The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-06-29 00:00:00

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

A large meeting is about to be held in Manchester,
for rendering aid to Garibaldi.
iiirLENHEAD.—Yesterday afternoon, about half-past
_ three o'clock, a labourer, named Henry Parry, residing
I at' 70, Athol-street, Liverpool, fell into the bottom of
the Birkenhead Docks; from a scaffolding„ and sustained
very severe injuries about the back of the head and
arms. He was conveyed to the hospital, where he
remains in a very dangerous condition.
SiE4,LINI3 TROUSERS.—At the Birkenhead Police-
_ court, yesterday, before Messrs. Barton, CoXon, and
...:Bryans. a woman named Elizabeth Grey was brought
up on remand on a charge of stealing ,a pair of trousers
• and various other articles, the property of a' Mrs.
liioardle, St. Ann-street. The prosecutor refused to
appear to press the charge ; therefore, the prisoner was
dismissed..
.CHEMISTA' ASSOCIATION.—The nineteenth and last
Meeting of the present session was held last night, in
*llO Royal Institution, Colquitt-street. Dr. Edwards,
the president, occupied the chair, and read a paper
entitled " Deviations from the Pharmacopoeia:" The
secretary exhibited specimens of black briery and other

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planta: fihe principal business of the evening was the

distribution of prizes to the successful pupils of the
Pharmny class. The first prize, a handsomely-bound
copy of "Miller's Chemistry," was given to Mr. Job
Preston, and the second, " Christison on Poisons," to
Mr. James Whiteside Wade.
TaE POLICE.—The number of police of England and

Wales, according to a return made up to Michaelmas

lest, was 20,597, which would give one policeman for
. every 870 persons. But of course the number varies
, greatly in different parts of the country. • In Mend-les-
' ter it is one for 502 residents; in Liverpool, one for 302;
in the city of London, one for 210. In rural populations
it is much smaller; in Suffolk only one in 1.602. The
cost of the force for the. year was £1,485,029, of which
the Government contributed £310,205.
GREAT SALE OF"Snips,--Yesterday, at the Brokers'
Saleroom, Walmer-buildings, . Water-street,. Messr.
Curry, Kellock and Co. offered for sale. a number of
ships, among which were the following :---The brig
Laurel, 149 tons register, lying in Prince's Dock ; the
bids not reachinc, the reserve this vessel was not sold.
The A 1 barqn;Lucy, 386-tons register, lying in King's
, Dock, sold for £1,600. The barque Elgin,.lying in the
Canada Dock, not sold. The Clyde-built barque Nel-
son, 603 tons register, not sold. The Btitish. barque
Charles Brownell, 384 tons, sold for £2,200. The Cum-
berland brig Mazeppa, 134 tons register, not sold. The
A. 1 barque Queen Margaret, of London, 504 tons,
52,800. There was a good attendance, but the bidding
Was slow. Messrs. Tonge and Co. also offered a number
of ships for sale, at their rooms, in Rumford-street. The
1,1 bids, however, did not approach the reserve, except in
0.0 one case, that of one of the canal steamers.
WOREHOUSE COXMITTEE.—The usual weekly meeting
" of this committee was held yesterday. Mr. Churchwarden

Y.,Vrapper occupied the chair, and the other gentlemen
.present were Messrs. Critchley, Whitty, Satchell, Smith,

4" Scott, Williams, E. Byford. - The medical re ort for the
' week stated that the number of cases at last report was
682 ; new cases, 180 ; discharged, 137; died, 25 ; re-,
=lining under treatment, 601. The number of paupers
itt the house this week-was 1,864,. being an increase of
-44 during the week, and of 73 as compared with the
corresponding week of last year. During the week
ousting the 23rd instant, the number of vagrants were—