Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-31 00:00:00

It may 1

.re, and that many of the p(

the notice of the Admiralty

,red on account of the perm-
JUS 'manner in whicha,, they have been advocated. A
blished a few days since in the Times, from
ship-builder, Mr. John Laird --

Iventions hay

disreg

letter was pu

the eminent

7;araing

wooden and iron

In this he
each, and pointed ou

respective merits of
ments which should be

It may

that some yea
of the [Mina

Aumns

led hi

to iron ship-building, and thes,
expressed by Mr. Laird at the p

lished by Mr.f Clare years sine(

,s which have

aowever, ca

lenied, but that many of his

have been

lopted, and at
Clare has devoted h
energies to the development of our iron s
but fair play to render " honour

z•reat amount of

ias striven in

place our naval and mercantile n:iariireln
position. In the preseht state of affairs
enabi

ed by his knowledge and experien
•

armaments, in
will be duly

CORONER'S CoI
t the Coroner's

The followin,

y years of age, wife of J

found dead by-her husband, between
yesterday - -"'‘e deceased and ,
drank, and -*I in that stat

V aul ts.

_.....eNsn CRANE.—A few days ago, a colossal crane was . aorning. Tilt
being drawn through the streets, about four o'clock in the 7ould quarrel wl
morning, by some 20 Powerful horses, and which we under- is in a burial club. -1-)-
stand was for the MerSey Steel and Iron Works, of this He was sent for whet.
town. ''" of the crane made it "come for nearly an hour after

general nnwieldiness

. Dale
she was

necessary to remove it earl

'otind dead. He did not

Samuel_Willesy, residing at 5 comet, Prim'

_ .
ion to the thoroughfares. Coroner.
THE WEATHER.—Yesterday morning, about four o'clock, hill, was hurt
the heaviest shower ever seen in Liverpool fell. It lasted Blacksto,.l
half an hour. Yesterday afternoon, there was several heavy I fr,--

tevons, SO'n, an,

He died

showers with vivid flashes of lightning, and fearful claps of ; about twenty-six years of age, named John IV
thunder, the latter appeared to be quite close, and the I found drowned in the river, near Speke, on Sun&
lightning ran along the streets, as it were, in liquid flame. removed to the dead-house.—About
We did not hear of any damage. Sunday night, William Johnsf—
BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.— (Before Mr. the ship Governor Langdon,
Registrar Brougbam) —ln re WILLIAM PARRINDER. getting on board that vessel wnen he accidentally
This bankrupt, a grocer and provision dealer in Liverpool, the dock and -was drowned.—John Cattare
came up on his last examination. Mr. Campbell, who yesterday of tetanus, the result of an injury
appeared for the assignees, offered no opposition. His great toe.—The infant son— aged sixteen nu
Honour, after remarking that the balance-sheet was entirely of, Mr. William Newton, of No, 4 Court, Back Clar
estimate,, said, the bankrupt might pass, reserving all grove, Kirkdale, was put to bed at eleven
o'clock on Sandal
questions of account to be dealt with at the certificate morning, in perfect health, and at two o'clock he was found
sitting, which was fixed for the 30th June. dead. Dr. Parker was immediately sent for, but he
WATER COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting of this pronounced life to be extinct, but did not state thy.
committee was held yesterday, Mr. Hodson in the chair. —Elizabeth Hughes, a woman abotit 39 years of age,
The other meml e:s present were, Messrs. Wagstaff, Ver- found dead under the following circumstances : _
non, Stitt, Bennett, Ryley, Farnworth, Mellor, Woodruff, I evidence of the deceased's husband, for the last ten
Jeffery, and Crellin. Mr. Duncan reported that the quan- years she has been awfully addicted to drinking, and very.
tity of water received from Rivingtou during the week was quarrelsome. - She was constantly fighting with the neigh 53,950,584 gallons. The quantity received from the wells bears, and everybody else when she was in drink. She was
was 32,092,781 gallons, making a total of 90,043,365 drunk several -days last week, and was very
gallons. The proportion of Rivington water to well water, Saturday night and Sunday morning, and was found det_o6
was as 29 to 16. It was further reported, that the Roddles- on the cellar fib r. She was out quarrelling with the
worth reservoir had fallen during the week 4 feet 271 neighbours on Sunday morning.—lnquests will held an
inches, and thQ Anglezark 2 feet inches, Mr, Jeffery all those cases today and to-morrow. drunk or!

a seaman, be/on

in the St.

,emont-

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