The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-28 00:00:00

THE TOXTETH PARK ELECTION.

Yesterday the poll was opened at the Public Offices, Park
road, at ten o'clock, at which hour there was a large attendance
of the ratepayers present. Throughout the day the friends of
each of the candidates used every exertion, and the voting was
kept up with great spirit and good feeling. At four o'clock
Mr. Alpass declared the poll closed, and then announced the
numbers to be--
For Mr. Marshall
For Mr. Whaley
Mr. Nettleton

Mr. Alpass then declared Mr. Marshall duly elected as as-
sistant overeeer and removing officer, which announcement was
received with three hearty cheers. _

A vote of thanks to Mr. Alpass, for so ably and impartially
discharging the duties of chairman on the occasion, concluded
the business.

THE WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.

The third and concluding
,day of the meeting was yes-
terday.
For the GREAT WATERLOO CUP, King Lear was declared
the winner, beating Sunbeam, Protest, Tempest, Blue
Cap, Barrator, Dalton, and Termagant. Sunbeam was
second and Protest was third.

The WATERLOO Puusn was adjudged to Albatross, after
beating David, Skewball, and Baron Garnock.
Jail Bird won the WATERLOO PLATE, beating Goldfinder,
Rhapsody, and Dusty Miller.

THE AUSTRIAN CUSTOMS LEAGUE IN ITALY.—The
Opinione of Turin says:—" Count 13uol has left Milan fe r
Parma, and M. Bruck for Modena, in order, it is believed,
to negotiate a treaty of commerce with those states, as a
substitute for the customs league, which has ceased.
MINISTERS' MONEY—ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.—We
have learned that a commission is about to issue for the
purpose of inquiring into the constitution of the Eccle-
siastical Board. Its object is to ascertain whether by
reductions or in any other way funds can be found to make
good the amount now payable as ministers' money.—
Evening Post.
Two KINDS OF INSURANCE.—A man who spends only
sixpence a day for tobacco and intoxicating drink wastes
in a year the sum of £9 2s 6d. This would defray
the annual charge for a policy of insurance on his life for
£5OO, beginning when be is 20 years old. And yet how
many " clever young fellows " prefer squandering their
loose change at the death insurance offices!
There has lately been discovered in the blue lies quarries
belonging to Mr. John Cree 4, of Street, Somerset, a very
perfect specimen of the plesiosaurus. It measures seven
feet nine inches in length from the tip of the snout to the
end of the tail. It was lying on its right side at about
eighteen feet below the surface, deeply imbedded in one
of the lowest of the blue lias rocks, with its beautiful
swan-like neck turned very gracefully backwards, and its
long tail bent upwards in a curve. It has been removed
to Blenheim, having been purchased by the Duke of
Marlborough.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—We would respectfully direct
the attention of the members of the Society for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to Animals and the police to a practice
which at present has gone to a great extent in this city, and
which, we are sorry to observe, is increasing more and more
every day. The practice we refer to, is that of fleshers'
assistants carrying calves with three of the legs of the
animal bound by a piece of twine, and swung over their
head or shoulders, while the' poor brute's head is twisted
under the arm of the carrier, the fourth leg at the same
time dangling behind. It is mot lacerating to the feelings
to see the poor brutes struggling while suspended in this
position, and to hear them groaning with agony. [We
are sorry to say that there is the same brutal treatment of
calves by the "butcher boys" of Liverpool
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. —FIVE LIVES LOST BY
DROWNING. —An inquest was held on Monday, the 16:h
inst., at the chapel of Aughnacloy, near Culdaff, by Hugh
O'Donnell, E q , M.D , coroner, on the bodies of James
Bradley, Neill Doherty, Edward M'Loughlin, Patrick
Crampsey, and David Bradley. It appears that these men
left home on Saturday, the 14th inst., and proceeded to
Port Redford to bring home a boat which put in there for
shelter the day previous. The sea being very rough, and
three of them being very young and inexperienced, the boat
capsized, and the above five were unfortunately lost. A
sixth man, David Bradley, was saved by John M'Loughlin
and James M'Carron, whose humanity and daring are most
praiseworthy. Two of them have left a wife and family to
to mourn their loss. The five funerals proceeded together,
on Monday, to Aughnacloy, where the wails of the friends
and relatives of the deceased were most heartrending.
These people all belong to the townlands of Glengad and
Carthage.--,Derry Journal.