The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-27 00:00:00

GREAT GATHERING AT MOLD•

Yesterday, at Mold, there was a public wee_ of
of the electors of Flintshire, called with a vie" of
giving Sir Stephen Glynne an opportunit7 to
declaring his political principles, as a candida
for the representation of the county. oot-
It having been announced that the Right .4 as
W E. Gladstone would take a prominent
the meeting, caused a numerous attendance'a,gied
The right hon. gentlemaridelivered a leng'__,AP- icy
address, in the course of which the entire r-
of Lord Palmerston was ably reviewed.

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DUBLIN AND KINGSTOWN RAILWAY.—At the - „sth
and Kingstown half yearly meeting, to be held on the Ao_p_
inst., the directors will declare a dividend of four per C
free of income tax.
to the
The Borysthene, steam packet, from Marseilles 2.e1,
East, carries out as passengers the four brothers of Ashuu 0
Kader., They are accompanied by their wives, as well
eight children of the Emir, five of whom are very
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These personages, who have with them a suite of eight`'„ ed
persons, will land at Beyrout, whence they will proceoo
to Damascus to join their brother. There are 210 to
board the Borysthene thirty Christian pilgrims going
Jerusalem.
ROBBERY OF £I6O.—A daring robbery was comet to,
at Greeenock on Monday, in broad daylight and close be,
a crowded thoroughfare. About four o'clock in lip
afternoon, a contractor who had arrived by the Ari:o
steamer a couple of hours previously. was decoyed by'
girls of the town, named Jane Ferguson and .11—•
M'Loskey, into an entrance in Taylor's Close, wheye
was attacked by them and several other women, 10
forcibly robbed of a pocket book containing £lO. A to
attempt was made to take his watch, but he managt
save it after a severe !struggle with the harpies, by wi'Z'oy
he was very roughly treated. Ferguson and Wisn,!"„o_
have been apprehended, but the money has not og"
recovered.
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SAVING LIFE—NOBLE CONDUCT OF THE tsB-311
FISHERMEN.—On the 16th instant a boat laden Inir,
sulphur ore was struck by a heavy sea on the bar of Arkletto
filled, and sank, immersing the crew, of five men, in, RI
foaming surf. One man chug to a board and drifted
great peril until he was rescued by four fishermen w.,
launched a yawl from the beach, and dashed through tr.,
waves to save him. Another was picked up by a light 4
exposed to the same sea that sank the boat, leaving to.
three remaining men in the utmost danger; seeing Wbt
four fishermen jumped into a small boat in the 132 J
and drove through waves that nearly swamped it, stow',,'"
the imminent risk of their own lives, saved the
poor men from watery graves: They could not have s"
vived four minutes longer. Two of the last four writ.
fellows were lately under prosecution for the Irraillm'
and thus have already nobly vindicated the character
often given to them by their parish priest, Father Reda:l°ll.o'
A WARNING TO PASSIONATE FATHERS.—A farmer I
tee',
the Cape Colony had just received £4O in bank 11° if
which he left on the table while he went out of the hotly;
to speak to a friend. In the room where the notes BLft,er"
left two or three children were playing. During tP7o'
father's absence one of them took the notes and put Wed
into the fire. The farmer, on re-entering the room, asitd
" where the paper money was P" The child answerer:
" that he thought they were only common pieces of pset
and he had burned them." In the heat of the nioro°''a
the father struck the child an awful blow on the ear, se
he fell dead. His wife, who was in the next roool'
putting an infant into a bath, rushed out on hearing g°
exclamation, leaving her child alone. After some minuteo
she returned, and found that the infant had fallen Wt.
the bath during her absence, and life wax already esti,rectio
But the terrible tragedy was not yet complete. a
unhappy father, on hearing of the second loss, occasioney..
by his own rashness, took down his gun and shot biro°.
NORTH LANCASHIRE.—LORD CAVENDISH AT ACCRIS:i
TON.—On Wednesday, Lord Cavendish addressed a crawl.%
meeting of the electors of Accrington polling distriot,whicof
numbers about 000 voters for the northern divisinn ,d.
Lancashire, in the New Jerusalem school room, adjOure;
' from the Red Lion Inn. F. Steiner, Esq., the diviner;
in opening the proceedings, referred to the services of Mess
Cobden and Bright—(three cheers were here given for thr;
gentlemen) —and thought that they should now heelisi
movement in favour of reform. After expressing 1:1131°°-
of Lord Palraerston's foreign policy, he called upou 111'
lordship, as the candidate for North Lancashire, to "'Aress
the meeting. Lord Cavendish declared himself fson:
of progressive reform, and his intention to give satipport t;
Lord Palmerston, so far as consistent. 1114,4 question
having been asked and answered, Jamea Fjiropson, TPrciti
moved, and James Grimshaw, gsq. seconds d .‘ That
Cavendish is a fit and propertort
Lancashire in parliament." The Railliarns
~ Charles
then moved a rider " And that thr wing trusts ttl?,
Lord Cavendish will not support 7 ordmPalmerston 0001!
the foreign policy and the opposi' toreform which Wt.
characterised the past career o' n
re„eaten
that statesman, be 14, our
in future." The feeling of the meetin was greatly in d
of the rider, and Mr. S
--inW in, to prevent division, adde
_ly.
to the original motica, 'Alicia was carried unaniraohusrleo
The meeting, after the; usual vote of thanks, gave
cheers for Cobden; eV. Bright, and three groans for
Palmerston. per-On r a represent
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