The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-05 00:00:00

TO THE PEERAGE.

In consequence of the elevation of Mr. S. Her—
bert to the Peerage, and the necessity of having
a representative of the War Department in the
Commons, the Globe announces that the public
will lose the services of Earl de Grey and Ripon,
as Under-Secretary at War. Mr. Sydney Her-
bert will take one of the subsidiary titles of the
enrldom of Pembroke, to which he is presorts:Ai:v(l
heir.

THE ICE IN THE THAMES, AND THE:
WEATHER.

There is a large quantity of drift ice in the
Thames, but the navigation is not interrupted.
The cold was severe yesterday, with a north
wind. At Rotterdam, on Thursday, the Auckland
(s.), which had attempted to get through the ice,
was compelled to return.

The following appeared in our latter editions of
yesterday :

The Countess of Eglinton died of rheumatic Aver.

French official returns show that the number of
travellers ott the public roads have increased since- the,
introduction of railways.

The Tiatro Paris correspondent disposes of the Em--
peror's New rear's address, by quoting the language of:
a staunch Imperialist, who said—the Emperor can, it is
true, by a single word. create the greatest alarm; while,
with all the assurances lae can utter, unfortunately he
cannot create. confidence. The. words of the Emperor
do not appear to have made mnetrit.7pression anywhere.
The Times says that the citizens of the United States
may confidently assure themselves that there is no party
in this kingdom which desire anything but the main-
tenance and prosperity of the union ; bat there is a
right and wrong to every question, and the Times con-
sider; that, in this case, the right belongs, with all its
advantages, to the States of the North.

A GIRL'S HEAD SHOT . OFF.

An accident of a Mal nature occurred at Halliwelli
near Bolton, on Wednesday, which has thrown quite a,
gloom over the neighbourboed, and plunged two families
into sleep sorrow. It appears that a man named Henry
Rostron, a stone-critter, residing in that town, was in
the hahit of amusing himself by shooting, sparrows, and
for this pqrpose he had the barrel of a finwling-piece
with a stoke resembling the head of s walking stick.
On Christmas Day Rostron loaded the barrel with
twenty pellets, and wan going out to shoot when a
neighbour came in to sec him about a horse. He hone,-
diately placed the gun on Pi chest of drawers in then
kitchen, and went out. At the same time, it had a ear
on the nipple, which was afterwardstaten off by a young.
maa named John Parker, who lodged in the house.
The loaded barrel was then placed in the corner of the
kitchen. It remained there until noon on -Wednesday.
On tilat day. a young man named Thomas Ellen), abed
18 years of age, a factory operative, and nephew' el
Rostron entered the house. While he was Mery
Mrs. Rostron went mg to get something from
neighbetning shop, and left Ellam reading a news,
paper by the fireside. There were also left in the
same room a little girl, Mary Elizabeth Rostroii,
who was about four years old, and an infant in a cradle.
The girl was losliting at an almanack when the mother
wee(tt: • As' sseltunedn as the mother had tuned her back,
Ellam welt tsp the 'barrel of the gun, and commenced
snapping lice' Itek. After doing this twice the gun
exploded, (O.A eafriet: away the upper portion of the
girl's head, killing hor on the spot. .On seeing the
frightful result of the explosion, Ellam ran out of the
house to his own home. :011am's parents were both in,
and were verv.much :elarmea
at his cries. Some time
elapsed before he vat; able to speak, and then he
exclaimed, " Oh, Pve killed lit, `le Polly."_
immediately proceeded to the he lime of Rostron, and
found deceased lying on the floor before th,ehfitre,mtandae
pool of blood, and scarcely reeognisab The father
lawas the
the accident. wear, at first, a serious com,l'exfl-Tiouse, he
fact that on Tuesday, when-Ellam was in told
took up the gun, and Mrs. Rostron immet.iejatelY
him to put it down, because it was loadeLl,
inquest
and he
immediately replaced, it in the corner. An
on the deceased was held on Thursday, at the Cr.
'in`.._
Arms, before Mr. Rutter, when the facts of the
ts'rl7
were fully' investigated, and a verdict of "Acciden ae.Y
shot" .was returned. Ellam bears a very good ebara.c"
ter, and was a great favourite in the house of his uncle.

THREE PERSONS STARvED TO DEATH
AT DENBIGH.

Three persons
T have died from starvation in the town
of Denbig! t, l\
ham's-lane, there lived a family of five,
orth Wale.. In a small dilapidated
cottage, in A
ra
b
and daughter,and two children of the
ei
viz., mother; rho.,
6s. a week,
c small pittance of ss. or
latter, upon ‘- The
relief,son. mother was formerly in
earned by the
of t
receipt of parish
but in consequence he
was dis-
continued, h "ie .-enciente the relief
daughter coming oh
and the fa,l4
' subsisted on the small
sum earned by the son, i2-ncl it app
w ears that while
t.me
ago,
they
the son was with the militia, a sh
eeko t r i ,
rh hs. e ouse
had no money corning in for st•fo.,
neat squalor and
they lived in was the scene of i.,
.but one bed,
distress. In the bedroom there WO- .
'inn laid, and
on which the mother, daughter, and chii, ,
on
this was in a shockingly filthy state. The st,S.' slip' '
...
a little straw in another corner of the room. Th •- child _
John Smith, seven weeks old, died ou Sunday ; :•;1.0.•
mother, aged 56, died at eleven o'clock. on Monda,
evening; and the daughter, Margaret Smith,- died on
Tuesday morning. Dr. Edwards, the parish surgeon,
was requested to visit the house last Friday by the
relieving officer, when he found that .F.lizibeth Smith
suffered from asthma and general debility, as he found
her before on previous visits. He ordered her half
a pint of gin and medicine. The daughter said slit)
"was pretty well. The; bed wis not fit for a hun:ati
being to lie upon. The kitchen was not so bad, but
the roof of the house was so much out of repair that the
rain continually came through to the bedroom. The
relieving officer had visited the house on the night pre•
viols, and he and the relieving officer were there on
Friday. Saw Elizabeth Smith again on Saturday, and
found her better. Margaret Smith was in bed, and
suffered from bronchitis, to which she had been subject
for the last two years. Saw her on Sunday, the bed
still in the same filtby.state. Saw her again on Men-
day, when he found that .a great change had taken place
for the worse. The mother sat on the bed weeping on
account of her daughter, who appeared to ..be dying:
Some of the neighbours were in the house every- time
he visited. There were on Monday plenty of sheets and
blankets on the bed, but not before that day. Elizabeth
Smith was able to take very little food, and so weak
that he would not have been surprised if she died at
once. He did not see the child alive.

Wilooo
C 11F IT Stummes having just left Dr.
„hr.
Hydropathic Establishment, where he pas been residacen_!,'
sician since 1848, is continuing the hydropatbninc Pr
his vrivate residence, Abbey Villa, Malvern. _ „I.ivilegrf
establishment is completed. His patientsah!s;;Hy'ereeted
of using the public douches and other b tn
by DI. Gully.

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