Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-13 00:00:00

THE WAVERTREE BOARD OF HEALTH.

The monthly me ting of this body was held last night, at the
Public-offices„ Wavertre3. The 11,..v. Mr. Badnall presided, and the
following other members were present:—Messrs. Chaffers, Picton,
Rishton, Gore, Bralburn, 0. S%inden, M. Parken, Andert,n, and
Clarke. The mln:tes of the former meeting having been read and
confirmed, the report of Mr. N,ulands, engineer of the borough of
Livenro', under whose i,lans and directions the sewerage of the
township, in i a ma'n sewers, was conducted, was read, and he
reported that the contrae o s Moss s, Chadwick and Hodges, who
had constructed the great arterial sewers, had been satibfactorily
completed. There was some ex eption as to a portion of 173 yards.
The account of Messrs. Chadwick and Co. were ordered to be paid,
except as to the provrtion for the 173 ; ards yet incomplete, Mr.
Piston move .1 that the Law-clerk be requested b apply to the
Marquis of Salisbury and Messrs. Serjeantson for their proportions of
the expense of the sewerage of the township, amount ng, in the case
of his Lord:hip of Salisbury to ‘833, aid to chat of Messrs.
Serjemtion to £Bl4. Mr. Picton stated that he unders'ood Lord
Salisbury lr.d sg eel with Mr. Newlanls as to the roportion fo,.
which he would hold himself nsponsible. The motion was agreed
to. Tbe other business was then proceeded with, and the Board
adjourned.

WITCUES FRINCE.—The race of witches is not yet,
it appears, extinct in B Wally. The Plcare de la Loire
of Nantes states that an old w_m in has just heel arrsted
rtt Lorient, who was long known in the county by the
enticing designation of the Black Cat. She underwent
a first interrogatory on Monday, and an immense crowd
:resemble l on her pasacge from the pri on to the office of
the examining magistree, in the h.pe of seeing .a-i)erson
to long famous fur her sorceries.

SUSPE;;TED SUICIDE ON THE EASTERN
COUNTIES RAILWAY.

On Saturday evenlnT,, Mr. Baker, Coroner, htl 1 an inquest at the
Ca•pentors' Arms Tavern, Cambridge-road, Bethnal-gre m, respect-
ing the death of a male person unknown, apparently about 30 years
of age, who was ki led on the line of the Eastern Counties Railway,
under very mysterious cirtnmstances. Thejary h vying been sworn,
proceeded to view the body, which was lying in a shed. .The
deceased presented a sad spectacle, the head being crashed in, and
other por ions of the bady exhibited severe inju-le George Barber,
a fireman in the service of the Eaten Counties Railway, d -p, sed
that on Wednesday night about half-past nine o'clock, while he was
on an engine coming from Cambridge to London, be suddenly saw a
man walking on the line. The night was dark, and the train was
travelling at the usual speed. Witness could sae the deceased by
the light of the buffer lamp. He was walking on the external rail of
the np-line, his tars towards Lon lon. When witness first saw the
deceased, he was walking on that portion of the line about a mile oa
the I ondon side of Ponder's-end, in the Parish of Enfield. The
deceased was only about four yards distant when WrtnesS first saw
him. The whistle was sounded. the steam shut off, and the beak
instantly applie Ito stop the train, by witness ant she engineer.
The deceased was struck by the buffer and forc.:d across the line
out ide the rails. Amon as poosib e, witness procured a light, and
found the decease I about half a mile down the line. He was in-en-
sible, but a'ive. Ho was placed in a carriage, and b:onght to the
Mre-end staton, bat deceasei had expired. There were seventeen
carrines in the train on that nigh,. The deceased hal no business
oa that portion of the line, end there was no pubic pathway near the
spot where he was found. Mr. George Henry Boa,well, the station-
master, said th it the deceased was not at present known, although
every means had been used to discover the relations of the unfortunate
man. The deceased hat a return ticket from Water-lane station to
London, and in his pockets were found 3s, a knife, two keys, and a
letter, not dated. The following is a copy: A •

Percy-street.

D •ar Henry,—As I have not seen you all t'le weak, I have raison the
first epp•rtunity of writing to you, to inform you that it is grate
impossible for me to get oat while I am here, or I should hays
written to you b,fore. Dear Henry, if you are not engaged on Sun !ay
next, I hope to have the pleasuru of your cJmpany. Hying this will
find you wa:l. —Yours, ever faithfully, E. STBEATLY.
there was ne a 'dress to the d icumse, which was evidently
written in a fams'e's hand. Other avidenee having been adduced, the
Coroner remarked on the distressing nature of the case, after which
the jury returned a verdict of" Accidental