The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-10 00:00:00

It .,jBSIA AND TURKEY. AFFAIRS OF THE EAST (F ralnour Second Edition of Yesterday.) Or tio z "l, THURSDAY.—A journal under date of 1 4 ' November 30th, says—The Turks attacked tet re 'llasians at Krajova, but were compelled to ~'tt Kalafat. gtjeral shipwrecks have taken place in the Black Aii T R he reports. of further Turkish successes in a re confirmed. k re " I ' 4 au—Alumon, 3.—The demands of Austria tbs,., ll()t confined to that of strict neutrality, to be ot ie —'ea by th e Germanic confederation on the tertj'al question—that neutrality is to have a dpetn Character which is to be determined by t0r 8 45 for this purpose secret negociations have ame time past been carried on at Munich, by thf a ,g e nts of Saxony, Bavaria, and Austria ; their the ' re nces closed on the 30th of November, and I,i'llstrian and Saxony agents have left MUnich. ,kr a e Times believes it. 'is true that Lord Vrd has found it necessary to exert all 41 e influence to endeavour' to counteract prol e xtreme and over-confident excitement bt dt t il L e ed amonci the Turks hy their late successes ; ue Ti mes doubts whether any demand of an e i f t iee was made at any time, and at any rate, itf o e ' r °4 , vocation of a full Turkish council denotes ,'and the undiminished ascendancy of the ty . t earty: possibly, an armistice recommended dupl e Four P owe rs may . fare better, but the Times Co tS that, and in the present state of feeling at Ne;'ailtinople, it will not ,be easy to bring the koi l4 jou of • the Porte within the bounds of , 4 1 ,", P Ettion. The question really is, whether the 411. 0 r;l . or of Russia will or will not renounce his ke v '„,lt pretensions. If wisdom and interest he will yield; if passion and pride, he 14, Persevere, but on that alternative still rests Peace of the world. k FURTHER PARTICULARS. 41 0 ,' 'lave no warlike news to add to what we laid kq -* ri e °ur readers yesterday, and the various letters. ,t ti ,",'sPatches from- France and the East relate exclusively to the attempt which has just lili t i i llade by the Four Powers to terminate hos nie.• This attempt is officially noticed in the, tr, re 'teur of Friday morning, which announces the tiie e i: l ; 4 ent (accord) between the Four Powers on ‘ . 4 Eastern astern question. A. .protocol to this effect re signed at Vienna on the sth instant, in a eon- N,l e e at which the • repesentatives of France, aq s ' 4l ( l , Austin, and Prussia, ivere present. The Ill q „Is to re-establish peace . between Russia and Gatti ° lle, on conditions honorable to the - two utt,; Ito maintain the territorial integrity of the ('', all Empire: and to acknowledge beforehand ki t , i 'Qter cr avance) that the present war can in no oer lead to' modifications in the state of ~,t,N on which time has in the tjh l ! NI% - I'Et is nothing of importance in the Patric of Vvening. It - states; however, from the Da-- ' that the Russians have made several den:ton .ll‘,citls of an intention to cross - the Danube, but 1/^ not been in - sufficient force to do so. ' Acoord hr the P trie the Russian army in the Princi t it le , . a , ep t , s is much less numerous than has been Thy tinted. , 4 5 1 e lower spurs of the Balkan were covered with 'k w The frozen ground now permits the carts, ° 4 / 1 , 4) :5.7 oxen and the pack-horses, to traverse the ~v14,',; Enormous quantities of provisions are Ae - " l leed from Varna, Shumla, . and Matshin. 11tholelber of Europeans,. which is already great. 1 e.: 41- nly, increases, and a great reinforcement . at i ,v,ected. when the. next transport. arrives. A s : ".4ii i° , n ian confusion of . tongues prevails— qe tli ! 4l, French, Italian, Hungarian, and Polish, q s. l xed up with the Slavonic and Semitic dia li 4_ . The state of health has improved ; : cholera itt:eclini ng, and the number of wounded does not 4 44 fi lse 'Much. Warm: clothing begins to arrive, es,. of which the troops were in great want. (P("i t r MONETARY. rk our Second Edition of Yesterday,) Pe I tla, rt i ., t eeiat U— + 74f. 50e.; Four-and-a-half per -elat,„ -„, closed LI- L Lo Nt , o l C. • 'ook e rather large purchases of wheat a nn P ac e on Thursday N-Nome Thursday in the London market, for '° and Belgium. A considerable portion of geld brought by the steamer from New Consisted of sovereigns, which will be into the bank to-day (Friday), . ik e rate o f exc h ange a t P ar i s con ti nu es firm, il a further tendency in favour of this country. .. 41; 4 -- 1 11 4 : 81 A, BERLIN. sTalt is feared that many . het will take place among the manufacturers of 1 4 t 'i l , Who h ave b een d e p r i v ed of their usual market t he e Danubian provinces. They have solicited '4l" 1" :B,istance of e government, which the latter iinpossible to grant. IRELAND. [PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Ip DUBLIN, FRIDAY. 44' , sit iv 144 1 iiNEs.—The report of the directors of the , 4 at e 6 ,eonapany (general) of Ireland exhibits, as it ,5 4 , 1 1/i 4 'a very serious loss," and, therefore no Lte elm is 1 4 , declared. This untoward state of 41 3 is caused, the report alleges, by a fall to • ()11 1 " (31 1 in lead, and 1/. 10s. in copper. How the 3 141 / t aaly was established it is not easy to conclude, ' t A "`fuis our opinion that all metals had advanced 1 11110 US CASE—RYAN V. KELLY.—A case was l ' i ; °l iCeNterday in the exchequer, in which a 8 q eant of the detective force, named Rya-i, eel Plc g. ' eh r and Mrs.' Kelly, who has become r, 4 tati b 4 ted in Irish litigation, was defendant. Her I ,‘ ap D 'e son decamped with 35,0001., and the lady, iZti 4 i o e4 rs, offered a reward of 1001. for his appre e n The plaintiff arrested him and claimed °•ti fill e ward. The lady refused, and hence the s l'l l ,, The case was not concluded. s llt e 6; election for Clonmel ; will take place on t ' h a_ Y next. Mr. Biariconi is most indignant gai ti 7 should have been put in nomination Mr. John O'Connell. Ohe Illayor of Exeter has sanctioned a suspension of 4 5 7; 3 in that town on the 26th of December. t • k oject is on foot to connect the Tyne and the Solway N • t v , r aY, and giving access to Liverpool and Ireland. kh,„ ednesday, a collision occurred on the 'Midland 1 1 „,. Fortunately, no personal injury resue. kl,ar Nottin g ham lace trade we learn from the local Jour llourishing. Eli th a arora borealis was seen at Pembroke on Tuesday ';'• It was of the most brilliant description. ''tl A lll , an named Daniel Raddish was killed near Pembroke , °t& gay, by the falling of a portion of the roof o f the p it „ 0 0 1 ' B Datches were sent off last evening from the colonial t`4l 1 04 es ° the governor-general of the North America n k, `idled' thief mate of a ship from Australia, the name not arrived in the Downs on Friday night, was feR :1 accident. cl a b(.- ,,Y named Swenton, aged 1 4 years, died of lockjaw a ' 4 811 ,-18 since, caused by a piece of wire having run into ~h t uon pierced his toe. Henry George Howard, secretary of legation tun a, has been appointed secretary o f embassy, at " 5 1v 8 V 1 the room of the Hon. G. Stafford J ernin g ham, A 1 „ -er Majesty's representative at the court of Sweden. 4174, - , 411 B named George Crook, engineer o f a Boulogne b ll4,'„ r ) whilst oiling the engines yesterday morning in _ 1 )% had both his arms crushed off him by the mach A s e is not expected to survive. 4 il - r a " nine inches in length escaped from•the mouth of Portsmouth hospital, a few days since, and onl y If ' 4 llo -11rs before his death. It is supposed he must have eci, it in India. • ' :Qa t ; e electric t 1 mraph is iibw extended to Osborne, the ‘t, l * .li a e t ,,, r e.sidence e o e r hei Majesty in the Isle of Wight, and 4 ,s tt ,r t 'le messages to and from London and Osborne are j•-'cl whenever necessary. • „ I 'll ! , odicial Committee of the privy council sat on VII: 7. b a Y and heard a petition in the matter of the removal tlZ e te ti °ro ugh court of Birmingham. The lords present i t 4 10 . 4 e Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, ji , ,lt ya t e of the Admiralty Court, Sir J. Pattason, and Sir ' l4( lct 9. The decision was in favor of transferring the , tit At ia , r l ° l l to the ocunty court. t (14 s ItAL IANT E The splendid ship " Salem," -p r - MIGRATION.— eParatioll for departure for Australia we noticed a my, ;v l ;% since, sailed on her voyage outwards on Wednes , 41, 2 0ot t Passengers comprised 20 . cabin, 50 second cabin, Ntleir nidiate, and sailed in the utmost confidence Eib a ` a . l suc cess and satisfaction with the arrangements. q, Off fi e t i t t o v4ts towed out by the "Victoria" steam-tug, ; raishead took her final leave of her owners 4 44 `auts of the emigrants amid hearty cheers and tA. , 1 4v . her sa f e voyage. H er owners, M essrs. Magee e,villgstone, accompanied th p e shi to Ormshead and e of her, an d passengers and owners parted per 1111Y lasatisfied with each other, and with mutual and d wishes for each others' prosperity. SOUTH LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. • • CROWN COURT. • (Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) On' the sitting of the court yesterday morning, the prison ers who were found guilty of stabbing, under various cir cumstances, and other offences, were placed at the bar and sentenced as follows : Emanuel lifonteiTo, for the manslaughter of Richard Jarvis Crispin, by stabbing him in Whitechapel, to be transported for 20 years. His LORDSIUP, through the interpreter, informed the prisoner that he should have transported him for life had he not been a foreigner, and in a measure ignorant of the guilt which in this country attached to the crime of which he had been convicted. ' "John _Flaherty and Denis . Denein ' for maliciously wound ing John Kclly, at Ashton-under-Lyne. The former to be transported. for 20 years; and the latter to - suffer penal im prisonment for six years. James Barlow, for cutting and wounding, six years' penal servitude. Ann lreb.stei-, for throwing vitriol, nine months' hard labour. Rose Ann Killow, for cutting and wounding, eighteen months' imprisonment. Thomas Clayton, for stabbing and wounding, eighteen months' hard labour. David Irwin, for assaulting a policeman, twelve months' imprisonment. - • Thomas Woods and Andrew Caldwell, three months' hard labour. • Peter Hastley, for uttering a forged. order- for the pay ment of money, six months' hard labour. THE FRAUD UPON THE CORPORATION. Joseph. Ratison and William Clark were placed at the bar charged with having unlawfully and fraudulently con spired, confederated, and combined together by dives false pretences to acquire to themselves of and from the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Liverpool £1727 145. - 9 d., with intent to cheat and defraud them of the same. Mr. SIMON and Mr. BRErr prosecuted. Joseph Rawson was defended by Mr. EDWIN JAMES, Q.C., and Clark by Mr. MONK. The indictment contained seven counts : in the first five the prisoners were charged with the false pretence, and in the last two counts with conspiracy. Mr. &max, in opening the prosecution, said that the pri soner was charged, together with a party rot then in cus tody, of the name of Yarper, with obtaining a certain sum under false pretences, from the Corporation of Liverpool, and also with conspiring together to obtain it. It was necessary, in order to lay before them fully the nature of the case, that he should occupy their attention in going, with some particularity, into the various circum stances in connection with the evidence which he had to lay before them. In the year 1849 the corporation commenced the erection of a new gaol on some land at Walton, in the neighbourhood of this town, and the person whose duty it was to make all arrangements in connection with the build ing was Mr. Weightman, who had been for several years, and still is, the surveyor for the corporation. Amongst other arrangements made by that gentleman was one w,th the prisoner Rawson, who, on a verbal agreement, under took to make a quantity of bricks upon some land adjacent to the site of the proposed building. There was no stipu lated number of bricks, nor any stipulated period during which the contract was to last ; but the price was to be 15s. per thousand for common bricks • 255. per thousand for bull noses ; and 275. 6d. per thousand for bevels. Rawson, on entering on the contract, employed Harper, who was also mentioned in the indictment, for the purpose of going through the field, inspecting. the work done by the men, and handing in, from time time, a return of the quantity done, to Rawson. Clark was appointed by Mr. Weightman on behalf of the 'corporation, as clerk of the works, and his duty was to perform the same service for the corporation that Harper did for Rawson. He had to go through the field, keep a written account, in a book furnished him for the purpose, of the quantity of bricks supplied by Rawson, and then to give a return of those quantities to Mr. Weight man, in order that that gentleman might grant his certificate on the treasurer of the corporation. The treasurer then placed it before the finance committee, and when it passed that body he was bound to pay over the amount on Raw son's application. Rawson commenced the manufacture of the bricks in the season of the year, 1850, and continued to manufacture them during the season of 1851, which began early in April, and terminated about the 13th of September. In the season of 1851, eight stools were set in operation in the field, and during the time the work was going on, the Men, some 'of them from day to day, all of them at the end of the week, counted their work, and handed in a return of the number of bricks to Harper, who again counted them over on every Friday afternoon, or Saturday morning, and then,entered them both in his own book and the payment books of the men, which had been furnished for the purpose, so that there was thus ample opportunity for Rawson to know, from time to time, the precise number of brieks made, and the amount he was paying his men in respect of their labour. At the close of the season of 1851, about the begin ning of Octeber, he applied to Mr. Weightman fora payment on account, and on the aamc day a certificate was handed in by the clerk, to the effect that 6,157,230 bficks had been supplied. On the receipt of the certificate Mr. Weightman called on the clerk for his account-hook, and finding that the numbers talliad with that in the return, he granted Raw son a certificate on account for-XlOOO. The certificate was in due course handed to the finance committee, and on being passed, and returned by them to the treasurer, Rawson went the following. day and received the money. From time to time he required more payments on account, and obtained them precisely in the same manner, until finally ho applied for a certificate for the. balance. Upon this Mr. Weightman. went over the account, and having de ducted some 4,000 bricks for waste, certified that there was a balance in his favor for 424,000 bricks. Rawson ac- cordingly received that balance and other money in respect of work done : and the ground on which the present charge rested was that of over-charge. His LORDSHIP : How, then, can it be a false pretence ? False pretence consists in obtaining goods or money by means of falsehood state 1. It may be an action of law, but it is not an indictable offence. Mr. SIMON continued to say that he would direct his lordship's attention to the falsification of the accounts, which would be found to bear out the false pretence. In the first place the entire amount of bricks reported by Clark as made by Rawson, was 6,157,230 ; but it would be proved that in that return there was au excess over-charged and over-paid for 1,440,630 bricks. He would direct their attention to some details of this account to show not only falsification, but that it must have been done wilfully and with the knowledge of the prisoner. He would establish chiefly by the evidence of the workmen themselves, that the total number of bricks made by them, was 4,249,000. In some instances he should be able to produce the books kept by the men with the entries of Harper, showing in the cas e of one man named Kitchen, that the actual number of bricks made by him was 560,000 which in the account returned to Mr. Weightman by Clark the number charged for was 725, 175. In like manner the actual number of bricks made by a man named Charnock was set down in Harper's book at 600,000, while in the account furnished by Clark he was reported as having made 785,465, the over-charge in these two cases being, in the one £139 odd, and in the other £ll2 15. 9d. There was also a charge in the account for " bevels " at a second stool, and as it would be proved that there was but one stool for that description of brick, the amount over-paid in that particular was £416 16s. 2d. There was also from the 31st of May a charge reported in respect of a ninth stool and continued for a period of fifteen weeks ; and at that stool, according to the report of Clark, 446,565 bricks were made, and the amount of money paid in respect to it was £334 18s. 6d. It would be shown, how ever; that there was no such stool in the field at all, and the total number of stools there during the entire season was but eight, The brick-burner would be also produced and would COlTAnrato tho orideitue of the moulders, so attic no earthly doubt could be entertained as to the fact of a con siderable and excessive overcharge having been made. Then came the question, whether or not this was fraudulently done ; but here again little doubt could be entertained that it was so. For the total account with the corporation was only £5OOO, and in that there was an over payment of £1567 16s. 9d.—a circumstance which, certainly, with a man who looked, after his business as Rawson did, could not be the result,of oversight or negligence. His LORDSHIP observed that if the indictment could be sustained on the case as stated, he must be labouring under a delusion with regard to the criminal law for the last five or six years. The criminal law was not intended for such cases, though a civil action would lie, they did not see why in their scheme Mr. Weightman might not be also in cluded in the indictment, but he did not mean to say that he ought to be. Mr. SisioN : Oh ! he is a gentleman above any suspicion. Mr. JAMES : And deservedly. HIS LORDSHIP : I have merely mentioned his name as . an illustration. But he was through the field as well as Raw son, and a man is much more sharp to find out when he loses than, when he gains. Mr. JAMES : The action at law has been brought,—it has been referred to a gentleman of high :standing, and the money has been deposited to meet the award. His LORDSHIP : It is a very proper case for such a course. For really if it is to be said that because a ervant makes out a bill in which there is an over-charge, and that the money is paid, you may as well at once indict the tradesman and the clerk for conspiracy. Mr. Snuori: But if the accounts are furnished with a knowledge of the overcharge,:and there is evidence to show that knowledge — His. LORDSHIP : I waited, but I did not find any. Mr. SIMON : Not, the fact that there are entries. His LORDSHIP : Are there books ? Mr, SIMON : The other side has them, and we have given them notice to produce them. His LORDSHIP : That shows me still more that it is a civil case. Mr. SitdoN : There are two books, which we shall pro duce, in which entries are made by Rawson's clerk. We shall show that Rawson was cognizant of these entries, and that he paid the money on them. Then I will show that these entries are true, and when compared.with the accounts on which the money was received, the latter will be found to be false. llis LORDSHIP : I don't think that will help you much. It is only endeavouring to make me try a question of accounts Mr. Weightman was then sworn and examined. He de posed to the nature of the contract with Rawson, and stated that Clark's duty, was to count the bricks, and return the number to him from time to time. Witness then granted the certificate ; it was then handed over to the treasurer; the treasurer entered it in his abstract book ; the abstract book was laid before the finance committee at their weekly meeting; the town-clerk or, his deputy read out the items, and the finance committee ordered it to be paid, and then the treasurer- His LORDSHIP : Oh I. it is " the house that Jack built." (Laughter.) The witness identified the account-book kept by Clark, and stated that on the winding up of the contract he de ducted 10 per cent. for waste on the total number of bricks. Charnock, one of the brickmakers, was then examined, and stated that he had been employed by Rawson, in the sea son of 1851, to make bricks in the field adjacent to the gaol. There were only eight stools alto g ether there during the season. The witness then d e sc r ib e d how the bricks were counted, by both the .men and. Harper, who afterwards, on every Saturday night, entered the amounts in their payment books. Witness made 60,0000 bricks during the season, and produced his payment book, in which that number was set down. He was idle two weeks during the sea,on. On cross-examination by Mr. JAMES, witness said that it was Harper who managed all the matters, Rawson merely paying the money when the amount was called out to him by Harper. In answer to Mr. MONK witness also stated that Rawson had another brick-field outside the land of the gaol. - Mr. BaErr then showed by Clarke's book Charnock was entered as having made in the week ending the 14th Jane, 34,935 bricks, and in the week ending the 2nd August, 27,690, these being the two weeks in which he had not worked at all. Thomas Kitchen, another brickmaker, was then examined, and deposed to almost precisely similar facts. Richard Molyneux, the brickburner, was also examined, but his evidence did not add any new feature to the case. His LORDSHIP inquired if they could carry the case any further ? Mr. SIMON : Not further : but these items show that there has not been a mere casual overcharge, but that it has been continued throughout, and thus arises the. presumption of guilt in each of the parties. His LORDSHIP : That would be quite unreasonable. Ramon takes the account from his clerk and pays it. There is no motive in the one and no knowledge in the other. SimoN : But suppose I show you loans between the parties under circumstances highly improbable ? His LORDSHIP : You made no mention of that before ; but any repetition of what I have before me will make no difference. Mr. MONK : Mr. Simon might also have as well stated that he would have known nothing of these loans unless from the statement of Clark himself, that they were very small, and that an I. 0. U. in every case was given. Mr. BRETT then proceeded to argue that Rawson must have had certain anticipations in reference to the contract, and that, therefore, he must have been aware, through the largeness of the excess, of the falsification of the accounts. His LORDSHIP : And what has Rawson to do with Clark? I think there is no case. You da not bring the parties together at all; and you cannot show a conspiracy to defraud unless you bring the. parties together, and show a corrupt arrangement inter se. There is no real case, though there may be a very good action at law. The prisoners were accordingly discharged. • THE BOILER EXPLOSION AT BLACKBURN. TYilliam Hesketh was then placed at the bar, and charged with having, in the month of last October, feloniously killed and slain Edward Sharpies and others. Mr. MONK appeared for the prosecution, and stated the facts of the case, which are still fresh in the recollection of the public. The plaintiff is a manufacturer of woven fabrics, and his premises at Blackburn being too large for his pur poses, he let a portion of them to a shuttle-weaver. He had an engine, with the old waggon-shaped boiler, on the premises, and having undertaken to supply the motive power to both establishments, a greater pressure was put upon the engine than it could possibly bear, so much so that, though 101bs. to the square inch was fully as much as it could sustain, it was frequently kept at a pressure of 301bs. and more to the square inch. Having stated the facts of the case, and described how the deceased had come by their death _through the explosion of the boiler, the learned counsel proceeded to , argue that though the prisoner• himself was not in charge of engine, yet that he was responsible for the act of his servant—the engineer. His LORDSHIP observed, that he conceived this point had been fully settled in the case of .Phillips v. the London and North Western Railway. However, as it was an important one, he would consult his brother (Baron Martin) on the subject. His LORDSHIP then retired, and on his return stated that his learned brother was equally clear on the subject as he was. If the prisoner had done the act himself, or if it bad been done by his particular direction, then he might be sued iu trespass ; but here,, where the act was done through his agent, who was not dioputcd to be an intelligent one, the case could not lie, and the only remedy could be by civil action. It would be well, perhaps, if the law in this par ticular were altered; and though, if in Parliament, he might vote for such an alteration, yet so long as it existed in its_ present form, it could only be administered in that state. The prisoner was accordingly acquitted. THE RIOTS AT BLACKBURN. James Burthill, William Slater, Robert Dickenson, Ben jamin Waddy, and Joh4 Cowell, were indicted for assaulting William Stowe, with intent to do him bodily harm, on the Ist of last November, at Blackburn. The assault arose out of the last mun cipal election in that town, and though it was a very severe one, yet, fort una t e l y , i t did not resu l t i n any serious injury to the prosecutor. After a protracted trial, Cowell was acquitted. The other prisoners were convicted on the count charging them with maiming and wounding, and were sentenced each to twelve months' imprisonment. THE LATE PRIZE FIGHT, Frank Donne'ly and Joseph Clarke pleaded not guilty to the charge of having on the 12th of November feloniously killed an slain one James Gill. Mr. BRETT prosecuted, and Mr. TINDAL ATKINSON defended. The facts of this case have been very recently before the public. The deceased and Donnelly fought a prize fight a short time since for £2O, and though after a fight of thirty-five minutes the deceased was declared the victor, yet he died, in a few days after his triumph. It appears that his health, previous to the fight, was in a de clining state, and that a day or two after the " mill," erysipelas set in, and thus terminated his career. For the defence a witness was called, and he proved that on the night after the fight he had seen the deceased fighting with a man, much his superior in physical strength, in Scotland row. He saw the deceased repeatedly thrown to the ground ; and it was accordingly exceedingly doubtful whether the erysipelas arose from the injuries then received, or from those sustained by him in the prize fight. Clarke was the second of Donnelly. The prisoners were acquitted. SECOND COURT.--YESTERDAY. Michael liibchester, a winding master in a mill at Preston and a married man was accused of a criminal assault on Margaret Pemberton, a married woman, both workers in Sharples's mill. The prisoner was acquitted. John Hudson, James Berry, and John Brierly, three boatmen were indicted for an assault on a married woman named Jane Makinson, at Manchester. The accused were boatmen, and the facts of the transaction have recently ap peared in the NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. In this case also there was a verdict of not guilty. THE NORTHERN DAILY TIMES. SENTENCES. Thomas Burns, convicting of assaultinz Dal; 0._,-.cao.„, ;Ali Intent to rescue nimseit n•om his custody, was sentenced to 18 months. David Morris, for attempting a burglary on the 29th of September, at Wavertree, and convicted by the jury, was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. MURDER AT STOCKPORT. Thomas Moore, 27, a factory-worker, was charged with the wilful murder of his two step-sons, James Higham and John Higham, on Friday the 2nd of September last. Mr. Mom( and Mr. OVENS conducted the prosecution, and Mr. WHEELER was called upon by, the court to defend. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner and his wife were both factory workers ; but the prisoner had been out of employment for several weoks, and lived with the wife's father, in Marsland-street, Stockport, but owing to differences, generally lived separately. Upon the morning in question, the wife went to work as usual. The two boys went out to play at nine o'clock in the morning, and were never seen alive after. The prisoner went to the market to purchase something for dinner, and returned about ten o'clock. Shortly after, the prisoner got an umbrella, it was raining at the time, and said to his father-in-law that he was going to Hempshaw-lane. He was seen afterwards, accom panied by the two children, the youngest of whom had a club font, going quite in a different direction, towards Great Portwood, Chimneyhall-street, and Manchester-road, all of which lead to the Ashton and Stockport canal. The prisoner was not home to his dinner that day but returned about six o'clock in the even ing, and asked his wife " why she had not sent his dinner ? " she said "she said she didn't know where to send it to ; art thou working," he said "yes," she said "Where ? " he said "at my old shop." The prisoner next asked if the children had come home, his,wife said not, and he exclaimed "Oh !•my children are l os t." H e th en wen t in search of the children with his wife, and returned about 8 o'clock. Prisoner shortly after gave information at the police-office. During the day he went to the house of an acquaintance, a woman named Barton, whom he' lived with before he was married, and dried his clothes ; when 'she asked him what was the cause of his being so wet, he said, "while assisting to put a can of, water upon a person's head he fell into the water," It was stated that the prisoner was very fond of his children, and played with them and fre quently took them out before the day in question. The prisoner also made a statement at home that he had sent the two boys home, and gave them the umbrella. On Mon day following the 6th of September, John Watson a boat man, was proceeding up the canal to Stockport with a load of coals, when he observed something. - tumbling over in the water, which attracted his attention, iut went on to Stock port, and returned;, accompanied by , a man ~named. Creig,• procured a boat, and succeeded in finding the body of a boy aged eight years, which was that of John Higham, further search was made, and the body of John Higham, aged four-and-a-half years was recovered. The canal was drained out for' the purpose of making further search, and the umbrella and one of the 'capes that one of the little boys had on that day was found. The bodies were conveyed to a house called the " Navigation Inn," and were examined by a surgeon, who could perceive no marks of violence, and was of opinion death was caused by drowning. The two boys were members of the Middle Hill-gate burial society, and of the Primitive Temperance burial society, and from £l9 to £2O was payable an the event of the children's death. . - • Mr. WHEELER for the defence, made a long speech, and urged that the pris , mer was never known to it 1-treat the children, and he frequently took them out, and because he was on the day in question seen with the children, that he should be charged with murder; and further urged that there was not the least marks of violence whatever, that the children who were fond vf water, might have gone to the canal in question, and fallen in, that the other might have attempted to save him, and both perished. His LORDSHIP in summing up the evidence remarked that a prejudicial feeling prevailed in theyeighbourhoodof Stock port against the prisoner. The jury retired to a private room, and after a pretty long consultation returned a verdict of not guilty. The court rose about nine o'clock. POLICE COURT-YESTERDAY. STREET ROBBERY.—Mary Ann Hamilton, was charged with stealing some money from a poor foreign sailor-boy who gave his name G. Dark Scherrp. The bay stated that he was knocked down by another boy who was with the prisoner, and while he was bleeding she came up, and took the handkerchief out of his cap, and cleaned his face. The money, Bs., was in the handkerchief —he asked her for it, when she threw 4s. on the pavement, and immediately ran away. Police-officer, 305, spoke to apprehending the prisoner, directly after the occurrence. She was committed for 14 days. • PICKING PocKErs.—Th, anas illiophy, was charged with stealing a sovereign and is. 6d. from the pocket of Mrs. M' Millen. Mr. 0 wen appeared for the prisoner. The complainant stated she Ras standing at the corner of Pitt-street, witnessing the performance of a monkey on a table, when a gentleman touched her on the Shoulder and asked her if she had lost anything. She then discovered that her pocket had been picKed, and it was turned outside of her dress. The money and purse were gone. The sovereign was in the purse, but the is. 6d. was in the pocket. The prisoner was standing close by her side. The parson mentioned, said ho heard a shilling drop on the pave ment and saw the prisoner place his foot over it, when he directed the woman's attention to the fact. _ • M The prisoner having been before committed for a similar offence, for which he was sentenced to three months' impri sonment, was committed to take his trial at the approaching SUSPICIOUS CIIARACTERS,—Two youths who gave their names as Philip Macguire and John Ward, were charged with attempting to pick pockets. Detective officer Bussell said, about three o'clock yester day, he was in Bold-street, whe4khe saw the prisoners--one was attempting to pick the pockets of a lady, and the other came up. He afterwards saw them together, leaving some ladies, and subsequently took them into custody. The officer said it was difficult to detect them in the act, as they had a hole in the side of the pocket, through which they put their hands. The prisoners' pockets were exhibited to the magistrates, and were each found as represented by the officer, and un doubtedly is a most ingenious contrivance. Another officer spoke to seeing the prisoners together in Bold- streeet. The prisoners were proved to have been in custody in the month of February last, on a charge of picking pockets in St. Mark's church, and the magistrates committed them for three months. • ROBBERY IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.—MichaeI APNulty, a youthful looking offender, was charged wick picking the pockets of Mrs Gardner, in a railway carriage. Police-officer 216 stated, on the arrival of the train yes terday, at the Lime-street station, he was informed that a lady had had her pocket cut from her dress, and that the pocket of another lady in the same carria e ,cre had been attempted to be picked. Having received a description of the person suspected, he went and apprehended the prisoner at a beerhouse kept by a man named William Cropper, which was the regular resort for thieves. Upon his person he found £8 Bs. 20. and a purse. Mr. Dodd, solicitor, appeared for the prisoner. Mrs. Gardner, the complainant, said she got into the carriage at Wolverhampton, and sat next the prisoner, who was in the carriage when she entered, and by ho. right-hand scar , at tho inc pocket was on that side. The prisoner left her side for a few minutes and went into the other compartment of the carriage, where there was a young lady, but very soon returned. As she was getting, out of the carriage at the Lime-street station, she perceived that her dress had been cut, and her purse was gone. She was positive the prisoner was the person who sat next her in the carriage. A young lady who was also in the carriage, identified the prisoner, and said, when he left Mrs. Gardner he went and sat quite opposite to her. She was slumbering at the time, but she distinctly felt him pitt his hand on her purse, which was in front of her. He left her and went to his former seat. ➢ir. Dodd endeavoured to shake the witness's testimony, and to throw suspicion on a female who had left the train before its arrival in Liverpool, but failed ; and the prisoner having previously been convicted, was committed for trial at the sessions. -- - STEALING A PAIR OF TROUSERS. - Richard Pearson and Ann Murphy, who had previously been remanded, were committed for three months, for stealing a pair of trousers. EXTENSIVE ROBBERlES. —Elizabeth Elliott, a respectably attired woman, was brought up on suspicion of having stolen several gold rings. Police-officer, 62, stated that he received information that the prisoner had been endeavouring to pledge two gold wedding rings at the shop of Mr. Burton, London-road, and he followed her to another pawn-shop, where he found her offering them in pledge, and he took her into custody. The pawnbroker confirmed the statement. She had four sold wedding rings in her possession. The police having received information of two extensive robberies in Bolton, the one on the night of the sth inst., when a pane of glass was cut in the window of Mr. Ashall, jeweller and watchmaker, Man chester-street, Bolton, from whence 24 gal rings were abstracted ; and, on the evening of the sth, 33 gold rings and other property were abstracted in a similar manner from the shop of Mr. Tritchlen, Bradshaw-gate, Bolton, it was suspected that the rings in the possession of the prisoner were a part of the stolen property. Mr. Asholl attended and identified one of the rings. Another pawnbroker produced four rings which had been pledged by the prisoner. The case being of a very serious nature, and not in the jurisdiction of the Liverpool magistrates, the prisoner was sent to Bolton. Jane liforland, the keeper of a beer- ho use in Ashton street, was summoned before the bench for having refused to admit the police officers into her premises. Mr. Owen appeared for the defendant. The police-officer stated that he had received information that that there was an enclosed communication, large enough to admit a jug, in the cellar, and on Sunday morning last, about a quarter past ten o'clock, he, with the other officers, went to the house ; they inspected the parlour, and were going to the cellar, when the defendant turned the key and would not allow them to enter. He b^" - Laui e. eke „11.., but oLc rerusea, and said she would not admit him or anybody else. By Mr. ()wan : The defendant permitted us to enter the house, but refused to let us go into the cellar. Mr. Owen said the ,defendant had permitted them to enter the house, and having done that, there was no case. The information stated - " Shall allow the police to enter the house." His client had done so. Mr. Wybergh : But the information also says, " and premises." Mr. Owen : Yes, but that is only a law term, with no meaning, as commonly used as possible. The premises means the front door. The Magistrate : Was the room that defendant refused to admit you to.licensed by the excise? The officer said he believed it was—it was used to keep the beer in. It was admitted that the room was so used, and Mr. Cowell having pressed his objection, that the police had not been refused admittance, as they had been admitted into the house. Mr. Wybergh referred to the act of parliament, and the case was adjourned for a week, to enable each party to make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the law on the point raised by Mr. Owen. John Ellis, a beer-house keeper in Upper Mann-street, was summoned for refusing to admit the police-officers to his house. The police-officer said he went to the defendant's house and knocked for admission, having seen some parties going in and out the house, but the door was not opened to admit him. The Defendant : I was gettin g c , my breakfast, and I came to the door as soon as I could. I was not half a minute before I opened the door, and called you back. The Magistrates : Did he call you back? Witness : He did ; but I would not go. The Magistrate : What time was it ? Witness : Twenty minutes past nine in the morning. The Magistrate : How long did you stop at the door ? Witness : Four or five minutes. The defendant called a witness, who stated he went into the house, but did not see any person there except the land lord. He was at the house on the previous evening when he left a book—" Uncle Tom's Cabin "—and he went there for it. The Magistrate : That has nothing to do with his refusing to admit the officers. The clerk having read over a long list of similar offences, from which it appeared he had five - times been fined in the penalty of 514 The Magistrates said he should not be doing his duty,, if he did not suspend the licence, w hi c h w o uld disqualify him for two years. The licence was consequently suspended. Alm Green, beer-house keeper, Albert-street,. Evertor); was summoned for having allowed drinking in his house after the regular hour of closing . The police-officer stated he went to the house at half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning (midnight) when he found ten persons there, and three beer glasses on the table. The Magistrate : What have you to say ? - The defendant said he admitted that the persons were there; but the fact was, he was a musician, and Mrs. Ed wards, the widow of another musician, had asked him to raffle off a musical instrument, and he had consented ; and the parties had, after their professional engagements, which did not conclude until between ten and eleven o'clock,. asseinbled there for the purpose of raffling it off.' He had spoken to the police-officer on,duty, and had waited some time to see the inspector, and the police-officer had told him that they had no power to give permission, and told him to go, and if they kept quiet nothing would be said about it. Tho magistrate said the law did not allow such h6uses to be open after eleven o'clock, but dismissed the case, Caution ing the defendant not to offend again. Ann Harker, the keeper of a public-house in Scotland road, also appeared to answer a'complaint mada against her house. Mr. Clifton appeared for the defendant. • The police-officer stated on Sunday last, about half-past twelve o'clock, he saw a person knocking at the side door of the defendant's house. Th ere were 'two men, one was walking backwards and forwards, on the watch. There vas a policeman on duty passed at the end of the street., he watched him until he was out of sight and then returned ,to the door and both went into the house. In abauf three minutes after, he . (the policeman) went and knocked at 'the door, and as soon as he knocked he heard , a scuffling noise in the house, and was let in, when he saw two men running upstairs—two men in the kitchen and three glasses on the table. The two men he had seen go in were in the kitchen. Mr. Clifton . Pray what account did the female give you? Police-officer : I asked her what account she had to give, and she said they were some friends of hers. • She gave no account of the glasses.- Mr. Clifton for the dependant said she had kept the house for forty-eight years, and had never had a complaint made against it until within the last six months, and called Mrs. Buckley, vho stated that the person who' Caine 'to t the house was a friend who came from Chester, about a watch, he having lost his, and wanted another. She positively swore that there was not a drop of drink in the glasses on the table, nor had there been a drop of liqUor or ale sold thaL woruiug. _ _ _ Mr. Howard, the person who went into the house ) con firmed the last witness's statement, relative to going about the purchase of a watch, and denied that there were any persons up stairs, and that the person who accompanied him watched the policeman as he was merely walking up and down to keep himself warm. The magistrates dismissed the case. John Tr.bucca, publican, Crosshall-street, was summoned for selling liquor on Sunday last. Mr. Yates appeared for the defendant. The police-officer stated at half past nine o'clock on Sun day morning last, he saw persons going into the defend ant's house. He first saw a man and woman go in and 'come out again. He next saw two females go up the back entry and &lowed them, and when he got to the_ back door he saw them coming out, one of them said to him, "it is your turn now." The door was shut in his face. The .in spector went in at the time, and they found a glass contain ing ale, and two measures one having had whiskey in it and the other rum. By Mr. Yates: He was in the street when he first saw the persons go into the house. He believed there was a house in the back yard. Mr. Yates : Now, on your oath, will you swear that you saw the females coming out of the .back door ? Police -officer : Yes, I will swear I saw two women come out of the house. Mr. Yates : When you went into the house what did you find? Police-officer : In the cellar two measures containing ale, and two pewter measures containing rum and whiskey in the bar. The inspector said he was in Dale-street, and that he saw a man belonging to the house who was sent out as a spy. Ile went to the front door while the other officer was at the back. Mr. Yates addressed the bench for the damdant and called James Nugent, who stated b had been a lodger in the house for seven years. ire was in the house on Sunday morning. He was not out of the house at the time it was said he was sent out as a spy---nor was he ever sent out as a spy. There were not two women, or a single person went into the house that morning. He thought he must have seen them if . they had gone in. • Mr. Yates: 'Will yam „ A.tu u women ualne into the house that morning by tho back door ? Witness : I will swear there were not.. Mr. Yates : Was any ale or spirits sold that morning ? Witness : I will swear there was not a drop sold. Magistrate : Could it be sold without your knowledge ? "Witness ; I must hare seen it sold if Magistrate : Where were you ? Witness : I was up-stairs, and could see the back door. Mrs. Kimsloke said she was a servant in the house, and when the officers came to the house she was cleaning the windows, and could see if any persons went in at the front door, and she could also sec the back door. Mr. Yates : Did you see any person go into tho house for half an hour before the officers came ? Witness: No ; I did not. Mr. Yates : Will you swear there was no person went into the house ? Witness : I will swear there was not a person came into he house. Magistrates : Could any person have gone into the house by the back door without your seeing them ? Witness : I must have seen any person go in either at the back door or the front door. (One of the officers of the court explained the plan of the house, by which it appeared that, situated as the witness was, she could see if any person went into the house, either by the back or front door.) Mr. Yates : Was anything sold on Sunday morning ? Witness : There was not. There was not a person came into the house that morning. The policeman might see me go out and in, as I went for some bread. The measures were just as they were left on the previous night; they had not been washed up. The magistrates dismissed the case, one of them (Mr. Crossthwaite) observing that he believed that liquor had been drank in the house, but as there was a doubt, they would give the defendant the benefit of that doubt. Owen Evans, publican, Union-street, was summoned for having persons in his house on Sunday last. Mr. Cambell appeared for the defendant. The police-officer stated, on the morning of Sunday last, at ten o'clock, he went to the house, when he found eight persons in a back kitchen. They were sailors. He also found a bottle and glass. There were other persons in the house. Mr. Cambell : Did you ask the female, who is the land lord's mother, who they were ? Witness : I did. Mr. Cambell : What did she say ? - Witness : She said they were lodgers. She said some had lodged there for weeks, others for months. She pointed out two of the company, who he knew lodged elsewhere. He had asked for the key of the bar, but the' woman said she could not find it, and she afterwards took it out of her pocket. Mr. Cambell addressed the bench for the defendant, and called The lodger who stated that on Sunday mornino• 1t wn,,F,„l ,umuLumeto VrinK, and as Were was not any water fit for drink, ant the female gave him a small bottle of porter, which he drank, and then went to church. Edward Jones, stated that he admitted two or three persons into the house on that morning. They were friends of the sailors. Mr. Cambell—Was anything drank in the house that morning ? Witness—No, not a drop. The bar-maid was not up. Not a drop of ala or drink was sold that morning. I have the management of the lodgers. ' The landlord's mother, who had the key of the bar, fully corroborated the statement made by the other witnesses. Tne magistrates dismissed the case. _Anthony Scalier, publican, Waterloo-road; who did not appear, was finod 40s. and costs, for selling some gin to a female on Sunday morning. Mr. Yates, who stated he appeared for the owners of the property, said thelman had been turned out of the house - ; and ,s he had been fined only the previous week, when Mr. Mansfield had ordered a report to be made to the licensing magistrates, he hoped that the fact of the man having been turned out of the house, would also be reported. Michael M'Comaskey, beer-house keeper, Dundee-street, was fined 40s. and costs for refusing to admit the police at a quarter before one o'clock, Mr. Mansfield observing that as long as any person was up in the house they must open the door to the officers. Joseph Smith was summoned for having an internal com munication with another house. The defendant promised to have the communication closed up, and the case was dismissed. Eliza Seane, the keeper of a public-house in Waterloo road, was fined ss. and costs, for selling two half-gills of whiskey to a female. The defendant admitted the fact. Jaines Bond, Scotland-road a beer-house keeper, was summoned for selling some milk on Sunday morning. Police-officer 165, failed to prove the case, and the defen dant, who appeared by his wife, was acquitted. The following persons were also fined for various offences against their licenses :—Thomas Pemberton, Hill-stree'c, 10s. Edward Dickson, Upper ,Mann-street, 10s. Mary Galla her, Preston-street, 10s. John Bell, School-lane, 52. Charles Farrington, South Castle-street, Is. and the costs in each ease. , Two brutes, in a drunken' state, fought near Hull, on Wednesday afternoon, and one, named Darbee, killed the other, named Field. On the 3d instant a new opera of Balfe's was performed at Vienna. It is called Reolanthe. / / ~_.l/ LECTURE Itl,s,T :TuEi ;1" yr 111 The Rev. Dr. M‘Neile delivered a lecture upon,tliOJ and Judaisin, at the Collegiate Institution, last crowded andienee. The rev. lecturer denibustrat 1 YE filment of the prophecies of Scripture, in the fall o and dispersion, and pointed to the fact _of t i':;"' tinctnest amid.all the changes which had fallen from every other nation. 116 shOwed hOtii ; in and usages at the present day, the Jews evinced. from Judd, and that they were the race of viigiilliaVdi;A Old Testament related, 'They possessed' the earliest ex amples dale sacrifice of blood and burnt offerings f ;wbich distinguished the religion of the christian from the- mere sentimental natural religion now preached by-ipanv. AsArt e the sacrifice, the creature acknowledged not Only a ScT-; reign, but tho sinner typified his submission.o a ,God,Wliose right it would be to inflict the same death and punishment upon him for sip, The .)r6W .Teptament was but t ) hp .i seeond volume, conti nu i ng an d m akin g constant relCfr i etwe first, and if viewed as complete in itself, might ue seated and Mistaken,. The safeguard was the interpretation derived from the first volume. .For want of OW101 4 11;44 lecturer showed man had gone. to the father of the chilli for interpretation and had failed; but if they .went/back , 4<ii the first volume and the Mosiac interpretation, they would ; find a platform to which the right interpretation would,tit Ni That was their defence against heresy, and . their answer lO rt the infidel. Judaism established.the great, and saying 1s of Christianity, that ,ithout ;the .sacrifice there was no remis sion of sin. Therefore the Jews bore testimpuy,hy theiryve sent usages ,and symbols to the origin of f.incierit, Judaisni ; and. ancient Judaism as a system cstablished the saying peculiarities of the gospel. This was the great point upon which the lecturer dwelt, and he concluded by shoving : UK) importance, of the subject, and of the race on, which :sco . ,, much depended. The lecturer was greeted with enthusiast* applause on his appearance, during the progress of the'lec4 .7 i ture, and at its conclusion. . LONDON PRODUCE MARKET.-YESTERDAY '1: SuoAit-West India 'sellerS; 450 hhds at full piieeo. , Refined sells more freely; grocery lumps, 44s to 475: Ftl 4% reign sales larger at formor prices. COFFEE firm ; plantation Ceylon in fair demand, at full prices. Native -quiet at 46s 6d to 475. Tai dull ; 'low congou, is 21d to Is 34.' Rica dull; white Bengal, 13s 6d' to 14s 9d; 1111adras, - 12 s 6d to .13s 6d. Rust brisker and firmer;- -Demerara, 3s 6d _l4), 3s . 11d. COTTON- 'quiet; at previous ferins:' TALLOW 1111/1;' good demand; fine P.Y.O 56s on spot. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. —YESTERDAY. Arrival of GRAIN and FLOUR this week.-moderate, , a though attendance not large.: More disposition on: part cif millers to purchase foreign WHE A T, and m o d era t e b us i ness at extre,.c. , tes, Some portion of .English, owing to to its wretched unsold. ; In. FLOUR active o;4a,fo c r o . n t iadeitcoona,tiuent,...and Pqr , ocs disp.osea.af since Wednesday. Ao.r4.ig ,C0.n.. , y,,0f, all sale at Monday's prices.' : FLOUR Meets little inquiry, SMITHFIELD CATTLE -MARIttT.-YESTERDAY. There is a good demand for Bniisrs, SHEEP, and CsrArlN at Monday's prices. - • '" Cciw's, 95 ; beasts, 767; sheep and lambs, 4,110 ;. calves, 119; pigs, 260. Beef, 2s 8d to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 4.1 to 5s 2d; veal, 3s 4d to 5s ; pork, 3s 8d to ss. ' . - AttravAr.s.—litillatid beasts, 115; sheen ' 1 00,•::eali•vs 4. , 1. • 'ST? 51. • Spanish sheep 260. :‘! WAKEFIELD! CORN MARKET.--YtiMataVlr'' Arrivals of WHEAT moderate ;.:quantity of naiii -offerini being small. Sellers obtain close prt last -weeks rates, for gill qualities; s Fresh old is 'more 'saleable at previous prices. inferior quite neglected. -Fresh heavy RARLEir--firms-and fully as dear. Inferior,. liMited .demand at late rates. OATS as before. BEANS sells slowly. Other articles, turr changed. Arrivals . : WHEAT, 4,972. - • • GLASGOW PIG IRON MARKET.--YESTERDAY. Market firm ; 79s for mixed numbers, H arrants. THE , FUNDS, STOCK AND CLOSI, . , ENGLISH MARKET. Consols Account ) 931 * 1)0. Money Bank :ttoele uKchequer Bills, L. .. Do• • S. • • Three' and a Quarter per cent: RAILWAY SHARES • ' Ambergate, Nottingham, and Eastern Junction • • •); , n 56 Do. rreference....: IUO Bristol and Exeter Ktiglian Ea4em.c9untics 113 East Lancashire Do B. &C. 'Echilbroi' & dlmgoiv 63 5 Great Northern Ed 7 A. B. Great Western 84 Lancashire & Yorkshire 68 D.r. Fifths 61 Leeds Nortnern l4 London Bt ghton and _ SHARE, MARKET,I,OII VG PRICE Rainy, December 9A; ' Loral .n and N. W, ,:.1024* London and S. W. , ' blanche. ter, heffield, & LincOnshire " , 24 ;"j Midland Stock 64 North 'British 34 " Do Preference N•orfolks- North .S,tafforlP e Slirps.;..bus'y an i;nia. Do. a.nd N. - , South E' and York, New., and . Do2ExtentlOn''' Do. Prefetenoe IRork and Nosth Mid 444 54 • or004•S. „ sfr SPaatishiNew I)dferia.. , 454 ., ' Do. I assives .. Do. Threes Russians D 0... 97 South CO'ast LAND SHARES Ayricultural 4B 50 North B. Australian ... • Peel River South Australia SHARE MARKETS.-YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL.—There was no characteristic of yester day's market calling for observation. Caledonian, 28a qc Eastern Counties, 13 1 -,1-; East Lancashire, 16 746 i; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 68 -1 1 lc 8. 68 1 - ; London •and • North Western, 103 31 103 . 4- 4 - Manchester Sheffield, and Lincoln Steck, 241- ; Midland, 64 4 1 64 : 1- .4 4 ; North British, 82 8:3 ; Oswestry and Chester,. 11 South Eastern Stock, 18 11-16. The fol lowing were the quotations at which the market closed : caledonian, 281 Eastern Counties, 132 N ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 681 ; London and North Western, 1032 4 ; Midland, 64/ ; North British, 81 ; South Eastern, 18.18.9 19 ;. York and North, - 25. ; .Sheffield Stock, 24/ 5. MANCIIESTER.—The market opened firm, and 're mained so all day. The following Were the sales :—Belfast and Ballymena, T.d. ; Eastern Counties, 134 5-16; Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 68 ;; , „ 7 1; London and North Western, 11)3 1; Ditto. Fifths, 5-16 p ; Manchester, Shef field, and Lincoln, 24:, ; Ditto, new £6 pref., 1p ; Midland, 6481; North British, q- ; South 'Eastern, 181- 1-.13=16. LEEDS.—The sales are :—Lancashiro and Yorkshire, 68t ; North Western, 8 7-16. On Thursday, an inquest was held at Bristol, on the body of a man who had died from the bite 'of a rat. Verdict accordingly. CONSUMPTION or SPIRITS. —The consumption of .spirits in the United Kingdoms last year was 28,246,7 87 gallons, and the duty paid £8,557,391. FRIGHTFUL MURDER ix FRANCE.—The young man Bony, who was accused of the murder of M. and'Mdme. -.Moreau, at Provins, iu France, on the 15th of October -last, has been found guilty. The details are .most horrible. Partly insti gated by anger, and partly by a desire for booty, he went to the banker's house, and having engaged him in conversation, murdered him by blows of a hatchet. Re also murdered his wife, who had endeavoured to protect the old mall.: • UNJUST WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.--Yesterday, at filo city police-court, Manchester, Mr. It. Mellor, chief inspector of Freights and measures, preferred charges against a number of persons, for having in their possession illegal weights and measures. The persons informed upon, comprised grocers, provision dealers ' . block-smiths, coal-dealers, rag-dealers, green-grocers, glass-dealers, iron -dealers, fruiterers, rope makers, &c,.. The Darting wpm finprl rarinA gpms. r ATAL ACCIDENT THROUGH THE .too.—l. esteraa,y, Mr. George Buttler, deputy coroner, held an inquest .at Droylsden, touching the death of a young man named Sam uel Rindley, who fell into the Ashton-under-Lyne canal, dur ing the fog. It appeared that the young man was leading a horse along the banks of the canal, when through the fog giness of the weather he fell into the canal at a plaee called Jocky bridge and was drowned. On Wednesday night two young women named Mary Cheadle, a married woman, aged 26, ad Elizabeth Whittle, single woman, were proceeding homewards from their work at Prestolee, near Bolton, and having missed their way in the fog, and fell into the Bolton canal and were drowned. The bodies of the unfortunate females were found the same night. CUSTOMS' COURT. —This is a new court, which was opened for the first time yesterday morning. It is a convenient, well fitted-up chamber in that large and important building, the Custom-house, Thames-'street. The court hasbeen called into existence by the 16th and 17th Victoria, chap:lo7; tiec. 33, an act by which any one or more of' the commissioners of customs is entitled to decide matters' of dispute connected with customs dues levied in ease any owner, merchant, agent, &c., shall feel himself aggrieved. Before the court was for mally opened, a harmonicon was introduced, not to have its tones tried as to their musical ex?ellence, but the custom house value. Sir Thomas Freemantle was in the chair, and the question which was raised by Mr. Solomons,' the im porter of the instrument, was whether 61 reeds divided into two rows formed one or two stops. The question involves a very large amount of revenue, although apparently iniigni ficant in itself. Sir Thomas Freemantle said that lie . Wduld inform the commissioners of what had transpired. STEAM - BOAT COLLISION AT THE MOUTH OF THE THAMES. —A VESSEL SUNK. —This morning, the Glide, Foster, from Hartlepool, arrived in the river, by which vessel information Was received of the total loss of the brig Eleanor, Alagur, of South Shields. It appears that the Eleanor was, from Shields, for London, coal laden, and made the Shears beaeon on Tuesday night about nine o'clock, when she came into violent collision with the General Steam Navigation Com pany's ship Waterwitch, bound from. London to Hull. The force of concussion was so great that it was found - the Eleanor was sinking fast ; and the crew had barely time to • 'get their boat out and leave -the ill-fated vessel -when: she . sunk, and it was with difficulty that the crew escaped .hging drawn into the vortex caused by the sinking ship.,, ,The Glide also reports that she was in collision with the above mentioned steam=ship the same evening, and sustaili&rsiime damage to her topsides. The night was thick, ~ilL little wind, so that it is possible the lights of either vessel - NV era not observed in sufficient time to prevent the accident, I. re. °' rdgi .roo? , .bt re the othe ari o 014 ,;(,• the, otn" • tit. ,tion or al ,11