The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-08 00:00:00

I u IAiRR ES N DENTS, A Li verpool ger t'-!tnan, at .I,r letter is al , . Friday eve rit)e it structnt e; the 1 are at work in t number won!, sail al out th D.t to that I cinid trit jS iliCi f With r. an , i Co and the " inquisitor" is unanswerable, and we are not aware that any reply . to it has been published. tbt Ziberoool'Otantiarb. TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 8, 1851 I that an official despatch was re- v afternoon. stating that the commerce had failed, in the in Cha )er of ( inkrmed, in making out a reamble of their bill. The will now he called upon bill; S. we rt of their own lence lo sti it to the ti The negativing of t ses in the latter iprem ow is I it was urg big man at t Ach, why dor word ; two more then fol FERPOOL •ce men came into Mr; Tyrer's on came in first with a double-bar- Jackson, who came and told us e had got his 6d. he shot him. As not until after the pistol .went the man. I know him if. I cannot swear positive'_ rincipally by his coat. He had his fru Edward Seddon : I was going to Tyrer uestion between half•past seven and eh hp hnnsp when a man pushed me in ha on the night in ht; I was walkiii ding a pistol. Ai and said shall I ...- ..—_ man then came out of the house part him. The man then went into the he door. My brother John opened it fr( without and tgot with the pistol, he who pushed Pol!ock : There off whilst I wa swear positively J befor was some dark covering over his d to. the mouth. His coat and his was the man. I was guarded there ightened? I did not like to stand are you. Headley had a pistol too I can as hick he presented at me; he had nothing on his face. I did ,ot see him when I was first before the magistrates. We were old by the police they had some men in custody, and wanted v if we could identify any of them. While they were down the.lobby at the station, I looked through a hole ix Nears. I did not see him i shot when I went into the I hail knOwn_lllo Jackson had on a lightish coloured twill ndholders the prudent support in the preamble of the nt the insertion V. nod has certainly profited but had to ernw.el nri in the second edition s.. the first; certainly t is a sad sign of the ion of modern Liberalism to mere )st stubborn in their ob- t under the infliction of abortive scheme the second. Thus far the 141 - inist-v have gained by their astutely acted farce of resignation nave Imo' it retractors , troops once more whinner-in. under snbjeet Sedition in the camp is who a few weeks )11 to t bed; and the gentry eerned disposed to set up as perfectly ready to imble Di t will end perhaps the proceedings in Parliament t ill afford us something se that such a Budget John Slater for of the Elchenuer ny ordinary circum- n the present Budge at the Hoase Tax, in gd. in the pound upon lops, whether new or old, ed; and that, in cas urn, no t having been these pay the rates in ,owest rate of window Chancellor has left out of his ion of agricultural seeds. The and Timber en death of our late Rushton, has forced a question, which is place to be supplied ? arcely hope to find in any individual the s, the ability and integrity. the local know terial tact and aptitude, which if he had any, More than a ct attached to his itself ; and yen to the satis- d decently-attired young man, twenty years of age, who could both read and write well, was put on his trial for having committed a felonious assault on a little girl named Margaret Ann Bentley. Mr. Monk All the difference prosecuted_; and Mr. Serjeant Wilkins and Mr. Pollock defended the prisoner. The offence imputed was said to have been committed at Ashton-under-Lune, on the evening of New Year's Day la.t. under very aggravated circumstances, but the disgusting details are entirely unfit for publication. After the evidence had been gone through, the jury found the prisoner. guilty ; and his lordship, commenting on the heinousness of his crime, sentenced him to be transported for 20 years, indignantly refusing to pay any attention to a recommendation to mercy, made by the father of the Tr £2O ner annum are still unfortunate girl, in q case of this disgraceful character. AT ST. HELENS as next tried for stealing about £l5 s, the property of David Gamble, secuted ; and Mr. Pollock de- mired in t Amer to so t Duck tru to produ and we may of giving to cornmi of injurious clat SIR Chart his Budget little that w no new pri slavish su party, to jections t si like a guess. But to so as that of the ent Ch; d, and would be toler stances, is and the last proposed is, Tax, i! lieu of Wind houses, and 64. u Window TBN stead of the Houses uni still a tion of duties on Foreign ( with dw of bons assessec question duty. exeml scherr. THE lamented and eti► Ilan , mat We can s ledge, and the shton arduo will he ready to admit the fact merely local interest and res character, with them to the bar of Parliamen faction of ever aff s he presided the public ever credit for s lon the man years of a are afraid t} inhabitant of the town, over whose t least the great majority of always dispose of motive n the vast- Hate] 1 to give him full —standing as v stood before us in apparently many to run—we 1 cours mirers and friend in his barn knight ; and if ever a public servant could he said e done so, that man was Edward Rushton. a good to hay We could have I, however, seeing I anxieties years less harassed with the unceasing and cares of office. His labour might have been lighten rendered more frentier how( and long nstruc created now to lament the past ; but we n. ton's dut re been is too late, are too much to be imposed upon one individual on the )ccasion of the first pro moluments of the office, position to increas town at I t the n :essay of exer- arils himself. The tQplf n opportunity now ng this s led as a boon by a munitv. The town very 1 f Liver 11 is no longer v the date of Mr. Rushton's appointment to the office of stipendiary. It is no r even what it was five Our docks and their .tched both north and snug to the limits of the part arnentary boundary arther extended. A dense settled in closely packed but a ff fields or te land. And, frog aratior and T r. years Igo were green e seaward,lreland in her tide of pauper immi- ,viding additional work for the the office Apart then from tt ,he incre sanitary Line to the itered over this end of Tox- shoulc ent central office, there rt too. from t s thrown upon the bench b: er ena larae a D much to 'nt of ntlr - 1 , 41 The r angements we If the laity ininstice, as well as inconvenience. Dock nformations are frequently submitted to, and the rather than parties will incur the trouble f time of themselves or clerks, in attend- 3 entail u ing to d doubt no a portion o em ; and in man_ the he instances we at petty offences, limbed for the a court at the Jossesaima an arrangement as courts, more of the community najorit howe% ould, we feel satie- bange proposed p:rnAnCP. This. The salary s the services of ablishment Charges need not be paid to Mr. Ru ton u nt men ; and a small aA ,I ture under the head of Es won two effi be well repaid to the town by the increased facility with which the public business would be Mr. ( well and Mr, evening. in T. B. Birct Messrs. ur of the admi y voted, on Thursday In of the Jew Bill. Sir Mr. Brown were absent, Holme, of this town, hare contracted to make on line to Southport; The new station will frontaze of rty gar, Gibbs, acquitted ot, tie poisonings at Lang. orne, South Wales, was burnt in effigy at that village Elizab 'errand is a eandidate for the representation and has issued a stirring Protestant and of Aylesbur Protectionist anaresa. The Queen has been pleased to _grant unto Thos. Moss, Esq., of Roby-hall, her royal license and authority to take the surname of Edwards, in addition to, and before that of Moss, and to bear the arms of Edwards, quarterly, with his own paternal arms. SAMUEL STANTFORTH, ESQ.—'This gentleman, who is well known and respected iraiverpool, and who held the lucrative office of distributor of stamps in Liverpool for many years, died at his. residence', Everton, on Saturday. He was upwards of eighty years of age, lauding the A-siz:•s occa , i..n nu intoinrettiei,c xaged professionally a e fo!lowing effect. His iih respect to the struc- :—its vastness , :aerial lie,ttne y with the nature of the is sky-blue, ao that the dia f blues y. stretched like a e are told that 5,000 persons his.be true, four times that Much has been iks to rain ; so it is ; but here and there being all heavy shower. As to the itestion often discussed, who have examined of itself a couple of r, be ephemeral. both the Model timirable position y to the question of " An sillily find room for the let )r for the poetical favours of YESTERDAY'S CROWN COURT. FORGERY AT PRESCOT. The Court was opened at nine o'clock this 'morning there being, then seven eases for trial. Richard flashy Johnson surrendered this morning, and pleaded guilty to having forged an indorsemeta to a bill of exchange fo- £213 155., with intent to defraud Thomas Parr and Thomas Lyon. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Atkinson, who called several witnesses to the.prison er's character and in extenuation. This case arose out of an advertisement which was inserted in th papers by a gang of swindlers, of whom the notorious Capt. Rout ledge was the head. There seemed to be no doubt that the accused had sent up the money to meet the bill, but he had never received any authority . to endorse Mr.. Lee's name. Mr. Pollock, for the prosecution, said they were of opinion that the prisoner had been made the dupe of accomplished swindlers in London. Mr. Lee said he had had many transactions with the prisoner, and would be happy to renew business with him again, for he had always found him honest and straight forward in his dealings, which hac frequently been to a very considerable sum.—Mr. Greenhough gave similar evidence and both gentlemen spoke in the highest terms of the prisoner's character heretofore.—Sentence was deferred. ATTEMPTED BURGL ARY AT LITTLE WOOLTON George Johnson, 30. was charged with having attempted to commit a hu -glary in the house of John Okell, Esq., of Leigh-hall, Little Woolton. Mr. Pollock prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. Some suspicions was entertained that a burglary was to be committed at the house of the prosecutor, on the night of the 7th October last. In consequence, several men were employed to keep watch in the house, and about two o'clock they were awakened by a noise, as of some boring at the street door. This continued for about half- hn-hcur, when the watchers went out and found two men at the door,—one stooping down as if at work, and the other standing close by. They seized the prisoner, but his companion escaped ; and, on searching the former, a wax candle and a box of lucifer matches were found upon him. Near to the door, immediately afterwards, an iron instrument,—such as is regularly tiled by house breakers for the purpose of removing a portion of the panel, by which means they can open the tastenings of a door,—was picked up, together with a gimlet and a ham- The prisoner, on his apprehension, said he was missing along the footpath near the house, and, seeing two men at work, he had gone up to learn what they were doing; hut, unfortunately for him, it was proved that it was impossible for any person to have distinguished ano ther standing at the door from the footpath. The despe rate character of the prisoner was shown by his having very dexterously effected his escape from the lock-up at Woolton, on the night he was placed in the cell there, and had since been at large. In his defence, the accused repeated the statement he had made when apprehended. He said it was not shown in evidence that he had had any hand in the attempted burglary, or that the instrument with which the circles and hole in the mahogany door of Mr. Okell's house had been cut, were ever in his possession. The jury. how ever, at once found him guilty. His lordship having remarked that if they believed his stsry they could acquit him, but it was very foolish, to say the least of it, for a man, at two o'clock in the morning, to go and stand by nnther was cutting a hole in the door of a gentle man's private house. whilst CRIMINAL ASSAULT AT ASHTON FELONS John Potter, 35 worth of copper mon of Present. Mr. Monk p fended the prisoner, shilling packets, in a drawer in the counting-house of the prosecutor, on the 7th of March last, and was missed on the following morning by one of the workmen, who keeps several books on the premises there connected with the establishment. It was subsequently discovered that an ce into the building had been effected by the re moval of some bricks underneath the window-sill, by which an aperture was made, large enough to admit a a body. The prisoner formerly worked for Mr. Gam- e night, returning A portion of the coppe concealed in a hole near the railway bridge, over the tram- a;t on the was found prisoner Was seen within a early hour on the morning. had paid away several five shilling packets of coppers, soon after the felony, to various tradesmen and pawn brokers at St. Helens, sometimes parting with as much orth at once. His average wages were ns a pound's Sd. per week, and ho had com plained shortly before this time of his small vrttees and to ben his puberty. but at the time of his appre more than sion he had kt the same spot nd thes were sworn to as be- In favour of the accused it was len were at work on the prosecutors' Int the whole of the night, and In sight house where the money had been de- longing to the prisoner.- n,- and not one conclusive of j ury convicted the prisoner, and a question was then reserved for the opinion of the judges, as to whether the description of building in w been left was le deferred. CONCEA 1 or otherwise hich the property had The sentence was then 'T OF BIRTH AT LT to suffer from extreme Mary Ann Price, w ill health, pleaded guilty to concealing the birth of child, at Liverpool, on the 7th of March last. a mate looked ove however, and did not find that it was by any means an aggravated case : she would be imprisoned for two months in the House of Correction, and kept to hard labour. GE AND BURGLAR SIMONSWOOD. Robert Jackson, William Maher Thomas Headley, and Thomas Goulbur powerful and desperate: d with considerable vio (;f John Tyrer, farmer, of Simons ( March last. There were several other iith the daring burg lence. at the hoes, Mr. Monk prosectted and Mr. Pollock defended three of the prisoners,—Maher being undefended by any ad vocate. Mr. Monk having briefly detailed the circum- stances of the case, the following evidence was given. Richard Sedden : I was at Mr. Tyrer's on the night of Shrov Tuesday, sitting in the kitchen, up to the fireplace. Ther nOther man with me . About FIX men entered the kitchen— They had pistols with them. One of _ stood at the doorcheek, and the other y money, and I gave him 6d. , and he then unbuttoned my y pocket, and . then he shot me, as coat and took nu shoot?" He shot rile on the le other men whom I saw went into !" [went] back again. Ido not ie ; I have never seen him since iy of the men were it the door cheek; he that I know of. I don't know bow at dresFed. I saw Maher there standing I was the big man who told him to shoot me By Maher : I told the magistrate I thought it was Maher lam about as positive now as then. I know him by his corn niexion and big nose. I did not know him by his dress. Tyrer's the las Oil Shrove Tuesday hand, and told us not to I 1, and went into the house. acket with his right I said not. He had I was watching the • man at the door, who told hint to make me so that I could not watch him. I was then struck over the forehead, and heard the report of a pistol afterwards. I saw the tallest man [Maher] there. He seemed to have a darkish coat on, down tothe hips. By Maber.-1 said I was sure you were the man by your Work whialrpra nti that nivht. !N were fal rird Glynn relied pistol. That one was n't to have a word. After 1 -- - - - far as 1 think it is Jackson who shot :.-1 had never seen ny face to the w if I had I live at N I hail never hat night. Se By Mr. MO itton coat. _ L'awara nurat ; - prosecutor's, in the house part. Four men e ntered throu gh the door; two came into the house. One of them "baulked" (presented) a pistol at me. The other man stepped behind, saying "We are hard up; money we want, and money well have before we go." I said there is no money here. but you may have a pancake if you have a mind. He then struck me with a pistol. I got him down. They struck me with the bludgeons, and we were struggling some time and I got him down again ; but I was struck several times, and I lost my senses for a bit, and could not get up. Thomas Goulburn is one of the men who " baulked" the pistol at me. The gun was taken from my master's house that night : 1 missed it the next morning. By Mr. Pollock : I bad not known Goulburn before ; I am positive he is the man. I have always been as positive. I know nim by his countenance, and height, and appearance. I made a statement before the magistrates, and signed it. (The depo- Sition was lucre put in and read, and in the dwenteut the words were, " I believe Golburn is the than.") I might have said so. By Maher : I have known you three or four years. I will not swear it was you who wrestled with me. By the JUDGE: I did not see much of the men in the back kitchen. I just saw them come in at the door. Thomas Meyrisk, a policeman, .vho found a ball in the kitchen of the prosecutor, here produced it, but nothing depended on this point. Ann Tyrer : The prosecutor is my brother. I was with him on Tuesday night. I was in the house part when the men came in. There were two of them. They 'had pistols and bludgeons with them. One presented a pistol at me and said, "That's for money; money they wanted and would have, for they were hard up." They then struck Hurst, and both men beat him very much. This went on about ten minutes. They then came to me and demanded the keys, and told one to go up stairs and find the money. They bad before taken 2s. 6d. out of my pocket. They opened the drawers of a chest up stairs, and took a purse with money in it. There was one they could not open, and they said they would make me open it. They found another sovereign in another drawer. By Maher : I cannot say you were one of the men. I was too ill frightened. John S c edden FI went to John Tyrer's house on that night, and saw some strange men there—the face of one and the back of the other. My brother Edward pushed me out to fetch some arms. I saw Thomas Headley there: he was loading a gun in the house part. By Mr. PoLLocx : I was there about half a minute altogether. I recognise him by his dress and appearance together. I saw him at Ormskirk at the station after that. I was brought there by the police to see if I could recognise any others. Richard Pickering: I was present when the prisoners were taken into custody. Maher was taken at his lodgings. Ros common -street, :Liverpool; Jackson in Dryden street. Liver pool; Goulburn was taken in Kew-street, Liverpool ; and Headley at his own house, in Burlington-street. When Jackson was taken there was a cotton coat found, which I produce. [lt was a very common.loOking garment, much torn, and a mark of blood on its back.] Jackson said it was his coat. Goulbnrn, when apprehended, said, "You are on the wrong scent; we are the wrong parties, but we know who did it." By Mr. Pollock : That was not the morning of the apprehen sion ; about an hour afterwards : they had then been informed of the charge. Simonswood is about eleven mites from Liver pool._ - - _ . - - Robert Fanwin : I was present when Maher. Jackson, and Goulburn were apprehended. Maher wanted to 'know what we we-e taking him into custody for. I said I would tell him when dressed. He said he supposed it was for those robberies yonder. I then told him he was charged with robbing' Tyrer's house, and firing at the inmates, with intent to kill them. He saht we were on the wrong scent ;he was innocent of it. His wife observed—yes, he was innocent of that. and she could prove it, because lie was not out on pancake night. I then went to Jackson. but lie said nothing. When I told Gonlburn what he was taken for, he said it was all right. Before that he had been asked his name, but he gave no answer. Inspector Rimmer knew him. There was an enquiry about a jacket there. Murphy asked whose coat it was ? He said it was not his, twice; but when Murphy was going to ask the landlord Goulburn said,—What nonsense, it is not a coat, it is my jacket. By Maher : Tour wife did not say she knew where you were. Henry Murphy: I am one of the Liverpool cetective police force. I found a jacket which, at first, he said was not his, but afterwards owned it. I found a pair of light cord trou sers, and some skeleton keys at Headley's. He said he did not know whose trousers they were; he did not know how they came into his possession. Thomas Meyrick, policeman : I heard Headley say to his wife that a witness had sworn to his having a pair of white cord trowers, but you know how I got them ; they were made for another man, it did not fit, and that's the way I got them. By Mr. PoLLocK : This took place at the Police-office. I was standing clase by the prisoners. Peter Thompson, policeman :—I heard the prisoner Goulburn speak to Maher, when at the Ormskirk Police-stat►on, " How could you do with a pancake, Will." I did not hear the answer. Maher observed all he said was, Tyrer was born on a Pan cake Day ; and Maher made answer, he is a cake. Edward and Richard Sedden, and Glynn, on being recalled, said the man who robbed and shot the pistol wore such a coat as the one produced and found at Jackson's. Mr. John Tyrer then stated that Simonswood was about 11 miles from Liverpool. He was not at home on the night in question. When he returned he missed a woollen purse, viith 10s. in it. Mr. PoLLocic then addressed the jury for the prisoners. The only question he troubled them with was, whether those for whom he appeared had, beyond all doubt, been made out to have been the perpetrators of this daring outrage. He con curred in the feeling which he was sme every one in the bnx must feel, that this was an offence which it was highly desirable should not go unpunished; but then he called u pon the jurors to take care that in their feelings of indig nation they did not punish the innocent. As it was his intention to call witnesses in defence of his clients, to esta blish their plea that they were elsewhere on the night in ques tion, he did not comment at any very great length on the evidence that had been produc" He Censured strongly tLe practice that prevailed at Orrnskirk of marching prisoners along a lobby singly, and then placing those who were reqn red to identify them on the other side of a door, through which witnesses were enabled to have s full view of the men, and, if necessary, confer with each other before they were brought before the suspected offenders face to face. This was urVair to • •••• , 1 it was the most proper and honest plan to brine f.ee to face, that there might be . _ no chance of collu;ion or unfairness. lie then went thrcuzh the whole of the evidence, and urg= d upon the jury how unsafe it would be for them to convict the prisoners for this offence. ave clear and ntity it was impart distinct testimony, since experience showed how often mis takes in this respect did occur; and it therefore behoved the jurors to guard carefully, as far as they could, agOnst the commission of like errors for the future. He then proceeded to call his witnesses in support of an alibi. Maher, in his defence said he had a witness to prove he was so elsewhere on this night ; and, bPsides. he wished them to oscrve that no one had spoken positively to his person. ALIBI FOR ./ACRSOIV Elizabeth Rourke, a fruit-dealer, said Jackson had lived with M'lntyre for some time. I was with Mrs. M'lntyre at Sea forth on last pancake Tuesday. I returned home about half. past six to Dryden-street, Scotland-road. When I got there, Is w Robert Jackson and Philip Malone in the house. I went out for about a quarter of an hour, and when I returned Jack son was there still. I remained there about half•an-hour, and I left Jackson when 1 went away. Ely Mr. Monk : Malone is not here to-day. I saw him last, last nizht. Nl'laityre's is a cellar. When I went out I left Mrs. M'lntyre there, but when I returned she was gone out to get some supper. ' I first heard of Jackson's being taken on the (lay he was apprehended, and was then told of the charge against him. I gave my evidence in favour of Jackson, at Ormskirk. he last wit Tuesday, and when we returned home about half- past six, we found Jackson and Malone in the house. My own little girl was there also. Jackson slept there until about ten, when we went to bed, Jackson not having been out all night. My husband was taken up on this charge and liberated. Catherine Lee, who lives within two doors of the last wit ness, went into the house with a frying pan on Shrove Tuesday night about halt-past seven, and saw Jackson there then with M'lntyre. THE LIVERPOOL STifiliAltD. ALIBI FOR HEADLEY Jane Sherlock, Bostock-street : Last Shrove Tuesday my husband left off work at six o'clockand got home about half- past six. We were then about half an hour at tea and other wise engaged till half-past seven, when Headley came in and asked if we were making pancake , . I afterwards went out for an hour and Headley was there when I returned. He left it at ten minutes to ten. He has borne a good character since I have known him for nine or ten years. - By Mr. MoNK : I did not go out until Headley came. He had nothing to drink that night. The children were put to bed a little before ten. When I came back, I brought a small loaf in, which I paid for out of Saturday night's wages, Tho. mas Weaver came in about a quarter to nine, and ►eft about ten minutes before Headley. He is not here to-day ; he was here on Saturday. James JAnson, clock-cleaner, Portland street : Saw Head ley at my place on Shrove Tupsday night from a quarter-past six until about ten minutes past seven. Thomas Rice, 31, Kew-street, Live pool : - 1 ne prisoner Goulburn has worked with me off and on for the last six years, and lodged with me. On Shrove Tuesday he was at work when-I left him_ at a nuarter nast seven, and when I returned his sUpper, it a quarter past went to bed. - - - • By Mr. MoNx : Grundy and my boy were with the p+ isoner when I left. When I came hack, Goulburn was getting supper my daughter and son, but not urnnuy. 1 1005 some shoes borne which Grundy had helped me to make. I took them away in a bag. I had a clock in my place. Eliza Rice, wife of last witness : Last Shrove Tuesday night Goulburn had been at work all day. At a quarter past seven my husband went out with some work. Goulburn worked till about half-past seven. He then washed himself, went out, returned about 20 minutes past nine, and had his supper, when my husband came.home- By Mr. MONK : When m . my son, and myself we^ - • William Po--- with my v husband went out, W. Grundy, the room :• ‘LTownurn was at work at a•quarter past seven on Shrove Tuesday, and went out about half-past seven. I went nut, and when I came back he was in bed. I 3 Mr. MONK :• After ten we went up to our work again. Goulburn came down before me. I did not see Rice go. He took some new shoes out with him. I helped him to pack them up. George Gray, hatcher aesdav in BostocV ALIBI FOR MAHER. f.T: Saw Maher at half•past six on Shrove treet, and did not leave him until half- past eight. By Mr. MONK : I have been in scrapes myself ; in different scrapes; I cannot tell you how often, because when a boy I carried dinner up to Kirkdale Gaol every day. I can't tell you how many times I have been in gaol for felony, nor for what offences. If you want my character you can have it. Mr. MONK : I think I have got it.—Witness: If you want it, I can send for it.—JUDGE: Where do you keep your cha •? • 114, Great Howard-street, my lord.—Janos : Then abetter take of it,—you stand in danger of losing it.— Oh, no, my lord, no fear of that. (Great laughter.) Ellen Bridge: About five minutes to six, on Shrove Tuesday eight, I saw Maher at his tea, at my house, where he lodges, and I left him there at a quarter-past six. Mr. MONK, in reply, defended the police from the remarks of Mr. Pollock, urging that their conduct had been straight - means fairly subjected them you ha Witnes ~,gue insinuations of his friend. He remarked that it was somewhat extraordinary in this case that there should have been four persons charged with this d , sperate.outrage, and that each of those persons were enabled to set up an alibi. lie contrasted the evidence of identity, given by the prose- to the v cution, with that for, the defence; and he inquired continently 'f every one of the witnesses whom he had called had not manifested the greatest caution in giving their testimony, and . by their demeanour and candour fully entitled themselves to be considered as the witnesses of truth at the hands of the jury. He also maintained that the statementsof the witnesses for the prisoners left their reply to this charge peculiarly de fective, and in many instances contradictory. The Learned JUDGE commenced his summing up at twenty minutes Mist five, and introduced it by remarking, that in order to assist the jury in dealing with the case, inasmuch as they might be embarra.sed in considering four cases together, he would point their attention to such parts of the evidence as affected each prisoner; and then beg of them to think, in their own minds, what impression it made on them, before they passed on to the next. With respect to an alibi, he observed that it might be true or it might be false, and it was always a painful duty to have to decide on matters of this kind; but they would not jump to, the conclusion that reople who `came there to swear to an alibi which was consistent in its details, came there to swear falsely. If there were no glaring contradiction on the face of it , the evidence was entitled to every consideration; and the jury would have to say whether they thought in this case that the prosecution were mistaken, and that the witnesses for the prisoners were speaking the truth or not. If they believed that the evidence of identity was so strong as to overbear all presumption that it could be mis taken, then, of course, the question of an alibi was entirely ' disposed of, and the case at an end. His Lordship then care fully recapitulated the evidence as it affected each prisoner, and as he concluded the several parts the jury turned round to determine the guilt or innocence of each separate offender. The demeanour of the prisoners throughout the trial was confident, even to recklessness ; but, for the short time when their cases came separately under the consideration of the jury, they betrayed some anxiety. Maher, on leaving the dock, turned roun d and said, " If they catched the right man. lie hoped they would allow him to come back again. The prisoners were then removed by the officers of the gaof. On the conclusion of his charge, and without much consi deration, the jury returned a verdict of guilty against all the prisoners, who seemed much disappointed with the result, so much impression had their defence made on the minds of many in court. t to r i s o c o A previous conviction against Maher was then proved. Mr. Morin : There is another case of a very similar cha racter;e youre din nmi L t ip or , d T s fts h h Lordship. soon t togeas s probably,o theprisoners ti i a l n n o o t think it necessary . bad been called upon in the usual form, and grumbled out their protestations of innocence, proceeded to "pass sentence. He said the jury had to determine the question of their guilt or innocence, and they had said the prisoners were guilty. It was the judgment of the jury, and not of the offenders, he was to take in these matters. They had found them guilty o f a ver y gross an d vio lent outrage —one of the most d a ri ng h e remem b ere d t o h a ve heard of in the long list of crimes he had had to deal with curing the present assizes. At an early hour in the evening, armed with deadly weapons, they had made an attack on this hou e, and a young and unoffending person who was there had the narrowest escape, one ofthe parties ordering the otherto fire, that he might not look at their persons so as to identify them again Unquestionably if the ,youth's life had been sacrificed, they would have all been guilty of murder ; because lie had no doubt they all had gone to that house to resist to the last any attempt made to prevent their carrying on their unlawful designs. As to Maher. he had been recently convicted, and had not taken warning by his previous imprisonment, but had pursued a still more daring and reckless course of life. It was extremely probable that Maher was the ringleader, that he had made all the arrangements, stood at the door, and ordered the other accomplice to fire. It was quite clear he was a perfectly incorrigible offender in wrong, and his repetition of these crimes rendered him utterly unworthy to remain in this com.try. His lordship then sentenced Maher to be trans ported for his natural life, and the other prisoners for fifteen years' each. The greatest commisseration was felt for the first witness, Seddon, who was so brutally and wantonly shot in the mouth by one of the perpetrators of this daring outrage. He has not yet recovered his health, or the free command of his speech, and indeed some time will elapse ere he does so even partially. The wound he received in his month was a most fearful one, occasioning the loss of his teeth, and disfiguring him for life. The other inmates of the house would seem to have been some what more humanely dealt with ; at least, but little personal violence was offered to them,With the exception of the servant, who resisted his assailants so manfully, until he was over powered by the deadly weapons and repeated blows of the Lang. Mr. Tyrer was from home at the time, and his sister, though with the offenders a considerable time, was too much frightened and alarmed.to recognise ire the least the features of any one of them. ASSAULT AT WINDME Edward Gorse, a very tespeabl;:ttitired young man, was charged with having made an assault, at Windle, on Matthew Rigby, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. It appeared from the statements of counsel and the wit nesses, that the neighbourhood of Sutton and Uphoßand was frighted from its propriety by the report that there was to be seen on each night, stalking along the roads, a black man, some ten feet high, with other attributes in proportion. On the sth of January, about 12 o'clock at night, the prosecutor, and a friend, and the prisoner met on the road, and some badinage passed about the "big 'nn," whi"h ended in a scuffle, wherein Rigby was wounded in the neck, as he presumed v.ith a penknife. The wound was not not dangerous, and Mr. Put, tom( having made a humouroos speech in defence, the jury found a verdict of a common assault. It was then desired to call witnesses to the respectability of the prisoner and his family; but his Lordship said he was very willing to believe him to be a very respectable goose; and having rated him soundly for his childish fears, sentenced him to ray tr fine of 5, and to be discharged. The money was of course paid. POACHING AT PRESCOT Matthew Robertson was convicted of poachinT on the lands of the Earl of Derby, at PreQcot. and assaultinz the zamekeeper. He was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with a suitable warning from his lordship as to his future conduct. • SENT ENC ES, Jackson Haslom, who had pleaded guilty to a bareary, at the earlier part of the assizes, was sentenced to six months' . imnrisonment. George Johnson, convicted this morning of the attempt at burglary at the residence of Mr. Okell, of Leigh-hall, fifteen months' imprisonment. John Burns. awl Thomas Nofri.e, convicted of having in their Possession. at Liverpool, for , ' ed promissory notes of the Northern Banking Company of Ireland, ten years' transpoi ta tion each. _ • . . Richard Elsley Johnson. who pleaded guilty to uttering a forged endorsement, at Present, was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment at Kirkdale. His LORDSHIP remarked That it. appeare ', in an evil hour, the prisoner had been be trayed into making use of the name of a person he hat been cotnected with in business without his authority. It was the inference of law that he intended to defraud some person, and although he mieht have :leant to have taken it up when due, still it was done fraudulently. He had been, no doubt, betrayed into this by some practitioners in London, who afterwards swindled him ; but money being misaepropriated by those parties. he presented a second forgery in order to endeavour to screen himself. His Lordship said he had carefully looked over the case, and felt hound, as a public example, to pass a severe sentence—one year's imprisonment. Michael Maeartney, Michael Galvin, and James Glanway pleaded guilty to a riot. His Lordship said the men had been gnilty of aiding in r. very serious disturbance—a prize fight. It WaiB only the other day that a man was killed at one of these tights. They were very brutal ekhibitions, and such as could not by any means be encouraged. To be imprisoued one month. with hard labour. The business of this court was terminated at half-past seven this evening. COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY NEWS Monday Night. Our Share market has been depressed this week, from sales made by speculators, apprehensive of having to pay again the heavy contangoes of last account. After this purging—not yet quite passed—we look for a healthier market and better prices. This day r s quotations are— Aberdeen, la ; Ambereate and East Junction, 311; Late C'ies. and B'head.2ol ; East Anglian. 5 ; East. Lan cashire. 161 1 1. ; Do. preference Fifths, 'p ; Do. do. 2nd issue, 54; Leeds Fifths, 6 13-16 d; Loudon stock, 127 4 ; Do. new Quarters. 5p ; M'chester Shef and L'coln, pref. 12 1-16 ; Do. £6 new preference, fo ;- Midland Halves, 144 d ; North Uni.on A, 241 ' • Old Drivers, 2611; York, Newc. and Berwick. 211 ; Dutch Rhenish, 41d; Royal Bank preference, 125. . _ . . The cotton market on Saturday continued fiat, without any alteration in prices to notice, which are the same as Friday. The sales amounted to 4,000 bales, 500 of which are on speculation. To day the market has been mode rate. with prices a shade lower. 5,000 bales have been sold, 500 of which are for export. Tmport since Friday : Uplands, 2,093 ; Orleans, 2,026; West India, 34 ; total, 4,153. We learn from the monthly timber circular of Messrs. Mackay, that since the Ist February last. fifteen timber laden vessels have arrived from British North America, eight from St. John, N. 8., and seven from other ports. The following is an extract from their circular published on Friday : " The import of Pine Timber is in excess of last year, and chiefly composed of small average girths, while Deals and Battens are brought forward in limited quantities for the daily increasing consumption. The slight - advance reported, being not sufficient to induce shipments to any great extent, for with the advance in freight and first cost of wood goods, now demanded by ship-owners and shippers the present prices here, after deducting all charges, will still entail a loss upon the importer of from les. to 15s. per standard. The enhanced prices now readily obtained in London and other ports of the United Kingdom, together with the unusual large quantity sold for spring delivery abroad, will have its effect in greatly reducing the quantity that otherwise would naturally come to this port ; and under these circumstances nothing short of remunerative prices to importers will influence a fair-average supply." Whilst upon the subject of the timber trade, we ought not to omit to quote the following exposure of the unjust railway charges fixed on this article. Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming in their last circular say : " There is one great drawback to the development of this, namely, the snstentation of unreasonably high rates of inland c trriage, the railroads and the canals treating it as a mono poly, instead of wisely adapting their rates to enable this market to sustain itself against the competition of Hull, Glou cester, &c. Take, for example, the disparity between the carriage of a standard of deals to Manchester from Hull and Liverpool ; from Hull, a distance of eighty three miles, it is carried for 28s. ld. ; while from Liverpool, a distance of only thirty mile?, it costs 20s. Bd., thus enabling the ports on the east coast to beat us out of our own market, through the advantage they derive in the difference of the foreign freight, more than ever to be considered now, as the foreign-duties are likely to be further reduced." The following from Messrs. Littledale's circular, pub lished on Friday, furnishes a gloomy picture of the state of trade during the last month :-- "We regret again having to repeat the same unvarying tale of dullness in our produce markets, but seldom. has such a state of - things continued with so-little change for three months in succession as has been the case for the first quarter of '5l. Notwithstanding this total want of animation, there is a mode rate consumptive demand from, day to day, and the light stocks in the hands of dealers would warrant the expectation of relief to importers ere long. It affords's strong proof of the sound position of produce, as regards prices, to see how little decline, comparatively, has taken place throughout this-long suspen sion :—with the exception of indigo, which had been previously driven.up Is. per lb. by speculation, and has now lost nearly the same; and sugar, partly from the same cause, but more from the depression existing amongst the refiners. attributed in some degree to the increased competition of Dutch refined sugar and the country grocers working off their previously heavy stocks of raw sugarr—the value of most articles remains without material change—•say cotton, silk, wool, tea, saltpetre, oil seeds, ivory, kips, spices, spirits, and other minor articles, Coffee forms another exception, but when the largely increased estimates of supply. and-the diminished consumption from the amount of unheard-of trash now used in adulteration are con sidered, the surprise is that the decline has not been greater." STRETFORD.—A steeple chase is to be run at Stretford, near Manchester, on Thursday next. The Earl and Countess of Sefton were present in the Crown Court, yesterday, during the whole of the trial of the Simonswood burglars. Mr. Justice Cresswell will, it is believed, leave for London this morning, if Baron Platt, who was slightly indisposed last night, is recovered. The criminal business has all been disposed of, but tho- civil cases will occupy two or three days more. A letter from Marseilles of the lat inst. announces the receipt of intelligence from Egypt (no date given) of a serious revolt at Senaar, in which the Pacha and the. Egyptian troops had all been massacred. Preparations were making at Cairo to dispatch troops to the scene of tumult. We understand that a meeting was held last night,. at the Public-office, Toxteth-park, for the purpose of me morialising the council infavour of the appointment of two stipendiary magistrates for this borough. Mr. Mercer was in the chair, and among the gentlemen present were the overseers and guardians of the poor, Mr. Councillor Lloyd . , &e. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. — The monthly meeting of the council was held yesterday,—Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq., president, in the chair. An interim report from the committee on Customs Regulations was brought up and adopted. It contained a series of s iggestions for amendment in the bonding system, and the management of the Customs. A report from the Special Committee on the Patent Laws was also received and adopted ; like wise one from the committee on the Law of Debtor and Creditor, in. which it was recommended that the chamber should support the bill about to be brought before parlia ment for the speedy arrest of absconding debtors. The report from the committee on the Adulteration of Coffee was read, and, atter much discussion, adopted. It was to the effect that though, in the opinion of the committee, no legislative enactment can effectually prevent such adulteration, yet having reason to believe, from recant intern , ation, that the Treasury order permit ting the mixture of chicory with Coffee is regarded by many dealers ns sanctioning adulteration, they suggest the repeal of that Treasury order, to remove any such misconception. Mary communications' were read, among which were several on Customs reform : one from 'the Hull ellarobi-r of Commerce, on the subject of the repeal of the Sound dues and the abolition of the Russian Com pany ; one from the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce, on telegraphic communication ; one on commercial trihu nals ; and one from the master stevedores, with a co py o f their memorial from the Town Council—all of were referred to special c ommittees, . hich SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY AMONGST THE JEWS: The annual meeting of the friends of this society was held last night, in the Concert-ball, Lord Nelson-street, for the purpose of transacting the business'of the auxili ary society of this district. The Rev. Dr. M'Neile occupied the chair; and on the platform we noticed the following clergymen and gentlemen :—The Rev. J. B: Lowe. W. Rawson, Rev. S. Minton, S. P. Boutflower, T. Robinson, W. M. Masse, Sce, J. K. Rounthwaite, Esq.. H. J. Webster, Esq., &c. The rev. chairman called upon the Rev. S. P. Boutflower, the secretary, to ask God's blessing on the proceedings. - - The attendance, though numerous and respectable, was not so treat as on recent occasions on similar gatherings. The Re. CHAIRMAN stated, that as they were aware the object of that meeting was to hear the report of the transactions of the Liverpool Auxiliary to the Jews' Society in London, and to agree to its being published immediately, instead of as formerly, at the end of the financial year, in order that it will appear almost simul taneously with the parent society ; it was therefore very properly called their business meeting. Although there was no deputation from the parent society, he 'hoped some very valuable details would be given by gentlemen who had undertaken to address the meeting. The proper business of the London society, as it was of the Auxiliary, was to effect the conversion of the Jews considered as individuals to the faith of the go pel ; and secondly, the restoration of the Jews, considered as a nation, to the land of their fathers !—these were quite distinct. The present business related to the conversion of the Jews, considered as individuals, but the other object should never he lost sight of, for this high reason, that God never , lost sight of it. After speaking of the work to effect she conversion of Jews lawful and laudable. The rev. chair man reverted to the more immediate business of the meeting, and in doing so referred to a letter received by him that morning from Darmstodt, explanatory of the progress of the society's missions. The Jews there and at other places on the Continent it appears are divided into two classes, one of which is composed of the bigoted fol lowers of the Talmud, and the other differ little from infidels. The writer spoke of Dr. M'Caul's " Old Paths" as a work which was doing much to root out from the minds of the Jews their implicit faith in the Talmud. The rev. doctor spoke of the Talmud as exercising on the Jews the same infiuenence that the breviary does on the Roman Catholics. It was full of legends and tales, in vented by artful men to impose on the ignorant. At Frankfort-on-the-Maine the Jews had decided to discon tinue the practice of instructing their children in Hebrew, as it prevented their intellectual progress. o.her innova tions were being trade,such as the permission o intermarry with Christians, and in one instance a Jew had been a sponsor at a baptism. The Rev. chairman adduced several gratifying instances o the progress of the missionary efforts among the Jews, and with respect to the smallness in the aggregatenf the conversions, remarked that it was only in accordance with the result of Christian preaching amongst ourselves. If all those who then listened to him were to leave that place with con verted minds, they would produce an immediate effect not only in neighbourhoons, but in whole sections of the town. After referring to the case of a Jew who at Cracow had led a mob against the missionaries, but who had never been baptised, and was now resident in London, Dr. M'Neile called upon the secretary, t'n Rev. S. P. Boutflower, to read the report. The report, which was then read, stated, that the funds of the association showed a small decrease compared with the preceding year.. As respects the operations of the society abroad, it appears that two gentlemen, a clergyman, and a lay man lately paid a visit to the Missions in Holland, Germany, and Poland, at the request of the Parent Comm ttee, awl re ported, on their return, that all the missionrries were profitably and effectively employed. In every instance we found them ' on terms of friendly intercourse with Jews ; and had the satisfaction to hear that all their communications are uni formly characterised by a courteous behaviour. Allusion is then made to the esteem manifested by the Jews at Lublin and Cairo, for Mr. Kleinhenn and Mr. Lauria, and to the strong testimony borne by Bishop Gobat, of Jerusalem, to the latter gentleman, whose ordination is also noticed. It appears that Mr. Lauria was formerly a Rabbi at Jerusalem, and that on being baptized by Bishop Alexander, in 1843, he was compelled by the Jews to divoce his wife,.and his only child was torn from him as the price of his profession of Christianity. In some places the zeal and success of the missionaries has led to the fiercest opposition. At' Lafet' Mr. Daniel has been obliged to seek the British consul's protection for himself and an in quirer. At Bagdad the Rabbisbave anathematised all inter course with the niissionariesl. and the inquiring Jews have been grossly ill used by a furions-mob whom a bigoted .Tewets stirred up against her own lin-band. At Amsterdam, also, the missionary and a number of proselytes have only been pro tected from violence by the interference of the police. As re spects Jerusalem, singularevidence is produced to the activity of the mission in the form of a naive admission which recently appeared in the Jewish Chronicle, that the Jewish community there expended 30,000 piastres in one year in their efforts "to open the eyes of the Winded people" who resorted to the mis sionaries, and to induce them to quit the city. The circula tion of the Scriptures has greatly increased. The Rev. Mr. Lawrence sold three times as• many copies in a tour in Prussia on ally former occasion, and at I Pram ' as soon as the Society's Bibles were declared authentic by the Jewish tri bunal to which the missionary formally submitted them, the whole srock was immediately disposed of. Missionaries are not allowed to labour in Prussia, but some New Testaments, and many hundreds of Old Testaments have been recently transmitted thither, where they are eagerly sought by the Jews. In Prussia the Society's books and tracts are readily accepted, and publicly perused in the streets, audio many parts of the_ Continent the attention which used to be given to the Talmud in preference, is now being directed to the Scriptures. The deputation above referred to visited the missionary schools in the Duchy of Posen, and after witnessing an examination of the schools in Posen itself, in the prophecies respecting the Messiah, the fulfilment of them in Christ. and the Gospel plan of salvation, reported that "'it was impossible forany scholarsin any country to afford a more pleasing proof of successfu scrip mill instruction." Four new schools are added in different inssionstothoseAlreadysupportedbytheSoci_ty.and missionary labours have been commenced at Jassy, and at Oran, Morocco, in which regency 300,000 Jews reside. In selecting these new stations, preference has been given to Mahomedan countries, on account of the greater toleration there afforded to Protestant missionaries than in Roman Catholic lands. There are many important openings the society is obliged to neglect, owing to the paucity of it missionaries, on which- subject an appeal is made by the committee, particularly addressed to the young men in this town who take an interest in Christian missions: The death of the Rev. J. S. Frey, thefirst missionary the society employed, is then noticed, and also that of the celebrated Pro fessor Neander, whose world-wide reputation as a scholar and theologian, affords another contradiction to the stale fiction that no really learned Jew ever becomes a Christian. In con clusion. the committee express their fear that, while an interest in the society generally has exended, it has diminished of late years in Liverpool ; and after calling upon their friends to renew their former exertions, add to interest others in its behalf, commend the whole subject to their earnest prayers. ... H. J. WEBSTER, Esq., read a statement of the financial position of the society, from which it appeared that the sum forwarded from this town to the parent society last year was 4:751 Bs. Bd. The Rev. T. ROBINSON, incumbent of St. Bartholo mew's, moved the adoption of the report, and that the meeting recognize, with sincere thanks, the mercy and blessing of God which had attended the operations of the part year. In the course of a very able address, he said it was with the most cordial wish for the prosperity of the society that he moved the resolution, for he could not but consider that its object was one at once sacred and grand. It ought to be remembered that those who claimed their sympathies were the descendants of God's ancient people. It certainly was a very, painful reflecctinn that so many hundred years had been allowed to pass away before any systemmatic effort had been made to effect the conversion of the Jews. We knew that it had been commanded to go and preach the Gos pel, beginning at Jerusalem. With the exception of the primitive preachers of the Gospel, these solemn com mands had been permanently disregarded. The Church had been enwrapt in slumbers for nearly eighteen hun dred years ; but, thank God, she had at length, in some measure, been awakened. The rev. gentleman, in a strain of fervid eloquence, traced the origin of the society, and expatiated on.the glorious results-which had sprung from its efforts. _ _ The Rev. D. J. HIRSCH, Minister of the German Chapel, St. Thomas's-buildines, who rose to second the resolution, remarked that wonderful as was the past history of the Jewish nation, still more glorious would be the future. There were many blessings still in store for that ancient people, with respect to which we could not but feel deeply interested. There were some who sneered at the efforts made• to carry the gospel to the Jews ; but these sneers always came from persons who knew the least of them, of their history, and of God's prophecy concerning them. He entreated attention to the claims of , - this people upon them on historic grounds ; for if he must give up historic truth, as applied to the Jews, he must give up the teachings of history altogether. Eighteen hundred years had gone by; nations and powers. had been gathered to the dust, and empires had been shattered one after another; yet still the Jews remained a scattered people, fulfilling all that had been prophecied of- them. The rev. gentleman entered at some length into the working of the society in his own country—Germany— and dwelt upon the benefits especially resulting from a circulation of the Holy Scriptures amongst the Jewish people. The motion was put and carried unanimously. The Rev. Mr. Mirrrote moved the second resolution in an eloquent and powerful speech, the length of which, short as, from the rapidity with which it was delivered, it would appear to a deeply interested auditory, utterly pre cludes us at this late hour, and in the crowded state of our columns, from giving even an outline of its argument.. The doxology was then sung, and the meeting soon after separated. The Bishop of London was prevented by illness from preaching at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, on Sunday. On the 25th of March, last year, there were 27,351 boys in the workhouses of England and Wales, and. 22,838 girls ; making 50,189. At Norfolk assizes on Saturday, George Carnt, 23, was sentenced to death for the murder of Elizabeth Bain bridge, by throwing her into a pond. The prisoner and de ceased (a married woman) were attached to each other. Ctruncii EXTENSION.--A committee has been ap pointed in London for the purpose of receiving dona tions, which will be applied towards the assistance o o r f any a ch r d u s r c h anyeß in s p c e o c u i o r s l e oa f i e l r a e r c t o i o b n i e , c o t r t t be oo which erected,t ho donors may intimate. The subscriptions already an nounced are most munificent. We give a few of them. The Archbishop of Canterbury, £3000; Bishop of Lon don, £3500 ; Lord Rabt. Grosvenor, £2OOO ; the Misses Seymour, £lOOO ; C. Freake, Esq., Bromptou, £5OOO ; C. J. Bevan. £5000; A Friend, £5,000 • another Friend,. £5,666 ; W. Page Wood, Esq., £l,OOO ' • H. Valiance, Esq., £l,OOO ; Rev. J. Fletcher, £1,000; Barclay and Co., £2,000; Tru-man, Danbury, and Co., £1 000 • T • Baring Esq., £5OO ; Sir E. N. 'Buxton, £5OO ; R. C. Bevan, Esq., £SOQ ; J. Labouchere, Esq., £500; W. Cotton, Esq., £5O , and many others equally liberal. A provident Irishman is going to get his life Insured, " so that when he dies he can have something to live on, and not be dependent on the cold charities of the world as be once was." EXTREME DELICACY OF FEELING.--The Registrar- General, appointed under the Census Act, has got himself into terrible disgrace by omitting to send to any of the Ministers the usual form. His excuse is, " that be thought it would look like a c r uel insult to ask them where they slept on the 30th o f M arc h,, as by that time he mach, 'we, all the Ministers would be out.' —punch, April Si EXPRESS NEWS. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH• -- - (Ot t INCOME TAX.—The Globe hears it af fi rel eu olio° those Irish members who voted against the Ecciesoo, Titles Assumption Bill propose to complete tbeero stration of their dependence on priestly d0n,1,0 voting against the Ministers on the income talr• 130 1 ; MEXICAN BONDS.—The Committee of Mexic an date' holders have received advices from Mr. Fslconeir'ttertoe 15th Feb. He had not received a reply to h is 'e the department of finance, stating that the tle4our accepted, and that he was ready to receive the V.,,erici l dols. coming to the bondholders out of the tbo indemnity money. Mr. Falconer expresqes reSreto be the decree had been made in London,thinking;joo, b ; might have done better in Mexico, but there is 11 „ve t, 4 5 ' but that the Mexican Government will carrf, , slaw , arrangement entered into in good faith. lie that the government was transported with Joy "Pfdeif news of the acceptance of the terms by the boodbe CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. t, fe ll ' The news received from the Cape up to thelot,, „ e h , ' o is, on the whole, favourable. No certain advant3s Col been gained over the Caffres, but forts Willie an a do had been relieved, and the situation of the trsoPstovo the governor was much more satisfactory. Au '4 fort Beaufort was still expected. - ~ th st ,„: PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.—It is still be lie•- 4 Of. parliamentary cabinet will soon be formed. The hi: were done to.day at 0 francs. • toletwPit) GREECE.—ATHENS, 24TH MARCH.—A despatch states that the govermwent, which had me several defeats, has dissolved the chambers. t cslf g TRIESTE, 28TH MARCH . .-.—At this day's mak e „ter( was firm, but business was of a restricted ch ar Z4, Sugar is quiet.—Exchange on London, 12 florins " NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETlNG.—ygs.ra tta A C ' O f , by The CRAVEN STAKES of 10 sovs..each, with 5O ad d s" 5 11 Jockey Club. Sotterley, 1 ; Pitsford, 2. A HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES Of 2.1 BOVA. each, an olf t decla•ed to go to the second ; for 3 and 4 year olds. tC" 1; RSwEErs eindeer, 2. CO tiCt" A TAKEs of 50 soya. each, h ft. Iris, 1 ; Won in a canter. HANDICNP.ort, 1 • Visite, 2. SWEEPSTAKES. —Ne wp —Midas, 1'; Oleanler, 2. Won by 00 THE OAKS.--••• 3 to 1 agst Iris. i lttO f SOUTH LANCASHIRE STEEPLE CHASES —W ON NEWTON RACE COUR-g: Die; THE SELLING STEEPLE CHASE.—ATiSdIV!, pool, 2. A disputed race. The Doctor cainein Ars' , • disqualified. Sh i o SOUTH LANCASHIRE STEEPLE CHASE.--- - ,,r. D y t Peter, 1; Mr. King's Shinrone, 2. Eigat ran. WO lengths. . 1' ..ss l° LONDON MONEY AND SHARE MARKETS II3s. p CLOSING, PRICES. Consols for Account and Money, 961 j ; Excheclo - f o tl: 55 8. Foreign Stocks : No change can be in de in cl':7 e %i_c.,to but the business is quite of a limited character. 33 / ; Spanish Actives, 201 t/ ; Ditto Threes, 39 . 4 ' 4 '01: e 1 ! Passives, 6/. Railway Shares : London Stock, Quarters, , q 5 Prm. ; Midland Stock, 604 P? vas te }, 144 14 Dis. ; North Stafforthhire, 6j Dis. ; South ) 14 th1 261 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 34 6 • C a ledonians ! ' Do. Pref., 61 ; East ern Countie s , 7/4 ; East Anglia n ' „ " P i p East Lancashire, 16/ 17 ; Gre a t N or th ern , 17i X;: Western,Lancashire and Yorkshire, 4831 Ai' +err Newcastle, and Berwick, 21/ ;, Do. Extension Pref.. Dis. • York and North Midland, 26 1 4 ' i ; U n " Sheffield, and L ' incolnshire, iO P n ots t „, The English - be ' - ,,efe Being the first day on which private transfers coal , ' „ t P it t in ctocks, with dividends payable o n th e 10th insts:,;o o ? were several investments made, giving stability to tb' b osi° generally. The Railway Market is-eat, with very littl e doing. it o MANCHESTER SHARP. MARKET.—YEsTogv, ire The following were the closing price s : — Lana at f r e ,.; Yorkshire, 501 ; Manchester, Sheffield, an d Lincoln it 1 prem. ; East Lancashire, 16 1546; 17; FleelWOO a ' t b South Eastern and Dover, 261 15.16 ;: York and Nor land, 261. LEEDS CLOSING PRICES.—YESTERDAY'oit9 The following were the quotations at the close or A_ mbergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction, 33 "..' Olio Lancashire, 16 13 - 16; Midland Stock. 614 3; Nortu 9 15-16; South Eastern and Dover, 262. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YgsrititDA Y 'lisli "(11 There was only a moderately fair su_pply of El i , s tlo foreign wheat at market this morning. English was „laced demand, but foreign was only taken for immediate 011 0 1,01 the current rates of Monday last. Flour remains pito in value. Barley brought full prices, but mall s° os ter slowly at rates in favour of the buyer. Beans and r i e f o rt e p as dear. Dealers purchased oats pretty-4 freely, an u ., de' quotations were well maintained. Canary seed thet as, Clover seed Unchanged. English White Wheat Do. Red do. - 0 438• to 4 50 37 0 . '' ARRIVALS, Qrs. English Wheat.. Barley " Outs- .. Malt .. „ Floar .. „ Beans .. „ Peas.... QrS ' Se i ..... iu . • .. . 67 1# ' . 1 14 ' .•'' Cil 3137 4303 1968 10417 3871 741 269 5440 FO reign Irish - Oats SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YEsTE — j .Net e ty There was -a very large supply of Beasts• Ina A t ot' morning ; this , together with a dull m orn i n g, caused 5`,./ appear less brisk. Prime Down Sheep, in th e wo ol, sO' AVO and realised ad anced prices, but inferior aniwiais were ~t 0; sale. Lambs sold readily at Friday's rates, but the Cal; 3 ll' to remains unchanged. Beasts, 4,110; Sheep and Lamb o ; gd• ; Calves, 135.; Pigs, 460; Scotch Beasts, 500; , Bas 4 to 4s• 4d• 3s. Bd.; Mutton, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 10d. ; Veal, 2s, Sa• Pork, 3s. to 3s. Bd. ; Lamb, ss. to 6s. Sugar LO : N A D t O t 0 1 , 7 - d ay,l3 market PRODUCE OAmIteKE dealersT . brown lumps, as quoted, from 478. to 475-6 d• „,,i n t 028 5 ; 4 11 , sales are ofa very limited character, at from 271."' is '' —Coffee : The demand is not better; Native CeY l° " a t 0 t 395. to 40s.—Tea: There were buyers of low cong°"' transnier ls. lid. for sound . — Cotton: A dull business has beer w . op i r .1 to-day, and prices have a downward tendency .- 1 n Pis rjg,, l ; more has been done, but no advance.—lron good demand at 41s. 6d. to 425. 6d.; bars in fair r 15s. to 17s. 6d.; rails are firm. —Ywrrel'cnaiputicolrtiti.g;,,:odejl 4 4 05 ' TALLOW RETURNS. 6(l' tt't The maket continues quiet. Fine new Y. C. 3R s • n oil l ii slt 4 4 on the spot. Stock is 36,281 casks, against 30;6 58 c ,:7-03 c 0 5 ';.7 same pei loci last year, being an increase this year . Of °, 6 15„f The deliveries last week were 1296 casks, against • " in the corresponding week last year, being a decre casks. 10 09$S' SOUTH LANCASHIRE STEEPLE CU tti °f e e These events came off on Monday (yesterdef b Newton course, under the stewardshipof T. J" - c eee l ti fsi and J. White, Esq. ; and, the weather being e 5 0 0, 7 f fine—quite spring-like—there was an immense (* i e ., Voi of spectators present from Liverpool, Man'hel o ceol , rington, _Chester, Wigan, and the neighbo . ,„ur",ropl; v ol bill of fare issned by the spirited lessee (E. w • oce s e; Esq.) being very enticing. The course was in e% pe', l o o order, having been drained at a considerabl e ,bie and the whole of the steeple chase line was vi s ' s ince j oi the stand, there being material alteration in it t he I. jeii November meeting—the half circle goneover (I vo! o' of the stand (over the Haydock lands) bein g ar qu',lr Mr. Thomas Horsley (late trainer to the 1 " an d Westminster) officiated as judge and weigher , ar ro t , Charles Cotgreave as secretary. The ments were liberal and effectual, and the resPee': l o fl well supported. Early in the morning there wa g 0 0 Al! about The Victim being placed in the c araf e ow, acceptor, the official declaration of the clerk of T es ll ol , not including him as a "content." - The reir beri de i ci g The Doctor, d d rooms at tie Grand Stand were under the superit' c ourse , ve s to o l of Mrs. Gibson, of the Bath Hotel, Ws.terle ° ' 0 0' Mr. Wainwright's b give the subjoined details of the racing : SO The SELLING STEEPLE CHASE Of 3 soy& each, w itii j X 40)......................... . .............. s Mr. Phelan's b m Ariadne, aged (410.... • • --• • • • • ' Mr. Noble's br c 4 yrs (XSO) .... •n) . • •••:' ' Mr. J. C. Johnson's b m Maid of Disley, aged ( . .€ 2 -• . I Mr. E. Wright's b g Young Liverpool, 4 yrs (X2O) •• • Mr. Palmer's Saltpetre, aged (120)... - •• • OP • • Y ° ..4 1 Mr ' (late the Brewerddlioefef I . Tempest's b g Pegasus. aged (410).... ...... • • :; 5 t The Doctor the favourite. and 3to each ar , o o Liverpool and Saltpetre. The favourite led ' 1) ,I co/ wsy, when Mr. Noble's colt showed is f r ont, an 5e the work at a good pace. Pegasus refused ti J e wry fence, and the Maid of Disley bolted. Young.t th led over the brook second time, but bolted, Wag turn, followed by Maid of Disley, and the )„,e'lad taken up by Noble's colt. He kept it to to: coa co. , where the Brewer came by him, and finally - a lengt N A ND h. m l , SOUTH LANCASHIRE GRAND STEEPLE CHASE prep.! 20 sous. each, lat.. and 3 only if declared, wit," t beDY ✓ added. The second to receive 20 sous. out clii,o o " and winner to pay 211 soya. towards expenses. ' miles and a half. 9 0 Mr. Shirley's b g Peter 10 4 Mr. King's ch gShinrone, aged ............ 9 8 Mr. R. Wilson's g m Fanny Gray, aged • • •;0, 7 , , , ' 9 6 Mr. Skipworth'sbh Robert Earl of Hunting' 12 12 Mr. Palmer's ti g The Victim, aged ....• •• • • „ 10 4 16. Palmer's b g The Young:'uT, aged ••• • • " 10 4 Mr. Oakes's b g Half-and-Half. aged .... ;,pa 10 3 Mr. W. Boynton's br m Wharfdale 1 16 to 4 agat the Victim ; 3 to 1 each agst Shot goIV4 Fanny Grey, and sto 1 any other. They all 04a the brook, but Victim fell at the second fence' s - 1;00; his back, hurting Oliver by the fall : the boy been killed. The Great No r thern refused the t li a as also did Fanny Grey. The lead alternate 00, e Peter and Shinrone ; and after the first three a' tel), o race was confined to those two. Peter ultice_:. easily by four or fi v e len g ths, after a fast rutir 4v- was third. A SELLING. PLATE of 30 sovs. added to a SW S ,t f sove. each. Heats one mile and-a-V a ' .• • ,•• . . . Mr. Peace 7 ;l; * nrilep Franc i s • • • • Mr, Whitworth's b m Lady Jersey (X 50 ) ....... •• • ;; , ;0)' Mr. Walker's ch f Alma, 4 yrs (.20) . . .... . .... Mr. Moore's bm by Cardinal Puff—Marcella, 5 / • '1 P o' d r Mr. Peace's b g Latitat, s yrs (e 20) •• • 'tile ir sto 4 agst Repulse, who made play after , poi mile, but only won by a head, the Cardin a ', 00,10 challenging at the distance, and swerving in th' Second heat ; Repulse made all the runt±l os >7 headed, and won easily by nearly two length_j DIED. h a ,te e ' On the 7th instant, 'MARTHA, relict of * itO READ, Esq ,of H.M. Custonn,, of this port. e fts Same day, aged 21, ANNI 2 ELIZABETH, Y°' of Mr. CHARLES FRANCIS, of this town. _ __ . -- LIVERPOOL: 10 1 ' 04 4 TUESDAY, APRIL 8, -- v toy PAINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESPtes.po By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 54G,,1n-it4o, VAONARD ADDISON, of 14, Ureat ( )1 1 °,1 - sy '', No. 4, Sr. GEORGE'S CRESCENT. 1.41/ .. 7 . .:30 ANNUAL SUBSQRIPTIOrt% :0 1 IN ADVANCE.... .. .... 203. I ON CV4PITt'.4