The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-08 00:00:00

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AMERICAN MAII.B.—The royal mail steamer Persia,
sails this day for New York, with the mails, &c. Letters
will be received at the General Post-office up to eight o'clock,
and with fees to nine, and at the Stage till ten o'clock with
additional fees.

AUSTRALIAN 341 Ams„--Letters, &c., for Melbourne and
the Colonies, will be received at the Post-office up to eight
o'clock to-morrow (Sunday) morning, and with fees to nine
o'clock. The box at the Landing-stage will be open up to
ten o'clock with additional fees. The packet is the fine
ship Champion of the Seas.
The Royal Swedish Railway Company have given notice,
under the advice of the committee of investigation, that all
shares and obligations of the company are required to be
left on or before Wednesday next for examination with re-
ference to the genuineness of the signatures. The commit-
tee of the Stock Exchange had a sitting yesterday respect-
inu the securities in question ; but, understanding that this
notice was about to appear, and that another meeting of the
shareholders will, probably, be called before the end of the
month, they deferred, for the present, the adoption of any
resolutions.

CONSECRkTION OF ALL SOULS' CHURCH.—The interesting
ceremony of consecrating the above church, which has just
been completed, took place yesterday. There was a very
large attendance of the clergy and laity present on the occa-
sion, most of whom took an active part in the ceremony,
which was performed by the Bishop of Chester. The Rev.
Dr. Hume, the incumbent of the church, read the service,
and the Bishop of the diocese preached the consecration

ction followed, which was liberally
responded to. The church is situated in a very densely
populated neighbourhood—in Eaton-street, oft Vauxhall-
road,—and is a very neat building. It was erected by the
Messrs. Holmes.

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THE TIPPERARY BANK.—The docket was lodged in this
case on Tuesday, and the proceedings under the
up Acts are to take place in the office of Master Murphy.
The effects of the crash be soon made apparent, and
every day the belief grows stronger that the whole weight
of the responsibilities will devolve upon some half-dozen or
more wealthy individuals, who had the misfortune to he
shareholders in the doomed concerp. But a few days since
Mr. James Sadleir was an ' object of general sympathy, as
people charitably supposed that he was the victim of, rather
than accessory to, his brother's frauds. The revelations in
the Rolls Court on Tuesday have, however, completely
turned the tide of popular feeling ; and, for years to come,
Sadleir's Bank will be only remembered as one of the
plague spots in the Irish social system.
HISTORIC SOCIETY OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE.—
The archmological section of this society met on Thursday
night, in St. George's-hall, Dr. Thom in the chair. Among the
curiosities exhibited at the meeting were several from Mr.
James Boardman, of Aigburth. Among them were a
tobacco box, some buttons, a walking cane, and an umbrella
—all family relics. A century ago he says the first was an
indispensable pocket companion. The buttons were from
his father's coat—a garment worn at an entertainment in
Liverpool in honour of the christening of the Prince of
'Wales, aftervards George in 1752. The cane was
that used by his father at the same period, and it was carried
after the fashion in which drum-majors now do. The last
article was an umbrella, one of the first shown in Liverpool,
so long since as 1777. They excited the utmost wrath on
the part of the hackney drivers' craft, as if they were levelled
entirely against their craft. A member stated that it was a
matter of record that the first umbrella was shewn in Liver-
pool by a gentleman named Earle. Dr Home announced
that, on Thursday next, the meeting woull he held in the
Grand Jury-room, when ladies would be admitted. The
paper for that evening would be a review of the discoveries
at Nineveh and Babylon, and it would be illustrated by'
drawings. The paper of the evening was then read by
the president of the Deaf an,' Dumb Institution. It was
entitled "Anecdotes and Illustrations respecting Gore's
Liverpool Directory at its first publication in 1766: by
James Boardman Esq." It was exceedingly interesting
as a record of Liverpool in those days.

PATEN SAFETY POOP FOR SHIPS IN DISTRESS, &C.
This is really the " patent age of new inventions," and
amongst one that appears to claim more than passing
glances at a model, is a poop, designated as above and
patented by the inventor, Mr. Joseph Tucker, of Bristol.
The model was exhibited on 'Change for a few days, and
we have heard nautical men speak of it in terms of praise.
It appears to us to answer the purpose for which it is
intended, in an :admirable manner. The following is a
brief description of the patent poop :—The ship has a
main deck, fore and aft, in the ordinary way. The poop
is built independently of the ship, of iron, of exactly the
same model as the ordinary poop, except that it ends a
little aforeside the rudder-head and has a bottom. Being
built as far forward as the gangway, and the gangway
doors hanging to it, they form two efficient rudders for
steering. To secure this poop on a steamship, a thick
streak of plank is carried from the paddle-box along the
side, forming a continuance of the sponson. Up through
this streak, large screw bolts are placed, which go through
corresponding cylinders, and these being rivetted to the
inside of the poop, serve as timbers. In the middle simi-
lar bolts are placed, which, coming up through a beam in
the main deck are, like the sides, secured on deck with
a long-shaped nut : those mid-ship bolts on being let go,
drop into the stanchions of the lower hold, which are formed
hollow. The side bolts drop overboard. A light mizen
mast is stepped on deck, and made to lower down, the
ordinary mizen being available for the ship, or raft. The
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