The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.

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A report' reached Portsmouth, on Friday, that Ser-
geant Whitworth, of the Coast Brigade of Royal
Artillery, stationed at Sandown Fort, 'hie of Wight,
destroyed his wife and 'children that morning, byinearly
severing their heads from their bodies, and' after-
-Wards attempted to cut his own throat, but failed to do
this effectually.. The unfortunate wife and five children
were fourrd qiaite dead, one of the children'd head being
severed from the body, and all presenting a horrid spec-
tacle. I'Vhitrretth islikely to recover : he is fitipposed
'to be insane:

FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE 14ATE
PRIZE• FIGHT..

ell' i Pied Saturday announces that a meeting took
-place Intsveen,SayerS arid lieenan at that office the pre-
vious day, to discuss the means of terminating, tie dis-
pute between them, as to the possession of the cliaopion's
belt. It was ultimately agreed that two iteiv. belt
exact counterparts of the Nip so much coveted; sho'uld be
made, the Walley for the purpose to be..raise4 by public
subscription. tub of the candidates is to head the
list, for that to be held by his opponent. The old belt
will remain in the possession of the proprietor of Be/Ps
Life to be fought for by whoever. may aspire to the
honour of wearing it. Sayers has engaged to retiii.
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from the prize ring. '.

BETTING HOUSES.-POLICE VISITS.

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The police seem to have been fortified by the letter or
communication from the Secretary of State, in regard to'
betting-houses. It seems that one of the representatives'
of Liverpool, at the request, of a number of Liverpool-
.electors, " betting men" and. otherwi'se;lial iciad an
interview with the Home Secretary on the subject. We
have not beard the result, but from what We can
learn, it has not met the expectations of the parties
interested. Ip is stated; on authority that me dOuht net,
that the late affair at the Albion will be bidight before
a legal tribunal in some way,or other. On Friday night
the police paid visits to several publie-houses iin town.
known .as sporting- houses, but they did not offer _to
arrest anyone, as there was no betting going ini; There
is a great difference of opinion existing on &a point,
but how it will end, time alone must prove the arbi-
trator.

A Cabinet Council' had been held
afternoon.

'on Saturday

• The freedom of the city.of London was on Saturday
presented to. Captain Sir Leopold 111`Clinteds, on account_
of his dauntless efforts in the research 'after Sir John
Franklin. • • -
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The giobe declares that a report in the Press of Saturpy
of an alleged conversation between the EruPeror Napo-
leon and Lord Cowley does not contain one word of
truth. ' • • '

• Mr. Henry Barnand, of Lloyd's, has been appointed
superintendent of the underwriting department of the
Thames and Mersey Insurpuce Company, at a salary of
$5,1100,.a rar:

THE PAPER DUTY.
We have reason to believe that Lord Monteagle is
certain to • sustained by a majotity ;of votes in the
House of ,:•s this evenl?g on to question of the
Pager Dut :' •
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THE " D 1.;.. AL OFI'SE Ph.P4l., DUTY.
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DEP ITION TO LOAD DERBY.
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On Saturd4 morning, shortly before, one o'clock, a
deputation of gentlethen connected with the newspaper
and publishing trades waited upon the Earl of Derby at
jpsideneirk &Janlas'Ai-Jana15.,....t0 resent to him
The pelifion agreed-upon—at the moeting at St. iartin's.
Hall, upon the question of the paper,dutY; praying that
-the- Reuse- would-not-interfere with the privilege of the
Housi of Commons in opposing the
Thl deputation was a 'numerous one ;:blui;'l4yond a
feivplablishers and- fie-lien's- connected witFthe -paper
ttride,lMr. Ewirt,,M.P„ and Mr, Sergeant Parry, there
win )t any peirs4n of note Present.. • • ' •'.
—Mr, Serjeant gagy, read the petition;,and after some
remarlcs from that ientlernan, Mr. Ewart, and others,
, The Earl of Derby-saidit was not his intention . to,
!"discuss the question either in a' commercial .point of
view; tor upon the advisability of the tax. He should'
suppott the, motion, of. Lord Moutkagle purely upon
financial grounds.,, At present he did not consider, that
the country could afford to remit a duty upon an article
that, in his opinion,- was not so much a necessity as tea
rand sugar, upon which ;there was every probahility of a,
war dfity being continues for several yeari. It had been
argued that this was & declining duty ; ,but that le, de?
nied, for statistics showed that between .1840 and 1860
it had; nearly doubled. In conclusion, his lordship ex-
-pressed his deterininatidn. to. *support the .resoliftion of
Lord 'Alonteacrle, and that on purely financial wrounds.

DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, May 18.

The Dagbladet of to-day says the Danish
Government has lodged a protest, at Berlin,
against the discussion in the Chamber of Depu-
ties, respecting Schleswig, and against the atti-
tude assumed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Baron Von Schleinitz, upon the subject.