The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-11-06 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE MURDER IN- SHREWSBURY.—On Tuesday, an inquest was held at the Salop County Infirmary, before Mr. H. Beate, coron2r, respecting the death of Benjamin Bromley, who was stabbed by a man named Hollis, under the circumstances stated a day or two ago. A surgeon who made a post marten; examination gave his opinion that the injuries which caused death were inflicted with a sharp-pointed knife or some similar instrument. Other evi :ence was given corroborative of the facts already mentioned, and the jury returned a verdict of 64 Wilful Murder" against John Hollis, otherwise John Williams. The prisoner has been taken before the borough magistrates and formally committed for trial at the assiz's.  The Times says of the American Fillibuster—" The relation of touch paper to gunpowder supplies his only idea of the relation of man to man. Man was intended to , be shot as the sparks fly upward—that is the design of his creation. All intercourse of man with man that does not produce this result is an anomaly to his eye, which he hardly knows whether to charge most with folly, wickedness or blasphemy. The great Grecian philosopher describes happiness as 'an energy;' the Fillibuster adds to this definition what the energy is—it is shooting your neighhour through the head. That is the bull's eye of human existence and duty. All other relationships— parental, filial, or fraternal, public or private, commercial or social—give way to the relationship of the shooter to the shot. That is the one fundamental and sacred connexion, Society is valuable in so far as it promotes this intimate tie. Did men live alone like hermits they could not shoot one another, but the social principle brings them ,together, and makes this not only possible but easy.'  SALE or RARE WINEs.—Nn interesting sale of old port and other wines took place at Prospect Hill, near. Reading, on Thursday last. The chief attraction was the old vintage port of all the most celebrated years up to 1820, and including that year, of such Wondrous renown among connoisseurs. • The meeting was a large one, and among those present were many leading men in the wine trade. The first brought forward was a bin of the.vintage of 1815, bottled in 1818. The wine well answered to its repute, being in admirable preservation, although a little past its b st ; however, there could be no hesitation as to its genuineness or its value, and the biddings rapidly rose from five guineas to eight and nine guineas per dozen. The next bin was of the vintage of 1812, bottled in 1815, full of colour, in perfect preservation, fairly without fault, showing both firmness, delicacy, and high bouquet. The price soon rose to ten guineas, and, with scarce a pause, was sold, lot after lot, at eleven guineas and £l2 per doz. The third submitted to the test of the competent judges  .present was a small bin of the vintage of 1804, %hich fully supported its long established renown, still possessing fine colour and high bouquet ; delicate, dry, but full of flavour, there was no symptom of de,ay ; it put beyond all doubt or differences of opinion whether choice Portugal red wine will endure a very long keeping better than any other red wine, and was quickly accepted in the trade at 11 to 12 guineas the dozen. Following this came three bins of the vintage of 1820; each was a rare example—di erent in style, but all of unexceptionable quality; it is indeed remarkable that among port wines of these ancient dates so few decayed or even impaired wines are found, and this seems to attest their general purity. Of these three Kopke's Boriz took the lead, containing all the vigour of youth, showing substance, fruit, the highest quality, and remarkable character. For many tastes, however, the other two are equally fine—one for its deep colour and dryness, with great character; the other for its firmness and concentration of flavour, without hardness or heat. The prices of these ranged from 11 guineas to .el 4 103 per dozen, and became in most instances the property of the trade. The sherry, Madeira, hock, claret, and Burgundy realised good prices, ranging generally from four to six guineas per dozen.