Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-11 00:00:00

THE COURT

The Prince Consort rode on horseback on Wednesday,
attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge.
Prince Leopold and Princess Louisa took a carriage drive.
The Princess Alice, the Duke of Montrose, the Earl of
Derby, and the Earl of Malmesbury, dined with the Queen
last evening at Buckingham Palace.
The Berlin journals contain the following interesting
notification :

" The birth of our son has been hailed in all parts of the
country by sympathies which will remain as deeply
engraven upon our hearts, as the reception given us a year
ago at the time of of our marriage. We do not think we
could choose a better day than that of the baptism of our
child for addressing to the whole country our warmest
thanks for the joy it has displayed, and for the cordial con-
gratulations to which it has given so touching an expression.
May we, with the help of God, raise up our son for the
honour and happiness of our dear country.
" Berlin, sth March, 1859. _

" FREDERICK WILLIAM,.
" Prince of Prussia,
" VICTORIA,
" Princess Frederick William of Prussia,
Princess Royal of Great Britain and
Ireland."

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

LIST OF PASSENGERS per Ethiope.—Mr. Van Veersore,
from Cape Coast Castle ; Dr. Thompson, Mr. I. Loventhal,
Mr. T. M. Sherrington, from Sierra Leone ; Lieut. Moffatt,
from Gambia; Mr. Dothridge, from Madeira; 13 seamen
and one boy from Sierra Leone.
FRIGHTFUL.—A fellow asked another yesterday, in the
Police Court, What relation is the State of Virginia to
th• Married State ?" and the reply was, " the same relation
that Peg-top Trousers are to Manslaughter." There was
terrific sensation about the place, and three persons were
carried out swooning ! and strait jackets were ordered for
a dozen !!!

IMPORTANT TO STAMMERERS.-Mr. Stafford, founder and
only professor on scientific and experimental principles for
the Removal of Impediments in Speech, having been
eminently successful during the last thirty-eight years, as
may be seen by his recently published pamphlet of testi-
monials and cases, which may be had gratis (by respectable
families and individuals) on application to Mr. Stafford, 82,
Russell-street (late of Alfred-street), Liverpool.
Mu. ANDERTON AND MR. ELLis. —We are generally
against increases of official salaries, when the payment
comes out of the pockets of the people, but the advance
made by the Corporation, in the salaries of the above gentle-
men, are well bestowed. They are both most deserving
officers, obliging, and affable, but above all, they are intel-
ligent and highly efficient in their offices, and really deserve
the advance, for they have heavy and important duties to
discharge iu their departments.

MUNIFICENT DONATIONS OF THE MAYOR OF LIIiRPOOL
TO THE LOCAL CHARITIES.--41r. William Preston, the
Mayor of Liverpool, who is allowed £2,000 a ye,ar, to
maintain the dignity and hospitality of his office, after

12;ving aside the sum actually expended in the year bY 370
or for carriages, &c., has handed over the sum of £l,.eir,
to the various charities, the cost of the civic hospitoritled
on even a more bountiful scale than usual, being deftai
aAnta.dAelvAeTredHohpins HALL.—Yesterday of his o.o'n purse.---Evening Express.
Ylece
PrPores:oErsscsAlili
Hall, on " America); Life and Literature." The chair 70
occupied by Mr. BWinthal. The audience was nel
numerous as the lecture de:iierved, but those who Were.
attendance must have been struck by the acute discernnA
powers of the lecturer, as he brov,!rht before their node? t;i2
literature of America. As Professor* Allan is comps
unknown unknown in Liverpool, we might here mention that fewire
tsurteredayineviienleilig
the many lecturers who from time to time visit
calculated to leave an impression on the minds of an ,s hi 4
ence, from the practical manner in which he deals witn,ich
subject. The lecture of last evening was one frail' riled
more information was to be obtained than from a lengWe
sojourn in the middle of American life.
COUNTY COURT, Yesterday.—(Before J. K. Blair, 1'5041
Judge.)—A TAILOR'S Birm..--Mogford and A.ntwis V. 105
Armitage. This was an action' to recover the sum 0 e
lls, for goods made and delivered. The plaintiff's 1-4,
tailors in this town, and the defendant is captain of ,',
Havana. Mr. lime appeared for the plaintiff's, and .5
Atkinson for the defendant. It appeared that the Sew
were supplied in 1841, and the defendant pleaded A for,
statute of limitations, also that the goods had been paiudant
It was stated by one of the plaintiff's, that the defers be
could not be found by them after the debt became due' in
„
being mostly at sea. The defendant did not appe-,case
court, but his father was called in evidence. Tile e
resulted in a nonsuit. There were a number of other etts
disposed of, but were not possessed of any public illlereSL.
WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly
was held on Wednesday, at the West Derby work,
house, Mr. Abrahams in the chair, and the other nienLoc-
present were—Messrs. Wensley, Parkin, Woods,
Kirkus, Marsh, I. Edwards, Richmond, Ledger'
Medcalf. Cheques for out-door relief were drawn,
follows : Mr. Potts, £l3O ; Mr. Olney,£36; an-, the
Lythgoe, £23. Mr. Gough, the governor, reported 6:
number of paupers in the workhouse to be—last week, 'woe
admitted since, 21 ; discharged, 23 ; dead, 2 ; in the 11°10
this week, 656, of whom 361 belonged to Toxteth-Psrof
corresponding week last year, 702. Mr. Hall, initst:i
rst
the hospital, reported the number of patients in thellesr9;
to be -last week, 115 ; admitted since, 8 ; dischargeutAng
dead, 5; in the hospital this week, 109 ; corresPoll",.s,-
week last year, 125 On the motion of Mr. Abrallsri
Mr. Hall was appointed master of the hospital, subjec.
three months' notice. of
LIVERPOOL REFORM CLUB. The first meeting,
the Liverpool Reform Club, for the purpose of eu"'•„,ht,
sion, took place in the club debating room last lei
There was a very large attendance. Mr. J. It.,.,le,ere'
presided. The subject of discussion was the "u°lo,
ment Reform Bill," and a very animated debate took
which was kept up until after ten o'clock. The folle,„"iy:
motion was finally proposed, and carried unanime7died
" That, in the opinion of this meeting, the relisse;bet
Reform Bill introduced into the House of Commons Tot,
Majesty's Government is highly unsatisfactory sent
because it disfranchises at least 100,000 of the Pre the
freeholders. Secondly, because it does not recognise git
ust claims of the working classes. Thirdly, becen:o
places the boroughs entirely at the mercy of the 'lel tlf'
classes, by giving votes to non-residents. And, 'esbor
becanse by the introduction of voting papers, as a toil
tote for the ballot, the electors may be readily intitnlde of
and coerced." The proceedings closed with a g
thanks to the chairman. The next discussion w.'

meet
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of
place on Wednesday evening. .11gWORKHOUSEWOUKOUSE COMMITTEE.—The usual weekly meet ti
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this committee was held yesterday, Mr. CI- were"
Cropper in the chair. The other members present .4yrecl,
Messrs. Smith, Gair, Critchley, Denton, Bairstow, ttsil
Owen, Crellin, and Peck. The medical officer reP°
that the number of deaths in the establishment, du la
week ending Bth inst., was 29, of whom 5 were Tn efots.
women, 1 child above two years' of age, and 13 31 sof
The number of patients under treatment last wet! dedf
682 ; new cases admitted since, 152; cured and dise'l.ith 44,
153 ; now remaining under treatment, 662; of whiter 0,1
were fever, 20 itch, and 5 small pox cases. The Inas thig
the vagrant sheds reported that there were relieved ill to
department, during the week ending sth inst'' als
following destitute persons-170 males, 76 females, nuifeeY
children ; total, 261; showing an increase over lastoo
in males 3, females 10, being a nett increase of 13. of,
compared with the corresponding week of last year9boise
appeared a decrease of 23. The governor's returns „,00
that the number in the house last week was 9,292; 117499,
this week 2,194, being a decrease on the last week -or
and a decrease of 533 when compared with the 0000
ponding week of last year. A sample of soup made W'
a small quantity of peas, which were recommended Ile to
Robertson Gladstone, was submitted to the commit"
decide whether it could be used as food for the Pell
The committee were unanimous in its condemnati°e;bl6
unfit for human food. It was quite black and &sag of
in appearance. The remainder of the business Wa's

routine character. eta lu
`WIVES.—Great changes are taking place every Y tssts
the consumption of Wines in this country, and the..,04
for sitting down for many hours after dinner and drv7, to
heavy and intoxicating wines is happily fast giv,.ellakee
the use of good wholesome light wines, which, if "`i.ve
moderation, assist digestion and act as a restorsolhol
delicate health. But it is worthy of attention and
es sot
call forth some explanation, that the use of wines a°,00.1
increase in proportion to the population and aee,ntsecf;
of wealth in this country. The panic of 1857, r'';l
the consumption of wines considerably, showing atlik,rtag,„
past year, in comparison with 1857, a decrease in ',.
wines of 383,209 gallons, in Spanish 119,942 gs', otbe`,
French 50,494 gallons, and the produce of 1105", tll,ll.
countries in proportion, whilst the only excepted Oor
shows an increase, is in wines from the Cape of Goe theto the extent of 270,100 gallons. For the last ten /,°: othe'
consumption of Portugal wines, in comparison NV' ;Ai 1111
,11 countries, has fallen off very considerably, and SPB7ses°
remained stationary, whilst the use of lighter ''esrli
France, Sicily, and the Cape of Good Hope h°gf tbe°B,4
doubled, and will doubtless go on increasing,
ioei
countries continue to send us some good wholesome ed s
by far the largest quantities of wines are now Cos esti!" ,
meals and not after as in former years, and consetl%tions'
preference will always be given to the lighter desefirta die
For this statistical information we are Indebted °f 30/
Annual Circular of Messrs. W. and A. Gin*, 1)0111/
Oxford-street, London, and of Dublin and -brial jar, 311
ivhich house, by official returns, paid duty last Y°56,63
South African Wines alone, to the extent of
of
gallons. k
dfl°
HISTORIC SOCIETY. —A meeting of the literary_
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this society was held last evening, James Wo-e-koogr"
sl
M.D., in the chair. The following donations were aWI
lodged by the secretary :—" The Proceedings of ,tll,etistiosi
Society," vol. ix., No. 33, " The Journal of the o`3l.osl°
Society," vol. xxii., part 1, and " The Quarterly Pumr.
the Geological Society," vol. xv., part 1, No. 57. sir"
E. Smith read a description of a large and interest'l beeriti
of ancient Blitish implements in stone. TheL.lidigsmt
found during the last twenty or thirty years by -11,fhotald
Tindall, of York and Bridlington (who kindly sez. 0 57,
exhibition), in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It „at
that there lay a district there very little know, eve- aocei",
sent, contiguous to the sea, and which was inhabited, ,00s
ing to Ptolemy, by a tribe called the Parit
implements, the chase, and domestic ns—addiilJ,",,t
collection displayed. It included, in of
to celts and hammers of stone, a large numb,eefroni
weapons, comprising every form of arrow-hena/ with
rudely edged splinter to the artistically formed bar bteethea
great variety of the larger javeline and spear heads/sit% as/
with knives, saws, and sling stones, in -various persl.
shape. Mr. William Wallace .Fyfe editor of the sofa/
County Chronicle, exhibited, through Mr Ecr°Yd tor, jcel
some Roman articles in pottery, painted In°.A.nroester'
recently exhumed from the castle grounds at l'bea Pret;
many others of a more perfect character having oons't
sented by Mr. Lawrence, the governor of the
_sed
museum. Among the objects shown was one corarriag
a bronze ring, connected with plates of zinc, for saea". Thi:a
large cortex or cork, a portion of which still remains' of ,e
article was presumed to have formed the stopper of to_
amphora, or large vessel, used to supply the tam 30006
ancients with wine or water. The paper for Old Set;
was on "Runic Inscriptions, Anglo-Saxon anyersar!ng
dinavian," by Mr. Alexander Craig Gibson. A el• tneen
ensued on the reading of the paper, after which '
./
adjourned. ,
LIVERPOOL BANKRUPTCY COURT —YesteruSis os
Mr. Commissioner Perry.) —Re H. MinnetrY• :ankruPtliaed
adjourned application for a certificate. The and applies
been a fancy soap manufacturer in Duke-street,, was
for his certificate six months ago, but the petitionreoe
ttooti
adjourned, as the assets of the bankrupt did not perabero•n,
amount of £l5O required by the act. gr.
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appeared yesterday for the bankrupt to renew Ore Woberia
and Mr. Yates appeared for the assignees. l‘inkrupt dr to
contended that, although the assets of the ban
pojtionto
fact only realize £l3B 19s. 4d., yet he was ilinda tFii
alifised
show that the estate had been sacrificed, a re ,st
proper amount had been received it would ha_.!o2.ot,' •
more than the requisite sum. He stated that, 413.160;int
things a press, which cost £34, was sold fete_ 501 a,
wrought iron pan, which cost £23 10s, was solows
£5 4s 4d ; and a shandry, which cost £5 ss/
_tad not 'ce
17s 6d. He urged that, if an estate which nut o tr°dtg be
realised more than £l5O, was sacrificed so arbor() y
0 sin
smaller amount, the bankrupt ought not ',a alas Ills()
deprived of the benefit of the act. The es'n-t to re the
adjourned for six months, t enable the bankr jo
°teat"'
the additional amount 'required, with Pr • pule'
meantime. .Re cad Ikaiadon; The bankrupt'