The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-06 00:00:00

PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TI ES.
Sir,—Ts it just th.►t, when certain seats at concerts are
advertised to be "not reserved," those who are in power
on such occasions, should, by back door, or other private
means of ingress. admit their own particu!ar friends to
the front rows, and thus steal a march on the patiently-
waiting public outside ?
ire thought not last night, when, although first, up in the
gallery at St, George's Hall, we found the best front seats
occupied, and were forced to take up a position which,
considering our priority of arrival, we thought rather
below our deserts.
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Trusting that this will meet the eye of those whom it
may concern, I am, &c., FAIR PLAY.

DOWNING STREET, Nov. 4.—The Q teen has been pleased
to appoint the Reverend Henry Cotterill, M.A., to be
ordained and consecrated Bishop of Graham's Town, in
the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, in the room of the
Right Reverend John Armstrong, deceased. Her Majesty
has also been pleased to appoint Benjamin Chilley Campbell
Pine, Esq.. to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and
orer her Majesty's forts and settlements, and their depen-
dencies, on the Gold Coas+.—Gazette.
THE BISHOP OF NORWIOH.--The Record, noticing a
paragraph to the effect that " nothing has recently occurred
which cm have given rise to the rumours of the resignation
of the Bishop of Norwich. It is quite true that the right
rev. prelate's health has, for some time past, been so indif_
ferent, that he has been unable to appear at public meetings,
&,e , but no change in his lordship's position is anticipated
for some time to come," says, " It is quite correct to state
that nothing has recently' occurred, but we believe it is.a
fact, that in the month of July last—that more than
three months ago—the bi' hop's resignation was placed in
the hands of his Metropolitan. P is probable, however,
that it will not be acted upon before the meeting of Parlia-
ment. The violence with which the Bishops' Retirement
Act was opposed by the Bishop of Oxford and Lord Redes-
dale, and extreme Churchmen, is probably the cause of
nothing having been done in order to enable the Bishop of
Norwich to retire."

MR. COBDEN AND THE WEST RIDING,—It has been well
understood for some time that Mr. Cobden would not avail
come forward as a candidate for the representation of West
Yorkshire. The heavy duties connected with the local
affairs of such a constituency require more attention than
his health and other claims will allow him to devote to
these subjects. He also believes that he can be fully as
useful to the country as the representative of a smaller
constituency, where local matters would not press so
constantly on his time and attention. In view of this fact
we believe that several meetings of persons connected with
the liberal party from different districts in the Riding, have
been held for the purpose of considering what course the
liberals should pursue at the next election. At these
meetings several noblemen and gentlemen have been men-
tioned as suitable parties to succeed Mr. Cobden. Among
these Lord Goderich has been named, and the propriety of
inviting him to stand for the Riding considered ; and we
understand th-t he is regarded by many as the most likely
man to become Mr. Cobden'e successor. No decision has,
however, been come ta. The leading active men of the liberal
party have not then yet definitely agreed upon the persoa
they will invite. Ilerdolerefield Eraminer.
ANOTHER BRUTAL ATTACK 13T ROBBERS NEAR ROTHER-
HAM,—Two young men, named George Tutill, and John
Coward, were robbed and brutally ill-treated on Monday
night. They were on their way, between twelve and one
o'clock, from Nlasbrough, near Rotherham, to Kimberwonh,
where they lived, when, in a lonely part of the road, three
or four men jumped over the hedge and began beating them
with some heavy instruments. When they had overpowered
the young men in this way, they stripped them of all the
money they had, amounting to 21s. They then seized
Tutill. and threw him over a wall into the adjoining field,
with the exclamation, " We may venture to leave him now;
we have done for the —." Coward they left in the road,
probably thinking he was dead ; but it happened that he
was perfectly sensible, and the least hurt of the two, though
he had received some severe cuts on the bead. He made
\his way to Tutill's father's to whom he gave information of
the affair. The elder Tutill immediately went in search of
his son, and found him lying helpless in the road, where he
had managed to crawl out of the field. He is seriously
hurt in several parts of the body, and is lying in a dangerous
state. Two men from Masbrough have been apprehended
on a charge of being concerned in the robbery. They were
taken before the magistrates at Rotherham, on Monday,
and remanded.
A WHALE ATTACKING A SHIP. —The ship Cuban, Capt.
Galloway, which arrived at Greenock from Demerara. on
Wednesday, met with a most extraordinary adventure on
her homeward voyage. About 920 p.m. on the 16th inst.
(nautical time), when in lat. 43 49 N., long. 29 50 W , the
ship, which was running before the wind at the rate of 93
knots per hour, received such a severe shock that she heeled
over several strakes and her way was completely stopped,
while the men who were sleeping on the starboard berths of
the topgallant forecastle were thrown out upon their chests.
Shortly after the shock an immense whale rose at a short
distance from the ship's quarter, and after lying motionless
for a short time, as if stunned by the blow, swam towards
the vessel as if with the intention of repeating the attack.
It was a moment of intense anxiety on board, but, fortu.
neely, when close to the stern, the monster wheeled round
in the opposite direction and dived, throwing, with his tail,
a quantity of blood and water on board. It was a moon-
lizht night, and the bulk of the huge animal could be seen
distinctly towering to a considerable height above the sur-
face. When he dived his tail appeared to those on board to
be from thirty to forty feet out of the water. The pumps
were sounded, but the ship was found to be making no
water. From the force of the blow and the fact that the
second mate thought he heard a whale blowing a short time
before the shock occurred, it is supposed that the fish mace
a regular attack upon the ship, and was not come in contact
with while asleep. An estimate of its imminse size and
power may be formed from the fact of its bringing to a
stannd-still a deeply laden ship of 500 tons, sailing at the
rate of nearly ten knots per hour,: