Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-20 00:00:00

THE COURT.

WINDSOR, Tuesday, Jan. 18.—Her Royal 114- i
the Princess Alice dined with her Majesty yestell
The Hon. Mrs. Biddulph and Major Elphinstorie,
had the hononr of being invited. The party also irielni
the following visitors, who arrived at the Castle in
afternoon :—The Marquis of Exeter, the Earl 11:3
Countess of Clarendon, the Ladies Constance and 'll4
Villiers, the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, and Major-
Sir F. Williams. The band of the Grenadier Gll,l
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played during dinner. Her Majesty's private band alw;
wards performed in the drawing-room. The Queen !II
Prince Consort walked in the grounds of the Castle. lid!
cess Alice, accompanied by the Ladies Constance 1101
Alice Villiers, rode in the Riding-house. Princess gel,
and Princess Louisa took a carriage drive and visited "
Duchess of Kent at Frogmore. Her Royal Higllll4l
the Duchess of Kent visited Her Majesty at the C3siu."
MISS Nriorixr, daughter of Anthony Nugent, of PP4I
Esq., and sister to the Marchionioss, of Sligo, we 11°A
heard, is about to contract a matrimohial alliance 17,,
the son of Nicholas Power, Esq., M.P., of FaithleP
house, county of Waterford.
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THE PRINCESS CLOTILDA.—A young girl, not five Yevti
old at the revolution of 1848, is brought from sell°°llrj
be united to a prince of the new dynasty Whiell
from the revolution. Strange and often pitiful ut,
destiny of princesses. Even in talking of this event
delicate and sacred and full of maidenly consideration
all other young girls of sixteen—we forget the youngigl o
of sixteen in her Sardinian home. No one asks what, ji
thinks of it ; whether in marrying a man of 38 she 'hes
her heart in her choice, or whether she gladly leaves mo
country to find a home in that Paris which has sent 11,
exile—even sometimes to the scaffold -so many priue_4,74
strange lands unhappily allied to its reir,
families. One thinks sadly of the poor DacliessA
Orleans, who entered turbulent Paris not very full ()fir,
in her new life, and who left it to die in exile

We tbi!,

of the Duchess Montpensier whom Louis Philippe °I:
passed heaven and earth to obtain for his son, and "'i
in the confusion of the 24th of February, walked oate
the Tuileries quite alone, in her escaping journey 10
her satin shoe, and like one of the homeless poor, had
walk half -a mile in her stockings, through the stic'N
covered streets of a provincial town. What a plight
a Bourbon ? But the young girl told her escort that
preferred it to sitting round the work-table at
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Tuileries —where, under the good Queen Amelia, the
chat was dull, and the inevitable scandal piously 5t11,t
—at least to the quicker ears of the Spanish Infanta•
us hope for the Princess Clotilda a happier fate in 11,e
new home. She has her name through a French an
tress, the Princess Clotilda, sister of Louis XIV., wilc)°ii
writer of the last century portrays "as fat as butter/ c`
merry, and good-natured."

Spectator

LOCAL INTELLIGENCE•

Among the passengers in the steamer liangarlirlo
New York, which sailed yesterday, was Mr. C 11,64
J. Ross, for many years connected with the Livel9,
press, and lately engaged on the editorial staff of
NORTHERN TIMES.
tOI
ST. PETER'S PARISH CHURCH.—Another
large and attentive audience, was delivered in the se`!,
room, last evening, by Mr. Mercer, on " The chow
of Food." It was most interesting and instructive, AA
showed the Divine wisdom in the supply, and man's 0
in the use of various kinds of food. The next lea?,
upon " Bible Trees and Plants," will be delivered 1)1001,
Collingwood, lecturer on Botany at the Medical Sell
BALL AT THE ROYAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS.-1q tit
Mrs. Molyneaux, last night, gave their annual D5'A 03
their friends and pupils at the above rooms. A large pi
fashionable assembly were present on the occasion• till
refreshments were on the most liberal scale, and he3l
partaken of. Mr. Cannon occupied the orche'ciof
and performed an excellent musical melange. 13/9 spa
was maintained with spirit till an early hour in

morning.
Although it is the month of January, 1859,,,-d
people admit we are living in hard times, ifol
it should be the study of every one to•ask themselves 14
question, " How can I save my money ?" We I.lts'
without hesitation, buy your steel pens, and other toe,
tionery, at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen wareb°
23, South John-street. Joseph Gillett's, Thomas Loti,
G. W. Hughes, and other maker's pens at is per
Good
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Good Pen Holders 2d per dozen.
CARDINAL WISEMAN.—A paragraph which Weil
in some of the local papers regarding Cardinal Wise°. 0$
health, produced an unfounded impression that
Cardinal would probably not be able to keep his 0170
meat in Birkenhead on Sunday. We believe, hone $
that the state of the Cardinal's health is not of o°o
nature as to justify any fear as to the probability °f
visiting this neighbourhood, and that at present tile/
oil!
appears not the slightest reason to doubt that he the
preach in Birkenhead on Sunday, and lecture
Philharmonic-hall, Liverpool, on the following Tht''
evening.

FIRE AT THE BLUE COAT SCHOOL.—Yesterdayt
half-past one, a fire broke out in the premises belontioa
to the blue coat school, Church-lane, and for some tot
great alarm prevailed as to the result. The fire wils
discovered in the laundry, and it spread with great alit
dity, and serious apprehensions were entertained bat
would communicate with other portions of the huiliai4
The girls dormitory was over the portion of the be Tile
that took fire, and the floor soon was in a blaze. 00
alarm spread very quickly, and Mr. Hewitt with the be%
brigade, Inspectors Tomilson and Hough, with a
of policemen, were promptly on the spot. Mr. laeels
with his usual alarcity, set to work at once, and,
,t
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being a good supply of water, the hose began to Pl,c9pCt
the place where the seat of the fire seemed to be. gel
was, however, so much smoke, that it was very eu'a.reot
to reach the exact place on fire. Mr. Hewitt, at
personal risk, got up a ladder, and carried
hose on his shoulder and got it throng bf
window, so as to play into the building on fire, et!4
this means he was soon enabled to come at the bo;.01
portion. The fire had by this time reached the 11?
the girl's sleeping rooms, and was burning with 14,01;
It looked very serious at this moment, but by itidi
directed exertions and great energy, it was su fkge
after burning about an hour. There is some davlbtit
done to the building, the beds, and other proper* cert
at present the extent is not known. It is not, ho:"
of magnitude. It was indeed a fortunate circuro,tA it
that the fire was discovered in the day time, for 14Z00
smouldered up to night, the consequences would lobe
been disastrous, if not fatal. Mr. Hewitt anciA
police, aided by the authorities of the institution, de'" •
much credit for their exertions. The damag°,
cause some temporary inconvenience, but beyouti
and the loss of property, we are glad to say thil
serious accident took place.
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A GHOST STORY. PA respectable tradesman
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wife, who reside at Reading, and carry on an ester4oo,
business, about three weeks or a month ago were a"
from their peaceful repose by a most singular noise'ferf
which they took no particular notice at the time. How,eo 0
a few nights afterwards they were again disturhealoo,
similar way, and they were naturally seized with ,
aj
which was considerably increased by the noise retorweot,
twice ere the light of morning had entered their apart°,oo
They were willing to attribute this disturbance to 6 06
natural cause, but after the absence of one night the
sound returned shortly after midnight, and it was i',4l;
distinctly three times in the course of an hour--00 cold
occation appearing to arise from between the parties aest!
lay in bed, and is comparable to nothing but a .0
gasp, which continues but a few seconds, and nothill 0
heard until the lapse of a-quarter-of-an-hour, Wilethef
deep groaning sound runs through the room. An?.
silence follows, but after an interval of half-an-h";,:oe
is broken by a loud, shrill shriek, which startles ti"er
who had by this time become frightened to a fearful tbs
tent. A minister was sent for, and he slept ill„isclf
house two nights ; the second night the noise was uviile!
but the cause was still a secret. In order that 100
might be perfectly satisfied that this strange s°
was not caused by rats, or any animal of that kind, e 54
floor of the room was taken up, and the ell.iriatif
u
were examined, with a view of ascertaining 111
member of the feathered tribe had secreted itSe
them. Various measures were adopted to discovera it
means of this mystery, but all proved of no avail, 9,54
was determined that on the night of Sunday week i
diss
Mrs. should sleep at the house of a friend res 11?
at a village a short distance from Reading. She ac.,e°,
ingly retired to rest in an apartment occupied by' t"A the
her friends, but most extraordinary to relate, she, an
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two persons who bore her company, were alarmed by', jo,
same strange noise in the dead of the night. It is P 3804
fill to be obliged to record the fact that Mr. --"„t11
compelled to take to his bed, and is now consta—gy
attended by Dr. C --, who has pronounced his C-$1
dition to be such that it would be dangerous that
should be visited by any of his friends.

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