The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-07-02 00:00:00

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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

EVIINCH •OF GUNIIOA.TS.—We understand that the
latinch of 'two gunboats from Mr. Miller's yard is deli-
-, nitely fixed for Thursday next.
- TILE' ROYAL CRAIITER,=Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and
"1 1,, :04): intend to erect an obelisk at.Moeltri. to the victims
of the wreck eft the ROyal-Charter.
- - 'Svntrior. Dikilr.tiV -A MERoIIANT. —On Saturday
• lasCaninquest wasAreld by Mr.' Churton, on the body
aiinterc.bent- 'in OttOn, named Peter Smith, who
411-3, anddenly.' expired in a 'field on Friday last. Deceased
i,-(":.rlsatjuit'commenced mowing some grass for amusement.
weediat-.-4,Died by the visitation of Providence."
.t,VirsrenpOot. ROYAL INFIRMARY.—Return for week
• foitraig-SOth June, 1860: Admitted, in-patients, 40 ;
• tattlatients, 37; surgical casualties, 44. Discharged,
:cured, - 22 ; relievni,band at own request, 13; made out-
=loatients, iiregular,b-; dead 7 ; remain in the house,
• 177.11Porthe terigning week (visitors) : J. G. Livingston,
• :Anti Wil iam Oregkin, Esqrs. ; physician, Dr. Turnbull,
- ';lnzgeciti; Mr:-Ificteiriteth ; house surgeon, Mr R. Harri-
juilibelieuse 'surgeon, Mr. H. G. Rawdon ; chap 7
lain, Rev. Edward Poole; treasurer, Mr. C. Wilson.
• Accumorrs.—On Saturday, the following parties were
•conveyed to the Northern Hospital :—James M'Cunley,
i't4o'i4 • .ss sailor, who was found in Chadwick-street inn state of
';`"'.- :intoxication, with blood oozing from a severe scalp
-wound. Robert Makin, labourer, residing in Dryden-
street, suffering from a concussion of the brain, caused
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)X a bundle of sacks falling on him from a warehouse in
,Pormby-street.--William M'Benzie, labourer, residing
Spalding-street, who sustained a Severe compound
• fracture of the 'arm and shoulder by a blow of a winch
handle at George's-dock.
Tsui VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT. PRESENTATION OF
: . , .3NOTIDIR SILVER BUGLE.—Colonel McMurdo, insPector-
• ..,-;generat.of volunteers, is coming bere on the 13th July
,si..hcq-.7tst inspect the volunteers on the 14th.: On, that occasion
Ai silver trumpet will be presented by Miss Brown to the
..:Pli4.-.ttoreOny of the Ist brigade .Lancashire Artillery
,iOlunteers: The place for meeting has _not _yet been
on, but most probablyit will be the Race-
• ctione. -7. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
QQtill!lily,Will carry the volunteers there and baCk—lst
Asss,,lod; ; 2nd class, 6d. ; and 3rd elass,-4id.
•-cnicumz.—On Saturday last a' match it criekei. toot;
•jplece between the Princes-park and Huyton Clubs, On.
,Tthe ground. of the former. Owing to the late hour at
.::•.*hich the ,wickets were pitched only one innings on
:,•eitheiiide wax Played. The following was the result::-:-
• •,•
Prince's-park, 139 ; Huyton, . 57. The Claremont
4r;; Eleve4 and the Canning Eleven played a splendid Match
;:hen Saturday, at Wavertree. The match was suspended
4t7 All consequence of the lateness of the evening, and
144' decided by the first innings in favour of , the Claremont:
4..-The Tasmania First Eleven, versus Clarence, mixed; s 1
held a match on the Clarence ground, Low-hill, I
• Saturday. The Tasmania stood no chance of success,,
• • • being beaten in first innings by twenty-eight runs. 7'l
" • Conowin's INQUESTS.—On -Saturday; the Coroner
- held the following inquests:—On the body of Jane.
- -ilexander,.sixty-three years of age, the wife of 'a shiP:
og, keeper liying•sit 6, York-street. On the 18th of June
the deceased was standing at her door, when a cart,
• laden with cotton, passed; one of the bales struck
against her shoulder and knocked her down, when the
wheel of the cart passed over her foot, crushing it badly.
Mae died in consequence of the injuries. Verdict
accordiugly.-:-On the body of Jane Welsh, 23 years of
age, a servant at No. 7, Hope-place. She had been in
bad health some time, and in May went to live with
„her stunt, a Mrs. Cowley, at 55, Earl-street. On the 19th
*ay she was knocked down, and a lorry went over her
= 8,, leg, in Chapel-street. The limb was subsequently
&updated in hospital, and she died from the effects of
..,.oj.....„.theinjuriea. Verdict in accordance with the facts.
• s:e Tait POIAOWING CASE IN VAUXHALL-ROAD.-It will
reraembened that the case against Winslow, as
.originally statei,._ was: not confined to the suspicious
▪ Zee* Qf Airs. James; but :that there formerly lived with
it,;;;-4110..,,e sister of hers, Mrs. Townsend, and several
„pr. - inephewsand a niece. The prisoner was aware that Mrs.
.James had made a will, and that she had disposed of all
her property to her relatives, appointing him as residuary
legatee. in September, 1859, Mrs. Townsend died,
oftar suffering eonsiderably.from vomiting and purging.
34.„4 Jan. the; 18th December, William Townsend, her son,
• ailed, sifter suffering in a similar way ; and on the 11th
I.ARea. Ary lest, a second son, Samuel Townsend, also
after.eheihiting the same symptoms'of complaint.
• It is ramourcd that it the intention of the authorities
. to cense the hqdies of Mrs.. Townsend and her sous to be
exhumed.

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scour/Tx MAGISTRATES' Cotr . —At this court on
Aftwelay (before Messrs. Campbell and Preston), a
to Alecallitk-attired woman, named Ann Morelow, was
aritb.,etealing four sovereigns from Winnifred
, an upholsterer, in ,Procter-street, West Derby-
;yo road. Mr. arty appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
lvt,Reighton for the prisoner. It appeared that on Friday
fat theprisoner, went into the shop of the prosecutrix,
and, after exsiniaing various 6..11T pwroho,eod
..9 bedstead, which was exhibited in au upper show-room.
I.an, Tha prisoner did not take the bedstead away at the time
the bargain was made, but did so a short time afterwards.
Before it was removed prosecutrix recollected that she
. had plated under the mattress four sovereigns, and upon
uct, looking for them, found they were gone. .As the money
,aeitt,r-was put under the bed shortly before the prisoner ere-
• . mined it, the prosecutrix charged her with. having stolen
it. • Mr. Deighton, in defence, called a number of per-
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:,;;.(,'„pons who testified to the respectability of the prisoner,
frio4 provedthat many persons besides her had entered
404 w before the money Was missed. The magistrates
„, ,CansgeraktAbere was no evidence to support the charge,
74114 InVinAeel-rksa prisoner.-,-Thomas Balshaw was fined.
r.2401...av4 costa for Assaulting a young woman named
Aerskir4 Murny.--.-Pekr M'Elley and Francis Butler,
eha,t.geOvith cruelty to a rse, were fined 40s. and 20s.
reawaken.
Tows Couscrt...,At the usual monthly meeting of
Town Council, to be held on Wednesday neat, the
Whole subject of. town improvements will be reeon-
.. 4404 and uports will be submitted by the Finance
Ceeteenittee, the special committee appointed to consider
for new public offices, Dale-street (cmnsideration
yin, 8f which was postponed at last meeting), and the dis-
ci >i on the ImTrovements to cost £300,000 proposed
y fmprovement. C•ommittee, postponed from the
• 11* 9f 4.prii, will be resumed: The proceedings of the
:144v Wetch'Conanittee comprise a recommendation to alter
‘ repletion Np. 12 of the hackney carriage bye-laws, by
- sin king Put •therefrom the restria4c,m against .thivers
lin:, smoking whilst attending their carriages. 'The copsi-
▪ deration of the bye-laws for regulating omnibuses and
t'var..} their drivers will be resumed. The proceedings of the
na. Markets Committee comprise the following reoomm,en-
wtdations ism-To adopt a 'scale of charges to be taken at the
ouiporation weighing machines, in lieu of the charges
•: - nay made; to alter the bye-law for closing the markets
• ac ten o'clock on Saturday nights to eleven o'clock; to
JlO accept the tenders of Mr. Samuel White for uniforms,
-a! . liVerieallal&hata ; to appoint William Bolton and John
•_, Bade, as -inarket-conetablee, at, the weekly wages of
each: The Proceedings of the. Library and Museum
9rL coommaittee comprise a recommendation to accept the
pOeir
,off' Messrs. }reline and Nicol, for the new eases in
e mpg •FP.4110 of the new museum, at six guineas per
iinegYmil• #44 04.. T Wider for fitting dap the book-
Adigivio weir 11PrarYs for the sum of £390. The
committee Will submit a reaebition authorising the
#ank, .•
• oozing a the library and museum on the of Sep-
t' tile purpose of giving time for the
-.a •-- fo:l44lir next' 10-
74 Pr the books all 4 PP - eciMena to the new library
. re*Pl -
ittee will bring
up
a
LA- AS4 failfileWS. The Baths Coraln
e reservoir at
report on the proposed conversion
Yertigit Valley into # &age bath.