The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-13 00:00:00

ANOTHER CHAPEL IN TOXTETH ,PARK.—The Pri-
mitive Methodists intend erecting a nmcious ehappliin

Yate-street, Toxteth Park, the fOundation-stone !of
which will be laid on the 21st of March next. (.',

RAILWAY ACCIDENT AY NIEAD. esteraav
morning wino and tender, with a number:of empty
waggons attaohed, ran 'of the rq.ils on the MorpethDdek
quay, at a spot where the tails and sleepers
relaid. Several persons were much frightenek—but

one received any bodily injury.
FIRE AT BIHI4.ENHE4.D.—OR onday morning about
pile o'clock Constable Murray was going his rounds.
viben be found a shed helongiqg to the car owners and
drivers, whose cars stand on the vacant, piece of ground
near Woodside-ferry, in flames. The policelWith their
hose were quickly on the spot, but the shed was entirely
destroyed in the space of a quarter,of an hour, • The
.
damage done is estimated at aboqt £5.
THE ADMIRALTY, Aoip SEA. APpRENTICES.—YestEr:
day, notices were posted on the Landing-stages,: along
the line of docks and in other preminent places, giving
notice that the Lords of the:Adniiralty will ean§-elo be
punished according to the Act of Parliament, any
apprentices.in the mercantile marine,.who, shall by false
statements enter himself for service on board any of her
Majesty's ships. This will he a considerable protection
to the masters of sea apprentices, and it is to be hoped
that the young men themselves will bear the caution in
mind. •
AN IMPUDENT THIEF.—CAUTION TO HOU4EkEEPERS.
—Yesterday, a young woman named Catherine Hughes,
was brought up at,the police-court,• before Mr. Refits,
under the following. circumstances. lOU Saturday night,
Harkham, a shopkeeper, in S ilringfleiclArenrid the
prisOner Coming dOwii stair's with twohoxe§ which
she had taken out of one of the bedrooms, some clothes
were also found in a bundle ready for removal.—
Inspeetoi. Kehoe said there', had;! been a OA many
robberies of this sort of late, and they thought they had
now got the right person: He asked his Worship for a
remand, which vqs gmitot , •
CovgoratErrr ExtionvioN.--The Government emi-
grant vessel Annie Wilson, 1,119 tons, Captain John
Duckett, belougbrg to Messrs. Wilson and Chambers, of
this port, which sailed from Birkenhead on the sth of
September last, arrived at Sydney, New South Wales,
on the 14th of December, with 42 married couples,
single men, 123
-:single Wotnen; 28 boys between the
ages of 1 and 12, 30 girls between the same agass
male and 5 female infants, inak.iqg a total of 395 souls,
equal to 3,46 statute adults, under charge Of 'Surgedn-
Sttpetintelvtent, Tames Wallis, 11.14. births aid
14 deaths (2' ferriale adults and 12 childretif occurre4
during the voyage.
---WayEn-OommrrrEe.—M the-weekly meeting of-this
committee, yesterday, Mr. T. L. Hodson presieTed ; and
the other Members present were Messrs. Beloe, Vernon,
Crellin, Farnworth, Wagstaff, and Woodruff. From the
weekly statistics submitted by the engineer, it appeared
that the .quantity of water received from, Ritington
during the week ending the-9th instant, was 70,326,904
gallons, and there were pumped from the wells 23,947,935";
totol q4,273;839. The quantity of veatei 14 store on the
was 1.13,1i0;41i a 44 for vi-441-iii4;4414411ik sewers,
2-,50,000 gallons had peen 'sett. The water in the
Roddlesworth and Rake reservoirs had risen- 2 feet One
inch, and the two Prescot reservoirs 31 inches ;
Angfe-
zark had fallen 51,. and Rirington 3 inches.
REMOVAL OF MR. SUPERINTENDENT SMITH.
will be remembered that some weeks ago a tailor was
frozen to, death within a few yards qf Ills own home in
ranniete, rind tba]. the police stated they had orders
from thejr superintendent, Ittr, nEiver th Meddle
with drunken men, Unless they were creating a breach
of the peace. Mr. Smith admitted giving the order,
and the coroner's jury expreised a decided opinion on
the matter. Yesterday we learned that Mr. Superin-
tendent Smith is under orders: to leave the Wirral

division, and that:Mr. §uperintendent McDermott from
the Briztou division, is to succeed him. Mr. McDermott
is .knowit as it' very strict arid irgpaitita
eartihd the respect of all the hien in his' division, _ .

THE Loss of THE CORK STEANtERRoD.—It is
stated that the Board of Trade will riot direct an int.
•quiry into the loss of the Nimrod (Cork steamer), in
consequence of the whole of the unfortunate persons on
hoard haVingi perished, and there being no (Off
tresses tq speak• of the facts of the wreck. tll.B
ehOughi that inieitigattbri would'have'lreu required,
in order tq 'asceitain whether thete` was any ,trath
in the statement which alleged that the City of Ptifi!.-
steamer declined rendering the ill-fated csblp any
assistance; unless under a certain amount ; !but it appears
that the clauses of the. Merchant- Shipping Act. which
authorise these inquiries only have reference to the con-
duet of the master andoflicers- of the 'Ship wrecked, and
do scot apply to eases where **ire .
John Judkin Pikgeraid;`l3larf , 4 passenger iq
the Nimrod, resided at. St: Asaphi in North Wales, and,
pas on hie 'way to pork, to take part the election for'
that county. Ire.-went' by 'Birkenhead to 'LiVerpool,_
and took a return-ticket by the steamer. He was highly
resbected at, St. Asaph ; and his sad fete has created-
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S /ImiTTEH.-41dernotti WoOdntff yeti' de4
at the usual weekly meeting of the committee, which
was held at the Town-hall, yesterday, arid flriivother
members present were Messrs. Alderman Houghton,
Ridley; Johnson, Shimmin, Rogers, Barton, Kitchen,
Cropper, and Haydock. The weekly returns of unwhole-
some meat ' showed that there .hid been seized in the
north district by EdWard Jonei, one of • the jjuspeetors,
.281 lbs. ; by Inspector Tyrrell, '5? 11)! lof 'dsh and by
hi* ..tor Reid, the central district,' 1-;1101 lbs. !of
meat. Mr. Johnson suggested that the surveyor should
directed to proceed with the work in ceinection,With
the ne.w wholesale market as speedily as irssikle, sa that
geoininodati9 etuild.he afforded in` tbe! ?,11slAng &soh
to farmers ar9ri others bringilig produce to the 143itu fot
sale. chairinal4 stated that All t e market carts
would be removed from (peen-square, and would have
Ito go to the wholesale market at Shaw's-brow. Whilst,
no doubt, the centre of Queen's-square; would be used
during, the sewn as a fruit market. The Surveyer',was
called »I find directed to carry out the plans, which haive
I received the sanction of the council, as speedily- as he
can. Thialiiis the tYllch of the, gerieral business.
• •
kriunsr.--Yesterday, at the Coreuor's Court, before,
'corm EsA.,,the' following inquests Fere' Plied
On the body of 1:ohn Poster, 29;-years of age, deserlhed
as a musician; residing at 77; Crerard-street. Sometime
ago the deceased, it appears, injured his back and spine
by wrestling, which resulted in death. Verdict, "Died
from injuries, how received no evidence to show."—On
the body of William Stevens, boatman, 60 years of age,
living with his sou at Clarence-buildings; Whitley-street;
off Great Howtirdastreet, who bung, himself from the
cellar stairs by a handkerchief, qn Saturday. " The.
deceased, it appears, had been greatly affected at the loss of
his son, who was accidentally drowned in the 11ersey a few
weeks since. At intervals he appeared quite insane. !Ver-
dict, "Destroyed hiinself whilst labouring under insanity.".
.—On the body of Mai), Ann 'Harris, 21 yetit.'s
dressmaker, the daVllteT of and Rose Harris,
-7 Court,' Tilanrwst7street, who died at the Southern
Hospital on Monday morning from the effects of burn-
ing. , Deceased worked at Mrs.. Marshall's, the FAms.
On .SatiirdaY week her clothes took fire whilst 13hk was
engaged in cutting out a dressin the work-Lioru. -Ver-
diet, "accidentally burnt."—On the body of Margaret,
three weeks old, child of 'Nary Carioll, residing at 3
Court, Pitt-street. Verdict, " from natural causes!!
7(B,
BIRKENHEAD POLICE COURT, YEsTErirvv.--efare
J. Younghusband, Esq.)—Theresa Halfpenny, a 'Liver-
pool prostitute, wbq had Fame over to birkeribead to ply
her infamous calling, was sent to gaol for three months;
The nuisanoe caused by these women has now become
so great that the bench are determined to put it
,down
by long periods of imprisonment, as admonitions have
been addressed in vain.—Rose Ann Quince, also a Liver-.
pool prostitute, was brought up charged :with picking
the pocket of a dreper's-assistant, named Hugh Roberts,
of a pair of g10,v,v4,. The prosecutor did not appear, but
the betel' remanded the •prisoner until Wednesday, and
directed that the attendance of Mr. Roberts should be

secired:---TWo men from Liverpool, nanied'retpr Far-
rall, a ragman, and Henry Armstrong, 4 labourer, were,
brought up on auspiCion of stealing a quantity of iron
and compositton sheathing. The prisoners were stopped
at, the Tran,mere Ferry ,on Saturday.night by Police-
officer liehOe, and being unable„ to account for poi-
bession of the property in question, were put into bride-
well. They were remanded until wednesday, to see
if the owner. of the wopertT could be fouad.-LJOhn
Leech, aged 62, whose " 44de or occupation was
described in the charge-sheet as a " thief," was,
charged with stealing a sack of• oats. fle•was stopped'
on Friday arnomi, at the north end, by. 014,cei'
Fenlon, and 'being unable to aceouut satisfacto;ily
for his possession of the sack and its e.outeptts; NN-as
locked up.. The priscihet Teliohcle,4 4ntit Wednes-
day, in t 4 hope thit the gWget.. of the oats may be
covered.—Alfvecl tickfold, aged 19, was charged lw
OtiptElirt 'sago herald with absenting himself from the
ship Washington Irving, on board of which ship;hq is
an apprentice. The delinquent expressed his regi,et,
and on payinc, the court expenses, was disbhaited and
sent on board his ship. - •••