Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-18 00:00:00

to, havabeen handed overzto,titc- sinking, fusel, has,been
;employed: for other purposes,. According to this plan,
:we attachflitut little impartaneerto, the sinking fundeon—
tinning:to fulfil its functions .regutarly. Debts are not
ottreacept by real sunphis,ancl if, on the contrary,
old engsgements are only settled: by contracting ,new
. ones, it would be muck tater to, abstain from such:ll6o-
- .pannlie.
Baron de Koller,. the Austrian envoy at! the
. court of Prussia, has:, left- Vienna for Berlimi.tO,
resume his diplomatiaduties.

LOCAL IN:EELLIGENCK

THE HON. AND /XVI- BIi,PTIST W. NOEL`—This
eminent minister wills preach to-morrow evening; at
Pembroke Chapel.
CORONER'S COURT,. INESTER.DAY.—At this eauet, be-
fore J. P. Curry, Esek, cowner, an inquest was held on
the body of Joseph Rigby,:an infant, who died suddenly
on. Friday morning. The child had been ailing, for
some days, and syrup c& poppies was administered, but
not, according to the mediesi evidence, in sufficient
quantity to produce- death, A verdict of "bath front
natural causes" was•returned.
COUNTY REYISION.—This court was re-sinned-yester-
day ~ morning, at the Sessions-house, Chapel-street,
before W. B. Brett; revising barrister. The following
is the result of the- day's proceedings, commencing with
Toxteth-park:—Niimber of objections matte by the Con- '
servatives, 247; struck:off; 146; paid in tines £2 2s. Gd.is
Number of objections made by the Radieals, '63 ; struck
off, 34 ; paid in fines, £2 10s. Conservative. majority,
112-, previous ditto, 187. Total, 299.
TOXTETH LITERARY- ASSOCIATION. The- usual I
fortnightly meeting of this association was held in their
rooms, Park Road, corner of Hill-street, on Friday
evening last ;, when the very popular question.: (at present)
of, " Has the Drama a moral tendency ?" was.discussed.
A paper from B. H. Grindley was read, opening the
affirmative ; Mr. H. Ellis opened in the negative.—After
a very animated debate, by the casting vote of the chair-
man, it was decided in the negative.
MARKETs' CommmEn.--Somewhat out of ifs ordinary
course, the fortnightly meeting of this committee was
held in the Council-chamber, at the Town Hill, yester-
day forerio.on. Mr. Johnson presided; and the -other
members present were—Messrs. Ridley, Houghton, Hol-
den, Shimmin, Woodruff, and Haydock.. A consider-
able amount of routine business was disposed of, and
the various accounts submitted were passed. Mr. Ridley,
in pursuance of notice, moved a resolution to the effect
that the bars at present put across Cleveland-square
during the time the market was herd, should be removed.
He was confident that the bars were entirely unneces-
sary, and, as they were an inconvenience to the public,
the sooner they were dispensed with the better. In
answer to Mr.. Woodruff, Mr. Hutchison, the superin-
tendent, said that' the bars might be removed without
inconvenience to the market ; and the motion was then
agreed to.—This was the last meeting of the committee
during the present municipal year.
COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before W. A. Ilulton,
Esq., Judge.)—SWlLL MILK—SOUTHERN v. HAR-
GRAVES.—John Southern, residing at Kenyon Junction,
near Manchester, was the plaintiff in this case, and
Henry Hargraves was the defendant. The action was
brought to recover £3 4s. alleged to be due for milk
supplied to the defendant, at his residence, 9, Luther-
street. It appeared from the evidence, that the plaintiff
had been in the habit of supplying a quantity of milk to
the defendant daily, and that the latter gave the former
some matter to colour the milk, and make it look more
creamy. This order had been obeyed by the plaintiff ;
but after it had been practised for some time, the defen-
dant discovered that the milk turned sour on his hands
soon after it was delivered, in consequence of which he
lost several customers.—The judge decided that as the
colouring matter had been supplied by the defendant to
the plaintiff by which the milk was soured, he would
give a verdict for the plaintiff, for theamount claimed.
THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.--The
first ordinary meeting of this society for the present
session was held last evening at the' Royal Institution.
The Rev. H. H. Higgins, the president, occupied the
chair. Several donations were announced. They con-
sisted principally of books and pamphlets On literary and
scientific subjects. Professor Archer drew attention• to
that subject of singular antiquarian interest, the use of
coin made of coal by the ancients ; and exhibited a few
specimens. : ,The Rev. Mr. Robberds drew attention to
-the appearance exhumed ny tne aurora borealis on Wed:
nesday evening last, which, followed by questions, led
to some interesting explanations by Dr. Thomson, the
secretary. In the polar regions, there was the most
sensitive sympathy between the magnetic needle and the
aurora. The president then delivered his inaugural
address, in which, with great learning and admirable
neatness of style, he took up and illustrated the truth
that, in the domains of both science and literature, there
is a gradual disappearance, before the light of increasing
knowledge, of limits and distinctions formerly supposed
to be exact and permanent.
A SWELL-MOBSMAN AT THE GREAT EASTERN.—A
well-known Liverpool pickpocket, named William
Samuelson dressed in the latest fashion, with a mock
diamond ring 'on his, finger, and real gold chain round
his neck, was amongst the visitors to the Great Eastern
on Wednesday, bat had no sooner stepped on board than
he was accosted by Detective-officer Carlisle, who politely
requested him to walk into one of the cabins, where he
searched him, and found in his possession a purse con-
taining a railway excursion ticket available for a month,
£2 in gold, about 30s. in silver, and a recipe for making
mushroom ketchup ; also £4 or £5 in loose silver, six
empty portemonaies, and several ,sambrie pocket
handkerchiefs. Upon making inquiries, he ascertained
that the purse containing the railway ticket, &c., be-
longed to a Mrs. Purdie, of Shaw-street, Liverpool, who
was one of Samuelson's fellow-passengers in the steamer
which had brought him alongside. The unfortunate
swell was taken before a-magistrate, who, after hearing'
the evidence, committed him for trial at the Beaumaris
sessions.
LAuNcH OF THE
iron,iron clipper barque of 504 tons,
builders' measurement, took place on Thursday last, from
the iron Shipbuilding-yard of Mr. Josiah Jones, Sefton-
street, in the presence of a numerous assembly. She is
built for Messrs. Gardner and Broomhall (who are the
managing owners), and Messrs. Graham, Kelley and Co.,
of this town, for the Liverpool and South 'American
West Coast trade*,. and is the second of the same class
that the build& has launched for the same firms. 'Her
model has been pronounced 'by nautical judges to he. un-
surpassed, for symmetry and beauty of design, by any
vessel yet launched from this port. The ceremony of
naming the " Aconcagua" was performed by Miss
Kelley (daughter of one of the Owners), whoa the noble
craft glided dosin the " slippery ways" into her element,
with a steadiness and ease that elicited great* admira-
tion. The company, numbering 'about 280, then pro-
ceeded to the, spacious mould-room adjoining, which was
tastefully decorated for the occasion. A dejeunon• was
here prepared, and Duncan Graham, Esq. was called to
the chair. After several loyal toasts had been duly
honoured, the chairman proposed as a toast " The
clergy," (several of whom were present,) coupling with
it the name of the Rev. B. Arthure. The rev. gentle-
man (incumbent of St. Catherine's, Tranmere), responded
in pleasing terms, and in conclusion called upon the
company to drink success to "The good ship and her
Owners.' The chairman, in acknowledging the good
wishes expressed for the success of the vessel, dilated
upon the minute scientific skill" employed in• the
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Josiah Jones, in acknowledging the kind manner in
which the company had responded to the toast, ex-
pressed his obligation to the managing owners for many
valuable suggestions with which they had from time to
time faVoured him, and for their courtesy on all
occasionit; alluding especially to the long practical
experiencq of Mr. Gardner, he then. gave "The health
of the Managing Owners." Ample justice having been
done to the toast, James Gardner, Esq., responded by
deputy, anct,subsequently, in complimenting Mr. Jones
on his skill as an iron shipbuilder; on behalf "of himself
and co-owners expressed his entire satisfaction at the
manner
in which that gentleman had completed his
contract. " Tlie British 'Press," " The Ladies, &e.,"
having been honoured, Fowles's' quadrille band, which
was in attendance was brought into requisition, and
the interesting. proceedings terminated with a dance to
its lively strains. The Aconcagua is classed Al, for
twelve years,
IMO/ and is designed expressly for the Valparaiso
at Lloyd's (the highest class for an iron
trade, being fitted with extra iron ribs for copper ore
carriage. She is to be fitted with Cunningham's patent
topsails,
wire riggin Gray's atent floating compasses,
&c: All her deck and cabinp fittings are of hard wood,
her cabins affording accommodation of the very first
dais for the caiveyance of passengers. Aftei-launehing,
the vessel was towed into the Queen's Basin for com-
pletion, a large portion of her cargo being already
engaged,