Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-11 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

' LOST OVAILI3O,UI.D.—The ship Kalamazoo, -WillaThiti
just arrived, reports that P. Thomas, a coloured seaman,
fell from_ the maintopsail yard on Sunday, the 19th ult.,
and was drowned.
SIIICIDB.—On Saturday, a Man named Luke Pape, aged
44, who was engaged in Mr. Macfie's sugar-house; and
who resided in No. ICOurt, Queen-street, cut his throat,
on Saturday morning. He was taken to the Northern
Hospital, where he died yesterday from the effects of the
Wound.

EVANS'S, UPPER DAWSON-STREET. —These rooms :re
crowded to excess nightly, to hear the extraoranary
performances of the greatest Wel4i:harpist of the day,
r. Edward Jones, whom, it will be remembered, has
been the successful competitor in most of .the recent
Ilardic contests at the various. Eisteddfods
.N:orthern Principality. •
TESTIMONIAL •TO CAPTAIN N. REDDINGTON
Saturday evening last, after ,the discharge of business,
the officers and men in connection with 6 and 1' depart-
ment, Albert dock, mustered on the quay to present
Captain N. Reddington with a. token of respect, on his
retirement from the situation of wharfinger, which
position he has held for the last twelve pat* and from
Which he retires with the 'best wishes and regret of all he
name in contact with in the daily discharge of his duties.
The present consisted of At very massive pair gold
spectacles, handsome silver snuff box, and a neat pencil
ease, which were presented with vociferous and continued
cheering. ,
LITERARY XND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.—The usual
monthly meeting of this society was held last evening, in
the Royallistitution, Colquitt-street. Mr. Archer pre-
sided. ;Mr. John M'Andrew, Mr. Robert Gordon Hamil-
tenoind Mr. Richard Stuart, were elected ordinary mem-
bers of 'the society. Mr.'Halton presented the society
`with 'three remarkable diseased fossil teeth of different
'Sites. The Chairman also contributed two interesting
*Peeitnens of shells, illustrating the useful applic;ation to
the.shells were 'put,'by the natives of the Phillipine
.1311. ands, and other parts of the east. They were carved
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the natives, •and'were used in feeding their children.
ilae.ryaper 'for the 'evening was read lyy Dr. Edwards,
P.C.S ".0n the Correlation and 'Conservation of
Physical Foice, and its Association with Matter." A
uiseussion followed, after which the meeting separated. .
Warrnrunt 'B'ARD OF HEALTH.—The monthly meet-
ing of this board was held yesterday -evening, at the
Board-room. the Rev,- Mr. BadnaThin the chair: The
other members present were—Messrs. Picton, Clarke,'
Parker, and SWindon. The. Law clerk read the minutes
of the last month's proceedings, -whirl were confirmed.
A letter was read from Mr. Barclay, -complaining of the
footway at !-the railway-bridge. Mr. Picton said there
was a dispute between the railway company and the
health .committee about this place. Mr. Blenkensop.
told him !to let the health 'committee do the work, and
they weird be paid by the railway company. He cen-
sured, the conduct of the health committee for their
great neglect of this place. The question was referred
to the -Law-clerk. A complaint was read relative to
some damage alleged to have taken place to the village
by the contractor for sewers. The- subject was also
referred for, inquiry. A motion was passed, empowering
the Law-clerk to inquire and -report how the branch of
contemplated railway will affect the roads of the•town-
`ship. The routine business was then transacted, lend the
board adjourned. _
ENGLISH OPERA AT min "ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—
Last night, Flotow's Opera, 4' Martha," was given by
Mr. Elliott Galer's company of English Operatic
-gingers, at the Royal Amphitheatre. The opera is very
'dramatic, and well put on the stage. The -Choruses
vent off exceedingly well. The principals were all
'Suffering from cold, and-we can scarcely judge of the
effect of the opera on thist-rst performance. The music
'has been brought forward, in parts, at the People's
'Concerts, St. George' Hall, and has been very popular
'nn those occasions, but the spinningquartett was not so
effective on the stage,ifrom some noises at the crime, or
•Nvant of spirit on the ;part of tho singers. By the way,
Mr Borrani should take.e lesson in spinning ,b.._fore he
professes to teach " Miss. Nancy." Mr. Lalor was not
'very skilful, but his character in the opera rendered his
want of kni,wledge less -)bjectionable. The audience did
not appear to be so critical as we feel bound tocbe. They
loudly applauded the -opera, and encored the favourite
" She appeared clothed in lights." Mr. E. Corri
dealaonf amusing comic apart, of which he made a great

in. the

CORONER'S COURT.--.Yesterday, the Coroner held the
following
inquests:—On the body of Frames Burns,
twelve years of tge, the son of a carter. On Saturday,
the lad was at the Trafalgar-dock, engaged "scotching "
the wheel of a 'tart, ,irhort the horse pushed the vehicle
:acpko,sta,ndantdhe poor borwas caught between the cart and
the hod and
Prances Taylor,'
Verklict, " accidental death." On
the
build' two and a-half years of age,
m&
themes pout
mfr Taylor,
."shoemaker, living in Sir Thomas's-
lit, the child kirank out
of
ti • a WILY —ng-kettle, and died in con-
On the body
sequence of theqnjuries. Verdict, " ACtidental death."
11145wrat' lies Son, a seaman ,on board a
Hanoverian ship, and it -seemed he fell itito!one of the
Docks, and was teowned,q,ut by what -means there was
no evidence to Shbw. The body was found intihe King's
Dock. Verdict; •" Found drowned.". On the body of a
man (name 'unknown) found in the BrOnley-Moore
Dock. He was .•about thirfy years of agej large black
Whiskers &rim under the chin, and black hair. He was
five feet six iitehes high, stoat built ; had a black monkey
jacket, with bladkvvelvet ,seliAr, cloth vest, dart: mixture
trousers, white shiitr. anlblea silk neck-tie, lambs' wool
singlet and dra,wers,..and grey socks. He had -six keys
and a knife in hispocket. %Verdict, "Found drowned."
THE SHIP JAMES FOSTER, Jux.—Last week; we gave
'the particulars of the handsome treatment shown to the
Passengers of this vessel by Captain Abeel and Ms officers,
atnder the almost unhearthef difficulties through which
she went. Since the:-arrival ,of the passengers here,. every
.attention has been shown to them by the eousignees
(Messrs. Baring Brothers) .of g•the ship, and the :agents,
Messrs. Tracy and Baldwin. The latter despatched
seventy-three of the passengers by the Isaac Wont) on
'Saturday, all showing the utmost thankfulness for the
'kind attention paid to them. ,Others remain to TO in

succeeding:

tl some who prefer to remain until

weir homes by Messr

and Baldwin, who have guaranteed their ships at ,any
time. This is enough. Before, the passengers separated,
they presented Captain Abeel and his officers with !the
following handsome address:—." Presented by the pawn-
'ors of tthe ship James Foster, Jan , to Captain Abeel,

We, the -undersigned
Passengers, 'ere we quit the vessel which, under your
able management, has so nobly weathered a continuance
almost.,unprecedented gales, beg to offer our gratefttl
thanks forthe gallant _manner in 'which your onerous
duties were performed on the most trying occasions, sus-
taining the.confidenee of all, andinduerng many to hope
even against hope ; we should ill repay the debt we owe,
for, next to' God, our lives arethe result of your unwearied
labour arid -Skill, did we not give the present public
expression of -our gratitude. Accept, gentlemen, our
heartfelt thanks, and may the oec.asion be ler distant.when
your gallant •tisialities on such occasions, be again
required and, if such' be the -case, may they ever be
equally successful. Signed, on behalf of the passengers,
_Robert X`Kee, George Bigott, Thomas Grieve'
Brennan, William Patrick
Knowles, John Stewart, Auguste
Berte, Julius Berte, Tarquin Alson, taus Janson, John
Brown, Midsael Cantwell, Thomas Flynn, Brian Flynn,
Paul Keating, Terence M‘Gauty, Henry M'Knight,
Richard Hitchcock." This is a handsome tribute to all
the brave men concerned.
THE INCONVENIENCE OF A PECULIAR N.ixtE.--We all
remember the inconveniences and dangers in which one
of_ Sir Walter Scott's 'heroes is involved, owing to the
fact that he is uncle to teonvince a country justiee of
the possibility of there being in the country two persons
bearing such a name as •"Vanbeest Brown." A peen-
;:'itY of nomenclature somewhat less inharmonious,
ntigrh scarcely less uncommon than this, drew upon its
h sin
art.° Vvery'startling communication and a very ern,
ont asg
interview in this torn, within the past day
we' A gentleman, connected with the litera de.-
p!trtnient of this journal, has the fortune to bea r a
singular juncture of names —a Milesian surname being
preceded by a peculiarly classic and historic pronoun.
un Sun* morning when sitting down to breakfast he
received a letter of formal and formidable aspect,
directed very Correctly to his name and address. Being
opened it was found to contain a letter from a
respectable firm of Liverpool solicitors, informing
onr friend that a certain bank, in the northern
Part of the kingdom, had instructed them to forward
to him
a statement of his liabilities, with a request
that the whole should be liquidated by Tuesday
evening, or else some further communications of a still
more urgent character would probably be received by him.
He unfolded the statement of accounts, and found that
the sum he was requested to hand over within such a
verY limited space of time was £23,977, with various
tad_ct,sh.illings and pence ! Never having heard of the
bank before, he was more amazed than alarmed at the
'inland, although it must be owned that a peremptory'
claim for £23,977, come in what shape it will, is enough
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make any one pause. We shall not name the bank,
nor state whether it was one of the banks on which the
Wild Times blows. Yesterday the recipient of this
astonishing demand waited upon the solicitors. His
agg urances that he was not the individual in quegtion were
first received with something like a smile of polite
iecredulity. The name was in the directory—there
?vas no other of the name in Liverpool—the gentle-.

officers and ere

—Gentlemen