The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-03-10 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

Petitions both for, and agairi4
Church-rates lie on ,the counters of a: number of trades
men in the town ; and occh side is straining every nerve
tci secure the greater' number of signatures.
ACCIDENT.7—A platelayer, named Thomas Pve, twenty-•
five years of age, residing at 31, Moorfields, and ethployed.
'on the:LanciShire and Yorkshire Railway, was on Wed-'
nesday jammed. by a waggon. at the station, and, frOm
the injuries received he died next day." - .
Yesterday Mr. Churton held an inquest at the Market
Inn,,Birkenhead, over the body of Sarah Herdman,
child 13 months, old, who ,wasJeund, (tea& in bed on
Thursday • morning. A verdict is accordance with that
fact -wag returned. •
, I (CHILD MURDER T. BIRKENIIEAD,—Yesterday-, Mr,
Churton held. ippLe4t ',at Birkenhead over the body of
"a female child which was found in a bandbox in Priory-
istreet, on Thesday last. From the medical evidence: it
appeared that At child must. havebeen_born.alive,
had then been suffocated. A verdict of,?! Wilful mur-
der against some. person. or pei4so4'linliriown " was
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IFAlAtiAct7ottsrr:On Wednesday, a man fifty yearq
ofj ae,'"iiatme* •imknown, having the appe4ance of a
liorsedealer, fell doWn the steps of the railway station,
in 'Tithebarn-street, and•received injuries frbm the eqects,
of which he expired next day the Northern Hospital.
A considerable amount of money, and a quantity of
ropes,. such as are used in fastening horses together,
were found upon his person.
A. FiAnrut, AND. FATAL FALf..--Yesterday, an in-
quest was held by Jr. IL Churton, over the body of
William Jones, aged 11 years; a rivet, boy ia,the employ
of Mr, Laird, and whose death was caused 'by: falling
from the steam-ship 'Ulster into Mesars. Clever's dry
doek.at WoOdside—a depth of 50. feet. The poor
Ifellow Was taken,up insensible and died before the was
ecipiveci at the Birkenhead Hospital. ,Verdict, "Acci-
dental death."
PROFESSOR FRIkELL'S LAST PERFORMANCES AT THE
THEATRE-ROYAL.—This unequalled 'magician, whose
performances last evening, including the great feat of
flying from tha•stage to the., gallery, took the house by
)storm, and reamed the, most unbounded applause,
appears for the last time this afternoon and evening.
All who have 'not yet visited the *iiird's varied and
biilliant entertainment should certainly avail themselves
of the,opportunities now afforded. • .
EARLY CLOSING MoyumENL—To'-day, twenty-three
business establishments in the central district of Liver-
pool will be closed at fife o'clock ; and six at half-past
four. The committee also announce-. that, during the
summer, months, these houses will be closed at seven
in the winter, at six each evening. This is espe-.
kially gratifying'; and, 'we, trust, that the SlinPping com-
munity will heartily respond to the,appeal,made by the
central committee, by conOuding their purchases by five
o'clock in the .afternoon of each day.
SHOCKING-SUICIDE AT BIHREN HEA Dl—On Thursday
afternoon a hawker of paper and envelopes, whose name
is not known, committed suicide by cutting his thrOat
from ear to ear, in his bedroom at a lodging-house in
Eldon-place, Birkenhead, - kept by Francis M`Cabe.
The Unfortunate 'man appeared to be in a state of great
~destitution.
Yesterday an inquest • was held over the
body- at the Market Inn, and -the jury, returned a verdict
that the. deceased had committed suicide,but that thete.
was no evidence Alto the state of his mind at the. time.

CORONER'S COURT, YESTERDAY. (Before P. F.
Carry, Esq.)--Au inquest was held on -the body of
• Edmund Gray, twenty-one years of age, acting bombar-
diet in the Royal Artillery at Portsmouth, who Qom-
Milted suicide by. juniping off. the parapet of the-North
Fort Battery into the Mersey, on Thursday evening.
' 41e came to L,iverpoolo:hi the .Ist of February, to his
brotherrtientenant'Roderiek Gfay; of the Fermanagh
Militia, and his furlough expired on the 2nd of March.
Deceased, who it is' said possessed Et,' commission At a
former periOd, did not like the corps to which he was
ci
i attached; and on Thursday he appeared 'very. depressed.
in spirits. On On evening of the same day deceased,
'his brother, and Lieutenant Henry Haire were at the,
i'Vrellington Hotel, Bootle, and between' twelve and ono'
left for the fort, deceased walking on before at a con-
siderable distance. When Lieutenant. Haire got to the
battery, his attention was attracted tOA
he battlerneats. ,
where be'observed deceased, overlooking the, river. Sil's-
petting his intentions to he es,-11, -Ike. grasped_ him by the
arm, and with some trouble got him away as far as the
edge o$ the wall, by the gun. Here a seat& took place,
and deceased screwed himself right !from, his friend's
grasp, ran to the 'parapet, and in, a Moment disappeared.
into the depths below.—,Verdict - c',Drowned himself
whilst Moving wider teniparary 'insanity."
ADDITIONa L CURATES SOCIETY. —The anniversary
sermons for this valuable society are advertised for.
Sunday; March 11, and pollectiontS will h'e- made: in an
unusually, large. number. 'of churche's throughout' the
, looser of Chester. The inothetchutch-of the diocese,
I, k ' .
e' Cathedral,: Chester, takes the lead in this home
'in,i4sionary cause„ and•We observe that.the Rev, T. Jack-
.'on, rector of Stoke Newington and 'prebendary of St.
P-4414, will 4 the preacher. The Rev. Dr, 'Burnett is
! also to advocate the cause at Graiseudaleand akigburth.
!'n the latter church he will'preach for 'the "Liner tool
Endowment Fund" . connected With the local hunch of
the society. The special Object of, the eellection is to
increase the endowment fund of the Church of St. Mary
l'ikariAleti, in Pinch-street, intended to he free of pew
rent. It is a hopeful feature in the working of this
'society that go many of the wealthy congregations of
suburban ' churches are invited to., contribute' to the,
necessities of the poor, who can neither aff,ord pew. rents
mil, supply a maintenance, for, their minister. Without
adequate endowments the work 't* the society can only
en,slirP, the temPorary, cervices of 'a working curate; but
Italfund could be formed to siipply endowments in sub-
divided districts, the •Eooleiiiastictil Commissioners are
p,reprtreA to make grants from their common fund to
meet sums locally raised,' The capital sum granted in
-bee may
Any given year will not, exceed' .£6OO, but it
_,.
repeated in a .future year, The Additional ,Curates
agnio c
dlielto v
t. haso f
tlmade
a 0 ;
o - .gran to. to. forty incumbencies, to Ow'
an'cl!w-e are glad to see that greater!
,Tromirienby "rs- given to the claims of miserably ?Oa
IVumbents in its recent publications. A few years since,.
the.diocese of Chester was receiving £1,300 a-year•from
w
.'the society, and the return madee,ss•little . more shall'
13450. ' The return now Ataele is mucb greater:i and:. the
number of grants for curates. has increased, andno doubt
will increase further, as impartial constitution of the
society gains for, it wider support. The meetings of' the*
Society are not generally so well attended as they, might
'be,o
thoieth the subscribers are many, and liberal ; ,but
we hope that the well-known eloquence of Mr. Jackson,
end the practical statements of the Rev. G. H. 11PGill,
incumbent of a district in the metropolis containing
1,300 people—and 'the 'general statements eelle'aed ,by
Mr. Bennett, the organising :secretary—may. attract a
better attendance on. 'Monday afternoon at- the Blueedat
School. The Bishop 'of Chester hakeonsented to take
the chair, as usual, . ,
AA *is'
THE ELLEN STUART.—We are glad to 4 that
splendid ship which struck on the Buokington Bank in
coming out of the Wapping t!lock, has heed got off wiiii.
the flood tide, and that .yesterday, on survey, she was.
found all tight. The Ellen Stuart is ready tq proceed
On her, voyage to Calmar'. !
j
ACClDENT.—Yesterday, Thomas Smith,- a sailor, was
taken to the Northern Thospital sufferingfrom a severely
ebnt4sed hack caused by falling, whilst at sea, from the
toms yard of the ship Queen of the Seas,
i ' -THE lima Tmn, TEsTEnnotY.—Proth half-past eleven
'until landing-stages were thronged by thous
, ~nl::Aißt,...4,:dhel,triibttpl,iviboijeled
lintil half-past tnelize, yesterday, the approaches to thn
pier-heads
egise.nt,leositapiosnlb3l.oeubsingee,:zr-eifhanantedd
poor
sands of persons anxious to see the great - . -
~.tide of the
century. The air was braeing, tlu, sip,. shone brightly,
ogler for the best standing place; . jostled each
rainx.i.o.us expectation
in,
__ the (lieeks of trio
!;yri-11);reinacinhutae'll'eltil;hrt! tV•tvr' ' miring, 'when the
e .i 'two feet oloyeu
the water umia high, 1114:tilt:a'
Ever). one went away disap-
there was no breeze to scatter it, to spray. over tee'
The time came,
multitudes.
pointed, and not a few, ptotesred
.that the astronomers
red
as ronomers
should .
Ilay Axed the date of the high tide for the,lst.
••month, The
of ne;t fault, however,' was with the
' elements, for had we had a north-ivestern, there can be
no doubt but that the lower portions of the, torn would
have been inundated; as it Nx",
the ,river presented
merely the 9:1•4i-IkfiitY,:ed4ae-lrance occasioned by a spring
tide, '
i 4EOTVRI3. —Last evening Mr. Charles Mackay gars
i his lecture—,, A Run to Australia. and 'llack'ic--44 the
Chapel for Domestic Missions, Bedford street ; the Rey.
1 S. A. Steinthall, ,presideht of the ,Tuckerman Institute,
.1 iu the chair

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