The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-02 00:00:00

NEW MARKET REGULATIONS.

'esterday Charlotte-street, Roe-street, Price•st,reet,
Seddon-street, Maddox-street, Highfield-street, and
Gibraltar-street, ceased to be appropriated for market
purposes. Bills had been posted on the walls; but the
country" folk took little or no heed of them, and
posted themselves in their usual places. The market
inspector, however, remonstrated with them, and with a
little difliculty they were persuaded to take stands in
the market. The space between St. George's-hall and
Islington, known as the site of the late Islington
Market, has been appropriated to the use of the
wholesale vegetable dealers, as noticed elsewhere.
At this new market retail dealers are
.strictly pro-
hibited from vending their gor);Is. Notwithstanding
this injunction, however, retail business was carried on
yesterday to a considerable extent. Most of the empty
stalls, some of which have remained unoccupied for
years, have been taken, and by to-night, it is expected
they will be all engaged. Last evening, the markets
were closed an hour earlier than usual. When the bell
sounded, some of the stall- keepers cheered ironically ;
but, beyond that, there was no demonstration of ill-
feeling. To-day, the country people, it is expected,
will oppose the new regulations ; and, in some instances,
obstinacy will, doubtless, be shown. We understand
that petitions against the new regulations have been got
up in some quarters.

The London Chartered Bank of Australasia, after
appropriating £14,000 to the reserve fund and other
purposes, yesterday declared a dividend of 31 per ceut.
of the last half-year of 1859.

WHITSUNTIDE HOLIDAYS:

During the week the weather has been extremely
unpropitious in its character. The stoim which raged
on 'Monday exceeded in violence the hUrricane of
the Ist Of NoVember last, *hen the Royal Charter was
lost on the coast on '\Vales. Rain has faMn alniost
daily, in large quantities; nevertheless, the tide of
visitors into Liverpool has flowed very high. The num-
ber of people who have visited us in the course of the
last few days, is something enormous. A whole town
has been added to our population ; and yet our streets
present no livelier appearance than before. Of course,
at the li!zaries, museums, and ether places of amuse-
ments, as well as upon the landing stages and at the
various places of popular resort on the other side of the
river, strangers predominate ; and they are easily dis-
tinguished from the residents, for most of them carry
mysterious-looking baskets containing a mysterious
atneunt of creature comforts which they bring with
them from their own liadalities. Why they bring them
when they could buy all the necessaries of life in Liver-
pool as cheaply, if not more cheaply, than in the manu-
facturing districts, does not appear to be known but to
themselves. Through the kindness of the station-master
on the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and London and
North-Western Railways, we are enabled to place before
our readers the following statistics of the number who
have visited us during, the week by thd cheap trips.
By the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway there arrived
on Monday from 7,000 to 8,000 persons from Blackburn ;
on Tuesday, about the same number from Preston, and
from 2,000 to 3,000 from Yorkshire ; on Friday (yester-
day), about 2,000 arrived from the districts around
Manchester ; and to-day, from 12 000 to 14,000 are
expected from the Lancashire and Yorkshire districts ;
and from 3,000 to 4,006 from Bactip and NewchUrch,
By the London and North-Western Railway -there
arrived on Monday, about 2,695; on Tuesday, abou
600; on Wednesday, about 1,600; on Thursday, abou,

3,000; and on Friday (yesterday), about 6,200. To-day,
a large number is expected; and, next week, the town
will again be flooded.