Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-28 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

John Gaskill, a child) Wee overlain in bed on Thasas.
night by his mother. KitellBl/.
Joseph Davis, 25, who lived in a court off
street, was found dead yesterday in the water closet. 14,
A box, containing the body of a full grown- ma1e14.4
was found on Thursday night in St. Anthony's Church___•'
Scotland-road.
Yesterday, William Crowley, 37 years of age, 340 lived
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in St. Andrew-street, was working in the slaughter-uw,d
in Throwbridge-street, when he suddenly fell down, 1."
expired on the spot. e
The body of a woman, named Agnes Gibson, who keers e
fish stall in St. John's Market, and whose husband _or,
plasterer, was found in the river yesterday by the Bun
boat, and brought on shore. )I°'
EXCTJRSION TO BEAUMARIS, &C.—The steamer „
chester, will leave the Great Landing-stage to-nwrloo
morning at half-past nine o'clock prompt, on an elcurzico
trip to Beaumaris, Bangor, and the Menai-straits• oil
have no doubt a large number of persons, who cannot ,13: co
themselves of any other day, will gladly do surea
this opportnnity. The management is in the hands otibito
old friends, who have earned so good a reputation as Y taie,
caterers, and we are satisfied they will always Inolllo,l
and take the lead as purveyors on this station, and
defy any opposition which may be offered. The Ire to
very moderate for the round, as will be seen by refeien'
the advertisement. Rai
DAMAGING 'GLASS, &c., &c.—Daniel MurpeL.,o.
yesterday summoned to the Police Court, before .01:1,01
Grant and Houghton, for £2 18s 2d, for damage be It
done to glass, &c., belonging to one Michael Farren'oe
would appear that the defendant was a lodger of the cot
plainent, and he refused to pay the rent, a baliff ward
tba
in, and some ill-feeling arose, threats were made, 011,4 ed
other evening the defendant burst-open the door, three' re,
the defendant, and broke glass, earthenware and furtlit:lo4
to the value of £2 18s 2d. Some legal squabbling 101/
place between Mr. Cobb and Mr. Campbell, and ultiroal
or
the bench ordered that the defendant pay the £2 1852'
be impisoned for one month.
A csoclk;
BIRKENHEAD AND CLALTGHTON RATEPAYERS'
TION.—The following gentlemen were selected hytwel
association, and are recommended to the ratepayers, as tbs
proper persons to be nominated as commissioners
at
ensuing election, on the 7th of June, 1859 :
E. G. Willoughby, steam-packet owner, Mersey-street.
Stainton Bailiff, painter, &c., Ashfield-terrace.
Thomas Evans, coacL propritor, Devonshire-road.
Edward Bretherton, attorney, Hamilton-square.
William Henderson, seedsman, Market-cross.
Joseph Peck, draper, Chester-street.
Thomas Reeves, gentleman. Melville-place.
Walter Johnston, accountant, Oaton-road.
William Ryalls, professor of music, Blackburn-terrace: ot%
JAMES HIGHTON, President of the Associat to
CAPTAIN SCHOMBERG.—We understand that CIO'
Schomherg, who has held the appointment of chief en 'cote
tion officer at this port for some six- years, is about to lot
his place, in consequence of, as we hear, an apPoi,ritiliq
that he has received on board H.M. ship Aboukir. vr„101
his stay amongst us, we have had frequent opportowl-; a!
meeting him, professionally and otherwise, and
truly say, that a more polite, kind, and considerater and
we have never known, nor one who has, by man° col
urbanity, his honesty and faithfulness in the discharge to
his duties, gained so many friends ; at the same te 0.1
has been admired by all, and respected in every Pb',., les
official and social life. We heartily wish him success'
new position.
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Mn. MANSFIELD AND THE CORONER. —Yeeterelk;
police court, before Mr. Mansfield, a man named The
was put up, charged with the murder of a child. f 0i
case will be found fully reported in another part °•athe
paper. The officer who had charge of the prisoner sa'efeli
prisoner had been before the coroner. Mr.lke.ansfield,i'er.
apparent surprise) : What, sir, a man before the eerleld.
a charge of murder ? Officer : Yes, sir. Mr. Mau ad
He had no right to be taken there and the coroner tie
right or power to have him before him ; it was doer'
improper. Who brought him before the coroner ?
I did, sir. Mr. Mansfield : You did very improper're
Who authorised you to do so ? Officer : One of the Myatt
trates who sat here, sir. Mr. Mansfield : The rnagsnrjer,
made a mistake, as he had no right to make such an vrigl!t
and he ought not to have done so. The coroner has 11° 001.
to have any prisoner before him, whether the per the
tbe
charged with murder or any other offence. What or' dig'
result of the case there ? Officer : The prisoner 045 es/
charged. Mr. Mansfield : Take care you don't do s°o3e
more, by taking any prisoner before the coroner.
matter then dropped. tie
BOY'S CONCERT, WOOLTON.—On Wednesday ,las!'
20th instant, the third and last gratuitous conCer) s,
given by the scholars of the Woolton National Sell°° our
the subscribers, teachers, parents, and their friends' The
ducted by their able teacher Mr. A. J. Aldred. 040
performance consisted of sacred and secular music,
astonished all who heard it, and especially, those 11"-
their knowledge of music, were able to appreciate ode'
singing. The conductor cannot be too highly eeinmasia'
for his indefatigable exertions upon the present oeceifol
and for the diligent attention to his duties for the:: OP
of those placed under .his care. The concert ""inbers
ce ,
attended, consisting of very highly and respectable met es:
of society, who evidently fully appreciated the twei'le
bl
ability of the conductor upon the success of his putt, the
loud and prolonged applause. The pieces performed ft
musicians were very satisfactory. After a vote of thai.leg
the conductor, singers, and musicians, by the tresswiees
the schools, he concluded in a most pleasing and instOods'
manner, by expressing a wish that the concerts sa After
factorily ended, might prove beneficial to all parties. AO
the National Anthem, three truly British cheers were, bb-tbe
for our beloved and gracious Queen, after wb,4",10 an
assemblage broke up, highly delighted with so
e vexing's entertainment.—A Correspondent. eari3i.
UNIVERSITY LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.—The seconm.reelej,
nation, to be held in Liverpool, by the University of not,
will commence at nine o'clock on Tuesday, the 13t110 the
and be continued, day by day, till half-past eight ,° Clog'
evening of Wednesday, the 22nd, when it will finall., tbe
Each day, the hours will be from nine to twelvelL.,„s4
morning, two to five in the afternoon, andfrom six toll:,1e'
eight in the evening. The corporation has again vet"' liVailar,
granted the use oeSt. George's-hall. The Rev. "sopl)c'
M.A., Wadham College, Reader in Experimental Philo lt;i
and late Public Examiner in the University of Oxford, sc:.1,110.
the presiding Examiner in Liverpool. The number a tioo
didates is 87,624 seniors and 63 juniors (rather less bor.,
last year), but there is an increase in the number °f ,nitro
from Liverpool, and from Liverpool achools,who are °noel
forward on the present occasion. The numbers at the ;le
large centres of examination are—London, 224 ; b6'
ter, 98 ; Exeter, 84 ; Oxford, 78 ; Birmingllolll
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Brighton, 48; Leeds, 41 - &c &c. Altogether Hier d,
937 candidates. A Prize Fund has. again been forni j
which the Earl of Derby has very liberally contributetuse;
contribution of £l5; the Right Hon. W E. 010--A;0
M.P., has given a substantial proof of his interest
examination by contributing £lO ; W. J. Legh, 1d• 1'• /3•
3s. ; and the Hon. Algernon Egerton, M.P., 0" ti
Horsfall, M.P., J. C. Ewart, M.P., and other gel,l:e.
e
have promised to contribute, Hs Grace the lini"eet°:
Devonshire will also contribute £5 as the commenr,ce
a prize fund for the candidates at the Cambridge -r's-e 01°5'
tion, to be held at. Liverpool, next December. Most "
veg.
who contributed to the funds of the Association, 155.55'
are renewing their contribntions for the purpose Off Puoiris"
ing desks and other furniture, after which these 513
tions must be self-supporting.
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IMPORTANT TO THE WOOL TRADE.—Yesterday
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Mr. Waterhouse, of Little Falls, New York, evt,;ei, ;11;
new machine, patented in England, France, Bolge.-firs,
the United States, for clearing sheep skins fromd.
at Metcalf's Foundry, Naylor-street, Vauxhall
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those not engaged in the wool trade, it may be ne,. ;04°4
explain that sheep skins, as exported from Buenuo'prfcl,o,o
are thickly studded with thorns and the rou,g",h'eet
coverings of the seeds of plants, gathered by the
the uncultivated plains of South America. To rontryory;
was at first a costly manipulative process,
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cheapened by the invention of a cylinder of a°7,-,s'of „coe
these old machines are considered by the inveu—rbstal.
new one to do a superficial work, and to leave the
of the wool clotted with accumulated thorns and clll,ooloe
therefore, in. order more effectively to clear the :On Oa
these accumulations, he has constructed a machine, tiro 01
cylinder of which there are alternate rows of scraPetrotil
hooks, the latter being the longer and therefore neao.te es
to a greater depth. The cylinder is four feet in lefek, ss.;
,twelve inches in diameter ; there are six rows of Iwtltet
six rows of scrapers ; and the inventor estimates
machine will clean 160 skins an hour, and do 17eroltlYr
thoroughly. In the presence of several gentlemen yeS` tilt
rope
a number of skins was cleaned by the machine, „rors
result was most satisfactory. Although half the
_,r
speed was not put upon the inachine,,,,. of
skins were thoroughly cleaned of the burs, °'".0.011.
which the skin was previously covered.deolq
The waste of wool was small, and this would be eons' able 11'
lessened by an increased speed on that which he was c,efeeat
be obtained yesterday from the temporary arroe_t the
made for testing the machine. It is calculated thoteer
machine could be driven by 21 or 3 horse, steam, selves,
power. 'The gentlemen present expressed Or: occi,'
highly satisfied with the experiment, and were e°l`,e and
that this machine would bring about a very desireo,
important imprerement in foreign wools.