The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-11 00:00:00

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT ,BIRXENHEAD.—On Sunday
morning last, at an early hour, a man named Thomas
Parry, residing at 38, -Oliver-street, Birkenhead, was
'attacked by a man in Argyle-street, who brutally mal-
treated and robbed him of ss.—On Wednesday night
the police apprehended an old offender of the name of
William Lacer, on the charge of highway robbery. He
was identified, and was yesterday brought before the
,magistrats, who remanded him until Monday: ,
CoLusioNs mt. THE RivEn.--.-.Yesterday- the ,Mary
Ellen, for Jamaica, in towing out to sea, got in
contact with the flat Hero, and lost her topgallantmast.
The Hero was not injured. The Bonita, from Per-
nambuco;had her cutwater damaged yesterday while
at anchor in the river, by a schooner driving foul of her.
Yesterday the Immaculato, froin Catania, got foul of
the Syl Blanchard, for Boston, in the river.
Who ARE You ?—The ship Casmas, from Kurra-
chee, has just arrived at London, and reports that on
the 17th of April, in lat. 25.54 N:, long. 34-2 W., a
suspicious looking schooner ran close on her lee, ask-
ing what her longtitude was. The dubious lObking
stranger had three heavy brass guns in the waist, and a
laxge swivel gun on the quarter deck. She showed
Tuscan colours. At dusk she hove about. What is the
suspicious lookingeraft ?
Loss- or--A LIVERPOOL' SHlP.—Yesterdayrnews-Was
received in town that the magnificent and celebrated
Liverpool clipper-ship, 'Fiery Cross, was wrecked on her
passage from London to Hong Kong, in the Chinese
Seas. lt is a great relief to find that the whole of the
crew were saved; but, unfortunately, only a SAlall
ion of the cargo has been recovered. The Talca, Cap-
tin Fisher, was lost'OnltheParatels ; and the Statesman,
fron Hong Kong, was on shore in-the Lymone Passage,
fullof water.

I,I7ENSED VICTUALLERS' AssocTam:N.—The monthly
meetng of the committee of this association was held
yesterdiy, in the asylum, West Derby-road, Mr.
Coward ?resided, and the other members present were
—Messrs.Batten, Curwen, Craine, Howe, Calderbank,
Allinson (tuitee), Hornby, and Thornton. The pro-
ceedings of last meeting were read and confirmed, as
were also those of the 'louse and Finance Committee.
The Secretary read a letter he' had received from. Mr.
Atkinson, one of the society's representatives in London,
especting the Wire Licenses Bill. The large majority
br which the bill:was carried had induced the Chancellor
otthe Exchequer tc resist their request respecting the
Magisterial supervision •of the new wine shops. The
licensed iictualleri stil,l hope to mend the bill in com-
mittee, and for this propose have put two amendments
into the hands of Mr. Edwin Tames. The remainder, of
the business was of no general interest.
BIRKENHEAD PO;;ICE -COURT, YESTERDAY.--(Before
C, Bushell, J. R. Shaw, • and J. B. Case, Esquires.)—
Patrick Whillegan, who had been remanded on a charge
of receiring tWo £5 notes, from a fireman on board
H.M.S.Seamew, was again placed in the dock on that
charge. Mr. Moore appeared for the prisoner. The .
bench thought there Was not sufficient evidence before
them :,c) 'warrant the committal of -the prisoner; and
they taerefore discharged him with a caution tohe very
aa,refil 4 his dealings for the future, as this was not
the fist time he bad appeared before them on a similar
charte..L---Mary Davies was sent to goal for twenty-one
days for having stolen a piece
.4 bacon from Mrs. Yeo's
stab in the market on Saturday !ilig4 last,—Mary
Smith, a servant in the family of a gentleman living at
Rock Ferry, was sent to goal for a month on a Charge
of having 'stolen three muslin dresses and two skirts,
the property of Mrs. Griffiths, Liverpool-buildings,
Traninev. The prisoner was seen to take the property
—which was valued at £2-from a clothes line near the.
house the prosecutrix.
CHMISTS' ASSOCIATION.—The seventeenth meeting
of 'the cession of •this society was held last night in the
Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, Dr. Edwards pre.-
siding The paper of the evening being upon pepper
and its adulterations, the chairman made some intro-
ductoy remarks ypoiA tho-smbject. He said the present
wet had been written eq.ce of the interest
whiar had been exeited,in the minci.of the pOlio by thp
receit excise prosecutions. If the theory of the prose-
cutbn was correct, the gnilty parties had escaped
though the glorious uncertainty of the law, while the
innocent had been convicted by the medical evidence.
Ee referred to the Food Adulteration Bill, and stated
Mat the present question. was intimately connected with '
that raised by the bill. He thought that the adliltera-
don was one in which the society should feel an interest,
and one ,on which they were well qualified to give an
opinion.—Mr, H. S. 44w. then proceeded with his
description of the adulterants most commop. in replier,
Potato starch was frequently used ; the cells could be
distinguished by their being pointed at the thin end.
Arrowroot.was also used; its cells were pointed at the
thick end. Sago, wheat, linseed, mustard, cayenne, and
wood dusk, were also used as 'adulterants, and Mr.

Smith detailed how these oo4ld be detected by the
microscope.

MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD.

• *r." etarles Turner presided at the usual weekty
meeting of the Dock Board yesterday, and the other
wry present were messrs. Ft v.—
Axgold; noun,„ wyre 3srockte-
bank,--:l4§s, Lockett, Segar, Rouuthwaite, unman,
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woßas comitfrrrEr.
'he proceedings of the Committee of Works were
read, comprising a recommendation to accept tenders for
-sheet lead! cOppet, and block tin, for general purposes.
The Committee reported that a letter had been received
from
,Ilfr. •Stewart as to the purchase, subject to the
approval of the board, of land at Seacombe, under the
Works Act, ISSB.

BR.OOKLEBANE moved the confirmation of the

procediugs.
The CHAIRMAN Said ;,t?,q Week Mr. Graves's notice,
that he would put the following question to the chair-
man of the Works Committee :—" If the engineer has
altered his opinion respecting the unsafe condition of the
Morpeth and Egerton Dock " Mrt Graves was not
present that day, but had written a letter to him (the
chairman) stating that be hoped the question would not
be postponed. He would ask the engineer whether there
was any objection to the withdrawal of the indemnity
given by ships entering the Birkenhead Docks. The
engineer seemed to think that it would not be right to
do so.
The ENGINEER said there was no change in the
position of the Birkenhead Docks to what there was
when it was thought necessary to have an indemnity
from all vessels going into the Birkenhead' Docks. The
outer sill of the Morpeth Dock was exceedingly weak,
and there was a " run" under it. Some measures of a
temporary nature had ha= taken to stop the-run,-which
might, however, increase at any time; and as there was
only a small body of water in the dock, a mien leak
was calculated to be serious in its consequences. He
thought the indemnity should be continued.
Mr. BROCHLEBANK asked whether the engineer would
be in a position to remedy the defect.
The ENGINEER said he could not until the dock was
run dry, and to run it dry now would be stop all trade
at Birkenhead.
The CHAIRMAN, in answer to Mr. Boult, stated that
Mr. Stewart had still under his consideration the case
in reference to the Wapping Railway property taken by
the board.
The proceedings were then confirmed.
WAREHOUSE COMMITTEE.
The proceedings of the Warehouse Committee were
read, comprising a recommendation to appoint a boy
messenger for Albert Warehouses ; also three clerks and 1
1
three apprentices.
On the motion of Mr. Arnold, the proceedings were
confirmed.