Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-29 00:00:00

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-'-last tribute of respect. to one so long known and. so ii.„,
ion cause of such crimes valued. A body of the Odd-Fellows' Society, number-
evil passions. It is not ing about 300, were also present, Dr. Hall having been
Igh that, undoubtedly, surgeon to the neighbouring. lodges for about twenty
-- —Communicated.

And outra

)f covetousness in various

I years

and, ill-regulated

DEXTII OF W. H. PRESTON, ESQ.—We read with
great concern in our obituary of Saturday, the death of
W. H. Preston, Esq., the eldest son and partner of R.
W. Preston, Esq., of Beech-hill, West Derby. This
melancholy and 11. D- -"".it occurred at Maycnce,

in exce

rich any such principles:

g to restrain them iu thU

There is wanted, it is evident, a radical

lg the mass

alous endeavour of hod

and apply such

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THE LATEST NEWS.

have been so prematurely removed. His relatives and
friends (resigned to the will of Providence) may, how-
ever, find some consolation in the reflection that he died
as he lived, the Christian and the philanthropist.
SUCCESSFUL FLonicuLTunE.—We have pleasure in
noticing that one of our local gardeners, Mr. Charles
10lance, of Town-green Nursery, Bold-lane, near Orm-

adenly an-

been sent to Cabinet

obtained the following prizes at the Manchester
Botanical and Horticultural Society's meeting, at Old
Trafford, on Wednesday last, August 24th, viz :-18
rl Q.... 1 • 1 ‘7:l-4-n ,Inl.l- lof nna

1 from Osborne yes-

2nd; 1 ditto, white, Ist; 1 ditto, yellow, Ist and 2nd;
1 ditto, gtriped, or tipped, Ist ; 12 verbenas, stand of 12,
Ist and 3rd; 12 dessert apples, Ist and 2nd prize ;- 2
cucumbers, Ist and 2nd ; 1 dish of peas, 2nd. It is
only fair to Mr. Bylance, to state that he did not

menses for the Cabinet

i from the Foreign Office

)w, and at night

compete for more than sixteen prizes, and that of these
he has succeeded in carrying off fifteen of them. This,
as he is a stranger in that district, although well known
as a most successful .cultivator, is highly creditable to

methurst is ur

ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday last the following accidents
occurred :—A sailor, living in Slater-street, and belong-
ing to the ship Lightnino• fell from the top of the
house on deck, and sustained a contusion of the back.—
John Pennington, a shipwright, living in Sumner-street,
nntl

ended

learned judge who

,en received at the

_aexpected eyeu.
,Lee he had arrived only a short, ..._ -,,ore opposition. We may, therefore, eipect that steps
will be immediately taken to bring the subject under
Aleut health and spirits. He was in his 31st
ar, and had all the external appearances of health and the consideration of cur own government, with
probably some additional recommendations for the
longevity. This sad calamity has caused severe domestic facilitation of the working of the extradition
affliction in the circle where he was most affectionately treaty and also for the establishment of a sum-
and tenderly beloved. It .has diffused a feeling of the may jurisdiction for the disposal of the quarrels
deepest sorrow amongst his numerous friends, both corn- Which are continually arising between seamen and their
mereml and social, by whom he was also most sincerely employers on their arrival in English and American
respected and esteemed, It is, indeed, deeply to be re- ports—all questions that might be made features Qf
gretted that one in every respect so full of early pro- one general convention."
mise, of virtuous desires, and noble aspirations, should GREAT STORM AND LOSS OP PEPPY LIVES.

Advices of the 2nd inst., from I'ictou, N. S., received
at Boston on the 16th, state that that region had been
visited by a severe gale, doing much damage and occa-
sioning a fearful loss of life. Ori the south side of
Prince Edward Island, especially, the wrecks of vessels
had been numerous, and the loss of life amounted to fifty.
At the Kansas gold mines, a nugget of gold weighing
fifty-six pennyweights had been taken from the Nevada
guloh. Rich diggings had been discovered at the head
waters of the Bayou Salada.
The Granada arrived at New York on the 14th, from

Havana* with dates to the Bth inst. Nothing of
importance had occurred there from the sailing of the
Quaker City.
News had reached St. Louis, by the arrival of the

steamer Spread Eagle at St. Joseph, of a sanguinary '
fight between the Sioux and Aurakaras Indians on the
22nd ult. In this engagement upwards of forty savages
were killed, and as another battle was expected to en-
sue between. them, the probability was that the weaker
party would be exterminated. The Spread Eagle
reached. a point on the Missouri 550 miles higher than
had previously been attained by steamboats, and 850
miles above the mouth of the Yellowstone.
Texas advices to the 4th instant state that the yellow

in Northern Mexico