Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-07-05 00:00:00

Entrance Fee 2s. per Share

The First Meeting of the Member; of tY4 Society, for payment
of-subscriptions, will he held at the rooms of The Young Men's
Christian Association," Renshaw-street,,corner of Lleathfield-street,
Liverpool, on Tuesday evening, the 12th,of July instant. at Eight
up to Nine o'clock, at which hour the first sale of shares 'will
take place.
A large amount of shares (which are not unlimited in number)
'hive already been subscribed for.
The advantages offered by this society are alike beneficial to the
Investor and Purchaser, which will be clearly seen on reference to
the publi.ihed prospe, tus. . •
Shares may be taken up at the meeting, or at any time on
application to the undersigned, from whom prospectuses and every
every infortnation may be obtained —Messrs. John Cobb, Mount-
pleasant ; -Robert C. Livingstone, County Court; Samuel Hough,
College-street North ; and Richard Whitehead, Gnat Newton-
street,.the Trustees ; from William Howell, 7 I, Gt. Charlotte-street,
the President ; from Mr. Lewis Henry, Clayton-square, the
Solicitor; or from PETER VINE, SECRETARY,
57, Ranclagh-street.

illy:OROUG'Il OF LIVERPOOL.
_II CONTRACTS FOR POLICE CLOTHING.—The Watch
Conimittee arc ready to receive. ',VENDERS for supplying by
Contract the following articles of CLOTHING for the Constabulary
Force, namely,
910 Pairs of TROUSERS, and

950 Pairs of BOOTS

Patterns and samples may be, inspected any day between the
hours of Eleven in the forenoon and one in the afternoon, at the
Office of the Head Constable, until the 11th day of July instant.
The cloth for the ' trousers must be wool-dyed, warranted not to
shrink, and be made of pure wool.

Th6person whose tender Is accepted will be required td enter
into the usual contract for the due fulfilment thereof, and engage
to complete and deliver the articles on or before the first day of

November nem
of one month frinn- eliveky and apkoval. In aerault of ,any of
the goods being • fully equal to sample they' -will be* rejected
p,bsolutely, and no allowance in price or -otherwise will on any
account be accepted as an equivalent for any
_deficiency.
The committee do not bind themselves to accept the lowest or
any tender. Sealed tenders must-be left at No. 2, Cornwallis-
street, at the town-clerk's office thei•e; on or before the 11th day
of July instant, addressed "To the Chairman of the Watch
Committee," and marked tender for trousers or boots, as the ease
may be.—By order. WM. STIUTTLEWORTII, Town-clerk.
Cornwallis-street, 2nd July, 1859.

14Y THE QUEEN.—A -PROCLAMATION,
For Encouraging Seamen and Landsmen to Enter Themselves
on oard Her Majesty's Ships of War. . •
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VICTORIA: R

Whereas it is our Royal intention to give all due encouragement
to all such Seamen and Landsmen who shall voluntahly enter
themselves in our service.. We have, thought lit, by and with•the
advice of our Privy Council, to publish this our Royal Proclama-
tion, and we do hereby promise and declare, that all such. able
Seamen' lit-for our service, not above the age of forty-five nor under
the age of twenty years, who shall, on or before the Fifteehth Day
of June next, voluntarily enter themselves to serve in our Roya
Navy, either with the captains or lieutenants of our ships,. or
officers employed in tenders or at rendezvous on share for raising
men for the service of our Navv, shall receive, as our Royal Botinty,
the sum of Ten Pounds each Man ; and all such ordinary seamen
fit for our service, who shall so enter themselves as aforesaid, shall
receive the sum of Five Pounds each Man ;' and all such able-bodied
Landsmen, not above the age of twenty-five nor under the age of
twenty years, who shall so enter themselves as aforesaid, shall

receive the sum• of • Forty Shillings. each Man as our. Royal
Bounty ; such respective sums to be paid them by the respective
paymasters of the ships on board which they may be serving im-
mediately after the expiration of twenty-one days from the date
of such entry : And we do declare, that the qualifications of the
seamen and landsmen so entering themselves as aforesaid shall be

certified by the captain, lieutenant, or the master and boatswain
or other warrant officer of the ship or vessel where they shall
enter. And for preventing any abuses by any persons leaving the
vessels to which they: shall belong, and entering themselves on
ooard any other our ships and vessels in order to obtain the said
Bounty Money, we do hereby declare and command, that such
seamen and landsmen belonging to any of our ships or vessels as
shall absent themselves from any of the said slaps or vessels to
which they shall belong, and shall enter themselves on board 'any
other of our said ships or vessels in order to obtain the said Bounty,
shall not only lose the Wages due to them in the ships or vessels
they shall leave, but also be severely punished according to their

denierits

Given at our Court at Windsor, this thirtieth day of April, in
the year of our Lnrd one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine,
and in the twenty-second year of our reign.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
BOUNTY TO BRITISH SEAMEN
WTIO MAY ENTER. THE ROYAL NAVY.

Seamen entitled to receive Bounty, may, if they choose, make
provision for the payment of their debts, or for the benefit of their
Wives or Families, to the extent of one half of the Bounty payable
by Her Majesty's Proclamation, 21 days from the date of each
seaman's entry.

he seamanis to sign a note in the following form, which is to
be approved by the, naval officer of the rendezvous or ship, by
whom he is entered, and the amount will be paid from the office
of the Accountant-General o the Navy, Admiralty, London, im-
mediately it becomes due :

" I hereby
,declare that- I desire the sum of. Pounds
shillings, to be paid to of out of the
Bounty payable to me, uncle': Her Majesty's Proclamation of the
30th April, 1859

Seaman's signature or mark,
Signature of witness.

Approved for payment.
Signature of officer of rendezvous or ship."
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Seamen will thus be able to clear off their debts, and leave their
families immediately provided for, and as any allotments of their
pay which they may wish to make, will be payable the month after
they join the Navy, and as they may now immediately after they
join, receive from the pa} master of the ship on board which they
may be serving, part of their pay monthly, they will see that every
care is taken to guard their families from want, and that they are
themselves kept free from debt and anxiety.
By command of the Lords Conunbssioners of the Admiralty.
Admiralty, 2ndlfay, CORRY, Secretary.