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... ?? . . .. - - - - - 11 THE DIBTREBs.-At the last meeting of the Relief Com-. mittee, the thanks of the Executive were voted to the 1 Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co., for having cor- C menced a soup kitchen upon their promises, also pledging h the committee to co-operate in the work. The committee C resolved to purchase forty tons of limestone, to be broken u up by those out of employ. i ...

Published: Saturday 06 December 1862
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 806 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: News 

ON BOARD THE ALABAMA

... ION BOARD TUB@ A.LABAMA. L1STTER FROM AN OFFiOCR. The following is the principal portion of an In- tt resting colnusilatlon from a petty ?? of much Intelligence and ability who has been aboard the Alabama since she Bailed from Liverpool under the now famous cognomen of the ' 290. We have no doubt It will be perused with much interest as well by the many friends of tho.e on board as by the ...

Published: Tuesday 09 December 1862
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1442 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

SUMMARY

... SALVEs FOPVXI BTLRXSFFA SUMMARY I DOMESTIC. In charging the grand jury at the Worces- ter assizes, yesterday, Mr. Justice Mellor expressed his opinion that in order to eflectually punish habitual criminals it will be necessary to abandon the ticket-of-leave system and resort to the old plan of trans. . portation. A Roman Catholic priest at Glasgow has been committed to prison for thirty days ...

Published: Friday 12 December 1862
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1808 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

CORRESPONDENCE

... CORRESPONDENCL ADUlWERATIONS. TO TUI ]lMITOtB OF THE LTVNRPOOL SItrWJURI Gaentlemon,-I notioe In your paper of to-day a letter aigned A. 0., In which the writer makes wome remarks respecting a ?? on ?? and Cream whiob I read at a meeting of the liverpoel Chenvisnt Asaioolatlon on ThurEday last If your Corroepondert will be good enoug to givc his real name I have no olbjction to diseuss the ...

Published: Thursday 25 December 1862
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1377 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: News 

SELECT VESTRY

... I The fortnightly meeting of this vestry was held yoster- day, In the boardroom of the Workhouse, lBrownlow-hill. Present-Mr. Churchwarden Smith, in tho chair; Mesors. Denton Scoott, Cropper, Owen, Williams, Elliott, Dear, Satebel!, Longbottom, Burroughe, Syers, Lewis, Atlina, BiugbeB, Hand, Whitty, and Turner. THE WORKHOUSE COMMIlTTE Reported thtt thoy fhadaoednottices to thbe published ...

Published: Wednesday 10 December 1862
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1867 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

TOXTETH-PARK GUARDIANS

... TOXTETH-PABK GUARDIANS. On ka The weekly meetingr of this board was held yesterday, inthe public offices, Park-road, Mr. Hoghes ia the chair. The following other guardians were present _I-Mijre. Hunter, Mills, Carter, Boote, Baynes, Alpass, Grmndrod, Bebaington, Cartmsel, and Soonrileld. Thbe governor reported the number of paupers ln the house last week to be 4Sf ; aditu~teel, 23; discharged, ...

Published: Friday 19 December 1862
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2065 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News 

AMERICA

... . MILITARY MOVEMENT8.-OFFER OF PRESIDENT DAVIS TO SELL ONE MILLION BALES OF COTTON. The Scotia, from New York, has arrived. Her des- patches are given below. New York, Nov. 18, Evening.-Gen. Burnside has issued au order, dividing the army of the Potomac into three grand divisions to be commanded by Generals Sum- ner, Franklin, and Hooker. A reserve corps is to be com- manded by Goneral Siegil. ...

Published: Saturday 06 December 1862
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2077 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE DISTRESS IN PRESTON

... I Worse news this week than last. The distress inten- f sifies, and destitution spreads. During the past week the t Board of Guardians and the Charitable Committee have i relieved 57,000 persons I We need hardly say that both a these bodies are working most arduously for the poor; s the number they have administered relief to proves this r abundantly. They appear to spare no pains in attending ...

Published: Saturday 06 December 1862
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2919 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

THE COTTON FAMINE AND THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE

... The paroehial collections made in the Archdenconry of bi Sudbury, in aid, of the Lancashire operatives, have now C reached a total, according to a return published, of aw £1,267. V A public meeting was held at Bath on Monday, under n the presidency of the Mayor, when it was determined to h make a vigorous effort to assist the operatives of a Lancashire. Parisian society is at the present ...

Published: Saturday 20 December 1862
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1781 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: News 

THE DISTRESS IN PRESTON

... W atehavei something better to reporb this week than we o bad Ior many a month past. Generally we have had t ord a terrible increase of distress, nd for more than a Year we lieve been compelled to detail a gradually de- Pig a t atn in ;D t ralde of every descrip:ion. Anml 1,Worst of all ba ibeen th ve have hail to communicate t]Q9L idicatig thve leasL sign of a change; none was visible, and ...

Published: Saturday 20 December 1862
Newspaper: Preston Chronicle
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2074 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

BOROUGH SESSIONS

... BOROUGE SESSIONS. BEFORE THE RECOBRDER, J. B. ASPINALL, ESQ., Q.O, 1he court of sessions for the borough opened esterdoy In the Crown Court, St. George's Hall, Defcre the Recorder, J. B. Aspinall, Esq., Q.O. The calendar contained the names of 91 prisoners for trial, of whom 61 were charged with felony and 27 with misdemeanour. Of these it was recorded that 4 only were well educated, 19 could ...

Published: Tuesday 02 December 1862
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2265 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: News 

SUMMARY

... w ?? I t E aro SAMUS POPVII LEX SUPREMA, S1UMiARY. DOMESTIC. The Prince of Wales has given £91000 to the fund for the relief of the distressed cotton-manufacturing operatives. At a meeting of the central committee, yesterday, it was stated that the total sum received or promised on behalf of the operatives amounted on Saturday last to £370,000. This statement does not include several sums ...

Published: Tuesday 02 December 1862
Newspaper: Liverpool Mercury
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1660 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: News