Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-19 00:00:00

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HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—ScaIds, burns, and
bruises. Every head of a family, or school, will feel himself
relieVed of much anxiety, by having this invaluable ointment

always at hand in the neighbourhood of the nursery or ihe
playground ; no accidents of childhood are ever treated in vain
with this truly wonderful remedy for almost every possible
accident to the surface of the body. Scalds, flesh wounds,
and abrasions, of the most serious character, are rapidly
soothed and cured by this powerful unguent. If the blood be
ltment, to take
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The Inverness Courier says :—Mr. George Dickson,
secretary and inspector of the Caledonian Bank, has
obtained the appointment of secretary or chief officer of
the Bank of Bengal. The salary, we understand, is
X 3,600 per annum, with an official residence at Calcutta.
The appointment is regarded as the most influential of
its kind in India.

THE OLDEST INHABITANT.—An old lady, resident in
Bridge-lane, has now attained the patriarchal age of
104 years. Miss Forrester (to whom we refer) was born
in the year 1755, and has thus lived in the reigns of five
sovereigns of Great
,Britain—George 11., George 111.,
George IV., William IV.; and Victoria. She still enjoys
ordinary health, and is in. posseeSion of most of her
facUlties.—Perth Courier.

STEPHENSON'S BURIAL.—A requisition, numerously
signed, has been forwarded to the Mayor of Neweastle,
which states :-" We have agreed to close our places of

business and offices on Friday next, the 21st instant, at
twelve o'clock at noon, and to keep them shut for the
remainder of the day, out of respect to the memory of
our illustrious-townsman, the late Robert Stephenson,
I whose remains are on that day to be interred in West-
minster Abbey ; and we request that you will invite the
inhabitants of Newcastle generally to honour the memory
of the deceased by a similar suspension of business."
THE ENGLISH MINISTER AT MEXlCO.—Advices have
been received from Mexico, which state that Mr. Otway,
the British minister at the city of Mexico, has received
orders from his government to surrender his charge to
Mr. Matthews, his secretary of legation, and return to
England. The many. charges against Mr. Otway for his
disregard of British interests, and his stupid adherence
to the red tape system of the " circumlocution office,"'
of which Mr. Perry, H. B. M.'s consul in this city is
another representative, may perhaps induce H. B. M.'s
government to nominate first-class men to the new
continent, and send the worn-out old diplomatists to the
petty German Courts, where their talents are about on a
level with their duties.—Panama Paper. -

BRITISH COLUMBIA.—A correspondent of the San
Francisco Times, speaking of the mines of British
Columbia, says :—There is gold in abundance in British
Columbia; and when the country is made accessible, and
the mines perfectly developed, the labours of the gold-
seekers will be richly rewarded. Even now the amount
of gold taken out of British Columbia, is greater in
proportion to the number of men engaged in mining,
than that of California. It is thought that the
richest diggings will yet be discovered further east than
any now known—in a line north of the Pike's Peak
mines. In that case access would be had chiefly from
the other side, as they would prove of no great value to
this coast. Information is daily expected from the
Queen Charlotte gold hunting expedition, which has
now been gone more than a month.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT TO A CLERGYMAN.—A sad
and melancholy accident, resulting in the death of the
Rev. Mr. Bryan, curate of 'St. Paul's Church, Alnwick,
occurred near Alnmouth, on Saturday afternoon last.
The rev. gentleman had been complaining of slight in-
disposition for a day or two, and, as a means of relief,
went to Ainmouth for the purpose of bathing in the sea.
He proposed going by. the three o'clock train to BRUM,
but un reaching the Alnwick station, he found:the train
had just started. He then set out to walk. In
going down, Mr. Bryan was overtaken by the Duke of
Northumberland, who was driving to Foxton Hall, and
his grace took him into his carnage. Some conversa-
tion, it is said, took lace as to Mr. Bryan's errand
to the sea, when his grace dissuaded him from
bathing, and advised him rather to rest for a few days.
However, Mr. Bryan persisted in his original intention,
and on his arrival stripped, and went into the sea at
Foxton-hall, for he was shortly after seen struggling in
the water, and heard uttering the most piercing shrieks.
He had swam out of his depth, and, it is supposed, been
sufficientlyseized,
near with
to crampresche
himor ;
a fi person was
ath No
eowas obtained
he was got out all efforts at
reach him, and when
resuscitation failed. Mr. Bgan has only been a few
andan d
theropes,
unfortunate bu t th e
nt to facebefo r
et the
reliefb r e breakers,
months at Alnwiek, but during. that short period his
ministrations and kind and amiable manners had won
for him the esteem and regard of all with whom he had
been connected.

OCTOBER 19, 1859

OUTRAGE IN THE KING'S - COUNTY

_ The Baßycumber_correspondent of the Irish
writing on Saturday last, says An of a verY,
Serious character, was perpetrated' in thi4,terghbourhooa,
last evening, on-the line of railway between the hill °,l
Baliair and Ballinohown. The Great Southern and
Western Railway Company not - having- completed theicri.
arrangements at the Athlone station, have not erected
a water • tank there, and the engines ar,.,•__obliged to
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stop at a temporary tank near ILHair.. The -water
conveyed through a leather tube into this tank ; this
tube was inspected by the man in. charge,
der.
after six o'clock, when he found, it quite-in workingor t
The train which leaves Athlone at 3.30 passed with°lll,
requiring water, and between seven andi eight the to
in charge went to inspect the tank, and there dis-
covered the tube had been cut, through and take!
cc,
away. He immediately reported the cireunistan
at the several police-stations : the patrols of for
force have been actively eng,aged in searching
it, but without success. It is impossible to
whether this outrage was malicious or not, as the 101 e,
orders are now becoming so cunning that they Ina
it appear as if it was a case of theft •. they removed sorant
portion of the article injured, in order to preveio
its being chargeable on the townland_ The 1011_4
.charge of the tank was brought before one of the lurs
magistrates for the purpose of being questioned as t° he
knowledge of the transaction ; but, unfortunately,
could not throw any light on the matter.. Had t-
engine required water when proceeding with the here
past five train from Dublin, and. which passes. °cu..
about 9.20 p.m., it might have proved a serious neles
venience, as it is situated in a hog, nearly seven• Pll.O
from Athlone. Up to Sunday evening, the police 06,
been unable to procure any information as to the lo.nr
culars of this outrage. This occurrence took place 1-
very disturbed part of the country. a little

CORK AS A PACKET STATION.—A letter in the 66'5
Constitution positively announces that the 01113
steamers will, after a time, call at Cork. •le
AN OSPREY.—A few days since a beautiful ',Olt
osprey was shot in the neighbourhood of Dartford• ad
was about for three or four days, coming W.& wi1,1.-hfoeuf
to feed on the gudgeon. It measured five fee'
inches across the wings from tip to tip. (131
The Giornale di Roma states that the Pope, ":acil
after his arrival at Castel-Gandolfoo, visited the eu"0" d
of the Immaculate Virgin, belonging to the Jcsnits9.tted.
that all the members of " the fraternity were na°ll-
to
T the honour of kissing his foot."
HE DOCKYARD COMMISSION.—A bulky blue both
containing minutes of evidence received before. re
commissioners appointed to inquire into the expellw_w•
in the government dockyards, was published yeste4
The report, compiled from its contents, has been alreg
noticed.
$
FIRING TOO SOON.—An amusing affair took
few minutes past five'o'clock with the artillery at Stir $
Castle. • The mail train from the north came Viol
rattling speed, and those on the look-out for her nate,
thought it was the royal train and fired off the s 3 pa
and so, when the royal train passed some time afte,ro/.,
sound of cannon reached her royal ear.—Alloy in sof
THREE CHILDREN AT A BIRTH.—A poor Irish we-
named Cheyne, at work in the hop-garden of Mr. 10
son, of the Grange Farm, Doxley, has just give„linfolcif
to three living children, being attended by Mr. r°,vsoo
surgeon, of Rainham. By the kindness of Mr. 11 and
she was removed to a house in the neighbourhood,
every attention paid to her. One of the children "
since died.—outh Eastern Gazette. tota"
ELOPEMENST.—No little scandal has arisen in -roe
port from the sudden and unaccountable disapPel, 015
of the organist at the parish church. This feelille
greatly increased by the intelligence, a few days t re'
that a married lady, connected with one of the most her
spectable families in the locality, had not arrived ebee4
friends in the north (where she professed to has sg
on a visit). Inquiry soon showed that the two ni 4lere
ones had journeyed together to town, where the}'
ea 0
4iscovered, and evidence of such a nature obtain
will ensure a divorce.
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THE HoP PLANTATION.—The weather Las- ~01'
enabled the planters in Sussex and the Weald to no
plete their picking, and the general character 01,01
report is, that the hops held out better than could
base
been expected. With regard to East. Kent, we •A'
nothing to add to our remarks last week, the horPitry.
ing has ceased some days at this end of the eollilrd
Taking the county through,' a man must be
please who would find fault with the quality of L's"
this year.—Kentish Gazette.
olet;
POOR RATES AND PAUPERISM.—One of the .0. ou4-
ous returns relating to this subject was published ""c, $t
parliamentary paper office, yesterday. There e.
presont, 14,709 parishes in England and Wales, ;of
tabling, or liable to maintain, their own poor ; 14421
of pauperism are received weekly in respect of
..ader
of that number ; 288 parishes, incorporated utstli
Gilbert's Act, or still under the provisions of the
u'oer4
Elizabeth, make no return of the number of 1)
I which they relieve. 4. Or,

It is expected that the bridge over the Rhine eii thy`
bur. will be stOitly opened to the public, and ta,
great work is accomplished, the journey from „,1;l
Vienna will be made in thirty-four h01m... :11,"„rtile
whicii leaves Paris at seven in the morning ".
,el)inc
at Munich at five the following morning, and the °jot
t:'t
mail which quits Paris at eight will arrive at 3filgaris ;
six the following afternoon. The journey f---"

Stuttgard will lie performed in fifteen hoiirs.
A Ciugalese tailor lately petitioned Sir near)" .fe
for leave to marry again, as he had not seen hisloel"
twenty years. He was thus made happy :—"111%0
tba
lency the Governor having taken into considers he 00),
petition of B. De Hoon, of Kandy, praying that „'itioa,'a
be permitted to marry again, has directed the Pc.
to be informed that the Governor has nothii!,pce'.
with' settling matrimonial quarrels, but that 1113 1
,•fe
lency thinks that a man who has not seen hi',%ee
twenty years, may fairly assume that he will 0'

again; and do his best to supply her place." e 0
" The committee of the fete of Schiller," sg,),fie
munication from Berlin, " has just publishaVvelabfd
gramme of what is to take place here. On "."..„e°. Or-
9, the eve of the fete, there will be a grand 1,-, sottle
with illumination and coronation of the colessa' 0001
of Schiller in one of the public squares. On tbe
holiday in all the schools and colleges ; distributtl;
popular writings on the life and works of the P°eoeol°'„
tribution of albums, lithographs and other prints',
statuettes, &c. ; extraordinary representations ar.o ell t
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theatres and other places of public amusement; 3ts 44
a general illumination. On the 11th, concer

banquets in different districts of the city." 410'4
CAPTURED SLAVES IN INDIA.—Nine of tov
found in the Arab vessel captured near Ade%"cai°,,fr
bmroagiugshtrtattoe
tßheorme,batay,mlaakteelyaapatpaetaeraeledabt erfoargearwttlig.betylifrdet:
all
and the circumstances of their abduction. fro
11 natives of a country three months' journeY of '
Zanzibar, on the east coast of Africa. They °III
tp
age of from five to seven years. One of thew :rod
intelligent and interesting description of theirj°,llo4
Zanzibar on the backs of donkeys, and of the itilea Or,
treatment of their captors. They were trei,they nt
sweetmeats and plantains, the latter of bee
without taking off the outer skin. They are jt`joiali;
to an African school. Government make an
of six to eight rupees a month for each recaptur

BIRTH.
le.lady of R. Pe

On the 14th instan
of a daughter.

MARRIAGES. mil,
On the 13th instant, at S. Bride's Church, Live'riine,
and Sephton, Esq., surgeon, of Culcheth, to Car?„0l
.
daughter of John Borrows, Esq:, surgeon, of Livery;cooo
On the 15th instant, at St. Catherine's Church, Ll ercliaW
the Rev. T. Glasgow, r. Robt. Fraser, will,,,lns goo"t00'
Liverpool, late ofto Margaret Sarah, e.ue
of the Rev. Dr. Buck, incumbent of St. John',
Cumberland, by the iteilff.
On the 18th instant, at Walton-on-the-Hill, A tile fer
G. Leigh, M.A., assisted by the Rev. C. Wray
Kenneth Mackenzie Pughe, B.A. curate of St. ~1.3` -te Th
pool, to Elizabeth Parr, younger daughter of the la
Everard Cartwright, Esq., of Everton.

DEATHS. JP"—
„, -ears'oairl'
On the 14th instant, at So%thport, aged
0.- ,t„.. a j
Pownallf Esq., of Pennington-hall, in this cun , al., e'
trate of the county palatine of Lancaster. ,d, -
Inanhooeann,yaintthht:ehinls4et7ah6rt!osytreafret,n,
.7: 81 years, E,dEsqwar.d,
.7, o,'
man of 311anuchhinesstetarn. t hill, IVidder
On the 15th instant, at his residence, ProaPoeZnner, d
much beloved son of the Rev. Jameslcilit Obi°
the
Stephen, f Date t
wright, 0 dies
aged 27. la '-
the te
t, at Birkenhead,
Hen On. the 15th
Fiintsztraenrta,iCde. cKilini%lltariofa,Kweridryow of

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OCTOBER 19, 1859.