The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-11-28 00:00:00

THE ENGLISH CAPTIVES AT PERIN.

Mr. William Charles F. Helmuth T. de Norman, the
First Attache to the Hon. Frederick Bruce's mission to
Chin‘a, who has been taken prisoner by the Chinese, is
the only son of Baroness de. Norman, and cousin to the
Marquis of Northampton, Lady Marianne Alford, and
Lord William Compton. Mr. de Norman was for fa
short period attached to the British Legation pt Wash-
ington, arid was' afterwards transferred to Berlin. For
a short time he served in the 2d Royal Surrey Militia.
On the declaration of war against Russia, Mr. de
Norman. proceeded to the East, and was temporarily
attached with the rank of Captain, in Turkey, to the
Osmanli Horse Artillery of the Turkish Contingent
from April to. December, 1857, he
,was attached to
Lieutenant-Colonel. Simmons,. the British Com Missioner
foi the 'Ttirkb4)eisian boundary. He was afterwards
appointed as Attache at Constantinople, and on the
appointment of the Hen. F.
,Bruce to his mission to
China, in 1858, he was appointed First Attache.
Mr. Hari-y smith Parkes.—This energetic -and valuable
servant of the Crown was employed under the late Sir
Henry Pottinger in' June, 1842, for his proficiency in the
Chinese. language. He acted as: interpreter, at Foo-
chow-foo in 1845 and 1846; as interpreter at Shanghai
in 1848. In the 'succeeding year be proceeded to Amoy
in a similar capacity. In 1851 he was selected to pro-
ceed to Formosa to. distribute rewards to.the Chinese,
and :acqUitted himself greatly to the satisfaction of his
superiors. August, 1854, he was appointed , British
Consol- at Amoy, and the following year accompanied
Sir raiiiei 13-ON-Wing .to Siam, on that gentleman's special
miSsion., .He had the. honour te• bring the Siamese
Treaty with this country, and to return with its ratifica-
tion in January, 1856. On his return to Canton he was
appointed (June, 1856) Consul, and in September, 1858,
he' was transferred to Shanghai. On the Earl of Elgin's
reaching China, he was selected as principal interpreter.
Mr. Henry Brougham Loch.—This 'gentleman, an-
nounced as cone of the captives at Pekin, entered- the
Hon. East India Company's Bengal Cavalry in 1844,
and as an aide-de-camp to Lord Gough served through

the Sutlej campaign. After holding the .Adjutancy of
his regiment three years, he was appointed second in
command of Skinner's Horse in 1851. He returned to
England early in 1854, and volunteered his services` to
the army in Bulgaria, to assist in organising the Turkish
Cavalry. He accompanied the army to the Crimea, and
was present at the' Battle of the Alma: • He resigned his
commiSsiOß in the East India Company's service, and

for a time was in the Cheshire YcoManry. In April,
1857, he accompanied the Earl of Elgin on his mission
to China, as First Attache, and was selected by that
nobleman to bring home the Treaty with Japan, signed
at Jeddo in August, 1858.

DEATH OF A CHILD.--An inquest will be held to-day,
at the Angel Inn,.Birkenhead, by Mr. Henry Churton,
coroner for -the district, on the body of a child of one
year and nine months old, named James Hollyrood, who
died on Sunday from the; effects pf a fall. His parents
reside in 22, Oakes-street. _ _ _

FALLEN WOMEN.-The midnight meetings for the
reclamation of this unfortunate class of fewales have
been suspended for the present, until a larger asylum
can ne..proiltreit. fur them, mid the Ilcum:,,Aly fund. sac;
forthcominm. The present building in St. Anne:street
contains 27 inmates,• which is the utmost number to
whom accommodation can be afforded.

THE BALI ADS or S COT LXND. —At the Working
Men's Institute, Bond-street, last evening, the Rev. Mr.
Beaumont delivered a very interesting lecture upon the
Ballads or Scotland.' The attendance was considerable :

an attentive hearing and a cordial vote of thanks were
accorded the lecturer.

LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES.—New cases received
advice and medicine at the institution: .North, 208 ;
South, 147; total, 355. New,eases visited. at their own'
houses and supplied with medicine : North, 125 ; South,
69 ; total, 194. Rev. Rector Campbell, A.M., Pre-
sident ; Major • Bourne,. Vice-President of North
. Dispensary; Mr. R. A. Payne, Vice-President of South
Dispensary ; Mr. Francis Mill, Treasurer ; Mr. F. H.
Langley, Secretary.
Fla& iN Vmororc-STREET.---About ten o'clock yester-
day morning a fire broke out in the premises of ,Mr.
Cook, Vernon-street. The destructive influence of the
fire had made great progress before communication was
made with the Central Fire Station, Hatton-garden.
The energetic brigade soon extinguished the fire, but
unfortunately .the • beerhouse occupied by Mr. Cook has
'Custaincd considerable damage.
TUE, 'ART UNION .OF THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.—
We have to direct attention to the advertisement in
another column, from which. our readers will see that
%the drawing for the prizes, which.will vary from £5 to
£lOO, is •to take place early next month, at the
Academy's Rooms. Subscribers are also reminded that
the holders of prizes will have the privilege, of selecting
pictures of their own choice frOm the present exhibition.
A BATCH OF MARINE-STORE DEALERS IN TROUBLE.—'
yesterday, at the Birkenhead Police Qoprt, Bridget
M'Langlen, Jane Burns, and Hannah Davies,. Were
charged by Mr. M'Cormack with stealing, and Edward
Lee, foreman to Saddler, a marine-store dealer, and
Catherine Flynn, residing in the Dock-cottiwes, with
feloniously receiving a quantity of iron stolen 'from the
premises of the Prosecutor; on whose behalf Mr: Moore
appeared. Lee was defended Mr. Rymer. The case
was adjourned until to-day, when it is expected that
other persons implicated in the offence will be brought
to justice. , •

THE DOCK PINES AND THE CORN TRADE.—III com-
pliance with the request expressed at ttie large and
influential meeting held at the Corn Exchange,. on
Saturday last., the following memorial has been drawn
up, and is in course of signature :—" To the Liverpool
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.: The memorial of
importers Of grain and flour into the port of Liverpool,
assembled in public meeting, at the Corn Exchange,
Liverpool, on the 24th of November, 1860, respectfully
shewetli,—That. much irregularity and inconvenience
having been experienced by merchants, and others of
the corn trade in Liverpool, through the operations of
the existing laws in reference to dock fines, a meeting
of the membe4.of the said trade was held on the day
and at the place above named, when certain resolutiOns
*ere passed, which, in conformity with one of the said
resolutionS, are now respectfully submitted for the con-
sideration of the board." ~ The resolutions passed at that
meeting follows the above memorial. They appeared in
the' DAILY TIMES On Monday last.
Tarn FIRST FRENCH NEWSPAPER.—It is believed
that the first number of the first French newspaper
appeared on the 30th of May, 1631. The first article
was dated, from Constantinople, the 2nd of April. It
informed the pod people of Paris that the King, of
Persia was besieging Dille, two days' march from Baby-
lon, with fifteen thousand. cavalry and fifty thousand.
infantry. The Grand Seignor had commanded all his
janissaries to repair, on pain of .death,, to him. Not-
withstanding this grave business, the Grand Seignor
continued to wage war against murderers by choking
them with smoke. The first five numbeiS of the Gazette
contained no Paris news. The good doctor was probably
feeling his way,with his somewhat perilous venture. In
his sixth number, however, he ventured to inform hig
countrymen that the king and his court wet e drinking
the mineral waters of St. Germains ; and that the tine
edition :14 the Bible, in nine volumes 'and eight
lan-
guages, was in progress--a, work in which he invited all
nations to take part.—From " Temp/0 Bar," No. 1..

•
Tns COTTON PLANT OF SOUTH CAROLINA The above has
been beautifully illustrated on the back of a playing card for
the present season, by Messrs. De La Rue and Co. from am
original drawing by a Liverpool gentleman, and published br•
Messrs. Agnew and Son. J. M. and Son have received a large•
stock. N.B.—A good playing card from is 6d. J. Mawdsley
and Son, 4, Castle-street.

PLAYING CARDS.—llithtrto the keenly contested whist
cribbage, 100, &c., exhausted the use of the playing card.
Now, however, the beautiful, instructive, and chaste designs
imparted to their exterior, teach the form, colour, and growth
of plants which have enriched the commerce of Great
Those manufactured by De la Rue and CJ., are peculiarly rich
in design, and can be had in great variety at Benson and Mal-
lett's, commercial stationers, 10. Castle-street.

Rush of blood to the head is frequently caused by a bad con-
dition of the stomach or bowels, but by a course of Holloway's
Pills, these distressing symptoms arc prevented, or, if they
have made their appearance, are oickly exterminated. Diz-
ziness of sight, headache, and other alarming symptoms are
also relieved by this wonderful aperient; also, ail internal
disorders are curable by them, because by their influence on
the circulation they reduce the entire system to a healthy
action. The first effect of Holloway's Pills is to cause a flow
of saliva during mastication to excite the stomach to secrete
sufficient gastric juice todijest the food,- whose chyle, enter-
ng the bloos', bestows ou that fluid wholesome tonic pro-
pi rties.

Our readers have only to send their address to D. T. Barry,
Esq.. 77 R '
Regent-street, W., London, and they will receive
gratis and tree by post The "INVALID'S OWN GLIDE" or
Natural Restorer without Medicine or expense, of perfec'
digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs and refreshing sleep, to
the most enfeebled, insuring te removal of indigestio (dys-
pepsia), constipation, sickness at the stomach, epilepsy, para-
lysis, debility, nervousness, palpitation, cough, asthma, con-
sumption, dropsy, flatulency, diarrhoea, dysentery, biliousness,
fevers, 'sore throats, catarrhs, colds, noises in the ears,
rheumatism, gout, impurities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia,
irritability, sleeplessness, acidity, palpitation, luartburn,
despondency, cramp, spasms, ,inking tits, broil.
chitis ; also children's complaints. " tlr.q,..estionably the safest
1.1 :( (to health."

NEW INVENTION.—THE NEW FOUNTAIN PEN.—A greater
annoyance than a bad steel pen can hardly be met with—the
difficulty is to get a good one. Amongst the recent improve-
ments the new " fountain pen," just introduced by Rudliall
and Co., is the best we have ever seen. liy a simple but effec-
tive contrivance the ink is retained in a fountain, by means of
a second inverted barrel, above the. writing nib, and this barrel
can be taken out at any time, so the pen can be kept perfectly
clean w thout any chance of being corroded. Another feature
in this pen is, that one din in the ink will last for five minutes'
quick writing. The pen itself is of the finest description, and
in merchants' offices, banks, and indeed in every place, it will
be found to fill a want felt by every one up to this time. We
have tried this splendid pen, handed to us by Mr. E. T. Hall,
South John-street, and can pronounce it perfect, and we are
sure all who use it will give a full verdict in its favour,

CONSUNC`TION, COUGH, ASTHMA, Aso linoNcurris CURABLE.
—" I believe that the preparation of Balsam of Horehound
and Aniseed (as prepared by Hr. Martin, of 22, Copperas-
hill, Liverpoold will prove of snore value, in ca.,es of bron-
chitis and incipient consumption, than any other remedy
extant. It relieves the most irritating cough in few minutes;
and, although it contains no preparation of opium, it induces
'sound and rffreshiny sleep, soothes the nervous system, and
restores the healthy action of the lungs." Recommended above
all other medicines by Sir Alexander Tralles—sec Thomson'
Materia Medico, page 175, vol. 2. The following is from Dr.
Brett, the eminent chemist :—" I consider the balsam of hore-
hound and aniseed, as prepared by Mr. Martin, an elegant
and efficient cough remedy, and I fully agree with Sir Alexan-
der Tralles and Dr. Anthony Todd Thomson, that, in conjunc-
tion with cod liver oil, it is an admirableadmirable remedy for con-
sumption and delicate constitutions."—B. H. Brett, Ph. Dr.,
M.R.C.S., late Lecturer on Chemistry and Medical Jurispru-
dence, Liverpool Royal Infirmary The balsam of horehound
and aniseed is prepared only by T. Martin, chemist, 22, Cop-
per: s-hill, Liverpool; but, owing to its great and increasing
sale, agents have been appointed in all principal towns and
cities. It can be procured wholesalefrom Raimes and Co.,
from Sutton and Co.,
Edinburgh and York, London, ef.r..
macott, Manchester, and wholesale and retail from them in!: -
facturer, as above. Price, is. lad., 2s. 9d., and 45.6d.c..E.4
, The lozenges in box at Is. 10• ~ icee by post, Is. 6d.