The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-25 00:00:00

A NEW MODR OF GETEING MONEY.

1 At .he Ms tsion•house Po:ice-court. London, on Frid,y. a female'
it resoectalle Pip. 4:wanes apt eared before AL terman C irter Li* the
ourpose of rap ,sing the mole of proceeding adopt. d by a i croon who
: .1 ed !those!. "t;• -is:to-sat y to lt c 3..ic ety foi Diff , sing Use.ul Know-
tirl,;,, an L ..' ii, iis the :.ab t of answering t to advertisements of cer-
asnsl I wait of ,ituatioss.- Site had a few day • ago put an ad vartise-
neat in th, Saver Gazette, reprase ding har q lab nest ons for a situ*.
I in as hounekeeper in a gestleman's faintly, ani the day after the
1 sdr.irtitement a 3prarel, she received a prhi el circular, of will sh the
rm,,,,ing i, & copy— • 3,eiety for th 3 Dinsion of Useful Kn iwiedge,
itad m. - In reply to your adverti.. ern.sat, I bog to Inform you that:
the above moilety have con,tant y on their books, collected from
v Lrams sources the Darn s& of a-iout f iris? gen:.e nen in or near
i is .ex. in want of i2oll9..ksvpers, a writtin list of whic I may be In,d at
any time furone shilling. or by post for thirteen stamps; if bo pour
coati ird the above, I am norrnitio I. thr,,u4a th s kindness of the coal..
, 71 Übe, to %twisty you gratis, on applying to ms properly rettom-
in mued, and shall be h sppy ,o assist you with any other inform scion
•T advice that can in nay way hdvaace yo it temporal or eter•nl
welfare.—l have the h sour tc• be, m 'claim.. your hanir.te and
m ist vbslient servant:, S. Aloottfl "re, 'secretary.' The air,:li-
c nt. it aopeared, by the advice of her f i mils, considered
the soli itnd express din the le tsr for the vrelirve of her soul a
a tilt ent security for the distiyerestednssa sad bens rolethis of the
c 11,8 ondan and his i•o let., came irp to Loodon to make eeqnirits
4 the so wary, W'lo hail forgo:ten to trills nit the particular of his
L d'e . a or her geld., Cl in correspoudin.; with how It was i i vain,
o %ever tltaf. Nisee qaires fir the 'ociety fur the Diffaniin of Useful

cu .w,edg,), ant of er some tim• spent in the sear h, cal ed at
t e house of t .0 -40e0.3, for the Pr in )tion of Chri•tiaa Knnwle 1 ge,
iu Qmeen's street. Li ,c In's-inn-Fie di, which appe rd t, her fr'm

it; na .a. to be a con4en al instrt,thii. Fr ,n th goti:lemel of

_....--
nditution she ticderici eed the utraist sympathy, and sm reo died
it; f ,- ,!le f fu.,rl that her trouble acid et, pence haltP3B.l tirown away,
,tind tha', the pint-3d i vitation 'XIS no other than a cielasi.in and a
nere. 'hy as urel he, that upwarl. of fifty applizabts had been
in d
fir tailwin on on the subje:t, and in romp instintes
fhii; r to': 'hemapic f tailwind on
Lad con,. from (Ps':,aint parts of the emntry, ,td
o'er , ift-T hs tog incurred esp-mse rit n 8; ditti,ssing to view.
lb 1g.4 to et-ire &slop 'lilted while in oth r insta c s the utifirtn..

..e ea•.dida es f -t iiu. n. wl.ra t send five uhil lag fres
to the serrtsta•v prepvatory to engigement,, and were sa,)n after-

ardi informed (hit the Diaces were all filled np. Aldermin tarter

~meA•a•ely -,ent a Mansion-hou,e ouicer to pursue the enquiry which
the a 1)1 a• t. hid co nm-n •ed. The officer, upon Ms reltra. infinned
th alt.-was , that he hxl learned at the p ,st-office that a number of
'et,cra dire t d to M. S. ‘Tontellor, ha! he .n brought to town. by
p st, fro, various par s of the country, and that th-ra beln; no clue
the wherel,bntt s o' the instlution they had been taken to the
General P ,st-.111.te vrhere they wore calla i fir the da, after th .ir
arrival by a meigenge,r fr m a parson to whom thy were addressed;

th tt at fir,t th... Litters an addressed were Liken to the Society for the
Promo ion of Oh istian Knowie ig •. byiho officers of which they were
reondiat d; and at the moment the enquiry was bring made Wood
the m tiere we e lett-irs lying at the Gene al Post-office, a 'dr soul
to Mr. Mon edore, and no doubt contain'ng the Amount of the stamps
allude to in the p inted ;et ero to his correspondeatß, ant nrob 'my
the amo ant of the fees de,crbed as having b,en required o the can
did rtes or the sitnat7ons •or which they advertised. Alderman Car.
ter sa d it was quire evil -nt that foe plan was provin; very sucNass-.
ful, contain n; as it did such ingenions mat vials and so many

dement•,
_of da'3•ption, t- allude I particularly to the cant .ith
which the circular con la.led, and earne,t y wine 1 th t it. was is his
power to de d .nh Atiel a cis.: as a magisuat,. Under existing* cir-
curnitnics4, d oily. say that he had great reliance
'noun the course lik ly to be taken by the press., which had its own
way of a at ng nukanc is dill 'nit to be corrects 1 in any other way.

hoped, that as it ammed the plan was op'rating though the
count y exter.sive:y, the n.wApapors whilh have extensive cirz,ziatiOn

th ough the vari uis counties wo exhibit to tho public the true
nature of th • co ,corn.

rhis fellow, Itlouteflore, has been carryin; on for a long time.
Same three !Irwin ar 1, a circular nearly similar to the above was
f,rwarded to this in re)ly to an advertisement for a clerk's
situation. This el -cm!ar of the " Society for the l'iff,vion of Christian
Knowledge" .ta ai, ti% the Fociety hid co istintly on t'leir books,
the name of abort 60. firms n Lancashire in want of clerks, and that
on the receipt of 13 st imps, their nam .s. fke., &c., should be for-
warded. We hope th 3 fellow will be caught and can.ed.--Me, N. T ]

—Dr. Milltiiinrrtf.lon,libnitilittlisi:heitstrtt:teitt.
GOING To SLEEP
of Me lical Fxperi.-nee," states
'nag endeavoured to fix the order in
gwahtiiconhst.oll: fithillelrnennt"parts of our organisation go to sleep
—namely, first the lilrs and aims, then the rau.eles that
capp qt the head and back. 'l he fir t sense that slumbers
is that of sight, followed in regular succession by the
s e y
sn
sE ea of3.f
,i
taste,
e,,1) o
smell,n 3r
hearing,ate rh
t the
and
other? feeling.but
v,itil d
Toe viscera,fTerent
he
degrees of sontitinPss, . .

The Dublin T.lry orean, the Daily Express of Wednea.
day, says :—" Lord Palmerston's government was de:
fe 'ted last night, on a question of pacical reform, by a
majority of
,135 Sir George Grey opposed the second
reading of the bill to prevent aggravated assaults upon
women and children. The author of that hill, a man un-
known to fame, divided the hors.., and the result was—For
the second rea ling, 221; against 86 Hore is a broad hid
to Lord Palmerston that he mu=t not place a very implicit
'rust in his mlority.', [Pre m•j,rity wl;s the other way.]
A IVTODEAT ArrkAL.—The following epistle comes to us
from the pen of a Windsor corresponde-t:—" Sir,—Your
readiness to hear all parties must be my apology for this
intrwion. lam a recipient of an extensive Union, with a
wife also, and nine children, four sons and five daughters.
!try eldest, a girl in her seventeenth year (of surpassing
beauty and amiability), is about forming an alliance with
the son of a foreigner, of princely hereditary possessions,
but her unhappy parents, being merely public dependents,
are unable to bestow the customary dowry. I am, there-
fore, prompted to supplicate your advocacy in the paro-
chial parli,men', for such a suitable vote as the ratepayers
may in their wisdom deem adequate to the upholding of
the dignity of the Union and honour of the event.—Your
bumble serv,nt. A DEPFXDRWT."

MRS. FANNY KIMBLE AND JUDGE BISIIOT.—Judge Henry
W. Bishop, of Lenox, had a very vicious horse, which,
among other habits, had that of lying down with his rider,
and kicking and biting in a most vicious way. So the
judge sold his horse ; but not many days after he was
surprised to see him standing at the hotel door, in Lenox,
with a side saddle upon his back. Having learned that
Mrs Kemble was proposing to ride him, the judge felt it
to be his duty to remonstrate with her. So he waited
until she came down, then informed her plainly as to the
characteristics of the animal, and hoped she would not
think of mounting hi.n. " There is a great deal of differ-
ence between yon and me, sir• Bishop," said the lady,
" When you are on the horse's back he knows that you
a-e afraid of him, and when lam on his back he knows that
h 3 is afraid of me."
LIFE IN KANSAS.—The Leavenworth Times announces
the election of a Free-State M ler in the following style:—
"Leavenworth city to the whole world, greeting ! Bring
ont the big gun ! Glorious victory ! Thy people trim-
ph3nt ! Great moral demonstration ! Free-State Mayor
elected by an overwhelming .maj .rity ! Free speech !
free press ! and free soil for linisas ! Let the American
eagle scream ! The citadel reecued from the invaders !
Prices of real estate bound skyward ! The enemies of
the people calling for the racks and mountains to fall
upon them ! The day begins to dawn ! Great demand
for Poles to hide heads in ! The emissaries of the Evil
One routed ! Nigger drivers bivouacked ! National
democracy' biting the dust, and bogus sqoatter sovereignty
sittinc, in sackcloth and ashes ! Free Kansas for free men!
Let the hearts of the people rejoice ! Hallelujah ! The
Lord raigneth, and the Devil's a fool."

CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED M URD ER, —J ames Rathley,
described as a country carrier, was charged, at the
Lambeth police court, on Saturday, wi,h attempting to
throw Eliza Snell over the Hungerford Suspension Bridge.
Complainant stated that on the previoue evening she was
in company with a young man in the Borough, who met
the prisoner, and afterwards they went to a concert at the
Salmon public house. After they left the concert she
consented to walk with him, and while crossing Hunger-
ford Bridge, the prisoner suddenly charged her with
robbing him, and made three desperate attempts to throw
her over the bridge. Her screams of murder brought the
police to her assistance, and she gave the prisoner into
custody. Prisoner said he had missed £5 103. from his
pocket, and believing complainant had robbod him, he
seized hold of her to search her, buthe had not the slightest
intention of throwing her over the bridge. The constable
considered the accused the worse fa. liquor. Under the
advice of the magistrate the prisoner settled the. matter
with the complainant, and was cl.scharged.:
THE CHEAP PRESS AND LIBEL S URETIES. —Whoa the
compulsory stamp was repealed an impression gained
ground that the law had also altered the security system,
and it was thought that no security was required against
libel. This, however, is not the fact, as some proprietots of
fact, hunting them up, and compelling some of them who •
hadne w newspapers
edresnearseon, to find finding out. The government are, in
find sureties against libel. It is a pity
that any one should overlook this, for the sureties are,
after all, easily obtained. Jack Nokes and Tom Styles
will do as well as well as anybody else. But why, may
I ask, is this absurd system perpetuated ? It is
an unnecessary harassment of newspaper propri-
etors, who, it seem 3 to me, have no more
right to be called on to enter into such a bond
than lecturers or authors. When Lyspe Dralwe, Esq.,
the professional lecturer, sets out on his provincial tou.r, or
when Mr. Fitzscribble, the fashionable author of the day,
commences a new serial, he might just as reasonably be
called on to find sureties against libel. 'Why should news-
paper proprietors and journalists br called on to do that
which others, just as likely to 'offend, escape ? And why
should such a dead-set be just now upon the cheap
press ? Perhaps it because it is becoming a great
fact." However the
taken up this matter, and have issued
the Society for the Repeal of the Tom
on Knowled2e have
a eirelllll.:z to newspaper proprietors, saying that they mean
'9 resist this innovation.---The Croydon Chronicle.

THE BIRKENHEAD PUBLIC LIBRA.RY.

TO THE EDITOR, OF THE NORTHERN TIMES.

Sir,—l crave permission to e--
your jowl*,
j „,'ubt" qd through,
- ,; L'onstitutional right
grumble at some litfle, thopo
et very important
matters connected with ae •"
yet in its infancy,
arm aoove library. It is
managers, wbe o. I doubt not but that the
natural—
_e deserve great praise, will good-
ey consider any suggestion for the improve-
igent of their " adopted" which may appear likely
to be feasible and easily carried out.
The room in which the library is located appears
to me to be very much too small. But I shall not
dwell on this point. I rather wish to call attention,
firstly, to the necessity for covering the floor of
the reading room, and the upper portion of the
stairs at least, with the noiseless floor cloth ;
secondly, to the absolute necessity of running
up a boarded partition to the ceiling, so as
effectually to separate the lending from
the reading room, they might communicate with
s glass door for the use of the officials; and, thirdly,
a very careful and prompt stoppage of any talk in
the reading room, at the outset of the career of the
library. Of my first complaint, I shall content
myself with the bare mention of it, as its desirability
will not be questioned. Respecting my third, I
must strongly urge that the talking and colloquies
indulged in, chiefly by youngsters, in the
reading room, should be very quietly, but very
effectually checked. A little extra pains now
will get all parties into that quiet habit which
is so remarkable in the Duke street Library,
(Liverpool), and which is now kept with-
out any apparent effort, no one there
even dreaming of transgressing tile whole-
some rule. This third evil is very much induced,
I doubt not, by the ceistenco of the first, which I
will now touch upon, though before doing so, as I
know that the NORTHERN TIMES is on the table of
the Birkenhead Library, I have no doubt the
readers and young people attending there will
carefully note this letter and cease annoying their
neighbours by their, as they think, innocent
chatter, for the future, and politely and considers
ately keep the most perfect eilence in the room.
The lending department is carried on in the same
room as the reading. This is a very grave error.
A reader has settled down, perhaps, to a "heavy
article" in one of the Qearterlies, or is enjoying a
light and fanciful one in some of the Monthlies, is
conning the debates in the Tinter, or iefortning
himself of the current news of the day, through
the NORTHERN DAILY, and he is coetinually in-
terruptcd with the clatter of the feet of the bor.
rowers going in and out over au uncovered
boarded floor, and the necessary talk between
the librarian and the borrowers. He is within
earshot of such a colloquy as the following :
" Librarian Jones? Here; none of those numbers
in ? Is the " Spy" in, then? Don't know ; put the
number on your paper. Who wawa three
hundred and forty-nine ? Ido ; there it is I say
Jack, is that a nice one? Aye; Oh, then I'll have
it next," &e., &c.

Now, I appeal to you, Mr. Editor, as a literary
man, knowing well the necessity of quietness
when reading, whether the above is not a nuisance,
and whether it could not easily be remedied. You
would not like to concoct your •` crushers" on the
Pike—the dirty voracious dog I—nor peruse the
elegant volumes on your book-shelf, amid all this
clatter of feet and tongues. And I appeal through
you to the committee, to alter the room by the
improvements I have suggested. Quiet folks, who
want to read for some benefit, wilt be under the
necessity of denying themselves the benefits of the
library, to a great extent at least, unless a little
alteration is made.—Yours, Sze., PERIODICAL.