The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-29 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

P
ARTSII ACCOUNTS.—The audit of the parish accounts
were commenced yesterday at the Workhouse, and w ill
continue for a few days. •
The operations of breaking up the iron sides of the
Royal Charter arc being carried on. and every fine day
is fully occupied in loading for Liverpool.—darrrarron
.terms?. . . . .
A silver claret jug and an address have been presentjd
t? Captain G. C. Antrobils, late. hf tht Cengleton troop
f the E'arl of Chester's Teonisnry Cavalry, from which
regiment he has retired after thirty-three years' con-
nection with it.
BUILDING LAND IN FLEETWOOD. —Sir Hesketh
Fleetwood, we understand, has given his agents initrue-
til7oo years,Btogrant building leases in Fleetwood for terms or
as formerly. Of late, this land could only
he obtained for building purposes on leases of 99 years.
THE CUNARD LINE. It .is understood. that the
Pli*rd ~team-shir) Company have purchased the wharf
24 Queenstown known as Fitzpatrick's Quay, and have
it in contemplation to build a jetty from the quay to
deep water. When the bail` their sc-----
a. vessels
Which are about to commence running between this
port and America, will come alongside.
TAE FORESTERS AT ROCK FERRY.—Yesterday the
Loyal Order of Foresters had a turn out at Rock Ferry.
There was a good attendance of the brethren, in the gay
costume of the order. A hall took place at the hotel,
Where the brethren tripped on the light fantastic toe
until an early hour.
THE COUNTY COURT.—The other changes rendered
necessary by the recent disclosures in the Liverpool
county court have been effected. Mr. John H. Bally,
late auditor under the corporation, has been appointed
chief clerk in the place of Mr. Livingstone, and Mr.
Woodburn, for many years confidential clerk in the
°face of Shackleton, Wright, and Co., attorneys, takes
the Place of Pate, the summons clerk.
THE CANADIAN STE.AMERS.—The Hon. Mr. Smith,
lir. Allen, M. Macroy, and the other gentlemen who
took an official part in the arrangements for making
14ugh Foyle a port of call, have been unceasing in their
etr°rts to complete the negotiations with the British
Postal authorities. We believe the parties have all but
succeeded iu arranging the first outward salting for
Thursday, the Slat inst.. The mooring buoy to be laid
clown for these steamers will be about two miles inside
the entrance of the rough: -'.Derry Journal.
CUMBERLAND WREsTLING.--The lovers of this fine
old English sport had yesterday a rare opportunity
afforded them of witnessing an exhibition by first-class
oleo. Two silver cups and a purse of £6O was wrestled
. j0r.1;3, the Cumberland and Westmoreland men resident
ju this town. The day being fine, the. green adjoining
,Derby Arms, ,where the Mitch took place, was
o.lYded by the admirers of this manly exercise, and
tth good men were, as usual. greatly applauded by the
°Yetanders. Yesterday was for the light weights ;
to-day the sport will be continued by the heavy weights.
VotrwrgEn CORPS.—Yesterday evening, the 15th,
6th, Welsh, and Scotch Rifles assembled on.the "Shore
Fields," for the purpose of being inspected by Major
tiardman, the Government inspector. The gallant
,r4sior, after minutely examining the corps, and
QISP, cting each individual volunteer, expressed his
Pleasure at their appearance and military skill. During
the examination, the band played several popular airs,
Which increased the attractiveness of the exhibition, and
the bearing of the corps generally was certainly not such
IS to inspire feelings of dissatisfaction in the mind of
their inspector.

BIGAMY AT MANCHESTER.—At" the Salford Police-
court, on Saturday. Thomas Tomkinson Wilson was
Charged with having married Elizabeth Shierson, his
former wife being alive. The second marriage was con-
tracted on the 25th of January last. The prisoner's
'ife, who was in court, gave him a bad character, and
lekthat he had been a soldier in the 2nd battalion of
the 11th regiment. Mr. Trafford said the prisoner
Would be committed to the assizes for trial, and the wire
could go to Liverpool and tell the court there whee she
lcoew of the prisoner's character. He was afraid, how-
ever, that they would not pay her expenses. The wife
laid she would pay her own expenses, ouly to see the
Prisoner well punished for his villa.ny and his insolence
to her. The prisoner was committed for trial, and bail
Was refused.
Magnolia,
CRUISE IN YACHT.—The R.Y.S. schooner
4agnolia, belonging to Sir IL Becher, Bart., anchored in
Cowes Roads, at six a.m., on Thursday last, after a win-
ter cruise in the West Indies and Southern States. The
Yacht sailed from Ireland on the 17th of December, and
reached Madtira on the 25th. After a short stay she
tailed for Antigea, where she arrived after a passage of
fourteen days. Thence she touched at St. lago de Cuba,
~.after a passage of six days. She sailed from thence to
Mobile in ten days. From Mobile she sailed for Haven-
neh and New York, which latter port she left on the
25th ult., and arrived at Cowes after a very wintry pas-
sage of twenty-eight days. For ten days after her depar-
ture she experienced strong adverse winds from the
northward and eastward, during which she was for the
'nest part hove to. On the mnrning of the 14,th inct.,
in lat. 44.16 N., lon. 37.54.15 W., during a heavy gale
from the southwest, attended with vivid lightning and
deafening peals of thunder, the foremast head was struck,
taking out deep splinters ; at the same time three balls
of fire burst about seven or eight yards above the hull of
the vessel, like the report of a 32-pounder, knocking
down all the watch on deck, with the exception of the
man at the wheel, and throwing a shower of red hot
Cinders into the sails and on deck. Fortunately it
rained heavily at the time, otherwise the sails must have
caught fire. Throughout the voyage the Magnolia
Droved a capital sea-boat, and her greatest speed, under
arm sails, during twenty-four hours, was 290 miles.
The yacht was built at Boston, U.S., about two years
%ince, and was afterwards altered considerably in her
'Tars, &c. She is now re-fitting at Cowes.
MearKexe Costiarrrez.—Alderman Woodruff presided
at the weekly meeting of this committee yesterday, and
the other members present were Messrs. Nickson. Hay-
dock, Johnson, Rogers, Holden, Ridley, Kitchen, Shim-
bain.—From the return of cash it appeared that the
receipts in the various markets during the present year,
have been, up to the present time, £10,374 14s. 2d. ;
expenses for the same period, £1,602 Os. 2d. For the
flame time last year, the receipts were, £9,621 9s. lid ;
expenses, £1,573 ss. 3d.—From the return of the un-
wholesome fish seized in the borough from the 21th of
February to the 25th of May, it appeared that the total
Was 81,855 lbs. The amount of meat seized from the
let of September 1859, to the 28th of May 1860, was
4,529 lbs.—The Inspector of the Markets reported that
the liveries and uniforms for the men are now due ; also
that the working of the several markets has gone on
satisfactorily, and the conduct of the men been good.—ln
accordance with a notice given at the last meeting, Mr.
ehimmin moved that the motion of Mr. Nickson be'
rescinded. He did so for precisely the same reasons as
on former occasions, when he had proposed the same
resolution and failed. First, because he considered it
unnecessary, oppressive and despotic; secondly, because
it 'debarred him and other members of the committee
from exercising that discretionary power which they at
Present possessed. Mr. Nickson's resolution was in fact
one which enacted that the poor tenant after three con-
victions would be expelled for ever. The committee
had already the power of removing a tenant by a week's
notice, and he therefore considered that Mr. Nickson's
motion should be rescinded. The resolution not being
seconded fell to the ground.—This was all the business.
WATER Comurrne.—Yesterday, at the Town-hall,
the weekly meeting of the Water Committee took place,
Mr. Hodson in the chair. There were also . present
Messrs. Bennett, Crellin,• Beloe, Estill, Jeffery, Fern-
worth, Rae, and Woodruff. Mr. Jeffery called attention
to leakage in one of the pipes in Leigh-street, and.said,
in reply to a remark by a member, that it could not be
an accidental leakage, but the result of carelessness.-
11•1% Thomas Duncan gave in the following report —that
the filters were in good working condition ; the scour-
ing of the pipes has been completed, and the accumu
lated water has been diverted into the sand washing
W.ater goit. The well has been formed round the spring
and the puddle is in course of being put in.. The main
Pipes will now be laid. Nothing out of the ordinary
Course has transpired on the other portions of the
works; all are in good condition. The rainfall for the
week has been 0.42 inches, and the depths of water in
the several reservoirs were on Saturday last as follow :
May 26. May 19. Rise. Fall.
ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in.
litoddlesworth 4 4 ... 3 3 ... 0 0 ... 1 1
Rake 4 7 ... 3 6 0 ... 1 1
Anglezark
Rivington
Preseot (No. 1) 0 1 ... 0 4 ... 0 3h2f 0
Preseot (No. 2) 2 4 ... 0 7 ... 0 0 ... 1 9

The following is a table of the quantities of water
drawn off and left in store since last meeting :
May 26. April 28. Decrease.
~.la.uddlesworth ... 82,e39,186 86,190,735 4,157,549
littke
Anglezark
Rivington 1,578,3.57,153 1,696,580,554 118,223,4 g

2,532,781,319 2.786,441,169 2.54,659,850
Off for Upper Rivington 13,000,000

• 211,059,850
The works at the offices at Howich have been stopped, in
consequence of the failure of the contractor. He under-
stood there was a probability of their, being finished by
the assignees. This will be known in course of the
'week. There are sufficient funds in hand to finish the
contract. The quantity of water received from Riving-
ton during the week ending May 26 was 68,392,710
gallons; pumped from the wells, 26,790,149 gallons ;
bulking a total of 95,182,859 gallons. Quantity of
Witter in store, 3,184,885 gallons ; washing out of
Mains, sewers, and watering streets, 3,762,800 gallon:.
Proportion of Rivington to well water, 34 to 13. Some
of the members made a few remarks with respect to the
fire at the Sailors' Home ; and Mr. Bennett said that in
Manchester, although the taps were kept open night and
day by the inhabitants in spite of the authorities, there
Was plenty of water to be had in case of fire. The
engineer, in answer to a question, confirmed his state-
inent as to the supply of water at the Sailors' Home.
/le explained that when many mains are opened at the
same time, the force is lessened. This closed the public
business.

ACCIDENT.—Timothy -Galloom, a labourer, residing
in Standish-street, sustained a severe contused back by
a sack of corn falling on him.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—James Rooney., a labourer,
residing in Blenheim-street, sustained a fractured leg in
Great Homcr-street, by a window frame falling on him.
TRAN7AERE WAKES were held in due style. The
gro`Rsrine and low life scenes which hate Marked pre-
vious years Were enacted over again. Of course there
were thorsarich if PerSons' on the ground, and at night
as usual everybody was drunk. We think that it is
high time that the Tranmere Wakes should be sup-
pressed as a public nuisance.

FATAL ACClDEZsT.—Yesterday a . child, named
Cavana.h.. whose parents live in No. 2 Court, Light-
lrydy-street, died in the Northern Hospital, from
injuries it had sustained on the preceding Saturday,
beiur;,ran over by a cart in Walker-street. An
inquest will be held upon.the b,ody this ,day,,wen the
facts Arql be eliciHr a-,• 0 whether any blame was
imputable to the driver of the cart.. • •

• LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INTIRMARY, MOUNT-
PLEASANT.—ConsuIting Surgeon Ruo'h E, •
t, ,
~LL[ KrollB, x.1.-iihbert Taylor, Dr. Nevins, T.
-Bickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty,
Esq. ; Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, Esq. Report
for the week ending May 26, 1660 :New eases :
Eyes, 100 ; Ears, 32. Prescribed for, and received
surgical assistance : Eyes, 401 ; Ears, 138.
LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIE'.S. Number of patients
during the past week.—New cases received advice and
medicine at the institution : north, 304 ; south, 134 ;
total, 438. New cases visited at their own homes and
supplied with medicine : north, 80; south, 59 ; total,
139. President, Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M.; Vice-
President of North Dispensary, Captain Bourne; Vice-
President of South Dispensary, Mr. R. .A. Payne
Treasurer, Mr. Francis Mill; Secretary, Mr. F. H.
Langley.

THE BISHOP OF OXFORD AND LORD BROUGHAM AT
LEEDS.—On Friday evening, a meeting was held in the
Victoria Hall, Leeds, on behalf of Oxford, Cambridge,
and Dublin University mission to Central Africa, under-
taken in consequence of a visit made to the Universities
by Dr. Livingstone some time ago. The Right Rev.
the Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Right Hon. Lord
Brougham, and _A rohdAaenn Mackenzie attended as a
deputation. The Vicar of Leeds (tue Rev. Di. Attar
presided. There was a crowded audience, including a
large number of the clergy and laity of Leeds and the
neighbourhood, and also several ministers and other
members of various dissenting communities. The col-
'cation an behalf of the mission amounted to upwards
of £96. Lord Brougham and the Bishop of Oxford
receieed a most; cordial arid enthusiastic greeting. The
right rev. prelate delivered one of his eloquent and soul-
stirring addresses, and Lord Brougham also made an
able speech. Lord Brougham, in the course of his
address, thus alluded to the state of European affairs,
and the duty of England and other nations :
" Now, I have recently heard the state of this
country with respect to foreign nations at this
moment frequently alluded to. We are in peace—
in profound peace. Nay, even in alliance with those
who used to be our enemies ; therefore I have no
fear or apprehension—no fear whatever of anything,
happening to interrupt this blessed condition of peace ;
but for that very reason I would be well, well prepared
in case of accident. (Cheers.) And, therefore, I would.
not have any of our neighbours, our allies, our friends
beyond the water, in Europe to take it amiss, or to be
jealous of those preparations, because preparations are
absolutely necessary on all hands, when Europe is at
this moment filled with armed men, and surrounded
with armed navies. (Hear, hear.) Without any
danger of peace being broken, and without any
jealousy of any power whatever—one power more than
another—l do greatly rejoice from the bottom of my
heart—l rejoice to find that all over this country there
prevails the wise, the zealous, the indomitable desire to
prepare effectually for the defence of the country.
(Loud cheering.)"