reviewing • officer. Five thousand volunteers have
already determined to be present. A programme of
the proceedings will be published in a few days. In
the meantime, any information respecting the review
can be obtained on application to Captain Thomas
Brooks, 3rd Manchester Rifle Volunteers, the honorary
secretary of the Review Committee.

It is now authoritatively announced that the review
'of volunteers will be held in Edinburgh on Tuesday, the
7th of August, the Court being then at Holyrood, en
mute for Balmoral.

KIRKDALE SESSIONS.

APPEAL. CASES.' t ,
THE VALUE OF PROPERTY IN 'olos3li.itti.:
The trials of prisoners at theSC Sessions concluded
yesterday forenoon, and the appeals were then heard by
the magistrates. In the first case, Mr. Phillip For-
shaw, of Ormskirk, was the appellant, and the Over-
seers of the Poor for the parish, were. the respondents.
Mr. Aspinall appeared for the appellants, and Mr.
Deighton for the respondents. The appeal was
against the rateable value which the Overseers of Orms-
kirk had set upon the appellant's brewery, situate in that
parish. From the opening. statement of Mr. Aspinall
the facts appear to be briefly these. Some years ago
Mr. Forshaw built a brewery in Ormskirk upon which
the Overseers set a rateable value of £l9O per year.
Being dissatisfied with this estimate Mr. Forshaw made
an appeal to the magistrates of the Petty Sessions of
Ormskirk, and the result was that it was reduced from
£l9O to £135. In the year 1855 an additional £lO was
added for some- vaults and £3 for a garden. The pre-
mises-were rated at. this sum until the beginning of the
present year, when in the month of February, they were
for some reason or other raised to £239 ; an appeal was
again made to the magistrates at Ormskirk, and in con-
sequence of the estimate of Mr. Culshaw, a surveyor,
£223 was :fixed as the rateable value. Mr. Forshaw
was ordered to pay the costs, and was not all satisfied
with the result of the appeal. The simple question to
be decided was, therefore, whether the annual rental
£228, which was fixed upon at the former appeal was a
fair and just- one, considering the assessments of other
properties in Ormskirk. There are several other
breweries in the parish ; Mr. Forshaw's is the largest,
and has been doing a very successful business.

Mr. Samuel Holmes was the first witness called on
behalf of the appellant. He bad had great experience
in valuing property in various districts. He would
suppose the brewery to be let, and in that case, looking
at the. rents of the other breweries in the place he
should consider . £lBO to be. the gross rateable value.
From that- b,e cledneted.ten per.:cent. for contingencies
which would reduce the value to tip. According to
to the rentals ofthe.other properties in the districts, he
considered that to be a fair a7ssessment. That estimate
did not include the vaults of which he believed the rent
to be £i. lie had examined the rentals of the other
breweries ; Mr. Adam Goss was rated at £4O per annum,
and his premises were situated in the main street. At
the rate at which he had calculated Mr. Forshaw's
premises would he ls. Bd. per superficial yard,
find Mr. Goss's Is. 6d. Mr. Forshaw's was what was
called a forty-barrel .brewery,. Mr. Goss's was only a
thirty-barrel.one.. Setting' aside the ornamental part of
the .building:nciw in question,.it.w.as well adapted for the
purposes. of kbrew.ery., „Mr: Qom" premises were much
smaller _than Mr. Forshaw's;, but it was quite possible
to institute ,a comparison,
The
;next . witness was Mr. Gee, surveyor. , He
thought.tl6o would he a fair rental 'for: Mr. Forshaw's
premises, and 'doubted whether. a tenant would be
easily found who would .giVe- so much. He had com-
pared this breWery with the other property in the
district, and could confirm Mr. Holmes' statement.

Mr. Wylie, a Liverpool surveyor, agreed with the last
witness in his opinion respecting the rateable value of
the premises.
Philip Forshaw, the appellant, stated that, if about
to let his brewery, he would not ask a tenant more thant
£l2O a-year for rent. lie had once, in the Court o
Chancery, valued his premises at £7,000, but then he
was speaking of the amount he had expended on them.
Various other witnesses who were called axed the
amounts varying from £llO to £l5O per annum.
Mr. Deighton, on behalf of theoverseers of Ormskirk,
said that only one of the witnesses who had been called
on the other side had really measured and surveyed the
premises, the others having taken their data from his
calculations. There were several additions to the pre-
mises since the time when they were built, one of which
was a well, by which Mr. Forshaw admitted that he
saved £4O a-year. Besides this, he disputed the accu-
racy of the calculations by which the other witnesses
had formed their opinion. To prove this he call2d
Mr. Picton, a Liverpool architect and surveyor, who
said he had surveyed Mr. Forshaw's brewery, and had
taken measurements, from which he deduced the rateable
value to be £292.

Mr. Cuishaw, another surveyor, gave similar evidence.
Mr. Aspinall then addressed the bench, commenting
upon the fact that there could be no reason for increasing
the assessments, as Ormskirk was one of those towns
which had not by any means progressed so much as the
other towns of Lancashire.

Lord Stanley said the bench had come to the 4nani-
mous conclusion that the gross rental should be £lBO,
the rateable value to follow the custom of the place.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY.

(Before Mr. RAFFLES.)
THE POKER.

A large, fat woman, named Elizabeth \Voodworth, was
chased F.li7nl,th "Kr.llv for iinvintr hrnl-on har wt+l,
poker. The parties live in a house of bad repute in Albion.
street, and on Thursday evening they had a quarrel about
drink, when the prisoner took the poker and gave the girl a
violent blow on the forehead, inflicting a serious wound. The
prisoner was described as a regular pugilist, and had been
several times in gaol for having asianited the police and others.
She was remanded for a week, in ord,er !9 see how the
wounded girl would get on.
STABBING BY A FEMALE.

Jane Reynolds, "an unfortunate," was charged by a sailor,
;Arced John Thomas, for having stabbed him. The
prosec-ator said he was in Prussia-street the previous
night, when the prisoner acccosted him, but he
pushed her away, vhen she returned and struck
him in the jaw with so n.e sharp instrument. A surgeon
proved that the wound was orer an inch and a half long, and
went into the mouth, inflicting a wound that woo 4 leave per-
manent damage, but it was not dangerous to life. it ~IPPeatred
that the prisoner had been convicted of a similar offence, but
she denied having committed the present offence. She was
sent for trial.