The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-24 00:00:00

INDIA.

Telegrams from India were received yester-
day at the India-office. The Governor-General
was at Simla on the 4th of May, and had held a
darbur on the previous day for the reception of
the Hill chiefs. He was expected to arrive at
Calcutta May 7th. Cholera was disappearing in
Oude. On the 20th of April the Wurzerees
attacked Colonel Larkin's column with some
damage to the cattle and camp followers, but
they were driven out with heavy loss, and pur-
sued for three miles over the hills, and to all
appearances broken up. A late despatch states
that the force under General Chamberlain had
joined that under Colonel Lumsden on the 26th
April. The Wurzerees had given up their inten-
tion of holding Shapoor and Petray, and had
retreated. Government Five per Cent. Loan
quoted at 3to 3 dis. The Five and a-Half per
Cent. Loan 3to 31 prem. The Calcutta date not
given in the telegram.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Sir H. Bold Hoghton has sold his yacht, the Gipsy
Queen, to the Earl Fitzwilliain.

Madame Gassier, the talented and popular vocalist,
arrived from the United States in the Africa, on Sunday
last. We are sure there are few in the musical circles

of this district who will not rejoice to hear of her great

success on the other side of the Atlantic,

CAB ACCIDENT. - Yesterday afternoon, about six
o'clock, a boy of about ten years of age was run over ty
a cab, No. 135, in the Haymarket, near St. George's
Hall. He received a slight wound on the ankle and

injury on the arm. The accident could not, it WO
stated by spectators, be prevented.

MARINE INSURANCE.-It will be seen by an 21111011116•
ment we advertise to-day from the New York Board of
Underwriters, that Mr. S. R. Graves, of Baltic-buildings?
Redcross-street, is their agent for Liverpool, Queens-

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town, and the neighbouring coasts, to whom 'all docu-
ments relating to claims on members of the board must

be submitted.

VERY CHOICE SELECTION OF DRAWINGS IN WATER
COLOURS.—Mr. J. F. Griffiths will offer for sale this

day, at twelve o'clock, at his gallery, 44, Church-street,
a large collection of choice drawings, including beautiful
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specimens of members of the Old and New Water Colour

Societies. Gentlemen desirous of adding to their co!-

leetionof fine arts will find some excellent pictures in

this collection.

It will be seen from an advertisement that the Rev•
J. R. McDuff, the author of " The Faithful Promises,'
&c., will preach in the Scotch Church, Oldham-street,
at 11 o'clock on Sunday next, the 27th instant, and in
St. Andrew's Scotch Church, Rodney-street, at half-
past 6 o'clock in the evening. A collection will be
made after each service, in aid of the Ladies' Auxiliahi
Society for the Promotion of Female Education io
India.

THE DREADNOUGHT.—Some time ago we noticed the
arrival here of this very famous ship, after one of her
usually rapid passages ; and we have now to record her
passage out to New York in nineteen days, beating
everything before her. This, as we often have stated/
proves that she never made a chance passage. For the
five years that she is on the station her average 110
been about nineteen days, both ways; and this shows
that the ship and her commander, Captain Samuels, are
equal to any emergency.
LUDICROUS RAILWAY HOAX.—Considerable excite-

ment was lately experienced amongst the shareholde'
and employOs of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln
Railway, by the appearance of advertisements calling s
meeting of the shareholders, to consider " the necessity
of railway managers being members of Parliament ; and
if yea, then of a measure for electing all managers as
legislators, and dispensing with their managerships and
salaries ; and for a return of the hours spent at their
respective railways." Considerable canvas was in ope-
ration, proxies obtained, and votes totted up, before
some sapient shareholder discovered the "skit," and that
the proposed meeting was fixed for a Sabbath day
COMMITTAL TO GAOL.—At the County Court, yester-
day, before J. K. Blair, Esq., the following persons
were committed to gaol :—James Smith, 4, Broom'
street, Denbigh-street, 14 days, in a month ; Patrick
Murphy, 11, Canning-road, Westminster, 14 days, in
month ; William Knight, Soho-street, 14 days, in 3
month ; William Bentham, 4, Lesson-street, Edge-hill'
14 days, in six weeks; James M'Cormack, No. 1 shed,
Albert Dock, 14 days, in a month ; Elizabeth NewebYr
61, Leeds-street, 14 days, in a month; Samuel Moreton,
Pitt-street, 14 days, in a month ; George Pownall, 14'
court, Frederick-street, 14 days, in a fortnight.
SUPERINTENDENT CLOUGH'S SUCCESSOR.—OD
day, at the meeting of the Watch Committee, gr'
Inspector Kehoe was appointed to the office of chivy
superintendent of detective police, in the room of the
late Mr. Robert Clough. In point of ability aigi
experience there could not be a better appointment, as
the new superintendent pOssesses all the ingredient's s"'
requisite in an officer of such importance, and it IS 3
move in the right direction to find merit and talent thus
properly rewarded. Even the people who know gr'
Behoe only by reputation are glad to hear of his
appointment, and the discrimination of the head on'
stable and the Watch Committee in this instance Is
creditable in all respects. Mr. William Horn, an active
and efficient officer, succeeds Mr. Behoe, and this
appointment, too, is well merited. Mr. Carlyle gOl5
into Mr. Horn's place, and Mr. Laycock, a wortiii
officer, succeeds the latter. These changes and pro-
motions are all well deserved, as the officers are highly
respectable, and a credit to the force.
SUICIDE AT SOUTHPORT.—It was discovered on Tiles'
day, that a gentleman had committed suicide at Air:
Stocker's, Scarisbrick Arms Hotel, Southport. 0a
Monday morning, the deceased went to the above hotel,
and some time afterwards intimated a desire to have a
little rest, stating that he felt very much fatigued'
having travelled the whole of the previous night.
HO then went upstairs, and said ho did not Wish
to be disturbed. He had a small portmanteau with
him, and his conduct was such as not to create the least
snspicion. About ten o'clock yesterday
morning, the
chambermaid went to his room-door, which was found
to be fastened, inside, and, after a few knocks had
been given without any reply, fears were entertained
that something serious had occurred, and it was deter-
mined to enter the room. Some painters were empinYeci
in the hotel, and one of them, named Carr, took a
ladder and entered the bedroom through the win-
dow. He found the gentleman hanging by a strati"'
which had been secured to the head of the bed. DP
l'lort, who happened to be passing at the time, vre*
called in, and gave it as his opinion that the genti,elnian
had been dead some hours. Upon the deceased 10"
found an ounce bottle, upon which was the following'
" Laudanum—Poison. John M'Guttle and Co., che-
mists, Castle-street, Liverpool." In one of the deceased 5
pockets the sum of £l9 Bs. 7d. was found, together
nth
a piece of paper, upon which was written, evidently with
a trembling hand, "21st May, 1860.—Brain severely
congested. Take me home to Liverpool. Wallworth'
house, Moseley-hill, Liverpool. Scarisbrick Arms. C 3511,
in pocket, £l9 Bs. 6d.—F. Robinson." The decease;
had also a splendid gold watch, and this he had placed
on the dressing-table.