The Sun. — 1856-02-21 (London, England)

DREADFUL MURDER AT LIVERPOOL.  LivEnroor,, Wednesday.—At an early hour this morning the inhabitants of Chisenbale-street, Clementstreet, 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 dragged into a long and narrow passage running between Chisenhale-street and Clement-street. linndrPds of persons soon congregated about the spot, and, between five and six o'clock, brie or two inspectors and several police-constables arrived. The body of a man, apparently about 35 years of age, was f ,und lying extended upon his back in the cantre 01 the passage known as " Baggin's Entry," which leads from Knight's•bnildings into Vauxhall-road, one way, and into Great Howard-street on the' other. This passage is not more than four feet wide, some 150 yards in 'e.igth, and on either side there is a dead wall, or the backs of a miserable lot of building., said to be tenantea by the worst characters in Liverpool.  The murdered man had neither coat, vest, hat, 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 way 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 supposed that more than one person was engaged in the murder. It was stated by persons who reside in Chisenhalestreet that between nine and ten o'clock last night, a man, answering the description of the deceased, was seen in Joseph Tyrer's spirit vaults, the sign of the Grapes, in Clement-street, in the company of a girl of bad repute, and that although the man was not drunk he bad been drinking. The landlord, however, had no recollection of seeing them. From the appearance of the deceased and his dress— alt that was left—it is supposed that he was mate of a vessel, but this is only conjecture, and that having visited a house of Ll-fame, he gut robbed, turned out, and was strangled. _ _ _  The police are engaged in making inquiries.  THE OLD &LDIERS OF THE FRENCH  EMPIIiE.  The Moniteur publishes the following account of the labours, to the end of 1855, of the commission 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, 6,517. Since the Ist of November, 1854, the admission of other claimants has gone on in a regular manner, his Excellency, at the recommendation of the commission, having granted life allowances to 4,425 fresh members, viz. :-655 octogenarians, 2,373 septuagenarians, and 1,397 sexagenarians. 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 propositiou of the prefects, has just ordered the sum of 120,984 f. 50c. to be divided among 2,239 1 claimants, as heirs to the deceased members."  MURDER IN PARlS.—Countess Caumont Laforce was murdered yesterday morning by her groom, who stabbed her with a pitchfork, in consequence of a violent quarrel he had had with her. The Countess was 40 years of age, somewhat eccentric, and resided in the Avenue des Champs Elys6es. The assassin made no attempt to escape, and gave himself up to the Commissary of It is said that 10,000 Austrians are to remain for two years in the Principalities, and a force of 30,000 AngloFrench in Turkey.