The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-30 00:00:00

VIE- LEEDS WIZARD AGAIN

On Monday Harrison, the Leeds Wizard, was again
brought before the police magistrates, at the Leeds Court
House, charged with committing a rape upon Eliza Croft,
and with obtaining money from her under false pretences.
The utmost excitement prevailed in the precincts of the
police•cffice, and the court was densely crowded from ten
o'clock until half-past four. On Croft being recalled,
she stated that the offence was committed between six
and seven on Friday night, the 17th instant, and repeated
the statement several times, saving that she was never
at Harrison's house in the daytime, and that at the
time the offence was committed it NN as dark, and that a
candle was burning in the room. Evidence was called
which proved that Harrison was from home from one
o'clock till eleven at night on that day, and that the girl
was in Harrison's room between eleven and twelve in the
morning, after which Croft said the offence was committed
in the morning. At the close of the examination Mr.
Ferns, on behalf of the prisoner, asked the bench if, after
what they had heard, they thought there Was any case?
The bench replied that they thought there was, and
should remand the prisoner until Thursday. On being
removed from the dock, the prisoner was hissed by a
great number of women in the gallery, and the crowd
remained outside some time to obtain a glimpse of him,
in which, however, they were disappointed.

THE NOVEL RUSSIAN CALCULATION

TO TILE EDITOR OF TIM NORTEIERN TIMES

Sir,—The',novel mode of proving multiplication, which
you publish in your paper of to-day, is nothing new, although
your correspondent seems to give the Thissians the credit of
the discovery. It is to be found in any work which treats
of the theory of numbers, and must be familiar to
every student in mathematics. If your correspondent
will refer to the introduction to Frauccear's
Algebra (en excellent French treatse), ho will there
learn why the product of any two numbers should
exhibit ,he property referred to. There is, however, one
Ifact which your correspondent has evidently not been put in
possession of by his Russian friends, namely, that the so-
called proof is only a negative one. Should the remaind :rs
not coincide, the sum must be wrong, but if they do coincide,
it may still be incorrect.--I am, sir, your obelient
CALCULATOR.

servant,
Woburn-hili, West Derby, Oct, 28, 1856

MYSTERIOUS DEATH

On Tuesday morning, at ten o'clock, the body of a
gentleman was found in the river off Irougate-stairs.
Tower,and immediately hauled on shore by a dredgerman.
Inspector Menston, of the Thames police, and his boat's
crew, were immediately afterwards on the spot, and
removed the body to the dead-house in the 'rower of
London. The inspector took possession of the deceased's

papers and money, and made an inventory of the same.
There were twenty-four sovereigns, a B auk of England
note, a return ticket by the Dundee steam-boat, and
several letters addressed to Mr. W, Wilson, No. 6, Vic-
toria-street, Nethergate-street, Dundee, in the deceased's
pockets. The body was soon recognised to be that of Mr.
W. Wilson, a respectable merchant of Dundee, who came
to London in the steam-boat from that town on Friday,
and was to have returned in the same vessel the following
morning. Mr. Wilson was about forty years of age. A sil-
ver watch was found in his fob. It had stopped at twenty
minutes past eight. Mr. Evans, the superintendent of
Thames Police, is engaged in making enquiries into the
circumstances.

MAINE LIQUOR LAW.—MEETING AT MANCILESTER.--.
The evening public meeting at the Free Trade Hall,
Manchester, of the United Kingdom Alliance, drew
together an audience of between 4,000 and 5,000 persons.
The platform, gallery, and the greater part of the hall were
crowded. Sir George Strickland presided. Sir Walter
Trevelyan and Mr. S. Pope made long speeches.,
The want of labour continues to be felt in New South
Wales. The cry is still the same for " strong, able men to
fell trees, split and fence, build stock yards and rough build.
ings, plough, mow, reap, sow, milk, attend to cattle and
sheep, break in horses and bullocks, and, in fac', to turn
their hands to any work that may be required of them, nor
to object to make themselves generally useful ; female ser-
vants to cook and wash and dairymaids are much required.'
The land question will be discussed in the new Council, and
a satisfactory arrangement made to render small farms
available for the man of limited means. Railways are also
to be extended. These will employ no smal amount of
labour. New public works also will doubtless soon be
commenced.—Australian and New Zealand Gazette,
THE FRENCH VINTAGE.-The Gazette de Lycn says 1—
.‘ The results of the vintage are now more and more easy to
be judged of. It is not in this neighbourhood alone that
this remark has been made. The Guienne informs us that
in the vineyards near Bordeaux the hopes at first entertained
from the state of the vines have not been in general realised,
as in many localities the return has been less than was
expec'ed. In fact, the B )rdeaux country has given but a
small yield. In Lower Medoc the result is a little better
than that of 1855 ; the quality is superior, the wine bu'Ong
both colour and body. In Upper Medoc the failure is
general. In the Blaysis the duality ia good, but the yield
is small. Both in the neighbourhood of Lyons and of Bor-
deaux, the result is less than the appearance of the growing
vines promised."

It is said, says Smith and llder's Overland Mail, that the
officers of the Qaeen's army, are to be permitted to enjoy a
share of certain staff appointments which have heretofore
been bestowed exclusively, or almost exclusively, upon the
officers in the company's service. The truth is, that the
continual demand for military officers, to he employed in
civil, political, or other extra regimental capacities, is
draining the company's regiments down to a paint of abso-
lute inefficiency. It is proposed, therefore, in case of the
demands of the public service requiring the employment of
a larger number of military officers in detached situations
than the company's regiments can supply, without serious
loss of efficiency, to employ from time to time officers of
the Qaeen's army, who have passed in the languages, and
have otherwise proved themselves well qualified fo; such
employment,

EXTENSION OF E.9.ST LANCABIIIRE RAILWAY TO THE
WEST ii‘DING.—It is in contemplation to form a 'new
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railway from Colne, in continuation of the East Lar,c.a,t
shire, to be connected with the Great Northern at Brad-
commenced, and, together with a numerous staff of
assistios, are making great progress in the preliminary
survey, which is of course required to enable the company
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to judge of the feasibility or otherwise or opening a snore
direct communication between the East Lancashire
district and the West Riding of Yorkshire. The extension,
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if formed, will bring Colne fifteen miles nearer to Brad-
ford, and eleven nearer to Leeds, besides offering greatilr,
facilities for goods and passenger traffic frora T,44`
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and Other towns, to this neighbourhood. It is considered
that the railway would be a paying line, and would open
new sources of traZic within the district, in whici
thewe
may say there is a very strong]
proposed Communication. in favour of