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

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE

A fire broke out in Soho-square yesterday morning, on
the premises of Mr. Aaron George Jones, wine merchant,
No. 29 in that square. The fire was discovered by the
policeman on duty; he with considerable difficulty aroused
the neighbours, who, with prompitude, rendered every
assistance. The Royal Society's fire escapes were shortly
on the spot, followed by the L midon Brigrde engines. By
the time they had arrived the flames were making con-
siderable progress owing to the inflammable nature of the
stock. The engines got to work under the direction of
Mr. G. R. Staples and Mr. Engineer Gerrard, but the fire
was not extinguished until the stock and contents were
destroyed, and the premises belonging to Mr. Leon
Solomon, and others, were considerably damaged by fire
and water. The 0-Luse is at present unknown. The loss
will fall on the Alliance, Lancaster, and other offices.

HAMBURG.-WIVES FOR THE GERMAN

LEGION

One hundred and five soldiers of the British German
Legion arrived at Hamburg on the 31st ult., by the
Caledonia steamer, from London. Some of them are dis-
charged from the service and are going to their homes, but
the greater part of them are come over for matrimonial
purposes, and have obtained leave of absence. Some
speculative individuals have established regular recruiting
offices here for females willing to accompany the German
Legion to the Cape of Good Hope, and settle there. One of
them has already engaged more than fifty young women,
chiefly amongst the milliners, dressmakers, shop gies, and
even those connected with the theatres. When one considers
that in this city we have 6,000 more females than men—
the last year's census gives 86,000 women and only 80,000
men—it is not to be wondered at that there should be many
amongst them who find it difficult to make an honest
livelihood, and are therefore disposed to try their fortune
in a distant colony. Although this recruiting for females
is carried on pretty openly, and has been advertised in the
local papers, no opposition has been offered to it by the
police.

ADDRESS OF THE CORPORATION OF SALFORD TO LORD
PALMERiTOI4I.—The address of the corporation of the
borough of Salford will be presented to Lord Palmerston,
in the spacious reading-room of the Museum and Library
building, at eleven o'clock on this forenoon. The Museum
will be closed during the whole of the morning, except to
parties holding tickets for the occasion.

PERSIAN HONOUR FOR FRANCE.—A letter from Constan-
tinople, in the Gazette du Midi, says the Persian ambassa-
dor, Ferroukh Khan, brings to the Emperor of the French
the decoration of the order of the Sun of the Lion, worth
100,000 f ; to the Empress Eugenie pearls and precious
stones, worth 80,000 f; and to Prince Napoleon a sabre
richly set with precious stones, of the value of 60,000 f. He
is also the bearer of five decorations, one of which is in-
tended for Count Walewski.
IMPORTANT TO NAVIGATORS.—The New York Com-
mercial Advertiser says, that Mr. T. W. Whitney, the
artist, during his voyage to and from Liverpool, has
completed an ingenious app iratus by which the principal
sails of the vessel are made to evade the fury of the winds,
and reefing entirely dispensed with. By an application of
a single valve to each sail, in such a manner as to work
the sails on deck, the vessel is enabled to carry sail to the
last moment in a high wind.
THE; RIGIIT4 OP TELE EMPEROR OF FRANCE.-011
Tuesday, at the opening of the courts after the long
vacation' M. Vaisse, the Procureur-general, made a speech,
which isdescribed by the Patric as " altogether political,
and totally different from the formal harrangues usually
pronounced on such occasions." The speech is not yet
reported, but the subject of it was the respect due to the
rights of the sovereign. It is therefore to be inferred that
the Procureur Interial, with his peculiar
,opPortuoities of
knowing the state of feeling in the country, must apprehend
that a disposition not to hold these rights in all the respect
which they claim is a tendency of the hour which requires
repression.

THE MURDER IN- SHREWSBURY.—On Tuesday, an in-
quest was held at the Salop County Infirmary, before
Mr. H. Beate, coron2r, respecting the death of Benjamin
Bromley, who was stabbed by a man named Hollis, under
the circumstances stated a day or two ago. A
surgeon who made a post marten; examination gave his
opinion that the injuries which caused death were inflicted
with a sharp-pointed knife or some similar instrument.
Other evi :ence was given corroborative of the facts
already mentioned, and the jury returned a verdict of
64 Wilful Murder" against John Hollis, otherwise John
Williams. The prisoner has been taken before the
borough magistrates and formally committed for trial at
the assiz's.

The Times says of the American Fillibuster—" The
relation of touch paper to gunpowder supplies his only
idea of the relation of man to man. Man was intended to ,
be shot as the sparks fly upward—that is the design of his
creation. All intercourse of man with man that does not
produce this result is an anomaly to his eye, which he
hardly knows whether to charge most with folly, wicked-
ness or blasphemy. The great Grecian philosopher
describes happiness as 'an energy;' the Fillibuster adds
to this definition what the energy is—it is shooting your
neighhour through the head. That is the bull's eye of
human existence and duty. All other relationships—
parental, filial, or fraternal, public or private, commercial
or social—give way to the relationship of the shooter to
the shot. That is the one fundamental and sacred con-
nexion, Society is valuable in so far as it promotes this
intimate tie. Did men live alone like hermits they could
not shoot one another, but the social principle brings
them
,together, and makes this not only possible but
easy.'

SALE or RARE WINEs.—Nn interesting sale of old port
and other wines took place at Prospect Hill, near. Reading,
on Thursday last. The chief attraction was the old
vintage port of all the most celebrated years up to 1820,
and including that year, of such Wondrous renown among
connoisseurs. • The meeting was a large one, and among
those present were many leading men in the wine trade.
The first brought forward was a bin of the.vintage of 1815,
bottled in 1818. The wine well answered to its repute,
being in admirable preservation, although a little past its
b st ; however, there could be no hesitation as to its
genuineness or its value, and the biddings rapidly rose
from five guineas to eight and nine guineas per dozen.
The next bin was of the vintage of 1812, bottled in 1815,
full of colour, in perfect preservation, fairly without fault,
showing both firmness, delicacy, and high bouquet. The
price soon rose to ten guineas, and, with scarce a pause,
was sold, lot after lot, at eleven guineas and £l2 per doz.
The third submitted to the test of the competent judges

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present was a small bin of the vintage of 1804, %hich
fully supported its long established renown, still pos-
sessing fine colour and high bouquet ; delicate, dry, but
full of flavour, there was no symptom of de,ay ; it
put beyond all doubt or differences of opinion whether
choice Portugal red wine will endure a very long
keeping better than any other red wine, and was quickly
accepted in the trade at 11 to 12 guineas the dozen. Fol-
lowing this came three bins of the vintage of 1820; each
was a rare example—di erent in style, but all of unex-
ceptionable quality; it is indeed remarkable that among
port wines of these ancient dates so few decayed or even
impaired wines are found, and this seems to attest their
general purity. Of these three Kopke's Boriz took the
lead, containing all the vigour of youth, showing substance,
fruit, the highest quality, and remarkable character. For
many tastes, however, the other two are equally fine—one
for its deep colour and dryness, with great character; the
other for its firmness and concentration of flavour, with-
out hardness or heat. The prices of these ranged from 11
guineas to .el 4 103 per dozen, and became in most
instances the property of the trade. The sherry, Madeira,
hock, claret, and Burgundy realised good prices, ranging
generally from four to six guineas per dozen.