Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-03-14 00:00:00

ELECTION NEWS.

In anticipation of a dissolution of Parliament, Wm_
Russell,,Esq., M.P. for Limerick City, has issued circulars
to his constituents announcing his intention of seeking a
renewal of the honour conferred upon him, and Major
Gavin is personally canvassing the electors.
Mr. John Ball, late candidate for Limerick, is expected
there next week to consult with his friends respecting
future arrangements, in the event of a . dissolution of
Parliament.
High ecclesiastical authority has declared in favour of
the harmony of neutrality (concordieim rel lieutralitatem)
of the Roman Catholic clergy of Limerick, if there should
be a dissolution of Parliament.

The Bangkok (Siam) prices current are now r errularly
m published in the Hong Kon newspapers. A I iceniillhas
just been errected at2Bangk.ok for the purpose of preparing
rice for shipment for San Francisco, and is likely to dv
serious damage to a lucrative branch of trade at Hong
Kong.
A clergyman in the county of Durham, lately concluded.
morning service with the following words Brethren,
next Friday is my tithe day, and those who bring the tithes
.on that day shall be rewarded with a good dinner ; but
those who do not may depend upon receiving a County
Court summons !" Hartlepool Mercury.
On Saturday night, at the Assembly Rooms and never
Town Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the workpeople of
Armstrong and Co., the engine-builder, were sumptuously
entertained by their employers in celebration of the dis-
tinction which has recently been conferred upon the senior
partner by the crown ; and he, in turn, is shortly to be
similarly entertained by his fellow-townsmen.
Coun.T FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES.—A
variety of details relative to the rules, regulations, fees,
&C., at this court, were issued on Friday, in a Parliamentary
return. The total' amount of fees received in the year
ending the 31st December last, was £1,556 7s. The
salary of the Judge Ordinary as such, and also as
Judge of her Majesty's Court of Probate, £5,000. The
officers of the Divorce Court hold their offices as officers of
the Court of Probate. Four persons, however, are exclu-
sively engaged in the performance of the duties of the
Divorce Court -viz., a first clerk at a salary of £350 per
annum; a second clerk and accountant with £2OO ; a third
clerk with 4120, and a messenger with £5O. The salaries
of the J udge Ordinary, and of the various officers, and
also the incidental' expenses of the court, are paid by the
Treasury out of the proceeds arising from the sale of stamps
used in the Court of Probate and the Court for Divorce and
Matrimonial Causes,
Tun LAW OF LOST 13.A.NE NOTES.—
well County Court, on Friday, in the case of Bennett v.
At the Clerken-
lpaasitityh the plaintiff's
nwthi
NwiefNevmloasnt,
n
he had receivedlit, it was traced to a publicau in Gray's Inn-
aitLws-ansosteta„taeuddtihiaetkiLjviannguatrh}:l
lane (the defendant), who informed him that the note was
received over the counter in the ordinary way of business.
A man and two women. presented the nute, and expending
is in refreshment received £4 19s change. Defendant
admitted that he did not take the names or addresses of
the parties,,who were stangers to him. Some witnesses-
proved the-faets. For the defendant it was contended that
it would be very hard upon tradesmen if they were
to be lia.bFn for every bank note taken over the counter.
Probably the note was lest by carelessness. Mr. Sergeant
afterwards
aand
Jones said the law was entirely with Mr. Clarke. ue
remembered a casei. which Crockford, the beeotvtienregif
man,
lost a £2OO -note on. a racecourse, and twou yearsthe
m e
sued a person in the superior court, and re
tradesmen would take the trouble to
p
would be
no
of ihardship parties on
in ththeenmo taetstertaken i
n ta
if
_they
business, there.
would not
take this trouble, they must accept th
,
Verdict for plaintiff, with full the risk and (=sequence.
. -et wasosts Eta costs.
A 'UMW:I=a MunDER --I ted some time ago,
that the mother. of Parang, the man who was recently-
executed for the murder of his niece, has revealed that it
wo
was he and t
Rotherne G cutoeffur who
i nbtad -
ere
dalllBlnsge
Chereau, of the
murder attended with so much mystery, that in Jan.
tthe in'
at
spite of all their efforts, were not able to obtain any clue to
the perpetrators of it. The manner in which the woman
learned that it was those three men who lind committed.
the crime was, it may be remembered, most extraordinary.
Having a few days after the murder called on her son, she
found him feasting in grand style with the two men, and en
asking where they had got the money to pay for the feast,
they related to her that they had murdered Mine. Chereau,
and had stolen in her house a quantity of jewellers-.
After this disclosure, they made Madame Parang take sin
oath on a crucifix not to reveal what they had stated. It
turned out that the two accomplices of Parang, having
been condemned for other crimes, had been tt or..ndnpo'atedno,
one to Lanibessa, in Africa, and the otehner
b rouia
edit
Orders were given to have those in
Paris to be tried for the murder ; and m the one frog;
Africa arrived yesterday. He was
immediately confronted.
sec Trim as
ntur_er arang's
one of the two who had confessed to the.
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with Madame Parang, and she recogni
also confronted. with him, said, that at the
time of the m
wife, who
"surlier he was intimate with her husband. The
gaga denied that he had been concerned in the crime, but
be was forced to admit that he knew the two women. Tile
other man is expected in Paris at the eild of the moLltl4,-,-