Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-19 00:00:00

women were

SCHAMTL AND THE RUSSIANS.—The PIUSS
publishes a letter from St. Petersburgh, which
the joy caused by the taking of IVcden, Schamyl
hold, was damped by the fact -that he himself

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tates. that

principal supporters made good their escape. A squadron
of Russian dragoons, which pursued them to the mountains,
was repulsed with loss, and would hare been entirely
destroyed but for the timely succour of a detachment of
Cossacks,

GALLANT Ac-r.—Oue Sunday morning, as Commander J.
Stirling, of her Majc.:4ty's screw-steamer Hero, 91, lying in
the Medway, was standing ou deck in his full dress uniform,
awaiting the hour for the commencement of Divine service,
a seaman, who was engaged in the main chains, accidentally
fell overboard. Without waiting to remove an article of
his dress; Commander Stirling sprang into the water, with
the hope of saving him; but although he dived several
times, he could not recover the man, as he never once rose
after falling,

HERCULES IN PETTICOATS. —The other day, a party of
woman-folk went to the flour-mill at Middlesborough, to
get their week's stock; and seeing an immense quantity in
the place one remarked, " What a weight this'll be 1"
The miller; in reply, said "Iley ! if ye can carry it home,
I'll gi'e ye it." The woman took him at his word, e Her
companion gave her a lift to her back, and , she descended
the steps, and conveyed the

K. sately tome, vh

emptied it, and returned the empty sack to the astonished
chaffer, who demanded back the flour. She, of course,
refused to give it up ; and he then got legal advice (six-
and-eig:htpence) on the matter--which was, that "he could
not claim it."—Gateshead Observer.

BREACH OF Puomrsp.—At the Small-debt-cone,
Mr. Sheriff Bell, Mary M'Vey, residing in Great Hamilton-
street, sued James Savage, shoemaker, residing in G .11ow-
gate, for £l2, being damages sustained in consequence of
the defendant having caused proclamation of banns to be
made in the Barony parish church in order to marriage,
but which he refused to enter into. The defendant admitted
that he had promised to marry the pursuer, but afterwards
he had learned that she was consumptive. He was willing
however, if she would consent to be examined by a dock
and if the doctor reported that she was not consump*.
marry her-

before

The Sheriff
consent to this, but she having
—Glasgow Mail

ked the pursuer if
declined, hi

decerned for £6

KILTS AND CRINOLINE IN GREECE.- The national costume
has by no means fallen into disuse at Athens • the King
always wears it, and leads the fashion. The kilt, or nista-
nella, has, however, undergone a metamorphosis at the
hands of many of the smartest young men of the day, and
from hanging limp and close to the figure, now stands out
starched and quilted like the crinoline, investing the gallants
of Athens with a lady-like appearance.

CURIOUS INCIDENT AT A CITT ELECTION SEVENTY YEA

Aao.—lnSeßtember, 1780, a singular circumstance

ded the election of representatis7es for the City, in conse-
quence of the dissolution of Parliament. Aid. Kirkman,
one of the candidates, who had a majority of votes, died on
the same day, and previous to the closing of the poll. It
was, however, found necessary to include his name in the
return, and a new writ was issued on the meeting of Par-
liament.—City Press.

•
EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ABDUCTING A ATOTEIt.
At Cirencester Petty Sessions, on Monday, Henry Pole,
Esq., of Stratton, near Cirencester ; Germyn Colebourn, his
groom; Mary Colebourn, the groom's wife; and Walter
Mullis, gardener, were summoned under the Corrupt
Practices Prevention Act (17 and 18 Vic. c. 102, sec. 5), for
having, on the 29th of April, used undue influence, and, by
abduction, duress, and fraudulent device and contrivance,
impeded, prevented, and interfered with the free exercise of
the franchise by John Kibbleivbite, of Cirencester,te ti
eeach9ounreor
f,
he being a person qualified to vote for the
burgesses to serve in Parliament -for the borough of
Cirencester, contrary to the. statute. John Kibble-
white, an old and very deaf mau, deposed :
I am an old right voter of Cirencester. On
Thursday, the 28th of April, I was at a public-house
at Stratton, and saw Mr. Pole and Mullis, his gardener, go
by. I had heard that Mullis had been inquiring for me,
and I went out and spoke to him. He told me to come to
Mr. Pole's the next morning to open a drain. As I wished
to attend the nomination that day, I went very early in the
morning, soon after four o'clock. I worked till ten, when
I left to attend the nomination at Cirencester. Before I
started Mullis gave_ me two glasses of beer. I went to the
nomination, and returned to my work at Stratton soon after
twelve o'clock. I had nothing to drink while I was away.
In the afternoon I went into the !addle room, and Cole-

bourn gave me a glass of beer and a pipe. While I was
there Mrs. Colebourn came in and asked me to walk up
stairs and have a cup of tea, This was about five o'clock.
I went up stairs, and had one cup. A second cup
was poured out for me ; it looked very black, and
tasted peculiar. I said it was very strong, and asked
foran
ep, I
became
b it m r
fi
e stupefied,
e d,Asansir
laks drunknlehwadnethig n the second
more that
happened to me until the following morning. I then
asked where I was, and found I was at Ashton Keynes,
five or six miles from Stratton. I felt very sick and stupe-
fied. I refused to take anything, and asked the landlord
the way to Cirencester. I set out to go ; but the further I
went the worse I got. At length a carriage overtook me,
and carried me to the hustings, but I was not able to poll,
and I was taken to the Bear Inn ; then the doctor came to me
and gave me some tea and brandy, and ordered me to bed.
I was able to poll before the poll closed, and went and
Polled ; but I was very ill. I felt the effects of what I
had taken for a week after. A carriage going from Mr.
Pole's to Ashton Keynes would have to pass the door
of
my house. Evidence in support of this statement having
On
been given, the magistrates retired for half an 1
twhiefier, return, the
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thwereeis
commitnoesCidoine cbc,ovicairgrnea,inhsits
Mr. Pole. The defendants who were commuted,
ad-
mitted to bail.