The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-12-26 00:00:00

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T" Pa T tbe e ri, )6 ' Cre" Nfodes"' The y . rO nt" ,t ;90 ° ; scar oY c ell i ~3 leßrds of Dv lied a rstoo, hu sever! .01 sr vo 7 t. coal' 1 116 le. 0, na 3 0 5 / 4 rer , Os bee'' letter s does( l3 / all the U n a d p re 6se artY • v . t is 11° ea the e no ble ande to t ag ...1) 0.- vansifeltr bee. 26, 1843 THE marry again. —The jury found him guilty, but recom mended him to mercy, as did also the parties to the pro- I secution, ASSIZES CROWN COURT, -TUESDAY ---- STABBING. ustice Wightrnan took his seat at nine o'clock. John Wray, 24, (could read,) was indicted for having, It NT CASES. at Liverpool, stabbed Hugh Dougherty , with intent to Ve if poo al f,e: _Brannan, 40. was indicted for having. at Li- disfigure him, or to do him some grievous bodily harm. The prisoner and Dougherty worked together in the ser keno I without lawful excuse, had in his possession a . , vice of the St. George's team-packet Company, guar mru for.. the purpose of counterfeiting shillings. th e •,roLLocir, on the part of the crown, said that since celled—fought—were parted—and fought h again, when the whi e rsoner was committed circumstances bad arisen prisoner wounded Dougherty in t e troit with some Pls ee , a led to the conclusion that the mould had been sharp instrument. He was found gui ty of commonon assault.--His Lordship, with some strong . cam Ten . ' to ," M his house without his knowledge or consent. A we t of acquittal was accordingly taken. the unfair, cruel, and unmanly practice of cutting with sharp instruments in cases of this kind, informed the Ge n . let -- ge Atkinson, 31, pleaded guilty to a charge of hay- would have sent him oat of the country; but as the jury lii t ;, tt ,i Manchester. feloniously forged a banker's cheque, had taken so favourable a view of the case, he would only 'Latent t o defraud Messrs. Richardson and Roebuck. sentence him to twelve months' imprisonment. 4 BURGLARY AT STRETFORD. HIGHWAY ROBBERY. 114 v 4 PY Ann Hulse, 16, pleaded guilty to a charge of J o h n W a lker, 23, ( c o u ld n either read nor write,) was su'eg, at Stretford, feloniously_ and butglariously broken charged with having at Manchester, in company with two joie:Meted the dwelling-house of William Ledge, and other persons, violently beaten and assaulted Joseph Pro t herefrom one table-cloth, and other articles, his Leigh, and robbed him of five yards of flannel, one hat, P e rtY. one knife, and fourpence in money.—M r.Sowler conducted ihttii. FORGERY AT MANCHESTER. the case for the prosecution, On the 18th of October, *ar ra ` 8 lifoaa Smith pleaded guilty to the forgery of a last, the prosecutor, who is a labourer, toersiding at Pilk kurlit for £7i, with intent to defraud his employers, ington, near Manchester, had occasion go to Manclies t B * . Butterworth and others. ter to purchase some articles. When there, he went to the Blue Coat public-house, where he met the prisoner ekona, Reed, BIGAMY AT . AII”WORTAI. was m g a t r v r e i n ed in on c e ha for having, at and two other men, and treated them to two pints of ale. ke re ll . We rtht feloniou sly 9, Martha e Low, his He left them whilst they were drinking the last pint, and ki r , w ite, Ann Reed, being then alive. . proceeded on his road home. When he go. to Blackmore Pril e ' Cross conducted the case for the prosecution; the lane end, Bury New-road, the prisoner and the two men, aer was undefended. . who had left the house immediately after, leaving their Itif7. 6 Prisoner was married at Glossop Church to his first ale undrank, attacked him and rifled his pockets. They aft er l P the year 1824 • they lived together for several years also stole a bundle, containing the flannel, and, after beat rieenitniyStockport where they had five children, and he ing him severely, made off. The prisoner was appre- T he . married his second wife at Ainsworth. . hended in a gentleman's garden in the neighbourhood, 1 1 58 8 1,,P. r isnner Paid that his first wife had been guilty of soon after. The bundle, with flannel was seen under his dtf e ' unmoral practices—that her character had been arm. He dropped it when pursued, but it was picked up do met at Staleybridge, and her effigy burned at his own and recognized by the prosecutor. The jury found the 147 i1 -that between herself and him a sort of agreement prisoner guilty. l'iitli ee . ll made that each of them might form intimacies Joseph Nugent, alias Newton, (not in the calender,) C roßsi Ot_hers, and that he obtained the opinion of Mr. was charged with bigamy. The indictment stated, that t hittif sea., barrister, who cited cases for him to show on the 2d of May, 1820, at Dublin, the prisoner married aev e „, _ll e husband had been separated from his wife for Mary Bolger, and that, on the Bth of October, 1828, at ei re , ‘ "_Y st ars he might marry again. It was . under those Liverpool, he married Mary Francom, his former wife Th e .ances that he had married a second t• me. being then alive. Mr. Hulton conducted the case for the tot e „, Jury found the prisoner guilty, and strongly re- prosecution Mr. Brandt and Mr. James defended the miencled him to mercy. prisoner. The prisoner is well known in this town hav ing for some time occupied a shop in St. John's Market. ' At the last assizes he was tried and acquitted on the charge of marrying the wife he at present live s with, a n d M ar y Francom, for marrying whom he was now arraigned, it tcp w . BURGLARY' AT . Wa l aM Sla c k, 14, was given WARRINGTON in charge for having, at iag. t h r o n iton, burglariouslv broken and entered the dwell fou use of. Ali ce an d L e ttice Gill, and stolen therein shillinvs• • Ar r al urke conducted the case for the prosecution ; the i t 'er rr , is undefended. 26 th I,), , Peared f rom t h e ev id ence , th a t on the n ight of the bed a i;evember the Mi ss es Gill, who are sisters, retired to erf e Tit eleven o'clock, after having made the house IllliissettY sec ure . Abo u t th ree o ' c l oc k i n the morning I, as s } s , Lettic e Gill got up and went d own s t a i rs t o let in a ti)e er "man, and after she had opened the back door , tier ob served a tr uc k lyi ng a gainst the wall in such a man- Sh e - r would enable a person to get in at the window. tro 4 4e ,arched the house, and found a pair of shoes on the ° et 11 4 q and the prisoner under the sofa. On being pulled broke admitted that he had entered the house through a he r : ll _,Pane of glass in the window, and he immediately tot ' n "red one of Miss Gill's pockets, which contained r shillings, Itm ea P r isoner made an affecting appeal to the jury. He AI that th e Misses Gill were his aunts, and that they N:, 1 13)07:ten reli eve d him when his unnatural father refused Zel l : h im a morsel to eat, and that he had broken into u se on the occasion mentioned thinking he should f at a le pPrehended, put into the lock-ups, and thus force his t 0 administer to his necessities. sud s fury convicted the prisoner, and strongly recom ' him to mercy. I appears has been dead nine 'or ten years. The case , as represented by the prosecutor, was that the prisoner and Mary Bolger were married according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, at Townsend-street Chapel, Dublin, at eight o'clock in the evening. That they lived together only for about eighteen months, after which the prisoner came to England, and has not been seen in Ire land but once since; and that, during twenty-two years, the first wife had been supported by her brother ; and that on the day before mentioned the prisoner was mar ried to Mary Franeom. George Greaves, in this evidence, said, that when he went with James Bolger, the brother of the first wife, to apprehend the prisoner, Bolger said Newton was a great villian, having married his (Bolger's) sister, then a black woman, and afterwards another wife, with whom he was at present living, and more than once be said Newton was a great fool for not having settled the matter before. Mr. Bolger, in his evidence, denied that before the last assizes he knew of the prisoner hav ing beets married to Mary Franeom, and denied also that he called the prisoner a fool, but he acknowledged that he made a demand for £6OO, for the support of his sister for twenty-two years. For the defence, it was contended that the whole was a scheme of Bolger's to extort motley from the prisoner, and that there was no proof of the validity of the first marriage. The Judge, in the coarse of his summing up, was interrupted by the jury, who said they would not trouble him further, but return a verdict of not guilty. The Judge : There certainly seems to be no reasonable grounds for the institution of the present prosecution, the wife having been dead for some years, and there are othercircumstances in the case which have been alluded to that throw some suspicion upon it. Mr. ulton asked if his Lordship would allow the costs of the case. He said the prosecution had been taken up in order that all the facts might come out. The Judge : No, I will not indeed.. It is a prosecution that ought not to have been instituted. The witnesses will consequently have to bear their own expenses, or be reimbursed by Bolger, or the parties who instituted the prosecution. 0h BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER. A Martin, 23, John Lidlow, 21, and Win. Shep .,feloni 40, were given in charge far having, at Manchester, ultee lS ly and burglarionsly broken and entered the coat Ing-house of Edward Taylor, and stolen therein a e lk' a h at, a pair of boots, an accordion, and other arti- AriM r randt conducted the case for the prosecution ; the T!er was un d e f en d e d. street prosecutor keeps a shop at the corner of_ Kennedy 4iglit a nd Cooper -street, Manchester. and onthe !h ilt tc'nfhthe 6th o f S e ptember he fastened the place and - 'ed. About one o'clock in the morning he was Pr e . 11 P. and f oun d t h at an en try had been made into the lakilses through the grid-hole. Some of the property Isa ll eeil taken by the burglars, and part of it had been sa ne 1 9 the immedi a t e neighbourhood of the house. The Ae tl „ ri ]Sht the th re e prisoners were seen walking don ( t th'`'Y•street—two of them on one side and the third *sf ke e other. They were also seen to examine the doors I) etty ve ,: a l shopkeepers in the street; and some of the pro loner s ae subse quen tly found on the person of the pri- T ppard. le ar l Prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced to ten tranSPOrtatiOn. FORGERY James Francis Bentley. 25, (could read and write well) pleaded guilty to the charge of forging and uttering twu letters of credit, in this town. The particulars of the case are these. On the 6th of September last, the prisoner went to the shop of Mr. J. R. Isaac, engraver, In Castle -street, and ordered one hundred copies of blank letters of credit. He obtained them and left the shop. On the 18th he went to the Ex- change-office of Messrs. Franklin, at the top of Lord street, and presented what appeared to be a letter of t/ oh BURGLARY AT ASHTON. elq-,.4 Hargreaves, 23. was given in charge for having credit from the county of Gloucester bank, for £25, drawn in favour of James F. Bentley. upon Sir John alV e ,asly stolen, in . the dwelling-house of Hannah Wm. Lubbock. Bart., and Co., bankers, of London. t loth i t ,, l re, a watch, shillings, and several articles of ' , lt t ,"g, her property, and with burglariously breaking Here . the letter of credit was cashed, and the next day N t the said dwelling-house. the prisoner presented a similar letter of credit for £5O ki„• l 3randt condu c t e d th e case for the prosecution :the at the Exchange-office of Mr. Durandu, when he was 7 „vner was undefended. 11',„', 1 e prosecutrix kept a lodging-house,apprehended. Mr. JAMES, who appeared for the prisoner, after call er there. A few days previous to the anightnd theof the prisoner 3o th ing a witness to prove that he was respectably connected, ti:ertembrr . , 1841, he .decamped suddenly, taking with and that his family resided at Peterborough, Canada,pr?- ceeded to state that according to his instructions the pri 11,,,rtne articles named in the indictment, and was not "4Oiended until November last. soner lately arrived from Canada, in company with a per he jury returned a verdict of not guilty. son of the name of Stone, for the purpose of settling .4 1 _ some money affairs for his brother ; that Stone bad de- A Q "PTED HIGHWAY ROBBER Y AT MANCHESTER . frauded him to the extent of £l5O. and in consequence tiot:aue/ Hennis, 21, and Richard Rushton 28. were of no t gett i ng t h e money h e expecte d, h e h a d b een ren d er- Nilt, l ,e charge for having , at Manchester, feloniously' as- ed p enn il ess; th at h e h a d app li e d f or a passage to C anada, b lk, ",,alle John Smith, with intent to rob him. o ff er i ng t o l eave hi s trun k on t h e other side, until the lqti e '' o 6s conducted the case for the prosecution; the mone y was p a id, b u t cou ld not o b ta i n a passage on these k lh eh . was defended by Mr. Pollock. conditions, and th a t h e h a d comm i tte d t h e cr i me merely i' r ece r insec a t or was an assistant to Mr. Hue] Smith, a for the purpose of getting sufficient money to take him f,, e r)i th :" Manchester, and that about ten o'clock on the home. lietb hi °f the 20th of September he was returning home tZ Il ti B . employment, with £3O of his employer's money - y) d i ; i o a littl e bag, the string of which was fastened Oct h a thumb. While he was passing ,long.Duc'e blkedie observed that two men were following him, and 'izza te ly after a stone was thrown at him, which Tat f o ,,Past him, and struck a pinst an opposite wall with l e r e e• The ri-oners then came up and seized him. 1 / 4 11: t hem out h i: is i s land over his mouth while the other 1114,_, them th. ' to detach it from his li t t„min ; „c- bag and endeavoured t.lee,,. the attempt , however, was unsuccessful. The . t qgt t7,` ° ,,r, then cried out, and speedily several parties l i wri "'s assistance. The prisoners then knocked him h e tkl ed !Id ran off, but they were pursued and appre 'l,titip In a short time and before they had succeeded in 1,_. 4. 1)5 °. .?9 5 t af s glit. ' , I,7 l so ntl P i n. oners were found guilty, and sentenced to ka t:l:l%B.4a and kept to hard !au our for twelve calendar SHEEP STEALING. William Itlolyneux. 29, and Isaac iWolyneux, 77, (who could read and write imperfectly,) were indicted for steal ing a sheep, belonging to James Tempest, butcher, Bol ton, from a Field in Great Lever. Mr. Holton appeared for the prosecutor, and Mr. Brandt for the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence adduced on the part of the prisoners, that the sheep had strayed three or four miles from the field in which it had been placed, and was found by the prisoners in the midden, adjoining the meadow, rented by their father, in a very exhaustedstate, and unable to eat. It was kept till the following morn ing, and then killed, as it appeared to be dying. The flesh was distributed amongst some of the parties in the neighbourhood. The prisoners were the sons of a res pectable farmer near West Houghton, and had always conducted themselves in a very becoming manner. The jury immediately found the prisoners not guilty. It carne out during the trial, that the principal reason why the prisoners were put upon their trial was, that they denied all knowledge of the sheep when applied to by the officer. His Lordsitp in discharging the prisoners, said "Let the escape you have had to-day be a warning to you for the rest of your lives, ever to be guided by truth and candour. You will always find that honesty is the best policy." j~~ HI GHWAY ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER. 4e" 144 4 C a 'n , Wi/80.4 25 was given in charge for having, at "vv it e h st er, violently one Jonathan Andrew, k r v iolence robbed hi m of £37. has and °N ock conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner tThended. t4e, t 4rmer l lv as a case of a very serious character, and the Otst." 4(l been accompanied by more than ordinary cir as ti7ett4 t,tfetwirnereig ai t :l 'c es of violence, under which the prosecutor, wh Manchester, suffered for a considerable Viciltli°,ll.t o f •As he was going down George's-road on Or Ne e the 3rd of October, he was struck down with and robbed of £3O, consisting of three £lO Bank t i tse 4 `,'!(l notes, and some sovereigns, which were in a ti ttl ithr'le was so much injured on the occasion that he It ti tb i e itft i e g r 'd be under the c're of a surgeon for some ti th e • Three men were engaged in the transaction s. ; ii°tly „Prosecutor believed, but could not swear p - '4% -n at the prisoner was like one of them in figure and Ai he reii4 to prisoner was moreover seen about_ the place 11 4 s‘ej,' as well as subsequent, to the assault , and on the 0(1,1'g Morning he went into a hatter's, and there ten got payment for a hat, a £lO note, which note was ten fob `" ° se taken from the prosecutor at the time of the y l ll .e O 4 " t ls . l l B °nsr was convicted, and sentenced to fifteen , ' 4a sportation. `-outt adjourned at six o'clock. WEDNESDAY. 141.hO„, MANSLAUGHTER. ko h .l eted 4 , 8 Barke, 34, (could read and write well,) was th l Ar f or killing and slaying John Dawson. The pri -44,4 t0 v , 48 the driver of a coach between St. Helens and di - ,1 4 11 . y r1 * About the 20th of N)vember last he acci ttle,"46 "rove over John Dawson, a coloured man, who 'th e ZI the injuries he had received. The Grand Jury i ll, and the prisoner was discharged. BIGAMY. /JOU (not in the calendar) was indicted for lOrr oth The maiden name of the per was Betty .1 4 1e 1 h h a • She was married to James Holt, at Prest ke,lol.°l), on September 28, 1834, and . on the 26th 12, was married to Hobert Borne, in the Collegi . - l i ?et Manchester. The defence was, that the pri t . la ad ed for some time uncomfortably with her first tll' e ehe t i'' who then left her. During his absence a report th e prisoner that he was killed whilst working on pl a t th e a° • The witnesses for the prosecution admitted L the Y believed the first husband tobedead at the time -Thlitteleond marriage. The prisoner was accordingly ii h . 11, 14 , • a `l (not in the calendar) was charged with hay :l,l4 ill " Joseph Ball, at Manchester, on the 30th De- IJ'h lB 4o, her former husband, James Wignall, to I:Orisoe w a,s married in 1822, at L ., eigh,.being then alive. 0 1 : et Iva t t l e i r 8 maiden name was riutchinson . . The de- N e ! Ets a at the time oftlie t se a c t o h n e d t n; ( a )r r n r i ure the pH ; marriage 1 , p ittll evec ( ni l err firstthe hus impression ban h d having stated to her that he to ee•married to another woman when he took her it ßt u l 'e prisoner stated that Wignall left her seven cor ti :_vtt 4 , with six children, telling her that she was not ji la to4 wife. The prisoner was found guilty, but re °6e td to •,„ mercy. 0 r ,',./arp (not in the calendar) was charged with ` , olli'flea t „`°e 2d of February, 1840, at the Old . Church, ue' n . b 'er, married Mary Connor, his first wife, Alice I°4o then w hom he was married on the lBth June, 1832, 'tib aliv e. The second wife appeared in court as the r a !slieL n4 ill reply to the Judge, said the prisoner had t °f ahi r ," a rood husband to her. She had been b t r a ong a.r ....4:11,,,d5t tier will, as she did not wish to hurt Ari so „ Cobbett appeared for the et, who apneared for the defen P ce r° , - s e a c id the re/ 4 r st wife turned out unfaithful to and 1111' ' itd ul led 1, as called on to support her, the magistrate ter ess . ett 'Ael him, in consequence of her . ' Le t herefore thought iberty to THE GRAND JURY About half-past three o'clock, the Grand Jury delivered their last bill. His Lordship said the county was much indebted to them, and he had much pleasure in discharg ing them• ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO ROB J ames Riley, 21, (could neither read nor write,) Joseph Irwin, 23, and William Horne, 19, (could read,) were charged with having, at Manchester, violently assaulted Joseph Brayshaw, with intent to rob him. Mr. Holton appeared for the prosecution : Horne was defended by Mr. Whigharn. . . The p r osecu to r was a Yorkshire horse-dealer, and on the lith November last he was attending the Salford horse fair. He put up at an inn called the " The Cock ;" in the course of the day he was in the fair buying and selling horses, and had collected about £9O in money. He left the inn a few minutes after nine in the evening, for the purpose of taking a short walk. He was only absent about ten minutes, and on returning through a place called " the Cock gates," about half a dozen fellows tripped him up, one of whom placed his hand upon his mouth, threw him on the ground, and attempted to rifle his pockets. The alarm being instantly given, the parties made off without accomplishing their object. Although the pro secutor could not identify any of the parties, Riley and Irwen were s poken to by several witnesses. Horne was not so distinctly identified, and accordingly he was ac quitted. Riley and Iriven were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. The Court adjourned shortly after six o'clock. THURSDAY Roger Horrocks, 18, and James Howarth, 20, (could read,) were indicted for a burglary in the house of Mr. Robert Howarth, Great Bolton. Mr. Hutton conducted the case for the prosecution. It appeared that, on the 14th of October, the prosecutor went to bed a little after nine o'clock in the evening. His father and brother, who resided with him, n ot having come in, he merely latched the door and placed a chair behind it. About ten o'clock the brother came in and fastened the door in a similar manner. When the father came home, a little after twelve o'clock, the door was partially opened, and the prisoners were found in the house. A crowbar was lying on the ground just outside the door, along with a pair of clogs belonging to one of the prisoners, and a box of lucifer matches was seen insid e the house. Some of the matches w ere strewed about, leaving no doubt that the parties had a ttempted to obtain a light. They were both found guilty. —Roger Horrocks was indicted a second time, on a charge of having, before the present charge, been convicted of felony, and found guiltY• Howarth was in custody at the last assizes, when he w as tried and acquitted on the charge of murder.—Senterice deferred. STABBING Peter Strarbriek a nd John Barker, (out on bail,) and Thomas Nicholson, 30, (could read and write imperfectly,) stabbed and wounded fiezekiah were charged with haviog Jameson, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Brandt con ducted the case for the prosecu tion. Mr. James defen ded the prisoners. The prosecu tor resided with a person named Jones, at Levenshulme, in this county, and on Saturday, the 2d of Septe m be r , the prisoners went to Mr. Jones' house, for the purpose of obtaining lodgings. B a rker was very drunk ; the others were not so much intoxicated. After being told th e y could not be accommodate°, they went away, but returned shortly afterwards, and created a disturbance. The pro- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. secutor attempted to remove Barker, when the other prisoners jostled round him, and he felt a wound in his neck. A woman who was standing by heard Swarbrick say to Nicholson, " Give me that thing, and I'll use it." Immediately after she saw blood flowing from Jameson's neck. There was no case to go to the jury against Barker, and he was acquitted. The other prisoners were found guilty of a common assault. Swarbrick, who was out on bail, war sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Ni cholson, in consideration that he had been in gaol some time, was sentenced only to two months' imprisonment. produced, arid identitiedd From the pint pot I put some of the porridge into a smaller pot, and about a quarter past nine the same morning, I fed the child from that smaller pot. I fed it at twelve o'clock, and also at two and three o'clock. It took its food very well. It was a delicate baby, but it always fed well. At three o'clock, I put a dry napkin on it, and put it into bed. About four o'clock the prisoner entered—it might be a few more or less. She sat down on a chair, and said she had been purchasing a cap for her mother, and that it had cost Is. 4d. She put the cap on the table. I said it was a nice cap for an elderly person. She then got up and lifted her baby out of my bed. It was fast asleep at the time. She brought it over to the fire. It lay on her left arm. Wh n she awoke the baby, I handed her the little pot of por ridge. She was then sitting with her right hand next to the wall. We generally used to place the porridge on the hob, but she placed it on the floor, between herself and the wall. She put her hand in her pocket on the right side, and I heard a something like paper rattle between her and the bed. She then kept stooping down towards the pot, and feeding the baby with a teaspoon. When she first sat down she fed the baby with the porridge, then she put the spoon in the pot, placed her hand in her pocket, and drew out the something that rattled. Margaret Francis then came in, and sat on the opposite side of the fire. The baby was fed after I had heard the rattle. The prisoner said to Francis—" You have given me the wrong ticket." " Yes," said Francis, " I am aware I did." "" soner then put her hand in hP" -* ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO ROB Moses Johnson, 20, Willia;z — lija;;l4 - 237 and James Wardle, 21, were indicted for having, at Barton-upon- Irwell, feloniously assaulted and abused Thomas Golds worthy, with intent to rob him. Mr. Austin conducted the case for the prosecution. Mr. Brandt defended the prisoners. The prosecutor, in company with a gentleman named Gardner, was proceeding from Eccles to Barton, about half-past eight o'clock, on the evening of the Sth December, when they were met by the three prisoners. Marsh jostled against the prosecutor, and said he would either treat or be treated. He was pushed away by Mr. Goldsworthy, who with his friend left the footpath, and went into the middle of the road. The prisoners followed, and Marsh seized hold of Mr. Goldsworthy, who struck him with his umbrella. A scuffle then ensued, during which Mr. Goldsworthy was struck to the ground and severely kicked and beaten. Mr. Gardner ran off for help, and during his absence the prisoners attempted to rob Mr. Goldsworthy. They decamped just as help came up, but were apprehended shortly afterwards. Mr. Golds worthy's hat, which was taken by the prisoners, was found a mile from the place where the scuffle took place. The prosecutor was so much beaten, that he has not yet reco vered; he has been under medical treatment ever since, and has nearly lost the hearing of his left ear, in conse quence of the manner in which his head had been kicked. The defence was, that the prisoners had been first struck, and that the offence was only a common assault. Wit nesses were called, and proved that the prisoners had taken supper the evening in question at the house of Mr. Rogerson, a respectable farmer in the neighbourhood ; that they were in liquor when they left the house; and that they were men of good character in constant work. They were all found guilty of a very aggravated assault, but not of felony. reached Francis a pawn-ticket. She stopped the feeding of the baby whilst she was getting the ticket, but she commenced the feeding of it afterwards. She then put a dry napkin on the baby, and laid it on the bed. Previous to that day, she usually put the pot on the hob. She remained in the hnnse .1-Innt t.n after having fed the baby. In about an hour and a half after, the baby cried, and I went to look at it. I took it up, and observed that i t would not exit. There was a little porridge on its night-shirt, but whether that had been spilled or vomited I cannot tell. I gave it a little more porridge, but it would not eat. I then put it to bed again, and it went to sleep. Soon after it began to cry, and Mrs. M`Manus, a lodger, went to lock at it. It then vomited. Mrs. Al`Manus then began to feed it out of the small pot, with a little porridge added from the larger one. I put a night dress on the baby, and folded it in flannel. I washed the night dress. which had been soiled with the porridge. I went to look at it about twenty minutes after eleven o'clock, and soon after it vomited again. When I went to take it up, 1 found it had thrown up on the sheet and night dress. I took the night dress off, dried it at the fire, and put it partially on again. I put the child to bed again, and went to bed myself. I had previously fed it out of the same pot. with a little porridge added from the larger one. On the following morning, Mr. Taylor, another person, a policeman, and the prisoner, came to my place about nine o'clock. Mr. Taylor ques tioned me about the prisoner and the baby. He looked at the latter ; and told him that I was to have 4s. a-week for taking care of the baby. He searched the house. I said—" Good God, what's to do?" The prisoner re plied—" they want to make out that I purchased arsenic for the baby.,' I said—" bast thou been purchasing arsenic ?" and she said yes." I asked what she had pur chased it for, and she replied—" for to take a dose my self." Mr. Taylor asked for the arsenic, and she said she had thrown it away. I said—" thou art a bad one, thou art an unknown villain, and my baby might well be sick and throwing-up last night." She said—" don't mention that." I took the child to the Infirmary, and brought it back again. The doctor looked at it, and gave me noth ing for it, so I brought it home. I took it to the Infir mary again at three o'clock, but it was five before I saw the doctor. I brought it home, and took it again the next morning according to the doctor's orders. He gave me a wash for its eyes. I kept it until the Friday follow ing, and fed it regularly as before. It fed regularly. I made fresh porridge for it after Mr. Taylor came. With the exception of the eyes, I thought it healthy. Cross-examined.—The prisoner's family are very poor. The reason I called the baby Rosanna, was because the prisoner and her mother reused to give me a name. I generally washed the bread for the child. It was a very delicate baby, but it always had an excellent appetite both before and after this occurrence. Ann M'Manus said, I lodged with Mrs. Brown on the 27th of November last. I was in the house when the pri soner came in about four o'clock. It is a cellar. She laid her cloak on the table, and a new cap which she said was for her mother. She then took the baby out of the bed and sat down near the fire, laying the baby across her knee. A small porridge cup was on the bar of the grid, which she put on the floor at her right side. I sat oppo site to her. She then put her hand into her pocket, and I saw her bring out a paper. I only caught a glimpse of it. It was rather of a light colour. She put it between her and the baby. I did not notice any rattling of the paper at all. She put one hand into the other when she had the paper out of her pocket. She then stooped down and fed the baby out of the pot on the floor. I was sit ting almost opposite her, and about four yards f rom h er . I came in again about ialf-past eight o'clock, when the child cried. I took it up, fed it, and after putting on a dry double, I put it to bed again. Before feeding the child, I stirred up the porridge, and it eat freely. I left at the time Mrs. Frances came in. Margaret Frances was next called, and she stated that on the afternoon in question she went into Mrs. Brown's. She met Mrs. M'Manus coming out of the door. The prisoner was sitting at the fire with the child on her knee. Saw her feed it. On witness going in the prisoner put her hand into her pocket and said witness had given her a wrong pawn ticket. Witness replied she was aware she had. The prisoner took a pawnticket from a paper which she had taken from her pocket, from which she took out a pawnticket and handed it to witness, and then returned the paper to her pocket. The prisoner then put a dry napkin on the child, and placed it i n bed. Wit ness h a d care of the child about three weeks. It eat its food heart ily, but it passed through it rapidly. John Taylor, Superintendent of the Manchester Police, stated that he apprehended the prisoner on Tuesday, the 28th of November, at bar father's house in Ardwick. He told her she had been buying arsenic, and he came to in quire about it. She replied that she had never purchased any, and whoever said she had, told lies. Witness searched her, but found no arsenic or any paper. There was no stable near her house, and witness asked her father if there were any rats about, and he said he did not know of any. He then asked the prisoner if she bad not a little baby, and she said she had, and took witness to the house of Mrs. Brown where it was. Witness asked her again if she had not purchased arsenic, and she said she had, she intended to take it herself, but had thrown it away. Mary Lee, a nurse at the workhouse, was then called, and she deposed to the child being brought to the work house on Friday, the Ist December. It had bad eyes, but she did not see anything else which was the matter with it. She took it to the Infirmary, and the surgeon gave it something to wash its eyes with. On the Bth December it became worse, and was convulsed. The surgeon recom mended that some castor oil should be given to it. It was a very sickly child but appeared to get better the first two or three days after admission. It died early on the morning of the 9th. Mr. Holland, an apothecary at the infirmary, deposed to seeing the child on the 28th November. It was a weakly, unhealthy child, with an affection of the eyes. He saw no external symptoms about it which indicated that the child bad taken arsenic internally. He saw it again on the Friday following, and did not observe any other symptom except such as might have appeared in a weakly child, brought up by the spoon. He made a post mortem examination of the body, and found appearances internally, which could not be accounted for except on the supposition of the child having taken arsenic. Vomiting did not always follow taking arsenic. He tested the con tents of the porridge from which the child had been fed, and also the vomit, but did not discover any arsenic ; but he_was not an experienced chemist His LORDSHIP, in passing sentence, said the prisoners had been indicted for assaulting Thomas Goldsworthy, with intent to rob him. With respect to Marsh,-who seemed to have been the worst of the three, thksenWnee on him was, that he should be imprisoned f O l- ;oven calendar months, and kept to hard labour; with respect to Johnson, the sentence on him was, that he should be imprisoned for six months ; and as to Wardle, who seemed to take the least part in the transaction, the sentence on him was, that be should be imprisoned for five calendar months. The prisoners were removed from the bar, weeping bitterly. Mr. Davies, lecturer on chemistry at the Manchester Royal School of Medicine, deposed to analysing the con tents of the porridge, and of the stomach and bowels, from which he produced a very small portion of arsenic in a metallic form. He used various tests, which produced the same results, and in a most learned manner described the various means he adopted. In cross-examination, how ever, he admitted that the human body contained arsenic in the phosphoratic lime, of which some portions were composed, and that the tests he had used would detect less than the one-thousandth part of a grain. The Jury then retired for a short time. On their re turn, hiS lordship recalled Mr. Davies, who described the tests he used. He said he used the silver test, the cop per test, and the sulphuretted hydrogen test, and, besides, that he reduced the arsenic to a metallic state by Marsh's test, the black flux. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. POLLOCK addressed the jury for the prisoner, in a speech which lasted for an hour and ten minutes. No witnesses having been called for the defence, His LORDSHIP charged the jury, recapitulating and commenting upon the evidence as he proceeded, and winding up by telling them that if, upon any part of the case, they had any reasonable doubt of the prisoner's guilt, they were bound to return a verdict of acquittal. The jury retired at twenty minutes to five o'clock, and, after an absence from court for one hour and fifty mi nutes, returned a verdict of Guilty, with a recommenda tion to mercy. His Lordship put on the black cap, and sentenced her in the following terms I—" Ann AlTormack. you have, after a careful and deliberate consideration of your case by the jury, been found guilty of a foul and unnatural crime—the murder of your own infant child, in violation of one of the deepest feelings of the human heart, that of a mother for her own child. It is no part of my duty, and certainly not any part of my inclination, to aggravate, by any observations of mine, the horrors of your situa tion. The jury have recommended you to mercy; but it seems to me that yours is one of those cases in which, if guilt be proved to the satisfaction of a jury, there is no ground for mercy. By the laws both of God and man, you have incurred for your offence the fearful penalty of death. It is not for me to hold out to you any hope of mercy. Let me earnestly entreat you to cast your thoughts beyond the grave, and by earnest prayer and sin cere repentance, endeavour to obtain that mercy which you cannot expect to have on earth. One only, distress ing, painful duty is on me : it is, to pronounce the dread ful sentence of the law,—that you be taken to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, that there you be hanged by the neck till you are dead, and that your body be buried within the pre cincts of the gaol in which you have been confined. And may the Lord have mercy on your soul !" The prisoner received the verdict and sentence with composure; and, as she was being led away by the turn key, we thought she manifested symptoms of great weak ness of body, if not of insensibility of mind. off, mixed it with a spoon, put it on a saucepan on the SATURD fire, and poured some milk on the top. It was a clean ARSON AT it saucepan. The same bread, water and milk were used Thomas Hayes (not in the ca for my own f a mily% b rea kf ast on t h e same morning. having wilf u l' ) an d mal i c i ously hat'-ley, the prop er t y o f J ames From the saucep a n, pat the porridge into a pint pot, which was made of earthenware. rThet nint not was hers AA- Jar) was indicted fur prosecution • the prisoner was undef enc h It appeared, from the statement of cou of the witnesses, that the prosecutor m Lirktry, and that, wh with hia wife and nephew, on the ni I and approaching his farmyard, the Idoor of the shippo n part l y open. 's to go to the front entrance of the f ht of tl ;1 and evidence 1 4th of D observed the ing close by, on their attention ben DOCK COMMITTEE.-T The Committee of Works recommended that a piece of "•aented to Sir John Hall. 5p,rpt.....- :e be p to tarnishing Kinaness every inform a ti on i n his power when applied to on matte rs connecte d with the 130, , ck Trust. The Harbour Master's Committee recommended that the dock-Gatemen ha . r . . .‘,l that notice to that effect bt lent in each of the Liverpool papers. der of the gas company for lighting seventy-five lamps on the clock ( - Nay was giTen by adver: The ten I ne saw the I oeverai parties having o ff ere d to supply the printing door of the shipp on c l ose d , ev id ent l y by some person on and stationery connected w ith th e D ock Trust, it was the inside; but th e l a d was so mpc h alarmed that he was decided, after some disc uss i on , that theprintin g s h ou ld afraid eithe r t o commun i cate w h at he observed to his be given t o M r . C arter, of the Mai/.office, and that the uncle or to enter the shippon. The family then went into stationery should be supplied by Mr. Webb. the farmhouse_ fin,l in thd. L-ti; L_ NEW DOCKS A communication was receivec nan of STABBING Owen Rooney, 35, (could neither read nor write,) was charged with having at Liverpool, felonio us ly cu t, stab bed, and wounded Edward Seymour, with intent to mur der him, or with intent to do him serious bodily harm. Mr. Drinkwater conducted the case for the prosecution ; Mr. James defended the prisoner. Rooney was keeper of a brothel in Garden-lane, in this town. On the night of the 23th November, Seymour, who is a seaman, and two companions, named Roberts and Smith, went to the pri soner's house with some women. They paid a female, who represented herself to be the mistress of the house, three shillings for beds. On the following morning Rooney alleged he had not been paid, and demanded the money. This the seamen refused, whereupon the prisoner called to a little girl to give him a poker. She handed him the poker and a knife; he then said, " I'll take a life before I leave the house," and struck Seymour on the head, in flicting a severe wound. A scuffle subsequently ensued, during which the prisoner wounded Smith and two fe males, who interfered, and the poker was broken. The daughter of the prisoner, a child about ten years of age, was examined for the defence. She said her father was first assaulted by the sailors ; tbat she inflicted the wounds upon them and the females, and that her father used no resistance whatever.. The jury found the prisoner guilty of wounding with intent to do some grieous bodily harm. Sentence deferred. LARCENY, Lucy Gee, 30, (could neither read nor write,) who was tried on Monday, along with her husband, on the charge of having base coin in her possession, but acquitted, was again given in charge, indicted f or h av i ng , at M anc h ester, on the 11th of October last, stolen eighteen caps and other articles, the property of Betty Vickers. Mr. Raffles con ducted the case against the prisoner. The prosecutrix was a washerwoman, and, on the 11th of October last, in the temporary absence of her daughter-in-law, the ar ticles in question were stolen from her house. The offi cers, on searching Gee's house, in the mint case, found some of them, and pawn tickets for the remainder. The prisoner said she found the articles, and the jury acquitted her. She, however, pleaded guilty to another indictment, charging her with stealing a basket, a dress, and other ar ticles, the property of William Robinson, at Salford.— She was sentenced to four months' imprisonment. Peter Gee was then tried on the charge of receiving the goods stolen from William Robinson. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to four months' impri sonment, exclusive of the ten months' in the mint case. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. William Roughley (not in the calendar) was indicted for the manslaughter of Peter Baines, at Warrington. It appeared that the deceased was drinking, on the 2d De cember, at the Golden Grove public-house, Warrington. He had a long beard at the time, and the prisoner having said something to him in reference to his beard, he struck him violently. Upon this the prisoner returned the blow, and struck the deceased with such violence on the mouth as to fracture the jaw -bone, and sever it completely. Of the injury so received, the deceased lingered in great agony till the 14th instant, when he died. The Grand Jury having cut the bill, the prisoner was arraigned on the co roner's inquisition, but Mr. Brandt, on behalf of the par ties for the prosecution, declined to offer any evidence, and the prisoner was discharged. BURGLARY James Helme, 23, Thomas Johnson, 24, (could read,) and William White , (could read and write imperfectly , ) were indicted for a burglary in the Manch-stet Union Workhouse, at Swinton, on the night of the 30th August. White pleaded guilty, and the jury found the other pri soners guilty. Hulme, who had been previously con victed of felony, was sentenced to ten years' transporta tion. The other prisoners were sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment each. CROWN COURT.-FRIDAY, MURDER AT MANCHESTER. Ann 3P Cornzack, (26), was indicted for the wilful mur der of her infant, Rosanna M'Cormacc, by the felonious administration of half-an-ounce of poison, called arsenic. Mr. Hutton and Mr. Kennedy appeared for the prose cution; and Mr. Pollock for the prisoner. Mr. HULTON stated the circumstances of the case at some length, as they subsequently came out in evidence. Ann .Prean examined.-1 am a charwoman, and reside in a court in Stockdale-street, Manchester. I have known the prisoner for about four or five years. I re collect Monday, the 27th of November last. She came to my house on that day. She told me she wanted to speak to me. This was about three o'clock in the after noon. She wanted me to go with her to buy a new cap. I went with her, and she bought one. As we were going to the shop, she said her baby was very ill; and on coming out she said she wanted a penn'orth of something to kill rats with, and I took her into Mr. Baron's, the chemist's shop. She asked for a penn'orth of arsenic. Mr. Baron asked me whether I had come with her as a witness. I said I did, and he then asked what she wanted the arsenic for. She said it was to kill rats. He asked her whether there were any slaughter-houses near her place. She said no, but there were some stables. He asked if there were any children at her place, and she an swered no. He gave her something in a paper, and wrote something on it. It was a white paper. I did not notice what the substance was, nor where she put the paper. She left the shop with me, and we walked into Grosvenor street together. On the way through Oxford-road she told me her child was.very bad, and that she did not ex pect it to live above a day. left her in Rusholme-lane. She asked me before we parted and after we left the che mist's, whether I would let her bring the child to my house, and keep it up stairs, and she added that it was such a poor little object she did not like any one to see it. She promised to buy me a half-cwt. of coal if I gave her the loan of the room. She also said that if it died she would bury it at the Ardwick-green Cemetery. She left me at about five minutes to four. She promised to bring the child to my house at half-past three the next day. Between eight and nine o'clock the same night I went to the druggist, Mr. Barron_, and to Mr. Taylor, the super intendent, to tell them what I had heard. Cross-examined.—The prisoner has not been very well off during the last four or five years. Her parents are not well off. I saw the baby shortly after it was born. It was a sickly little thing, with bad eyes; it was a very small child. Before we went into the druggist's, she said the baby was ill. I don't think Mr. Baron gave her any caution about the arsenic. Thomas Baron examined.—l am a druggist in Oxford street, in the borough of Manchester. I recollect the last witness coming to my shop between three and four o'clock in the afternoon of the 23th of November. The prisoner was with her, and asked for a pennyworth of arsenic. I asked what for, and she said for destroying rats. I then asked the woman with her if she came as a witness, and both of them answered "Yes." I then asked her if she had any children, to which she replied, " No." I next asked her if she lived near a slaughter-house, and she answered, " No, near some stables." I then gave her half an ounce of white arsenic in a piece of cap paper, and told her to take care of it. Cap paper is of a whitish brown colour. She paid me a penny for it. I wrote " Poison" on it, in plain, legible characters ; and the pri soner and the other woman left together. The prisoner took the arsenic with her. Rosanna Brown examined.—l am a widow, and live at the corner of Bold-street, in Bank-top, Manchester. The prisoner lived with me for the three weeks before she was confined. She was confined on a Monday night, but I cannot recollect the day of the month. The child was five weeks old when this occurrence took place, on the 27th of November. The prisoner lived with me for eight days after her confinement. She then left my house, and left her baby in the care of Margaret Francis, a lodger in my house. Francis minded it for seven days, and then it was delivered by the prisoner's mother into my care. It was about seven days in my care when this occurrence took place. I took it to be christened when it was about a fcrtnight old. I had it called Rosanna, after myself. The prisoner came to see her child on the Saturday before this occurrence. She then fed it. She never suckled it. She remained with it about three quarters of an hour on the Saturday in question. I made some porridge for the child about nine o'clock on the following Monday morn ing. I broke bread in a basin, poured boiling water on the bread, put a sa:cer on the top, and poured the water directed to the fartnyard,—tl;y t.mck VrU Mtn a Lire naa oroken out in t also, in the bay-bay, between which pla comma nication whatever. The family Lippon, and, llle oinpowners' Association, containin g there was no mendations with respect to providing farther dock ac n went not COMMOdatinn_ sind _ various reco.cci- committ • ...cat Las, u,nicu wie neignoours together, and. by or possessing themselves of all tlie land north and south dint of considerable exertion, the fire was subdued. Whil e of the town, the limits they would lay down being, from every one else was busy in extinguishing the tunes, the the south, at Knot's Hole, to the extremity of the large prisoner was seen standing by engaged in smoking his lot at the north, lately purchased from the Earl of Derby, pipe. He appeared to be wholly unconcerned; and, on and that the docks should be proceeded with without being asked why he declined to render assistance, be re- I delay.—The matter was ordered to be referred to the Fi. turned some vacue answer es to hic h.:rm h:‘, r__ nanny gum auovca es Lo ins tieing on nis way from utipur. I_ , ommittee. Leith to Worsley. At five o'clock the next morning he Mr. Evans was about to make some observations in overtook a carter, of some miles distant fro,n the scene, reference to a letter which he held in his hand, containing and entered into some conversation with him about the some remarks a very important nature, when a good fire, telling him tbat before the flames had burst forth deal of discussion arose. the family C. - - titlr. J. Dramtey-Aloore) wished to know if he had any motion to bring before the committee, as he would submit it to his better judgement whether it was wise to go into it, as it might involve them in an end- ILLI LIIC ULU instant, when he was ap. prehended, and then he admitted to the police-officer that he had been in the shippon on the night in question, lying upon a box, but he requested of the officer to keep less discussion. silence on the subject. There was no doubt that he was Mr. AIKIN said it involved a very serious matter as at the place before and after the flames had burst forth ; connected with the late c h a i rman, and added, if Mr. E ana me main que s ti on was , w h et h er h e was t h e party w h o vans were not, h e was prepared to show that there were had set it on fi re , an d w h et h er h e h a d d one so wilfully matters connected with th e su bj ect affecting the interest of and maliciously. that trust, an d if t h ey were unwilling to hear it he would The prison r was acquitted. say no more a b ou t i t . H e afterwards said he would save • Thomas Hayes alias Joh n Tow nsen d was i n di cte d f or their time by ma ki ng a motion,— " That our records be having wilfully se t fi re t o a s t ac k o f wheat t h e property of examined to as cer t a i n w h ether or not any offer bas been of James Hi n dl e y. made to this t rus t o f any portion of the flarringto n D oc k Mr. Monk condu c ted th e case f or t h e prosecut i on; the Estate,—,fi rs t a t £2 2 5., and afterwards at 355. " He prisoner was u n d e f en d e d, wished to ascer t a i n if the statement were true. The It appeared from the evidence, that the fire in this in- quantity was from 40,000 to 60,000 yards. He wished to stance took place at H urs t-f arm , w hi c h i s s i tuate d a b out know if ever suc h an o ff er had been made by any party to the trust, or to that comm i ttee. Mr. EVA NS sa id th e matter was neither more nor less night 1 than thi s —th at h e was to negotiate forso many yards a t a i t n hre t e he miles last fromca case, ,s and that the i t t es to id o e k nc p e latt oef upon tlie prosecutor secut same or 315. 6.d. and l ie was o ff ered that quantity at 355, and the . a as e , the o f the one name a t As t of y s . p About,akn, Speakman, eight wentht o'clock out of that tiie night, farm. house and saw the prisoner in the yard. He then eluded whole at 31s. 6J. It appeared also that they might have observation ! got behind a h e d ge an d lit hi s p i pe ; su b se- had a lesser quan ti ty at that pricy; but they were to ld the , uently the barn was discovered to b e on fi re; an d t h e Harrington D oc k C ompany refused to treat for or to sell any part except the whole for that price. He spoke of the larger quantity, but was silent as regarded the price of the lesser quantity. The CHAIRMAN stated that when the answer was given by the late chairman, it was to the effect that the com pany would sell the whole at that price, and as he was au thorised to negotiate for 40,000 yards at 31s. 6d., he, find ing they would not agree to that, came back and said they would not entertain the question at that price. That was the explanation the late chairman bad given to him. One or two members expressed an opinion that the im pression on their minds was at the time, that the company declined to sell the lesser, but would sell the larger quan tity at that price. The resolution for the negotiation was dated on the 13th July last. prisoner left his shoes behind him The prisoner was acquitted. BURGLARY AT MA.NCLIESTER James Boslock, 32, William Johnson, 46, and Thomas Jones, 22, were indicted for having. at Manchester, burglariously broken into and entered the dwelling-house of John Kennedy, and feloniously stolen therefrom a quantity of silver and plated articles. Mr. Brandt and Mr. Crake appetired for the prosecution, and Mr. Cobnett defended the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence, that the prosecutor re sided at Ard wick-house, Ardwick-green, Manchester, and that the doors and windows were fastened on the night of the 24th of August. About six o'clock next morning the butler, on going down stairs, discovered that the house had been broken into through the library window, and that a great variety of silver and plated articles, of the value of £2O, had been abstracted from the pantries and cupboards. Subsequently articles were traced to the tic.- Some further remarks were then made by different members, and the subject dropped, no motion being brought before the com,uittee. session of the prisoners; and a " jerniny" and other house breaking implements were discovered in the house of Bostock. PUBLICANS AND BEER -SELLERS FINED.---Three publicans and nine beer-sellers were summoned before Mr. Rushton, on Friday, at the police-court, for various infractions of the law. All of them were fined. In the D The prisoners were convicted. Bostock was sentenced to transportation fur 21 years, Johnson to transportation . . . , for 12 years, and Jones to transportation for 10 years. • Henry Brown and James Carley, two young lads, were indicted for having, at Manchester, feloniously and bur glariously entered the dwelling-house of Daniel Lamb, .:strict Court of Bankruptcy, on Tuesday, Mr. Commissioner Philips announced, that the appointment of the official assignee to his court,viceMr.Follett removed to London, had been conferred on Mr. George Morgan, of Bristol. On Wednesday, Mr. Commissioner Skirrow stated the majority of the commissioners being ogainst the practice of requiring general balance sheets in insol vent's cases—in future he should dispense with them. ind stolen a great variety of wearing apparel. It appeared that, on the night of the 10.11 October last, the family of Mr. Lamb were disturbed by hearing foot steps in the lower part of the house, and seeing a light. They were so much alarmed that they were afraid to go down stairs; and such was the effect produced on Mr. Lamb's mind, that, partly in consequence of the fright he received, he died in a few days afterwards. Both the prisoners were apprehended the night after, when some of the property was found in their possession. The jury convicted Brown and acquitted Curley. Brown was sentenced to transportation for 12 years. The Rev. Hugh M'Neile preached, on Wednesday last, at St. Peter's Church, Chester, from Mark The sermon was a most masterly exposition of the übject selected; and was enforced with all that com manding genius, intellectual energy. and powerful reason hg, which so pecularly distinguish Mr. M'Neile'saddres. ses. The sun) of £27 lls. was afterwards contributed, in aid of the funds for defraying the expenses incidental to the Sunday evening lectures at St. Mary's.—Chester Courant. evenin g 9 THE SURGEON OF THE LIVERPOOL WORKHOUSE.— We understand that the decision of the Poor Law Corn.. missioners i❑ the case of Mr. Nightingall, of the Liver pool workhouse, was received on Monday, and that it is in substance as follows :—Tbe charges are declared to be proved, but the select vestry are to be at liberty to dismiss or retain him. as they think fit. If they retain him, they are to reprove him for his past negligence, and if anything of the kind occur again they are to dismiss him. Mr. Ford has given notice to the select vestry of his intention to move, at the nest meeting of that body, that Mr. Nightingall be reinstated in his office. " Madame Celeste," says the Sun," made her last ap pearance on Saturday at the Haymarket Theatre (previous to her opening the Theatre Royal, Liverpool), to a most fashionable audience ; and after her exquisite perform ance of Marie Ducange, she was loudly called for, and on being led forward by Mr. Webster, was received with cheers, showers of bouquets, and every demonstration of delight. This is highly complimentary, and serves to show that, notwithstanding the frequent appearance be fore London audienees, she still ret a i ns as s t rong a h o ld in the ad m i ra ti on o f the public as ever she did, even at the outset of her brilliant career." DINNER AT THE TOWN -HALL.--On Wednesday even. ing, Thomas Sands, Esq., Mayor, gave his first official dinner at the Town-hall, upon which occasion upwards of fifty gentlemen sat down. Amongst those present were Mr. Justice Wightman, William Fielden, Esq., M.P., Wm. Garnett, Esq., High Sheriff, the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, the Rev. Hueh M`Neile, A.M., the Rev. T. G. Leigh, the Rev. Dr. Raffles, John Greenall, Esq., M.P., Edward Rushton, E sq ., S t i pen di ary Magistrate,Gilbert Henderson, Esq., Recorder, Richard Radcliff, Esq., Town-clerk, William Shuttleworth, Esq., Deputy Town. clerk, &c. Dinner was on the table at five minutes after seven o'clock, and the company did not begin to separate until about eleven. THE WINE AND SPIRIT TRADE.---Mr. Wm. Dixon, jun., Chairman of the Wine and Spirit AFsociation, has received a communication from the Secretary to the Treasurer, in which he states that orders have been issued to the officers at the several out-ports, that were defi ciences in brandy " may appear to have arisen from natural causes, and in which there is no suspicion of im proper abstraction or interference, the allowances may be made by the officers without a special application to the Board of Customs, where the allowances in excess of the legal quantity does not exceed three gallons per cask." Previous to the above order, parties had to make sp ec i a l application to the Board in London, in each case, a pro ceeding which was attended with great delay and incon venience. FATAL ACCIDENT AT TIIE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The magnificent elephant at our Zoological Gardens, a remarkably docile animal, on Thursday exhibited his per formances to crowds of young holiday people, and then retired for the night. Shortly afterwards, the deputy keeper, named Henry Andrews, whose duty it was to chain the legs of the animal and clean him, was found lying on his face beside him quite dead, with his head bruised and his ribs broken, but the animal did not seem at all affected by passion. The handle of a beom, with which the deceased bad often struck the animal, was found near the place broken in two pieces. It could not be ascertained whether the animal had trodden upon Lim accidentally, or taken revenge for former indignities. The coroner's jury have returned a verdict of " accidental death," with a deodand of X 5. MEETING OF DRUGGISTS. —On Wednesday evening a meeting of the druggists of the north end of the town took place at the Castle Inn North, to take into consideration the propriety of curtailing their present hours of business. The meeting was well attended. Mr. George Rawson, of Scotland-road, was called to the chair. After considera ble discussion, it was agreed, with only one dissentient vote, that all the druggists' shops at the north end of the town should have their shutters put up between eight and nine, and the shops be finally closed at nine o'clock pre cisely every night, except that of Saturday, which was to remain as at present : in cases of emergency, however, it was stipulated that medicines should be supplied, as usual, at all hours. It was also understood that the present hours of business on Sundays should be continued. • CAUTION TO WITNESSES—MILLER V. MITCHELL. This was an action tried before Charles Crompton, Esq., Assessor of the Borough Court of Liverpool, at the Court of Passage, held on the 23d October last, for the trial of causes in that court, and in which the plaintiff obtained a verdict for £3 3s. only, his claim being £l3 3s. Three witnesses, Church, Jones, and Gaskell, had been duly subpcened on the part of the plaintiff, and, on the trial, were called on their subpoenas, by the crier cf the court, but did not attend. On Thursday, after sr Vera! adjournments of an application, made by Mr. Wlll'atn Jones, the plaintiff's attorney, for an attachment against the witness Church, for disobedience of the subpoena, founded on an affidavit of the whole facts, and that the plaintiff had been damnified to the extent of .£lO, besides costs, through the non-attendance of the witnesses, the court granted a rule absolute for an attachment against Church, to be stayed, however, for a fortnight. The effect of this rule is, that unless the witness satisfies the plaintiff and purges his contempt of the court, he will have to remain in prison without bail. 'g To LOOK THROUGH NATURE UP TO NATURE'S GOD," is the design of that favourite Annual Pamphlet, " THE PROPHETIC MESSENGER, 1844," to which Mr. Richardson, of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, every year adds an Ephemeris or Celestial Atlas; in it is a coloured Hieroglyphic, for 1844, and a Steel Plate drawn by Westall, called " The Fated Charioteer," and 108 pages of original matter of great interest, including the Nativity of the QUEEN, WELLINGTON, PEEL, O'CONNELL, &C. &c. For twenty-four years the Prophetic Mes s enger has won " Golden opinions," and the greatest care is t a k en to increase its attraction by giving more original and amusing Articles. For travellers and captains, the three years, viz., for 1842, 1843, and 1844, with six Plates, can be had bound together ; that whilst it forms a (Lily pleasant re ference. the merits of the whole can be better seen.—Ask for " THE PROPHETIC MESSENGEIt4or 1844," with two Viates, price Half-a- Crown. —See advt:•4 BURGLARY AT ASHTON George Sweetman and Thomas Fl;Wher were indicted for feloniously and burglariously entering the dwelling house of Mr. George Marsland, in October last, and stealing a quantity of brassaps, and locks. Mr. Townsend conducteortle case for the prosecution, and Mr. Brandt defended the prisoner Sweetman. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor was a whitesmith, at Ashton-under-Lyne, and that, on the night of the 30th of September, he fastened up his premises and made all secure. About five o'clock on the following morning it was ascertained that the windows had been broken, and that a quantity of brass articles belonging to the prosecutor's trade were taken from a shop. Shortly after, three persons, two of whom were supposed to be the prisoners, were seen carrying bundles of the stolen property across Ashton Moss. The prisoners were acquitted. Thomas Hayes, who pleaded guilty to two indictments for larceny, was sentenced to transportation for seven years. John Acton, found guilty of being at large previous to his term of transportation having expired, was sentenced to transportation for life and one calendar month's itn prisonment and hard labour at Kirkdale. The court adjourned athalf:p;alveio ten o'clock this (Tuesday) morning. HALF-SOVEREIGNS AT A HALFPENNY EACIT.--011 Thursday morning the neighbourhood of Leicester-square and the Haymarket was patronized by a couple of adven turers, whose manners, appearance, and mode of harangue enabled them to succeed in disposing of a number of mock coins, intended to imitate half-sovereigns, and which, st range to say, were eagerly purchased at a halfpenny each. The scheme was evidently only a modification of the well known " wager" speculation, but managed in such a su perior style, that even the most sceptical persons might have been tempted t o purc h ase a cheap addition to expe rience of a similar, though of a much dearer kind. In the present instance, the supposed half-sovereigns were offered for sale by two men whose appearance was consider ably superior to the generality of street speculators. One of them carried in his hand a small canvas money-bag, and the other had, in one hand, a smooth piece of plain deal board, avid in the other a small golden coin, which not only looked very like, but actually was, a half-sovereign. Now, ladies and gentlemen," said its possessor, hold ing up the coin to view, and then ringing it upon the board in his left hand, " there's as good a half-sovereign as ever came out of her Majesty's mint, and there's 50 more of them in that little bag you see in my friend's hand there, all to be sold at a halfpenny each—ring 'em and try 'em before you buy 'em—but, of course, you'll allow me to do that for you. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I don't t 11 you that this is a wager made at one of the most cele brated sporting-houses in the neighbourhood, nor do I tell you that the parties making the wager have employed somebody to come out with me to see that I don't bolt with the money. I don't tell you this, because it is an old tale that has been told before—though once before, if you remember, you did not choose to believe it ; all I now say is, here's half-a-sovereign for a halfpenny," It need hardly be added that, by means of a little dexterity in the art of " palming," the half-sovereign, though apparently sold, was invariably substituted by its counterfeit. a small gilt pocket-piece, bearing on one side a profile of Prince Albert, and on the other a supposed likeness of the Prince of Wales. It may be asked, which of the two answers to the description of a " half-sovereign."— Times. MESMERISM.—SERIOUS PRACTICAL JOKE.—We have received the following extraordinary statement from a known correspondent :—On Friday last, as James Cooke, an errand boy, 13 years of age, in t:)e employ of Messrs. Smith and Sons, hat manufacturers, Deptford-bridge, was sitting with his young master in the warehouse, the latter (who had recently attended several lectures on mesmerism) said, " Jem, I'll mesmerize you ; look me in the face." The boy, not fearing anything, complied, and his master having made the requisite passes for about three minutes, became alarmed at seeing his head drop and his eyes close. He was now in a state of mesmeric coma, and Smith tried the back pass for a long time with out producing the slightestefl'ect towards recovery. Being greatly alarmed, he sent for Mr. Taylor, a gentleman who has been lecturing on mesmerism at the Greenwich Lite rary, &c. Institution. The gentleman immediately at tended, and, after trying his utmost skill for some hours, succeeded in opening his eyes. This was the extent of his power; for although he has remained with him ever since, the boy is as much under the influence of this mi raculous power as when first operated upon. The phe nomena of clairvoyance are very curiously exhibited in this case, for, with his eyes fast closed, he recognizes per sons and objects with as much facility as if they were optically visible to him ; he names persons before they enter the Iroom, and pretty accurately describes places that he never saw. He has been visited by numerous medical men—amongst the number were Mr. Downing, the police-surgeon ; Mr. Hope, of the Dreadnought Sea man's Hospital-ship, and the Messrs. Hope, of Deptford. The boy continues in a state of alternate ecstacy and stu por; from the latter, however, he is easily roused. He appears frequently to suffer great bodily pain, and ex presses himself to do so. Mr. Taylor operates for it, and removes the symptoms gradually, but they return on the least excitement. His health remains good, but he is gradually sinking under the excitement, and if something be not speedily done for him, it is the opinion of medical gentlemen that death must ensue. A report was spread through Greenwich and Deptford that he had expired, and in consequence Inspector Douglas, of the R division of police, with several constables, proceeded to the house of Messrs. Smith, where the boy was lying on a sofa in the drawing-room, but finding he was still alive, they re turned and kept a strict watch upon the case under the advice of the surgeon to the force. It is considered a se rious matter for the operator, as in the event of death the circumstances will have to be laid before a coroner's jury. Dr. Elliotson, of London, has been consulted by Messrs. Smith, who act upon his advice.—Merning He rald.—Subsequent accounts state that the boy awoke from his tornor to full consciousness shortly before six o'clock on Sunday night. Considerable debility suc ceeded the lengthened catalepsy in which he lay ; but on Monday he had mu c h recovere d, an d h e i s now said to be completely recovered. lißa D t fte' f the a till O , -;g 1.13 him' , e tter _„ $ 11 , 4 °e hig A bug the rt wing P g e ) - , D UI' t.' e-d t tb s ,l g fi gs r 0 Q C? .: 1)1 1301;