The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-25 00:00:00

TEE GHOSTS OF CAMBRIDGE.

Tuesday week, about six o'clock in the evening, the fal
of Mr. Haegis were startled by three (three is the mystl
number) violent and distinct raps at the back door;
"answering" the summons, the noise was found to proceed ft:7i
that important individual Mr. Nobody; this rapping ha—;
continued at intervals, for many hours on several suecedi're
nights, the inmates became puzzled, and the fernso
branches, of course, alarmed. Superstition is inherent
poor humanity, and rumours were soon afloat of 'i11...
terious visitations at Haggi=s's isolated and celebrated fst's
As snowballs gather in bulk the more they are r°
so remarkable occurrences soon swell into the terrib
marvellous ; it became therefore necessary for IW°
the plucky friends of the family to lend their ea
to unravel the matter. As the rapping's generally counenecto,
about six o'clock they were in readiness ; they placed tb ,01
selves in such positions that if the knocks did proceed fr ly
some foolish persons, they must have been ienroed'ua;::,,g
pounced upon. The rapines were repeated, in the tegi"°',..
of an eye the door was thrown open, but no one was Setbi;
not only one, but many times, on sucseeding, nights, was
system practised, and with the same effect. No persf t
however, in. their common senses, unless they be the T'ef:L.
victims to superstition and ignorance will conceive beli
one moment that these rappings proceed from any 2it
than natural causes ; either from some echo or other r''',l,o%
which the saran of Cambridge have not yet, "fiit
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enabled to discover. That these rappings do take P'sc,,"
wonld be idle to controvert; we have it on the testitnont';
respectable persons who have heard them, who have bed.
the watchers to discover the cause, who have been unsucceta
ful, but who would scorn to lend themselves to an idle &ceif
pander to superstition, to provoke alarm, or thoughtle9tbe
amuse themselves at the expense of others, We give', 0
truth as it is, as we have stated it, from persons who °OB
heard the mysterious raps ; wo need only name, e1,',:01
others, two of the family—Mr. Milward, of the u`si,.see
Jesus lane, and Mr. Haggis, of the Stamp office, :bits
too high a notiou of what is due to truth and propriet9
to lend themselves to a vulgar fraud. But these raPPI; s
are not of recent date. It is well known that at Fineu°-;be
year or two ago, a similar circumstance occurred, "1 10 .0
wonder, and naturally so, of the inhabitants, If WO be
not, it was at Rochester, also, that a like " knocking "—jiff
door" occurred; finally, they ceased; and in all probab be
the mysterious knockings at Haggis's will ere I°,rg,. the
" knocked out of time." And the sooner the better ,° *OOl
comfort and rest of the family, and the allaying the
pardonable curiosity of an over excited and wondering P" -
Cambridge independent Press.

PERTH.—SNUFF MULL FOR THE KING OF 1-1010/P„teab
snuff mull has been prepared at Macgregor's establir:,ef
in Perth, for the purpose of being presented to the ri•lnflbe
Hanover, and a more exquisite piece of workmanshiP°ola
kind we have never seen. The horn is mounted svitbillea
lid, which is again surmounted by a beautifully
~el,e;baortl
scroll pierced in silver, bearing a fine Cairngorm. "ILL el'
ttself is a very fine specimen, beautifully coiled at 10" ted
tremity with amethysts and silver wreaths tastefallyPiall
in the centre.
11Si!
GENERAL BEATSON.-It it understood that ..-t°,.1,1,00-
authorities have at length acceded to General PI; gel
demand for an enquiry into the conduct of those thee
ut secretly against him charges, which, if true, raig.„`—‘ tbs,
affec'ed not only his honour, but his life. t seem eel
the invesigation h to take place at the War DePar-ice!
in Whitehall Gardens. We append the name of the %bell:
composing the court :—President—Sir Colin Caiaroerfr
Members—Lord W. Paulet, General Rawrenson, ef"1006.
Cameron, General Montgomery, General Taylors ‘-'0
Norcott. nyt

MIA of LADING.—The copy of the bill of lading „,fitti,
be stamped, as must every bill of lading in a set, 00.,,Ttb0:5,
how many. The making or signing a bill of lading "it/
its being stamped renders the person liable to a P6lls,„issil
£5O. There is nothing, however, to prevent the In'
retaining for his use a mere copy of the bill of lading ;lob,
this copy when not forming one of the set, and, ,35f Isar
being staraned, can" never be evidence in a cour':flf tb°
and is in fact of no use, except for the governmerlf;o
master. The stamped bill of lading to be received 'l.-010
conignees upon delivery of the cargo is the documen
which the captain should proceed.—Shipping
Taps TRIBUTE TO FATHER MATHEW. BitihOP P;irago^
of Glasgow, has addressed a letter to a ul snit
Roman Catholic newswaper. The bishop oar 'raarnalla-
anxious to forward the movement in favour of a °Dia" ,rve,,
to the late Father Mathew. If ever a mortal man 1--,:esteo
well of his fellow man, it was surely the great, disinte't 0011
and indefatigable advocate of temperance. I wisr° ~8;1„s°
to give such mite as my poverty. n afford, but ttirliroa
desirous that the Catholics of the western distre con
the good father honoured and benefited by his Pr t°
his labours, should have an opportunity of sobslriveriera'
the testimonial, and thus evincing their rep, d a'doeb
tion for this heroic man. That they should bie.e -a-tion "5
opportunity is my object in requesting the pubic; ,et 9
this letter. I beg also to give notice that I vi`' ovirait'
treasurer, and also as correspondent with the Co'k 4;.eaterl
tee. Giving £2 2s myself—l wish the sum iver,„ger stoi
I will be happy to receive the subscriptions v/113"'nect $ll
or great, of those who desire to pay a tribute offesr
gratitude to the departed Apostle of Temporal°.