Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-27 00:00:00

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QUEENS' GUINEAS.
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Four ran.

Benefit...

CIIRRAGH RACES. -YESTERDAY
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OAKS STAKES.

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QUEENS' PLATT.

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A SCENE IN THE BANK OF IRELAND.

A man presenting the appearance of a respectable
tradesman, but with a wild uncollected manner, and a face
which had been unshorn for days, was charged at College-
street Police Office. under the following circumstances :
A porter in the Bank of Ireland, named Canterbury,
deposed that on that day, between twelve and one o'clock,
the prisoner entered the cash-office, and was seen stand-
ing for some time almost motionless. He then went over
to
.one of the tellers and asked him for money, but, on
being told that he had no authority to give him any, the
prisoner became very violent, and said he should have it
by some, means or other.- He exclaimed that he supposed
they would not mind losing a few lives there," and a
long le& hern staff was for the first time noticed with him,
which, when witness went over for the purpose of
removing him, he drew the top off, and disclosed a sharp
and dangerous-looking weapon some inches in length,
fastened into the staff, which he held after the manner of
a demi-pike, and presented at all who came near him,
declaring that he would have their lives. He struck
witness in the chest with the butt end, and knocked him
backwards. Police constable 182 B , deposed that ho was
nailed upon by one of the clerks in the Bank, and went
over with the object of endeavouring to get the prisoner
out or to take the weapon from him, but the latter pre-
sented it determinedly at him, and threatened to have his
life. Ultimately Mr. Roberts, chief of the transfer
department, got behind him and caught hold of the
weapon, which was then wrenched out of his hand.
Upon finding this instrument lost to him, he pulled out a
large stone which was also secured, and on being taken to
the station-house and searched, another weapon, resembl-
ing a dagger, was found upon him. The blades of both
these instruments consisted of files ground at one end to
a thin edge, to which the sharpness of a razor was
ultimately given. The prisoner, being called on for his
defence, answered slowly, but in a manner which showed
he must have been originally a man of considerable
information, that an underhand falsified world, which
professed to be guided and governed by the maxims of
God, without in reality being so, had combined against
him for nothing more than being an adherent of the simple
unaffected, and single-minded laws of God, and he had
been obliged to take up weapons in defence of his own
existence. He had nothing to live by but his hand labour,
and if persons were so prejudiced that they would not
give him any, what was he to do ?—he could not lie down
and die. He followed an humble business, and lived
in Townsend Street, but declined to tell the number or
his own name : was afraid there was no one that would
go ball for him. He was remanded until the arrival of
Dr. Ireland, when he was committed to prison at a
dangerous lunatic,—Dublin Evening Mail!

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.,

FRANCE.

PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
The official numbering of the votes for Paris
took place at the Hotel de Vile this morning; the
numbers do not show any very material variation
from those already published. Indeed, there is
hardly anything more to be said on the subject.
There is no further uncertainty about the pro-
vinces ; the returns that come in show that

the Government has it all its own way, or
nearly so and the mortification caused at first
by the success of the two or three Opposition
candidates has given place, if we are to take the
words of official people for it, to great satis-
faction. Six electoral "colleges" will have to
be again convoked in 15 days--three in Paris, one
in Mayence, tone in the Somme, and one in the
Maine-et-Loire, where the " absolute majority"
has not been obtained, but in three of these the
contest will be between Conservative candidates.
M. Garnier-Pages transfers the votes he has re-
ceived to his Democratic opponent, M. 011iveir in
the fourth district of Paris; and M. Bastide with-
draws in favour of M. Darimen. The united votes
of the former are still 143 lower than thos3 given for
the Government candidate, and nothing will be left
undone to make up the difference, with what succes
remains to be seen. In the seventh the united votes
are still 136 under the official candidate ; and
General Cavaignac, in the third district, hopes to
keep the advantage he has acquired. It is im-
possible to say how these will turn. In the mean-
time it has been intimated to the Ministerial press
to be very moderate in their language when
noticing the second elections ; and to avoid every-
thing likely to excite au angry feeling.
The following are the official results of the
remaining elections, the only place still to be
decided being Corsica, in which place the electoral
proceedings will take place on Sunday :
Government Opposition.
Departments. Candidates Candidates.
Ariege . . 2 0
Aveyron _ 2 0
Crewe ... 2
0

D cubs (2d district) ... .. 1 0
Haute-Garonne (Ist district) 1 0
Landes (2d district) ... 1 0
Lozere ... ... • - 1 0

31.orbihan (3d district) ... 1 0
Nord (2d district) 0 1 (?
Oise 3 0

Pas-de-Calais (sth district) 1 0
Basses. Pyrenees (2d and 3d
district) ... ... ~ 2 0
Saone-et-Loire (2d and 3d
district) .. .. .. 2 0

The French Academy has just elected M. de
Montalembert its director for the ensuing. year.
The Academicians have shown better taste and a
superior appreciation of talent than the electors of
the D 04,105. M de Fallow has also been elected
Chancellor of the Academy
A private letter from Athens, of the 17th inst.,
mentions as probable the nomination of General
Kalergi to the post of Minister Plenipotentiary to
Paris. It states, that the King of Bavaria, during
his stay in the French capital, intimated his desire
to see the General, whose strong anti-Bavarian
opinions are known, removed to some distance
from Athens, on the ground of his being
dangerous. His Majesty was informed that
the General had been assured a quiet and undis-
turbed residence in the Greek capital, on condition
that he should do nothing to offend the Govern-
ment ; that he had done nothing ; and that a
forcible removal from Athens, merely because of
his linown attachment to the policy of the Western
Powers during the war with Russia, would not
be viewed with satisfaction in France. If, how-
ever, his presence in that city, inoffensive as it
might be, was obnoxious to high personages,
King litho might attain his object by sending him
to kParis as representative of Greece. The letter
adds :
The Camarillas took the matter into consideration, and,
though with some repugnance, accepted it. Something has
been said about an amends honourable required from the
General, but which he declined to give. It is expected
that the appointment will appear immediately after the
departure of the Queen from Germany in the early part of
next mouth. The question of the succession to the throne
of Greece will be negotiated by the Queen during her stay
in Germany.
General Tcheffkine, Director-General of Roads
and Highways in the Russian Empire, has arrived
in Paris on a special mission.
A letter from Leghorn, of the itith instant, in-
forms us that after the celebrated seizure of the
ninety-eighty muskets, so pompously announced
in the Tuscan Monitor, usually so discreet on
every matter which affects the country of which
it is the sole political organ, the police propa-
gated every species of absurd report. Everybody
laughed on reading the article in the Monitor, but
the government agents gravely replied that when
the facts became known they would be found to
afford no matter for laughing. Nevertheless, the
arrests are confined to a few of the dregs of the
population and the domiciliary visits paid at Pisa,
Leghorn, and Florence produced no discovery but
that of some unimportant letters forwarded to cer-
tain suspected individuals through the post.offiee.
Still, reports were circulated that public tranquillity
were seriously menaced. The troops were confined
to their barracks, and the goldsmiths and other
wealthy shopkeepers were cautioned to he on their
guard. A police agent even told a friend, under
the promise of secrecy, that ho had burnt all his
papers, fearing a revolution for the following day.
At the same time a tragedy was permitted
to be performed at the Theatre of Leghorn:
in which an actress exclaims " Viva la Republica,''
which was loudly cheered by the audience,
while the word liberty is not permitted to
be pronounced in the celebrated duo of the
Puritani, but is altered to loyalty. All these facts
have convinced the population of Leghorn that
the reports of an insurrection were circulated
by the police agents to consolidate the miniW.ry of
Signor Landucci, and to cause foreign nations to
believe that Tuscany is too much agitated to merit
a reform. The inhabitants of Leghorn are the more
impressed with this belief, inasmuch as the events
above-mentioned took place in the absence of the
Grand Duke and of Signor Baldasseroni. The
results of the disastrous accident at the theatre of
Leghorn are more lamentable than were announ-
ced. There are 106 dead and about 300 wounded.