Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-11 00:00:00

NATURE.

Fractnres
Dislocations
Burns and scalds
Wounds and contusions 1,692
SuSpended animation ~. 8.
Attempted suicides
Various • 78

OCCUPATIONS.

Labourers
Sailors
Mechanics
Women
Children

the meeting. terminated
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INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN.

The annual tueeting of the •committee of. the Liver-
pool Infirmary (or Children was held yesterday morning,
in the board ,noom of the Institute, Hope-street. M.
.Gregson, Esq., took the chair, and proceeded at once to
the business of the meeting, lay irequesting the secretary
to read the annual report. It ,was as follows :
The committee,of the Liverpool Infirmary for Children feel
that no a-ology its necessary from them to the supporters of
this raluable institution for repeating now for-the ninth time
their assurance that the sphere of its benevolent though un-
oblznsive usefulness is steadily extending. During the course
of the past year 1423 out-patients and 41 in-patients have re-.
ceived the advantages of skilful medical treatment under the
variety of diseases of which a synopsis will be appended to this
report. -

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the high sanitary condition of the town during the late year
will sufficiently account for a smaller increase, as compared
with 1858, in the number of out-patients, since any variation
in the rate of mortal ty especially affects children at the age of
those for whom the benetits of this institution are provided.
The committee, therefore, feel that they have cause to be
thankful that the class of patients in whom they are especially
interested have during the past year enjoyed an unusual im-
munity from sickness- - Still, under the most favourable
eumstances, in a great town like this, there must always be a
;large average of infantile disease, for the cure or alleviation of
which some general provision is necessary.
The Liverpool Infirmary for Children meets this necessity.
Such little sufferers require more than ordinary care, more
individual tenderness, and more specific- medical experience
than can be expected in a general hospital ; and this your
committee confidently believe they invariabiy meet with in
this institution.

Tee parents and friends of the chi'dren constantly express
their gratitude for the kinliness and bancf,ts their children
have received, while the annually increasing amount of their
voluntary contributionsE43 is. 4d.—is a moat gratifying and
substantial proof of sincerity.
The committee beg to. offer their most corolla' thanks to
those ladies who have acted on the ladies' visiting committee
during the past year.. By. their -unremitting attention .to the
details of the establishment, by their constant visits and kind
symeathy, the matron and nurses have been greatly encou-
raged and supported in their arduous duties, and many addi-
tional comforts .have been supplied to the children, as the
subjoined list of donations in kind will testify.
The subscription list for the year has slightly increased
being £lB4 in 1859, against £l7l 18s. in 1858; but the donations
and legacies have been much less-:—E56 ls. this year, against
£lBl 15s. in 1858. Ou the other hand, the comma tee are glad
to observe that the management of the institution has been
conducted with the greatest economy ; all expen3es have been
reduced except those of 'housekeeping, which have been un-
avoidably increased, in consequence of the grea`er number of
in-patients, and, therefore, notwithstanding the great falling
off in the gross receipts, the present deficiency is trifling. Still,
as the current income ought to pay current expenses, the com-
mittee would again- urge on their friends the duty of making
the existence and advantages of the- institution more widely
known,

The report having been read and adopted by the meet-
ing, a vote of thanks was passed to the treasurer, secre-
tary, and officers of the institution, fox the zeal and
ability with which they discharged their duties. A
donation of £lO was, on the motion of the secretary,
voted to the matron of the institution.

The president was re-elected, and a vote of thanks,
which wag tendered to him, terminated the proceedings.

LAtrscn or' THE ICssme.-Another addition to
the already'pOwerful steam fleet a the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation. Company took place on
Monday, by the launch of the Massilia from the building
yard of Messrs. Samuda Brothers, Poplar. This fine
vessel is 310 feet long on deck, 36 feet beam, and 1919
tons measurement tonnage. She is intended to receive
engines of 400 horse power, which is expected will be
set to work on board her, and the vessel ready to pro-
ceed to sea, within two months from this date.

AN ALDERMAN'S ORDER FOR A DINNER LN THE
NINETEENTH . CENTURY.—Saturday, 15th Dec., 1838.
Mr. ---, I wish that my Common Council dinner
for the 21st instant (St. Thomas's Day) should be.at
your house;. but I hope' you will take care we have a
clean comfortable room, and that a fire may be kept up
in it from an early hour in the morning until we sit
down to dinner, and not lighted half an hour before we
sit down to dinner. And I must stipulate that you take
care we have some first-rate wine, and that our provi-.
sion is of the first quality. I must stipulate for a haunch
of South Down mutton, not large mutton, that be killed
ten days at least. A sirloin, of prime beef, not fat prize
beef, but of a prime Scot that has been killed several days.
We don't want a quantity, of greasy soups, but a eupple
(sic), of tureens of strong soups, 'of two sorts, with the
fat well cleaned from it and well seasoned, and a little
shallot in it and in your gravy. • Your ham to be pro-
perly soaked, and simmered slowly, giving it plenty of
time. If you use my naive to my T ennant(sic), he will
Lake care I have prime fish, dogged cod in slices. A dish
of well prepared skate by lying in spring water a couple
of hours before it is 'dressed ; and some Torbay soles ; if
large, you had better cut them in three as the thick
parts dress better so. dressed. Your oysters for sauce
must be natives, not common oysters. POultry and
game I leave to yourself. I think Mr. Butler will let
you have something curious in the port wine, if you say
it is for my dinner. Leave plenty of room at the table,
20 or 22, we shall probably dine 19 or 20, at five
__pre-
cisely, on the 21st inst.—Yours, Bcc. P.S. Take
care to have a dozen packs of the best cards, not the thin
indifferent sorts.—Citp Press. '
STATE OP CRIME IN THE EASTERN DISTRICT.—The
Quarter Sessions which have been nearly -completed in
the eastern counties' have 'exhibited on the whole 'the
same small amount" of crime which has been' observed
during the last two .or three years, although it should
be borne in mind that offences committed by persons of
tender years, and charges disposed of summarily do not
now come before these tribunals. At the Essex County
Sessions the chairman, Mr. V. C. C. Marsh, said the
number of cases was rather larger than usual, but
they were not generally crimes of a heavy dye.
At the Ipswich Borough Sesiions the Recorder,
Mr. David Power,' Q.C:, expressed his' satisfaction
that considering the populatidn of, the town the calen-
dar was so-small.' At the WoOdbridge division, of the
Suffolk sessions the number of 'prisoners exhibited a
small increase, but at Beccles the chairman, Colonel A.
Shafto Adair, congratulated the grand jury on the state
of the calordar, which contained only a few unimportant
cases. At the Cambridgshire sessions it was reported
that the daily average number of prisoners in the
county gaol bad been 37 'as compared with 40 at the
corresponding period of last year. At the Isle of 'Ely
'sessions, at Wisbeach, the chairman remarked on the
small number of prisoners committed for trial, and
expressed a hope that serious crime was gradually
decreasing. At the Huntingdonshire sessions it was
reported that the number of prisoners in confinement,
although in some respects not showing the same, indica-
tions of a diminution in crime as in the last quarter; had
still been moderate. At the Cambridge Borough
Sessions there were only two cases for consideration.
At the Norfolk County Sessions it was reported that the
daily average number of prisoners in the county gaol
during the past quarter had been 67, being 12 less than
at the corresponding period of last year. The number
of prisoners 'for trial at the sessions exhibited, how-
ever, a slight increase, as compared with last year.
At the Norwich Sessions there were 16 prisoners for
trial, and the Recorder (Mr. O'Malley, Q.C.) said that,
looking at the great population of the city, the calendar
presented reasons for congratulation. At Colchester
there were only two or three cases for trial, and at Great
Yarmouth the business was equally light. In Lincoln-
shire the chairman of the Kesteven sessions (Sir John
Trollope) spoke in terms of congratulation on the paucity
of business and the trivial nature of the cases ; but at
the Holland sessions the court was occupied a considera-
ble time of disposing of the calendar.

LIVERPOOL POLICE coußT?....iiry.

(Belfprt MeititMtriiiil624:. and OAsTELLione p.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF Yoyrros.l—Jamkt Tibe,a
young man who finds employment about St. elan's
Market, was brought up on the charge of breaking open.,
the cellar of Mr. James Quinn, poultry- salesUsan, on
Sunday night last, and carrying away 47 ducks and 33
fowls. They were found in the house of a Mrs. Jones,
a market woman, residing in Charles-street. This
woman appeared ,as a witness, and stated that the
prisoner came to her and asked if she woald allow them
to lie till-morning, as he was too drunk to take them
home. The prisoner admitted the robbery, but pleaded
in extenuation that he was drunk. lie was committed
for trial.

CHARGE OF. STEALING GOLD FROM THE ROYAL
CHARTER.—Evan Walker and "James Jones, two young
men, were charged by Detectives Skaife and Patrick
with stealing a quantity of gold from the wreck of the
Royal' Charter. The two men 'were employed on board
the steam-tug Fury, which was kept by Messrs. Gibbs,
Bright, lk Co. in attendance upon the wreck. Mr Cobb
appeared for the defence. Detective Skaife said that
information had been conveyed to the police that the
prisoners were suspected of having a quantity of gold,
brought up by divers from the wreck of the Royal
Charter, in their possession. Upon inquiry being made,
it was found that the prisoners had sold 8 oz. 12 drachms
to Stankey Brothers, in Oldhall-street, and that they
had been purchasing a quantity of jewellery at various
shops throughout the town. The prisoners were re-
manded for • seven days, to allow time to produce a
number of witnesses.

CHARGE OF PERJURY.—Thomas Powell, anelderly man,
was broight up on the charge of wilful and corrupt per-
jury. Mr. Pemberton appeared for the prosecution, and
Mr. Black for the defence. Our readers will remember
that a case was tried before Mr. Mansfield, late stipen-
diary magistrate, on the 2nd January instant, in which
Mr. John Miller, tea merchant, Church-lane, but who
had xetail premises in 158, Mill-street, was charged
with setting the latter on fire on the 31st October last,
and afterwards making a claim for £3OO on the Liver-
pool and London Insurance Company, in whose officehe
had effected an insurance to this amount over the furni-
ture and stock • on the premises in Mill-street.
Powell was the principal witness for the prosecution,
but Mr. Miller was discharged by the magistrate in con-
sequence of the incompatibility of the witness Powell's
statements with other evidence produced. - Mr.' Pember-
ton gave a general outline of the evidence then adaced,
pointing out wherein- it differed with that of the other
witnesses. Powell stated that the furniture in the estab-
lishment was not worth above £2O, and the stock in the
shop, taken on the most favourable terms, would not
bring much above £5O. He swore that he heard Mr.
Miller go down stairs after they had retired to rest, and
did not hear him return. Shortly after the fire took place,
he informed the Liverpool and London Insurance Com-
pany that he believed Mr. Miller set fire to the premises.
He had never on any occasion said he would have Mr.
Miller transported by fair means or foul. He was per-
feetly sober when the fire occurred. A young man
named Green, in• the employ of Miller, deposed that
there were goods to the value of £4OO on the premises,
besides the furniture; and that Powell said to him that
he would have Mr. Miller transported. Police-consta-
ble 727 swore that the prisoner was drunk and had to
be dragged down stairs out of the burning house. Mr.
Black, having addressed the court on behalf of the pri-
soner, the magistrates said they-considered there was a
case made out against Powell. Mr. Black asked if bail
would be accepted for the prisoner. The magistrates
intimated that two sureties of £5O each would be ac-
cepted. .A gentleman in court offered to be surety in
£lOO for the appearance of the prisoner when called on
,to take his trial.

The incumbency of Christ Church; Lansdown, has at
length been filled, by the appointment.of the Rev. J. F.
Fenn, formerly a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge,
and, at the present time vicar of Stotfeld, Bedfordshire,
as the successor therein of the Rev. Canon Boyd. The
acceptance of the incumbency by Mr. Fenn only antici-
pated by a few days the lapse of the nomination, a
circumstance which would have occurred had the ap-
pointment remained vacant at the close of the present
week. The new incumbent is son of the Rev. Mr.
Fenn, of Blackheath, a gentleman well known in the
clerical world.—Cheltenhani Looker-on.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN TFIE STRAND.--A WARNING 4—
On Monday Mr. Bedford, the coroner for Westminster,
held an investigation at Charing-cross Hospital, respect-
ing the death of James. Ayers, aged 4:5, a cab driver.
Mr. Charles Stickley, who resides at Bacon's Hotel,
Great Queen-street, deposed that, -about half-past. one
o'clock on Friday morning, the 23rd December he was
riding in a Hansom, cab along the Strand, and when
Exeter Hall he perceived. another cab, driven by
the deceased, coming towards- Charing-cross at a very
moderate pace. He '(witnes9 saw the deceased
suddenly thrown from his box to the ground, and
immediately afterwards the dab turned over and fell
upon him. He went at once to his assistance,
and discoVered that the cab had been overturned
through a large mound of earth and rubbish lying on
the carriage way opposite Upton's dining-rooms. The
heap of rubbish was 'about three yards from the kerb-
stone. With the assistance of the police the unfortunate
man was taken from under the cab, and in an insensible
condition conveyed to Charing-cross Hospital, where he
expired from the injuries received. There was no barrier
around the mound of earth, and no lantern or other
light. Some other evidence havine, been taken, the
coroner summed up, and the jury, after some considera-
tion, returned the following verdict : " That the
deceased's death was accidental, but the jury think that
all such work should have lanterns and other protections
against accident."
,A NEW PLANET.—Our readers must recollect M.
Leverrier's surprising communication to the Academy of
Sciences on the 12th of September last, in which hari-
pounced a certain error in the' secular Motion of the 4eri-:
helion of Mercury, which could not be otherwise explained
than by supposing another planet to exist between Mer-
cury and the sun. 'lt would now seem that M. Leverrier,
to whom 'the world owes the unprecedented prediction
of the existence of the planet Neptune has had the no
less nnexampled good fortune, richly due to his scien-
tific attainments and unceasing energy;. of geeing his
second prediction also verified.: The ultra-mercurial
planet has been found ! - Such is the astounding
intelligence announced to the Academy by M. Leverrier
himself. And not only has it been found. but it was so
several months before M. Leverrier discovered its' exist-
ence by calculation', and, stranger still, the finder is not
an astronomer, but a physician, .Dr. Lescarbault by
name, living at Orgeres (Enre-et-Loire). The facts are
simply these :—On the 26th of March last the sky was
overcast in many parts of France, but the sun shone
brightly on the plateau of Orgeres. Dr. Lescarbault
happening at the time to have a little leisure, took an
observation of the sun through his telescope, and
saw, to his surprise, a 'small, round, black spot pass
over the sures disk. He carefully noted down the
time, and afterwards calculated that the chord des-'
cribed by the planet subtended-an arc of about nine
minutes and thirteen seconds. M. Leverrier having
published the result of his calculations in Sep-
tember last, the doctor wrote to him to acquaint him
with the above fact. This was a sufficient reason for
M. Leverrier to set 'out for Orgeres. Here he learnt
that Dr. Lescarbault was a man of great learning and
universally respected, and that he had 'but-one fault—
that of troubling himself too much about the stars ! On
arriving at Dr. Lescarbault's abode, M. Leverrier was
astonished to find a regular observatory there, with
instruments chiefly contrived by the doctor himself in
consequence of his very limited financial means. The
worthy physician not having a chronometer, has never-
theless made himself a pendulum, striking seconds, by
means of an ivory ball and a bit of string! M. Lever-
rier asked him nrany questions 'on his observations, and
his manner of acquiring the data relating to' the new
planet, and received the most satisfactory answers..
According to M. Leverrier's calculations, the chord
described by the planet must have subtended an arc of,
nine minutes and seventeen seconds, so that the doctor,
with his clumsy apparatus, was only four seconds wrong.
The doctor estimates the diameter of the new planet at
310 leagues, and the inclination of its orbit to the
ecliptic at 12 degrees. If such are its dimensions, it is
likely that there are more planets still in that region.
Its revolution round the sun is performed in 19 days and
17 hours ; in its greatest elongation its distance from
the sun does not exceed 7 degrees, while Mercury's
maximum elongation is twenty-five degrees. It was
lucky that M. Leverrier had resolved upon going in
person ; for the doctor's observatory being strangely
deficient in paper, his calculations were generally
written in charcoal on a deal board ; and when it was
full the doctor used to plane it down by way of cleaning
it. This precious deal board, charged with all the
calculations relating to the planet, has been obtained
by M. Leverrier, ar.d presente•l to the Academy.

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