Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-11-19 00:00:00

FRAUD ON THE WEST YORK RIFLES.—In reply to
an advertisement for pay-serjeant, a man wrote to the
Adjutant from Dublir, and requested that a reply might
be addressed, " Post-office' Duhlin, to be left till called
for." This was done, the man's services were accepted,
and about the 19th or 20th ult. he joined the regiment
in Edinburgh, was attested, and posted to No. 5 Com-
pany, and received over the accounts of the company,
bills, &c., and money from the acting pay-serjeant.
Instead of discharging the bills, he put the money In h'i
pocket, drew more money on the 22nd, and on the Ist
inst. a good round sum,. with which to pay the company,
and those whowere going on furlough. Some of these
were anxious to be off, and kept to him till they got
their money ; other he "staved off," and finally he dis-
appeared, leaving the captain to settle for £lO3.

THE FIRST EUROPEAN LADY IN JEDDO.—On the
6th of July Mr. Allcock, the English Consul-General
to Japan, left the English war-steamer Sampson, under
a salute of 13 guns, accompanied by his wife, two
children, secretary, and interpreter, and landed at
Sinnagawa, and hoisted his flag. The lady of Mr.
Allcock attracted the attention of the Japanese
more than all the rest of the party, she being
the first European lady that ever stepped forth on
Jeddo soil, and to them, with her crinoline stuck
out, and gaily-trimmed bonnet, she was an object o
considerable attraction, and was eyed by all the crowd,
who would run ahead of her so as to look her in the
face ; some of them took hold of parts of her dress, and
this ungentlemanly conduct she very properly resented
by giving them a pretty heavy blow over their heads
with her parasol. Mrs. Allcock had been a long time
in Canton before she proceeded to Japan, and she was
prepared to meet the Japan heathens.—Addo corres-
pondence of the New York. Herald.

On Wednesday morning, an overwhelming congrega-
tion assembled at the parish church of St. James's, Pic-
cadilly, London, to hear the last sermon intended to be
preached in England by the Right Rev. Dr. George
Hill, the newly-oonsecrated Bishop of British Colum-
bia, prior to his departure for his distant diocese. In
the sermon, the bishop described the dangers, as well
as the safety, of a missionary life, and called upon all
present to support this newly-founded mission in
a spirit of true Christian sympathy. The holy
communion was subsequently administered by the
Bishops of London, Oxford, and Columbia. In the
afternoon, the Lord Mayor presided over a large meeting
in the Egyptian Hall, specially called by his lordship,
on requisition, for the purpose of considering the best
measures to be taken for assisting the bishop in the dis-
charge of the arduous and important duties with which
he has been charged. The Lord Mayor announced that
the foundation of the mission was due to Miss Burdett
Coutts, who had endowed it with £25,000. Her
Majesty the Queen had subscribed £250, and the Mar-
quis of Westminster £2OO. The new bishop, Dr. Hill,
addressed the meeting, intimating that his departure
from England would take place yesterday. The meeting
was addressed by the Bishops of London and Oxford,
the Hon. A. Kinnaird, Sir G. Grey, and others.

Mr. George Anthony, a well-known and highly-
respected artist at Manchester, died, we regret to say,
from the effects of gastric fever, on Tuesday. Mr.
Anthony, though not so well known as some of his
brother artists in the profession, was a man of highly
cultivated tastes, and stood high in their estimation as
an art-critic. He was the author of Art-Criticisms,
which appeared for many years in one of the leading
Manchester papers under the signature of "Gabriel
Tinto." His death will be a source of sincere grief to
a numerous circle of friends, and to none more than
those among his brother artists.

LONGEVITY AMONG THE PEERAGE.—It is not a little
singular that of the score or so of peers who have died
since the commencement of the year, there are sixteen
whose united ages amount to no less than 1,229 years,
giving an average of seventy-six years and a-half to
each, and setting at nought the dictum of David as to
" three score years and ten." The list of noble lords is
as follows :—The Earl of Avlesford, aged 72; Lord
Northwick, 81; the Earl of Ripon, 76; the Marquis of
Bristol, 89 ' • the Earl of Devon, 8/ ; the Bishop of
Bangor, 86; the Duke of Leeds, 60; the Earl of
Mciray",- 63-; the Earl' of Tankerville, 83; Eitil Oath-
cart, 76 ; the Earl of Harborough, 62 ; the Earl
Minto, _76 ; Viscount St. Vincent, 92 ; the Earl of
Jersey, 86 ; the Earl of Westmoreland, 75 ; the Earl
Waldegrave, 71.—Once a Week.
THE GLASGOW VOLUNTEERS.—The volunteer move-
meat is now proceeding with great spirit at Glasgow,
and already 2,000 men, the flower of the population,
have been either formally embodied, or are in the
course of embodiment. The companies which were
earliest formed are now nearly all armed, and have
attained considerable proficiency in drill. It will be
remembered that about 400 of them performed the
arduous march to Loch Katrine, on the 14th ultimo, to
officiate as a body guard to her Majesty, and that they
there made a very creditable appearance. As yet, how-
ever, the movement may be considered as only in its
initiatory, state ; for we hear on all hands of new com-
panies about to be formed in Glasgow. The same
same spirit pervades the adjacent towns and villages,
and it is not too much to say that, should the rumours
of French hostility or French invasion gain greater
force, the West of Scotland easily could, and readily,
would turn out an armed force of 30,000 men.—Glas-
osaw-lierald

a 1: anlan el: t,Thtoursodradyer,
BREAKING UP OF A FRIENDLY SOCIETY.—At the
and others, to deliver up
'Rochdale Countyltio:ut rt.
by, oanotWoedf
a case which created a great amount of feeling amongst
;the .2,666 members of a sick and burial society, known
as the Morning Star Sick Club, was brought before his
Honour. Mr. Leresche, barrister, on the part of certain
nianibers, asked' Honour, by virtue of powers
nres:
to ~tire .-plaintiffs £BOO and other property belong..
.ing• .Itr- the- Meld - society: Mr.
Fernley;--barrister 02, ...the patet, 'of the ' defendants, and Mr. Roote,
soliettor,, of 'Manchester, opposed. On the part of
two other sections, Mr. T.W. Whitehead and Mr: Owen
March, solicitors, watched theprcr9edfrpgs. It appeared
thattat the.beginning of the prespnt :Kea; a split took
Itowiltt7(ll-i.eaou-hiP°ll'trefisarer,
phtee among 'the members respenfang.,a proposal to
remove the society from the Morning Star Inn, the
holitio of iMri. Robert Leach, the 'treasurer, at Hamer
i'Bottomes---ter-the—Bay • gorse - Inn; ---at - Smellbridge.
.Qrt *row* of; wait of conVe4iPloP.i.at ' the former
house, it was said to be necessary to remove
!,the .club, ; A, public; ;meeting was held in February
Rig,. in the Public-hall, when a resolution was
'carried in"favOnr of the removal of the society. The
officer inipillifie*on,, along with thq.dofendant Leach,
refuaed to give up the property, and at that time the
soCiety Was unenrolled. Subsequently the parties who
agreed te_tkfresolution determined to enrol. Then the
Leach party agreed also.to enrol, and both did so under
thetitleof "Tbe Morning Star Sick and Biirial Society;"
. but plaintiffs were first. After going into the, plaintiffs'
case, an effort "was made to arrange the matter ; and his
Honour retired for a shOrt time. About six o'clock on
Friday evening, the following warvrenients were signed
by the legal gentlemen engaged :—The funds belonging
to the society to be paid into a' bank'th the eredit of the
Registrarof the Rochdale County Cone ; a division of the
funds to be made ‘)y. him ..i."(7 re'', aeecr(lillui' to tho
numbers in the difrirent sections; Leach, the lamilord
of the Me:, 'fling Star, to 'hive t5O ; the unit 'or each
2:1; i v to i,-,,,,-, ,ii.t of the fttntlx ;_ ,111t1 if ;+r,.divi-i- it
snit; on ..my matter, it f,1);111 be referred tO F.,'. ( )vcils,
V.pr., chsiirinn of the ~:;;,,ofd quarter r es, ions, ..vl'i',,:c
decision shall be final. . .