Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-28 00:00:00

worthy townsmen, who is your representative in the
Parliament of this country—(cheers) who has set
Liverpool an example of what on many occasions I
have proclaimed before this time—that no where
are there more generous sacrifices made to art,
literature, or science than in the midst of our
industrial population, where we see men bestowing
liberally of that which they have acquired by years of per-
severence and industry. (Cheers.) I hope the gentleman
to whom I allude will live to see his great work
completely finished and inaugurated with all the
solemnity it deserves. (Applause.)
The Cardinal concluded by an eloquent appeal to his
hearers to dispel what was merely dreamy in the theories
of education—to sweep away all that was merely bright
and delusive—to keep their feet firmly and steadily upoia
the earth, and look towards 'the great goal of making
education the means of moralising and rendering virtuous
every portion of the population. He then concluded,
having spoken for two hours amid enthusiastic applause.
On the motion of Mr. Aspinall a vote of thauks was
passed by acclamation to Cardinal Wiseman, and the
proceedings terminated.

THE TAx Ox DOGS.—By a return just printed, it
appears that in the year ended the 31st March last the
Oa on dogs realised £197,604.
THE ENGLISH AT ROME.—The English Catholics are
about building a church of their own at Rome. The
work is entrusted to an eminent London architect, and
a collection has already been set on foot to carry out this
undertaking.
We are glad to learn that the South Eastern Railway
Company have offered to the widow of the Rev. T.
Wood, Wesleyan minister, who died from injuries received
in the shocking accident at Chilham last summer, the
sum of £1,500 as compensation. Mr. Wood left a widow
and eight children.

A cotemporary states that " Isa Craig," the authoress
of the Burns prize poem, is a young Scotch lady, and that
the mysterious monosyllable " Isa " is a breviate or
nemme de plume for Isabella—that she belongs to the
single sisterhood, and has been a contributor to Chambers' s
JOurnal, the Scotsman, and the Englishwoman's
.Magazlnc, and has published a small volume of poems.
The Brussels Inclependa nee says :—" Negociations for a
large Piedmontese loan, to be guaranteerfby the French
government, have been going on for some time. The
overtures were received as badly as could be by all the
great monied interests of Paris and London. For this
reason it seems that a loan by public subscription to be
opened simultaneously at Turin, London, and Paris, is
lecided upon."
A WOMAN DEVOURED BY RATS.—On Thursday
morning, in a barn near Hebdall Bar, on the Great North-
road, near Newark, the body of an old woman partially
devoured by rats was discovered. The woman's face was
literally eaten away by the vermin, and at the time she
was discovered the animals were devouring the inside.

The body of the poor woman was not identified at th(
time.

PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAINS FOR BRIGHTON.--4
donation of £5 has been received from W. Conningham,
Esq., M.P., towards the fund for erecting one or more
public drinking fountains, the advantages of which
have been set forth in a circular lately issued by the
committee appointed at a public meeting, held at the
Town Hall, on the sth inst., to carry out the project
'by means of voluntary contributions.—Brighton Bx-
,aminer.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.—In the year 1856, 234 coroners

and their deputies held inquests on 21,801 bodies, at a
total cost of £67,000, or an average of £3 is 6d for
each death. Of the total number of bodies, nearly
10,285 died of disease or otherwise than from violence ;
11,936 died violent deaths. Of 265 persons committed
for trial for homicide (murder 82, manslaughter 183),
109 were convicted (31 of murder, and 78 of man-
slaughter.) Of the 31 convicted murders, including
Palmer, 16 were hanged.

THE POACHING AFFRAY IN NOTTINGHAMSIIIRE.—The
police have succeeded in capturing two more of the men
engaged in the affray at Shelford, Nottinghamshire, and
on Wednesday morning they were brought before Lord
Belper and the county magistrates, at the Shire Hall,
Nottingham. Their names are Alfred Musson and Charles
Maltby. After undergoing a short examination, they
were remanded until Saturday. The poacher Vard still
continues in a very precarious state. Most active
exertions are being made to capture more of the gang.

A decision in the ease of Messrs. Calvert and oo.:the
brewers, has boen pronounced by Vice-Chancellor Wood,
on a question raised as to the relative liabilities of the
several. partners. Of the six partners, three had joined
only within the past two or three years, namely—Messrs.
Johnstone, Phelips, and N. Calvert, and it was pleaded
that they were not liable for certain debts of the firm,
which had been omitted to be disclosed to them at the
time of joining. One of the creditors interested accord-
ingly, instituted proceedings to test the point, which have
resulted in the liability being affirmed. The amount of
debts thus affected is supposed about £200,000.

DELICATE SURGICAL' OPERATION.—III the theatre of
the Royal Infirmary, a very unusual and delicate operation
has been suecessfnlly performed by Dr. Lyon, assisted by
Dr. Ebenezer Watson. The patient, who was a man about
50 years of age, was suffering from cancer in the tongue,
and the operation consisted in the excision of a considera-
ble portion of that organ. A few minutes sufficed for the
completion of the operation, and the man left the theatre
apparently none the worse. This is not the operation
which Mr. Syme, of Edinburgh, recently performed twice
with a fatal result. That gentleman cut out the whole of
the tongue, while Dr. Lyon cut out only the diseased
portion, which in this case only amounted to fully a third
of the whole.—Glasgow Bulletin.

The Ddbats contains a report of a strange case which
has just been decided by the Correctional Tribunal of
Colmar. A protestant, named Jacques Bessmer, was
charged with having lent to a catholic, his neighbour, a
volume from his library, entitled "Doctrine of the Holy
Scriptures upon the Worship of Mary," and in which it
seems the new dogma of the immaculate conception is
assailed as superstitious. The chief count in the indict-
ment charged him with having committed an infraction
of the law prohibiting the distribution and colportage of
writings which do not bear the official stamp. This is the
first time the law of colportage has been applied to the
simple loan of a book. -The tribunal condemned him to
pay a fine of fifty francs and the costs.
SHOCKING DEATH.—An inquest was held at the Mul-
lingar workhouse, by P. Connell, Esq., a few days ago,
on the body of a young woman, named Eliza Fegan, aged
twenty-one years. It appeared that on the 28th December
last, as deceased was in her father's cabin, at Tahmon,
while her father was at his work as a day labourer, she
was seized with an epileptic fit, to which sad complaint she
had been for many years subject ; that when attacked she
was near the fire, and in her struggles one of her legs
reached the fire-place, and was dreadfully burned ; andl
still more horrible to relate, while the wretched sufferer
was in this miserable condition, a pig, attracted, no doubt,
by the smell of the burning leg, rushed into the cabin,
and commenced devouring the half-roasted limb. A man
who was passing on the road was also attracted both by
the smell and the noise of the ferocious brute, and went
in to the rescue of the suffering creature. She was im-
mediately conveyed to the Mullingar "Workhouse, where
every attention was bestowed on her, but in vain. She
lingered in a state of indescribable agony for nearly a
month, when death terminated her existence. A verdict
was brought in of " Accidental death."

SIR R. PEEL AT TAMWORTH.—On Friday morning,
Sir R. Peel attended at an examinations of his school, in
company with the Rev. J. Mould, and others. The
pupils showed the greatest proficiency in their studies.
Prizes were kindly distributed by Lady E. Peel to the
deserving boys, and cakes supplied for their refreshment.
The 18th annual general meeting of the Tamworth
Library and Reading Room was held in the library of
the institution. The chair was taken by Sir Robert
Peel, Bart., M.P., president of the institution. The
report and accounts were adopted. The committee of
management was appointed, and the various officers
re-elected. A vote of thanks was moved to Sir Robert
Peel, for . his present of books. On Wednesday, Sir
Robert Peel attendedat the Endowed School of Kingsbury,
with the other trustees, for an examination of the pupils,
and their entertainment afterwards. Lady E. Peel was
surrounded by other ladies of the village and neighbour-
hood, and the children will long remember the great
kindness and attention shown them, as well as the
abundant and excellent provision supplied for their
entertainment.— Wolverhampton Chronicle.
STRANGE JUSTICE AT BARNSLEY. —At the Barnsley
Court-house, on Wednesday, another of those extraordi-
nary magisterial decisions, which have gained for Barnsley
anything but a flattering reputation throughout the
kingdom, was given. A weaver, named John Watson,
was charged before Godfrey Wentworth and W. S. Stan-
hope, Esqs., with having taken out work
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witnesses, it appeared that on the 28th of October the
defendant took out from the Messrs. Taylor and Sons a
he had not returned. In
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that; being deprived of the sight of one eye, ho was unfit
to -do anything but inferior work. The Bench committed
defendant to two months' imprisonment in the Wakefield
hoie a cocorrection with hard