Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-09 00:00:00

THE COURT

Hcr Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the
Prince. Consort, accompanied by Prince Leopold and the
Princess Alice, .took a drive in an open carriage and four
on Friday afternoon. Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieutenant-
Colonal PortsOrikY attended'on.horsebaOk.'

The Prince Consort rode on horseback in the forenoon,

attended by his Equerry in waiting.
The Queen and Prince Consort honoured the perform-
ance at the Haymarket Theatre with their presence on Friday
evening. The Royal suite consisted of Lady Macdonald,
the Hon. Horatio. Stopford, Lord Byron, Lord Charles
Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Colonel Ponsonby.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Susan Leslie Melville, Miss Victoria Wortley, and
Sir George Couper, arrived at her residence, Clarence
House, St.. James's, on Friday afternoon, from Frogmore.

On Saturday afternoon her Majesty held her second
Drawing-room this season at St. James's. Palace. The pre-
sentations were very numerous, and .the beauty of the
weather brought a large assemblage of spectators. Her
Majesty and the Prince Consort were loudly cheered on
their way from Buckingham Palace.
Her Majesty will hold a chapter of the Order of the Bath

on Thursday next, the 12th inst., at Buckingham Palace,

for the investiture of several of the last nominated members

to the order

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

FATAL ACCIDENT.--011 Saturday, a man, named Richard
Bullock, a fireman on board the Laconia, was killed in -the
Sandon graving-dock, in consequence of tho breaking of a
stage, and he fell into the dry dock, and was killed on the

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday afternoon,
as the ship Arica was coming up the river, EdWard Cassiday
fell from the main-top-yard on to the deck, and received such
injuries that he died while being conveyed to the Northern
Hospital.
AMERICAN MAILS. —The British and North American
Royal 'mail. steamer, Canada, Captain Lang, sailed for
Boston, via Halifax, on Saturday afternoon, with about 100
passengers, a full- cargo of British and Continental- manu-
factured goods, and the semi-weekly mails.'

ST. A:VNE'S DISPENSARY AND EYE AND EAR INSTITU-
TION, 13, Rose Hill. New patients entered on the books
last week, viz :—Relieved at the institution, 202 ; relieved
at their own dwellings, 49 ; total, 251. Visitors—Messrs.
E. -Watts, and G. Jordan. Hon. secretary and treasurer,
Joseph Kitchen.LEsq.
FIRE AT A BISCUIT MANUFACTORY:—Yesterday after-
noon, a fire broke out on .the premises of Mr. Haylock,
steam biscuit manufacturer, Lydia Ann-street. Alarm
being given, the reels from Hatton Garden, Seel-street, and
the West of England Company were soon on the spot, and
the flames were speedily subdued. The damage done was
trifling, and the owner is fully insured in the Norwich
Union.

LIVERPOOL ROYAL INVIRMARY.---ROWITI for the week
ending May 7th, 1859. Admitted: in-patients, 39 ; out
patients, 24; surgical casualties, 27. Discharged: cured,
19 ; relieved, and at own request, 8 ; made out-patients
9.; irregular, 1; dead, 5 ; remain in the house, 163.
For the ensuing week : Visitors : Messrs. E: Gibbon Eiq.,
and Rev. R. Leicester ; physician, Dr. Vose ; surgeon, Mr.
Stubbs ; house :surgeon,
,Mr. T. S. Walker ; junior
house surgeon, Mr: Y. Allen ; chaplain, Rev. IL J. Garrod,
A.B. Robert Hutchison, treasurer.
MR. AND MRS. BARNEY WILLIAAS.—It can scarcely be
necessary to do more than call attention to .the' fa7ct that,
Mr and Mrs. Barney Williams make -their appearance in
the Theatre Royal to-night, and that the brief engagement
they now commence is the last they will undertake in Liver-
pool previous to their return to America. No actors of the
present day have been more successful in obtaining a wide
popularity than Mr. and Mrs. Williams; and there is pro-
bably no, part of the United Kingdom.where they have been
received with 'more admiration than in tiverpool..
" IN PEACE PREPARE FOR WAR."—Following this well-
known maxim, why not set about forming in all our large
towns a " Volunteer Force ? " Liverpool could furnish
her 2,000 men—good and true ones—from eighteen to thirty,
who would purchase their own accoutrements, and be an
effective army of defence. By this means the regular force
might be held for foreign service exclusively. The small
force now drilled into the efficiency of regulars by Cornet
Bousfield, of Percy-street, is evidence of what can be done ;
they were highly complimented by Colonel Hesketh at the
last militia drill. England could easily furnish 200,000 of
such a force, and, independently of other considerations, the
drill is a healthful and manly accomplishment.—B. G.
THE LIVERPOOL FUNERAL REPOSITORY.---A new estab-
lishment for supplying hearses, mourning coaches, and all
necessary funeral appendages, has been opened at No. 7,
Oldham-street. For the hearse a novel and appropriate de-
sign has been adopted. It is in the form of a tomb, over
which rises a canopy supported by draped figures, repre-
senting mourners. At the top of the canopy appears a re-
presentation of Time, bearing his scythe and hourglass.
Other emblematical figures are also introduced in accordance
with the.character of the design. The, mourning coaches
are neat and appropriate, and the funeral paraphernalia
altogether exhibits many new and improved features, adopted
by the proprietors to meet the requirements of all classes or
the community.

ALARMING FIRE AT BIRKENHEAD.—Yesterday evening,
this township was thrown into considerable uproar, by the
outbreak of fire, in the premises occupied by Mr. Charles
A. Taylor, ironmonger, Argy.le-street. The fire, of the
origin of which nothing certain is known, seems, to have
broken out in the front shop, for on the window shutters
being removed, the flames burst forth in the most alarming
manner possible. The whole of the goods in the shop, as
well as the household furniture in the premises adjoining,
have been either partially or wholly destroyed by the fire
and the water. The engines, under the direction of Super-
intendant Birnie and a numerous body of the constabulary,
-were early on the ground, and succeeded in extinguishing
the flames. The proprietor, Mr. Taylor, was unfortunately
out of town at the time of the occurrence, and had left the
premises in charge of a servant, who had gone to walk in
the park. At first, great fears of an explosion were enter-
tained, as -to there being gunpowder on the premises. The
shop adjoining is occupied by Mr. John Green, druggest, in
whose stores are various inflammable goods.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENs.--The season' for out-door amuse-
ment has now fully arrived, and with it a more than usual
amount of attraction has been presented to the public of
Liverpool at the Zoological Gardens. During the past
fortnight, young people of both sexes have been enjoying
themselves heartily by participating in the varied amuse-
ments which are afforded. The representation of Mount
Etna is such as to make the spectator imagine
that he is at the very foot of the volcano;
but, of course, with all the pleasing reflection
of being perfectly secure from the lava which
pours down in liquid streams on every side of
the mountain at an eruption. The splendid fireworks in-
troduced in connection with this subject are of the most
pleasing and varied description, and reflect great credit on
the lessee for his judgment in pleasing the tastes
of " the million." 'The- entertainments of Professor Buck,
consisting of physical and natural magic, are a great spume
of attraction. " A grand cYcluriuna of our natlssliand ", is

also introduced, and for the truthfulness of the scenes she
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people have already vouched. Amusements of
importance are so numerous, that it would be impossible for
us to convey anything like a correct idea of their variety,
but direct all who wish to be pleased and gratified to Pal
these gardens a visit.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.— On Saturday, the deputy-
coroner, J. IL Statham, Esq., held the following inquests;
—On-the body of John E. Mills, late the captain uf
schooner Satyr, in the Bing's dock. It appeared that he
was about 3.5 years of age, and had been in delicate heal,tbe
for the last three months, and complained of pains in. We
chest, shortness of breathing, and pains in his bead. 0
dropped dead in the Pheasant Inn, 232, Park-road,
it
Friday evening, where he went in and asked liberty to st
down for a moment, saying he was very ill. V'erdieol:
t, Died of natural causes."—On the body of vas
Lindsay Lums4lain, thirty years of age, wh° Icat
deseribed as an " independent gentleman," and residing te
Lathallan, in Fifeshire. James Buict, the butler in it ft
family of deceased, stated that on the 20th April. be'go
home with the deceased, and since that time they had %el
in London and Brighton, and deceased drank veryfreelY,ll3_l6,f,
whiskey, when at home. They arrived here on 'grebe'''.
and went to Chester races on Thursday. They were stopPllo
at the Angel, and on Friday morning the witness liven
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his bedroom at eight o'cloek, by appointment, but he
deceased.was not there, and on enquiry be found thO
had not been in all night. He made enquiry, and fort/01
the police had taken a person to the Northern 11°5P.
that answered the description. He went there and sa
deceased. He had a gold watch, tha+ was miss —%
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Constable Moore, 6'708, said ha found the deceased sittnig
the stepS of a warehouse in Silkhouse-Zane, about h3illsit,
nm. Pin Priancr inhavnincr • ha wan fral+Mnn• nat of the /o°-,tua

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and appeared to be in a dying stag
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hospital, said h° and
made a post . mrtein examination of the body,
found the cause of death to be apoplexy, and in his Oily
it was from excessive driuking. .There was a-mreat clu3n
. .
Vei•diet, " Died of execs'
hild, named M‘Laran, 1
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