The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-02 00:00:00

AN ECCENTRIC 'CLERGY AN.

The Rev. Henry Dickenson, M.A., rector of West
Rettord, lately died at his residence at that place, under
peculiar circumstances. He was the last representative
of a family who had lived in the neighbourhood for
upwards of 200 years, and possessed considerable estates
at Ctayworth, the manorial rights of which were, until
recently, vested in them. The rev. gentleman was a
graduate of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, in 1813,
and subsequently obtained his degree of M.A. at that
university. He was for a short time curate of Nilsson,
and subsequently curate of Hatfield, Herefordshire. - In,
1816 he married Miss Wynn, the daughter of a wealthy
bOokseller, in London, by whom he acquired a handsome
fortune, a considerable portion of which, however, he soon
afterwards lost in a lawsuit, which produced an estrange-
ment between him and his wife's relations. Jo November,
1836, he succeeded to the living of West Retford, the next,
presentation to which had been purchased by his father
for £1,205. From that time to the period of his death he
hai been remarkable for his eccentric and penurious
habits. Although possessed of ample means, he never
kept any domestic servant, and seldom permitted any one
to enter his abode. His appearance excepting on Sundays,
was exceedingly mean for a clergyman. He was dressed
in shabby.habiliments ; he used to go unshaved and even
unwashed for a week together, and he used to clean his
own Shoes about once in the same interval. His diet was
very. spare ;.about 3lb of meat a small loaf or two of
bread, and half a pound of butter, served him and his
wife for a week. He once took to farming his own glebe,
but his operations were so singular and inefficient that the
land became a complete nursery for every description of
weed. He sold off all his stock except a couple of draught
horses, which he retained up to the time of his de ith
without using them, a man being employed to feed and
exercise them. Mr. Dickenson continue 1 in tolerably
good health up to Sunday the 10th hist., when his parish-
ioners observed that he laboured under considerable
difficulty in the performance of his duty in the pulpit. In
the morning of that day he delivered an affecting sermon
froth -Job v 6, " Affliction cometh forth not of the dust,

ucn ilet UULII I,lollole spring, ouL or cue grounti. • .tr,
afternoon_ he preached for the last time, taking fo

text thb
long-suffering of our
.Lord is salvation," and dwelling
repeatedly and with •marked emphaSis on the word
"salvation." On leaving the church he had to be-as-isted
to the rectory by two of his parishioners, whom he dis.
missed as soon as he got, to his own door. In consequence
of this indisposition the churchwardens a day ur two
afterwards tendered their good offices at the rectory, but.
Mr. Dickenson declined their help, and it was only by a
kind of gentle compulsion that they succeed©d in netting

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Account thit the

into the house. Mrs. Dickenson, who is in a delicate
state-of•mind and body, at first refused to open the door,
- As ultimately induced to admit one or two persons.
1 her husband in a depleiable sta'e of prostra-
tg from the sheer want of the necessaries of

life, according to the opinion of the medical men. He
sank into a state of syncope, and died about one o'clock
in the morning of the 16 h. The interior of the house
presented a scene of utter neglect. The windows had not
been cleared for nearly twenty years ; the window
which had never been drawn up during all that period,
were rotten wiZla age and dirt, and were patched up with
pieces of newspaper; the kitchen had hardly a particle of
furniture, and there had been no fire in it for many years ;
the walls were covered with dust and cobwebs ; the flaors,
both board and brick, were of one uniform, colour, from
long accumulations of dirt ; the room in ►which Mr. and
Mrs. D.ekenson resided was nearly filled to the ceiling
with large packing cases, containing beds, Mien, an
furniture, including a piano, none of which articles had
ever been unpacked. The bedrooms were almost bare of
furniture, and presented the same wretched and dingy
appearance as the rest of the house. Notwithstanding
these indications of poverty and misery, it has been
ascertained that Mr. Dickenson died worth between
£40,000 and £50,050, the whole of which he has bequeathed
to his wife. He was also considered a liberal landlord,
and the poor of West Retford have not unfrequently
benefited by his charities. He was a man of studious
habits, and an etwellent Greek scholar. The living of
West Retford is in the gift of Mr. Hood, of Nettleham
It is of the nominal value of £350 a year, but is in reality
worth about ,e5OO.

The Prefect of the Seine has j .st received £5OO, from Sir
Joins( tj Jrjeebhoy, the well-known merchant at Bomh iy
through Alderman Salomans, late Lord Mayor of London,
for the benefit of the sufferers by the late inundotio s.
ACCIDENT CAUSED BY A BAND OF MUSIC AT BOLTON.--
Oa Thursday evening, about eight o'clock, Thomas Wright,
aged 58, a carter in the service of Hr. John H. Ainsworth,
Halliwell, was returning from Bedford to Halliwell in
charge of a van loaded with cloth, and on arriving in Bath
street, Bolton, a band of music commenced playing, which
cau'ed his horse to take fright. The old man was on a seat
at the front of the van, and fell off in consequence of the
horse "starting." The wheels of the van ran over his leg.
He was removed to the Infirmary, where it was found that
his leg was nearly severed from his body, and shortly after-
wards it was found necessary to amputate it.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC. —The traffic returns of railways in
the United kingdom, publishe i for the week ending Nov
22, 'amounted to £412,648 and for the corresponding week
of 1855 to £395,271, showing an increase of £17,377.
The gross receipts for :the eight railwaya having their
termini in the metropolis, amounted for the week ending
as above to £173 138 and for the corresponding week of
last year to £168,085, showing an increase of £5,053. The
increase on the Eastern Counties Railway amounted to
935 ; on the Great Westarn to 2,154 ; on the London and
North Weston to £702; on the London and Blackwall to
on the London, Brighton, and South Coast
to £1,483; on the London and South-Western to £664;
and on the South-Eastern to £868; total, £6,967. But
from this must be deducted £1 914, the decrease on the
Great Northern, leaving the total increase as above, £5,053.
The receipts on the other lines in the United Kingdom
amounted to £239,510, and for the corresponding period of
1855 to £227,186 ; showing an increase of £12,324 in the
r. ceipts of those lines, which added to the increase on the
metropolitan lines, makes the total increase £17,377, as
compared with the corresponding week of 1855.
PICKPOCKETING ON TILE FRENCH BOURSI.—A gentleman
at the Bourse, on Thursday, suddenly found that a small
bag containing 1,0001 in gold bat been abstracted from his
pocket, and he unhesitatingly accused a well dressed man
standing near him of having taken it. The latter energeti-
cally protested his innocence, but the gentleman insisted on
his going before the commissary of police. The man there
loudly declared that he wa! perfectly respectable, and com-
plained bitterly of the y to which he was subjected.
He was searched, but all that was found on him was a red
silk purse containing 31115 c, and that he solemnly declared
was his own property: As there was rn proof against him,
he was about to be discharged, when, jest at that moment,
two persons came before the commissary—one to deposit a
hag containing I,ooof, in gold, which, to his profound
astonishment, he had fnnnd in his pocket, and the other to
complain that his pocket had been picked of a red silk purse
h were 31f 15c. On this the man taken in charge
- len both the bag of

I,ooof. and thei;;seef 3! f. 15c. ; and he said that on
'9ed of taking the former he had slipped it into the
' - nearest him.

being acc

pccket of the

He at once

ierson

Was taken to'theP re7ectu;e-of Police, and it was there
discovered that he is one of the mist ekilful
Paris pickpoCets in

EXTRAORDINARY MURDER.

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE

. This was a writ of enquiry in an action brought
_before Mr. Under-Sherriff Burehell, in the Sherriffs
Oourt, on Friday, to recover damages for a breach of
promise of marriage—the defendant having suffered
judgment to go by default, thereby admitting that he
had made the promise, and had not performed it: Mr.
Houston Browne appeared for the plaintiff Defendant
--appeared in person. The plaintiff was a young woman
about 25 years of age, now residing with a relative at
Bedford," and who at the time she became- acquainted
with the defendant, who was the postmaster of the town
.of Bedford some three. years ago, was residing with her
parents at Leighton Buzzard, and assisting them in the
business ofyastrycook and confectioner. On the 18th of
November, 1855, he wrote a letter to her, in which he
acquainted her with the fact that his affections were
centered upon her, and offering to pay his addresses to
her, which offer, it would appear, from the text of the
next letter, she accepted ; for the letter of the lath of
November began "My dear Jane." The next began
"My very dear Jenny," and contained this passage
" My dear Jane —The scenes which present themselves to
our notice here are fluettiating and uncertain ; our life
is like the vessel cast upon the unsettled ocean, disturbed
by the waves and billows which are ever and anon throw.
big themselves about her, impeding her progress, and
disappointing expectations. Such, my dear Jane, is life.
How often we are not permitted to enjoy our fondest
desires ; .what checks there are placed upon us. I feel
that I am myself deprived of a Breit boon in the absence
of your 50ci43.,, and counsel,
.which I should find soothing
and comforting- Id .me ; but such, my dear Jane, is the
arrangement of ' things It cannot be at present.'!
In another letter he congratulated himself on having
obtained .possesSion of her heart ; and in another he

1e conduct of her naw,her, when she became

ware that his attentio

once, "As I have got plenty of room for you, my dear. a
beautiful hame, and no one but znysslf to enjoy it." He
further appealed to her to acquaint him with her feelings
upon the subject of marriage, and a lau2hable letter,
which was very lengthy, as, indeed, most of them were,
contained the following; 1 promise you, if you :have
me, to make the best of my position I can. I'll make the
best postmaster that I am able to make. I'd stick
close to my official duties. make you as good a com,
panion in a home as I am able to make. look
after you if you'll look after me, as long as the thread
of life holds out, whether it be long or short." la
another, he said :—" I eat and driak pretty we 1, and
that, you know, is a good thing, considering any
other deficiencies in your mother's e,tirnat ion." Again, " I
fancy we would make things tolerably comfortable in my
comfortab'e little parlour, where I am writing to you, my
dear, under a misteltoe bough." Ia another passage he
spoke so rapturously of the time when the plaintiff would
be postmistress of Bedford, and hoped "they might drink
from the fountains of the pure streams of love," and so
on, in the most approved strain of an ardent lover. (A
brief of 17 sheets, containing alone copies of his letters,
was handed in, most of them of a nonsensical description.)
In the early part. of the present year it was arranged that
they should he married in the first week in April, but
after the first week in March. " a change came o'er the
spirit of his dream," and he never visited the object of his
former affections. He avoided her entirely, and he did not
see her until he had received a letter from her attorney,
intimating that proceedings would be taken against him,
when they did meet subsequently in Seprernber, but that
was in the lawyer's office. is no arrangement was come
to, the present action was brought ; the defendant did not
plead ; and the only question now was, what amount the
jury were to give as damages for the breach of promise.
The defendant, a young looking man addressed the jury,
and caused some amusement in the court by his simplicity
of manner. He said it was true that he had paid his
addresses to Miss Partridge, which he had discontinued
for some time, that was also true ; but he had nor, refused
to marry her ; on the contrary, he was ready and willing
to marry her now, if she was willing to have him.
(Laughter.) The Under.Sherriff told the jury that it was
admitted on the face of the record, by which the parties
were bound, that the defendant made the promise, and
did not perform it, and it was for the jury to say what
amount of damages the plaintiff should receive for the
breach of the contract, having due regard to the position
in life of the parties. The defendant repeated his offer ;
that could not affect the case, and he had said he had not
a farthing, but, though he was postmaster of Bedford, there
was no evidence as to what his income was. It was
entirely for the jury to assess the damages. The jury
gave a verdict for £2O,

The Rev. Daniel Moore has been elected to the GI olden
Lectureship, in the room of the Rev. H. Melvill, promoted
to a canonry of St. Paul's Cathedral.

the Evangelical Conference, assembled at Berlin, has
come to a resolution of great importance, having adopted,
by a large majority, the principle of the union of the two
confederations—the Lutheran and the Protestant.

At the last meeting of the Asiatic Society, various dona-
tions to the library and museum were presented ; among
the latter was a curious collection of emblems, insignia,
MSS , stamps, &c., used in the secret political societies of
China, received from his Excellency Sir John Bowring,
Governor of llong Kong.

Mr. Morris Moore Writes a long letter to the papers
giving a history of his arrest in Berlin. He makes several
mysterious insnuat;ons es to the curse, bat states nothing
positively. He attacks Lord Bloomfield, but it appears that
our minister learned the fact of the arrest on the morning of
tbe 22nd, and early that morning asked 11. Manteuffel for
explanations. Mr. Moore was that day released.
STRANGE CONDUCT OP A SILK MANUPACtURER.—A case
of affiliation was heard at the petty sessions, Rochdale, on
Friday, which excited a considerable degree of interest.
The complainant was a young woman called Mary Hilton,
and the defendant was Mr. Wm. Ormesher, of Middleton,
a silk manufacturer. The young girl had been in the
employ of Mr Ormesher. Mr. Harris prosecuted, and Mr.
R. B. B. Cobbett defend d Ormesher. It appeared that the
defendant had taken advantage of the girl while in his
employ. The case lasted three hours. The bench made an
order for 2s. 63. per week upon Ormesher.
THE COUNTY CONSTABULARY.—We understand that at
the adjourned annuafeessipns, to be held at the Court-house,
Preston, on the 7th of January next, the magistrates will
consider the propriety of revising the present scale of remu—
neration paid to the constabulary force of this county, in
order to its assimilation to the scales adopted in other parts
of the country. Should the increase which will be suggested
to the court be approved of, the addition will raise the
county constabulary rate by about £4,000 per annum.
ANOTHER HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT BARNSLEY.—Another
daring robbery was committed on the Pontefract road, on
Wednesday evening last. John Osteliffe, a farmer and
gardener, who resides at Shatter., was returning home from
the Barnsley- market, about a quarter to eight o'clock, when,
on reaching that part of the road which runs along the
side of the plantation at Meyer Hall, he
was at'acked by
three ruffians, who suddenly pounced upon him fi ern the
road side. A struggle ensued. in which Catcl''
thrown to the ground, and robbed of 48 i°B 41
half strangling their victim, the robbers decamped.

On Sunday evening, shortly before five o'clock, the inhabi-
tants of South Lambeth and Vauxhall were greatly alarmed
in.consequence of a fire of a very formidable character, and
unfortunately attended with a destruction of property toughly
estimated in value from £5,000 to £6,000, taking place in
the South Lambeth Chapel, a short distance from the Vauxhall
railway station. From enquiries made, it appears that one of
the persons who had charge of the chapel, upon going into the
body of the building, found that the hot air-pipes used for
warming the building had fired the rafters under the flooring.
An attempt was made by all in the place to subdue the fire,
but without success, and upon those .in charge of the chapel
finding that the flames were progressing, they set off for the
engines. By the time the engines reached the scene, the fire
had seized upon the greater portion of the pews in the gallery,
and many in the body of the chapel, so that there seemed
very little hopes of saving any part of the building. An abun-
dant supply of water was'proctiVed, and the firemen set 'their
engines to work, In spite, however, of their most strenuous
exertions to arrest the progress of the flames, they extended
their ravages, and in less than half an hour after the first
appealanee of them, they had- taken a complete sweep over
many pews in the gallery, as well as in the different aisles.
Whilst the firemen were engaged in distributing the water
upon the conflagration, part of the gallery fell, and so did
portions of the roof, but the fire had not yet reached the organ
loft ; the full force of water was therefore directed upon that
part of the building, for the purpose of saving the valuable'
instrument. Fortunately, they were, to some extent, enabled
to save the loft and also the organ from being consumed, but
Llie,darnage dune by water and fire to both is very serious. By
nine O'clock, owing to the indefatigable exertions of the fire-
men, and the great bodies of water thrown upon the flames,
they at length began to succumb and palpably diminish, and
in the course of another half hour they were extinguished, but
not until the chapel was for the greater part reduced to a mis-
shapen miss of ruins. Fortunately, the building was insured
in, we understand, the Piicenix Fire Office.

PRUSSIA. AND SWITZERLAND.-A private -letter from
Berlin, of November 23, states that Prussia is about to
invite the Great Powers to decide upon measures with a view,
to re-establish her sovereignty over Neufchatel, while
reserving to herself the right of ulterior proceedings. She
is anxious for a Corigress to be held.
A FRAUDULENT BILL BROKER.---A letter from Amster-
dam mention's the arrest, in,th4t city, of a bill broker, who
hid.endeavouted through one.of the clerks of the Nether.
lind Bank, to get a forged hill for 12.000 florins discounted
It-is added, that he had other hills of the same spurious kind
he amount of 50,000 florins. •
The Hanover Gazette asserts that

in his posse

the last obstacle to the conclusion of negociations relative
to the pas3age of the Sound, was about to be removed,
England having definitively accepted the proposition of
Denmark. These negociations would be, it was anticipated,
terminated by a special treaty, assuring to Denmark an
indemnity of £40,000. The arrangements concluded with
the other Po vers interested in the question, are to be
embodied into a collective protocol, which will shortly be
published.

NEW HARBDUEWORKS AT HOLYHEAD.—On Monday
night there wc.s a strong breeze of wind blowing from the
north and northwest, causing a heavy sea in the bay.
Nearly two lengths (or about sixty feet) of the staying on
the northern break water were carried away. Several logs
of the tint-her were found floated to the opposite side of the
bay he following morning. Thi3 will occasion a serious
loss to the contractors, and the weather continues unfavour-
able for pitching out additional lengths for depositing
stones for extending the breakwater.
ROYAL RETRENCHMENT.—In order to diminish the ex-
penditure of the " Master of the Horse," his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, who takes a deep interest in every depart-
ment of the royal household, has entered into an agreement
with a job-master to furnish twenty pairs of carriage horses
for the use of the Q teen's establishment. The arrangement
will, of course, be attended with considerable edonomy,
and will save the loss occasioned by casualties resembling
that which occurred on the occa-iou of her Majesty's visit
to the arm manufactory at Enfield, when one of the carriage
horses dropped down lifeless.
DiIEADFUL DEATH OF Two CHILDREN.—On Sunday, two
frightful accidents terminated fatally. The first case was
that of Emma Wells, aged four years, it appears the
unfortunate child got on the fender, which fell down, and
in falling pulled a saucepan of boiling water over, which
scalded her to death. The second case was that of Mary
Meebrs, aged 5 years, who was accidentally burnt to death
by her clothes taking fire during the absence of her parents.
Two younger than the deceased were frightfully burnt in
endeavouring to extinguish the flames.
THE Bisttor OF LONDON'S FIRST SERM N.—The Right
Rev. Dr. Tait preached his first sermon as Bishop of Lon-
don on Sunday afternoon, at St. James's Church, Piccadilly
He made a touching reference to the distressing circum-
stances under which the See of London had become vacant,
and of his own bereavement, in the loss of five of his children
at Carlisle from fever. The sermon, which was thoroughly
evangelical in tone, was listened to by an overwhelming
congregation, amongst whom were the Earl of Shaftesbury,
the Earl of Derby, Lord Elcho, M.P., Viscount Chelsea,
M.P., the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, MP , the Bishop of
Jamaica, and many other persons of distinction.
A FEMALE BURNED TO DEATH.—On Saturday afternoon
Mr. William Payne, the coroner for the city of London,
held au inquest at the board-room of St. Thomas's
Hospital, touching the death of Mrs. Jane Schinek, aged
54 years, of Allhallows place, Thames street. It appeared
from the evidence, that the deceased was standing near the
fire, when her attention was attracted by her child, when
the wind of the door wafted her dress against the bars of
the grate. It became ignited, and she was soon enveloped
in fire. The child ran out of the room and raised an alarm,
when the police constable, on entering, found her on the
floor nearly burnt to a cinder. She was conveyed to the
above named .institution, but the injuries she had rsceived
were of such a serious nature that she only survived a short
period after her admis,ion. The jury returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE,

GREENWICH.—In reply to a requisition from the electors
Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, states that he is willing to repre-
sent the constituenc?-, should it be the general desire. No
candidate has, up to the present time, formally addressed the
electors. Admiral Edon, Alderman Wire, and other gentle-
men have been spoken of as candidates. It is stated that a
number of the leading electors contemplate inviting Mr.
Bodkin, the Recorder of Dover, to offer himself as a candi-
date ; also, that in the event of Mr. Weguelin retiring from
Southampton. an event considered probable, he will turn his
attention to Greenwich. A public meeting will shortly be
held to consider the subject,
SOUTHAMPTON —The excitement has In no way dimin-
ished, and but increases as the canvass proceeds.
Various are the rumours afloat —the last being, that
in order to strengthen the Liberal cause, and
thwart Toryism, Mr. Weguelin will give way to Mr.
James, the latter gentlennal having been first in the field.
A deputation from the London shipwrights have visited the
town to induce the Southampton shipwrights to vote for-Mr.
James, who defen led the former in their late legal contests.

HEREFORD.—In consequence of the alarming illness of Sir
Robert Price, M.P., an early vacancy is expected in the repre-
sentation of this borough. Two candidates are in the field, Mr.
George Clive, a barrister, on the liberal, and Mr. Thomas
Evans, a resident local magistrate, on the conservative
interest. The contest is expected to b 3 very close, as both
parties have been pursuing an active canvass for some months
past.

- THE NORTHERN BURGHS.—Mr. Shaw, Newhall, is now in
the fild for the representation of the Northern Burghq. At a
public meeting, held at Cromarty, he announced his political
principles. Mr. Shaw having been cordially received by
the electors of Dingwall, has gone on a visit to several of
the other burghs previous to holding a series of public
meetings.

LANARKSHIRE.—SeveraI gentlemen have been spoken of as
successors to the late Mr. Lockhart in the representation of the
coun'y of Lanark. Amongst others, Mr. A. Baillie Cochrane,
of Lamington, formerly M.P. for an English borough; Mr.
Buchanan, of Drutufellor ; and Mr. Hozier, of Newlands.
Mr. Cochrane has recently been much with the Duke of
Hamilton, and a few weeks ago performed in some private
theatricals at Hamilton Palace. As there has not been a
contest in Linarkshire for upwards of twenty years, and there
is no political organisation, it is likely that the candidate
favoured by the ducal house will bo successful, b 3 he who
he may.

EARTHQUAKE IN WALES.—Rumours of an earthquake,
said to have occurred on the evening of Saturday last, about
eleven o'clock, have re,zhed us from several trustworth
quarters in this vicinity. It is not described as having
been very remarkable, either for the shock itself, or for any
of the noisy concomitants that occasionally occur during
such abnormal visitations. From the several accounts
ewhic, a d
hweihpap ng vie heard, it would seem that the heaving was
slight, and irregular in its direction. It occasioned, how-
v,,r, of the electric needle in more than one
locality ; and is described as having been attended, by some
who felt it, with a suffocating action of the atmosphere.
We should like to have authenticated particulars from those
who experienced it.
TROUBI.FS IN SYRIA.—A letter from Beyrouth of the
26th Gctober, gives sad details of the present state of the
Libanus, and in general, of Syria and Mesopotamia. All
the populations are on a war footing, and family is
fighting against family. At Zahle, two families and their
retainers, each from 100 to 150 strong, has been making
war on each other for nearly a month, and in their last
combat eight persons were killed ; the combatants were of
the Greek religion. in a village of the Druses, a combat
had taken place in which eighteen persons were killed, and
a still greater number wounded. The Kaimakr had not
sufficient force and authority to prevent or repress such
disturbances. We are told that the French missionaries,
who reside at Zahle have not suffered from these troubles ;
but at Mediu, in' Alesopotainia, the intrepid Father
Laborde, being alone in the midst of a ferocou:s population,
is in the greatest danger ; and two of his disciples have
Perished at the hands of the Jacobite sect, who are more
than ever hostile to the Catholics. The Pacha of Diarbekir
declares that he will not be. answerable for anything,
.and
the French consul, on his part, can offer no efficacious
protection,— Univers!

RETURN OP LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—It is rumoured that
Lord John Russell will, most probably, return from Flo-
rence early in January, when he will take office, and assist
in propping up the Palmerston Administration.
DIVISION OF LANDED PROPERTY IN GERMANY.—The
government of the electorate of Hesse has the intention of
proposing to the Chambers a bill to prevent the division of
rural property into minute lots. Every owner of 20Q acre%
will enjoy the power of declaring that property undevisable.
No rural estate can be divided into portions under 60 acres.
The direct heir or newest of ldn will succeed tf) the
property, and the co-inheritors will be indemnified by
sums which are not to exceed tho half of the value of the
estate.

FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT BOLTON. -On
Saturday evening, batween seven att.i eight o'clock, a rum,
named Thomas Maher, night watchman at the London and
North Western goods station, top of Deansgate, Bolton,was
accidentally killed in a most frightful manner. Deceased
was seventy four years of aget and bad been employed in the
goods department many years ; and on Saturday evening,
wall,
foundry,
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t holding
t h e
w a
ig him
g oso
n of
when assisting to get the loaded waggons into the ware
luuse, which are drawn from the Trinity street station by
horses, he was attempting to unhook the chain which
attaches the horssa to the waggon, but failed in doing so,
his foot slipping, and he was dragged along and forced with
, much
i againstrom
tt e the
Union
tight against the wall that it became necessary to obtain a
, w
the mile before the poor fellow could ba extricated -
Mr.
Dorrian, surgeon, was immediately sent for, but life, of
s c re violence
j a
vk, ,
course, was extinct, as he was crushed in a most dreadful
manner. The deceased was removed to his reaidelwe: 4"
street, Little Bolton.

THE STATESMA.N'S PRAYER.-THE LATE SIR THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED THE MISERY OF BEING A PROSECUTOR.
ROBERT PEEL. STATES, IN 'CONNECTION WITH OUR I.
COMMERCIAL POLICY.

courtFrida y
on Mr.
.
Late on the night of Wednesday last, the police
PoOlicne
arrested a man who was staggering about in a state of The prayer, of which the following is a copy, and for the .
intoxication in the vicinity of the Hotel Dieu, Paris, and - genuineness of which we (Staffordshire Advertiser) are able p •
back the teepee Mr. Norton, disclosed- some matters in .
otherB business,°I°ni°ngt
who
oile was
caotnvtehrsee tiAionlnwbltthil
, . protection and Free Trade was some years
_.
of connection with the
who had on his shoulders several shawls which he offered
ourselves, wasfound the late Sir R ihert Peels
opledge in
secu ion Stowell the informer, of peculiar hardship to
for sale to the passers-by. On the following .morning he .
Private box, onlsis dressing-room table, in July, 1850 : agriculturists who insisted upon Protection, and the manufac- a poor widow, strugglinglto support a large family. It will
sent for the chief:of the guard-house, and said—" In arrest- Merciful
be recollected that in the end of September last, Thomas
ing me, the Police, perhaps, thought I had stolen the - God, Ruler .of. .all Nations, help me hirers who arrayed themselves in defence of Free Trade. In
" Great
.1/ 1
shawls which I carried, but they were mistaken—they are daily to reper to Theo, for wisdom and grace suitable to the the United States the watchword is just reversed: The Stowell the well-known informer, was committed from this
my own property ; but as lam In custody, I may as well high offices whereto thy providence has, called me. S rengthens agricultural South sues for free trade, while the industrial' court, on a charge of obtaining £5 by false pretenses from
tell you that I have murdered my wife I " What do you 0 Lord;, mruatural powers and faculties, that the weighty and, North advocates protection. In 1830 this opposition of Mrs. Penny, the landlady of the Newington Arms, public-
mean ?" cried the officer. I mean what I say—that- I solemn interests with which Thy servant is charged may not opinion seemed to indicate the ultimate prospect of a separation house, King street, Walwortb, and the prosecutrix
murdered my wife ; and you may convince yourself or, greatly suffer through ' weariness of body and confusion of of the Union, had not the North given in and greatly modified and her witnesses were bound over to appear at
the truth of the assertion by going .to my house, No. 6, .mind. Deign, I beseech Thee, to obviate or correct the ill the then existing t liffthough • still the Surrey Sessions, on. the 20th ofOctober,
a , it averaged about 30 per to
Rue du Petit Pont, and asking on the third floor for Mm -.; eff .c*s of such omissions or mistakes in mproceedings as m ad
cent, valorem. duty The people and the press of this P.m' c its. Knowing the
_tricky customer he had to
Souliel" Some policemen were at once despatched to the result fiom artial knowledge, infirmity Yofp judgment,' no-aywho 1 *
orcountry, gen.ra ly advocate p
the principle of free trade, and deal with, he (Hr. Solomons) engaged Mr. Robinson
address given, and in a room
•on the third fl or a woman faithfulness
P withwhom I
and Mr. Chornack the barristers, to prosecute, and
in any have to do. wish to see it reciprocated by other nations, ought, therefore,
of that name was found lying dead ins pool of blood, with-
" Let Thy blessings rest upon my Sovereign and my country to be glad to see a friend of the South in the presidential the prosecutrix and her witnesses were in attendance to
a stab near •ber heart, and with her throat deeply cut..
Dispase the hearts of all in high stations to adopt such measures emir of the Union, who might thus be enabled to carry into give their evidence, and kept there at considerable expense
The neighbours stated that the deceased was a quiet,
well-conducted woman, but that her husband was a worth. as will preserve public order, foster industry, and alleviate effect that system of' commerce which had agitated this island fo the end of the session. A true bill was found against
less fellow, and a drunkard, spending in drink, and distress. for a series of years before it became the law of the land. And the accused ; but Stowell did not think proper to attend,
debauchery all the money he could get, and leaving her to "May true religion flourish, and peace be universal, yet strange to say, John Bull grumbles at the new American' and the consequence was, that his recognisances, as well as
support herself and their . two children as best she could, "Grant that, so fir as may consist with human weakness, election, because the principle of free trade as advocated by those of his bail, were estreated. In the interim, Stowell
This conduct, they added, occasioned almost daily-quar- whatsoever is proposed by myself or others for the general good the South comprises also free trade in slaver and he would went before Baron Mar in, and obtained a writ of certiorari
rels witht.hi.s wife, and on the day p evious they had heard may be viewed with candour, and that all wise and useful 'rather have seen the election fall u • y''
.
pon a friena of the North, to remove the case from the Surrey Sessions to the Central
them quarrelling, but had taken no notice. of the matter,be conducted to a prosperous issue, ' • Criminal Court; and aye such bail as satisfied the judge
measures, may though there prohibition o also includes
,prohibition .0r g -
and had not the slightest idea that the man had murdered t rant omerciful Godthat I - f slavery
. , t his appearance at the Old Bailey. This move corn
'As for me, Thy servant , g ,or protection in trade and commarce generally. It clearly
the woman. They, however, stated that they had been
withpublic anxieties as that Thy 8 pelled him (Ur. Solomon) to give instructions to counsel
far engrossed
..
to attend at the Central Criminal Court, and there he
learning that she had not gone to fetch her two children 'Word should become
..
unfruitful in me, or be so moved by ready to sacrifice her interest f he sake of
own or
was obliged to be in attendance with the whole of his
from a school kept by some Sisters of Charity--a piece of difficulty or opposition. as not to pursue that - narrow way principle that affects civilisation at large. This has been e•vi-
neglect which had obliged the sisters, after keeping the which leadeth me to life. And, 0, most gracious Father, if denced in the late war with Russia, while she manifests the witnesses for a full week to meet the case, but here again
children to a late hour, to send them to the_ house of their, sotstithstdriding my present deiires and -purposes, I should sarne;adherence to- a general principle'of humanity, h./ the they were disappointed, for Stowell
the most de hadserous
not thou ht it
aunt. The man, op his pait, on being q aeationed, said forget Thee, do riot Thou forget me, seeing that I entreat reluctance with which she views the triumph of a well else. proper to, put in an appearance. By '
that, having returned home in a state of intoxication, his Thy
constant remembrance, and favour, only for the sake of rished system of commerce of her own, the moment it is maroauvres, .however, he endeavoured to put his case off
wife had scolded him, and-thatthis had put him into such a our most blessed Advocate and Redeemer, Jesus Christ, to
probable that some injury racy thereby be inflicted on the well until a subsequent Old Bailey Session, but Baron Marlin
passion' that he had stabbed her near
:the heart with a whom with Thee nd the Holy Spirit be glory for ever beingof te e ofwhat '
e umao race, no matter
.
shoemaker's knife (he is a shoemaker by trade), and'had, Ammo
The following
.table will exemplify the magnitude of the wily informer found himself in
.the same position as before
then cut her, throat. Seeing. that she was dead he had '
cone out, taking with him a quantity of sheets and other sacrifice our commercial world was ready to bring to the shrine he had applied for the removal of his trial. A warrant
-having been obtained, he was apprehended and sent to
DESTRUCTION OF SOIT 111 LAIVIBETII CHAPEL of humanity.
household linen, which ho had sold; he had squandered
the proceeds in public-houses and had then gone home 1 BY FIRE. The declared value
()Lew exports to the United States, of Horsemonger lane Gaol, in default of bail. While in
again, when he took the shawls he had with him: he had British and Irish produce and manufactures, amounted in the
prison, Stowellgave the names of several persons as his
afterwards gone to a house of ill-fame, where he stayed Five years from 1841 to 1845 to
some time, and on leaving tried to sell the shawls, when
Is s, ~ 1846 to 1850 „
he was arrested. The man detailed all the circumstances
~ ~ ~ 1851 to 1855 „
of his crime with horrible coolness, and declared that he
this he (Mr. Solomon) was actually summoned to attend
did not in the least regret having acted as he had done.
Total . , . £178,271,988 unon Baron Martin at his private room, in Westminster
He was then confronted with the body, but he displayed
Taking the average duty in the American tariff at 30 per' Hall, 'on the very morning on which Stowell's trial was to
the most perfect indifference, and he was after Wards self
take place, to show cause why the case should not then be
to the Prefecture of Police to await his trial. The crime
cent, we have paid within the last fifteen on
years a protecti
removed to the Central Criminal Court; bat the learned
duty to America of nearly 54 millions sterling, (or about three
created an immense sensation in the neighbourhood, and
judge, on hearing Mr. Solomon, refused further to interfere
'paid to the murderer was being taken to his own house, and times the amount we have to grit colonies for the emanci- afterwards to the Prefecture, he was followed by a crowd pation of their slaves,) which, under a' more liberal system, in the case, and on the same day Stowell was tried, con.
uttering imprecations on him ; he, however, not only such as advocated by the. South, might have been reduced to vl*cted , and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. Ile
manifested no emotion, but seemed rather vain at being at least the third part, while our exports thither might at the msequence of all this has been. (said Mr. Solomon) that
the object of attention.
same time have most probably doubled in amount, the expenses have run up to from £5O to £6O; and, if
There is also another principle involved in our objection to enforced, will fall on a poor woman with a large family,
Mr. Buchanan, not dissimilar to that which involved its in the and who was placed in this position, that she was
late war, namely, the encroachment of foreign possession, the obliged by a recognizance of £4O to prosecute ; and
objection to national aggrandisement, to disturb the present Who, if she withdrew from the prosecution, would allow
balance of poster. Four years ago four of the American a notorious offender to escape with impunity The
ambassadors for Europe met at Ostend. They were, if we fees to counsel alone amount to twenty guineas, and I feel
some repugnance in calling on Mrs. Penny for so large an
mistake not, Mr. Buchanan of London, Mr. Mason of the
Paris, and Mr. Soule of the Madrid embassies, besides the amount Mr. Norton : I think with you that it is very
hard that this poor woman should, under the eirctunstarices,
ambassador at Brussels. The object of their conference was
to discuss the relation of the Republic towards the European be called on to pay so large a sum, yet still I think you,
Mr. Solomon, should be paid your bill. There should be
Monarchies, and the principle which ought to regulate the
foreign policy of the Republic. The result of their deliberation some alteration in the law in such cases. The magistrates
should have thepower of assigning legal assistance in cases
was a manifesto, which adopted the Monroe doctrine, the
possible extension of the United States' territory, and the
requiring it, or The country ought to act with more liberality. The prosecution t k
n par co in some measure of a public prose_
annexation of Cuba either by purchase of money or by force of • inasmuch
cution, as it was a proceed:ng against an old
arms. As we have warred against Russia for her attempting
offender, and one who has caused many a heart to ache.
to annex Turkey, the English people are perfectly right and
consistent in their objection to a president who is imbued with For my part, I do not know a more respectable class of
doctrines, which when acted upon,-may involve us again in a tradesmen than the licensed victuallers of London, or a
class among whom there exists a greater degree of public
war with a nation more powerful, more civilized, and more
engaged with us in trade and commerce than ever was Russia spirit and kindness; and I feel quite satisfied 'they will not
allow this poor widow woman in their own trade to be the
or any other country in Europe.
hasstifferer for doing her duty, and prosecuting a person who
Of the 63 millions sterling of our produce and manufactures,
persecuted them, but. that they will come forward and
which we have exported during the war in 1854 to foreign subscriba the sum ra Timed. Mr. Solomon : The pawn;
countries
(exclusive of our colonies), one-third or
21 millions brokers, I believe, will be greater gainers by the twelve went to the United States: while of the 118 millions of our months' absence of Stowell, than even the licensed
imports thence during that •year, one-fourth, or 29 millions came victualler,, or any other class of tradesmen. Mr. Martin ;
from the United States. Should. therefore, the principles W ell, between the publicans and pawnbrokers, I hope, Mr,
adopted by the new president precipitate us into a war with Solomon, they will bear your widowed client harmless.
o ,
that country, we should lose more than £50,000,000 annually Sol
in our foreign trade, and with it also a great part ofour shipping .
and employment of our population, and no wonder that people The Swedish government has withdrawn the '
bill relative
lock with apprehension at the result of the probable measures to the fortfications of Stockholm. of the new President. A dense fog hung over Southampton water on Friday But, after all, Mr. Buchanan is not }revile to this country, soon after sun rising rain fell, and towards the latter part
Ho is, on the contrary, sincerely desirous of the continuance of of the day there was a heavy which -
snow storm, lasted
our friendly relations. He knows full well that the more several hours.
prosperous England is, the greater benefit would America derive MOLLE RACUEL.—The last mail from Egypt brings
from friendly intercourse between the two nations. He knows accounts of Mdlle. Rachel. The state of her health;
that the more wealthy John Bull becomes, thepetter customer remains nearly the same. No sensible improvement ,4
he will be for Brother Jonathan (as we have shown above). It yet teken place, but the disease appears to he.-se been
is with the people that can afford to pay that it is profitable checked.
to trade., Nor has Mr. Buchanan in his long political career By the kindness of an officer of the Court of Bankruptcy,
failed to give ample proofs of his friendly disposition towards Robson was permitted to see his wife on Thursday—the
England'and her people. Then, why not believe Isis repeated last time, it was said, that he would be enabled to do 13a
declarations of good will towards this country, when there is during the twenty years over which his sentence of trans-
nothing in his acts. to give the lie to his words? Why should portation extends.we attach less credit to the assurances of an honest citizen- AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS NI F r RANCE.—The Minister
President of America than to the promises of the crowned of Agriculture and Commerc,. has directed the prefects of
heads at St. Petersburgh or Vienna? That he is a clever departments to ,report to him the extent of sowing in wheat
diplomatist, no one will deny who has watched his proCeedings and other grain which has been made this autumn. The
during our quarrels with the United States last year, and we object of the minister, in obtaining this information, is to
may safely say, that it is mainly owing to his forbearing conduct form an estimate as to the yield of the next harvest,
and skilful manceuvering that an open rupture between the two GOLD IN SAVOI .—The Jlioniteur Savoisien says :—lf
countries has not taken place in the Clarendon Crampton we may believe report, Savoy is a real gold producing
affair and the Bulwer-Clayton treaty.—Bankers'_ Circular. country ; veins, it is said, are being discovered in every
direction. The rivers Cheran and Arve are full of small
flakes of the precious metal, which persons' are now
thinking of collecting. Some gold ore has just been
found at La. Balma de Sillingy and uvaz at 0 ; that of the
latter is said to be so rich that it yields more than 50 per
cent,

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFR. On Tuesday, the raarria of
Colonel Paget with Miss Maria Grenfell, daughfer of Charge be
William Grenfell, 51.1),, for Windsor, took place at St.
Peter's Church, Pimlico, in the presence of a distinguished
circle of ,he friends of bath families. After the ceremony,
a dejeuner was given at Mr. Grzlnfeli's residence, Belgrave-y
square, to upwards of 100 of the nobility and gentry,
Colonel and Mrs. Paget. after receiring the congratulations
of their friends, left for Alersthatri Hall, Surrey, the seat of.
Sir William George Hylton Joliffe, Bart.
SIIOCAING ACCIDENT NEAR DONCASTE4.— 011 Saturda
morning las , the wife of a butcher and farmer, named
Heppenstall, residing at Artntherpe, near Doncaster, met
with a distressing accident under the following circum-
stances :—According to usual practice, Mrs. Heppenstall
went to call up her servant, and to do so, she had to proceed,
up another flight of stairs from where her own bedroairk
was. When near the top of the stairs she lost her balance%
fell backwards, broke her spine, and sustained other.
injuries. On Saturday night her medical atten.dant hall
but little hope of her recovery.
INCREASE OP ASSIZE TOWNS IN LANCAIWIRE.—At the
Preston Court of Sessions, on Thuradoy, Mr. r. 13. Addisotl/4
the chairman, in allusion to the commission appointed ty.
Her Majesty to enquire into the working of the present
assize, system, with a view to a report upon the expediency
or otherwise of introducing any alteration, remarked that it
might he desirable for the commission to consider whether.
in a county like that of Lancaster, containing a population,
of more than 2,000,000, the assizes should continue to be
held, as heretofore, in Only two of its towns, while a small
county like that of Rutland, containing about 40,000, or
50,000 inhabitants, had the privilege of having asti7pes of
its own.

DOUBLE SincinE.—A horrible case of suicide was
committed at Lower Largo on the night of Saturday last,
by Elizabeth White and Janet White, twin sisters, about
thirty years of age, and weavers by occupation. They,
c)mmitted the deed about eleven o'clock p m.. by tYlitng;
a rope of their own make to the joists of the leo% they,
wrought at, and then must have tied it around
necks. They were both found hanging in tha shop. about
half-past eleven p.m., by one of the neighbours, who wentt
into the shop to see what had become of them, dead. QPI
that afternoon they were seen by their mother to twic@. th
rope, which was supposed to be the same as. they used
this action, and stated to her that they both oarae.into
it toe
world together, and that they would both leave
',nether,
The two unfortunate girls were very Fle)' respected
begsteady,
; beano,
cause
as
yet
given for them 00/7:mitting suicide.—Fifeshir6,
J oiunrna l . sober, and industrious :„ls, there can be

A S MANTLES and JACKETS are so
It very generally worn this Season
J. MAC LENNAN, 36, CHUROR-STREET,
(OPposiTE PARKER-STREET),
Has made arralremegts to have a Cue of Paris MANTLES.
and JACKETS, in Velvets, Reversible Cloths, and all the
other Fashionable Materia's, delivered Every Week for
the
next Two Months; therefore, those Ladies desirous of
having the Fashions as soon as they make their appearance
in Pails, combined with moderation if/ prices, are respect-
fully solicited to inspect the Stock.
JUST RECEIVED, from London, Two cases contain-
each. ,TrAREEIOUSE.
I, SHAWL AND MANTLE _
frig about 700 MANTLES, commencing at the extraordin-
arily Low Price of 4s. lid
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