The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-26 00:00:00

FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT SOUTHAMPTON.

On Monday an accident of a frightful nature occurred toa
guard in the service of the South Western Railway Come
pang, named Alfred Turner, between Marsh lane and the
terminus. It appears that the unfortunate man was engaged
in coupling some of the waggons of the six o'clock a.m.
train for London, to where there were some self acting
points. As he stepped on to the rails on which the train
was advancing, the points caught his foot, and he was
thrown forward on his face, the carriages passing over his
legs and bowels, cutting the flesh completely off as with a
knife. He was immediately conveyed to the infirmary; but
We are sorry to say little hopes are entertained of his sure
viving. The unfortunate man was known to be a very
careful ser7.allt. •

NAME BEAR.—We (Portland Chronicle) have been
shown a young native bear, now in the possession of Mr.
Neander, of the Victoria Hotel in this town, by, whom it
was purchased from an aboriginal, who is said to have
caught it in the interior somewhere between here and Port
Fairy. The animal is as large as a moderate sized sheep ;
it has immense claws, but no tail,

A memorial from the principal hcises in the trade with
Singapore has been presented to the President of the Board
of Control, against an act contemplated by !be Legislative
Council of India for levying tonnage dues at tii,t port. It
would reverse i.Le policy under which the settlen:ent was
founded, and damage a trade which, by the last returns, was
equal to £10,000,000 sterling ; vet the utmost sum that it
could realise would be worth £BOO.

The S xiss journals state that the lakes of Zarich and
Zag are still froz t;', and that sledges supply the place of
steamers. Oa the shores of Lake Leman, however, the
weather is extremely beautiful. The air is fresh, but
tempered by a magnificent sun. The parasol has already
supersede i the muff in the hands of the ladies. The
Easter daisy is appearing in the meadows, and the violet
and primrose are springing up under the hedges. The
winter has not been so flue since 1840.
The South Eastern Gazette says :—" Sir Moses Monte..
fiore, Bart., of East Cliff Lodge, will shortly lea .e on
another pilgrimage to the Holy Land, accompanied
Lady Almtaiore as far as Italy, where 11(-r ladyship will
remain for the benefit of her health. Sir Moses, ever
anxious to promote the welfare of his co-religionists, has,
we believe, contracted for the construction, in the enyirons
of Jerusalom, of a corn windmill ; he hopes to overcome
the disinclination of the residents to abandon the old
system of treading out the corn by oxen."

MATRICIDE.—A person named Boylan, from a place near'
Klineleek, iu the county Cavan, is in gaol under a charge
of having killed his mother, by cutting her throat. It
appears that he was in America; and had been in the asylum
at Armagh. Some time ago he had been imprisoned for
beating his mother, and when he perpetrated the horrid
act, he went and gave himself up to the police, admitting
what he had done, and attributing it to the fact of his
mother having been a " bad head" to him. There is no
doubt but that he is a person of disordered intellect:—
Anglo Celt.

The Melbourne Argus gives a synopsis of the nativity and
opinions of the members of the Lower IlotTge. Of the
number four are Australians, twenty seven English, sixteen
Irish, and twelve Scotch. Thirty six belong to the Church
of England, six are Roman Catholics, seven Presbyterians,
one Methodist, and seven'lndenendents. In favour of state
aid there are thirty three; against it twenty two; doubtful
four. There are twelve ministerial and official members,
thirty two independent, and fifteen anti.ministerialiste.
There are nineteen merchants and tradesmen, ten barristers
and attorneys, seven government officers' sixteen landowners,
three medical men, three journalists, two farmers, and two
squatters.
SUPPOSED MURDER AT LANCASTER.-011 Sunday last,
the body of a man was found in a atone quarry near Lan-
caster, under circumstances which excited some suspicion
that he had met his death by foul means. The body was
that of John Craggs, of about 40 years of age, warehouse-
man. The head and right arm were severely bruised, and
the clothes covered with dirt all down the front. In the
field above the quarry, which is 25 or 30 yards deep, and
directly over the spot from which it appears the deceased
must have fallen, some stones were displaced from a wall.
Two men, William Nelson, shoemaker, and John Leach,
labourer, with whom the deceased was last seen alive,
were apprehended, and on Monday an inquest was held,
which was adjourned till Friday.
THE Tax UPON PAPER.—The annual meeting of the
association for promoting the repeal on the taxes on
knowledge was held last night. The following were the
resolutions moved and adopted :-1. That the excise on
paper limits its supply and enhances its price, is ruinous to
the small manufacturer, restricts the field for the maple?.
.
pauperism and crime; and that the interest of the country
imperatively demands that a less injurious mode of raising
money be resorted to than a tax on so important a manna
facture. 2. That the tax on paper is a tax on knowledge,
which, by destroying the author's fund, deteriorates cheap
literature, and checks the enterprise of the best publishers:
That it ought, therefore, to be immediately repealed:
An ITALIAN Smolt ASHORE.—Birt9lemeo Gentili, an
Italian sailor belonging to one of the foreign vessels at
present in the port of Galway, was in compasiy with an
improper female on the night of the 16th instant, and their
miscoaduct hiving attracted the attention of some persons
in the vicinity, an attempt was made to turn them away,
upon which the sailor drew a dagger, the blade of which
was 15 inches in length, and made a rush in pursuit of the
parties, whose lives, had he reached them, be woti!J inevi-
tably have sacrificed. Fortunately Sergeant M'Guire was
on patrol near the spot. lie drew his bayonet and rushing
towards the infuriated Italian, with equal courage and
coolnes3, he succeeded in pinning the ruffian against the
wall and disarming him. He was immediately taken off to
gaol, where he is to remain until his ship leaves the port,
and directions have been given that he is to be escorted to
the vessel by a party of police. The magistrates have
awarded M‘Guire the formidable stiletto as a trophy, and
mark of approbation of his intrepidity.—Galway Vindicator:
Public attention is invited to a painful subject, by the
Rev. A. Henderson, a Presbyterian Chaplain at the Curragh
Camp. The camp is situated nearly in the centre of the
wide and extensive Curragh. Unfortunate female outcasts
are not suffered to trespass upon the Curragh, as far as
human vigilance can prevent that evil. Hence all the
leading roads around it are infested day and night by times,"
sad specimens of depraved and degraded humanity. When
any of these are apprehended for trespassing, or for being
drunk or disorderly, they are committed to prison for a Cea-
tain period, varying from forty-eight hours to a weok. Them
they are released, with no resource but to return to their
miserable haunts. The rev. gentleman urges the estab-
lishment of reformatories for these hapless creatures. "In
the cold, tempestuous nights of this dreary winter, what
numbers," he says, " of those who have shivered all night
long through the pitiless storms and under hedges, or
behind the ditches, might have thanked God for a refuge
such as a reformatory ?"
THE CUBA? PRESS IN AMERICA.—.The New York Herald
publishes an affidavit,
.showing the daily circulation of
that journal (price two cents a copy) to be 80,640. The
editor says, if we had then possessed the necessary
mechanical facilities, it would have b.en over 100,000. It
is not a public for a larger circulation thaZ' we want, but
the physical means of supplying the daily ineraasing
de-
mands for our paper. To procure these, we have recently'
expended a large amount of capital, and made extensive
alterations in our building. Within another month we
shall have at our command the largest, most ingenious,
and expeditious printing machines in the world. With
our two new ten-cylinder presses, powerful engine, and
improved auxiliaries of every kind, we shall be able to
meet the conditions required of us by the public—an
unlimited and early supply. Under these circumstances,
we are not assuming too much when we anticipate that,
in three months from the present time, instead of the
80,000 copies of the Herald which we now circulate, we
shall be making a daily issue of at least 100,000 impres-
sions.

PROPOSE? CRIMEAN MONUMENT.-At noon on Mone.sty a
large meeting, presided over by Mr. Pye Smith, the mayor;
was held at the Town Hall. Sheffield, to adopt measure*
for the erection of a monument to perpetuate the memories
of the soldiers—natives of Sheffield and neighbourhood—
who fell in the late war. The movement originated with
a body of working men. Having obtained the approval
of Miss Nightingale to the project, a deputation
went to London and obtained an audience at the Horse
Guards with the Duke of Cambridge to solicit him to lay
the first stone. The mayor in the course of the proceed•
ings, read the following letter from Miss Nightingale ::•••••
"Lea Hurst, Matlock, October 23, 1856. My dear Lydia,
—The purpose mentioned to me in your letter has m 7
deepest sympathy. It would have been most congenial
with my feelings, on my return from the death beds of
so many brave men, to take a part it.
. inl shall be
with the men of Sheffield in spirit, whenever they exe—
cute their proposed plan. It is with real pain that I
feel compelled to decline the privilege which they offer to
hmoen,ooofrlatyhiengoathoesefirosft stone. But
hßruetvel dead
by
believe
abstaining
liobieust g
from appearing to court that publicity which I consider
to have been my greatest impediment
in the work
I have been engaged in for their sakes, impeding it by
arousing in some minds care for worldly distinctions.
will ask you to give this letter to Mr. Overend, and I
should be glad that Mr. Overend should make known to
those who had expressed a desire that I should lay the first
stone my reasons and my sorrow for not doing so ; and
should say also that I feel an especial regret in declining
this at Sheffield, from old and dear family recollections
connected with the place. I must apologise for so late an
answer, as I have only just returned hone.—pray believe
me, my dear Lydia, ever very truly yours, FLORENCE
N. IGRTINGALE. Miss Shore, Meersbrook." Miss Night-
ingale sent a cheque for 420.