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

ttberpoof :6-°=)tanbarb. THE 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 ek 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. BROWN 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 Verily, the court chronicles of many a dreary year gone by will be searched in vain for precedents of such an event ! On this, as on all occasions, HER MAJESTY wore her state with dignity and ease, and iu 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 maybe 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, bad 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 prin ce l y we l come to the royal guest. -The presenta tions and the oratory were gone through in the grand ball, 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 araollically, as well as quaintly, attributed by the " author of Waverley " to the school of which "DICK 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 of 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 Cucubum, 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 " TILE QUEEN," the second that of the KING of SARDINIA, " our august visitor and welcome guest," by the LORD MAYOR, 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 fervour of the populace, his praise is heard from every tongue. While regal pomps and civic festivities have been thus com bined in honour of the nation's guest, the public business has not been permitted 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 last spring, and carry on the business of the country without the aid or intervention of Parliament. Others declare their belief to be, that the PREM 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 insure its rejection, that he may then appeal to the nation 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 JOIIN 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—t hough 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 form a strong administra tion.- Where he is to come from, they do not hint, and no one ca n 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 grou n dsfor secretsn exercisingad successions, it s in genuity upon in referenc e to Ministerial it has double scope when it turns its boding vision "redovueerctehseons, fields of fight." There it finds every variety of material out of which to manufacture every kind of m ental structure that can apply to " war's vast art;" the favountetissueonate the f p a r m es n e i n ar Every t moment being the mantle of peac e. with SWIFT'S celebrated narrative of " The Battle of 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 " Battle of the Newspapers," on the Peace or War question. The diurnal combat is commenced by the morning journals, whose heavy ordnance being discharged by mid-day, the combatants retire to rest unkier 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 ofgrape 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 NUM 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 tinnusA'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 negociation of a permanent peace haVe 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 theabo 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 nr Deacc policy which is to guise 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 appointment of the Earl of LUcAN to the colonelcy of the Bth Hussars, a fact which has been officially announced. About a year ago Lord Lucerr 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 LIICAN 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 Bth 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 LIICA.N, 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 bat 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 " swash-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 Times 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 triple 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 bijouteke, 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, so also did the British in the more ponderous manufactures. Their pre-eminence was admitted, and mokt, 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 " Amrctrs," who tells a different tale? And does not the Times vouch for " Amicus," as " Anfrous" kindly vouches for the Times? As for machinery, what, it may be asked, was ROBERT NAPIBR 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. CAIRD and BOURNE, of Greenock, to SIMPSON, and to Messrs, riARVEY, 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 chere "Anions," 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, passing from the excess of invective to the extreme of adulation. It 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 liaie 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. Sur,—Allow me, through the medium of your columns, to inform your correspondent, " One of the Publie," 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 correspondent will apply to Mr. Richard Wright, master of the Everton and Kirkdale 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. TilE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SOUTH LANCASHIRE WINTER A SSIZES. (Before Mr. Justice Wightman.) TUESDAY, DEC. 4. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY AT MANMESTER.—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, and robbing him of a watch, bunch of keys, and other articles, 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.—John 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., burglariously 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. DAY The court sat at ninWEDNESe o'clock. . HOUSEBREAKING APD BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER.— William Machin (19), and Mary Parry- (19), 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 for burglary, and previous convictions were proved against them. George Bagshaw, clerk (1S), 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 £2O. 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. CIIAPEL BREAKING AT MANCHESTRR.—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 E sta bli shed 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 yexrsr 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. last. 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 Wardleworth, and. robbed him of 9s. 6d., and a counting-glass. It was the second offbnce of the kind by the prisoner against the prosecutor. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and a previous conviction having been proved against the prisoner, he was sentenced to four - years' penal servitude. The prisoner swore most violently as he- was being removed from the bar. George Shaw (24), striker;„ and Elizabeth Makin (29), char- woman, were charged with having assaulted and robbed John ' Jones, on the morning of Sunday, 2nd of Sept. about two o'clock. Both prisoners were-found gu ilt y, and each sentenced: to four years' penal servitude. ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER 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 had no authority to touch the engine. One morning, before the hands miner to work, or the prisoner had arrived to put the engine into order for working, the deceased took-upon himself to turn on the steam. An explosion was the immediate consequence, whiali killed the deceased. Before any witnesses were called, the jury, at his Lordship's direc : Lion, acquitted the prisoner. • ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER.; AT SALFORD.—George Jen nings (31), millwright, was indicted for the manslaughter of John Mattier. On the afternoon of the 15th Oct., both parties, with several others, were drinking at Shaw's beerhouse, New Richmond, Salford, when the deceased challenged the prisoner to fight. Prisoner at first declined, bat deceased insisted upon fighting, and said that if the prisoner - did not now, "he would catch him again." An encounter: ensue d, an d th e d ecease d ' ZWAfirrtilif 47: Tit sii s 6;e47,l l thitiMMTlßEOW ktigre jury found the prisoner guilty, but recommended him to mercy, on account of the provocation-le had received. He was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, with hard labour. THE MISSING £lOO NOTE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sll2,—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 since taken place between the parties, and that several 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. Dransfield's statement, that he made the alteration in his book on the day of the transaction, was correct; and that the-contradiction or 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 received 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 clue 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 OF THE KING OF SARDINIA. ON 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. Me following is a trans lation : "MY Louis MAYOB,—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 havermet with in this ancient land of constitutional liberty—of which your address is a con firmation—is to me a proof of the• sympathy inspired by the - policy I have hitherto pursued—w 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 the sovereigns who govern them,, and to the character of their people. They have understood how preferable is equally advantageous friendship to an ancient and ill-defined rivalry. This alliance is a new fact in 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 *lice 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 Kings. We cannot lay:down our arms until an honourable, and, therefore, durable-peace has been secured. This we-shall accomplish by seeking una l i - 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 charazter of the nation, and also to the virtue of your Queen. The royal party then partook of a banquet, andiafterwards returned to Windsor.. In the morning, previous. to leaving 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 morning his Royal Highness Rrinee Albert, his Majesty the King of Sardinia, attended by. Lord Byron, Marquis d'Azeglio, General Grey, Hon. A. C. Hood, Major- General Count Morrozo della Rocca, Major-General Marquis d'Angrogna, Count Cigala, Count de Rohlßant, 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 Aldershutt, to, inspect the household troops and militia on the regimental parade. The inspection took place in 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 King of Sardinia, after something less than a week's stay, took his leave 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, escorted by a troop of the Ist Life. Guards, proceeded immediately to the Bricklayer's Arms station, where a special train was in waiting to convey them to Folkstone. 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 Royal Highness the Prince, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. At 5 o'clock 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 State, and 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. • THE 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 ExcauvllTG.—Our attention has been drawn to an exquisite specimen of minute 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 incredibly brief space, a number of 'designs• of the most varied, chaste, 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. THURSDAY:. Robt. Bird (20), a millwright, . 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 STEALING BY A CLERK.IMTHR LIVERPOOL POST 011FICE.—Henry Belly, a derk-(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 the day mentioned in the indictment, and upon that day a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Finlay, Camp bell, and Co., was sent to the, post-offiee, and. there posted two letters or packages addressedito Messrs. Ritchie, Stewart, and Co., Bombay, and bearing. outside the impression " Messrs. Finlay, Campbell, and Ce + 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 clerk, named Shroeder, to be weighed, and . having; been informed by him what amount of postage ought to be paid upon them, he re ceived from 'Messrs. Finhwand Co.'s clerk the sum of £2 18s. It was the prisoner's duty,then to have placed the letters with other letters which were intended to be despatched by the over land mail. The prisoner did not do anything with the letters for the purpose of forwarding them, butearried them with him across the water, and formed them into a single package; he put the package, addressed to " Henvy.C/enham, Esq., Post office, Liverpool, ship Atlas," into the post-office at Egremont. On the following morning, Mr. John ,Green Bales, the inspec tor of letter-carriers, having discovered that the letters were missing, went to the lodgings of the pmisoner, and charged him , ..; with having concealed them,,and with not having accounted for the money he had received as postagoom them. The prisoner at first said he had accounted for all the. money he had received, and subsequently he said the letters_ were in the strangers' window, where the. letters were found addressed as above stated. The prisoner was found guilty, but was recommended,: to mercy. He was <sentenced to .be imprisoned and kept to, hard labour for 12 calendar months. ASSAULT UPCN, A, FOLICE-SEERREANT.—John Moss (W)i, shoemaker, and William Young (20), watchmaker, who were acquitted on Tuesday, upon an, indictment for having,. at Widnes, on the-23rd October last, assaulted a police-sergeant, named William Lawton, with intent to murder him, were with, tried upon another count of the indictment, charging them a. sentenced Young t! f b o e r • two years. imprisoned ed ass a a n u d lt, k a e n pt d ftoounhdardguilaur forlityo. l‘ Cox CEALII4.I3I , IT OF Biava.—A well-dressed you ng woman, named Emily. Maria Craggy, was indict e d f or having, at oss th ‘ L a e s and, Widnes, on, the, 11th August last, secretly disposed. of the body of a female child, of which she had been deliverek in order to conceal its birth. The jury found the prisoner,guilty, and she was sentenced to., be imprisoned and kept. to hard labour for.two calendar months. MANSLAUGHTER AT DlDSTlVltY.—Alexander Thompson, a coachman (31), was charged upon a coroner's warrant; with the manslaughter of James. Ridings, at Didsbury, on, the. 14th June /est. It appeared from the evidence that ort,the day in question two omnibuses, one of them belonging . to. a person named Boswell, and the other to a person named MTwen, the latter driven by the prisoner, were travelling on the road between,Cheetharn and Manchester. A short distance from the-Rushholme tsar, M`Ewen's omnibus stopped, to take up a passenger, and Boswell's omnibus passed it. The prisoner then whipped his.horses into a gallop and overtook Boswell's omnibus, on which, the deceased was riding, and in attempt ing to pass first through the toll-bar his vehicle struck Bos well's, and by the• collision the deceased was jammed against the gate post, and, sustained injuries which, subsequently re sulted fatally.. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned for two months. BURGI,ABX AT FIILWOOD.—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 Fuiwood, on the 31st October and stealing a scarf shawl; a t wee d c l oa k , a, merino cloak , a knitted jacket, and a woollen handkerchief, Collins was acquitted. The jury found the prisoner Bindon, guilt, and a previous conviction having been proved against him, he was sentenced to penal servitude for four years. DAMAGING MACIIINERY.—GRO. 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 Fielden and another. The Jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner, who had been out on bail previous to his trial, was immediately ' discharged. The court rose at halfpast six o'clock. FRIDAY. THE MURDER AT ROCHDALE. The Court met this morning 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, Blaekwater-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 down 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 limning, the 22nd of i julY;l 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 woman. When I heard this my room door was partly open, and I saw the prisoner st an di ng 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 " In about half-an-hour or three-quarters. There was nothing particular in his man ner, and I did not 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 Whippassisting us, and while I was dressing she.k - nocked 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 into 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 trouble; was sobbing, and had her handkerchief to her mouth, 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 July, 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 mid 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 to the tap room of the Half-Moon;-in Rochdale. I saw the prisoner and a woman sitting there. Burrows was also there. Theprisonar had a dark coat on, an&a hat. I could not hold looking at the woman; she looked "done." She appeared tired, as if abe 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 : I reside in Rochdale, at the Griffin Inni remember the prisoner calling with a woman at our house on the 21st July, at 10 o'clock at night. I was in the tap room. He wanted lodgi ngs , -and I said we could not accom modate men and their wives: The woman followed him out.- The prisoner was dressed in dark clothes, and had a hat. Mary Leech said : lam the wife of John Leech, of Rock ' dale. He keeps the Beaver - Inn r in Toad-lane. I remember Friday, the 6th July. The- prisoner came to ou r h ouse 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 fbur o'clock on the Saturday .. I said y es : , This was about Pour o'clock in the afternoon.. About ten o'clock at night, on the 21st July, he came to the- bar - door and asked again for lodgings for himself and mistress-, I said " No," and he said I. had disappointed him a tbrtnight before. I said, "No matter." The woman was tall and: stout. She had a dark bonnet. He had a coat and hat on. Esther Hill, a sister of the last witness, and living with her atßochdale, corroborated her - testimony. Robert Leech sworn : I am a' , police4sei7eant, at Rochdale. On:Sunday the 22nd July last, .at half-past twelve o'clock, I went to the Half-Moon Inn, and in aback bed-room found a bed... The head of the bed was-taw - arils-the-opposite wall when xmentered. I found the body . of a woman on that bed. Her out: - . She was lying rather crosswaYs, Her head was close to the-wall. She was quite cold and stiff:' A pillow concealed her throat and part of her breast;. The end was in her throat andpartly covered her face. Hereyes , were partly open, look ing-.up. I put the pillow on thedoor,. 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 were on herbreast, and the razor was-loosely in the right one. Her hands.were perfectly clean. There-was a wound on the throat, and-the-pillow stuck to the wound. I observed the wall: near. to where her head was lying; and the blood had run down on: the floor underneath thebed. She had a chemise an; there-was a cap, but off her heath. The strings were tied loosely round her neck, and the ends- were in the wound in the throat.. There was only one spot-of blood on the razor—about the.middle. of it--but nearer the-end than the blade. It was about the- size of a pea, and round.. Her hands were coyerectup,.. and it was necessary to remove. the clothes. There were four-pillows and a bolster on the, bed. The blood had attached• the- pillow case to the ehemise, The blood was eald;; There was a mark on the palely as if it had been pressed.to the • chemise, and it conse euently stuck fast to it. Therewas•ashawl at the foot of the ied;,whieh I took possession , of, _ There-was uo water in the room, Cross-examined : I removadahe. pilrow, and pulled down the bedclothes. The blood on,themalr was about six inches alley& her head, just as if bet , hair had been; thrown against it.. Imes- there when Mr. Seed came. --- Robert liambly said : I am.the sonrin,law of Stephen Ask with,. and on the 22nd Jul:y.li went with him into the Half- Moon Inn, and saw in a bedrOom , the-&ad body of a woman_ Lever disturbed it. Richard Pollett said : Lam sergeant of the county con stabulary, stationed at Rochdale.. On, the- 22nd of July I went with Leech to the Half-Moon Dm. I removed the dead body of a woman in a room. Cu theSOth; July I went to Gibson's ' row to the brother of theprisoner, and from Mary Heywoed I: Deceived a coat, which tnow , produce: I also got a hat. Joseph Seed said : I am, a surgeon at Rochdale, and ha. Ne. been in practice' for many years. I was called to the Half- Moon Inn, in Rochdale, antU Leech. showed me in a bedroom• the dead body of a woman. She-was lying in the further and. of the bed, with her lege extended , . She was stiff' and cold. Her arms were crosse d , ,on her breast—the right hand resting: drew razori on the left, and in theformer a razor- The back of the was towards her. It was-not grasped; the police-officer out it and replaced it easily. There- was a smear of blood on: .one hand and a spot on the other: There was a spot of blood pointed out to me Q 11„ the• blade: I examin e d it befone r and imagined it perfectlyclean ; it could not sati s fy myse lf per fectly that was blood. There was no blood on the Prins elbows, chest, or on the abdomen on that sid e . H er f ace was , perfectly calm, as if de had been in a placid sleep. I examined. the throat, and found a wound across it six inches in length. It extended from. under the right ear to two inches beyond the. windpipe. The windpipe was cut across in two places, and was filled with frothy, mucus. It was cut completely through, the cartilagenous substance. The cut was a clean incised one— not jagged. The wound was directly across the throat. In my judgment,. it,would require considerable force indeed, and a very sharp instrument. The superficial muscles. md branches of the carotid artery, and the jugular vein, on the- right side, were severed:. Syncope-, suffocation, and death; would fellow such a wound: She was about 45 years of agle; : of masculine form. I shoulddoubb very much whether this razor could make the wound, seeing it was so clean, anti, the position in which it Was when found in the hand. From its position, it was altogether impracticable to make such aJrountl,. either to the right or-to theleft, so straight across., by the woman her self. Themound was made from right to left ; it commenced with an:ineision through the skin, and then went two inches deep, and the instrument appeared to, bane beep withdrawn suddenly. lES,LORDSIKIP : Supposing the woman had inflicted this wound upon herself, could she, after the.woun4, have removed the razor from one hand to the other. Witness r. I should doubt it. 11r. Mc sir : Do 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. Cross-examined : The large, carotid was not divided ; if it was, it escaped our notice. I made a post mortem 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 cesophagus was not divided; it is below 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 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 Roehdale, and have been so for 15 years. I assisted in the post 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 hand 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 war the end of the [DECEMBER 11, 1855. razor, and on the other side of the razor found one er minute spots, and inside th e h a ft I f oun d some s olid r i o corresponding with the outside. The metal underneath bright when I detached the brown matter. The mat 1.101,51 blood. I cut out p or ti ons f rom the shirt; these Portions digested in tepid wate r . I di scovere d the s t a ins to be t o On one fold of th e s hi r t , i n t h e r i ght shoulder, I f oun d 3 6 with-blood more diffused: A Cross-examined : I could no t swear i t was h uman bloo d Charlotte Albinso n sa id : I k new M argaret Jone s, the_ t Ceased. I became acquaineci with her about three We before Whitsuntide, an - u' attar I went to 11/ her. I continued t o li ve w i th her until she left her heree 'to I have never seen h er s i nce. She had three sons; th e ri• first lived with he r , b u t th e t hi rd did not. I knew the P soner about the same time I knew Jones. He rrae,___; the of habit of visiting he r . He generally came on San';,,, Sunday nights. He s l e pt d own sta i rs. I remember elegy soner coming to the ho us e on th e 14t h July, between bed, land twelve o'clock at night. - When he came in I went to 11 heard a conversation between them. He asked the de, 70 why she had not met hi m on th at evening at Middiejav, six o'clock. He said if she did not meet him on the 2 1 % he should not com e any more. If she did not come () , /e ao next Saturday night, h e wou ld t a k e care she sho hld one else, and he would cut her throat. The deceased re h , 're. " Oh, you'll be there," and he s a id, " Oh, yes, I'll be t ea They had some sharp words, and then she came to bed. ato she left on the 21st, she said she was going to Boe' ts pot 6 meet Jonathan Hey woo d, t o be married. When be las to me he said he wou ld b e marr i ed before me. neve r any other man there. 61 0 William Mayers s a id : I h ave known the PL.'.- years. About a ye ar or n i ne months ago I heard the Fl 7, say to the deceased, " Well, Margaret, if you w on't ha l " you shall have nobody else." .e P ri o . John Heywood, b ro th er o f the prisoner, identified thto (loner's shirt.. On the 22nd July the prisoner calve, ft oe.' house, and changed hi s c l o th es. H e put on a solOc' itife He said he had slept at Rochdale that night. He was P° s ed his brother had no razor of his own, though he had shay .1 the house that morning. Clement Chadwick, power-loom weaver at lloe",, 0 6 0 ` have known the prisoner for a few years. My house 0 '1103 ; 5e : the back of Pyne-street. I knew James Heywooas d 9 On the 22nd of July I saw the prisoner go toWaf f , the brother's house. It 'was about a quarter past sis,,; tl the morning. The Half-Moon, is a quarter of . a mile house.the Henry Hayes said : I know the prisoner. I r emere et o 22nd July. I we n t t o th e h ouse of a person named bed' about seven o'clock. Th e h ouse overlooks the prisoner's room. I saw the prisoner washing himself. bb le ' Stephen Buckley said : I reside five miles from Be e f , remember the 23rd July. The prisoner came to raf 100' Withing Meadow, and asked for a job, as he was out e ,, ee d to He said his name was James Meadowcroft. 11_,e.at o tt° work for half wage, and I agreed to take him. ne bad: another farm, called B ar tl e F arm. T he Irish labourerg„,sin, place to themselve s w ith th e pr i soner. On the le 'e'tval Thursday they asked f or some thi ng to eat. I then eve tbere something, and told th em t o rea d a news papery.in wh'S, e nier . was an account o f a j ury s i tt i ng at Rochdale about a The prisoner left, and never came for his wages. 9,rd of Thomas Phillips said : I was near R ochdale on the e, Th e July, at Withing's meado w . I mowe d f or Mr. Bucile'lthe prisoner worked with me. On the Monday I a'', prisoner what his na me was, an d h e sa i d James g r ie f the following. Thursday I go t a newspaper and r eade re 05 to all present Th e p r i soner was there. The pril,n very eager for me t o rea d a b out the inquest at D'7, against a man named M ar ti n. M y b rother said tbe: hire: good evidence. against Martin, and they would I,2ll 4igose' The prisoner said, "No one saw him do it.” The_icbdsle' left on the following Sunday. I asked him to go to 03 ' but he would not go, except by another way. ole. In f Andrew Berry sa id : I am a police-officer of Foci' d de gth consequence of information I received regarding the tin deceased, I went to•Coope to inquire for the prisoner., ta R i him and another man b ear i ng rushes. I charged b 1 be ba the murder, and h e sa id h e k new nothing abou t it ; 0 -35 he not seen her for a f or t n i g h t b efore last Tuesday, if s bet the same Margaret Jones. They have got one ina l ' n ere d m? cannot both have d one it, and he knew he „. This was on the 3 r d August. I took him to Boca t - o e OP. had a cap, and wore a check. shirt. When I began do it, n t him he made ou t a s t atement which was taken edse writing by my su p er i n t en d ent. There was no Pr" state • I The seen threat held out to him b make any statement. , e t ment was to the effect' that the prisoner had t hat be b Margaret Jones that he knew since-the 17th of Jul'i COI% had promised to meet her- on the 21st at the old was ° , 11 ,•,. - t Stile at half-past six, but she did not come. , 'tz fr his spree when lie promised tb meet her. I took the a° and gave it to Mr. Stone,. at Manchester. I cane" „„d the tention of the p r i soner to the stains on the s hi r t, r ste as prisoner replied, "My nose has bled." I also gave 31 a:razor which I received from Sergeant Leech. u p to John Hurst said: The prisoner had lodged with him w ith \ the Ist of July last. I lent him the razor to shave him s ol when in my house. When he , left I missed the razor , $ asked him for it, and he said h e h a d l ost i t. I also missed,l black coat, which the prisoner also took with him. The e , produced is mine. Mary Heywood, wife of James Heywood, gave over to th e police-officer the coat that was-found there. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. WHEE LER , a t th e conc l us i on of the evidence, addresseiil the jury at gre a t length, reviewing the difficulties with whif the- case was beset, and stating. the . perplexing anxiety xonf which he felt himself placed by the painful respou n l i btrthe the circumstances w ith w hi c h ho-was surrounded , ts to m eet, magnitude of the charge w hi c h it became-his d " t h e y were and if possible rebut. He need not tell. them that filed the life not - to find a verdict, especially a verdict which neat in tb6 91-afgl9Y=keilllwa-Pnzatirwinen-Ww °- to thei r brain of skilful a n d sc i en tifi c men e but they must come conclusion upon evidence which, address ., hesitation rote e or puce, could leave no room for doubt, earl r thiness of circa' . then proceeded to argue against the trustwor havi , g stantial evidence. He maintained that the- wo man .,,, arr ied, left-her home with the avowed intention of getting s' eserte d, and 'on awaking in the morning. and finding herself oust folloW andbeing sensitively alive to the: ridicule - which 1 sion,lie "cu vereir-, on her credulity, had destroyed- herself. In , A f implored the jury to consider the importance of their t dis . ing itself to es-it would affect the life of the prisoner, and: above Le " allega t ' °n mias -from their minds every insinuation: and every e videlle e " which was not borne out by strict and unmk4takecUie delfie; His Lordship then with great ease went over the d evi forri'", pointing, out to the jury its leading features, an ~„-a i ns, ' showing the value of those points-as they- told for or, Te-por the- prisoner. He examined with nmehiminateuese enYL o tity bons-of the- es - Hence which were-direeted.to-prove the company of the prisoner, with that of the. man who- was in C,;,,,.. a ti0n with the-deceased. In reference-to the-alternative alien d id of- suicide, if the jury should be- of-opinion, that the wi he n not kill herself ; if they came to.that deterraination , At y ; would-be their bound en d u t y t o find the- prisoner g`",",, rrs s they were not satisfied bey on d reasona bl e doubt t hat o l eo the man, taking all the circumstances intnoonsidersei °o", the Thewere bound to acquit him, r etai l jury retired for about six,minutes,.and.ou their . s eal into court, the Clerk of A rra i gns - pu t th e giestien th° iltf: :form to.the foreman, who replied that they_ found hi g o The announcement caused considerable stir in the court' his •Lordship assumed the blaehcap. otOi His LORDSHIP, labouring under-manifest and deep el il l y . v• addressed the prisoner, pointing out to , him. the enortoi_l j cp theoffence of which he had been :convicted,. evidenr.....e"ooo could not leave a shadow of aidoubt upon, may mind. 11,/ exhorted him to employ the-few. remaining days which f t( be allotted to him on earth, inendeavcaring, through r e id and sincere repentance, to-.;obtain, from: Heaven that 0 00 11, :which he had denied to hia, victim on earth. In cone 03 . ,his-lordship pronounc e d sen t ence o f death in th e usua l foi l . t he' The prisoner was then remove d, appanently unmoved fearful sentence sentence that had beem.passed on, him- The Court rose about eight o'clock.. , Iv of as... Den. CASE OF CHILD SPAHYING :— IIe . Grand J u ry, --t ; , a see' assizes, on Frid a y, th rew out the bil l against Wm. MNAren'' Ac cointruluekb howevertedill, on a charge f w oun ilfu d l , m by ur th de o r G of ran his d f d o u u r r y cl a u g . -- a lt ... - Mary Aspinall, th e wife of , the-above,and mother of the r li dken, for manslaughter.. - -SATURDAY. The details of the oases heard, were nnit for publicati on ; Joseph Acton, aged 23; charged with having, a t p ern b e rtoli l on the 7th September,. - assaulted Ann Gaskell, was foOr, guilty, and sentenced, t o th ree mon th s ' imprisonment; RalP: Leyland (31), John Monks (22), and Thomas Penningtort,(ol all colliers, for having, at Hayclock, on the 29th October, 0 5 0 ; saulted Ellen Oakley, four year s ' p ena l serv itude ; eq uitt i eu i, Meredith , implicated in the same offence, was a Joseph Shariden (20, boiler-maker, for having, at Ct°,,. r re „, on the 27th October, assaulted: Dorothy Kirby, aged. ll l'o,. fifteen mouths' hard labour ;, and Askham Eyre Teilnat i the druggist, of Manchester, ww charged with havi3g; , , 4 " -- years 30th September, assaulted Sarah Warrington, a girl -L "„: age, old. For the defence it was deposed that, only five Y e 'lt a similar chargo. was preferred on her account, ag a ' ll " Italian boy; the•evidence against the prisoner, however , • extremely strong, and the jury found him guilty;. be was tented to fire .years' penal servitude. Before the. Court rese, his lordship dismissed the G lli f Jury, and, in, d o i ng so, he observed that this-was therp important assize that had ever occurred in the County 41 i. tine, both, as. regards the number of prisoners.and theme tude of the offences. SECOND COURT. 0 0 (Befe4:e Gilberl Henderson, Esq., Recer,der of Liverl )° , oo John, Turner, George Roberts, Jane Walker, Mary ed M`Loughlin, Mary M'Carthy, an d J ane Walker, were end I to with. having, at Salford, on th e I s t o f November, broken .04 the dwelling-house of David Titley, and stolen three 9115 0 e and, other articles, the property of Francis Spencer. • I ty, jury found Roberts guilty of burglary; M'Carthy, not gloy Turner, guilty of burglary; and Jane Walker and e dge. IVl`Loug,lilin guilty of receiving with a felonious knowl,,,pil Roberts and Turner were sentenced to twelve months u, to labour ; M`Carthy was adjourned; Walker was sentence(' six months', and M`Loughlin to four months' bard labour.oo CONCEALMENT OF BIRTH,—Jane Fairclough, aged 2 4, indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the 26th October , co er cealed the birth of h er f emale illegitimate child. The pike, had been living in the service of Mrs. Bowman, a widow n-it residing at 45, Catherine-street, in this town. Shortly s'ihe entering into her service, Mrs. Bowman noti ce d that .5 prisoner was unusually large, which awakened her susPi cl- 6 1 , that she was i n th e family-way. She (Mrs. Bowman) 'To, the prisoner with the matter, and asked her if she was 0 05 The prisoner denied that she was, and said that nothing ,ot wrong with he r . O n th e 26 t h of October Mrs. Bowman of of from home, on a visit, and did not return until the oi tice ci December. The prisoner then appeared to be m uc k re ct a her in size, and was pallid in appearance. Mrs. Bowman to% Mill she was fearful that she had been in the family-way, O u ija' had a disappointment, and she threatened to send for a P° man or a medical man. She went with her into the Ya ru i tt a 3 the body of a child was found i n th e as h -pit. The jury '°seir the prisoner guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. tence deferred. , i a BILLIGLAILY.—MichaeI Connolly, Margaret M'Garrn John Irvin,v were indicted for having, on the 27th of 31a Y , ,„ 0 , tered welig-ouse of Samuel Lomax, at Within t ri e r and stolen wearing apparel. M'Garry and Irvin were furt,:,li charged with having, at Moston, on the night of the _ l l . l 'd September, broken into the house of Michael Woody, 71 1 e stolen wearing apparel. The jury found the whole of prisoners guilty of riving. Sentence defered. THEFT BY A LETTE ece R-CARRlER.—Patrick r Wren, a pOO l carrier in the G enera l P ost-o ffi ce, indicted for stealing 3_,lty, letter, withdrew hi s pl ea o f not gu i lty, and plea d e d glw Sentence deferred. The Court rose at half-past five o'clock. 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