The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-06 00:00:00

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Balboche, of Belfast, hence to Aden, in lat. 35, lon. /8 W., Oct.
30, in a gale of wi Id.—Biteral, American clipper, hen e to Hong
Kong, Sept. SO, by the Wan ,ta, March, arrived at Calcutta.

FOREIGN PORTS.

Benjamin Heape, from Manila for Melbourne, Dec.l2
Earl of Carrick (s.s.), from Balaklava at C,n:tantinople, and
cleared for lvarseilles.
Thessalia (s.s.), from Constantin(
Teneriffe ('.s.), Bell, from Smyr4a at Malta, and left for England,
Feb. 21.:
African
Feb. 1

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from Alexandria at Malt

from Constantinop'e at Malts

MARRIAGI

On the 4th instant, at Pitt street Wesleyan Chapel, by the Rev.
J. G. Wilson, Mr. Richard Code, to Hannah, eldest d tighter of Mr,
Joseph Bentley, gun manufacturer, both of this town.

DEATHS

On the 29th ultimo. aced two years and three months, Ann Jane,
only daughter of Mr. Arthur Cuna!ty, watch jeweller, Eve•rton.
On the sth instant, aged sixty-three, Anne, widow of the late
Thomas Milner, E q. (Phoenix Safe works), and Mtughterof the late
James Walker, Esq , Balk •-house, Wortley, near Leeds.
On the sth instant, at No. 2, Saltoun-terrace, Egremont, Mr.
Ephraim Gardner, aged thirty-eight years.

li,gr Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when seat to
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MARRIED WOMEN'S REVERSIONARY INTEREST BILL.—A
bill, brought in by Messrs. Malins and Mullings, enacts
that henceforth it shall be lawful f.r a married woman to
dispose of future or reversionary interest in any personal
estate whatever as fully and effectually as she could do if she
were a ferne sole, and to release her rights to a settlement
out of any personal estate in possession. Every deed exe-
cuted by a married woman is to be "acknowledged" by
her in the manner required by the Fines and Recoveries
Act. The powers of disposition given by this act will not
interfere with any other powers reserved to married ladies
independently of this act, nor will they enable them
to dispose of any interest in a personal estate settled
on them by any marriage agreement. The act extends
net to Scotland.
MIRACULOUS PRESERVATION.—An extraordinary instance
of providential preservation has occurred at Dowlais, Gla-
morganshire. On Friday week, a collier named W. Davies,
while working at the Dowlais collieries, had the misfortune
to extinguish his light, and, in his endeavour to grope his
way to the point by which ho had entered, he lost himself
amidst the labyrinth of cuts and levels which abound in the
colliery, and while making, as he thought, for the pit's
mouth, got into an old part of the work, where no one had
been employed for a very long period. The poor fellow
was missed, and searched for, but without effect, and
there he remained day after day. On the Thurs-
day following his disappearance, and after he had
been there nearly seven days, some workmen were
induced to go through a hole in the old workings, where,
with the aid of their lights, they found the wretched sufferer.
Upon seeing them he faintly exclaimed, " Thank God you
have brought me a light. I lost my light last night." It
had been one long night with him. The poor fellow was
taken out, and placed under the care of the surgeon to the
Dowlais Company, and although very weak and emaciated,
be is progressing towards recovery. He states that during
the whole of the time that he was buried in the pit he
did not taste bit nor drop. The rats were continually
surrounding him, but as he slept very little, he was
nabled by moving about to scare them away from him.
THE SUNDAY QUESTION AT MANCHESTER.—At the
annual meeting of the Manchester Botanical Society, held
at the Town Hall, on Monday, the Mayor presiding, Mr.
James Heywood, M.P., moved that the society's gardens,
at Old Trafford, should be open to the proprietors and sub-
scribers from 2.30 p,m. until dusk every Sunday. The
motion was seconded by Mr. R. W. Philips, and opposed
by the Rev. J. Bardeley, Professor Williamson, and others.
A poll, which was kept open until three o'clock in the
afternoon, resulted in 293 votes for, and 362 against the
motion. As the motion would require by the rules a
majority of two-thirds of the votes, it was consequently
lost by a greater number than the simple majority indicated
by the figures given. At the first meeting at which the
motion was made, some years ago, only three persons sup-
ported it, but last year there was a majority for the opening,
but not the majority of two-thirds required by the rules.
The advocates of opening the gardens on Sundays have
therefore lost ground this year, as compared with last. The
number of persons voting on the present occasion was
240 for, and 297 against, the motion.. About 100 more
members have voted this year than last, and about 100
members who voted last year have not voted on this occa-
sion, of whom the proportions for and against the motion
were nearly equal.