Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-23 00:00:00

LOCAL = INTELLIGENCE.

THE AMERICAN MAILS. The British and North
American Royal Mail Steam-ship Asia, sailed on Satur-
day for New York. ' Besides the mails, she took out a
valuable cargo, and about 70, passengers.
Scorcir VOLUNTEERS. —We understand that the
uniform for the Highland Company on parade, having
been chosen by the committee, consisting of tartan
trousers, doAlet, cap, &c., is on view at Mr. John
M•Pherson's, army tailor, South John-street.
COLLISION ON THE RlVER.—During the high wind
which prevailed, on Saturday morning from the S.W.,
the Maggie Walker, which was lying at anchor in the
Sloyne, bound for Sierra Leone, was run into by a flat.
She was so seriously damaged in the stern, that it will
be necessary to take her into dock for repairs before she
can proceed to sea.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—About twelve o'clock on
Friday night an inspector of the customs patrol was
passing along the north quay of the King's Dock, when
he heard a plunge in the river. An alarm was instantly
given, and the police-officer, with some other men, soon ;
arrived and searched for the body. It was ultimately
found floating on the water, and was afterwards, recog-
nised as the body of Captain Cunningham, of the
schooner Telegraph. Whether 'the deceased's fall was
aceidental or not has not yet been ascertained, but an
inquest will be held to-day.
_LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.— Return for week
ending 21st January.—Admitted : In-patients, 31 ;
out-patients, 18 ; surgical casualties, 23.. Discharged :
Cured, 23 ; Relieved, and at own request, 7 ; made.
out-patients, 3 ; irregular, 0 ; dead, 4 ; remain in the
house, 188. For the ensuing week.—Visitors : Richard
Brook, Esq., Wm. Gre,gson, _ Esq.; Physician, Dr.
Turnbull ; Surgeon, Mr. Bicaerateth.. House Surgeon,
Mr. T. S. Walker; Junior Hoise Surgeon, Mr. J.
Allen ; Chaplain, Rev. Edward Poole ; Charles
Wilson, treasurer.
ANOTHER WAR-SHIP FOR LlVERPOOL.—Arrange-
meats are now all made for the coming of a new man-
of-war to the Mersey, to take the place of the Hastings.
The screw line-of-battle ship Majestic (84), is the ship
appointed. She was launched in 1853. This is only
her second commission—her first being for the Baltic,
where she took an active part in the Russian war.
Captain Mends, C. 8., of the Hastings, [has been ap-
pointed to the command of the Majestic, which is at
present lying at, Sheerness, , but she will at once be
placed in commission, and no doubt arrive, in Liverpool
in February, when the Hastings will go into dock for
the purpose of a training ship for volunteers.
STORM AT LIVERPOOL—On Saturday night and Sun-
day morning, the storm which visited this neighbour-
hood on Friday night, but which abated on Saturday
morning, returned with redoubled force. Its visit
seems to have been attended with but few accidents,
except the blowing down of chimney pots and slates. At
Tranmere Ferry, two. old steamers lying up broke adrift,
but were recovered, and placed in safety ; a schooner
ran against the Prince's-pier, sustained slight damage,
and broke the pier a little; and an old wall in Water-
lane, Church-street, Everton, was blown down. These
are the only casualties of which we have received any
information.
ANOTHER CASE 'OF INFANTICIDE IN LIVERPOOL.—
On Friday evening, as John Macey, was walking up
Park-lane, his attention was arrested by a bundle which
was lying, near the entrance to St. Thomas's Church.
Dn examination it proved to be the body of a new-born
male child. A police-officer was called, and he removed
the body to the dead-house. Mr. Ayrton made a post-'
mortem examination of the body, and found that the
child had been born alive, but had died from exposure
to cold. Under these circumstances the jury returned a
verdict of "Wilful murder" against some person or
persons unknown.
CORONER'S COURT.—The following inquests were held
at this court on Saturday, before P. F. Curry, Esq.„
coroner :—On the body of Samuel Chesire, three months
old, who was smothered at his mother's breast, as stated
in our Saturday's paper. Mr. Chesire deposed that his
wife was a woman addicted to excessive drinking. , Mr.
Ayrton, surgeon, made a post-mortem examination of the
body, and stated that death was caused by suffocation.
The jury returned a verdict of accidental suffocation, at
the same time censuring the mother for her careless-
ness.—Oa the body of William Green, who was ac-
cidentally killed on Friday afternoon, by being ridden
over by a dock waggon. Verdict accordingly.--Also, on
the body of Ann Ainslie, an old lady, aged sixty. The
deceased was accidentally burnt on the 10th of November.
Verdict : Accidental death.
ST. PATRICK'S ASSURANCE AND BURIAL SOCIETY.-
The annual meeting of the above society was held on
Thursday, in the school-room, Chester-street South;
the Rev. Mr. Phelan presided. There was a large and
respectable attendance. The chairman congratulated
the meeting on the prosperous state of the society, and
stated that in 1858 the savings of the society aniounted.
only to £BOO, whilst this year the actual profits were
£3,129. Mr. John Treacy, the secretary, then read the
report and halance-sheet, from which it appeared that
the total receipts for 1859 amounted to .£17,991, and
that there had been paid for 2,686 deaths and 352
births £14,800. The profits on the year being altoge-
ther over £3,129. It appeared that the society. has in
dock bonds and other investments, in bank, &c., £8,498
odd. The accounts, having been audited,. passed; and
'aft,:r the usual votes of thanks to the officers, the
meeting separated.
SERIOUS ASSAULT ON BIRKENHEAD POLICE-OFFICERS..
—About twelve o'clock on Saturday night, officers
Rendle (No. 32) and Glassey (No. 36), of the Birken-
head police force, were taken to the hospital, Hamilton-
street, having been seriously assaulted in a, house in
Field-street. Glassey had received a severe fracture of
the skull, besides other injuries ; and Rendle several
severe flesh wounds, the injuries received by both
having apparently been inflicted by knives or blunt
'instruments. The officers stated that between eleven,
and twelve o'clock, when in Livingstone-street, two
men, one named Patrick Hogan, assaulted them. 'Both
the men were immediately seized, and would have been
taken to bridewell but they were rescued and took
refuge in a house—No. 5, Field-street. The officers
followed into the house, and were attacked by a number
of persons, all of whom had weapons of some kind in
their hands, and continued to beat the officers until a
strong reinforcement arrived, rescued the officers, and
took seven persons, who reside in the house, and are
supposed to have taken part in the affray, into custody.
The names of the prisoners who will be brought before
the magistrates to-day, are Patrick Kelly, Patrick
Hogan, Winefred Hogan,. Thomas Plunkett, 'Bridget
Plunkett, Catherine Welsh, and Julia Moran.
GUNPOWDER PROOF Locxs.—The increasing use
which is being made of gunpowder as a means of
forcing open safes induces us to: call the attention
of the public to 'the insecurity of all safes not
specially guarded against this agent by solid lock.
Messrs. Milner, we observe, call especial attention
lin their circulars to this point, and state that. no
safe in the hands of the public (of course including
their own) is safe without their recently patented gun-
powder proof solid lock and door, which they, offer to
attach to their own safes in the hands of the public,
and thus render them completely impregnable. We
may add, that instances are continually occurring
both of the complete security offered by this new and
valuable invention, and also of the danger incurred by
leaving money or plate in any safe, however valuable
a safe against fire and ordinary violence, if not so pro-
tected against gunpowder. We are led to make these
remarks by the robbery which was effected in the Central
Market on Sunday night, when a strong Milner's safe,
unprovided with their newly-invented powder .proof-
lock, was burst open by powder, and money to the
extent:of:£3oo abstracted ; whereas, another safe from the
same makers, of lighter construction, but with this in-
valuable safeguards was not even attempted*, though
actually touching the safe thus broken open.—Leeds
Mercury.
GRAND Pourrumtie..ea. DISPLAT.—In our adver-
tising columns it will be seen that Mr. Henry Hoffert
is to give a series of lectures, illustrated by experiments
on the interesting subjects of electricity, galvanism, and
magnetism, in the Clayton-hall, on the evenings of
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday next ; and that he will
also give a mid-day performance on Saturday. Of his
abilities as a lecturer, and skill as an experimenter, the
public press speak highly. This will be seen by the
following extract, out of many, which we make from the
North British Daily Mail :—" The remaining lectures of
the course of Natural Philosophy were delivered in the
Assembly-rooms, on the evenings of Wednesday and
Friday, under the auspices of the Mechanics' Institution,
by Mr. Henry Hoffert. Wednesday's lecture was on
electricity and phenomena in nature, in the course of
which, the lecturer showed a variety of very curious
experiments, such as the ignition and fusion of gold,
silver, platina, &c., by the galvanic battery. There
were also illustrations of lightning, lightning conductors,
whirlwinds, waterspouts, and rolling pillars of sand of
the desert. The experiments were very successful, and
the lecturer's description was simple and to the purpose.

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lectaie on Friday evening was on magnetism and
the eleetrie.telegrapla. Mr.' floffert traced the history
of the science frern'the earliest period, 600 years before
the. Christian era, to the present time, when this WM-
derful invention was being- made the instantaneous
means df communication to all- the ends of the earth.
The discoveries of Benjamin Franklin, Professor Fara-
day, and other philosophic inquirers into the nature of
this interesting subject, were described in such a way
as to interest and instruct the audience. The illustra-
tions regarding the telegraph, were remarkably clear and
explicit, aided as'these were by working models of the
needle telegraph and Morse's American telegraph.”