Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-23 00:00:00

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lain, are held on a Monday, _r

tirelessness of mothers who, on Saturda
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in drinking to excess, so as to be i
eking care of their children. In addition to
of the above nature, an inquest wls held on the body of
1r In.

pable o

[or, wllO VMS C

Victoria Dock, on Saturday evening. The jury re-
turned a verdict of " found drowned."--On the body of
Rachel Hill, aged fifty-seven, wife of John Bill, who
resided at Rastrick, lorkshire. It appeared that the
deceased was subject to attacks of palpitation of the
heart, and on Sunday she went, in eompany with her
husband, on an excursion in the steamer Manchester to

She was not sick during the voyage, but was taken
ill on board the steamer, and soon after her arrival .in
Liverpool expired. The jury re
" death from natural causes."—
on the bodies of two little boys

'tied a verd

.tests were also

named

respectively Michael
Davis, who had died from the effect

James ICa.inpbell Wand Arth

Vcrdicts;of accid

—On the body of a woman named •Ellen Skellin;
aged fifty-two, who resided in No. 1 Court, Wr
street. The deceased was the wife of a basket-m

who stated in evidence that twelve n
a son who enlisted and went to India.
the deceased had been in a despondb

erred to be

elit to St. John'.

nuch affected on Saturda3
'" his basket
I,nf sons

ised promised to m

nits was returned

IUATIC I

tarp number of people were collected around the p
basin in the Cornwallis-street baths, to witnes
extraordinary feats of Professor Poulton, th
swimmer, and to watch th
amateurs, for prize medals offered to the b

aces between a number (

;on. Two silver medals were

for, one open to all England, and the other to thos

ire gained a prize. Mr. Wagstaff, ti
:hairman of the Baths' Committee, was present, ar

ho had not

took an active part in the evening's amuse
also Mr. Jeffery. Mr. Wagstaff, before ti

went, as

to those present, stating that Professor Poulton, who was
well known in Manchester, London, and other places, had

been in Liverpool for some time for the purpose of teach-
ing the vory•useful art.of swimming ; bat, he was sorry
to say, he had not met with that support in Liverpool
he had met with elsewhere. However, if the numbers
there that night was any criterion, he had strong hopes
that the professor would have better success next season.
Professor Poulton then jumped into the water, and pro-
ceeded to go throUgh some evolutions which excited the
most profound astonishment of all present. Among the
tricks performed we might mention, that he swain the
length of the bath, which is fifty-eight feet, in two
strokes. He swam with his hands and feet bound ton-

He walked on his hands under water, which Iv

very amusin

tor was very fine

and one of the most astonishi

was revolving in the water, with a wonderful
elocity. He cat a cake, smoked a pipe, and drank a
bottle of milk under water, greatly to the wonder and
When the professor had
ts, for which he was enthu-

surprise of the bystanders.

uoucumea- ms amazing,
siastically applauded, the races between the amateurs
commenced. The first race was four lengths of the
basin, and there were twenty competitors entered, who
were divided into parties of four each In the first lot
one gentleman, named Mr. Hughes, did not come for-
ward, and the other three competitors were Robert
Hughes, George Seulthorpe, and Archd. Whyte. Mr.
smilthorpe was the winner, and Mr. Whyte came in
In the second la there were Mr. Collins
Mr. Woods, Mr. Bullin, and Joseph Deacon.
.3 was winner, acid Mr. Bullin second. The
nit party were Mr. Sanderson Davies, John Strick-
I'Comb, and Wm.- Dickson. John
and Mr. Davies was second.
fr. Williamson,

'earth party were Martin Hall,
w Neary, and Henry Derbyshire

Er.

sion. was constituted by John Wood, 1141. Mummery,
Thomas Wood, and Thomas Thompson. Of this heat
Mr. Mummery cnie in first, and Thomas Wood second.

hen co

Mr. Aspinall, Mr. Mather, and Mr, Mitchell.
-as eight lengths of the bath. This race was
ery exciting, being tightly contested, especially between

J enning

:northers and Jennings, an(
ful which would be the winn(

IL was iur 1
Math(

first. A race then took place between the five winners.
Mr. George Sculthorpe, Mr. Woods, Mr. John Strick-
land, Mr. Williamson, and Mr. Mummery. This race
was also a very exciting one, and the result was that Mr.
Sculthorpe was declared the victor. Mr. Sculthorpe and
Mr. Mather were -then called forward, and were pre-
sented by Professor Poulton each with a handsome sil-
ver medal, entitled the " Leander medal," with a suit-
able inscription on the reverse side. The company then
dispersed, highly delighted with the evening's amuse-
ment,