The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-24 00:00:00

THE WAR IN ASIA

Latest accounts mention that Ismail Pacii3 "
increasing the army of Anatola, and that Ge'lletal
o
Mouravieff had received reinforcements 11 t

way of the Caspian Sea, and Tiflis

PERSIA.

Letters from Persia state that Dost M4ll°/11e'

.‘,O of
the Khan Sirdar, of Cabul, had taken possessl-
wer°
the Province of Kandahar, and Persian trooP9 '

marching against him

THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Stls92‘.:cro.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam-ship°the
pany's steamer Alma has arrived. here With the
heavy portion of the India and China Mails.
der
has brought 68 passengers and a full cargo. 1;0
dates are, from Alexandria to the 11th ; gaits' t
14th ; and Gibraltar to the 18th inst.

g•
Le Nord denounces the annexation of 0110 „ti !flag
abominable spoliation attempted to be justified by
pretexts." 100
THE GRAND DUKE OF SAXE WEIMAR.—A. lOtter.it Tti
Weimar, of the 15th, in the Cologne Gazette, says:lr II
Grand Duke is seriously, though, it is to be loPetieostie
dangerously ill. His compl %int appears to be rill essil
fever. He was exceedingly restless last night, an"
not until the morning that he got any sleep." s Sul":
The last letters from Constantinople state that ts.l,
has authorised the publication of a newspaper in
f sfis i;
language, for circulation amongst the inhabitants oit
rfoie
d,
Egypt, and other parts of his empire in which f lifft
spoken. This journal, which is to bear the title °I. ouse
u/ Akoal (the Mirror of the Peop'e), is to aPPea
st
week, f cetticreli.
THE CASE or MR. PALMER.—The wilt 0. )30,4
removing the indictmei ts to the Queen': et lib
preparatory to the trial of Mr- name-Court fa.
(April) sessions of the Central Criminal ter':
v 0 0
returnable on the 15th, being the first bil.the
Although the grand jury have ignored tbe.ed ou:of
the case of Walter Palmer, the accused must be triterdic'irs
coroner's inquisition, the jury having returned.be es! 0
wilful murder in that case, It is expected tha'rli sec t
cases will occupy a week, and that a supplententa,ot the
will be held, for the purpose. It is believed tuesok. tse
case will be tbat for the alleged poisoning of erred °tie°
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident oceich 1.11)0(.
Swansea Vale railway on Saturday last, by ;be deo,ea, Os°
'Williams, an engine-driver, lost his life. up tmi,"otir'
and a stoker named Lewis, were proceeding ilea 0,0
with a train of empty waggons, at about ten P';'oole'rffiss
'When near the Pwllmawn station the axle 0' 00 el/;itli
leading wheel of the engine suddenly broke. teede,,6rot
went off the line at a right angle, taking' tkuenit ; th't tlO,
her, and went about ten yards down the u,ll-odlllq, 1/Ll'
waggon was upset. The deceased, who was sqlop °poi'
time on the right-hand side, endeavoured to 3;0 theliteir
the stoker held on to the engine, which stneics-the
Deceased was found lying on the middle oi orit
quite dead. The body was much mutilated. .110,
THE STANLEY LIBRARY, KING'S Istric4. „itahli,sso Pe,f
1855, Lord Stanley gave £lOOO towards the 'OO 010)
of a library at King's Lynn. The corporationogoss ilseula;
annum towards the working expenses, 6() neise°4oo
the purchase of rooms in buildings which coM„ro kois
lecture rooms, class rooms, &c., of which 600 e"
taken from Lord Stanley's gift, and 430° o,sitiiegypetr,l
upon a charge on the corporation gift; the rerpit.r4ii
was expended in outfits and books. The lib (doll
now numbers 4,106 volumes, and the readirlo s rag 4;
offered have been so widely appreciated thst lied 1 I,vl,
of about 5,000 families, there have been en has beeo foto'
bens, and the weekly average of books issued Priptili bee
volumes. The income for the year, for snbae dpi, •
sale of catalogues, and from the corporation ald.
riilp
£262 9s. 7d., and the expenditure £248 145' 'll3i° the ;jlilt1ilt
mz wT CONDEMNED CONVICT 130118PIELDIs'yr:vjaiti,4ll ,111
i hose execution is fixed to take place on obi ;ea
nst., for the murder of his wife and threewbichAses
continues to exhibit that dull taciturnitY toff 013;9
displayed since his conviction, although 1;4041 ile.ot,
by the Rev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary
exertions have been unremitting to awn'e-t opt -y
of the awful position in which he stands, hu 00,te004003
cess. He persists in reiterating his forMerdresul it, .00
the whole scene of the murder is to hiln ° 01°10
lusion ; he still declares he has no recall It
ie tbe oti
clings to that statement with obstinacygael'oot
of the governor and other authorities of t'boo,.tior st toe
those who have visited and conversed with ova! dee pfo
perfectly sane, and had a full knowledge apes no' bis
time of committing the murder. Ile ~)ior °
justice of the sentence, and expresses ti" sco
being spared. that 111
SCOTTISH ORTHODOXY.—We k 11.•• r„,tal.• t-
our Presbyterian fellow-countrymen ~"wouf ther,`,otlceSt
dulcet strains of an organ as an intros'')." ttecus-donotl
form of worship in which they are ace
fort
1‘ ird
indulge, and that they have dignifiejad orafo,ro 0)1 tie),
instrument which in blindness afforne sslveoclofre,
and poets—to George 111. and to miltoniffbien
seotitot
Handel to his magnificent compositions.,,,.' (par°
musical world—as a " Chest of whis`; to ed n0,,0e
Kest o' whustles.") We had, holeirco'neei,vo Of 1
church bells could interfere with the PrebudY bas
even of a covenanter, but one of that
the ech,_ens • sits,
himself as such, and thus addresseseb urelt °it fortotio
Greenock Gerald:—" Who rung the f bietig itisof/d
would not object to the riving ° t clris
legal purpose, but I certainly'decaur4rth Deal'
the means of rejoicing for the °or clu.thelsof:l
prince. The marriage of a king 40icilig'oen
country is an occasion of national
silk.reA our, Dot";
ted
of a prince or a princess connec 1, it op
Family is an occasion of national Jih ae,ios,
is there national in setting the butte
pone $ per Vs(
and rejoicing for the birth of an A'tisted, ,0 0l ,0
to have the Pope for his godfather, a"shottie `,00;0‘101,
Cardinal Wiseman ? Is it not a ? The Peti Vto
Protestant bell speak such hypocrisY jergyniro trt„.o
Popery is a bugbear to all Protestan.t.'''of our coo OP
it not encouraging it to make the bensof this
churches call on the Protestant peoPle,,
rejoice at an addition to the Popisp
ordered the bells to be rung ?