Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-09 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

HAD HIS LEG BROKE.—Patrick Kelly; a labourer, resid-
ing at No. 3 Goiirt, Stoekdale-street, had his leg; fractured
yesterday, by the kick of a horse, at the Clarence Dock.
FALL FROM A BUlLDlNG.—Yesterday, Thomas Kennedy,
a joiner residing in 20 Conrt, Cavendisk-street, fell from a
new building in Slade-street, and sustained a severe frac-
ture of „the leg. lie was removed to the Northern Hospital.

• SUDDEN DEATII-Yesterday morning, a man named
Thomas APCarthy; aged about 50 vears, who resided in 35
court, Newhall-street, was found deid in bed.' lie had gone
to bed quite well, so .far_ as the people in the' house- were
aiiiarci,' and was a very sober maw. An inquest will. be held
on the deceased to-day. . • . -;

FATAL ACCIDENT AT A RAILWAY STATlON.—Yesterday,
James MuHiner, .carter, sustained severe injuries at 'the
tondon and North-Western Railway Station, in Waterloo-
'road; being crushed between his own waggon' and one of the
railway e,arriages. He was removed to the Northern Hospital,
,but vas dead when admitted there.

'LIVERPOOL EYE AND ,EAR INFARMARY, MOUNT PLEASANT.
—Consulting Surgeon, Ilug;h:Neill,. Esq. ;- Surgeons, =John
Poole, F,sq.,-Dr. R. Ilibbert Taylor, ,Dr. Nevins; Assistan
Surgeon- T. Bickerton, Esq. ; Treasurer, J.. G. Livingston,
Esq. Roport for week:)ending Aug. 6, 1859 :—New cases
—Eyes 106, Ears 30 ;' prescribed for and received surgical
assistance-,--Eyes- 409,-Ears 136.

SENTENCES AT THE 130 ROUGH Sf:gSIONS.—The following
'sentences were yesterday passed by the recorder

Borough Sessions :—Jolin Welch, four years'
`Downey,
servi-
tude ; Mary -Doney, three, months' imprisonment ; George
Dclanty, five years' penal servitude ; Michael Digney, eight
Months' inwrisoment ; Griffith Roberts, four years' penal
m-rvitude ; John Baker, four months' imprisonment:

C 0 NTY MAGISTRATES' COURT. - Yesterday, at the
County Magistrates' Court,: Basnett-street, a, nun, named
Thomas Jannion, was:committed. for. three: months for a
violent assault on a woman named Smith, near the village
of West Derby, on .Saturday evening last. He was further
fined twenty shillings, or, in default, committed for another
month, on a charge of assaulting the
,police-officcr when
taking him into custody.

LtvEnroot. DispE,NsAnms,--Number of patients during
the past week cases received advice and medicine
at the institution : Northern, 332 ; Southern, 218 ; total; 550.
New' Cases ,yisited at their own houses and supplied with
medicine : Northern, 86 ; Southern, 69 ; total, 155. Total
for the week, 705. Rev. Rector Campbell;-A.M., president
Captain Bourne, vice-president of North Dispensary. Mr
Charles Booth, vice-president of South Dispensary. Mr
Francis Mill, treasurer. Mr, J. Whitby Williams, secretary
Office : Leith-offiees, Moorfields
.1.7.7.41JE5TS

kn inquest was held 'yesterday on the body
of a ,young man; • seventeen years ' of age; named Rob6rt
Rennison, who *as engaged as engineer's-steward on hoard
the steam-shrp.Colittabia. Tt appeared that, on Saturday
afternoon, the' deceased, with several other men, went to
turn the paddle-Wheel of the -steamer in order to clean the
engine. At first there was some difficulty in turning the
wheel, but when it did move the 'deceased got crushed, and
fell ,into the water; when taken out he was taken to the
Northern Hospital, where he died soon after his arrival.
Verdict, ."
A6cidental death."—On the body of a boy named
Wifliam Ray, aged seven years, the son of a labourer resid-
ing at'2 Court, Bond-street. At twelve o'clock on Saturday
the deceased was drowned while endeavouring to get a piece
of-wood that was floating in a pit near the cast-iron bridge,
having waded into the water with his trousers rolled up.
Verdict, "Accidentally drowned."—,On the body of Bridget
Lynot, 'aged fifty-two, late a !resident of Bispham-street.
Deceased had been from home for some "time, and on her
return she found that her son had sold all the furniture,
and gone off to Australia. While she was relating the cir-
cumstance to her daughter, 'she fell sown and expired.
Verdict, "Died from natural causes."

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MARKETS' COMMITTEE

The weekly meeting of the Markets' Committee was held
yesterday forelioon, Mr. Johnson in the.chair. There were
also Tregenk Messrs. Woodruff, llmighton, Shimmin, and
Mellor. ,

A report from the Engineer, recommending some altera-
tions in St. Martin's market, was ordered to be printed, and
a,copy sent to each meniber of the committee.

before the magistrates, on Saturday, where a person named
CHAIRMANemonrin
c that
'called Iled
morning's
attention
g,spare ors relative
vcommitteeaatsoe
waTissthasute mmonedlor causing an obstruction in Queen's-square.
Froth the observations then made, the public were led to
believe that the Markets' Committee were actually doing
nothing lets than obtaining money under false pretences
for the party summoned stated that, after paying rent for
space, he was charged with obstructing the way by remain-
ing there. He only drew attention .to the circumstance as
showing the absolute necessity that existed for a wholesale
market, in consequence of the, crowded state of Queen's-
square. It was quite sufficient to justify the committee in
bringing before the Council some scheme for a wholesale
market, which sooner or later must be proved.

THE SYSTEM OF. BOOK-KEEPING AT THE MAEKET3

The CHAIRMAN called upon Mr. Shimmin to proceed with
his renewed motion with respect to the mode in which the
books should be kept.

Mr. SIIMMIN said he could not say more on the matter

than he had already said. He believed that if the com-
mittee adopted his plan, it would be such an effectual check
on their •servants as to prevent the possibility of further

Mr. MELLOR seconded the motion

The CHAIRMAN said. that when the 'subject was last
brought forward by Mr. Shimmin, the feeling of the com-
mittee seemed to be, that the consideration. of his plan
should be postponed until the new staff Was completed, and
the new system of book-kepping recomMended by the trea-
surer had been tried. He thought it rather advisable. that
they should postpone the matter. until the treasurer was
fairly able to ;report to the committee on the working of the
new system, and whether he could suggest any alteration in
the system to meet the necessary requirements.

Mi. Sim mix said they saw fhat the books now in use
aid not meet the requirements ; but if they adopted his
plan, the committee would • weekly have before them the
exact state of the markets. They would have before them
every shop and stall that was empty, and, also, all those
occupied.
Mr. WOODRUFF called for the books containing a reso-
solution of the committee on the subject passed at a previous
meeting ;. and after some conversation, in the course of
which the Chairman and Mr. Woodruff said the Treasurer
had not fairly tried the new system,
Mr. SunumiN said that if the treasurer had not tried the
system, he submitted that he ought to have done, for he
had had since February last to do it in.
The CHAIRMAN said the treasurer had only made up one
quarter, and he wished the committee to bear with him
while he had the result of a second quarter's accounts before
him, on which the treasurer was called in.
The CHAIRMAN said the committee wished to know
whether he was in a position to report as to the present
mode of book-keeping.
The TREASURER, in reply, said that, from what he had
already seen, he thought very highly of it. He was of
opinion that system with, perhaps, some slight modifi-
cations, would be a very good one under which to. carry on
the market accounts. With possible alterations, which
would suggest themselves by experience, he thought it
would be a good system.
Mr. MELLOR enquired whether it did not, in many
respects, correspond with the system now proposed by Mr.
Shimmin,
The TREASURER said that no doubt a great many of the
features in Mr. Shimmin's plan might be Introduced, but at
present he thOught his plan-was complicated. -
The CHAIRMAN : You would not advise the committee to
withdraw the present system for the purpose of introducing
Mr. Shimmin's plan ?
The TREASURER : No, I would not.
admitted of any blunders.
if properly carried out. If
Mr. WOODRUFF inquired if the system now in existence
The TREASURER said not,
the books were properly kept under the present system, the
committee would be able to see every week exactly how they
stood.
Mr. WOODRUFF said, at the proper time he should be
ready to adopt any plan which might be an improvement,
no matter from whom it came. Any new plan at present,
however, would, in hid epinion, complicate the operations of
the committee.
After some further discussion, Mr. Shimmin declined to
his withdrawmotion. H
The CHAIRMAN then
put the motion, when two voted for
it. and two against it, on which the, chairman said he should
give his vote against the motion, on the sole ground that he
aid not think sufficient time had been given to try the pre-
sent system.
There was no further business.