The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-19 00:00:00

AMUSEMNETS.

We beg to remind our readers who wish to avoid a '
second disappointment, that the box plan will be opened
at the Theatre Royal this morning- at ten o'clock, and
continue open every succeeding dav between the hours
of ten and three. M the reserved Plaees will be allotted
in the order of application
—" tirsli come first served"—
those,who desire to seeqe good seats will do well to
make immediate application. As we have previously
stated the adrniesion to other parts of the house will be
by money.paYments at the doors, so the public will be .
. ale, tcienloy. their full privilege without undue restrie-
CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yeqterday the Coronet, bell bons. Mr. G. A. Sala will speak his address. letstr,T
an inquest on the body of illrs. Parkinson, tb,,e,vo of a the
.pieees, and not prior to the c0n4,34 as at Dr''
-
grocer, from Shrewsbury, who diedea-aidetaly'at the; arranged.
Talbot, Vernon-street. 1t vAti Foxed in evidence that. MR. H. NEVILLE'S FAREWELL BENEFIT
death was the real of ai‘ overdose of paregoric, and - AT THE ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. I
the ii.lry fon,nd a verdict accordingly. * - Mr. H. Nevill4,. Who'has been gradually -increasing in
Mreitouisr WA Panty.—The annual tea patty of popohteitx the longer he has stayed here, is about to
' the IVetho.list. Chapel (new connection) in Hotham- lea I.iverpool to join Madame Celeste 's company in
street, was held on Monday evening, in ift€ chapel. A Loudon, and this evening he will take a farewell benefit
very large and respectable congregation partect a ti,,
in the arduous part of "Claude Aiel4o.tte,- by " parti-•
in the 361m01-rootn,. after which th
chapel, , Air. Robinson was vo.te,j,.to tlie'olair. and he .1:,r..P.-N'eCrillkee's.
e 3 adjauxiiia to the cular desire," to which we has tkO, doubt he mill give.
great interest. Be also, s.ppeaers as.e " William," in
loti! will be crowded
opmed the meetitq-ic rr n 6.
the platform ‘!'VP. , lessts,. Cenhey, Piggirt. (superin- tine that
:"Blaek-ey'd Susan..', of tce'lltitli. le
tstrntht;
o,bte,st repr.esen*,
,e.
~1.,,,i,!.. veers -I
tqr„-le.,V, i)I.A. C`•;10:4111;1-‘11:::::at :Itta'n"ngeer.ntiAediliderilessens Th. polio will sustain a great loss in Nt
meeting was brought to a close shortly. before ittio'clnkli..
1, Ora delivered by many of these gentlemen, and-the, ~ oeparture, and we tru..st.tha.t. the.. I
in and hm, wet. ;
to take leave of hi

CLAYTON HALL.—VOUSDEN.
Good things never tire. One would think that people
would get tired of seeing Vousden in the " Unity of
Nations.' He had- a run in Dublin, one season, of
nearly three hundred nights, and yet the public as
etsilerly flocked to hear him at the end as .at the begin-
ning, for they had not seen half enough of him. We
believe that if he performed twice every evening here,
the house would be crowded, as the more the
some puhiblic see
of him the better they like him. . H hassomething
new and attractive every night, and his beautiful songs
are listened to by hundreds of enraptured ears. Last
night the house was plethoric, and the audience seemed
in a state of rapturous excitement. It must be more
than ordinary genius that is thus able to sustain, single-
handed, a hold on the public mind unequalled by• any.
other solo performer and vocalist of the present day.
Oar remarks are corroborated by the state of the house
every evening. We advise all to lose no time in going
to the Clayton Hall to enjoy one of the best and rarest
treats to be bad in England.

THE SAVAGE CLUB PERFORMANCE
ON TUESDAY NEXT.

Yesterday morning., the marriage of the Right Hon.
Lord Eustace Cecil, thipzi son of the Marquis of Salisbury,
with Lady Gertrnde Louisa Scott, daughter of the late
and sster• of the present Earl of Eldon, was solemnised
at St. George's Church, Hanover-square. A grand
.aftsertner was given by' the Earl of Eldon and Lady
Scott, at Hamilton House, Piecadilly. The bridal
presents were very numerous and costly. In the after-
noon the happy pair left town for Hatfield House,
Hertfordshire, the seat of the Marquis of Salisbury.

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ATMOSPHERIC • PUMP OR WATER

ELEVATOR.

••
......... N . •
ilell is the title of a pumping machine patented some
twelve or more months ago by Mr. Robert Nelson, as
-American, residing in the Isle of Man. The pomp has
been constructed on the principle of the cupping glass.
'• As every reader may not understand that principle. we
enter into an explanation and description of the machine.
' Imagine-a large iron cylinder capable of holdine. 120
~
gallons of water, fitted above, and. connected, by means
of an.iron pipe, to a -well or pool of water at a depth of
five or fifty feet. The problem is--how can the water
be elevated from - the pool into the cylinder ? Well,
that may be accomplished by removing the pressure of
the air from the slit-face of the water ifnder the pipe, and
the fluid will rush upwards in obedience to a law of
nature. What. is this law ? It has been variously.
explained. Ancient sages declared--« Nature abhors- &
vacuum." That, however, is simply absurd. Nature.
maintains, under all circumstances, a perfect equilibrium,
That. explains why the Piyington waters rise in, the
pipes to the elevation of the. reservoirs ; it is, also the
reason why the water rushes upwards into a receiver
containing no atmospheric or other air. When the air
is withdrawn from the cylinder, the pressure of the
around the connecting pipes,
atmosphere upon the well,
causes the water to rise, and fill the vacuum. Suction,,
unless we are greatly mistaken, has nothing- at all to do.
with the atmospheric pump. The next difficulty is to,
withdraw the air from the receiver. Can that be aceern-
plished ? To a certain extent, certainly, by the means.
lie Mr. Nelson, and the discoverers of the principle.
ots't(Lb3eupping glass: it cannot be withdrawn altogether,
unless by suction, and even then the result would be
• stionable all ordinary pumping purposes, how-
-1 cop, , • For .
ever, Mr. Nelson's method will bring about the desired
result. Still, he cannot scarcely be said to withdraw
the air t . expelling it, would beabreetteoerde to the
In order to expel it, then, he has recourse
assistance of fire and hydrocarbon fluid. TO one
end of the instrument, he has attached a small
furnace under a chamber connected with the receiver or
cylinder, and, by means of a pipe, with a reservoir eon-.
raining one, two, or three gallons of hydro-carbon fluid.
—naphthe for instance, the connection between the.
cylinder and the reservoir being interrupted at pleasure.
by a small valve worked by the hand. Fire is lit in the-
' furnace ; and when the climber is sufficiently heated,.
a small quantity of the naphtha is allowed to run from:
the reservoir into the chamber, where the naphtha is
volatilised, and by means of a lamp, a candle, or a burn-
ing cork set on tire, The flame rushes into the cylinder,.
rarities or expands the air, which in this manner is ex-
pelled and forced through a self-acting valve into -the
atmosphere. . With a booming sound water from the.
well rashes into and fills the receiver. By a third valve•
air is allowed to enter the chamber, closing the- valve.
connecting the cylinder with the well, .and foreibiy-
opening; the valve through which the air previously
passed. At this valve the water runs out in a large and,-
continuous stream, until the cylinder is almost empty..
By continually repeating'the process, an immense quan-
tity of water can be raised from either pools or wells:
without any difficulty.
Experiments were made yesterday on Mr. Nelson's:
inveution, at Walton, and we understand that they
were eutirely successful. They were witnessed by a
large number of gentlemen.

GILMOUR AND THE WORKHOUSE CHILD._

THE ,SWINDLER AGAIN VWTORIOUS

DEFIANCE TO THE LAW.

This case, the details of which we gave so fully in our
impression of Friday, and which from the notoriety of
the individual accused of the offence—decoying one
and attempting to decoy others, from the workhouse
and the Industrial Schools of Liverpool, created so much
interest, was again publicly brought before the public,
at the meeting of the select vestry, yesterday. We have.
already published the facts of this case, with a brief
biography of Thomas Parr Gilmour ; therefore, it is.
only necessary to say, that at the meeting of the hoard,
the 'Workhouse Committee report was read for confirma-
tion, when

Mr. Churchwarden CROPPER said—l believe there
only one subiect in that report the confirmation of which.
I now move, and that. is in respect to the person who,
calls himself Gilmour, or Parr. The sub-committee met
after the meeting last Thursday, and after a full inves-
tigation of the case we sent over our deputy-clerk to the
Isle of Man, and he has just returned. He informs us
that when he went there he called upon one of the best
and most able lawyers, and placed all the facts of the•
case before him ; and although the statement of the girl
could be confirmed partially by the woman who lived in:
the house, he was advised that he could take no steps in
the matter. It. does Rot appear that he has committed:
an offence Oven against the law of England.
Mr. DALTo',l—What, to take a child away, and—
Mr. CROPPER—He had her father's consent.
Mr WHITTY—There will be a report from tiro. sub-
committee at the next Workhouse committee meeting.
Mr. ettnenit—We are advised that no law can touch
him.

Mr. D.u...roN thought that some steps shotld be taken
by the Workhouse Committee to prevent children being
taken away in future. Was it not. the intention of the
committee to take some further steps, and make some
further regulations for the future ? There is a man who
is well known to every tradesman in the town as a
swindler • he comes to this house, and on his ipse
alone takes away a child. He is notorious all over the
world; and I have now before me no less than eleven
names which he has assumed at different times. wader
which he has swindled people. First, he is Thomas
Parr Gilmour, then Thomas Parr, Mi. Thorn, Mr. Gil-
mour, Nrlet, Mr. Moore, J. C. Gilmour, Tomlinson
and. Co., Wilson and Co., Clarkson and Co., John Lee
and Co. He concluded by hoping that the Workhouse
Committee would take some steps to avoid such an.
an occurrence in future.

Mr. CROPPER did not think that there was any blame
to be attributed to the Workhouse Clommittee, as the
girl's father was in the hone and gave his consent to
her going.
Mr. WIIITTY was of opinion that although by some
it was t Itoilzht that the 'Workhouse Committee had
arrived at perfection, it was far from the fact ; and said
that such an occurrence could not have taken place in
the Industrial Schools Committee, as a man taking a
girl away .after having only seen the schoolmistress—no
doubt a very proper authority in her place—and he ex-.
pressed a hope that the Workhouse Committee would
make such regulations for the future, as would prevent
such a disgraceful circumstance ever again occurring.
Mr. SMITH said the sub-committee would make a
report to the next meeting of the Workhouse Com-
mittee, when, DO doubt, some suggestions on the sub-.
jest would be made.

The report, after a brief conversation, was confirmed.

IMPUDENT AND AUDACIOUS SWINDLE'

IN PARIS.

UNPARALLELED CASE OF IMPOSTURE

(FROM OtIR PARIS CORRF.SPONDF.NT.)
The following is one of the most impudent a-ntti
barefaced cases of swindling and imposture that
I have heard of for some time past. A few- days
ago, a M. R., a merchant iu Paris, was in attend-
ance in his usual place of business, when a younz:
_ _

prepossessing appearance, entered and addressed.
him as follows :—" I come, Monsieur, to acquaint
you with some good news, which, no doubt, will
be as agreeable for you to receive, as it is pleasing
to me to communicate. I have just received, from
my mother, who lives in Marseilles, a letter, in
which she informs me of the death of M. Duval.

of whom we are the heirs. He has bequeathed.
to you 100,000 francs; and I find that we have
the advantage, without. our being aware of it,
of being mutually related to the deceased, whop
although-we hardly knew him, has no other heirs
but ourselves." The engaging youth then handed
to the merchant two letters, one having the

stamp of a notary and the signature " Renandui,'
and the other was, he said, from his mother.

These .letters purported to give most precise
details respecting the succession of which he
spoke. M. R., of course, very well satisfied to
learn that he had a relative who had made such
honourable mention of him in his will, lost no
time -in acting upon the advice of his newly
discovered young relative, to call upon a lawyer,
and ask him to go down with theni to Marseilles,
and arrange matters in a businesslike way.
This done, and a new full suit of. mourning
purchased, M. R. set out for Marseilles, accompa-
nied by his man of business and his co-legatee. It
appears, however, that the last-mentioned party
had suddenly recollected the evening before that. he
had promised to take some presents to his mother,
and he accordingly borrowed from M. R., for this
object, the small sum of 500 francs. The travellers
set off by the 8 p.m. train, which stopped for a
few minutes at the Monteneau station about 11.30.
Feigning some pretext for alighting from the
train for a moment, the young cousin got out,
but when the bell rang for the departure of the
wagons, he did not appear, and the train set off
without him. His two compagnons de voyage did
not give themselves much uneasiness on the sub-
ject of his absence, as they never doubted that he
had been unavoidably prevented from rejoining
them in time, and would be sure to turn up on
the arrival of, the next train. M. R. and his
adviser accordingly attended at the station next
morning, fully expecting to see their missing-
young friend' arrive, but he did oat appear ; and
after dancing attendance in a similar manner
during two whole days, they at length began to
entertain some glimmerings of suspicion of their
having been made the victims of a swindle. These
suspicions were converted into certainty, when
they ascertained, after making most searching
inquiries throughout the city, that no such
perseda as M. Duval had ever lived in Mar-
seilles, and that the two letters shown by thu
your g rascal must have been impudent forgeries.
The deluded merchant therefore hastened back to
Paris, but only to and that he had been made the
victim of a fresh deception during his absence.
He discovered that, on the day following that of
his departure, a gentlemanly-looking young
man, who, of course, was no other than his pre-
teniied relative, a most, accomplished thief, had
presented himself to Madame R. with the
following pretended;
At Nlentetteau, Madame,
'message from her husband
your husband dis-
covered that he was not provided with sufficient
money to him to,. defray the preliminary
expenses, attending the recovery of his legacy,
sue a 4 the registration of the deeds, advocates'
tend notaries' fees, &e.; and be has sent me to
fetclrtwo thousand francs: I return," he added,
"by.the first train, so as to be able to rejoin 1.1.
It. at Marseilles as early as possible to-morrow.
We haw appointed a
mewing early in the day
witis the notary." Madame It. entertaining no
suspicion, and eaptivetect by the persuasive
address and, demeanour of the young messenger,
at °ace gavg th,e 2,000f.' to her false cousin, who,
it is needte-ss to. add, disappeared from that
ineme.at.. 1 has not yet been. caught.

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