Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-24 00:00:00

CORONER'S COURT.

The following inquests were hell yesterday :
On :he body of John Sonton, 43 years of age, who died
in the Northern Hospital. lie was a plasterer, and fell
by accident from a building in Great Homer-street, and
died in consequence of the injuries he. sustained. Verdict
accordinglr.
On the body of a boy, named John Connoughto", 11
years' old, who wag uufortuna-ely crushed to death behind
a supr barrel, in Lancelot's, hey, by a lorry that was
pagsiug. Verdic-, "Accidental death."
On the body of Curies Robertson, 2 years old, a
mason, who died at the Royal Infirmary, in consequence
of injuries he received by a fall from a building in the
suburbs of the town. Verdict, " Accidental death."

MR. M'DONALD AND TIIE SMOKE NUISANCE,

TO THE EllfTol3 OT TIIPr NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,— k letter appeared in ;Our impression of
yesterday, from a' correspondent who styles himself
"Anti-Smoke," containing a malignant attack -upon
ma: The vulgar scnrrilty andiow blackguardism
of the writer are of themselves unworthy of notice,
were it not for the purpese of exhibiting; in their
true colours, the unscrupulous and, disgraceful
means resorted to by a • gang of disappointed
charlatans—of which, I • have no - doubt, " Anti.
smoke" is one of the most mendacious and pre-
Bumptious of the lot—to gratify their . rancourous
feelings of hatred. against myself. And o hers, who
have refused to assist them in fleecing the. unfOr-
tinizte owners of furnaces by recommeding some
one or other of their. pretended disCoveries, or
rather pir lted pins, for what your correspondent
calls "1 consuming stroke."
In my memorial to the Council, I stated files
patent to the whole Smoke Committee, to every
owner of furnaceS; of whttever kind, and to the town
at large, that while Smoke Inspector I had snor
ceeded in effectually suppressing the smoke nuisance,
-viithout the agency of patents of any kind whatever.
Was that so or 'no"; ? " Anti-Smoke" knows full
well that he dare not dispute the fact, and heads
he takes to talking about " pomposity, bombast,
stinking fish,'' and such like vulgar and abusive
epithets, which ha substitutes for lack 'of argu-
ment, and winds up his tirade of bllinosgate by a
palpable falsehood. He says the United Council
treated my mamorial with " silent contempt."
Did they ? 'Certainly not. What I stated to the
council were facts which circumstances fully war-
ranted my directing their attention to. And
whether I was a man of such " sterling honour,
such irresistible integrity, and such inflexible,
inexorable, or unbending piety," mattered nothing.
I had firmness suffi ;lent, without regard to any
thing else, to resist the blarneying, blandistments,
and proffered bribes of all such mendicant quacks
as "Anti-Smoke," And,- hence, the bitter malig-
nity now and heretofore displayed, openly towards
me. I took good dare that the smoke act was not
to be carried out irr the way these gimpy rids
desired—it was not to be converted, in my hands
at all events; into itmediurn for enabling woutd-he
philosophers and inventors.to fill their coffers, at
the cost of the manufacturer 'or furnace owner;
an I I can only sincerely regret if the course I hid
pursued so successfully, and, with such satisfactory
results to all -.parties, should have been departed
from --I am, sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES M'DONALD.

BOYS' CLOTHING M.ADF, WITH GRFAC TASTE, at,LEWIS and
COMPANY'S, Itanalagh-street.

IMP,MTATI )N OP BONN,—We a few days ago Mated that

the bri. L-opol line, with a cirgo of banes, had been
restrained from discharginz in c qieacc.of on order
in (Inland of the 27th ult. A reply to a memorial on the
sobj,,ct has since been received from the Privy Council,
directing the B )3r 1 of Cost ms" to p'rmit the importation
of all banes which were shipped, er is curse of shipment,
or or lered, or c,ntracted for, previ )ugly to the s;:id order in
Councl." The cargo in qn.stion has therefore been dis•
chir_;cl.—Northern Daily Express.
CORK BEIOUB23.—Oar streets, besides answering for the

ordinary purposes of traffic, afford tccommedstion, throu.zh
-the laxity of the authorities, fcr gipSey gangs of beggars to
warder at will, who extort "outdoor relief 7 from the
pa secs-by by a pericacieus clamour ,which will not be
denied. • The shop do irways are swsrmed with a filthy,
quarrelsome m ,b, offensive to every sense, and disgustiqz
as specimens of the idle, whining mendicity which:strikes
visitors to Ireland with so much surprise. - Tee mother of
a whole litter of Equslid children looks upon her outfit as a
beggar ,complote, and deformed objects pirade
unsightliness to shock the sersibilities of the n ervous and
humane. Great numbers of these pl,gnes dep, nd merely
up in their bullyitl capabilities, aed as .they are übur-
dsatljt foul-mouthed, and generally so tipsy as to be reek.

lest of the c'ansaut lat)eg, ths—tride they dr:ve is by no means
inc)isilerable. Year after year the same brann fsc,s are
'recogni.ed as they gra Cicie rolnis from orie estabrshed
hatutt anothsr. Barn and bel beggars, from the time
they can lisp3the cry for alms, in the vigour of life they
unbluningly ask to have their worthless lives so ,ported
by the iniuStrious; and until the; go t,o their graves they
persist in tin satin vicious c curse. N.) greater traits-arc::
a-vs in city, vitt no where is it m .re oarelesily p-r-
-mitted. A very sllg'it exercise of energy on the part of the-
anwistrates and p,)Acs wend cure the evils—Observer.

MILITIA. RIOTS IN LIMERICK —Aeao ints have reached

Dahlia of a s Ales of disgracdful riots is the city of Lime-
rick,
,wltieh lased during the evaniags of Saturday an I
Sun lay, the note's being th? recen ly embolisl County
of Limetick Regiment. The facts are these :—On Satur-
day night thn militiamee, when pasting threug'i George's-
street to their barracks in Bolierbirl, cffered insult to
severe persons, and bellavtd is a most ruffianly minner
towards every respectable inhabitant they happened to
meet. Tne locality of B iherbuoy was a soon.) of commo-
tion during the night, and the interference cf the conste-
hid try to restore order was ineff,einal, or only kindled a
there for rerlaublel disturbarc!s. Mora than 100 of the
militia entered barracks in a drunken slate, and the pre-
sumption of the police to meddle with them was discussed
in every room. Revenge they would have, and aco,rdiogly
between eight and nine ','clock, a litele before " tuti.oo," a
formidable force, nurnb=ringabove 100 men of the county
congregated bcfole the police station in Ratierbeoy.
and coirm need stone-tiara ving at the co istabulary, and
demolished the windows, Immense crowds cAlected, and,
in self-pres-evation, the police party. consisting of only
seven men, had to lead and turn out with fixed b tyontts..
The rioters c-notinwel to assail them, and four p-Teenten
were knocked down. Intelligence having. reached the
head station of the constabulary, in William-street, the
available fo-ca was. ci'led to arms, and proceeded: to the
rescue of their comrades in Boherbuoy. The county
inspeetor, Mr. Calder, and the sub-inSp ctor, Mr, 1114Leod,
commanded, and theirpreseece at the ecAle of outrage had
the effect of dis ersing the militiamen. Au inquiry
respecting these riotous proceedings took place on Monday
before the Limerick magistrates, who, after hearing
evidence, directed their officer to communicate what had
occurred to C atone Stack, of the Provisional Battalioe,
and to Lieut.-Col. Dickson, of the County Militia.

At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Renelagb-street.
BO VS are CI,OIIIED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Years.