The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-22 00:00:00

THB COURT,

WINDSOR, Tuesday, Jan. 20.—The Duchess of Kent,
Prince Edward of Leiningen, and Princess Amelie of
Hohenlohe Schillingfurst, dined with the Queen yester-
day. Sir Charles Wood arrived in the afternoon on a
visit, and had the honour of being included. The Queen's
private band attended after dinner. The Queen and. the
Princess Royal walked in the grounds of the Castle this
morning. Prince Albert went out hunting. Sir Charleg
Wood had the honour to accompany the Prince. The.
Prince of Wales rode out on horseback. The Duchess of
Kent visited the Queeni,, The Marquis of Abereorn and
Lady Katherine Hamilton took their departure in the
forenoon.

THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT.—The present Parliament
does not expire, by Efll3x of time, till the 20th of August,
1859. During its existence no fewer than 140 members
.have been elected to supply the places of a like number
of vacancies caused by deaths, promotions to offices
under the Crown, and resignations. At the present
Moment there are nine seats vacant, for which new elec•
tions will have to be made forthwith, or as soon as Parlia-
ment re-assembles.

The Marchioness of Kildare gave birth to a son a,
Maretimo, near Dublin, on Sunda}, last,

We regret to state that the only son of Lard and Lady
Wharneliffe died at Hirewool House, Leeds, on Monday,
of scarlet fever.

The King of Hanover was lately received free mason by
the lodge of the Black Bear, the ceremonial having taken
place in the Hall of Landscapes at the Royal ;Palace at
Hanover, and in presence of a great number of Hanoverian
and foreign brothers.

ACCIDENT TO MIssSWANBOROUGH.-011 Saturday night
last, Miss Swanborough, who was in a cab on her return
from the Olympic Theatre, when, upon reaching Princes
street, Leicester square, the cab was violently ran against
by another vehicle, smashing the window glass and other-
wise damaging the cab. Miss Swansborough had her hand
and arm cut, and received a severe blow on the head, with
the infliction of severe bruises.

Shortly after the Lord Chancellor entered the Court of
Chancery on Tuesday morning, it was intimated that the
Duke of Cambridge was about to present himeelf to take
the customary oaths as Commander-in-Chief and a member.
of her Majesty's Privy Council. The Lord Chancellor
immediately left his .chair, met his Royal Highness at the
entrance, and came'with him on the platform, when the
oaths were administered by the Deputy Clerk of the Crown,
the Lord Chancellor and the bar standing during the
ceremony. The duke then bowed and retired.

ROBBERY or MAIL BAGS IN FRANCE.—The Indicateur
of Bordello says :—" A most daring robbery, has just been
committed, to the prejudice of the post office of this city.
The vehicle which" carries the mail bags from thi-positoffice.
to the railway station at La Bastide set out as usual at about
nine at night, and arrived at its detitin4thin in a few minutes.
The bags contained a sum of 200,000 f. for the account of
the post office administration. When the bags arrived at
'the station they were taken out, arid being opened to allow
`the letters and other matters to be sorted, it was dis-
covered that the 200,000 f. had disappeared. The postilion
and the guard affirm that they kept the horses trotting at a
rapid pace, and saw no person near the vehicle. 'So the
matter remains."

GOSSIP ON THE CONTINENT.—The following intelligence
from Venice may be of interest fo,Such readers as take an
interest in the sayings and doings of crowned heads.
While the Emperor was at Venice, above 10,000 petitions
were presented to him, and the majority of them he
received with his own hands while walking out to visit
the public institutions. One day, as His Majesty was
entering the Church of St. Zachariah, two girls, of 11 and
16 years of age, asked to be permitted to tell him what
they wanted. The Monarch gave his consent, ands was
infOrmed that the petitioners were reduced to the greatest
distress, as their father had been put to prison for a debt
of 400 lire (about £l3 7s), and had already been absent
from his home a fortnight. The Emperor paid the debt,
and by doing so probably saved the girls from perdition.
As their Majesties were leaving their gondola, near the
iron bridge, in order to go to the Academy of Fine Arts,
a beggar-woman put her hand on the shoulder of the
Empress. As soon as Her Majesty turned, the old woman
fell or her kntes before her, blessed her, and kissed the
hem of her dress. As the Emperor and. Empress were
leaving the, Church of St. Anthony, ,at Padua, they were
separated from their suite by the crowd, and so completely
shut in that they could neither advance nor retreat. My
very good friends," said the Emperor in Italian, " pray
let me and my wife pass." Room was made as soon as
the words were spoken. A Berlin correspondent, writing
on the 18th inst., 'says :—The Grand Duke Constantine
retnrned hither on Friday evening, from Hanover, spent
yesterday in the circle of the Royal Family, and will
return to Hanover this evening. Prince Frederick William
returned also from Breslau, to be present yesterday at the
marriage of one of his adjutants, and will remain here for
a few days. Prince Albrecht of Prussia and his son have
also'repaired to Berlin, like the other Princes just men-
tione.d, for the purpose of being present nt,the festival
which is at this present writing being eele,Vllited at the
palace, viz., the Ordensfest, which is alw tys held o
18th of January, or the Sunday next following. This day
is the anniversary of the foundation of the Prus

kingdom in 1701, when the Elector Friedrich of
Brandenburg, took the liberty of crowning himself at
Konigsberg as King in Prussia. I 4 It was not till after the
first partition of Poland, when the remainder of the
territory that had formerly belonged to the Teutonic
Order came into the possession of Frederick the Great,

hat the title of King of Prussia was assumed. History'
tells of this first King in Prussia, Friedrich 1., a vain:•.
ostentatious man, that on December 16, 1700, he informed.
the various Powers of Europe by a circular despatch of
:his intention to prompte himself to the rank and dignity
of a King; and that the very next day-90 impatient was
he for the ceremony—he set off from Berlin for Konigsberg
with a fearfully enormous cortege, in which no less than
30,000 horses figured. By dint of great exertion on the
part of this numerous equine force, the calvacade, which
was divided into four separate portions, succeeded' in
reaching Konigsberg in 12 days, a distance now traversed
by railway in 19 hours, and there it was that on the Ifflk
of January, 1701, the Elector Friedrich 111. of Branden-
burg assumed the title of King in Prussia as Friedrich I.
This passion for the kingly title cost the country, for the•
expense Qf the coronation alone, 6,000,000 thalers
(X 900,000); every button on Friedrich's dress cost 3,000,
ducats; the clasp on his purple mantle cost 100,000 thalers,
arid the crown', which was worn a-top. of stately full
bottomed wig, was sset with large single diamonds all over
the hoops. The crown jewels worn by the Queen were
valued at 3,000,000 thalers, and the sceptre which the
King wore was a present to him from Peter the Great,
who had not' many years before come to Berlin in the suite
of his own Ambassador. What a contrast between the
simplicity of the great man, and the ostentation of th e
little one.

A MADMAN IN THE VATlCAN.—Letters from 11,01/14P,
dated 15th inst., state :—" Whilst sanguinary tragerliegs
have saddened the inhabitants of Paris and Naples;
eccentricities of a less homicidal character have amused'
the inhabitants of Rome, and especially the nocturnal
pranks of a madman who reeently gained access to the •
Vatican Palace, notwithstanding the scrutinising glances
of the Swiss halberdiere stationed in the grand corridor
leading to the scala regia. It appears that this unfortu-
nately aberrated individual succeeded in secreting himself
in the precincts of the palace until the night was far
advanced, when he suddenly aroused and alarmed the
inhabitants of the apostolic residence by vociferating in
stentorian tones that tiie Pope was dead, following up this
startling piece of intelligeuce by another vague assertion,
that he himself was about to succeed his Holiness on the
Pontifical throne, and that, as the first fruit of his autho-
rity,•he should'order the Cardioal Secretary of State to
be shot. At may easily be imagined with what consterna-
tion these overwhelming announcem,mts were received'
until the ill-omened individual was laid hands upon, and
the state of his intellec•s discovered. The ;treat gates of
the. Vatican have been closed at nightfall' Since Oda Wag,
ward occurrence.

THREE WOMEN FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH.—During
the last few days no fewer than three unfortunate women
have been found dead in the snow, within the county of
Forfar. On Tuesday last, as one of the waymen on the.
railway was proceeding along the line near Zoar, he.
observed something protruding from the snow in one of
the side drains. On going up to it, he to his horror dis-
covered it to be the body of a woman. Part of one of
her hands, part of her face, and some of her clothes, were.
all that was visible. On the authorities being informedl
of the matter, the corpse was removed from the ditch and'
conveyed to Forfar. Dr. Smith examined the body, and
we believe, gave it as hii opinion that death had been
caused by exposure to the inclemency of the weather.
The corpse was identified as that of Elizabeth Leabern,
belonging 'to Dundee. She had been seen about nine
o'clock on'the evening of Saturday last, mach the worse
of drink.—On Sunday last the body of- another woman
was found on the hill near the smithy at Balamennock,
in the parish of Glenisla, partly covered with snow an
stiffened with frost. The corpse wait found' to be that of
Margaret M'Lauchlan, a native of Ireland, who left a
farm in the neighbourhood, the day previously, for the
purpose of going to another farm a few miles distant,
where she intended to lodge for the night. The body was.
handed over to the inspector of poor for interment.—.The'
dead body of a woman was also found on Tuesday, on the
side of the Statute Labour-road, near Leysmill, in the
parish of Inverkeillor, amongst the snow. The body wa 6
removed to an outhouse at Leysmill, where it was
medically inspected, and interred at the instance of the
inspector of poor. The corpse was unknown to an.Y.
m person in the neighbourhood, but fro the appeavlc,•
is supposed to be that of some unfortunate wanderer.

DEATH OF MIL. EDWARD FITZWILLIABL—We sincerelf
regret to announce the death of Mr. Edward Fitzwiiliam►
the rising composer and talented musician, known to the
public as the son of the late distinguished actress, and at
the husband of Miss Ellen Chaplin. Mr. Fit zwilliam died
on Monday night, at his residence in Brewton, after iv
long and lingering illness. He was universally esteemed
for his cleverness and amiability, and we unfeignedty con-
dole with his widow and child for the sad and untie:Let,
loss they have sustained.

SOUTHERN AND TOXTETEI HOSPITAL, WEEKLY RzrGure
JAN. 21st, 1857.—1 n-patients Discharged : Cured, 23
relieved, 0 ; at own request, 0 ; irregular, 0 ; dead 4
entered, 21 ; under treatment, 74. Out-patients : Cured'
34 ; entered, 35 ; under treatment, 29. Treasurer : Jameo,
Houghton, Esq. Visitors : John Farnworth, 'Esq.. and
Studley Martin, Esq. Honorary Chaplain : Rev. D. 'l'
Barry, B.A. Physicians and Surgeons for the Week :
Cameron and Mr. Churton. House Surgeons : Mr. Edward
C. Garland and Mr. William Townsend.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.—The borough Coroner he'd th°
following inquests yesterday :—On the body of a wonool,
named Jane Williams, aged-58, ' the wife of a man named
Hugh Williams, living at 9 Court, Kitchen street. .11
'appeared that on Tuesday the unfortunate woman had bell
drinking freely, and whilst in that state her clothes caugo
fire, and she was so seriously injured that she died yesterday
morning from the effects. The jury found ;a verdict ill
accordance with the facts.—The second inquest was helu
on the body of Lars Markinson, a Norwegian sailor, rib:
belonged to the ship Varina, now in the Canning (Joel'
On Saturday evening the deceased was leaving the vessel,
when by some accident he fell into the hold, the hatchw°l
being open, and ho sustained, an injury of the base of tbo.
skull, frona which he died in the hospital. Verdi
" Accidental death."
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LECTURE TO-NIGHT, BY THE REV. Du. M'CosU, - o
BELFAST.—This evening's lecture, in Hope. Hall, is to l'e
delivered by this accomplished philosopher and divine. Icn°,l
has, as author of " The method of Divine Government," ot,
other able and valuable works, earned for himself a'ver'
distinguished reputation, The subject which he has P(;
p 03,1 to himself, as the theme of his lecture, Id
" The Mysterious Nature of some of the Doctrines
Christianity—no Reason for Rejecting them." This toPl;
is one which lies in the very centre of the peculiar studie-
which must have engaged the attention of the learned Prcit,
lessor, and one with which he is thoroughly converssli
To grapple with, and surmount the difficulties and objection,
which environ it, is a task. of easy accomplishment to
profound and logical mind. A. masterly and most satiEfie,
tory discussion of this important ques'ion may, thereoce'
be looked for in the lecture of this evening. The chair
to be occupied by John Cropper, Esq.
ARCHITECTURAL SOCIETY.—The ordinary meeting O,
this amiety was hel 1 at seven o'clock last night, in IL,
Royal Institution, Colquitt street—Mr F. Huggins in ter,
chair. The secretary announced that Mr. Joseph Pepll;
one of the student members, had been awarded the per,
of merit in the competition of the students' design. Po,
Thomas Moreton, Lime street, and Mr. Robert Soaitt°o
;.leaforth, were 'admitted associa e members. Mr WrilP.
Parslpw was alMitted a student member. A letter ;
received from the secretary of the joint committee %",,
pointed to make arrangements for the reception of to
Archeological Institute of Great Britain and irelaycl
Chester, announcing that the visit of that body Oil;
take place in the autumn of the present year, ''it)
rt questing the co-operation of the society .0,
contributing to the Success of the ineet4a
The following donations were received
Building Newd,vol Nos. 2 and 3; the Building Chr°'co
No. 34, lithographs, plain and coloured, of the east vdldf4,
of Barthomlay Church, near Crewe, by F. Howard, as
Mr. Pieton observed, that a few days since he had 1,3,;(fr
much s'ruck and pleased with the appearance of a facirli
which was being erected near Bolton. He was partieulsoo4
pleased with it, because of the architectural beauty o
Lion te
ornamentation. imparted to it; he did not mean ornartiet
,0 on in the strict sense of the term, for that would be °jots;
• in connection with such a building ; but ornarn„,e tl)
tion resulting from the adaptation of all the parts
„,
arrangement of the mass, and the judicious introducti7o,
the arcade. He regretted that some such design bn tot
been carried out in the case of the Albert Dock wareb`:oo
which were,. from their unsichtliness, a disgrace to the'
The paper for the evening was then proceeded WitiAti
was by Mr. H. P. Horner, and its subject was " Archite"
Consistency."