The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-08-01 00:00:00

COURT AND TABLE TALK.

Lifts his awful form,
Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm.
THE IRON PIER.

08BCRNA July 30.
The Queen, Prince Consor4 and the Royal family
walked out this morning.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to
London to-day.

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THE ORLEANS PRINCES. --On Saturday the Orleans
princes visited gelrose
, and after inspecting the Abbey
and lunching at the George Hotel, prOceeded to Dry-
burgh, Abbotsford, and the Vale of Tweed.
• LTHE, RUMOURED PURCHASE OF HARVIESTON FOR
°4D
Advertiser is authorised to
contradict
any.negotiations for the purchase
4 CLD
,the E.—
rePT °hret °4:1"
of this property on account of Lord Clyde. -
• THE FORTHCOMING REVIEW AT EDINBURGH. fur the volunteer review by the
Various arrangements
Queen on the 7th of this month, are now. being pro-
ceeded with. it is understood that her Majesty will
occupy an open carriage, winch, during the evolutions
of the troops, will be stationed near the eastmost of
the two stripes of trees whichskirt .the south side of
Belville-park. Her Majesty's position will,: therefore,
be nearly opposite St. Anthony's- Chapel. , WOrkmen
will be immediately employed in levelling and prepar-
ing the ground. The present understanding . is, that
the whole body 'of the volunteers will be drawn up in
two lines on the north side of the park—the west wing
extending to the enclosing wall of Holyrood Palace, and
the east reaching to the rising broken ground near the
eastern boundary of the parade ground. It is believed
that this will afford sufficient space for 12,000 or 14,000
volunteers, or even 16,000 (which is the maximum
expected to be•present) to go through the,simple move-
ments that will be required of them. These movements,
we understand, will be limited to the salute, marching
past her Majesty in contiguous companies and in opon
column, and in extending in line. It is 'expected that
her Majesty will be pleased to along,between the
go Of
lines in order. to - .
inspect the different companies.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.---The Coroner held the follow-
ing incrusts yebteiday :—On the body of Sarah Molloy,
a child Your weeks old, that was smothered in bed in
Brick-street, by its mother overlaying it. Verdict,'
accidentally smothered.—On the body of John Wilson,
forty-three years of age, a carpenter, who lived at 36,
Barton-street. On the 11th of April he got his hand
hurt, and laboured under the injury since, when 1?•9
died from the rcsult.' Verdict, accidental death. -

OPENING OF THE NEW
PIER AT SOUTHPORT.

GRAND DtMONTLkTION TO-MORROW.

Twenty miles to the north of Liverpool, and twenty-
Seven miles to the north-west of the City of Manchester,
lies an extensive tract of low level land—covered with
peat and potatoes".—which many hundteds of yjtitis ago
formed the bed of a momitatt die i.e, 4 a part of the
Irish Channel. On 'the north-western extremity of this
peat land, near the mouth of the river Ribble, among-
the sandbanks on the shore, a thatched-roof hou-se of
humble dimensions was built in 1792 by William S.utton,
whom posterity has familiarly dubbed as the " Old
Duke," and to whose memory, as the founder of modern
Southport, the South Port Improvement Comniissioners
of 1860 erected, in a prominent position at the juncture
of Lord-street and' /Juke-street, a square monument,_
consisting of four panel-) upon a noble base, surmounted
by a large gas-lanip, 'which zh•ds glory oti the inscrip-
tion below. Neat this spot stood the structure itself,
Which utilitarians formed into the " Original Hotel,"
end Ailed s*ept away in favour of buildings of
.greater pretensions, which disprove the wisdom
of. the rustic sages who termed Sutton's house
the "old Duke'S- folly," to mark their deep sense
of a "rash speculation" and "a waste of money," Which
might bring to the speculator storms and inundations,
hurricanes and sand-clouds; . hnt -they felt assured nei-
ther neighbours nor interest- on the capital expended.
Time ivotl<s ViOnderS; it has in this instance turned the
'"iages' wisdom" into folly, and ":the old Duke's folly"
into wisdom: "The- old Duke" •acid -the--rustic
have passed awaS-; -biti:_SOlithpOrt remains igniniht of
"storms and inundationsit---a motruntent-of -itself to its
prophetic founder a" pretty,. a pleasant, and
.a healthy
retreat. for the weary and.the sick.
So attractive' a spdt could not long renaln Undisco-
vered. in 4, short. time " The I.4uke's Folly"
.was_
transfornied WO an hotel,. .then intel,fie :
" for the accomtioclation of :the Visitors -tvho
emerged fro& -the surrounding towns—the beehives
of Lancashire-4nd embiaced the breeze WhiCh brought
health on its wings': .from the ocean. New hoes
sprung up on the side of the sea ; a village was
ultimately formed; and in 1815- a town, which ranks

among the fashionable .watering places of the kiegdetn.
The climate is mild, not, humid, evidently resulting ftoni-
Ahe extent of the sands and sandbanki which, heated by
the rays of the sun, absorb the Moisture from.thnair;,
making it pleasantly-dry and invigorating.
,:The rluan-
tity of Water that falls during the year =ia exceedingly
small, owing peolfably td the 'absetiCe of-hills. The
country around and the etreetinre dry hi the Wettest
season --irnmediately, A Oh6vAr )IAI-fallen the 'TACO is
absorbed by the earth. The PopUlation nUmbered:nearlY.
OW id 1931, in 1860 the number- has beii-atigmen-
ted to-10,000. The town has been well under
,the .superintendence in the latter years of the com-
missioners. The houses consist of sea villas, chiefly of
brick ; hnnibler cottages abound, bnt Iliez:e ere fast
disappearing, and tiett houses are being erec-
ted On their sites. The streets are .long, very
and run at right angles. Lord-street is a mile
and fifty yards in length, and thirty yards in breadth.
The public buildings are numerous. The Town-hall,
opened in .1853, is a pretentious structure of 'a con-
venient size, adapted for judiciaL an.l other purposes :
in front there lies a_trophY of the_ Russian. War. The
Bathing Infirmary is the result of the Strangers' Charity
—ra fund established many years age, to edallle the poor
sick residing in the. neighbourhood to avail themselves
of the aciYantlges d'f- sea bathing, coupled with medical
attendance.- The Marine -Fund also deserves especial
notice. Formed for the purpose of rewarding gallantry
in rescuing lives from shipwreck, it has been the means of
spurring brave hearts to noble deeds on many a ternpes-
tuous_day. _There_ are many marked improvements being
accomplished at present. The commissioners are laying
down new gas mains, by which the toiva will be better-
lighted. Drinking fountains have been erected in the
leading thoroughfares, by private gentlemen and the.
TeMperance Society. New shops and Ulises Are spring-
ing Up in every direction, especially in the western
district.. Comniodides hduses, Intended for private and
public sunimer residences, appear in every state of pro-
gress : many command a sea view, whilst others look
landward. The Town-111 is in course of enlargement.
Christ Church has bceu completely renovated in the
inside ; the side walls- have been- removed, and two new
aisles added,„ overhung by galleries, making the church
,eightyards wider, and furnishing 500 additional sittings.
The schools attached to Trinity Church are being
enlarged, and the church itself is to undergo material
changes. Two tiew aisles, of nineteen feet in breadth,
are about to be added to the Parish Church, and an
extensive enlargement of the galleries also be macle by
that-means. A new Wesleyan stone chapel is -being
built near the railway station. The principal entrance.
in the centre has three attached eolumns, and a richly
moulded arch covered with tracery. At the north-west
angle a steepl, will be carried up 61, feet, terminating
-with four gurgoyls, sutmounted by a neat octagon spire
of. 55 feet in
height,
the whole crowned by eight feet of
ornamental ironwork. -

THE SCENE FROM THE PROMENADE.
Immediately in front of the sea, a splendid pronienade
of 960 yards in length, by 40 and 30 feet in breadth,
has been erected by the improvement commissioners, for
the convenience and pleasure of the visitors. Oil the
promenade a terrace has been formed, consisting of
beautiful villas, commodious hotels, and the baths. The
view that may be obtained from this elevated embank-
ment on a calm summer's afternoon is truly enchanting,
combining the dark blue ocean, the cloud-crowned moun-
tains of Wales, and the picturesque and distant hills of
Cumberland and Westmoreland. ' Below, on the right and
the lef't extending far and wide, are the level sands, emit-
ting scarcely perceptible cloud, which consists probably of
water evaporated by the heat of the rays of the sun. Far
as the eye can reach on the left is an uninterrupted chain
of sandhills, cove red with small bu,hes of hardy plaids,
which remind the recollection of the swarms of insects,
stinging and stingless, beautiful And otherwise, which
make their homes amolig the leaves, inviting the
entomologist thither. The shore presents a scene of the
greatest activity. Quadrupeds, for which the town is
eminently famed; chariots-and-two and three and four,
carrying
equestrians and charioteers, whose plunies add
- splendour to the seers, move about in gay Confusion,
trotting, cantering, galloping, heedlessly, carelessly,
gleefully.; - followed by panting, blow*, shrieking,
.shoeless larch*, whip or stick in hand, and by nimble
sons and corpulent daughters of Lancashire wizards and
witches, who remind the observer of the romantic tribes
of .rabic with their horses and donkeys, mules
and tents--emblems of nomadic life. The newly
constructed iron pier stretches over the beach to the edge
of the deep waters. Beyond, the Irish Channel, with.
its rumbling, never-dying roar, with its white crowned
waves, which kiss the strand, its shells and its fish, its
pearls and its mines of wealth, its weeds and its flowers,
its mist and its mysteries, reaches until it is lost at
length in itself. Vessels of every size, from every
quarter of the globe, containing commodities of foreign
growtliand manufacture, are skiMming gracefully before
the wind towards the desired haven. Little skiffs ven-
ture near the shore, and the occupants of fishing smacks
spread their nets in the sex. In the gloomy distance
the Longridge Fell, the Lancaster hills, the hills of
CuMberlarid, and the mountains of Westmoreland and
the Black Conibe raise' their majestic heads into the
clouds, Whilst Snowdon _

The best portion of the sands lies a mile from the
promenade : this was, until a day or two ago, perfectly
inaccedsible to the pedestrians, in consequence of the
intervening sheet of water. How to get over this diM.
culty became a theme of general discussion. Many
plank were proposed and rejected, as futile and imprac-
ticable. At length some one or another suggested the
formation of a substantial pier, which received general
approbation. " The idea: of developing the work on
anything like a useful and adequate scale, originated
with Mr. John Galloway, of the firm of Messrs. W. and
J. Galloway, of the Knott Mill Ironworks, Manchester.
When the subject was first laid before the inhabitants,
differences of opinion arose as to the character, of strac-

tare. Some were in favour of a wooden erection, on the
score of economy, but gradually it came to be thought
that a pier somewhat resembling the iron railway via-
duct over the Diverstone sands, 'erected by Messrs.
Galloway, would in the end be most reliable. A
company was formed, under the -Limited • Lia-
bility Act, with a capital of £lO,OOO. Designs were
prepared by Mr. J. Brunlees, engineer, London, who
designed the Morecambe Bay ,;iacluct—and the erection
was entrusted to Messrs. GalloWay.. To avoid the transport
from the works at Manchester of such a large quantity
Of iron as would be requisite for the girders, it was
determined to have the iron sent direct to •Southport
from 'Staffordshire, .and a long shed was erected in
Neville-street, near the beach, in order to make the
girders on the Spot. A punching machine and other
tools, with a steam engine, were fitted up for the pu-
pae. The first pile: for the pier•was sunk into the sand
in the middle of August, last year, but the works
have been much delayed by tiro vet and stormy
:weather. After some length 'of thelpier had been
erected, doubts- began to be entertained whether the
gixder6 were orsufhient strength: As this was a matter
upon which no risk must. be run; Dr: W. Fairbairn was
requested to make an examination, and. It was decided,
on his recommendation, that as large
.'crowds of persons
would gather upon 'the pier; the girders should be
stronger. The engineer (MX. Brunlees) -accordingly
altered his plans, and the light girders-have been- sub-
stituted by others which leave ample margin for any
strain to which the structure can 'be 'Subjected. This,
although, involving some cost, was -the imostPrudent
course to adopt."

The length of the pier is 1,200 yards, its width 15 feet.
The height varies from 13 feet at the promenade to 20,
being four feet above the highest tides ; at its end, where a
large platform 100 feet by, 30 feet has been provided
for promenading, end tupli§hed with stairs reachinglo

Parties joining the proceSsion walk three abreast

DREADFUL WIFE MURDER AT
WARRINGTON.

(Before Mr. T. R. JETrEttr.)
ASSAULTING TILE POLICE.

(Before Mr. RAFFLEO
THE ROBBERY OF COTTON•

THE DAIL/ TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1800.

the sands below. The pier consists of 72 ways, 50 feet
each in span, supported by,_ a triple row of 72 iron
pillars, and twenty under the platform, makiag a total
of 236 pillars. The flooring, which is of seven inch
planks, three inches thick, placed about an inch apart
between each triplet of columns, is supported by iron
girders three feet deep, with flanges of tingle iron three
inches bY three alid a half inches each way, and half
an i inch n thickness, the whole firmly stayed with
wrought iron ties bolted' on the pillars, allowing for
expansion and contraction from .the temperature.
The piles, seven inches in diameter, are made
of cast iron, five-eights of an inch thick in
"lengths," suiting the variation 'in the level of the
sands, and have a widened socket at the upper end, and
at the lower a disc eighteen inches in diameter. The
method used in sinking these is both novel and interest-

big, "and was, *e understand, first adopted by Mr.

Brunlees, the engineer, in constricting a railway via-
duct Over Morecarilbe Bay, on the Lancaster and Wol-
Verstone Railway. A small hole two inches in diameter
was ptovided in the bottom of each pile, through which
a gas tube was passed, projecting into the sand a few
inches; the pile was then raised by means of -suitable
machinery, and a pressure of water obtained from the
water-works company's mains, and forced the sand from
under the disc, thereby enabling the piles to sink by their
own weight. On withdrawing, the pressure of water the
sand immediately dosed around the pile with such firm-
ness that, under a severe test of immense weight
no sinking was perceived. Along each side of the
pier run iron railing three feet high, with a wood
capping, for the-protection of individuals. Shelter will
also be prowided.for visitors in bad weather ; and very
probably a tramway along the whole length of the
-.pier; will be -constructed. The cost is about .e 9,000.
Thqtl is no doubt that it will prove a very profitable
speaulation, but we trust that the management will be
liberal, and that.the amount of the toll will be such as
to allow. the pcsOiest Visitor and inhabitant to avail them-
selves of the `breeze fresh from the sea. A toll-house
hai been eieiied at the entrance, and lire have heard that
,the..tell has been flied at One penny, with a liberal dis-
count for contractors for short and longer periods. Had
-the weather not retarded the works, they would have been
completed long since. The pier will be opened under.
very favourable auspices to-morrow. Flags have been
floating in.the breeze for a few days put, and the town
has :presepted evident signs of approaching rejoicing.
A steamer. (the Storm King) will leave the North
Landitig-itiige,. Liverpool, at an hour mentioned in an
advertisement in another column. •
THE PROGRAMME.

- The company will assemble at the Southport Town-
hall at ten o'clock, and a procession will be formed in
the following order :

tolke
Flag,
La ,r Clerk, Contractors, and Engineer. -
Band of the 3rd Royal Lancashire Militia; in full Uniform:
Directors and Shareholders.
Ch.irnian d Commussioticrs, Clergy; and. Magistrates.
Improraritent Commissioners.
~ Residents and Visitors. -
3iessrs. Galloway'„ 'Workmen.
Flag.
rife and Drum Band, 13th Lancashire

The procession will proceed from the Town-ha;', up
Lord-street, along Sea Bank-road and the Pr-menade,
up Coronation-walk and Lord-street, and down Nevill-
- to the pier. On arriving at the platform end, an
address will be given, and an altered version of the
National Anthem. /ill be sting. The company will
then embark on the Storm King steamer, fur a cruise
On the return of the vessel, the procession will proceed
along Nevill-street to the Town-hall, to luncheon.
Ladies intending to join the excursion by the steamer
will be admitted on the pier, by showing their tickets,
up to 10 30 a.m. The shopkeepers and others will
close their establishments during the forenoon, to enable
persons in their employ to join in the procession. In
the evening, a full dress ball will be given at tbe Town-
hall .

On Monday last, James Hankinson, a gunsmith, was
brought before the borough magistrates at Wairington,
under the following circumstances :—Sarah Ann Green
deposed that she lived next door to the prisoner, in
Buckley's-Court; and that soon after breakfast on Sun-
day morning, she heard him abusing his wife. There
was a continual Sound of quarrelling till about dinner
time, when the witness heard Mrs. Hankinson scream,
and .then-say, ".Lord help_ me; Hankinson, thou'lt
murder me." Mrs. Green then went outside, and
saw the nrisonei standing at his door, from which
was Ilse issuing a vast nnantity of smoke. Mrs.
Green asked what was burning ; and the 'prisoner
said, " The b--- old thing won't come out."
Mrs. Green asked if his .wife was inside; but to this
_he made no answer. The witness for some time was
unable to see into the house, in consequence, as she
said, of the smoke and sulphur that was issuing from it.
At length she cowered down on her hands and knees,
and looking in, saw the prisoner's wife lying on the
floor about a yard from the are-place. Her clothes were
then all in red heat. When she saw this she screamed
out, "Murder ; poor Letty Hankinson is burning .to
death." The prisoner took no notice, and never offered
to render his wife any assistance. Mrs. Green at once
gave information to the police, and medical assistance
was procured. On the arrival of the doctor and the
constables, a bed was got downstairs, cad the poor
woman placed upOn it. She was shockingly burnt, her
lower limbs being completely charred, and, she died in a
few minutes. The prisoner was remanded till after the
inquest, which was held yesterday morning, at the
Rodney Hotel, before Mr. Driflield. Drs. Sadler and
Artiistead, who had made a post oto!tent examination Of
the body, deposed that the death of-the deceased was
caused by burning. The evidence showed the cruelty
of the husband to have been most inhuman. The
prisoner will be brought up for examination again before
the magistrates this day.

LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT.-YESTi;RDAY.

A young woman, named Mary Ballentin', was charged by
police•oficer 648 for having assaulted him. It-appeared that
about eleven the previous night, the officer was in Park-lane
taking a prisoner to the station, when the female came up and
not only rescued his prisoner, but assaulted him in a severe
manner. The prisoner was well known to the police, andlad
been several times convicted of offences. She was lined £5 or
two months' imprisonnient. .
DEStiTOTION.

• - . _
Two poor women were brought up by an °Meer, who said
he got them at the Workhouse, the pre•Aous night,- in , State
of destitution. The poor creatures, who had each a baby in
arms, said they had been r..fused admi.sion either to'the sheds
or Workhouse. One of them said she was refused admission
to the -Workhouse because she had slept in the Park. Mr.
Jeffery s dd I do not underetand way they refused You shelter,
with your babies, either to the sheds or Workhouse. Let'
them be put down for the present, and a.. s-11 1h _ cause due
inquiry to be made about this case.
A PUGILIST BEATEN.
A person of respectable exterior, who gave his llama
as
Thomas Tyler, was charged as a "suspicious character." It
was stated by the police that he was in company
who were with Berry
and another celebrated ,housebreaker, sent to jail
for three months, a day or two ago, and that he (the prisoner)
was known to detective Wilson, as a companion,of Berry's for
the list fortnight, and that he lodged in a thieves' house, kept
by a Hrs. Brown. He got away from the Police, when Berry
and the other felloW were arrested. The prisoner, in answar
to the charge, said he was a pugilist, and came from London ;
he had a. booth at the races and remained here since. He
might have been in company with Berry in a public-house, but
.he protested strongly that he was not a house-breaker. us
was sent to jail for three months.
A SCOUNDREL RIGHTLY,ITNISHED.
A ruffianly-looking'Young fellow, named James Lamb, was
carged for haring broken the collar-bane of a woman named
Jane• Stafford. The poor old woman keeps a stall in Vauxhall-
road, and a' few days ago the prisoner went up to her, and
without any provocation attacked her, threw her- down,
and
broke her collar-bone. The prisoner said he was drunk, and
did not know what. he was doing. Mr. Jeffery said it was 1
cruel and savage assault, and sent the -prisoner to gßoi,for Eix
months with hard labou r.
SERIOUS CHARGE.

A sailor, named William Linton, was charged under the fol-
lowing circumstances : —lt appeared that the prisoner was
at
Wapping Dock the other day when a lorry was passing, andab
boy named Samuel Williams was. also paseinz at the same
time. The prisoner pushed the boy under the lorry, which
went over and injured him so much that he now hes in a hope-
less state at the hOipital. The prisoner was remanded.
(Before Messrs. T. RAVI/lONE and RANK.IN.)
nighpark-street, Park,
• • PULLING ONIONS!
Mr.. Joseph David Hahm, of 114,
summoned Mr. Samuel Catrell for having .:used abusive and
threatening language to him, Mr. Bluck was for the com-
plainant and opened the, case, when he crdlei the complainant,
who told a story about four houses that arc in thE street, he
living in one, and the defendant M one of the others. There
are only two asbpits attached to the -font houses, and. it
appeared that this led to come unpleasantness,' and some dave
ago the complainant alleged that the defendant had threatened •
to do" for him, an I used other bad language, and he vas
afraid of him. Cross-examined by Mr. Parker : lam a clerk
in a merchant's office, and a German.. Are Tou not a Scripture-
reader ? No, lam not. Were you ever in Manchester yes,
and in London and Bristol, too. Mr. Black objected, as this
had nothing to do with the case. The wife of complainant and.
another witnese were called to corroborate the etatemcat. Mr.
Parker preduced a witness, named may Stephenson, who
proved that defendant was pulling onions in his own garden,
when the complainant rushed out at labi, and swore he would
knock his " sanguinary" head off, and he pushed him down,
so he was the aggressor. The complaint was dismieeed ;
but on leaving the court the defendint made sonic remark,
which induced the magistrates to bind him over in his own
recognieance.

Samuel Clegg, WilliamrtedVead7William Heron, Catherine
Diamond, and Anne Mulholland, who had been twice remanded
on a charge of having stolen fifteen bales of cotton, value over
$l3O, from the warehouse .of Messrs. Boyle, Smith and Son,
MiVicar-street. Mr. Cobb defended the prisoners, except Red-
head, for whom Mr. Parker appeared. The details of thig
robbery were Published in the Daily rimes on two recent
occasions. The short facts were that on the morning of the
13th July, some of the prisoners went boldly to the warehouse,
got a cart, and took away the cotton to the Pottery-fields,
where it WAS discovered by officers Laycock and Lynch, and
the prisoners were arrested subsequently. Several witnesses
were examined. and gave the same evidence as already pub-
lished. Mr. Smith, one of the partners who owned the cotton,
proved that the Property belonged to his house. The evidence
against the woman Diamond was not sufficient, and she was
discharged, and allowed to become a witness ; and she proved
that she remained in the warehouse all night along with Heron,
! and opened the door in the morning, when the cotton was get
lout. All was arranged in the place of the prisoner Mulholland
by the other prisoners and a man named Traynor, who has
absconded. The prisoners were committed for trial. • . .