Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-15 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

LIVEIIPOOL COUNTY COURT.—Mr. Holton sat yesterday',
and disposed of a large number of cases, of which, however,
nearly all were undisputed claims for trifling amounts, not
possessing the slightest interest.
BANKRUPTCY YESTERDAY.—(Before Mr. Com-
missioner Perry.—Re T. C. Tarlaton.—,The bankrupt was
a shipowner, and proprietor of bathing machines at Rhyl.
He came up for his certificate. His Honour granted the
bankrupt a certificate of the second class.
Mn Mmorr Jorms.—Mr. Jones delivered his lecture on
" Swift," in the Argyle-rooms, Birkenhead, last night,
before a numerous and a respectable auditory. To-night
Mr. Jones will deliver his oration on " Curran," in Hope..
hall. This oration is one of the course which Mr. Jones-
delivered in Liverpool some months ago, and which he
has been induced by urgent request to repeat on the present
occasion. It is one of the most attractive of his course to
to a general audience.
A CONSCIENTIOUS' WITNESS.—Some time since a young
fellow who had turned " Queen's evidence" against his com-
panions, in a case of burglary and robbery, was cross-
examined by counsel forthe prisoners as follows:—Counsel :
You have been engaged in some robberies before now ?
Witness : Yes. Would you rob a priest ? No. Would
you rob a minister ? No, Would you rob a church ? No.
Would your rob a chapel ? No. Counsel :On your oath,
sir, would you rob a bishop? Witness : I would trot like
to answer that question, as I am not quite certain whether
I should not rob a bishop if I got an opportunity. This, of
course, settled the affair.
A YACHTSMAN AND THE LIFEBOAT.---Mr. Brassey, the
well-known yachtsman, and son of the celebrated contractor,
thus expresses his approbation of the National Lifeboat
Institution :---"Lowndes-square, 13th April.--I beg to
enclose the sum of £lO, as an earnest of the great interest
which, as a yachtsman of many and long voyages, and an
Englishman, proud :of the maritime supremacy of his
country, I have ever taken in the successful operations of
the National Lifeboat Institution.---Yours, &c., Thomas
Brassley, Jun."' It may not be inappropriate here to state,
that the lifeboats of the National Lifeboat Institution
were instrumental in saving 49 persons from various
wrecks during the qnurter ending 31st ult., and that the
lifeboats had put off to vessels having signals of distress
sixteen times. The expense of these services amounted to
£203 18s 6d, which, with £324 paid to the coxswains and
crews, for taking charge, and for exercising all its life-
boats, made a total of Z 527 18s 6d incurred in the quarter,
independent of the large charges incurred in keeping its
numerous establishments in a state of thorough efficiency.
BIRKENHEAD COMMISSYONERS.—A: Special meeting of the
Birkenhead Commissioners was held in the offices, Ham lton-
square, at ten. o'clock yesterday, for the purpose of issuing
bonds for the general mortgage debt of the commissioners,
under the act of last session.. Mr. Hind presided; and the
other members present were—Messrs. Cook, Gough, Bell,
Baylis, Vereist, Goulburn, and M`Gill. The law-clerk
stated that the commissioners would have to issue new
bonds for capital and arrears of interest, which would be
capitalised up to the 31st of December last The new
bonds would be issued -on coupons, and the interest payable
every six months for the next six years. The business,
being wholly financial, wa, transacted in private. We
believe bonds to the ame not of about £300,000 were signed.
THE WEATHER.—Yesterday was more like a winter day
than an April one. The forenoon was cold, but fine, but
from one o'clock to a late hour at night there was an unin-
terrupted fall of snow, with an atmosphere of intense cold.
The fall of snow is very likely to " take the cold out of the
air," as it is called, so that fine weather may be expected from
this forward.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.--Yesterday, P. F. Curry; Esq.,
coroner, held the following inquests : On the body of
William Shaw, a book-keeper, residing at No. 4, Back
Castle-street, Kirkdale, who was found dead in bed with
his throat cut, on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased had
been in a low desponding way since July last, when his
wife died suddenly. He has lived by himself the last
fortnight, when his daughter, who had been recently
married, left him. On Tuesday, he was in the house of a
neighbour, named Ann Walthew, and appeared then in a
very desponding state, and said he wished he was with his
wife who was dead, and cried bitterly. On Wednesday,
about four o'clock, one of the neighbour's children looked
through the kitchen window, and saw his hat and shoes, and
told Mrs. Walthew. She went in and found the deceased
in bed, dead. His throat was cut. Verdict, " Suicide
under temporaiy insanity." On the body of Margaret
Egan, daughter of Martin Egan, residing in 14 Court, St.
Martin's-street, who was scalded by pulling over a cup of
boiling tea on her arm and breast, last Tuesday week. She
was attended by Dr. Pope, and everything done that could
be done, but she died on Wednesday. Verdict,
"Accidentally scalded."

STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH. ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUND-
LAND.—In the Newfoundland House of Assembly, on the
7th of February, a discussion took' place respecting the
contract with the Galway Transatlantic Steam Company.
Several members asserted that they had voted the money for
a direct line with Europe in the expectation that the
steamers would run to some large commercial port
.in Great
Britain, Liverpool being, in their estimation, the best place,
commodities of all descriptions at reasonable rates being
obtainable there, and enabling tradesmen to import goods
on their own account. Galway, it was maintained, only
exported a few barrels of herrings, and a class of undesirable
emigrants. Freights, however, was not sought by the Gal-
way Company to or from St. John's. The company wanted
to exact $lO per ton from New York to St. John's, when
they only asked 40s. to Galway. Their charge from Galway
to St. John's was 50 per cent. more than from Galway to
New York, or New York-to Galway, and in many cases 300
per cent. more than by sailing vessels. The inferiority of
the Galway vessels was also commented upon. One member
said :—" It is monstrous that one-eleventh of our revenue
should be granted for this purpose, more particularly under
so loose a contract as that lately entered into by the
government."
HISTORIC SOCIETY.— A meeting of this society was held
last evening, in the Grand Jury-room, St. George's Hall.
Mr. Burke occupied the chair. The following donations
were acknowledged by the Secretary :—From the Author :
"Voyage en Espague et en Algerie in 1855, par M. Boucher
de Perthes." From C. Roach Smith, F.S.A.: "Philosophy
of Voice and Speech," by James Hunt, Ph. D., F.S.A., &c.
" A Report of the Speeches at the Special General Meeting
of the British Archaeological Association, 1845," by Alfred
John Dunkin, Esq. From Dr. Thom : "A very elaborate
drawing (by George Charles, Esq.), representing the ceiling
of Tarporley Church, Cheshire," which is now undergoing
some, alterations. The ceiling is richly ornamented with
bosses, on which are emblazoned the arms of the families of
Crewe, Done, and Arderne, together with their various
alliances. There were exhibited depositions taken at
Chester, concerning a place called the King's
Wood, by virtue of the King's Majesty's Commis-
sion, the sth day of January, in the 6th year of King
Edward the Sixth ; Histories of the families of Melville,
Drummond, Dunbar, Hume, and Dundas ; and various
specimens of the remains of the Roman city recently
excavated at Wroxeter. The latter were exhibited by Mr.
Mayer. The paper of the evening was "On the uses of
learned societies," by Mr. J. T. Danson, F.S.S. A con-
versation ensued the reading of the paper, which was pro-
itounced to be a very able one, and a vote of thanks was
passed to Mr. Danson. The meeting then adjourned.
A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT.--At various times, nay, we
may say almost daily, our merchants on 'Change have to
grieve over certain losses, and, as fathers of families, when
the cares of the day are o'er, they return home, vexed and
disappointed, and, perhaps, not in the best of humours with
their families and domestics. This, no doubt, occurs every
day, but matrimony is an ordnance which, taking on an
average, only occurs once in a man's life time, and should
he get disappointed on that particular subject, it oft leads
him to spend the remainder of his life in " moody melan-
choly," oft dejected and despised. Therefore, matrimony
is not a subject to be laughed at, or slightly dealt
with, for upon it hinges too often a man's pros-
perity or his degradation. But, without solilo-
quising any further, we will give our readers the par-
ticulars of a sad disappointment which took place in our
own town of Liverpool yesterday; but, in order that no
scandal may arise, and the disappointed pair may not be
pointed at in their future progress in life, we will not pub-
lish their names, but simply give the facts. In Starling-
street, Kirkdale, resides a very amiable, and, perhaps we
Might add, beautiful, young lady, not yet out of her teens.
As a matter of course, she was wooed by many, and at last
got won, and yesterday was the day fixed for the
wedding. The special license was procured, and
the happy pair,. dressed as bride and bridegroom should
be, with all their friends both male and female, repaired to
St. Peter's church to have the ceremony performed, that
would make the two one. They, with all the agility of
youth stepped from the carriages, and entered the sacred
edifice, all joyous and happy. The Rev. Mr. Connor was
in attendance to perform the duties, and all appeared happy,
and delighted with future anticipations. The ceremony
had proceeded to a certain point, when—Oh ! Mr. Connor
what have you to answer for, for you were
the cause of the fatal result—it was discovered
that the surrogate, who had granted the license had
made a great and fatal mistake in filling it up, he had
inserted Kirkdale," instead of " Liverpool." This
was announced to the then " happy " pair, who were also
informed that the ceremonycould not be legalised.
Readers, judge of the disappointment. Pen and ink cannot
describe the change that took place in the lovely looks of
the bride, that was to be made a wife ; and the bridegroom,
who was to have been the happy possessor of such a
treasure ; but, so it was. The Rev. Mr. Connor pro-
normeed the words " I can't marry you," and there was no
alternative but for them to retire, and have the license
amended. They did I'o4ol brit with rylaneholy and gloomy