Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-06 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN, 58, HOPE-
STREET. —Monthly report, April.—Fresh patients ad-
mitted, 104 ; patients who have received treatment, 275 ;
patients remaining under treatment, 209. Medical officers :
Mr. Stephens and Mr. Hey. Assistant surgeon : Mr.
Rowe. Surgeon dentist : Mr. Newman.
MR. E. W. THOMAS'S BENEFIT CONCERTS.—WO have
already announced that, Mr. E. W. Thomas was about to
give two benefit concerts, in the hope of obtaining such
support from his friends and the people as will afford him
some,return for the losses he has sustained, during several
years, in his endeavour to provide good musical entertain-
ments at a low charge. The first• concert will take place
this evening, in the Philharmonic Hall. Mr. Charles Halle
will be the principal attraction.
WRETCHED END OF A SEDUCER.—The recent wreck of
the emigrant ship Pomona has brought to light one of those
dark domestic episodes which would rest far better in the
depths of oblivion were it not for the striking instance of
the ultimate fate which follows domestic perCy and crime.
For some few years a person named Montgomery carried on
business as a passenger broker in Waterloo-road, Liverpool.
He had a wife and several comparatively young children.
From aloes position in life he had raised himself into comfort-
able circumstances, and those pas tons which necessity once
curbed and held in check sOn broke loose, and the whims
and follies of the libertin,',.; soon subverted paternal love and
domestic affection. "ttlucrative business supplied him with
money for a time, and he never altered in his career until
pressing enMements compelled his absence. Previous to
his departure he had, however, contracted an alliance with
a young girl, a barmaid at a respectable hotel in Dale-street,
Liverpool. He told her he was single, offered his hand, and
unfoe.unately she accepted it. Matters were delayed, and,

under the guise of paying a visit to the Pomona, he took
her on board in the Mersey ; the vessel sailed, and in it the
betrayer and the betrayed. He, was not, however, destined
to escape with impunity, for the storm which raged along
the Irish coast on the night of the 29th ult., drifted the ship
ashore near Wexford, and the rite- of the crew and passengers
is already too well known to be here recapitulated. Out of
the crew and passengers, numbering 407 souls, only 20
escaped, and the day atter the wreck the torn and dilapidated
form of Montgomery was tossed on shore, as if the Waters
had rebelled against .being tainted by so foul a carcase!
TnE ",WHITE STAR," FOR NEWYORK.—IIRTing
already noticed this splendid ship in detail, ,we had a look
over her in the Bramley-Moore dock, yesterday, and find i
her in a forward state for her voyage. There are many
valuable alterations observable since we last saw her, parti-
cularly in regard to steerage and second-class passengers,
whose apartments have been amplified, ventilated, and
additional light introduced. Her provisions and other
stores are on board, and, As before remarked, are abundant
and of the best quality. Few ships have been more sought
after, and as she is filling fast; passengers will' consult: their
interests to secure the remaining berths as early as poSsible,
so that they may not be disappointed. We observed on
the quay, a very large quantity of fine goods sent down for
shipment by her. This, in a British ship, is an Unusual
circumstance, as. American underwriters always-give a pre-
ference to their. own, vessels; liut, we presume, the well
known merits of this fine ship has induced „shippers to
deviate from their usual instructions in this respect.
' ANIUSEHENTS IN Livmtroor..--=-Open from ten iii the
morning until ten at night.
•Alliop's wax-work exhibition.
All the kings and queens, from and including William the
Conqueror, down to Queen Victoria ; also, princes,r prin-:
cesses, 'dukes, dnchess , lords, eminent statesmen, war-
riors, poets, divines ; al. , all the most noted persbnages
of the past and present • .es, &c. Allsop's sculpture gal-
leries, containing upwa ds of 3,000 statues, selected
from all parts of the world, varying- from-five to twenty
feet in height. Allsop's dioramic, panoramic, cosmoramic,
and stereoscopic views of intense interest. Allsop's musical
proinenade. The above attractions are now combined,
forming one large establishment, in-the immense And mag-
nificent building known as the Tentonic-liall, next door but
one to.the County Court, Lime-stret, Liverpool, and is
open to the public at-6d. each ; children under ten years of
age, 3d each. Mr. Alleop's -exhibition 'has been pronounced
by the press of Liverpool, London, and elsewhere, td be the
most perfect, superbly-magnificent, and _largest establish-
ment in the world ; a fact that cannot possibly be contra-
dicted. Be sure to observe the name Allsop at the entrance.
`Sole proPrietor, Mr. AVilliin'Alisop. -
WORKHOUSE ComsurrEE.--The first ordinary Meeting
of this committee, after the annual appointment, was held
yesterday, in the board-room of the workhouse, Brcrwrdow-
hill. Mr. Chnrchwarden Cropper was again elected unani-
mously as chairman. The other members present' were—
, Messrs. Smith, Owen, Syred, Critchley, Broome, Denton, .
and Luff. The medical officer reported that the number of
deaths occuring in the establishment during the week'
ending May 3'was 29*, of whom 9 were men, 11 women, 1
child, and 8 infants. The total number of sick
paupers- in the hospital last week was 603, ' includ-
ing 58 fever, 15 itch, and 3 smallpox cases. The
Master of the, vagrant ' sheds reported that the
destitute persons accommodated in this department during
the week ending April 30 were.as follows : 118 males, 91
females, 30 children—total 219; showing an increase over last
week of 2, and a decrease of 72 when compared with the
corresponding week of last year. The Governor's return
showed that the number of paupers in the establishment
last week was 1,960, number this week 2,018, being an
increase in the week of 58. Number in the corresponding
week of last year 2,353, showing a reduction of 393 on the
year. The business was of a formal character.
WALLASEY CommissroNens.--Yesterday evening; a meet-
ing of this board was held in the Public-offices, Egremont.
Mr. Caine presided. The other commissioners present
were—Messrs. Pooley, Hughes, Parr, Marshall, Daunt,
Holme, Kerford, and Hill. The proceedings of the works
and health committee were read by Mr. Pooley. In moving
their confirmation, he said they proposed to bring in a small
stock of gas fittings, and to take temporary premises as a
workshop ; and they proposed to give 'notice to' the inhabi-
tants that they were now ready to fit up houses with gas, so
that the matter might not be delayed until October, when
the gas would be ready to be supplied, as there would pro-
bably be a rush at the time, which they_could not keep up.
They also proposed to advertise for 100 street lamps to begin
with. They had met with a difficulty in the removal of the
sand from the Victoria-road, New Brighton. One _person
only had tendered, but it was thought that tender was ex- '
travagantly high. He thought the better way would lie to
employ men, with barrows, to wheel the sand away, and_
cover the ground adjoining with marl. Mr. Hill seconded
the confirmation of the proceedings. The next bUsiness was
the proceedings of the finance committee, which were con-
firmed without discussion. With reference to the ferries
committee, Mr. Pooley said he had received a note from
. Messrs. Colbourn's solicitor, and 'he was in London, and
had been for some time, and consequently the negotiations in-
reference to the ferries lead not been concluded. He merely
mentioned the matter, that the public might know that no
time was being lost. A letter was read from Mr. Cabbage,
of Seacombe, complaining of the state of sewerage in that
district. The letter was referred to the works and health
committees. Mr. Kerford said, the best way 'to remove the
sand frpm the Victoria ' road was, in his opinion, to employ
(tarts, and have it, carted to the- shore. The Chairman
, said, he had a letter from the Coast-guards,--prohibiting it
being put on the shore. A resolution was fi,4,ially come to,
that the Works and health committees take steps to have
the sand removed, and to prevent its re-accumulation in
, future. Mr. Marshall gave. notice of motion to the effect
[ that, the use of the board-room ,be given, to the social
__ science meeting for the next year, as had been done for the
, _
past. Mr. Holme moved, that-the fates Tor the ensuing
year be signed and sealed. The board then ,adjOurned to
Thursday, 19th instant, when they will elect a ' chairman
, for the new board, and such other business as may come
before them.

His'route SOCIETY. —The members of this society held
one of its ordinary meetings, of the Archmlogical section,
last evening, in the Grand Jury Room, St. George's Hall.
Mr. Mayer occupied the chair. The secretary acknowledged
the following donations : " The Archmlogical Journal,"
No. 60, 1858, from the Archmlogical Institute ; " Archoe-
logia Alliance," new series, parts 1 to 15, for 1856-7 and
1858, from the Society of Antiquaries, of Newcastle-on-
Tyne. " Transactions of the London and Middlesex
Archmlogical Society," vol. x, part 2, from the society,
" Original papers," published under tfle direction of the
committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Archmlogical
Society, vol. v., part 4. Dr. Hume exhibited a series of
drawings made from objects found at Great Meols, near
Hoylake, so early as 1817. They are the property of P. B.
Ainslie, Esq., of the Mount Guildford. Among the articles
exhibited was a beautiful gold ring, apparently for the
thumb, and a graceful medimval silver ring, numerous
brooches, and several Roman fibula enamelled.
Also, two etta-percha impressions of ancient seals.

Mr. 11. Ecroid Smith exhibited a number os objects, found
since the commencement of the present year, upon the lea
shore of Cheshire, westward of Leasowe Castle. As usual,
they represent various periods of our history and very
diverse uses, the undermentioned being the most interest-
ing :—A silver penny of Canute the Great, (A.D. 1015-
1036) in the finest state of preservation, the obverse bearing
the filletted head and bust of Canute, with his sceptre in
front, inscribed "Cnut. Rex," on the reverse was a voided cross,
with " Spellem. Mon. Pin." inscribed, showing the coin to
have been struck at Winchester. It is the fifth piece of this
monarch which has been found here since the antiquities
have been preserved. A ring-brooch in silver, of about
the same period exhibited, the by no means common semi-
ornamentation being chased only on one side, with an elegant
spiral design. A massive ball of red granite, five inches in
diameter, would appear to have either been a projectile
from the catapuleta of the ancients, or a bullet
formed for our early English ordnance. Dr.
Hume announced that he had entrusted in his possession
an ancient book, the pedigree of which could not be doubted,
but which would enable him to publish a directory of
Livexpool for 1708. Considering that the earliest date of
Gore's Directory was 1766, they would thus be able to
anticipate it upwards of half a century. At that time the
rates were not collected at regular dates, but at irregular
periods. This book gave the names of the persons in the
streets, the value of the property, and other useful informa-
tion. Nothing, he feared, could be done with the book this
session ; but he hoped to bring the matter prominently
before them in the early part of next session. The paper
for the evening was " A Sketch of the Early Origin and
History of the Blue-coat Hospital, in this town ;" by J. R.
Hughes. The paper being read, a conversation took place
on the subject, after which the meeting separated.

The seizure of Austrian vessels in the port of Genoa,
without due notice, is considered an extraordinary proceed-
ing. England and France, on the declaration of war
against Russia, gave the enemy's vessels six weeks for their
departure.
Sir Moses Montefiore has not been able to obtain an
audience of the Pope, but he has presented his memorial to
Cardinal Antonelli, who said that the Mortara case must be
considered as closed. He however promised that the child,
on coming of age, should be free to follow what course he
chose,