The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-07-02 00:00:00

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He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment in
Winchester jail, and to be dismissed her Majesty's ser-

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RELIGIOUS PensEcurtorr.—From Turin we learn that th,
schoolmaster, Joseph Jacquet, whose case excited much
sympathy in England a short time a,_
b_en condemned to six months imprisonment by a tribu
nal at Chambery for what was termed blasphemy in the
indictment, but which was, in fact, only having read a
verse from the New Testament (Matthew xiii. 55), and
therefrom deduced an argument adverse to the doctrine of
theimmaculate conception, has received an unreserved
pardon from his Majesty the King of Sardinia.

go, from his having

6LAVE SALE IN A CHURCH —O-a Sunday last the Rev.
Ward Beecher, in Brooklyn, made an appeal to his con-
gregation in favour of a slave nearly white, named Sarah,
who was about to be sold by her father, a Southern
planter, into infamy for 1,500 dollars. The poor girl,
who possessed much beauty and modesty, was called upon,
and timidly going up to the rev. gentleman, was placed in
a chair near him ; Mr. Beecher then made an appeal full of
eloquence to his large congregation, telling them that
slaveholders had subscribed 1,000 dollars to save the poor
si.fferer from disgrace, and asked them whether they
would put down the remaining 500 dollars. A gentleman,
amid loud applause, offered a check for the whole sum ;
but others, wishing to subscribe, neatly 600 dollars were,
in less than one minute, placed upon the plate amid the
audible sobs of all present. The poor white slave, who
had looked on with clasped hands and strained eyes, here
gave way to a passionate flood of tears and convulsive
sobs, in which she was removed.—Woodstock (US.) Paper,
June 11.

THE TIPPERARY BANS.—An application was made en
Friday to Master Murphy, on the part of the official
manager, for leave to serve notice of appeal to the Lord
Chancellor from the judgment of the Master of the Rolls
with reference to the English shareholders. The appli-
cation was granted, as was also one to place the names
of Mr. Vincent Scully and Mr. Wilson Kennedy on the
list of those against whom a call of £4O a share has been
made ; the Master, however, directing that they should
not be proceeded against until their appeal to the Chan•
cellor was disposed of. 'fbe Master said, that he wished
to take that opportunity to make a few observations in
reference to the letter of John Sadleir, of the 31st of
December, 185.5, which had been referred to in the
judgment of the Master of the Rolls, and which had
attracted so much notice. Many persons, he said, were
under the impression that that letter was known to him
and to the official manager, and were surprised to think
that it was not alluded to by him when pronouncing his
decision. The fact was, however, that it was not dis-
covered until after the arguments in the case before him ;
and, as far as he was aware, not even until after the case
had been argued before the Master of the Rolls. The
moment the official manager discovered the existence of
the letter, he copsulted with him as to the propriety and
necessity of laying it before the Master of the Rolls.
Neither of them had a second opinion on the subject,
and the official manager, with his full concurrence and
sanction, laid it before him ; but it was only then, for
the first time, that he became aware of its existence,
whatever might have been its legal effect upon his own
mind.

ADMINISTRATIVE REFORK.—A strong argument for the
extension of the examination system to court offices may
be drawn from the late contretemps at, the Royal Levee.
The Master of the Ceremonies at the English Court
requires to be au fait of the court costumes and official
uniforms of every country in the world. It would never
have crossed the imagination of Sir Edward Cust to insist,
upon Ali Paella's Presenting himself in a " white choker,"
or upon the M•Callum More's wearing " inexpressibles "
if it were his grace's pleasure to appear in the costume of
a Highland chief—with or without his tail. Events have
made the costumes of Turkey, the Scotch Highland, and
some other barbarous countries, familiar to all. But, in
addition to this, the Master of the Ceremonies—to prevent
unlucky mistakes—would need the erudition of a Planche
in the matter of cotemporary costumes ; he ought to
know at a glance the full dress uniform of a West Point
Professor of Military Science, of the Prime Minister of
the King of Mosquitia, and of every grade of Mandarin in
the Celestial Empire. Had the Master of the Ceremonies
been obliged before entering upon the duties of his office,

to give proc
of the res v,

mid not have had an American
t as Michael Cassio himself,

Royal presence, or a Chinese
pedlar ushered into it. This matter craves reform. All
aspirants to the office of Master of the Ceremonies ought

refused admittance to t

henceforth to be held bound, by travel or by extensive
Perusal of voyages, to make themselves masters of the
costumes of all nations, and to establish their qualification.
by submitting to the examination of a commission, of
which we venture to recommend Mr. Planche—asi the
greatest living authority in all that regards tailoring—for
chairman. We.recommend this suggestion to the serious
attention of Air. RoebuckLandi his colleagues.—Daily