Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-06 00:00:00

NEW AND CHEAP LIGHT.

N-OW and during the Season will be found at R.
tl GREER'S Cheap LAMP and OIL DEPOT, 49, Brown-
ow-hill, the best and largest assortment of Lamps, cheape
than any other house in town. Paraffin, Petroleum, and
Photegen Lamps, from is. 4d. upwards. Paraffin, Petroleum,
and Photegen Oils, 3s. per gallon. French Colza Oils, 3s. 10d.
and 4s. per gallon.

A considerable Reduction to Large Consuthers. The Trade
supplied.

CULLETON'S..EMBOSSING PRESSES (Patent
Lever) for stamping note paper with initials, crests, or
name and address, 155., at 25, Cranbourn-street, London, W.C.

MR. J. H. BUTTERS,

SURGEON-DENTIST,

48, PERCY-STREET.:

N.B.—Mr. B. has a Vacancy for an Articled Pupil. tfo

To MOTHERS AND NURSES.—To supersede the tardy use of
the fine tooth comb in the nursery, and to cleanse the hair and
skin, preventing animalculm, obtain Greer 's Patent Anti-Vermin
Lotion (perfumed), 3d., 6d., and is., at the Anti-Vermin Office,
49, Browniow-hill.

It is a well-known maxim that "time is money "—the terms
are relative ; so to save one is to save the other. We save
both time, and economise patience, and present good tempers.
when we have a good PEN—a bad one upsets patience and
temper. Preserve all, then, by purchasing your steel pens and
other stationery at E. T. Hall's wholesale steel pen warehouse,
23, South John-street. John Gillott's, Thomas Lowe's, G. W.
Hughes, and other maker's, pn sale at ls. per errir.s. Good
Pen Holders, 2d. per dozen.

The latest edition. Just published. Sent free per post for
three stamps, or may be had on application. TEETH : THEIR
Loss AND RESTORATION. On the best means of restoring teeth,
by the new principle of self-adhesion,with- vulcanised gum-
coloured India-rubber in lieu of bone or gold, and by means of
a flexible gum, without springs or wires, and without extract-
ing roots, at half the ordinary cost. By Messrs. Gabriel,
Dentists to the Prince D'Ottajana. A multum in parvo bro-
chure, which all requiring the aid of a dentist will do well to
peruse, as, emanating from such a source, it may be confi-
dently relied on.-- United Service Gazette. Dental Establish-
ments : 134, Duke-street, Liverpool ; 33, Ludgate-hill,' and
110, Regent-street, Lquadon. Note name and number. Estab-
lished 1815. Vide diploma.
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EXTRAORDINARY AND USEFUL INVENTION.—There is nothing
that housewives complain of with greater truthfulness than
the breaking of some favourite piece of glass, valuable china,
or earthenware. In hundreds of cases such thing . cannot be
matched, and of course cannot be mended. The latter want
has been obviated by an extraordinary and effective invention,
by Mr. Adshead, of Derby Pottery, near Derby. It is a cement
that may be said to heal in a perfect manner, all cracks and
breaks in the articles spoken of, and not only in these, but in
marble, alabaster, &c. The benefit of this article need not be
dwelt on. We have seen some of its effects at Mr. Hall's, our
neighbour's, and the glass that has 'been cemented by it is
stronger in that part than in any other. The article is very
cheap, and no house can be long without it. Mr. Hall is the
agent for its sale in Liverpool, and all interested can judgeofor
themselves by looking in at his establishment. Agent for
-Liverpool, E. T. Hall, 23, South John-street. Sold in bottles,
Is. each ,or sent free on receipt of sixteen postage stamps.
N.B.—None are genuine except bearing the signature, "E. T.
Hall
Mawdsley. and Son can now supply the new and
popular Game of Cards, St. George and the Dragon,
having just received their new patterns. 4, Castle-
street. d 22

The Emperor, the Empress, and the Prince Imperial,
will, it is said, leave Compiegne about the 6th inst., and
take up their residence at the Tuileries. The last series
of guests will return- to Paris- on the-3rd. Another
great stag hunt took place in the forest on Monday, the
personages taking "part in it wearing a costume of the
time of Louis XV.

SINGULAR HABIT OF THE TOAD.—The following,
account of the singular habit of a toad divesting itself
of its skin intham Gardens, is from the pen of the"
Wy
gardener to the Earl of Abingdon, Mr. T. Mender, who
witnessed -He says-;-,—" I liad obset-ved. it; in fife
hole in the gaiden wall for several' days, and made it a
visit daily ; on one of my visits I observed it in a very
agitated state. I watched it for several minutes until

if 'commenced stripping its skin from its body.—ii
began at its hind legs, and proceeded by convulsive
motions until it was stripped from its body, but not
separated from its lips; then it made a sudden pounce,
and swallowed it in an instant."
A HEARTY VETERAN.—A joyous fete, and one which
must have done good.to the heart of Flourens, the
author of a work written to prove that the- average life
ofman was intended by nature to be 100 years, came
off on_Friday at La Chapelle st. Denis,: close to Parii.
The occasion writhe birthday of the oldest inhabitant
-of the commune, M. Armand David, an old soldier, who
was born on November 20th, 1750, and is consequently
now in his 110th year. The celebration of ,the anni-
versary commenced with a mass at the church, which
was attended by the venerable hero of the day. After-
wards at a banquet given in his honour, he played an
excellent knife arid fork. His health was proposed with
"many happy returns of the day ;" and2he humorously
assured the company, in returning thanks, that he
would do his best to oblige them.
DINNER TO THE 84TH REGIMENT.—OD Thursday,
a dinner was given to the non-commissioned officers and
men of the 84th Regiment, now-. stationed at . Sheffield,
in acknowledgment of the gallant services which they
rendered to the country during the recent mutiny in India.
A similar compliment, it will be recollected, was paid to
the officers' a few weeks ago the Cutlers' Company.
The entertainment was provi 14
ded by public subscription,
and the matter was so heartily taken up that the whole of
the funds were at once subscribed by the gentlemen to
whom circulars were sent. The dinner was provided in
the Riding School at the Barracks, which-was lighted
by a variety of beautiful gas devices and most artisti-
cally decorated
.with evergreens, --Sce. About 640 men
sat down to the repast, and the Master Cutler (R. Jack-
son, Esq.,) the Vicar (Dr. Sale); -and a number of the
principal gentry presided' at the tables. Sense of the
officers and other gentlemen also assisted in waiting', a
kindness with which the men appeared greatly pleased.
The surplus funds are being devoted to the purchase of
a number of beautiful spring knives, in course of manu-
facture by M'r.".Westenholtii, ?Washington Works,
for, presentation to
,the men who underwent actual
service in India.
THE LAD 7 AND HER
,MAID.—The Salut Public of
Lyons says A young -Widow residing in 'this city
Llteky took into her service a girl who had ,excellent
testimonials. TWo days ago, as the lady was sitting in
the drawing-room, the girl entered, carrying underher
arm, like a bundle of linen, her mistress's little daughter,
about three years old, with the head foremost, and pro-
ceeded'deliberately to open one of 'the windows. The
lady, astonished at her manner, asked her what she was
going to do with the child, to which the servant, with
-the greatest coolness, said that •she was going to throw
it out of the window. On
.this the mother jumped up
in alarm and rushed forward to , prevent her, but the
servant " being' the stronger succeeded-sin opening the
window; and would have accomplished, her purpose bad
not the ,widow in a moment of desperation seized the
girl's hind with her teeth, and-cOinpelle her to relin-
quish Thechild Wear thus saved, but:.he
poor mother his been ever since seriously The girl
'has' been Placied in' a lunatit' asylum.
the
Right Hon. John Bari of, Westinoreland,,P.O.; G.C.8.,
by
son of the late
were prove . November,,,
WILLS' AND -BLE:inudELiso.:thThee will6th a97odi'cilof
'the Right lionl'Pliscilla -Annie, Dowager uotintesgof
'Burglaershs,—novii theiißight
wo Westmoreland,uider.tiptho,egsooole, exTeheeutrtitixie .a93lindEi
eslietreoater
altyeociirenasd
survivingrthe4ldeai
Hon.etaa rtih'Fhlberaenti:r being 444 Henry,_ twelfth, Earl, of West-
' Moreland. The' wilt was Made" ih '1842. • His
`tnsdisii.l44lh)hpeisiajosPbleihil.aeysstoartksedse,iiv:meedantoorasn, (hliktotr, k .
db nietpoatt,shr,
inadaglelsi en
vhesi sd
her OW rociidue:.,of all' i other, restated,' real and
personal, absolutely. His lordship, in his ,
'ditted the72th'ef 'April,lBss, at Vienna, has bequeathed
a sum of:£l7ooo,in the Bank' OfzEngland, standing in
the name of the Countess, togetliv with and money due
to her fiem the 'effects of late mother, the Countess
01.:MOrningtonirto be diVidediat the decease of his' wife,
the Countess of Westmoreland, into three parts ; two
thirds' he leas to his youngest son, the Hon. Julian
Henry Charles Falk; Seeretary of Legation at Vienna ;
and the other third to his daughter, the Hon.. Lady
Rose Sophia May Pane ; and bequeaths to his said.son
legicy .of £3,500,' whichbequests are't6 be
over and above any money that may be coming to
,his
said ye-linger' son and daughter by any settlement or
-provision:=,--Illustrated'Lowlen I,Tews, .

LORD STANLEY, M.P., ON RAGGED
SCHOOLS.

The annual meeting of the Manchester Ragged and
Industrial School was held on Wednesday afternoon.

Lord Stanley, M.P., who presided, after describing the
nature and operations of the Manchester School, said--
Every one assents to the two propositions on which re-
formatory action is based, that the object and the justi-
fication of punishing crime is to prevent it ; and that
punishment, though one means, is neither the only nor
the most efficient means of prevention. It is only
within the last four or five years that the subject of
juvenile reformation has seriously attracted public at-
tention. It is only within the last three years that the
State has given a helping hand. There are now in
reformatories, strictly so called, in England, Scotland,
and in industrial schools, some 2,700 boys and girls.
The number who are lodged in ragged and industrial
schools, not under Government supervision, I do not
know ; but it is probably not considerable. And,
coincident with this state of things, I do not say con-
sequent upon it, there has been a great and remarkable
decrease of crime, and more especially of juvenile crime.
No doubt, for the general decrease various causes may
be assignees ; work is abundant, the community is pros-
perous, and. the extensive recruiting for Indian and
general service has drawn off many of those turbulent
and adventurous characters who are most apt to get
into trouble at home. But the diminution of juvenile
crime (that is, below the age of sixteen) is a fair test,
and when I find for 1868 a decrease of committals
under that head of 18 per cent. as compared with 1857,
following a decrease of 5 per cent. in 1857, as compared
with 1856—in all a decrease of nearly one-fourth in two
years—l think we have reason to believe that the experi-
ment, so far as it has gone, has succeeded, and that the
£50,000 a-year which Government contributes has not
been thrown away. (Hear, hear.) Indeed, even these
figures, though they tell ie truth, tell much less than
the_ truth; and I have it strongly stated, in answer
to inquiries which I have made in various parts of
England, that the real decrease in juvenile crime is far
greater than those returns show ; for that the character
of...the offences committed is, materially altered, and
now indicates rather the casual offender than the
habitual breaker of law. (Hear,' hear.) There are
three remarks which I would like to offer by way of
caution, and which apply equally to reformatories,
strictly so called, and to ragged and industrial schools,
considered as places of detention. The first is—where-
ever possible, even though it may be troublesome, even
though it may cost more than it is worth in money— .
enforce the principle of parental responsibility by
compelling parents to contribute. In the next place,
let it be known, let fit be understood, that there
are at an industrial school, no advantages, whether
in tho way of present indulgence, or teaching, or
future prospects, which are not equally in the power
of any honest working man to obtain for his children.
(Applause.) And, in the third place; let it be remem-
bered that the process of taking and lodging a child at
the school, though the most effective, is the most costly
by far, and that 'it ought never to be resorted to except
where there is no home for- the child, or where it is
clearly proved that the character of that home is such
as to be fatal to every prospect of amendment and honest
training. We have succeeded so far ; don't let us grow
over confident. This whole question of reclaiming and
reforming the idle, the vagrant, and the incipient cri-
minal is one which needs-constant-caution to deal-with;
a mistake may take us very far wrong, and our experi-
ence is as yet of very recent date. Much remains to be
done ; much is required at-our hands ; but we shall have
paid no small part of the debt which we owe to our suc-
cessors if we cut off the most fertile source of crime by
reclaiming those who are brought up to it as a profes-
sion; if we get rid of that class, uncivilised and danger-
ous :in the midst
.of civilisation and security, which is
the reproach of our great and populous cities; if we
show, by labour in the cause of those who are least able
to help themselVes, that English citizenship is a real
bond of union, and English religion something more
than a form of belief. (Cheers.)
_ _

ROBBERY OF £3OO IN NEWCASTLE.—An Irish cattle
dealer, named Owen Brine, who had attended the Stones
fair, at Newcastle, with a large number of beasts, on
Wednesday night, gave information to the police that
while in a state of intoxication he had been robbed by a
woman of sixty £5 Bank of England notes, and £1 10s.
in silver. He was, however, in such a state of drunken-
ness that he neither knew the street, nor even lit what
neighbourhood the
_street_ was, where he had been
robbed.—Newcastle Chronicle.
DISCOVERY OF A RARE Boon.—A few days ago, as
some workmen were pulling down an old building, for-
merly used as a glebe-Muse, and lately in the occupation
of Mr. William Eagles,. of Willscott, Oxon, they came
upon a closet or oratory, which had been bricked up,
and the wall wainscotted to accord with the panelling
of the room of which it formed a part. This closet con-
tained about fifty volumes, probably concealed therein
during the early days of the Reformation, to evade the
penalties attendant on the possession of prohibited
books, and consisted chiefly of works of controversial
theology, but including a copy of the first edition of the
complete English Bible, printed in 1535, commonly
13:1:til'ilee,t1hawhRetbile•ve,:3
called " Coverdale's Bible," which was in perfect con-
dition. Another of the books is titled "Admonition to
the Faithful in England," by John Knox, bearing the
date 1554.
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7 curacyllrtanetrta
ne
d.
Among the various church restorations in progress, is
that of the old church at Matlock, picturesquely situ-
ated on the brow of fa rock, near the entrance to barley
Dale. The chancel has already been rebuilt, but much
remains to be done in the body of the church effectually
itelliGe°rgecoconenseunthtyde
to complete the restoration. Not long ago Chaddeston
ChuralL alsg in.:Derbyshire, was well restored.4..ands a
few days ago llickleover Church, dedicated to All
Saints fourteen hundred years ago, was also re-opened,
after--a---restorailon-and --enlargement which- has cost
11,600. The-Lady Chapel at the venerable Cathedral
of Chester is in the hands of workpeople, and a new
painted window has just been erected at the. east- end.
For the restoration of the Norman Church of St. John,
in the same city, nearly £l,BOO towards the required
£2,000 has been subscribed.
inuindl It lw ay
perpetuala
Edward
fed:fle Gilliamhe e s t
el
curacy , irn.
of. t, the
Berton
hcsnet
Christ's Church,
hasco fh
ilrLb Lan-
caster. The Rev. Henry, Stewart Byrth, M.A., has been
licensed by the Bishop of Chester to the stipendiary
shi
bne sett ;are
Ramsay Feilden, M.A., has been licensed to the stipen-
diary curacy of Bebington, in the county of Chester,
The Rev. Charles James Satterthwaite, 8.A., has been
of 'Chester, on the nomination of Mr. William ' John
Legh, the patron. The Rev. Henry Mackenzie, 8.A.,
liTinchetenh s: dparishßev. perpetual
efps3efr
Laurenceap
lept
au ga, l
inctoi curacyltetecounty
i .s:lfehyca,,
has been licensed to the perpetual curacy of 'St. Chad,
nomination of the rectors of Matpas, the pa-Wong-We-fed.
to the stipendiary curacy of St. Stephen the Martyr,
Edge-hill, in the county of Lancaster. The Rev. Adam
Charles Gordon, 8.A., has bees licensed to the stii)eii-
diary' curacy -of Plemonstallliii the county of Chester.

AFFECTING OUP OF DOUBLE SUICIDE.-6niday
morning between twelve and one o'clock Serjeant
a_coffee,house- near
the turnpike, in the City-road, was called on by Mr.
Simnionst,i-Ae proprietor, and requested. to ascertain
whether' anythin serious had occOrred, 'Hs two _licrsons
who hitid‘ oecupied bedroom during the previous
night coulenot, be aroused. The serjeant proceeded
to the:!lapartment, and after vainly endeaVouring
to effect an 'entrance by other means forced the door
with, as." jeranir On entering a most painful sight
PreSenfed itself. A young man lay in the bed quite
dead, but yet warmside, , and by his with one hand
clutching, a white pocket-handkerchief, and the other
arm' -under his neck, a fine young wotrigif,Jiskingly
asleep,` but also. a. corpse. 'Beside the 131*ithere was a
bizitiel&llol4Qiulli-',l:44taptyrand,en, the talik4wo
letteii-sieitled. A medical man ,was called, and it then
appeared that deathlikllesultedfrom prussic acid. The
riattera-were-gened, and the first related-to family matters
-of an unpleasant nature and the death of a sister by suicide
months the second briefly bader4 bye to
lii aunt, and both spoke of purposed death. he mod_
writing' was clearly the same in each, and they must
have been written away from the house, not any,,mate-
triala-for-sUch-aoeommodation- being- furnished_ e..
One thing is remarkable. The body of the young
woman was quite cold, denotink that her death had pre-
ceded by a considerable period that of her companion, who
was still warm. It was not their first visit to the coffee-
house, and they always passed as man and wife. On
this occasion, the female appeared in excellent spirits ;
he,*:olfhe contrary, dull and. abstracted,