The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-11 00:00:00

THE FlLiberpoot - :l`z - tanbarb+ TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1855 FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT. MONDAY MORNING. HER MAJESTY the QUEEN has long been noted for an early riser, but never, probably, since the memorable morning on which, with her royal presence, in the northern metropolis, she surprised the denizens of " Auld Reekie" and awoke the slumbers of "JAMIE FORREST" and his somnolent Bailies, has she displayed so marked an inclination for beginning the, labours of the day betimes, as on Thursday last, when taking leave of her royal guest the King of SARDINIA. At half past four o'clock on the last-mentioned morning, the QUEEN, the King of SARDINIA, Prince ALBERT, and the Duke of CAMBRIDGE sat down to breakfast; and at five HER MAJESTY took leave of the Sardinian Sovereign at the grand entrance of the Castle. This was a feat of no ordinary kind. One often hears of a farmer's wife starting by four of a summer's morn to prepare for market—occasionally a tradition may reach the ear of the inquisitive to the effect that Mrs. BRow-s prepared breakfast for her beloved spouse, as he was about to start on his northern journey by the 5.30 a.m. train —or that Mrs. SMITH kissed the rosy tips of her lily-white fingers as a parting token to " dear old Uncle ROBERT" from whom she has large expectancies, as he hurries past the boudoir window at six to catch the steamer that will start in half an hour, while he has a forty 'minutes' drive before him to reach it ; but, who ever before heard of a royal breakfast completed before five o'clock in the morning, a few days before Christmas p Verily, the court chronicles of many a dreary year gone by will be searched in vain for precedents of such an event l On this, as on all occasions, HER MAJESTY wore her state with dignity and ease, and in the sweet com posure of her matin smile set an example which many, if not all ladies would do well to follow. Now that the head of the royal House of Savoy has left our shores, as was the case before he reached them, and will be for many long years to come, the object of his visit is a suggestive theme for conversation and conjecture. Whatever purpose may be assigned to it among those who claim pre-eminence in the spinning and weaving of- political cobwebs, its significance, like that of the Emperor of the FRENCH, is pregnant with matters of important consideration. Leaving the fertile vales and sunny skies which surrounded him in his southern home, the period of his visit here, alone, is sufficient to mark it as other than an empty ceremony ; while the reception he has met with from all classes and parties has been such as could not fail to mark the national sense of his spirited and chivalrous conduct. Among the emphatic answers to the numerous addresses presented to him, or orally delivered in his presence, that portion of his reply to the address of the city of London, in which he spoke of his reasons for joining the Western Alliance, was most calculated to win the affections of the British - people. He joined it, he said, because "it had ever been the custom of the House of-Savoy to draw the sword where justice and independence were at stake among nations." The belief that such a feeling animated him in the choice of his position, had already procured for him a hearty welcome among all ranks of British subjects, and with no trivial amount of gratitude do they thank the corporation of the city for the welcome bestowed on him on Tuesday last True, on that day, he found the " dim spot " enveloped in a gloom deeper than is imparted by its usual sombreness, it being wrapped in obscurity by a dense though only topical fog; but to those who could look beyond the mere surface, it was easy to see the " sunshine of the mind " gilding with fervid glow the numerous preparations indicative of welcome. If the air without was thick and raw, drowning the plaudits, and dimming the lustre of the regal pageant, the contrast afforded by the splendours of the interior of Guildhall added much to the enhancement of the latter. The decorations were, in many respects, magnificent ; and the arrangements fitted to afford a princely welcome to the royal guest. The presenta tions and the oratory were gone . through in the grand hall, which cynical critics might say was decOrated with more gor geousness than good taste. The hall was a perfect blaze of light. It was provided with a richly ornamented throne, overshadowed by a canopy supported on gilt caryatides. Above the west-end gallery were suspended portraits of the Allied Sovereigns ; above these w ere representations of the soldiers of each nation. If His MAJESTY was not before acquainted with the " English School of Painting," he was not likely to receive much information, nor a favourable impression of its merits, from these " wonders of pictorial art." They were palpably improvised for the occasion, and participated more in the characteristics so graphically, as well as quaintly, attributed by the "author of Waverley " to the school of which "DICE TINTO" was the head, than of that which REYNOLDS founded and ETTY - brought to perfection. If the decorations were to some extent defective in design and execution, the preparations for the banquet were carried out in a style of great artistic beauty. It was served with taste and splendour, and the banquet itself was worthy of the renown accorded to civic gastronomy. The wines were truly choice besides those — Ot generally admitted reputation, there were hosts of others, whose fame and virtues are only known among the Royal Arch brotherhood of Bacchanalian epicures ; the famous Nelson Sherry, eighty years old; Champagne of 1834; Hock from the Steinburgh Cabinet ; Falernum Ciecubum, the delight of ancient wine-bibbers, and now a wine almost unknown ; the celebrated Est, Est, Est ; and many more of first renown among erudite philo-vinists. Only three toasts were drunk, notwithstanding the great array of wines : the first, the health of " THE QUEEN," the second that of the KING of SARDINIA, " our august visitor and welcome guest," by the LORD MAYOE, and " Prosperity to the City of London" was Proposed by His MAJESTY. Whatever may heve been the object of this the third royal visit of the year, VICTOR EMMANUEL has " won golden opinions from all sorts of men." In the free-speaking circles of the city—in the reserved and frigid coteries of Belgravia— and in the languidly refined cliques of the West End Clubs , not less than in the noisy f ervour o f th e popu l ace, his praise is heard from every tongue. While regal pumps and civic festivities have been thus com bined in honour of the nation's guest, the public business has not been peimitted to stand st ill. On Friday, a Privy Council was held at Windsor, which ordered the further prorogation of Parliament from the 11th of the present month to the 31st of January next, then to meet for the despatch of business . As next Easter-day falls on the 23rd of March, there will not be more than six weeks applicable to the transaction of busi ness during the early part of the session. This fact is vari ously interpreted by various parties. Some see in it an indica tion that Lord PALMERSTON intends to,renew the Ministerial policy of kit spring, and carry on the business of the country without 'the aid or intervention of Parliament. Others declare their belief to be, that tiaePREM lER, knowing the small extent of his Parliamentary strength, calls the Legislature together merely that he may submit to it some leading point of policy, popular in the general bearings of its aspect, yet so framed as to inspre its rejection, that he may then appeal to the nation i on an ad captandum plea of factious opposition, in the very vain hope that he will thus be able so to remodel the political aspect of the House of Commons as to give him a working majority. While not a few, and those generally well-informed on such topics, maintain that Lord PALMERSTON is personally sick of the matter, and will be only too glad to avail himself of any feasible-pretext to rid himself at once of a set of insubor dinate and mutinous colleagues, who are disunited on nearly every principle of foreign and domestic policy, and, in quitting them, to quit also the responsibilities of a position the duties of which he is inadequate to the performance of. No rumour, indeed, is more current in the political clubs of the metropolis, than that it , is Lord PALMERSTON'S wish and intention to resign. Numerous are the conjectures as to his probable suc cessor. The rampant portion of the Whig-Radical section assert, confidently, that Lord Jons RUSSELL, although not likely to be appointed, will be consulted on the new arrange ments; and these parties, knowing well their man, assert that he will so play his game, that, while nominally excluding him self, he will pull 'the wires of the puppets whose installation into office he will secure, and so dexterously arrange the pack, that, at the next deal, to be made at no distant day, he will himself turn up as the leading trump! His followers have strange confidence in his winning by odd tricks; and those who know him best seem to prize his dexterity at a much higher figure than his probity. In the meantime, the watchful Peelites—though still as dormice, are known to be as alert as owls in twilight—make no scruple in hinting that they have a statesman equal to the occasion, who is willing, and able, (?) to combine the views of all parties, and forma strong administra tion. Where he is to come from, they do not hint, and no one can guess who he is. What are the Conservatives doing in so important a conjuncture? is the qUestion asked by all; but, like numerous other questions of vital interest, for the present, at all events, it is asked in vain. If conjecture finds numerous grounds for exercisin g it s in genuity upon in reference to Ministerial secrets and successions, it has double scope when it turns its bo v d a i ri ngv y is o i f o m n a o t v e e r r ia t l outhe'gred of fields of fight." There it finds every variety structure that can which to manufacture every kind of et apply to " war's vast art ;" the favouritetissueate t i h s e familiar present being the mantle of peace. Every one with SWIFT'S celebrated narrative of " The Battle o f the Books," and all must be aware of the important nature of the conflict therein described. Animated and stern as was that frightful combat, it was but child's play to the every-day uestion. " Battle of the Newspapers," on the Peaceor War qournals, The diurnal combat is commenced by the mornin g j whose heavy ordnance being discharged by mid-day, the combatants retire to rest wailer cover of a vesper fusilade from the evening papers ; at dawn the batteries are again manned, and a crushing fire of shot and shell is poured from the guns which have been once more placed in position ; the gunners being again relieved by the sharp-shooters of the vesper squadrons. Thus rages the battle from Monday morning till Saturday night. The matin echoes of Saturday are awakened by a multitudinous roar of explosions from the weapons of sol diers of all arms, the daily round shot and shell being mingled with a chaotic rattle from the hebdomadal howitzers pouring in adestructiveshower of grape and rockets, strangely commingled with fragments gathered from the exploded missiles of the preceding week's combat. The hurly-burly of this battle has been marked by several peculiarities. The most remarkable being the falsity of aim with which the missiles have been projected—the next in singularity, the extraordinary want of courtesy displayed by the respective gladiators. Mercy to wards each other they have shown none, The sharp Minie balls of the Press, fired off in favour of peace, have been picked up and fired with a double-charge of powder by the Observer, against its vivacious and dashing, but rather" in discreet Saturday antagonist. The daily batteries were opened by the discharge of some heavy experimental shot from the embrasure of the Morning Post, with in this instance the same leaning as the Press, the chief value of which is de rived from a belief that the gunner had his range given him from Lord PALMERSTON'S head-quarters. The return salute to this came from the well-directed ordnance of the Morning Herald, which contenting itself with having ascertained the exact range and elevation necessary to sweep the defences of its adversary, expended no further amunition than was indis pensable for that purpose. The random gun of the Post, however, roused the vigilance as it excited the ire of the bombardier in charge of the Daily News, and your radical gunner being at all times bent on mischief, he loaded his piece to the muzzle with all sorts of material calculated to do damage, to make a display, and above all things to create a loud report. The discharge in this instance rattled over a great space, embracing the crown and the court, and all in the Ministry and all out of it—its voice, like that of SEMPRO NIUS being, "still for war." A round shot meant for Austria by some awkwardness in gunnery took effect on the French, the Austrians receiving a dose which probably was meant for Prussia; and singular though it may appear, this loose prac titioner of the artillery art found his chief defence under the wing of Russia ; which, on the assurance of some private information, probably, it held up as at once a shield and a menace—a shelter for the safety of its own views, a very MEnusa.'s head when confronted with the peace-makers. While the battle raged thus loud and long, the wary engineer of the Times took up a position, as usual, so situated that he could pitch his missiles into either camp ; and, as intimation that he was an interested spectator of the fray, fired a blank gun to show that he was in a situation which would enable him to enter the melee as a combatant on either side. All parties being thus on , the alert, the Globe skirmisher, on the part of the Cabinet, took up a post under the flank of the Times, and fired a small round shot somewhat in the direction at first assumed by the Press and the Morning Post. The leaders in this war being so placed, the out-posts and skirmishers on both sides have taken up positions in support of their res pective leaders, and among these the combat has for some time been maintained with considerable virulence and varying sagacity and success. Stripped of their columns of verbiage on both sides, it • appears some overtures for bringing about a cessation of hostilities with a view to the negotiation of a permanent peace hare been made by Austria, and have been, or still are, under consideration by -the British and French governments . What the terms of the intended peace are, have not been made public; but judging from the quasi ministerial state ments contained in the Morning Post and Globe, three important points are included in them, viz. :—The freedom of the Black Sea—the re-opening of the Danube—and the abo lition of the protectorate, religious or political, of the subjects of the SULTAN. If such terms are in reality acceded to by Russia, it matters little at whose instance they are proposed. They will be the virtual relinquishment of the policy which has governed Russia for the last hundred years, and which seems engrafted as a condition into her political existence. The quarter whence the negotiation originates is one on which little reliance can be placed. Austrian diplomacy has already cost the Allies dear ; it will be their own faults if they are a second time the victims of such systematised duplicity. The case is one involving serious consequences, how favour ably soever it may be looked on by those who place implicit reliance on the omnipotence of diplomacy, and see no evil in anything except campaigns and battles—sieges and warlike expeditions. One consolation, and, one only can be derived from the rumours which are so prevalent in reference to the war or peace policy which is to guide our operations in the spring, and that is, that, pending the performance of the diplomatic necromancy, no cessation is to take place in the preparations for a vigorous prosecution of the war. A great extent of grave and interesting conversation has been set in operation among fashionable and military circles, by the appointinent of the Earl of LIICAN to the colonelcy of the Bth Hussars, a fact which has been officially announced. About a year ago Lord LucAN was recalled from his command of the cavalry in the Crimea. The recal, it was not concealed was consequent on his connexion with the celebrated light cavalry charge at Balaklava. The order issued, and which resulted in that fatal charge, had been " blundered " by some one, and Lord LUCAN was deprived of his command and re called from his post. No man enjoys an immunity from error, and, under the circumstances, the presumption in the public mind was, that his lordship was known to be the "blunderer," for which he was accorded what was generally considered a very mild punishment. • Stung by the condemna tion and implied censure, he demanded a court of inquiry, which was denied to him- on the pretence that he was not accused. So the stigma was fixed. Now he has had honour and preferment conferred on him—more than this, he has been honoured by an invitation to the royal table, from which he had been practically excluded while undergoing this military eclipse. His exoneration from any impeachment of his judg ment or stain upon' his honour has been completed; but still the fact that some one " blundered " the order with tragic fatality remains. It is now virtually admitted that Lord LUCAN was not the man, who then was it ? • This is much of a piece with the implied censure of Sir W. CODRINGTON, who received no compliment for directing the attack upon the Redan on the Btli of September, while his second in command was promoted. Public indignation, in no very moderate torrent, was directed against the gallant general, pointed almost entirely on account of this presumed condemnation, when suddenly the public were aroused by the notification that he had been promoted to the command in chief of the British army in the Crimea. In this case, as in that of Lord Lucerr, either the reward or the punishment has been wrong, as no man can deserve both for the same action. By such a mode of proceeding, Ministers wound the feelings of deserving men, and stultify themselves. Every one must rejoice that tardy justice has at last been done to both the gallant officers, but that satisfaction must be greatly impaired by regret for the injustice to which they were first exposed. The close and friendly alliance between Great Britain and France is a potent fact—a source of justifiable delight to our neighbours, as well as to ourselves. Its benefits are all but inestimable ; yet, like all other affairs of human guidance, the picture, however pleasing as a whole, has likewise its dark side. The intercourse with our now friendly, though once hostile, neighbours, has a tendency, like other friendships; to bring us into familiarity with the less amiable, as well as with the more virtuous, peculiarities of each other. Instruction of this description is highly valuable, leading, as it frequently does, the way to self-knowledge. It is not unapt occasionally to 'do more than this. In certain ill-regulated natures it is apt to engender a tendency to adulation and self-abasement, instead of contenting ourselves with due appreciation of the merits, and a desire to .emulate the better portion of our neighbours' spirit. The display of fulsome adulation towards our allies, and of depreciatory observations on ourselves, has, of late, taken deep hold upon the sensitive organisation of the Times. This, probably, is no more than was to be expected. Your " awash-buckler" and pot-valiant bravo is ever your loudest-tongued and foulest-mouthed reviler when the fit is on him ; and it is not greatly to be wondered at that, in the arrogance of its self-conceit, the clay-and-brass Jupiter of Printing-house-square should Set about exalting the French at the expense of the worshippers of his own country, the chief cause of wonder being that he should do so with so little cun ning or discrimination. The recent great Exhibition in Paris has afforded the Tiine* every element, save one for exhibiting this peculiarity of a little mind—that wanting element has been knowledge. To our French neighbours all the world; and none more practically or more lavishly than the British people, have long accorded the palm of excellence in all that depends upon a lively inven tion, guided by an exqusiSite sense, of the delicate and the beautiful. This award is -no -new thing, although for the practice of his strange conceits it suits the oracle referred to to trace the comparison no further than the Exhibition of 1851. This may be the full extent of the means of comparison afforded by his knowledge ; if so, he may be excusable to some extent ; but • even that shield of ignorance will not justify him in parading his rush-light-before the world and swearing it is the veritable sun, All the world knows that the French were masters in bijouterie, and infinitely ahead not of Britain alone but of all the world in ornamentation of every kind—in porcelain, in paper-hangings and jewellery—in optical and mathematical instruments, and in a hundred other things besides, long before Prince ALBERT was born or an idea of an Exhibition in Hyde Park had entered the brain of any man alive or dead. By so much as the French excelled in elegance, THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. so also did the British in the more ponderous manufactures. Their pre-eminence was admitted, and most of our countrymen learned with astonishment, through the columns of the Times, that, since 1851, our prestige in these particulars has failed. Through the instrumentality of this Briarian jack-of-all-trades, the British were astounded with the information that in machinery, in the application of iron to such purposes, for instance, as building, we are "lamentably behind . both the French and the Prussians." In reference to such matters the reports of the jurors show a conclusion different; for they say that the iron from the west of Scotland was superior to that of all foreign exhibitors, whether French "or German. What does all that signify, however? Has not the Times got a friend, conve niently named " Amens," who tells a different tale? And does not the Times vouch for "Amens," as "Amens" kindly vouches for the Times? As for machinery, what, it may be asked, was ROBERT NAPIER decorated with the cordon of the Legion of Honour for, if it were not for the glorious machinery which he there exhibited ? Are we to suppose that inferiority in the application of iron-work to ship-building, to steam-engines, and to other machinery, pro cured the award of medals to Messrs. CAM]) and BOURNE, of Greenock, to SIDIPSON, and to Messrs. HARVEY, of Glasgow ? If so, the jurors must have been as cunning as the French government and people were stupid ; for the " slotting ma chine" exhibited by the last-named gentlemen was coveted for purchase by more than one house in Marseilles, and is now the property of the French Government, who purchased it for use in one of their national workshops ; but in all probability neither the jurors nor the government, nor the intending purchasers of HARVEY'S "slotting machine" consulted with the Times nor its there "Anucus," and hence the snares into which they were deluded ! Is it a friendly spirit which thus induces the Times to decry the manufactures for which its country and its countrymen are alike proverbially famous ? One is almost tempted to think that such a question and its answer were contemplated in the annexed passage from an essay on the political future of England, just published by M. DE MONTA LEMBERT. "The insupportable arrogance," says he, "of English diplomacy (query journalism) towards the weak, and of the English press against all the world, has excited the in dignation of every honest man. Whilst all the time England has not cared continually to vary its own attitude, passin from the excess of invective to the extreme of adulation has forgotten so much, dissembled so much, has sacrificed so much of the cause of freedom, to its ambition, its interests, or its favour." Revenons a nos moutons, our manufacturers of every grade must feel infinitely obliged to the Times and its ingenuous friend "Amiens" for the flattering terms in which their want of enterprise and disregard of improvement are chronicled. As wise men, however, and as they are believed to have done before, they will not rest satisfied with past suc cess, but go on daring opposition, aiming at perfection, and:in its pursuit, nothing daunted by difficulty, will continue their successful career along the path of improvement. THE REV. W. W. EWBANK'S LECTURE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlB,—Allow me, through the medium of your columns, to inform your correspondent, " One of the Public," that he is in error when he says "It is a pity that the Rev. W. W. Ewbank's lecture on `Common Sense' has not been published." It is published; and an admirable lecture it is, well worth any one's reading. lam not sure whether copies of it can now be purchased from any of the booksellers in town, but if your eorrespondent will apply to Mr. Richard Wright, master of the Everton and Birkdale Boys' School, at bis residence adjoining the school in Everton Valley, he can be supplied with copies of the lecture sufficient in number for his purpose.—l am, Sir, yours truly, AN ADMIRER OF COMMON SENSE. Liverpool, December 4th, 1855. THE MISSING £lOO NOTE, TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Srit,—With respect to the case in. the Police-court reported in the Liverpool papers of to-day, we beg to state that a friendly inquiry has sines. taken place between the parties, and that sgveral matters which appeared in the reports- have been on both sides explained, and satisfactorily cleared up. It has amongst other things been found that Mr. Dmnsfield's statement, that he made the alteration in his book on the day of the transaction, was correct ; and that the contradiction of that fact by Mr.. Fawkes was a mistake on his part. The misunderstanding seems to have- mainly arisen from Mr. Kelly's error, in assuming and adhering to the statement, that he had reeeived and lost a £lOO note,and in not mention ing that he had £2O in excess in his cash. Had this been mentioned to Mr. Dransfield in the first instance, it would have afforded a elue to the whole matter, and any mistake might have been rectified at once.—We are, Sir, your obedient' servants. JOHN YATES; Jun., Solicitor for Mr. James Kelly. JAMES ROWE, Solicitor for Mr. Peter Thomson.- Liverpool, December 10, 1855. • VISIT OE THE KING OF . SARDINIA. Ox Tuesday, the King and Prince Albert left Windsor for Buckingham Palace, and thence proceeded in state to Guildhall. The weather was not very favourable, but the streets, although not quite so crowded as on the occasion of the Emperor of the French's visit; were thronged by a vast con course of persons. There was a good display of flags from the houses in the line of procession, and the King's reception was all that could be desired. Upon the arrival of the Royal party at Guildhall, the address from the City of London was presented, to which the King read a reply in Italian. The following is a trans lation : "MY LOBD MAYOR,—I offer my heartfelt thanks to you, to the aldermen, and to the Commons of the City of London,. for the cordial congratulations which;you present to me, on, the occasion of my visit to her Majesty the Queen and to the British nation. The reception I have met with in this ancient land of constitutional liberty—of which your address is a con firmatiou—is to me a proof of the sympathy inspired by the policy I have hitherto pursued —a policy in which it is my intention constantly to persevere. The close alliance existing between the two most powerful nations of the earth, is honour able alike to the wisdom of thesovereigns who govern them, and to the character of their. people. They have understood how preferable is equally admntageous friendship to an ancient and ill-defined rivalry. This alliance is a new faefrhn history, and is the triumph of civilization. Notwithstanding the misfortunes-which have weighed upon my kingdom, I have entered into this alliance, because the House of Savoy ever deemed it to be its duty to draw the sword when the combat was for justice and independence, if the forces which I bring to the. allies are those of a state not vast, I bring with them nevertheless the influence of a loyalty never doubted, and supported by the valour of an army always faithful to the banners of its lUngs. We cannot laydown our arms until an honourable, and, therefore, durable-peace has been secured. This we shall accomplish by seeking una nimously the triumph of true right, and the just desires of each nation, I thank you for the good wishes you this day express for my future happiness, and for that of my kingdom. While you thus express yourselves, with respect to the , future, it gives me great pleasure to , speak of the present, and con gratulate you on the high position attained by Great , Britain. This is to be attributed to the free and noble character of the nation, and also to the virtue , of your Queen. The royal party then partook of a banquet, and afterwards returned t 9 Windsor,. In the mo rn i ng , previous t o l eav i ng for the city, the King received, at Buckingham Palace, an address from the merchants and bankers of London,. to which he made a suitable rdply. On Wednesday morninghis Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Majesty the King of . Sardinia a ttended by Lord Byron, Marquis d'Azeglio, Gener a l Grey, Hon. A. C. Hood, Major- General Count Morrozo.della Rocca, Major-General Marquis d'Angrogna, Count Cigala, Count de Robillaut, and Count Velperga Barone, left Windsor Castle and travelled to Farn ham by special train, on the South-Western Railway, and thence proceeded to the camp at Aldershott,. to inspect the household troops and:militia on the regimental parade. The inspection took placein the presence of his- Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Viscount Hardinge, and Lord Panmure. On returning to Windsor Castle his Majesty was installed a Knight of the Garter. His Majesty the Xing of Sardinia, after something less than a week's stay, took hispleave of the, Queen,, and departed on his way homeward on Thursday morning,. Whether from the exigencies of the case or from royal love. of early rising, five o'clock was fixed for the time of his departure, and it was at that hour his Majesty, attended by his. numerous suite, and, accompanied by Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, end: Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, left( Windsor by the South,- Western Railway, his Royal Hostess having herself. risen to, take leave of him. On, arriving, at the private station at Vauxhall the royal party, escortedhy a troop of the Ist Life. Guards, proceeded immediately to the Bricklayer's Arms. station, whore a special train was in waiting to convey them to Folkstoue. His Majesty having chosen the short and ex peditious route to Paris by Boulogne in preference to that by Dover and Calais, by which he arrived in this country. The Court Circular says (—His Majesty the King of Sar dinia breakfasted this morning at half-past 4 o'clock - with her Majesty the Queen, his Reyal, Highness the Prince ) . and his Royal Highness .the Duke- of Cambridge. At 6 <AMA the Queen accompanied the 'King to the grand entrance of the Castle, and there took leave-of her Royal and illustrious guest. Her Majesty was attended by the Ladies-in-Waiting, the Great Officers .of Stateond the Gentlemen of the-Household. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe- Weimar was also present to take leave of His Sardinian Majesty. The King of Sardinia left Folkestone at nine a.m., for Boulogne, where he arrived at half-past eleven o'clock, in the Vivid, attended by the Royal Osborne and Fire Queen. The weather was very unfavourable, and no review was held. His Majesty left Boulogne at half-past one o'clock for Paris. All went well. TILE Rev. C. Minton, incumbent of St. Silas's, delivered a lecture on the Sabbath, on Tuesday last, in connection with the Carlisle Church of England Religious and General Literary Association. - IT is currently reported that, in the event of an election, Mr. William Entwistle, formerly M.P. for South Lancashire, intends to offer himself as a candidate for the representation of this city in Parliament.—Manchester _Examiner. STEEL ENGEAVING.—Our attention has been drawn to an exquisite specimen of engraving, which may be unques tionably regarded as the very acme of perfection in this beautiful art. It is the production of those eminent artists, Perkins, Bacon, and Co., and comprises, within an ir credibly brief space, a number of designs of the most varied, :haste, and beautiful character, including an embossed profile of our beloved Sovereign, with the name of an article of deservedly high repute among the fashionable world. When we add, that this admirable production of the graver is intended for the protection against counterfeits of ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, we feel that we have stated enough to interest our readers in a specimen, so admirable in it self, and so perfectly adapted to guard the public against fraud and imposition. SOUTH LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZ_ES: (Before Mr. Justice Wiyhtmen.) TUESDAY, Dab. 4. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER. — Joseph Arm strong (18), cabinet-maker, James Carroll (29), brass-founder, and Robert Williams (35), joiner, were indicted for assaulting John Rowan, on the night of the 20th Oct., at Manchester { "mid robbing"him of a wateh; bunch of keys, and other artiefes, worth altogether about £B. There was also another indict ment against Armstrong, for assaulting Thomas Lloyd, on the 17th Oct., and robbing him of a watch and chain, worth £B. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against Armstrong and Williams. Carroll was found not guilty. The second indict ment against Armstrong was not gone into. The prisoners were sentenced each to four years' penal servitude. GROSS OUTRAGE UPON A POLICE SERGEANT.—JOhIa MOSS (37), shoemaker, and William Young (23), watch-maker, were indicted for having, on the 23rd Oct., violently maltreated a sergeant of the county police, William Lawton, with intent to murder him. The outrage took place on the 23rd of Oct. The jury found both prisoners guilty of a grievous assault, but without intent to kill. An indictment for a common assault will be preferred against them. STABBING. — Richard Baxendale (35), cotton-spinner, was indicted for the committal of an assault, with intent to do grievous bodily harm, upon George Hitchwell, at Cuerdon. The prosecutor and the prisoner, on the 26th Aug., were drink ing together in a plantation at Cuerdon, and, having quarrelled about the change for some liquor, they fought, and, during the fight, the prisoner cut the prosecutor several times with a knife. The jury found a verdict of unlawfully wounding, and the prisoner was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. • BURGLARY.—John Jones (26), collier, indicted for having at Oldham, on the 14th Oct., barglariously entered the dwell ing -house of Bernard Murray, and stolen two jackets, a waist coat, and two handkerchiefs, was found guilty, and sentenced to penal servitude for five years. The court rose at half-past six o'clock. The court sat at ni ne o'cIocWEDNESDAY.k. IRMSEBREAKING AND BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER:— William Machin (19), and Mary Parry (10, were indicted for breaking into the house of John M`Gill, a grocer, at Manches ter, on the night of the 21st Oct. last. William Turton, on arraignment for the same offence, had pleaded guilty. Verdict, guilty. Sentences Turton, fifteen years' transportation ; Machin, eight years' penal servitude ; Mary Parry, two months' imprisonment. Machin and Turton had each pleaded guilty to other indictments foi burglary, and previous convictions were proved against them. George Bagshaw, clerk (18), and John Cotterill, stone mason (21), were indicted for breaking into the house of Thomas Whitehead, in Dolphin-street, Hulme, on the night of the 13th Sept., and stealing property to the value of 020. They were both found guilty. A previous conviction was proved against Bagshaw, and he was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. Cotterill was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, with hard labour. CHAPEL BREAKING AT MAN‘cHEsTEE.—Josiah Crook (22), spindle and file-maker, was charged with sacrilege, in stealing £2 from the Roman Catholic Chapel of St. Chad's, in Man chester. Verdict, guilty. Several previous convictions were proved against the prisoner. In 1852, he was found guilty of breaking into an Established Church, and in Aug., 1854, at the Liverpool assizes, he was sentenced to twelve months' im prisonment for a similar crime, so that he could only have been about three weeks out of goal when he - committed the present offence. His lordship sentenced him to six years' penal servi tude. BURGLARY AT SALFORD.—John Coupe (21), blacksmith, was indicted for breaking into the house of William Brassing ton, tailor, 108, Chapel-street, Salford, on• the night of Satur day, the 11th of Aug. la 4. Nothing had• been stolen, but a cap, sworn to belong to the prisoner, was- found lying in the kitchen. The prisoner was found guilty. Sentence: four years' penal servitude. ROBBERIES', WITH VIOLENCE, AT MANCHESTER.—WiIIiam Turner (23), collier, was charged with having,, at Manchester on the . 13th Nov., violently beaten and assaulted Richard Wardieworth, and robbed him of 93. 6d., and a counting-glass. It was thesecond offence of the kind by the'prisoner against the prosecutor. The jury returned a verdict off guilty, and a previous conviction having been proved against the prisoner, he was sentencedtalour years' penal servitude: The prisoner swore mostviolently as he was being removed from the bar. George Shaw (24), striker, and Elizabeth Maliin (29), char woman, were - charged with having assaulted and robbed 'kiln Jones, on the morning of Sunday, 2nd of Sept; about two o'clock. Bothprisoners were found guilty, and each sentenced to four yearsrpenal servitude. ALLEGED MANBLANGHTEE BY AN ENGINEER.—Henry Pickup (40), mechanic and engine -tender, was- indicted for manslaughter- The prisoner had been employed for two or three years at a- mill, at Preston, and the person, whose death he was alleged to have caused was also employed there, along with him, but 'r^d no • authority to touch the engine. One arrivedtook morning,uot no before p h n i m t t s lA t e r i the-engine hands g t it u l e r turn into ea o n order t i e o e r s f ‘ t v o e o r a r m y k r r o k r A i t n n i g le e , x t o d s p risoner i e o C n e decease d the immediate consequence, which killed the dece ase d . B e f ore any witnesses were- called, jury, at his Lordship's direc tion, acquitted the prisoner. ALLEGED MAITBLAVOTITER AT SALFORD.—Georg e Jen- • flings (31), mill wr i g ht, was i nd i cted for the manslaughter of John Mattier. On the afternoon of the 15th Oct., both parties, with several others, _ were d r i n ki ng at Shaw's berhouse, New Richmond, Salfordovben the deceased challenged the prisoner to fight. Prisoner at first declined, but deceased insisted upon fighting, and said that if the prisoner did not now,. " he would catch him again." An , . encounter ensued, and the deceased was knocked dovvri,and received a severe wound by a knife, over the right eye_ He subsequently died of- lock-jaw. The jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to ercy, on account of - the provocation he had received. He was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, with hari labour. THURSDAY. Robt. Bird (20), aemilhvright, was indicted for having, at Manchester, on the 24th of October, feloniously assaulted Alice Cleasby, and robbed, her of two fowls. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge of assault, Sentence deferred. LETTER STEALINGI,BE A CLERK IN THE LIVERVOOL POST OVPICE.—Henry Kelly, a clerk (20), was indicted for having, at Liverpool, on Saturday, the Bth September last, secreted two post letters, which. offence is, by the 26th section of the 36th chapter of the Ist Viet., constituted a felony. The pri soner had been a clerk. in, the Liverpool Post-office for three months prior to thee-day mentioned in the indictment, and upon that day a clerloin.the employ of Messrs. Finlay, Camp bell, and Co., was web tothe- post-office, and there posted two letters or packages addressed. to Messrs. Ritchie, Stewart, and Co. Bombay, and bearing outside the i m p ress i on " Messrs. Finlay, Campbell, and. Cen,..Liverpool." The clerk .took the letters to the paid window and asked the prisoner, who was the clerk on duty, the amount of postage to be paid - upon them. The prisoner handed:: the letters to another 'eletk, named Shroeder, to be weighed,.and having been informed by him what amount of postage ought to be paid upon ',hem, he re ceived from Messrs. Finlay and Co.'s clerk the sum of £2 18s. it was the prisoner's-duty then to have placed the letters with other letters whichwere intended to be despatched by the over land mail. The prisoner did not do anything with the letters for the purpose of forwarding them, but carried them with him across the water, and. formed them into a singlapackage ; he put the package,. addressed to "Henry ClenharaE.sq., Post office, Liverpool, ship Atlas," into the .post-office at Egremont. On the followingenarning, Mr. John Green 13ales e the inspec tor of letter-carriers,,, having discovered that the letters were missing, went to thedodgings of the prisoner, and charged him, with having concealed them„and with not having.accounted for the money he had reeeivelaspoetage on them. The prisoner at first said he had accounted for all the money be, had received, and subsequently, he said the letters were in the strangers' window, where tie- letters were found addressed as above stated. The prisoner was. found guilty, but waareconamendeth to mercy. He wasesenteneed to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour for 12... calendar months. ASSAULT POLICE-SERGEANT.—Jbha MOSS (39), shoemaker, and. William: Young (23), watchmaker, who were ac m p id u n it e t s e , d on On tu Tues -sergeant, Tuesday, tuor: last,a n indictment. assauithd p lb ea r iee having, at upon another count of the indictment, charging e 23r d d a sentenced to be, - imprisoned guilty. Moss was- grievous assault, and foim d kept to hard labour for tlaree„ and Young far. named William Lawton,with intent to m u rder hi m , i l ea ver w e i t ti l an two years. CoNoNAIAIRNT BIRTH.—A well-dressed young women, named Emily Mark: Craggs, was indicted for having, at Widnes, on the. 11th August last, secretly disposed' of the. body of a female child, of which she had been deliveredjn order to conceal its. birth. The jury found the prisoner guilty,. and she MS sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard, labour for two caletular months. MANLA.IIARTER AT DlDSBURL—Alexander Thompson,. a, coachman (31), was charged upon a cozener's warrant witlethe manslaugliter of James Ridings, atl Didsbury, on the:Jab, June last. it appeared from the evidence that on the day in. question twa omnibuses, one of them belonging to a person named Boswell,. and the other to is person named Meßwen the,latter driven. by the prisoner, were travelling on theroalt between Cheetharri and Manchester. A short distance from the Rushholnse toner, M`Ewen'seemnibus stopped te take up sepassenger, and lloswell's omnibus passed it. Theeprisoner then whipped his horses into a gallop and overtook e ßoswell's omnibus, on which the deceased: was riding, and in. attempt ing to pass. first through the toll-bar his vehicle struck I3os well's, and by the collision theedecessed was jammed against the gate post, and sustained injuries which subsequently re sulted Wally. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned for two months. • BURGLARY AT Fuewocepe—Henry Collins (23), painter and glazier,and James Bindon, umbrella-maker (18), both of whom are privates in the 97th regiment, were indicted for entering the dwelling-house of Frederick Leffens, at Fulwood, on the 31st October, and stealing a scarf shawl, a tweed cloak, a merino cloak, a knitted: jacket, and a woollen handkerchief. Collins was acquitted. The jury found the. prisoner Bindon guilty, and a previous, conviction having been proved against him, he was sentenced to penal servitude for four years. DAMAGING MACITINRRY.—Geo. Pollard, a factory worker (15), was indicted for having at Blackburn, on the 13th Novem ber, maliciously destroyed certain mill fixtures and machinery„ the property of Montague Joseph Fieliien and another. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner, who had been out ,On, bail previous to hie trial, was immediately discharged. The court rose at half-past six o'clock. • FRIDAY. TH MURER AT ROCHDALE The Court met this mo D rning at nine o'clock,. and imme diately 'on taking his seat the learned judge proceeded to the trial of Jonathan Heywood, an iron-dresser (47), who was charged with the murder of Margaret Jones, at Rochdale, on the 22nd of July last. Heywood, it will be remembered, was to have been tried at the last assizes, but the trial was put off on account of the sudden illness of one of the principal witnesses. From the atrocious nature of the murder, much interest in the trial was manifested throughout the country, and on Friday the court was crowded from its opening ; the crowd having greatly increased towards the. termination of the trial, and during the judge's summing up the avenues were so completely choked as to occasion great inconvenience. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. Monk and Mr. Higgins ; Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Key appearing for the defence. • In a temperate and lengthened address, Mr. Monk detailed the circumstances of the crime, and gave a concise yet clear outline of the facts which he intended to prove by evidence, and concluded by calling Edward Askwith, of the Half Moon Inn, Blackwater-street, Rochdale, who said—l recollect that on the evening of Satur day, 21st of July, the prisoner came into the kitchen. I heard him ask for lodgings of my mother, and she said he could have them. It was near 10 o'clock when he came, and fetched a woman in. They sat dawn in the tap-room. There were two others there—John Borrows and- Henry Bolton. The former remained In the tap-room half-an-hour. They afterwards went up stairs to bed ; my mother showing them up. I went to bed about half-past twelve o clock. I slept in the room adjoining where they slept. I did not take particular notice how he was dressed. On Sunday morning, the 22nd of July, I got up about six o'clock, and I heard the door of the room open and shut in which we found the body of the st - Othan. When -I heard this my room door was partly open, and I saw the prisoner standing on the stairs, dressed, He had his hat on and his shoes. He saw me, but he did not speak, He went down stairs. I dressed myself partially, and went down stairs also. When I got down, the. back door was open, and the prisoner was in the yard, having gone out at that door. He was about a yard or two from the door. There was a door leading from the yard into Half moon-yard. He asked me to let him out, and I went in and put on my shoes. He was standing in the same place. The key of the outer door was out, and when I fetched it, I said, "When will you be back again ?" and he said " I n a b ou t h a lf- a n-h our or three-qu ar t ers . " There was nothing particular in his man ner, and I did nod notice where his hands were. When he got out he turned to the right, to Blackwater-street, and walked away quickly. In the yard which is attached to our house there is no pump, but a water tap. On the Sunday we had a person named Annie Whipp assisting us, and while I was dressing she knocked at the door, where the deceased lay, but received no answer. I knocked, and got no answer. This was about half-past one o'clock. I told her to open the door, and I went in. I saw the woman lying dead with her throat cut. She lay on the bed, with her face towards the wall, on the left hand side as one enters. There was a razor in her right hand. Her hands were clean. I touched one of her fingers; it was cold. The bed was a four-post; there were no curtains, and the foot was towards the door. There was a shawl put across the . foot for a curtain. A police-officer was sent for, and Leech came. Mr. Seed, the surgeon, also came and I went up with him. She appeared to be in the same position as when I left her. On the 24th of July, I saw a person in the lock up, named Martin. I ,saw he looked like the same man who came on the 21st of July with the woman. I afterwards dis covered that I had made a mistake. lam certain the pri soner is the man who came with her. I saw him in custody at the police-office, and there were seven or eight persons together. One was dressed as a policeman. Martin was one of the persons there. I then identified the prisoner as the person who was at my father's house on the 21st. Cross-examined : I was not disturbed that night. I heard no noise of any sort. Betty Askwith said: I am the mother of the last witness, and my husband kept the Half-Moon in Rochdale. I recollect, on the night of the 13th of July, the prisoner came to me, and asked for a bed for himself and his mistress for the night of the 14th. He went to the door and told me to be sure to have one for him. At that time he was a stranger to me. He had a moleskin waistcoat and a dark coat on. He never came at the time promised. On the night of the 21st he came again, and asked me for a bed for himself and mistress. He asked the terms, and I told him Bd., and he put the money down. He then fetched his mistress in. I saw her come in and go into the - tap-room. I showed them kto one of the back bedrooms at the top of the house. I told the prisoner how to make fast the bar inside, as it would not latch. I then left him. I heard him fasten it when I was- on the landing. I told the woman to pull the blind down. She appeared to be in troublel. was sobbing, and bad her handkerchief to her month, but I did not see her face. I bid them - both - "good night," and he-replied " good night," but the woman never spoke. The window looked into the yard. I went to bed about one o'clock in the morning. I heard no noise during the night. I never' saw him until he was in the police-office. John Burrows examined : On the 21st of Aly, I was at the Half-Moon Inn, Rochdale, at ten o'clock. I remained there all night. I was in the tap-room, and a man= came in first ; he went out and brought in a woman. That man is the prisoner at the bar. They went to bed first. I saw the deceased woman, and she was the same that had-been in the tap-room. The prisoner had a dark coat on, hat, and trousers made of dark cotton cord. There was either a patch or a tear across the trousers. Henry Bolton said :On the 21st July, I went the tap room of the Half-MOon, in Rochdale. I saw the pritoner and a woman sitting there: Burrows was also there. Theprisonsr had a dark coat on, and a hat. I conld not hold lookingat the woman; she baked " done." She appeared tired, as- if she had walked a good: way. The prisoner looked foul at her, and sometimes leaned on• the- table and looked in her face very foul Mary Dillon said: Vreside h Rochdale, at the Griffin- Inn. I remember the prisonercalling with a woman at our house on the 21st July, at I , ox3'eloek at night. I was in the tap room. He wanted ledgings,.and I said we could not accom modate men and then- wives-. The woman followed him , out. T --- hep;isonerwasdressed in dark . clothes, and had a hat- • Mary Leech said : am-the wife of John Leech, of ROch , ' dale. He keeps the Btaver Is n. in Toad-lane. I remember Friday, the 6th July. The prisoner came to our house- and asked for lodgings for the - Saturday night. I told him I could not tell him then; and he• asked me if I could tell him by four o'clock on the Saturday. I said "Yes." This was about four o'clock in the 'afternoon. About ten o'clock at night. on the 2lst July, he came to the • bar - door and asked again for lodgings for himself and mistress-. I said " No," alithe;p* l t I had disapp o i n t e d hi m a , f or t n ight b e f ore ._ a dark, matter." The woman was -- tall and . , stout. She u bonnet. He had a coat and:hat on. Esther Hill, a sister of the last witness, and living with her at Rochdale, corroborated her testimony. Robert Leech sworn : I am a. police-sergeant, at Rochdale. Oh Sunday the 22nd July - lest, .at half-past twelve o'clock,. went to the Half-Moon Inn i .and in a. back bed-room found.a. bed.. The head of the bedi was towards , the opposite wall when • you entered. I foundthebedy of a woman on that bed. Her head was inclining towards-the wall:;: her legs were stretched out She was lying rather crossways: Her head was close to the wail. She was quite cold . .sand stiff. A pillow concealed. her throat and part of her breast.. The end was in .her throat anerpartly covered her face.. Her eyes-were partly open, look ing-up, I put the pillow on;the floor,. and showed it to Mr: Seed, the surgeon. It was-in the same. condition. She had, a razor in her right hand,. with. the• back part of the blade towards- her. Both hands woreonler breast, and the razor was-loosely in the right one:. • Her hands were perfectly clean._ There-was uwound on the throat, andtthe pillow stt Ick to the wound.. I observed the waittnear to: where her head was lying; and the blood had run • down on: the floor us iderneath the-bed. She had a chemise ou; there was a cap, bi at off her head The strings were tiedquoselYround her neck . and the ends- were in the wound blithe throat. There was • only one spot . of blood on the razor—about the middle of it—l .ut nearer theend than the blade. It was about the size of a pea, and round. Her hands were coverediup, audit was nec , essary to remove-tile clothes. There-were fourrpilbnvs and a ' bolster on the- bed:. The blood had attached. the• pillow ca se to the chemise.. The blood was oeld.. There. was a mar k on the pilloW as if it had been pressedmta the' cheniise, and it conse quently stuck fast to it. There was , a , shawl at the f "bot of the bed; which I took possession of:. Therewas no water in the room. • Cross-ft:trained : I remsvcd. the .pillbw, and pulled down the bedclothes. The bloodion =the -walliwas about :six inches above her head, just as if her hair had'beem thrown, against it. Ft - vas..there when Mr. Seelcaute. Robert Hambly said : I am,the son,m4aw of Ste phen Ask-. withi_ and on the 22nd July--I s went: with him into the Half- Noon Ism, and saw in a heditom.thedead body of ' a woman.. Lnevcr - distarbed it. Richard Pollett said : liana .a :sergeant of the c ounty con otabulary, stationed at Rochdale.. On.the 22nd of :fuly I went with Leech to the Half-Moon Inn.. L removed thy: dead body of aiwoman in a room. Oa the.3oth.J'ulY I went - to Gibson'S-- row; to. the brother of thopriSoner,.and from Mary Heywood. Lreetived a coat, which linow produce:. I also got a hat. Joseph Seed said : I am ..a..surgeon. at Rochdale, and have been, in practice for many years was called to the Half- Moon, Inn, in Rochdale,„and; Leech , showed me in a bedroom the-dead body of a woman:,. She .waslying in thefcl a b i r c -=. of the with her legs. extended:. She s stiff' Mr-arms were crossed onlier liveasb--9er!galit_ hand rasthig, on the. left, and in the former a. razor.. in pack _of the- . razor s towards her. wal not grasped;: the police-officer firCll7 it out va and replaced it easily. There-was a smear of blood on one hand and a spot on thanthen. There was a spot cal blood:, pointed (Alt to me the • blade: I examined it beforo,-and: . imagined it perfectly cl ean ; could not satisfy inyself per-. featly that it was blaod.,. There was no blood on the-arms, eIbOWS,, chest, or on tho abdOmen on that side. Her face was perfectly calm, as if she-had beenin a placid sleep. I es:unlined the- threat, and found 'allound, across it six inches in length._ It extended from under the right ear to two inches bey - oud:the.l windpipe. The windpipe wastut across in two places, and was filled with frothy mucus. It was cut completely through. the caatgagenons substance. The. cut was a clean incised one— not jagged. The- wound; was. directly across the thwat mor judgment, it wouldrequire considerable force indeed;. and a very sharp instmunent. Thesuperficial muscles and branches of the carotid artery.and. the jugular vein, on the -right sale, were severed. Syncope, suffocation, and death would follow such a wound. She was. about 45 years of age of masculine form. I shouhlldoubt very much whether this.. razor soakl make the wound,i. seeing it was so clean, and the. position in which it was wil,en found in the hand. From its position, it was altogether,impracticable to make such a wound,. either to the right or to theleft, so straight across, by the. woman her self: The wound was made from right to left it commenced with an ineiSion. through the skin, and then ,went two inches deep, and the . instrutwnt appeared: to have, been withdrawn suddenly. His foallsgap : Supposing the woman. had inflicted this wound upon herself, could she, after the wound, have removed the razor from one hand to the other. Witness : I should doubt it. Mr. MONa : you think if she did , it herself she could remove. the razor from one hand to the other, and place a pillow on. the wound, and then put another upside down on the bolster•?- Witness ; I think not. Crass-examined : The large csrotid was not divided ; if it was, it escaped our notice. I made a. post asortem examination in the usual way. The wound did not go deep enough to sever the carotid. I was told by the police that they had turned the woman. I did not measure the depth of the wound. She had a short thick neck. The oesophagus was not divided; it is beldw the windpipe. The external jugular vein was divided on the right side. The greatest depth was over , the trachea. That is vital. By his Lordship : I cannot tell how long syncope would supervene after the wound,. but when syncope supervened the razor would fall from the, hand. James Lawton said : I am a surgeon, practising in Rochdale, and have been so for la years. I assisted in the past mortem examination on the deceased's throat. The wound was about six inches in length. It was made frOm right to left. The upper portion of the windpipe was severed. It was a smooth incised wound. James Long said : lam a M.R.C.S. lam a surgeon of the Royal Infirmary in this town. I have been present during the evidence. Assuming the description of the wound as given by Mr. Seed, I should say the wound was inflicted from the right to the left. If she had done it herself the hand that made the wound would have been bloody; it would have been almost impossible to escape. If the woman had made such a wound it is possible she could change the razor from one hand to the other, and place the pillows as described, but it is ex ceedingly improbable. I believe a smooth incised wound like the one described to have been made by a hind other than her own. Daniel Stone said : I am an analytical chemist and lecturer, in Chatham -street School, Manchester. On the 7th August I received a shirt and razor from police-officer Berry. I re turned them to him. I observed spots and streaks in the shirt showing coagulated matter. One or two spots in the upper portion of the breast. I detached the solid matter with,a penknife. I examined inside the shirt for spots which would correspond with the outside ones, but I discovered none. I examined the razor, and found a dark spot near the end of the [DECEMBER 11, 1855. razor, and on the other side Rf the razor found one or minute spots, and inside the haft I found some solid matter corresponding with the outside. Th e m e t a l underneath vin Aright when I detached the brown matter. The matter Iri . 7 blood. I cut out portions from the shirt; these portions digested in tepid water. I discovered the stains to be blood' On one fold of th e s hi r t , i n t h e r i ght shoulder, I f oun d a 011 i with blood more diffused. Cross-examined : I could not swear it was human blood- 4e , Charlotte Albinson said: I knew Margaret. Jones, -the k 5 ceased. I became acquained with her about three wee before Whitsuntide, and a fortnight after I went to live With her. I continued to live with her until s he left her horae,SP, have never seen her since. She had three sons; the tw: first lived with her, but the third did - not. I knew the Pr: 1 ; soner about the same time I knew Jones. He was in the habit of visiting her. He generally came on Saturday , Sunday nights. He slept down stairs. I remember the P__ll soner coming t o th e h ouse on th e 14th July, between Cl , n and twelve o'clock at night. When h e came in I went to D 7 I heard a conversation between them. 'He asked the deee ss g why she had not met him on that evening a t Middleton , ,.. six o'clock. H e sa id if s h e did not meet him on the 21st J ul i e ' he should not come any more. If she did not come on next Saturday night, he would take care she shohld have II one else, and he would cut her throat. The deceased refill's; " Oh, you'll be there," and he said, " Oh, yes, I'll be then had some sharp words and then she came to bed. she left on the 21st, s h e said she was going to Rochdale meet Jonathan-Heywood, to be married. When he list sPe to me he said he would be married before me. I never Sa w any other man there. - William Mayers said : I have known the prisoner n er years. About a year or nine months ago I h ear d the Prw , v say to the deceased, " W e ll, M argaret, if you won ' t h a ve ra you shall have nobody else." John Heywood, brother of the prisoner, identified thell l. soner's shirt. On the 22 n d J u l y th e pr i soner cam e t( r ) oc ir house, and changed his- cl o th es . H e put on a smo ck f ce He said he had slept at Rochdale that night. He was his brother had no razor of his own, though he had slim . '" the house that morning. 1 Clement Chadwick, power-loom weaver at Rochdale have known the prisoner for a few years. My house oPe t t l e. the back of Pyne-st r e e t. I k new J ames Heywoocrs On the 22nd o f J u l y I saw t h e prisoner go toso_l r„ the brother's house. It was a b ou t a quarter past sisZ a the morning. The H a lf-M oon i s a quarter of a mile fr o" house. h e the Henry Hayes said : I k now th e pr i soner. I remein'; e ol 22nd July. I went to the house of a person named rbed about seven o'clock. The h ouse over l ooks the prisoner° room. I saw the prisoner washing himself, dole' Stephen Buckley said I reside five miles from Roe', farm at remember the 23rd July. The prisoner came to my i sr , 6 ,rl;• Withing Meadow, and asked for a job, as be was-out of to He said his name was James Meadowcroft. He agree to work for , half wage, and I agreed to take him. He w e , - 3 another farm, called Bartle Farm. The Irish labourers P s : e g place to themselves with the prisoner. On the folios"' Thursday they asked for so me thi ng t o ea t. I then P S ,. e there something, and told th em t o rea d a newspaper, in whie";,.der , in was an account of a j ury s i t ti ng at Rochdale about a " The prisoner left, and never came for his wages. ~a of Thomas Phillips said: I was near Rochdale on the iiu . The July, at Withing's meadow. I mowed for Mr. Buclde3_,.. t he prisoner worked With me. On the- Monday I afikeu pn prisoner what his name was, and he said James BrierleY• ' a d the following Thursday I go t a newspaper and rea d it av 5 ,3.5 to all present. The p r i soner was t h ere The prisoneT tiale , very eager for me to read about the inquest at Roc' w as' against a man- named Martin. My brot ter said there,o, good evidence- apAinst Martin, and they, wou ld bang: le t The prisoner said, "No one saw him do it." The P r iid s ler left on the followi ng S un d ay . I as k e d h i m to go to R°C but he would not go, except by another way , . Andrew Berry said : I am a police-off i c er - of Roclic l i i ,.. e th ill oi consequence of informatio n I rece i ve d regar di ng the That deceased, I went to Coope to inquire for the nrisone4 K ith' him and another m an b ear i ng rus h es. I charged hr b e had the murder, and he: said he knew nothing about it ; he w as not seen her for a fortnight before last Tuesday, if she We the same Margaret J ones . Th ey h ave got onc e-man,. _ e st. cannot both have d one it, an d h e k new h e was T,L, ‘ "' This was on the 3 r d A ugus t. I t oo k hi m to Bcchu 4 L'' ar ch had a cap, and wore aeheck shirt. When I began to s e _ in him he made out a statement which was taken down writing by my superintendent. There was no prorn_ ts e te threat held out to him , to make any statement. The,_ s se en meat was to the effect that the prisoner had nl o ole Margaret Jones that heltnew since the 17th of Julk; Con had promised to meet her on the 21st at the OS stile at halt-past six, but she did not come. He Wa s spree tt s when he pro m i se d, t o meet her. I took off 111' and-gave lt to Mr. Stone, at Manchester. I called- th! the tention of the prisoner to the stains on the shirt, a n f t . o o prisoner replied, "My nose h as bl ed. " I also gave IS a razor which I received from. Sergeant Leech. 0 John Hurst said : The prisoner had lodged with him uP„b the Ist of July l as t. I l ent -hi m t h e razor to s h av e him' w a '_, l when in my house. Wh en he left I missed the razor, asked him for it, and he said .he had lost it. I also missed black coat, which the prisoner also took with him. The e' produced is mine. Mary Heywood, wife of James- Heywood, gave over to the police-officer the coat that was found there. This. was the case for the prosecution. Mr. WHEELER, at the conclusion of the evidence, addressed the jury at great length, reviewing the difficulties with whiff' the- case was beset, and stating the perplexing anxiety 1 1. which he felt himself placed by the painful responsibirg. the circumstances with whichle was surrounded, c t i o Leet' magnitude of the charge which it became his &ti the ,. were" and if poSgble rebut. He need not tell them thateL_ fix d tiles not to find a verdict, especially a verdict which „ Y of a- fellow-being, upon any strong c onsistencies, Lir in the fanciful notions, upon any theories which should floate to . the i r brain of skilful and scientific men, but they must come 'conclusion upon evidence which, addressing intee gence, could leave no room fordoubt, cavil, or hesitation then circuM*- then proceeded to argue againstthetrustworthiness of a stantial evidence. He maintained that the woman h ar p' , left her home with the avowed intention of getting 13%0401, itseljtattoio and on awaking in the morning and finding herself ew st and. being sensitively alive to the ridicule which in he on her credulity, had destroyed herself. In conclugoel,,,et, implored the jury to consider the importance of their as it would affect the life of thoprisoner, and above din miss from their minds every insinuation and every al'el n ee• which was not borne out by strict and unmistakeable ! ev His Lordship then with great ease went over the evrlrriblY 1 ; 1 1 1 tu ation pointing out to the jury its- leading features, and ' ° „. a inst showing the value of those points as they told for or T e por the prisoner. He examined with much minuteness the,, en tity tions of the evidence which were directed to prove the lu„,psnY of the prisoner, with that of the man who was in e ° `',„;tion with the deceased. In refere=nce to the alternative 0 ,1 % 0 did of suicide, if the jury should be of opinion that the wei r 'it not kill herself; if they came-to that determination, th en tt „if would be their bounden duty to find the prisoner gni,' • 7 5 45 they were not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that ne t i, e a the man, taking all the circumstances into consideration , they were bound to acquit him.. ta n The jury retired f or a b ou t s i x minutes, and on their re , 0 1 into court, the Cle r k of Arraigns put the question in the nk., form to the foreman, who replied that they found him =' ,ll ol The announcement caused considerable stir in the c ourt, his Lordship assumed the black cap. m otiost g. His Lonnsurr, labouri n wider manifest and deep e of addressed the prisoner„pointing out to him the enormil l i r b the offence of which h e had .been convicted, on evidence w oe s could not leave a s h a d ow o f a doubt upon may mind. He 01 exhorted him to employ the-few remaining days which vo°,, t t be allotted to him on earth. in endeavouring, through 1 3 1.ey and sincere repentance, to obtain from Heaven that W o o, which he had denied to hi s v i c ti m on ear th . I n conclosi his lordship pronounced sentence of death in the usual fOrillie The prisoner was then removed, apparently unmoved 111 fe w eal sentence that had been passed on him. The Court rose about eight o'clock. TIM CASE OF CIIILDSIIIIIVING.—The Grand Jury, at the assizes, on Frid a y , th rew, out the bill against Wm. i.sll:-311' 00. committed on a cha rge o f w ilf ul murder of his four c har t A true bill, however, was tbund by the Grand Jury aga il l. Mary Aspinall, the wif e o f th e a bove an d mot h er o f the ch i dyes, for manslaueltm. SATURDAY. The details of the -cases heard were unfit for publicatiop• Joseph Acton, aged 23, charged with having, at Pemberton/ on the 7th September,. assaulted Ann Gaskell,. was found guilty, and sentenced. to. three months' i m prisonment ; Leyland (31), John Monk s (n), and Thomas Pennington (21N all colliers,. for having, at Haydock, on the 29th October, a'" waited Ellen. Oakley, four years' penal servitude; / u i Vi t i t i ed ; Meredith, implicated; hi the same offence, was a cc ip ho rleY, Joseph Shariden. (2.64 boiler-maker, for having, it t ., — ; ye ars, on the 27th October,.assaalted Dorothy Kirby,.age" ' n 't7 (32), fifteen months' hard. labear ; and Askham Eyre.Ten na— "„ the druggist, of Manchester, was charged with. having , °— e ars 30th September,,assaulted Sarah Warrington,- 15 a girl Y_ old. For the defen ce it was d epose d that, only fi ve yearS a6: 1 ; a similar charge was p re f erre d on her accoun t , aga inst Italian boy; the evidence against th e pr i sone r, however, Iva _ n extremely strong, and the jury found him : guilty ; he was sell' tenced to fire:years' penal servitude. Before the. Court rose, his lordship dismissed the Gra% Jury, and,. in. doixqg so, he observed that this was the t ract important assize that had ever occurred. in the County 1 1 '1 . . tine, botlr,aa regards the number of prisoners and the inag lV tude of tile,offenees. SECOND COURT. (Before Gilbert Henderson, Esq. ! , Reeorder of Liverpool' John; Turner, George Roberts,, Jane Walker, Mary et l M`Loughlin, Mary M`Carthy, and, Jane Walker, were char.t t o with, having, at Salford, on the Ist of November, broken in the-dwelling-house of David Titley, and stolen three 511 ' 4 0e and: other articles, the property of Francis Spencer. _,, ty ; jury found Roberts guilty of burglary; M`Carthy, not g"*.s Turner, guilty of burglary ;; and Jane Walker and ,te• IVl`Lioughlin guilty of receiving with a felonious know 1 7 0 :1 Roberts and Turner were sentenced to twelve months' il a l to labour ; M`Carthy was adjourned ; Walker was sentenced six months', and M`Loughiin to four months' hard labour'o4,s CONCEALMENT OF 1 3111111. —Jane Fairclougb, aged indicted for havin g , a t Li verpool, on the 26th October, o n e coaled the birth of h er f emale illegitimate child. The Pr is „"dy, had been living in the service of Mrs. Bowman, a widow ur residing at 45, C a th er i ne -street, in this town. Shortly entering into her service, Mrs. Bowman no ti ce d that .0 prisoner was unusually large, which awak ene d h er suspiel o o d that she w as i n th e fam i ly -way. She (Mrs. Bowman) to so, the prisoner w ith th e matter, and asked her if she was no t 00 The prisoner deni e d th at s h e was, and said that nothing cot r wrong with h er . O n t h e 26th of October Mrs. Bowman of from home, on a v i s it, an d di d not return until the December. The prisoner then appeared to be much rea',.er in size, and was pa llid i n appearance. Mrs. Bowman told/Poi she was fearful that she had been in the family-way, a nd ijer had a disappointment, an d s h e t h reatened to send for a P°ol man or a medical man. She went with her into the Yar d d the body of a child was found i n th e ash-pit. The jurY fo ee the prisoner guilty., with a recommendation to mercy. tence deferred. BIIRGLARY.—MichaeI Connelly, Margaret M'Garri' John Irvin, were indicted for having, on the 27th of Mai! o ti, tered the dwellin g -h ouse of Samuel Lomax, at Wahl' , or and stolen wea r i ng apparel. M'Garry and Irvin were Air 7th charged with having, at Moston, on the night of t,h e o ad September, broken i n t o t h e house of Michael W00a , , , the stolen wearing a p pare l . The jury found the whole c". Prisoners guilty of receiving. Sentence deferred. l e tter; THEFT Tia BY A LETTER -CARRIER.--Patrick Wren, A po s ' carrier in the General Post-office, indicted for stealing a' letter, withd rew hi s plea of not guilty, and pleaded 6" Sentence deferred. The Court rose at half-past Ave o'clock. 6 , 1 Ear continuation of Assize Intelligence, see pag e :I _J .•••••••• _O O .l a 2E o btai n ed7 t O t h i 1 e ß e al e ßn n i clll;l o y :sh r e s3 t i !lou nged °lf Wed doof Mr. Lie Mr. Os Wed: _ 46,, e Mr. c flopnent l O CENSEI 1140 of ti ,tllallers' Al "`ester, at t: 400ut thirty Vet, cornpr r. G. W. the chair ; a s treet, the v rnz MAs toasons and at the Dur oc c upied the Am( Wilson, Th tlargreaves, holme, &c. MovnakrE b _4/hived here; 4,14 es Milith 474 3; to the t e to, harked th 'le e4 camp at /n Pment - d1 of 2'5 officers ancl accompa 4f spectato w. Tut "Sw.t: 'on strike at tirerences b lion• The piecers" w l'esolution w: 'and Placers sons en their o thers, each La rn oe t an d den, for the in the towns ~ ACCIDEN T 'happened to 'Monday eve] wcargo,and am 'tile Pigeon I th, g river, ti n id expedi ,h 4 was sh ,11t14.ti1io k e. b iltil°°1 ; 1111 ; :laca vv 'At° h ern i j '''ollnding. litSTAßrup t i'a„rtup and ! fLiniatos, bet hou se on the v °4B e. Air. S Everson Ilan] e of el P ~,I ft sned an atil Post hills c e also said I Piece s by t ,Oclosed a wb ase of the L/'• Wyberg : ca inst Mr. . 4l other court o(otica MI ‘''' series of 1 i/ ls 4 ~r Pofessor ".. =-• ocenpie dien i ee. Ti Zthe great in der whose eat cause to htablished thi '''rs.ofe or Mil 'Labsosur light ,4;‘1(1 religous a. „,''''orter hours i'onth's vacati , 4 ,,Ylnent of life the a similar ( " e Proceeding I,,ST. mreErAM b' M gregational the church a i , Was provid t` ja nt 700 perm th the church V,: Rev. Fred , C I % VV. Ffolli( ' ,fie Platform. I l ,' '"sed the co I)'iti,4t on whom ,t a , c4 seley illus l` h les associati e kll appeal o \ I nib .4 ,wereel, which n ,;',.5t. michaen 11 ,, hristm as h.( •cto school-roon FIRES. —o n afi re broke out c otton-broker, sine and a rr , In stantly got ir a very short to '.l further juju' w hich at one ti 'll'ldring tore cot •r,!ssrs. J. Wlsl ,'";le engines fri - " l 'oet„,a n d an ( 444 th t any little] 11)6 'sa t .tiane trtil,west, all t 4re -Inigad c .lkh ''4tteadZ engine frog we: TtsrimortiA: 1.4' ToxTBR3a C , lePtUreS mu ' R eel and - iron 1 . k o rn connected . Clay. Esail,tl Zztlre was,,,___, J aose Mr. 'La-AY n.. 12. o_,,ang men, la L';,kie. He ther i. k , ken, for his they lectures whic could nGt 1 ring him som , , 4 : ) say that Om 1.,7/ 1 With very 1114 ' t e e n to hin ?nen, and he N feeling to "ted upon hi eked his advice D in g a family r ti s omething no ltire Present, bu hard the same s et a) had recom 4,/411.lable, namely , tioionial, and f,leein in which 1.17 e that it won i l , 'Z f ollowing r is 14 . /ten of the A }._ deliverin an 1 7:01, 4th Deeeml e a k. his thanks, a loZki not expect : i'lttres I had no fond, 4 except in d and instructs t , 11!leolving this ml th e r endered, al t4:,,testirnonial w Nl:s generation( At 'oe to the w taic:(4'lls. And to at el ",, Part in tho leaz:lnture time t 14.1" 11 g the ie I t mpr , kla d that whe teVoll again, I Al•ii?l' upon me, the viont furth er 3 / lie, e l,'Y hand som t •4l. ie , i ci b vote s of m h` frog sloarTli% ll