Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-15 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1857.

MILITARY EDUCATION.

Sir De Lacy Evans will move the following resolutions
on Military Education, in tlio House of Commons, on the
300 inst.:—
.t That, as the numerical strength of the British army
available for European war is far less than that of any
other great Power, and as our government have for
many years neglected the education of the commis-
sioned branch of the service, while other governments have
been devoting.to this object large annual sums and very
great attention, it is the opinion of this house, that a
higher' standard of prOfessional instruction thin of late
deemed requisite ought to be established for our officers
generally, but especially- for those of the staff—That this
cannot be effectually accomplished in this country, where
powerful influences obstruct the best intentions of those
invested with patronage, without having recourse to the
principle of competitive examination, in conformity with
the recommendations of her Majesty's Commissioners on
Civil and. Military Appointments and Education, recorded
in their reports recentlypresented to Parliament. - That the
candidates nominated by the Commander-in-Chief for
commissions in the line, be therefore subject to the con-
dition of competitive examination previously to their being
appointed to commissions ; and that officers of a sufficient
term of regimental service, desirous of qualifying them-
selves for the staff, in the senior department of instruction
or staff School, should receive their admissions and final
certificates of qualification on the same principle.—That
commissioners, consisting of an equal number of military
officers and civilians, should be nominated by the Secretary
of State for the purpose of superintending these examina-
tions, and that the educational establishment for the line
and staff be under the direction of the Secretary of State,
who is responsible to Parliament for the administration of
the army, and who is already charged with the control of
the existing schools and examinations for the artillery,
engineers, and the non-commissioned officers and privates
of the army."

CHURCH BATRS.—According to a return just printed,
th 3 receipts from Church rates iu England and Wales
were, in 1839,: £363,103, and in 1854 it fell off to
£314,659. In 1830, debts secured on church rates amounted
to £535,236, aud in 1854, £318,200.
SINGULAR BATTLE AT BEE DING.-03 Saturday morning
last, a's a carter named Standing, in the employ of Mr.
Randall of Tottingharn Farm, was going with his horses
to plough on Tottington hill, he met an old stoat,
accompanied with five young ones nearly as large as
herself. When he approached, the mother sprang from
her young, and challenged him to battle, which challenge
was readily accepted, and in a short time she and three of
her offiprieg were laid prostrate at his feet. The remaining
two, not exactly liking the reception their comrades had
met with, turned tail, and beat a hasty retreat up the hill,
but after a' short but severe chase were overtaken by the
knight of the catgut, and doomed to share the same fate as
their comrades.— Vest Sussex Gazette.

THE COLSTON or ors. DAY..—Conrad Finzel, Esq.,
has just been guilty—for it has always been his custom
" to do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame"— of
another act o: munificent liberality. The Bethesda, a
building at the top of Great George-Areet, was offered for
for sate, and the congregation of Plymouth Brethren wor-
shipping there feared they might be dispossessed of it. To
relieve them from this strait, Mr. Final has bought the
building, paying £1,700 for it, and has presented it to the
congregatioe.—.Beistoi Paper.
GREAT NEWS TOR EMIGRANTS —The leviathan steamer
in Russell's Dock-yard will, it is said, be :placed on the
Canada line. She is to sail from the westernmost part of
Ireland to the easternmost laud of America, and if she can
accomplish twenty-four miles an hour she miy complete the
distance in little more Than three days, being 1,800 miles.
This will admit of her taking in fine weather a great number
of deck passengers,-ancl we believe that a great stimulus to
emigration to Canada- will result from the success of the
enterprise. >i-'
FALSE CARDS OF TTiSASCOT RACKS.—At the Bow-street
polic:-co art, the other day, Joan 13.-yan, an
fellow, but better dressed than usual for his class, was
charged with the following fraud :—Copt,iin Baker, of the
10th Hussars, said that he was crossing Waterloo-bridge,
on his way to Ascot, that morning, when defendant offered
cards of the races for sole to 'fith He bought one In. Is.
and drove on (he was in Isis earriage,): Presently be looked
at the card, and found that it was one of last year's cards,
and that the date had been altered. He returned to look
fur the prisoner, who, as soon as he saw witness's carriage,
took to his heels. Witness followed, caught him, and gave
him in charge. A number of small cards were found on
him, altered in the same manner. The prisoner said he
did not know that the cards were last year's. Mr. Jardine
said the prisoner probably expected to commit this fraud
with impunity, as peop'e who were hurrying to the station
to ro to_Ascot vrere not very likely to name back to press
a charge of this nature ,then they discovered the fraud.

la.this case it had turned but othA.wise. The prisoner
must be remanded.

A Miscaravous Fna.o-w.—The other day, at the Marl-
borough Police-ond, William Pullen was charged with
throwing a quantity of vitriol over the dresses of two
young women. Sarah Tucker, a waitress ,it 52, Nowlawl-
street, a coffee-house, kept by Mr. Jones, stated that on
Tuesday afternoon the prisoner came into the kitchen, and
after making a surly remark, went behind her and threw
something on her gown. The next morning she found that
her gown was burnt Into holes. Margaret Bailey lived as
servant in the same house. On Tuesday night she found
a gown, which was hanging up in her bedroom, smothered
with vitriol. When she got up the next morning she found
a frock and another gown burnt with vitriol. The damage
done amounted to between 4/. and 51. Heard Mr. Jones
ask the prisoner why he threw the vitriol over the girl's
dresses, to which the prisoner answerel that he N./lilted to
do them some mischief. Henry Rat, servant to Mr. Gilbert,
oilman, Tottenham Court-road, proved that on Tuesday

the prisoner bought a pennyworth of vitroil, and on being
told there was water in it, had it changed for the stronger
sort. The prisoner denied the charge, and was fully coal.
mitted for trial.
MEL,t;waoLt ACCIDENT.—The Memorial de Allier
relates a most melanchely affair :—The Count and
Countess de l3,2urbon Chains, of Moulins, bath young,
left that city four awnings sgo , accompanied by a friend,
to visit the coal-pits of Montet, at a distance of eight
le :Ives. On arriving at the village they g4ily breakfasted,
and then went to the pits, where they were joined by some
ether perms. As they were standing near the orifice of
one of the pits, a cracking noise was heard, and the
windlass suddenly broke down. Whether in its fall any
portion of it struck the countess, or whether, frightened by
the noise, she unconsciously darted forward, is not known;
but, dreadful to relate, she fell in '.o the pit! Her hus-
band and the manager of the establishment immediately
le themselves down by mans of a rope, and fund the
lady lying with her limba broken, and in a frightful &ate.
She was still alive, and was raised to the mouth as rapidly

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as possible; but it was seen that she could not possibly
recover, and a priest was summoned, who administered to
her the last consolations of religion. Her husband, who
wag almost distracted, entreated her to say if she recog-
nised him, and she faintly answered "Yes," after which
she expired.
GENICEAL THOMPSON AND THE PREMIER. —ln a letter to
a cotemporary, General Thompson, M.P.. says :—"
grieve over the way in which the reform cause has been
thrown by its managers into the hands of the Minister.
The Minister was in a scrape in cons: uence of the
vote of the House of Commons against him, and
the consequent coop d'etat. My notion would, therefore,
have been that this would have been the time to push him
home, and whether he was left with his head on or not,
make a high demand from his successor; instead of which,
the reformers rushed into the first noose the Minister holds
out to them, and tell him trippingly on the tongue, that if
he w;11 give them anything, however infinitely small, and
at any time that may suit him, he shall be let alone in
his hour of difficulty. He wanted to tide over a particular
moment, and they did all they could to help him. The
truth is, they have no general abhorrence of the iniquities
of the Minister, and are quite willing to say to him, " For
the Jew Bill you shall bomberd Canton ;" " For the bal-
lot you shall go to Pekin," and, for an extension of the
suffrage you shall have war all over the earth." Ido not
think these are wise virgins."
THE BISHOP or EXETER.—It was stated a short time
ago that the churchwardens of St. Olave, Exeter, had
made a presentatien to the Bishop of Exeter, respecting a
little book called the " Hymnal Noted," which the Rev. It.
Roper, the rector of the parish, had introduced into the
service of the church, and which the churchwardens
alleged to have a Roman Catholic tendency. On Saturday
the:Bishop of Exeter cited the Rev. R. Roper and the
churchwardens, Messrs. Escott and Husband, to appear
before him at the palace, Exeter. The "Hymnal Noted "
was introduced, and the Bishop read several passages
from it, dwelling particularly on the following :
Faithful cross ! above all other
One and only noble tree !
None in foliage, none in blossom,
None in fruit thy peers may be; •
S Neetest wood. and sweetest iron
Sweetest weight is hang on thee.
Bend thy boughs. 0 Tree of Glory!
Thy relaxing sinews bend ;
For awhile the ancient vigour
That thy birth bestowed suspend ;
And the King of Heavenly Beauty
On thy bosom gently tend !
After a lengthened interview, and it having been repre-
sented by the churchwardens that several parishioners
left the church in consequence of the use of the " Hymnal
Noted," the bishop strongly advised the rector to dis-
continue its use, and asked hi.n to reply, either one way
or the other, at that moment. The rector, however, asked
I for time to consider the matter, which hie lordship
granted, and the parties then withdrew.