The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-12 00:00:00

~. ... ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, '7 SOUTH LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. CROWN COURT. V - - ESTE RDAY. • • Baron Alderson entered the.court at nine o'clock this morning. CHARGE OF VIOLATION.---John Hugh, aged 28, engine ten t e r, was charged with having, at Rainsvk orth, on the Ist July, 1856, feloniously assaulted and ravished Rachel Lowe. It appeared that the accusation was not made until the 4th of November. The jury found the prisoner - . not guilty. CAUSING THE DEATH OF A CHlLD.—Nancy Green, aged 23, factory-hand, was charged with having at Bolton, on the 29th of August, feloniously killed a female child. It appetred that a woman going into a tavern called the Stork, in Bolton, found a bundle in a passage, which contained a newly born female infant. She took it to the house of a neighbour, and subse- Tiputly to the police station, where it was washed. The child was theo extremely feeble, and had the livid appearance usually caused by exposure. It was very insufficiently clothed. It was then taken to the work house, where on the following evening it expired. Mr ;Carruthers, surgeon, examined the child, and attributed its death to exposure. On the 23rd of September, be examined the prisoner, who had been arrested on suspicion, and was of opinion that she had been delivered of a child, but he could not positively state that as a fact. The woman, however, in conversation with him, admitted that she had had a child. A officer, who arrested the prisoner, deposed I ; . , at s h e admitted to him that she had had a child ., and that it was the same which was found iu the t;tork tavern. Mr. Bowler conducted the prosec " . .:ton, and Mr. Fearnley defended the prisoners 1. ",,e jury found the prisoner not guilty. CHARGE OF 'CHILD MURDER AT BLACEBURN.—Mary Brady, age d , 22, servant, was indicted for the wilful inilrdr7 of her male infant child at Blackburn. The P r :soner was a servant at the house of Mr. Scholes, at Lower Darwen, near Blackburn, but on the 6th of September, the complained to Mrs. Scholes of being ill, stating that she had fallen down stairs. She expressed a men to go to her aunt's for a few days, but on getting - permission, instead of going to her aunt's, she took a lodging in the town. She was there delivered of a male child, about ten o'c'ock that night. She remained there until the 11th of September,. when she left with the child, saying she was going by train to a place r: e' Church. The prisoner went back to her serve.ee at Mr. Scholes' house next day ; the child was n ever again seen alive. On the 16 th of Sept e m ber, I}. e body of a child, in a state of almost total decoweposition, was found by; some boatmen in the Lecd's and Liverpool Canal, near the outlet of hot water om a mill. A stone, weighing some 6 lb. or 7 Ib.. ''../as attached to the child's clothe which were ,PT'efed to be similar to those worn by the prisoner's r eeild when she left her lodging. On her return `.o her service, she was accused by Mrs. Scholes of .aving giver, birth to a child during her absence, but denied it, On the 21st of September she left the house, saTt ig she would not stay any longer, because of the reports which were in circulation respecting her. After leaving the house, she went back to the lodging where she bad been. There she told the landlady that when she left the house, on the night of the 11th, she Was attacked by three men who nearly muitheed her, and took her child away. The child had been christened John Kenyer, which she stated to ba the name of i's father, a soldier in the Crimea. The surgeon who had examised the dead child, was unable to state whether it was alive or dead when put into the canal. The jury accordingly acquitted the prisoner. GAROTTE ROBBERY AT 111ANC llESTER.—Patrick Dowlan, oged 17, was charged with haying assaulted and at tempted to rob Abel Clegg, at Manchester, ott the 17th of last November. On the night in question, it appeared that the p-osecutor was attacked by the prisoner and two other men. Two of them held him round the throat, so tightly that he was nearly choked, while the third searched his pockets. He had in his pocket £lO in gold, and during the struggle seven sovereigns were taken out of his pocket, but they were afterwards found in the breast of his waistcoat. The jury found the prisoner His lordship sentenced him to be transported re - h'eentv years. FORGING A BIL.- C" F. xcnifioz.—John Lei e n, " s ea t, egeut, was charged with feloniously forging, at Manchester, on the 4th of October, the endorsement upon a certain bill of,exchange, with intent to defraud Mr. oveoproopted:' was stated that on the day in question the prisoner preSented a bill to Mr, Sharpies, agent, Corporation street, Manchester, for £49 17s 6d, drawn by Matthew Kain upon John Lees. It purported to he endorsed by Matthew Kain, accepted by Mr. Lees, and payable t' order by the drawer three months after date. The prisoner stated that Mr. Kain had sent him with the bill, which was accordingly cashed by Mr. Sharpies. The signatures were afterwards found to be not genuine., The jury found the prisoner guilty of uttering a forged note knowing it to ba forged. Mr. Sharpies earnestly recommended the man to the mercy of the court on account of his years. His Lordship sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned, and kept to hard labour for two years. iVlichael Foy was put up on a charge of manslaughter hpnn a coroner's inquisition. The grand jury ignored the hills againet this man. No evidence was now offered on the part of the crown, and the prisoner was accord ingly discharged. THE TICKET OF LEAVE SYSTEM. During the day the Grand Jury came into court, and the Foreman read the following document : —" My Lord, before claiming their release from the duties imposed I ugon them by a calendar containing no less than 120 prisoners, and 88 distinct offences against the law, the grand jury desire to record their sense of the great value of the observations addressed to them by your lordship, upon their entrance into this court, with respect to the effects of the recently introlueed system of granting tickets of leave to convicts before the expiration of their term, without any greater security of their future good . conduct than that which was derived from their good behaviour under the restraint of prison discipline and the constant surveillance of its officers. The grand jury • trid, from the report of Colorel Jebb, dated Bth May, 1856, that the record of the conduct and industry of each prisoner is the only guide in granting tickets of leave, • and that the report expressly disclaims any obligation on the part of the chaplain to satisfy himself on the moral reformation of a prisoner, as a previous condition of his release or license. It may be quite true, that such a con dition might be a bonus to hypocrisy, and open the door to much abuse; but the grand jury submit that - good conduct alone, in the absence of any temptations or opportunity to do evil, can never be a sufficient guarantee against a relapse into crime. In Colonel Jebb's report, • it is stated that the total annual per tentage or re-con victed offenders upon the whole number so released, .amounts to no more than 32 per cent. upon the average taken ever since the act of the 16th and 17th Victoria, c. 99, came into operation, a period of two years and tve months. Without denying that this return affords gratifying result, inasmuch as it shows that nearly 97 . per cent. of the holders of these licenses have not hitherto come again within statistics of this country, the grand jury still entertain an opinion that the time has been too silort to allow any general conclusions to be drawn that it is by no means certain that many of these will not relapse into crime, or that they are not even now living in the commission of crime without the detection of the law ; and, finally, they point to the • serious pro?ortion shown in the present calendar of the amount of crime committed by the holders of tickets of leave,—about 10 per cent. of the whole offences against the laws, whether they regard the num ber of offenders, or the nature of the offences with which • they are charged. Amongst the twelve holders of tickets of leave there are seven charged with 87 burglary, four charged with assault and robbery, e and one with arson. Some of the assaults were of the ' l -' • character of those commonly called " Garotte robberies," and several instances show the offences to have been -/watecommitted by more than one person, offer during evi stft rclenee that the convicts have returned to bad associates as 1- "l'X'Avell as to evil habits. The grand jury entirely disdain any intention to question the accuracy of Colonel Jehb's returns, but they respectfully submit to your lordship, and to the public generally,' that the result of every day's experience are such as to warrant them in looking with great jealousy upon any continuance of a system under which a serious Aggravation of the amount of offences against person and property can be clearly shown to been I caused by this alteration i n our c riminal law. They view with much alarm the possible effects of uncertainty, not in the infliction of punishment, but hi its probable duration ; and they areseonvinced that habitual °Renders are likely to derive much encouragement from the prospect thus held out to them of obtaining a partial, if not a total remission of their sentence, and to look upon the sentence of a court of law as a z' merely nominal punishment, which rosy , easily ' evaded before the full penalty of crime has e.en exacted. In offering these opinions, the grand jurY do no {need s seek to prejudge the question of the mode and extent of secondary punishment, a subject, as they are aware, surrounded with difficulties ; but only to indicate the danger which is to be apprehended, and to draw the attention of the legislature to the alarm which they believe to exist among the public, arising from this source. In conclusion, the grand jury respectfully offer to your lordship their grateful acknowledgments of the public service rendered by the seasonable and forcible expression of your lordship's deliberate judge— ment in this important matter.—Signed on behalf of the grand jury, , 6 W. ENTWISTLE, Foreman. " To the Hon. Sir Edward Hal. Alderson, Knight, One of the Barons of H.M.'s Court of Exchequer. " 6 December 11, 1856," His lordship took the resolution from the foreman, stating that he was much obliged to the grand jut) , for their.kind expressions regarding him. He added that he would forward the document to the Secretary of State. - - - - The grand jury, having concluded all their business, were shortly afterwards discharged. The court rose shortly before six. SECOND COURT. Mr. Sergeant Channell took his seat on the Bench In the Court, at nine o'clock. GAROTTE ROBBERY Tri LISETWOOL.—Peter Duff, aged 20 ; John Kelly, aged 26, labourer; and Thomas Kelly, aged 24, a sawyer ; stood indicted with having, at Liverpool, on the 22nd of September last, assaulted and robbed Edward Jones, and stolen from his person a watch, a purse, and I Is. Bd. Mr. Aspinall conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Atkinson and Mr, Scott defended the prisoners. The prosecutor, Ed ward Jones, was in the employ of Mr. Lee, who keeps a shop in Toxteth Park. On the night of the robbery, he left his shop shortly before twelve o'clock, and had proceeded to within about twe l ve yards of his own dwelling dome, when he 'aw the shadow of a man from behind him. lie turned round and saw the prisoner, Peter Duff, following him, and immediately after he was seized from behind, by the neck, by another person. He was then robbed and violently assaulted. He Identified the prisoners Duff and Thomas Kelly, as two of the parties who had taken a part in the robbery and in the assault. He was perfectly sober at the time, having only a few minutes before left his employment. Jane Phillip., lived iu Bedford street. On the night of the robbery she was standing at the corner of the street. She siw three men running away ; two, Peter Duff and John Kelly, went off at Ann street, and the other man into Frank street. Just before that, she had heard the cry of murder, and police. For the defence, it was attempted to set up an alibi for the prisoner, Thomas Kelly, but the evi dence failed. The jury, after considerable delibera tion returned a verdict of " guilty " against all the pri%oners. Duff having been before convicted and im prisoned for burglary, was sentenced to transportation for life. The other two prisoners were sentenced each to fifteen years' transportation. BURGLARY AT SALFORD, —Joseph Keightley, aged 22, fruit dealer, Elizabeth Keightley, his wife, aged 22, Sarah Varley, aged 24, charwoman, Francis Donnelly, aged 24, factory hand, and George Johnson, aged 23, hootmaker, were placed on their trial, charged with having at Salford, on the 7th September, 1856, bur glariously broken and entered the dwelling house of James Wagstaff, and stolen therefrom a large quantity of property, consisting of watches, watch guards, &c. Mr. Milne and Mr. Hie-gin appeared for the prosecu tion. Mr. Sowler defended Keightley and his wife. Mr. Wheeler, Johnson ; Mr. Fernley, Donnelly, and Parley was defended by Mr. Aspinall. The prosecutor is a pawnbroker; at Salford. On the morning of Sunday, the 7th September la , t, he and his wife retired to rest about one o'clock, and at that time all was secure in the house. They rose next morning at seven olelock, and then found that during the night the house had been broken into, and .a considerable quantity of property stolen. 'They at once communicated the circumstance to the police, and in four hours after some members of the force visited Keightley's house, and there arrested all the prisoners. Some of the property was found on the prisoners' persons, while the rest was discovered secteted in different parts of the house. The case against the prisoners rested therefore on recent possession. Both the female prisoners were acquitted, but the remaining three were found guilty. Sentence deferred. The court rose at nine o'clock. THE CASE or AIiCHDEAC)N DENISON.—We understand that Archdeacon Denison, acting on the advice of his coun- Mr. Hugh Hill, Q C., will apply to the Court of Queen's Bench at the commencement of next term for a mandamus to compel the Court of Arches to entertain his appool aeaiLet the Bath judgment.— Guardian. Seven men lost their lives, by fire, at St. Louis (U.S.), lately. They were sleeping in a warehouse, and were not aware of their danger until they were surrounded by fire. The floors gave way first in the centre, and as they came down, the doomed men could be distinctly seen huddled together, and clinging to each other. A breathless silence pervaded the horror stricken spectators, and at the moment of the crash, the only other sounds that broke upon the ear were the crackling of the flumes and the shrieks of the sufferers, which could be heard abave all the rest. THE ALLEGED FRAUDS BY A RAILWAY CLERIC ON THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—In reference to the alleged frauds of, the late stationmaster at Ormskirk, the general manager of the East Lancashire Railway writes to say : " The facts are that John Johnson, late our station-master, at Ormskirk, was, in September last, discovered to have embezzled a sum of about twenty_nine rounds. He was then broug'it before the mag'strates at Bury, and was coma witted to take his trial at the Qaarter Sessions at Salford, in October last. Bail was taken for his appearance• ' he afterwards absconded, and has not since been heard of.— Johmon, on his appointment, gave, through the British Guarantee Seelety, the security invariably required by this company from every servant who has charge of money, and this company will not lose one penny by his defalcation." OPENING OF THE GRAND TRUNK RAILW.AY. For a week Montreal has been gay with , festive mirth and bril liant crowds. The weather during the railway celebration was delightful, and on the whole we have every reason to congratulate ourselves on having realised a great success. Nothing of the kind of equal magnitude, or so brilliantly successful, has taken place on this continent. Imagine a mile and a half of tables, bountifully covered with every del cacy, at which 4,000 guests were entertained. When " God save the gieen" was sang, and the whole crowd, Americans as we 1 as Canadians, joined enthusiastically in the chorus, the effect was most magnificent and thrilling, and will be long remembered by those who took part in it. In addition to the guests, at least 10,000 spectators visited the city on the occasion. The town was thronged as at a fair during the whole week. Montreal correspondent (Canadian News). A MONSTER SHARK.—The New Orleans Picayune tells the following :--" We have read many fish stories, and they are generally of that tenor that the very name inclines one to disbelieve them. We have one to tel t ; now, and, as we .know the person who was the main actor in the incident, we can vouch for its being true, particularly as there is ocular evidence of the matter. Some days ago, the captain of a ship at anchor outside the pass, threw overboard a shark hook baited, not expecting in the least ; as the captain himself says, to catch anything , of the fish tribe. There was hooked, however, a shark of the spotted kind, and, as it afterwards proved, a regular man-eater.' He had to be harpooned before his capture could be .effected. His size and weight may be imagined from the fact that it took 11 men to hoist him in, wit , , a double lift on, the naainyard.— The monster measured 17 feet 11 inches in length from tail to snout, and nine feet in circumference. • He had seven rows of teeth, three of the rows being almost hidden in the upper gums. His liver exactly filled up a beef barrel. In his paunch was found the body of a man in a halt decom posed state. So far as could be judged, the corpse was that of a wellsdressed man, of medium size—shirt White, with pearl buttons, coarse silk under shirt, cotton socks, and shoes nearly new, of the Congress gaiter kind. The shark had also in his stomach several pieces of old canvass, such as are used by vessels on their rigging. The jawbone of this sea pirate has been bronght up to the city. It is large enough to take in a sugar barrel." LONDON DESTITUTION.—The Rev Josiah Viney, minister of Bethnal Green Independent Chapel, writes to the Times describing a fearful state of destitution in the manufacturing portion of the metropolis. Mr. Viney says :—" lam the minister of a congi egation in the east of London, situated in a manufacturing district containing 70,000 souls. , The condition of a large portion of these Ouring the winter months is truly distressing. Myself and friends, in common with other ministers of the locality, do what we can by the distribution of bread, coals, and clothing, to alleviate their misery, but our efforts, of c.,nrse, are limited. By the aid of four city missionaries and twenty voluntary agents, we have under regular visitation 2,000 families, including at least 8,000 individuals. The scenes of woe which within this circle are witnessed are often heartrending. Let one suffice. In a room six feet square, the entire furniture of which is about seven shillings in value, exist nine persons— a-man, his wife, and seven children. The man is severely afflicted, unable to work. The wife earns a precarious sub ts-snence by washing and needlework. The entire proceeds of the family are 5s per week, out of which 2s must be regula ly paid for rent, or their all would be seized. ~ Why not go into the house ?' The poor fellow replied, I cannot bear to be parted from my wife and children.' 1 mention this case as coming under my own knowledge, and simply as an illustration of hundreds•more. This afternoon visited a policeman dying of consumption, the effect of ttlo daysws received on duty. His young wife had worked for three and, after walking to and fro a diStance of eight miles, ',id, her. heavy child hi her arms 4 bad received as the produce of her labour Is. lie, however, has a pension, but, having oeerdrawn it, was in the greatcst distress, and had parted Wit 2 his blanket and coverlet for food and fire." THE NORTHERN TIMES.-LIVERPOOL, THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. The usual weekly meeting of this committee was held at the Town Hall, yesterday. Mr. Alderman Dover pre sided. The other members of the committee present were Messrs. Shiel, M‘Guffie, Godfrey, Gladstone, Beek - with, A. C. Stewart, Hodson, Johnson, Haydock, and Holden. HEALTH OP THE TOWN. The medical officer of health reported that the extreme cold, for seven days continuance, *Filch set in towards the close of the week before last, caused a considerable increase in the mortality of the borough during the last week. The total deaths ivere 244, being 35 more than in the previous week, and more than in any week of the preceding, three months. The average mortality of the same week of the previous eight years, when corrected for increase of population, is pearly the sanie as the mortality of last week. in the parish, the deaths were 154; In the out townships, 90. Diseases of the lungs, including consumption, caused 92 deaths, or, without consumption, 70 ; a greater number than in any week since the intense frost in the spring of 1855. From diseases of the iymotic class there were 63 deaths, of which scarletina caused 18, croup 10, typhus 8, hooping cough 8, small pox 5 (two after vaccination), measles 4, and syphilis 2. The deaths from croup were more numerous than ever previously recorded in one week in Liverpo )1. Of the 244 who died from all causes, 144 were children and 100 adults. Several other reports were also read, including that of the borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of nuisances, *hd reported various particulars of the operations in their several departments during the week. from which it appeared that 162 dilapidated privies and ashpits *ere altered and repaired, 910 cesspools had been discharged, 68 nuisances complained of by inhabitants had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them, 484 houses in the unhealthiest district, containing 1,507 apartments and 185 cellars, had been put under exami nation, with the view of improving their sanitary condi tion, and 95 lodging houses had also been examined and reported upon. THE M&NTTRE QUESTION. One of the contractors (Rose) had made a complaint to the committee, that he had received information that the other contractor (Ellison) had been taking a large quantity of night soil from the St. G;m:ge's Hall cesspool, which belonged to him. Mr. Rose said that the stuff taken was pure execrement, and was of very great value to him ; artificial manure makers had offered £5 a load for it, but it was of much greater value than that, and he should value the twelve or fourteen loads taken by Ellison at £3O. Mr. Ellison was called, and he stated that he had been requested by Mr. M'Kenzie to remove the manure, and that he had been a loser by it, and should call upon the committee to indemnify him for it. Mr. M.Kenzie denied that he had ordered Mr. Ellison to empty the bin in question until he had been asked to do so ; what he was asked to do was, to take away some rubbish. E ich party was called into the room, and the subject underwent a strict and searching investigation, in the course of which the facts were elicited as stated by Mr. Rose. The parties having retired, Mr. Gladstone stated that the subject had assumed a more serious aspect than was at first contemplated—it was, that one of their contractors bad been guilty of a felony, by taking away the property of another. If it had been a poor man he would have been punished, then why should they not punish their own servant. Mr. M`Guffie concurred in the same view. Mr. Hodson strongly censured such conduct, and thought that the committee should punish him. The Law Clerk said that, so far as regards punish ment, the committee was powerless. It would be for Mr. Rose to take steps against Ellison for removing his property. Some further remarks were made by several of the committee, condemnatory of Ellison's conduct, when a resolution was unanimously agreed to, to the effect—that the committee considered that Mr. Ellison had been guilty of the grossest misconduct, in removing night soil, which he admitted belonged to another person, and in disregarding a notice sent by the deputy law clerk, requesting him to desist from removing it. The parties were called in, and the resolution was read to them, the Chairman observing, that the committee considered the conduct of Mr. Ellison very disreputable. Mr. Rose thanked the committee, and the parties retired. NRW CLERKS. It was decided that the vacancies amongst the clerks, occasioned by the recent appointments, should be filled up from the extra clerks in the office, as they had not advertised for the higher clerks. Some routine business was then disposed of. Mr. Gladstone called the attention of the borough engineer to a subject he had mentioned some time since—the safety of street signs. On Saturday there was a fatal accident occurring from one falling upon a female, who was killed He expressed a hope that the borough engineer would look to the subject, for the safety of the public. The committee then adjourned. DOCK COMMITTEE. The usual weekly meeting of the members of this committee was held yesterday, at the Dock Offices; Mr. Turner presided. The other members present, were— Messrs. Rankin, Palmer, Robinson, Brocklebank, Hal head, Chaloner, Ruunthwaite. Gladstone, Hubbaek, Barber, Monsel, Clint, Anderson, Ra.thbone, Bold, Chilton, Smith, J. Holme, and E. Evans. The resolutions alopted by the Birkenhead Dock Committee, for increasing the salaries of the clerk, and the amount paid for Income Tax, was confirmed. The chairman stated that the whole subject was under the consideration of a sub-committee. The sub-committee of works, recommended that the tender of Messrs. Jones and Jump. for making some re pairs to the quays on the east side of the King's Dock, should be accepted, which was confirmed, and they were instructed to select and recommend men to fill up the several vacancies occasioned by deaths, &c•, on the staff. Permission was also granted to the sub-committee to run the Sandon Dock dry, for the of purpose clearing away a sediment at the gates, and for overhauling the same. On the suggestion of the chairman, the name of Mr. Clinton was added to the finance committee. Letters were read from Mr. M'Gowan, the clerk to the Health Committee, relative to the cellars in Queen Anne street, being flooded at certain tides ; and also relative to the parapet in Great Howard street ; each of which were referred to the sub-committe for consideration. A letter was read.'from Mr. - William Gibson, com plaining of the inaccuracy with which goods were weighed at the Queen's Dock weighing machine, which was referred to the harbourmaster's committee. A letter from Dr. White; of Newcastle, on the subject of ballasting ships with water, was read ; and ordered to be acknowledged. A letter from Messrs. Bibby and Co,, complaining of .tbe want of transit sheds, and of the expense of the Stanley Dock, was, after a brief conversation, referred to the sub-committee of works and the harbour master's committee. This concluded the general business of the committee. THE BISHOP AND THE CORONER. The Bishop cf Chichester has addressed a long; letter to Sir George Grey, relating the circumstances of a case of suicide by a young woman, named Harriet F'rogley. The deceased was a •servant with a farmer, named Knight, at Lodswortb. On, the 27th tilt, she went off secretly to Mid burst, purchased two pennyworth or arsenic, saying that Mr. Knight wanted' to destroy rats, and returned to Lodsworth. There she saw a carter, in her master's employ, working in a field. She showed him, whom she accused of being the father of the child then in her womb, what she had got, and, as' he gave her no satisfaction (to use her own words), went to a rick and took the poison. The curate of the parish, Mr. Clarke, saw her before her death, and she died on the 29th in her master's house. An inuest was held, but no wits nesses who had seen her were called, nor even the party by whom she had been served with the poison. The coroner addressed the jury, expressing, his hope that no verdict of fele de se would be returned. That, says the bishop, was the evident tendency of his remarks, and he laid it down that evidence as to the suicide's state of mind, after committing the act, would be no evidence of the state of mind at the moment of committing it. The verdict of the coroner bore that the deceased committed suicide, and that, c‘ as to the state of her mind at the time of taking such poison, no evidence appeared to the jury to enable them to determine therein according to law." Under this verdict, Mr. Clarke, the curate was requested by the churchwardens to inter the deceased with the burial service. He believed himself forbidden by the rubrics from Gins so, and refused. The body was decently interred in presence of the churchwar lens, without any burial service. The bishop complains that by _ the proceedings of the coroner ho and the curate are placed in an awkward position, because if Mr. Clarke wrongfully refused to read the service, he is liable to be proceeded against at his (the bishop's) instance. The bishop thinks this lobse administration of coroner's inquest law a very serious evil, tending to diminish public ressard for the sanctity of an oath, and to loosen the restraints on self murder. FRIDAY. POLICE INTELLIGENCE LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD. LICENSE TO STEAK.—A NV:IE POlNT.—Henry Carpenter, cook on board of the ship Shamrock, arrived here from New York, was charged with attempting to smuggle 7/lbs of tobacco, contrary to the statute in that case made and provided. Mr. Black defended the prisoner. An officer of excise said he found the tobacco in the prisoner's galley, in two parcels. Mr. Block : How do you know it was his tobacco ? Officer : Because he came on board, and ran off with his clothes, and we did not see him afterwards until last night, when the captain gave him up to us. Mr. Bluck Well, if this be not a satis factory reason for the prisoner being the owner of the tobacco, I don't understand English. The witness said. "Oh, yes, sir, it is quite satisfactory. (Laughter.) Mr. Bluck : Very ! Now, had any one else access to the galley ? Yes, but the prisoner had the key. Had not the carpenter a key also ? I am not aware of that; Here a person at the table started up, and slid : Oh, no doubt, the prisoner is the guilty party. Mr. Bluck : Who are you, sir? A tidewaiter. Mr. Block ; Then, sit down.. Mr. Tidewaiter. Tidowaiter : No, I won't. Mr. Block : You must, sir; and, what's more, you must not speak here—l have a license, and paid for it, to enable me to speak here, and you have not; so sit down, sir. The tidewaiter, with evident reluctance, and a couple of convulsive efforts to speak, withous a license, eat down, but immediately jumped up again, and essayed to speak without the privilege. Mr. Bluck : Sit down, sir. The learned advocate then contended that there was no evidence whatever to convict the prisoner ; and a though the officious tidewaiter had pronounced the prisoner "guilty," his worship would, nd doubt, pronounce him not guilty, and discharge him. His worship was of that opinion, and slid no matter what suspicion might be attached to the case, he must give the benefit of the doubt to the prisoner. He ordered him to be discharOad. Here, again, the tidewaiter jumped up, and opened his mouth very wide, with the intention of" speaking," but a motion from the hand of one of thO clerks of the court stopped the " effort" to talk without license, and the tide waiter left the court amid laughter, thinking, no doubt, that it is a misnomer to say that England is a free country, where a man must have and pay for a license before ho is allowed to speak. twhen the prisoner was leaving the dock, several persons in the body of the court cried out, loud enough to be heard, " Bravo, Rluck —more power to you !"1 Tins CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. — AIfred Rolfe, who stood remanded on a charge of having caused the death of all old woman named Sarah Woods, was brought up. From the evidence of Mr. Roberts, surgeon, it appeared that s'x ribs of the deceased were broken, and that death s esulted from that and other injuries, with hernorhago in the abdominal cavity. The prisoner was sent for trial on the charge. BEF,RE MR. DIXON. HAMLET TURNED PIG JOBBER. John Hamlet and Thomas Jones were "put up" by detective officer Sullivan, on a charge of having stolen a pig, value £3 83., from the brewery of Mr. John Thompson, Prescott street. The case was rather comical,and excited some laughter, particularly when the ears -of little " porkey" were taken out of a nicely folded handkerchief, and laid with becoming decorum on the table. These portions of the anea3tus of the Bkonnheen were produced as evidence of the identity of the whole carcass, which appeared to have been metamorphosed by a peculiar process, only known to Mr. Hamlet, into bacon, with real Wiltshire flavour, in a shorter time than it takes this planet to move round its axis. Mr. Wybergh was of opinion that if the ears of the grunter were taken ai evidence, the head altogether would be much more desirabletestimony on the point. To this it was replied that the oars was of a peculiar cut and shape, and that few other pigs could have boasted such "beauti ful things." Mr. Hamlet being an imitator of his namesake —in philosophy—was walking (according to his own account) up Church street when he saw the "little darling" roam ing (a highly paetic idea is that of a pig roaming) about, quite " like an orphant," and he concluded its mother was not aware of its absence. Thinking it his bounden duty to offer whatever protection he could, he took charge of the " stray baste," until he happened " promiscuously," to meet with Mr. Jones, to whose tender care he confided the " hanimal," not before he had taken a piece of metal called a sovereign in exchange for it. Both parties then proceeded to a slaughter house, (but this secret they kept from the knowledge of the pig), when the body was turned into the bacon aforesaid, by help of a post mortem process, and in this state the "nose" of Sullivan discovered the " body anl bones" of the quadruped. The case caused a good deal of laughter, at the end of which the prisoners were remanded, as it was supposed there was a certain cooper, who had a finger in the pie, but who was at present non est. A " TEA" PARTY RUINED.—Henry Fearnes was charged by Thomas Doran, a person in the employment of Mr. Wood all, wholesale tea dealer, with having stolen a parcel containing 121bs of tea. The complainant said he was delivering parcels of tea in Waterloo road,,and whilst engaged in taking a parcel into a house, the prisoner went to the van and ran off with 121bs of tea. Ile was followed and captured in a passage in Regent street. The prisoner said he came into the scrape in this way : A man ran into the passage with the tea, and he caught hold of him, when he dropped the parcel, and just as he took it up, he was kotehed. This very ingenious defence did not avail, and he was sent to jail for two months. A LOVER OF THE FINE ARTS.—A rather respectable look ing young man, named John Lawton, was charged with having stolen two pictures, value £1 10a from the King's Arms Hotel, John's lane. One was an oil painting— a Scotch pedlar on foot driving his horse ; the other, a print called the " Independent Challenge," by a butcher's boy on horseback to William IV. when Duke of Clarence, to " trot him for a pot of beer." It appeared that on S iturday evening the prisoner w,,s in the smoking room of the hotel, when ho had a glass of ale. There was no one in the room at the time except the prisoner, and after he went away the pictures were missed. On Monday the prisoner sold one of the pictures to a dealer named James Moran, who keeps a shop in Great Homer street, and this was found by detective officer isenthwaite, and on 'Wednesday the prisoner called again at Moran's with another picture, when he was given into custody. The prisoner admitted having stolen one picture through want • Bridewell-keeper Campbell said, at the winter sessions of 1855 the prisoner was convicted, arid sentenced to nine months' im prisonment, for stealing pictures. He was committed for trial. PRAISEWORTHY CONDUCT.—There was a fine looking lad brought up, charged with some offence, when he expressed a desire to go to sea. Mr. John Decosta, s hipping master, who happened to be in court, said he would procure the lad a ship next day. The magistrate said it was very kind of Mr. Decosta, and advised the boy to conduct himself properly, and no doubt lie might get on in the world. Mr. Clough said Mr. Decosta had acted very kindly on many occasions, and had taken several boys from them. The magistrate thanked Mr. Decosta for his kindness. THE LEEDS WIZARD. At the York Assizes, on Wednesday, Henry Harrison was charged with having, on the 18th of May, 1846, at Leeds, married one Sarah Ann Brown, he having a former wife then alive. Mr. Blanshard and Mr, Johnston prose cuted ; Mr. Maule and Mr. Greenhow defended the pri soner. The prisoner, known as the " Leeds Wizard," rendered himself notorious in reference to the extraordin ary influence which he possessed over the murderer Dove, convicted at the last assizes. After hearing the evidence, the jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a verdict of " guilty," a decision which apparently was approved of by all persons in court. The prisoner was then further charged with having, on the 14th of October, 1850, at Wakefield, married Maria Steel, his former wife being then alive. Under the direction of his counsel the prisoner pleaded guilty to this offence. A previous con viction for felony was proved against the prisoner, and it was also shown that the prisoner had been convicted of an indecent assault, and as a rogue and a vagabond, in being a fortune teller. His Lordship, in sentencing the prisoner, observed that he had been found guilty on clear evidence of the crime of bigamy, and on his own confession he stood convicted of another similar offence. It appeared that he had also been imprisoned for felony, and he was now undergoing punishment for a felonious assault of a very serious description as disclosed by the depositions. He had been leading a life of unparalleled profligacy, the crimes of which he had been convicted being of an aggra vated character. The sentence of the court was that he be kept in penal servitude for four years. Since the National Gallery was closed in the autumn many pictures have been hung on the line, and, therefore, are more advantageously seen. The change, in several instances, is a material improvement'. THE SHOCKING MURDER AT BOLTON-UPON-DEARNE,-- On the bodies of the murdered couple were con signed to their final resting-plaee in the parish chu.chyard of Bolton, followed by nearly the whole of the inhabitants of that village and the neighbouring townships. The shops were all closed, and the appearance of the village was one of general mourning. The coffin having been lowered, the respec ed vicar read the burial service in a very impressive manner, being at times wholly overcome by his feelings, which at last found vent in tears. The whole scene was one not easily forgotten, as the greatest ptirtion of thet large assemblage was so powerfully affected that scarcely a dry eye was to be seen. The ceremony being concluded, the sad cortege moved slowly away from the grave, many lingering behind to rem irk upon the sorrowful fate of the aged couple who, inseparable in lite, were not parted even in death. Bee, who was apprehended, was again se t at liberty, having proved that the stains of blood on his clothes ware the result of a poaching excursion, in which some rabbits were killed. Since the inquest, no further trace has been obtained as to the perpetrators of this diabolical tragedy, which has caused so much consternation and alarm in the Barn-ley and Doncaster districts. I\lr. Thomas, one of the new officers appointed by Colonel Cobbe, has been stationed at Bolton, but despite . the greatest exertions made by hi m and the local authoritie s, not the slightest trace of the guilty parties can be found. T. B. HORSFALL, ESQ., M.P., AT HOPE HALL. Lest evening, one of a series of winter lectures was delivered in the Hope Hall, Hope street. The subj ct of the lecture was How to live." The hall was well filled by a most respectable company, amongst which we noticed several of the non commissioned officers from the Crimea, (one, a fine young fellow, belonging to the 97th regiment— Capt. Vicars' regiment—was wounded at the storming of the Redan, and of the late lamented Captain he spoke in the highest terms), who we inderstand were speccially invited on the occasion. M. T. B. Horsfalt, the member for Liverpool, presided, and a number of clergymen and gentle men occupied seats on the platform, amongst wheat we noticed the Rev. J. N. Miller, F. Folleete, W. R. Hunt, Messrs. Payne, r.. M. Brodie, Blyth, Tomelin, Skerratt, D. J. Macfie, R. flaughten. Dr. Reche, Sec., &c. After the usual introductory prayer, Thr President said : I have great pleasure, at the request of our kind friend, Mr. Macfie, in taking the chair this evening. My duty on this occasion is exceedingly light, it being only to ask you to listen attentively to the lecture which will be delivered by the Rev. John Baillie, of London, and he will illustrate that lecture on the leading traits in the life of the late Captain Hedley Vicars. Tee subject of the lecture, as you are all probably aware, is " How to Live," a subject of the deepest importance both to the high and to the low, to the rich and to the poor. When I first saw the title of the lecture, I was reminded of the words of a faithful Christian minister, now no more, when he said, " that he had often heard of happy deathbeds, but he said whit he required to hear, and what he would rather hear was, how a man had lived, and not how a man died." (Hear, hear.) The sithi set of this lecture, it is proposed to be illustrated by the life of Captain Hedley Vicars—a name well known to att of you, and I trust that I shall be excused, before I call upon the lecturer, if I venture to mention a little anecdote, very applicable to the occasion, but which perhaps was not known to the rev, lecturer. I refer to a little anecdote which was mentioned in this room about fourteen days since, when I had the privilege of pre siding over the annual meeting of the Religious Tract Sootety. On that occasion one of the speakers stated that in the month of June he was in Plymouth, walking on the pier, and seeing an old soldier sitting on one of the benches he sat down by his side, and thinking that he was reading a little work called the " Sinner's Friend," he said to the old soldier : " You have an interesting little book there ?" The soldier said, "Yes, I have." He then said : " Where did you get it." The reply was " I got it out of the jacket of a comrade who fell before Sebastopol, and this stain here is the mark of his blood, which fell from him when he died in his country's cause." The rev. gentleman, seeing that he was a real Christian man, said : " My friend, what led you to be a Christian ?" The soldier did not answer, when the question was repeated in another form, and said, "by what inatrumentality did you become a Christian ?" His reply was, " Through Captain Hedley Vicars." (Applause.) And he further said he was sta tioned by the side of Vicars in the Crimea, and he gave me a little tract, entitled, " Believe and be Saved," and that was the first thing that led me to think on the subject of religion." I have mentioned this little anecdote, thinking it would be interesting to you. Therefore, without making any further observations, I shall now call on the lecturer. (Applause.) The Rev. J. Baillie then came forward, and, after .a few introductory remarks, proceeded to deliver the lecture of the evening; and, in the course of his observations, cith;t9d at considerable laneth from the memoirs of Captain Hedley Vicars, reviewing hie life from boyhood Until the time of his death, showing him to have been a Christian, a hero, a patriot and a philanthropist. He most eloquently described his valour in the attack, when he received the wound which caused his death, and concluded by calling on his hearers to follow toe example he had so nobly set, and become true Christians, and live for God alone. The lecturer was much applauded on resuming his seat. Dr. Roche moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer, which was seconded by Mr. Macfie, and unanimously adopted amidst much applause. A vote of thanks to the chairman c oncluded the business of the evening. EXTRAORDINARY APPLICATION.-THE PUSEYITES. " Hamlet" said he was only "mad North-North-West, when the wind was southerly ; " but what peculiar species of insanity was induced by the wind of last Monday night and Tuesday morning, deponent sayeth not. Yesterday, just before Mr. Mansfield rose at the police court, a gentle man rushed into the office, in a state of breathless haste, and said he wanted a warrant as quick as possible. On being asked for whom, or upon what matter, he required the document, he made the following strange statement : I came from London on Monday night by the mail train, and arrived in Lime street at three o'clock. There was no one in the ladies' waiting room, and so I told the guard I would wait there, as I was J— S—, of Ormskirk. " (h," says the guard, "you may stop there till four o'clock if you like." " I fell asleep. At five o'cicck a charwoman came— well ! Good ! Then two persons came, and policeman 301. Excellent ! Ile said he was acquainted with their names, and recognised one of them. " 1 hey took," he continued, "meto a coffee house that I knew before. I did not ask for bread and better—not a bit, because I had plenty of biscuit that I brought from London. There were two pieces of bread and butter on the plate. Good ! I took up one piece, and began to eat it. Oh, dear,' says I, What very nasty butter.' ' I gave sixteen-pence a pound for it,' says he. Good. That may be true,' says I, but I don't believe it.' Well, the fellow was a suspected Irish man, and I suspected he had been purchasing Irish butter. Then he wanted me to drink a gallon of whiskey, but I would't. About half past six Mrs. Johnson came in, and then they went away. At twenty five minutes to seven a little girl came in, and she proposed to dust out the house, and then they told nie about a soldier that lost twenty seven sovereigns. That was it exactly. What do you think 1 did then ? Why, I went to the East Lancashire railway, and I got some coffee and three eggs, and then I felt very stiff in the calf of my leg. I then told Mrs. (his wife) to get me some water and tartaric acid, and I took it in an effereseing state, and it done me a power of good. The pains in my back and legs got better, so. I want you to give me a warrant, and call on the parties to explain their conduct." Mr. Mansfield : Ilave you been to a medical man about the pains ? Applicant : I called on one, and saw him, but he was out at the time ! Mr. Clough said the gentleman had applied to.him on the sub ject, but he feared the nature of the offence was such as the police could not take hold of. The applicant said there had been ten attempts made on his life before by the Puieyites. The parish where he lived was sadly overrun by Puseyite parties, and he had several times gone up the country to 000se them, but they were getting worse every day. Mr. Mansfield said he did not think the parties, whoever they were, came within his jurisdiction, and he could not, there fore, grant the warrant. The Montreal Herald gives a carefully compled table of the imports to Montreal. for the quarter ending October 10, 1856, from which we learn that the total value of imports was, in round numbers, a million and a half for the quarter, agiiust a million for the same (patter last year, making an increase of fifty per cent. The comparative increase of consumption has, however, been still greater, for the amount left in bond is only Z 147,063, against £338,454 last year. MOLTEN IRON AND RED HOT SHOT.—The body of officers composing the select committee of Woolwich Arsenol assembled on Tuesday morning at the practising range in the Arsenal marshes, for the purpose of directing some experiments which then took place, tending to prove the important advantage to be obtained by the substitution of liquid iron in the uses to which red hot shot has been hitherto applied. Lord Panmure, who expressed his inten tion of being present, arrived punctually at eleven, and took particular interest in the prosecution of the various tests which were carried out. The experiments consisted in firing a number of Martin's shells, filled with about 30 lbs. of molten iron, at a bulkhead, near which were erected some wooden sheds. These latter were occasionally the butt, and were speedily ignited by the contact occasioning the sudden explosion of the shell and the expansion of the liquid fire. The result was proved to be considerably more certain and effectual than that produced by hot shot, and the supply furnished with much more readiness and facility from a melting crucible than from the beating furnace. The experl meats were ordered to be repeated. CIRCLE SAIL.—A very singular looking craft, hearing this name (to designate its peculiarity), has been cruising around the harbour for several days past, and next week will be anchored off the battery, for closer inspection. She has what is termed " S. R. Parkhurst's improved rigging." The whole plan is quite original, the mast and yards being constructed so as to revolve with the circular platform to which they are attached by means of a small windlass. But a more striking feature is the arrangement of the sails, which form a complete circle, divided into quarters, and extended upon a circula r i ron t u b e . Th e mas t is also a tube, but this can be made of wood, if desired. Mr. Park hurst says In this new rigging the mast is a derrick, thus combining the greatest strength with the least material. Hence the rigging can be made lighter, stronger, and with less expense than the present rigging ; the sails can be more quickly hoisted and lowered, and the ship can be navigated with fewer men and less exposure—for the sails can be all hoisted and lowered, a•_:d even furled,without going aloft. Shipowners may apply one of these circles either at the bow or stern of their ships, by removing a portion of the present rigging, and thus, without any risk, test the new rigging side by side with the old." The yacht Circle Sail is a vessel of about twenty two tons.— New York Journal of Commerce, CRIM CON CASE. At the Court of Queen's Bench, case Campbell v. Garston, which was as action brought. recover compensation or damages for criminal conle,re,ll,,,r, with the plaintiff's wife, being called upon, Sir F. Tn e 'bi who was counsel for the plaintiff, said tis was g c es j be on Wednesday, th h,. which it was desirable that the circumstances she ~e a withheld from the public as much as possible. li e `hd communicated with his learned friend on the other side, 0 „ had found that he could not resist the plaintiff's claim it damages. Ile thought that plaintiff ought to receive at least £5OO, and he understood his learned friend Wee Pr y pared, on the part of the defendant,' to consent to a ver ifs for that amount. Lord. Campbell: That is arrangement which may be carried into effect. A hope I shall lire to sea the day when a ctions v . ,: this kind will be no longer a reproach to the law of grigititnbus Sir F. Thesiger : If I had been called upon to addresetio jury I should unquestionably have made that obeer va o. myself ; I think it degrading to us that it should be fl ing . nary to bring these actions. Lord Campbell : It is degr„ eu ne i. I think it is disgraceful that such acons should °'V er os mitted; and _I am ashamed of this practice wheilL e ruede r with foreign jurists. They have observed to :Ile that un der ber our laws a husband might sell his wife with a ropd o*: fable , neck ; but I have told them that that was merely "., c h and that there was no foundation whatever for b ‘g ,9g t reproach to our land. They have then replied' tioes what do you say to an action for criminal eon eager for co which enables a husband to put money in his P ec ,i li bell I the dishonour of his wife ?" I certainly feel ashOge"eger: such a remark :is addressed to me. Si r F. oc-iire° The jury will understand that actions of this nature necessity which is imposed on a party seeking redrefl6,;nleo the law now stands, a man cannot obtain a-divoree;•rof he get the verdict of the jnry, with damages for tope lot sustained. Lord Campbell: And I sincerely lbost hs another session of parliament will not pass away that grievance being remedied. Sir F. Thes iger's to a entirely concurred in that hope. A verdict wa s thee ' by consent for the plaintiff, damages £5OO. FEARFUL BOILER EXPLOSION. • t sis °° A boiler explosion, occasioning very severe injuriel -6 0, 4 0 seven persons, occurred at six o'clock on Tuesday o# l 2,Atr i. the iron works of Messrs. Creswell and Sons, situat e , " mer Factory bridge, at Tipton, Staffordshire. The 00;1,0; stopped the engines preparatory to the men changiotuiegt in the, meantime bad descended to a lower part Of the. house in order to do something to the cistern. Wht of ,1 position, and from a cause at present unexplained, en'd boilers exploded with a tremendous report. Tao to was elevated to a considerable height in the air, ant pbri into three pieces. , One of these pieces, which weigh 7/60" four tons, was blown to a distance of about feel fer,:eirei fell near a canal which adjoins the works ; a secon d Pigelf eP Meting of the tubes, and about six tons in weightr o ot e ' the roof of the hoop mill, and demolished it to • ,th e ,. ° ;ioo l l about forty feet; and a third piece, three 'or feu gh*se"l/ weight, was blown against the gable end of the rod I l i '_„ threw it down, besides destroying the roof of this Ity , t on extent similar to that of the hoop mill. It happened t".ibleev,,. seven or eight men and lads were standing near tbe fr e beo siw of the rod mill, and when this fell they were buried lie''° the debris, Others were in the hoop mill, and we r S r fen buried by the falling roof. A lad named. Budg e ' : 01 , - tsle: twelve years of age, is the worst injured. He 'h e ! frightful injuries•on the head, and was not expecte d p sel d although he was alive at two o'clock on Ttloordier, 6 ',lo Fletcher, a man about forty fi ve yea r s of age, .a 10'0 tamed a broken leg, and was much scalded and bovill back ; Edward Cartwright, a young man, aged tr , I , , ° J also . a bundler, was slightly injured ; John 0 310eY f '' ; • i o a man, upwards of sixty, likewise a bundler, had 'on e ° De ett, l l o, broken ; allad named Oakley, the son of the el thll olll. aged eight or nine years, sustained a broken I. Q fifteen or sixteen years of age, was cut in the heath' Sin ° FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE LAN CA AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. bel- On Tuesday, an inquest, which lasted four l i oureA o a fat before George Dyson. Esq,, _coroner, at the Robin '3° O A Wike, on the, body of a man named Benjamin Breeke'allefi°' smith, 69 'years of age, who had'beon killed th e i c e Saturday evening at the "'jade Bridge Station, e n , ifsli fs , e , cashire and Yorkshire Railway, between Bradford en b a d:j On reaching the station, the passengers got out, e !„ tlier s io livered their tickets, but had to cross the line to ge i eo o , to their destination ; when, according to the evid e c - doti ll ,tif son of the deceased, who had just gained the P'"; ber tb s luggage train from Bradford, consisting of 26 wage ho "'for e laden with grain and iron, dashed up unexpected-I%o' i 0 .: 0 1 passengers could get away ; and while the decease d . 1.1 ,41) 0 ! very centre of the line, his son on the platforms se en 010 Smith and Edward Barker in the " six foot" h 4 e!„ lre f - fir e ;,' o lo and down line, he was caught by the engine, boric. , 4, , 4 yards forwards, and fell right across the rail, an!! oblir, train passed over the body, cut it in two, an" s tert,, e 4 mangled it in a horrible manner. The station r : ej sre b , Richard Terry, had gone upon leave to Brad { , bat e ke leaving a young man, said to be twenty years ef t°; o l# looks no more than sixteen, named James gelligretost charge of the station, the signals, the crossing, e ed tre iD e .lo lecting; and ho stated that after the Great Northeraao passed, exactly six minutes before the luggag e put on the red light, signifying danger. Tbe jab alt „ l o t i - 0 liberation, returned the fo!lowing elaborately draw e .,0 7 1 ,1, 1 o i " That the deceased Benjamin Brook was We"' 'eh he a P Ste" ; 1 6 30 p.m. train from Halifax to Pickle Bridge c row i° ty, when afterwards leaving such train, and whil e er i n sf b li 4 line, the said Benjamin Broo'e was run upon hue eg:i 001 engine of the luggage train coming up the to lar he reo t , railway, several of the waggons of the luggag e wo o "411 0 f bo tbi over him, the said Benjamin Brook, who .by died. ,0 1 received diiers injuries, of which he then thanher t 0 11 ; t ero , the jurors further recommend and say, stationgreat teoPole caution should be taken by the enginemer , and servants of the said railway, on trains Pa" 4 ,ls° l tli e t Bridge Station, as well in observing the usual lie-. der, further say that, during the evenings of speed, when two trains are passing at the WO tjuic o ' r e t !(se lls w inter , o sol $ O9 neither the station master nor porter should b e ast 0% 1 14 duty, and that one of them should be stationed " .. .;iOl/ t ;i 0 0; ins to warn passengers of the danger, and .partithe before crossing, before trains come on or no f , tbe. 1 1 0 1 Captain Binstead said he would take care '''resteeP:sfore' master should not be absent again at night; a olc° same time, that they could not have a better e" servant than Terry. LORD HASTINGS AND THE RABBI 15. in sous `ig an d We gave, a few days ago, a report of a c t i r e rg r e 2 r ; eo o , before a bench of Norfolk magistrates, on lal 4f arising out of a disputed right to a rabbi t stie d th ef e r ol e; labourers, entitled to commonage, had purs ll ,, e ,,,ch they were charged with the trespass before s trates on the 22nd November ; on the bench alas of Hastings, as chairman, assisted by zcalou9c.„'ioni°o4°,4 men were found to have offended in their W I ; to " v tio r were sentenced to pay 14s each, or in deP 4 ,4 ifr l lfor./ ° ;fi g mouth's imprisonment with hard labour. J- I° ',f the.oP, e ditor - of 10. 1 01Pt' r we also have stated, threatened the News with personal chastisement, in the e vent t 11 ' 5 t sc rit h e e any observations on the case not agreeablc o ee des - ie t- e Observations, such as a humane and ja de „ P oar ed t h i ' l would he sure to make on the facts, having i 8 Norfolk News, Lord Hastings waited, last ° r P epo rte: o otie e r ';t editor of that paper, and the result is thu s e arl g, r ; o g News :—" His lordship began by asking thu s earl oe'') This part of his mission the noble lord discar'corregd fluency ; but the answers not coming 'c itil f • t ed, , rapidity, his lordship became very much Orfole°,l,°o strong coarse words, prefixed with other ico' litt'eoat but shorter, came forth explosively as fre in t : bl° l/ IP "yr His lordship declared that his object ' se a ll o os it b ,h, r f a eo i r u cm s i rec o du f ,inw t s i t i ia e t c i individual v a u ut a e l hb who enw gentleness 0 b na e s f o t r isc, c aats app oi o i s ui s l cow : 1 o t th e f 0 10 :pl e ef ie pepe o c l i t : m ro n c s a , t ed. Ho was reminded that hew I' sea °f to eace. This pertinent observation he die r ' e pO tc , /11 4 v e of those ready phrases not necessary to he ii t le" : s ios, t / 1' and which we hope his lordship sitting on the bench. Then followed in r::1 1 „ b laelq - be ' 450 words " scoundrel," " coward," " SCh e b r' s d c''of all, or almost all, with emphatical prefi s ; if h e D tle ° 'he relieved himself of these he was informed ' n g e if b e with the intention of behaving as a n°,bliell'artelsebilli 1113 el he should be treated with all possit,''ci,,,°,luld he l o wered himself to the level of the biaosis-ad,hip • li e f o r.- treated as he deserved. In thin clad his I . ° o r u id he° out." A contemporary suggests that sit called " Warren" 'Tasting. 0,t0 5 , 0 1 11 , HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN OPEN D Al rl e sl Ytern i , ( lp 9 ple, l ;l4 On Tuesday, about two o'clock in t'' ,; n g. at 44 named John Woodhead, a miner, resi s u top ' p ed s - 0 01 about two miles from Barnsley , was 110 tatbe°d,,6ll two ruffians, and robbed of Li 105. a foo home from Barnsley, and was going aloarile OE I OO W d he el rather lonely part of the road, wh , e _ a tio ni beldd ho pounced upon by the ruffians, one of s', woo dbfa, o j 3o ll oo ll the other rcb bed him of the a mount% had been i n s working as a xiiner until lat,ly, a! - • d basin° „bet a a ol to make arrangements for cntlim way on his own account. tie Wa s ,,P it i s suPr e ido l ; IV time. They are strangers to him, Win an d ga , f, ioo 0 reside in the neighbourhood. He sent des erlin encingerfectiv Fv sed do or lion to the police, to whom he gave a villains.