Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-20 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

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"ales
CHERYL—Families residing within five.
""ies of Liverpool can be supplied with Burton mild
;rid bitter ales of the first brand, as also London stout,
-44 41, 9, and 18 gallon casks, by sending their orders,
71calling. at T. Bolton's, family ale and porter merchant,
0, Duke-street.
LAISPB POE. HIRE.—Now, and during the season,
Tamps, in every shade and variety, with oil to burn in
47▪ nle, can be had on moderate terms at the New Light
"cmipany, 19, Great George-street. djl6
COLLISION OFF NEW BRIGHTON.—On Sunday, a yes-
IN called the Flower, bound for Castletown, was run
tilt° by the screw-steamer Nemesis, inward bound from
ordeaux, and was beached off New Brighton. The
Plower is considerably damaged, but none of the crew
mere injured.
antra,
WEATHER AT SEA.—The screw steam-ship
%antra, Captain Lloyd, which left Oporto on the 11th
of December, has arrived here. She experienced very
here
weather. The wind was from the N.E. the
of the passage, attended with hail and snow,
`„,- °llg gales, and tremendous seas breaking over all.
„4 CANADIAN' MAILS.—The Montreal royal mail
aniship North Briton, sails on Wednesday for Port-
-Id, with the United States and Canadian mails. The
letter-box closes on that evening at 7.45 a.m., but for
letters to be sent via Queenstown, the box will remain
/Pen until 9.30 p.m. on Wednesday.
_,CAUTION TO THE PUBLlC.—During the continuance
yr the present severe frost it will be necessary to pay
particular attention to all pipes belonging to boilers
used either for steam or hot water, as many accidents
I,a ve already occurred from ice forming in them, and
tis causing explosions in the boilers.
LOSS ois THE STEAM-SHIP INDIAN.—GOVERNMENT
41sQuIrtY.-111-r. 0. Dowd, of the 'Board of Trade, has
!,rrived in Liverpool for the purpose of instituting an
Inquiry into the circumstances attending the loss of the
Canadian mail steamer Indian, off the coast of New-
,foundland. The inquiry will commence in about
tight or ten days.
LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRMARY.— Return for week
:riding 17th December.—Admitted : In-patients, 39 ;
r4t-patients, 12 ; surgical casualties, 18. Discharged :
t`ied, 16 ; Relieved, and at own request, 12 ; made
patients, 3 ; irregular, 2 ; dead, 3 ; remain in the
rruse, 187. For the ensuing week.--Visitors : Charles
eer, Esq. ; Physician, Dr. Inman • Surgeon, Mr.
14,9t1g. House Surgeon, Mr. T. S. Walker ; Junior
ia°llse Surgeon, Mr. J. Allen ; Chaplain, Rev. Edward
0,01; Robert Hutchison, treasurer.
4-,WERPOOL DISPENSARIES. —Number of patients
~tlring the past week.—New cases received advice and
1,;(4„ 1 eine at the institution: North, 232; South, 139 ;
"al, 371. New cases visited at their own houses and
-7161)9Plied with medicine: North, 91 ; South, 78 ; total,
110. Rev. Rector Campbell, president ; Captain
lime, vice-president of North Dispensary ; Mr.
% arles Booth, vice-president of South Dispensary ; Mr.
sAnFrancis Mill, treasurer ; Mr. J. Whitby Williams,
hretarY. Office, Leith-offices, Moorfields.
AMERICAN MAILS.—The Liverpool, New York,
Philadelphia Steam-ship Company's screw-steamer
;rdsillgaroo will sail for New York on Wednesday (to-
Irow), and call at Queenstown on Thursday to em-
k passengers, and all telegraphic despatches received
the Magnetic Company's station there till noon on that
The letter box at Liverpool closes at 11.45 a.m.
P4ll, wednesday. On Saturday the Cunard steam-ship
abia sails for New York. The box at the General
,i.._°Bt-office closes at 8.45 a.m., and at the Landing-
te at 9.30 a.m.' Letters will also be forwarded to
hegr,Bahamas and Havana by this mail.
COUNTY COURT, YESTERDAY.—(Before Mr. Hulton.)
There were no cases of public interest before the court
'l2he course of the day. Twenty-nine commitment
-“4lllenses were heard and disposed of ; and the follow-
ilarties were committed to prison for non-compliance
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the orders of the court :—Charles Radcliffe, chro-
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4eter-inaker, South Castle-street, fourteen days ;
14;eaueis Taylor, warehouse-keeper, West Derby, four-
%toll dais; William Samuel Jones, 26, Watergate-street
Chester, fourteen days ; William Nixon, 124,
fOulgton-street, fourteen days, if the goods were not
rVVered up in a month ; Joseph Savage, Town-row,
•„!!t Derby, fourteen days.
44-AlticErs COMMITTEE.—Mr. Alderman Woodrufflh,
y2flided at the meeting of the Markets Committee
litterday, 'and the other members present were Messrs.
piney, Holden, Johnson, Barton; and Kitchen. The
"lx„iet'ohn's Market sub-committee recommended that the
low!. of 'gas should be charged at 6d., per light per
lea__`'.. 'The decision had been arrived at after the con-
,luaTtioll of a memorial from several tenants in the
ther‘et, who prayed for an equalisation of the price of
gas supplied aftheir stalls.—A letter from /dr. W.
liktrY, on the wholesale market 'question was read,
urteferred to the special sub-committee. The other
e a... 4 "8 V of a routine character.'
-*et cliosisn's COURT.—The following informations
014 e l'eceived at the Coroner's 'Court, yesterday :—An
104;117._°111an, seventy years of age named Mrs. Brown,
•13%g;:xs at 10, Burroughs-gardens, fell down stairs on
:1431,1aY evening, when in a state of intoxication, and
114,:uled on the spot.—Mary Ellen Gray, a child about
'fit 25 years old, the daughter of Peter Gray, residing
all I- West-street, l'airclough-lane, was burnt to death
Sundaytb evening, between four and five o'clock, in the
JeglittiLe of her mother.-4oseph Ratcliffe, a child two
D ii "old, was overlain by his mother, at 9, Holland-
' 03.--.,0;11ga, between Sunday night and Monday morning.—
frarat Warren, aged 3 years, died at 29; London-road,
,`-'llfils and scalds upon his breast.—Ann Kearney,
l months, died at 16, Dancer-street, Copperas-
-1,6t11-ora several scalds, which induced erysipelas.—
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14, M% eod , cook on board a ship, fell down stairs
rrida ."011gs, 28, Regent-street, when intoxicated, on
night last. He was taken up insensible, and
colorist 11o'clock
• on Saturday night.—Charles Pedder,
.011 pg2,llg to the barque Austria in. the Nelson-dock,
dra,"claY fell into the Collingwood-dock and was
Sunda The body was found floating on the water on
at 27' , d•
';;;A. Woman, named Sarah -Whitmore, residing
Jon' "fight-street, Scotland-road, went into Mrs.
eFes, beerh
ouse-keeper, Derby-road, Bootle, asking
ele 51r8. Jones engaged her, and gave her the snug
she in At half-past 8 o'clock yesterday morning
ray
offounda the woman lying on the floor, with the dead
lea at ....Tale child beside her. The body of the child
slate,jwies's' and the woman is still in a psre-

ACCIDENT.—MichaeI Smith, labourer, fell into the
hold of the steam-ship British Queen, on Saturday, and
sustained a contusion of his ankle.

SALE OF CHOICE WINES. We beg to remind our
readers that the extensive stock of choice wines, to be
sold by Mr. Branch, will be exposed for sale to-day, at
his rooms. Hanover-street.

ART UNIoN.—At the drawing for prizes in the Art
Union, the following were winners :—Nos. 7,191, £2O;
19,303, £10; 28,709, £10; 28,441, £10; 8,564, £2O;
17,577, £lO ; 13,476, £5 ; 2,608, £5 ; 31, £lO ; 34,447,
£lO ; 26,038, £10; 21,274, £l5; 16,595, £5 ; 5,967,
£lOO.

FIRE LAST NIGHT.—A fire broke out last night in
the office of Mr. Edward Brown, corn merchant,
Fenwick-street. Fortunately, however, it turned out
only trifling in extent. The fire brigade from Hatton-
garden, under Mr. Hewitt, was promptly in attendance,
and speedily subdued the flames. The fire was caused
by the timbers under the hearthstone having become
ignited.
THE GREAT BRITAIN.—In relation to the alleged
foundering of the screw steamer Great Britain, we find
that the fact r. corded in the books of the Underwriters'
Association, is as follows :—" A small tin canister was
picked up this morning, afloat near the mouth of the
river, with two papers enclosed, on which some evil-
minded person had written the following falsehood :
S.S. Great Britain foundered off the Western Is-
lands '—Memorandum • The Great Britain (s.s.) only
left Liverpool on the 11th instant (last Sunday) for
Melbourne, and was off Tuskar the next morning at
four o'clock, with wind N.E." From the inaccuracy of
the transcription given by our shipping reporter, we
were led into the error which we now correct, and which
we are extremely sorry to have been led into.
BOILER EXPLOSION.—A boiler of a similar construc-
tion to that which exploded yesterday morning at the
Magdalen Asylum, burst last night, between seven and
eight o'clock, in the kitchen of a public-house in
Netherfield-road North. Fortunately, however, neither
life nor limb has been injured, though the violence of
the explosion is sufficiently attested by its effects upon
the walls. All the boilers, grates, and ovens in the
range were blown out of their places, a partition wall
was thrown down, and the back wall was shattered. A
servant girl who was in the kitchen at the time almost
miraculously escaped unhurt. The owners imagining,
that it would be succeeded by a fire despatched a mes-
senger for an engine to Hatton Garden. Mn Hewitt,
with a number of men, repaired to the spot, and,
although there was no need for them in tilt capacity of
firemen, they rendered essential service in clearing
away the debris.
LIST OF PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. AFRICA, FROM NEW
YORIE.—Mrs. Carpentier, Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Smock and
son, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Stokes and three children, Mr
and Mrs. R. J. Tetley, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Clark, Dr.
and Mrs. Theo. Evans, Mr. W. T. Ulrick, Mr. J. W.
Cunningham, Mrs. L. Myers, Hon. W. Haines, Miss
Ann Orr, Mrs. Jane E. Watson, Messrs. J. D. Davies,
A. L. Myers, Henry W. Gair, Granville Richardson,
J. W. Vickars, James Harrison, Geo. Wedelis, Philip
Ohlenschlager, R. Crocker, John Cordie and servant,
Carlo Oris and servant, Schonfield, B. B. Brandns, J.
May and servant, J. M. Calder, F. Frivat, L. Albrand,
H. Beanfire, H. Karsten, Wm. H. Jacobs, J. Ellis,
Purvis, Jose F. Alfonso, Victor B. Dn. Blensey, Samuel
L. Horn, Robert Lam, W. F. Murray., Fred. Esser, J.
Napier, N. Douglas, E. M. Edwards, H. H. McKenzie,
John Caracopulo, A. Jamieson, Jas. Davies, W. Ramson,
John Dawie, Captain David Cushman, Miss Harvey,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Woolnough, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Williams, Miss Keating, Messrs. F. H. Herrmans, W.
H. Harvey, Thomas Bennett, Oyden, Lorimer, Pradili,
and Leon.

MAIL NEWS.—The letter-box at the General Post-
office, Liverpool, will close at 9.30 p.m. this even-
ing for the United States mails, which will be de-
spatched from Southampton on Wednesday. The mails
for Madeira and the West Coast of Africa will be de-
spatched hence on Saturday next, the letter-box closing
at a quarter to ten a.m.—The India and China mails,
viti Marseilles, will be made up at the Liverpool Post-
office on Monday next, the letter-box closing at 8.15
a.m.—On Wednesday a mail will be despatched via'
French Packet for Tunis. The letter-box at the Ge-
neral Post-office will close at 8.15 a.m. At the same
hour, on Thursday morning, the letter-box closes for the
mail, rid French Packet, to Constantinople, Greece,
Naples, Scutari, Sicily, Smyrna, Turkey, and Tuscany.
—On Friday, at the same hour, the box closes for the
mail via French Packet, to Alexandria, Jaffa, Malta,
and Syria.—At the same hour, on Saturday morning,
the mails will be made up for Naples, the Papal States,
and Sicily.
THE NEW LIME LIGHT.—Last night great interest
was excited in Castle-street, by the display of a most
brilliant light, exhibited—by permission of his Worship
the Mayor—in front of the Town-hall. The extreme
brilliancy of the light attracted a large amount of atten-
tion, and crowds were gathered in various places admir-
ing its beauty, and discussing its utility. The light in
question is the oxy-hydrogen lime light, the intensity of
which has long formed a favourable theme among scien-
tific men, and has led to many suggestions as to its
ultimate adaptability for beacon and signal lights ; the
drawback being the difficulty of effecting the con-
tinued emission of the light. The difficulty referred
to is now said to be overcome ; and certainly the
stream of light emitted from the apparatus in front of
the Town-hall last night tended strongly from its
steadiness and continuity to justify that allegation. In
the instance referred to, the pencil of light was trans-
mitted through a lens consisting of several concentric
rings of crystal, and the intensity of the light, which
seemed a little redder in colour than is usual with the
lime light, was most striking.
LIVERPOOL CHRISTMAS CATTLE MARKET.—As com-
pared with previous years, we are informed that the
Liverpool Christmas cattle market, held yesterday at
Stanley, was a success—that prices were considerably
higher, and the quality of stock a full average. The
I supply of beeves was seasonably good. Some Scots and
Irish beeves of a very superior quality were shown. In
Scots, Mr. Gibbins, Mr. Roan, and Mr. Lamb exhibited
some very fine animals, which commanded high prices—
indeed, in many instances sales were closed at over Bd.
per pound. Amongst the Irish stock were a very
superior lot of heifers, shown by Messrs. Verdan &
Cullen, Messrs. Patrick Leonard & Co., and Messrs.
Maher & Kenna. These beasts were readily sold at very
remunerative prices. A very superior Hereford bullock,
in the stall of Mr. Banks, fed by Robert Rankin, Esq.,
of Brombro', Cheshire, was sold; we heard, for forty
guineas. The number of sheep was large, but the
animals were principally of inferior descriptions. Good
old wethers were very scarce, and eagerly sought after,
whilst middling and inferior were a slow sale, at about
former rates. Beef ruled at from sd. to Bd. per pound,
and mutton at from 6d. to Bd.
WATER COMMITTEE.—Mr. Hodson presided at the
usual weekly meeting of the Water Committee, yester-
day, and the other members present were—Messrs.
Crellin, Beloe, Estill, Farnworth, 'Woodruff, Earle, Ben-
nett, agstaff, and Rae.—The Mayor said : Before
commencing the business of the day, he thought it right
to mention that several rep.erts had been made to him
that numerous water pipes in the town had been closed
by- the extreme frost, so that the poor were very badly
off for water and he suggested that, if possible, water
- carts should be -sent through the town to alleviate the
;inconvenience complained of.—Mr. Alderman Bennett
said that, within the• last two or three days, he had
heard of many accidents to the kitehen ranges, arising
from boilers bursting, consequent on frozen pipes. He
wished to caution every gentleman who had a boiler to
be careful in the use of it, and, before continuing to use
it, advised that application should be made to some
respectable plumber, so as to ascertain whether the pipes
v: ere acting properly. The most dangerous results were
likelyto arise from the pipes being frozen, as in such a case
an explosion would take place. He had heard of several
f, Al cases on Saturday, and again that morning. The
a ' 'idents, he believed, were -to be attributed partly to
use of -cheap or ,slop plumbing.--L-In answer to a
(1:,4-ion, Alderman Bennett said he cop .idered the
common back boiler, with a worm, :h.i ):_ ,t, and the
high pressure boiler the most dangerous.—Mr Crellin
agreed- with Alderman Bennett, and explained the
operation of the two boilers.—The Engineer reported
that during the week there had been received from
Rivington 51,465,956 gallons of water, and that there
had been pumped from the wells 32,557,255 gallons,
making the supply 84,023,211 gallons. It appeared
that on the pipe line two pipes burst on the 15th inst.,
near Stubshaw's Cross, in the neighbourhood of Ashton,
causing no damage further than for a short time
flooding eight houses in the locality. Workmen were
sent immediately, and both pipes have been repaired.
The water was turned on again on Sunday morning.—
The state of the reservoirs was as follows :—Roddles-
worth, 2 feet 101 inches fall; Rakebrook, 2 feet 10 inches
fall ; Anglezark, 21 inches rise ; Rivington, 11 inches
fall ; Prescot, No. 1, fall 2 inches • No. 2, fall 2 feet
71 inches.—The other business before the committee
was of a routine character,