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

LOCAL KTELLIGEIVCE.

THE INDIAN AND .rsTRA
box- MAN MAILS.—The letter-
at the General P
toffice for the mail to 2,tden,
Egypt, CeylPii, India tombay mail), Java, M
Mauritius, New Zealand,tid all parts of Australia,--s viii
be closed this (Friday) eving at half-pest nine o'cloc 1.
TILE AMERICAN MAIL._ The British and North
American Royal mail "steathip Persia sails for New
_York on Saturday. The tter-box at the General
Post-office closes at noon catbat day. Letters and
newspapclrs will also be in finite be forwarded by this
mail froth Queenstown, if poste in Liverpool by half-
Past nine on Saturday night.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BIRE...THEAD. Yesterday
~,..marina., --a labourer at the Birkeitea& Dock Works,
named Peter O'Neill, had his leg bro-en by being
- crushed between two waggons 'at Ob (tithe "tips.
Re was conveyed to the Hospital in Hanilin-street.
ST. BIRKENHEAD.—The beautifulew church
of St. Paul's, Jackson-street, Birkenhead, 'as opened
for divine worship yesterday. The congregatn is of
the United Presbyterian Church, and is a vernume-
roils one. In the morning and evening, senno; were
Preached by the Rev. Professor Eadie, D.D., LID., of
Glasgow; and at the conclusion of the services .11ec-
tons were made in aid of the building fund fc the
erection of the church.
LIST_ OF PASSENGERS BY THE ScREW 7 sTin,cm.
NORTH AMERICAN. Mr. John Skinner, Mr. Sera-
beimer, lady,,and child, Miss Reed,
.Dr. Huighes,Nirs.
.41. Rider, Mr. R. Merrill, Mr. Henry, Mr. P. Clarkand
lady, Mrs. I. Bradley, and two children, Mr. 3'. Coden,
.41r- E. Lask, Capt. W. H. Ewap, Mr. Wm. Lambrt,
'lrr- W. T. Bowes, in charge of mails, Mr. Henry 3t.
John Phillips.
THE REGISTRAR OF THE COUNTY COURT.—It RIS
ltd yesterday that Mr. Henry Hime, one of the pro-
iitioners in this court, had been 'appointed by the Chat-
tellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to the office of Registrar
of the County Court, in place of Mr. Statham. Mr.
Rime is 'much respected, both in his ,professional and
Private character; and, from his habits of business and
gentlemanly demeanour, no doubt he will give satisfac-
- ten to the public, in the -important office which he has
becn selected to fill.
oAsuaurins AT SEA.—Yesterday the Calista, Capt.
!laws, for Quebec, put back to port with her mainyard
lurnken in the slings. The flat Zouave was driven
ashore near Rhyl, on Wednesday, but was got off
yesterday. A dismasted schooner in a sinking state,
.was seen yesterday afternoon, at half-past • four o'clock,
ill tow of two fishing boats, to the westward of the
north-west lightship.
LIPERPOLOL HIGHLAND RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.—The
'0
-towing is a Copy of a letter received yesterday from
Lord Sefton by Mr. J. M. Fraser,' the hon. secretary of
tilts corps :—"London, May 9th, 1860.7-Sir,—With
reference to your letter of the 30th ultimo, I have the
-honour to inform you th aHer Majesty has been graciously
Pleased to approve and accept the service of a company
of Rifle Volunteers at Liverpool under the Act :44
- °no-•111.,,e. 64., The corps is nambered as the 71st in
the county of Lancaster, and its maximum establishment
"ill consist of one captain, one lieutenant, one ensign,
and one • hundred men of all ranks.—l am, sir, your
obedient servant, (signed) Smola."
PATENTS SEALED DURING THE WEEK ENDED THE
_Bl4 °P MAY, 1860.—Wilham Clay, of Liverpool, an
Improved mode of manufacturing' cannon and other
ordnance.—George Paeey, Birmingham, a rein handle
and holder, applicable for riding or driving, either for
'single, double, or team reins.—Henry Charlton, certain
improvements in the method of navigating steam-ships

Teasels; and in the apparatus connected therewith.—
• J. rinehes, improvements in railway breaks ; also
.",.applicable for arresting the rotary motion of wheels and
eniarienl bodies in general.--john Tenwick, improve-
' Manta in the construction of street gutters.—Arthur' J.
4(elhuish, improvements in the construction of cameras
for obtaining photographic pictures.—George Laidlaw,
improvements i.its and other coverings for the head.
--1-Matthew ;ones, inmovements in the mode of prey
venting explosions in boilers and steam generators.—
john H. Heal, improvements :in spring mattresses.—
Co?nm; inicated from the 13i;itish and Toreign Patent
°flees, 4. Clayton-square.
CORONER'S COURT, YESTERDAY.--.CRARGE
.9F M AN..
stsfoekstrint.--The Coroner resumed the inqnest on the
body of the boy Patrick Gibbons, aged seventeen, who
died at 17, Johnson-street, in consequence of injuries
inflicted on his. head, 'by.a blow from a poker, on the
night of the 2nd instant, in Bispham-street. There are
Iwo boyi eu custody, on the thane of having caused the
death; ; their names are James gatlortin and' Philip
Mock and. Mr. Cobb appeared for them at the inquest.
in addition to the evidence already published, a hey
named John R
—ayes) who was a companion of deceased,
.;,..as„exuuulied, and it appeared that he was a, shoe-black
t.."ureetii• On Wednesday night week the deceased
-9.4 d witness left a public-hawse in Richmond-row, about
eleven.
o'clock, and went along Bispham-street, ;tikd met
our boys there, and they liirew stones at them.' Some
altercation followed, and the witaess stated that twd of
the four boys followed,' and one of them struck the
deceased with a poker on the head. The result was i"
death of tee boy; Ate whole ”oatio.a tur4od on the
identity of the prisoners, as the witness Hayes was the

only person who spoke as to that point. After a great
mass of evidence, Mr. Cobb addressed the jury, and

called several witnesses to prove that the prisoners were

tot at the place on the night in question.

The coroner

summed up, and, after an investigation Of nearly -eight
hours, the jury returned a verdict of wilful murder

*".st the prisoners.
Amt
-1-tr " —"*ITTEE.—The weekly meeting of
onnirorsn
this committee of the Select -Vestry 7, a! held in the
beard room at the parish offices, Brownlow-hill, yester-
day forenoon. Mr. Churchwarden Cropper presided;
and the other members present were—Messrs. Owen,
Byford,
Smith, Scott, Satchell, Whitty, Peck, Denton, E.
Gair, Critchley, Broome, Lightbound,
811 d Goodacre. The medical officer of health reported
that the
number of sick paupers under treatment per
last report was 611 ; new cases since, 176 ; cured and
discharged, 160 ; died, 28 ; now remaining under treat-
Incat, 598, including 6 fever and 21 itch cases. The
number of destitute persons relieved in the vagrant
sheds during the week ending the sth instant was as
f ._Men, 213; women, 93 ; children, 23 ; total,
3eallows :
.4 ; showing an increase of 51 persons as compared
With last -week's return, and as compared with the cor-
resPonding week of last year an increase of 95 persons.
The accommodation returns showed that the number of
rltsPers in the establishment last week was 2,006 ; this
week the number was 1,906 ; being a decrease of
100
on tPte week, and, as compared with the cor-
'resib-u'ing week of loot roar docroaeo of 26.-
I.2;te.k Governor reported in his journal that Messrs.
111(nlad and Jones had inspected the wheat and
i store on Wednesday, and pronounced it all
inferior
„ to sample, the stock consisting of 8 sacks of first
cicualitY flour, and 53 packs of seconds, and 210 rentals
%-,,wil,eat• It appeared that a considerable portion of
t stock had been used, and that therefore the bulk
could not be returned to the contractor; but on the
motion
egtbn of Mr. Whitty, the contract committee was
--Ailed by the addition of new members with a
liew el appointing gentlemen to examine the goods sent
to
the workhouse before they were taken into store.—
The applications and testimonials of candidates for the
°,Qce of medical officer to the parish, in the place
:4 Mr. Leather, were then proceeded with. The
candidates were :—Messrs. J. P. Harris, F.R.C.S. ;
T.
Mitchell, M.D. ; Frederick D. Fletcher,
late 'loose surgeon of the Liverpool Royal Infirmary
and ;
#l7 at present one of the honorary medical officers of
• Liverpool Dispensaries ; Nicholas Marsh, of Liver-
pool; Ny.
Palmer Rowe, formerly out-door medical
Liver for the parish of Liverpool; John W. Irving, of
erpool ; Francis Ayrton, M.D., of Liverpool ; and
ward Russel The two recommended to the vestry
mere
Mr- Harris and Mr. Fletcher. In the first voting
they were a tie, and on being pnt to the vote a second The r.
Harris got two votes *hove Mr. Fletcher.
eattimittee then adjourned.
`4x4r.rx CorourrEE. —At the weekly meeting of
~,,;
:4 committee, ,yesterday, Mr. Alderman Dover presided,
11
. the other members present were Messrs. Beckwith,
,4
reil) Steel, Ridley, Job, Stitt, Barton, Crellin,
I• i, g, and Haydock.—The Medical Officer reported
that registra,s'n returns for the week ending Satur-
day last, shoe
1 features which have
thefaV general
been noticed for some tita ;34'1 nay' a low rate of
mortality from those diseased whicu'ire chiefly under the
control of sanitary measures, and a compaill.tively
Ilion_
mortality from those which are more dependent
atmospheric influences. The deaths from all causes
were 235, of which 143 occurred in the parish, and 92
. e
n the out-townships. The number is tO in excess of
the 33
deaths
average. To diseases of the zymetic class
lungs
were ascribed, the corrected average being
53. Diseases of the
occasioned 88 deaths,
including 40 from consumption.
In the corresponding
weeks of the preceding ten ear !
average deaths
from this class of diseases (raised for increase
popu-
lation) were 77. The injurious effect of theion()f
eon:
tinned easterly winds upon persons advanced in fife, is
shown by the fact that the deaths above 60 years of age,
since the Ist of January, have been 30 per cent. more
than. the average of the same period of the preceding
four years; while the deaths at other ages have been
fewer in the present than in former years.—The Borough
Engineer, Building Surveyor, and the Inspector of
Nuisances, reported various particulars of the operations
their several departments during the week, from
which it appeared that 204 nuisances, complained of by
inhabitants, had been inspected and means taken to
remedy them. 1,671 houses`in the unhealthiest dis-
tricts, containing 5,155 apartments, and 611 cellars had
been put under examination, with the view of improving
their sanitary condition.—lt was stated that reports had
been received from the Law-Clerk and the Borough
ofgrocer by the sub-committee appointed on the subject
tak
street railways,
but that no action had yet been
reply to Mr. Stitt, Mr. Bowring stated that
theen re
ports were very voluminous, and that the sub-
"remittee were considering
.them in a condensed form, how they could best present