The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-02 00:00:00

LOCAL INTTELLIGENeE.

PIENGLER'S CIRCUS:---FROWDE'S BENEFlT.—Eyery-
body- who really can enjoy a highly amusing, and,, we
441 say, an intellectual evening's entertainment, should
go tuFrowde's benefit—the most inimitable of Shake-
spearian clowns—on Friday night.
LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDRF.N.— Monthly
Report, April, 1850 : Fresh patients admitted, 137+;
Patients who have received treatment, 312 ; patients
remaunng under treatment, 165: Hon. medical officers,
Stephens and Mr: Hey; assistant medical officer,
'lr. Rowe; treasurer, Arthur Dempsey, Esq. ; bon:
surgeon-dentist, Mr. _Newman.
ACCIDENTS.—EIIen Craine, a child aged 5 years,
residing in 117, Portland-street, was run over by a cart
In Scotland-road, and sustained severe contusions of the
body• John Rigby, a carter residing in 14,,Peaseh-street,,
Nate nocked down and run over -by his .own cart in.
lroo:road, and sustained a fractured lee:.
4 ELECT VESTRY.—The fortnightly meeting of the
elect Vestry- was held in the boari-room, at the
livacrish"°ffictsßrownlow-hill, yesterday forenoon. The
• Rector Campbell "resided; and the other members
Zeserit were Messrs. Churchwarden Cropper. Owen,
Scott, BairStow, E. Byford, Denton, Whitty,
pYreed' Goodacre Lightbound, Turner, E. Whitby, and
Whit r Tbe. proceedings of the Workhouse Committee,
-the „be,!°°ll.nended that an advertisement he inserted in
teedr"°Plints, soliciting candidates for the office of
lead
°lneer, in the place of Mr. Leather, were con-
tinued on the motion of Mr. Cropper.—A discussion
ensued "as to the recommendation of the industrial
Sbstuools Committee,
that a sewing machine shuuldbe
ultained for the schools; and the recommendation was
bei,imately referred hack, a majority of the members
hid Pinion that there was a sufficient number of
!clitvera,c,ita...eire,eedndin. in the seliciols to do all the sewing which was
----es -Mr Owen, in moving the confirmation of the
of the. Finance Committee, alluded to a
etatsot_ement which bad been made in the House of Com-'
as to the removal of paupers from Liverpool. to
h-ad I,'=l. He stated that no such case as that which
oth been brought before Parliament had, occurred in
epa,;:ection with this town ; and he hoped the rat?-
zathitis of Liverpool would not submit to such attacks in
°l.se of Commons or any other place.--e The cent-,
Bin e"rought up a petition against the Medical Relief
Geo 11°Nv before Parliament, which was adopted.—Mr.
iii tir,tee 11. Howell was appointed dispenser of medicines
e-worlchonse.—This concluded the business.
tnlllll BOARD OF HEALTH.—The monthly meeting
pail is board was held yesterday, in the Public ffi ces,
kr-r°ad IL S. Alpass presided, and the other member:
vsaa,
p were—Messrs. Hill, Walker, Da.rsie,
olvt iLeTeitillgargreaTes, and Siddeley. The minutes-of the
.clad
were read and confirmed, also the
meeting. which wa s held on the 16thminutes of
a The proceeding the latter Meeting included
cielerltition to impose aspecialp district rate on the rest-
ive' in Grove-park of 51d, in the pound, also a general
for the ensuing -year of Is. 10d. There wag' no
ssiness
0. of any importance.
at
the
BOARD OF HEALTII.—Mr. Morris presided
th e monthly meeting of this board yesterday, and
cheidother members presentevere—Messrs; Cooper, Watts,
last n, Uastellain, and Chaloner. The minutes of the
recolaeetiat were read and confirmed. The surveyor
the-)T4.lended that a general rate of Is. 2d. be imposed on
housed of the district, and a rate of 3d. on the lands.
(.I.,,,,turth a special district rate would recommends- o
tien,Lne houses and.2d. on land. This
offer i'as agreed to: Mr. Morris made a conditional
° lend, the sum of £l,OOO (which the b?ard now
veL,lr„es) at the rate of 41 per cent. After some con-.
°4 u
offer -upon the subject Mr. Morris withdrew his.
berz:' n,,,,,4° that the board could have an opportunity of
tern ""'''e the money as cheaply as possible. The
of the business was not of any .public

LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

The fifth concert of the present season of the Liver-
tee
ti; Philharmonic Society took place last night, when
feat„ "elfg grand "Sinfonia Eroica" was the principal
atire of the programme. Mad'lle Euphrosirie Parepa
s -Madame Stanton Dolby were the only 'principal
tiell, and the selection of their songs was not effective.
„ Wallace's new 'composition for Mad'lle Parepa,
e Bells,', is nothing more than a waltz of very
i,e,./)121611-Plaee charadter. Mr. V. Gabriel's new song,
he Slipper ,and. his Boy, " introduced to us by
auanie Sainton Dolby, is uncommonly like several old
balis:lB that. we have heard'Miss Dolby sing. The air
fr°lll "Rcii,,m't le Diable" afforded •Mad'lle Parepa an
great compass of voice, but not
;ePportunity of ahoy,: 5
considerable brilliancy
rY equal in uality. She bas "n7l
execution, and some good tont!' in the middle and
t°Ae,
ltater,:but• her ripper notes af,".poor},,indthin.
;.e song,- from " Manon Lescaut," Auber,
Iv—
given by her with great comic power, and cats was
!Ilthusiastically encored. The overture to " Dinorali"
was repTated, but we cannot say that it improves on the
ear •4.
l
, either poetically or musically. Mons. Sainton
Played
_Mendelssohn's gi Violin Concerto" firmly acid
With good tone, but, we canna rank him amongst the
refined performers on that instrument. The hall was
only moderately well filled, and the audience rather
cold than otheiwise.

SUPJRESSION OF A. BETTING-HOUSE
IN LIVERPOOL.

APPREHENSION OF ABOUT FORTY PERSONS
LAST NIGHT.

• Considerable excitement was occasioned here last night
15Y the sudden descent of a strong body of the police
0
rea upon a well-known sporting house—the Albion
°•
tel, Ranelagh-street—shortly after nine o'clock,
her the purpose of apprehending a large num-
_atter of persons, assembled there, it was believed,
°e the illegal business of gambling, or betting on
probable results of racing, and other sporting
'.lgageinents. At the hour mentioned, about a dozen
°I of t*
, c Ives entered the house, and at once took posses-
... 3, _„
room o!, the entrance to what is known as the " betting-
„ir , where professional betting men and their patrons
tve ustomers are wont to meet, to lay bets on coming
deelllS, and settle acceunts for bets that may have been
ace ,ued• These operations being, of course, we imagine,
be:°crepanied• with' smoking and drinking, for the
eut of the Thin rendezvous has, wo
anderst house.
tipo. ,and, been recognised for years as the pr.in-
tile 'Jetting house in this town. At the time
tjelice entered there were, about forty persons
clotiZt betting room.' The detectives were in plain
1) es, bat they were well backed by a sufficient num-
of aft
be be regular police-officers. The consternation of
essiliP°Ttinggentlemeu then engaged in business may be
tke,Y conceived, on receiving the announcement that
oteLw, ere all, without distinction, charged with being
°deed in an illegal pursuit, and that they must then,
of ti°llt further ceremony, consider themselves prisoners
l" • e Police and proceed with them to the Central
()lice
Atte ,-etion.
°f „„r, some fruitless efforts at escape, and a good deal
diler—dision, it 'became evident to the captured that
of atiou
was the better part of valour, and the process
teke-l'rendering and subsequent transference to the
Each .W2,s submitted to without further resistance.
tiviu present in the betting-room, after
o'er g °ls itame to one of the inspectors, was handed
t 0 an offiter, who instantly proceeded with his pri-
ielter.,,, the central office, in Date-stintrt, Mfrs. Smith, thera.t
See
Qf the hotel was t-2!to taken there. The
eeto-,„grell,ea of the persons thug caught, was what is
are :,:°,1,11y called highly respectable, and many of them
°theZ"„known tradesmen and publicans in town, with
°I rather a higher grade, who are understood to
have manes
c. the betting ring. Of course there may
gamb een .some among them perfectly, innocent ,of
Pre .although it will not be denied that their
etai la such an assembly is prima facie evidence
to and, therefore, there can be little doubt
Th-Nustifiableness of the procedure of the
.police.
theer;°;46'is'ing are the names given to the police by
4tyPlta,,-es apprehended in the betting-room. Whether
4sr'ah-be eerreet Or not, of course, we know not, and how
Qlsr;i7 ‘,91. them are really implicated in the general
tchin aMbling and betting will be ascertained
keit% re ore the stipendiary magistrate : --+ Mrs.
ta,,,6 4.TbiOn•; Peter Haley, 291, Crown-street ;
'eY, •°•nli,, Smith ;• Richard Anderson ; Samuel Town-
ttreet vlayte;;street ; Thomas Shaw, 3, Sluvr-
"s, -"lward Brian 21; Phythian-street; John Mills,
44te alb °t-street ; John Rick, Sheffield; George Smith;
streeet. et4ilet; 'London ; John Proctor, 51, Fontenoy-
'lo4,,,,' George Routledge, Brownlow-street ; Stephen
toad 71,?. Chaloner-street ; Edward Ford," London-
-Littler Tedlor, 96, Eastbourne-street; Ebenezer
eetter" rV3) Salisbury-street ; Robert Holton, .Gl°ll-.
eptut 44aulel Louis,- Gloucester ; Keen, the
gables--e',ClaYton-sciaire ; George Handison, Rainhill ;
31, D -ualxiel, 49, Gill-street; .Edward Brown,
4atreet7ll",,ell-street; James M'Donald, 7; • Pleasant-
rsom Sand, Prince's-park ; William An-
VittoZ Birkenhead; John Hepburn ; John Brown,
Obi b'buildin_gs, Rumford-street ; William Heatley,
.eon
-41 t -e7.; Joseph Darlington, Wood-street ; Luke
Thci Barker tie Peet, Grenville-street ; Thomas Lunt ;
Levi 46, RACia„rke, Georgercourt, Redcross-street ; Henry
.loeymonr-street; Peter llaydon, Clayton-
lohn 4illisxa Garly, 12, Parliament-place; Robert
Pembroke-place; Edwd. Turner, Berry-street;
Thtto Clac!ou, Great Newton-street. •
denie parties givilm these names, and some others whose
devirttions catch in the hurry of taking
sevettitio: list in the midst of so much excitement, were
vilahtallen Out of the house, around the entrance,
re Th3-oLereat crowd had been attracted, amid
213aPaiei---„fexpressions of feeling according to the
,eouvhtb..- expressions
various -
spectators. Many were
anddelight at u.,_4111 io indulge in manifestations of.
—e so/am—my t,at at the unfortunate predicament
4allazildi.,th,ernselveg-en-LitYr_
.fellow-toWnsmen unexpectedly
h, ,sugiY, and gave , and these laughed and.,ieered
uccasion seemed vent to etttla witty expressions as
'.4118 of spectator to them to call for. Another
r4l,tterept t 0 were iOUS to
CK =ROT e ni& enoughp
'"eul could scarcely 4-',reera in they discharge 0! what to
°f the crowd, apparently: ran
a leasant duty. *me
rave vent to their sple43.l:lleeesei at the proceedings,
esvitnge peel, and such oth 3' throwing at police, mud,
host eri
lit readily available. Noe ominous missiles as were
oto tie and the whole of ther was
ttle Central
_Police-office, whet,
done room. The next step in
tisonera were transmitted
us attempt at rescue
• they were
rd
tlll'4.llarY inquiry before Mr. the proms was a had
charge names taken down, and, as orb, eh gain "Ind
or ere
of an officer, was sent off toQterh:'
.re to be regularly booked on the
thbetting, and to be locked up for the
e hour last night we were informed nightf gambling
m-aaien'Brirrdewerell,
copsetone were to be permitted to lea"
At a very_
In the
the whole gang must haveY:the Bridewell
''Jlle cells:. The prisoners will, of coursPee,
on bail, and
nt
be t
broughthe u g
magistrates to-day.
before the
cl)

bonara-head court-martial was held at Chatham
1r'3.11 ay, for the purpose of trying a marine for a gross
of insolence and insubordination to Lieut.-colonel
410 w, in presence of the whole division.. The man
ss sentenced to fifty lashes, which were given without
delay,
~:the Post understands that for the present the Duke
Argyle, the Lord Privy Seal, will take the duties of
the Post-offise.in the absence of the. Earl of Elgin. This
‘11,,,„,1" irrangement is made In consequence of an
gut to the duration a the noble Earl's
ikwatmeet