Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-18 00:00:00

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE

DECLARATION OF DIVIDEND.—Robert Edwards, Ist divi-
dend of 3s 1-1), April 20, and any subsequent Wednesday,
at Morgan's, Livcrpool.
DIVIDENDS.—May 2, R Barker, Manchester, druggist.
April 6, P. Orellin, Liverpool, sailmaker. May 6, J. Eccles
and A. Eccles, Liverpool, cotton brokers.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the
contrary on the day of meeting. —May 6, J. H. Skeeles,
Liverpool, boot dealer. May 9, J. Bennett, West Brom-
wich, Staffordshire, ironfounder. May 9, H. Spence, Bir-
mingham, currier. May 12, R. Williams, Dudley, Worces-
tershire, shoe manufacturer.

PARTNERSHIPS DI.SOLVED. L. Whittaker, sen., and G.
Whittaker, Bolton, Lancashire, cotton spinners. Elizabeth
Duckworth, Maria Duckworth, and C. Duckworth, Man-
chester, eating-house keepers, so far as regards C. Duck-
worth. J. Milne and S. Brierley, Chadderton, Lancashire,
cotton spinners.

Our " detectives " have been doing good service to the
Picture Gallery at Amsterdam, by recovering for it, in Lon-
don, from the hands of thieves, a picture by Vanderwerff,
lately stolen thence, and valued at the figure of £2,000.
THE LATE MADAME Bosio.—On Thursday last, came
bad news for the Italian Opera, in the tidings of the death
of Madame Bosio. This took place on Tuesday last, at
St. Petersburg. Tier heath had long been delicate, and
the Russian climate proved fatal to her. As a singer her
loss is indeed great. We recollect no young artist improving
so rapidly. We know of no one coming forward so
deserving of public favour. Madame Bosio's executive
powers were, year by year, refined and perfected. From
being lifelesily. elegant on the stage, she warmed up part by
part into something more and more of grace and pathos ;
and though she could never have aspired to the heights of
tragedy, that was sentimental, gentle, and sad, she
was beginningto command the sympathies of her audience
to a degree which no one could have anticipated from her
first efforts Though Madame Bosio's features were
curiously irregular, there was an attraction about her,
passing for and superseding beauty—that which our
neigbours term " distinction.' How the void which her
premature disease will cause on the Italian stage is to be
filled we cannot dream. -Atheneum.

PLEASANT PRACTICE. BRAN-TEA. M. L—, the famous
;cane painter, had a fancy that he could cure all diseases,

willing to fall under his hands.- A person of great faith
applied to him for a cure of a very bad cold, and Mr. L-'s
advice was : " Do you see, sare, can you like to drink bran-

Ca ? " " Brandy," replied the patient, nothing loath to find
so palatable a medicine hinted, as he imagined. " Certainly,
I have no objections to it, whatever." "Vy, den," said
L—, " bran-tea is the very thing for you. Take three,
four---yes, foui---cnps of it, as hot as you can soop---good
big tea-cup, just after breakfast. " What, sir ?" asked
the patient' rather amazed. "Without water?" "Vidout
water," said L—, " vat do you mean ? No more eater
dan is in the bran-tea ven made. Take it as you got it.
Take four large, very large coops, between breakfast and
dinner ; and ven you find a change for better or worse, come
to me." The faith of the patient was great, and so was his
swallow. For five days he stuck to what he thought was
the prescription of the painter—was, of course, drunk all
' ?,*. the conclusion of his exertions in this way, he
came to L-, full of gratitude for his advice. "I am
quite cured, Mr. L-," said he, "I never imagined brandy
was so complete a cure ; I feel quite obliged." " Oh, yes,"
said Mr. L----, " I was sure it would cure you—you felt
quite cool all the time you was taking it ?" " Cool," said
the patient, " no, not exactly cool. I was rather hot.
Zounds, no man can drink a quart of spirits in a forenoon
and keep cool." " Spirits !" said Mr. L----, rather
astonished. "Vy, dere is no spirits in tea made of bran,
sare," Tea made of bran ?" said his amazed friend. "it

'—and

randy I drank ! " An explanation of coure followed
the gentleman, however, was cured.

was hot

FOREIGN SHIPPING.—'Some statistics have been pub-
lished which will be interesting to shipowners, and all
engaged in the Navigation Law dispute. It is an ac-
count of the sums under an Act of Geo. 111., in
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the year 1858, for the difference of rates and charges
due to corporations or individuals for foreign vessels, which,
under treaties of reciprocity or otherwise, are admitted
into the ports of the United Kindom at the same rates
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B.l3ritish vessels. Each of the several rates
he reason for sueh payment being distinctly
i; 'also, whether the payment was for light dues,
s, dues on ships or merchandise, pilotage, or other-
The total amount (under the reciprocity treaties)
Jaid to such corporations, rations, companies, or individuals up to
the 31st day of December, 1858, is also stated in continua-
tion of a former parliamentary paper, The largest sums
appear to have been paid to Hull, £11,747 to the. Trinity
House for harbour dues and pilotage, £3,355 to the corps_
ration for the same service, and £6,337, to the Hull Dock
Company, as composition in lieu of dues. Iu Newcastle
£B,BlB have been paid to the Trinity House for
pilotage, £5,222 to the corporation for town dues,
and smaller sums below a thousand to the
• House and free hostmen for lights, local
and anchorage, £8,510 have been paid to the
_ aat Liverpool, and about £2,550 to the ballast cor-
poration of Dublin for tonnage dues and various other
claims. The sums received by the other ports on the
list, about 20 in number, in no case exceeds a thousand
pounds; and the aggregate of the sum pail, including
those we have mentioned, is £49,393. The total amount
pp aid under the reciprocity troties, up to the end of NM,
has been 125 097
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