Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-09 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO "'AMMER TWO POLICEMEN
IN LONDON.

On Saturday Morning, about three o'clock, a desperate attempt was
made on thelives of two, policemen of the B division,. by a person
n imed charleo Russell aiias Melbourne, a ticket-of-leave man. It
appears that iiussell has been suspected by the police of being con-
cerned in the recent rob,,eries at Lord Palmerston's and Mr.
Monsell's, and, being recognised in the Haymarket that morning by
Sergeant Cranford, he was captured and left in custody of r oliceman
Murrough, who was on duty in the Haymarket, while Cranford went
in search of another well-kown burglar, who was in company with
Ruslel. He had not proceeded more than a few paces, when he
heard the report of a pistol, and turning round he , ercived the prisoner
struggling with Murrorrh, whose face was cover,d with blood. As
Cranford approached, Russell discharged a pistol at him, but without
effect, and cfter a desperate resistance, he Ras overpowered and con-
veyed to the station-house. it was then ascertained that Illurrough
was severely wounded, the stone with which the pistol was loaded
having been discharged right into his face. He was conveyed to
Charing C oss Hospital, and is at prese .t in no hnmineat danger, but
being an old man it is expeeced he will never recover the shock. The
prisoner wa; convicted of a burglary in 1852, and his ticket of leave
has re-ently been revoked.

Tuft :SEW SCeEME FOs. MAKING FLOUR.—Tha Echo Agricole, one
of the most respectable and influential Parisian newspapers, recera to
a new process of ne,kinz flour, invented by Si. Blencourt, at Mar-
seilles. It is asserted that the grain of wheat dissolves in a few
minutes by means of a chem'co; agent, and becomes converted into
the purest weite flour. Every particle of the wheat, e:en the bran—
that is, the husk—is tren fot.med into flour. What this chemical
agent, and what the flour tons produced is composed of--the proper-
ties and qualities of the bread made of it—remains for the present a
mystery to the public. According to M. Blancourt's assertion, the
conversion of wheat into flour can be effected by simple amale,ama-
lion, without the aid of mechanical assistance. A commission has
been nominated at Marneiles to investigate the merits of the new
scheme. Shoeld it prove practicable, a compleai revolution in the
art of floor making would follow in fact, the old process of grinding
grain Into flour would be superseded, and all the existing don- mills
obliged to adopt the new method, which promises to produce out of
every 1001 b. of wheat 11301 b. of pure floor.
Canto IN Faaerce:—Tae Court of Assizes of the Rhone three days
ago tried a 1_ easare named Galllemet, of saint Igny re V.rs, for
the manslaugter of his son aged about 14, so far back as August,
1853. On the 10th of that month it was noticed that the boy had
disappeared, and nothing was so-n or heard of him until the igth,
when his den I body wa, found in an advanced :state of putrefaction in
a hedge near his father's house. It was not possible. from the decom-
posed state of the body, to see whet her or not it bore traces of
violence, but as the min had for a long limo treated the bey with
great brutality, little doubt was entertained by his neighbours of his
having murdered him. Strange to say, however, no investigation
was instituted, ana nothing was thought of the matter until February
last, when the man, having teen arrested on some other charge, of
which, however, he turn d oat to be innocent, manifested such
profound terror at the idea that his arrest might cause inquiries to be
made respecting the death of his son that the matter was investigated.
The result was that a labourer named Chnseville came forward and
said that on the 9th of August, 1853, he had seen the bay lying
beneath a tree covered with blood, and that the boy stated in answer
to his inquiries that his father had just beaten him most cruelly ; also
that the next dal, as he (Chuzeville) was passing near the house of
Gnillemet, c e saw the boy parcel in a cherry-tree eating cherries,
and that his father, having come np at the moment, threw a large
piece of wood, which, striking the boy on the head, caused him to fail
senseless to the ground; that the father then taking him up in his
arms carried hen into his house. This was the last time the boy was
seen alive, so that there was no doubt that the blew had killed him.
The jury declared the prisoner guilty, ant with extenuating circum-
stances, and the court sentences him to six years' hard labour.
RISE OF RENTAL OF STOCK I,ARINS.—At the recent term of Whitsun-
tide a considerable number of stock farms, belonging to the Duke of
Bucclench, on the Queensberry estate, in Upper Niths 'ale, became
out of 1 ate. In spring the v,:rions fa ms were valued, and, as might
naturally re xpeeted in these days of high prices for all descriptions
of stock and agricultural peodace, a very considerable increase in the
value, as co 'pared wi-h the former rental, was the result ; the
average rise beitig at least 12 per cent. In general the farms were
offered to the occupiers at the new value; in a number of cases
either f om tenant deeming the increase of rent too great, and
declining te offer for the farm, or from other circumstances, the farms
were offered for competition. The announcement of these was
anxiously looked for, and when alverWed a large number of offers
were received. These farms have new been let at an increase of from
12 to 45 per cent., and it is unders!ood that in some cases the highest
offers were not accepted. The farm of Clenries, which includes Upper
and Nattier Cog, end several other possessions in the occupation of
Mr. Kennedy, of Kirkland, at the rent of .4960, has been let to Mr.
Hyslop, Cosbogle, at £1,400, being an advance of £440 per annum.
These (aims carry a stoclc of Cneviot ewes and gimmers, and on
Tuesday last the stock was given over to the incoming tenant at a
valuation; it amounted to 185 scores, or 3,700 head, exclusive of
lambs, from one-fifth to one-sixth being gimmers and the remainder
ewes. The ewes with their lambs were valued at the nnprecedentedly
high figure of 435. The &mere at 295. each. The total value Of
the stock exceeds 47000, and is about 45000 more than the sum
fixed when the late tenant entered upon pessession two leases ago,—
ccelists Paper.