The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-01 00:00:00

AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE AFRICA %MimsWoe t i r The British mail steamer Africa, Captain ;,).,,nannon, arrived in the Mersey last evening, from flaw York, with advices to the 19th ult., bringing 4'Bo forty-six passengers, and 790,971 dollars in 13 Pecie, 4,311 e steamer Herman, from Southampton, had C v ed out at New York, but nothing had been he ard of the missing steamer Pacific:. ic advices now to hand are three days later :;tan these brought by the Baltic, but the addi t"ooaal news they supply is very meagre. In tk°iMercial matters there had been very little kuloiage. There was an increased demand for tb, ll °Y. but the rates of interest do not vary from 1 ,7 1 : i e last reported. The supply of capital on call v a rge, and l oans were readily obtained at from ele rh en to eight per cent. The chief disbursing Wa —eri , t , in the M oney and Stock Market tae the Nicaragua Transit affair, which inerereP or ted by th e l as t arr i va l. A n cau sed itse d supply of Foreign Exchange had forj,:,; a slight decline in the q 08-1 uotatio 111 e c(3t 1.'4 ° n London, which stood at 1 to 109,. pric es mark e t was rat h er more active, and N a s h a d e firmer. Flour was dull, with prices ab° ° t 6 l Cents per barrel lower. The wheat . nallyetthvireassamexeremely dull, but prices were nomi- Th e dent s "'ate of the relations between the govern to e 8 of Great Britain and America continued eo: - "PY a large share of attention, both in betw gr :„ ss ,Pd out of it, but all fear of a rupture d tike thud two countries had, apparently, cease conside.'llistutent question the New York papers d Riv en s', r that the British government had Rard t„"„ %Iflcient explanation, and with think i;';'he Central American question they latter is su sceptible of an easy settlement. The enti Ili b es tion h d been further debated in t e 44 41i t e e %C li t flew facts or argument had been In the Sen ate a bill had been reported, auth m o . - Inetlihelp' to People of Kansas to form a state govei - LO ri t e 16e , alner George Law had arrived at New 2 0th „, w.,r,lth the Californian Mails of the Reid or' rebruary, and 1,219,053 dollars in 40 04: 8t The advices from California by the Otfi a lv are anticipated. era r e_ e zioan advices are to the Bth ult., from the 29f1'_u,' General Comonfort left the capital on f the t;41 -r ebruary, tout himself at the head o 1 2,0,96 ° ?Pa to besiege Puebla. He would have r ev° , , A ,,, tizs and 48 pieces of artillery. The Pleo li m t ,"'stn at Puebla were about 8,000 strong. flan cf e -e rr rs „who led the revolt at the Castle of San A The ` - '"°a, had been sentenced to be shot. urleani Par ture of Nica rag u a filib us t ers f rom N ew 8 ) : 8 ° Ponly pro c l a i me d i n th e p a p ers . e„:43'e advices from Havana to the 10th his tou r nera l Concha was at St. Jago de Cuba on 11 , 1 4:11 ) „,„ ° , f i nspection. Several hundred Africans h 'ltat es 7- 1 4 landed from English ships. The United l ' l ritish - : ) , 11 ,sill had been entertained on board the , f Co of war Powerful. Mr. Bayly, member ine ll ° /3 . res s) from Virginia, was about to return 'My and 'le Was still in low health. A New York 33 rit her - d aughter had been insulted by some saltflaw officers, b u t no fi g ht ensue d. Th e ad ~11 , 5 t the city was good. Copious rains had Ineficial effe c t on t h e growing sugar cane. itnPrerv:aad somewhat declined, and freights had . NEW YORK MARKETS des 10, REVIEW FOR THREE DAYS. Pot have continued in request at the recent and the market closes firmly. tliieiti;2l The ma r k e t opened very buoyant, and on rath er b i - and yesterd a y a large business was transacted at actions e t tter prices than quoted in our last. The trans ar the t h ree days aggregate 12,0D0 bales, about reechth.44 transitu bet ween G u lf p or t s an d E urope. Th e 2,614; ain ce Ist S e pt em b er l as t, a t all the ports, are 1, 3 ", 3 ..7 bal es , against 1,764.701 to same time last year, thin in 1854, and 2605,065 in am 1853, being now larer fr "37 Previous season, , to the se date. Total expo g rt ea pear Ti nited States 1,693,701, bale, against 1,212,749 Year l ast and the stocks on hand 656,223, aga i nst 400,380 NEW YORK CLASSIFICATION N. Orleans. Upland. Florida. Mobile. & Texas. Ordinary .. • 8 81 81 8 kiddling . .. 10 1 10 x 10 10- g Middling Fair 101 11 11i 10i 12 l'air ' • 11 kTh e •: •• 11 114 ot,i, arrivals have been from—New Orleans, 874 bales, i lalE:.'. "9 bales, Florid a, 839 bales, Georgia. 1,081 bale s ; '''.l.),,lltla Carolina, 1,809 bales, North Carolina, 4,016, To ' t, e i v ; ir gillia, 134 bales. Total-9,412 balm To PliPort since Ist instant tali mport since Ist September • • Since 4ttle tittle ~ Exp-rt from th e U n it e d St a t e s. St Se ptember 1865 , 1854 ' 1,693,701 bah. Ex . ... port, from Ist to 14'b 1 r • 36,591 bales 2:52,549 bales C otton ::7°IISTATEMENT.—sEr T. 1 , 185 5 , TO MAR. 15, 1856 ktotr. Receipts. •• . bales 12,14 ;Total Exports t o 1 Exports to Great Stock and on Foreign , Shipboard. i Ports. Britain. 1,038,5 1 )7 878,650 658.223 400,380 1a5 5.6 14 ,54. s 2 ,61 a... l a n .......2! 764 ,701 -- ------ i----.---- -- 450,952 Dee. 54,136 1 ' 693, 7 01 1,242 749 forotb - • ••• i ........ .... i kat; 441 ., 13 MEAL : A very limited demand has prevailed 'kat trade, -a4 vi IVestern flour since our last, cents mainly for the lower and the inferior grades are abut 6, elirre;,:vbile the better descriptions maintain the previous the NJ . l'cl reign orders are limited so low as to preclude t isatli sibility of their execution at present, and the export of t h Xi , , consequently, unimportant. Another meeting Ithen length ott Flour Inspection was held on Saturday, e did float lengthy report was submitted. A portion of the trade vtith % t ake part in the proceedings, and being dissatisfied n aCeo liv e reaUlt, will speedily hold a meeting on their ow be the ''' t° counteract the late r: oyement. Whatever may sub;:,, difference of opinion among the trade upon the e 0 we trust that it will not prevent an early reformbeen see DervetteA. w hich the inspection has of late years matter, b 4 tld th e ` 4 _, The credit of the city is at stake in . this ._ bee,eBB4:rption of some reliable standard is positively flout,gre Lo Preserve it intact. The sales for the three days gate 5,000 brls, the market closing very dull. Canada the „continues in limited demand, and the market favours 28 c v e ll a r t e eht f l a er.. Sales 1,400 brls at 7 dohs 25 cents to 9 dols Seeth e or in to choice brands. The market for Ine der a r t li fi ctur has declined 121 to 2.5 cents, with only a elißhto demand at the reduction ; the supplies are %tz increasing. titicl ~,.'11: The wheat market has continued extremely . dull, and Arise are nominally as last quoted. The stock is light, and —e 'ly of an inferior quality, but holders refuse to make of a ecMeessions, while buyers are holding off in expectation ItaiiiirLe(l4ction. The only sales we have to report are 80 0 0 0 \Phi e t 4 }led Tennessee, at 1 dol 70c to 1 dol 75c ; and3,l enti,„l Canada, 1 dol 85c to 1 dol 923 c ; other kinds are thaCY 40Minal. The rye market is without quotable !It 1 g d e i and the demand is moderate ; sales 4,200 Northern 4 llia ? I) ! 16c, delivered; and 600 Jersey, 1 dol 12c. Barley on air request, and the market is firm, with a light supp y t le ie • 4 Pri v ,_, ,000 bushels rime Canada sold at 1 dol 300 to Tli, e oefore 15th April; and 500 good Jersey, 1 dol 20c. IN e erll market is without material variation, and the NV is quite moderate. The supply of prime is limited, this description commands full prices ; sales 77,000 tai km e 'e at 62 dol to 74 dol for unsound 0 prime Western R --', ;70 dol to 72 dol for round white and yellow or ith eosti n e li tn, and 66 dol to 68 dol for white Southern. Oats IN , e dull, and prices favour the .purchaser. Beans Iltnoeal, are steady and quiet at previous rates. at RO,' With the exception - of small sales of Scotch pi; aging, °4lB to 37 dols, six months, we hear of nothing , k,„ 16 6 t — ' Pig remains quiet, but is held firmly ; a lot of hit '34 Spanish, sold to arrive, at 6 dols 75c, time and Al ete t- Bar is steady at 61 . c to 7c, cash. . vari,ioszs : The market is dull, but prices have not I,fzjarticalarly. is with -9 tit ch AL STORRS : Turpentine has been quiet, and 4 ltli an ge- It is understand there are some foreign orders ma Market ; stock 14,000 barrels. Spirits turpentine Ptic„ l : lll e 4 to be taken or.ly in small parcels, at previous e eria - ra s. 0 ; _stock estimated from 18,000 to 21,000 or 22,000 brls. Ottoa resin is sustained, and No. 1 has sold higher Itr e , th e Stock being reduced. Pale, and good No. 1, ttto / k , ,!. arket. Tar is in sm dl request, and large end ° 4 3? 16,000 brls. Rope is now worth more than Thir., i'llt mighti bring 2 dols 50e to 2 dols 75c for large barrels, T all other kinds are depressed ; sales, 800 brls. Sprits ~ '''Pent' -or 'fle 40c to 401 c cash, and 40tc to 41c fifteen days, oo Is.owliolesale parcels, and 41c to 42c cash, by retail ; 1,4 4) N:t e lt :s n it:l, 1 dol 65c per 310 lb, in yard ; 1,000 Wil hite `J ° l:ornon, 1 dol 60c delivered ; and small lots 014 .within our range. ttile a • In Crude Whale and Sperm, we have heard of no . hecifo rd 500 brls Bl eached Winter Whale were purchased gr? t. to c ome he re , on terms we did not learn. Olive is oo Linseed has been less active, but g the market is firm ; 411 ° 11 8 E nglish brought 85c cash, which is also the 159,857 255,843 price for small lots from sore. The Palm recently arrived was sold previously. Camphene, 43c. Pitovisrom : The market for pork has improved 25c, but the demand continues light ; the receipts continue light, and the amount on sale is moderate; sales 1,600 brls, closing at 15 dols 8710 for mess, 14 dole 629 for prime, 18 dols to 18 dole 50c (nominal) for clear, including 500 uninspected prime to arrive, at 14 dole 6210. In beef, there is only a limited business in progress, and the market favours the purchaser, but there is no quotable change in rates ; sales, 800 brls, at 8 dols 2:5c to 8 dole 75c for country prime, 9 dols 25c to 11 dole for do mess, 12 dole 50c to 13 dols for Vermont mess, 11 dols to 13 dols 25c for repacked western, and 13 dols 50c to 14 dole 75c for extra do. Prime mess remains inactive ; 160 tee sour sold at 10 dols—the quota tions for sound are 18 dole to 22 dole. Beef hams are in active request, part on speculation, and the market continues firm ; sales 1,450 brls, at 13 dole to 16 dolssoc for ordinary to pi ime. Cut meats are active and firm; sales 1,000 pkgs at 7p for shoulders, and 80 to 94c for hams. Bacon con tinues scarce, and in good demand ; sales 300 boxes. Long and short clear middles at 910. Dressed hogs command 8c to 84e ; 600 western, to arrive soon, sold yesterday at 81c. Lard is a shade easier, with sales of 1,000 brls, closing at 10c to 101, with lots of strictly prime at lOic ; also 500 kegs at 1 le. Butter and cheese are in limited demand at quotations. SALT : The receipts are still very limited, and the market is consequently quiet. SUGAR : There is more steadiness in the market at the decline noticed in our market, but otherwise we have no change to notice. TALLOW remains quiet, and we have only to notice sales 30,000 lbs prime. in lots, at 101 c to 101 c cash. TIN : Pig remains firm, with rather more inquiry —sales 200 to 300 slabs Banca from store, at 35c to 35 is ; 974 do to arrive, 33c cash ; and 300 do Straits, 33c 30 days. Plates still arrive very sparingly, and of some descriptions the supply is barely sufficient to fix a quotation. TOBA.CCO : There is a fair demand for most descriptions, and the market is firm. FREIGHTS : The market generally is without important change, and the offerings to Great Britain are, for the moment, light. The amount of unengaged tonnage in port is still light, and vessels of all classes find ready employ ment at fair rates, which are likely to he maintained during the Spring months, owing to the large amount of cotton and other produce to go forward to Europe. New avenues of employment are constantly being developed, and the comparatively small number of new vessels launched during the last year or two, warrants the belief that the supply of tornage will not be excessive for a lengthened period. To Liverpool, the engagements include 42,000 bushels corn, at 7d to 72i in bulk and ship's bags, including a small portion to fill up at 6d, which is no criterion of the market; 1,500 brls flour, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; 400 tcs beef, 3s 64 ; 209 brie pork, 3s ; 3,000 bales cotton, 9-324 to 5-16 d, including Sea Island 7-16 d ; 68 hhds tobacco, 30s ; 3,000 staves, 20s ; several hundred boxes bacon, 30s; and 100 brls oil, 355. EXCHANGE : The business for the steamer has not been important—the market closed flatly at our hithest quota tions. We quote bills on London at 91 1 to 91 per cent. premium. MONEY AND STOCKS : There has been no important change in the leading features of the market since our last report of the 4th March, and except for a few of the more speculative stocks, the variations in prices have not been material. The general tendency of the market has been downward. A disposition to await the result of the peace negotiations at Paris, and further developments regarding the differences between Great Britain and this country, have operated as a check upon business, and the transactions of the fortnight have consequently been moderate. The effect of the existing abundance of money is, to some extent, counteracted by the renewed shipments of specie to Europe, and the rapid increase of loans by the banks in this city, which, however, is believed to be warranted by the large prospective addition to their specie reserve from the pay ment by the Treasury in June, on account of the Texas debt, and the expected receipts of gold from the interior in the course of the spring.. State Stocks, although inactive, are generally firm at about our last quotations. The only transactions of any import ance have occurred in Virginia, Tennessee and Missouri 6s. A new:issue of 1,000,000 dols New York State 6s, on account of the Erie Canal Enlargement, redeemabl e let November, 1873, is to be negotiated on the 25th March. As the stock will be required for banking purposes, it will probably command a Iprg.e premium. For Uflited States loans there are occasional private purchasers at a fractional advance upon the Government offers; but the demand from this source being limited, the greater part of the certificates which come into market are forwarded to Washington for redemption. The aggregate purchases by the Treasury, on account of the 1,500.000 dols advertised for in the last proposals of the Secretary, amounted on Bth March to 794,871 dols, of which about 480,000 dols came from foreign holders. The amount still outstanding of the loan due 12th November next is 898,713 dols. CAMMAN & Co, LATEST BY TELEGRAPH CHARLESTON, March 17. Cotton : Cotton active ; sales 4,500 bales. NEW ORLEANS, March 17.—Cotton Market : The cotton market is quiet—sales 3,500 hales. NEW ORLEANs, March 18.—Markets : Cotton quiet. Sales to-day 3,500 bales at 9, 1 -,c to 9.-}c for middling. Mess pork, 16 dole. Cotton freights, to Liverpool, 3d. CINCINNATI, March 18.—The Pork Trade : The Price Current of this week publishes full returns of the pork trade in the West, and also of the shipments East. The increase in the number packed up to the present . time, as compared with last year, is 343,000; and the increase in the shipments East, 155,000. ABANDONMENT OF A LIVERPOOL SHIP INQUIRY BY THE BOARD OF TRADE Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, Mr. Mansfield, aided by Captain Schomberg (emigration officer), held a court of inquiry in the Nisi Prins Court, Chapel-street, relative to the abandonment of the ship Europa, of Liverpool. Mr. Tyndall appeared for the Board of Trade, Mr. Lowndes was for the owners of the ship (Messrs. Cannon), and Mr. Squarey was for the master of the vessel, Mr. William Ridley. Mr. Tyndall, in opening the case, said it was an inquiry ordered by the Board of Trade, under the 432nd section of the Merchant Shipping Act, into the abandonment of the ship Europa, of Liverpool. It would appear, he said, that the ship sailed from Callao on the sth or 6th November, 1855, with a cargo of guano for Queenstown. On the 3rd February, 1856, the ship was observed off Terceira, and in consequence of her extra ordinary movements, she attracted attention, and two boats were manned and put off towards her. After some time the boat's crew boarded her, and found she was abandoned, but not in such a bad state as was at first imagined. All her sails, masts, and provisions, were found to be good, but it was found she had three feet of water in her hold. She was brought into the port, and surveyed by order of the British consul. It was found that the pumps were good, but were choked with guano. The pumps were cleared and a survey made of the ship, and it was found that the cargo, generally, was in good order. She was then pumped clear out, and a second survey made of her, when it was discovered that a hole bored with an augur had been made in the side of the ship, and that had the hole been six inches lower down, the ship would have soon filed with water, so as to sink her. The Consul then took the depositions of parties there and sent them home to England ; and the under writers having applied to the Board of Trade, the present investigation was ordered. These were the facts, and he would now call all the witnesses he could procure on the subject. Mr. William Ridley, late master of the ship Europa, of Liverpool, was then examined by Mr. Tyndall, and said he left Callao on the sth November with a cargo of guano, and a crew of 29 men. (The log book was produced.) All was right and tight to the 26th or 27th of November, when they experienced very severe weather up to the 2nd December. The ship was injured and strained very seriously with the excessive rolling and labouring. Water got into the afterhold. She made more water, and they found the pumps choked. She made about two feet of water a day in her bottom. Before the gale she made very little water in her bottom. The pumps were in good order then, but they were never able to pump her dry. After pumping, there would be ten or twelve inches in her. They had experienced very squally weather all through. About the 26th or 27th of January they had very heavy weather, which continued until they left the ship on the 31st January. The wind had changed to N.W. ; at that time they were at the S.E. end of the island of Rico. On the 27th in lat. 33 29 N., and ton. 34 56 W., it was blowing strong, with dirty weather: there was a fresh gale on the 28th; ship labour ing very heavily, and making a deal of water. The witness went on to describe the position of the ship, and stated that she shipped heavy seas, and that in bailing out the water, from sixty to eighty tons of cargo must have been carried aw ay . The main sail was split and furl The captain was examined at much length in reference to the abandonment of the ship, as opened by Mr. Tyndall, and from his statement it appeared that the crew com pelled him to leave the vessel, although he made two successful efforts to retain them in the ship, but on the third occasion they forced him to leave. He was of opinion that if the crew had stood by him, he might have got the ship into some neighbouring harbour. Several other witnesses were examined, and shortly after four o'clock, the inquiry was adjourned. WAR HisTontaNs.—Books relating to the war are finding publishers at St. Petersburg A work now making some sensation in the capital, is entitled, " An Historic a l R ev i ew of the C r im ean C a mpaign," and is from the pen of M. Anitchkof, captain of the staff' attached to the Chancellery of the ministry of War. The first volume is embellished with three splendid plans of the battles of the Alma, of Btlaklava, and Inkermann. Documents in the hands of the government, and rec i ta l s o f eye - w i tnesses, f orm t h e c h ie f portion of the b oo k. T he second volume enters into a narrative of the defence of Sebastopol. At Tiflis a sketch of the Russian campaign in Asia, and of the seige of Kars, has appeared. SOUTH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES CROWN COURT ,-YESTERDAY. Mr. Baron Martin entered the court at ten o'clock yesterday, and proceeded with the criminal business CONCEALING RlRTlL—Elitabeth Evans was charged with having, at Liverpool, on the 20th of January, 1856, concealed the birth of a female child of Which the had been delivered. It appeared that the child was still-born. Mr. Raffles prose cuted, and Mr. Tindal Atkinson defended the prisoner. The jury found the prisoner guilty. His Lordship sentenced her to be imprisoned for one month. THE CASE OF ROBERT AND HENRY EYRE.—In this case (the well known Solith Castle-street attempt at robbery), Mr. Tindal Atkinson examined several witnesses to show the general good character of the prisoners, and the great poverty which they suffered. His Lordship said he did not see how this evidence could possibly justify such an outrageous offence. Mr. Atkinson said he wished to shew that the prisoners were apparently actuated by some sudden fit of madness, caused by privation. He would show that they had been thirty-six hours fasting. His Lordship said that could be no possible justification for a murderous assault with a life-preserver, which had nearly caused the death of two men. Mr. Atkinson said he did not mean for a moment to offer anything like a justification, but he wished to show that the prisoners were impelled by want to make such a mad attempt, in a leading thoroughfare, in the open day. His Lord ship said it was against such cases that the public most required the protection of the law. The prisoners were then removed. THE FRAUDS UPON MESSRS. BROCKLEBANE.—Robert Wilson, formerly clerk in the employment of Messrs. Brock lebank, and charged with having converted to his own use large sums of money, their property, was put in the dock. The prisoner withdrew his former plea, and pleaded guilty. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins said it was by his advice the prisoner had taken that course, in order not unnecessarily to waste the time of the court. Ho proposed to call evidence to show the high character the prisoner had formerly enjoyed. His Lord ship intimated that it was unnecessary to occupy time in calling witnesses for that purpose. The prisoner was then called on to say if he had anything to urge why sentence should not be passed on him ? He made no reply. His Lordship said : Robert Wilson, you have pleaded guilty of the offence charged against you, a larceny by a servant of the p ro p er ty o f your masters, Messrs. Brocklebank. As I intimated to the learned counsel, it would be quite unnecessary for him to occupy time by calling witnesses as to your character, for there can be no doubt that you appeared to deserve a good character up to the time of this occurrence. You were entrusted with property to no less an amount than upwards of £4,000, and if your masters had not considered you a trustworthy person, you would not have been entrusted with property to that extent. Being entrusted with property consisting of upwards of £2,000 in bank notes, a considerable amount of gold, and securities to the amount of £905 odd besides, you at once absconded with that property. Now, the usual Cases of this kind which we have to deal with are those in which men, holding a situation such as yours, and entrusted with money from time to time, begin by taking small sums to relieve some immediate pressure, and they are tempted to go on until at last, after some period, the loss of the money is discovered, and the party is brought to trial, and punished for it. These are excessively bad cases; because, in a country like this, where it is absolutely necessary, and cannot be avoided, that clerks should be entrusted with money, it is no less absolutely necessary that their masters and the public should be protected from robberies committed by them. But this case of yours is nothing more or less than a pure robbery under the most atrocious circuurnstances. It is the carrying away at once of property to the amount of upwards of £4,000, which was placed in your hands in trust, and in the expectation of your preserving it. To call witnesses in the hope and exoec tation that anything they said could induce me, sitting here to do other than administer the law to the best of my judg ment, would be utterly idle and utterly fruitless. The law in this as in many other cases provides a punishment varying in degree. That means that the most severe punishment should be awarded to the worst cases, and I cannot by possibility conceive a worse case than yours, taking a sum of money of this sort at once, a robbery of upwards of £4OOO, under such circumstances. I cannot conceive that the legislature could have had in their contemplation a worse offence than this, where having been in an employment for upwards of twenty six years, you make a return to your masters by robbing them of such an amount. Therefore I apprehend that this is one of the worst cases which possibly can be, and in the southern division of Lancashire it would indeed be a very bad example if the most severe punishment which the law allows were not imposed upon you for such an offence. The sentence of the court is, that you be transported for fourteen years. The prisoner was removed. DEATH BY AN ACCIDENTAL BLOW.—Etlward Moore was arraigned on a coroner's warrant on a charge of having caused the death of a fellow-workman by striking him on the fore head with a piece of coal. This was a case which was recently before the coroner. It appeared that the blow was aimed at another man. His Lordship stated that the Grand Jury had ignored the bill, believing that the death might be considered an accidental one. It was not intended to offer any evidence. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoner was discharged. BURGLARY.—Thomas Henry, aged 38, weaver, was charged with having at Wigan, on the 19th March, 1856, burgiariously broken, and entered the dwelling-house of James Glover, and stolen from thence 70 lbs. weight of beef and mutton, the property of the latter. The jury, after more than an hour's consideration, found the prisoner guilty. Hot/BEI3IIE AKING BY Boys.—Michael Mulraney, aged 14, apprentice to a shoemaker, and Patrick Conolly, 14, piercer, were charged with breaking into the house of Joseph Marland, at Ashton-under-Lyne, and stealing therefrom a shawl, a pair of trowsers, a piece of print, and a carrier pigeon. The prisoners were found guilty. It appeared that both boys had previously been summarily convicted several times. His Lordship deferred passing sentence, and stated that he would endeavour to get the boys placed in some reformatory. CHARGE OF FORGERY.—James Ward, aged 20, servant, and Alice Taylor, 37, housekeeper, were charged with having, at Manchester, on the 29th of November, 1853, forged a promissory note, with intent to defraud the treasurer of the Hulme Atlas Loan Society. The prisoners were acquitted. BURGLARY.—Jonathan Shaw was found guilty of having, on the 29th of December, 1855, broke into the house of John Watkins, Rainhill, and stolen a silver watch. DEATH CAUSED BY A COLLIERY ExPLOSION•—James Foster was charged with having, on the 29th of February last, caused the death of John Hayes. The deceased was killed in a colliery explosion, which took place in the Blackleyhurst Colliery, near Billinge. Two other men were seriously injured by the explosion, of whom one had since died. It was alleged that the explosion was caused by the carelessness of the prisoner, in leaving the top of his safety-lamp open. The evidence, however, was not sufficiently clear as to the cause of the explosion, and the jury accordingly acquitted the prisoner. SENTENCES.—Edward Hammond, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy, was brought up to receive sentence. The prisoner made a long and sad statement regarding the conduct of his wife, who, he said, was idle, dirty, for ever absent from home, and running into debt everywhere. Isaac Scholofield, who pleaded guilty to the same offence, was also placed in the dock. Anne Libor, convicted of bigamy, and Richard Pickering and George Lamb, who had pleaded guilty of similar charges, were likewise brought forward. The prisoner Lamb said he believed his first wife was dead before ho married again. His Lordship said the case of Lamb was a very bad one. He married first in the year 1845, and lived with his wife, and had one child. After that he married a second time in New York a young woman ho had met on his way out, and by her he had two children. A third time he married another young woman, and had a child by her. To each he had represented himself as unmarried. His Lordship accordingly sentenced him to four years' penal servitude. He sentenced Hammond to four months' imprisonment ; the other two men to twelve months' imprisonment each, and the female to a fortnight's imprisonment. CHARGE OF FRAUD.—James Pearson, aged 27, commis sion agent, John Livingstone, 48, engraver, and Robert Halsall, 53, turner, all of Manchester, were charged with having defrauded John Jackson, a rag merchant in Man chester, of £B6 9s sd, on the 12th of February last. Mr. Crosse and Mr. Monck prosecuted, Mr. Aspinall appeared for Livingstone, and Mr. T. Atkinson and Mr. Sowler for the other prisoners. As, howe- , er, the indictment contained a second charge, of which the prisoners had had no notice, the case was arranged to stand over until next assizes, the prisoners to stand out on bail. OBTAINING GOODS BY FRAUD.—William Filder pleaded guilty to.having forged an order for goods ; by which he sue . ceeded in obtaining them. He was sentenced to four years' penal servitude. SACRILEGE.—Thomas Chambers pleaded guilty to having broke❑ into St. Paul's church, on the 19th of Oetober last, and also with having sacrilegiously entered St. Allyn's church. The prisoner is a cripple. He was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. FRAUD ON THE MERSEY STEEL AND IRON COMPANY.— Patrick Gilligan and John Locke were charged with having unlawfully endeavoured to defraud the Messrs. Helldal]. The case has been recently reported in our police column, and is well known. The charge of conspiracy was not mentioned. Locke pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud, and was sentenced to nine months imprisonment for one, and three months for the other. His Lordship, in passing sentence, commented severely upon the fact that this was the second case tried that day, in which a clerk was guilty of fraud upon his employers. The prisoner Gilligan was acquitted, A third prisoner, named Murray, was named in the calendar, but no evidence was offered against him. FURTHER SENTENCES.— John Jones was sentenced to six years penal servitude, for burglary. William Jones, four years penal servitude, for the same offence. Thomas Green, six years, for the same. Jonathan Shaw, four years, for the same. Robert Henry, four years, for the same. Elizabeth Siddall, found guilty of accellerating the death of her step-child, was sentenced to be imprisoned for twelve months, and kept to hard labour. John Nicklin ' convicted of manslaughter at Ashton. uniler-Lyuc, by stabbing in the belly with a knife, was sen tenced to be transported for life. SENTENCE UPON THE Eirazs.—Robert and Henry Eyre were then placed in the dock. His Lordship said : Robert and Henry Eyre, you have pleaded guilty to an outrage which, so far as my experience goes, is perfectly unparalleled, It appears that upon the 24th of January last you both went into the office of Mr. Durandu, who is a bullion broker in this town, P and is a person, I presume, who carries on business in an extensive way, for the box, which I suppose it was your object to secure, contained no less a sum than £1,500. Upon going into the place, at ten o'clock in the morning, the younger knocked down the boy in the office with a life preserver. The moment this had been done the other seized him by the throat, and held him up against the wall, beating him on the head with a poker. The senior clerk came in, and you attacked him, struck him with a life preserver, knocked him senseless, jumped upon him, and struck him with the same poker. Were it not that, by God's mercy, aid came in you would have murdered that man. All this was done to a man you had never seen before, a perfect stranger. Such an outrage as this I have never heard of before. Appeals have been made to me this morning, and witnesses called to show that you had been in a state of very great poverty. It is stated that you were living with your parents, and some of your neighbours have stated, that, so far as they could judge, your conduct has been that of peaceable, well.conducted young men. Ido not, however, sit here to act according to my feelings, but, as far as I can, to protect the public from outrages of this kind. It is not to be tolerated for one moment, that men in an office, in a town like Liverpool, are to beattacked in this way. It would have been bad enough if you had robbed the place, but to beat those persons as you did, seeths to be more the act of savages than of men. Ido not knuw how far applica tion to another quarter may be of any advantage to you. I feel that I sit here to protect the public from outrages such as this, which only falls short of murder—if, indeed, it be short of murder, for I dare say these persons might as likely have been killed as not ; there is little distinction between you, one is as bad as the other ; and it is, therefore, my duty to pass such a sentence upon you as will bo an example, I hope, to all the people of Liverpool that such conduct is not to be tolerated. You are respectable looking young men, and it has been urged in your defence that you have been driven to this act by poverty. I dare say most people aro driven to acts of similar outrage by poverty, for men do not commit such acts without some cause. If I were to listen to such an excuse in, this case, I should listen to it in all. It seems to me that this is the most atrocious case I ever had before me, and that it is my duty to pass upon you the heaviest sentence which the law admits. The sentence of the court is, that you be transported for the period of your natural lives. The prisoners, who were deeply affected, were then removed. BlTlNG.—Michael Wilson, a man of colour, and Mary Anne Douglas, convicted of biting savagely a man and a woman, were sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment, each, with hard labour. In the case of the boys Mulraney and Conolly, convicted of burglary, his Lordship intimated that he would recommend their being taken into the Parkhurst Reformatory. The court then rose. The Toxteth•park murder case will he tried this morning, NISI PRIUS COURT.-YESTERDAY. (BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WILLES.) BREWIN AND OTHERS, ASSIGNEES V. THE BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COM PANY.—Mr. Overend, Q.Ol, with Mr. Kempley, appeared for the plaintiffs • and the Attorney-gene ra l, w ith M r. Monk, for the defendants. The plaintiffs are the assignees of Messrs. Armitage, Franklish and Co., spring mann facturers of Sheffield; in March, 1854, one of the firm called on Mr. Edward Mawe, engineer, of Seacombe, to solicit an order. He received an order for fifty sets of springs, four to each set, and accordingly Armitage and Co. for warded 160 springs on the 19th of May, and the remaining forty on the 22d of May, per the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company. They Were invoiced to Mr. Mawe, and were to be delivered at Birkenhead. The first lot arrived at Birkenhead on the 22d of .May, and the second on the 24th of May, but in consequence of information received in the interval by Armitage and Co., with respect to the circumstances of Mr. Mawe, it was thought desirable that Mr. Franklish and Mr. Barker, two members of the firm, should go over to Seacombe and ascertain how matters stood. They saw Mr. Mawe, and were informed by him that he believed the springs had been received at Birkenhead though not to him, and that if they chose they might go over to the station and stop them. They did so : they saw their goods, and gave directions to the manager to detain them until he had received further orders from their house. Shortly afterwards they applied to have the goods re turned, but the defendants refused compliance, and set up a lieu on the goods is respect of:a debt of 4001 due by Mr. Mawe to them. The plaintiffs denied the right of such a lieu, and brought the present action to recover damages for the illegal detention of the goods. The Attorney-general said that the defendants did not in the main dispute' the facts as set forth on behalf of the plaintiffs, but that his lordship would have to say whether in point of law the transactions had not been determined at the time the notice was given, and whether the goods were not on the defendants' railway for a different pur pose from that of carrying them at that period. Mr. Overend observed that even supposing the goods had been delivered there had been no acceptance by the con signee, Mr. Mawe, and that, therefore, no claim of lieu in respect of any debt of his could be set up against him. After hearing the evidence for the defence. His Lordship said that he was of opinion the springs had never become the goods of Mr. Maws, and directed that a verdict should be entered for the plaintiff for the amount claimed, 174/ 2s 2d, with costs, subject to the opinion of the court above on the Questions of law raised in the case. TRADE REPORT.-MONDAY. LIVERPOOL, COTTON : There has been a good healthy tone in the Cotton market to day, and with a moderate active demand, prices are ]-16d per lb higher. The sales—including 270 Pernambuco, 61d to 71d ; 320 Bahia, 61d to 6icl; 80 Maranham, 61d; 200 Egyptian, 60 to 10d ; 500 Surat, 4-bd to 41d— are reported 12,000 bales, of which 3,000 are on speculation and for export. SUGAR : We continue to have a good market, but without any change in prices ; 730 hhds Antigua are reported at 38s 3d to 425, and 1,000 bags of Pernams at 22s 6d in bond ; besides which there have been taken for export 550 bags of Benares at 45s 6d, and 550 bags grainy Bengal at 46s 6d ; also 1,100 bags Benares to arrive, and 720 boxes Havana on the spot, the prices of which have not transpired. MOLASSES: Small parcels Antigua and St. Lucia sold at about previous rates. Rum : Nothing has taken place. COFFEE : We have to report 50 bags St. Domingo at 48s, and 350 bags Eastern at 52s per cwt. TEA : have a plentiful supply of both black and green upon the market, but the transactions have not been large ; common Congou 9d to 9fd per lb. RICE : The sales are 300 bags and 1,000 pockets Bengal at 9s 6d to 103 3d per cwt for broken to middling. LINSEED: We have to report 850 bags Bengal, at 60s to 63s per quarter. RAPESEED: We have also to report 500 bags Bengal at 58s per quarter. CATurs: To-day we had an average supply of stock, which, however, met a slow sale at last week's quotations for beef, and 2s per head decline for sheep. Beasts in the market, 1,980 ; sheep, 7,163. LONDON. CORN : The quantity of English wheat on sale this morn in was not large, and notwithstanding the announcement of peace, its value was well maintained. In some instances Kentish red wheat realised rather more money, owing to their improved condition. Foreign wheat on retail sale at late rates. Norfolk flour was fully as dear. Barley com manded extreme rates, but oats of secondary quality were 6d cheaper. Beans and peas the turn dearer. Arrivals into London from March 24 to M arc h 29 : English, 2,872 qra wheat, 4,121 qrs barley, 8,479 qrs malt, 578 qrs oats, 647 qrs beans, 61 qrs peas, 3,065 sacks flour ; Scotch, 25 qrs barley, 20 qrs malt, 414 qrs oats, 3 qrs peas, 100 sacks flour ; Irish, 41 qrs malt, 4,122 qrs oats ; foreign, 24,661 qrs wheat, 985 qrs barley, 15,715 qrs oats, 10,121 qrs beans, t 1,176 sacks flour; E. C. Rail., 2,949 qrs wheat, 681 qrs barley, 7,391 qrs malt, 800 qrs oats, 79 qrs beans, 449 qrs peas, 8,812 sacks flour; Gt. N. Rail., 1,033 qrs wheat, 369 qrs malt, 630 qrs oats, 3,039 sacks flour; exported, 170 qrs wheat, 17 qrs oats. 176 cwts flour. ....vs." • PRODUCE: The following public sales are declared for to morrow, viz.—Sugar: 500 hhds West India, 11,000 bags of Mauritius, and 3,000 bags Madras. Saltpetre : 700 bags. Rice : 3,300 bags. Our markets have generally a more firm appearance, in consequence of the declaration of peace, but we are at present without business to report. Oils : Seal, pale, £54; yellow, £4B ; brown, £4O to £4l; sperm, £125 to £126 10s; cod, £43 to £45; South Sea, pale, £44 lOs to £45 ; olive, Gallipoli, £53 ; Spanish and Sicily, £49 to £5O ; cocoa nut, 37s 6d to 39s ; palm, 35s to 38s 3d ; linseed, 34s 3d ; rape, pale, 50s to 52s ; brown, 48s. TALLOW : The market continues quiet, with not much doing. Town tallow is quoted 45s 6d nett cash ; Petersburg Y. C. on the spot, 47s : March to April, 47s ; April to June, 47s ; October to December, 47s 6d. Arrivals for the week ending April 9th last year, 2,586 casks, and delivery 1,830 casks, The arrivals last week comprised 92 casks from Russia ; 337 from Australia ; 442 from South America ; and 69 from other places. Total, 940 casks. METROPOLITAN CATTLE : The supply of beasts is much larger, and the average quality good. Trade is dull, and prices are lower for all kinds. There are also more sheep, but the supply is not excessive. Good Downs in the wool are readily sold at late rates. For shorn sheep trade is low, and last Monday's quotations are not supported throughout. There is very little demand for lamb. Calves are still very dear. From Germany and Holland there are 238 beasts, 35 sheep, and 33 calves; Scotland, 500 beasts ; Norfolk and Suffolk, 2,800 ; and 120 from Ireland. BOROUGH HOP : Messrs. Pattenden and Smith, hop factors, report that fine hops are in good demand at fully late prices. COAL : Eden Main, 16s; Walls End Penrhyn, 1 7 s 6 d ; Walls End H et t on Ly o ns, 163 ; Walls End Stewart's 17s 6d. Nine fresh ships at market. YESTERDAY'S MARKET. BELFAST CORN; No change. TUBS DAlir APRIL 1, 1 t 8 CHESTER SPRING ASSIZES CHESTER, MONDAY The spring assiies for the bounty and city of Chester commenced this morning, before Mr. Justice Williams and Mr. Justice Erle, the former learned judge presiding in the crown court, and the latter in the nisi prius. Their lordships attended divine service in the cathedral yesterday, having been conveyed there by Richard C. Naylor, Esq., of Hooton-hall, whose equippage is splendid. surpassing anything of the kind which has prectded it in the county, There are fifty-two prisoners to? ttial, eleven of whom are charged with burglary. Ten cases are set down in the cause list for trial, one of which " Roberts v. W. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P.," is a special jury issue, and involves a claim arising out of the banquet given to Robert Stephenson, Esq.. M.P., at Bangor, in the year 1851, on the occasion of celebrating the completion of the Britannia tube, on the Chester and Holyhead railway. The calendar also includes a charge of manslaughter, preferred against William Williams, the railway station master at Tranmere, for having caused the death of Mr. John Blaylock, through neglect. Likewise a charge against James Dalziel, of L'scard, of having feloniously assaulted Jane Jones. The grand jury having been sworn, his Lordship pro ceeded to deliver his charge. He said that, on looking over the calendar for the county, he was greatly disappointed. He had thought that the gaol delivery which took place just before Christmas would have sensibly diminished the criminal business at these assizes, and that he should have the pleasant duty of congratulating them, as well as himself, on the lightness of their labours. But, instead of this, the calendar was not only numerically heavy, but the charges were, many of them, very serious and revolting. After some general remarks on the various cases, his lordship addressed himself specially to the charge of manslaughter against the station master at Tranmere. It was alleged that the prisoner had caused the death of the deceased, who was run over by one of the railway trains, in consequence of the neglect of the prisoner. Now, the depositions before him were not at all clear, and therefore there might be some difficulty in the case. The question for the grand jury's consideration was whether the death of the decease coud be said to be attributable to neglect of duty on the part of the accused. Now, as he had already observed, the depositions were so scanty and so bare of particulars, that he was really unable to form any opinion of his own as to whether the prisoner's neglect was the proximate cause of the death of the deceased. Perhaps the evidence !nought before the grand jury would be more explicit than appeared on the face of the depositions. In investigating the case they would have to ascertain whether the death of the deceased was owing to a want of ordinary caution on the part of the deceased himself, or to a breach of duty on the part of the prisoner. After a few further remarks his lordship dismissed the grand jury to their duties. SENTENCE ON JOHN MOAN THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. —lmmediately on the conclusion of the charge his lordship ordered John Moah, convicted at the winter assizes before Mr. Justice Cresswell, to be brought up for judg ment. It will be remembered that the charge against Moah was that he had embezz'ed the sum of £5,000 received by him on behalf of the crown, as receiver of inland revenue for portions of the districts of Lancashire and Cheshire. He was convicted on one count, charging him with embezzling a specific sum of £560, and Mr. Justice Cresswell at the time reserved a point to be argued before the court above (which was raised at the trial by Mr. Ballantine, the prisoner's counsel) as to whether the indictment and conviction should not be quashed. The prisoner appeared at the bar neatly attired in a full snit of black. He glanced round the court, and manifested unusual confidence and coolness. The Clerk of the Crown, in calling upon the prisoner, said • John Moah, you have been convicted of embezzling £560 belonging to her Majesty, and applying it to your own use, what have you to say why sentence should not be passed upon you according to law ? His Lordship : John Moah, you were tried and convicted at the gaol delivery in December last, in this court, for embezzlement, as a public steward, whilst in the employ of the crown. Some points of law arose in the course of your trial which the learned judge before whom you were tried thought fit to submit to the court above. The case was fully argued before that court, and the judges unanimously came to the conclusion that the conviction was a proper one, and it is now my duty to pass upon you the sentence of the law. The sentence which the court thinks as proper in your case is, that you be trans ported beyond the seas for the term of fourteen years. The sentence, which was listened to with much interest in a crowded court, was received by the prisoner without showing the slightest emotion. He quickly left the dock with a firm step. CUTTING AND WOUNDING AT BIRKENHEAD.—Joseph Edwards, 21, (out on bail), surrendered on a charge of cutting and wounding James Rogers, with intent to do him bodily harm, at Birkenhead, on the 19th of July last. It appeared that on the evening when the alleged offence was committed, the prisoner and the prosecutor were drinking at the Golden Lion, in Chester-street, Birkenhead, in com pany with a female. A quarrel took place between them, and after leaving the Golden Lion, the prisoner struck the prosecutor on the scalp with a knife. The prosecutor, in his cross-examination, admitted that he had been ten times imprisoned, three or four times for thieving. Mr. Morgan Lloyd having addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, the jury retired to consider their verdict, and, after an absence of two hours, acquitted the prisoner. _ THE ALLEGED ASSAULT AT the course of the forenoon a true bill was found against James Dalziel, for feloniously assaulting Jane Jones, at Liscard, on the 22nd of August. THE CHARGE or MANSLAUGHTER AGAINST THE TRANMERE STATION-MASTER.—In the case of William William, charged with baying caused the death of Mr. John Blaylock, at the Tranmere Railway Station, the bill against the accused was ignored. The cases tried in the Nisi Prius Court during the day were devoid of interest. LUCKY CAPTURE OF A BANKRUPT'S PROPERTY FROM AUSTRALIA In July last, Aaron Marks and Nathan Salamans, mer chants, of Sheffield and Australia, were adjudicated bankrupts, in the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Marks surrendered, but Salamans, being in Australia, did not appear. By the overland mail, the assignees of the bankrupts were apprised that Salamans had taken his passage in the Emma for England, which arrived in this port on Wednesday last. The Leeds District Court immediately forwarded a warrant to Mr. L. T. Gaskill, the messenger of this district, intimating that the bank rupt had considerable property on board, which the assignees were anxious to secure for the benefit of the creditors. Mr. Gaskill immediately placed persons on the look-out for the Emma, then expected daily. In the meantime, the Lightning arrived three days before the Emma; and although the messenger had noinstruc tions to look after the Lightning, he considered it might be as well to inspect the list of passengers by that vessel, and in so doing, he found that the party, whose property he wished to seize, was a passenger in her, the bankrupt having changed his intentions in Australia with resp ec t to the ship in which he took his p assage, and thus the assignees were driven on the wrong scent. Having ascertained this fact, the messenger immediately pro ceeded to the Custom-house depot at the Nelson Dock, where he found that the b an k rupt b ad cleared his ' lug gage, and had gone —no one knew where. After search. ing the different hotels about the docks and elsewhere, he ultimately found that the bankrupt had stayed for a short time at th e Vi ctor i a H ote l , near the stat i on in Lime - street, and had afterwards proceeded by the quarter-past five train, taking with him seven packages, supposed to be valuable. At the station, the messenger discovered nine packages belonging to the bankrupt, which were to be forwarded to him at Sheffield. These were seized by the messenger, who instantly telegraphed to the Leeds messengers, announcing the bankrupt's whereabouts. The consequence was, that about the same time that the bankrupt arrived in Sheffield, be was met face to face by the Leeds messenger, who, after the usual polite salutation, relieved the bankrupt of the care of the seven valuable packages. Mr. Gaskill, suspecting that the bankrupt might have some goods on freight in the Lightning, made an investigation, and succeeded in stopping two hundred and ninety ounces of gold dust, valued at about £1,200. This package, however, was shipped in the name of Soloman Nathan, (the bankrupt's name being Nathan Salamans.) It was, however, shown that the dust was stated, in the manifest, to be the pro perty of a passenger on board, and there was no such passenger as Soloman Nathan, or any other person of a similar name but the bankrupt. Shortly, however, after the seizure, two Jews made their appearance at Messrs . Baines's, one representing himself as Soloman Nathan, and the other as one of the passengers on board th e Li g htning. Soloman Nathan claimed the dust as his property, and produced the bill of lading for the s a m e , s t a ting that it had been sent to him from Australia, and it was his friend, the Jew passenger, then with him, to whom the dust was supposed to belong. The messenger expressed to Mr. Soloman Nathan his surprise, under the circumstances, that the dust wa s no t entere d i n his . friend's name, and appeared strange that if dust of that value was consigned to him (Nathan) that he could not produce a letter of advice, for the bankrupt (if the gold was the bankrupt's) could easily have handed over the bill of lading to any person. However, under all the circumstances, he the messenger, by virtue of his warrant, should request Messrs. Baines to detain the dust until an investigation was made, and if the dust was really his (Nathan's) he could apply to the Leeds court of bankruptcy for its release. The two Jew gentlemen then took their departure for Sheffield, where they are said to reside. An investigation into the cir cumstances took place on Saturday, before Mr. Payne, the registrar at Sheffield, the result of which we are not acquainted with. We consider that great praise is due to Mr. Gaskill, f or the ac ti v it y an d s h rew d ness h e h as displayed in this matter, and we are glad to hear that I he has received the thanks of the Leeds officials. EXECUTION OF BOUSFIELD, FOR THE MURDER OF ais WIFE & CHILDREN. HORRIBLE SCENE Yesterday morning the extreme penalty of the law wag carried into effect in this case, under circumstances of so horrible and appalling a character, that we fairly believe such a see& has never before been witnessed. Before narrating the immediate circumstances of the execution, it will be necessary to refer to the cond'ict, of the wretched murderer since his conviction. It will be recollected that he was convicted at the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court, for the murder of his wife Sirah Bousfield, aged 28, and their three children, in Portland-street, Soho, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, the only assignable motive being unfounded jealousy. On Saturday he was visited by the sheriffs, and told he must undergo the extreme penalty of his sentence. He made no reply, but exhibited the same sullen and morose conduct which has characterised him throughout. About twelve o'clock on that day his two sisters took their final leave of him. They appeared to be respectab'e women, and exhibi ed much distress, but the prisoner, even with them, was impassive. About four o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, the wretched man was sitting at the foot of hi s b e d, f ac i ng , but at some distance from the fire, apparently in a low and desponding state, watched by the turnkey, when suddenly he rose from the bed, and threw himself head foremost on to the fire then burning in the grate, the entire head from the chin being placed over the top bars. The turnk e y immedi ately rushed upon him, and forced him back, hut not until the lower part of the face and neck mere much burned from his neckerchief having caught the flame. Mr. Gibson, the prison surgeon, was on the spot immediately, and adopted every r emedy to abate the fearful pun ; the burns. however, proved last to be of a dangerous character, merely a slight vesication of the neck and lower part of the face, but from the livid and swollen ap pearance of the face, he became a hideous spec tacle, apparently helpless and almost lifeless, and from that hour to his death he continued in the same state, never uttering a word, and taking no sustenance except a little milk and wine. During the whole of yesterday (Sunday) the wounds were constantly bathed, and lotions applied, and this in some degree reduced the hideousness of his appea rance. He was visited by Alderman and Sheriff Rose, and Mr. llnderisheriff Rose, on Sunday, and then a linen rag , covered the lower part of his face. It is scarcely necessary to state that all attempts to converse with him on religion, or any subject, entirely ceased, there being nothing left for the turnkeys and officials to do but assist and watch him. During the whole night the governor and assistants were constantly with him, and the only occasion on w hi c h h e sooke was this morning about six o'clock, to ask for a glass of wine, which was given him. At half-past 7 o'clock Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Ken nedy and Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Rose, with Mr. Stone and Mr. James Anderson Rose, the under-sheriffs, arrived at the prison, and at a quarter to eight they proceeded, accompanied by the reverend ordinary and Capt. Wether head, the governor, to the cell where the wretched man was sitting, or rather held, on a chair, in a state of:apparent utter prostration and h'lplessness, supported by two assistants, and a third constantly wiping a frothy fluid from his mouth. He exhibited no consciousness of what was taking place, but appeared to be in a dying state, his limbs refusing their office. That this was feigned, his conduct at the last moment renders more than probable. A few minutes before 8 o'clock Calcraft was introdnced into the cell, and immediately proceeded to pinion the arms. At this time the wretched man appeared in such an exhausted state that Mr. Sheriff Kennedy desired the surgeon to examine him ; this he did, and reported that his pulse was very low, but that the arteries were active. It being now eight o'clock, the signal for the procession was given, and then the sickening spectacle commenced. The wretched man to the last exhibited all the helplessness of death, no inducement could succeed to make him stand, although raised up and supported, and it became apparent that he must be carried. Two men took hold of his legs and two supported his shoulders, and in that state he was conveyed to the foot of the scaffold; the sheriffs and under-sheriffs preceded him, the Rev. Mr. Davis reading the Burial Service, and the prison bell was the signal to the crowd that the last and fatal act was about to take place. On arriving at the foot of the scaffold, a difficulty arose as to the means of getting the wretched being under the fatal drop. at last it was suggested by some of the officials that he should be placed on a chair, and in that manner carried on to the scaffold. A high chair of the governor's office was obtained, and upon this the wretched man was placed. leis almost impossible to imagine a more hideous and revolting spectacle. He was conveyed on the chair by four men on to the scaffold. The chair being placed tinder the fatal beam, Calcraft, • who appeared in a state of nervous terror, lost no time in putting on the cap, and adjusting the fatal noose. As soon as he had fastened the hook to the chain above, he ran down the steps and withdrew the fatal bolt, the chair and the wretched man falling at the same time. Scarcely two seconds had passed before the wretched culprit exhibited a power and strength truly astonishing to those who had seen him but a minute before. He raised himself upward by sheer muscular strength, arid succeeded in placing both of his feet on the right side of the scaffold, and in that position supported himself for several seconds. Calcraft having dis appeared the moment he had withdrawn the fatal bolt, one of the turnkeys ascended the scaffold and threw off his legs, when he dropped once more ; the yelling of the crowd being terrific. Again the wretched man struggled, and again succeeded in planting bath feet on the left side of the scaffol 4 . The sheriffs were horrified, and Calcraft being brought back, withdrew the legs, and for the third time the body fell, yet life was not extinct, for in a few seconds, for the third time, the wretched criminal succeeded in planting both his feet on the right side of the scaffold. The cries, hooting, and yelling of the crowd became frightful. Again the legs were withdrawn, and the body for the fourth time suspended, when, by the legs being secured, after a fearful and convulsive struggle of several minutes duration, life ceased to exist. In explanation of the conduct of Calcraft it is stated that he was under some apprehension of personal violence, having on Saturday last recei ve d a l etter i n wh i ch he was warned to obtain from the Horse Guards a helmet, to wear on the occasion, as it was the determination of the " Kent street Roughs" to shoot him, to put an end to any more executions. This silly epistle alarmed Calcraft, who showed it to the governor, and the Rev. Mr. Davis, who endea voured to point out to him the folly of exhibiting any fear, as he (Mr. Davie) was in yet greater danger, as he remained longer on the scaffold, but Calcraft was by no means satisfied that som e m i sc hi e f was no t i n t en d e d against hi m; an extra body of police were present, a strong body being placed within the prison, but it is almost unnecessary to say that no attempt at violence was made by any of the crowd, their manifestation being confined to shouting and yelling at what appeared to them some negligence in prolonging the sufferings of the murderer. At nine o'clock the sheriff proceeded to the fatal drop, when the body, having hung the usual time, was cut down, and in death as in the last forty-eight hours of its life, it presented a hideous appearance. The body will be interred within the precincts of the prison this evening" (Monday). COUNTY COURT .-Y ESTERDAY ESTERDAT His Honour, J. Pollock, Esq., the Judge, sat yesterclay, and disposed of nearly 130 cases. There were none possessing public interest except the following, which may prove interest ing to collectors of accounts. 'CARMICHAEL V. REDMOND.—Tho plaintiff in this case is S collector of accounts, having an office in Basnett-street. The defendant employed him to recover money that was due to him, and according to the statement of the plaintiff he was to receive tell per cent on the money if recovered. He did not succeed, and as he alleged the defendant refused to furnish him with means to go to law with the debtor, and then the plaintiff brought an action for 6s 6d, being at the rate of five per cent, although he admitted he did not recover a farthing, nor did be even do anything except write to the person indebted to the defendant. The defendant was about to address the court, and produced a letter from the plaintiff, when his Hononr, in a decided tone, said on the plaintiff's own evidence there was not the shadow of ground for the action, and he had no hesitation in saying so. He would therefore give a verdict for the defendant, with costs. sPoRTING INTELLIGENCE TATTERSALL'S.-YESTERDAY EVENING LATEST BETTING CITY AND SUBURBAN 4 to 1 agst Fisherman (taken) 7:-. I ... St. Hubert (taken) 5 ... I ... Hospitality (taken) METROPOLITAN. 4 to 1 agst Cannobie (taken) 10 .. 1 ... Van Galen (taken) 10 .. 1 ... Middleton (taken) 11 1 ... Smack (taken) 20 1 ... Pyrrha (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 8 to 1 agst Bird in Hand (taken) 0 ... 1 ... Milton (taken) 2 ... 1 on the field (offered) 100 even between the two favourites CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Yorkshire Grey (offered) 30 ... l ... Hospitality (taken) 50 ... I ... St. Dominho (taken) • DERBY 15 to 2 agst Fly by Night (taken and offered) 15 ... 2 ... Wentworth 8 ... 1 ... Ellington (taken) 17 ... 1 ... Coroner 40 ... 1 ... Enchanter (taken and offered) 33 ... 1 Cannobie (taken and offered) 100 ... 1 ... Skyscraper (taken) 500 even on Fly by Night agst Wentworth (taken) 500 even on Fly by Night agst Ellington (taken)