The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-14 00:00:00

MR. BARRY'S " LAYS OF THE WAR."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES

Sir,—Some of the magistrates of our precious town
council have been very busy altering the numbers on
almost every office in the town. Here we are with a large
stock of Invoices, Receipts, Notes, &e., engraved with the
number of our office. I came clown the other morning to
find our number obliterated, and one of their employes
substituting a totally different one. lam aware it is of a
piece with the wisdom of that august body to spread con-
fusion and trouble in the town, but probably a word from
you might, at any rate, let the publicknow how to appre-
ciate their conduct.—Yours, &c.,
A LAD OF THE FLAGS.

WHO IS TO BLAME ?

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—The letter which you had the goodness to insert,
relative to Lodge-lane sewer, has attracted Mr. Glad-
stone's attention, and I beg leave to thank him for his
kindness in so promptly attending to our neglected dis-
trict. The delay appears to be admitted on all hands,
but the responsibility is shifted all round, like " the
Prince's toast." The Toxteth board of health says it is with
Cornwallis-street, but in Cornwallis-street the chairman
and law clerk say it is with Messrs. Eden and Stanistreet,
whilst the borough engineer says it is with the mayor ;
whilst I am told, privately, that Messrs.: Eden and
Stanistreet says it is with the " circumlocution" agency in
Cornwallis-street, as that office has recently been
styled.
WI am reluctant to believe that Mr. Stewart, or any other
representative of Lord Sefton, would cause any needless
delay; but the responsibilitylis so banded about (in a not
very dignified manner), that I am unable to fix upon any
individual,lso ask you and your readers—who is to blame ?
—I am, &c , A RATEPAYER,

MELANCHOLY VISITATION.—On Tuesday, died, the
eldest surving child of the Very Rev. Archibald Campbell
Tait, Dean of Carlisle, aged eight years and nine months,
being the fifth child cut off by scarlet fever within five
weeks.

Mn. COBDEN, M.P.—We deeply regret to invite atten-
tion to the occurrence of a domestic affliction in the
family of the hon. member for the West Riding. The
event referred to is of a very distressing nature, consist-
ing of the sudden death at Weinheim, Baden, on Monday
last, of Mr. Cobden's only son, a youth of fifteen years of
age.

ANTI-CENTRALISATION.—On Thursday at a meeting of
the masters and wardens of the livery companies of the
City of London, held at the Mansion-house, Sir Peter
Laurie presiding, resolutions in opposition to the Corpo-
ration Reform Bill, were unanimously agreed to. It was
further resolved that the livery companies should use
their influence with members of Parliament to induce
them to oppose the second reading of the bill.
DISAPPEARANCE OF A TOWN-CLERK.—The inhabitants
of Kidderminster have, during the last two or three days,
found a fruitful theme for gossip in the sudden disap-
pearance of the town-clerk, who left here on Friday last,
and has not made his appearance since. We understand
that communications have been received from him vaca-
ting the offices he held in the borough. Besides the office
of town-clerk, he was clerk to the magistrates and also to
the turnpike trustees,: in addition to smaller situations.
Several of the late town-clerk's professional brethren are,
we believe, sufferers by his sudden departure.—Worcester-
shire Chronicle.

A NOBLEMAN IN TROUBLE.—Last week a Sardinian
nobleman, Count Luigi De Cesnola, appeared at the bar
of the Magistrates' Court, before Dr. Ceci, on a charge of
stealing a cigar case and a cambric 'pocket-handkerchief,
belonging to Captain Vance, 38th Regiment. From the
evidence produced, it appeared that the accused, Count
Luigi De Cesnola, arrived here some short time ago from
Constantinople, and put up at Dunsford's Hotel. On Wed-
nesday, the 19th instant, he proceeded to the Union Club,
to which he had obtained an introduction, in company with
an English military officer, and sat himself down upon one
of the sofas, on a coat which Captain Vance had taken
off, and laid there, previously to playing a game of billiards
with one of his friends. Presently the. count got up, and
took leave with the usual compliments ; but Captain
Vance's suspicions having been aroused, he at once
looked into his coat pockets,
.and discovered that he hail
been robbed of the above articles. Upon informing the
police of the circumstances, a search was immediately
made in the lodgings of the count, and the cigar case
was discovered in a drawer, and the cambric handkerchief
in one of his coat pockets. The count was arrested, and
acknowledged the crime, but stated in defence that he
was intoxicated when committing the act, He was sent
to prison for one month, with hard labour.—Malta Times,
April 1.