The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-31 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Affiance, Captain Wood, bound for Woosung,
has put hack, on account of eight of the crew refusing
to proceed on the voyage. The crew complain of being
kept constantly at the pumps, the vessel being deeply
laden and leaky. The men will be brought before the

Police Court this day.
PROPERTY SALES.—Messrs. Walker and Ackerley
offered for sale yesterday, at the Clarendon-rooms, a
quantity of valuable property in different parts of the
town. Among the sales effected were a freehold shoP
and dwelling-house at 68, Byrom-street, which was sold
for £9OO ; and a freehold shop and dwelling-house et
76, Mill-street, Toxteth-park, which realised £540.
GENERAL GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION.—The inform
tion that General Garibaldi, on the 6th of May. took
with him his only son, as contained in a letter received
by the. Opinion Xotionale, and circulated by several
papers, is not correct, as the general has two sons, the
youngest of whom, 13 years of age, is being educated
at New Brighton College, near Liverpool, under the

care of the Rev. Dr. Poro.i. ,
WEST DERBY.—The eleetimi of a local board.for this
village has been going on for the lait two, or three 43 s.
The collection of the voting papers was finished yes°r,
day, but as yet no official declaration has been made or
the result. Neither of the two lists of candidates which
were submitted to the ratepayers have been returned
entire, the chosen members having been tak6 fronl
both lists. To-morrow we shall publish the result of
the voting.
CORONER'S INULESTS.—Yesterday Mr. Wybergh,
the deputy coroner, held the following inquests :----1)11
the body of Reece Bellis, who died in the Southern
Hospital. It appeared that the deceased was ran over
by a lorry at the Canning Dock, and had his right thigh,
arm, and foot fractured, and that death was the result
of the injuries. Verdict accordingly.—On the bodY of
a child named Eliza Hindley, 21 months old. The
child fell in 29 Court, Berlington-street, and received
fatal injuries. Verdict—" Accidental Death."
WEST DERBY BOARD OF GUARDIANS. —later'
day the usual weekly meeting of the 'West Derby
Board of Guardians took place. Mr. Heyes in the
chair. The other members present were Ales°.
Mcdcalf, M'Connal, Woods, and Bolshaw. The
folloWing cheques were ordered to be drawn for out-
door relief Potts, £ll2 ; Mr. B,oberton, £37;
and Mr. Lythgoe, £22. Mr. Gough reported that the
number of paupers in the house last week was 330'
admitted since, 20 ; discharged, 14 ; died, 1. This week'
33.5; corresponding week last year, 254. The hospital
master reported that the number in hospital last week
was—sick inmates, 76 ; admitted since, 9 ;
14 ; this week, 69 ; corresponding week of last yeir;
89. On the motion of Mr. Woods, the salary of the
Garston medical officer was increased from £l5 to £2s'
This was the whole of the public business.
Lt.

SINGER'S SEWING M2icniNE.—Prominent among tan
inventions of the age stands the machine, of American
origin, which promises soon to supersede the tedious
process of the needle and thread. Those to wheel the
palm is usually awarded are produced from the works °f
Messrs. I. M. Singer and Co., New York, whose agent
in Liverpool is Mr. F. T. Blakey, 6, Elliott-street.
They are all constructed on the same principle, but
differ in detail according to the quality and thickness °f
the texture they are to operate upon. The work pro-
duced by them is superior to that by the hand,
it also excels in point of durability and neatness, all
altogether the machine is calculated to economise time
with superior advantages in other respects.
TREAT TO WORKPEOrLE.—On Tuesday last the work-
men in the employ of John Hamilton, jun., Esq., °,,f
the Windsor Foundry, Edge-hill, numbering 180, left
Liverpool between eleven and twelve o'clock in onini-
buses and other vehicles, for Prescot. On their arrival
an excellent dinner awaited them, at the house of Mr'
C. Lloyd, the King's Arms Inn—the gift of their wort
and kind employer. We may remark that 84 of the
number ate formed into a company of volunteer artil-
lery, forming the 7th company of the first brigade.
They are clothed and equipped solely at the expense 'ef
their employer. After dinner they repaired, headed bY
their drum and fife band, to the Present Cricket Club
ground. Here they enjoyed themselves for several hours
;in games and racine-, fun and amusement, &c. 111°
whole returned to Liverpool soon after eight o'clock
the saute conveyances.
A FORTUNATE CA.PTI.-RE.— A young Irishwomall,
named Matilda Murphy, was brought up at the Maty
chester Police-court, on Monday morning, charged bY
Mr. Hayes, re;ieving officer, with having deserted her
infant, only 13 days old. The prisoner came from Bel-
mullet, in Ireland, about four months ago, and after
spending some time in Liverpool came to Manchester,
and there her child was born about a fortnight sr'
its father being said to be a married man residio
in Belmullet, who. assisted her to leave Ireland, and
subsequently supplied her with sundry small 01115
of money. On Friday se gave her child to a wornl'll
named Downs, and arranged litith her to take it to the
workhouse, in New Bridge-street', giving her 4s. 6d. 36
payment for her trouble, while she herself took the
seven o'clock train to Liverpool, where she- expected t°'‘
find a post-office order from Belmullet to pay the cost
her journey back again to him. The woman Dovr°fr
finding the doors of the workhouse were not opened
her so readily as she expected, went to the police. gr:
M'Hugh was sent to apprehend Murphy before she goy
on board the Dublin packet (by which it 'O.
expected she would sail), Downs accompanYil
him to identify her. The whole of the feralf
population of Ludgate-street, Angel Meadow, ',./1
which they lodged, were up in arms against both
Murphy and Downs, and any of them would have g°°6
down to assist in the capture. M`Hugh got to Lice('
pool, traced out the lodging the woman had occupiedt"
night before, ascertained that she had there receicea
Post-office order for £l, and had got it cashed, but (40
he was half-an-hour too late. He hurried to °le
Clarence Dock, and captured Murphy just as she 1736'
about to enter the Sligo boat. In five minutes more Ole
would have been safe from pursuit, and the workbo'
authorities might have had to keep her unfortunate obi'
for twelve or fourteen years, while she was living irtf
Ireland. The magistrates regarded the case as one °,
such extreme heartlessness that, without hesitation, the'
committed the woman to prison for three' mont10•
.Ifairehester Guardian.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GALLANTRY '1

SEA.

Yesterday morning a special meeting of the c3g
Lot
Marine Board took place, for the purpose of presetttin
a telescope to Captain Thomas Dick, of the ship Acivic,.e:
of Glasgow, in consideration of his having rescued tu'
crew of the Greenock, of Belfast, while their vessel 1135'.
disabled.
The declaration of Captain Dick states that on tile
Bth October last, while proceeding to Quebec, he cal.
upon the Greenock, on the banks of Newfouudiall
She was laden with a cargo of timber and deals, watel;
logged, and with mizentnast and mainyards gone' d.
strong gale was blowing at the time, and he was oblige
to lay by until the weather became more moderate'
during which time the ship drifted south-east, at th:.
rate of 2-;;. miles an hour. The number• of the cre
rescued was twenty-eight. were
The gentlemen present at the meeting yesterdaY -
C. 111‘Iver, Esq., L. H. M'lntyre, Esq., James COP.
bell, Esq., and Thomas Chilton, Esq.
Mr. M'lvEtt having been called to the chair, said
Captain Dick, this meeting has been called to-day h'
the Secretary to take into consideration a letter fronl'
the Board of Trade, dated the 29th instant, requesting
the local board to present the " accompanying telescope
to Captain Thomas Dick, of the Advice, for his human
assistance to the crew of the Greenock, of Belfast''
The chairman being absent to-day, I have just been-
called on to take his place. I don't think that words cam
convey the difficulties and dangers under which you
rescued this crew—no words of mine can convey thorn'
half so well as your own declaration before the 11.1ay'o.r.
of Dublin. In your own declaration you fully detail
the great risk to yourself and crew, and the difficultic.:
under which that ship's crew was rescued; and I don't
think
thathin kw tohuelrde
aids
da
to your
gift
n feelingstohlivseountry could bestow upon you
of satisfaction that you
had done your duty in this matter. That, I think, is the
highest of all considerations. As regards the fashion
that has now come into practice,—of giving presents,--
there is, practically, no value attached to them ; but
still, this telescope will always he a memento to Yeti,,r
children, or your friends, that in the hour of need Ye"
were not found wanting, and that you did a brave action
without reference to the consequences to yourself. 1-.4
must never mistake that telescope as a money consider -
tion for services rendered—the thing itself is a bauble'
but it has a great value attached to it when viewed rn
the light in which I put it to you. As an individual'
having been much at sea myself; I can appreciate
it is to send a boat from one ship to another in a gale,'
„
wind, with a heavy sea running, much less reraalfil",
two and a half or three days by the disabled vessel. IL:
Chairman then handed the telescope to Captain Die.;
remarking :—I have simply to say that this local boar
has great pleasure in presenting to you this telescope:.
Long may you live to go to sea. I hope you may neTe,
fall in with another case such as that of the Greenoel,,
but if you do, I am certain you will again do your &AY'.
for it is only through such as you that we can hope the
high character of the British seaman will be main-
tained.
Captain DICK. acknowledged the gift in a few words,
when the proceedings terminated.
The telescope bears the following inscription :
sented by the Board of Trade to Captain Thomas Pic
master of the ship Advice, of Glasgow, in acknowlet.-
ment of his humane assistance to the crew of t e
Greenock, of Belfast, whom he rescued from their
abled vessel on the 10th October, 1859."

On Monday night, a destructive tire took place in I‘l.r.
Hall's paper mill at Saddleworth. The damage Is
estimated at between £5,000 and £6,000. The machinerYl
and building were insured in the London autl LierP°°
office.