Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-03 00:00:00

DEATH OF A CHARACTER AT BANNOCIEBURN.—AII
old woman, upwards of eighty years, named familiarly
"Nanny Brown," died, on the 18th ult., at Bannock-
burn, in the garret room which she occupied. In the
corner of a drawer, deposited in an old bag, there has
been found, since her death, the sum of £lOO or thereby,
all in silver. Many of the coins were quite black, and
there was only one crown-piece amongst them, the rest
consisting of shillings, sixpences, and fourpenny and
threepenny " bits." tis said, that before she died the
old woman kissed the keys of the place where her well-
hoarded treasure was deposited.

SCOTTISH HOSPlTAL.—Wednesday being St. Andrew's
day, the 195th Anniversary of the Scottish Hospital was
celebrated at the London Tavern, when nearly 140
ladies and gentlemen sat down to dinner, Lord Elcho,
M.P., in the chair, Sir J. Heron Maxwell acting as
vice-chairman. Among the gentlemen present were—
General Scott, C.B.,General Alexander, C. 8., Alderman
Rose, Lieutenant alker, 78th Highlanders, Captain
Hobson, R.N., the finder of the Franklin relics in the
late Arctic expedition ; Mr. W. P. Andrews, Major
Adair, Rev. Dr. M'Lean, of the United States, the Hen.
AV. Campbell, Colonel Pitcairn. Captain M'Leod, and
others. A vocal band, under the management of Mr.
George, and the instrumental band of the Caledonian
School, kept the company in harmony throughout the
evening.
THE LONG ANNUITIES.—The amount of Long
Annuities which absolutely expire upon the payment of
the dividend in January next is rather over £1,000,000
sterling. At 3i per cent, this would suffice to meet the
charge of a loan of upwards of £30,000,000 sterling. On
the 10th ult., annuities to the amount of £318,318 ex-
pired. If, therefore, England were to raise next year
loans to the extent of £40,000,000, the charge of the
national debt would be no larger than it has been this
year.—London Express.
IRISH EMIGRANTS FOR PERU.—Dr. Edward Cullen,
says the Boston Courier, has entered into a contract with
the Peruvian Government for the introduction into that
country of 25,000 Irish emigrants, who are to renounce
their allegiance to that Government, and become citizens
of Peru. The Peruvian Government pays their sea
passage, and gives to every colonist about nine acres of
land, at an elevation of 4,000 feet above the level of the
sea.
THE BIRMINGHAM CATTLE Snow.—This exhibition
closed on Thursday night, the proceedings of the week
having been satisfactory alike to the public, the com-
mittee of management, and the exhibitors. Upwards of
46,000 people visited it during the four days. Nearly
every beast, pig, and sheep in the show-yard was dis-
posed of to the butchers of the midland counties ; and a ,
fair proportion of the poultry was sold. The Devona
realised 9d., and in some cases even more ; the Here-
fords and short-horns, from Bd. to Ba-d. ; the cross-bred
and Down sheep, Bd. ; the long-woolled and Leicesters,
; and pigs made 10s. per score.
FALLING IN OF AN OLD COA.LPIT.—Near the bottom
of Manchester-street, Oldham, at Coppice Nook, a coal-
pit shaft was filled up in 1849, and recently a house has
been built over it, the front wall of the house crossing
directly over the spot where formerly was the mine mouth.
The house belonged to Mr. Barnes, and was occupied by
Mr. Matthew Ormrod, who has a wife and six children.
About one o'clock on Wednesday morning Mr. Tempest
Whitehead, landlord of the Plough Inn, Manchester-
street, was awakened by a sound, as he says, "like an
earthquake." He went to his back door, when he dis-
covered a large hole, just where the shaft used to be.
He awoke the Ormrods, and they got through one of
the windows, and were safely taken to the Plough Inn.
Large masses of earth continued to
.fall in during the
night, and when morning dawned it was seen that the
wall of the house had given way in several places, and
the lower portion bent down into the opening several
inches. The gulf was plumbed with a cord and weight,
and was foun. to be sixty-seven yards deep.
THE BRITISH IN CHINA.—The following paragragh
is from the correspondence of the New York Herald,
from on board the United States frigate Mississippi at
Shanghai :—" We may well stop here a moment to com-
pliment English judgment, which said, on the 24th
ult., ' You are trifling with us, Remove the barriers,
or we will blow down your forts.' And we may also
pauso to regret that even English courage failed to
accomplish its end. I know very well that there is a
deep-seated and, by the way, a very groundless preju-
dice throughout our country against 'the Britishers.'
I know very well that this prejudice is confined mostly
to one-horse minds, who find it difficult to forget that
'the Britishers' who caused our revolution eighty-three
years since, and the glorious warriors who opposed them
and conducted it to so brilliant an end, are all now gone
before the Ancient of all time, there to settle their
differences. And I also know that if these very ' one-
horse minds' could comprehend the bonds which unite
England and the United States at the present day, and
if they could have witnessed the straightforward and
reckless courage which was displayed before the Peiho
forts a few weeks since, they would join us in regrets
for its failure, and find themselves forced to admire a
a nation boasting men of such indomitable bravery."
EAR-nisus.—Ear-rings, for many years laid aside, are
now all the rage in the world of fashion ; but an entire
revolution has taken place in their form and design, as
heretofore they were worn in long pendants, reaching
the neck, and they are now distinguished by being as
small as "possible. I bouton is the most graceful form,
covered entirely with diamonds, en pave, or a round ball
of gold with a coloured stone in the centre; an Etruscan
design made in Rome, a copy from the celebrated For-
narina, is also much worn. Ear-piercing, therefore,
once called fashionable barbarism, :is again daily prac-
tised—and not alone from the caprice of fashion, as our
oculists consider that defective vision is greatly. relieved
by this simple process. Our most gracious Majesty and
the Empress Eugenie are most lavish in their patronage
of ear-ringa. For the head-dress, a simple wreath of
diamonds, placed on plait, has superseded the towering
and shrub-like tiaras of former days, at once more
classic and graceful. Coral is also much used for the
head ornaments.—Court Journal.
&Amt..HOLE IN GUILDHALL. —The ancient Little
Ease in the Guildhall was destroyed in 1815, in making,
the improvements in the Guildhall ; it then stood at the
site of the steps leading to the Council Chamber. The
present one was soon after erected in the north-west
, turret, and was often used till the year 1831, but not
since. Jor a description of Little Ease, see Dr. Lin-
gard's "-History of England." vol. viii, note g, p. 424,
fourth edition,.lB3B. "A fourth kind of. torture. was a
cellcalleCrLittle Ease.' It was of so stnalldimensions,
and , ,so constructed, ' that the prisoner could neither
stand, sit, nor lie in it at full length. He was corn.
pelted` to draw himself up in a squatting posture, and so
remained several days." There were many places like
these for the punishment of prisoners in different .parts
of the country. Randale Holme says there was one at
Chester ; there was one at Walton-on-the-Hill ;Ithere
is 'one at Liverpool, on Everton Brow; another on the
St. Helen's-road, three miles ..from Liverpool, and
another at Hull„ near the-Lancashire shore.---gity" Press.
THE REFORM BriL.=—The clerk to the-Leads:Board of
Guardians, in 'ecrnipliance with n requeet on' the part 'of
the Government, has. made a return to the 'Poor:dew
Board of the number of persons occupying-houses in the
883;410.7d uLnBdaenrdiuBl:
township, of Leeds rented and rated respectively at £5,
L6,,,,roind 03 per annum. From. this return it appears
upwards,
d7i,t0t206.:180
that-thern are in,lhn-taavnship-of Leed:stouses rented
and rated as ;follows :—Rental, £5 and under £6 per
a.nnwin,!3,744;ditto £6 and under £7, 1,962 ; ditto .£1
uses.
Rated at £6 and under £6, 1,962 ; ditto £6 and under
£7, 1,363; ditto £7 and
upwardsi.6,o23 hollses, The number-of Parliamenta•r/
voters at
and ander, £B,
present in. the, same township is 4,57,9'..-Whic
is abontlwO4hirds.of' the number on the.whotolaister
for the borough of Leeds„the whole number being
o.l..tha_h2na the
out-townaiips,of the, boroup , hear A. ,Kopert4onate
weight to thoie %lie township Of; tOds, 80;910 if the
numbers in each, class. of houses in the foreg6ing return
be increased !niPie, a PO 'idea will, be giten
of .the,t,ota,t,iimitbervof householders in each class in the
ontire-boictigh.
DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday night
a. kiiitiei's Men in it„ reached thelßeding-
wwwram„rimirreErLe-wwand-they were-about to
cross wrhen'tbs: was seen advaufingz ,In some
way or other, the animal got upon the rails, and moved
quickly dowin the sanie side as that on which the express
waioridrig at' the' rate of nearlyforty miles an hour.
.The ttsolt,h4Y)oB,sily he antieipatecl,.t train, with
a dreadful crash, smashed both horse and van to atoms,
killedlboth of the men. Some idea of the colliaiOn
-may be gatheredfrom the fact ,that the Tan was smash
into nearly 500 splinters; that the head of the animal,
and different parts of its body, 'were found at consider-
able distances—all tho shoos being torn off ; and that
the body of one of the men was found at least seventy
yards from the place of collision, and the other not quite
ill far. The head of the first-mentioned sufferer was
dreadfully crushed, and his body presented many injuries;
the other had ono of his hands cut off, and also sustained
other injuries.