The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-09 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.

men who have been pitchforked into a represen-
tative body without the vote of a Burgess ? This
is a phase of this jobbing and corruptionist
movement which must attract the attention of
her Majesty's Government and both branches of
the Legislature. Here we have a number of men
who may not be known to the Ratepayers, for
all the Government know, sitting in a local
tribunal and voting away considerably more than
a million of public money ! Such things
cannot surely be done in this Constitu-
tional country with impunity. The Pal,nerston
Cabinet cannot sanction such a political outrage
as one of the perfections of the Municipal Reform
Act, nor can the Tories suffer so flaming a piece
of oppression and injustice to pass without giv-
ing expression to the bitter indignation of an
honest Constitutional Opposition,
The Pike job has brought us to the vortex of
Corporate corruption in Liverpool. The sub-
stance of the town has been wasted on a scheme,
which its inhabitants denounced from the first
moment it was mooted, and the health of 400,000
people is to be jeopardised, and thousands may
be poisoned before a responsible voice is raised,
or the victims of all these shameless doings can
make themselves heard. This is civil routine,
and, at the first blush, it bears a strong resem-
blance to that order of things which led to the
annihilation of our Crimean army. We have a
RAGLAN in the Mayorial chair, and a staff of
officials to correspond with the pick and shovel
heroes of Sebastopol. The summer is approach-
ing, and they are wasting our supply of good
water in making poisonous trash safe to drink,
instead of keeping our well supply in reserve for
a time of drought, which must come. We have
pipes and cisterns which answer their respective
purposes admirably,but these are to be rendered
useless by corrosion, which is to bring disease
and death into the town. And yet no one is
responsible. We cannot bring the guilty jobber
to judgment. If a thousand people were
poisoned by the Pike water, it would be
called "a public calamity." A verdict of " wil-
" ful murder" could not be returned against a
majority of a Corporation. But it is to be hoped
that the Pikeists will look in good time to the real
solemnity of the responsibility which rest upon
them, and that they will, by adopting the prayer
of the numerously signed Memorial of the Rate-
payers, obviate the necessity of calling a Town's
Meeting, and taking other steps for the safety of
the public health committed to their care. Mr.
HAWKSLEY'S letter is a most contemptible pro-
duction to bring before Liverpool, and Dr. TAY-
LOR'S analysis is too imperfect to deserve the
name of a chemical investigation. The Pikeists
are, therefore, left without a particle of scientific
testimony to justify their conduct, and a timely
surrender will be far better for them than
their ignominious overthhrow, which is surely
impending.

THE greatest safeguard for the security and
happiness of any country is the free and impartial
administration of its laws—laws which aim at
nothing else than the well-being of the people,
and which are so framed that they do not contain
" loopholes" whereby crafty constables nna
crouche Lcy magistrates may have it in their power
to carry on a kind of petty warfare against any
class or portion of the community. Notwith-
standing the boasted excellence of the Laws of
England, there are to be found on the pages of
her statute book enactments which have been
concocted and matured totally regardless of the
foregoing principles, whilst their administration
has not only caused dissatisfaction, but enabled
both the police and the magistracy to act
diametrically opposite to the letter and spirit of
such statutes.

In illustration of the position just laid down,
we have only to refer to the Act of Parliament
regulating the Sale of Spirits and Malt Liquors.
It is not our intention to quarrel with the objects
which that enactment has apparently in view,
nor to argue against the prohibition of Sunday
trading within certain hours. What we contend
for is, that the whole scope and tendency of the
act in question, as commonly interpreted by the
magistrates, is a grievance upon an important
portion of the community, and that in enforcing
its requirements there is a license granted to police
officers which is nothing less than an unjustifiable
interference with the liberty of the subject. The
act, it appears, authorises police constables to go
into any spirit vault or beerhouse where he sus-
pects sales are going on during the prohibited
hours, and in addition to this he can, in order to
enable him " to prove the case," lift and taste
each glass that may be before any person or
persons whom he may find in the house during
such prohibited hours. Here, then, is an autho-
rity, which the police are ever ready to exercise,
that is wholly at variance with the British Con-
stitution. In the first place, it is a power the
exercise of which is calculated to " lead to a
breach of the peace." There are in every com-
munity men of such spirit and refinement that
they would not brook the insult of any police
Officer who would intrude himself, and without
" leave or liberty" snap up his glass and partake
of its contents. But, suppose this act of
" aggression," for we can call it nothing less, was
resisted, and the police officer got struck for his
impudence, would the law of assault, taking into
account how it has been recently interpreted by
our worthy stipendiary, inflict a penalty upon
the party who had been insulted, and upon whose
property an act of " petty larceny" had been
committed ? We may be answered, on behalf of
the police, that the act specially empowers them
to go into public-houses under such circum-
stances, and to become the bottle sippers and
glass drainers of the Saturday night or the
Sunday morning; that the said act confers upon
them the special privilege of entering beerhouses
between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m., acting as tasters
for the Clown of every description and quality
of liquids retailed on such premises. This argu-
ment is demolished by the fact that other Acts of
Parliament still exist which positively declare that

conduct such as we have described is criminal,
and comes under the category of offences enume-
rated in the act granting to magistrates the
power of summary jurisdiction. A man orders,
receives, and pays for his glass of liquor. It is
then his private property. and subject to his
entire control. For a police-officer to rudely
snatch up that glass and take away any part of
its contents is in point of law petty larceny.
Does the law, notwithstanding the provisions of
the Act of Parliament for regulating the sale of
spirituous liquors, &c., sanction such ? We say
not ; and it would take a great amount of special
pleading to convince any intelligent or well-
regulated mind that it does. Furthermore, does it
not hold out encouragement to the police to prac-
tice conduct which is well calculated to " lead
"to a breach of the peace." It will be borne in
mind that this of itself is an indictable offence,
and one which various Acts of Parliament take
cognisance of and to which they award different
degrees of punishment.

But connected with this matter there is
another and a still greater grievance—a griev-
ance which should be speedily removed, for,
independent of its annoying character, it encou-
rages the cultivation and practice of habits of
deception, a quality which adorns the professional
character of every detective. How often do we
hear of police-officers going their rounds on a Sa-
turday night or Sunday morning in plain clothes,
so that they may the more successfully entrap the
publican or the beerseller ? How often, too, do
we find that there is a sort of police conspiracy
to secure a conviction, and that no stone is left
unturned for this purpose ? Hard swearing must
be no barrier. Stick to your text, true or false,
is generally the law of police testimony. Secure
convictions under this particular statute, and
promotion will certainly follow. Make yourself
officious in overriding law on the one hand, and
disdaining it on the other, and elevation, deco-
ration, and reward are sure to crown your
efforts. From the evils of such a system,
from the continuance of the deception, lying,
and slander which it engenders and maintains,
we pray, in the language of the Church of
England Liturgy, " Good Lord deliver us."

We have been led to make the foregoing
remarks on perusing the report of two cases
which came before the Police Court on Friday
last. The first was a complaint brought against
Mr_ FRANCIS M'DONALD, a licensed victualler of
some six years standing, for selling during pro-
hibited hours. The case embraced three points
of interest. First, Mr. M'DoNALD had invited a
number of his acquaintances to meet and spend
a few hours with an intimate friend of his, Capt.
RENNIE, who was going to sea on the following
morning. But that was no security against the
intrusions of the eagle-eyed prosecution manu-
facturer of the police force. He rushed in, and,
guided by an instinct peculiar to the blood-
hound, he pounced upon the glasses, and pro-
ceeded to the dirty trick of " tasting," and
discovered that they contained beer ! Such was
the charge of police-constable 554. It was
satisfactorily proved that the party at Mr.
11141osrAif.D's was one _ of nrivate
sot at not one singe halfpenny bad been paid
" for the drink which had been supplied." These
facts the magistrates could not override, and,
therefore, they dismissed the case. In the
course of the policeman's evidence, he was asked
by Mr. RYMER, who oppeared for the defence,
"Were you told that it was a private party of the
"friends of the landlord who were there ?" To
this the officer confidently replies, " I was not
"told anything of the sort." But mark what
follows. After testifying as to the company, and
what was on the table, he then, in com-
plete contradiction of his former statement,
quoted above, made answer on oath,
and declared, " I was told that it was a
" private party. I was told that Captain REN-
" NIE was going to sail next day on a voyage to
" Melbourne." We leave it to any person pos-
sessing a grain of common sense to ask, if any
reliance could be placed upon the testimony of
such a man as police officer 554 ? The other
case was that of Mr. SCHOFIELD, a beerhouse-
keeper, who was also informed against for selling
ale during prohibited hours. The facts of the
case are reported in another part of to day's
paper. They too clearly demonstrate that the police
officer WILLIAMS did not hesitate to swear wide
of the fact, and care little what he said, so that
he could secure a conviction. He swears he was
in the house, but this is refuted by the positive
oath of Mrs. SCHOFIELD and her daughter. Again,
his statement is, that he saw the company
through a side window; but, on examination, it
turns out there is no side window in the house in
question. Of course, the magistrate dismissed the
case. The glaring inconsistency in the Magis-
trates' decision in both cases is the fact that the
evidence given was not condemned, but indi-
rectly commended. We have had occasion to
dispute the Stipendiary Magistrate's doctrine of
assault, and we now tell him that his remark,
setting forth that " police officer 554 had not, con-
sidering the onorous duties he had to perform,
exceeded his duty," is full of danger to the com-
munity and antagonistic to a spirit of fair play.
Nor were the magistrate's observations, apologis-
ing for the policeman who brought the charge
against Mr. SCHOFIELD, and stating that the fact
of his swearing about the side window was the
result of a mistake less so. Such a state of
things, we contend, should not be permitted to
annoy and insult the community. Enact just
and salutary laws for the proper observance of
the Sabbath, make them as stringent as possible,
but do not clog such enactments with provisions
which, while they profess to promote morality
and temperance, offer a premium to the perpe-
tration of crimes such as we have already enu-
merated. In these views, we have no doubt, the
Licensed Victuallers, as a body, coincide. They
would heartily co-operate in any well regulated
movement in effecting an instant remedy. As
matters now exist, they are subject to petty

annoyances, and most unjust and unreasonable
prosecutions.

THE PIKE SCHEME AND ITS PROMOTERS.--
Exactly ten years ago certain individuals intro-
duced a scheme to the notice of the Town Coun-
cil of the Borough, with the object of furnishing
a certain quantity of water to the town for a
certain sum of money. The quality of the water
was represented to be of the purest po-isible de-
scription. The nature of the scheme will be
best undemtood from the description given of
the intended works by the party most interested
in its prosecution, namely, the engineer, Mr.
Hawksley, who, after describing the works at
Rivington, proceeds, in his report to the Govern-
ment Commissioners, as follows :—"From the
filter beds the water will be admitted into an
equalising tank for the purpose of maintaining a
uniform pressure, and from thence it will be
passed direct into the main pipe, by which it is
to be conveyed to Liverpool without further
exposure. This pipe is to be 44 inches drain,
and is calculated to deliver twenty millions of
gallons per day, and will terminate in a stand
pipe at Kensington, eighty feet high, in which
the water will be allowed to ascend in order
to supply the higher levels of the town.
The amount of outlay likely to be incurred in
the construction of these works, including com-
pensation, interest on money to be borrowed,
and all other contingencies, I have set down at
450,0001., but I am not without hope and anti-
cipation that the objects of the Corporation can
be accomplished for considerably less. So said
Mr Hawksley in his report of 10th February,
1847, and his statements were corroborated
by many eminent practical men who pledged
themselves that the entire works could be com-
pleted largely within the estimate. Amongst
the more prominent of those was Mr. Samuel
Holme, who publicly declared that he had care-
fully gone over the whole of the calculations,
and he had no doubt that 400,0001. would be the
maximum cost. With these assurances to guide
them, a majority of the Council voted for the
adoption of the Pike, the most positive assurances
being given that on no account should the cost
exceed 500,0001. Well, what do we find to be
the state of things at the present moment ? In
1848 the amount paid for the works of
the two water companies and for the Green
Lane Works was 631,970/. 19s. 7d. This
was the bond debt at that period. The
published accounts of the Water Committee
show that there has been a rapid increase of the
mortgage debt, which, at the close of the last
financial year, amounted to no less a sum
than • ••• • •••
To this has been added interest

unpaid, &c. • .. 35,173

1,527,303
Surplus revenue from wells ....... ... 220,000

And interest on same ... £1,747,303.
Thus we find that on the Pike the sum of
1,115,3331. has been expended. True, a portion
of this may have gone in extensions, but even
that is a comparative trifle to the gross amount
of what now are the opinions of the practical
men who pledged their reputation that the works
would not exceed the engineer's estimates. Mr.
Hawksley has already drawn from the Corpo-
ration treasury the sum of 10,518/. for profes—
sional services. Now, we do not accuse him, by
any means, of obtaining this money by reason of
misrepresentation. As an engineering adventurer,
he had, no doubt, a perfect right, according to
the practice of the times, to study his own
interest, irrespective of any other consideration ;
but it is those parties on whose judgment and
integrity the public of Liverpool relied with whom
the onus rests. They have indeed, been the
v....1y lac tA. talltaltS Willi Have uten uses eutain-
ing these enormous sums of money by means
of erroneous data, to whom the charge of
gross indiscretion applies, if language has any
meaning. How they will meet it will soon be
determined. It is unnecessary here to say a
word as to the works themselves or the quality
of the water. In the one case the original plan
has been entirely departed from—as to quality,
that is pronounced execrable !

LIST OF PASSENGERS PER MORNING LIGHT, CAPTIAN
GILLIES, FROM MELBOURNE TO LIVERPOOL —Major
Danbrozy and lady, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey's and servant,
Miss Bradford, Mrs. Buck, Mr. and Mrs. Staff and child,
Messrs. Cohen, Green, Leighton, Davies, Rodmer, and
England, Drs. Sanger, Coward, and Govett, Mr. Hewart,
Mr. Fletcher and son, and 150 second cabin and steerage
passengers.

IRISH UNIVERSITY HONOURS.-By the University intel-
ligence of Dublin, we find that Mr. M. S. Greene, son of John
Greene, Esq., J.P., the respected proprietor and editor of the
Wealvd Independent, at Vie Hiluy term, Trinity College,
obtained the first place in the first rank in logic, in the
senior freshmen class. This is a very high distinction, and
one that the young gentleman and his worthy family may
be well proud of, and no doubt the friends of the success.
full candidate in this town, whPre he has many, will feel
equally gratified at the deserved honour.

ST. SILAS' WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION.—The usual
weekly concert in connection with this association took
place at the school-room, in Oakes street, on Saturday even-
ing. Mr. C. Turner presided on the occasion. There was
a very large attendance of the working classes with their
families, every available space being occupied. On the
platform we observed Mr. J. Smith, of Seaforth ; Mr F.
A. Clint, Mr. Abrahams, Mr. Joseph White, and Mr. IL
Jackson, besides several ladies. Mr. Turner, on taking
the chair, expressed the gratification he felt at taking a
a part in such a rational recreation, believing that it was a
duty to rive encouragement to such entertainments, as
they had a great tendency to promote the happiness of the
working classes. Ile also expressed the gratification it
afforded him to see men thus enjoying themselves with
their wives, instead of hearing that they were spending
their hours at the public houses. The chairman was most
enthusiastically received, and his courtesy during the even-
clntributed much to the evening's enjoyment. The pro-
gr mime was exceedingly well selected, and the singers, the
Misses Beer, with Miss Ewing, Miss Morris, and Miss
Schneider, assisted by some members of the Festival
Choral Society, contributed much to the pleasure of the
evening, and were repeatedly encored. A vote of thanks
to the chairman concluded the entertainment, which gave
pleasure to all present.

'SLR OF MAN.—Several of our local talent have lately been
charming the inhabitants of this island by their " sweet
sounds," and have met with the greatest success. At the
St. Ge )rge's Hall, Douglas, a concert was lately given by the
Religious and 'Useful Knowledge Society, the practical
members of which were assisted by Mrs. and Miss Hiles
of this town, when the choruses, selected from the great
works of Handel and Haydn, met with able executants
and a most faviurable recep inn. In the first part, Mrs.
Hiles sang " With verdure clad," in much taste, and Miss
Hiles gave "Let the Bright Seraphim," with great facility
and sweetness of voice; their duett, " 0 Lovely Peace," was
loudly encored ; Mrs. Hiles also sang "Holy, holy," Ne ith
great expression of feeling, while the air, " Wise men
flattering," gave her an opportunity of abundantly display-
ing her beautiful modulation of voice. Miss Hiles Wag
deservedly encored in the morceaux from the "Elijah,'; tto
rest in the Lord." Mr. Wood's accompanimenfs was
excellently well executed, and were greatly admired by all
who could appreciate a " concord of sweet soundo The
part singing also gave the highest satisfactien. By the
chorus, "The Heavens declare," and " To God on High,"
were especially well sung. On the following evening a,
'miscellaneous concert was given in the same hall, at which
these ladies appeared, when their reception was even more
enthusiastic than it had been on the first occasion. "Here
in cool grot," and " Hail smiling morn," was loudly
re-demanded, and indeed wanted a third time. The whole
passed off with the utmost eclat. At Ramsey, the same
favourable reception awaited these ladies, where a miscellae
neous concert was given in the School Room, Church street,
by Mr. Smith, organist ct St. George's, the principal
vocalists being Mrs. and Miss Hiles, and H. Mayle, Esq.
The selections were excellently good, and afforded the most
unbounded pleasure to 4n admiring audience,

TELEGRAPH NEWS.

[By British and Irish Magnetic Telegraph.]

PARIS, SUNDAY.

According to Constantinople advices of the 29th
ultimo, the Porte is going to take possession, offi-
cially, of the Delta, formed by the mouths of the
Danube. The union of the Principalities is said
to be gaining ground, and will be approved by the
majority of the Moldo Wallachian Divans. The
Ottoman Porte now rejects the nomination of a
Foreign Prince to govern the re-united Princi-
palities.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS FOR THE
PRESENT WEEK.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF THE
DAY.
MONDAY, FEB. 9.
Order of the Day : Motion for Supply—Report there-
upon.
Notices of Motions : Mr. J. Ewart : To ask the First
Lord of the Treasury whether it is the intention of the
Government to make any recognition of the services of Sir
J,LlM'Neill and Colonel Tulloch in the Crimea.
Mr. Layard : To ask the First Lord of the Treasury
whether Feroukh Khan, the Persian Ambassador to the
Emperor of the French, is now negotiating with Lord
Cowley under the authority of the same full powers which
he possessed when at Constantinople; and when it is the
intention of the Government to place the papers connected
with the present war with Persia on the table of the house..
Sir G. Grey : Transportation—B:ll to amend the Act
16 and 17 Vic., c. 99, intituled, " An act to substitute in
certain cases other punishment in lieu of transportation.".
Sir G. Grey : Reformatory Schools—Bill to facilitate'
the establishment of reformatory schools in England.
Sir M. Berkeley: Royal Marine Forces—Bill to amend
the act for limiting the time of service in the Royal
Marine forces.

Mr. Massey : Inclosure__Bill to authorise the inclosure
of certain lands, in pursuance of a report of the inclosure
commissioners for England and Wales.
Mr. Ricardo : British Settlements (China)—Copy of the
laws and regulations under which British registration
may be obtained, or license granted to fly the British
flag, by ships in the British settlements in*China.

TUESDAY, FEB. 10.
Notices of Motions.—Major Reed : Income Tax—
Resolution :—That whereas the Act of Parliament (18
Vic. c. 20) contains a proviso of an unprecedented and
unconstitutional character, which by its technical con-
struction would inflict in a time of peace a second year of
full war Income Tax, upon the loyal but heavily burdened
subjects of her Majesty, this house is of opinion that the-
provisions of the said act should cease, and determine-
from the 6th day, of April next.
Sir S. Northcote : Industrial Sehools—Bill to make.
batter provisions for the care and education of ♦agrant,,
destitute, and disorderly children, and for the extension:
of Industrial Schools.

Mr. Hardy : Sale of Beer—ln committee of the whole
house, to move for leave to bring in a bill to amend the
laws relating to the general sale of beer by retail, and to
regulate certain places of public resort, refreshment, and
entertainment.
Colonel Dunne : Contracts for Public Departments—To
move the reappointment of the select committee to enquire
into the principle adopted for making contracts for the
supply of the public departments, and the effect which
the present system has upon the expenditure of public
money.

Marquis of Blandford : Ecclesiastical Corporations
Bill further to provide for the mode of securing and paying:
fixed incomes to ecclesiastical corporations, aggregate and.
sole.

Viscount Palmerston : Statute Law.—Select committee•
to consider so much of the second report of the Statute-
Law Commissioners as relates to the proposition therein,
made for the adoption of means to improve the manner
and language of current legislation, and to report their
opinion thereupon to the house.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 11.
Orders of the Day.—Judgments, Executions, &c., Bill—
second reading ; Imprisonment for Debt, &c.,
Bill—
second reading.
THURSDAY, FEB. 12,
Notices of Motions.—Mr. Pellatt : Income and Property
Tax—ln committee of the whole house, to move—That, as
the Income and Property Acts of the 17th Vic., c. 10, 17th
Vic., c. 24. and the 18th Vic., c. 20, were passed expressly
to defray the expenses of the war with Russia, this house
is of opinion that the war having happily terminated, the
said be acts be repealei, or so much of them as will reduce
the income derivable therefrom from one shilling and
fourpence in the pound to fivepence : such reduction to
take place on the sth day April, 1857. •
Mr. Napier : Public Justice—That an humble address.'
„ Lr"
kfaticrairplageNTO 'r 3__•.r, into consideration, as an urgent.
measure of administrative reform, the formation of a,
separate and responsible department for the affairs or
public justice.
Sir W. Clay: Church Rates Abolition—Bill for the
abolition of church rates ; the bill to be limited to total
abolition of such rates, and a provision saving existing
legal obligations.
Capt. L. Vernon : General Pollock—Copy of all cor-
respondence relating to the removal of General Pollock,.
G C. 8., from the Direction of the Hon. East India Com"
pang.

Mr. Bowyer: Grand Juries (Ireland)—Bill to amend
the law relating to Grand Juries in Ireland.
Mr. L. Davies : Weights and Measures—To submit to
the House the necessity for legislation to prevent the gross
inequalities in the weights and measures of the United
Kingdom. ----

FRIDAY, FED. 13.
Orders of the Day : lonian Subjects' Commissions Bill
—second reading; Norfolk Island (Ecclesiastical Govern-
ment) Bill—second reading; Passing Tolls Bill—second
reading.

Notice of Motion.—Colonel Dunne : Lunatic Asylums
(Ireland), Bill to amend the law relating to the appoint—
ment of officers and management of Lunactic Asylums in,
Ireland.

CONCERT AND THEATRICALS AT WINDSOR:,

The seventeenth anniversary of her Majesty's wedding"
day will be celebrated at Windsor Castle to-morrow
(Tuesday), on which occasion a grand concert will be.
given in St. George's Hall, when there will be upwards of
200 performers. The choruses will be sustained by the
members of the Choral Society, from Exeter Hall; and'•
the selections will be from the works of Mendelssohn 4
Beethoven (choral symphony), &c. ; the overture by Miss Novello and Mr. Sims Reeves are engaged.
Mrs. Anderson will preside at the pianoforte; and the
gentlemen of her Majesty's private band will also be in.
attendance. The last series of theatrical performances,
having taken place, the theatre is being removed from St..
George's Hall, in order that this noble apartment may be•
fitted up for the forthcoming concert. It may not be•
inopportune to mention that the sum of '2OO has always
been allowed for each of the theatrical representations, ini
addition to the expenses of the performers to and from!
Windsor. According to the present arrangement, the.
Court will leave Windsor for Buckingham Palace om
Thursday, the 12th inst., there to remain for about threw
weeks, and then again return to Windsor Csstle.

THE WEATHER, for some days, has been -Afore variable
than ever remembered by that respected individual the
" oldest inhabitant." Thursday, heavy frost and snow;,
Friday, fine thaw ; Saturday, hazy and wet in the after-
noon ; yesterday, summer fine, with an indication of fine,
and, probably, frosty weather again,
SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. —On Saturday, about three o'cle,elr,
a rather serious accident happened at the mills of Mr.
M'Nicholls, Upper Harrington street, when tkabe men,
named John and Peter M‘Coy (brothers) and Henry Wat-
kinson, were seriously injured. It aPliers that some meli
were at work at a travelling crane, ruir,oving some timber,
when the "guantings" broke, and
the timber and broken fragmen of the crane. One of ths
ta the men fell amongst
M'Coys had a compound
4-,‘- lure of the leg, and the other
several severe eontasiont,
The other man had a dislocatiou
of the hip joint, Theouthern Hospital ',nen were at once conveyed to the
eas "'where every attention was paid to their
es, and last n;.ght they were doing as well as could be
expected.
Or. the same day, a painter, named John Omni,' bell, was
at work on board a ship in the Sandon Dock,
when, l';3, some accident, he fell into the dock and broke his
leg, He was taken to the Northern Hospitall, where be
lies at present, doing as well as can be expected.
BIRKENHEAD CATHOLIC CHARITY BALL.—Thi, min&
charity ball took place on Frid.y evening, at Mr.
Hotel, Monk's Ferry, under distinguished patronage.
There were about 150 ladies and gentlemen present. The
following gentlemen kindly acted as stewards, and contri-
buted much to the enjoyment of the company by their
polite attention : Messrs. Wortley, M'Donnell, Haskeyne,
and M'Dermott. The Rev. Canon Brown also took an
active part in making every one comfortable. There was
an excellent supper provided for the guests. Mr. Martin's
favourite band was in attendance. The following is a
programme of the dances : Polka, Quadrille, Waltz,,
Lancers, Galop, Quadrille, Polka, Lancers, Schottische,.
GAlop, Quadrille, Waltz, Quadrille, Polka, Schottisher
Lancers, Waltz, Galop, Q iadrille, Polka, Varsoviana,,
Lancers, Polka, Galop. Dancing commenced about nine,.
and was carried on up to supper time, and was afterwards.
continued with spirit up till three, when the ball closed'
with " Sir Roger de Coverlev." The whole went off witb.-
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