The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-31 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

(From thB London Gazette of yesterday.)
Thomas Eastgate, boot and shoe salesman, Churton-street,
Pimlico, and Towhill-street, Westminster.
John Davis and Solomon Davis, clothiers, East Smith•
field, London.
Benjamin Vincent, boot and shoemaker, Canterbury.
William Cobb, builder, Maidstone.
William Legh, wine merchant, New Windsor, Berks.
Thomas William Thane, ironmonger, Greenwieh,-Kent.
David Pratt, thimble maker, Nechells Mill, Aston Inxta,
Birmingham.
Thomas Ball, shipowner, Bristol.

The Morning Herald states that great confusion exists
at the Horse Guards, and that we shall have more resigna-
tions there.
At the meeting of the Portland Iron Company held on
Thursday, the -report was adopted, and a dividend at the
rate of 71 per cent. declared.
FIRE THIS MORNING.—At half-past two o'clock, this
morning, a fire broke out at Shaw's-brow. It wore a
rather threatening appearance, and had not subsided to the
time we go to press.
Galionani says that "in consequence of the death of the
son of the Duke of Casigliano, who was about to have been
married to one of the daughters of the Duke de Rianzares,
the Duke of Casigliano being now without children, the
magnificent inheritance of the Corsini fanlily, which is es-
timated at twelve millions of francs, will descend to the
eldest son of the Marquis de Laiatico, the nephew of the
duke."
HER MAJET3Y'S Nitsv-YR.sat's GIFTS.—The Ist of Se-
nary falling on a Sunday, her majesty's customary new-year's
gifts to the poor inhabitants of New Windsor and Clewers
will be distributed on Monday. next, in the riding-house,
Windsor Castle. The gifts consist of beef and plum-pudding,
varying in quantities, according to the families of the re-
cipients, and 25 per cent. added to the subscriptions of the
poor in the purchase of articles of clothing. The expense
is defrayed by a grant of £l5O from the Lord Steward's
department, and a grant of £lOO from the Lord Chamber-
lain. The distribution takes place in the presence of her
majesty and the royal family, and is under the management
of the Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley,. chaplain to the
Queen, and a committee, consisting principally of the paro-
chial clergy.
AN EXCITING SCENE.—On Saturday evening Mr. Dries-
bach, the Lion King, while exhibiting his feats in a den
which contained several wild animals, at the Broadway
Menagerie, was attacked by one of them (a large Brazilian
tiger), which sprang upon him, knocked him down, and
fastened his teeth in his breast. A lioness sprang to the
assistance of her master, but unfortunately struck him a
powerful blow in the chest, which she intended for the
tiger, and thus made matters worse. One of the keepers
then opened the door of the cage and dragged Mr. Dries-
bach out. He was immediately attended by
.a physician,
who found that only flesh wounds had been inflicted, and
those not of a dangerous character.—Nere York Paper.
Horn MADE GUANO.—Mr. Herapath, the distinguished
analytic chemist, touching the supply of guano, and the
facility for compounding home-made manures of equally
fertilising properties, says : —Considerable fear exists in
some quarters lest the supply of guano from the present
known sources should fail in a few years; and the writers,
in some cases, have suggested substitutes to be resorted to
should we be reduced to extremity either from that cause or
from the excessive price demanded by monopolists of the
imported manure. The object of the present communica-
tion is to assure your readers that no anxiety need be
felt on the subject, as there is now a cheap, prompt, and
effectual means of economising town sewerage, so that very
nearly all its useful ingredients, including its ammonia, may
be converted into a guano intermediate between those of
Saldanha Bay and Patagonia, having a fertilising power of
from five to eight times that of farm-yard manure. In this
way between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 tons may be made
yearly, and, as all the products are deodorised, the sanitary
condition of our great towns will be greatly improved.
PRAISEWORTHY CONDUCT AT SEA.—On Friday last,
while the Islay steamer was crossing from :the island of
Islay to the Mull of Kintyre, on her voyage from Stornoway
to Glasgow, a young female lunatic, who was on her way
from Skye to an asylum in Greenock, under the charge of
her brother, suddenly cast herself into the sea, and, from
the speed at which the vessel was going, she rapidly floated
astern. The moment the alarm was given, the captain
stopped the engines, and by his direction a boat was in-
stantly manned, which, propelled by willing hands, set out
in search of the unfortunate woman, who was now and then
observed by those on the deck of the steamer floating on
the surface in the form of a mere speck. A rather heavy
sea was running at the time. The willing sailors persevered,
however, and finally succeeded in picking up the poor
woman in an insensible state. When returned to the steamer,
Captain Urie used the most judicious means to restore
animation, and persevering almost against hope, he at length
completely succeeded. It is needless to say that the conduct
of the captain and crew is beyond all praise.—Glasgow
Herald.
CRUEL TREATMENT OF A MOTHER BY HER SON.—
Yesterday, at the police-court, a young man, of unpre-
possessing appearance, who waft also blind, named Francis
Thoburn, was charged with having cruelly treated his
mother, named Margaret Thoburn, on Sunday night. The
poor woman, whose appearance on the table excited much
commiseration, seemed to have been seriously injured, her
face being almost entirely covered with bandages. She gave
her evidence most reluctantly ; but it appeared that on the
occasion above mentioned, the prisoner, while in a drunken
state, got up a quarrel with his brother, and on his mother
going between the parties, he first struck her, and then
inflicted severe wounds on her cheek, with his teeth. The
poor woman said the prisoner did not know what he was
doing, although he had beaten her several times before, and
on one occasion threw a bowl at her. The father stated
that the prisoner had kicked his mother in his presence ;
and although he did not wish to punish him, yet he should
be protected from his violence. The prisoner was blind, had
been a soldier, and had a pension of ls. per day. Mr. Tracy
said as the prisoner did not appear to know the kindness his
parents had shown him, he should not have been permitted
to go near their house. He must be indeed a very bad man.
The prisoner said he had committed the act while intoxi-
cated. Mr. Tracy said that was no answer to his having
so brutally assaulted his poor old mother, who was nursing
and taking care of him. He would go to goal for one
month, and at the end of tkat time give bail to be of good
behaviour himself in £lO and two sureties in £5 each, or
in default remain in goal for a further term of two months.
—Northern Whig
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAlL-
WAY.—Yesterday morning, James Fielders, a guard on the
London and Brighton railway, expired in Guy's Hospital,
from injuries he received whilst in charge of a train on the
above line on Tuesday last. It appeared that the train left
the Croydon station at a quarter past twelve o'clock on
Tuesday morning for London, the deceased acting as guard.
He was last seen on its arrival at the Anerley station. As
his family resided near to the station, on the arrival of the
train at New-cross, his daughter, as was customary, was in
attendance on the platform with her fathers dinner. As
she saw nothing of him on the train stopping, she went up
to his break carriage, and on opening the door she was
horrified at finding her father lying at the bottom of the
van, with a large
.gash in his head, from which the blood
was flowing, and in a state of insensibility. Her screams
on witnessing the shocking sight soon. brought several per-
sons to the spot to ascertain the cause, and it was deemed
advisable to send him on by the train to Guy's Hospital,
where he died from severe fracture of the skull and lacera-
tion of the brain. It does not appear that any person had
the least idea of an accident having happened, and the only
way it is supposed that it could have occurred was, that the
unfortunate man might have been looking out of the van,
and that his head had come in contact with some of the
bridges across the lino.