Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-08 00:00:00

that the charge was a most serious one against his
character, seeing that it laid him open to the discipline
of.the church. The Dean, however, would not retract,
only going the length of saying, " that he had been pro-
voked to say what he did."

THE JAPAN PROCLAMATION.—Yesterday, a copy of
the Japan proclamation was posted at the Town-hall,
and when it was first put up a crowd collected about, but
dispersed after a few minutes, as no one seemed to under-
stand it,_and certainly no one seemed to care about it.

THE ISAAC Witicrirr.--In yesterday's paper we stated
that Palmer's steam pump had been successfully employed
in raising_the ship. Isaac Wright. Yesterday that vessel
was floated further up the beach, = and a great quantity of
cargo put into flats. The pump-will be set to work this
day (Tuesday), abont two o'clock, on board the Isaac
Wright; and we understand that merchants; under-
writers, captains, and persons connected with shipping
are invited to see the pump work. A boat will be in
attendance at the North Landing-stage at one o'clock
to carry them to the ship and back.
THE " SHOOTING STAR"—The owners of this vessel,
Messrs. Currie, Newton and Co., received a letter on
Saturday. last, dated Hobson's Bay, December 17th, 1858,
announcing- the arrival of the Shooting Star in Hobson's
Bay, at that date, after a passage of 81 days ; having
landed the passengers in good health, all delighted with
the treatment thoy had received during the voyage. The
Emigration officers had complimented Captain Allen on
the cleanliness and order maintained in the ship. The
Shooting Star took, out 414 Government emigrants, all
of whom were in good health. There hadbeen no deaths
during the voyage ; bat three births had taken "dace.
The emigrants were, classified as follows : 314 single
women, 24 single in3n, 21 married couples, 33 children,
and. seven infants. The Cleanliness of the ship on its
arrival reflected the greatest credit on all connected

with her.
CATHERINE HAYES'S CONCERT.—This entertainment
last' night was one of the richest musical treats we have
had this season. Madame Catherine Hayes, although she
seemed in rather delicate health, was in excellent voice,

and produced, as usual, great enthusiasm, more parti-
cularly by her singing .of two of Moore's Irish ballads,

and or" Home, Sweet Home," which she gave in response
to an encore. Mr. and Mrs. Jockey also made a most favour-
able impression—the lady being likewise honoured with an
encore ; and Mr. Allan Irving met with a warm reception

—more especially in the serenade, " I arise from dreams
of thee:" Altogether it was a vocal concert of great
excellence, and was evidently very cordially appreciated
by the large assemblage that graced St. George's. Hall.
We ought not to overlook, however, the very decided
merits of the only instrumentalist of the occasion, (except
the conductor) Mr. Streather, the celebrated harp player,
who gave a few specimens of his art of a most exquisite
quality, to the obvious, delight of the audience.
LIVERPOOL CORONER'S COURT.—The Coroner held
the following inquests, yesterday :—On the body of a
child, named McDonnell, five weeks old, that was
suffocated in bed, in 11, Court Blundell-street. Verdict
accordingly. On the body of Anne Mullin, eight years
of age, the daughter of a tailor, living in Anson-street.
The child's clothes caught fire on last Friday, and she
was so much injured that she died. Verdict,
" Accidental Death." On the body of John Brown,

48 years of age, who resided in a court off Thomas-
street. He was a shipwright, and worked in
Mr. Nichol's saw mill, Grafton-street, • Park.
He fell from a "jemmy frame," and had a compound
fracture of the thigh, from the effects of which he died.
Verdict, " Accidental death." On the body of John
Cosgrave, a marine store dealer, who lived in Birch-
street. He was engaged, on Saturday, in getting out
some cotton pickings from a ship called the Frank Flint,
when he fell into the hold of the vessel, and was killed.
Verdict, "Accidental death."
LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHIC SOCIETY. ---149.5 t evening,
this Society held its usual fortnightly meeting, in the
Royal Institution, Colquit-street. Rev. H. H G.
Higgins in the chair. The following donations were
announced by the secretary.: From the Borough
Engineer : "Sanitory Legislation," by Mr. 141‘Gowan ;
" Liverpool, past and present, in relation to sanitory
operations," by. Mr. Newlands. From the different
societies : " The proceedings of the Birkshire
Natural Society," vol. 4, part 7 ; " The Trans-
actions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh,"
vol. 6, part 1; "The Lineal Society," vol. 3, part 2 ;
" Philosophical Society of Glasgow," vol. 4, part 1. Mr.
Brooke gave a description of two specimens of the
Eland, the antelope of South Africa which he had seen
at Hawkestone Park. Professor Archer called atten-
tion to a paragraph in the " Gardeners' Chronicle,"
in reference to a disease in bees produced by
fungi. Dr. Edwards exhibited an improved micros-
cope. Professor Elliott then read the paper of the
evening, the subject of which was, "An' Investigation
nto the Causes of Local Peculiarities of Temperature in
Different Parts of Great Britain." A conversation
then ensued, after which the meeting separated.
THE SHIPOWNERS AND THE QUEENS-SPEECH.—The
Shields newspapers express very great disappointment, if
not indignation, consequent on finding that Ministers had
not thought it becoming to make reference in the Royal
Speech to the unprecedented depression of the Shipping
Interest, and it is kenerally believed there that if such
wide-spreading depression had existed in the
manufacturing or agricultural interests as exists
in the shipping, a clause would have been introduced
into the Royal Speech, holding out hopes of amelioration,
or, a least, Indic itions of sympathy. We may mention
that a petition to the House of Commons has been pre-
sented from South Shields, praying that, in consideration
of the unequal e =petition to which shipowners of. the
United Kingdom are subjected, they may be relieved from
all special taxation—such as timber duties, stamps on
policies, charters, and bills of lading ; and that passing
tolls, Trinity-be Ise and light dues, and harbour charges
applied to other than shipping purposes, be immediately
abolished ; that all other restrictions and liabilities be
inquired into and removed ; and that every effort be
made to obtain for British shipping fair and free trade

with other countries.
SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS.—Miss E. L. Williams,
the Welsh Nightingale, made her first appearance since
her return from America, on Saturday evening, to a full
and enthusiastic audience, in the Concert Hall, Lord
Nelson-street. Miss Williams's entertainment is entitled
the " Lady's Dream," and consists in the impersonation
of various characters supposed to appear before the sleep-
ing fair one. The pieces and songs were written fo
Miss Williams 'by Samuel Lover, Esq., and do full justice
to the well known abilities of that writer.. The characters are
twelve in number, the changes are rapidly and completely
effected, and it is *difficult at first to realise that the person
now before us in male attire as Dr. Calomel is the lady
Who before appeared as the Queen of the Artic regions,
snowy white, and icy cold. Possessed of considerable
compass of voice, Miss "Williams speaks well, and sings
charmingly. Her manner is graceful and easy. She is
possessed of humour, rich and varied, and succeeds in
bringing down warm and frequent bursts of applause,
which were on this occasion only stayed in several
instances by her again appearing, and repeating the past.
To cull a piece of particular notice out of the morceaux
provided would be an embarrass des richesscs, and we
will, therefore, conclude the present notice by remarking
that Miss Williams evidently has not declined in
popularity with an English audience, and judging by the
reception which she met with on Satnrday evening, her
stay in England for the present is likely to prove a
brilliant and successful one.
AN AWFUL OCCURRENCE—THE DEATH OF A BRIDE
ON HER WEDDING DAY. —Late on Sunday night, and
during the whole of yesterday, the inhabitants of Mill-
street East, adjacent to the London-road, were thrown
into the greatest excitement and alarm, in consequence of
the death of a young woman, under most painful and
distressing circumstances. To give all the rumours that
were afloat about the neighbourhood on the occurrence
being made known, would occupy too much space, and as
many of them were gross exaggerations, we shall refrain
from giving more than what we believe, upon strict
inquiry, to be the real facts, which, in themselves, are suffi-
ciently painful and horrifying in their details. They
are as follows : —On Sunday morning, a young girl,
named Mary Mackever, who has for some time
past been employed in a starch warehouse,
and who lived with her father and mother in Mill-street
East,was married to a young man named William Clare,
the son of a joiner and builder of this 'town, he having
been engaged to her for some time past. That they were
married on that day is a fact, but what transpired subse-
quently to that important ceremony is to some extent in-
volved in doubt, beyond the recorded fact—that she died
in the course of the evening of the same day. It, how-
ever, appears that, after they returned from church, the
marriage party—as is customary with persons moving in
their sphere of life —resolved to " make merrie ;" but,
shortly after, the bride was taken so alarmingly ill, that it
was deemed advisable to send for a medical man, and
Mr. Kay, of Pembroke-place, attended, and at once, to
the astonishment and surprise of the girl's parents, an-
nounced that she was enciente, and was about to become
a mother. He at once prescribed two pills, and said that
perhaps she wanted sleep until morning, and then left.
The poor girl became worse, and after a short time
admited that what Mr. Kay had stated as to her con-
dition7was correct. Convulsive fits followed, and at a later
hour in the evening Mr. Kay was again sent for, but she
died either immediately before or directly after his arrival,
without giving birth to the child, in the greatest agony.
As we have said before, we refrain from alluding to the
various rumours and gossiping talk connected with this
case, but there are some which should at once be rebutted,
which are to the effect, that the surgeon declined
to stop with the poor unfortunate woman, because' the

re`gular fee could 'not be raised. This we have since
uhderstood is not the correct version—but it was bees
it was not a regular patient of the sugeon's, who atteu
for another member of the profession, but was so disgust
by. the scene of drunkenness in the houses and ~•
neighbourhood, that he declined. to visit a second tilt
although repeatedly called upon (by a person, it is Of'!"__,
who was in a state of intoxication)' and did not agr,„
visit her or the neighhourhood, until late in the &lull*
when the woman was dead.
It is announced that Mr. Cobden is shortly about t 4
pay a visit to the United. States.
WATERLOO ROAM) OF HEALTH.—The usual mon,
meeting of of this. board was held last eight, at the pubbe
office, Mr. Richard Haughton in the chair. The other
members present were—Henry Jones, W. H. Jones
Kelshaw, G. Scoffield;and Hickston. The minutes of the 1
meeting were read and confirmed. The accounts were
then passed. A letter was read•from Mr. Smith, resit:
ing his office of chairman, when it was resolved that
Richard Houghton be elected as chairman for th
teo
remainder of the time that the late chairman was j
have occupied the chair. Mr. John Smith attcnt;
°
as a deputation in reference to the lightinc, of cert
portions of the town, and made a very humouroll,
speech about light and shade, and other cqui,
interesting but perfectly unintelligible subjects, intlit
ing what the Chancellor of the Exchequer 11110 s,
(as Mr. Smith said) have done in regard to the 101),
The speech elicited general laughter. .11e maintail
that as they had " scot and lot," they ought to have ,t,
the privileges of that. payment,. as they wanted ligle
The subject was defered, and after the transaction of
routine business, the board separated..
ROYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL SociFl4
—The general annual meeting of the subscribers to the
Association was held at Preston, on Saturday ; 31.
Peel presiding. The report alluded to the great sa_.ce7d;
of the show held in August, at Ulverston. The T.J:cil
. of implements was most satisfactory, and the coati t
—regretted' that the funds of' the association did 11°

enable them to give more prizes in that dep
ment. The proceeds from fees of admission to Tr
show-ground and trial fields amounted to £lOO m
than those of the previous year; and the Duke to
Devonshire, the then president, had returned
the Society the prize of £2O, won by him as the
hibitor of the best reaping machine, and Lieutcfoj
Colonel Towneley had also retnrned the prizes he obtaill';
for stock, arnonnting to £24 10s. The balance in f017t,,,
of the Society, as shown by the-statement-of accololl
was on the 31st December, 1858, £383 4s. sd. being Ilefho
£lOO more than the balance at the eud of 1857. ed,
report and statement of accounts were both adortA,o
The Chairman recommended the amalgamation of .
North and South Lancashire Agricultural AssociaTi,°o
4
Mr. EastwoOd (agent for Lieutenant Colonel Toville'elto
concurred with the chairman, but thought the objectierl4,
amalgamation would lie with the South Lancashire Seeielt
The subject dropped. The council recommendedk.
the show meeting, for the current year, be held at 1311 e,
burn. Mr. J. Hartley, Ightou Hill Park, near Wilber
considered that 43urnley had a prior claim to any °to
place. The vice-presidents, and other officers, were "to
appointed.. The meeting was adjourned to Saturday/

f2th March.
• /0
WILLS AND CHARITABLE BEQUESTS.—The will Of • 1 0
Ann-Andrews late ofSpeenhamland, Berks, who died 1,
December last, has been proved. The executors 9,r,t) of
H. Padbury, of. Speenhamland, and J. W.
Bilston, gentlemen. She bequeathes to the Archbis ei
of Armagh and Dublin £l,BOO for the poor clergrle4/10
the United Church of England and Ireland, resident
Ireland, and £9OO for widows 'and children of the
clergy. To the Society for Officers' Widows and Orellf of
of the Army and Navy, 900 ; the. Society for Relleioi
Poor Country Clergymen of the Church of Bag`tbe
(instituted 1783), £9OO ; the FeStival of the Sons of c,
Clergy (for apprenticing children of necessitous elcclungmen), £9OO ; the Incorporated Society for 1334`701,
Churches and ChapelS, £360 ; the Berkshire LlesPleir
£lBO ; the Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, Pais.„43l
port, £360 ; the Newbury Dispensary, £9O ; the \Vint;
Almhouses Speenhamland, £270, to be invested fer,
benefit of the inmates ; the Vicar of Speen and Cbwess3
wardens of St. Mary, Speenhamland, £9OO, to inctiid
incumbent's stipend ; to the executors, £315, to be WO
in apprenticing ten poor boys ; and £7OO to be flog
the interest'expended. in weekly payments in maintal
two poor persons of Speenharuland, male or female dr)
bequests to charities to be free of duty. To the °'''"grt,,
Episcopal Church :—The late Sir Thomas Ramsay, `7,0,!
of Banff, has bequeathed the following annuities7A, of
£2O a year towards the endowment of the BishoPiV\
St. Andrew ; £5O- a year •to the Incumbancy of d the
£2O a year to the EpiScopal School at 'Myth ; nnthe
following legacies :—To the Church Society, £100;,06
Episcopal Fund, £lOO. He has also left a sum of
to be expended as a memorial of the lnip Lady ill t,1);
which will be employed enlargingin the chancel 0 To
church at Alyth.—To the Scotch Free Church $
late Miss Barclay, of Edinburgh, has left by wnor
number of bequests to the Free Church, the most i%3
taut of which are. ;the following :--1-,Z10,000 to beP.AO
place of worship in the new town of Edinburgh, i:1;$11
power to the trustees to invest the amount until it'oci
be doubled, so as to build and endow the charch;_
£16,000 for educational purposes—chiefly, if not igue,io
for the benefit of ministers' families.—llittstratedPi
News. La

LIVERPOOL TOWN. MISSION
thirtieth annual meeting of t_
Hall, Hope-street. The attendance was large ,
Crosfield, Esq., occupied the chair. Besides the 011... r ":thett,
there were on the platform the Revs. Birrell, -10-°„a ;
Cannock, Stallybrass, and Taylor ; Dr. C6oll'oll,
Messrs. Cropper, Stitt, J. J. Stitt, Brougham, peg
is
J. 0. Jones, D. Rowland, &c. • The chairman rose, sd
the meeting had been constituted by praYer'osi
said, they were then met to hold 'the thirtieth a se'
meeting of the Liverpool town missions. It Wn2 obe4,
ciety which ought to have the first claims on the laces
of Liverpool. These claims had been partly cosi bi
but not so fully as they ought to be. He concluded,
calling upon Mr. Richard Johnston to read the re,,„riel
The report stated that in 1829 the income of the
~o.'"ejiti
was £l2l for the year, and it had then only five 7.0
who gave only a -portion of their time to the - at
At the present there arc 23, and 22 of thenlio
voted their whole time to missionary 131"-
,
The salaries and other expenses for •the Pas"„ss
amounted to £1,657 3s. sd. The last year hadbwoo
many respects a severe one among the poor, in 'cool'
qnence of-the commercial crisis, by which their d #159
was scarce and their income less. The society ibet6'
suffered, from the falling off of old subse,r
Another portion of the report spoke of visits the
from house to house, and the opposition
all
agents met with in this work. Bat '(,)restir
who were willing to receive, loans of tracts and eiere
ments had been panted, which they believed to beoso
beneficial than controversy. The visitations of cto.bo
men, carters, and omnibus drivers, was repetted4
of a successful nature. The report embodied the "
wants for carrying out the missionary work as sago the
by the several' agents. The following slims u'l
working of the society for the year :—'`,o
the past year, our agents have made 61,481 F
pal
visits, besides which 11,247 visits have been gee
to 2,894 sick persons; of these 359 have died, and, $Tb
hope is entertained that 177 died in the fait'q 16;
number of tracts lent is 103,045'; books,
Children reported as induced to attend school, 357' /,47;
aggregate average at Mission Sunday School', flo
giving a weekly average of 623 ; at week evenlOt
ragged schools, 2,816, giving a weekly average °Le os 17
The aggregate attendance at 2,707 in-door ineet'llqs6ll
115,493 ; and at 217 out-door meetings,
The agents also report thirty-nine pe-11'
having, joined churches during the year',t
treasurer's account showed that during the P..3-51A4"
the subscriptions had only amounted to £1,511 !;
and two legacies of £5O each, while the expendit4ore f 1,(115
£1,730 13s Id, which showed that the ineetnemesti;
society by subscriptions was £2OO less than the " adopt
of the society. Thebßev. Mr. Taylor moved theeaf
tion of the report, and took occasion to say that he tb n
the claims of that mission were first with the Pc°lol.,
Liverpool. If the agents could not give' sue issiot'i
descriptions of the places they had visited as the n 501;
cries of Africa or India, they could speak of the ofd
misery that was to be found in the lanes and alliette
town where they lived. In his opinion, jos
who had courage enough to go down into such .
were to be found in the cellars and garrets of tillo
were as much heroes as the man who got into the ssl'ir
boat to save the drowning mariner. He lamented irtioloof
state of the lower classes in conseqnence of theirhue 011,8
ness, and hoped that the magistrates would see t
fur soait
granting licences to so many gin palaces. j-.
farther remarks he sat down applauded. Mr. sPee-rt
seconded the resolution in a short and appropri3tho reed
The resolution was put to the meeting, and t tIOVe4:I
was adopted. The Rev. William Folliott direc, to
a resolution to the effect that, attention bc Coediti
to the existing immorality and irreligious ~,j Of
of Liverpool, and that the churches be 03' ec,
. 10 to give their support ,to the Town :Mission „cr
'miring to pat down the evil of inteulof:t oft
p
Ho made a somewhat lengthened speech in sue Canit/cor
resolution, which was seconded by the Rev tall)-„
,Y er4
and carried unanimously. The Rev W. ealicto
moved the appointment of several gentlemen ;ion bee
and committee for the ensuing year. The In wai lie
seconded by Mr. George Pennell. The motion, t
adopted, after which the Doxology was Ono'
Meeting separated.

Yesterday eveningifoo
is body was held ja Ivo