The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-30 00:00:00

state of -t4e weather, and in some parts whole
fields of oats, ready cut, have been completely

At present thero appears to be very little
of any improvement in the weather, and a
:s' more rain will destroy a large amount of
;rain over-ripe for the sickle.

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M. Vallette has appealed against the judgment sen-
tencing him to restore to the Princes of Orleans three
volumes of autograph and unpriated manuscripts beionging
to the late. King Louis Phillipe.
FruE.—On Thursday night a fire broke out on the
extensive premises of Mr. Isaac's, wholesale fruiterer, St.
James's-place, lioundsditch. After great exertion... the
part of the fire brigade it was subdued, but not until
upwards of £2,000 worth of property was destroyed in the
dwelling. Cause unknown. Insured in the •Sun Fire
Office. _ _

INCREASE OF WAGES TO LETTER CARRIERS.—We are
pleased to learn that the Postmaster General has granted an
increased scale of salaries to the provincial letter carriers.
The wages of the town carriers will in future commence at
14s. per week, with a progressive salary of 6d. per week
with every year's service and good conduct. In addition to
the pay, government will in future supply them with
a suit of clothes yearly, consisting of a glazed hat, scar-
let frock coat, waterproof cape, and etceteras.—Cheetenham
Examiner.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—WiIIiam Ward (a porter at the
Midland Railway Company's Sheffield station,) and
another porter named Blood, were engaged in placing a
tarpauling over a waggon, which was standing upon a
siding at the station, laden with straw, when an empty
train was shunted upon the siding ; the engine driver
turned on his whistle, and a porter who was stan ling near
called to the two men to take care. Blood left the truck,
and Ward jumped into an empty truck standing close by
on the same rails, and sat down upon one of the sides.
The empty train ran rather violently against the trucks,
and Ward was jerked over the side of the truck by the
violence of the collision, and fell with his head upon one
of the rails. Several of the wheels passed over his head,
which was crushed to pieces. Instant death was of course
the.result. The man has left a family of five children.
A MAN KILLED IN A PRINTING MACHINE.-011 Friday,
between one and two o'clock, a distressing accident
occurred to a man named Samuel Henson, living at No. 9
Brownlow Street, Drury Lane, and employed as a
machinist at Mr. J. E. Taylor's printing office, in Little
Queen Street, Holborn. The unfortunate man was at
work at the machine, when, from some cause as yet un-
explained, he fell in. The machine was stopped as
promptly as possible, but the man was already dead. ide
was frightfully mutilated, the head being nearly severed
from the body. The corpse was conveyed to St. Giles's
workhouse, where it now lies, and where the inquest will
be .held. It is said that he has left a wife and eight chil-
dren. Only the previous day the hands employed at Mr.
Taylor's establishment, had a holiday and a treat at the
Surrey Gardens.

CRUELTY TO PAUPERS.—An enquiry took place before
the coroner for Leicester, on Monday last, respecting the
death of a male patient in the Leicester and Rutland
Lunatic Asylum, named George Tyers Sparrow. On the
previous Thursday, the deceased, who was a very violent
patient, conducted himself in a very noisy manner, for
which Blades threatened to " bathe" him. lie was
accordingly taken by Blades and another attendant
named Gresley to the bath, and after much resistance
undressed and placed in it. No thermometer appears to
have been used, but Blades ascertained, by putting his
hand into the water, that it was too hot, and the deceased
was taken out screaming " Murder." Ile was immediately
put to bed, and it was found that he was severely ecalded.
The jury deliberated about two hours and a halt, and
eventually returned a verdict of " Accidental death,"
therewith an expression of their desire that
es might be severely reprimanded.
AN EXECUTION.—A shocking scene occurred at the
execution of two robbers, named Bole and o.sen,

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in the Isle of Fuen, in Denmark, on the 18th instant. Olsen
made such a desperate resistance that the excentioner and

,en who helped him could not bring the crimina

the block without- cilliag the soldiers t assist t!,en2. As
soon as Olsen's bead was severed form his b,dv, two young
girls rushed thrlugh the double line of armed police wl:
guarded the scaffold, and filled the cups, which they carried,
with the blood that spouted from the neck of the mutilated
corpse, and instantly swallowed the horrible draught.
There is an old superstition amongst the rural population
cf Denmark that the blood of a beheaded felon, if drunk
while it is warm, is an infallible preservative against
epilepsy or apoplexy. The girls were taken before a police
commissioner, and declared that they had only done what
they had a right to do ; they showed a piper, signed G.
Olsen, in which he had authorised them, whenever he should
be executed, to drink his blood.

SWEET REVENGE.--Last April Matilda Grace, a good-
looking young woman, summoned Mr. Davies, a banker
and county magistrate, residing near Ludlow, betore the
Birmingham justices, to show cause why he should not pay

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were called on to make an order against Captain Sayers,
respect to the child born so far back as ten years ago. A
reporter was called to prove the admission of Captaine
Sayers on the former occasion, that he believed he was th
father of both children, and, in spite of the captain's
1 strenuous denial, the magistrates ordered him to pay 2s 6d
a week, Notice of appeal was immediately served.'