The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-16 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

rw YORK, Viet G-A.twat.—The next vessel M the
.Galway line is the Connaiigh4 Captain Leitoh. She
will sail for New York on Ttitsday, the 26th inst.
O Wednesday last the new Independent chapel,
Middleton, was opened, when a-sermon was preached
in the afternoon, at two 'o'clock, by the Reir. Dr:
Baffles of Liverpool.. The new building will seat
upwards of 900 persons, and has cost tbont £2,400.
- The Rev. W. Harcits, of Toxteth Chapel, has accepted
the invitation or. the Colonial-- Missionary Society, to
undertake the pastorate of the Congregational. Church,
Kensington, South Australia. We understand that

Mr. Harcus intends leaving England towards the close
of August.
MAGISTERIAL WlT.—Yesterday, at the Police-court,
a gentleman of respectability was charged with being
drunk and incapable of taking care of himself, and
booked for safety." Magistrate—What have you to
•Faye- Prisoner—l-admit I- was in liquor. Magistrate—.
I think it was the liquor that was in you, sir. Fined ss.
The following beersellers' cases were heard yesterday,
at the Birkenhead Police-court, before Messrs. Bryans
. and.Y,ounghusband :—Thos. Barnes, beerhouse-keeper,
Blackpool-street, was fined 4s. 6d., for Sunday trading ;
Richard Cartwright, beerhouseAceeper, St. Anne-street,
was fined 40s. and costs, for a similar. offence ; Charles.
Davies, beerhouse-keeper, Watson-street, was dismissed.
on paying-costs.
PRESENTATION AND SUPPER.—A few evenings ago,
a splendid supper was given in the Park Hotel (Miss
Hilton's); Birkenhead, by the employes in M. Bailiff's
house painting. and decorating establishment, Grange-
lane. After supper', 1.1. r. James Bailiff was presented'
with an elegant oval table in walnutwood, which may
Ro`w be seen in the window'of Mr. Ryan's establishment,
Birkenhead.

THE IRISH VOLUNTEERS FOR THE POPE.-‘At eleven
o'clock on Tuesday night, nearly leo gallant young
fellows, from twenty to twenty-seven years of age, left
this by steamer, for ti-verpool, ens route for Rome. For
two hours prefious to their starting, thousands of the
inhabitants thronged the quays, and from time to time
Cheered vehemently for "The Irish Brigade," and when
the steamer commenced to move away, there arose a
simultaneous cheer that re-echoed from Benbalbiz--,
Sligo -Champion.
THE AMERICAN MAtt.-°4116 tritiSh and North
American Royal mail steam-ship Europa, Captain
Leitch, titlie her departure this morning at eight
o'cloac, foi Halifax and Boston, via Queenstown, taking
out passengers, and the United' States and Canadian
Letters for her will be received at the Post-
office on Saturday until half-past tei'en a.m., viii Queens-
town until, half-past nite 'p.in. Telegraphic dispatches
for all parts of the American continent will be received
at the office of the kmerican Telegraph Company, 10,
Bxchange-street, East, for any steamer within a few
minutes of her departure.

FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Thursday night a man named
Joseph Burness, who was a pointsman at the Edge-hill
station, was killed by a train passing over him. There
was' no witness of the accident, but soon after a train
had passed the body was found. The deceased had been
in the police force, and resigned last week for the situa-
tion which has proved fatal to hirn.—On Thursday
evening the body of a child named Alice Wright, seven
years of age, was foAnd in the canal, near Vauxhall-
bridge. She was the daughter of William Wright,
master of a, flat that was in the canal at this place ; and
it is supposed she fell in and was drowned by accident.
AN IMPOSTOR.—At the Birkenhead Police-court yes-
terday, before Messrs Bryans and Younghusband,
Michael Knersberctgb, described as a coal, corn; flour,
rope; and other merchant, was brought up on remand
on a charge of obtaining lodgings and board under false
pretences at Mrs. Beadows's, of the Dock Hotel. The
prisoner is said to be a professional swindler, having
travelled over England and Tales, obtaining board
under circumstances similar to those in the present
charge. At Hull he served four months under convic-
tion, and at various other places he is well known,
especially in Dublin, Waterford, and Swansea. There
are seven strong charges against him in Liverpool, and
the bench handed him over to the Liverpool authorities.
IMPORTATION OF FOREIGN FAT CATTLE INTO LIVER-
PUOL4—In consequence of the scarcity and high price
of stall fed cattle in England, Mr. Sohn Williams; the
well-known extensive shipping butcher, of 43, Mersey-
street-, has, during the last few months, repeatedly
visited the Continent, for the purpose of making pur-
elases; and-yesterday returned with a drove of twenty-
eight splendid neat cattle, bought in the neighbourhood
of Hamburgh; seven of them being front Switzerland,
and weighing in the aggregate apwards of six tons.
Seldom, if ever, has so goodly an importation from the
Elbe been landed here for one establishment, and the
energy and enterprise of the importer deserves great
praise, as such introductions cannot fail to have an
influence on the home market, and tend, if not to reduce,
at least to repress the already high price of animal food.
SCRIPTURE READERS FOR THE 47TH, OR LANCASHIRE
REGlMENT.—Yesterday morning a meeting was held at
the Commen-hall, Hackin's-hey, for the purpose of
raising fun& for the appointment of a Scripture reader
for the above regiment. A second meeting for flu- --"'
va,p.aa ..t.i.aigat at lope-hall. The Rev. J.
R. Connor presided ; there was a tolerably large attend-
ance ; among the audience were a number of soldiers.
Colonel Pitcairn and Major Archdall, secretaries of the
Army Scripture Readers' Society, addressed the audiences
at some length, urging the claims of the 47th, whidh is
at present located at Dover, on public benevolence. Its
serviced in. the Crimea, at Alma, and the heights--of
Inkerman, were reverted to with great feeling by the
speakers. We uuderstand that a local committee has
been appointed, of which the Rev. Mr. Connor is chair-
man; and already the subject has received a good deal
of encouragement.

WRITING AND BOOKKEEPING.—A good handwriting
and a proper knowledge of accounts, practically carried
out, are indispensably necessary to all who are seeking
mercantile advancement in this great emporium of
commerce, we should direct the attention of those who
have neglected these matters to the means whereby
these defects can be remedied, and by placing themselves
under the tuition of Mr. George Thompson, who takes
charge of the gentlemen's classes, and of Mrs. and Miss
Thompson, who so ably conduct the ladies' department,
in the above and other collateral studies, and we can
assure them they will very speedily have reason to be
thankful for our advice, as hundreds and hundreds have
already done. The pens used by Mr. Thompson are
made expressly for the use of his own pupils, will be
found materially to assist learners, and we recommend
them to all.—(See advt.)