Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-22 00:00:00

CORONER'S INQUES rs.

The Coroner held the following inquests on Saturday—
On the b dy of Richard Brackle, aged about eight years,who
was drowned in the Leeds canal. The only evidence given
was as to the finding of the body, and it was supposed the
boy fell in' whilst playing about the canal. Verdict —Found
drowned.
On the body of a female named Anne Snow, the
widow of a master mariner. She was 46 years
of age, and lived at 15, Faulkner street, and made
out her living by setting lodgirgs. She had two children,
and was lately much embarrassed. The landlord sent in
bailiffs for rent. On Friday it appeared that she
went into a fiall in Parliament street, where she cut
her throat with a knife. She was seen by a boy, and an
alarm was raised. She was taken to the Southern Hospital,
where she died soon after. The jury found a verdict that
she conaraitted the act whilst labouring under temporary
insanity.
On the body of William Rimmer, who was engage i in the
yard of the Pheasant Inn, Queen square. He WAS kicked
by a horse on the 3:1 inst., and lingered to Friday, when
he died from the effects of the injuries. Verdict, acci-
dentally killed.

THE END or LOND3N.—Perhaps the most noticeable
thing about Vauxhali-brid7e is, that we seem at last to
have got nearly to the end of London. On one side is seen
the dome of St. Paul's, looming through the atmosphere ;
a little nearer are the tower and turrets of the Nv:w Houses
of Parliament, and the bold massive outline of Lambeth
Palace; and surrounding these is the labyrinth of roofs
and steeples of our modern Babylon. But on the bridge
itself there is a little clump of fresh green lillacs, and a
small garden planted with wall flowers and London pride ;
and looking from the other side of the bridge, we see, be-
yond the wharves and houses, the glistening roof of the
Crystal Palace reflecting the sunlight ; and bounding the
horizon, rice clumps of trees, which gives promise of
pleasant green grass lying beneath their shadows, and
telling of the quiet country where the busy turmoil of
London is unknown. Vauxhall-bridge was opened in
in 1816, and it seems a matter for wonder what could
possibly have induced any one to build a bridge which led,
on the Middlesex side, to that dismal swamp, Tothill-

fields—then a dusty piece of ground used for dog-fighting,
bull-baiting, and other noble sports—and to market-gar-
deners' swampy lauds, which were intersected by slimy
ditches, and oranmented with a few hovels, and the well
known " Monster" pubiio-house.. However, since the
bridge has been built, a new neighbourhood has grown up
around it, although the traffic has never reached to anything
like an amount to satisfy the shareholders.—Commercial
Travellers' Magazine.
THE MANCHESTER. MEN.—The "Manchester Men" are
peculiar in many respects. They are very partial to, and
proud of, their city—enthusiastic lovers of free trade, free
institutions, free thought, and free speech. They get early
to business, and dine at one. A writer in Blackwood's
Magazine, in 1839, thus humorously describes the Man-
chester dinner hour :—" The rush of the clans from the
mountains—of the cataracts from the Alps into the valleys
beneath—of three thousand pent-up schoolboys all detained
for bad conduct, and then let out at once, only just in time
to reach home before dark—of soldiers in revolt—of Irish
peasants in a row—or of the Paris students at an emeute—
might be compared to the scenes 'which may be daily wit-
nessed in the city' portion of Manchester when the clock
strikes one. No other comparison could be instituted
which could express this mighty movement as the moment
of dinner draws near." This is only true in part, as the
principal merchants merely lunch at one and then go home
about six to dine. And the homes of these merchant
princes are of the most costly and recherche description.
Everything that taste can invent, or art can produce, or
genius can create, or wealth Can purchase, is to be found in
the houses of those plain, quiet men, who go to and return
from business in twopenny omnibuses 1 No more munificent
patrons of art, science, or literature, are to be found than
the Manchester merchants ; but their sympathies are not
confined to pictures, statues, and well-bound books; for,
wherever or whenever money is required -to aid charities,
build schools, relieve distress, and advance civilisation,
there the Manchester men are first and foremost.—lreatis
Visitors' Guide.
COMFJRT FOR THE COMET-STRICKEN.—We hope the
following statement from the Newburyport (U. 8) Herald
will relieve the apprehensions of the comet-Stricken, if such
there be among our readers. The comet isn'c going to
strike—it is whizzing off into boundless space, and every
moment increases the distance between it and the earth.
Fortunate planet! Fortunate people! We breathe deeper
and freer.' The comet. having turned off its cold shoulder.
we may now look for warm weather. But here is the ex-
tract from the Herald By the assistance of C. W.
Tuttle, Esq., late assistant of the Astronomical Observatory
of Harvard University, now resident in this city, we were
able to see this comet on Friday last with Mr, Greenough's
teliscope notwithstanding the brilliancy of the full moon and
the strong twilight prevailing at that time. It was more
satisfactorily seen on Saturday night with the same instru-
ment. At that time it was on the confines of the circum-
polar constellation Cameleopard, near Ursa Major. It
exhibited a round, nebulous mass of light, slightly concen-
trated, of about two minutes of arc in diameter. I-s
excessive faithless on both occasions was owing to the
united effects of the full moon and strong twilight.
There being no star within the reach- of the annular
micrometer, its position could only approximately be
determined. The elements of this comet resemble those of
the comets of 1532 and 1661, and if they are identical,
then this comet has continued to revolve around the sun
once in every ten years since, unseen by human eye till the
25th of February, 1846, when it was discovered by
Brorsen. The dimensiens of its orbit are now well as-
certained. Its aphelion is beyond the orbit of Jupiter
by more than thirty-six millions of miles. At its
perihelion it was just within the orbit of Venus.
The comet's geocentric motion, at this time, is mostly in
right ascension, being upwards of fifteen minutes of time
daily from west to east. Oa the 28th ins'aut it will be
near the bright star Beta Uteve Majoris. It was nearest
the earth on the Bth instant, being then about twenty
millions of miles distant. It is now receding from uc, and
will not be visible to the naked eye during its present
apparition. This is the comet the Europeans announcod
would strike the earth in Jane. But in America it has
been confounded with the great comet of 1566, which has
not yet appeared. The return of this cornet, according to
prediction may be regarded as another of the brilliant series
of astronomical triumphs.
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' —Northern Daily Times, 21st May, 1857..