Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-01-13 00:00:00

HISTORIC SOCIETY.

The literary section of this society met last night, in
the Grand Jury-room, St. George's-hall, Wm. Brown,
Esq., presided. The following donations were presented
to the society;—" Report on the Police Establishment,
and the State of Crime in the Tabular Returns for the
year ending 29th September, 1559," from the, Town
Council ; " Proceedings of the Literary and Philoso-
phical Society of Liverpool, 1858-9," from the society ;
" Merlini Anglici Ephemeris, for the years 1674-7, by
Wm. Lilly, Student in Astrology;" and " The Lady's mid
Gentleman's Diary for 1860," from Mr. T. T. Wilkinson.
Several curiosities were exhibited. Two relics of the
Great Napoleon, in the shape of a handkerchief taken
from his pocket after death, and a lock of his hair cut
by Dr. Griffiths. Two shirts of Charles -11., one of
them exhibiting a beautiful specimen of point lace; and
by Mr. Mayer the original Privy Council warrant,
issued by King William 111, for establishing the Bank
of England, to John Ince, gent , dated March 18,
1694-5 ; and in the following month, April 25,
the royal assent was given to an act for securing
certain recompenses and advantages to such persons
as should advance the sum of £1,200,000, which
was raised in the astonishingly short period of ten
days, causing the Government securities to increase
greatly in value, The document runs as follows :
William R.—Our will and,pleasure is that by vertue of Qui
general' LreS. of Privy Se4le bearing date the 19th day of
April' ]689 you iSste and pay or cause to be issued and paid
(oat of any our Treare. not appropriated to particular uses by
Act of Parliament) unto our Trusty and; Well-beloved John
Ince, Gente. or to his assigns - the Sum of Three Hundred
Forty-one Pounds- teen pence, without accot. to compleat the
payment a:id. Satisfaction of all Charges and expences for or
concerning the passing & Execucon of the Commission for
taking Subscriptions to the Bank of England or the pasS'ng
of . the .Charter for Incorporating of the said Bank which were
agreed to be' paid by ts and for so doeing this shal be your
Warrant Given at. Our Court at Kensington the 18th day of.
March 1694-5 In the Seventh Tear of our Iteigne
By his Ma'ts Command
To the Commissioners of our Treasury, Gonor,rmlN
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another by the Rev. Dr. Hume, "On the Religious
Statistics of England and Wales." The society will
meet next Thursday evening' in Mr. Mayer's museum.

SHOCKING DEATH IN Box TUNNEL—On Tuesday
last a very shocking occurrence took place in Box Tun-
nel. The accounts of the transaction var c, but the fol-
lowing are the particulars as far as we could glean them :
Two deserters from the Military Train 'were being conveyed
under guard back to Bristol, by the down express train.
The prisoners had been handcuffed together; and had not
been long freed when the train entered the tunnel. When
the last glimpse of daylight had been left behind, the
prisoner seized the opportunity to- make a desperate
attempt at regaining- his liberty, and, under a pretext,
he went to the window, and sprang out. When the
train emerged from the tunnel, the man was missed.
Information was given at the Box station, and an
engine was sent back to seek for the missing deserter,
when his body, frightfully mutilated, was found
lying between the down-line of rails and, the wall.
Deceased had jumped oat of the window of the
compartment nearest the wall, and, consequently,
must have come in contact with it, and had, from
the force of the concussion, been thrown back under
the wheels. The body presonted a horrible appearance.
The deceased, it was stated, was the same man who had
deserted some short time since, and had made a similar
attempt to gain his freedom by jumping out of the
carriage, in Box Tunnel, but escaped then in a miracu-
lous manner. He had been married only , six weeks
previously. He was a well-made man, about 5 feet 10
inches in height, and, we believe, a native of Bristol,—
Bath chronicle,