Refine Search

Countries

Regions

North West, England

Counties

Lancashire, England

Access Type

198
318

Type

516

Public Tags

DISASTERS ON THE COAST

... The ship Florefidd 111ghtingale was yesterday after- noon telegraphed off .ittle Burbo, with a signal of distregs flying; but x subsequent telegram announced P .tat she was hlove to about five miles off the Bell Buoy. A btrrque was telegraphed at 2 25 p.m. yesterdny r as ?? har 50(Litt-le Bnrbo), . with a siggnal of' dlstttl5 l.ing. At ct 35 the sea was e making a cleapn DPeaofh over list ...

Published: Tuesday 08 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 622 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... CORRESPONDKNI OE. THE1 ROYAL CHARTER. TO T1lZ EDITORS OF T11E LIVERPOOL MTEtRlCtiV i Gentlemen,-As the inquiry into the loss of the l Royal Charter is proceedi: g, and the question being | just now as to her strergtb, may I be allowed to ask through your columrins whether it is a fact that she .as built duiring a turs-ourt, and by knobstickls T If this is true, it will not follow that she ...

Published: Saturday 26 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3851 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

MUNICIPAL ON DITS

... it is said that the Horsfall party, whioh claims for itself the exclusive right of nominating the mayor and aldermen, wanted, at the Tory caucus on Sa. tarday, to drop the names of several of the retiring aldermen, and.put some of their own nominees in their places. The retiring aldermen have the right to vote in the election of the new mayor, and on counting noses It was found that without ...

Published: Tuesday 08 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 427 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

TESTIMONIAL TO MR. E.G. SALISBURY, LATE M.P. FOR CHESTER

... TEST[MON[TAL TO MR, E. ?? SALLIBURY, LANEZ YT.P. F'OR UHE~lE8!1. art Liet; eveniing, thel large MHusic Halal, Citet er, w7l'i ftii (1)11 itply of wie h ',bu 20ad0 pe~r. en, .Oi-e i. b p~hcim l o te ori IIfg ci el Cl, i-li Iad at' ,)]A hi to 'fv LIleS tie pi e'stetaci Iml Itta ni~ii ietCCIII Pirv1ce V, of plate to 21r. L:. Gi. si'b' , bit m1.1 for that Of city. Amongst. tb-3 g- uttena'c pre- ...

Published: Tuesday 08 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2699 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

MISTAKEN REMEDIES FOR BRIBERY

... MISTAKEN REMEDIES F1OR BRIBERY. We commented the other day on Lord re Brougham's plausible but unsound proposal hi to suppress electoral corruption by extreme th severity of punishment, and we stated our ax reasons for believing that the true remedy for the evil is not to be found in the statutory ev threat of penalties which public opinion is not re prepared to enforce. We have now before tr ...

Published: Tuesday 08 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1373 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

RESERVE FORCE OF ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEERS

... R.ESERVE FORCE OF ROYAL . NAVAL VOLUNTEE EIS. Tier Majesty's Governnnent having, with the sanc- tion of P-Arliament, determinied on establishing a reserve volunteer forse of heamen trained to the use of armn, this is to give notice that any seaman yoa- seesing Ihe following qualiflrationg may be enrolled as a ro yal naval voluateer in the teelrva Force, and will tlm meupon be eittitlcdl to tlh ...

Published: Tuesday 15 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 853 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

SANDY COTTON

... (From tOW New Vou' JousapSl of coesmcr-e ) If cotton is king, the royal ermine should be kept unstained. This appears to be the unanimous vordict of the commercial world, hot how to executo the decrer is a question of more diftfiult solution. If thb sand were purposely snixed with the cotton, tile remedy would be comparatively simple. but this is not the case. There are a few isetances of ...

Published: Wednesday 23 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1404 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

MUNCIPAL ELECTION

... M W U t M M0- U I ; -M3{t ;£ F aw . The 'auniil eldelion of 16 intebers of 'the town council, in the place of a like number who'retired by rotation, took place yesterday in the several wards. In consequence of the retirement, on the 9th of Novemaber, of eight Tory aldermen, whose seats will have to'be 6illed by the new. council, the electionthis year partook more of a political character than ...

Published: Wednesday 02 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 12895 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

WATER COMMITTEE

... At the weekly meeting of this committee yester- day, Mr. Hodson presided, and the other members present were Messrs. Farnworth, Estill, Wagstaff, reollin, Bee, 0. Turner, Jeffery, Woodruff, and I Earle. Mr. Woodruff said he wished, before the ordinary business commenced, to ask a question with reference to a report, which it would be remembered was adopted a short time since, discontinuing the ...

Published: Tuesday 22 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1164 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

MERSEY DOCKS BOARD

... The weekly meeting of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board wag held yesterday, at the Dock Office, Ifevenue-buildings. Mr. C. Turner presided and the other members present were Afessrs. Tobin' Hubback, Graves, Langton, Mloss, Rankin, Mondel, Brocklehank, Boult, Buashell, Smith, Inman, Segar, Rounthwaite, Shand, Forwood, Farnwortb, Little- dale, Lockett, and Maciver. TENDERS. On the ...

Published: Friday 11 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3996 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

LIVERPOOL MERCURY

... simpool + ? ? - _soth SUM~ARY. S DOMESTIO. in3t The Board of Trade returns for the month the and ten months ending the 31st of October 5r Continue to exhibit satisfactory results. The imP increase on the month in the declared value d0la of exportsis £449,070, and on the ten months terr the inerease over the same period last year is Ant £12,1760058, while, contrasted with that of mot 1857, it ...

Published: Monday 28 November 1859
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2567 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: News 

FOREIGN MISCELLANY

... Tho Dukc do Chhartres, ho belongs, as is well known, to the Sardinian army, has just obtained a twelvemonth's ?? Ofabsence. THE Ki.,n 0or SAaDINIA has issuled. a decree for im- mhediately applyin; a sud of forty miions to fortfyin beena, summioed to form nt~ Iotxify has Ta, Pizzighetalkof Cremona, and palia. GENERAL CU0M0NF0RT, who has played a leading part in the political affairs of texico, ...

Published: Saturday 26 November 1859
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2513 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News