The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-10 00:00:00

reach all classes. This we deny. The tax
would apply to every dwelling, building, and
land throughout the country—great or small—
without exemption ; and, in the case of parties
who sublet, they would calculate the amount
of tax on their house, and charge the occupiers
their fractional proportion ; so that, whether
an actual housekeeper, or sub-tenant, the
Government tax would be contributed.
For this imposition, there would be the
boon of a repeal of all taxes on tea,
sugar, coffee, and every article of consump-
tion. There are other considerations connected
with this important subject, to which we shall
refer on an early occasion. Enough has, how-
ever, been said to show that, at the next elec-

tion, the matter should not be overlooked. It
is a question which affects more directly and
pointedly than the bigoted cries of " Down with
" Maynooth"—" Subjugate China"—and " PAL-
" MERSTON for ever." Every man would benefit
by the change. Trade would be fostered and
encouraged, and the cost of living so reduced, as
to gladden the hearts of the industrious and
struggling poor.

From the report of the prison inspectors for Scot] just
published, it appears that the total number of prisoners in
the country has gradually and regu'arly declined from
1849, in which year they were 3,143 to 2,210 in 1856
THE MANOR OAK, BURGLARY, NEAR SHEFFIELD.
The police have discovered a portion of the booty stolen
by the men wt o committed the daring burglary at Manor
Oaks, the residence of Mr. IV. Bradley, brewer, in
December last. The stolen property, it will be remembered,
consisted of about 40 in cash, a promissory note for £lOO,
a large quantity of silver plate, various articles of jewellery,
and two gold watches. A man named Henry Marsden,
a filesmiih, residing at Hampden View, in Sheffield, has
been apprehended by Inspector Sills, having upon him at
the time the two gold watches and two gold keys, which
are identified as part of the property stolen from Mr.

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Bradley's house.
A PRIEST WITHOUT HIS ROBES.—A priest, named
Clergeau, a few days ago brought an action before the Civil
Tribunal of Auxerre, to obtain an indemnity from the
Lyons and Geneva Roilway Company, on account of their
employees having, in a j Harney he made sore time ago
from A uxerre to Geneva, neglected to forward his trunk in
the same train as that in which he travelled ; whereby, on
arriving at Geneva, he was subjected to great inconveni-
ence. especially by the want of his ecclesiastical robes,
which the trunk contained ; and this inconvenience lasted
a fortnight before the article of luggage was restored. The
tribunal decided that he should be paid 500f.—Galignani's
Messenger.
AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Royal Mail steamship Etna,
Captain Miller, which left Southampton on the 24th ult.,
with the outward Australian and Ceylon mails, arrived
at Malta in seven days fourteen hours, and proceeded to
Alexandria early on the morning of the sth inst. The
Royal Mail steamship Cambria, with the Marseilles mail,
arrived at Malta in 61 hours, and transferred to the Erna
her passengers and despatches. So far, we are glad to
find, the arrangements for the quick despatch of the mails
&c., for the:Antipodes, commences under the most favour-
able auspices. The Royal Mail steamship Jura will leave
Southampton on the 12. h inst., with the heavy portion of
the mails lon Australia, via Egypt and Ceylon, and the
mail for her, via France, will be made up in London on
the evening of the 16th. Letters for the Jera, via
Southampton, must be,posted in Liverpool on the evening
of the 11th inst., and those vies Marseilles on the evening
of the 15th.
THE D,CIO NanoaeoN.—Julgment was given on Satur-
day, at a quarter past five o'clock, in presence of a great
crowd of spectators. After assigning lengthened reasons.
the court came to the following decision : —AcTiitted Ord ;
condemned Casin to three years imprisonment, and 5,000 f
fine ; condemned Berryer to two years imprisonment and
5,000 f fine ; condemned Legendre to one year's imprisonment
and 2,oooffine ; candemneEd Ducheane de Vere to six months
imprisonment and 2,000 f fine ; furthermore, looking to the
claims of the pertie civile, condemned Cusin, Legendre. and
Duehesne de Vere to restore the shares and bonds of Pont
Remy and of Javel ; also, the 62.147 dock shares appro-
.priated be them; likewise, the 32,000 shares fraudulently
given to Fox and Henderson, or to pay the valle of the
same at the price of emission ; condemned Berryer to
repay, by way of restitution, a sum of 130,000 f, the
amount of the moneys by him received ; condemned all
the parties, thus found guilty, collectively to the costs.—
Galignani.
The following sketch is given of the Oriental antecedents
of the gentlemen who were sent by the government to a;sist
ear ambassador in his negotiations with Ferukh Khan, and
I hreeigh whose valuable eta operation Lord C mlay lias been
enabled to bring these uegotiations to a conclusion. Col.
Ouseley, who may be said to belong to an oriental femily—
one of his brothers, Sir William, being highly distinguished
for his attainments in Ee stern literatu-e, and another,
Sir Gore, having formerly gon'e as ambassador to Persia—
is the (Mental professor at Haileybury College. Lieut.
Celonel Otter, her Majesty's 61st Regiment, is
well known in India as an aceemplished linguist, and held
the appointment of Persian interpreter to two succeessive
commanders in chief—Lord Gitugh and Sir William Gomm.
Nlr. Redhouse, who has passed most of his life in Turkey,
is the author of d'etionaries and other elementary works in
the language of that country. And lastly, Captain Lynch,
of the Indian navy, has had much personal experience in
Persia and Turkish Arabia, and was associated with Colonel
Chesney in the Euphrates expedition.
A MERCHANT COWHIDED,—A cowhiding affair extra-
ordinary came off at one of the so-called fashionable
boarding houses with which Now York is well stocked. A
charming " California widow" has been the theme of every
tongue and the object of general attet firm on the part of
the gentlemen in the helve, and the criticism of some of the
other ladies. The principal party engaged in the getting
up and circulation of these scandalous reports was, it is
said, a merchant, a men oecaeying a fair business position
and respectably connected. Refusing to retract or apologise,
on application from her, she drew from the folds of her dress
a strong cowhide, which she applied with a will to his head
and shoulders. So severe were the blows that his face was com-
pletely marked length wise and crosswise with red lines. Some
of the ladies screamed, and were sorely agitated, and many of
the gentlemen remonstrated, but the lady paid no atten ion,
bat still dealt her blows vigorously upon tin head of the
offending miscreant. At length one of the gentlemen
interfered, and wrested the cowt irle from her hand. The
victim was removed to his room, where he was confined
several days in consequence of the mutilation of his
physiognomy.—New York paper.
DECLINE OF SKILL IN BUILDING OPERATIVES.--Where
are now the bricklayers who could build walls which, for
ne it and strong work, are in these days still a delight to
look at ; the stonemasons who could select stone which,
fifty years after the completion of the edifice, exhibited in
many cases as clean work as the day it was done, and which
still endure for years without either the process of a triennial
cleaning down, or with covering over with five or six coats
of paint S the carpenters, with their joists, roof, and flooring
adapted to all requirements, without the addition of
ironwork, to render small scantlings eefficient for the duty
of proper ones ? the carvers of all kinds. yet putting to
shame all our modern make believe attempts in composi-
tion and papier m ache ? the plasterers, with th it
ornamental work, executed by han 1, on the wall or ceiling
itself, rendering the modern "decorator" a person of no
consequence ? These were all art workmen, and truly en,
and we shall not have them again until the building trade,
leaving the control of one man, who undertakes all trades
" by contracn" shall again be carried out by the master
workman, with his assistants, as formerly practised. It is
thus only that the best work is performed, even in the
present day, in England, and by all trades in foreign
countries.—The
SALE OF RARE Wouxs —On Saturday last, was sold at
the auction rooms of Messrs. Forster, an extraordinary
collection of tracts, formed during the civil war from 1640 to
1670, all being in exceedingly fine condition. Lot 98. Gars
dyner's Description of the New World, or America, 12m0.,
1651, £6 103. Lot 105. Butler's fludibr ts,lay Grey, large
paper, fine copy, £ll 10s. Lot 106 Brevarium secundum
Usum Sarum, printed on vellum, Paris, in 1499, £46. Lot
108. Fysher's Treatise concerning the Truvtfull Sayenges of
David the Kynge, printed by Wynkyn de Worde, 1525, £l5.
Lot 116. The Psalter, in Englysh metre, 1519, £3O Os.
Lots 117 to 123 —a collection of ne wspe pets during
,the Civil Wars and Commonwealth—brought £57 3s
Lot 126. Three volumes of tracts, containing 280
relating to the Governinent and History of Ireland from
1641 to '55, £34. Lot 127. 3 vols., containing 276 tracts,
several relating to America, £39, purchased for America.
Lot 128. 328 tracts, in 5 vols., £2l. Lot 130. 283 tracts in
2 vols , £2O. Lot 132. 321 tracts, in 4 vols., £2l. Lot 133.
Tracts relating re incipelly to Sir Themes Fairfax, £l6 103
Lot 135. 277 tracts, £27 103. Lot 145 Poems and cata-
logues, a collection of 51 tracts, £3O. Let 147. Prophecies,
Wonders, Witches, ISee., 78 tracts, a singularly curious vol ,
£3B. Lot 152. Plantagenet's Description of New Albirn,
4ro, 1658, 10 guineas. Lot 151. Hammond's Loah and
Rachel, or the two fruitful sisters Virginia and Maryland,
1656, £7 15s. Lot 153. Williams' Vargo Triumpbus, or
Virginia Richly and Truly Valued, 1650, 11 guineas : the
7 7 lets realising £670.