Northern Times. — 1857-09-23 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

BISCUITS. THE NOTED ROWLEY BISCUIrS. BARCL'ar'S STOUT, AND AL LSOPP'S ALES,  An act of self destruction, accompanied by three attempts to destroy a rectory-house by fire, took place in the village of Bradford Peverell, about two miles from Dorchester, on Saturday last Just before six o'clock that morning the deceased, tamed William Howe, and serving-man to the Rev. Blackstone Williams, Rector of Bradford Peverell, and high sheriff's chaplain, was heard to go up to his room by one of the servants, and shortly afterwards she remarked a singular smell of smoke. On descending she found the lower part of the rectory and the s'a'rcaee were on fire, and at once communicated with her master. The Rev. Mr. Williams immediately ran to the nursery and saved his children, and the household was almost instantly astir. It was observed, however, that Howe was not abou', and Mr Williams thereepon went to his room, and after getting no reply to repeated calls', the rev. gentleman entered deceased's bed-room, and found the unfortunate man lyirg motionless on the floor, with his face downwards, and a discharged gun beneath him. He called to a man named Bartlett to assist Howe, and then went to rescue Mrs. Williams, who, owing to the heat of the staircase, and the smoke, was hardly able to effect an escaee. Mr. Williams then returned to deceased's room, and found him attempting to cut his throat with a razor, and the rev. gentleman managed to get posseseion of ihe razor, and to throw it away, when II )wa fell ueon the floor as if dead. It was found that by means of Leaps of candle ends, straw, empty casks, and portions of wall beirg bared to the lath, preptrations which must have occupied hours for their consummation, the hcuse was in a very dangerous condition. However, the Rev. Mr. Williams made his way again to deceased's room, when he found the man on his feet, hacking at his throat with another raz: la the ex etence of which was unknown to the rev. gen lemen, and the man bleeding prefusely, almost immediately after expir;ng. No cause for th committal of these ceeds has peen assigned. Howe always bore a good character for honesty and attention to Lis duties, and up to bedtime the neevious night had, as usuel, waited upon hs master. 'I he appearance of deceased's bed, ht,werer. the clothes of which were undisturbed, showed that he had not been to bed all night, and ho was dressed as on the preceding evening. Although no report (f firearms was heard by any of ha inmates of the rectory, it is believed death ensued from bullets which had penetrated the bedy. The unfortunate man, at his own le quest, was just on the point of leaving Mr Williams's service, whence he intended to enter the police force at Bristol, and afterwards to get married. An inquest was held the same day before the district corener, Mr. Giles Symonds, and the jury returned a verdict of felo de se. The body was interred at midnight.  At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-atreet, BOYS ate CLO I BED from the Ages of Six to Twenty Years.  THE INDIAN ThIBVS OF Texas.—The 'Zan tribes Texts are passing into rapid decay. In 1853 the whol7 number of Indians was estimated at 20,100. In 1856 the number, fr. m fficial accounts, did rot exceed 12,000. Some 1,500 Lichens t 11 the reservation of the clear fork of the Brazos, as t make good crops ; 3,000 semi-civi ized C e tke, Del iwattes, end Cherokees, a-e in Eastern Texse ; in North, 1,000 Wesbitas and Waeos. There are 3,000 Camauches, 1,000 Lipari-, and 4,000 of all other stragglers