Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-29 00:00:00

NORTHERN DAILY TIMES.

THE RED SEA CABLE.—The Imperador, screw
steamer, which sails to-morrow for Aden, carries out a
portion of the Red Sea Telegraphic Cable.
THE REFORM CLUB, whic meets at " The London,"
in Clayton-square, had under its consideration, last
evening, the subject of the late market defalcations.
For the ?resent, however, proba%ly till after the Muni-
cipal Elections are over, reporters are not to be
admitted.
FlRES.—There were two alarms of fire on Tuesday
night, between eleven and twelve o'clock. Some waste
shavings had ignited in the cellar of Mr. Capper, window
blind manufacturer ; and a fire also broke out in Mr.
Lello's linen drapery shop, Scotland-place. Both, how-
ever, were immediately subdued by the fire-brigade,
without the engine being called into requisition.
THE MAIL SERVlCE.—Yesterday the Montreal Ocean
Mail Company's steamer India sailed for Quebec and
Montreal, carrying out nearly 100 passengers, a fair
cargo, and the weekly Canadian mails.—Tho screw-
steamer City of Washington also sailed yesterday, for
New York, with the semi-weekly United States mails.
She had nearly 350 passengers, of whom upwards of
100 were in the cabin.—To-morrow (Friday) the screw-
steamer Imperador will be despatched from Liverpool,
with an extra mail to Maderia, Cape of Good Hope,
Mauritius, and Aden. Letters, which must be directed
" Per Imperador," will be received at the Post-office till
9 a.m., and with a late fee of Id. till 9.30 a.m.
LIVERPOOL PARLIAMENTARY REVISION.—The revi-
sion of the list of voters for the borough of Liverpool
was resumed yesterday, before Thos. Shaw Brandereth,
Esq., the revising assessor. At the opening of the
court, the Eirkdale list was proceeded with. The *Con-
servatives objected to 66, and sustained 58. They
withdrew 8 objections, and had nothing to pay in costs.
The Radicals made 28 objections, and struck off 17.
They withdrew 6, and paid in costs ss. The Radicals
made 10 claims, one of which was allowed. The court
then proceeded with the Toxteth-park list. The Con-
servatives made 121 objections, and sustained 92 ; they
withdrew 26, and paid £1 15s. in costs. The Radicals
made 129 objections, and struck off 50, withdrawing
37. They paid in costs 15s. They made 15 claims,
and sustained none. . -

IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING INVENTIQN.—It is and
has been often boasted that the age we live in is pre-
eminently the age of improvement and progress, and yet
for years the question, Where can I get a comfortable
hat ? has been answered by the echo, Where; Gentle-
men who are compelled, by the nature of their pursuits,
to wear their hats most of the day, have been subjected
to the most annoying and dispiriting headaches owing
to the hard unshrinking stubbornness of the hat in
general use amongst us. Others, whose business con-
tinually obliges them to travel in open carriages or on
our coasting and river steamers, have had to suffer the
annoyance of being left by a passing gust without a
covering at all. We were invited a few days ago, by
our townsman, Mr. Simpson, of the firm of Kinnear and
Simpson, to inspect an invention of his which will
obviate both these evils. The hat is, in form and
texture, the same as usual, made as light as is con-
sistent with strength, and Mr. Simpson's improvement
consists in a soft band placed under the usual leather
lining. This band is composed of a "pile" as soft
as velvet, manufactured expressly for this purpose,
and its effect is to render the pressure upon the head
scarcely perceptible, at the same time it is so elastic
that it lightly clings to the head, and prevents the hat
being carried away by the wind. We learn from
parties who have experienced t'ne comfort of one of
these patent soft-banded hats during the past few weeks,
that, without exaggeration, it is the most comfortable
covering ever put on one's head. The silk hat is now
rendered all that can possibly be desired, and it is
strongly recommended to all who are troubled with
hard hats— and who is not ?—,to try Simpson's patent,
which is to be had at their establishments, St. George's
Creseut, and Dale-street.
MANCHESTER FREE TRADE NOTIONS.—The directors
of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway,
who are also the directors of the Grimsby. Docks, has just
come to a decision on the subject of dock dues, that will
astonish the mercantile world. It has' been the rule
during past years to allow vessels brought from Hull to
load coal or coke off the rails at Grimsby, to be free of
dock dues, as an inducement for them to come to the
port, and as an equivalent for the expenses incurred in
moving the vessels and towing down the Humber. The
new iron ship, Bates Family, 2,153 tons register, recently
built at Hull for a Liverpool firm, came down to load
coal and coke from the railway, and she had no sooner
taken a part of her cargo on board, than it was inti-
mated that the full dock dues on foreign shipments of
' 10d. per ton would have to be paid. The dock did not
afford the necessary accommodation for loading the
vessel, and a portion of the cargo had to be taken out
in barges into the river, open to the full swell of the
German Ocean. This proceeding entailed a very heavy
additional expense and considerable delay to the ship ;
and the dock authorities, after much correspondence,
offered to forego half the amount claimed. But all
appeals to them for the allowance made to other vessels,
to be conceded to the Bates Family, failed—the directors,
adopting free-trade in theory and protection in practice.

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