The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-18 00:00:00

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RHYL, DENBIGH. HOLYWELL, AND ALL
PARTS OF NORTH WALES.
.41T1 •t'-3,81/4 The quickest and cheapest route is by
THE SATELLITE, TO MOSTYN.
d.d.WL-4A- SAILING FROM LIVERPOOL.
Saturday Jan 19, 8 0 am.
Apply to Mr. John Watkins, 8, Strand-street; or to
DANIEL JAMES, 22, Union-street.

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STEAM BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.
The Glasgow and Liverpool Royal Steam
mslk4-., packet Company's p-,-;iverful Steam-ship
• PRINCES 8 ROYAL,
• -1! Captain J. M‘CHLERY ;
is intended to sail as under:—
Unless prevented by some unforeseen occurrence,
From CLARENCE DOCK, LIVERPOOL.
PRINCESS ....Tuesday Jan 22, at 11 o'clock, Forenoon
PRINCESS .... Saturday Jan 26, at 1 o'clock. Afternoon
PRINCESS ....Thursday Jan 31, at si o'clock, Afternoon
N.B.—Goods for shipment must be alongside the vessel one
hour before appointed time of sailing.
Fares :—Cabin, including Steward's Fee, 15s. ; Steerage, 6s.
Servanfq ;n Cabin, F,-;{ Fare.
11911ERT 17. 'la+e,•-ztreet. Liverpool.

HORATIO LEWIS, 67, Church-
CIGARS.— street—The best brands of CIGARS in
stock.—MEERSCHAUM BOWLS, and every
description of Smoking apparatus of the most
recent designs.

HAYLEY'S PATENT JACKS ON SALE,
Capable of Lifting: from 10 to 16 Tons. Also,
RATCHET'S IMPROVED JACKS,
To Lift about 6 Tons.
The above have been once in use.—Apply to J. and R. WILSON,
5, George's Dock Gates,

ITMOTT-RAM AND CO
BRISCOE'S NEW HALL, 374 OLDHALL-STREET,

LIVERPOOL.
EXPORT BOTTLERS OF WINES, SPIRITS,
EAST INDIA PALE ALE,
MILD ALES,
LONDON AND DUBLIN PORTER.
Carefully packed_ and delivered Free alongside ship in condition
suitable for any climate.

A. HOLDEN,
OP EXETER,
HAVING PURCHASED THE STOCK AND BUSINESS OF A
BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER,
RECENILY CONDUCTED EY MESSRS. DEIGHTON AND LAUGHTON,
(Successors to Ur. GraveI„RESPECTFULLY solicits a continuance of
that support and encouragement so long afforded by
the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public at large tc, his pradeeessors,
and he trusts, by constant and unwear;ed attention, promptness,
and moderate charges, to deserve the same.
The present Miscellaneous Stock of Books and Stationery having
Passed into his hands on favourable terms, he has determinant for a
lim:tod period, to offer the whole at a great reduction, in order to
a clearance, and make room for other purchases. A viri-
le discount will be ."^

owed for ready moi

MO PRIVATE

FAMILIES

AT ANDERSON'S, 5, CASTLE-STREET,
MERCHANTS' DINING ROOMS.

,E OLD WHISKY

Glenllvet and Islay
. Jameson's Dublin L.L.
. Fine Old Cork, L.L.

Warranted of the very finest qualities, 16s. 6d. per gallon

BRANDY, Martell's (pale or brown)
Best London GIN
Best Jamaica RUM

WINES

Fine Old FORT...
Fine Golden and Pale SHERRY..
Best .
Extraordinary Old Pale SHERRY

485.. 545.. 60s point to one "Hoary Old Sinner," and I should not wonder,
365.. 385.. 40s if he turned out to be the same who insulted his wife.
425.. 485.. 54s individual in question, whom I frequently meet passir
COs— 723 two of the most respectable public streets in the town, h.
several times insulted a female relative of mine, by jogging up
against her when passing, but ho has not dared to do it when
I have happened to be with her. I can point to another,
whose name I know, and who keeps a shop not a
hundred miles from London-road. He also has,
upon two or three occasions, insulted hgr.
Sir, it is the practice of these men, I will not call them
gentlemen, to follow respectable, unprotected females through
the public streets, and, if they happen to stop, or look at some
shop window, then they seize' the opportunity of insulting them,
no matter whether they are married or not. If this is the case
at broad daylight, what is it at dusk ? I fear there are many
THE LEEDS TIMES. INCREASE OF such men, married and unmarried, who pursue this course,
ClRCULATlON—averaging from 9,000 to 10,000 and who ought to be made a public example of. It is to be
Copies Weekly. regretted the females have not the courage to give these
The LEEDS TIMES is now at the head of all the Yorkshire weekly men into custody. Ido hope, however, they-will meet with
journals, one of the best family papers, and an excellent medium
for advertisements. their match some day, and thereby be made to learn a lesson
P.S —Copy forwarded on receipt of four stamps. for the future. Can nothing be done to put down this crying,
detestable, abomination ?—Yours, &c., h.
NORTH LANCASHIRE. Liverpool, January 17, 1856.
THE PRESTON CHRONICLE, which has
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been established upwards of 40 years, has a large
circulation among all classes in the towns of Preston, Blackburn,
Darwen, Clitheroe, Accrington, Padiham, Haslingden, Fleetwood,
Kirkham, Poulton, Blackpool, Lytham, Garstang, Lancaster, Chor-
ley, Wigan, Ormakirk, Southport, &c. &c., as well as among the TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.
agricultural population of the Fylde and West Lancashire, and the Sir,—ln your publication of Wednesday there is a letter
"istracy and gentry of the entire county, especially among those •
signed "Victor," and headed as above. The writer has made
-•orthern division. The "Chronicle" is thus an excellent
or advertisements, which are Inserted on moderate terms, a mistake in the word " charges"—it should be "over
e amount of the duty being allowed to the public. In order charges, or, perhaps more properly still, " boatmens' extortions."
prices of advertifacilitisemen ts ha ve es to a large
hitherto prohibited fronaava class whom the comparativeiling hig The complaint made by "Victor" is much below the mark.
ly
them.h
selves of the best way of making their wants known, an advertise-
The same complaint was made by the writer of this letter
ment in the newspaper is charged only Is. 6d. for advertisements of before a select committee of the House of Commons, in
four lines, or not more than 30 words; and 2s. for eight lines, or 60 March, 1854, and the very same remedy suggested; and this
words, when paid in advance. The scale of words is adopted to
allow persons at a distance to accompany their orders for advertise. appears in your columns of that date. The NORTHERN TIMES
ments with remittances of postage stamps. being the only (Liverpool or London) journal that published
Several applications having been made for a scale of charges for a report of the proceedings of that committee in extend. I
small advertisements to appear weekly, to allow of tradesmen and
re
others keeping their addresses or other announcements regularly know it was the intention of the legislatu
before the public, we are induced to adopt the following very low a clause in the present Emigration Act, to have embodied
similar to that which
scale of charges for such advertisements, when paid quarterly, in now regulates the " emigrant runners," and which has proved
advance:—
so salutary, but it was overlooked, or forgotten, in framing the
bill. A short rider to the present act, to the effect named,
codld be introduced by Our present representative, Mr.
Ewart, and to prove the necessity of it, allow me
to mention a single case, out of hundreds, that
I know of. The ship Phoenix was in the river abreast of the
landing stage, bound for Australia. The day she sailed I
NORTH BRITISH DAILY MAIL received a letter from Dublin for a passenger, but I could not
_I is now reduced in price (though not in size), to get a boat to pull me to the vessel—about 1,000 yards—until
TWOPENCE, lINSTAMPED I THREEPENCE, STAMPED I paid the boatmen 15s. ! The time occupied was exactly
The DAILY MAIL contains all the News of the day, seven minutes, so that I had to pay more than 2s. per minute
condensed and selected from the principal newspapers, as for the pull over. This is a positive disgrace to Liverpool, and
well as correspondence from the various districts of the should be remedied. The evil is well known, and emigration
country. To Local News of every kind a large space is agents should be the first to grapple with it.—l am, sir, your
devoted; and it contains exclusively the Latest Intelli- obedient servant, THE SUGGESTOR OF THE
E
gence from all parts of the Continent received
of other boySeurbmpzienrse
Telegraph, generally a day in d
It has been for some years the leading and Anost influentia Liverpool, 16th January, mIMBSR6A. RUNNERS' BADGES.
TION
Journal in the West of Scotland, and has at present a dr-
culation greater than that of some of the London Morning TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'NORTHERN TIMES.
Journals; but as a large increase will result from the re- Sir,—.l observed in your instructive columns, a few days
duction in price, no better medium exists for such Adver- since, a useful letter on the enormities of the Mersey boatmen,
tisements as are addressed to the wealthy and influential every
nt opinion
inoni
noa n of which I subscribe to, and every fact I can
classes of Glasgow, and the wide-spread, populous verify. But I wish to trespass on your space, to urge that in
manufacturing districts around and dependent upon the the reforms required should be included another' class of boat-
western Capital. .
amreenex
To all places where Railway or Steamboat facilities ex- - attending upoen:nsesdhiipns "n Veina ttoe rrsi.n"g letter,
an d le
avviizn. g
thosedo
ek . employed
It is
s wellin
tend, arrangements will be made to send the DAILY known to all connected with shipping that these individuals
MAIL in parcels, Unstamped ; but if the post-office is used
and bullies in a flagrant degree, and their con-
fer transmission, the Papers must be stamped, which will, .• .
however, entitle them to retransmission as often as desired mums imposition on ICaptaine, who must at times employ
for a limited period after Publication. them, or injure their ships, calls for their being immediately
The price of the NORTH BRITISH DAILY MAIL put under wholesome regulations, and the careful surveillance
will be-- of a strict officer, with power to enforce s distinct tariff of
Unstamped, " Stamped, charges. Whilo writing I may add, it would be desirable to
In Advance. In Advance. include steam-tug boats in these arrangements, and let them
For a Quarter,... ..14s. 6d. l3s. Ds. 6d. ...... 20s. ply only by license, and at fixed fair charges. London cannot
~ a Half-year, ...295. 26s. 438. ......40S. boast our extent of docks or shipping, yet there is a numerous
,! a Year, ..... ... fils. .. ..525. 86s. ...... 80s. and efficient water police on the Thames. Why not on te
A first-class Daily Paper can thus be had for a shilling
y Merse also? The Conservators of the River and Harbouhr
a week, and to a club of four the cost will be only threy-
pence each. should bestir themselves, and be able to boast that this port
Orders received at the MAIL Offices— is not only the largest in the world, but the best regulated,
102 to 114, "UNION STREET, GLASGOW. afloat and ashore also.—l am, sir, yours respectfully,
14, SOILITII ST ANDREW STREET, EDINBURGk Wrawocrr.
A by all Country News-agern, Liverpool, 17th January, 1856.

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CHAMPAGNE AND OTHER WINES

A SINGLE BOTTLE OF ANY OF THE ABOVE SOLD,

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