The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-09 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

SPRINCi. Thou TtnEs.—Contrary to general expecta=
tion. the tide did not exceed, vesterday. the. height of an
ordinary high tide. At noon the wind bieli% from N.N.E.,
frOnt the west, or; even
.from the
south, in all probability the tide would have flown over
the piers. Last night, about midnight, the wind shifted
eastwardly.
A SHIP ON THE PlA:masa-cox BANK.--The Ellen
Stewart, an iron vessel, bound to Calcutta, when coming
out of the Wapping Dock yesterday,. caught on the,
Pluckington Dank, and remained in a position which at
first apporecl to be perilous, but, when left high. and
(Iry by the tide, she did not scent to have sustained ant-
irrinr\'. There *as little &alit .felt last Oeiling thA
she \you'd fiqat off' the ein3tting tide. •
IRIKLLL AT THE THEATIM ROYAL."
We' would remind our readers that this (Friday) evening
the Professor takes his benefit. A most fashionable
attendance is expected ; and, no , doubt, the great
maeician will put forth pdwers to amuse and
astonish. The feat' of 'flying 'from the stage to the
gallery is anticipated With great eagerna'ss' II all who
have seen the announcement' of si,tchia novel etatrsidn.
At the last perfotrilancet, I'vlitA Will take place to-morrow
'cSattirday) morning. and evening, the rarest and most
startling of the many tricks in the professor's repertoire
will be performed. • , _ .

, .
LENT LECTURES AT. ST. LUKE'S Ciruitex.—The
third of the series of lectures at this church was delivere4
last night 'by the Rev. C. W. Lawrence, 'The ret
gentleman took his test from the 11th yhapter of
Esekiel, v.. 32 and 33, " penitence
finned by Clod's pardon." From this pasßage an elixitient
and imprebsive discourse. Was preached, in the coarse of
the Ipdtdret, emilarital that the first thiag
, sary to forgiveness of sin *as a sincere and thdrotigh
repentance on the part of the sinner. lie then showed
how tbis repentance of the sinner was confirmed by
God's pardon ; and; he concluded by urging on all the
necossity.of turning from the paths of sin to those of
righteonsness.
List.of Patents (amongst others), which passed the
Great Settl during the Week eliding 11farch
I'iiliam Roscoe, West Derby, for an improved agricul-
tural implement or machine for distributing guano and
othermanureS 'upon '-land.—T. L. Jullion and G. Pirie,
for the manufacture of gelatine, and the'apparatus to he
employedtherein.—T.- Q. Small, for improvements in
the stereoscope, by means of tinted media; and by the
application of the „pciiley and levet.dr. sprilig, iii cluttgl
lhg the tights.—F. Versihann 'and A. Oppenheini,' for
improvements in ,the treatment of various . substances so
as to. render the'same non-inflammable:2-f.. Engler and
Krauss, for a new or improved systeM of insulators •
for electrielWires.-;-Janics Hunter; for ihipii(ifernents in
machinery, or apparatus for pleiv4hing ox enitiyating,
the lond.-6-Com);mnicatcd
,t% sin the Of er.i for Pivelir-,
ing.TatoitN 4,, Clayton„qtiaye, Lifet;Pddi:
NVOIikitOCSE dO3IMITTEE.—TiIe weekly meeting of
this' committee of the Select Vestry was held in the
Parish Offices, BrowtiloW-hill, yeSterday forenoon. Mr.
Churchwarden Cropper presided ; and the .other mem- ;
bars present were—Messrs. Scott, Critchlpy, Denton, E: I
Byford, Williams, e!yied; acid lirehnie." rroth
t'ettirits submitted, it aPoe\ared that the number of pau-
pers in the house.was 2,195, being 47 less than last
week,:and 15 less than in the corresponding week of ,
last,year. The dumber or Paupers in the sizk wards
was 689 against 723 last week ; deaths during the week
18; curedand discharged 171 ; new cases admitted 155 ;
In the vagrant sheds relief has been afforded daring tlit
week to 116 Men,7o *omen,: and. 10. children ; total
207;-being 6 less:than last week, and 54 less than in the
corresponding, week, of last year. ,

HISTORIC SOCIETY.—A meeting of the literary sec-
' tion •of this society was held last night in the grand jury-.
room of St. George's-hall, Dr. Robson, prefided. The
following donations Wert achntivfledged rOcBedifirts,
and paper of the Kilkenny and, S.E. of Ireland Arelneo-
laTical Society, Vol 2., Nos. 22 and 23 ;. friar 'the
society. The Archieohigieal Journal, No. 62. Pro.
ceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol.
2 ; from the societv—The paper for the hiieniii4 *as.
by (ESlflith, on "Clay 'Pipes.° It was illus-
trated by a collection of the..pipes of the .16th,. 17th,
and 18th centuries, procured in Yorkshire, and in the
Mersey district. The paper discussed the question of
relative age of our clay pipes, and maintained that they
were used before the Indian weed was introduced, intii
this countrx. The did Vnglie:ll pipes
,tVeie taliteallY
itiiisMs'std With the names of the patter,. and from this
much valuable information might be obtained. The
Dap& entered With' great minuteness into the. various
lir inches of the subject, and a cordial vote of thanks
was .cenden dto the author.. . •
Pnlix
TBEATRE. This popular theatre has just
re-opened .for., the season. under, the direction /of; ;111r,
C corps
th'ciniaiipie includes. besides
uritos, many talented artistes ritiw•
.seavnaerpahleelslta.o
to the Isiverpti,ol public. `The old Park favourite, Mr.
'Rawlins, again delights the crowded audiences Who flock
to the"theatie, and • be is
,ably supported. by the rest of
the company. Miss-Maria Ribbon-
.has also been re-
engaged, and her name, alone would, we feel sure,
warrant us in anticipating that the present season will
prove a most sticeessfe ode. In addition to herhigh
qualifications, as ari actress, ,Miss Ribbon posdagses a
melodious and powerful voice, which she uses with great
taste and discretion. With such abilities it is no wonder
that' she, has become so great a favourite at the Park,
and is always welcomed with loud' applause from all
parts of the house. , Mr. Campbell, antiott4 that no
expensashall to spared in providing aintisement for the
,public, has eimaged the eminent tragedian !Mr. It.
VandenhOff, old he is now performing with the, greatest
success. Altogether
ttoegveetrh
appeared
thepea t e
da presentt company is decidedly
the best this
theatre, and we have
rio dthibt: that the efforts of the management will be
,rewarded with success.

TOXTEIIt BOAItD OF GUARDIANS:—The weekly
•Mectiug of. this hoard was held
.yesterday, at. the
Public Offices, Park-roul ; 11. S. Alpass presided,
and the other members present were Messrs.
Johns, Hunter, Joseph Wilson, Ogden, Leyland
Doylies, Harrison, Layland, Carter, •Siddelev,
Moss, and J. B. Hughes. The Governor of the
Workhouse repprfed the number of inmates last week to
be 375, admitted since 17, discharged 16, dead 1 ; . this
,week, 375. The tender for the hair-cutting and shaving
of the paupers *as given to Mr. Dawson.
Sotne- other.
unimpokautinatters wer6 discussed, a fter which Mr. Johns
moved that the reporters be requested to withdraw. in
inwhich'ordertl they boaarre engaged. Mr. Moss opposed thed might consider the pending.la‘vsuit
Motion, becausei ~he said, the public had so far been
aware of the nature of the proceedings, •and, he knew no
'reason why they, should not • Dow be made acquainted
With them also. 'Mr. Johns thought it would be an
injustice to ,themselves if their procee4ings, with
'reference.-to the lawsuit, were made public, and he
'therefore would not' proceed with the inquiry, • This
concluded the business.

SIR WILLuor AND LADY Doti, at the Amphitheatre,
Cortjintte to pi: tram tii4htly tO rdll house:
16' R. Pr \'-‘l4 ,tlfiAbilled v!fih tiofp,a,l4o,
night, in the nail of the Catholic intitute, Naryiund-t
street. .

51aitRisles splendid baron ei
b (,f was coel4;cl and carved for the use of, many.htiiidieds
Of lisitet4-,to this favhttr:tc d'ablishmeht VefiteMay:
1:11E 11EALTit gheil pfesitlcd at
the usual weekly meeting .of the Health Committee
yesterday, and the other members present:were Messrs.
Crellin, Beckwith, Holden, Job, Ridley, Haydock,
Nickson, and • Bowring. The BoronghEn.lueer,
-13uildrilgSlifVevor;ind Inspector of Nuisances, reported.
various partictil4rs of the operations in their several
tletjartmmltsjditring.the 1!9-# . which it appeare4
that 176 nuisances couiplaticd of by inbabitdntS had
been inspected and means taken to remedy therti ; 1;142
husesi in the unhealthiest district containiT 3,726;
apartments, rind 709 cellars liad been pit, uncjec exami
nation with the view 4,i:improving their sanitary coil=l
ditiou. The medical officer reported tltg althoug4 the
deaths,froill affection; of the hlh a continued plitnermis;
there was a considerable decrease pi the general mortalitt
of the 'borough. During the reek:ending last Saturday,
the deaths were 226; being 32 less than in the week
previous, and , 27 less than the correetedaverage of the
same week of the preceding ten years.- In the parish
the deaths were 154 ; in the out-townships 72. Diseases
of the zymotic class were fatal t' 26: ichildren and six
adults—not quite two-thirds of the average mortality.
From typhus the deaths were 9, measles 7, croup 5,
hooping couglf 4, scarlatina 1, clhirilicea 1, purpura 1,
syphilis 1, smallpox 1. Disease of the Fangs ,eadsod
108 deaths; belriQ 5 fewer than iti the preE6dlng Week;
biit 11 Mord tllan'the corrected average of the sanib
week of previous years.. Not less than .47 deaths-4
number unusually large—were from consumption. The
other business before, the committee; was unimportant.

LIVERt'OOL POLICE COURT:—YEstERDAt.

(liefore Mr. EAFTLis)
TIIE POLICE PoOa F UND.—llis Worship acknow-
ledged the receipt :Of 10s. from Mr. , Stanicey,
Oldliall-street, who bad received-that ' lui for
stopping a stolen watch. . , .
Tuh ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A WIFE AND HER
PARAMOUR. —Adam Burke, a respectably-dressed man,
described as'a master, carter, and olio the manager of a
large ale and porter store, was brought up by warrant
. granted on the previous day, charged with having aided
Ann rastet In robbing tier Milhaud of a- lafge quatitity
of furniture. Mr.. Cobb appeared for the prosecution;
and Mr. Bluck• for the defence. It. appeared that tip to
the end of December last the prosecutor lived with his
*ife and kept a bearding:liptisk in Plumli=street: 'ln
Easelitience. or bearing di_ sortie familiaritp betlieen the
prisoner and his wife, . the prosecutor left his houie
thinking that his wife having a good connection
would be able to make a living for herself by carry.-
ing on the business. Subsequently he heard that the
prisoner and his wife • had removed the Ifurnittire,
and were living
,together. His snspiciOns having been
confirmed,' he applied ,for a. warrant oa the previous
day .for the apprehension of the prisoner. It was proved
that the pdeotter engaged a Mari tq renlove the furniture,
that lie sent his own cart, at foiir o'clock iu the tiloriiingi
for that purpose;.and than he superintended the.putting
up of the furniture in a house in Bangor-street: When
apprehended, .a number of pa*n-ticketibelongiii,,,, to tbe
prosecutor were found inf his poSsession, and at his, own
hOuSe in Virgil-street, some pictures and a elock,,also
the property qf. the proSecntor, were found. The case
't'7 a for SOTO ddYs I.r etidenee.
EIiBEZZLE3IEN T BY A TOWN TRAVELLi;: B.- —„I ohn
Wilson Hannah, late a town traveller in the employ of
,Meksra., Sancti* and Co:, was brought up on rimand,
-charged with having embezzled the stun of £1.87,
beloniYing to his. employers. lie was proved to have
received from Messrs. Woodhall and Jones £ll5 103. 6d. ;
from Mrs. Maguire, £10.155. 6d.; from the Co-operative
Store, £26 14s, 6d:, and from Mr. Houghton, of Birken-
head, £34 o's., for none of which sums be had accounted.
Mr. Cobb appeared for the defence. The ''priSuner was
sent-for trial.

LIVERPOOL COUNTY COURT. h
(Before J. K. BL AIR, Esq., Judge.)

HIGHTON V.. HOWELLS.—Mr: Rime appeared for the
plaintiff, and Mr. ' Grocbtt for the defendant. Plaintiff
sought to recover £l3 13. lid:, for repairing a printing
niachine by a plan siigge'sted by the defendant's brother.
. The gearing# it appears, was out of order, which caused
its niotions tO be attended with noise and annoyance
Pefeililaut pLi9ed little faith in the haris
received a guarantee that the machinery would act Ite_ll
when repaired, reluctantly gave the order. Fear days
subsequently defendant —endeavoured to provd to the
plaintiff by mathematical demonstrations - that the
repairs would be useless ; but plaintiff was not to be
convinced by " a man of little learning" in such matters.
On the sth of January the machinery was found Worth-
less; Platotiff's first bill was for Sl3 is: Pefendant
paid him Xi, and £1 iBs. 2d., with costs, into court;
The giving of the warrantry Nvas'denied.—Nonsuited.
WatiGirr v. lIL vr. '-- A . Jurty CASE. Mr. Rime
appeared for the plaint:lf, • and 'Mr: Coubrey for the
defendant. Both the parties are butchers. - The action
was brought to recover £l3 8s for meat supplied on, the
3rd September last. The defendant said a ; warranty
had been given with the, meat, which, on being cut up,
WaS foimcl to be in a liery, bad state. A number of
distorters fettitned the joints sold, •Ntitich plad6l In
brine, but would not imbibe the salt: Iwitness spoke
to the fact' that, in consequence of the nausea arising
from the meat., his bays had refused to convey it to the
dogs. Plaintiff deniA having given • a 'warranty, and
a number of witnesses proved that it was not customary
to guarantee meat; 'His Honour summed up at consi-
derable, length, and the jury returned a verdict for the
INSOLVENCY Can.—James Martin; fruiterer, whose
accounts the judge termed unsatisfactory and irregular,
was committed to. custody:for two mouths. „

THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OE
POISONING ,ON 'BOARD A TRANSPORT
•

' The Pernambuco correspondent of the Te.»,:es says
" The Accrington is now nearly ready for sea, and will
proceed in a clay or tNi.o on her voyage to Calcutta. The
naval court heldsto investigate the catite of.the deaths of
Captain Horner and Mr. Cooper, has, after a strict and
careful examination, come to the following conclusion
Thicourt; having come to the decision that no further
evidence could be obtained which could throw further
light upon the case, and. takirig inid Consideration the
'negritude of the offence, and the strong circurnsta.litial
evidence produced against .the prisoner Frederick Cas-,
man, decide unanimously,• that Frederick Csmaan be
sent home for trial/ and that, • further, the evidence
against the prisoner Obertz being insufficient, he be
discharged out of eilstodY.i Cantou goes home by the
Oneida to take his trial for the murder by poison Of '
Cap in Romer, and the mate, Mr. Cooper. ; The ,on4yr
reason that can be assigned for' the commission of they
deed i's the brutal conduct,of the late commander of the
Accrington, who, from his violent conduct' and extra-
ordinary pre.cticesj had beecnne the terror of the
whole ship. the.- poison used
re itiis tartar emetic,
which was lied, With the, food, the surgeon, br,
Carroll,. also nearly falling a victim. Of the 4.70 women, '
children, and soldiers on beard the Accrington, ninety'
haVe fallen tictimS to typhus fever, searlatiiid,' and,
measles, most of the cases having occurred on the 'voyage
between Liverpool, and Pernambuco, want of ventilation
and insufficient medical attendance having caused this
fearful mortality: ' Doubtless, a severe inquiry will be
made respecting this' unfortunate vessel, and :the 'result
4111, rid dettliti
.tirote great neglect and.earelessness in
the'fitting out of a vessel' intended to carV ileaflt 400 11
souls to another part of the world. 'lron sailing ships
are the worst emigrant vessels,,the' heat on beard in the
tropics being unbearable, • The' women and children
were'all lancl4l here, and have recruited strength, and
thanks' to tli!i exertions of Mr. Cowper, her Majesty's
,Consul, are once more iri w lit'state.td pressed ,on their
voyage. A. new master has been appointed to the ship,,
and' an assistant stligeOn,h • ' - • • i

•
OtiTtiesday, tit the Southampton Town-hall, Frederick
Casman *as lirditgiit tip in custody 4 liathig arrived at
that port in the Royal Mail Steampacket Company's
ship Oneida on Monday; charged 'with the' wilful
murder of the• captain and chief officer of the ship
Accrington, of Liverpool, on the high seas. The prisoner
i►ias sent td fjotithdniiitdn by Mr. H. Augustus Cowper,
Her 13i.itininic MajestY's 'consul at Pet'natiihitctl. T 1
official document r.xeived from the consul with the,
prisoner states that a naval court had been held'
at that place to inquire into the cause of the deaths
f the captain and chief offiCer, of the British
.passenger
ship .Accrington, and it was decided to send Frederick
Casman home,as the Murderer. With the prisoner there
have also arrived the following witnesses : —Augustus
Oberti, sarittlet *Cane,. John Mtirphy, Ch'arles
John Pellett, Francis' M'lntyre, ederick Mimemderf,
Henry Halford, John Quin, Robert Stephenson,
Thomas English, and William Clarke. The Aceringtcn
was on her voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, with
soldiers and soldiers' wives and children ; the coaduct of;
,the Captain appears to have rendered him unpopular,
and the circumstantial evidence is understood to be
to the effect that one morning Casman, who was the
steward, put a quantity of tartar emetic into some coffee, '
of which the captain and the principal officers of the
ship partook. T The:result was that, Captain' Hoiner'and"
Mr. Cooper, the chief' mate, died from the effects of the
poison; and Mr. Carroll, the surgeon, narrowly escaped
with his life. The Southampton magistrates remanded
the prisoner until, the receipt of the clepositions -taken,
before the consul at Pernambuco, and they 'shall have
.ascertained the instructions of the'Board of Trade,

A " MAsTER OF THE HORSE.".—Mit. RAILEY.
. OTTOMAN BANK.,--The Directors of the Ottoman
Bank have issued the following highly satisfactory report.
in anticipation of the meeting. The directors submit
to the shareholders the accounts of the bank for the
half-year ending the 31st December last. The business
of the bank for that period results (after making allow-
ance for had and doubtful debts) in a net profit of
£413312 .6s. 9d., making, with £1,030 17s. 4d. (the
balance brow4ht forward from last account) a sum of
.£14,343 4s. id., to he dealt with. From this sum, the
directors recommend payment of a dividend of 168.,
andOf a bonus of 12s. per share, being at the rate
14 per cent. per annum. : They further recommend an
addition. of £B,OOO to the reserve fund. A balance of
..£1,343 4s. ld. will be thus lett to be carried forward..
The reserve fund. existing at the period of the last,
account (L 40,000) has been withdrawn from employment
as part of the capital of the bank, and invested in
Consols.

MERSEY DOCKS AND HARBOUR BOARD

6hories Ittiet
hoard,
at the
nr-;etiti; of the otic 7,,e-ii3Ocid,idit4 the othei
members prei,ent were--4essis. 1'51444 Arnold;
lrocklebank, 6i4ves;..rtankin, Littledale, Darby-
shiie, Shand,' lidtv4O4, Langtun, James Holtue, Hub-
back, ratiity'oiiii Ilyt4 Evans:Laird, Sea tur-; and Lockett.