The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

SUNDAY PLEASURNO.--:-NOW that the fine weather
has set in, the Richmond of the Mersey, Seacombe,
New: Brighton, and Birkenhead Park are visited on
Sundays by thousands of persons. t'asthani is a popular
favourite ; yesterday the number of persons who, visited
it was very large.
CORONER'S INCIVEST.--On Saturday, Mr. J. Wybergh,
the deputy coroner, held an inquest on the body of a
man ;lamed John Lunt, who fell into one of the docks
and was drowned. It did not appear what state the
man was in at the time, but it was supposed he was not
quit sober. The jury returned a verdict of found
drowned. . •

THE WEATHER.—Friday there was a continuous fall
of.heavy rain, but Saturday was extremely fine, sunny
and warm, and this is calculated to improve the country
very'much. The appearance of the rural districts abou
Liverpool and the country adjoining, has much improved
and it is to be hoped that a continuance of favourable
weather will make up for the long winter and the late-
ness of the season. _ _

9CCIDEYT6 —A 'woman, named Mary Walsh, resid-
ing in Earl-street, Everton, was hustled down by a
drunken man in Chapel-street, and a loaded lorry passed
over her left leg, causing -a compound fracture, which
was found to necessitate amputation.—George Worth,
letter-carrier, residing in Prince Edwin-street, fell off the
footpath on Mann Island, and sustained a severe con-
tused ancle. - The sufferers were received at the
Northern Hospital on Saturday last. _ _

LIVERPOOL ROYAL INFIRSURY.—Return , for the
week ending May 19 :----Admitted : In-patients, 42 ;
out-patients, 34; surgical casualties, 42. Dischargell:
Cured, 16 ; relieved, and at own request, 16 ; male
out-patients, 3 ; irregular, 3 ; dead, 2 ; remain in the
house, 190. For the ensuing week : Visitors, John
Cropper, ES4. and Rev. T. B. Monk ; physician, Dr.
Turnbull ; surgeon, Mr. Bickersteth. House surgeon,
Mr. R. Harrison ;- junior house surgeon, Mr. H. G.
Rawdon . -chaplain, the Rev. Edward Poole; treasurer,
Charles iVilson.

ANNIVERSARY SERMONS.—Yesterday being the anni.7.
versary of the • United Presbyterian Scotch Church,
Mount-pleasant, the Rev. Hugh Crichton, D.D., senior
minister .of the church, preached in the morning an
appropriate address, in the course of which he iefeired
to the long period which the church had been constitu-
ted, and pointed out the many reasons they had to
return thanksgivings to Almighty God for His many
blessing's vouchsafed to' thetii. Anniversary seri-ITO-US
were also preached at the Congregational Church,
0 xton. • -
THE IST LANCASHIRE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.—On
Saturday afternoon, the members of the Ist corps of
Laqcasliire Volunteers met in full dress at the barracks
in Islington, where they were put through their drill.
They performed the various evolutions with increased
precision and ease. Somewhere about seven o'clock
they left the barracks headed by their band, and
paraded along the principal streets. As usual, they
attracted a great deal of attention from the inhabitants,
especially from,the fair ones, who crowded the windows
as they passed along. The military bearing of all the
men, their steady march, and their soldier-like appearance
generally, drew forth unqualified encomiums from all
quarters: The music of the -band, too, was unique.
The success which has attended their musical efforts
speaks well for their taste and ability, and also for the
attention bestowed on them by the band master.
THE- SCOTCH RIFLES.—The members of this corps
assembled on Saturday afterncoa at the store. house,
Great !George's-square. The corps after leaving the
square .paraded the principal streets in the neighbour-
hood, and then proceeded to Prince's Park by the new
road. The appearance of the volunteers attracted a
great number of spectators, who accompanied them to
the park. Although this corps has been formed
comparatively but a short time, it has made great pro-
gress, and the soldier-like bearing of the men excited
much Admiration. The dress which has been chosen by
this company is peculiarly neat, the coat being nearly
grey, and the trou3ers a Scotch plaid. Upon entering
the park the corps was
_joined by several other corn-
pinite who were present, including the Welsh, the Edge-
hill, and other corps. The various companies went
through their evolutions, and all were so well trained that
it would be,difficult to say which was the best. At any
rate, the Scotch Rifles, considering the time they have
been in existence, were second to none, either as regards
app_earance,•numbers, or drill.
THE COUNTRY AND TILE HIGH PRICES OF PROYI-
SIONS.—AII at once we have emerged from the middle
of .winter into sunshine. The has been no spring, con-
sequently all the green things in the garden and the
field • were excessively backward, and fears were enter-
tained •that the year of grace 1860 would be one of
scarcity.. Happily these doubts and fears have been
drowned at last in gentle showers of rain, and chased
away by the genial rays of, the summer sun. The corn
fields and the hay fields look quite refreshing ; foliage
is in its glory, and the gardens are teeming with all the
dainties of the season. The apple trees are covered
with blossoms, and' abundant crops are expected.
It would do the townsman good to emerge from the
smoke and the dust of the town into the country to
breathe the fresh air. Notwithstanding, however, the rain
and the rays of the sun, the rapid growth of the grass
and the vegetable, everything retains an enormous
price. There has been scarcely any abatement made in
the price of butter. Butchers' meat has even advanced,
and all other necessaries of life art sold at very high
charges, rendering it almost impossible for the trades-
mar. and the labourer—especially those who have large
families—to live. True, wages are at this time pretty
'high ; had it been otherwise starvation would have been
the result. _ _

~ INSOLVENTS.—InsoIvent debtors heard at Lancaster,
on Friday, the 18th of May, 1860, before Robt. Segar,
Esq., Judge of the said Court :—James Taylor, farmer
and carter, Oldham ; Joseph Lomas, warehouseman and
coinmfrcill traveller, Manchester; • Thomas Clarkson,
corn mi ler, Manchester; Robert Dean, beerseller and
power-loom weaver, Stalybridge ; William Charles Lei-
cester, tutor and piano-forte dealer, Manchester ; Joseph
Willis, chemist and druggist, Manchester; Christopher
Parker, coal dealer and beerseller, Blackburn ; Hugh
Wilson, commission agent, Manchester; Abraham
Taylor, boot and shoe maker, Church, Hear Accrington ;
Duncan Campbell,, cart-owner and rigger, Liverpool ;
John Moss, salesman, Manchester ; Morris Nathan,
boarding-lguse keeper, Manchester ; Thomases acriidweirl
slater and plasterer, Liverpool; John Riley
a it'll John
Robart Hughes) and Robert Hughes
Riley,)• paper makers, Rochdale ;
Stephen Robin-
'Willi(asianeßowre Smith,
chemist and druggist, Bolton-le-Moorse-_.,
ors ;
Thomas
son, oil and:colour dealer, B?itoa tir Hartley (sued as
Rigby, butcher, Wigan ;John
. T. Hartley), lacernan
IVarrington; William Paton,
asnd hosij, Liverpool; Charles
Collini,chernist and druggi
an
ehester ; Joseph Hallows,
-.soda-water manufacturer,
Oswaldtwistle, near Black-
grocer and provis n
' ickin son, eating-house keeper, Liverpool;
burn; William
James Lumsodhtni:,:p:ublican, Clapham, Surrey, discharged.
machinist, Manchester, two months;
Thomas Cri,i
rs
wal e , provision dealer, Manchester; John
Charles
Steele, letterpress printer, Salford—four months ; Henry
engraver and letterpress printer, Manchester,
~rl3 ry,
-.Nti-n",,--unionths. John Taylor, beerseller, Manchester ;
Richard Simpson, butcher and cattle dealer, Clitheroo ;
William Potter, car and cab proprietor, Liverpool ;
adjourned a month. Hugh Garlick, butcher, Ashton-
under-Lyne, adjourned two months. .

Sir Lawrence Palk, Bart., expired on Wednesday in
his 67th year. This family is descended from Henry
Palk, who was possessed of estates in Devonshire in the
reign of Henry VII.

The local committee who had the management of the
late meeting of the British Association at Aberdeen,
after defraying the whole expenses of the meeting, are
about to return 7s. per pound on the amount of the
sums subscribed and paid.

**.!