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THE MINERAL WEALTH OF SPAIN

... THE MINERAL WEALTH OF SPAW.. , . v 55 The historical and proverbial mineral wealth of the lal )r Spanish nation-a wealth HO eulogised by Aristotle, Diode- l rus Sioulus, Strabo, and Pliny; so coveted by the Phosni-t L cians, the Carthaginiano, the Romans, the Arabs, and tu other foreign nations of the Old World; and in general so little valued by the inhabitants-is every day becoming more ...

Published: Friday 21 August 1857
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1141 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... the El LIVERPOOL LIFE. A TO THIS EDITORS OF THIS LIVERPOOL MERCURY. by I t Gentlemen,-Your able writer on Liverpool Life, the a &c,, very properly notices Chisenhale Bridge. I would eng 2 suggest the propriety of changing its name. It might be and useful as well as appropriate to call it Dangerous age. Bridge,t or Jeopardy Bridge. Perhaps additional thei e security of life, limb, ...

Published: Monday 17 August 1857
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 809 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: News 

MULTUM IN PARVO

... i The CHon. E. Bonavin, collector of castoms, died at malta on the 9thI instant, by which a situation of £500 per annum falls to the Government. b In digging among the ruins of the recent fire in Edin- burgh, the body of a man unknown has been iound in the The Law Teim announces that Mr. Arney, of the western circuit, has been appointed chief-justice of New Zealand. This vacates the ...

Published: Wednesday 19 August 1857
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2250 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

GLEANINGS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS

... it The poet Percival's house, In New Haven, has been sold for the small sum of $1700. Two negro boys died in Savannah a few days ago from it eating a small quantity of shoe blacking. Many of the churches in NewR England are said to be r getting very feeble, and hardly able to support themselves; e the cause is ascribed to emigrationto the west. At A Supani Couns Junom DBIYING A Bnaa WAGsou. n ...

Published: Friday 21 August 1857
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1440 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: News 

MAGISTRATES AND ACTS OF PARLIAMENT

... MAGISTR.TES AND ACTS OF PARLIAM NT. _ . .. . . . . - - Day by day, justice is administered in our Town. hall. A crowd of observers each day watches the proceedings, and busy pencils record the decisions. Scarcely a point is raised, but the pros and cons are noted by scores of hearers, and though now and then a decision may be questioned, it is to the cre- dit of our local justices that so very ...

Published: Saturday 15 August 1857
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 579 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

LATEST FOREIGN NEWS,

... T7NTTrT A A Ts ?? . INDIA AND CHINA. We (Times) have received, in anticipation of the overland mail, files of papers from Bombay to the 14th of July; from Calcutta to the 4th of July; and our private correspondence from Hongkong to the 24th of June. INDIA. (From the Bombay Times of the 14th Jify.) In the last fortnight we have probably passed ' the flood of the insurrection, and may now hope ...

Published: Saturday 15 August 1857
Newspaper: Manchester Times
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 7431 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE AKBAR

... THE AKBAB. GBATIFYWO TR)EAT TO THE BOYS. The committee of the reformatory school frigate - Akbar having placed one of her boats at the disposal of the public for the convenience of visiting the ship, many have availed themselves of the privilege. All appear to go away delighted with the cleanliness, order, and comfort of the vessel, the contentment end happy faces of the lads, the politeness ...

Published: Wednesday 19 August 1857
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 694 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE LOG-BOOK OF AN EMIGRANT TO NEW ZEALAND

... *11 (By E. L. Yates, late of this town.) Monday, December 15th, 1856.-This being embarka- l tion day, the ship was in a complete state of bustle and dry uproar, and the shouts and cries which met one's ears were sa bewildering in the extreme to all unaccustomed to a sea- sel faring life. Men and women were shouting, children cry- Tm jog, the pigs squealing, hens cackling; and'ducks, geese, in ...

Published: Saturday 15 August 1857
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6156 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

THE THUNDERSTORM AND FLOODS

... II The papers outinue filled with details of damage and V disaster caused by the storms of Tlursdayssnd Frida~yla~t. Is At Manchester, the riveirs Irwell, Irk, and Medloolk f were unusually swollen on Saturday morning. The de. j1 struction of litet and property by the floods was very im- perfectly known up to Saturday night. A man wasa drowned in the Irwell, near Victoria-bridge, aend several ...

Published: Wednesday 19 August 1857
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2924 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

LOLA MONTES ON FEMALE BEAUTY

... LIB :6L XC I ATES' ON , IFRXAEu BEAUTY a and a The celebrated Lola Montes has been lecturing in f wnu. ada on D temale beauty. According to the Canadian t h pa~or* the lady proceeded to ask where beauty lay. hev nhere, ilsa said, 'sball: we look for this source of I a power? Often, perbapp, in a mere dimple, sometimes in v !ar.- the soft shadow of a drooping eyelid, or again, beneath p oU8 I ...

Published: Wednesday 19 August 1857
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1174 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE

... ATLANTtO MrEc.rnAPS aqOABL,. - . London, August 18, 1867. To HE ni3Oovon , 'TR~TEN ATLZyJ iTL8V~, Geuttemsa,-I fairwa'444 IbythOe Leopard a brief sqae ment of thee oircssmstw no, attending the fracture of the d able Oni the mornin of the 11th instant,, and I his.1,no -to lay before you the, fal psrDOW onetdV t'h expeditiop. Ptl~lr enco h After leaving Yl ,'entila 0lt the evening of.the Ztlh ...

Published: Friday 21 August 1857
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2657 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: News 

THE MERSEY CONSERVANCY AND DOCKS BILL

... THEE MERSEY CONSERVANCY AND DOCKS BILL. After our parcel was despatehed on Thursday, ht Mr. Marewvether addressed the Committee. He stated tthat an arrangement had been entered into between the ar various conflicting interests in reference to the south Cc reserve, which would have the effect of settling the WI locality of tbc different railway companies, and of getting PI rid of the chancery ...

Published: Monday 17 August 1857
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2461 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News