Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-08 00:00:00

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and skilled artisan, and the man with sraei,',,
would always command success• The lc elp
listened to with great attention, and a vote °
was accorded to Mr. Mackay for his kindness.
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STEAM NAVIGATION ON THE
AMAZON.

Mr. Laird, of Birkenhead, has just CO
vessel for a company formed under the
Baron de N(aua, of Rio Janiero, for the
the River Amazcm. This vessel is named t"„,gi
she is 225 feet long, 25 feet beam; her tonlijoc
and she is intendedto combine great carrying,lo
speed. She is arranged something on 064 00
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paddlen-boxes, I.,ne decks being eall-t)e
leaving the he coated
uh;o:eerlls'er engines, a's° icor'
80 h.p. nominal, btl„,l he 0
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The paddle-wheels are on 'the featherirlato,e,, 1
boilers are fitted with superheating agthis/vael
modern improvements. In order to test,otras 0
bilities for speed and sea-going qualities's' lot?
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from Liverpool to Beaninaris on Monateloof"
the passage from the Rock Light (a disroge 511;10$
miles), in three hours, giving an aye_ 130,4
miles per hour. She returned frof
ao ?olt,
Liverpool on Wednesday in 2 hours per 11 bos
being an average speed of 17 ralLehatl o.lette
" Manaus" was partially loaded, all° be 11114
THE RECTOASHIP OF EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.—
'
large iron barges, shipped in pieces, „coble oil,
they on arrival at Para, besides a consl" d 13,e
We (Scotsman) understand that it is now settled that, coal. The distance between Liverpool an a' olp"
of the various gentlemen whose names have been men- never been accomplished in so sbrit natt"FiA
tioned, the election will be between Mr. Gladstone and The well-known passenger steamer "14.°,,.te5, er,
Lord Neaves. The committees which have been formed --mer,,,,
foi. Lord Campbell and Lord John Russell have united of Liverpool, made her trial trip over the foif,,o
with the Gladstone Committee. always considered- one of the.. tiie ortoef,to
occupying ,3 hours and 17 minutes 01` ?.e dfie
THE SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY.—We visited the the .Rock to Beaumaris, and 3 hours ant the iil'
ruins of the storm-tossed line at Teignmouth on'Satur- turning. From this it will be seen t1e,,,,,t0 ;,.
day last, and well Worth seeing they are by all who beat the. Countess of. Ellesmere 17 Ini•D'otie:flf '4
wish to have ocular evidence of the might and majesty
of the ocean. For more than half a mile the inner wall • • off the gfee' d
in o
superiority speed favour aO, $
of the line has been swept away and broken :up into to 3 miles per hour. The vessel an 1 q tio ,
masses, the solid coping stones of the outer wall (as the
formidable buttress which forms the walk is. called) been constructed, and the above triatio4A, IV;
out, and 36, minutes on the run ° oyffro`
were tossed about, some pitched into the sea, some under the superintendence of Comm° /101; $lllOO
tossed over on to the line, 'while the massive wall is sent over by the company for that 1.).10”,i/
shaken, in sonic places seriously undermined, as is. superintend another vessel now he ~M ~,
evinced by sinking in the middle. The face of the Mr. Laird for the same owners.—Bi____lAt $ 4
wall is cracked in some places : in others the sand is ".
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extreme .vide
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swept away to the foundation, and a continuance of the at YtF l"'
teat e
storm may yet sweep it all away. It is a very anxious SERIOUS CHARGE.—On Friday, t f la,"'
or
time for the directors. We cannot forget amid these man, named Cornelius Kelly, Was ,;,,ei, il, let'
winter dangers, the summer pleasures which this line next assizes for that county, on a e'"o 01e Ain P'
affords, and the liberal use which the directors make of wounding Henry Evans. The ti`sa ejr, the
it for the benefit of the citizens. We trust that the the street and came to blows. Alloo'llol', nt
GOLD EN ROUTE FROM AUSTRALlA.—lntelligenee -
worst is past, but we fear not.— Western Times.
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just received by the Australian mail mentions the de- and a desperate struggle took placee'A.,,tll,,
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parture from Melbourne of three gold ships, viz., the bin g" the knife in further, and Pitle,er' rd
Orwell, Red Jacket, and Swiftsure. The Red Jacket is thrust going nearer to his throat. 'it, tvl,eerli
bound for Liverpool, the other two vessels for London. effort, he managed to throw liellY Thetpcl,o
The total amount of gold shipped in these vessels is with some assistance to secure Ilir'lileAS 413, t
154,457 ounces-41,221 ounces in the Orwell, 39,737 in incised wounds in his mouth and c„,i, tev, to
the Red Jacket, and 73,499 in the Swiftsure. these bled profusely, and several at
0"0 of'
SMITHFIELD CLUE CATTLE SHOW.—The entries for previously sound, were actually cut
A.os.,
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the show of the Smithfield Cattle Club for the present in the struggle. VG° eOr
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year closed, as is usual, on Tuesday last, and the show RAILWAY DISCIPLINE.-- eros6 TC
is fixed to take place on Tuesday, the 6th, Wednesday, weeks ago, a man who had beeniia, in 000 1
7th, Thursday, Bth, and Friday, 9th December. The time, returned to this country, a "
tn. St°c 15, as a
entries not only embrace the names of a more than luggage (two boxes) at Normantell),toa a
ordinary number of the well-known breeders and'agri- Bishop Auckland iStation, on ffici_,,,tio,
culturists rite ate in the habit of competing at tbe ton Railway, he acquainted % tv, Pe l
London Prize Cattle Show, but contains many names themselves in communication yst,u„.g
which will be found entirely new to the visitors of the lines, and at length traced thenlosinyttd torro
metropolitan show, although they are well known, and and Glas,,,row, and got it tra
ever, ho ac,
are celebrated for carrying off prizes at the local exhi- land. One Of the boxes, liow,_s pp u
bitions of fat stock, &c., in their own counties. Amongst the owner, on being. informead. was note
the more numerous entries are those in the newly no wonder, for in this identic Jur hl; .-
created, or as they have hitherto been held to be, outside of £lOO had been deposited; b '

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Soth,and Highland Welsh, and I allay(