The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-08-27 00:00:00

IMPORTANT TO THE PRESS A.tnost ingenious Machine has recently been in vented for the purpose of setting up type with greater facility and despatch than by the present mode. The London Times, in commenting on the invention, stated one or two objections to it, and the originators sent to the editor the following letter which appeared in the Times on Wednesday. The master printers have had many grievances to complain of, arising from the un reasonable demands made upon them by the compo sitors ; and, as there is every probability of the eventual success of the machine, they will be hereafter inde pendent of their subordinates. Sir,—You have always attached so much importance to every improvement that has of late years been made in typography, that we have no doubt you feel much interested in the machine invented by us, of which you give a short ac count in this day's paper, and we feel certain you will with pleasure admit into your columns a few remarks in elucida tion of your observations on the subject. In the above account, then, although every justice is ren dered to the exceeding rapid manner in which the type is set up by the assistance of the apparatus in question (estimated to set up from 12,000 to 14,000 per hour, or 7 or 8 times as fast as at present),* an error apparently slight, but materially affecting the interests of the patentees, has fallen into—we allude to your remarks on justification, and the collecting of the lines in succession to form a column of a newspaper or a page of a book. _ Now, these two operations have hitherto been so intimately connected with setting up, as to induce many printers to look Upon them as taking up a very important portion of time, whereas by repeated experiments made of the performances of various compositors, we find that a column of a paper, containing 12,000 types, may be reduced from long lines into lines of the width of a column of The Times and justified in less than an hour (the average time employed in our experi ments was 10 seconds per line of 50 types, which gives only 40 minutes for 12,000). Our plan has further the advantage of separating setting up from justification and the collecting into lines, two operations now performed alternately by one prir.on, and those who are acquainted with the advantages of divis.on of labour in newspaper printing must fully appreciate this. The distribution of type is not performed by the apparatus in question, but its use indirectly facilitates this operation, for by our plan the type, after it is distributed, must be put into regular lines, in order to fill the machine properly; and this allows, therefore, of its being corrected, which is im possible by the present plan. This setting into lines, or tilling of the Machine,' which - may be done whilst the com positor is playing the keys, is a very simple operation, pre cisely similar to that which type-founders' boys practise, who set into sticks, as it is termed, at the rate of 4,000 or s'ooo types per hour ; and a trifle will cover this expense and that of removing the receiving-groove•from the compositor to the justifier. Finally, the operations will stand thus—distribution not being taken into account, as it, is similar in both cases : BY HAND A column of a newspaper, containing 12,000 types, is composed by one person, including justification and putting into lines, in 8 hours. BY MEANS OF THE MACHINE. 12,000 types will be set up in 1 hour 12,000 types will be justified and set into lines hi 1 hour , 2 hours 2 hours Difference in favour of the machine of ...... .... 6 hours Or a saving of three-fourths of the time, almost invaluable for a newspaper, more especially in cases of expresses or late debates in Parliament. We are, Sir, your most obedient servants, JAMES HADDEN YOUNG ADRIEN DELCAMBRE. 110, Chancery-lane, Saturday, Aug. 20. * We find that a compositor may, without picking up the letters, touch the boxes of an ordinary case, 13,600 times an hour; now the keys of the apparatus are more conveniently arranged,-and, as often as they are touched, a type is set fup in proper order, and . therefore 14,000 will most likely be the rate at which a practised compositor on the machine will set up. Indeed the very first hour a tyro will set up more by the machine than an expert compositor will by the hand. MODERN LIBERALISM Modern liberalism is an ignorant, selfish, inconsistent, un patriotic, disloyal, ungodly, unfeeling, thing.— IT is IGNORANT—wilfully ignorant, for it does not know and it will not learn the difference between truth and error. It confounds all creeds—good, bad, and indifferent, toge ther. It declares that black is white, and that white is black. It professes to see as well in the dark as in the light. It declares that men are as irresponsible for what they believe as they are for the colour of their skin, — and consequently if a man believes he has a right to your property, no man ought to punish him for taking it from you, —and if he conscientiously believes that he is doing God service in murdering heretics, no one has a right to interfere and prevent him. It declares that to walk blindfold over a precipice in the broad daylight is as sensible and sagacious a transaction as to enjoy a pleasant ramble in the country in the midst of the beauties of God's creation, that both acts are equally worthy of imitation, and both produce equally agreeable sensations, and both lead to the same felicitous re sults. It believes that to worship God and to serve the devil are both equally harmless—that wholesome food and deadly poison are both equally nutritious—that the path of heaven and the road to hell .ire identical—that the good man and the bad man are both innocent creatures, equally plea sant companions, equally faithful friends, equally trustwor thy servants, equally kind and amiable in their deportment, and both equally likely to be happy and useful in this life, and blessed in the life to come. IT IS SELFISH AND INCONSISTENT.—It will not permit any one to have an opinion different from its own on the great point for which it does battle with the rest of the world—viz., that no set of opinions have any right to he con sidered true to the prejudice of any other, set of opinions that no doctrines ought to monopolise the market of demand for what is pure and genuine, but that there should be free trade in creeds as in butter, new-laid eggs, and cheese, and consequently that no creed has any claim to theappellation of the " Truth," but that all but the creed—or rather no-creed —of liberalism are worthless and execrable rubbish. It de clares that no set of men ought to think for others but that all men should think for themselves, and in the same breath it modestly demands for itself the exclusive right and extra ordinary privilege of thinking for all the rest of the world. It declares that every man's conscience ought to be held as sacred as his purse, and in the same breath affirms that no one has a conscience but itself. It holds that liberty of speech is the birthright of every man, but permits no one the right to be heard but itself. It believes that not to be liberal is the quintessence of all that is bad, and that to believe that there is such a quality as bad in the world is the very quintessence of all that is illiberal. It is shocked at the bigotry of pro nouncing a condemnatory judgment upon the sentiments of any man, but considers no sentence too severe for all who have not vet given in their adhesion to the principles of libe ralism. It stands aghast at the audacity, the intolerance, the persecuting malignity of the man who dares to attempt to convert his neighbour to his way of thinking by the pro cess of argumentation, and scruples not a t th e same time to aim at the prostration of the universal mind of the world be neath its own iron hoof, and the su bj ugat i on of the human race to the no-creed of liberalism. _lt weeps tears of blood at the bare thought of a man being held responsible for his creed, and would shed oceans of blood to coerce millions into the reception of th e " no-cr ee d and exalt the ARC H TYRANT LInEe d RA,” Li a s n m d . thus aggrandise IT' is UNPATRIOTIC. It cares not two straws for na tional institutions. In its eyes a babvhouse i s as venerable as St. Paul' s C at h edral, and a Noah's ark as respectable a structure as Greenwich Hospital. A church which instructs millions in the precepts of morality and the more important doctrines of salvation ie utterly contemptible in its estima tion, because it is NATIONAL. It despises every allusion to nationality, and yet strains hard to obtain the nationality of liberalism. It believes that the .country would flourish as well under the grinding tyrannyof papal supremacy as under the benignant sway of the illustrious house of Brunswick. It calls the influence which England exerts over its depend encies and colonies Lawful. It insults the members of the reigning dynasty, and blackens the memory of British mo narchs who sleep with death. It denies all the orna ments of the nation, endeavours to obscure its glories, and to shear it of its splendours. It depreciates and battles with all the elements of greatness and durability in the constitu tion of the country, and fumes and frets because it cannot annihilate the national character quickly enough, nor rase to the ground the venerable and thrice-honoured institutions of the land' with sufficient celerity. That such institutions should have borne the brunt of countless assaults from their malignant and unprincipled enemies unscathed, and should be hoar with the frost of centuries, is to it a matter of un utterable reproach. It has amazing confidence in its own puny strength ; and, as again and again it dashes its frothy waves against the immoveable rock of the British constitu tion, it wonders to see it survive the shock, still rear its ma jestic form to the sk,, and marvels that it has not toppled down from its proud and lofty eminence and tumbled into dust. Jr as DISLOYAL.—It ridicules the idea of royalty, ex cepting so far as royalty may be bent to subserve the purposes of liberalism. It reverses the scriptural rule, " honour the king," into " were the king to do honour to you." It laughs at the royal prerogatives as bubbles—gewgaws to be used as playthings—to appease rebellions in the nursery of liberalism. It winks at rebellion across the channel, and scarcely disapproves of the cry of ".Down with the Queen," if coupled with " Up with liberalism." It erects its batte ries against much that renders royalty revered and beloved by the British people—amalgamates under its banner the he terogeneous battalions of Humanism, infidelity, and sedition —plants its artillery against the citadel of the Protestant con stitution, and opens a d es t ruct i ve fire in the very teeth of sovereignty , against " the principles which placed the house of Brunswick on the throne of these realms." IT Is UNGODLY.—It scarcely knows whether there is a God or not. But if it allows that there may be such a Being in existence, it takes special care to act as though there were none. It laughs at the idea of the Deity taking notice of the transa ctions of man , and considers all re f erence to such ma tters " puerility" and " humbug." It believes th a t th e Deity, if lie exist, is every thing and any thing — a spirit, a substance, an essence, a block of wood, a principle, a whim, a mental creation, a nothing. It believes that man may worship this Deity and be ' a saint,ti aen.astaivloantgibtetlioerala.essatghe;oeler perhaps be all three at give laws into ot the a - British in se to same time. a m h legislators Deity has no right have no need of God h o r r in, of h a is nyre conscience l°n senator has no right to of Parliament, but should leave it in the safe custody of his ife at home. Though it will n beneath its n ot deny that ther e may be a "judgment to come," it it holdsnotice to shap e its actions with any reference to that judgment. Though it cannot altogether declare with any degree of certainty that " there is no God," it inclines to the belief that those have practical admoni been the wisest men who have thought so, and, at all events, that the advice of Confucius was a sound, tion—" respect the gods, but keep them a:dao with God thandistance ;" and that it therefore will have nothing more t It eliat it can help, but will keep Him at a distan c f, doctribneseves that of the the doctrines of the Gospel and the devil" are equally worthy of reception, and should both be patronised and propagated by the state with Pe Gospel" isrfect equality ; inclines to the belief that the " liberty of the tyranny and bondage, and that the slavery of sin and Satan is " lofty and dignified independence;" holds the religion of ,. Christ to be capable of amendment from the joint results of improvement in physical science, the extension of intelli gence, and the sketch of the human mind ; considers the e disorders of humanity susceptible of amelioration by th instrumentality of railroads, steam-engines, deistical educa tion, and the unrestricted circulation of obscene and blas phemous publications ; acts as if unbridled licentiousness and the unfettered play of the bad passions of man consti tuted the elysium of liberalism; believes the spoliation of ecclesiastical property to be no sacrilege, if the robbery is committed with a subservient view to the " liberal" interest, but rather a good and commendable act, peculiarly in ac cordance with the principles of religion and orthodox moral ity ; and rather inclines to the persuasion, that the infliction of " heavy blows and serious discouragements" is the best means of nourishing and defending the church. IT 15 UNFEELING.—It severs the sweet and hallowed ties of kindred—the sweeter and softer ties of domestic brother hood—the sacred bonds of patriotism—crushes the noble sentiments of loyalty—withers up the generous fibres of na tionality, which the beneficent Creator has implanted in the human breast—yields up the bosoms of its unhappy victims to the conflictinc , turmoil of incessant restlessness for change, a rankling and bitter dissatisfaction with the existing consti tution of society, and the relative position and relationship of things—fills the soul with unhealthy humours, agitates it continually with a feverish and mad longing for some indes cribable and unattainable object, an airy nothing, floating in the mind's eye, like the shapeless chimera of a disordered brain—and deposits in the but too susceptible soil of human frailty, to bring forth a prolific and deadly harvest, the seeds of discontent, disloyalty, misery, madness, and despair.— Suen is LIBERALISM !!! MR. SHAND'S ELECTION FOR EVERTON WARD TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL. STANDARD, Sin.,—Mr. Alderman Horuby communicated to me yes terday afternoon, (and I feel obliged to him for so doing,) that he had stated in the Council held on that day, that Mr. Quayle had complained to him that after he (Mr. Quayle) had resigned his seat, and submitted to the action, unneces sary and expensive proceedings had, notwithstanding, been continued against him. Mr. Hornby's speech doe's not ap pear to be fully reported in the newspapers of to-day, the passage relating to this subject being omitted in the Mail, and standing thus in Cores Advertiser:—" It had come to his (Mr. Hornby's) knowledge, that the proceedings against Mr. Quayle had been carried on after Mr. Quayle's resignation, with the sole view of increasing the expenses." As, however, I must suppose Mr. Hornby's own version of his speech to be the correct one, and as his remarks may have produced an unfavourable impression on the minds of those who heard them, and may have been repeated out of doors, I think it my duty to deny that vny proceedings (ex cepting the mere signing of the judgment) were carried on after Mr. Quayle's submission to the action. On Saturday, the 14th of August (the first day of the as sizes), Mr. Harvey, the attorney of Mr. Quayle, culled upon me and proposed that if I would not enter the cause for trial, his client's plea should be withdrawn, and that Mr. Shand should have judgment of ouster against Mr. Quayle signed in London on Monday. In this I acquiesced, and judgment was accordingly (and of necessity, to perfect Mr. Harvey's proposal,) signed at the Crown office, on Monday, the 16th August. This was the only expense incurred after Mr. Quayle had submitted to the action. With reference to Mr. Quayle's previous resignatimi,l need scarcely state that this act, on his part, neither gave Mr. Shand his long withheld seat in the council, nor enti tled him to his costs (several hundred pounds), in order to obtain it, and that to effect both or either of these objects, it was necessary to carry on the suit. I may how ever add a few facts having reference to this part of the charge, and more especially as I think they will be a suffici ent answer to the observations of some of Mr. Quayle's friends at a meeting held at Everton, on the 16th inst., viz., that the proceedings had been vexatious and expensive, and moreover had been carried on against Mr. Quayle, notwith• standing his resignation, without any notice to him. The facts are these :—On the 15th of July last, Mr. Har vey called upon me and stated that, as Mr. Quayle was about to reside in the Isle of Man, he did not feel anxious about a seat in the council, and proposed that he should resign, when a new election would take place, and Mr. Shand would no doubt be returned, and that each party should pay his own costs. I promised him a reply in a day or two. I was then unexpectedly called out of town, but Mr. Watson, at my re quest, called upon Mr. Harvey on the 20th, and stated to him that such proposal would not be accepted, and that Mr. Quayle ought to give Mr. Shand judgment. To this Mr. Harvey refused to accede, and Mr. Watson informed him that the proceedings must therefore go on. On the 27th of July I expressed to Mr. Harvey, at his office, my regret that the settlement of the case had pot been effected, upon which he stated that Mr. Quayle was determined to resign. I said that I should take no notice of a resignation, but continue the proceedings. If Mr. Quayle had given judgment on the 15th, or even on . , .• the 27th July, and not delayed this step till the 14th of August, very considerable expellees would have been saved, but for these he, and not Mr. Shand, is surely answerable. I am, sir, your obedient servant, __. THOMAS CARSON North John-street, 25th August, 1841. LITERARY NOTICES. The Present Slate of the Church of England—her Means and Obligations; a Sermon, preached in the Parish Church of Ashford, at the last Canterbury Visitation, by the Rev. John Du on, M.A., Rector of Warehorne. London : Hatchard and Son. The author of this sermon is, we believe, not altogether unknown to some of our readers. He selects as his text the third verse of the Epistle of St. Jude, and, after shortly adverting to the " common salvation" spoken of by the apostle, proceeds to the consideration of the constitution of the Church of England, and proves it to be, by the most concise, but convincing arguments, in exact accordance with the word of God. This conformity is ably illustrated under the following four heads :—" The Scriptural Purity of her Articles—The Simplicity, Catholicity, Spirituality, and Fer vour of her Liturgy—The Means and Comprehensiveness of her Usefulness—Her Obligations and the earnest Mode of Contention incumbent upon her." The observations ad dressed to the ministry are particularly forcible and well timed. The Churchman, for August. Painter, London This number has, through inadvertence, escaped our atten - tion until now. It continues the same unwavering defender of the discipline and constitution of the Church of England The first paper contains some important remarks on the institution of the Sabbath—its obligations and privileges. Whilst there is much, however, to commend, we see a mani fest leaning to the errors of the tractarians in many of the observations; and the work, therefore, does not challenge our unqualified approbation. We welcome the publication notwithstanding what we have said, as a valuable supporter of the outworks of the church. Fox's Book of Martyrs. Parts 6 and 7. By the Rev JOHN CUMMING. London : George Virtue. We need not repeat our strong recommendation of this work. The history_ is _brought down to the year 1391, and the embellishments are a well-engraved steel portrait of Bishop Ridley and a view of the City of Lyons. The wood cuts are peculiarly excellent, and ald'a considerable interest to the graphic but fearful recitals contained in the publication GItISI Vritten by Signor Zandotti, of this town, on the occasion of Madame Grisi's performance at her benefit at the Theatre-Royal, last evening. Se la Grisi—dagli Elisi Sia discesa io non lo so, So the un astro in lei ravvisi Che la terra illumminOl THE MERCHANT'S CLERIC AND BROKER'S ASSISTANT. —A very useful and, to the parties for whom it is more im mediately designed, valuable little work, under the above title, has been published in this town, and made its appear ance yesterday. It lays down, in a clear, concise manner, the forms of all entries, and also instructions how to pass them through the customs and excise. The information it contains is indispensably necessary to all persons connected with brokers' and merchants' offices ; and all young persons about to engage themselves in such departments, will do well to make themselves acquainted with its contents. It may be carried in the waistcoat pocket, and referred to as occasion may require.—Mr. Davies, of North John-street is the pub lisher. We hear little within the walls of parliament of cheap bread or monopoly, and of the alleged religious bearings of the corn law question nothing at all. In two or three pithy sentences, Lord Melbourne, on Tuesday evening, threw over board all his Jacobin allies and their arguments, not with - out language which bore a close resemblance to indignation, disgust, and contempt. " / dot charge you , my lords," said he, " with that charge which is generally brought against you,—l do not charge your lordships with in terested feelings or motives. No man more strongly con demns the language which is generally made use of ; no man more disapproves the topics and arguments perpetually in troduced in reference to this subject. Ido not think these laws are condemned by the Christian religion ; I do not think they are contrary to morality ; I do not think they are laws fit only to be eradicated; nor do I think they are the work of those who have had nothing else in view but their own interest, and their own objects.' SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—On Friday afternoon, on the Hull and Selby Railway, just as the down train was reaching the Howden station, and the speed had been accordingly abated, one of the assistants on the tender, named George Bell, a native of Hull, imprudently attempted to alight before the engine was stopped, when, losing his balance, he fell to the ground on his face, and his leg being caught by the wheel of the tender, it was severely injured before he could be extricated. Such assistance as could be supplied on the instant having been rendered, the sufferer was brought on to Hull, and taken to the Infirmary, where the limb was imme diately amputated. His recovery is doubtful. LIBERATION OF FEARGUS O ' CONNOR.—An order from the Home office for the immediate release of Mr. Feargus O'Connor arrived at York Castle on Sunday morning. JEWEL ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.—OB Sunday morn ing last the shop of Mr. Thelwell, jeweller and silversmith, in St. Ann's-square, Manchester, was robbed of various articles, consisting of forty-one gold and forty silver watches, besides a large quantity of jewellery. The booty is estima ted at £2,000 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.—At the Manchester police office, on Tuesday, Messrs. Filcher and Willis charged Thomas Dodd and Mr. Dooley with stripping fowls of their feathers alive. The agents to the society stated, that it was a com mon practice, carried on to a great extent. The magistrate said he was resolved to stop such base cruelty, and fined the parties 5s and costs, intimating that if they were brought up again, he would inflict the full penalty. DEATH OF A REPUBLICAN. —A letter from Geneva states,—" On the 31st ult., several communes of Soleure held a grand festival in commemoration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Bernese constitution. The provisions for the feast were taken to the summit of a mountain. An im menise bonfire was made in the evening, which, however, occasioned a lamentable accident. As the flames began to subside, a blacksmith, named Girard, remarkable for his vio lent radicalism, raised one of the brands which had fallen from the heap, and kicked it with his foot into the fire, ex claiming, So would I have every aristocrat served ! ' In doing this his foot slipped, and lie fell back over a precipice of 300 feet deep. He was killed on the spot, leavi ng a w if e with three children, and a fourth in expectancy, whom the aristocrats lie reviled will have to maintain."—Galignani's Messenger. THE BIRNIINGIIAM CHARTISTS.—The old saying " When rogues fall out honest men gain their rights," is being hap pily illustrated in Birmingham. Since the liberation from Warwick gaol of Edward Browne, he has brought sundry charges of a very serious nature against several of his old colleague s of the Bullring and Hollowayhead, which have created a " sensation" at the meeting-house in Newhall street, and the Chartist room in Freeman-street. He has publicly asserted that a member of the " council" of the illegal Chartist Association, who hold their meetings in a room in Freeman street, concocted a plan to set fire to Bir mingham in various parts at one time, and that this noto riously violent person earnestly entreated him and others to carry out the demoniac plan. He also states that an indivi dual was sent from the Chartists of Birmingham to Notting ham to urge the Chartists of that place to rise and set fire to the town, and to assure them that " Dudley was in the hands of the Chartists, and that Birmingham would be in a few hours. Brown is, as might be expected, denounced as a perfidious traitor by his late friends, for divulging the se crets of the Chartist inquisition. The persons charged with these demon views deny the charges brought against them. Brown, on the other hand, positively declares that they are true, and that he is prepared to prove them.—Ten Towns' llfessenger. WALTON BAZAAR AND PROMENADE, It was originally intended that this Bazaar should com mence on Wednesday, but in consequence of the unfavoura ble state of the weather on that day, the opening was post poned until yesterday. This alteration created little or no disappointment to those who purposed to attend, inasmuch as the weather had been disastrous and unsettled for some days previously, and the placards announcing the day of opening contained the proviso of " weather permitting." With this brief remark, and at the same time reminding our readers that we furnished a short sketch of the grounds, and the preparations made, in our paper of Tuesday, we proceed to such general notice as our limited time and space, on the eve of pubiication, will enable us to accomplish,—of the ap pearance of the exhibition, and the success of THE FANCY FAIR YESTERDAY The time for opening was fixed for twelve o'clock, and shortly after that hour, the company drew towards the en trance gate to the grounds, on the north side of the Walton road, in carriages and on foot, in such numbers, as finally to form a continued train or procession. from Kirkdale ; and an almost equal number moved to the spot from the direction of Walton village. The road on the south presented, for some time, the appearance of a rush to the races, with, however, this favourable difference, that the parties, whether riding or on foot, were almost exclusively composed of the higher classes of the community,—there being on such an occasion no inducement or attraction for the gamblers and light fingered gentry who (notwithstanding all recent police regu lations), still infest those latter places of national amusement. Over the entrance gate, at the lodge, an arch of evergreens was erected, with two tall poles at each abutment. Over the arch a national flag was hung horizontally, and a flag also floated from each of the poles, high over head, which were covered with dark green foliage to their tops. The day was exceedingly tine and sunny, and the visiters were delighted as they proceeded, with the beauty of the grounds, and the freshness and luxuriance of the vegetation The fine avenue of old sycamores leading to the shrubberies in which the tents were pitched, was not the least interesting portion of the scene. From the branches of these venerable trees many national and other flags were appended, several of them with appropriate mottoes. On one large white flag' verhead, was inscribed " Church and Queen ;" and Royal Standards, large and small, broad pendants, &c. floated in every direc tion. About two o'clock the avenue presented, indeed, a most interesting appearance. A continued stream of fashion ably dressed ladies and gentlemen moved along the smooth carriage way in the centre, and on the grass, rising on each side, and terminating in shrubberies, were seen groups who sought the shade, seated on garden chairs and forms com manding a view of the promenade. About half way up the walk, and on one side, was stationed Mr. Stubb's harmonic band, playing from time to time, many choice overtures and national airs, as well as some pieces composed for the occa sion. Mr. oliffe's band was also equally efficient at another part of the ground. At the top of the avenue, and over the gate leading.into the pleasure-grounds, immediately surrounding " Spells Hall," Mr. Skirving's residence, another triumphal arch is erected, composed of evergreens, and ornamented with shields, and devices, formed of beautiful .dahlias in full bloom. The effect of this was beautiful. On each side of the arch floats the royal standard, and other flags tastefully disposed on poles and staffs covered with evergreens. Before entering the pleasure-grounds are two tents, one within the angle of fine ivy-covered outbuildings, and another outside of the south building. The former is a very large tent, and appropriated for refreshments. Here Mrs. Vtialins ley Stanley and Mrs. Chubb presided, and, with their assis tants. dispensed the good things of this life with a hospitable and kind attention, that left nothing to be expressed by their numerous customers but admiration of their politeness; the excellence of their viands and confectionary, and the fine flavour of their wines. Here is a good model in confection ary of Walton Church, presented by Mr. Lynn. The next tent, close to the gate last noticed, is filled with toys and curiosities, prints, &c. This is conducted by Mr. Coutts, in the print and book department; and in the toy line by the pupils of Mr. M`Gregor. At the further end of the teat is a fine stuffed specimen of the Alpaca, or Peruvian mountain sheep. Passing the gate of the pleasure grounds, before noticed, the visitor enters the " Royal Exchange," or general fancy fair, near the house. The tents are beautifully dispersed in the shrubberies, and are moreover shaded by large syca more trees. On the right (near the house) are two tents, and further on, opposite the house, are two others. The tents are not numbered, but for the sake of arrangement we shall begin with those that first come into view, numbering each, from one upwards. No. I.—Mrs. Alanson and Assistants, beautifully deco rated inside with red and white drapery, as are the others. The posts are covered with white cloth, so stretched as to form clustered pillars. It would appear invidious to parti cularize, where all was so beautiful; but we cannot, in jus tice, refrain from noticing some of the most attractive arti cles in each tent. In No. 1 there was a beautiful assort ment of needle work of every description. A beautiful model of, St, Jude's Church, in Bristol board, was also dis played. The embroideryiand rug-work were much admired. No. 2.—Mrs. Squires. A very fine assortment. We no ticed a beautiful doll—a capital likeness of the Queen, The silk patch-work was much admired. Here there was a beau tiful model of a genteel house—every apartment finished and furnished in excellent style, with all conceivable articles of furniture and luxury, from the kitchen to the drawing-room, and all of proportionate size. In the building and furnishing of this " mansion " much 'ingenuity and time must have been expended. EverY article in a cabinet shop is here to be found in correct miniature. Some fine satin wood chairs, &c. No. 3.—Mrs. Moss, the lady of the vicar of Walton. A large collection of the beautiful ;in needle-work, elegant embroidery, worsted work, &c. An embroidered piece in the middle of the tent attracted much attention, as did also a splendid hour-glass shaped ottoman on German cloth. No. 4.—Mrs. Skirving. One of the most interesting stalls on the ground. Besides a variety of fine needle work, paintings, prints, &c.,—there was a splendid collection of natural flowers, in bouquets, culled from the immediate gardens. In the adjacent pleasure grounds, and isolated from the tents noticed, where three other tents, equally replete with the useful and the ornamental No. s.—Mrs. Eirkett. Some beautiful patch work. A complete cottage ornee in the fine comfortable old English style, with furniture minutely proportionate in each apart ment to correspond. This excited much admiration. A beautiful japaned chair was also shown, and commanded a speedy sale. The needlework, &c., was superb. No. G.—Mrs. Myers, of Everton. This stall was furnished on a very short notice, and was highly creditable to the con ductress. A beautiful child's cot, or swinging bed was shown, presented by Mr. George Wright. It is of mahogany, on two pillars, the top one representing a snake's head, sup porting the tester. The other articles were of superior quality, —in embrodary, fine needle-work, &c., &c. No. 7.—Mrs. Mc Gregor. This was one of the largest stocks on the ground. We know not how to particularize the various articles. The most conspicuous to our thinking was a fang) , ball—the charactors admirably dressed in varid costumes, and the whole magnified to double their number by mirrors behind,—two beautiful models of beds, and some splendid needle-work. We should notice that in each tent were autographs, on beautifully mounted cards, of her most gracious Majesty the Queen Dowager. Each autograph was a copy of a select passage from Scripture. The rockwork and shrubberies, as well as the extensive grounds, were the general theme of astonishment and admi ration. In every direction the most beautiful promenades presented themselves, and the whole grounds, with their numerous winding and straight walks, and interesting hedges and enclosures, were thronged with gay and admiring groups. The whole grounds, on each side of the high road, contain about 70 acres, and they are laid out in a manner which, though chiefly intended to promote production in a commer cial point of view, are subservient to the purposes of plea sure, and especially to the gratification of the lovers of what ever is beautiful in the parterre, the shrubbery, the flower garden, the conservatory, and even the field and the forest. The green-houses and the hot-house, on the south of Mr. Skirving's mansion, were frequently resorted to throughout the day, as well as the extensive and beautiful grounds south of thence, comprising upwards of 12 acres. At the height of the fair the whole scene was truly charming. The collection of flowers and plants, in full bloom, was exceedingly beauti ful, and many of them of great richness and rarity ; but we must in justice say, that the finest flowers there were the blooming "Lancashire Witches" who honoured and graced the fete by their presence. The bevies of beauties, with lovely and smiling countenances, that everywhere met the eye, sur passed all that poets in their wildest dreams have compassed or conceived ; and we shall, therefore, stand excused if we refrain from all attempt to describe their charms and graces in our humble prose. Those who beheld them must be stoics, indeed, if they do not hereafter look back upon the pleasure they enjoyed in seeing so brilliant a constellation of the fairest of the fair, as a bri g ht and sunny day in the chequered span of their existence. The company comprised the mass of the most respectable and fashionable families and individuals of the town and neighbourhood ; and let it suffice to say, that we never saw so splendid a collection of " honest men and bonny lasses." All appeared to enjoy themselves to the highest degree, and were astonished and delighted to find grounds so beautifully laid out, so near the town, and of the existence'of which few of them had previously any conception. Mr. Skirving and his amiable lady, who devoted every possible attention to the comfort and convenience of the company, cannot fail to be gratified by learning, that their kindness was highly appre ciated by all who were present. The gentlemen of the com mittee exerted themselves to the utmost in their official vo cation. and it is highly gratifying to know, that the praise worthy object they had in view will, in all probability, be attained to an extent exceeding their expectations. This brings us to the question of ' finances," as the Chancellor of the Exchequer would say ; and we are happy to state, that the receipts at the entrance-gate and at the stalls were large and liberal. To carry out the view purposed, however, a fund of considerable amount is required ; and we cannot better further that object than by stating that the grounds, the tents, and the ladies will all be " on view " to-morrow, for the small admission of one shill ing, and that the sight of any of the three separately is worth ten times the money. All the principal articles, sold or not, will be retained to gratify visitors ; and we would say, with out fear cf causing disappointment; in inviting to a first visit those who have not been present, and those who have been present, to a second — Let those admire who ne'er admired before, And those who have admired, admire the more. TO DR. COX AND THE DEPUTATION FROM THE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE. GENTLEMEN, — In my last, I arrogated to myself the title of your Christian master; my object in so doing was to draw on me, from you, a well-merited castigation, to which I should have succumbed, and, after apologising with all hu»d lily, would have endeavoured to induce you to follo w m y exam ple to the public at large, by shewing inferentially how superlatively arrogant you have been as a body, in compa rison with my humble self as an individual. At the time I wrote , I was no t awore o f t h e d egre d at i on i nto which you were fallen, from your ignorance, indecency, and impiety ;—so far, indeed, that I could not but consider it a degredation to myself to bestow on you ( as a b ody) any fur ther consideration ;—but, being aware that however innoxious to myself have been your proceedings, that they may be hurtful to others who have not read them, I shall just draw your consideration to one point, which will be sufficient to shew your ignorance, your weakness, and your wickedness. I am not aware, Dr. Cox, whether you are D.D. or LL.D., but naturally presume you are either the one or the other ; it is sufficient for me that I have not to blu s h f or con f err i ng on you an honorary distinction—of which it is evident you are unworthy from one reason alone, that I now proceed to point out. You will hardly attempt to deny that two lies cannot make one truth, and yet . you have had th e mo d esty, by your conduct, to assert that, formed as your heterogeneous assembly were of unholy materiels, you were calculated to sound the " death knell and give the death blow" (your own words)—to what pray ? You said monopolies,—but littl e dreamed that your words were prophetic as far as re gar d e d " political di s se n t," as well as any public esteem that may have been accorded to you for ability. Farewell, Dr. Cox, and remember that, though you have done so, there are still, even in this age of liberalism, " Seven thousand men who have not bowed unto Baal, or KISSED him:" -Ist Kings, 19-18. I remain, your most obedient servant, B. W. TRAC E Y , Lieut. R.N. Males' Association, Duke-street, Liverpool. There's a fellow in Boston who has got such a wry neck that he can swallow nothing but gin twist. SOUTH LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES CROWN COURT.-TUESDAY. TRIAL OF MR. WILLIAM JENNER William Jenner, 57, was indicted for the wilful murder of Jenner the younger, and Mary Jenner, at Liver pool; also with having feloniously shot at George Jetiner, with intent to murder him. Mr. Starkie and Dr. Brown conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Sir Gregory Lewin and Mr. Murphy. Mr. STARKIE opened the case, and having stated, at great length, all the particulars of this melancholy transaction, concluded by telling the jury, that it was for them to deter mine whether the prisoner committed the crime with which he stood charged; and, if so, whether he was then under the influence of any illusion which rendered him insensible of the nature of the act, since in that case, he would not be re sponsible for his conduct. If they should be of opinion, that, when he committed the act, he was not under the influ ence of any such illusion as would render him unable to dis cover the difference between right and wrong, then they should hold him to be amenable to the justice of his country, and guilty in the eye of the law. George Jenner, an intelligent and interesting boy, was then called, and glancing at his father at the bar, his eyes were suffused with tears. His appearance, and the manner in which he gave his testimony, were very affecting, and pro duced a great sensation in court. He is the eldest son of the prisoner, and was examined by Mr. Starkie. On the 27th of April, which was Tuesday, we resided in Portland place, Roscommon -street. The family consisted of my father, my mother, and my brother, William Jenner. Mrs. Bainbridge and Mary Goldsmith lived with us as servants. We were about to remove from Portland-street to another house. Neither of the servants slept in the house on the Moaday night. I went to bed that night between half-past eleven and twelve o'clock, and slept with my brother in the front bed-room. My father and mother slept in the back bed-room upon the same floor ; we left them up. No other persons were in the house but them. 1 did not hear them come to bed. I was awoke about six o'clock in the morn ing by a report something like the report of a pistol or a gun. My brother slept nearest the door. I observed my father standing by the side of the bed nearest my brother, and saw that he had something in his hand, but I could not then tell what it was. I jumped out of bed immediately, and caught my father by both hands, and tried to hold him against the door, but he got front me. During the time I was trying to hold him I saw that he had a pistol in his hand. When he got from me I went down stairs, leaving him in the room, to the front door, which was fastened; 1 could not unfasten it. I then went into the front parlour. As I was going down stairs I heard another report like the other. When 1 was in the front parlour my father came to me; he caught hold of me with his right hand by the left shoulder. I saw he had two pistols in his left hand when he came into the room. I caught hold of his hand and I got the two pistols from him. He tried to get them back, but I kept hold of them. I told him I wanted to go up stairs, I believe 1 said, to see my mother. I do not remember whether he said anything. I went up stairs into the back bed-room to see my Mother, but she was not there. I was corning out of the door when my father met me. I came down stairs and went to the front door, and I think I tried to get it open again. I then went into the front par lour. I believe my father was up stairs when I went there. I had just gone in when he came down to me ; be then got his left arm round my head, and I heard another report. Before I heard the report I saw that he had another pistol in his hand. . I struggled and got from under his arm, and got hold of the pistol which he held in his hand. I struck him with the two pistols which I had on the back of the head, and then I believe I struck him on the arm. I got the third pis tol from him, and asked him what he did it for. He said "he was crazy." I believe I told him I wanted to go and see my mother. I don't thing he said anything to that. I wanted to go into the lobby, but he caught hold of me by the night-clothes, and tried to keep me. I got into the lobby, but he still kept hold of me, and there I got away from him. 1 then went into the kitchen. When I was in the parlour I heard my mother shouting something, but I do not recollect what it was. The shouts proceeded from the kitchen. W hen I got in the kitchen I found my mother lying on the floor with her head towards the fire-place. There was much blood upon the floor near to her. She said it was my father who had done it. My father then came down, and we tried to raise her up. We did not raise her properly, and I found we could not do it properly because of the pistols in my hand. I told my father I would go and throw the pistols away. He told me to give them to him. I told him I would not, because he would shoot him. I went towards the lobby which leads into the yard. The kitchen is a cellar kitchen, and you go into the yard through a lobby. As I was going into the lobby, my father caught hold of me by the night-clothes and tried to keep me back, but I got away and went into the yard to the midden door and opened it. I threw all the three pistols in. I then went back towards the door, and my father came and told me to come in. I told him I would go for a surgeon and a policeman. He said no thing to that. I went out at the back door into a lane, still in my night-clothes. I met a man, and asked him for a po liceman. He asked me what was to do, and he went in search of a policeman. I went immediately to Mr. Ack erley, the surgeon, who had attended my father once. I went home directly after. I was absent between five and ten minutes. A policeman had then arrived. I saw my fa ther a few minutes afterwards, and he told me something about Mr. Roberts. Cross-examined by Sir GREGORY LEWIN.—He was stand ing up when I took the pistols from him. I had some dif ficulty in getting the two first from him, and I was about a minute in getting the other. He was always a kind father to me, and kind to my mother. About eight months since Mr. Hunt brought home my father, who was ill. I heard my mother scold him : his face was very red, and he was very lively. I heard my mother tell him he was very foolish to think of things that were past. Last October, or September, Mr. Ackerley and Dr. Banning both came and attended upon my father. His counting-house was then in James's-street; after that time the practice was for somebody always to ac company him home. William Maddock, police-officer, No. 285, said that at half past six in the morning of the 27th April, in consequence of information, he went to the prisoner's house, in Portland place. The prisoner was standing in the lobby, and witness asked him " what was to do ?" but he returned no answer. Witness then proceeded into the kitchen, and found Mrs. Jenner lying on thefloor, bleeding from the head. With the assistance of another officer he placed her upon a chair. In the midden witness found a double-barrelled tai>tul, marked Mo. 1; the top barrel had been discharged, but the other was loaded with powder and ball. Saw two more pistols found by John Thomas, another police-officer. John Thomas said lie was a police-officer, and searched the midden at the prisoner's house, and found two pistols. One pistol bad both barrels empty ; the other had one barrel loaded with powder and ball, the other having been dis charged. George Hartley, police-officer, No. 67, said he went to the house of the prisoner on the morning of this occurrence. Witness took the prisoner into custody, and found a double barrelled pistol upon him, with both barrels loaded. Bryce Smith, a police-inspector, said he went to the house between half-past six and seven, after the other officers. He searched the house, and in a small box under the bed in the hack bed-room he found some percussion caps, two powder flasks, and a bullet -mould. In a chest of drawers, in the same apartment, he found a small bottle labelled "laudanum." Saw Mr. Jenner afterwards in the front parlour, in the cus tody of Hartley. He said Mr. Roberts, or Mr. Robertson, was to blame for this, and that if all four had gone to the Cemetery it would have been all right. He said his wife had been a good wife to him, and he spoke of his two fine boys. Cross-examined.—These observations were made by the prisoner, who was sitting down in the front parlour. Wit ness asked him no questions. The first witness was saying something to the prisoner as witness entered the room, and these observations were made without anything leading to them. Jonathan Andrews, police-inspector, said he went to the house shortly before seven o'clock, and saw the first witness with his father. The prisoner asked his son to kiss him ; but the boy, who appeared afraid of him, said " No, you have shot my brother and my mother, and you intended to have shot me." The prisoner said, " Yes, George, we should all have come to poverty." Witness asked the. prisoner the cause of his having committed such a rash act. His reply was, " 1 have been unfortunate in business, and in a state of insanity for some time." After that he wrung his hands and said, " Oh, Mr. Rob er t s, what have you done for my wife and family." He spoke of the kindness of his wife and his two sons towards him. Witness found the case produced under the bed in the back room. In it there was a bill of parcel for the pistols. Richard Yates Ackerley deposed, that, on the 27th of April last, a little before seven in the morning, he was called in to the assistance of Mrs. Jenner, and found that she had a wound in the head. 'Witness attended her until the Gth of May, when she died of the injury she had received from a pistol ball, which he extracted after her death. Theban was very rough and pointed. Saw the pistols ; the ball was so altered in shape that it would not fit any of them; but was the weight of a ball that would fit them. Had conversation with Mrs. Jenner on the 27th of April, but could not say that she then considered her life in danger. Counsel was then proceeding to produce the deposition of Mrs. Jenner; and the court having expressed some objection, Mr. STARKIE quoted some cases to show that the receiving of depositions in evidence was objected to only in cases where the evidence was not given in the presence of the prisoner ; but, in this case, the prisoner was present, and heard the examination. His LonnsniP did not consider a deposition evidence, merely because it was given in the presence of the prisoner ; however, as the counsel for the , prisoner did not object to the production of the depositions of Mrs. Jenner, his Lord ship said, they might be read, with the understanding that he did not admit the correctness of the proceeding. The following depositions of Mrs. Jenner, taken before Edward Rushton, Esq., one of the magistrates for the borough of Liverpool, was then read : " I am the wife of William Jenner. I got up this morn ing (27th April) before five o'clock, and left Mr. Jenner in bed. We were preparing to go out of this house to live in another. I went down stairs and got a cup of tea. I don't think my husband got up before half-past five. He came down about that time. It was' certainly before six. He came down with his shoes in his hand, and said he would clean them, as the servant was out. He went up again. I remember feeling something, and I thought I had taken a fit. What occasioned the sensation I don't know. I heard the children scream. Iv_as i sensible before I sp o k e . I heard the children cry M2 l ! mamma! murder !' I called for Mr. Jenner, for Gods sake, to help me. I did not know he had injured me. I did not see him after that. I cannot tell where I was standing when I received the shock. I am not sensible who came to my assistance. I cannot tell whether I heard any thing before 1 fell. No one but the children, and Mr. Jenner, and me were in the house at the time. The servants we re slee p in g in another ho use ." The examination of Mr. Ackerley was then resumed. He heard Mr. Jenner saying he was der ange d , and speaking of the kindness of his wife and children. Cross-examined by Sir GREGORY L EWlN. — Witness was called in to the prisoner on the 4th September last. He had then taken some prussic acid, and was in a state of great ex citement. His countenance was flushed, and his eyes, which glistened and protruded, wandered wildly about the room. He was not altogether coherent. Witness administered an emetic to him. A bottle of prussic acid was found in the room, and a strong smell of it was found when witness en effective ; b u t no prussic acid was tered. The emetic was discovered in what was emitted from the prisoner's stomach. Some laudanum was also found in the room. The excite ment was not the consequence of poison. Dr. Banning was also called in, and he and witness considered the prisoner insane, and in a dangerous state to go at liberty. They sug gested to Mrs. Jenner the propriety of having her husband put into an asylum. Witness had mu c h exper i ence in cases of insanity ; but could not refer his kind of insanity to any particular classification, in consequence of anything he heard from the prisoner. From information which he bad received h e considered hi m a ff ected with mono from other parties, mania, and his flushed cheeks and s wo ll en eyes were indica tive of th a t class of insanity. A derangement of the func tions of the liver materially tended to the production of mo nomania, and led to violent paroxysm,. The first day wit ness was called in, th e prisoner said h e was much b etter, an d would not require witness's attendance. This was about three hours after witness was called i n. By the Court.—This was after witness told Mrs. Jenner to send her husband to an asylum. Monomania signified madness, or a delusion on one particular subject. The par ticular subject on which the prisoner was mad was respecting the state of his affairs. His saying that it was b e tt er to be in heaven than to be living in poverty, was not reasoning soundly. His trying to persuade hi s w if e to take pruss i c acid, and to administer laudanum to his children, was ano ther reason why witness thought the prisoner mad. Thomas Blissett proved the selling of the pistols. John Kilshaw, Mr. Blissett's assistant, and Francis Lane, who was in Mr. Blissett's employment, also proved the sell ing and loading of the pistols. The case for the prosecution closed here. Sir GREGORY LEW IN then rise to address the jury on be halt of the prisoner. The shocking details which they had heard, and which it was quite impossible for him to contro vert, imposed upon him a task, and a very melancholy task it was—of shewing as he trusted for the honour of human nature he should be able to do (beyond all question) that of which those who had heard the evidence could not entertain a doubt, namely—that at the time this dreadful deed was done, he, by whom it was perpetrated, was not in a state of mind to be responsible to God or man. To suppose an in telligent being comes calmly and deliberately, rises from the bed whereon he had been lying beside the object of his fondest affections, for the purpose of taking her life, and the life of their united offspring, and that without any suggested motive whatever, was to suppose not a man but a demon. But while on the one hand, they might entertain the strongest beiief in the insanity of the prisoner, at the time he com mitted the act, they would, no doubt, require to have that opinion fortified by-evidence, in order that the public mind might be satisfied that the law was vigilant in the protection of human life, and that the sense of security, which was so important to the happiness of all, should neither be lessened nor imposed. It would be his duty to give the jury a short outline of the history of the prisoner's life, and then point their attention to those facts and circumstances which went to show, as he should humbly contend, that he was afflicted with that species of madness called mania, or monomania, of which they had already had some account from Mr. Acker - ley, the surgeon. It would also be necessary for him to point their attention to the results of experience recorded by most learned and enlightened men, who had dedicated their lives to the subject of mental alienation. The prisoner was, in early life, engaged as a cotton-broker, arid resided in America. He was in the habit of making consignments to this country ; and in 1820 or 1821 he came to this country, and entered into an arrangement with a Mr. Roberts, at Manchester, that he should go to America, and they should make consignments on account of each other. He remained there for some time, taking for granted that his business in this country would be properly transacted and attended to. In 1824, he returned to this country, but not finding things in the state he expected, he again went back to America. In 1825 he cause back and then he found that terrible crash in the com mercial world, which every person in the court would, no doubt, well remember. The consequence was that a com mission of bankruptcy was instantly taken out against him. That commission was suspended, at the instance of Mr. Ro berts, and it continued suspended till 1827, but in the mean time no less than four other commissions were issued against him. In 1827, the commission of 1825 was commenced to be worked, and the reason of it, as stated by the man himself, was this, that he might commit frauds and perjuries for the purpose of rescuing and saving Mr. Roberts, with whom he had entered into engagements. Having done that, the con sequences followed which were natural enough ; he was cast out altogether, and from being a man of affluence, he became a ruined man and a pauper. Devotedly attached to his wife and children, they were foremost in his thoughts; his mind laid hold of the notion that they must come to poverty and misery, and be degraded from the station in which they had hither to existed. This feeling went on growing from time to time more oppressive. In vain be endeavoured to obtain employment, he felt his diameter was gone. The expres sions he used plainly indicated what was passing in his mind, for when an individual attempted to comfort him, he said, " No, I dare not go upon 'Change, they will see rogue writ ten upon my countenance." -He called upon a gentleman who received him in the most kind and benevolent manner, Mr. Howard, of this town, who would be put into the wit ness-box. He went to iet gentleman in a state of the greatest possible excitement respecting Mr. Roberts having been the cause of his misfortune; his eyes glistened and pro truded, and he was in a state of the greatest possible agita tion. Mr. Howard endeavoured to calm him : he told him it was too late to institute legal proceedings, and that if it were not, there was no evidence but his own to prove the facts, and he had been guilty of the fraud and perjury which he had mentioned. On this he burst into tears and said, " Good God, what is to become of my wife and children, I have not bread for them to eat." This satisfied Mr. How ard that, at that time, his mind was labouring under very serious infirmity. Mr.i Howard, with great benevolence, gave him a £5 note, telling him that neither he nor his family should want, and he also gave him a letter of intro duction to Mr. M`Neile, who administered to him the com forts of religion. It seemed that the day before this lament able event happened, Mr. Howard went to London. Whilst he was away, the prisoner called at his office with a large bundle of papers to renew the subject, which were forwarded to Mr. Howard in London; and whilst Mr. Howard was there he beard of this dreadful catastrophe. Thus the same subject was constantly dwelling upon his mind ; all his ideas were concentrated upon that one thing; he thought of nothing else ; and it presented to his mind one universal blank. In fact for the last fifteen years had this unfortunate man's mind been in a perpetual rack; and for the last ten years he had scarely had a ray of hope to brighten his pros pects. In that state, was it at all remarkable that by degrees his mind should become disordered, and that symptoms should be the consequence which as recorded by learned men and shown by the evidence of Mr. Ackerley were symp toms of mania. After placing this view of the case before the jury, the learned counsel said he should prove it by the evidence of numerous witnesses, and he narrated the princi pal points of their testimony. He concluded with a few general observations on the importance of the case, and with expressing his confidence that the decision of the jury would be a conscientious one. Mr. John Howard, solicitor, was the first witness called and examined for the defence. He said lie had known the prisoner six or seven years, and was employed by him upon the decease of his brother, Mr. Richard Jenner, of Glasgow. The prisoner left Liverpool for Glasgow. and returned from thence about twelve months ago. In January last he called at witness's office, in a state of great excitement, and a dis turbed state of mind, with some papers which he called " correspondence," upon which he wished to consult wit ness professionally. The eorrespondence he said related to some transactions with a Mr. Roberts, of Manchester, and one or two other persons there. Witness asked him for a general outline of the case, and he told him that in 1824 he failed in business ; that, at the instigation of Mr. Roberts, he had been led to commit various acts of fraud and perjury in order to clear that person. Witness looked, on his re quest, at one or two of the letters, and told him the trans action had Occurred so long ago that he could not see any legal remedy far it, adding that, even if there were, there appeared to be no evidence but his own to support any pro ceedings he might take ; and that, as upon his own showing, he had been guilty of fraud and perjury, he could not be be lieved. He then exclaimed, in a violent mariner, " But Mr. Howard what am I to do ? my wife and children are starv ing ; " and urged witness to take some proceedings, in the hope that Mr. Roberts might be induced, by the dread of ex posure, to assist him. Seeing him in this excited state, wit ness endeavoured to calm him, by leading him to religious subjects, recommending him to forget and forgive Mr. Ro berts's injuries, and pointed out to him the text of Scripture, " Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all things shall be added unto you." Witness had been in the habit, previ ously, of speaking to him on religious subjects. He said, " Mr. Howard, you know 1 have been a great sinner ; the devil tempted me only a few months ago to destroy ourselves and our two children to prevent our coming to want. The mode I suggested was this, to enclose our selves in a close room, with a charcoal fire." He said he rejoiced he had re sisted this offer, and calmed his mind by tellin g him not to think of such things. His excitement seemed to come on again in consequence of his having nothing for his family to eat. Witness said, " I will relieve you from that difficulty," and put a bank note into his hand, telling him to come again when he was in distress. He burst into tears and said, "Now my dear wife and children you have something to eat." 'Wit ness gave him a letter of introduction to the Rev. H. M'Neile, and recommended him to attend the week-day services of that gentleman, A day or two afterwards he again came to witness's office, and said Mr. M`Neile had comforted his mind greatly, and that he felt great advantage from having attended the services of the church. He never after this re quired any assistance from witness. He came sometimes to witness's office and complained of having been slighted upon 'Change. On the 19th of April witness went to London on business; the morning after his arrival there he received a packet from the prisoner, containing a letter and a litho graphed copy of the correspondence which he had shown witness before. Five or six days afterwards, witness read, with great horror, the account of this dreadful occurrence. As soon as he returned, witness went to see him in Kirkdale gaol. His wife was then living, and he expressed great plea sure at hearing she was better, adding, that she had been a dear wife, and had it not been for Mr. Roberts, they should have been happy still. He wept exceedingly when he spoke of his son, who was dead. He often said to witness, " Mr. Howard, you know lam a crazy man." From the time he visited witness in the month of January, to the time of this unhappy occurrence, witness did not consider him in a sane state of mind. The prisoner, from the first time witness knew him, always complained of a running wound in his leg, but in January he said this wound was healed. Witness could not recollect whether he said anything about his suf ferings when in a recumbent posture. Mary Bainbridge said she lived with Mr. Jenner as servant about three weeks ag, and shortly before that he was con fined to his bed, with an ulcer upon his leg. During his con• finetnent he lost his little boy, and that event quite withered him. He never came into the house without crying about it. Mrs. Jenner told witness that he was quite out of his mind then. The family after that went into Scotland, where they remained twelve months, and when they returned witness went to live with them again. Mr. Jenner was then very withered, and in a low way ; he complained about Mr. Ro berts, and used to say that his family would come to poverty. Witness had heard Mrs. Jenner ask him to look up to God, and she would endeavour to support the family. After Sep tember last be never came from his office alone • he was always fetched home. Th e same morn i ng that this event occurred, witness asked him why he had done it? He replied that it was better they should all die together than live in poverty. Witness never saw a better or more affectionate husband and father ; they lived happily together. They were removin g to a cheaper house by £2 a -y ear . Th e rent o f t h e house in Portland-place was £35 • that in Cazneau-street £33. James Baines said he was in the service of the prisoner in 1835, as clerk. He had a curious method of addressing a parcel ; he would address it upon every side. In giving wit ness instructions upon matters of business he would suddenly break off, and not mention the subject again. recollected him being confined to his bed for three weeks, acid witness went frequently to see him on business. On some of those occasions he neither knew witness nor Mrs. Jenner. His manner was not always coherent ; but witness considered him in sound mind during the greatest part of his sickness. Mr. John Hunt, merchant, of Manchester, said he had known the prisoner many years. About eight months ago witness visited Liverpool, and in going down Pool-street, he met him with a policeman, who said he knew neither where he was nor where was his house. Witness took charge of him, but three hours elapsed before his memory returned, and at the end of that time witness conveyed him home, when his wife said he was often so. Mr. William Comer, cotton broker, said he had known the prisoner 35 years. He frequently adverted to his trans actions with Roberts and Trueman, and was most excited upon them. Witness's opinion was, that on some subjects he was not sane. Mr. Eason, cotton broker, said he was once in partnership with the prisoner, and had frequently had conversations with him upon his affairs. On those occasions he always com plained of having been most cruelly used by Roberts and Trueman. A few days before the event witness met him, and he was so excited that witness observed to his family that if he committed suicide he should not be surprised. Mr. John Johnston, cotton broker, had known the pri soner for five years. Had heard him speak of transactions with Roberts and Trueman, sayinc , that he had been ill-used by them, and that his character had suffered by those trans actions. He said "he was afraid to go into the Exchange News-room, because every one he met could see rogue written in his face. A few evenings before the event, he complained to witness some rebuffs he had met with that day. Witness believed that he was not of sound mind when he spoke of his misfortunes. Mr. Daniel Mather, merchant, said he was in Lord-street with his brother the day before the occurrence, when they met the prisoner, who spoke to them about his papers. His eyes were particularly staring and flashing, and he repeated his words. 'Witness told him he might send the papers to Mount-pleasant ; they related to transactions with Roberts, of Manchester. Mr. James George Howarth said he had frequently seen the prisoner in church, and his conduct there was_ most con fused and a g it a t e d. Witness did not know him even by name. He seemed very restless, and was constantly turning a the u l e t a . v e Witf nheisssb had o n d k o o t y t e e r n a r s e m i f a h r e k did ed t n o o his t know wife,wh thatat he he did not think the prisoner in his senses. , n d s e a d m e first prof e k s n s i e o w n a t y e p r i T s. o h n o e m r as i H nJune s 1 8 83 a 6 7 i a n n g d . he M a . D t t from that time to the present. The first attendance was for a severe attack of asthma, when witness was informed that he had a tit, but there was no appearance of his having had any other kind of fit but one of an asthmatic character. There was a diseased action of the liver, and a disordered state of the stomach and bowels, which had muilieffect upon his health. There was nothing at that time In the state of his mind except what was attributable to his malady. In 1837 witness attended him for a return of his liver and stomach de rangement. Once or twice about that time he mentioned his affairs to witness, stating that he had lost all his property, which he expected would be £IO,OOO. In September last he found the prisoner in a gloomy state of mind, and, conjointly with Mr. Ackerley, he recommended Mrs. Jenner to place him under restraint. She was opposed to that, and under took to take care of him. Witness was led to recommend that extremity from being of opinion that he was in a state of partial insanity: It was a frequent occurrenc e in cases of in sanity for the patient to be affected with gloom and melan choly. Witness's impression was, that the case was one of monomania, and that the symptoms had in some degree been aggravated by bodily disease. Witness had heard the autho rity Quoted and coincided with the generality of thei r opi nions. The witness described the various forms and symp toms of insanity. In all that witness hail seen, the prisoner seemed to live most happy with his family. Cross-examined.—Witness's idea was, that the mono mania of the prisoner was upon the subject Of his affairs. Monomania implied a delusion on one subject. Witness came to the conclusion that he was afflicted with monomania from his own account of himself, from his attempt to take poison, and from his offer to his wife to destroy themselves altogether. The Rev. Dr. Tattershall, incumbent of St. Augustine's, Everton, said. that two days after this matter occurred he went to see the prisoner in Bridewell. The first idea that struck witness on seeing the prisoner was the extraordinary appearance of his eye. It was extremely wild, glistening, and wandering. Witness conversed with him, and he said he was a very unfortunate man. He asked after his wife, and he expressed a fear that she was not properly attended . to. He also spoke with cons id era bl e v i o l ence an d ag itation to this effect :—" Secrets are of no use now ; it is no use to con ceal that Mrs. Jenner is not a lady who moved in the same rank of society as myself, and she will now have to fall back upon her friends." Witness assured him that she was at tended to : and told him he was most anxious that he should consider seriously the state of his soul before God. To that he replied with considerable vehemence, " Upon that sub ject, sir, I have nothing to reproach myself." Witness in ferred from that reply, and from his general conversation, that he vies not in a state to distinguish between right and wrong. He manifested no apprehension for the consequences of his conduct. The case for the defence here closed.— Mr. Starkie then addressed the jury at great 'length upon the evidence, and contended, that no sufficient proof of the prisoner's insanity had been given in evidence. . The CHIEF JUSTICE then charged the jury. He quoted from Carrington and Payne's Reports, vol. 9, the judgment given by Lord Denman, Mr. Justice Matteson, and Baron Alderson, in the case of Oxford, for shooting at the Queen, to show that " a person must be taken to he of a sound mind till the contrary was shown ; but a person might commit a criminal act and yet not be responsible, if he were under the influence of some controlling disease, or power which he could not resist, then he was responsible. A man was sup posed to be non compos mentis if he was unable to dis tinguish right from wrong. or, in other words, if from the effect of a diseased mind he did not know that the act was wrong." His lordship, in commenting on the evidence, be came greatly affected by that given by Mr. Howard, which, he said, afforded a very beautiful example of Christian be nevolence. His lordship did not consider Dr. Banning's definitions of monomania very satisfactory, as they would go to prove every man insane who entertained an erroneous opinion on any subject. Having gone through the whole of evidence, his lordship said, if the jury were clearly of opinion that the prisoner was labouring under some influence which prevented him from judging between right and wrong, they would acquit him ; but if they thought that he calmly and deliberately, with full knowledge of what he was doing, and in order to avoid evils that appeared to him greater, sacrificed the life of his unfortunate wife, then . they would find him guilty. The jury retired, and after ten minutes' deliberation, ac quited the prisoner on the ground of ins a nity. The pri s oner, who was greatly affected during the whole proceedings, burst into tears at the announcement of the verdict. The trial lasted from nine in the morning to five o'clock in the after noon. Anne Farmer, who pleaded guilty yesterday, to an indict ment for making a false statement to the register touching the birth of a child, was admonished by the court this day, and on the ground of her supposed ignorance of the nature of the offence, was fined in a mitigated penalty of one shilling, and dismissed. NISI PRIUS COURT.-TUESDAY HADWEN V. SATTERTHWATTE. The plaintiff, Joseph Hadwen, claimed a sum of money from William Satterthwaite, the defendant, as a balance of account due to him for service rendered, and as commission agent to the steamer John O'Gaunt. The case was long and uninteresting to all but the parties concerned. WALKER AND OTHERS V. JACKSON AND OTHERS The plaintiffs in this case were Joseph Walker and Co., jewellers, of Brmingham, and the defendants. John Jackson and others, the proprietors of the Woodside Ferry. The action was brought to recover compensation for loss alleged to have been occasioned by the negligence of the defendants' servants, in having damaged a carriage and a quantity of jewellery, by letting the same fall into the water, instead of landing them safely from one of the ferry steamers. Mr. - CaEsswELL and Mr. CROMPTON appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. KNOWLES and Mr. MARTIN for the de fence. It appeared that on the 26th August, 1840, Mr. Armitage, of the firm of Walker and Co., arrived with his phaeton, in which was £7OOO or £BOOO worth of jewellery, at Woodside. The plaintiffs were in the habit of travelling about the country with large stocks of jewellery. Mr. Armitage wish ing to cross the river to Liverpool, caused his phaeton to be placed on board one of the Woodside steam-packets. Having arrived at the slip on the Liverpool side, the horse was landed and led part of the way up the slip, when the owner, knowing the animal to be rather mettlesome, ran after it, and assisted to take it to the pier. Meanwhile two men be longing to the boat got out the phaeton, and were endeavour ing to convey it it up the slip, but it proved too heavy for their strength, and tumbled into the water. Witnesses were called who proved the value of the pro perty, which consisted of watches and valuable articles of jewellery, which were much damaged. It was also proved that the loss above stated was sustained. Mr. KNOWLES elicited, on cross-examination, that the phaeton was, to all appear . ance, a light phaeton ; that it was closely packed internally with very heavy masses of jewellery, which made it heavier than it could have been supposed to be from its appearance; and that parties were generally em. ployed to take out carriages, or if the boatmen did so they would expect to be paid. For the defence, it was shown that there was a notice up at the gate at Woodside that the proprietors would not be liable for loss or damage ; that the plaintiff paid only five shillings for his vehicle as a light phaeton ; that the servants of the defendants had no means of ascertaining the extra weight that was in the phaeton, the defendants having no intimation thereof given them ; but the captain and his men had fre quently, with great care, taken a similar phaeton on the slip ; that the extra weight came upon them, therefore, by surprise, the captain having been overturned into the water, and his life jeopardised. Tile jury found for the plaintiff—damages, £2ll 10s. SEPHTON V. .A SHCROFT. This action was brought by a farmer's labourer, named Thomas Sephton, against Roger Ashcroft, a farmer at Semis brick, for an alleged assault at a public-house, while the latter was in a state of intoxication. Verdict for the plaintiff— damages £5. Mr - . Knowles and Mr. Martin were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Watson for'the defence. MOSS AND OTHERS V. JACOBSON. In this case the plaintiffs were John, Henry, and Peter Cottinghana Moss, bankers, and the defendant was Richard Jacobson, The action was brought to recover the amount of a bill of exchange for £65 6s. in an account stated. The defendant pleaded that he did not accept, and was not indebted. Verdict for the plaintiff. FALKNER V. MACKAY. This action was brought by Edward Dean Fallner against Hugh Mackay, as manager of the Liverpool Albion Bank, to recover the sum of £lOOO, alleged to have been had and re ceived in a transaction relative to the purchase of some shares in the London and Birmingham Railway.—Verdict for the defendant. Mr. Wortley and Mr. Martin were for the plaintiff, and Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Martin for the defence. C R OWN COURT-WEDNESDAY MURDER AT MANCHESTER. Thomas Roche, 29, and Samuel Blackney, 28, stood charged with the wilful murder of Matthew Naylor, at Man chester, on the morning of Easter Tuesday last. Mr. Wilkins and Mr. Chapman conducted the prosecu tion. The prisoner Roche was defended by Mr. Cobbett ; and the prisoner Blackney by Mr. Bliss. Mr. WILKINS stated the particulars of the case to the jury. Adam Lindsay was the first witness called.—He resides in Captain's-entry, Jackson's-row, which leads out of Deans gate, Manchester. Is a weaver by trade. Recollects the morning of Easter Tuesday last. Went out of his house at a quarter to five o'clock that morning. Witness's occupation is to knock people up to go to work in the factories. Found a man lying on the steps of a deep cellar in Jackson's-row. He was without shoes or top-coat, and was lying on his back. His feet were on the bottom step. Witness ran and fetched the district watchman, who came and took him away on his back. The cellar is a very deft) one, and the place is awk ward. A man of the name of Taylor, a tripe-dealer, lives in the cellar. Luke White examined.—ls a policeman. Assisted in re moving the deceased, who was lying on the steps of No. 8 cellar, in Jackson's-row. He had neither coat nor shoes on. His hat was lying close at hand. His stock was burst, as if from the fall, and lay upon his breast. Found about half an inch of the stock lying close to the place where he had been lying. He was conveyed to the Town-hall, and was drawing his breath when he was left there. Cross-examined.—Two shanks were found on him and an empty paper. Saw no appearance of violence either on his person or his dress. His head was lying lower than his feet, and he was lying partly on his face. Witness's impression was that he had fallen from the top to the bottom in an in toxicated state. With the exception of his stock, all his other dress appeared right. His pockets were undisturbed, and everything was in its proper place. There were no foot marks near the place. Walker Golland, Esq. examined.—ls surgeon to the Man chester police force. Saw the deceased about a quarter to six o'clock at the Town-hall, on the morning in question. Applied the stomach-pump and emptied a quantity of spirits. The deceased died in twenty minutes or half an hour after wards. Saw him again in the evening, when he made a post mortem examination. There were no external appearances of violence, except that a little blood oozed out from one of the ears. The skull was extensively fractured across the head. There was a considerable quantity of blood on the surface of the brain, and the brain was torn in one or two places. The injuries caused his death. A fall on the top of the head, or a blow from some heavy instrument, would cause such injuries. Several witnesses were then examined, who deposed to hearing cries of " murder" and " watch" in the street. James Hynes examined.—ls a tin-plate worker, and lives in Simpson-street, George's-row. Knows both the prisoners very well by eyesight. Was in company with the prisoner Blackney about eleven o'clock on the night of Easter Mon day. in a public-house in Deansgate. Met Roche that night as they were coming home together. Met him at the bottom of Deansgate, near St. Mary's-gate. This was about eleven o'clock. They both wished Roche good night. Blackney then bid witness " good night, and said he would go to Roche. He then went away. Nothing was the matter with Blackney's face when he left witness. Saw Blackney on the, following Sunday morning at witness' s p l ace of residence.' He came on the Saturday night after witn ess had gone to bed, and stopped all night. and Wit ther e ness saw him in the morn ing. His face was badlycut, were drops of blood' on his shirt, which he said had fallen from his face. After several other witnesses had ap pearance and behaviou r on the spoken to Blackney's dall3n question, Thomas Entwistl e examined. Ives in Gore-street, Man chester. Is the c on d uctor of t he — Railway Tavern. Knows the prisoner Blackney two years. Was living at the Cotton Tree on the 27th of Apr il last. .Blackney came there about ten o'clock o n the morn ing of that day, and said he had been' at Blackburn for eight d ays to b e out f the way. He after wards said he had been fighting a man in George's-Aelds, and that he had killed a man. He then asked witness if he had seen an aecountin the paper of a man having bven killed in George's-fields. Witness said no. He then said it was not in George's-fields, it happened in Jackson's-row. Wit ness then asked him if he was concerned in the murder in Jackson's-row, and he said no. He said he would go and give himself up, but he didn't say for what. He said Roche had not had anything to do with it. Witness asked him how the man had been killed, and he said " they had beaten him and hurled him into the cellar." He spoke in the third and not in the first person. He did not say who the persons were that had killed hint. He also said that if Roche were liberated, he (Blackney) would be all right. Niritne examined on two occasions about this occurrence given a full account of what Blackney said. Cross-examined.—He said he had seen in the newsr... r . that Roche had been taken up, and that he went to Blacl burn to escape arrest. He was drunk at the time, and ha been asleep before he made the statement. He said first or thing and then another. He drank some beer while he re mained. Witness mentioned the conversation he had had with Blackney on the Saturday following, to Sergeant Taylor of the Manchester force. Re-examined.—He had slept two or three times before he made the statement, and appeared uneasy from the effects of drink. To the Court.—He appeared to be aware of what he was saying. John Peter Bibby examined.—ls an inspector of the Man chester police force. Apprehended Roche in consequence of information he had learned. Witness charged him with hay ing robbed the deceased. He said, " Anne (meaning a girl of the name of Anne Butler) . has told you." A placard of the murder bad been printed. Searched Roche's lodgings afterwards, and found a dark frock coat and a pair.of trou sers. [Produces the articles]. Cross - examined.—The first inquest was held on the day of the event. The second two or three days after. Constable Wm. Sullivan examined. — Apprehended Black ney on the 28th April in a cellar in Sharp-street, off George's road. As witness approached the door, he saw Blackney enter the place, and sit down upon a chair. Opposite to hint sat a ,man in his shirt sleeves, who puffed the candle out. When the prisoner entered the place the door was locked, and witness asked a woman to open it, which she refused to do. Witness then procured another constable, of the name of Lane, and obtained admittance. Witness found Blackney sitting on the same chair as before, and apprehended him. There was no light in the place except the light from witness's lanthorn. He was told the nature of the charge against him when taken to the station house. George Taylor examined.—l am a sub-inspector of the Manchester police. Examined Blackney's dress and person when arrested. Found the front of his shirt all bloody. Took off his neckerchief and found the two corners of it that were lapped inside also full of blood. [Produces the articles]. The clerk of the crown here read the statement of Anne Butler, which had been made before the coroner. She stated that she was married, but that she had only lived with her husband for a period of three weeks. Since then, herself and the prisoner Roche lived together as man and wife. On Easter Wednesday she saw the prisoners Roche and Black ney speaking together. She stood about twenty yards off. On the same evening she went to a spirit vault with Roche, and they slept together all night. The next morning the prisoner said himself and sonic other fellows had met a man in Deansgate, Jackson's-row, and that after attacking him the had nothing about him but his coat and boots, which he ("Roche) took, and had with him. She further said that some one cried " Watch !" She stated, likewise, that there was blood on Roche's trowsers. troche's statement was next read. He admitted that he had been in Jackson's row on the night in question, and that Anne Butler had spoken the truth with regard to the conversation he had had with her, but he denied that he had committed the murder. The case for the prosecution having here closed, Mr. Buss addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner Blackney. Mr. COBBETT also addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner Roche. Both the learned counsel contended that the deceased had never been murdered, but that he had fell dawn the steps of the cellar in a state of intoxication, and that the fall fractured his skull and produced his death. His LoansHlP charged the jury at considerable length, recapitulating the whole of the evidence, and commenting on it as he proceeded in a clear, distinct, and comprehensive manner. The jury then retired, and after an absence from court of half an hour, acquitted both the prisoners. The JUDGE refused to order their discharge fio for the present custody SENTENCE ON THE WARRINGTON BURGLARS. The CHIEF JUSTICE, in the course of the day, desired the prisoners found guilty of the burglaries in the neighbourhood of Warrin g t on t o b e pl ace d a t th e b ar, and his lordship or dered sentence of death to be recorded against 'William Par kinson, William Barker, Thomas Goodier, Samuel Penning ton, and Henry Ellis. James L i nsworth his lordship sen tentenced to 18 months imprisonment ; William Dixon to 10 years' transportation; William Heywood to 14 years' transportation; and Thomas Clegg to 18 months' imprison mert. FORGERY. Charles Thomson, convicted of forgery, was sentenced to transportation for life. The prisoner fainted the moment the sentence was pronounced. Daniel Lowe, also convicted of fergery, was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment and hard labour. Abraham Schofield and Joseph Schofield, for a s offence, were sentenced, the former to 15 years' trans tion, and• the latter to 12 months' imprisonment MURDER ON BOARD SHIP Patrick Cahill, 28, stood charged with the wilful murder of Eli Robinson, at Liverpool, by stabbing him with a knife in the left breast. The case for the prosecution was conducted by Mr. Cromp ton ; that of the defence by Mr. Wilkins. • Mr. CROMPTON stated the particulars. The deceased was the steward of an American ship called the United States, which, on the Ist of June last, arrived in the Mersey, from New Orleans. The prisoner was a steerage passenger in her; and she was at the Prince's Pier, preparing to go into dock, when the circumstance occurred which caused the death of the deceased. Their happened to have been a woman on the quay at the time who witnessed the act, and who would be called in evidence. It would appear that the prisoner had been seen coming out of the cabin of the ship shortly after the deceased; that some expressions were used, with regard to the exact nature of which the witnesses differed; and that some dispute arose, the exact account of which could not be distinctly ascertained ; but that the prisoner followed the de ceased round the deck of the vessel twice, put his arm round his neck, and then stabbed him several times with a knife, there could be no doubt. The consequence was that the prisoner was tied to the rigging until a policeman went on board and arrested him, and that the deceased was taken on shore, and died before he got to the hospital. These facts were fully established by the evidence, a com prehensive summary of which we gave when the case was brought before Mr. Rushton. Mi. 'WILKINS then addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner. The case, he said, was a lamentable one, hut the prisoner was entitled to their commiseration, inasmuch as he was not responsible for the act committed, having been labouring at the time under mental aberration. There was nothing in the evidence to show that he had a depraved heart, and nothing to account for the occurrence which had taken place. Both the deceased and the prisoner were persons of a quiet and peaceable demeanour. The idea which existed in the mind of the prisoner as to their being figures dancing over the bow of the vessel, showed that he laboured under some mental hallucination. The act had, moreover, been committed in the presence of numbers of persons who stood on the pier as well as the deck of the vessel, when, if he were not the slave of some supernatural agency, he must have known that he would be immediately arrested. Philip Cahill, the father of the prisoner, who lives in the county of Meath, deposed that the latter hal received a frac ture of the skull at the fair of Bailieborough, in 1838. He was then confined to bed for several weeks, and, when he went to work at length, he complained of a lightness in his head. Whenever he took whiskey after, he used to throw his hands about him, and appear like a distracted man. He subsequently left Ireland for America, in a most unexpected manner. Witness has seen him in Kirkdale Gaol since this occurrence, where he talked of devils from Yorkshire, and other imaginary matters, which led witness to believe him of unsound mind. Andrew Keane, who works for the prisoner's father in Ireland, proved that the prisoner, on one occasion, yoked horses to a plough, and ploughed up several of the drills in a potatoe field. This happened in the month of June, and on remonstrating with the prisoner on the impropriety of his conduct, he said that was the proper month for sowing grain. (A laugh.) Mr. Amos, the governor of the gaol, deposed that the pri soner's conduct was odd since his committal. He was sin gular in his manner, noisy and troublesome. Mr. CROMPTON having briefly replied, His LORDSHIP charged the jury, and, in doing do, gave it as his opinion that the circumstances did not cohere, and that they were calculated to raise suspicion as to the sanity of the prisoner. The jury, without leaving the box, acquitted the prisoner oa the ground of insanity. MURDER AT MANCHESTER. Hampson, 33, was next put forward on a charge of having wilfully murdered Frances Bostock, at Manchester, by cutting her throat with a razor. Dr. Brown conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Brandt the defence. Dr. BROWN stated the particulars of the case, which will appear from the evidence. Joseph Yarwood was the first witness examined. On the Bth of March he was living at Manchester-road, Manchester, in the house of a Mr. Lovegrove. The deceased was lodging there ; her name was Frances Bostock. Knew her by the name of Frances, and heard that her name was Frances Bos tock. She was living with the prisoner, and passed as his wife. On the day named in the indictment she was in the house. The prisoner was there also. Heard no quarrel be tween them, but they were speaking rather sharply. The prisoner asked her to make him some coffee. She said he must make it himself. Did not hear him ask her to do any thing else. He remained in the place a couple of hours, and then he went out. He did not say what he was going for. He came back again in about a minute and a half. He then sat beside witness. The deceased was sitting alongside the fire next the chimney-piece at the time. The prisoner went to the table where there was some bread, and, taking it up, asked whose it was. She said. " It's not thine—lay it down." He put it on a chest of drawers immediately at the back of her head. He then came arid sat himself down alongside witness and commenced talking. He asked her if she would lie with him that night. She said no—that she could not lie with him any more. In about an hour after he got up and said he would have some bread. He went round the table to where she sat, and he put his hand upon her left shoulder and brought the razor in front and cut her throat. Witness saw the razor, and saw him cut her throat. He was standing be hind her at the time. He held the razor in his right hand. He then threw the razor into the ash-hole under the grate. She bled, and went out of the house. Be followed in the same direction after her, down towards a back door. Did not see what became of him aftewards. She went to the shop of Mr. Bowker, a druggist. A little boy took the razor out of the ash-hole, and gave it to witness, who gave it to Mr. Bowker. Cross-examined by Mr. BR ANDT. — Knows the prisoner since Christmas. He was in distress, and had been without food many a time. The prisoner and witness had been drink ing fourpenny b eer t h e whole of the afternoon on which this occurrence happened. Susannah Grestie examined.—Lodged in Lovegrove's house at the time in question. Saw the prisoner on the day of the occurrence. Knew the deceased; she was present. About two o'clock in the day witness was sitting in the room, and, having heard a noise below, she went down and saw the prisoner and his wife quarrelling. They were both using angry words. The witness then went on to corroborate tl e evidence of th e p rev i ous w i tness. Cyrus Alcock examined.—l s su perintendent of police. Went in search of the prisoner about seven o'clock on the evening of the occurrence, brace, which hadand from Mr. Bowker's, in a sawpit. It was dark at the time ; tied found him about 400 yards a light was procured and he was discovered. He was forward b t r l a ie ce in liquor at the time, and was taken to the station-house. A handkerchief was found tied round his neck with a noose, had been been broken. [Produced the —Thinks he made an attempt upon his and to the end of the handkehracnbrei.wc,iansez the razor.] surgeon to the she had a wound on her throat own C life ss frome Cross-examin ed.—Thinks am the e manner ' i f n s w e , d h . ich the handkerchief d I I tied. He was greatly The dece d William Farr 1 1 i e c x:a n inl e s louse- Manchester Infirmary. deceased NV,IS brought there on • lit of the occurrence the night . d I two jugular which div i de d the veins, and was three inches in depth. She lived only a month after, and died on the sth of April of the irritation of the wound and the g r e at los s o f blood. The wound caused her death, and was quite sufficient to do so.