The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-21 00:00:00

THE STOPPAGE OF LA WE'S BANK.

We fin I, on enquiry, that Mrs. Laws has al-eaiv taken
the neces dry st• )3 to obtain probate of ti• hus-
band's will, and the clerks of the baak sits Pngiged
in balancing the accounts, and making ad necessary pre-
parations to wind up the estate, es soon as the legal pre-
liminaries are complete. A nunotte, widely circulated, to
the effccc Sfessrs. Pedder have undertaken to settle the
affairs of Messrs. Laws, is unfounded, or, at least, prema•
tire. On Saturday, the Old Bank supplied the money to meet
claims falling due at the Savings' Bank, and Messrs. Pedder
also undertake to remit the c Istomi dues until a receiver is
appointed from London ; but no arrangement has been
made by these gentlemen to c.,ver the responsibilities of
the late bank. Mr Lawe kept the meount of the over-
seers ; and he was also treasurer to the Board of Guardians.
We believe the guardians had overdrawn ab ,ut £2OO, but
if the bank had been open on Saturday, between £3,000
and £4,000 would have been transferred to their account
by the overseers. The overseers were, in consequence of
the stoppage, compelled to find the guardians money for
their immediate necessities from some extraneous source,
and we believe the Lancaster Banking Company advanced
the amount required on Tuesday.—Preeon Guardian of
Wednesday.

The Royal Mail Company netted X 15.000 by the last
two menths trip of the Avon to the Brazils and back.
BURNING OF THE TOWN CLOCK OF DUNDEE. —The town
clod and bells of Dundee were destroyel by firo on Thurs-
day morning.
LORD PALSIERSTON'S OATHS BILL.—In committee on
Oaths Bills, Mr. Deasy will move an amendment, to the
effect that one form of oatk only shall be administered to
members of all religious persuasions.
ANOTHER FRENCH COMMERCIAL TREATY.—It is currently
reported in official circles in Paris, that negotiations are
about to be commenced between France, Prussia, and the
German States for the conclusion of a commercial conven-
tion to he established on new bases.
As BAD AS LlVERPOOL—Yesterday, there was only one
magistrate at the Town-hall. A vigilant search for a
second justice was made by the police, and all in vain. A
felony case required the adjudication of two of " the great
unpaid six witnesses were kept waiting a considerable
time, and at last Mr. Laverty applied for a remand of the
prisoner. He said he had seat all over the town, and had
been unable to procure a magistrate. Mr. Hart observed
that this time, at all events, it was not his fault.—Preston
Guardian of Wednesday.
BURSTING OF a BOILER FLUE. —Ol Monday morning
an accident happened at Newtown Mill, Darnley, belong-
ing to the executors of the late Mr.lames Pollard. Soon
after the mill had cmimencA running, the flue of one of
the boilers collapsed, and the steam and water, rushing
out of the fireplace, severely scalded the fireman, Thomas
Dugdale. We have not heard anything as to the cause of
the collapse. Dugdale died the same evening from the
injuries be bad received. He has left a widow and seven
children.
WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.—On Thursday last, an aged
pauper in Halon met her death under peculiarly shocking
circumstances. It appears that the deceased was a very
old woman, and unable to take care of herself, and was
looked after by her neice, who lived beside her. On the
morning of the day named, the niece's husband perceived
smoke issuing from her house, and on entering found her
at the outside of the house, with her clothes in flames.
The body was dreadfully burned, and life was extinct.—
No,thern Ensign.
PROJECTED NEW DAILY PAPER.—On Monday morning
last, the directors of the National League Newspaper Com-
pany breakfasted with nearly sisq ministers of the Inde-
pendent denomination, at the Milton Club, Ludgate hill.
Mr. E. &sales, of the Chancery bar, one of the cirectors,
occupied the chair, and, with the Rev. David Thomas, and
Mr. T. B. Simpson, secretary, explained the object of the
meeting to be to obtain their support in the establishment
of a new daily paper, to be called The Dial. This paper,
the promoters stated, would be conducted on thoroughly
liberal principles A resolution in favour of the project
was carried urantraously.
INKERMANN.—The truth was known in Russia. He saw
a caricature representing St. Peter at the gate of Heaven.
Three bodies of men who had been slain in battle ap-
proached. He asked who they were. The first answered,
"We are French, slain at Inkermann." " Enter," said
he, "we have very few of your people here yet." The
second, more numerous, said, " We are English slain at
Inkermann," and the saint admitted them. The third
body of mon said they were Russian., slain at Inkermann.
" What,' cried St. Pete; " you rascals, do you think I
don't read the papers, and that I don't know there were
only a few hundreds of you killed at Inkermann."—.3fr.
Russell's Lecture.
DEATH OF H. KEMBLE, ESQ., LATE M.P. FOR SURREY.
—We egret to announce the death of this gentleman,
which event took place on Monday at has house on Grove-
hill, Camberwell, in the 70th year of his age. Mr. Kemble
formerly represrnied Eest Surrey in parliament, and was
remark...Tele for the regularity of his attendance as well as
for the firmness and consistency of his public conduct.
His political principles were Conservative, bat Le always
listened with profound respect to the oninions of those who
diff red from him, and his amiable disposiblon won for him
the regard of all parties in the senatorial assembly. Out
of the Hence he was et, erred by a large circle of acquaint-
ances, and as a warm supporter of several of the metro-
politan institutions his loss will be severely felt,
MURDER OF a BOY.—CARLOW, 18TH MAY.—A gentle.
man while walking yesterday on the banks of the river
Barlow, immediately under the beautiful residence of
George Begot, Esq., near this town, accompanied by a
spaniel dog, observed something floating on the water,
whereupon he directed the animal to fetch it to him,
which it accordingly did. The bundle, on being brought
to shore was found to be a large loJg, inside of which was
the boil/ of a fine boy, in an advanced state of decoaaposi-
Grin. From the appearance thb body presented, it must
have been in the water for a considerable period. Intelli-
gence of the circumstance having been conveyed to the
police barrack, several of the constabulary took charge
of the body, and had it
conveyed to the workhouse for
the purpose of iden;ific irion. An inquest was held on
the remains this day by Mr. Garman, ironer. Medical
testimony was adduced to show that the lad was alive
before thrown into the water. In the absence of any
material evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Found
drowned."
EXCESSIVE DISTRAINT FOR CHURCH RATES.—Joseph
Pease, Esq., and partners, have a colliery at Hedley Hope
near Tow-Law, in the county of Durham, and as members
of the Society of Friends they object to the payment of
I church rates. On May 6th, a distraint on a warrant under
I the hands of M. Kearney and Robert Bellarey, Esqrs., was
made on the Hedley Hope Colliery, to satisfy a demand
for church rates made in the years 1834-35, amounting to
£3 Is. A horse value from £35 to £4O, was seized, and in
a few days sold by auction, at Davis's Castle Inn, Tow
Law, for £lB 10s. The following is the bill of particulars
of distraint at Hedley Hope Colliery, in the parish of
Saltley, county of Durham, on the 6th of May, 1857 :
James Brown, churchwarden, of Saltley, v. Joseph Pease.
Under a warrant signed by two justices, at Lanchester
petty sessions, a horse, value £35, was seized for the
amount of £3 ls., demanded for church rates made in the
years 1854-55. After keeping possession for a few days,
the horse was sold for £lB 10. The distraint is excessive
and we understand that the gentleman acting for the defen-
dant in this case will not allow it to pass without ques-
tioning the legality of the proceedings, inasmuch as there
was property of sufficient value to satisfy the demand
independently of the animal taken ; and he hopes the
dictum of Blackstone will be acted on in this instance—
"He who makes an excessive distraint shall be heavily
amerced."

MILITARY EXECUTION AT EAREACKPORR—This morn-
ing, Mongul Pundy, the sepoy of the 34th Native Infantry
who had been tried by a court martial and found guilty of
mutinous conduct, having wo-anded the sergeant-maj it of
his regiment, and also the arijufant, Lieutenaot Baugh, of
the same corps, was hanged on the parade ground at Bar-
rackpore soon after gun-fire. The gallows was erected in
the centre of the parade-ground, and the troops were
drawn up so as to form three sides of a square, cotermi.
nously. The 70th regiment Native Infantry, the 34th
Native Infan'try. the 43rd Native Infantry, and the 2nd
Grenadi( rag forined into separate squares on one side faced
by the Governor-general's body-guard and Her Majesty's
53rd regiment in line ; on the third side were drawn out
her Majesty's S4th regiment, also in hoe, flanked by two
light horse batteries of the East India Company's Artillery.
The culprit was carried on to the ground accomp mied by
a detachment of the guard, when the four first-named
detachments were marched up in front of the gallows.
General Hears,N addressed the 34th Native Infantry in a
few wards, alluding in particular to the Articles of War,
which they had all sworn to obey. The man app:ared to
be quite exhausted. and made no attempt to address the
troops around. He had previously stated that he bore no
ill-will against eitber of the parties whom he had injured,
but revealed nothing to implicate any of his comrades. At
a given signal 'be platform was withdrawn, and, almost
without a struggle, the misguided man was launched into
eternity. The troops were then marched off the ground,
the 34th NVive Infantry seeming but too happy to be
releaFed ; but the men in the guard, to the number of nine-
teen, who rendered no assistance at the time of the affray,
and who are supposed to have been concerned in the attack,
are still in close confinement, awaiting the result of the
court-martial now pending. The adjutant and sergeant-
major, we are happy to say, era in a Lir way of recovery ;
and the attendance of her Majesty's 84th and 53rd regi-
ments is thought to be no longer required at Barrackpore,
in consequence of which they were to leave immediately. •
—Calcutta Englishman, April 8,