The Sun.
London, England, 1856-02-22 00:00:00

DREADFUL MURDER AT LIVERPOOL.

LlvEnrooL, Wednesday. At an early hour this
snorniog the inhabitants of Cnisenhale-street, Clement-
street, and the locality of VAuxhall-road and Great
Howard-street, near the first-named streets, were thrown
into a state of great excitement by a report that a man
had been murdered during the night, robbed, and the
body drazged into a long and narrow passage running
between Chisenhale-street and Clement-street.

Hundreds of persons soon congregated about the spot,
and, between five and six o'clock, one or two inspectors
and several police•constables arrived.

The body of a man, apparently about 35 years of age,
was fnund lying extended upon his hack in the centre of
the pwage known as " Baggin's Entry," which leads
from Knight's-buildings into Vauxhall-road, one way,
and into Great Howard-street on the other. This pas-
sage is not more than four feet wide, some 150 yards in
length, and on either side there is a dead wall, or the
hacks of a miserable lot of t'uilding,s, said to be tenanteo
by the worst characters in Liverpool.
The murdered man ba,l neither coat, vest, he, nor
boots on ; he wore black cloth trousers, a fancy shirt
with studs down the front ; his trousers pockets were
turned inside out, and nothing was found upon him to
afford aay clue as to who or what he was.
Around his neck was a small scarf, the ends of which
lay in opposite directions. The scarf was tight when
found, and the appearance of the throat left no doubt
that the man had been strangled.

Near where the body was-found there were marks on
the brick wall as though they were made in a struggle;
and it is suoposed that more than one person was en-
gaged in the murder.

It was stated by persons who reside in Chisenhale.
street that hetwesn nine and tin o'clock la,t night, a
man, answering the descriptku of the deceased, was seen
in Joseph Tyrer's spirit vaults, the sign of the Grzpes,
in Clement-street, in the company of a girl of bad re-
pute, and•that although the man was net drunk he had
been dri, king. The landlord, however, bad no recollec-
tion of seeing them.
Frum the appearance of the deceased and his dress—
all that was left—it is supposed that he was mate of a
♦essel, but this is only conjecture, and that having visited
a house of ill-fame, ho got robbed, turned out, and was
strangled,

The police are engaged in making inquiries.

THE OLD SOLDIERS OF THE FRENCH
EMPIRE.

The Moniteur publishes the following account
of the labours, to the end of 1855, of the commis-
sion appointed to examine into the claims of the
old soldiers of the Republic and of the Empire :
"In November, 1854, the Grand Chancellor of
the Order of the Legion of Honour sent in a report
to the Emperor on the labours of the commission
up to that time. At that period the number of
old soldiers admitted to the benefit of the decree of
the 14th Dec., 1851, and of the law of June 10,
1853, was 17,019, thus divided :—Octogenarians,
2,245 ; septuagenarians, 8.157 ; and sexagenarians,
6,617. Since the Ist of November, 1854, the ad-
mission of other claimants has gone on in a re-
gular manner, his Excellency, at the recommenda-
tion of the commission, having granted life allow-
ances to 4,425 fresh members, viz. :-655 octoge-
narians, 2,373 septuagenarians, and 1,397 sexage-
narians. From the Ist January, 1852, to the 31st
December, 1855, pensions have thus been granted
to 21,444 old soldiers. The number of deaths
which have been notified to the Grand Chancellor
up to this time amounts to 5,133, of whom 1,165
were octogenarians, 2,802 septuagenarians, and
1,166 sexagenarians A decision of the 21st
March, 1852, conferred on the Grand Chancellor
the power of awarding to the widows or relatives,
of the deceased the part.of the life grant unpaid at
the moment of their decease. It is in virtue of
that power that the Grand Chancellor, on the pro-
position of the prefects, has just ordered the sum
of 120,984 f. 50c. to be divided among 2,239
claimants, as heirs to the deceased members,"