Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-02-14 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. —Number of patients
during the past week.—New cases received advice and
medicine at the institution : North, 251 ; South, 151 ;
total, 402. New cases visited at their own houses, and
supplied with medicine : North, 74 ; South, 53 ; total,
127. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M., president ; Captain
Bourne, vise-president of North Dispensary ; Mr. Charles
Booth, vice-president of South Dispensary ; Mr. Francis
Mill, treasurer; Mr. F. H. Langley, secretary. Office,
Leith-offices, Moorfields.
THE 41ST VOLIjNTEER RIFLE CORPS.—The following
communication from the Lord-Lieutenant of the County
has been received by the commandantof this rifle corps :
LoxtioN, Feb. 13, 1855.
Bin,-1 have the honour to inform you that her Majesty has
been graciously pleased to approve and accept the service of
a company of rifle voluntec: s, at Liverpool, under the ac 44
George I i., c. 54. The corps is numbered a 5 the 41st in the
county of Lancashire, and its maximum establishment will
consist of 'one cantain, one lieutenant, one ensign, and one
hundred im,n of all ranks.---1 ani. sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) Szrrox.
To Richard Patchett, Esq., &c., &c.
This corps is to be sworn in by William Brown, Esq.,
on Wednesday, the 15th instant.
CATHOLIC BLIND ASYLUNI:—ThC annual meeting of
this institution was held last night, in the board-room
of the asylum ; the Very Reverend Canon Walinsley in
the chair. The report, which was read. testified to the
continually increasing usefulness of the society, and to
the additional means which they now enjoyed for carry-
ing out their object. From the balance-sheet it appeared
that the balance in hand was £235 11s. 4d. Tradesmen's
bills to the amount of £BO had been discharged during.
the year, and the society had received in donations an 'd
legacies the sum of £l7O. This sum had been set aside
in the bank for the purpose of being appropriated as a
building fund. After the reading of the two reports,
their adoption was agreed to, and the proceeding,s ter-
minated with the usual votes of thanks to the retiring
officers.

• LAUNCH OF THE OSTRICH.-Thl9 splendid vessel was
launched on the 7th instant, from the building-yard of
Messrs. Wm. Denny and Brothers, at Dumbarton, and
is intended for the Messr4. Burns' line of clipper
screw-steamers between Glasgow and Liverpool, which
will be unsurpassed in the kingdom by the accommoda-
tion which they will afford to cabin and steerage
passengers and cargo. The Heron, which is the first
of the line, was launched a few weeks ago, and is now
almost ready for sea. These vessels are intended to de-
velop the traffic between the interior of England and
Scotland, and by means of their great capacity to carry
goods at such rates as have not yet been attempted by
sea carriage. They have been fitted out and furnished
with every improvement, and are to be commanded by
the most experienced officers, so that they will in every
way maintain the high reputation of the fleet to which
they belong.—Glasgow Herald.
LIVERPOOL PRESERVED PROVISION COMPANY. —EN-
TE ItTAINAIENT TO THE EMPLOTES.—On Saturday evening,
the Liverpool Preserved Provision Company celebrated the
completion of their premises (which have had to be
enlarged several times during the last few months) by
giving a supper to their employes. The entertainment
took place in a large room at the principal factory in
Cumberland-street, which was suitably arranged and
decorated for the occasion. In addition to the managers,
upwards of 30 persons, of both sexes,' sat down to a
most varied and splendid entertainment, on which Mr.
Jay and Monsieur Fessard, the two chefs de cuisine, had
exhausted all theirskill in amiable rivalry. The con-
sumption of the viands was of. course "assisted" by an
ample supply of spirituous and vinous delicacies, and
after ample justice had been done to the feast, and the
usual compliments (varied by singing) paid to the donors
of it, the party broke up before midnight, after spending
a most enjoyable and rational evening.