The Northern Daily Times. — 1856-03-18 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN TIMES  Sir,—The old adage that " One fool makes many," is strikingly. illustrated in the long list of suicides with which the newspapers are now teeming. It is a fact, of which all observing persons must be cognizant, that when-ever any person of note or position dpstroys himself the example is Speedily:followed by a host of snobs, who fancy they become heroes in performing the,like' grand exploit. But for the giiarding of human life against foul play, one 'could, in most of these cases, wish that publicity were not given to so many of these atrocious acts. There is, in many of the reports of such • cases, too much Of a maudlin tenderness towards the memory of the actors in these scenes of self-slaughter. It were well that the tone of the press should be changed in this regard— that the crime of suicide should be held up to the scorn and execration it deserves, instead of being tenderly pitied as a misfortune ! The soldier who deserts his post is branded as a coward—the citizen who skulks out of existence, is a deserter from his post of duty to society.— What tenderness is due to the memory of man, who, rather than confront some temporary ill that flesh is heir to, leaves wife, children, sisters, brothers, to grieve and starve, wanting the aid and support it was his duty to afford them, so long as it pleased God to give him sufferisnon this fair globe? The act perpetrated, no remedy left against the offender, but let us try to show others who may contemplate the like villainy, that they leave only the stain:of infancy upon their names, and disgust of their atrocities. The coward sneaks to death, The brave live on." —I am, Yours, &c , F.  THE, ROYAL Soctrry.--There are forty candidates fu` election into the Royal Society this year. This number exceeds that of any preceding year since 1847. The day of election is fixed this year for the sth of June, when -fifteen candidates will be submitted by the council to the society for election. Tug LATE DUKE Or NONFOLX.—By the demise of his grace the Duke of Norfolk, his second san, Lord Edward Howard, becomes possessed of the Glossop estate, *with a splendid mansion, which was rebuilt few years ago. We believe that very rarely indeed has so rich a property been inherited by the second son of a nobleman. We understand that Lord Edward has appointed M. J. Ellison, Esq., his agent for his Derbyshire estates.—. Derby Reporter. THE EMBEZZLEMENT AT THE LICHFIELD BANK.—William Lawton, who for forty years was- clerk at Messrs. Palmer and Greene's bank, Lichfield, was charged at the Qnarter Sessions, on the 12th instant, with feloniously stealing £7,350, belonging to his employer, Mr. Richard Greene, the bankrupt. The trial occupied about four hours, the facts being those already published ; and the jury, after being absent a few minutes, returned. with a verdict of guilty.—The defendant, who is 73 years of age, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude.—Stafrdshire Advertiser.  WOODS, FORESTS, AND LAND REVENUES.—The general abstract of the accounts of the Commissioners of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues for the year ended the 31st March, 1855, shows that the receipts (in cash) amounted to £701,9.15, and the payments to £614,133, the balance of cash being £68,658. The amount of stock bought and sold was 4141,001. The expenditure for "land revenue" was .£68,186 ; , for Windsor Forest and Parks, Z 19,706 (including the Royal Stand and kennel at Ascot); and for the royal forests and wood lands, £40,239. NATIONAL STATE PArputs.—Government has at length 'doiie something definite with regard to our State papers. Three exeellkent antiquaries have been 'set at work upon them—to assort, arrange, and calendar their contents. Mr. Lemon, keeper of the State papers, takes the reign of Edward the Sixth, (already advanced some stages,) and the next three reigns. Mrs. Everett Green—author of "Lives of the Princesses of England''—is labouring at the times of James the First. Mr. John Bruce has undertaken the reign of Charles the First, and the period of the Commonwealth. In a few years we may hope to see these papers as available to historical students, as are the Manuscripts in the British Museum. SIR BENJAMIN HALL AND, THE SUNDAY QUESTION.-011 Thursday a deputation from the West London SundayRest Association, had an interview with Sir B. Hall. Mr. Haldane explained that the 'object which the association had in view, was to prevent the desecration of the Sabbath, by the opening of the British Museum, the National Gallery, and the Crystal Palace on that day, and also to abolish the practice of the band playing in Kensington Gardens on Sunday evenings. gir B. Hall said, he did not see how the Sabbath was desecrated by the band playing. For more than 100 years bands played on Sundays in every town where a regiment was quartered. No ease had been made out for discontinuing the practice. As Kew Gardens bad been referred to, he would say that he could not recommend their' being closed on Sundays, nor Hampton Court either, nor could he give any assurance that the band would be prevented from playing in Kensington Gardens. 

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