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THE WAR. BOMBARDMENT OF SWEABORG. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE FORTRESS. The following telegraphic despatches have been received. DAYMBIC, Tuesday, August 14, 11 a.m. The bombardment of Sweaborg commenced at six o'clock last Thursday morning, and continued until daylight on Saturday. The town itself is burnt to the ground,—not one house left. The dockyards are completely destroyed. All the earthworks and batteries are,knocked to pieces. Six magazines blew up. In fact, Sweaborg exists no more. On our side there are very few casualties. This news was brought by the French-steamer Pelican. ADMIRAL PENALTD TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE. On Board the Tourville, August 11, 1855. The bombardment of Sweaborg by the allied squadron has been attended with complete success. An immense conflagration, which lasted 45 hours, has des troTed nearly all the storehouses and magazines of the arsenal, which is a complete ruin. Various powder magazines and stores of projectiles blew up. The enemy has received a terrible blow, and suffers an enormous loss. Our loss is insignificant in men, and nothing whatever in material. The crews are in a state of enthusiasm. ADMIRALTY, August 15,1856. A telegraphic message from Admiral Dundas was received at the Admiralty late last night : OFF SWEABOILG, August 11.. 'Sweaborg was attacked by the mortar and gun-boats of the allied squadron on the morning of the 9th inst. The firing ceased early this morning. Heavy explosions and very destructive fires were produced in a few hours. Nearly all the principal buildings on Vargoe, and many more on Swartoe, including those of the dockyard and arsenal, art burnt. Few casualties have occurred, and no lives lost, in the allied feet. DAirrsic, Thursday, August 16, 8 p.m. The Vulture had arrived with the mails. The allied squadrons returned to Nargen from Sweaborg on the 13th. The success at Sweaborg is fully confirmed. No ships have been seriously injured. The casualties on the English side are—killed, none:; two officers and about 30 men wounded. The French loss is equally trifling. THE FRENCH ACCOUNT. --- The Moniteur of Saturday contains Admiral Penaud's official despatch, which is as follows : On board his Imperial Majesty's ship Tourville, off Sweaborg, August 11, 1855. Monsieur le Ministre,—As I have had the honour to inform your Excellency by my letter of Monday last, the 7th of this month, Rear-Admiral Dundas and I presented ourselves before Sweaborg with the combined squadron, with the inten tion of bombarding that place. At half-past seven on the morning of the Bth, sixteen English bomb vessels, each having one mortar, five French bomb vessels, having each two of those pieces, and a siege battery of four mortars of nearly 10- inch bore, w hich, during the six hours darkness of the two previous 'nights, I had established on the Abraham islet at 2,200 metres from the place, opened fire against Sweaborg. I am happy to announce to you, Monsieur le Ministre, that this operation was perfectly successful. It was not a simple cannonade the squadrons made against Sweaborg, but a real boinbardment, the serious results of which have exceeded my utmost hopes. In less than three hours after we had begun throwing shells we could observe considerable damage they had caused the fortress. Numerous fires rapidly broke out at several points at the same time, and we soon saw the flames rising above the dome of the church situated in the northern part of the Isle of Est-Swarto. That may be said to be the only monument on the Isle of Vargon and Swarto which appears to have been completely respected by our projectiles. Terri ble explosions were soon after heard, at four different times ; the fire had reached the magazines filled with powder and munitions of war. The last two explosions were particularly violent, and must have caused the enemy enormous losses both in men and materiel. The detonations of shells were heard for several minutes, and the sea shore was covered with fragments of every kind. The bombardment ceased this morning at half-past four ; it consequently lasted two days and two nights, during which time Sweaborg looked like a vast fiery furnace. The fire, which still continues its ravages, has destroyed nearly the whole place, and consumed workshops, magazines, barracks, different Government establishments, and a great quantity of arsenal stores. The fire of the mortars and bombs was so just that the enemy, fearing the three-decker moored athwart the channel between Sweaborg and the Isle of Back Hohnen would be burnt, had her brought into the port during the night. The Russians have received a considerable check, and losses the more severe ; on the side of the allied squadron they are confined to one English sailor killed and a few slightly wounded. The enemy's forts, however, returned our fire very vigorously, and did not slacken it until the moment of the explosions above-mentioned, but the precision of our long range guns gave us an incontestable superiority over the fire of the Russians. Every one in the division discharged his duty with ardour, devotedness, and courage ; the crews evinced admirable en thusiasm, and have deserved well of the Emperor and of France. I am perfectly satisfied with the means of action placed at my disposal. The mortar vessels and gunboats rendered im mense services.; and they fully realise everything that was expected from them. The siege battery produced very capital results, and it may be said that our best shots were fired from one of the enemy's isles on which we had hoisted the French Ba t; this affair, as has always been the case since our flags have been united, Rear-Admiral Dundas and I have acted with common accord. The example of the perfect good under standing existing between the chiefs has had the best effect on the spirit of the crews of the two squadrons, which in reality form only one in the moment of action. Each indi vidual has but one object—a zealous rivalry to cause the enemy the greatest possible mischief, and the success of a vessel of one of the two nations was applauded by the other with the same cries of enthusiasm as if it had been gained by their own flag No. doubt, Monsieur le Ministre, the bombardment of Swea borg will exercise considerable influence on the Russian people, who have now acquired the conviction that their fortified places are not completely sheltered from the attacks of the allied navies, which may and must henceforth hope to deal destruction on the enemy's coast without suffering any very considerable injury themselves. On sending you, Monsieur le Ministre, a more circumstan tial report of this affair, I shall have the honour to transmit to you a demand for rewards for the officers, sailors, and sol diers who most distinguished themselves in this combat.—l am, &c., PENA.ITD, Rear-Admiral Commanding-in-thief the Naval Division in the Baltic. A RUSSIAN ACCOUNT. The Russian Invalid has the following telegraphic des patches from Sweaborg : July 28 (August 9), 20m. past noon.—The enemy's can nonade against Sweaborg grows stronger. He fires fifteen to twenty shots a minute. Our artillery, particularly that from St. Nicholas battery, replies with success. 2h. 42m. a.m.--The enemy's fire grows very strong. His shots number fifty per minute. Two frigates and a steamer have placed themselves between Melk-E and Droms-E, and maintain a constant fire against the last of these isles. The enemy has thrown 5,000 bombshells up to the present time. sh. 55m.—The enemy's cannonade is concentrated on the fortress, bat has lessened slightly since three in the morning. Our batteries on the Isle of Sandham have been so well fought that the assailant vessels retired at noon, and one of them re ceived so much damage as to be obliged to be towed away. Bh. 15.m—The bombardment continues very fierce. July 29 (August 10), 29 minutes past midnight.—Since night the enemy has been firing Congreve rockets. Accord ing to an approximate calculation, he fired not less than 10,000 bomb-shells between seven in the morning and eight in the evening of yesterday. He is now firing 30 rockets a minute. 2h. 40m.—The rocket fire on the isles and forts does not slacken. The shower of bomb-shells is less considerable. The spirit of our troops is excellent. 34m. a.m.—From two to four o'clock, the enemy's fire was weaker; but since half-past four, the action of the bombs and gun-boats has gained a new vigour. 9h. 50m.—The enemy has formed his bombs and gun-boats close to his left flank, concentrating his fire on the fort of Wester-Svarto, but, thanks be to God, has not succeeded in doing it any harm. All our batteries are intact. THE FORTRESS OF SWEABORG. The fortress of Sweaborg is the first formidable obstacle in the Gulf of Finland, and does the outpost duty, as it were, for the great military entrepots of St. Petersburg. On the east this fortress also partially commands the most navigable channel for vessels of a large draught of water, on the voyage to Cronstadt, which is distant 163 miles on the St. Peters burg side. It commands the entrance to the large harbour, on the opposite side of which stands Helsingfors, or Helsing forstt the present capital of Finland, and the seat of the Russian government. The islands on which Sweaborg stands are-Ist, Langoe (the Long Island), which is the island nearest to Helsingfors ; 2nd, WesterAwartoe, or the Black Island on the West ; and, 3rd, Bakholm, or the Rock of the Watch Tower. These are the three islands on which the houses of the garrison are built. 4th, Lilla-Oester-Swartoe, the Small Black Island on the East, which contains an arsenal of artil lery ; 6th, Stora-Oester-Swartoe, the Large Black Island on the East ; 6th, Wargoe (Wolf's Island), where the governor generally resides, the principal magazines are situated, and in which ships of war are repaired in two basins or docks ; and, 7th, Oustafs-Svoerd, or the Sword of Gustavus, on which the citadel stands. This island is, or was, united to Wargoe by a bridge, and it possesses a reservoir of fresh water, an advan tage which none of the other islands possess. ere is an eighth island, called Skantzland, the fortifications of which were not complete a few years since, though there can be little doubt that they have been completed since the commencement Of the present war, as, from its position, a little to the south of Gnstafs-Svoerd, it is a position from which that island and the citadel upon it might be attacked. Sweabor g fell into the possession of Russia with the grand duchy o f Finland; but, unlike Helsingfors, which was regu larly fortified by th e late Emperors Alexander and Nicholas, Sweaborg had been a place of considerable strength under the Swedes. Gen. Ehrenfwald, an able Swedish officer, consider ing that these islands might be rendered a formidable strong hold, and might enable Sweden t o maintain her power in the Baltic, in spite of t he ambitious deignso however, Russi a hprojected e s the plan of their fortifi cation. built and repaired th e re for the Swedish nav y. The were commenced i n 1748, but we re not completely finished when acquired by the Russians, who have continued making i mprovemen t s an d d ev i s i n g every means of rendering the place irepregnable. They say, " The Swedes began, but we finished the Gibraltar of the North." These works are stupendous, the walls are chiefly he w n granite, covered with eart h, risin g in some places to a height of 48 feet. The batteries, which commence on a level with the water, and rise in tiers one above another, are mounted, it is alleged, with 'nearly a thousand guns. In Wolfs Island, the principal of the group, there is a dry dock, capable of containing eleven or twelve frigates, which has been completely hollowed out of solid rock, the length being 300 feet, breadth .200, and depth 14 feet. At one ex tremity of this dock is a basin 200 feet square, closed at each end with sluice gates, which serves for the entrance and exit of frigates, and for repairing and building ships. The stores and ammunition for the batteries. are deposited in magazines on the edge of - the water. The harbour can contain seven ships of the line and a few frigates. The three fortresses—Cronstadt, Sweaborg, and Helsingfors —could not have been intended for the defence alone of St. Petersburg. They tell their own tale. The magnitude of their works, and the incessant activity in the -arsenals during the last half century, should have clearly warned Europe that these huge fortresses were intended as a base of operations against its liberties and the rights of its rulers. Cronstadt, which commands the passages at the mouth of the Neva, was taken from the Swedes by Peter the Great, and first converted by him from a desert island into a harbour for his navy, in 3.110. The most invulnerable portion of the stronghold, a rampart of granite built in -the-sea for the pro tection of the shipping, was begun and finished under the superintendence of Admiral Greig, who is -styled the father of the Russian navy. Doubts are entertained whether the guns of Cronstadt completely command the northern passage : the Marquis de Castile, a keen inquirer, declares that although he put himself to some trouble to learn as ranch, he could not find the Russian who would inform him of the fact. The population of Cronstadt is about 45,000; of Helsing fors, which is the capital of the district, 10,000 ; and of Swea borg about 4,000; the greater part of whom are tradesmen and merchants, who depend on supplying the garrison and fleet, and who, as if the Russians anticipated on this occasion a serious attack from the allies, have been removing to Hel singfors during the last few weeks. GREAT VICTORY OVER TILE RUSSIANS, ON THE TCHERNAYA. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. WAR DEPARTMENT, Aug. 11. The following important telegraphic despatches have been received by Lord Panmure _ _ VARNA, Aug. 16, 1 30 p.m. The Russians attacked the position on the Tchernaya this morning, at daylight, in great force. The action lasted about three hours, but they were com pletely repulsed by the French and Sardinians. Further particulars will be sent. VARNA, 7 p.m. The Russian attack of the morning was under the command of General Liprandi, with from 50,000 to 60,000 men. Their loss is estimated at between 4,000 and 6,000; about 400 prisoners have been taken. The loss on the side of the allies is very small. The following despatch from General PeHasler was re ceived on Friday : TRAKTIR-BRIDG-8, August 16, 10 a.m. For some days rumours of a premeditated attack on the part of the Russians had aroused our attention, and they carried out their project this morning at daybreak, against our lines on the Tchernaya ; but, despite the concentration of imposing masses collected during the night, the enemy was repulsed with great vigour by the divisions of Generals Herbillon, Camou, Faucheux, and Morris. The Sardinians, placed on our right, fought valiantly. The principal effort of the enemy was directed against Traktir-bridge. The Russians left a great number of dead there, and we made a great many prisoners. They were in full retreat on Mackenze's Farm when our reserves were coming up, and those of our brave allies, es pecially the English cavalry. The enemy has received a severe check. Our losses, which are much less than those of the Russians, have not yet been accurately ascertained. WAR DEPARTMENT, Aug. 19. Lord Panmure has this morning received the following in. telligence from General Simpson, dated Crimea, August 17 : 1855, 11.45 p.m. Prince Gortschakoff commanded yesterday in person, and not General Liprandi. General Read is killed. _ _ . The loss of the enemy is greater than was first thought Our allies have six hundred prisoners. A steady fire has been kept up from our batteries. The Moniteur of Sunday contains the following despatch from General Pelissier : GENERAL P.ELISSIER TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. CRIMEA, Aug. 17,11; P.M. In his attack of yesterday the enemy advanced with five divisions of infantry, six thousand cavalry, and twenty batte ries, with the decided intention of occupying the Tediouchim (Tchernaya) heights. After having crossed the river at several points, they col lected a mass of engineers' tools, planks, fascines, ladders, &c., which they had formerly abandoned in their flight. Our artillery fought, as usual, with gallantry and success. An English battery, placed in position on the Piedmontese hill, lent us its powerful assistance. The Russians have left on the ground at least 2500 dead. Thirty-eight of their officers and 1620 soldiers are in our am bulances. Three Russian Generals have been killed. We have besides taken 400 prisoners. Our loss is 181 killed and 810 wounded. Among our officers, Tixier, Darbois, Alpy, and Saint-Remy have been severely wounded ; De Polhes, Barthe, and Gagneur have received injuries of less gravity. THE OPERATIONS ON THE TCHERNAYA. The movement of the Russians was in consequence of orders transmitted from St. Petersburg to the Russian generals to attack our lines before the end of August. The reasons which induced the Emperor Alexander to give such orders, and fix a date for their execution, were the urgent representations of his commanders, who sent despatch after despatch to their government, informing him of the dearth of the means of transport and of provisions, which was making it severely felt, and threatened to prove fatal to the very existence of his armies, if the month of September should find them in their then position. In vain the Russian generals attempted an attack when we made reconnaissances: The allitd generals were too cautious and too wise, and the consequence was the Russians had no course left them but either to retreat into the interior of the country, where their wants could be supplied, abandoning Sebastopol to its fate, so far as the army of relief was con cerned, or to make one more desperate effort to drive the in vaders into the sea, and thus to save the stronghold of the Czar, and retrieve the honour of his arms. The last intelligence from Gen. Pelissier leaves the Russians in full retreat upon Mackenzie's Farm, beaten, harrassed, and short of provisions. The Russian army of observation, for the time, has no existence. It must pursue its retreat for safetys sake, and, instead of relieving its comrades, must itself seek relief. The allied commanders have seized upon the moment when their own soldiers are burning with victorious enthusiasm, and when deep dismay must exist amongst the ranks of the defenders of Sebastopol, to re-open our fire, at a moment, too, when our approaches are so close to the enemy that hand grenades have become the favourite weapon of offence, and it needs but a short mine to blow his ditch and rampart into one of ruins—a short rush to place our gallant soldiers in posses sion of the long desired Malakhoff. At the moment we write, the bombardment is proceeding from the mouths of such an armament as even Sebastopol has not till this moment felt the weight of, and it is not improbable that, by the time these lines meet the public eye, the assault may be made, and a new and hard-won glory added to the united flags.—Morning Post. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. or 400 men by sickness. If we wait a week, they will have lost a brigade ; if we wait., a month, they will have lost a corps d' armee.' But, if - the Russians lose many men by sickness, they seem to be careful to replace them again. Numbers of stories are afloat about the formidable forces which have come and are still coming down - this way, and apprehensions of an attack on the Tchernaya line are daily gaining more ground. In the meantime, not even the most powerful telescopes are able to discover anything of the approach of this formidable force, and the Russians content themselves with firing a shot now and then from the batteries on the Mackenzie ridge at the harmless sheep-and cattle sent by the French over the Tchernaya to graze, or on the horses going down for water. AUGUST 2.—The news of the day is the recall of -General Canrobert. No cause is assigned, but' it is felt that his posi tion was awkward, as subordinate to Generals Pelissier and Bosquet, whom he lately commanded. The recent rains have brought a slight return of cholera. The day before yesterday the 72nd buried ten men-of-that complaint, but the - 72nd is a recent arrival out here, and may, therefore, be expected to suffer more than others. As a general rule, wet weather ap pears to bring cholera, and heat dysentery. At present there is little fever. The French are constructing batteries to com mand the Russian fleet, and so to facilitate an attack on the Malakhoff. One of these batteries is to consist, lam assured, of 28 mortars ; there are two smaller ones of six or eight pieces. As soon as all ere complete, it appears the opinion of the French that the Malakhoff will again be assailed. These say that their approaches are now brought to within about a hundred metres (110 or 115 yards) of the enemy's position, and that the engineers can go no further. The distance ap pears to be, and probably is, rather greater than-that. On the 31st July the 30th Regiment and 3rd Buffs v.tre reviewed by General Markham. The Duke of Newcastle is in camp, quar tered in General Bentinck's tent. AUGUST 4.—There has been a good deal of firing these last two nights. The night before last the Russians made a sortie, but were driven back. - - THE news communicated by the electric telegraph is of a highly interesting character, embracing the announcement of a signal victory obtained over the Russians, on the morning of Thursday last, on the Tchernaya. The Russians, from 50,000 to 60,000 in number, at daybreak attacked the allied position, but were repulsed with great slaughter by the French and Sardinians, aided by the British cavalry. The loss of the enemy is estimated at between 4,000 and 5,000 killed, and 400 of them have been taken pri soners. The loss of the allies is reported as very small. The Sardinian contingent fought with great bravery, and in no small degree contributed to the success of the day. The bombardment from the French and English batteries was to be re-opened on Friday morning, and this, it was generally understood, would be the pre hide to a general attack on the principal Russian po sitions. _ _ The journal of the siege, as that is communicated in the letters of the special correspondents of the London daily papers, does not offer great variety of incident, as compared with what has been narrated from time to time. The correspondent of the Times, writing from the camp before Sebastopol on the 30th of July, says : _The correspondent of the Daily News, writing on the 4th of August, says No event of much importance in the siege operations has occurred since the last mail left. The nights have been ge nerally too light for much progress to be made in advancing the approaches toward the princpal points against which the operations are now directed, but the new batteries have been forwarded, and the approaches already existing have been placed in a more favourable condition for future necessities. Our allies have taken advantage of a few hours of darkness to throw up, unobserved by the enemy, an important branch Approach on the Malakhoff advance. A very complete system of telegraphic signals has been established between the fleet and our works in front, and from facilities of observation obtained by vessels placed in certain positions with regard to the enemy's works, the information which may thus be fur nished is not unlikely to prove occasionally of a very valuable nature. Our allies still speak with confidence of the Malakhoff position being gained by them before the imperialfite day of the 16th August. - The BalakThava correspondent of a London journal, under date of the 4th August, says : The approaches are daily coming nearer to the town. Im portant operations are spoken of, but nothing possitive can be said on the subject. New batteries, the effects of which are expected to be very great, have lately been constructed, but only the staff of the artillery know their exact position. The fire of the Russians is becoming more and more lively. :The cannonade does not cease for an instant. We are now as near the enemy as it is possible to be, but our losses are not so great as might be expected. A strange pastime has been found by our officers and men. Large quantities of soda-water and lemonade are used in this hot weather, and the bottles serve as a destructive missile. They are filled with gunpowder, and the cork having been pierced, a match is attached to it, and thrown into the Russian defences, where they often do much harm. The Russians, on the other hand, use a great deal of champagne, and the bottles are used in the same manner. SOUTH LANCASHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES. CROWN COURT.LTrEsDAY, AUGUST 14. (Before Baron Platt.) SENTENCES.—Joseph Hall, convicted of uttering forged £5 Bank of England notes, at Manchester, on the 18th June, wa sentenced to 15 years transportation. — Matthew Bell,plasterer, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment with hard labour, for bigamy, at Manchester.—Thomas Taylor, collier, charged with a burglary, at Bolton, on the 22nd May last, was sen tenced to 9 months' imprisonment, with hard labour.—George Marsden, block-printer, found guilty of burglary, at Man chester, on the 3rd April last, was ordered to be imprisoned for 8 months, with hard labour.—Terence Lynch, farm servant, for a burglary at Aston, on the 16th January last, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. STABBING AT W AR RINGTON...-PatXiCk Mannion, labourer, charged with having, on the 30th April last, stabbed Thomas Kelly, in Bridge-street, Warrington, was convicted and sen tenced to be imprisoned for 12 months, with hard labour. CASE AGAINST MESSRS. BAHR, BEHREND, AND COMPANY —Mr. Atherton, Q.C., applied for the discharge of the recog nisances of the witnesses in the charge made against George William Bahr and 'David Behrend, of having, at Liverpool, on the 19th January, 1854, obtained a British registry for the Russian ship Atlantic. The learned counsel said he made the application on the recommendation of the Attorney-general, and it was grounded on the fact that the defendants had already been sued in the Court of Exchequer, where penalties had been recovered against them.—The application was granted. STEALING FROM A DWELLING-HOUSE.—Catherine Roberts, servant, and William Jones, potato-dealer, were indicted, the former with having at Wavertree, on the 30th of June last, stolen, a watch and a quantity of wearing apparel, the pro perty of Edward Davies, residing at Wavertree, and The male prisoner with having feloniously received the same, knowing them to have been stolen. The female prisoner was found guilty, and the male prisoner was acquitted. His lordship instructed the prosecutor that he was entitled to his property without paying the pawnbrokers anything. BURGLARY AT WARRINGTON.—Joseph Partington, baker, was indicted for having at Warrington, on the 26th of March last, burglariously entered the dwelling-house of William Gre gory, and stolen therefrom about £lO, in copper money. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to four years' penal servitude. STABBING AT PENNINGTON.—DanieI Gardner, hawker, was indicted for having at Pennington, on the 12th of June last, feloniously stabbed Thomas Collier, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. He was found guilty, and sen tenced to eighteen months' imprisonment, with hard labour. GAROTTE ROBBERY AT ASIITON-IN-MACEERFIELD.—Mat thew Danson, collier, was indicted for having, on the 16th of June, in company with several other persons at present un known, feloniously assaulted a farm labourer, named Samuel Salisbrey, and robbed him of ss. The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. Since the sortie of the 23rd inst. nothing of importance or even of interest has occurred here. The desultory fire to which we are accustomed continues by day, usually swelling into a roar of artillery for a portion of every night. The casualties continue much as before, not very heavy, although some days are unlucky, and on the night of the 28th the Guards had 26 or 30 men killed and wounded. Cholera cases have become very rare. Fever and diarrhcea are what most prevail, but not by any means to an alarming extent. Upon the whole, the sanitary condition of our army must be deemed satisfactory, far more so than many predicted that it would be at this sea son. As regards rations, these continue abundant, and of excellent quality. Four Russian deserters came in yesterday. The Duke of Newcastle has arrived at Balaklava, and has been up to the front. JULY 31.—The firing during the last few days has been on our side far more lively than it had been for some time; this increased firing has, however, a defensive rather than an offen sive character. The Russians, seeing our works daily approach closer to theirs, are trying by their single gun practice to annoy us. The orders have accordingly been given to return the fire from our batteries whenever it becomes too annoying. Once already this was tried before, and it moderated somewhat the ardour of the Russian gunners. No firing of the Rus sians, be it good or bad, slight or heavy, is able to impede the progress of the works. The surface of the ground in the neighbourhood of the Malakhoff works and the Redan is pre senting every day a more chequered appearance. The railway is perhaps the best test of the gigantic activity which is pre vailing; numbers of mortars and large quantities of ammu nition come up daily by it, and vanish again silently, to be replaced next day by others. It is as if the trenches were an unfathomable abyss such an incredible mass of mortars, guns, shell, and shot do they seem to swallow up. When they will be satiated, and when the word " enough" will be said, seems as uncertain as Crimean weather. I heard a few days ago from a French officer of artillery, that Pellisier, being asked when offensive siege operations would be again resumed, said, ' Well, I don't know; the Russians are losing every day 300 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. FRIDAY. CHILD MURDER.—Elizabeth Sanson, 35, a married woman, was indicted for the murder of Eliza Ellen Sanson, at Manchester, on the 16th of. October. On the night of the 16th, about half-past twelve, as a person named Ambrose M`Gogan was proceeding along a street leading out of Prussia street, Manchester, he heard a noise proceeding from a coal yard on the bank of the canal, at the opposite side to which he was standing, a person calling out that a woman was drowning. His attention was thus directed to a woman standing in the middle of the canal, with a child in her arms. He procured a pole, which the prisoner laid hold of, and he succeeded in getting both out of the water. From the effects of this immersion the child, only ten weeks old, never re covered. The jury found the prisoner not guilty, on the ground of insanity. His lordship ordered her to be confined during her Majesty's pleasure. MANSLAUGHTER AT MANCHESTER AND SALFORD.—John Norbury, an engine-builder, charged with the manslaughter of Ralph Woods, at Manchester, on the 15th of June, was acquitted, the grand jury having ignored the bill. On a second indictment, for the manslaughter of Frederick Anderson, at Salford, the prisoner was arraigned on the coroner's inquisition. Counsel for the prosecution declined to produce evidence, and the prisoner was discharged. HOUSEBREAKING AND WOUNDING AT OLDHAM—James Brown, a hawker, was indicted for breaking into the dwelling houses of Frederick Sugden, on the 21st of April, and Henry Goulding, on the 26th, at Westwood, near Oldham. The prisoner was observed to enter the house of Goulding, and followed on his leaving with a bundle of wearing apparel, a cutlass, and a pistol, by an Oldham police-officer, named Robert Holt. Upon the officer apprehending the prisoner, he was severely wounded on the back of the head, no less than nine wounds being made, which produced erysipelas, and endangered his life for fourteen days. The prisoner, who had only been a fortnight out of gaol, was found guilty, and sentenced to 20 years' transportation, his lordship testifying his sense of the courageous conduct of police-officer Holt, by awarding him £lO. STABBING AT SALFORD.—Thomas Bruerton was indicted for cutting and wounding Joseph Boardman, in a scuffle on the 6th of April, at Salford, and inflicting a wound a quarter of an inch long, and an inch and a half in depth. The pri soner was acquitted. ROBBERY OF WATCHES AND JEWELLERY AT HASLING DEN.—John Wilson, hawker, Henry Ingham, watchmaker, and Christopher Banks, labourer, were charged with breaking into the dwelling-house of William Tattersall Lees, at Has lingden, on the 15th of April, and stealing 100 silver watches, 20 gold watches, 97 gold rings, and a quantity of beads. The centre shutter of the shop window had been cut in the form of an eight and the screws unloosed. On the 18th of April de tective-officer John Mayberry, of the Manchester police, accompaniedam' s w ay h l e o i r e , hwent foundto the a w prisoner atm wlhni which had purchased, bearing the number 18103, the 0 having been converted into 6. The watch he said he had received from a man with £3 in exchange for a lever,recom mended by a person named Whittaker, whom he could find. On their way to the Town-hall they met Whittaker, who denied recommending any one, saying that he had been to Ireland, and was but just returned. The officer then proceeded to Wilson's house, Dimity-street, Newtown, Manchester, where they found a pair of baragan trousers, in the pockets of which Inspector Taylor found two watches, 97 rings, and a quantity of coral beads. Whilst waiting the prisoner Wil son came in, and was taken into custody. He was committed to Kirkdale, where he remained until Saturday fortnight, when a communication was sent to Mayberry, requesting him to come to Kirkdale, that he might gave information of the other parties, fearing that they would get out of the way. A gold watch, ledged for £4105., and a gold case, for £2, with Benjamin Renshaw, of Manchester, were identified as part of the property : this pawnbroker had had dealings with the prisoner to the extent of £9O within the past three months. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of burglary against John Wilson ; and to the effect that the others, Christopher Banks, and Henry Ingham, were found guilty of receiving the property knowing it to be stolen. The prisoners were ordered to be brought up next morning for sentence. STREET ROBBERY IN MANCHESTER.—Another indict , meat was preferred against Henry Ingham, for having, at six o'clock in the evening of the 3rd of February last, in company with a female, run against an auctioneer named aWndillriaombbeDdixhoinmFoullf his a gold watch and chain. love while , along v N e e rd wt ic or g t u re il e t t y , of receiving stolen goods. Sentence deferred. - STREET ROBBERY IN LIVERPOOL . — Patrick 31 Kenna, blacksmith, Arthur Melburn, carter , and John Eff ey , labour er , passing were indicted for assaulting and robbing Richard Moss, the captain of a flat, at one o'clock on the morning of the 13th June. The prosecutor was crossing Chisenhale-bridge on his way home, when the prisoners came upon him, knocked him down, and rifled his pockets of six sovereigns, half-a crown, two shillings, a pocket-book, &c. The prisoners were found guilty of the highway robbery with violence, and M`Kenna and Melburn had previously been convicted as re puted thieves. Sentenced to be transported for 15 years. SENTENCES.—Joseph Knight, stonemason, charged with burglary at Kersley, on the 23rd April, and stealing a quan tity of wearing apparel ; William Price, labourer, Alice Knight, charwoman, and Phoebe Jones, factory worker, for receiving the property knowing it to have been stolen. Another indictment charged them with stealing three pieces of printed calico and 70 yards of cotton cloth belonging to John Burd and others. Joseph Knight, who pleaded guilty, and had previously been in gaol for different offences, as a reputed thief, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude ; Alice Knight, who had been twice previously convicted, 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour ; Phoebe Jones, 12 months ; and William Price 12 months—The females to be sent to Lancaster Castle. Maria O'Brien, factory worker, for break ing into the house of Henry Hart, at Ashton-in-Mackerfield, and stealing wearing apparel, was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment in Lancaster Castle. Catherine Roberts, a ser vant, found guilty of stealing a watch and some wearing apparel, from Mr. Davies, at Wavertree, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Lancaster. The Court rose at five minutes to nine. in, and she died on th e 2 n d o f May. The jury returned a i fire up with. Another calenderer, working "day work," verdict of " Not guilty." ► came to work at Scholes's machine, and discovered a BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL—Stephen Harrigan, a mat- piece of iron and a nail placed in the cylinders of the weaver, and Patrick Ryan, a bricklayer, were indicted for machine in such a manner as to cause damage when it having at Liverpool, on the 3rd of May, burglariously entered revolved. A calendering machine adjoining was also dis the dwelling-house o f J o h n M orr i son , i n Bailey-street, and covered to have been similarly deranged, and on being set in stolen several articles of wearing apparel. Harrigan pleaded motion it tore the cloth and suffered injury. The damage guilty, and was sentenced to penal servitude for six years. done to both machines was calculated at £l5. The offence Ryan was found guilty, and was sentenced to penal servitude was tried under a section of an act of 7 and 8 Geo. IV., which for a similar period. - The prisoners had each of them been constitute s th e o ffence a felony, The prisoner, it transpired, nine times previously convicted of felony. had been at a " merry-making " on the night in question, and CUTTING AND WOUNDING.—Joseph Hill, an engine driver, was accompanied to the works by his wife. The jury acquitted was charged with stabbing James Riley, at Westleigh. On the pri s o n er, and his Lordship ordered his immediate dis the 14th April last the prosecutor, the prisoner, and another charge. man named , Gladden, were drinking together at a public. DISCHARGE OP THE GRAND JURY.—The duties of the house in Westleigh. They were turned but at twelve o'clock at night, and on their way home the prisoner challenged .grand jury being finished at a quarter before four o'clock, they appeared before his lordship, who, before discharging Gladden to fight. Gladden would not fight., but went away them, addressed them at some length on the cases that had and left the prisoner and prosecutor together. The prisoner been brought before them, especially those of criminality on then said to the prosecutor, "Oh ! long one, thou'st some the part of young females ; and urged the necessity of pro -spite ag'en me.—The jury found the prisoner guilty, of unlaw- viding the county with a reformatory institution, into which fully wounding. youthful criminals might be placed, instead of sending them BOILER EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER.—In the case of John to gaol, where they were only likely to be more contami- Norbury, who was indicted for manslaughter, the grand jury nated. returned the indictment marked "No true bill," and upon THE HASLINGDEN JEWELLERY ROBBERY.—Nathan Dale, the clerk of the court announcing this result, the foreman of who was allowed to turn approver in this case, was brought the jury observed that he and his colleagues were of opinion up to-day, but no evidence being offered against him he was 'that there had been the grossest negligence in some quarter, discharged. The other prisoners received the following sen but that they could not find a " true bill" for manslaughter tences ; Wilson, four years' penal servitude ; Ingham, twelve against the prisoner on the evidence before them. months' imprisonment on the first count, and six months' on HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT PEMBERTON.—WiIIiam Corner, a the second ; Banks twelve months' hard labour. striker in a foundry, was found guilty of having, at Pember ton, on the sth May last, feloniously assaulted an old man, named William Fairdougb, and stolen from him 4id. and a tobacco box. He was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour. MANSLAUGHTER AT ROCHDALE.—Thomas Unsworth (aged 56) was charged with the manslaughter of James Brierley, at Rochdale. From the evidence of the witnesses for the prose cution, it appeared that the deceased was a widower, living with his son, at a place called Milkstone, near Rochdale. He was out of employment, and spent a great portion of his time in the company of the prisoner, who was a neighbour. On Wednesday, the 4th April, they were drinking together in various public houses until between half-past ten and eleven o'clock at night, when they went to the prisoner's, house, in company with a person named Joshua Clegg. The prisoner asked Clegg to lock him and deceased in the house, and return and open the door for them in the morning. Clegg then went out and locked the door after him, leaving the two men drink ing together. About half-past two o'clock in the morning, a police-officer, named Lupton, was attracted to the house by hearing the prisoner crying from the bedroom window "Mur der," " thieves," &c. 'He tried the door, but it was fast. He then walked down the street, and obtained the assistance of another officer. They returned to the house, and on looking through the window they saw a man lying on the floor. They tried the door, and this time it yielded and they entered, and found the deceased lying in the kitchen in a state of uncon sciousness, his head covered with blood. A brick was lying near, and one of the officers said to the prisoner, who had come down stairs, " What is the brick doing here ? have you hit him with it ?" The prisoner replied, "No ; I have not, but I warmed him about the head with my fist." The officers re moved him and, having ascertained who he was, they con veyed him to his own house, and laid him down on the floor. In the morning his two sons removed him upstairs, placed him on a heap of wool, and left him there, whilst they pur sued their ordinary daily avocations. On returning about dinner-time the eldest ,son of the deceased found his father lying at the bottom of the stairs. He was still insensible, and remained in that state until his death, which took place on the 13th. The jury, under his lordship's direction, returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged. MANSLAUGHTER AT SAlPORD.—Richard :Harrison (aged 30), a farmer, out on bail, charged with the manslaughter of a girl, named Emma Birket, at Salford, by negligently driving a vehicle over her, was acquitted. The court rose at a quarter to eight o'clock. YESTERDAY. Mr. Baron Platt took his seat at ten o'clock. BlGAMY. — Catherine Goodman being placed at the bar on a charge of bigamy, was asked by the judge, who prosecuted? Prisoner : " I don't know."—The Judge : " Is it your first husband ?" Prisoner : " I don't know."—lnspector Hall stated that the first husband called upon him, and proved his statement. The prisoner had been given into his custody at Bacup, on a charge of bigamy.—His Lordship : Well, none of the witnesses being present, I shall consider what is to be done. The prisoner was then removed. MANSLAUGHTER IN LIVERPOOL.- - JOhn Crosby, aged 40, a tinman, was charged with the manslaughter of Patrick M`Daniel on the Bth of June last.—Alice Kenworthy, house keeper to Mr. Moss, publican, at the corner of Crosshall street and Fontenoy-street, stated that the prisoner was in her master's house on the Bth of June, and Ellen M'Donough abusing him : witness ordered the female out, and the prisoner accompanied her ; but a short time afterwards he came in again with a long weapon in his hand, accompanied by another man. They went into a snug, and a person named M`Donough came in shortly afterwards. The woman who had been put out continued to be very angry, and came in again, using very provoking language to the prisoner. Her friends aided with her, and witness ordered them out Ellen M`Donough said, the deceased's name was Patrick M`Daniel ; he was her brother. The prisoner and her brother were sitting together on a form ; she never had an angry word with the prisoner in her life. When she went in, her brother asked her to give him a glass of rum ; she refused, saying you are drinking with your enemy. Her reason for this was, that a short time before this the prisoner beat her husband so; that he had to be taken to the hospital.—[His Lordship informed the witness that her bad tongue had evi dently been the cause of all this mischief.] They brought in a soldering iron, and the son of the prisoner struck the deceased with a hammer. There were several blows struck by the son, but the witness's brother, her son, and her husband, who were Irish, never struck a blow. , They then turned upon witness and struck her on the top of the head, which was dressed in the hospital. The parties after this went away. Her brother, who had been knocked down by the blow of the iron, was taken to the hospital. In cross-examination the witness said the prisoner's son was a tinker, and witness was a tinker's wife, living in Preston-street.—His Lordship : Then you were peaceable altogether.—Witness : Not a word took place.—His Lordship : Then, if a respectable witness has said that you were making a disturbance, all she has said is untrue.—Wit ness : I told him that I would not give him a glass if my pocket was full, as he was in the presence of an enemy.—His Lordship : This is the way that you Irish always go on. You carry on your private grudges, and, when occasion requires, you watch your opportunity.—John M`Donough, the husband of the last witness, remembered going into Moss's, and saw his brother-in-law, who was talking quite peaceably with the deceased. He heard his wife refuse to give her brother a glass upon the ground that he was drinking with his enemy. The prisoner then went out, and came in with his son, Jim Crosby, who had a haminer. When they came in, the prisoner John Crosby struck him on the ear with the iron, which split his ear. After this, he could not say whether the father or the son struck first ; all he saw was his brother-in-law fall dead upon the floor. His wife said nothing, but shouted "murder." His wife never said a word ; all she said was to her own brother. His Lordship : Then she was like a lamb as regards the prisoner.—Witness : She was, my lord ; she never said a word, but she was put out twice after she saw her brother lying dead on the floor. The prisoner did not put her out ; but he gave her a blow, at least he did not, but his son did with the soldering iron, and then she was taken out.—Denis Car roll, police-officer 103, deposed to taking the deceased and the prisoner out of the house.—Mr. Wall, surgeon of the Northern Hospital, received the deceased with a wound on the back of the left side of the skull. The wound was about as large as you might place your finger in, and about two-thirds of an inch in depth, such as might be made with a hammer. The bo de nt c el e:: : 24ElE td t wound was a longitudinal one, and the injury done to the bone st e i e a e l e s r s s. i o obny th ot e hf for the prisoner, submitted that the whole of the circumstances e h t c r o o e s n p p d a it n u ai n c , t in o t g h f . t e — he:fi r r r g . s e t: " N ri vi , The deceased could not say who had struck first ; but after the e had been taken, and the wound in size, shape, and man ner disagreed with the manner in which the blow was said to have been given with the soldering iron. He invited the jury to scrutinize the evidence of the surgeon, for it was upon his evidence solely that they could come to a correct decision as to whether the deceased was struck by the prisoner with the soldering iron, or by his son with the hammer. The jury, after some consideration, asked his lordship whether the sur geon had not described the wound as a longitudinal wound. His lordship : Let the surgeon be recalled. Inspector Savage : He is out of court,—The jury immediately afterwards returned a verdict of acquittal, and the prisoner was ordered to be dis charged. IstcErtnra ma:sr.—James Stephens pleaded guilty to the charge of incendiarism, on the farm of Mr. Whinnerah, at Thornton, near Fleetwood, having set fire to a stack of wheat. The prisoner afterwards gave the information to the police. The defence was that the prisoner was in poverty, and that he had done it for the purpose of being taken into custody. The prisoner was sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. ROBBERY AT ST. HELENS.—Mary Holcroft, 23, a charwo man in the house of Mr. Thomas Richards, at Sutton, was in dicted for stealing £lO 12s. The money was found in the prisoner's residence, corresponding with the amount which had been stolen. On the day of the robbery the prisoner went to the house, and offered to assist the servant, Mary Bate, to make the beds. She asked the servant to go down stairs for the clothes brush ; this could not be found, and the servant was absent about ten minutes. When the servant returnee., the prisoner was in the club-room, and the prisoner said there was some money in the pockets, and she refused to brush them. She then left the house. The prisoner was found guilty, and his lordship considered it was his duty, after the wicked defence the prisoner had set up, to transport her. However, he would not allow this to influence him, but he would sentence her to twelve months' hard labour. BIGAMY SENTENCES. Catherine Goodman, who was charged with bigamy, pleaded that she had been mar ried to her first husband, and that her husband had been three years and a half dead ; that he was in the Crimea; and that she had had one child by him, which was dead. The knowledge of this was derived from her neighbours, but it had turned out that he was only wounded. The prisoner's father was produced, who believed the husband had been dead when his daughter was married. His Lordship : the sentence of the court is, that you be sen tenced to seven days' imprisonment, and that you be dis charged to-day. (The date of the sentence commencing from the time of the assizes.)—John Mason, who was charged with the same offence against Mary Flood, in Liverpool, was sen tenced to twelve months' hard labour.—John Henry Doran, smith, Baxter-street, Adlington-street, Liverpool, was in dicted for illegally marrying Catherine Sullivan at the Regis trars'-office, Islington, in 1841. The registrar's notice was put in, but his lordship decided that it was no decisive proof. Bridget Regan, who was present at the registrar's office in Islington, said, the prisoner was sixteen years of age, but he had no whiskers, and she could not tell whether he was able to be married or not : they spent the " honey week " at her house. Alice Harris, residing with her brother in Comber mere-street, said she was married to the prisoner at St. Michael's Church on the Ist of April, 1853 ; she was not aware the prisenor was married until three months ago. The parties lived at Nos. 1 and 12, Combermere-street, Tosteths park, and were married at St. Michael's in the Hamlet, in the parish of Walton. She left him through his ill-treatment. Mr. Wheeler, for the prisoner, contended that there was no evidence to prove that the parties were brought to gether. The jury found the prisoner guilty. His lordship, in delivering sentence, observed that the case was a very aggravated one, and sentenced the prisoner to twelve months' hard labour. CHILD-MURDER AT CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY.—AIIII Pear son, 29, was indicted for having murdered her infant child, at Mr. Whittle's farm, on the 31st March last. A boy, eleven years of age, named James Moores, was trundling his hoop, which went into a ditch, and whilst getting it out, hs found the body of a child. The boy called the attention of William Aimes, a police-officer, who took it to the house of Mrs. Bur roughs, a mile and a-half from where it was found. He then went to the prisoner and asked if she had had a child; and the reply given was that it had died in the Chorlton workhouse. This the officer declared to be an untruth, as she had left it on the 29th, with her child alive and well. She was then taken to the Police-station, where she said she had been staying with a Mrs. Wilde, in Lord-street, Hulme, but no such person could be found.—Mary Nuttall and Mrs. Cooke, nurses in the Chorl ton Workhouse, Mrs. Barrow, Silver-street, Hulme, Mrs. Pearson, the prisoner's mother, and a man named Pearson, who buried a child at St. George's Church, Hulme, on the Ist April, together with Mr. Stephenson, a surgeon residing at Stretford, and Mr. Golland, of Manchester, were examined for the prosecution. The jury retired, and, after an absence of three quarters of an hour, returned a verdict of not guilty. His lordship intended to have proceeded further (it being now past nine o'clock,) but the Clerk of the Crown was able to procure only three jurymen ; a list of about thirty was called out, and no answer being given, a fine of £5 was imposed. His lordship afterwards relented, and the fine was expunged. SENTENCE. James Rawsthorne had pleaded guilty to two indictments for larceny, at Sutton, after being convicted of felony. His lordship thought it would be better to tran sport the prisoner at once : it would save a great deal of trouble. The prisoner had only come out of gaol in April. He was sentenced to penal servitude for four years. John Holt pleaded guilty to stealing fowls at Warrington, after being twice convicted of felony.—The prisoner I tell yo'th' :truth, my lord, I've got my living by prigging for the last twenty years.—His Lordship : Then, you would like to go across, ,would you ? Yes sir.—His Lordship : Well, I find am not able to comply with your wishes upon this indictment, and the court sentences you to four years penal servitude. John Bowen, who pleaded guilty on tbree sepirate indict ments to robbing dwelling-houses in Manchester, Bolton, and Blackburn, was sentenced to 18 months' hard labour. The court rose shortly before seven. NISI PRIUS COURT.—TUBSDAY,, AUGUST 14. (Before Air. Justice Crowder.) THOMAS v. W l LLitaag,—ln this "caSe, at he t suggestion of Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, who appeared for the plaintiff, a ver dict was taken by consent for £3OO. In ARMITAGE v. MARLAND, an action brought to recover WEDNESDAY. BURGLARYO—GFIRISiiaWeiiiiTn(iged 25), silk dyer, was convicted of having, on the 30th June last, broken into the house of Joshua Johnson, a provision dealer, at Pendleton. The prisoner was also convicted of a similar offence at the house of Mr. Thomas Starkie, at Blackburn, on the 25th of June. Sentence, four years' penal servitude. HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.--John Langan and James Bradburn, both masons, were indicted for having robbed James Sing, with great personal violence, on the night of the 9th of April, at Manchester. The jury returned a verdict of "not guilty." BIGAMY.—Thomas Bently, labourer, was indicted for mar rying Ann Bond, on the 18th October/1851, his former wife, Mary Bently, being still alive. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and his lordship sentenced him to seven days' impri sonment, and refused to allow the costs of prosecution. FALSE REGISTRY.—James Dawson, excise officer, pleaded guilty to obtaining, at Bury, on the Ist of April, 10s. 6d., from William Kershaw Booth, by false pretences. Commis CASE OF PERJURY.—John Taylor, smith's striker, was charged with perjury at Bolton. On the 28th of June last the prisoner went to Mr. Balshaw, the district registrar of Bolton, and stated that an infant daughteri of his had died in convulsions, and that there had been no medical attendant. He then expressed his desire to register the death, and applied for and obtained a certificate of registry. He had not had any child dead, and was convicted of having obtained the re gistry on a false pretence. He was sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve months, with hard labour. HOUSEBREAKING AT SALFORD.—George Benson, labourer, was indicted for breaking into the house of Mr. Thomas Whipp, at Salford, on the 28th of May, during the absence of the family at a funeral, and stealing £7 13s. and various arti cles of jewellery. Verdict, not guilty. ROBBERY AT KERSLEY.—Joseph a Knight, stone-mason, William Price, labourer, Ann Evans, factory-worker, Alice Knight, charwoman, and Phoebe Jones, factory-worker, were charged, the first with stealing and the others with receiving, knowing the things to have been stolen. Knight pleaded guilty. Various portions of the property were found upon the other pri soners, with the exception of Joseph Knight. There was a second charge against all the prisoners, of having stolen three pieces of calico and 70 yards of cotton cloth from the bleaching ground of Messrs. John Burd and Co., at Radcliffe, near Bury, on the 20th of April. Joseph Knight again pleaded guilty. William Price, Phoebe Jones, and Alice Knight were found guilty of receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen. REWARD FOR FEMALE COURAGE.—His lordship called up Mrs. Chappell, and ordered her to be rewarded with £5, as an acknowledgment of her courage and activity in securing a burglar (George Marsden) who broke into her husband's house, at Manchester, on the 3rd of April, and pleaded guilty of the offence on Monday. BURGLARY BY A O'Brien, factory-worker, was charged with breaking into the house of Henry Hart, at Ashton-in-Mackerfield, on the 9th of May last, and stealing a pair of boots, a chemise, and other articles. The prisoner was found guilty, but strongly recommended to mercy, or to be sent to a reformatory institution. MANSLAUGHTER AT MANCHESTER.—Thomas Hayes, labourer, was indicted for having caused the death of his wife, Maria Hayes, at Manchester. Upon the evidence his lordship directed the jury to acquit the prisoner, which they did ATTEMPTING TO DROWN A SwxxnamaT.—Edward. Aspinall, factory-worker, was charged with attempting to drown Mary Connolly, at Stretford, near Manchester. Both parties worked in factories, and they were courting. The jury returned a verdict of guilty. His lordship sentenced him to transportation for 15 years. The prisoner, on going down the steps of the dock, clattered his clogs in jig fashion, a n d gave vent to a shrill " cock-a-doodle do !" THURSDAY. BURGLARY AT LIVERPOOL—Patrick Scott, a shoemaker, was indicted for having, at Liverpool, on the 4th April last, broken into the dwelling-house of John Austin Tilley, and stolen therein several gold rings, three gold brooches, a n d other property. The prisoner was found guilty, and several previous convictions having been proved against him, he was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL—Ann Cain, a charwoman, was charged with the manslaughter of Mary Inglis. The circumstances under which the deceased met her death are briefly these :—On the afternoon of the 19th April, the de ceased went to the house of a man named Adams, where she met the prisoner and several other women. They had some drink together, and a quarrel took place. The prisoner and deceased engaged in a very violent discussion, which resulted in blows being exchanged. The two rolled together on the floor, tearing each other like two enraged cats, until they got near the fire, when the prisoner jumped up, seized the kettle of boiling water from the fire, and emptied its contents over the deceased, who was lying on the hearthstone. The other women then interfered. The scalded woman was conveyed to the house of her husband in Bay.horse-lane, and was subsequently removed to the infirmary. Erysipelas set SATURDAY. BIGAMY.—John Lenuon, 47, pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy with Mary Donnelly, at Ballymore, on the 12th December. 1854, his former wife being then alive. ALLEGED CHILD MURDERS.—Elizabeth Hird, 40, a ser vant in the house of Mr. Darlington, at Lowton, near New ton, was acquitted on a charge of child murder.—Alice Wrigley, a servant to Mrs. Hartley, of the Britannia Tavern, Middleton, was found guilty of endeavouring to conceal the birth of a child, and sentenced to four years' hard labour.— Elizabeth Wilson was indicted for wilful murder, but the bill having been thrown out by the grand jury, she was charged with concealing the birth of a female child at Liverpool. She lived as servant with Mrs. Mary Ann Hankers, 50, Pitt-street, Liverpool. Guilty, and sentenced to three months' imprison ment. WILFULLY DAMAGING MACHINERY.— Joshua Harper was charged with having wilfully damaged a " mangle." He was employed at the bleaching works of Messrs. Rule and Davis, Blackrod. Henry Scholes, a fellow workman, said that he (Scholes) was working a " night shift" on the 17th April, when, about midnight, the prisoner came into the room intoxicated. He had no business to be there at that time. Witness's mangle was working in perfect order at the time, and continued to do so for about three quarters of an hour. The prisoner charged him with "rucking him up with too much work," the goods having to pass through his hands in the next process of manufacture. Scholes desisted from his work, mid told the prisoner that he had finished for the night. Prisoner then asked him to " do two more pieces," an d pu t the machine into gear himself , The mangle began to revolve, and Scholes immediately discovered that the cloth then in it was being damaged, and he threw it out of gear. On look ing he found that the piece of cloth was very much torn, but he said nothing at the time. They both remained about fifteen minutes, and then left the mangle-room and went way. The prisoner afterwards took the cloth to the watch man on the premises, and told him it would do to build his xr [AUGUST 21, 1,3c0(1. fora ( damages done by the defendant, in malting a A s t into certain property near Todraorden , were mortgagees, but to which the defendant th.Tl,,e, a claim, was decided by a verdict for plaintiffs : clan' e „ er eo— FitAsEn v. EccLEs, an action brought to rece , „ss tion for the use of a certain description of patent PIN mules, was referred, a nominal verdict being, enter" plaintiff. 0 INIO 4 BREACH OF PROMISE OF MAnituar.-- WHIPP.—This was an action brought by the P .4, f OF, recover damages for a breach of premise for° tbr, Mr. Hill, Q.C., with Mr. Sowler, appeared gOlO tiff; and Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, with Tdr...,got the defendant. The plaintiff in this case is 11 4" carries on business at Whitworth, Rochdale. ree, ici sh a heart hrnlme of the h ,t h e aHt son, ihs el,V,i• visits ir o tes , q t u o en b t be becamey is a butcher, in business in the same town, and l e l of whicheth_ers hi younger than plaintiff—their respectives ago bPC and 35 years. Miss Dewsbury, some three Yea r : be A with Mr. Whipp's father, and, in course of time , ,, or ect of IT ler ' , left the parental stall, and opened a new one ne ar t..4o ' w ore I'''f / 0 so difficult did he find it to tear himself awasliiii?Vi' stopped with x,05 fl fact which, in course of time, led to the introdr-v,' e ty : 0 world of a son and heir to the DewsburY ,P,,r°l event cooled Mr. Whipp's ardour. He eeasea ', i e s a ti* dieted his proposals of marriage, and insinua' ~•,0,,i diet Scseninr the victim instead of the seducer . ' Under these c ; 3,, D e ar more t h e and obj Miss Dewsbury sought consolation from th e l 'fjt , ' 7 ; g sß lu r a c l ic ifie v d . by equivocal jtohkisescaa:de srlieeemeio after b a patient hearing, valued her sorrows A rs ,tl l , personnel, and modesty , from Sergeant 1 "w" ;0 fendant's leading counsel.' rej ct° by consent for the plaintiff.—Damages 443°. ~.! .r. WEDNESDAY. vo <r 3 ° 4 'MANCHESTER AND LONDON LIFE AS S ,' v OS Of i t ASSOCIATION V. STRICKLAND.—This acao 4 to o r recover £276 which the defendant was ul le ' e vtv• ),' ceived in excess of his salary of Z4O O P er : 0 .11 0 4 4 fendant was the London actuary of te, &felted salary was fixed at 2400 per annum. °,O. ogif from October, 1852, to June, 1855, 2:, Y 8 7";375,',, i$ 4 X 1,100; but the defendant paid himself,''defeD'Ae to a salary of £5OO per annum. For th e r olleri? l , l alleged that Mr. Howell, the general man g o £; ,11' ) :,,0 0 had promised Mr. Strickland a salary 9 1 , 1 01 i , ~,„,' cots 1 faith of this promise Mr. Strickland pauto,h" for m ill! of £5OO per annum, with the full knoiero6 3 r e& and the directors; that the accounts cony"" 7.i 0 1 so," were properly audited, and subsequent- 1 0 to° t 4 , directors, with a full knowledge that )Ir. itotitY, himself at the- rate of £5OO per annule• e ictr,„te,V l therefore, that the company could not r ,,`` e 'Pcirt!, defendant.—His lordship held there wa s ' e se cy jury found a verdict for the plaintiffs for th, tiiis jo ~, SIMPSON AND ANOTHER V. TETLOW : ".:481%,", i lk was an action on a bill of exchange for o.' t ' taken for the amount claimed. , 07, ) r )1 / GREEN AND OTHERS (ExEcuToits ...,,, e s ~, action was brought by the executors of .It o t7 l O late of Burnley, ironfounder, to recover l'Anti 0 / Norton Fletcher, cotton spinner, a sum el ‘ ,01 5 1 balance in a partnership account, and for A ., 1 A ir livered. A verdict was taken for plaintiffs i'v,i WILLIAMSON AND ANOTHER V. NOEL' .-- tO t " fended"action on three bills of exchange; ,111, 4 Verdict for the plaintiff for the full amullA',,'oo',. j I DE ARTERA V. STOLTERFOIIT AND `' - t igli F f statement of the case, it appeared the Ow l be p , 4 residing in Havana, and in the course of t D i e is ' was master of the brig Triuinfante , ,,,,. oe 0 : ) , Havana on the 2nd of February, I° l4 A d; Liverpool, where she arrived on the 10th °' '9'071 the voyage he experienced very bad weather, 0110.,.. to cut away the deck boats and other thing!: A:9 , 4 Messrs. Stolterfoht and Co., were znerchaT'in 094 pool, and they were not the real defenduVrej soAf i the Ist day of March, the vessel encolle l ., e Oil'AVor wind, and many articles belonging to trP e peiT4 overboard. When the plaintiff arrived l a d s cit • j o id a protest of the loss, and communie 3te , i o owners of the cargo, and amongst otherl,VA "wolf The master of the vessel had a right t'a t he g e t Wfi not only the freight on the cargo, but „" e t ie, ; fl i p ' was paid. The plaintiff had no wish t° '' A rti e oil an arrangement was come to between the ii,is e r de f ijko i should be stated by the average rates. : „,t 0034 Mr. L. Bailey made the amount as ag sL ,'"; of,', e def[ e pp t` { £49 lls. 10d. An agreement was drPiDe „, - ,(l"tfit: Messrs. Stolterfoht, but, subsequently '",itr,7o„',. London refused to pay the general averet:, bo-,a P.• action was brought to recover the aleL4tti to' , had been heard at great length, his i v 1/ '' , si' / ' pleas submitted were not proved, ape' ~,, c.o' , plainfiff—damages 249 lls. 4d. i o tv / 4s' WOOD V. SMITH AND ANOTHER." --- ,40 for the plaintiff was taken by consent. i ,.,10 SAME V. SAME.—A verdict for the F'''' h et /' in this case. 1.6- RUSHFORD v. BROWN.—In this sented to by the plaintiff for £5O. SMITH AND ANOTHER (Exn et action was brought by the exec, to recover £l3O on a pror ni :fs r. defendant, James Smith, ° w Driver. The defendant hadriEid 1852, when he ceased to PsY i one-th she bequeathed the interest At e f o r their ' James Smith and his the survivor, and then to to their plaintiffs, for the amou nt claimed. PYECROFT V. LIARRIS.—This was a bill of exchange for £22 14s. Cd. Tor the amount clai med. BENNETT AND ANOTHER V. B. This action was brought to recover garden at Pemberton, near Wigan. year 1853 a similar action of ejectm , one of the present defendants, Alier went by default; a writ of possessi was taken out, and possession given place was left vacant, and the d e fena. , it. A verdict was given for the plaintin,..iiis Mossor V. MACKLY.—The plaintiff ney and solicitor, practising in GraYs% e a t defendant, Mr. Mackay, was a partner j ie d tl formed on the cost-book principle, and eal_ii i l Mining Company. in the course of procer.„„ol incurred by the company. Actions were4'r":ll Medd, who was one of the partners. , d j, 9 ,,5, tiff, defended those actions for Mr. 31 ,_ e „ Wo , applied to the Court of Chancery to tnyterit company wound up. Some of the sharew:aolr o i f, the defendant, thinking it would not he „'oel' j i ti t ii the affairs of the cam an wound uP,. I , 11,9Pti# Medd harmless from the actions whic;tiVe, against him, and pay his costs to the Pit n e ellifr applying to the Court of Chancery, ill ti'd ~ oct ilei t proceedings being taken to wind up the s' P l ot: an agreement being entered into with P t ' t ,:p,, g 11 , , P and the purser of the company, to this ag r o le? with this agreement the proceedings ,wer e 0 5 e cO o ftil not having been paid, the present actiel tt, e sl l t the defendant, to recover a sum of s fi : e ', o " 4' —The court, having partly heard the el l o' half-past six o'clock. tl'e 4' ) / THURSDAY. of fe MOSSOF V. 31Acia.r.—At the sitringoid e t o , morning, the jury returned a verdict for te raic` i t ; ABBEY V. MARTIN.—In this case l' Q af 4, consent, for the plaintiff, damages, X 2 ,l;fold, e t ort; I SMITH V. IRwlN .— This was an ntl'i ic',;;ct ' If the acceptor of a bill of exchange. — cav 4/1 Acceptance, and the jury returned s t. t sii amount of the principal, and 4s. intere s 4 o s /4 .ASHWORTH AND ANOTHER, EOC: prev o F k l'' ANOTHER.—The declaration was upon 1.' 04 - if,' 6 14 i? the defendants pleaded that they did 130 "dig i rrr plaintiffs, David Ashworth, land agent ~,siz e r,„ ,'"ii fi ham Eaves, near Burnley, and John 11 n ts 'Pk( tors of the late Peter Lord ; the defenu s- j0,t 1 ,41 . 71 brothers, and the action was brought 3g i, e I ti et , S £25 and interest upon a promissory r'io' t bu t yl August, 1849. According to the ease. ; s,,e z „prio l o/ money for which the note was given ..-- ( 1 P'" v.of Ar Benjamin Lord, who is a labourer,. n n i,iol. jr,1 11 ; labourer, signed the note as surety with it ari o ft r. ) , October last, Peter Lord made his 141 , 0 0, 15 , WO plaintiffs his executors. About three' s i peol' e jiro9 on looking through his books and docti n ipotle I' i found the promissory note in question , i d op i s j e journal which the deceased had kept, Idict ' , e -j, his handwriting. The jury found a 'v e ,Iff • V) damages £32 10s. Ot her i? (•1 The case of " Leake v. Young and an ° when the court rose. TV LEAKE V. YOUNG AND A N OTHElLf:i e ro l) : e cl il ;l, action stated that the defendants halJ A pa ti1",4,?f.:4% his goods ; and the defendants pleatlesail . :l ', not the goods of the plaintiff. John of j 'le r liVt cloth manufacturer, at Holmfirth, o f Irie i i aic s .„' defendants were the official assign e ue ,,,oo . l ,l which had taken place by Mr. I , ,e a t pe, tlif D ere,i l c l)l ,, , " was brought under an order of psi `0,01',..0e' whom the plaintiff had appealed alqe".ol', t .", bankruptcy, in order to determine : l A, ''eo, t ts rof .4 case a good petitioning creditor's Li e ejO e r 1,b,1" bankruptcy. The plaintiff, who was., t or, iett i 'd .j r f admitted that he had sent 10s. to sr nl rin i tbill ierl, tion fee in his difficulties. The f o ' " x;da t .4l 4, 4 the clerk of the court : oi Vr+ " me .1. I N it The figure of the heavens at the feb' 413'a0 tape no at 10 hours 15 a.m., the Ist of (La 1 1l 0 t‘ o !0) no doubt you had better emigrat e ' t vott, c i E eS oh never do well where you are ; h e 101,,„ col of r i 4 4 :' very successful, after a long voYag e ' AS rbe , 3 1 0te? south-east—that is, to Australi% m ust g oe" so evtt is a different matter entirely, an o ,i s ii °.ii O c t 0 1 0 P, 20s. (Loud laughter.) If Yon 0 12 1 , sl' i 'ij lii" time selected to set off from he rs Vi:iil to ' .vi a fee of 10s. (Renewed laughte r iiod I' s t ije" nearly when you think of Ong:. 0 10 43 i day and hour. Your well wishievv_ii t he t ae This case was not concluded n` g ittil i t c4, v nip.AY . At it s of t IVO .. rt ,.--- . o der , e 3, 0" r LEAKS V. YOUNG AND Alf oTi t t, e rel oal dir er', 0 ( ing the court proceeded to hear " lor d s hip 0 ,1001 after a protracted hearing. hi., ' w s - ' it h a 11 mote A return a verdict for the plaintein, dents t ° . / iT l e t V ; leave was given to the def II viD 6S ;i telf raised. N iv.00 ,9- g otio - 40' ei SEDUCTION.—BATEVAIf A v . .,,,,, for se&ttle i j e ci o 4l action to recover comPengwto'r o f the „ te br ~, fi ro ,31, 4 in this action was the prerrie 0 . Ile i ' l r i i c h fel' Ole at the Old Swan, near LiNeriainities I° ,, c hild. A z ov nate ; and, amongst othe! ' r oo f it ie ss le VV. that of the ruin and ding I, was a cattle-dealer, in a l ar g e h s o u s e l' e P' ad b i, ' 0 ,5 the habit.of frequenting. th: ‘ . ___ nrr i a ge, .. 3 ce ed wit ~' had allured her by promise I 7 . 1.: ba d pru g i3o, ,' attentions to her. After the e_ i a7 o g ive . 10 ,9 0 . length, the defendant agre e " . rhe arc 9, which was accepted. ~T r ae,• wh ich "p", po WILD AND WIF E V. o f X4Ol idiom stiA) the sun). . (.% case sought to recover . virilde , . th iao, / g i , lr' l rl i the deceased husband of W 3 f r . ?by ie. .Ja cks th e ' in the hands of the defendant,verY 5 11 . 131' , t ii JP particulars of the case `,hickvre.r 11; 1 . 1)4 1 1 p p t tfilt called the Lord Elgin , it r supercargo, and the difetrldearciot; sailed from Liverpool for st il- o f f . A t fr o i riis . d e i s 't t t l' il t il,c' nd, Previens to 0 1 1 0 0 0 ,' August Mr. Ward died; s t_ cting hire oi oei o Fet e; to Mr. Phythian £4O, in IT" When Mr. Phythian returned, h e i c : it O s some parties ; but the defendant Es tu. r - , c ase 51. 0 t ftt, tl 4 lre s , 5. ) 1 , 1 1 1 4 ~I ) ,: x Toßs) 11 ; 13:71-,444, ecutors 0 , tOokil Dry note gi klke s as the W:Y. f, 445, 01 le interest ,41 p p , 7e9 t the death 00, tl)ers'l3,), :hird of XseVi st4eti, joint 1ice5.,,,,,ijr the'hCz Lt. children. ' dkf qie t e l Jej N u,. r i us an ncl,ef f r ti , e , S oli 4 C 44 of t 1. Verclic' 4 4 4 M ito,, .lii k i 1, pl cOt' s hi,lt '' lARRO:A,,CS, t , 00 4 ' 4 der l4 tii .posseo' ~.0.1 btr,i ~:end . It nibrfig.k tr th 4l ~ 05 ,al-et i s L e fluent .00,,,,,At0 t o ue d, ice 13Arloisli 44t1tis nn' rlO . ' en to °f o ol; / t 'll,,,ec'tiso renda!ts 0/ tt,Zls'4g. - - 'S- i SOO' 4 ? t ia k r 4 tl efi rtint4e