The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-27 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

EXTRAORDINARILY PASSAGE.—The Liverpool
and Wexford 4tOrn Navigation .Company's splendid
screw Isteiniship Montagu, Capt. W. Clarke. made the
Petit fl.em Wetfol-d to Liverpool last Week, with a large
cargo of goods and cattle, in 131 hodrs, frOm quay to
quay, a distance of 170 miles, _

FATAL RAiLIt'A.Y Aecti)Et4l.-=tin gaturdav, at the
Kirkby Station of tilt Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
ws_y,. the station-master (Mr. Lee), not perceiving the'
approach of a pilot engine, was knocked known by it
while he was crossing the rails. His body was cut in
two, one part being projected sonie thirty yards: The
deceased has left a widow and three children.

. INQUEST AT BIRKENIIEAD:011 Saturday Mr. Chur-
ton, the county coronet, held an inquest at Birkenhead
over the becly of Moses Wymperley, residing at No. 9,
Morpeth-bnildings, who died Oa Thittsday from severe
injuries of the back, whioh lie received about seventeen
weeks agrr, *Writ working. at
.the Birkenhead Dock
-works. Verdict of "accidental death" was returned.
COLLIERS' TURN-OUT AT ST. HELEN'S.--=tp to PH-
day the number "out" was stated at 3,009, which was
increased in the after part Of
.day by ebottt '3OO mote.
An advance of ten -per cent. is demanded. .Open air
meetings are being held, and the "turn oats" are
encouraged by the expectation of a similar demand add
strike at Wigan. i large body of county constabulary
has been stationed in the rieighbonyhood. There is
already a deficieriey Of Coal-=the stocks at the mines
having of late been Very to*.
ItaLE Coups.—A correspondent pro-
poses thn formation of a "Tradesmen's Rifle Corps," to
include in its ranks the assistants in our shops and
warehouses, maintaining that. a finer corps could not be
formed in the kingdom than they would make. One of
our leading bankers, it is stated, was lately heard to
say, that the principal property in and around Liver-
pool was owned by the tradesmen. "Arid who so fit to
protect it," asks our correspondent, "as their men
assistants ?" The occasions of' drill, it is contended,
would afford them healtbfal and agreeable recreation.
LOCAL VOTES IN TILE DIVISION ON THE
The following local members voted with the Government
in taverr of the Budget :—Mr. norsfall and Mr. twart,
Liverpool; non. A. F. Egerton, South Lancashire; Mr.
Greenall, Warrington ; :Bari Grosvenor and Mr. num-
berston, Chester; Mr. Baxley and Mr. J. A. Turner,
Maiithester; -Mt. Massey, Salford; Lord Hartington
and Col. Patten, North Lancashire; Sir. C. P. Grenfell,
Preston; Capt. Gray and Mr. Joseph Crook, Bolton;
Mr. Itornby and Mr. Pilkington, Blackburn ; Mr.
Woods, Wigan ; W. J. Garnett and W. S. Gregson,
Lancaster; Right lion. F. Peel, Bury. The following
voted against the lindrr-et :—W. J. Legh, South.Lanca-
*shire ; Col. Lindsay, Wigan ; Mr. Cross, Preston ; non.
W. Egerton. North Cheshire; Sir P. G. Egerton and
Mr. join. Tollemache, t oath. Cheshire.
TRADE,3IE'N'S GRAND FANDV AND FDLL DRESS
BALL.—'this entertainment, which takes place,
morrow- evening, promises to be one of the most brilliant
and numerously attended balls which have ever taken
place in St.. George's-hall. Everything conduces to
warrant this expectation, and to ensure its ftilillment.
The .charities,. *hose hinds are to participate in the
profits) are most dcsertedly popular among all ranks and
classes of Our felloW-toiviisinen. The labours of the
todimittee to secure the comfort and enjoyment of all
who attend have 'been most judicious and. unremitting ;
and we are glad to learn that the sale of tickets has
already , been so great, as to ensure the success of the
uticlertaking, while the demand for them seems still on
the increase.

BANNS OF MARRIAGE FORBIDDEN IN THE PARISH
CHURCH.—An event of so rare occurrence as this is,
took place in St. Peter's Church, yesterday. On the
proclamation of the banns of marriage between a certain
young couple, for the third and last time, having been
read out as usual by the clerk, a female rose in one of
the pews near the desk, and forbade the banns ; but she
did so in a. quiet and inobtrnsive manner, and the cir-
cumstance attracted little notice. The objector in this
case, we understand, is the mother of the male aspirant
to the honours and responsibilities of matrimony, who
is said to have reached the mature age of sixteen !---a
fact which no doubt has something to do with his
'maternal parent's remonstrance, thus formally tendered,
as a bar to his immediate happiness. We believe such
a circumstance has not occurred for the last seven years
in the parish church of Liverpool.
WILJALBA Frininm..—The Theatre Royal was.
crowded on Saturday . afternoon by a numerous and
fashionable audience, consisting of the elite of the neigh-
bourhood from both sides of the Mersey. In the pit
and upper boxes were stationed the children of the
Orphan Asylums and Blue Coat Schools, and their happy
faces beaming with pleasure at the incomprehensible
tricks of Professor Frikell, lent a charm to the whole
entertainment.' The elderly portion of the audience was
equally delighted, and it is hard to say which lett the
theatre the most pleased: During the week Professor
Frikell will introduce some new tricks, and on Saturday
next theme will he a mid-day performance at 2 pan. All
who have not witnessed the extraordinary talent of Pro-
legsor Frikell should do so at once.
CrtullcH_liATl s.—The fourth report of the Select
Committee of the House of Commons on Public Peti-
tions brings the returns down to the 10th of this month,
inclusive. Petitions against the total abolition of
church-rates had been presented during only thirteen
evenings : they amounted to 2,305, with 95,143 signa-
tures. Of these, 41 were from this town and other
portions of the arehdeaconry of Liverpool ; and 15 were
from Chester and other portions of that archdeaconry.
Of the whole 56, Earl Grosvenor presented 5, Mr.
I,:wart 3, Mr. HUmberston 4, Mr. Horsfall 27, the
Hon. A. Egerton 5, Mr. Tollemache 8, and it duos not
appear who. presented the others. During the same
period there were only 12 petitions in favour of the
hill, with 407 signatures in all. Six of these were
signed officially. Five of the official petitions, identical
in, form, were from Chester, signed by 21 persons ; and
a sixth from Chester, in the same form of words, had 13
signatures appended.
INSOLVENT COURT, 'LANCASTER.—The cases heard by
Robert Segar, Esq., the judge of this court, on Friday,
were decided as follows : Discharge 4 : John Venn,
beerseller ; and John Christie M'Kenzie, licensed vic-
tualler, Liverpool ; John Burden Pedler, (sued as John
B. Pedler,) schoolmaster, Bootle, near Liverpool ;
Francis Taylor, beerseller and greengrocer, West Derby,'
near Liverpool ; William Hoyle, provision-dealer and
commission-agent, Rochdale ; Richd. Wainwright; tim-
ber carter, carter, and common porter, Edward Eames,
tailor, Thomas •M'Coy, tobacconist and billiard-roont
keeper, William Slater, merchant and engineer, Leopold
Solomon Phillips, cigar and general dealer, Sarah Ann
Robinson, retailer of ale, beer, porter, and tobacco, and
Richard Williams, joiner and builder, Manchester ;
and Charles Openshaw, publican, Shaw, near Oldham.
_Adjourned to next court : Thomas Rogers, builder and
coal-dealer, Liverpool. Adjourned for a month : Jas.
Nuttall, builder and bricklayer, Liverpool, and Richard.
Ormerod, coal-dealer, Bury.. Three months : William
Pilling, grocer and tea-dealer, Bury. Four months :
Geo. Bowler, butcher. and grocer, Heage, near Belper.
Six months : William Davenport, grocer and provision-
dealer, Liverpool.
GRAND . PARADE OF THE LANCASHIRE ARTILLERY
VOLUNTEERS.—Those of our readers who were present
at the swearing in of this corps may perhaps form some
idea of the effect which their parade in fell dress on
Saturday created in the town. About the time at which
the corps was expected, the principal thoroughfares
through which they were to pass were thronged with
spectators, whose admiration was expresed by repeated
cheering as they came in sight. The corps, which is,
we believe, the largest in town, mustering as it does
upwards of six hundred men, left the Bircbfield Bar-
racks about half-past four in the afternoon, and marched
down Islington, along Lime-street., Parker-street, Lord-
street, and Castle-street, to the Exchange. The efficient
and powerful band preceded the corps, which was headed by
Colonel Bourne on horseback. The various companies,
eight in number, into which the corpsis divided, followed
in their 'numerical order after Colonel Bourne. The
Exchange was too crowded to admit of the volunteers
going through many evolutions. The corps afterwards
marched down Castle-street and returned to the hare cas
by the route we have before mentioned. Yesterday the
corps attended divine service in St. Nicholas' Church, on
which occasion a sermon was preached by the Ven. Arch-
deacon Jones, who took for his text the well-known pas-
Sage in Timothy, " You have fought the good fight," &c.
From this text an impressive and appropriate sermon
-was preached, in the course of which the rev. gentle-
man referred to the splendid appearance of the volun-
teers, and hoped that they would never do anything
derogatory to the position they occupied.
CONSTABULARY AND POLICE.—The following is the
third report of Lieut-Colonel John Woodford, inspector
of the constabulary and police forces in the northern
district of England and Wales for the year ended 29th
,September, 1819, made to her Majesty's Principal Secre-
tary of State, under the Pro Visions of the statute 19th and
20th Vic. c. 69 :--Liverpool. This large and important
body of police, having had an augmentation of nine
men within the past year, amounted on the 29th of
September last to 982 officers and men. This estab-
ment was inspected on the 15th and 16th June, and
found in its customary high state of discipline and di-
eiency under the teaching of the able and zealous head
constable Major Grcig (who has devoted much care and
attention to this important and needful part of his duty.)
This fine body of men has acquired a very competent
eP clothingeaee mid
howso-
ever knowledge of military movements, sufficient to admit
of their being brought to bear with precision and deci-
sive
they may disturbers of
feoftliiiend. publicTb
accoutrements in the possession of the men were in
numerouseffe6t
(seed condition, the books well and accurately kept, and
Pale station-houses, offices, charge-rooms' and cells for
prisoners at the several bridewells elean arid in good order,
though in the opinion of the inspector there are some
two or three of the smaller brideviells that ought to be
condemned as unfit. The inspector has .much satisfac-
tion in recommending this establishment to favourable
consideration.
LOCAL Bru,s.—The committee sat on Friday, on the
London and North-western Railway and St. Helen's
Canal -and Railways Companies bill. A petition in
favour of the upper Mersey dues • purchase and censer-
valley bill has been presented by the directors of. the
Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Petitiens praying
to be heard by counsel against the following bills were
presented : London. and North-western, Great
Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Railway Companies-1, from the council of the chain-
ber of commerce for Birmingham and the midland dis-
trict ; 2, from the Great Western Railway Company
3, from John Robinson M'Clean. London and North-
western, Great Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire, and Midland ,Railway Companies
from the council of the Chamber of Commercefor Birming-
ham and the midland district ; 2, from the Great Western
Railway Company ; 3, from John Robinson M‘Clean.
London and North-western Railway (No. 3) bill, from
the corporation of Liverpool. London and North-
western Railway (No. 3) bill, from St. Helen's Canal
and Railway Company. Mersey Docks and Harbour
Board Bill--1, front Wallasey Local Board of Health ;
2, from William Rushton Coulborn and Edward War-
burton Coulborn ; 3, from Richard Burton Phillipson,
(as acting trustee under the will of the late Francis
Richard Price) ; 4, from St. Helen's Canal and Railway
Company ; 5, front merchants and others trading upon
and using: the river Mersey, &c. Stockport, Disley, and
Whaley Bridge Railway bill, from Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway Company. The two follow-
ing unopposed hills will be heard on Tuesday, (0-mor-
row), February 28th, at two o'clock :—Droylsden Gas.
Committee to be composed of the following members :
Chairman of ways and means, Mr. Charles Forster, and
Mr. Bazley. The Widnes Gas and Water bill. Com-
mittee—The Chairman of ways and means, Mr. Charles
Forster', and Mr, Cireenall.

FIRE IN MILL-STREET.--Yesterday smorniYt 7 between
one and two o'clock a fire was discovered in Mr. Jones's
boot shop, Mill-street. The reels from the' Brunswick
Dock and Essex-street were promptly in attendance, and
the fire was Semi subdued.- Considerable damage lids
been doe to the property, btit *e• believe it will be
COefed by the idsiltt.~lf
PyrtiotiS #ilit LiSi: Nrfirti.-A. • MOst destructive
ore occurred last night in the apartments adjoining
Hewson and Proctor's printing office, North Castle-
Street, in the third storey of the building.-. IL was first
discovered by a. cabman on a stand there, Who observed
flames and smoke issuing from the upper portion. of the
premises. lie immediately conimrinicated the intelli-
gence, to the Central Fire Station in Hatton:garden,
and Mr: Hewitt's brigade *as Men engaged iri sribdning
the fire; brit the place where the fire originated was
greatly burnt before the engines could be brought into
operation. A continued play of the hose upon this
portion of the premises, hOwever, had by-and-bye the
effect of partially subduing the flames, which had now
ascended to the roof. At about ten o'clock the fire was at
it.s height, and from that fink the combined Ants of the
West of England and the Liverpool fire engines succeeded,
in obtaining. the mastery over it. SI br ly after ten
o'clock roof-ladders Were raised, and the firemen were
thus enabled to play upon the premises adjalent,
which but for this *mild probably haVe been deStroyed.
The fourth storey of the Wilding,. which *as severely
injured by the flanies, is used as a larder by Mr. Ander-
son, and we believe that it contained a considerable
amount of stock. In about an hour from the arrival of
the fire brigade, the flames were completely extinguished,
and though considerable damage has been done, the.
insurance will probably cover it. The premises are the
property of Matthew Gregson, Esq.; the shop imme-
diately adjoining is the cigar warehouse of Messrs.
Pearce and Son. but no injury has been sustained by
the latter. In the course of the fire valuable assistance
was rendered by Major Greig, Mr. H. Jackson, Captain
Falkner, and other tradesmen of the street. The origin
of the are is unknown.

CONCERT AT THE PHILHARMONIC HALL

A morning concert took place at this gall on Satur-
day, The vocalists being Mad'lle. Piccolomini, Signor
Aldighieri, and Signor Castelli. Signor Belart, who
was to have appeared,.was suffering from an attack of
hoarseness, and Madame Rudersdord' sting iii his stead;
an arrangement which necessitated a considerable devia-
tion from the original programme. The ,solo pianiste
was Madame Moritz (her first appearance here), and
the accompanyist Signor Arditi. Mad'ile. Piccolomini
sung Mozart's " Vedrai carino," the brindisi from "Il
Traviata, " a duet with Madame Thidersdorff, and
a valse, "Il Bacio," by Signor Arditi. The latter,
which is a very clever thing, and was a very
good piece of singing, received an encore, an honour
which was also awarded to Balfe's " I dreamt that I
dwelt," for which the lady substituted an Irish ballad,
a species of music which is not, we think, suited to
her style of singing. Madame -Rudersdorff, both in
the duet and in a solo which she introduced, sang
exceedingly *ell, and gate much pleasure to the
audience. Signor Aldighieri gave, in conjunction with
Castelli, Rossini's "All' idea," 40 took part
Piccolomini in the brindisi and the duet
" Pronta io son" from " Don Pasquale." His render-
ing of the the Romanza from " Il Traviata" was very
pleasing in expression, but ha was not, always very well
in tune. Signor Castelli's voice told very well in two
ducts with Signor Aldighieri; he also took part in the
chorus of the brindisi (which was rather inadequately
represented by three solo voices), and in Martini's laugh-
ing. trio, "Vadasi via di qua," which concluded the
concert..
As.a niece of Hummel and sister of Roeckel, Madame
Moritz is entitled to some attention from a musical
public. Her performance of Thalherg's fantasia from
" Mose iu Egitto" showed that she possesses neat and
brilliant execution, and a very light and pleasing touch.
In the second- part of the concert she played two. of
Mendelssohn's " Lieder ohne worte," ihe allegretto in
A from Book 5,' and the presto from Book 6. In the
first we should have liked a rather stricter adherence to
the tempo, but the second was admirably rendered, and
the same may be said of her brother's " March Valaque,."
Ma•;!ame Moritz, we understand, has settled in this town
with the view of pursuing her profession here, in which
we hope she will meet with the success which she cer-
tainly merits. We must not omit to mention Signor
Arditi's accompanying, which. was perfection in its .war.
The hall was very well tilled, the body being crowded,
but the audience was, for the most part, remarkably cold
and apathetic. . X.

CONCERTS AT ST. GEORGE'S HALL.

Mr. Best's usual organ performance on Saturday con
sisted of a selection from the works of Beethoven,
including the "Men of Prometheus" overture, a Romance
in G, a selection from "Fidelin," the allegretto from the
Bth symphony, and the "Hallelujah" from the "Mount
of Olives:" It was very poorly attended, owing prob-
ably to the concert at the Philharmonic Hall on the same
afternoon.. Besides these two, a third performance was
given in the evening by the Glee and Madrigal Union—
one of the most enjoyable things to which we have lis-.
tened for some time, and which seemed to be thoroughly
appreciated by the somewhat scanty audience, who (lid
not fill the hall. The programme included Callcott's
" Queen of the Valley," Webbe's " _Discord, dire Sister,"
Hatton's " Homeward Watch," and Orlando Gibbons'
"Silver Swan"--the latter a faultless picce of part-
singing. Several solo songs were given by different
members of the Union, among which Glover's "The
Voice that we Love," sung by Mrs. Lockey, was one of
the best; and "The Anchorsmiths," by Dibdin," was
given with great spirit by Mr. Winn. Thq part-singing,
however, was of course the hest part of the concert; and
as long as the Glee and Madrigal Union continue to sing
in their present style, the oftener they pay us a visit the
better. We see that four members of the Union—viz.,
Miss Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Loekev, and Mr. Thomas—
are engaged for the next Philharmonic Subscription
Concert.

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The Vocal Union. advertise a performance of Mendels-
sohn's "Elijah" for the 13th of March; fur which Mr.
and Mrs. Weiss, Miss Hiles, and Mr. Mason are engarzed.
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