Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-01 00:00:00

FEARFUL STEAM ACCIDENT.

At Plymouth, on Tuesday evening, an accident of a
very alarming character occurred, at one o'clock in the
afternoon, in the Sound, on board her Majesty's screw
steam sloop Pioneer, Commander Charles 11. May, under
orders for the West Coast of Africa. She had some
slight defects to make good, and was getting up steam
for the purpose of proceeding into Hamoaze, when the
main steam pipes burst close to the communication:
John .Dnnn, leading stoker, was on the point of open=
ing .the communication-valve, and he suffered severely.
William Bone, engineer in charge; Charles Piller, third.
engineer; John Oliver, third engineer; John Dunn, lead-
ing stoker; Charles Devine, stoker; James Murphy,
stoker ; and James Renninson, second-class boy, un-
fortunately rushed aft, where the steam was most
dense, and were,. of course, much scalded, espe-
cially in their faces. Mr. Oliver's sight is affected..
Mr. J. A. Leicester, second-class engineer, prudently;
shut off the communication. He escaped unin-
jured. The ship was speedily enveloped in' steam ;
but as there was a smart south-west breeze, its effects'
were most detrimental aft. The looking-glasses in the
captain's cabin were shivered, and the boots shrivelled.
Boats from the ships of war, with their surgeons and
assistant-surgeons, were soon alongside, and the steam-
tender Conflance conveyed the worst cases (seven) to the
Royal William victualling-yard, whence they were taken
in cots to the naval hospital. The Pioneer was after-
wards sent into Hamoaze. By inquiries at the Royal
Naval Hospital, it has been ascertained that Dunn is in
a very precarious state,. and • that Mr. Bone is suffering,
severely ; the others are not in great danger. Com-
mander • Reilly is in command of the Pioneer, and not
Captain May. •

THE HOLEORN UNION AND THE STRIKE.—An in-
quiry was made in the relief-room of the workhouse in
Gray's-inn-lane, on Thursday last, whether any of the
workmen thrown out of employment by the " strike,"
or " lock-out," had applied for relict The answer
given was, that notwithstanding the 'great number of
labourers in the building trade residing in the neigh-
bourhood of Gray's-inn-lane, Leather-lane and other
parts of the union, there had not occurred a single
instance of such an application being made, and the
number of recipients of out-door relief was 112 below
the number at the corresponding period of last year. A
poor-rate for the current half-year has, however, been
made, sufficient to meet any contingency arising from a
lengthened continuance of the strike.--Building News.
DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT. SUICIDE DT A FEMALE
FROM WATERLOO BRlDGE.—Yesterday morning a most
determined attempt at self-destruction was made by a
female throwing herself into the river from Waterloo
Bridge. It would seem that she was seen walking
Wellington-street, and having a wild appearance.
hen .made her way down the steps leading to the
and, without one moment's hesitation, plunged
_he river, and it being nearly high water, the un-
artunate woman quickly sank ; but a boat was rnit off,
and after a short period she was taken from the water in
an insensible state. Medical assistance was soon on the
spot, and the poor woman gradually recovered. It is.
believed that she was starving, and without a:home.
THE COMMISSIONAIRES.—The Commander-in-Chief

She tla

pier,
into tt

has signified his approval of the system la( ,
to provide employment for wounded soldiers and sailors
and taken the corps ender his especial- Patron's;
addition to the fifty men at present employed in I
upwards of twenty more are employed i
Manchester ' • and it is intended during
extend the advantages of the corn

sly establis.

lutumn

occupation. Amon.' the lately establisicied Oki al
Getieral Post-office, lhe London and North-ivesfen
the London and South-western Railways
of which the directors have kindly volut
men to be stationed

to allov

•
the morning until ten._.- at night: Allsop'S Wax-
exhibition. All the kings and titieens, from . and in-
eluding • William the Conqueror . down to. Queen
Victoria ; also princes and princcses, dukes, duchesses,
lords, eminent statesmen, warriors, poets; divines
also all the most noted personages .of the past and
present ages, &c. Allsop's sculpture galleries, containing
upwards of 3,000 statues, selected from all parts of the
world, varying from five to- twenty feet in height
Allsop's dioramic, panoramic. Cosmornnric, _
scopic views, of intense interest. ' Alison's- m
menade. The above attractions ar
forming one large establishmer,
magnificent bruldino.° known
next door but one to the County Co,
Liverpool, and .nearly opposite the Adelphi Hotel, and
is open to the public at 04. each children '
years of age, 3d. each. Mr.. Ai
been pronounced by Ol-
and elsewhere, to be
magnificent, and largest est
fact that cannot possib,
observe the name, "
proprietor, Mr. Win

rd st(

now combined,

Lt, in the it

the Teutor.

;Ider ten

oxhibition has

verpool, L,Nndon,

t►i.e " most perfect, superbly

Ablishinent in the world

AN P," at the entrance,
Ulsop.

SEPTEMBER 1, 1859

INTERESTING COUNTY COURT ACIION,

io
A HEAVY DIVIDEND.— On Friday a gentlematl
Alloa received a letter, of which the following is
extract :—" Edinburgh, August 25th, 1859.---no,
Sir,—Enclosed I send yon four postage stamps, uete.s
your second and final. dividend on the sequestr3,"
estate of —, late of Waterloo-place,Ediub•lro'h
GENOA AND hsA.--In the warmth of their Italiaal';i's
the Genoese propose depriving their city of one orfo
most interesting medieval relics. -No traveller catif
to notice portions of a huge iron chain suspended b'ore
several of the old churches and gateways in this,ereat
so placed since .1284 in commemoration of the
the
victory gained by 'the naval forces of Genoa over
Pisans. The chain .was stretched across the mouthed
the Arno at Meloria, about four miles from Pisa v
Elle Genoese galleys breaking- through it carried h!i, eca
and dismay among their opponents. Eleven thoas;ir
Pisans, who for the most part died miserably ig,ethe
tivity, were brought up in triumph to Genoa, al" (vs
chain was hung up.as a lasting trophy. It is ilovai of
cussed in all the local papers whether this menlorl cruel internal warfare shall be giVen back to the Tuscan or thrown into the sea.—Letter from Genca.
sou
OUR RELATIONS WITH CHINA.—From privat3
we learn that the Chinese at Shanghae are of or"-.ies;
that all will not. go on so smoothly with the embls',.e
it
and even some of the European residents anticiPa
row. Every one believes that the Russians ared-e
triguing against us. Some recollect how they °, 3
tp
tool of the last American minister, and are ansi°,„,oo
know how the new one will get on. There is a

wait tile most important article lu gt
treaty, that providing for a permanent en-1b:155/110.
Pekin, is already given up. This is not looked °tot
very favourable • for our future • movement, seeing
io.bt
the Russians have had one there sq long, and is tillc eP
to he a further indication of their endeavour; to °tea
us out of the Celestial capital; in fact, it is exPeciro
by some that the whole treaty, . except those P`
Which tell against us, will become a dead letter.
China Telegraph.
WAR ON PEACE PRINCIPLES.—Parana having -
war against Buenos Ayres, the latter has not only.
cepted the challenge, but, through its IVar:Milv-s6
Senor Velez-Sarsfield, puts forth a declaration tll,tatit
war will, on its part, be conducted in the ullaiet
She will -recognise no enemy but the so .00
acks, and no hostile, property; but his inunitio
In the river commerce the neutral tlng s„sed
Irchandise. No restrictions shall be Jinn
commerce, except in case of goods contra-,,0
war ; nor are vessels to be detained except Ivy
certain assurance that they hive on board goods COho
band. The Minister promises to go even further ~vi,
the United States in respecting the property of In its
duals, and at the same time admits that the un, is
States are now in advance of the other great posc"rtlot
his respect. One reason for this moderation the
d Buenos Ayres are both membns °lsle°
Argentine Confederation, and that most of the corlll% ite
exposed to the vicissitudes of war will be confe"te, be
Goods contraband of war are defined

manne

who att
of war:

on for€

Parana at

imply arms employed for warlike purposes.
ourts are to be established, nor privateering
—Boston Co!wier.

dccla

Nov.
,

ATTEMPT TO MURDER A CdLorrn-S,
general court-martial assembled on Monday
and again on Tuesday, at the Infantry Bari
terbury, for the purpose of trying Private 1" dl,
Tierney, for stabbing Colour-Sergeant William 33 ,
1 1119,
of the 64th Regiment, in the right breast, lire°
bayonet, on the' 4th day of August last. It aiterr
from the evidence of Sergeant Brady that the PP ot,
when on staff parade on the night of the 4th 111,s, ot;
rushed through the ranks, and said to him, Alla'
villain, I will end you," or words to that effec"l.o.4
then stabbed him with his bayonet in the right I)/
with all his force. The prisoner, who is much
to drinking, appears to have committed the t.
under the influence of liquor, as it was sh°''
Staff-Assistant Sergeant Page that he was, aft-
arrested, in a state bordering upon delir:
although at, the same time he was sufficir
of what he had done to express his intent,..,__
it again," because he considered he had been agg'io
by the colour-sergeant. The prisoner, in defence;' , 09
that he had been drinking too freely, and that
‘,t'l,llftet
in a state of delirium (to which he was subject
drinking) from about an hour before the offellPr

LGi boo

vole
Timehf

qtly 01,1!;,.

committed until one o'clock thene;tmorlll4.lll3l
also urged that the injury inflicted, and the
chosen for the purpose, were not such as a 111311 tic
have done or selected who intended tc
that no malice had been proved againa
the statements attributed to him were n
was drunk. He concluded by throwing hi
mercy of the corirt. The result of 0,-

be known until it has been subr.
Guards.

have I

1848, £585,988 ClB4f
1851

)f £31,4

in 185

1 SoS—nial
balance of

notwithst

679,864

284,10

54,003,753 ii
wonderful b

national' resou

and 18.

in 1848-

1852, 495,928

£312,960 ; 18

1 1853

trriur ,
01
gt
he

17.1,,'",,,,
ilea 111

}I ~ ~_iJ~ f

4 :1 4: tO•
100,000 ; '-„ted Aft
_ _ _

:92 in 185

2,185,493 oil

,ncy and

in those five years was
Debt, which stood at
£804,445,483 in 1858.

-enue was raised in 18

:A of tl

was .-£2.

n war in 1854-

paid it

mount in t

hich th

;, in 1844 and 1858

ide of rc

axes, 7.8 per cent

1801'
3 11! 111

T oz eXP'"'—f receP„,"ir
ate surplus -

the I

post-office, 1.3
.per cent
duties on pensions, he]

n 184

ry revenu

had in'

1-C3_l,,lilu'-ta

he ne'

x. 6.5

rPla

crown lands, olestores, imprests, unclan
&c., ,1•8 percent. • Iu 1858, customs, 3

colt
Z Pei. 4,0

stamps,. 12.5 per Ce,
tax. 11.9 ncr cent. ;

; anti, r

!ellaixeous, 4.0 per Cell

• HULTON V. uuurcer.
In the Manchester Examiner we find the followhg
account of an action brought on Monday, before 07.
Preston County Court, by Miss Hulton against 11'4
brother, who is judge of the. Liverpool County Court, t°
receive £6 55., the arrears of a payment alleged to 115
due from the defendant to 'the plaintiff; and withh
from her. It appeared that, some time ago, Olere'i;
been a transaction of a hostile nature between the Om_
ant arid an officer stationed at Preston, which had be!!-
settled, as was said, in such a manner as to leave Aft'ot
Hulton ground of complaint that her position had n°
received consideration at the hands of her brothet.
-
that, Miss Hulton soon . afterwards was induced to
s
leave Preston for a time, on a visit to friends ato
from Preston, and her brother arranged
at,
make her au allowance of £75 a year whilst away/
.116.
that her mother's house was to be considered her 11°' At.
that, whilst away on this visit,'' Miss Halton learnt t?_,,
her relatives. were putting ,reports into circulation hign
prejudicial to her, the cuisequenee of which. was tafie,
she immediately returned to Preston to 'confute the'
charges ; that Mr.- Townley Parker consented to act is
referee to hear any phdrges. which could be broop.
against but Miss'Hulton's 'relatives declined to,o,
ac-
cept of Mr. T. Parker's offices in:the matter ; that s
Hulton was denied Vanittance into her mother's h°3'j,
and she then took occasion, on meeting her brother,
express her indignation at the treatment she receive.
. „0.
and reproached him as a participator in the wrongs
Which she suffered, and' froM which she could obtain —Dr
redress. Mr. Hulton then:applied to Mr. John Col,.
to obtain some arrangement, and Mr. Cooper and s'
Bray, 'solicitor, of Preston, on the part of -Miss galt°,l_l'
agreed that she was to- receive an allowance after ta:
i°
rate of £lOO a-year, viz., the former sum of £75, t
an 'additional £25. This was paid for some time, up
May last, when, on Miss Hulton's return to Prest°4
she could only obtain payment after the rate of Sii;
being £6 :ss. for the quarter in arrear, in order to Dili,
it up to the rate of £lOO a-year. After a considero4
amount of evidence had been laid before the court" the
judge. intimated that the document entered into as °nit.
payment of the £lOO per 'annum was only an horw-t;
able agreement, not legally binding on the defendOtbe
and on this intimation being given by the judge,
plaintiff's attorney elected to be nonsuited.