The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-04-07 00:00:00

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THE-DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1860,

IN A.- DIFFICULTY.

The iirisonter clutched the railing's of 'die' dod
4/tit both kids, and held his ground despite
their efforts CO iilntit he had delivered
his " message," which he did itif iolloWs—z" listeu_
and hear. I tell you I come charged with a mes-
sage from Him who always sends his warnings Vetere
he sends his judgments ; and now the world is told
by. my voice, and by the voice of Johanna, and by the
voice of God, that. the Lord is about to shake the earth
to its foundations with His terrible judgments. My
foice has said it; and the voice of Johanna, and the
ebiee of God, avid it *ill he (Me*. So ye are warned."
He then walked doyen stairs; bui there he resemed
his ravings tintil his mother, Who Was in court, paid the
money, and he was then discharged.

San Francisco is " within the circle of ea tthipakes,"
it 4 alleged, and some of the California papers °prose
making it The 6apital of the State for that reason.

BLOODY END TO A' L.4vYstrzt.—Harvey Hall and
Hezekiah Bowen, of Mount Stirling, Kentucky; had a
lawsuit of 'several years' standing between them; and the
case was recently brought up for trial. On that day the
two men, with their sons, met, when a bloody fight
ensued, with bowie knives, dirks, and guns. The result
was that Henry Hall was stabbed to death on the spot,
Mt. Hall, semor, dangerously stabbed in the throat,.
besides being wounded by a giin, Marcus Hall severely
stal)hed in the back; and old Mr. Bowen badly wounded.

' HORRIBLE DEA'ili FROM SNUFF-DiPPINti. Miss.
Tennessee Gibson died lately, in Arkansas, from, the
effects of Snuff-dipping. She fell asleep with the
" mop" in her media, and was found a corpse some-hours
after. A post morteni revealed the fact that she had
swallowed the juice, which was converted into nicatine,
a deadly poison; her ,lips, cheek, and" breast were
smeared with the foul stiff in her dying struggles, alone
in her 'room Before she tetired she felt a deadly sick-
ness, having swallowed some of the juice, but she had.
used it so long, nothing was thought of her complaint
until it was too late.

SMALL Pox EXCITEMENT.-One morning 'a barber,
named Bates, who occupieS a room in the Lyceum Hall
buildingi in Viririchester,lT.S., was engaged in shaving a
customer, when he was seised with alarming symptoms
o small
.' pots .Thb Baptist Society itorehipping. in the
hall were engaged in their morning devottotel at the
time, and the report of the case reaching them, the
services were suspended. The sick man was removed
to an unoccupied building in the village. The hall has
been thoroughly fumigated and ventilated, and services
will.ba held next Sabbath as--nsual.- There are several
cases of varioloid in lown.

Miss Hinckley, the American prima donna, had re-
cently a great success in Amsterdam. She sang in the
opera of "Linda," in presence of the Queen of Holland,
who came and took her by the hand, and thanked her
for the great pleasure afforded by her singing. Her
Majesty has spoken of the young vocalist very often,
and says that she has been dreaming of her ever since,
" sbe looked so pretty." At Utrecht she sang, and
after the concert she was serenaded by the students,
who came in a torchlight procession, -and the lady was
called out upon the balcony of her hotel, and saluted
with huzzas and fireworks. A banquet 'was also pre-
pared in herhonour. At Rotterdam, also, her success
was brilliant.

How LIGHT LITETIA.TURE PAYS.—Mr Chas. Dickens
has commenced a new story in All the Year _Round. It
is called " The Uncommercial Traveller." I told vou
the other day what I heard as to the literary earnings
of Dickens for ten
years—(£7o,ooo)--seven thousand a
year. I have just heard another and almost incredible
statement; that by this story of ' Bleak House,' he made
a profit of C 30,000! The story is this : the advertise-
ments in each number paid all expenses, paper, printing,
plates, advertisements, &c.); 60,000 copies on an average
sold of each number, and there were twenty numbers.
Allowing one-half as a wide margin for the profit of the
publishers and retail booksellers, you have a profit of
sixpence a number for Dickens himself. 60,000 six-
pences a month are 30,000 shillings ; awl these, for 20
months, make £30,000 paid to an author for one work
of fiction. This is the highest sum ever paid for any
work of art. The celebrated Murillo of Lord Hertford
fold for £24,000 only—the highest sum ever paid for a
picture.—Letter from London.
A RUNAWAY WIFE.—Some months since considerable
excitement was caused at the westerly section of the city
of Boston, United States, by the sudden and mysterious
disappearance of Mrs. Nelly Sprague, young, handsome,
and then recently married. She was discovered, and
restored to her friends in Howard-street, with whom
she remained until two or three weeks since, when she
vras again missing, under mysterious circumstances.
It was,. however, ascertained that she had left the city
in company with one Albert B. Hall, of Augusta, Me.,
and had gone with him to Montreal. As in the first
disappearance, the aid of the police was in this case
solicited, and officer Wright, of the chief a office, was
dispatched in search of the runaways. He traced and
followed them to Montreal, and several other places in
Canada, and then to Chicago, where he found the couple
living as man and wife. Mr. Wright has arrivel
home, bringing Mrs. Sprague with him and leaving
her at her father's house in Howard-street. Hall was
left irr--Zsicago, the officer not having any orders or
authority to bring him.
THE QUEEN AT THE TOMB OF THE DUCHESS OF
GLOUCESTER.—On Thursday morning, at ten o'clock,
her Majesty and the Prince Consort, accompanied by
the Prince of Wales, the Princesses Alice and Helena,
the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the
Duke of Cambridge, visited the tomb of. the late
Duchess of Gloucester, which has recently been erected
by command of her Majesty in the south aisle of the
Chapel Royal of St. George, Windsor. The royal visit
was quite unexpected ; consequently the royal party was
unattended by any of the clergy or other authorities of the
chapel, excepting Mr. Wise, the verger. This costly and
magnificent monumental tomb, erected by the command
of, and at the expense of, her Majesty the Queen, as a
tribute of affection to the memory of her late royal
highness was put together temporarily at the time
their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
Frederic William of Prussia were at the castle, with
the view of enabling the Prince and Princess to
form an estimate of the effect when completed, and
to suggest improvements. The top of the tomb is com-
posed of the best serpentine marble, the figure of the
cross with the rose, thistle, and shamrock enamelled
thereon. The front of the tomb, as well as the ends,
are of white marble, the inscriptions being enclosed
in panels of serpentine with mosaic borders. Each
panel contains the arms of England. On the wall
immediately over, and forming a portion of , the
tomb, these are four bas-relie, executed 'in white
statuary marble, with great artistic skill and talent,
from . the original designs. All these contain groups of
figures illustrative of acts of charity and piety. The first
is the representation of "Clothing the naked," the second
of "Feeding the hungry with bread," the third "Reliev-
ing the wearied traveller on his way," and the fourth
of "Visiting the sick- -hed." The following inscrip-
tion appears on the. ;We of the marble slab forming
the top,
occupying the ends and front :—" This tomb 1
has been erected by Queen Victoria, as a tribute of
respect and affection,- to her beloved aunt Mary, Ditches's
of Gloucester, anno domini 1859." Within the panels
already described are the following inscriptions. In•
the first:—"'ln the vaults below ar , interred the
W
mortal remains ofilliam Henry;, ; le of Moil.,
6it
cester, born 25th November, 1743.; 4
,- sth !august,lBos. Maria, Duchess of Gloncester,'"bnin 3rd July,
1739 ; died 22nd Auguit, 1807,:. "The Princess Caro-
line. Augusta. Matilda of Gloueeiter, born 24th lime,
1774; died 14th March, 1775." The second panel con-
tains the following : --" William Frederick, Duke of Glou-
-1 cester, born 15th January, 1776; died 30th. Nov., 1834.-
Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, born 25th April, 1776 ;
, died 30th April, 1857. Princess Sophia Matilda of Glou:
;taster, born 29th May, 1773 ; died 29th Nov. 1844."
This magnificent-tomb is now shown to the public. The
bas-reliefs and the sculpture were executed by Mr. Theed,
and the architectural portion by Mr, Gilbert Scott..

A FOLLQW4R OF JOHANNA SOUTIICOTE

bhr C. Peacock, of 1:2;. Bing's-row, Walworth,
cooper, Et niau abort 40 years old, well known in that
locality as a-follower of Johaiiiiigoithecte,- wits charged
before the Lord Mayor with being disorderly, and pul-
ling down a sheet-iron chimney in the Church of -St,
James, Duke's-place, and also with assaulting Vale,
beadle of the said church.
ifttiU said-:;--,Last night; 'about nine o'clock, after the
service was over, the prisoner was in the church shout-
ing out and making a &tut:6'lllC% which Collected a
great concourse of people. The rector event to him
and requested him to. withdraw, telling him that, oh
the service was over, he had no right ther? and that
he conld not be permitted to make a &saga/ice.
The prisoner refused to leave the' church, and in.
the most excited manner, shouted out that he had been
sent with a message from heaven to the Lord Mayor,
the Corporation, and the citizens of London; that the
Lord *WM destroy the City in five years. The rector .
again expostulated with Itimf but he only shouted the
louder and when the rector ordered toe to remove him,
and I iitid'etddit to dti. se, he assaulted ina vfolently, and,
Catching hdtii of an iron chimney that *as in our stay,
he pulled it down in resitting lie. We had the greatest
trouble in removing him from the chtit'elif nitiniately
I gave him into custedy. It will cost £2 to :repit the
daniage he did. • •
The Lord Mayor—Was he intoxicated ?
Witaiess—Oh no,-my lord; he was quite sober.
The Lord Mayor—Well, what have you to'say to this
charge, prisoner
' Prlsolier-z-Say;- why, that 1 ant art ill-used man.
The Lord Mayor—flow Can yott tftnplEfin of that
after behaving eo fn a Chnich ?
Prisoner-;--I am a believer in a God. I believe in a
God, of mercy—a God of 6ed of visitation'
—and.a God who never sends his fildgmelltioil the, earth
without first sending warnings to the nations, grid (rais-
ing his voice to the pitch of frenzy, while he shook-his
wavy locks, and upheaved his hands in a maniacal man-
ner) I am.sent with a great message to say to this city=
"Mena, mane, tekel upharsin; thou art weighed in the
balance,
The Lord Mayor--,Well, that will do. You must
make compensati&i fel the darditge ymi have done. '
Prisoner—Damage ! I think they °night to compen-
sate me, for I went there with a great aoisligfet dercy,-
and to ! they clutched me by the collar, and tore the
beard from my chin, even as they, reviled and spat upon
one of old. Was that Christianity? Was that the way
to receive a message from the Most High ? Lo! again
I tell yell' tittfe got, a message from heaven.
The Lord Mayor--diq; no more of that. The
&Maga is estimated highly, but I &fiat order you to pay
205., or go to prison for seven days.
Prisoner (with a knowing leer, and an entire change
of tone)—Wen't it do, your vrembip, if I send a man to
repair the damage, and settle the matter with him ?
The Lord Mayor=---You must pay 205., sir, or go to
prison for seven days. -
trisotet pit the same wild accents as before)—Lo !
then again- / tell tot! haft at message from heaven.
The Lord Meyot-z4ientofe Min; °item..
Three officers took him ity the colidri and endeavoured
to lead him down stairs, but