The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-12 00:00:00

(Before Messrs. B.LITCAIIISON and AIKEN.)

PUBLICANS' AND Byrainirsz CASES.—Mary Whittaker, pub-
lican, Walnut-steet, was charged for selling rum on Sunday
morning acquitted. H. J. Barnley, beerhause-keeper, was
enarged with selling ale on Sunday; fined 2s. Rd% And costs.
C. Lerinson, beerhouse-keeper, Wingsdt, ',41.1S charged with
selling beer on Sunday morning. and for having a man drunk
in the house ; fined 143. 6A. H. Rainford, Devon-street, beer-
house-keepet‘ *ass charged with selling on Sunday morning ;
acquitttd. George Jackson, b4erhause-keeper, Howe-street,
was
.charged with having 'tran'sacteJ business on Sunday ;
fined di. John Clive, beerhouse-keeper, Prince Edwin-lane,
was summoned for'Aielling alb on Sunday morning. John Pit-

cher, beerhouse-keeper, Anthoq-street, was charged with
Sunday trading at illegal hours. The defedze oas that tho
ale was given away; acquitted. trancis Major. publican,
Trafalgar-street, was charged With doing !mines on Sunday
morning. Mr. Cobb was far the defence, and contended there
was no proof of sale) and examined the offlecr as to the time,

who said it was seventeen minutes past twelve whets the
offence Was committed; the officer said the defendant was

driink. The defence was that Mr. Major gave some whiskey
to a friend who had come from the country and this being
proved, the complaint was dismissed,

Lord Brcragham has just passed through Paris, from
the South of France, on his way to London.

MOTTO FOR A VOLUNTEER REGIiENT. - Before
marching out for their usual afternoon drilltyr
last the members of the 3rd Feginiellit of Manchester
Volunteer Rifles adopted Unanimously as the motto of
the regiment " Defence, not Defiance." The words
bad been tAggested by Private J. B. Marsh, of the sth
(press) company; and Major Henry, who was in com-
mand, called Mr. Marsh is the front, and complimented
him on behalf of the regiment on the creation of so
appropriate a motto.

THE SITE OF TYBURN GALLOWS: ,The site 'of Tyburn
gallows has been a frequisat subSeil of di,eussion among
London antiquaries. it May be interesting to those who
care for snch questions to learn that a few days ago, in
the course of some excavations connected ,with the repair
of a pipe in the roadway, close to the foot pavement
along the garden of this house, at the extreme
west angle of the Edgeware-read) the Workmen came
upon numerous human Niles. These were obviously
the relics of the unhappy persons buried under the
gallows. A. J. B. gresiESFORD Horz.--Letter in the
nnes.

ROYAL ALLIANCES.—It is rumoured to tend circles
at Berlin, that a double matrimonial alliance is about to
take place between the princely House of Hohenzollern
and the royal &Use of Portugal. The current report
is that the nereditary Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigma-
ring now aged 25, is to be married to the younger
sister of the King of Portugal, Donna Antonia., born
in 1845, and that the King of Portugal will il4ofy the
younger daughter of the Prieto of liohenzollern, the
Princess Marie, also born in 1815. It will be reinein,
bered that his Majesty was previously InarriedtoThe
sister of this princess, the Princess Stephanie, who died
under very melancholy circumstances last year.' •
VERDICT OF FELO DE SE.—An inquest Wag held in
Southampton, on Tuesday, on the. body Of
The deceased was a persons of indepeoiludtehnauitmpteoanns.
her 68th year, who resided alone; being a single woman,
in Rockstone-latie, Bevois-valley, s
It
transpired in the evidence that she had purchased and
swallowed a quantity of sulphuric acid; and the jury
returned a verdict, " That- the deceased -cite to her
death by taking sulphuric acid, 4iia t46.t it tray n~ldti
nistered by her own hand while she *As in a sound
state of mind." This i-erdiet, therefore, amounted to
one of fele ele end the coroner accordingly issued his
warrant for the burial of the body in the Southampton
Cemetery, without funeral rites, at midnight.
THE PRINCE or WALES.—It was the intention of our
Government to invite the Prince of Wales to visit Wash-
ington as the guest of the American nation, and that
intention was abandoned enly beeaktSe it was feared that,
when the necessary appmptiation should have been
asked for, sonic foolish senator or representative would
have felt it to be his duty to 'Make an insetting speech
on the subject, which would have been annoying to all
parties. It is expected that President Buchanan will
invite the Prince to visit the capital as his guest, which
will perhaps be as well, though the peeple, in the pro-
portion of 100 to 1, would have preferred that he should
have been invited in the nation's name. The hope is
expressed that the Prince will be able to visit many parts
of, the country, and I am sure that he would be every-
where well received.—Letter from Boston.
A NEW EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN.—AII the .difa
Celtics regarding woman's sphere have been completely
solved by a hitherto obscure and unknown sub-contractor
on the Formatine and Buchan Railway—lie haffemployed
women as navvies. To see these bnzoat navviesses
wheeling their barrows, and still retaining That natural
regard for their invincible *rine, bet4ened by broad
parapluie hats, is a sight, in this May weather, to do a
philanthropic heart good. poubtlesS, this iii the Most
recent dexelopment of female industry; it oyiens'up at
once a vast now region, bcith it horne 'mid abroad, for
the outflow of labour from its aid eifernheatii eshannels..
And it is confidently to be hoped that 'a moramielit 'of
superannuated needles, reek, crochet-hooko4 thimbles,
and other ',female"implements irrelevant to ina-
girsii, may reward the genius which itO,Ack out this
great discovery.—.4barditen Herald,