The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-05 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE•

THE HIPPOPOTAMI:S.—From several advertisemeut6-
in to-day's paper it will be seen that the hippopotamus.
has arrived at the Zoological Gardens. •
ARCHITECTURAL AND AKCILEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.--
Last evenino the thirteenth-meeting of the session was
held at the Royal Institution; Mr. Horner in .the chair'
Mr. Chantate exhibited specimens of Minton tile, also
a water-closet apparatus. The president showed solo
cement castings of considerable beauty. Mr. Robert
Rawlinson read an elaborate paper on sanitary progress.
THE FIFTY YEARS' STRUGGLE OF THE SCOTT'S°
COVENANTERS.—A most able and interesting lecture
upon this subject was delivered at Hope Hall last night',
by the celebrated James Dodds, Esq. The lecture,
which is the second of the series, fully 'sustained the
high. reputation the lecturer enjoys in literary circles;
and the attendance, though not by any means common:
surate with the lecturer's talents, showed a gres'
improvement on preceding occasions. The lecturer
loudly applauded throughout; and, we have no doubt
that the excellence of last night's discourse Xll Operate
favourably in increasing. the attendance a Ms nest
lecture, which will be delivered to-night,
INQunsrs.—The following inquests were helli Ve9;
terday.—On the body. of Wm. Lynis, four and a-1011'
years,, son of a labourer residing in 24, Ford-street.
A fortnight ago he upset upon himself a pot of boil
tea, which stood on the hob, and was severely scald?
on '
the back. He died on Tuesday. Verdict, "
dentally scalded."—On the body of Mary Lynch,'
years of age, residing at 16, Lower Frederick-stye
e'
On Thursday last, about noon, she staggered—frelf
drunkenness—against a horse, attached to a cart, stall'''.
ing in Bath-street. The horse started, and then 1
wheel. passed over her leg, which was fractured se
Bruised. She expired at the Northern Hospital 0,11
Tuesday. Verdict, " Accidental death."—On the 11
of William Lancaster, twenty years of age, who fe.
down the hold of the Lydia M.llenry. Verdict, " Aecv
dental death:" • 4
STANLEY WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION.—OH
day evening,the Jast of the usual winter session of free
lectures connected.with this institution was delivered I"
St. Ann's National Ochool-room, by Mr. Hilton Gardner;
8.A., the subject selected being•the "Natural nista)
of Salt." The lecturser gave much instructive infores,st:
tion regarding the proLluction and manufacture of s3l,
pointing out, at the same time, the very great importsec"
of the article, which is, perhaps, in some degree, eel;
looked in this country, from the very plentiful suPlici
existing: At the conclusico of the lecture a vote ,
thanks was proposed, and cordially responded to 1)1'7
present. The Rev. ThoS. Gardner occupied' the eil!)„,
On the Ist of May the summer arrangements of
association commence, and everything bids fair ferm
continuance of that energy and success which has 50,70
characterised all the proceedings connected with
institution

WEST DERBY Ur/mg.—The following is the
anee of guardians daring .50 weeks of the year 1859-7.:,
Aintree, Isaac Edwards 26 tines"; 'Allerton; Ge°74
Green 4 ; Bootle, Henry Morris 18 =eyes
sild2w7 ; all,L.Ji°t!
Davis 6; Great Crosby, J;...‘szes'
Crosby, Richard Rainford 5 • _UvertOri, Wilson Le
r`
37, Henry Edwards 29, Richard hawe 39,
Roberts 40 ;: Garston, Geforge Wood 13; • Ince-1310%
T. R. Clarker7;, Kirkby, Edmund Ward 6 • Kill 01,
T. W. Medcalf 39, George Pitts 47 ; 'Litherle4;
Richard Mawdsley Rose
•Lunt, Thomas 1301'
Netherton, .William oe 27 ; Sefton, .Tce:l,rtia4t,on,
haw 23.; Thornton, John Richmond 36 ;. 361
John Wareham 47; Wavertree, William Parla
James Birch '3 ; West Derby, John Abrahams 46, • .101
Whitby 30, James French 12, James Wensley 29,
Pilling 49, Peter Garratt 31.
WRECK OF A LIVERPOOL SHIP IN CARDIGAN DA'. k
PORT. MADOC, Monday night.—About seven o'elc'ek;
yesterday morning, a large barque was seen on the reco
called Sam Badrig, near this place, during a hem g
of wind. She proved to be the Oberon, of Liveiß „te"
from the Brazils, with a valuable cargo. The life-
of the National Life-boat Institution, stationed
Criecuth, was immediately manned, launched, and P`',#
ceeded off to the distressed ship. At "a great distanlcia
from the land a boat was seen full of people rowing `'
a-very heavy sea. The life-boat forthwith directed bet
course to the distressed boat. After a hard pull of
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hour and a half in a heavy sea, and in the few of
strong gale,' the boat was, reached. There were f0r.11,.
in her fifteen of the ship's crew, in a most exhauste
state, and quite 'unable to manage her. They had bee.
in the open boat the whole of the bitter cold nish;
They were at once taken in charge by the life-b Oat, anu
afterwards brought safely to land bye her. One poor
fellow, however, soon after died from exhaustion
rehching the shore. The captain and crew had ce
aban-
doned all hope of .being saved; but avhen they saw
flag of the life-boat their courage revived, and theyiecoonl'se
tinned to struggle with the elements until its We ,ne
arrival. The Barmouth life-boat, belonging to the seimt
valuable institution, had put off to the wreck, and gr,e4
was the crew's regret on finding no one on board, L`'
Port Madoc boat having picked up the crew unlin°'
to the BarmOuth one.' A n
LANCASHIRE ,CONGREGATIONAL
tea meeting, in connection with the 'annual meeting,; ,4
the 'Lancashire Congregational Union, took place 170
night, at the Rev. Hugh Stowell -Brown's chapel,
Myrtle-street. Tea, to which a large congrention
down, was laid on the table at six' o'clock. congregation
down,
in the absence of the Rev. Dr. Raffles, who was siuj,:r,
ing from indiiposition, Mr. Edmund Dawson, of Laneas;ci
took the chair; and a hymn having been sun"' id
prayers said, the Rev. J. Gwyther, of Manchestea, ro
of
• an-abstract 5f the, report, showing the spiritual stoteic:l
the churches of the Union. Whilst the committee ss ice
great deal to be grateful for, they still invited a continna,.'ol
of prayer, by the aid-of which much greater evangno,
good might be accomplished than had been done; no-
in the last twelve months three churches, at Aecvp
ton, Horwieh, and Fleetwood, had declared theaget of
independent of the Union's aid inn monetary Pc)irltei
, view-, and another—a Liverpool church—was esPeAv to
to be so in six months hence. Attention was calle"tbe
the latencss of the season at which most of tri•
churches sent in their collections ; and larger c.,,„.11411,
butions were earnestly invited. The Rev. John -P'„wort,
of Liverpool, moved the adoption"of the Too
which was seconded by the ,Rev. E. Giles, of flultoof
and passed.--.--The Rev. J. G. Rogers, 8.A., of Asuoa
delivered an address upon the progress of Lane3sod
during the last ten years, in population, wealth' ,
intelligence, remarking as a preliminary that tiler' aof
more money in the hands of the treasurer at the 8;1001
this year t)lan for many years previously. He laid up•iii,
- the population of the county at 2,400,000, who, he The
possessed matchless .energy and. marvellous power.
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population were divided into agricultural and conole'or
•Lancashire was, in his oWdon, doomed "'to play eniteri,
portant part in the politics of the country. TheY t
looking forward to the time when the Governnlett e.
the country would be more in the hinds of the Peke.
He spoke briefly on the. trade spirit of the t'A
condemning strikes, whilst he looked favolli."„0
upon healthy combinations of working pee'pai
he concluded a very able and eloquent speech by Of
upon the Lancashire Union, and' Christian men ° der
denominations, to do their duty. , The Rev. Aleolol
Frazer, M.A., of Blackburn, read a paper on the tie
which the progress ,of the country 'imposed ol C.
churches; which was followed by the. Rev.
Stallybrass, of Wavertree, on "Christian life the e.„'"ceir
of future reward.". The Rev. W. if, k'arkinson! Pthe
, dale, spoke on the encouragement which the enli!,, the
had a right to expect in discharging their duty rg.
country ; and votes of thanks terminated the meet'
'GREAT FIGHT FOR 'IS
CHAMPIONSIIIP.