The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1848-05-09 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE NEW REGULATIONS AFFECTING TUB  CORONER'S COURT.  At the close of the business in this Court, the Coroner, Mr. Curry, in dismissing the jury, ar,st.., whom had served for years, took occasion to address tne.T_ not as jurymen, but as citizens and loyal subjects, al! new law framed by the Common Council affecting to!! Court ; and which he said would come into operation.,ool Monday (yesterday). It was, he said, the duty of tx*, them to accord with the requirements of the law, and give to every new legal measure the fairest possible u-wa't From the oldest period he could recollect, the jurorsA coroner's inquests received one shilling each, for es case that came under their consideration. When be Wad elected to the office of coroner, that allowance was r, on Saturclady, to one shilling and sixpence, and considering the they had to perform, he did not think that amount T.. much. The change in the regulations of that court orlP_ nated, he believed, with one or two, or perhaPs tbrr. members of the Council ; but he deemed it would be ink' dious to allude to individuals, for they, no doubt..a conscientiously, though in this case he certainly (lid pet agree with them as to the policy of the new law: Ile„,, pecially disagreed with the doing away with the Wilts, of jurors. The new system, too, was to pay to a vrit.Wth whatever were his station in life, only one shilling. regard to rich men he did not care much for this enangi: but to a poor man, earning by his hard labour, say be a-day, the case was widely different ; for he would Le compelled to attend, and must go home to his '' ..f,44 and children after, it may be, a detention frome work of a whole day with but one shilling to 175 them, in place of three, which he would otherwise 117. : earned. This lie considered was a great bards1 t The juror, with all his responsibilities and his powers,e considered had even as much to do as himself, and he not see why they should not be, in some degree,,..e munerated for the trouble and loss of time. With resra to picking up bodies in the river, a rule was laid doll s one allowance to be given if a body were picked up 111 as calm, and another if in a storm. The jurisdiction 0 reward in these cases was taken from him, and he Pre' sumed he must be careful to ascertain personallY tie peculiar stale of themeather. The coroner's court walll4' under the new law, be an itinerant court—now at Kirkan then at Toxteth-park, and then at other outskirts, la central districts, in one day. New juries would have be got in each district. The system would entail gr'"'",io • additional trouble on himself, and also on the beri;: without, as he conceived, any advantage to the Ptl";t There was another important point. The proceedings.`", inquests ought to go forth to the public, and he:mu_st7"t that the reporters for the press had hitherto done all could be expected—ever attending to any suggesticas . remarks of his that went to forward the cause of 101,Ambilcjustice. But how was it now. The court would be a " Will-o'-the-Wisp."The reporters would have hunt him out as they best could. The coroner then Pal': a high compliment to the ability and intelligence of jury.  The foreman of the jury, Mr. John Owens, then, 511, behalf of himself and colleagues, acknowledged the mod. ness and urbanity of the coroner on all occasions. Adr, The first inquests under the new law will be held to-uli one of them is a hospital case, and the other a case suicide.  ALL SAINTS' MsTatar.—We are very much. gratified to learn that the minister of the above important locality has arranged that, on Sunday next, the 14th instant, two sermons (D.V.) will be preached in the temporary church, Beau-street, out of Fox-street, in behalf of the schools connected therewith, and to relieve him of a heavy burden of a debt consequent on the late alterations for public worship •being held there until the new church is ready. The advocates who have come forward to, aid the Rev. H. Marlen, are the Rev. F. Parry and the Rev. J. H. Jones. Though we feel assured their influence will happily tend to attract many persons, yet the room being of such small dimensions will admit of but few, comparative to the great object in hand : so that if there be others of our readers anxious to testify their desire to help in alleviating the beloved and indefatigable pastor of the district, they can do so by sending to his residence, 29, Sackville-street, Everton, or any little contribution to our office.  THE WEATHER, &c.—During the week we have had some delightful weather, which has already done much to redeem the previous backwardness of vegetation. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were fine summer days, especially the last, when the thermometer stood in the shade at about 70°, a high temperature for this time of the year. The wind has since been variable, and some— times coldish. The ground and roads became very dry, but yesterday norning before and after dawn, we had some refreshing showers, and the country assumed a brighter verdure. The husbandman still, however, longs for more moisture, and appearancesare in his behalf. The Wheats have somewhat improved, but still show a yellow tinge in some fields, which is not over promising. Others have partially failed here and there, being bare on the ground, and some apprehensions are entertained of the devastation of the wire worm, which we hope will net be realized. The grasses have improved, but are short of water to feed them. The gardens look beautiful, and there is a good show for fruit.  la4~.  ING TIM