Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-24 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

BROKE HER. LEG.—Elizabeth M`Laughlan, residing in
a court off Porter-street, fell down in,a fit yesterday and
broke her leg.
ACCIDENTS.—Evan Jones, residing at 157, Vauxhall-road,
was working in the Stanley Dock, yesterday, when a stage
fell upon him and he received a severe injury to his pelvis,
i.e., hip joint. Daniel Curran, a boy, sixteen years of age,
fell into the hold of a ship, yesterday, in the Stanley Dock,
and received a severe fracture to the arm and ribs.
THE FIDDLE AND THE BAGPIPES. —Two itinerant mu-
sicians—God save the mark—were in a public-house in
Dale-street on Tuesday night. They began bragging about
their respective ability, and ended in kicking up a down-
right shindy. The wee-weedle-dee" proved the better
instrument, the man of the pipes getting his leg broken.
He was removed to the Northern Hospital.
THE GREAT BARON OF BEEF AT MORRISH'S, THIS DAY.
Some time ago we noticed the splendid animal purchased at
the sale of Messrs. Torr and Littledale, for Mr. Morrish's
dining-rooms, Tithebarn-street, and also referred to it
when slaughtered at Mr. Lowthians, John's Market, last
week. The " great baron," cut from that admired animal,
will be roasted for the dining-rooms, Tithebarn-street, this
day, and it is stated that besides being one of the largest
(if not the largest) ever roasted in Liverpool, it is of the
finest quality in all respects, and that, therefore, a treat will
be enjoyed by hundreds who patronise such food - and who
does not ? It will be worth public attention even to see it.
BANKRUPTCY COURT, Yesterday.—Before Mr. Commis-
sioner Perry.—ln re John Carmichael.—This was a first
dividend sitting. The bankrupt, who was a mahogany
merchant in Liverpool, failed in September last year.
Messrs. Neale and Martin appeared for the assignees, and
Messrs. Evans, Fletcher, Anderson, and Lowndes, on
behalf of several creditors. Proofs amounting to the
extent of about £90,000 were admitted, and claims filed
to the extent of some £24,000, several proofs being in-
formal. His Honour directed an adjournment to Monday
next, to give the various creditors an opportunity of
correcting their proofs. In re W. Buckley Jones and Co.
The certificate sittings of these bankrupts appointed for
yesterday, was adjourned upon the application of Mr.
Evans, solicitor to the assignees, to the 19th April.
ACHITECTURAL SOCIETY.—The thirteenth meeting in the
present session of this society was held last evening, in the
Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, H. P. Homer, Esq., pre-
sided. It had been previously announced that a paper was
to be read by Charles Verelst, Esq., "On working men's
villages." Unfortunately Mr. Verelst was unwell, and that
part of the business was not proceeded with. A conver-
sation took place with regard to flooring tiles, in which the
opinion was expressed that those made at the present day
are superior to any made even ten years ago. Mr.
Gentle read a translation from the French, which he styled
" Redtapeism in the purchase of cement in France." The
secretary acknowledged to have received as donations
The Building News, for the last fortnight. The Dublin
Builder, No. 3, and a lithographed design of Aberdeen
Grammar-school.

MAIL STEAMERS.—Yesterday the North Briton sailed for
Portland with the Canadian and 'United States mails, and
above 100 passengers. She will be succeeded by the
Canada, which sails for Boston via Halifax on Saturday.
The box closes at the Post-office at 12 o'clock, noon, but
will be open till one o'clock with late fee, and the receiving
box on the landing-stage at two o'clock. The African
mail-steamer Ethiope, sails this day (Thursday). The box
at the Post-office will close at 11.15 a.m. Late letters and
newspapers will be forwarded, bearing a late fee of one
penny, if posted during the first half-hour after the box is
closed, after which time, and until the departure of the
mail tender, they will be forwarded if posted at the floating
receiving-house on the landing-stage, bearing a late fee of
one shilling. The fee and postage on late letters and
newspapers must at all times be prepaid in stamps.
AN. ENT ORDER OF FORESTERS.—COV3T "SDI WILLIAM
WALLACE," No. 801.—The brethren of this court met at
their room, Brother Williams's, Sawyer's Arms, Clayton-
street, on Monday evening, when Mr. Charles Bishop, acting
manager of Mr. Hengler's Cirque Variete, was initiated an
honorary member of the Order. After the ceremony a hand-
some silver snuff box, with suitable inscription (got up by

subscription), was presented to Brother George Milne,
P.D.C.R., for his long and valuable services as treasurer.
Brother Millne returned thanks for the honour conferred
upon him, in a lengthy speech, which was received with
applause, accompanied with the Foresters' fire. During the
evening several songs were sung by Brothers Bruford,
Trevitt, and Evans ; also several addresses in connection
with the order were delivered, which, with toasts and senti-
ments, were kept up to a late hour, when the company
separated well pleased and delighted with the manner in
which the evening had been spent.
COUNTY COURT, Yesterday.—(Before J. W. Hulton,
Esq., Judge.) Claim for Work and Labour Done—
Singular Case.—Patrick Smith brought an action against
one M'Murry, a master stevedore, for £4 75., work and
labour done. It would appear that the complainant and
several others, eight in all, were working in the Queen's
Dock when they were ordered to go on board the Miry
Sturmers, then going out of dock and about to proceed to
sea, for the purpose of re-stowing the cargo. They
were to work night and day, under the master's
orders, and were to be brought back in the tug-boat. The
tug-boat parted the hawser, and they parted company. The
complainant, along with his fellow workmen, were landed
in Queenstown without food, without money, and without
friends. It providentially happened that one of the work-
men had a silver watch in his possession, which he pledged,
and paid their passage in the steamer to Liverpool. The
complainant claimed seven days, at 5s ; six nights, at 7s ;
and Sunday, atlOs; in all £4 7s. He applied to the steve-
dore for the money; he was referred to the owners, and the
owners referred him to the stevedore. After some conver-
sation with the plaintiff's attorney, Mr. Campbell, his
Honour gave a judgment for the full amount claimed,
£4 7s. This decision will rule the other cases. Action
against Carriers for Goods Lost.—John Cuesack, who
lives at No. 4 Court, Jamaica-street, made a claim against
the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction Rail-
way Company for £1 ss, the value of some geese and
butter which had been forwarded to him from Castlebar,
Ireland, by his father-in-law, and sold by the defendants.
It would appear that the geese and butter had been sent to
the plaintiff via Kingstown and Holyhead. They were
never delivered, and the plaintiff, on application to the
defendants, was told that the articles had been sold.
After some delay, he saw Mr. Breton, who
offered him ls. 6d , which he said would make them
square, as the company had a claim of 7s. 6d. against him
for carriage. For the defence it was averred that the
company had made every exertion to deliver the goods to
the plaintiff, but could not find his place, owing to the
illegibility of the address. They sold the goods, as they
were perishable, and, after deducting the carriage, they
offered the surplus to Cuesack, but he refused it. The
direction was, " For Michael Cuseack, No. 4 Court,
Ja—street." - It was quite illegible, and the company
could not possibly deliver them. In cross-examinationithe
plaintiff said the geese were for his dinner on Christmas Day,
and he was very much disappointed at their non-delivery.
He claimed 255; but as it was clearly shown that the de-
fendants had made every exertion in their power to deliver
the goods, and were unsuccessful, and the goods being
perishable, they sold them for 9s. They now tendered is 6d
into court, as they claimed 7s 6d for carriage. His Honour
gave judgment for 2s 3d.
ConoNEa's IsrQuesTs.--The Coroner held the following
inquests yesterday : On the body of a boy, named John
Cox, 7 years of age, an inmate of the workhouse. It ap-
peared that on Tuesday the boy's apron caught fire, and
that he received such injuries that he died the same evening.
Verdict, " Accidental death." On the body of a child,
named Green, that was overlain by accident. Verdict
accordingly. The Accident on the Railway :‘The inquest
in this case was resumed yesterday. There were several
witnesses examined ; these were persons belonging to the
company, breaksmen and others. All agreed that there was
no accident felt at the time of the death of the woman.
There was a sensation felt in the carriages, but no one
believed anything serious had happened. It seemed pretty
clear, however, that one of the pieces of the fustic in the
goods train had, by some means—bad packing, or other-
wise—obtruded from the carriage, and that it struck against
the side of the carriage where the deceased was, and thus
caused her death. After hearing all the evidence, and the
witnesses having been examined by Mr. Pemberton, who
appeared for a Mr. O'Neill, and Mr. Clay]for the company,
Mr. Walker, the .house-surgeon of the Royal Infirmary,
proved that the deceased had received a fracture of the
skull, at the back of the head, middle line ; the bone was
driven in, and broken into two or three pieces, the bones
of the nose were broken. These injuries caused death, and
were the result of very great external violence. This was
was all the evidence, when Mr. Pemberton offered a few
observations on the point, whether the pieces of fustic were
properly packed or not, so that one piece protruding might
have caused the accident. Mr. Clay then offered some
brief observations, and said the evidence went to show that
all was safely stowed. As to the body, he said the
company would bury it, and when her friends would have
would see to them properly. The coroner then addressed
the jury and summed up the whole evidence in the case,
and alluded to the charge of Judge Willes, in regard to the
engineers of the Bogota, to show the liabilities of the com-
pany, for the act of their servants. After an elaborate and
lucid charge, he left the case to the jury, and they found a
verdict to the effect, that the death was caused by the
accident of the wood sticking out improperly from the
luggage train, and that that sticking out of the piece of
wood was caused by the neglect of the com-
pany's servants not packing it properly. The
following is as near a description of the deceased as
could be collected :—She was thirty years of age, dark
hair, some of the front teeth gone ; she was of stout make,
and had a black crape bonnet with purple flowers, and
black dress, with striped petticoat, the stripes black and red
longtitudinally, white stockings ; she had about 2s. sd. in
money, and some yellow glass beads in her pocket ; she had
booked from Newton Bridge to Lime-street. This is all
that is at present known about the poor woman.
AUSTRALIA.—This was the subject of an able, interesting,
and entertaining lecture at Hope Hall, last night, by Mr.
William Westgarth, late member of the Victorian Legisla-
ture. The chair was taken by Mr. Price Edwards, collector
of customs at this port. After a prayer by the Rev. Mr.
Birrell, Mr. Edwards introduced the lecturer, remarking
that they were going to hear a history and description of
our. Victorian colonies by a very able man, who was
the author of a work entitled " Victoria and the
gold fields." Mr. Westgarth was received with app'l'ause,
and after apologizing for reading the lecture, he made
some very pertinent remarks upon the present state of
commerce between Liverpool and Victoria. The great
increase of traffic and commerce between Liverpool and
Melbourne showed to every one what indomitable
energy and perseverance could do. Not long since Liver-
pool was but little known in Melbourne, but now look at
the difference. Some years ago the arrival of a
Liyerpool ship was a rare occurrence, now it
it is au every day matter of fact ; the importations of goods
into Melbourne from this port is large, he might almost say
enormous, and the passengers landed there has been almost
numberless, and in what magnificent ships. Another point
he wished to refer to was, the postal service. If the time
now occupied in the transmission of mails could be
reduced by one-half, it would reduce the distance of the
two countries in a like ratio. He would endeavour
to give some idea how Liverpool had nobly done
her duty :in this matter. They would all recollect that
when the steam postal service between this country
and Australia was _first started, that it worked very unsatis-
factorily, and gave such decided dissatisfaction, that tenders
for the conveyance of the mails by sailing ships were
invited. The average time of the passage was not to
exceed that allowed to the steamers —65 days. A Liver-
pool house took the contract, and nobly did they perform
it. The first vessel they despatched was the James Baines,
and she arrived in 64 days. Some of them would have seen
that the Swiftsure arrived in London the other day, after a
quick passage of 74 days ; but this had been eclipsed by
a Liverpool vessel, the Champion of the Seas, which made
the run in 63 days. [We think that the learned lecturer is
in error ; it was the Lightning, not the Champion of the
Seas, which made the run in 63 days.] Mr. Westgarth
then proceeded to the immediate subject of his lecture :
He pointed out the main features of Australia, as it was
known to us a century ago, and as it now exists ; tracing
the discoveries of the various portions 'of our colonies in the
antipodes. It is only 33 years ago since Sydney was a
small and insignificant town, and Melbourne was hardly
known ; now the commerce of these two ports is fully
twenty millions sterling per annum. With a population of
100,000, the revenue of Victoria was three and a-half
millions sterling. After a rapid glance at the state of the
aborigines of the country, then savagery, and the small-
ness of their number—not exceeding half a million
in all that continent -he touched upon the convict
question, and blamed the Home Government in
being so tardy in granting the Colonies the
boon she seeked respecting them. The climate of
Victoria was, he said, overrated in England, and
many an emigrant when he landed in that colony was
sorely disappointed. The discovery of gold was not touched
upon. It seems now an old epoch in the history of Aus-
tralia, yet it is only eight years since a California miner
discovered that there were gold fields in Victoria; this
discovery brought half a million people from the mother
country, and the result of their labour has been
that eighty millions sterling worth of gold has
been exported since that period. The lecturer traced the
annual increase of gold in the world since 1800. The
annual supply was then about two-and-a-half millions, and
in 1847 it had risen to eight millions. Now, he would say
that it was not short of thirty millions annually, one half
of which was supplied by the 1, astralian colonies. He
alluded to the price of gold, and w:iat effect the increased
supply world have upon it, and he seems to think that as
gold becomes more abundant the value will become less