Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-29 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

,lamps Ton HIRE.-Now, and during the season,
'all-Ts, in every shade and variety, with oil to burn in
Mine, can be had on moderate terms at the New Light

Company, 19, Great George-street. , .djl6
CHRISTMAS CHEER.—Families residing within five
miles of Liverpool can be supplied with Burton-Mild
and bitter ales of the first brand, ns, also London stout,
in 4*, 9, and 18 gallon casks, by sending. their orders,
or calling at T. Bolton's, family ale and porter merchant,
110, Duke-street. •
CHRISTMAS CHEER.'—Amongst the good things -which
the season affords, and which art produces, may be
.eoauted the celebrated Yorkshire game pies. These
slelicious viands may be had in perfection, as for many
Years past," at Mr. Lawton's, Bee. Hotel, Queen-square,
'where the worthy host. is as busy as-the bee, producing
these dainties, now so much might after. -
• DEPARTDRE OF THE HUNGARIAN.—The splendid
anrew steamer Hungarian, of the Canadian line of royal
email boats sailed yesterday for Portland, U.S., with
'ne' Canadian and United States mails, a large cargo,
and about fifty passengers.
ST. GEonon's HALL.—.On TUesday next St.' George's
-R
all will be rendered more gerierally attractive than
usual, by the performance in it of the fine band of the
9,,rPhan Asylum, for the benefit of the Orphan Asylum
'4lld: On such an occasion it cannot be necessary to
by
anything. The objects intended to be carried out
.ey the promoters of the institution are at once sacred.
and social. With such commendations, and the gene-
1;n1 good feeling of the community in its favour, as we
know it is, we have no doubt the concert wellattended, and will also prove beneficial to the funds.
SocrErv.—The monthly meeting of.
's, society was held last night, at the. Royal Institution,
-Lk Barry, Esq.. in the chair. Before proceeding with-
}the paper for the evening, Mr. Hayes called the atten-
,"oll of the society to the proposed bye-laWs of the Health
•ueminittee. He considered that thoze laws would
Materially interfere with the regular architect. lie,:
6iefOre, ,proposed that the • Law Society Should be
`,,mittiediately petitioned on the matter, as it would soon
'be tonlate. Mr. Boult did not think the regulations
'Would, be at all inconvenient, as :there were .certain
Tlauses which granted all that the profession had a right
'o expect. The discussion was postponed till the next
menthly meeting. The paper for the evening was then
'read. It was entitled "The Ecclesiastical. Architecture
"of the Middle Ages," and proved a most able and in-
teresting one. A vote of thanks to the author and •
6ellaii*an terminated the proceedings. '
ConoxEn's COURT.—At this court yesterday, an
inquest was held on the body of William Kelly, seaman
011 board the John Bright. The deceased was taken to•
the Northern Hospital on Saturday lait, and died the
tame night. Mr. Harrison, the surgeon who attended
Lhuh, made a post mortem examination of the body, and
'states that the deceased had been suffering from con-
-gest-ion of the lungs; which he (Mr. H.) believes to be
the came of death. While in the hospital, however,
their deceased made a statement to the vice-consul of the
united States, which was to the effect that during the
'voyage he had- been repeatedly beaten and kicked by
'the second mate, and it was to-this ill-usage that he, a
.81'01't time previous to death, attributed his condition.
As the two surgeons who made the post mortem exami-
nation attributed death to congestion of the lungs, the
I,„in'y returned a verdict of death from natural causes.—
Tuesday
on the body of William M'Cloud, who died OR
-Lnesday last, from fracture of the temple bone. It
al'Pears that about four weeks ago the deceased was
with some other men in the snug of Mr. Griffiths'
~.,1341nlie-house. They were playing cards, and the
"deceased, who appears to have been a very quarrelsome
tun, fell out with his companions, and began to abuse
.13eerson called Kent. He aimed a blow- at Kent, but
w 4 not hit him. Kent then struck the deceased a
were blow on the nose, and a large quantity of blood,
‘..ntantlY spurted out. They afterwards .shook hands
Anil parted good friends. The deceased, however, corn-
Valued very much of a pain in his head, which con-
'tinned to increase until his death. Mr. Brown, Surgeon,
.de a post mortem examination of the body, and found
‘4lathebi cause of death to be fracture of the ,temple bone;
13°did not think such fracture could have been caused
the blow which Kent struck. Mr. Bremner, who
jed for, Mr. Kent, called a witness, Henry Sutton,
Ad "Posed io the dece ased's having received a heavy
Th " his head about seven weeks before his death.
jury returned an open verdict, to the effect that
.4,7-'ensed. died from the injuries received, buf from whom
wtesre was no cvidonoo to show. -
THE TRACK OF THE WOODSIDE FERRY-BOATS.—The
"llowing memorial to the Lords of the Committee of
trivy Cobuncil for Trade, is in course of signature at the
.."'eodside Ferry :—The memorial of the undersigned
'habitants of Birkenhead, Claughton,-Seacombe, New
Brighton Wallasey Tranmere, Oxton, Rock Ferry
BebbMgeon, nnd the neighbourhood thereof in the
cO tr a Chester, respectfully sheweth, that your memo-
rialists are residents on the Cheshire side of the river
Mersey, carrying on business, in. Liverpool, or having
business engagementsr requiring constant and uninter-
ruptedcommunication between the Liverpool and Che-
re sides of the Mersey, by means of the ferry boats.
That,: such communication: is generally impeded, and the
hues of passengers are endangered, by the practice of
"choring vessels in the track of the ferry boats. That
ate Passenger traffic between Birkenhead and Liverpool
the Woodside Ferry amounts to upwards of 7,000,000
`f:rsone yearly, and the traffic at the other ferries is also very
r rge. That dense fogs on the river are of frequent occur-
stehn‘,ne,and, during their continuance, the Woodside boats are
c. 4 y ferry-boats which ply with passengers, Wood-
e being the nearest and most direct ferry from the
ittueshire side to the Liverpool landing-stage. That the
,hoaux of persons to Woodside,in consequence of the
want: ceasing to ply at the ther femesi causes the
dside boats to be the most crowded in a state of
witaitlher that greatly increases the risk of collision
thvessels lying at anchor in the direct course between
e landing stage at Liverpool and Woodside. That by
W. Mersey Dock Acts Consolidation Act, - 1858, the.
, a:;aCeY Docks and Harbour Board were empowered to
,;i7 bye-laws for regulating the mooring and anchoring
it.4.ssele in the river Mersey, and prescribing the limits
~„1,11 which, and the particular places at which, such
-teEts shall be moored or anchored. That one of the ob-
, B,of such power being vested in the Mersey Docks and
,he,„,..• hour Board-was, the imperative necessity of regulations
Made for the safety of passengers by the ferry boats
_,Th7,een the Cheshire side of the river and Liverpool.
40:" the said board have declined to exercise the powers
yea •
ted in them, and have refused to make any such
tholaws. That it is essential for the safety of the
aliends of persons daily crossing between Liverpool
te,,,ine Cheshire side of Mersey, by. the Woodside
1e boats, that regulations should be made to prevent .
bat,
lying at anchor in the track of such ferry
ret• Your memorialists, therefore; respectfully
liest that your. -lordships will assist your memo-
"o7 ts in securing the carrying out of the provisions
til
re .„„e, Mersey-Dock Acts Consolidation Act; 1858, with
Kurd
.a 4. to the anchoring of vessels in the River Mersey,
• —um,-
14 oh,i !K to the spirit and intention of the said act, or
of alning legislative powers for effecting the objects
memorialists.--And memoalists.--And your memoriahsts will ever
se Y' C. A similar memorial to the Mersey Con-
uaturn.,n_Y Commissieners is also receiving numerous sig-
".
THE pi
, FRENCH PRESS.—The responsible editor of the
11,011„c rye la Loire has just appeared before the Correc-•
441,7
,„_-"nhunal' of Nantes for having copied from *the
• Nriet,—,/a Religion the letter :falsely attributed to King
, the 'fr-rzemanuel, and was condemned to 400 f. fine and
costs.
.A.
*.atatedrassenger who arrived in the Ocean- Queen has
leciih in Washington that there was considerable
• in 14'.13f indignation expressed by Southern Americans,
towards Louis Napoleon, for entertaining
tann Seward, to the exclusion of Southern gentle-
. -Btu
days ~.B:NntS-erorin.—A strange event took place three
koh° at a public-house at Nevers. A sawyer named
- Of iii;`," sitting at table enjoying himself with some
"whe Mends, and had just endorsed a bill for 100 f.,
ut n
psis th suddenly took a pistol from under his' blouse,
e_,lnuzzle into his mouth, and pulled the trigger.
1,4 death was instantaneous.
tralyz,„ OF
the - A PAISLEY GENTLEMAN AT BALLARAT.
ac„._ e Ballarat Times, of October 5,. there appears
of' Mit.'.°l4lll of the murder; on the 3rd of the same month,
ago to dam Crombie, who left Glasgow about ten years
there hir his fortune in Australia, and since his arrival
vas been very successful as a cattle grazier. He
hot bya
ume titap wan, named George, who had been for
2111irder In hie employment, and the cause of the
vlnihininhedmil.pears to have been a dispute about some wages,
.Crorabie asserted the man had not earned.
country
and
after firing the shot George fled into the
caPturek n1..1) to the latest accounts had not been
the time' of the
deceased was a native of Paisley, and at
paying a
i.:.htetomheilstaimcohtoarolezrett7n.e.e., was on the eve of

De4jeinV6i-' 29, 1859

SUBMARINE CABLE TO' BikKENHEAD.

Wednesday Morning, Dec. 28.
The first cable ever laid across the Mersey
Was, early this morning, successfully submerged;
under the able , superintendence of Mr. J. -Gisborne, Telegraph Engineer of the Mersey Dock
Board, and communications are passing without
interruption.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE.STORTHERN DAILY TIMES.

Sir,—The Telegraph Cable has been laid this morn-
ing between the Landing Stage and Woodside Ferry,
and is working admirably.—l. am, sir, your obedient
servant, S. RP,iip, Manager
Manager's Office, Woodside Ferry, '
Birkenhead, Dec. 1859.

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It is proposed to construct a line of railway, between,
Barnsley:and Huddersfield, so' as to accommodate the
manufacturing districts of Dalton, AlmondbUry, Kirk- ,
heaton, Kirkburton, and other places in the , West
Riding, and also doelop the resources of the Silkstone
coalfield. , .A committee has. been formed, by owners of
property in the district, with a viewto form a company
to carry out the proposed undertaking.
THE POPE AND THE CONGRESS.—The Parseveranza
of Milan, of Dec. 24, in giving a translation of the new.
pamphlet, " The Pope and the Cogress," says : "The
matter treated 'of by -the French publicist is not, as-
suredly, the only element. of the Italian
,question, but it
is one of the essential. elemenis; and one to` 'which' the
most aclVanced minds. of Italy have for ages directed
their thoughts. If the decisions of the Congress are in
accordance with these propositions, it cannot Congress:
that diplomacy will have contribUted to simplify consi-,
derably. the other questions . which are connected :with,
this, the principal, one."
EXTENSIVE LAND, SLIP.—The inhabitants of the'
village of Roche-Blanche (Pu.v-de-Donie) were alarmed
a few days back. hy.a shaking of the earth,: .accompanied"
by a Kumblirig noise like- thunder. The cause was soon
ascertained -to be the fall of an enormous mass from the
side. of the mountain against which the village is built.
Ten cottages were destroyed, but no lives were lost.
TWO persons occupying. a small dwelling hewn in the
rock, were blocked up for several hours by the fallen
rubbish, but were. at last extricated by theirneighbours
unhurt.
DISTRESS, Toßx.
CHILD DESERTION THROUGH .
—7on Monday morning last, a female infant child, only
partially clothed, was found Upon the ice on the river
Ouse, close by the city of York. The ,child was . alive,
but in, a most exhausted. condition from exposure to the
cold. It was ..at once conveyed to a house close by,
where restoratives were administered, and subsequently
to the Union Workhouse. Subsequent inquiries re-
vealed the fact that a young woman, 'named Elizabeth
Bridget Rainey, left her lodgings in York about six
o'clock in the morning with her illegitimate child, arid
that the child had not been seen since. Rainey was,
therefore, apprehended, and she, then .stated that, the
infant which had been found was hers, and that she
had, from sheer distress and inability to provide for it,
been induced to place it in the position in which it was
discovered. She also stated that she contemplated
suicide at the time.

THE CONDEMNED CONVICT AT WARWlCK'.—King-
ton, the unfortunate, man who had passed upon him, on
Tuesday last, at Warwick, the extreme penalty of the
law, has since manifested considerable penitence. Im-
mediately .on the passing of the sentence, that firmness
which is, unmistakeably his characteristic, signally failed
him, and he was' obliged to be carried to his cell. He
remained deeply affected• during the whole of the day,
until the evening, when he- seemed to become more
composed and resigned to his fate. The chaplain of the
gaol states that with, the certain prospect of a speedy
death before him, he manifests considerable penitence,
and acknowledges the justice of the sentence which has
been passed upon him. Should the law take its course,
and the clemency of the crown not interfere with the
punishment awarded, the execution will, in all proba-
bility, take place on Friday, the 30th instant, Friday
being the day "which, from time immemorial, has been
selected as the day of the week for executions in War-
wick. The last execution which took place there was
on Friday, the 14th of April, 1848, when Davis was
hung for the murder of his wife at Birmingham.
A CHRISTMAS VOOSE.--THE RING DROPPING DODGE.
—This stale trick was successfully practised at Malmes-
bury on Friday last, The victim selected was one Henry
Shipton, of Wootport, a daalpr in poultry Tt appears
Shipton was going his rounds with a basket of geese, and
when in Cross Hays he observed a man stoop down close
by his side and pick up a piece of paper. The man
accosted him and said, " Here is something," and
on opening the paper exclaimed, "By Jove, it's a
wedding ring ; look here, it is marked 18s. 6d." at the ,
same time he added, "We must go halves in this,"
an offer which Shipton readily accepted. The man de-
scribed himself as a shoemaker from Tetbury. The next
thing was how to divide the prize. Shipton (who is a
penurious character) was very desirous of having his
part in money, and let the Tetbury shoemaker keep the
ring ; this, of course, was no go. Nothing daunted, the
cobbler, in order to overcome this difficult part of the,
business, pretended that he would .go and see his friend,:
Mr. Ind, the landlord of the Greyhound, and borrowed
the required sum ; but he soon returned, and told
Shipton unfortunately his friend was frem home. The
cunning cobbler, finding he had a close-fisted customer
to handle, suggested that the ring should be cut in two;
this ruse had the desired effect, and melted poor. Ship-
ton's heart. He handed over 55., and promised a goad
treat the next time they met. Poor Shipton was quite
overjoyed, and the thoughts of marriage came across his
mind. He ran off at once and showed the ring to, Migri
Clark, his intended; the girl's mother examined it, and
not' seeing the usual marks, took it to Mr. Hanks, .a
silversmith, who pronounced it brass. Poor. Shipton,
chagrined at thus being duped, gave information to the
police, who overtook the cobbler on the road to Chip-
penham, and placed him in durance vile. The next day
he was brought before T. Chubb, Esq., and Mr. Alder-
man Hanks, and gave the name of James Sparks, of
Reading. The above facts being deposed. to, he, was
committed as a rogue and a vacmbond for three months.
--Wiltshire Mirror.
GENIUS AND Busixass.-,-It has been a favourite
fallacy with. dunces in all times,' that 'men of genius are
unfitted for business ptirsuits. Yet Shakespeare was a
successful .manager of a theatre—perhaps priding him
self mere upon his practical qualities in that capacity
than on his writing of plays and poetry. Pope was of
opinion that Shakespeare's principal object in cultivat-
ing literature was to secure an honest independence.
Indeed, he seems to have been altogether' indifferent
to literary reputation. It is not known that he super-
intended the publication of a single play, or even
sanctioned the printing of one ; and the chronology
of his writings is still a mystery. It is certain,
however, that he prospered in his business, and
. realised sufficient to enable him to ' retire upon a
competency to his native town of Stratford-upon-Avon.
Chaucer was in early life a soldier, and afterwards an
effective Comniissioner of Customs, and Inspector of
Woods and Crown Lands. Spenser was Secretary to
the Lord Deputy of Ireland, and is said to have been
very shrewd and attentive in matters of business.
Milton, originally a schoolmaster, was afterwards elevated
to the post of Secretary to the Council of State during
the Commonwealth ;- and the 'extant 'order-book of the
council, as well as many of Milton's letters which are pre-
served, give abundant evidence of his activity and useful-
ness in that office. Sir Isa,at Newton proved himself a
most efficient Master of the Mint ; the new coinage of
169thaving been carried on underhis immediate personal
,superintendence. Cowper prided himself upon his bnsi-
ness punctuality, though he- confessed that he never
knew a poet except himself who was punctual in any-
thing." But against this we may set the. lives of
Wordsworth and Scott—the former a distributor of
~‘anips, the latter a clerk to the Court of Sessiow—both
4,' whom,' though great poets, were eminently punctual
l,d practical men of business. David Ricardo, amidst
the occupations of his daily business as a Ln•lien banker,
in conducting which he accplired an ,tur,ol.; furtune, was
able to concentrate his mind upon his favourite subject
—on which he was enabled to throw great light:—the
principles of political economy ; for he united in himself
the sagacious commercial mtan and the profoand philoso-
pher. We have abundant illustrations, even in our
own day, of the fact that the highest intellectual power
is not incompatible with the' active and efficient per-
formance of routine duties. Grote, the great historian
of Greece, like Ricardo, is a London banker. And it is
not long since John Stuart Mill, one of our greatest
living thinkers, retired from the examiner's department
of the East India Company, carrying with him the
admiration and esteem of his fellow officers, not on
account of high views of philosophy, but because of the
high. standard of efficiency which he had established 'O3,
his office, and, the thoroughly
.satisfactory
maw...Ler in
which he had cenducted the busineSS of his tier
2artttient.
—Self-Help, by Samut2 &nag