The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-08 00:00:00

SCENE AT AN Mill WORKHOUSE.

The Athlouo correipcitident of the Dabliti Daily'Express
,vrites on Saturday :evening :—One of those disgraceful
,-cLees which outrage all .elecency, and though of frequent
.coarreece in other unions, have '331,1111y-been hitherto, for
a considerable time, unknaven in thie, fle.k.plece to day in
the hoard room oe the occasion of the apeointamt of a
master to the workhouse, in the room of the late one, a
Protesant, who hid become Unpopular with a certain
par y, and having ben reported to the commissioners for
some slight dereliction. of -duty, Olsmisseci
tifAtiem under' a'sealed order, in oepoSiti rl t i the. ieelieg
)1-a mein iTof the medians. _ There were eight
dates before the board, three of whom were duly proposed
for the office after they had undergone a competitive exam-
ination (the other fire net being considered eligible). The
contest, however, lay
.bet Ween a Mr. Carson, late of
e 4,1 eat Kesente master ,of tithe Ballybey
Uaien, and a 'X'c'TC, mister of ti liallvvaughan
Union, both of won'tprellaced satisfeetory tes
bet esp-ciefly the former, who was 11 411:y recommended
by Lord li:enis'Al!en and by all the lead,ng membe s of the
board wi!li whieb 'minivan cehnecte4, but it appeared there
was an icsupera-de objection to him in the opinion of a
certain patty, he being a so :sturst, anti for the. purpwe
of d:fel o ting Liat n ( )c.r:i3 Sri:, was sp t; :min
Cathelie cle'rgy and their party in fact every enardian
who cell l et all
,be intl ienceil to vote, egainst him 'rid in
suaport of Keeee, wh e it :appears, is a Roman Cathell'ne
was brought in, and ex-oeyleio members and others who had
never been seen in the 'tweet-room before, 'came distances
Of thirty end forty miles to vote fet the favourite. As
an instanee of thi4. out of thirty six elected guardians,
most of whom are Roman Catho'ics, only two were absent,
and they were Protestants; notwithstanding all their efforts,
however, the man of their clime was
,defeated bye majority
of two. On the result befinot announced the scene that
oceurreer reegkars 'description. The vilest and most
uuwarrautable.abose was- heaped on the chairman, Lord
Castlemaine'' and other metnbersief the board, and he was
told that at the next election he would be kicked out of
the chairnsdeie son, was; out of than berough ;. in fact, at
one time, from the violent demeanour. of some members of
the board, it was to be' feared that a regular mel!3e would
ensue-. One or two of the prieits who were hovering
abOut the precincts of the workhouse with their partisans,
announced to several of. the guardians who voted against
their nominee, that they would never sit inehe board again
after their y:ar ot.oafaaa- had expired, and that some of
them would not biise' half. a dozen votes at the next elec.'
tion. I understand au epnlication is to be forwarded
to the commissioners, is the shape of -a protest requiring
them to, declare the election void; 'on the ground
that one of the ex officio guardians who voted fur
Carson was not duly nnalified, although his name was
inserted in-the list- byethe olerk.TT cannot, however,
imagine for a moment that they- will interfere under the
circumstances, more particularly as, even though the vote
of the gentleman in question (who is possessed of property
within the union where he resided, and acts for the county)
were disallowed, there would be still a majority. It is to
be deplored that each a party spirit should creep -into the
board, but those; wlefroused it may be assured orthie fact,
thet in the end.thiyerdl be, put down:, for as it happened
tc-day so will it eccaron future occasions, that the well-,
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disposed portion of the public will support right and
justice in opposition to bigotry and prejudice. It is said
that_the great anxiety felt, to defeat Mr.-Carson arises from
the fact that .an attempt is about to be made to have a
society of nuns admitted as visitors to the 'workhouse, and
it-was-eared that he might interfere with them, all the
other offieeri of the estab.ishment being Roman Catholics.

ADMIISION OF ATTORNEFS...--In Easter term the nunbe
of candida,:es for admission as attorneys was 111, of which
88 passed, and 23 were " plucked." Soine of the rejected
of the preceding term were admitted.

RECRUITING FOR THE GUARDS--The Grenadier Guards
have sent out nine parties, the Coldstreams five partieL', and
Scots Fusiliers seven parties. The recruits to be taken are
to be five feet ten inches high, and not under eighteen years
of age, and to be men of good character.
FOOD PROSPECTS.-Alt the markets whence we generally
receive advices, whether from the Continent or United
Kingdom,' are dearer this week for every description of
grain—one alone excepted, and that not an unimportant
one as regards the supplies of those countries—we allude
to Odessa. We learn that wheat is at last accumulating
at that port, and, although prices are yet too high, can-
sidering qualities of the wheat, induce speculation. We
anticipate they must came lower as the season advances,
unless, indeed, •slme= unforseen demand should arise
frost the United Kingbm or France.—Dublin Evening

THE OPCrSU33 AND TICE TELEGRAPH.—On the last
train leaving the Little River for Geelong, on Saturday
afternoon, and when creise to the Duck Pondr, the
attention of the passengers was Palled to a fine oppossurn,
not" up a gum tree," bat on the tup of a telegraph post.
The train stopped, and, after sundry attempts bad been
made to dislodge the furry climber from-this throne, but
without effect, one of the navvies on the line climbed up
the, post, and when near the top, down sprang pussy, and
an animated chase ensued, much to the delight of the
passeegerF, who eventually captured the objet of thAr
pursuit, which is now in the possession of Mr. Brewster.
Geelong Advertiser.

A. ROMANTIC STORY.—Herr Sterling, the son of
wretchedly poor Jewish parents, residing at Warsaw,
showed in early youth some talent for drawing, and 'being
assisted on by some benevolent individuals, repaired to
Paris, where he taught in several distinguished families,
amongst others also in' that of the Count of Walewski.
Here the daughter of the Princess Mathilde and Count
Walewski saw him, and conceived such a violent passion
for him that, despite the opposition of the family, she
d[ termined upon marrying him: The lady is in pas ession
of twenty million francs in her own right. The marriage
is soon to take place. Herr Sterling is to take the title of
Count Da Walewski, without, however, rolnuncinz the
Jewish religion which be p:ofesses.— Jewish Chronwle.

A " NOVEL" POINT IN ELECTION MATTERS.—A novel
point in election matters will sbortly be raised. The,
question is—Who is a candidate ? By the late act every,
candidate is required to pay the electi.m auditor a fee of
£lO for auditing the accounts of expenses before and at,
the election. A number of persons announced themselves
as candidates at the recent general election, but retired
before the nomination day. The election auditors have
claimed their fees from such parties, and payment has
bean refused, on the ground that the parties were not
candidates within the meaning of the act of parliament.
The interpretation clause states a candidate to be " all
persons elected as members, all persons nominated as can-
didates," and all persoris "wh shall have declared
themselves candidates at or before such e!eclion " The
question will have to be decided in a court of law, and a
decision will be of importance, as, if all parties wbo issue
an address are liable, it will prevent persons from thrust-
ing themselves forward who in reality have no intention
to stand as candidates ; while, on the other hand, it will
increase the pay of an auditor, who is entitled to receive
£lO from each party and a per centage on the payments
he may make on account of an election.
THE CATTLE DISEASE.—The Gazette of Tuesday contains
the following translation of a proclamation which has been
issued by the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce relative to
the cattle disease The Royal and State Chamber of
Commerce makes known that information having been
given to the board that in certain places in the Grand
_Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin eases of virulent diseases
among horned cattle have appeared, and that- the same
disease which has been for some time prevalent in the
Kingdom of the Netherlands has latterly increased con-
siderably in the province of Friesland, the Chamber of
Commerce now declares the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin infected by disease in horned cattle, and repeats
the Order formerly published, declaring the following
countries infected by'the same disease; viz : The Nether-
lands, England, Scotland, the Duchies of Holstein, as well
as that part of the Duchy of &hies wick which is situated
between the River Eider and Huzam in the west and Flens-
burg in the east ; besides which, the Netherlands' Zeland,
Funen, and Jutland are declared infected with glanders in
horses.

SUICIDE BY A MURDERER IN YORK CASTLE.—On
Monday, a jury was impannelled at York Castle to inquire
into
_the , circumstances relating to the death of William
Marshall, aged 54, who had committed suicide in that
prison. In Jane, 1837, he murdered two of his children,
a boy. and a girl—by drowning them, and in the following
month he was tried in the court adjoining.the prison, when
he ,was acquitted on the ground of insanity, he being
ordered to be kept in close custody until her Majesty's
pleasure should be known respecting him. From that
time to this (with the exception of a few days' absence, he
having, two years after his trial, contrived to escape from
the Castle) he had been incarcerated there, during which
period he had occasionally been of unsound mind, with
long lucid intervals. Oa Sunday morning, on his cell
door being opened he was found hanging from the bars
outside the window, his neckerchief and garters having
been used to suspend himself, and he was dead and cold.
He was immediately cut down, and Mr. Anderson, the
surgeon at the Castle, was sent for, but of course his
cervices were of no avail. It is supposed the deceased
committed suicide at two o'clock in the morning, as at
that time a prisoner in the next cell heard him, althQugh.
he did not make any unusual noise. The jury were of
opinion that the deceased was of unsound mind at the thus
he hanged himself.