Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-03 00:00:00

NORTLIENk DAIL/ TIMES.

If the house was sincere in its professions, it would not
omit this opportunity of checking bribery.
The amendment being withdrawn the resolution was
then agreed to.

CTIUBCII-RATS.

Mr. HUBBA.ILD obtained leave to introduce a bill to
amend the law of Church-rates.
Sir J. ELPIIINSTONE moved for a select committee to
enquire into the manufacture of anchor and chain
cables for the Royal Navy. He contended that it should
be imperative on the owners of vessels to prove chain
cables, as it was 'now compulsory to prove a boiler or a
gun. The lives of the seamen materially depend on the
power of cables to hold a vessel during a gale.
Mr. M. GIBSON said, that though the motion was
unusual he would not oppose it. He thought, however,
that the interference with shipowners was a matter of
doubtful policy.
Mr. V. SCULLY obtained leave to introduce a bill to
further amend the Irish Spirits Act.

The Newspapers Bill was read a second time.
The house adjourned at ten o'clock.

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE CHRISTY MINSTRELS.—It will be seen from
our advertising columns, that these talented and popular
artistes, who continue to draw crowded houses nightly
in the Clayton-hall, are to give a fashionable morning
performance to-morrow, commencing at half-past two
o'clock in the afternoon.
FLAT LOST AT THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER.—The flat
Red Jacket, employed, in discharging the cargo from the
wreck of the Charles Brownell, which ran on shore near
Fleetwood about ten days ago, sank yesterday morning
in the Victoria Channek She left Fleetwood in tow of
a steamer, but it appears the high sea which was running
broke the hawser, and they parted company. The crew,
we understand, were saved.
MOUNT SINAI.—We understand that Captain Geo. de
Bentley will, this month, deliver a lecture on the above
subject, for the benefit or St. Paul's Schools, Edmund-
street, St. Paul's-square. The gratuitous offer of Cap-
tain do Bentley in this respect cannot but be duly
appreciated by the ministers of St. Paul's, and the
superintendent and officers of the schools. Due notice
will, we understand, be given of the evening the lecture
will take place.
SHIP SALES.—Messrs. Curry, Kellock, and Co., offered
fcr sale, yesterday, at their sale-room, Walmer-buildings,
Water-street, nine ships or shares in ships. There was
a crowded attendance and brisk bidding, when four of
them found purchasers, and the remainder were with-
drawn for higher prices. We may notice, as an indica-
tion of some better improvement in this department of
trade, that, though all were not sold; there were buyers
for all at a price.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A HORSE KILLED.—On Wed-
nesday last, as the train leaving Warrington at 10 10
a.m., had proceeded a short distance, it being very foggy,
it ran into two carts which were crossing the line at
what is called " Warburton's crossing," striking the tail
end of the first team, and the first horse of the second.
One horse was killed, a man seriously injured, and a boy
slightly.— Warrington Guardian.
THE LATE CAPTAIN HARRISON.—Many Of our
readers were personally acquainted with the late Capt.
Harrison, and therefore will be glad to gave some
remembrance of him. We understand that there are
several prints being published at the present time
purporting to be portraits of him, but , among them all
there is none superior to the one published by the
proprietors of the Illustrated Hews of the World; the
likeness is good and striking, and the execution of the
engravinc, is excellent. The price places it within the
reach of classes, and we earnestly recommend such
of our readers as have not already given their orders
to at once secure a copy of the engraving of the unfor-
tunate but gallant captain as a memento of the sad
catastrophe in Southampton water.
LIVERPOOL CHEMISTS' ASSOCIATION. The ninth
meeting of the eleventh session of this society was held
last evening at the Royal Institution. Mr. J. Dutton
presided on the occasion ; and the attendance of mem-
bers was rather larger than usual. The paper for the
evening was by Mr. E. Clapham, and it was entitled
" Copperas : its Manufacture, and application in the
Arts and Sciences." The paper, as might be expected,
was of such a nature that it would he impossible to give
any condensed version of it which would be intelligible
or useful. At the conclusion of the reading of the paper,
Mr. G, Reid exhibited and explained the uses of the
" Carbon Test," which he has himself invented. The
experiments were exceedingly interesting; and the accu-
rate results of the test were fully acknowledged by
several of the members.
SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT EA RLESTOWN.—
The limited mail from Liverpool to Manchester, on
Monday night, about 11.15, ran into a luggage-train at
Warrington Junction. The luggage-train was shunting
some waggons at the siding belonging to Messrs. Tay-
leur's and Company's works, when the mail came up at
full speed and dashed into the breaksman's van, smash-
ing it in a thousand pieces. The breaksman, William
Salt, of Preston, was very seriously hurt, his thigh-bone
was broken in two places, his ankle crushed, one eye
nearly knocked out, and his head badly cut. He now
lies in a very dangerous state at Warburton's, the Griffin
Hotel. The engineer and stoker of the goods train both
jumped off the engine; they are both: more or less seri-
ously injured. The engineer, before jumping off the
engine, had not the presence of mind to shut off the
steam, and the engine kept on its course towards Warring-
ton until it came near to Jockey-lane, where it got off
the rails. The guard of the mail-train was very severely
shaken. Last night Salt was not expected to live, but
we are glad to hear this morning he is a little better.—
Warrington Guardian.
The following patents, amongst others, passed the
Great Seal'during the week ending January 31, 1860:
J. Xing, for improvements in the treament of materials
used in, or resulting from, the distillation of spirits.—
J. for iturovements in evaporating, and in
apparatus for the same, especially applicabl to the
evaporation of sugar.—Sir J. Murray, Knight, for im-
provements in the preparation and bottling or pre-
serving of carbonated cod liver oil, and other
aerated liquids.—James Anderson and James Brad-
shaw, Liverpool, for improvements in the construction
of the furnaces of bakers' ovens, for the pur-
pose of consuming smoke, which improvements are also
applicable to the consumption of smoke in other furnaces.
_hlenry J. Newcome, for an apparatus for heating or
warming buildings.—Thomas Dunn, for improvements
in machinery and apparatus for elevating and regu-
lating the level and flow of liquids, part of which is
applicable for propelling vessels.—George W. Lenox,
for improvements in the manufacture of ships' blocks.
—J. Fowler, R. Burton, D. Greig, Jun., E. E. Allen,
andtiv Watois,ni n
machinery
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giving motion to the same, by steam-
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nicated from the Office for Procuring Patents,
4, Clayton-
square, Liverpool.
WIRRAL WATER-WORKS COMPANY. The inhabi-
tants of Tranmere.—Last term the company obtained a
rule. nisi in the Court of Queen's Bench, calling upon
Robert Ellison Gorst, Esq., the summoning officer ap-
pointed by Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State
for the Home Department, to conduct certain pro-
ceedings under the Local Government Act, 1848, to
show cause why a writ of quo warrsnto should not issue
against him for illegally executing the duties of such
office on various grounds, such as, that Tranmere had
no known or defined boundary—that Mr. Gorst was not
.legally appointed, and if he had been, that he was now
fuuctus qfficii, and that the last- election was void. The
case, after many attempts to get it over the present
term, came on for argument before the Lord Chief
Justice, Mr. Justice Crompton, Mr. Justice Wightman,
and:Mr. Justice Hill; and after hearing Mr. Mellish on
behalf of the inhabitants, and Mr. Welsby, instructed
by Mr. Gill, for the Wirral Water Company, the court
unanimously refused to make the rule nisi absolute, the
Chief Justice at the same time stating, that a writ of
quo warranto would not lie at all in such a case, as even
admitted by Mr. Welsby, that Mr. Gorst was a con-
tinuing officer. The company having been in
litigation with the inhabitants •for the last fifteen
months in their unceasing attempts to spoliate the
inhabitants of their just rights, and spend at least
upwards of £lO,OOO, it will be seen, within a very short
time, how far the shareholders will like a profligate
expenditure of their funds to the alleged extent of
£lO,OOO at least, the whole of which might have been
saved, if they had only applied the principle of common
honesty to the inhabitants of Tranmere, who never
required more than a reasonable price for their invalu-
able property, the ultimate worth of which it is impossi-
ble to calculate, from the benefits it will derive from the
adoption of that most important measure, the Local
Government Act, in Tranmere.—From: a Correspondent.

NEW LEGGIkOS.—We have seen a new and useful
article in the shape of leggings, or, as the article may be
called, " splatterdashers," introduced by Messrs. Blakey
Brothers, and from their utility we think they must
become universal. They are light and becoming, and
adapted peculiarly for the rifle corps, but still the general
public will receive benefit from their use. Blakey
Brothers' easy elastic-side walking boots deserve our
observation and public thanks. f 9
A CRYING NUlSANCE.—Tithebarn-street, Highfield-
street, Prussia-street, &c., have of late become notorious
for the wanton and disreputable freaks of idle drunken
men and women, at untimely hours. The yells and
other abominable exploits are a grievous nuisance to the
well-disposed and the respectable in those localities. It
is the duty of the police to have this grievance remedied
if they are inclined to do their duty faithfully. We
sincerely trust that we shall not hive cause to refer to .
the matter again.—Communicated.
THE LIVERPOOL TRADESMEN'S VOLUNTEER RIFLE
CORPS.—As will be seen from an advertisement in
another part of our issue to-day, the tradesmen of Liver-
pool, with that public and patriotic spirit which so
generally characterises them, have resolved to raise a
corps of volunteer riflemen. A meeting, it will be seen,
is to be held in the Common-hall, Hackin's-hey, on the
16th instant, to consider the best means of forwarding
so desirable an object.
THEATRE-ROYAL—BENEFIT OF MISS M'GINTY.—
We beg to remind our readers that the benefit of Miss
M'Ginty, the elegant Columbine and tasteful directress
of the corp's de ballet at this house, takes place this
evening. It cannot be necessary to do more than men-
tion this circumstance, to secure for that lady a bumper
house on the occasion. This compliment she fully de-
serves, and we trust she will obtain it.
HISTORIC SOCIETY.—A meeting of the Archmological
section of this society was held last night in the Grand
Jury-room of St. George's-hall, Joseph Mayer, Esq., in
the chair. Dr. Hume exhibited a volume which had
been forwarded by Mr. Richard Pedder, of Preston. It
was a transcript of the diary of Thomas Tyldesley, who
lived in the northern part of this county in 1712-13-14.
It is an interesting indication of the domestic manners
of the people a century ago. The following donations
were also announced :—" Bulletins et Memoirs de la
Societe des Antiquaries de I'Ouest for 1857," from the
society; "Address of the Hon. Lord Neaves, at the
Society's Conversazione, 1859," from the Society of
Antiquaries in Scotland ; " Surveys of the Roman
Wall," - made under his grace's direction, in 1857,
from his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, K.G. ;
a plaster cast of the inscription on a pillar, in
the churchyard of Beckermont, Cumberland, marking
the burial-place of Tuda, a Saxon bishop, who-
died in 664, from Mr. John Dixon, of Whitehaven.
From Mr. S. G. C. Gibson, a " Glossary of Cumberland
Words." An original impression of the Great Seal of
England, in the reign of James 1., was exhibited by Mr.
Surr. Mr. Mayer exhibited a snuff-box which formerly
belonged to Richard Chorley, in Lancashire. It is one
of those relics which the adherents of the Stuarts em-
ployed to distinguish their friends from their enemies.
It possesses two lids, on one of which is a portrait of the
Pretender ; the friends of the Pretender, by producing
this portrait, were immediately recognised. The paper
for the evening was the concluding portion of the able
essay by Professor Connelan, on "The Poems of Ossian,"
the first part of which was read some time ago at a
meeting of this section of the society. A cordial vote of
thanks to the author and the chairman terminated the
proceedings.