Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-22 00:00:00

Captain Rogers, on the eve of his execution, and
it will doubtless excite sad emotions in the mind
of the thoughtful reader. No one who has read
the evidence, can doubt the fact that the crime of
murder lay at hip doer. Proof is heaped upon pro-of,
showing that the cruelties which he perpetrated
upon his victim, resulted in death, and yet the
wreteha convict, although about to be summoned
into the presence of his Maker, solemnly asserts his
innocence, and mingles with his denial sentiments
indicating a religious and a thoughtful state of
mind. It would really appear as if he had per-
suaded himself into a positive disbelief of his own
acts. While on this subject we may notice that
the subscription in aid of the unfortunate widow
and family of Rogers is progressing favourably;
but we would advise, the public to send in any
donations to the parties authorised to collect, for
we understand that a \vernal' is going through the
town soliciting alms from the charitable, on the
pretence that she is Mrs. Rogers.
The partieu!ars of a dreadful murder by an
Italian seaman, in London, on Sunday night, will
he found elsewhere.. The murderer, a young man
about twenty-four years of age, of the name of Jose
de Rosario, an Italian seaman, was beating an
unfortunate woman of the town, in the locality of
Wellelose-square, wken the deceased, George
de Matras, the late proprietor of an Italian coffee
houae, at No. 200, St. Gorge's• street, near the
London D ecke, remens'rated with the murderer,
who instantly pulled out a large stiletto from his
pocket and stabbed the unfortunate man. The
latter called out "murder," and endeavoured to
wrest the knife from his assailant. Durlng the
struggle the assassin threw h:s victim clown and
ran away. A police constable immediately pur§ne.l
the murderer, with whom he carne up near the
London Doak gates, when a desp:,rate atruggle
ensued, but Rosario was overpowered, and conveyed
to Lernan.street polio station house. The mur-
dered man died in half an hour after the wounds
were intli

The body of a young Jai has been fonnd in the
forest in the immediate vicinity of Nottingham,
and from its appearance there is no doubt that
has been foully murdered for his boots. The
police have some clue to the supposed•murderer.
The French. journals continue to occupy them-
selves with the ladia insurrection as the only topic
of present interest. The greatt,st importance is
attafned by most of them to the m epor.zeti retreat
of the British force from before Delhi. The siege
is a siege merely in name All that it amounts to
is the presence, in front of a large fort fird city, of
a force which has elmost too much to do to repel
the numerous sorties of its garrison. The Journql
ds Debets, however, probably takcs the most rational
view of the consequences of a retreat. It says—
However weak may be the beseiging, army, it
maintains the authority of the British Flag before
the head quarters of the revolt, and its retreat
would leave the field open to the. King of adhi.
Communication would also be lost with the Pun-
jaub, which is trarvil, an furnishes recruits, th'
services of the Sikhs, Affghans, and Ghoorkas,
who fight valiantly for E and appear to
detest the Sepoys, and who long for the sack
Gtf D3lhi, would have to be abandoned."
The Governor of the French Possessions in
India has written to the French Admiral com-
manding in the Indian Seas, to send him some
ships of war as a measure of protection. Seven-
teen commercial firms of Bourdeaux have requested
the Chamber of Commerce of that town to endeavour
to obtain from the Government the despatch of an
armed force, sufficient to protect the French
Possessions in India from a possible outbreak of
the natives.

Tile other items of continental news are unim-
portant. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs
has addressed a note to the French Ministers at
the Northern Courts, implying that tly3 Emperor
NapDleon takes the side of the King of Denmark
in the rupture con,!erning the Duchies.
Toe Emperor of the French will leave Chalons,
on Thursday, for Germany.

THE Parliamentary Blue Books, although not
agreeable volumes for attentive perusal, con-
tain much matter of a highly interesting,
important, and useful character. Our readers
are aware that in the last session of Parliament
were appointed a select committee, composed of
gentlemen of financial reputation and great par-
liamentary experience, to inquire into the receipt,
issue, and audit of public moneys, in the Exche-
quer and other governmental departments. We
observe that the result of their investigation, and
the conclusions which they have drawn from the
evidence which they collected, has just been
published in the shape of a lengthened report.
The matter treated of in this blue-book is cer-
tainly an.important one. Most of us are pretty
well aware, from the repeated demands of collec-
tors of assessed taxes, of the mode by which the
gross revenue of the country is made up, but
comparatively few are aware of the details of the
expenditure after the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer has got it into his clutches. Besides, we
are not satisfied that the system of keeping the
accounts are such as to guarantee accuracy, and
a further application of all the items to their
legitimate and proper purposes. Indeed a con-
trary feeling is suggested on perusing the report
of the Committee just alluded to, seeing that they
recommend various changes in the several
branches into which they divided their enquiries.
Supposing all their recommendations to be
requisite, and we have no reason to doubt it, we
cannot help wondering if any and what guar-
antee existed in past days against dishonesty
and peculation ; and whether those officials to
whom was entrusted the distribution of the
nation's revenue were surrounded by any safe-
guard to prevent them helping themselves
liberally, should they think proper.
The doings of some of the high officials
of the Duchy of Lanca ter, to which we
have freq tently referred, show the looseness with
which the public accounts and audits are made
out. Of late, various schemes of amendment in
these particulars have been proposed and par-
tially adopted, so that it is some comfort to
think that, as time advances, we are drawing
more tightly the reins of fiscal discipline,
thereby giving to the country at large better
grounds of assurance that the " supplies" granted
for any particular object are properly applied
and the money spent for the benefit of the

In the report before us we observe that the
Select Committee treat of various topics con-
nected with the receipt and expenditure of the
public revenue, viz : Exchequer issues and the
paymaster's department; payments of the gross
tevenue to the exchequer; system of keeping the
public accounts; Exchequer Bills; appropriation
cheques; the system of auditing ; and votes for
the Civil Service. With respect to the former of
these topics, the benefits of a consolidation of