The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-01-06 00:00:00

THE COURT.

,
WINDSOR, SATURDAY, JAN.„ 3.-Major General and Mrs..
Crauford and Lieutenant Col. Cocks (commanding officer of
the 2nd battalion of Coldstream Guards) had the honour of
dining with her Majesty yesterday. The band of the Cold-
stream Guards played during dinner. The gieen'a private
band afterwards attended, and played the following
selection :

Overture, "La Bayadere"
Selection, "A Winter's Tale" Hatton.
Morn' Priere and Marsch, " Comte Ory" Rossini.
The Queen walked in the grounds adj iining the Castle
this morning. Prince Albert went out hinting. The
Princess Royal and Princess Alice rode in the riding house.
The Hon. Lucy Kerr and the Hon. Mary Bulteel have
succeeded the Hon. Beatrice Byng and the Hon. Emily
Cithcart, as Maids of Honour in Waiting. The Right
Honourable H. and Lady Mary Labouchere, the Provost of
Eton, the Honourable and Very Reverend the Dean of
Windsor, and Colonel Parkar (commanding officer Ist Life
Guards) had the honor of dining with her Majesty. The
hand of the Ist Life Guards played during dinner. Her
Majesty's private band attended in the Castle in the evening,
and performed the following compositions :
Overture, " Euryanthe"
Quintetto (Op. 108).
Allegro—Larghett —Minuetto and Trio—)
Tema con Variazioni. Clarinet, two vie-
lens, villa, and violoncello. Messrs. Wil- }Mozart.
Hams, E. R3menyi, Day, Vogel, and I
Schroder
WINDSOR. SUNDAY, JAN. 4.—The Queen and Prince,
the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice,
and Princess Helena, the ladies and gentlemen of the court,
and the domestic household, attended divine service this
morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon.
and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor officiated. The
Duchess of Kent and Princess Amelie of Hohenlohe-
Schillingfurst also were at the service.

THE WEATHER has again charged considerably.
Sunday and Sunday night heavy gales prevailed, with very
cold atmosphere, and yesterday morning there was a smart
frost. During' yesterday a cold bitter wind, but very dry,
prevailed. There is an indication of continued frost, and
probably a fall of snow.

DINNER TO EMPLOYES, AT ROCK FERRY.-It is always
most agreeable to find that the best feeling, such as should
actuate all parties, prevails between the employer and the
employed, and we have this day the pleasure of recording an
interesting annual event that took place yesterday, at
Mr. Crafter's, Derby Arms hotel, Rock Ferry, Thomas
Weston, Esq., the extensive coal merchint, of Rock Ferry,
gave his employees the annual dinner. There were upwards
of 20 sat down to an excellent dinner, which, amongst other
"good things," consisted of the fine old substantial fare of
roast beef and plumb pudding, and which was served up in
a style that elicited approbation for the worthy host. The
chair was occupied by Mr. Weston himself, who thus paid
the highest compliment to his people, whilst it reflected
honour on himself, and Mr. Butler was in the vice-chair.
When ample justice bad been done to the viands, the chair-
man gave the usual loyal toasts, and then the chairman's
health and prosperity to him was given, and received with
enthusiasm by the company. After spending an agreeable
evening, the company separated, highly delighted, wishing
many happy years to their worthy employer.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

MURDER OF THE ARCHBISHOP

PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.
The only topic conversed on here is the assas-
sination of the Archbishop. of Paris. When the
report was first spread throughout the city, no one
could believe in the reality of so awful a crime,
committed in such a place and by such a hand ;
but it was soon ascertained, lamentable to relate,
that the sad intelligence was only too true. The
following is a detailed account of this dreadful
crime :
" Saturday was the fete of Ste. Genevieve, and
the archbishop went to the church, according to
announcement, to preside over the opening of the
annual ne amine in honour of the stunt, who is pa-
troness of the city of Paris. After vespers, and after
a sermon, by Mgr. Lacarriere, Bishop of La Basse•
Terre, a procession was formed and paraded round
the church in the customary way, the archbishop in
his robes walking at the head of the lady patronesses
of Ste. Genevieve. Just as the archbishop arrived
opposite the outer door and was about to turn up
the nave, a man advanced towards him from the
crowd of spectators, and removing the prelate's
cope with his left hand, plunged with great force
with his right hand a large Catalan knife into the
prelate's breast, near his heart, exclaiming as he
did so, " Down with the goddess !" (A bas lz deesse
The archbishop fell back two steps, cried out "
le malheureux !" staggered, and fell into the arms
of the priests who surrounded him The wounded
prelate moaned two or three times, as if in great
suffeting, and was the moment after bathed in the
blood which flowed from the wound. Ho was im-
mediately conveyed into the vestry and medic 11 as-
sistance sent for; but all human aid was found to be
useless, as he expired almost immediately. The fatal
blow was struck with such extraordinary rapidity
that it was impossible to prevent it. The assassin,
a young man of about thirty years of age, dressed
in dark coloured clothes, made no attempt to
escape, and was immediately seized ; he had at the
moment the knife, from which blOod was dropping,
still in his hand. Just before the venerate prelate
breathed his last, the Abbe Surat, vicar-general,
who was close to him, gave him absolu'ion. The
assassin was conveyed to the mairie of the 12th
arrondisement, and M. Moignon, substitute of the
Procureur Imperial, and M. Treiihard, examining
magistrate, were immediately summoned, and
commenced an interrogatory. M. Corduin, Pro-
cureur Imperial, and M. Pietri, Prefect of Police,
subsequently interrogated him also. From what
ho said, it appears that he is a priest of the
diocese of Meaux, named Verges. He had
been four or five times interdicted for miscon-
duct, and some months back was again
suspended for having preached against the dogma
of the Immaculate Conception. In November last
he displayed great zeal in defending a woman who
was tried at Melun for poisoning her husband, and
though she was convicted of the crime, and con-
demned to hard labour for life, he printed a
pamphlet declaring that she was innocent, and
casting the grossest imputations on the judges
and the public prosecutor. The pamphlet was
seized by the authorities before it could be distri-
buted, and it caused a new complaint against him
to be made to his Bishop. A little later he uttered
menaces against a respected clergyman of the
diocese of Paris, who had done him many kind-
nesses ; and the clergyman deemed it necessary
to make representation to the police. On the 24th
of December, the man came to Paris, and took up
his residence at an hotel, No 2, Rue Racine. He
was accustomed to pass days in the public libra-
ries, and even on Saturday he went to one as
usual. •He endeavoured to obtain an appointment
in the diocese of Paris, but it was notified to him
that the Archbishop would not grant him one.
On hearing that, he appears to have projected
the death of the prelate, and he purchased for the
purpose a knife at the shop of a cutler in the Rue
Dauphine. After he had stated the previous facts,
`he was asked if he had stabbed the archbishop
more than once, and be answered "No; I only
gave him one stab, for I struck in the heart, and
knew the blow was mortal." "Why," be was asked,
" did you cry Down with the goddess !' when you
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against which I have preached from the pulpit:
and I wished to protest once more against the
impious doctrine." " Why did you commit so grave
a crime ?" Because I was interdicted, and because
the archbishop had declared that the inter-
diction would not be removed." He then
added, after a pause, " A priest cannot be
allowed to die of hunger." He admitted that
ho had gone to the church with the pre-
meditated intention of killing the archbishop ; aed
he then several times cried, with some violence,
" No, goddess ! no goddess !" One of the gentle.
men who interrogated him, remarked that the
crime which he had committed was one of frightful
enormity. " Yes," he exclaimed, "it is frightful !"
and then tears fell from his eyes. He begged for a
New Testament, and said, "I shall have great need
of it during the night."
The Debats gives the details es follows :—" M.
de Dories. cure of St Etienne-du-Mont, preceded
the prelate, and invited the assistants to kneel ;
he remarked a man on his right who remained
standing, but who upon a sign from the cure, knelt
with the others. The archbishop, having returned
on the left side of the church, to bless the children,
this man suddenly rose, seized M. Sibour forcibly
with the right hand, made him turn round, and
then plunged a dagger into his heart. The prelate
staggered some steps backwards, exclaiming, " Le
Malheareuz nee/ tue!" and then sank to the ground.
An extraordinary tumult arose, and cries of indigna-
tion were raised by the Resistants, most of whom
were women. The cure thinking that the Arch
bishop had been seized with sudden indisposition,
exerted himself to calm the assistants and
advanced towards the prelate, who fell upon the
flagstones uttering not another word. The crowd
surrounded the assassin, who was seized and bound
by the sergens de ville, and taken to the mayoralty
of the arrondissement. To-day the church is hung
in black. A notice affixed to the doors announces
that the Archbishop of Paris having been fatally
wounded by the hand of a criminal, the church
will remain closed until the ceremony of expiation
has been celebrated. The assassin has declared
that he had been watching his opportunity since
the morning; and he had been seen walking round
the church, clearly for the purpose of selecting the
fittest place for committing the crime."