The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-16 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

ASSAULT ON BOARD AN A MF,RICAN
Lerman, a sailor on board: the American ship Dread-
nmight, in. the river, was struck by the second mate
with a belaying pin, yesterday, and sustained 'a severe
scalp wound. He was taken to'the Northern Hospital.
SERIOUS AceinENT.--=Patriek Kerwin, a labourer,
residing in Ivy-street,' Birkenhead, yesterday' sustained
a severe contused back by a .bale of cotton
.falling upon
him from a warehouse in the New Quay, Bath-street.
The sufferer was conyeyea to the. Northern Hospital.
ARRIVAL. OF THE S ALDA NII A.-Yesterday Messrs.
James Baines and Co. received a telegram froth their
agents 'at Cork, Messrs. James Scott ana.Co., stating
that their. pilot scheoner_ signalled the Blank Ball clip-
per-Ship Saldhanha, 'from Melbourne to Liverpool, off
Kinsale, on Tuesday afternoon, at three o'clock. All
on' board weD. The Saldanha 'may be expected in the
Mersey to-day.
• BANKRUPTCY COURT, ' YESTERDAY.—(Before Mr.
Commissioner Perry).—ln re Morison and '.Abelin..
These bankrupts, shipehandlers in Price-street, Liver-
pool, came up on their last examination, and were sup-
ported by Mr. Martin. Mr. Duncan appeared for the
assignees.. The, balance sheet, it appeared;'had not bden
filed in time, and their examination was therefore
adjourned to the 23rd March.—ln re Edward Ellis.
this bankrupt, a merchant in Liverpool,- passé his
last examination 'Without opposition. Mr. Goodman
appeared for the assignees.: The certificate sitting was
appointed for the 11th April.
THE GRAND BAZAAR IN THE QUEEN'S MALL--
Yesterday. again, was a complete success, and the
Queen's Hall, Bold-street, throughout the whole of the
day'
accommodation. The sale of articles was brisk; but
we understand that !a considerable number of things
remain, in consequence of a hich; and at the request of
Many ladies, the public' auction has ,been postponed until
Satnrday, at two o'clock. As the pride'for admission is j
reduced to sixpence, the attendance to-day and to-morrow
morning will, without question,' be very large. These will
be the last opportunities of seeing this beautiful bazaar ;

and the public are sure largely to avail themselves of
it. We need hardly repeat that the undertaking is for
the purpose of raising fields to diScharge the heavy
expenses incurred in the renovation and extensive
improvements which have recently taken, place in Tri-
nity Church, St. Anne-street.:
.
Gees, IMPOSTURE AT TRA,NMERE.-The police are
on the track of a swindler who'has been-carrying on his
Oactice'at Tranmere, where he succeeded in victimising
Mrs. Ballantyne, the wife of the captain of the screw
steamship Anglo-Saxon. It appears that on Monday a
well-dressed man called upon ,Mrs: Ballantyne, at her
residence in Cluirchsterrace, Higher Tranmere, and,
after representing hiMself to be Mr. Allen, one of the
agents of the ship, stated that, Captain Ballantyne had
fractured one of his legs, and was then in London,
Where she was td-join hini immediately. lie also said
that she was to accompany him to Liverpool, and that
they would go to London together. This alarming
stags_ had the effect of greatly agitating Mrs. Ballans
types who, was. induced to entrust two £lO notes ancl.42
lOs in pato' the impostor, who informed her that she
would he sure to want money. He then left the house
under Alia, pretence of calling a. cab, but he never'.
returned. The tale about the accident to Captain
Ballantyne was an invention. ' •
TAP, .COMMODOrtt Pears-vs—This splendid ship. arrived
'at. Graves:end on Wednesday,s after a passage of 118
days. Her voyage•was prolonged by baffling light and
contrary winds. She had onsboatd the Nil:prink pas-,
'sengerss—Mr. Mrs. and Miss' lit Mrs,. Bailey
.aad-child, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. and Master Ley, Messrs.
Bateman, Harford, Robert G. Bateman, James Horne,
Joshua Clarke, and J. It. Murphy. She had also fifteen,
second-cabin, intermediate, , and steerage passengers.;
She brought :15,5691 ounces of gold, of: the value
Of X.58:000; consigned as follows :.--I*-Bank of Aus-,
tralasia 10,659 ounces, Oriental Rank CorPoratiou 4,045
ounces, and small shipments 106 ounces and the follow-
ing heavy and initial:lle cargo of merchandise as freight:.
5,601 bales of wools 3 bales of skins,} 292' lead ore,
60 hales of leather, 20, balsa rags, etplickages effects, 3
tons' scrap Iron, 2 paokages returned -British manufac-1
tured goods, and 11 packages of miscellaneous. Although
public attention was directed to the fact that the Corn-
moclOre Perry was overdue, and uneasiness was thereby
excited, the owners felt no anxiety 'en her account as-
she is a rack 41113, admirably commanded,' ' aria' Well'
nroyed, whilst tic this season there, was every chatace of
baffling winds on the passage,
-=l-itaatssts. Elheil-presided at • the
usual weekly meeting of the Health Committee yester-,
day, and the other members present were Messrs.
_Vernon, Beckwiths_ Holden, Crosthwaite,: Ridley, Job,'
Niekson, Haydock,,and Barton.--e The lx!roiigh engineer,
be surveyor,llirld inspector- hf, nuisances,, repstrtedi
variohs p,alticul&rs of the .ePerations in tried' several
departments, dnring the week, from which it appeared:
that 159 milsances, complained of. hy inhabitants. had
been in.pected; and means taken to raiedy them; 1,248
houses_ in the unhealthiest. satricts, containing.As74i
apartinents and 861 cellars, had been put under examina-
tion with the`view of iinproViiig their Sanitary condition,
s=ssllhe medical nfilecr reported that for the-week-ending,
Saturday last, there was again a considerable reductionl
in the mortality pf the borough. The deatha, which*
the two preceding weeks were 258' ap;cl ilasV
week to '5Ol, s thr less' b) Ora- the corrected
110
average of: Ore sa e iseek of the prece jug ten 'years.:
In 'the parish, last Week, the deaths Were lql S
the ont-doer townships, 70. Diseases of the lungs
atilt furnish a large proportion .of the general mor-
:tality ; the deaths were 95, or 47, per cent. of the
total deaths, the average of the corresponding Weeks
being only 39 per cent. Front zyrnotic diseases, oq the
other hand, the deaths were qnty 2'87-about half the;
,csirrested ayerage. From measles the 2'B-about
Were 9,
pooping cough 5, typhus 3, scarlatina, cronp, and,
diarrlices, each 2sdiptlieria 1, syphilis 1: The death of
a male was registered at the, advanced age of 103, years.'
—The Tuesday's committee had had before them a
report from the• Building Inspector' as to the preValence
of catheads and other projections from ,buildings in the
tessn, and hail appointed Messrs. Crellin, • Haydoek,- and
Barton to inspect the prelections, and repOrt on the whole
sirhjects—,The recoMmendation of the sub-committee to
promote Mr. Janice Rodgers to the office formerly held
by Mr. Crosbie in the treasurer's department, at a salary
'of £l6O a year, was confirmed.
POOR-LA W BOARD INQUIRY AT THE LIVERPOOL
WORKHOUSE. —Yesterday Mr. John Mainwaritig, the
poor-law inspector, opened an inoliry at the Liverpool
Workhouse into the charges pteferred against Mr.
Leather, one of the Medical officers of the parish. Mr.
Snowball appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf
of Mr, Leather; and• -the members of the vestry who
attended were Messrs. Cropper, Scott, Gair, Peck,
Hand, E. Byford, Whitby, Cook, and Syred. The
governor of the workhouse and -other officials were
examined at considerable length as to the charges of
'irregularity and neglect which had been froni tinge ta,
time preferred against Mr. Ijeather. The inatilry was,
adjourned ; and when it is concluded, the inspector
will report to the Peor-law Board, so that some time
nab- elapse before the deoision is , made known.
Without meaning any disparagement ,to Mr. Leather,
we would remind our readers that this investigation has
been, in away fdreed upon the Select Vestry by the Peer-
law-Board. The request of the vestry to that hoard was,
that Mr: Leather might be rerrio.yed from. Isla post, the
cemmittse to whom the Management of: the;workhouse
is committed having entirely lost , confidence in their
senior purgical officer, whieh. opinion was unanimously
'Confirmed 'bY the board. The Poorc•law, Board consi-
dered that to grant such an application would be ificOn-
sistent with their usual course of action, and they
Suggested that theproper course would b.ty to 'haves an
investigation before their inspector, The Select Vestry
felt bound to adopt the suggestion- oft-the Poor-law
ia.;“sa, 5ia,...,811, as was confessed at the.ttme, they did
not consider any one-of the many charges against Mr.
Leather of so serious a nature as in itself to justify
his dismissal. They contend that the aggregate of the
charges constitute altogether a sufficient ground of dis-
missal.
EMIGRATION TO Tin, Arspeo,pes.--sThe emigration
trade from the Mersey to Melbourne and the New Zea-
land colonies is slack. Up to the present time only One
:vessel has sailed ander Government.. inspection "
month--sthe Kew, Captain Raislseck, belonging to
,the.." Black Ball and Eagle'' line of packets, which
carried out 168 adults, about 180 souls, and. a full
cargo of valuable merchandise, _to Melbouxness The
-sdeceeding vessel_ of this line will be the already
noted clipper- Young America, Captain Carlisle,
which will- sail for Melbourne ons the:sth pmxinn, ,
with passengers and cargo. She will also take
rods :and passengers for Isiew Zealand, to which
-colony she will.prodeed after about 'lyeeli:4"' detention,
landing cargo, &c., at. Mellsearne. illseVilliam Kirk,
Captain dories, *of the same line, is almost ready for
sea, and will sail for Melbourne, in a day or two, with
a full 'Cargo 'of merchandise on freight. The Persian,
Captain Crowell, of the " Mersey " line of packets, has
also sailed for Melbourne. She was a "short ship,'
rand- only. carried-twenty-one passengers, but had a full
cargo of merchandise-on freight.' -The succeeding vessel
of the Mersey line will be the Venus, Captain Partelow, ,
on the 25th of thgie4ingtphrte.cesretillit veer:aßonneddthwairileTsssahie
Lafayette,
l,
is at
few
wxt departure. under
linlefayoefttpe,acCkaeptst; Small,rbeseeliolnt
passengers and a
directly foI
fair Gar o of ithThae
3mlthe "White S:triatidrh°'l4a' nrilfidelasge7-(Messrs. H. T. Wilson and
Chambers) will he the fine Ship .11titannia, Captain
Patton, on the. 20th instant. She will carry nearly
two hundred passengers and a' -NO cargo, and will
, be, succeeded by the celebrated "Black Ball." clipper
I ship Great Tasmania, Captain Gartlyne; on the
20th proximo,, far Melbourne, and after' disohargS
ins. at that port she Will proceed to "Auckland,
New Zealand, for which portshe mill take passengers
and cargo. The " Liverpool' line will in u few•days
despatch the Ina Russell, Captain Williams to Mel-
bourne, with passengers and cargo., Thelessie Munn,
of the " White Star line is at present fitting here for
the conveyance of government emigrants to Melbourne;
and the Colonial Land and Emigration Company have
chartered the Solway, belonging to ihe "Black Ball"
line, to sail to Aielhourne_ahotit the latter end of next
month.
BIRENITRAD POLIZ',R COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before
the Rev R.', M. Fielden, Sir 'E. cust, repay
sive-loan* woman, named Bridget' Finnegan, was
charged with having violently assaulted Mary Grainger.
The two women had h quarretabout ii clothes-line, and
foal W,oids. begot severe bloWs. The two recreant
members.Of the " gentler sex" tore each other's
bonnets, caps, and tipper clothing to rib,bons, and the
tattered garments were exhibited in court. The fracas
ended in Finnegan clasping her antagonist to her and
biting Oa portion of the unfortunate woman's under
lip. Tdh
fffiestawas_produced in court, carefully
t uped ea piece
inpenalty,white
e
paper. Theisen* ssery mercifully,
of a's. and costs upon the prisoner.
—Thomas Rourke was brought up on a charge of
having feloniously; received a: horse-rug, the property of
Richard Thompson, well knowing the same to have been
stolen. The prisoner is a ca,rdrirer. in .Liverpool, but'in
January last lived in Grange-Jane, Birkenhead. - About
eighteen mouths ago, whilst his hurae antj car were
Tian-
near' 9, public-house
mere, the rug now prodnee4 in court was stein from
the hack of the horse.
whop' he saw s:.:t._,"4'en, a county
4.1 not iN the in again
until Tuesday last,
polieetnYV 1-Ititlg along ArgYhi:itied,l Birkenhead,
with the'llig nigger` his arm, and he at duet-stopped the
Officer and chatted the property,: :Police-officer Egerton
stated that it was found in the
produced the rig, ago
prisoner's house Chaucer-street, Scotland-road, iver-
pool, The prisoner's defence was, that be- nad•bbaprht
the nig long before the time at which it Was Oated that
it had been stolm ; and, basing 'produced eridence to
this effect, Alm di.s6har4.ed the accused.
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