The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-03 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Countess of Derby had an assembly last nig)
the family mansion in St. James's.square.
RumOVER BY A CART.—Mary Ann Douglas, a child'
residing in 17 Corirt. Burlington-street, was run over
by a cs2t, on Monday last, and expired yesterday- ,
FATAL ACCIDENT.—James Roberts, 17, Brown4Ow-
hill, was fatally injured, at the new police-office, Dale'
street, on the 30th March; he expired on the May Ist.
FALLIVCr OITT OF A BOAT.—On Tuesdayboy,
12 veers of go, named Joseph Silkirk; belonoing to the
brigantine Margaret Gibson, lying in the tuskiEsl
Dock, fell out of a :;soat into the dock, and was dronlen;
On the morning 0: next Sunday the ordinance ei
adult baptisth will be pu'bliely observed in Soho-str
Chapel, when the Rev. z. .Hall Jackson, the rail.liStee
rt
et
will officiate. ate
We understand that M'Corniu..'k,of the reading machine oboined so much
sthe original pate
noto-
riety at the 4:eat Eihibition of 1b.:51,
been so much in favour amongst the-11..1rmers 111;,./
and has EV.
our
hind, has commenced proceedings ageitte't s041:11: knife.
manufacturers for infringement of his sickle-e.
LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR 11•IPIRMARY, ';zsa. •
PL4ASANT.—Consulting Surgeon Hugh Neill;
Surgeons, Dr. R. Hibbert Tavior, Dr. Isieviroi'
Bickerton, Esq. Treasurer, Y. G. Living ton,'
Report fcr month ending April 30, 1860 :—Sew eat"
Eves, 337 ; Ears, 119. Prescribed for,
.and reeeis'
surgical assistance : Eve5,.1,459; Ears, 457.- 4"
A " BUZIPTIOUS VOLUNTEER. CAPTAIN.—Since ''-
expl-oits-of the " Four Liverpool Merchants," no incr.
dent of a siinilar description has excited so much amp"
ment as a story now in circulation respecting a captain'
of volunteers, who wrote to Prince Albert direct, asking
his Royal Highness. to postpone the volunteer levee in
order that the details of his particular corps' might iti°
completed. -There was of Otirse some merriment!
head-quarters on the subject, andiildue time the captaw
received from :Colonel Phipps a polite-Ind Official rel
to. the effect that as all the arrangemenie. for -the le
-were completed his Royal Highness could tQ't nieede to
the -Voluntc

.uiunteer cap _ s request.
eye are
THE FIRE AT THE SAILORS' Home.-e-Laboureee ,0
still busily-engaged clearing away the debris-from
basement door. The committee paid to the men Yester•
~
day, in compensation for the loss of clothes, bel„
;£BO and £9O. There is a talk of. raising a ant scrffiSel!,:
list to- enable the men to fit out comfori:abry-egainee°,""
nothing praCtical has as yet been deeded' upon. The
subject is certainly worthy the attention of the benevolent/
and we hope that a subscription list will- be: shortie
opened. The smallness of the number of inmates in 03!
Home is accounted for by the easterly _winds Which
have prevailed for some Weeks, taking away from'
bringing no vessels iniC) port. The average- number °f
boarders at the Honie amounted, we understand, to 2iY'
THEATRE ROTAL.—Laat evening the talented cod'
pany of the Lyceum again played Tom Taylor's adapt'
tion of Dickens's " Tale of-Theo 'Cities,"- when Lhe
characters were sustained with ,the usual ability. elv"
Callcott's erand transformation scene followed, and 0e
may remark that every person who is capable of viol'
ing a combination of the beautiful.: and impoisinie
should not lose this opportunity of witnessing one of th!
grandest and loveliest displays ever produced in /eat!'
pool. The evenings amusement concluded withetee,
"Abbe Vaudreuir or the Court of. Louis- Xiv
in which 'the monarch, with his court, wee:
introduced amidst representations of'- some.- of lu°
finest scenes of that brilliant :era. The characteo
are varied. The play is made up mostly of *what sr!
celled .‘eitnations." A Cautious, calculating ellariiter
is the _abbe (Madame Celeste), who -will not all'ae
his sister to marry until he has proved the err'
qualities of her suitor. - In the _Lieutenant (1-‘,_l.l''
Sinclair), the would-be husband, is seen the prrcic• tee
suspicious, and yet frank and noble-hearted soldier,
always ready to defend his own -honour and that of hi,!
lady-love. The other characters are well. develon
The play has many beauties; and, acted as it was AP,
night, it could not fail to receive approbation. •
ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.—This society held Oet
concluding meeting of the present session last night; ft
the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street. Mr. Horne'
presided. The donations announced wereteadll
News for the past fortnight, from the editor,
_#ol3
" Sanitary Report of Various Places," from Roher,
Rawlinson, Esq. Mr. Hdggins exhibited and espial:le°'
his design, " The Genealogy of Axchitecturs,"-&
analogical representation of the entire
.history
chronology of architecture. The design was graduate'
by lines corresponding to the centuries before and afee2,
the Christian epoch; The. Greek derived hone aft
Pelasgic, mingled with the Egyptian and ASerill
elements, and the Roman originating in the Fetrusl33l
and the Greek, and changing into the Christian
Italian Romanesques, formed the central trunk.- fry.'"
the sides of which flowed out, on the east the Byean*,illc,;
on the west the Lombardic. From the east of
Byzantine the Saracenic and other styles emanated
their proper chronological order, and from the west the.
Sicilian and Venetian Gothic styles, while the development
and relationship of the various Gothics appeared on tbs
north. The origin and connection of the various styles
were shown, not line only, but by colour, Wiliels
significantly applied to each style according to jet.°
characteristics.- The couneil announced that, of the fo"..
drawings which had been sent in for the prize, tax'
• signed 'V. A." (by Mr: James Liam) had been soy
cessful. The annual report was read and adopted. The
proceedings closed with the president's address, whit*
was read by the chairman. . - • -
Yesterday morning a severe collision oceneTed..nelr;
Whitehurch station. Within a few hundred yards 01
the station towards Shrewsbury, the line becomes 0
single one, and a man is, of course, stationed at thio
change of rail. The luggage train passed the Whir;
church station towards Shrewsbury about twenty mini'
past seven a.m., and ran, as it afterwards appaiKt
the double line on to the single one; and as the roe%
ger train was due at 7.25 or 7.30 at Whitchurch oct
ball soon rang, and on looking out fur the . eeltftee
train, it came in the distance round a slight curve
as
seemingly very quick), at the same time the red flag "or
in sight, when a collision took place, the engineer,
stoker, jumping off beforehand, but the guard and-,oi!
gentleman were seriously inenred, and other peoueeT,
bruised and cut. The train came up to Whitchmeirt
station, and brought the passengers, the goods' tilt
having 'backed for the purpose. The break on
passenger train was applied, if not the conseepiei
might be fearful. We understand there was a collisle•
ontjuesday last, at Nantwich, with some coal tracks °Q
the same line. . .
SHOCKING CATASTROPHE AT Bremmev.----Theeether
ithe
afternoon, a very melancholy accident occurred ill_ 0.
town of Burnley. Mr. George Price, of WolverhamPt!for
appeared with two safes of his own manufaetuie, fic
public testing. He offered any one present £5O W
should be able, by any means, to force them ele,,ellf,e
the ground. On that occasion a working 'mecnol'it
managed to get so much powder into the first lock -Ow
Mr. Price declined to let him fire it, but defied. hip?. t°
get as much powder into the other lock; The, pp
succeeeded in_ getting a still larger'quantity:of pone
into the lock of the second safe, but Mr. Trice ere;
declined to let him fire either. SobsequentlyMet-If•layl
published en exPlanation.e He announced that helv./i
make a xenewed trial on Monday last, 30th ult.. . It w
further intimated that Mr- Price would "blow lip
ae
of Messrs. Milner's. Accordingly a eierylarge ceerieeen,
of people
_assembled,. 4e,kripeeeeandelasee,W.l.- efole
proceeded to drill and- insert gnupowder inet2.
door of the 'old 'Milner "life.; and blew it • oreo
A safe recently purchased from Mr.- Price's agent..„ci
Burnley:had now been procured, and uteivaicheOf
of powder was introduced through the. lock. Aleolitthe
quarter-before six o'clock the 'charge Was fired; and ie
immediate consequence was that the safe was}, utte.T,„
blown into fragments, which flew :about in ever- flit,
A piece of thin-plate Zion struck —l--litte Ph)
The metal literally cut 'away' the' left portion -efn.
upper part of his.skull, and her shortly' afterwards
Another_ piece of metal strtick a Imam; who s.waS
beside the boy, on the forehead,_ wounding himse'Ter jeee
A third piece was projected across the stream, strl7o
on the mouth a young man, and seriously • enttincee
-face. Considering the-hundreds of persona ye_ u
li oes.
about the spot, the numerous were -infreco
The concussion destroyed a- great deal of glees in
bouring ',windows. The sad =event naturally ,m,e3
great ezeitetnent, and Mr. Price very properly ahol-17-,";
the delivery of a lecture. -

• - COUNTY COURT—YEsTERDAY,
(Before J. K. BLAIR, EST) A dir
The following insolvenoy_xases_werrhead
posed-of :-- - - - -
Henry Scutmius•-; _ • 73; Bold-street; pkotol the
artist. In this case there was no opposition, 0 VII"
Anal order wag fixed for the 6th of ,June.—EvaLlina-
liam Lloyd;:butcher; protisiCn dealer. 5, %`` o-ticl
street. Mr. Thornlev appeared•for -the insolvent,
Mr. Evans for:the creditors. • _ . . A 5112-
PRISON CASES. —M. Savage, of Loudon-rea-, To
ported by Mr. WOubrey; opposed by Mr. ffiLae'fronl
be discharged at the.expiration of three itionPli'leer,
the date of the visiting order.—William osed
West-Derby arms, supported by Mr. Boltoe•;', appfrom
by Mr."M'Oubrey. To be discharged five o°l- 6
the date of the.visiting order. ,1 malta'
FINAL ORDERS.—Peter L. Jones, builder, -dos
street, Voxteth-park, not being opposed. fezettreet,
was granted. Cornelius Evans, painter rs-
Park, petition granted. Thomas M,Coir'rt, car
II
Rathbone-strect, petition granted. Jos: Dutton, 19
keeper, Gore-street, Park, final order granted. 0,
ire,nwryasßare, pissed his ..•A.ret 0%06;
Case of Peter Worse adjourned to tae fitli of JO.
to be advertised.
_A to
nation ; final order fixed for the 6th of June. The 6'5
of Edward Erodeham Gordon Percy was acljourne'
the Eth of June.
LIVERPOOL POLICE COURT, yAsTilols'.

30'
AssAmrtr o xis n( 33Peof,°IreeEI
JamesrS *t
eRP3h4f eoPun7;ll.l,:ao.nn) Mooney,
lice3ardpe:
d
lilted Police-officers 842 op It
About one o'clock yesterdaY. morning 842 was on dO9 eta,
PettaevringCogli_unsa,
chaohnrgßedu7wsith,
Porter street, when he was assaulted' by the male Pr' of hits
who caught him by the neck and, took the baton ont.eh bsel
pocket. On 135 coming to his assistance the baton le_..Alll far-
been taken from 842 was throin at him ; bat it -tfn
his head, and was broken on the pavement- 185
him , O'er°
assaulted by the prisoners,
blow on the shoulder. The °Mears followed the Prl9''' arose'
One of whom gave
house in the street, and were met by them at the door'
0412,
with weapons. The female prisoner' was at the w__,„l" ea the
Stairs, and to her tolent language the elan
brutal conduct of the men.—Fined 40s. each and onsts.
CAUGHT AT LAST.---Festus Toole, the wooden g
of whom 80 much was spoken at the time of the 02,ere,.rsl
141°
of the gang of mock auctioneers and their tWee`,7.. jud,Lec.
Placed in the dock, charged with conspiring !° dwad he '-
William McDonald and Clarke give evidencier
remanded for seven days.

Lords
The select committee appointed by the Prong °,„inco
co inquire into the Parliamentary franchise c"—blut
the
boroughs met, for the first time, on Mond*
hepublic are not admitted to its sittings.
Foon ADULTERA.TIOI4:S. —Mr. Scholefielcrs hill, wholiell,
was originally intended to hit the adulterer "t 1 ?hada;
emasculatedis enough, for fear of interfering wituiti,„.cet
but there will be some protection for the iate'
classes, it is true. Any article suspected of being at° be
terated may be publicly analysed, and if found fine.
sophisticated the guilty party will be liable to a till
This will lead to the better class of tradesmen warreresses
their
_goods as pure, and the middling and uPPers inve,
will, in the end, reap the benefit of Dr. Swan' e
poor,
tigations, and Mr. Schelefield's bill—b what for th
li6
God help them ! They pay dear for 41%1; ths '
e!
" and never, by any chance, have it pure; and 644 they
can't afford to have suspected articles anal,'
must go to the wall as of old. •