The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-07 00:00:00

lo foius to deal in

alpable, that

within a

bought so much

I. all we want to

3 much, i

hulk ?

If the Bank have 10

those who

ent it most, but, on the other

THE COURT

t slip through their

)üblic at large, will be inces

in our inquiries, to know what has become

hich the country so much needs ?

Moreover, some feas.

ble explanat

would satisfy

e commer

munit

perfection o

1r Bul

show them the

of 1844

is capable of accumu-

ng any fabulous amount of bullion as a basis of

silence

all the clamour of

rs, by proving'to them that while

nt gold to meet all the wants of

t was a matter of little

'ether we had a paper or a metalli

But of this our Bullion oracles may

ed that, before we drop the agitation, we

eive a reply to the very plain question,
Told

has b

ecome of the vast amount of

the Bank of England from the Ist of

le 31st of May, 1854

Liz execution of JONATHAN HEYWOOD took place
tlirkdale Gaol, at noon, on Saturday last ; and
1-,nour of Lancashire be it said, the

to th

the thousands assembled to witness

3 revolting sy

ctacle, wa

most solemn and

no indecent levity of manne

or language,

rushing to get close to the gibbet ; and, above

.ejoice to learn there were not more

aan fo

n. fifty v-

omen present, in a crowd Of

),000 p

sons, and that the females

tender years and the poorest class

ce to be hearc

I in that vast con-

sionaries, calling sinners to repentance on the

e a sinne

was about to die, and raising

voices in praise of Him who was ever

this

Ladies were there, and

e opportunity of distributing through the

a solemn wa

to those who had
ld

one who was abou

t to E

career
death

lepravity and crime by an ignominious

and, much and w

s mer

may di

us questi

all must applaud the zeal and

cod by these good people on that

awful occasion

Still, we are not amongst

ho b

eve the

punishment of death

the solemnity t,

hick we allude

kely, in any

hardened in crime with

) attempt to take away life, i

D ourinc,r

under some unconquerable impulse,

3me incipient type of insanity

or some

o less

erous

eservation

to on the

glorious uncertainty of the law

o long as judges and

are uncle

.ded as to what really constitutes
It is not enough for tho safety of

man Flhould be hanged out of five or

six men charged with murder at the same assize.
But then we may be told that hanging five or six
men at a time would be too appalling
an exhibition for these days. What then becomes of
that evenhanded justice that forbids us to hang
one culprit and spare his brother in crime ? Would

cates of the punishment of death leav

r who deliberately contemplates a murder

as are proved to be in favour of an

acquit

transportation? JONATHAN H

YWOOD
was hanged for the same offence as that committed
by O'NEIL ! Their crimes were identical ; but thg
one was sentenced to death, whilst the other
escaped with transportation for life! Whatjustice is
there in this ? Is it not monstrous to commit two
men to prison, try them for the same crime, and hang
one and transport the other? Does it not show the

it remains for the public to enquire diligently into
the whole question of the punishment of death,
and to lay down some more certain and impartial
system of removing all murderers from society
at has become of the remainder of the I than that at present in operation.

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—• The Prince of Wales and Prince
Alfred went to London yesterday, and attended Mr.
Faraday's lecture at the Royal Institutioyi. Viscount
and Viscountess Palmerston and Viscount and
Viscountess Hardinge arrived on a visit to the
Queen. The following had the honour of dining with
her Majesty in the evening :—Viscount and Viscountess
Palmerston, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lady
Caroline Barrington, and Col. the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
His Royal Highness the Prince went out hunting this
morning. Mr. Parkes, her Majesty's consul at Amoy,
lately returned from a mission to the King of Siam, had
the honour of an audience of the Queen.

SATuanA.v.—Her Majesty and His Royal Highness
Prince Albert, attended by Lady Ely and the Equerries
in Wailing, left the Castle this morning, and travelled
by a special railway-train to London, in order to
inspect the Gallery of Painters in Water Colours, in
Pall-mall East, and afterwards of viewing the Crimean
photographs. Lord Palmerston took leave in the fore-
noon, having to attend a meeting of the war department.
Lady Palmerston accompanied his lordship to town.
Admiral Lyons, who arrived here yesterday on a visit
to her Majesty, took his departure this morning, having
been summoned by the Queen's Secretary of State for
War to attend a conference held at the War Department.
Lord Hardinge likewise proceeded to London this morn-
ing for the purpose of attending the War Conference.
His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, with his
brother, Prince Alfred, went to London to-day. The
other members of the royal family took their usual
exercise. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by
their suite, returned to the castle from town, by a special
railway-train. Her Majesty, before leaving London,
paid a visit to her aunt, the Duchess of Gloucester, at her
residence, Gloucester House, Park-lane.

NEW COUNTY COURT JUDGE.Mr. Sergeant Miller has
been'Apposntedthe county court judge at Leicester by the
Lord Chancellor, in the room of the late judge.

THE NEW JUDGE.—We understand that Mr. Bramwell'
Q C., has been appointed one of the Barons of Her
Majesty's Court of Exchequer, in the room of the Right
Hon. Sir James Parke, resigned.