The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-18 00:00:00

DEATHS.

Lately, at Lisbon, Mr. James Halliday, of Pernambuco, formerly
of Manchester.
On the 14th inst., at Middlewieh, aged 25 year., of apoplexy, Mr,
Tnomas Henry Arden. He was, on the morning. of his death, to have
ttended the funera' of his brother, but was himself a corpse before
daybreak. His marriage to Miss Harriet Mann, at St. Asaph, vr; s
reworded only a few days ago.
On the 16th inst., at Dingle Mount, Anne, wife of Harmood Banner,
Esq.

$•• Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are only inserted when sent
to our Office duly authenticated.

At LEWIS &COMPANY'S, Ranelagh street,
,BOYS are CLOTHED from the Ages of 6 to 20 Years.

MALT.—In the year ended 30,h September last, there
were made in the United Kingdom 4,761,2:20 quarters of
malt, and there were used by brewers and victuallers
3,843,713 quarters. Retail brewers in England used
399,488 quarters. The malt made includes the quantity
made duty free.
THE PRINCE AND THE MAYOR —The Mayor of Man-
chester has received an autograph letter from Prince
Albert, expressing a high sense of the attention shown to
his Rbyal Highness during his recent sojourn at Abney-
hell, and begging the acceptance by Mrs. Watts of a valu,
able bracelet as a memorial of the visit.
No PEW RENTS.—A new baptist chapel, capable of ac-
commodating 1,000 persons, and erected at a cost of
£4,0004 sew, opened at Bradford yesterday. Although there
are pews in the chapel, there will be no pew relate ; the
voluntary principle, pure and simple," being about to be
adopted for the maintenance of divine service. The expe-
riment is altogether new in Bradford, and its working will
be watched with interest by all sections of Christians.
DEATH OF LORD WILLIAM FITZROY. --1-The premature
announcement of this respected nobleman's death has
proved only too propheticis lordship expired on Wed-
nesday evening at East Sheen, surrounded by the members
of his sorrowing family. Few noblemen have died
more sincerely lamented by a numerous circle of friends
then this gallant officer, and his memory will long survive
in the hearts of those who had an opportunity of appre-
ciating the many virtues of his character,
THE DOUBLE SUICIDES IN THE EAST. —The awful
events that have taken place in the Persian Gulf have
given rise to a good deal of speculation. One correspon-
dent gives us the following hypothesis :—I know little of
the Persian question beyond what I have read in the
newspapers, and less of the actual position of our troops
in the Quit, but this I believe, as firmly hs that I exist—
and I would stake all I possess upon the accuracy of my
opinion—that the fear of anonymous slander, libel, vitu-
peration and abuse, in unmeasured terms and without
mercy, by a certain newspaper, drove our two commanders
to the frightful crime of suicide. Of late years the attacks
of this description upon the most honest, true-hearted,
and courageous of British officers have been of frequent
occurrence, and with results of a most painful character,
and calculated to deter any man from accepting responsi-
bilities in the service, even at the command of his sovereign.
I well remember the conduct of anonymous writers towards
Lord Gough—how, after doing his best, he was charged
with hot-headedness and destroying our prestige, and I
don't remember what besides, and how another officer was
demanded to supersede him, and yet at the same moment
he had laid, and for ever, the Indian empire at our feet,
And throughout the Crimean campaign how many fell
victims to the same anonymous slander. Scarcely one
man in command escaped attack. Upon Lord Raglan's
monument should be inscribed, "An honest, fearless, and
faithful soldier lies buried here—the victim of an anony,
mous writer." To the fear of the same writing I traced
the suicide of our naval commander et Peterpauloski, and
to its effect I attributed solely the broken hearts and deaths
of Boxer, Christie, and same half dozen others, all men of
ability and integrity, who sank beneath the envenomed
darts from an editorial chair.