The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-26 00:00:00

LATER FROM CHINA.

The Moniteur de la Flotte publishes accounts from China
to the 2ad April. Yeh, the Viceroy, is at present at a
la ge village of about fifteen miles from Canton. lie has
fortified himself in a good position. Ho is at present at
the head of an army of 30,000 men, which he is increasing
every day by means of forced levies and extraordinary
taxes. The Viceroy having heard that, at Foochoofoo, the
principal market for black tea, a considerable amount of
business still transacted, arrested several Chinese merchants
and burned a considerable quantity of merchants belonging
to the English. At Shanghai, the Manderin is completely
opposed to Yeh, and has never ceased to be on the best
terms with foreigners and to protect their trade. The
Imperial government is compelled to tolerae him lest he
should make common cause with the insurgents who are at
his gates.

The grand council of the Canton of Vaud has elected a
government exclusively conservative.
Telegraphic news received at Vienna states that Neram
Khan arrived at Bagdad, from Teheran, May 4th. He
had an interview with Colonel H. C. Rawhnson, the British
Consul-general, the next day, and the ratification of the
treaty of peace letween England and Persia were ex-
changed. It is stated, in the most positive manner, in this
correspondence, that the Shah has ratified the treaty with-
out any reserve. The Courier de Paris learns that the
ratification of the treaty between England and Persia
arrived at Constantinopls on May 22, and that it contains
no reserve.

Tla TURKISH MISRULE.—A letter from Brood, on the
frontiers of Bosnia, says that on the 10th instant the
poorer part of the Christian and Mahometan populations,
exasperated at the pecuniary exactions to which they are
subjected by the Turkish authorities, assembled at a place
called Sikooac, at about a league froom Brood, and an-
nounced their intention of abandoning their houses with
their wives and children, and of going into Austria. Their
number, including the women and children, was nearly
1,200. When the Caimacan of Bajaluka, Adem Effendi,
heard of this intention, he cawed all the boats and other
means of transport to be seized, and went to Sikooaa with
a certain number of cavasses (police). He then addressed
the peasants, and promising that the government would
take their grievances into consideration, recommended them
to disperse. The greater part went away, and when they
had done so, he made the cavasses attack the others ;
the consequence was, that three Christians were drowned
in the little river Ukrina, and that another had an arm
cut off._

THE HIGII-PRICED PRESS.—The Observer, of yesterday,
showed symptoms of a disposition to emulate the recent
clairvoyant athievent of the Morning Herald; it gave a
full anticipatory account of the commencement of the sea-
son at the Surrey Gardens, which took place a fortnight
since, with special reference to the performance of the
"Elijah," which was announced to take place "to.
morrow," but which was given last Monday week and the
report of which, if we are not mistaken, duly appeared in
the journal containing the above-named blunder. Some
of our hgh-priced cotemeoraries are degenerating in
matters of criticism to an extent which calls for severe and
immediate reproval.—London paper cf yesterday.
Two SISTERS DROWNED.—A distressing accident took
place on Saturday afternoon, between three and four
o'clock, in the Thames, a short distance above Moulsey
Hurst, by which two young girls, aged ten and twelve,
lost their lives. The two children, daughters of a respect-
able man in humble circumstances, named Scott, at West
Moulsey, had been amusing themselves on the bank, occa-
sionally venturing into the stream, which at that spot is
rather shallow at the margin, bat studded with some rather
dangerous ballast-holes. The children had been warned
of the peril they ran by some ballast-getters who were at
work in the vicinity; but the caution was without avail,
for one of them, venturing too far, slipped down the shelv-
ing bank and sank; and the other, in her vain endeavours
to save her sister, was likewise drawn under the water,
where both perished. The catastrophe had been witnessed
by another sister, whose cries first gave notice of what
had occurred to the ballast-getters who had previously
cautioned the children, and immediate assistance was
rendered, and as the bodies had rested close to the spot
where they went down they were speedily recovered, but
too late to preclude any hope of resuscitation.—Sunderland
Times.
DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT IRISH ORNAMENT.—A few
days since as a poor man named Daly was engaged in
leveling a ditch at Liscarrol, 29 miles from Cork, he found
in the deep part of the ditch about eighteen inches below
the surface a valuable Irish relic, which is believed to be
unique. It consists of a gold fillet or ornament for the
head, composed of nine strands of twisted gold joined
together like a band, with a loop at each end. Its length
is fully twenty inches, and it weighs 1 oz. 3 dwts. and
12 grains. The gold, which is of great purity, would be
worth at the standard value over £4. The relic has been
examined by some of our local antiquaries, who have pro-
nounced it to be over 1,000 years old. It has been pur-
chased by a gentleman who already possesses a varied col-
lection of Irish relics, and who has placed it in the estab-
lishment of Messrs. Hackett, Patrick-street, where it may
be seen for the present.—Cork Constitution.
DZATII SENTENCE IN FRANCE.—The Court of Assizes of
the Meurthe, tried a man named Oliot, of Oircy, for three
murders. The facts of the case were re'ated in the Mes-
senger at the time they occurred :—ln the evening of the
3rd February he returned home from his work, and got
into an altercation with his wife and her mother ; in a

rage he seizedahatchet, and with two or three blov;s laid
his wife deed at his feet ; her mother shrieked out " mur-
der !" and he killed her also ; and as his wife's illegiti-
mate child, a girl five years of age, began weeping, he
murdered her too. He then went away, but was shortly
after arrested. According to his own account, the alterca-.
tion arose in consequence of his wife, in spite of his
fatigue, wanting him to go to an adjacent forest to seek for
a quantity of wood ; but there was reason to believe that
he flew into a furious passion with his wife, because she
had not prepared him sufficient food to satisfy his appetite,
which was described to be perfectly voracious. The man's
advocate attempted to show that he had not committed
murder according to the technical meaning of the term, as
he.had not premeditated any such crime, and that he had
been seized with a sudden frenzy which rendered him not
responsible for his acts. But the jury found him guilty,
and the court sentenced him to death.

FRI GHTFUL MURD

IN SCOTLAND ROAD.

Last evening the neighbourhood of Scotland-road was
thrown into great excitement through a frightful murder,
which took place about eight o'clock. The deceased,
Robert Rennes, was 'a seaman of the Canard steamer
Africa, which arrived here on Sunday, and the accused is
James Davies, a tailor, living in Ann's-place, Bostock-
street, Scotland-road. It appears that Davies and the
deceased ma, (who are related) had been drinking together
during the day, and soon after they had separated, Davies
returned home, and upon proceeding np stairs found the
deceased Rennes in bed with his wife. He left the house,
and shortly afterwards returned with a man, and on again
going up stairs he found his wife had gone, but the sailor
still remained on the bed. Davies seized a large pair of
scissors, and stabbed Rennes in various parts of the body,
which resulted in his death. The alarm was given, and
Davies speedily apprehended and lodged in Athol-street
bridewell.