Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-23 00:00:00

leave his post in the

THE GREAT EASTERN (S.S.)

At a meeting of the company, on Saturday, it wa
resolved to issue the £30,000 reserved shares to provide
a workium canital. Tt Was n.lkn lotnrminQtl fn

insure the Great Eastern publicly, leaving to each

shareholder power of inparing privately, to the
amount of his individual holding

Negociations to

charter the ship appear to be still pending with Mr
Lever, M.P.

THE CHANNEL FLEET

of the C

cannel Fleet at Spithead, left that anchorage

under steam on Saturda

BOMBAY MAILS

The advices are to July 21st, autl for the most part

Cotton had become more in favour of purchasers.
-Freights unaltered. The import markets dull, bat

metals advancinf.

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS,

Mr. Somes; the Conservative candidate for Hull, was

returned by a majority of 489 over his Liberal opponent
Mr. Lewis.

The Berwick election has ended in a majority of 11

in•favour of Majoribanks.
The papers contain a long speech from Mr. Bernal
Osborne, on having been returned for Liskcard,
4nonnospa

I,ITAItY DEPOTS

s gives an analysis of the report on

- -0
'Ol business at the depots at Weedon, Woolwich, and
the Tower.

Although the book-keeping at Weedon had got into

great conft
but this

and. arrears no defalcatio

.t could not t

arrived at until after eight

months went on the books by Qnilter and Ball, and a
staff of assistants.

The Queen and Prince Consort
.shot to-day, and return to Osborne to-morrow

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.

NEW FIRE-ESCAPE.—We understand that a newly-
nvented fire-escape will be exhibited this day, at the
Cehtral Fire Station, Hatton-garden, at three o'clock.
The escape is the invention of Mr. Hardy.

INFIRMARY : Return ft),
:—Admitted : ln-patients,
ical casualties, 45. Discharged
and at own request, 10 ; mad
znlar, —; dead, 3 ; remainimr

LIVERPOOL ROYAL.
ending August 20, 185-9
out-patients, 38 ; SUrg
Cured, 18; relieved,
Aput-patients, 4 ; irr
the house, 177.
To CniciNNArrt via CANADA.—By a private lett
received here yesterday, We learn that Mr. Keith anu
Mr. Hardman have recently been in Ciaeinnatti to make
arrangements for through traffic from that eitv to Liver-
pool, via Grand r•

steamers.

May they succeed.

stated in our impression of

id that

or LICENSEA

Lloyd and Castellano., the pabl
f thei

to • have a rcuowal

where comp]
Monday next

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I be heart

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RA rr, wAy COMPA'N
common with the other Liverpool newspape]
appear to have been led into a mistake ;IQ

of tue dividend declared at the meeting which we r
ported on Saturday. We understand it was 4t p
cent. per annum, not 41 as stated.

SAILING Or TILE GREYHOUND.—The "White Sta
clipper Greyhound, belonging to Messrs. H. T. "Wi
and'Chambers' ex-royal line of Australian mail pact
sails to-day for Melbourne. The Greyhound takc
240 passengers, and a large and valuable
succeeding ship for Melbourne in this fay
Tr•l •

AVAL VOLT.; NTI

)f naval volunteers was despa
hence to the dockyards in the south, on

irgo.
.rite lin

ed by a

Another detachment, of about the same number, wv
despatched by the same means, for a similar destinatior
last night. Recruiting for the navy annears to be at

ith considerable success intbi;Leighbourhow.
the service being obviously popular.
CANADIAN MAILS.--The Montreal Ocean Steam-sh
Company's screw-steamer North Briton sails to-Morro;
for Quebec. The letter-bog for this despatch will cloy
at the General Post-office at 12_30 with n Into fn,

at 1.15 p.m., and on the Landing-stage, at 1.30 p.m
The Nort!,.. Briton will take-out about a hundred an
thirty passengers, among whom will be Sir Henry Hal
land, and the Rev. Mr. Gibbs, tator to his Royal High
e of Wale-.

MARKET; COMMITTEV.—Mr, Jollllsoll L
chair at the weekly meetior, of this. committee

)ied th
hel

yesterday. The other membors present wore Messrs
Woodruff, Haydock, Shim min, Mellor, Holden, an(
Chilton. -Mr. Woodruff drew attention to the h()Tea
improvement in St. John's Ma-ket, as shOWPI by the
present returns when compared with those of last year.
The reegYs of the present year amounted to £6,23
Bs. 2d., and those of last year
.£5,699 Os. Id. In tlu

Fish Market there was an excess this year over last o
£lOO. On the .application of Mr. Shirrimin the ren

Chilton and Mr. Shimmin, were found not to 1
up from the sth August. Mr. Tweedie, the boo

Lie post

explained that the reason of thi
by the present staff, to have tl
day under the system now in. operation
would be remedied in a short time.

•
eeded to read the applications. for tin
aanagars for the North and South Marl

all the business

WATER COMM ITTET