The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-14 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL. 0 , 1 l° , l le adjou rne d meeting of the council was held at eleven '1 I„ek, yest er d ay, i n the Town-hall, John Stewart, Esq., 1 0 ") in the chair. Ine proceedins of the Gardens and Church Expendi are CoMmitteesg were read and confirmed. WATER COMMITTEE. ee ' 11,pr. George Holt ' in moving the confirmation of the pro ,ings of this committee, obseved that the subject of water u u , PPI X was a m a tt er o f suc h importance and interest during ' present hot weather, that he was sure the public would b lPoet s ome notice to he taken of the proceedings that had theca adopted, to meet the exigency as much as possible, by wer council committee. He had great satisfaction in assuring the th ile cg, and the town generally, that the quantity of water at b e disposal of the committee had been considerably increased et ween - thi s and t Fortunately the recom rm„,„,, Pe to as year. c(utatton or rather the resolutitn, Of the council, that the )n.thlitten should prosecute their labours at Green-lane and in d B or still more vigorously to get an additional _ P PIY of ‘ .i4a been fully carried out, — and had been successful hear instead of baying, 0 , 0 1 : 4 1)1 n Y ; 41 . 3'9,000,000 gallons of water per Week, they had o era .5' that (teepee boring at G r e e n line and Windsor, an ine r ' e 45,000,C00 gallons of water per week, being an sue"e.of 5,000 000 or 6,000,000 gallons per week in the tbe rTlY , te the town . (Hear, heal...) Had it not proved so, n u j Qld have been in a very woeful condition ; but not butYishad they obtained a 1— as last year, an averag, argor supply than in previous years, ,"e cooperation quantity h a d, by the coperatien or the health bath-. committees', been rigidly economised. It would b' e n cruelty to s h ut t h e d oors of b aths altoget h er i on t h e iV e ri.4 citt of people who during the hot weather daily oc k cd to ati '',rehmit ear, hear) —but, wile proVidir - t, e ''tee had, at the s h ame timc w "ornise the Supply en., g ter their wants, the le all in their power Many complaints had, undoubtedly, made AS to the stip* of water to the town, but th line that the condition of Liverpool in this re-p , 4114 bear a ....me comparison with the other tc ti h r , °4 l the country, where, during the recent hot wP-" hay great inconv--' ,A_ to p works, b e e n ex pe r i en c e d , b ut also . ;:iiito the period when the water from .ivlngtoL ta y be brought into the town, all he coUld o:418ri. h , tat rogi.ss was being made with the a °il ' but not so rapidly as the committee could wish. The ' ri ng at Rivington and the other reservoirs was perfectly was - collected there in a great body, and nce, amounting almost t suspen nat hardship 1 ,eb; fl e t : the late heavy rain, the water in two of the res.. tithe 250 acres, and 180 acres, increased eight or . nine stoo d respectively in a very short thr.e. the works admirably 11,071,the additional test, so that he was glad to say there could 4 3 1,0 the least doubt of their effitiency and completeness. b e t P i Pee were also nearly all laid, with the exception of one ' co nnectingall on e s across the railway. at Hindly, and, in tilolu'l r d o ability, i n the courseof a month or two—h e f or hi mse lf tow, t wo months-- t h ey wou ld have the water in the to , As to the escape of water, it was found to be a matter I,ifficelt of removal, but rather otherwise, A treoth was 117,11--1 the water was being pumped out, in order thit a clay sttee.a, iniitgillictutb:tlyput down, nnd the escape wauld shon be expense or delay, resna r i c n while exp ress i ng gra tifi cat i on a t M r. H e a t ' s lay; 4 --) Obs erve d t hat the results which bad followed the si, 4t :R u. si tr o t wn of-an'additiOnal engine at Green-lane fully proved tov d an increase of stations, an abundant supply o . fwater procured without having recourse to the Rivington M r .,, s. l,otd(iernihough suggested that troughs, for the use of cattle, water" Placed below the public fountains, in order that the 'which, cst. rue now ran waste from them might not be wholly mr.trn. r, bear). oftho -Untie replied that the matter was under the considera- CO MUlittee. at 7r• Robertson Gladstone said that the council and the town v aiti ar te Were indebted to Mr. Holt for giving so much do t i a lq time and excellent services to the discharge of his 13, tt Z as chairman of the water committee. (Fear, heat). sh e e thought the time had arrived when the question as to a selr).eriod of the completion of the works to the town assumed in rib le i, l .! B "Peet. The chairman Might have great gratificatim! /1 4 ,,,"' 1 ng the statement that the quantity of water from the (m r P B had been increased by some millions of gallons, but he mat•. Gladstone) thought that that gratification should . be a l ,ejlallY qualified when they bear in mind that in proportion i nit : r u__tow n was benefitted the surrounding districts were Ish at 'll that they were, in fact, like the boys and the frogs— ‘l'" at to one was death to the other. They had, to veii-_",!11 knowledge, inflicted cruel hardship on the.poor people ebliun lyre(' in the Ohl Swan district. Many of these people e V a hard livelihood by washing and o her labour, but tl ~ be former, and it was painful to see the distance which The "au to fetch ' water for their household and other purposes. tit/1, 1 1 6 M, then, was atisuming a serious aspect, and it was 4st tha ' they should eorit.ider what were the canoes of the 411)qtternent of the completion of the work. (Hear, hear.) Water i tiq l.„'s ago they were promised that they would have the Pe ( j . ,, n 4 u nlY. They had now passed that time, and again the 't o t?.: completion was postponed, until at length he began Post 4l t• that the Rivington water might be very fine for see it Y, but that the present generation were not destined to twit, (Laughter.) He would lik e t o k now h ow t h e coin and e int end to, deal with parties wh o were p ay i ng f or water 'cottage not rec e i v i ng i t? In many instances, the owners of ,‘,liaottnergteeir r o perty, h av i ng pa id t h e rate, received a small sum t enants-:---4d or 6d a- week—for the U9O o f th e s uch r:' but he should like to know what wa s to b e d one w ith aer e d Partic s, 'Whet ' ' tenants refused to pay the • weekly sum en the ground that they did net receive the water ? c tli c o rtlti f t `t e ed .1114 . thq ,Works were very excellent, hut he . to 4„, c ommittee should do something to hasten their —w ri. • sere(Hear r hear.) At this moment, he helieved.,.the °4ld 1 7: 8 t inexhaustible the water from Cl ildwall ; but the wells t and he thought a det e rmined effort be ''Ohremade to bring speedily the Rivington water, by Rodeo or the other, to the town. (Hear, hear.) __r kne'atiltqclsee-rernarked . shat, if it had not • been for M 10 th e the idea suggested by Mr., Gladstone, a s present.generation hot seeing the completion ofthe ... ''t.u°ll(B' and real P ", t6 ,,Y .. alene being benefitted by tlieni, would 11)17 be lie (Ur. Hodson) was a member of the or."sibt o te u e l . d a l; o l y e , 4l24 always advocated that the wants the w ater for their do first considered. Ho considered that fl at tt should thetnn,estic purposes should first be provided, and bathse were ash that 'but not before, be supplied to the baths. undoubtedly of great service, and he, should bstiti,ne.atin that h ad . more of them, but he had it from Mr. t hey took an enormous quantity of water, q ati of scarcity he held that they should be last tar. Iv a . ]ar se , getaff replied that the baths were charged with a 5u,,,,, We re 1 1-" Y of water than were supplied to them. They .....whfeeltaierally charged with 1 ,000,000 of gallons. Last week they h w as an unpreceeented week for the number of baths- 0 bather ° s . alt water for j th ad 24,000 bathers at all the baths. Deducting 8,00 baths, there would be 16,000 fresh water c laaoti s t ' a nd giving each of .these fifty gallons, the whole 4411 Y used would be 800,000 instead of 1,000,000 of th an cn v :* ) , No greater benefit could be conferred on the people Wh et , .°'' suPplied baths, and ho looked forward to the time %t ree ,' 'nafead of receivie £4O per week from the Cornwallis 4Lrestablishrnent the g would'be receiving £lOO. st at „' S hen expressed l y iimself not at all satisfied with the c oot; Made to the council in this matter. It was resolved, Additional to the strong advice of the engineer, to put down an Tesel o ° ,! l ' l e ngine at Green-lare ; and the wisdom of that tw o I , i i on had been fully shown in the experience of the past Vow; L at hs. They were at • the time promised that they th e ' have.; tbe Water in April. That month came, and then the y was postponed to July; but, July I.le -r, were no having passe h d, tr told that they would have it in two mont s i b uai " proc e edings did not look like the conduct of men. the Presen t hear)—and he could not conceive why, in f ord --stit condition of things, the engineer should not be able to , comilloeotroething like a correct estimate as to the period of its 1i,0104 ha lf the works were of such magnitude hat it ti, ve to run over years, he (Mr. Sheil) could excus . e t "li ut, when it was advanced so far as in this instance, i Il'as rho (' qineer who should form such an estimate, and if he coulduot,nhe was unfit for his duty. (Hear, hear.) It w was 'ant b e tolerated that the town and the surroundicg districts '311°111 (1 be c all it by deprived of wter by the inefficiency, for he could no other term, a of their affairs. t, een a victi Mr. Alderman S. Hotta° said that he himself had mto this excesbive pumping and boring. The whole district round his house bad been completely drained, tve "(1 t)! . h e pla protested ag a i nst t h e pr i nc i ple of robbing the water of ce to supply the town. He considered that the delay in bringth g t h e . w .. e, atuot it via. only h _i ❑ . . . r into town was caused by a fault some right should em . 'ust that it should be placed on the -cl great man things were wanted for the work, which ahould have been y ordered as it proceeded, That course was negh,eted to be ursued, at en those things were requi red ,they were not p re so ady. It th was wh Mr. Hawkesley's place to see tnat these thing, otni . ssion to do so Were previously ordered, and the . Was .nndouhtedly his fiult. (Hear, hear.) Thi:r e were three or four wiles of water ready stored; it was locked up from then through the negligence of some Person, and he believed that negligence was Mr. Erawketley's. (trear, hear.) . Mr, Holt briefly. replied, after Which the confirmed. . proceedings were GAS COM3irriEm. Fro m the proceedings of this committee, wiL, here con- Need, it appeared that a meter and assistant meter-tester were the dv ertised for, an d t h a t sev eral candidates had appli ed for Mee. le finance committee, with the did not as vet either sanctirn for increase of salary were A memorial, me numerously and respectably signed, was It-had reference to the land of the Old Borough Gaol, propriety of considering what t :st could be done with i the council having dwindled away before it could put to the vote. I. from Mr. James M‘Donnell was ordered to Ite on the table This concluded tt WEST DERI3Y GUARDIANS The usual weekly meeting of the members of this board was held yesterday at the workhouse. The Rev. Mr. Wm. Badnall, the chairman of the board, presided. The other guardians present, were—Messrs. Edwards, Siddeley, Wilson, Baynes, Medcalf, Craig, Roscoe, Lunt, Abrahams, Shaw, Watkinson, Collis, Pitts, Richtnond, and Batten.—The Clerk reported that he had examined all the books kept by the several officials connected with the establishment, all of which were correctly made an. He also reported that the balance in the hands of the treasurer was £B67.—The Board voted cheques to the amount of £202, for the • relief of the'out-door poor within the several districts connected with the union. It was also agreed that the hoard should advertise the present stock of stone they had in the yard, at prices varying from six shillings to seven shillings per stone, accord ing to qttality.—Mr. Charles Batten gave notice, that ho should on a future day move an increase in the salaries of the following relieVing officers, namely : Messrs. Allen, Latham, Olney, Lithgoe, and Barnett.—After some routine business the board adjourned. COUNTY COURT.- -YESTERDAY, (BEFORE 3. POLLOCK, ESQ., JUDGE.) IMPORTANT TO TRAVELLERS TO THE ISLE OF MAN.— Couxir. mr. V. ORFORD.—This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mr. ThomasCorkhill, upholsterer, Brunsick-road, to recover from the defendant, Mr. Thomas Orford, the agent to the Douglas Isle of Man= Steam Packet Company, the sum of 13s. The defendant did not appear : but, when the case was called on, his clerk stepped into the box and said he had received instructions to appear for Mr. Orford. The nlaintiffaaid, my claim is for I3s. On the 26th June, 1856, I applied to Mr. Orford, on board- the Isle of Man packet, for three return tickets, Bs., £1 4s.—and three half-fare return tickets at - 4s. 12s.—total, £1 163. I gave him two sovereigns, and he returned me Is. I handed the whole of the tickets to my wife, and also the change, and she dis covered that in place of three full return tickets he only gave me two : At sea the captain, when collecting the tickets, said they were not return tickets, so be kept them. These tNo tickets would have been worth only 4s. each, 8s ; and three return half-fare, or childrens, 12i.—total, Hence the action for the 13s. of an overcharge. When I received a letter from my daughter, stating what had occurred, I went to Mr. Orford, who told me I must see the captain when he returned. I did see the captain, who then referied me tb Mr. Orford, to whom I again went, when he admitted that there had been an error, and be could not interfere in it, as the money had been paid to the company; This was all the redress I could get there, there fore it was that I was obliged to apply to the court. This is not the only time the company has been guilty of acts of extortion towards myself; and it is my firm belief they are daily guilty of imposing upon females and unprotected children, when they get them on board their boats. His Honour (to the clerk) : Now, I wish to hear what you have to say.' The Clerk : I came to say that. Mr. Orford has nothing to do with the transaction, as he is only the agent to the Isle of Man Steam Company. His Honour : Yen hear that he pleads that he is not responsible, as he is only the agent, and I think he is right, as he only received the money for the company. But why is not Mr. Orford here to-day ? The Clerk : He is very busy, and conld not appear. His Honour : What is he doing ? The Clerk : He is after his business. His Honour : What are the names of some of the proprietors living in Liver pool ? The-Clerk :.I do not know. The names can be got at the office. His Honour : Can you not find me some of the names ? The Witness : Indeed I cannot. His Honour : I really cannot understand this case. Here is a gentleman whom the agent admits has had a wrong done to him, but the agent pleads that he is not liable, and does not offer to give any information as to who the party is to give redress. Sir, you surely must know the names of some of the company ? The Clerk : I really do not. The principal office is at Douglas, where all the business of the company is transacted. Mr. Corkhill : Sir, this is nothing new to me, I have fl equently had complaints to notice of this company, in having had money extorted from me for packages, and I do believe that it is their usual practice to extort and impose upon females and unprotected children when they get them on board their boats. ' His Honour : That is a subject wa cannot go into to-day. Thera is no party here to defend it. It is somewhat strange that there should not be any means of obtaining information as to who are the real respons:ble parties for the great traffic which takes place between Liverpool and the Isle of Man. Why is not Mr. Orford present to-day ? The Clerk : He cannot spare the time to come here. His Honour : Ido not quite understand this matter yet. Here is a large company carrying on an extensive traffic between Liverpool and the Isle of Man, and when a wrong has been committed by the company, the agent declines to come to the court to explain the matter. I think this is far from the treatment persons have a right to expect. Here is a gentleman who sends his wife and family by the boat, and throne' the neglect of the officers they are put to much inconvenience. Their protector goes to make a complaint—he is referred to the captain, then be is referred to the agent, - who makes some excuse, and when he is summoned to the court he refuses to attend and give what information he can on the matter. Mr. Corkhill: Would it do for me to summon the secretary ? His Honour : I should not advise you to adopt such a course,as the company is not formed under any statute as the railway companies are. I think it is quite right, however, that you should get back the money you have paid. The course I should recommend you to pursue would be, to apply at the office and get the name of some of the shareholders living in Liverpool, and, if that information is refused you, then supmea Mr. Orford, and I will see that he :veneers here I shall do ell I Call to facilitate you in recovering the money doe to you, and will grant you a new summots, free of any expense, beyond that which you have already incurred. Mr. Corkhill :It is not for the value of the money that I take these steps, but on a point of principle, believing that the public are infamously imposed upon by the company. Mr. Corkhill thanked the judge for his suggestion, and, promising to act on it, withdrew. z CHARGE AGAINST A CLERGYMAN, The Rev. George Wilkins, the incumbent of Wig, Essex, appeared before the Bishop of Rochester, on Friday, to answer a complaint of improper conduct in the church of 'lr. Rischen intimated that the appointment would that parish on Sunday, May 4th. The charge consisted in ace before the next council, taker stopping, after the second lesson, to adminis'er a rebuke to Mr. Alderman Cooper trusted that such a person would be what he considered to be the immoral conduct of a Mr. aPpointe Eagle, a parishioner, who rose and in profane language d as would not be objectionable to any party. between them accused Mr. .Wilkins of falsehood, when an altercation ~ ch,t o_ o lURKENnEArt DOCKS COMMITTEE. ensued which " would have disgraced the tin s to p ureh l ,:; vc e d rigs of this committee included a recommends_ lowest public-house," as the accusing parishioner present 41,000,1 a a e from Sir Joseph Bliley, for, the sum of confirmation of b the south g cy land on II I Pool, for f side of Wa a. , erred e,. it. Mr. Wilkins did not deny the charge pre- Mr. Aideri t e Present authorised line of railway. by the parishioner, but threw himself 'on the indul gence of the bishop. nail his sorrow for reco S. Rolm°, in movin the confirmation of the the p os i i on in The bishop expressed with ' 1:4 obfe ali"sa'which d Mr. Wilkins stood. It was pain tiasfaLeoneneral proceedings, observed. that it that he had to ch a ar mo d nish a venerable brother, who had never to the councl to know that before been selves intio difficulties which hadpresented them- reprimand bins, h te wev with any such offence. He must been removed, the way of the* excavation Pr 1 had he would retur n to hi er; and be (the bishop) hoped that Mr II of the pool . s parish and again enjoy that respect to appi tM. artley w , i , preparing his preparing plans which he had by this unfort ' . Y 0 contractors for tenders a c unate circumstance lost for a that in the course nd he (Mr Holm) hoped • time It is understood that of a few week ' * nst t Mr.E crl s —probably a month from this agams a, e. proceedings are to be taken THE NORTHERN TIMES.---LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY. time—they would be in a position to commence the work. By the arrangement which was recommended to be made with Sir Joseph Bailey, the, earth from the excavations could be placed on Mr. Vynnis land, *bich was the nearest place on which it could be deposited, and that he believed' would lead to the saying• of considerable expense. A conference had al.o been held with Mr. Brunel], on behalf Of tho treat Western Railway Company, and, from all he could , hear, .a plan had been suggested which would be found satisfactory to all parties; and he hoped that when they proceeded to parliament next year, they Would not meet with any opposition in that quarter. ( Hear, hear.) In conclision, Mr. Holme, Mentioned that a sub-committee had been appointed to enquire into the salaries and number of officials employed at Birkenhead, and to report whether or bet they were too numerous. Mr. Robertson Gladstone proceedings were eenfirmed. Mr. Gladstone then asked what progress was being made by the surveyor in preparing the return off tic corporation property which he had moved for The Mayor replied ILA considerable progress was made seconded the motion, and the with the retuin, but that one, and would requii as being prepared from Ir. She wards, for if a whole borough he Alderman S. Itolme obser' )yor were to that his trate i SMITH LANCASHIRE ASSIZES. - Y ESTERDAY. CROWN CbURT. REtORE MR JUSTICE WILLES This morning his Lordship took his seat on the bench at nine o'clock. _ _ • , BURGLARY AT MANCHESTER. — Richard Welsh, aged 18, a dyer, Mary Welsh, aged 17, a factory halal:l i and Mary M'Ewen, aged 17, a weaver, stood indicted with having, on the 15th of May last, burglariously entered the dwell ing-house of Bernard Poland, and stolen therefrom a large quantity of wearing apparel. The male prisoner pleaded guilty. On the night preceding the robbery, all the doors in the house were made secure prior to the inmates retiring to rest, but at an early hour on the following morning it was discovered that the house had been entered and the property stolen. On the day preceding the "rob berg home coals had been placed in the Cellar, and it was supposed that the "grid" had been left open, by which an entrance had been effected. On the 17th of May the two female prisoners were found disposing of some of the articles, which were subsequently given up.to the police, and upon being produced in court, were identified by the respective owners ) all of whom spoke to theil'heing safe ib the house on the night prior to the robbery. The eiridence weft to shot* that the feMale prisoners had evidently reeeiVed the property with a gtilt.y knoWledge; and the jury returfied a verdict accordingly. The Male PriSdriet Vvas sentenced to four years penal servitude, and the two 'remake prisoners to six month's imprisonment with hard ROTE ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER —James ?,2, Mary Kennedy, agcd 19, and Thom ), stood indicted with having with aged 2, George William Tomlinsor. Rigby, night of Wh Holiday olence rc grocer ) or Manchester,. On Itetvovem nine and ten o'clock pear-s wtieti ho Was aeco tor Wa4 pa§sing alor soner. • He told her to go about her business; and im'the diately afterwards four men rushed upon him (arden4St whom . ' were the twd Male la by the the heck, thee* throat w tter which thc of the other (Aers), one ca.neht him A and held him by the Me his watch and 145., all ran away tteotly After he was thus attackrd .C. and when hp oarne:to Jet* at the time) he found At the time of the rob- 6bout the street, eircumstance of the case into consideration, to substantial damages at their hands. The plaintiff was now, he relieved, E 5 years of age, and was the daughter of a miner, living at Stanhope, near Waidle, in purham, and in 1852, She came to live in the Muse of Dr. Lamb, cif Middlehain, in Yorkshire, as housemaid. Unfortunately for het', very scion after her arrival at that place, she attracted the at tention of the defendant, who was a bUtcher, carrying on it deent trade, apOsaessed of considerable freehold defendant property. The at the time lived with his mother, opposite the house where plaintiff was employed. His visits to her were very fre quent, and the result was an engagement of marriage; and, as if to give a more than ordinary im portance to his proniise, the defendant gave her a written dicametit, , dated 18th July, • 1851, stating!—" I, Peter Yeoman, promise to hive Sarah Nattrass to be my wife." The matter went on for some time without the m a rri a g e taking place, the def‘nclant continuing to Vigit her fre quently.. In the' month of November, the plaintiff obtained another service with Miss. Mednalf, postmistress and confectioner, of Richmond; in Yorkshire: The defendant frequently met her hi Richmond -=that is to say; he welt to ViMt a perstin bathed Bale s liVing in Well- Mond, whom he had firevimisly known, and by-his direo tiorfs, Mr. Sue brought - hcr tD his house, in order that himself (he was,m himself utor a the care ci! rai little b and they identified Rig - by as the man - who had seized the proseoutOr by the throat, and one of the party, not in custody, as handing some money to the girl. The evidence against Beaman was that Just about the time of the robbery he had been at Beaumont's spirit vaults, whbre he hada gl of ale, and left the watch stolen front the prosecutor as security for a few shillings he then llor rowed.. This watch was after*ards given to the police, and identified 1w the preseehtor as the tine stolen from him on the night in question. The prisoners were found guilty., A ferrher conviction was proved against the two Male prisoners, Heaman having been transported for seven years; and was consequently out on a ticket-of-leave. Mary Kennedy eighteen months' imprisonment, Rigby seven years', and Heaman nine years' penal servitude. STABBING AT ELTON,—Samuel Wolstenholnr., aged 20, a factory hand, was charged with having on the 13th of April last stabbed Thomas Ridings, with intent to de hilt bodily harm. In this ease the prosecutor` and the Olson& were drinking together at a public house with some mutual friends, when some words passed, which, after a short time, ended 'Ail a personal conflict, in the course of Which it was clearly 1)1'0'0 that the priserier stabbed the prose; critor in the arm. The 3ury acquitted the prisoner of the felonious intent, and found him guilty of a common assault, for which he was sentenced to eighteen months' imprison ment with hard labour. HOUSEBREAKING AT MANCITESTER.—SamIIeI Fisher, aged 21, a tailor; who was remanded from the last assizes, was placed at the bar, charged with having, on the 19th of November last, burglariously entered the dwelling house of Mr. James Allen, and stealing therefrom a quantity of cloth of the value of £3O. The melancholy facts connected with this case, besides the crime itself, was, that on the night of the robbery the - servant girl had been so much alarmed, that she had since died, and, therefore, was not present to give her evidence. From the statement of the witnesses the breaking into the house was clearly proved, as was also the abstraction of the property. The chief evi • Bence against the prisoner was the statement made by a girl with whom he had Formerly cohabited, and his own sister, all of whom lived together, who, on the morning after the robbery, found the stolen property in his possession at his lodgings. The prisoner in his defence denied all know ledge of the robbery, and stated that the girl had been induced to accuse him with the offence, because he had formed a connection with another female, upon which sho had threatened to transport him. The jury acquitted the prisoner. TIIE CASTLETON GANG OF 13URGLARS.—Edmund Holt, aged 32, a baker ; T_Triah Crossley, aged 60, an engine driver; Mary Crossley, aged ,8, a housekeeper, and sqUire Crossley, aged 19, a collier (the latter father, mother, and' son), were charg6d, Holt with breaking into, and the other prisoners with receiving a large quantity of property, stolen from the house of Mrs. Susannah Sykes, on the night of the 9th of May last. There was also a similar charge against the same prisoners for a robbery committed on the 9th of June, in the house of David Buckley, at Rochdale, and likewise, for another robbery on the night of the 16th of July, when a quantity of goods were stolen from the house of Mr. James Plate, of Butter worth. The prisoner Holt pleaded guilty to each of the indictments, and also with having been previously eon. •Victed, and sentenced to transportation, from which he had returned before the expiration of his sentence. The thily evidence adduced was that to prove that the three prisoners upon their trial had been guilty of receiving the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Witnesses were called, who spoke to having frequently seen the prisoner Holt at the house, and in communication with the other prisoners, in whose possession a large quantity of stolen property was found immediately after the robbery. The jury found the mother, Mary Crossley, guilty of but acquited the son, Squire same prisoners were rkeiving the property, ands the father ttiOi placed upon their trial for the second offence, in which Mr. Buckley, of Rochdale, was the prosecutor. In this case some of the stolen property was clearly tr the possession of the prisoner, Squire Crossley, who,. in his defence, called the prisoner Holt, who -stated that it was true that he had called himself the Young Jack Shep herd from Ireland, and that he had committed the robbery_ and n.lso that he had sold the clogs to the Squire for Is the day after he robbery, and that Ile knew nothing whatever about. their being stolen. In this case the mother and sou were found guilty, but the jury acquitted the father. Uriah Crossley. The third charge was not pro- ceeded with. In passing sentence upon the prisoners, his Lordship said that the prisoner Holt had been convicted. by his own confession, of three burglaries, after having been previously convicted. It appeared that he had cam • menced the trade of a robber in 1848, in which year he was transported for seven years, but in 1853, through the leniency of the authorities, was discharged in the month of Mareti, but no sooner had he been discharged than he again commenced the trade of a robber. Upon such a character it was impossible to pass a lenient sentence. The Court ordered him to be imprisoned to penal servi tude for eight years. The other two prisoners, Mary and Squird Crossley, were each sentenced to fifteen months' imprisonment. _ COINING IN LivEnpoor..—:Marmaret Goodin, aged 42, a housekeepbr, was charged with ° having, on the 15th of April, made and counterfeited three pieces of coin resem: bling shillings. Inspector Skirmer, an another of the police force, stated that on the day in question they went to the prisoner's house, at No. 8, Smithfield, where they found her engaged in making the coin, and took her into custody at the time, with all the metal and implements for casting the coin. The prisoner, in a very plausible tone, alleged that it was a conspiracy got up between a woman with whom she had had a glass of rum and the police, to get her out of the way. Guilty. Four years' penal servitude. ATTEMPT AT CHILD MURDER BY A MOTHER.—Mary M'Conville, 19, factory hand, was indicted for having, on the 21st of April, attempted to drown her male infant, by leaving it exposed in a stream of water. Mr. Fearnley prosecuted, and Mr. Higgins defended. The prisoner was confined of the child in question in the Manchester workhouse, on the 11th of April, and left it on the 21st, under pretence of going to her father's. In the course of the evening, she stripped the child, and left it lying in a shallow stream of water, running through some fields near St. Lukes', Manchester. It was fortunately dis covered in its perilous position, shortly after the aban donment by its mother, and its life preserved. The mother was arrested the succeeding day. She was acquitted of the felony, but pleaded guilty to exposing , the child, and was sentenced to six months' imprison ment. The court then adjourned. NISI PRIIIS COURT. His Lordship, Mr. Baron Bramwell, entered the court yesterday, at twenty minutes before ten o'clock, and pro ceeded with the hearing of records. BALL V. MACEY.—The hearing of this case was resumed. Mr. Monk addressed the jury for the defen:lant, and the I;:tter was himself called and examined. Mr. Mel Hill then replied. His Lordship, in summing up, remarked tlist thee was the third day of the assizes, and when the jury had delivered their verdict in that case they would have disposed of four cases, three of which were decorated with as much perjury and dishonesty as it was easily possible to import into a case. The plaintiff and defendant in that case were both commission agents. He did not mean to say there were no respectable men commission aszents, but, generally speaking, that calling might be described as one which required neither capital, credit, nor character. In the present case one of the parties must succeed—at least he did not very well see how the jury could return a verdict against both. (Laughter.) His Lordship then directed the attention of the jury to the principal points in the evidence. The jury retired, and after some consideration, returned with a verdict for the plaintiff for 'lB, the value of the potatoes. IlueAca OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.—NATRASS V. YEOMAN.—Mr. Monk opened the pleadings in this case, which was an action brought to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. The defendant pleaded first, that he did not agree; secondly, that the plaintiff was not ready to marry him ; and thirdly, that she had discharged him from the performance of the promise. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins stated the case. He said the plain tiff in the action was Sarah Nattrass, a young woman of most excellent character, and the defendant was Peter Yeo man. The action was brought for the breach of the most' important contract into which any person could enter — it was the breach of a c on t rac t o f marriage, and he thought it would be the opi n i on o f th e jury, when they had heard the case, that th e co n d uc t of the defendant had been unmanly and heartless, and they would be like wise thoroughly convinced, that the effects upon the health and constitution of the young woman were very I serious, and such as would entitle her, taking the whole to which the§ had eP,ch and every one, ag if by common consent, though unknowing C the Other knew, main- tained the most inviolate silence ever sines. PO the two prime agents in this nefarious conspiracy, Halleran and rinnerty 3 stand out in bold relief and chal lenge attention. It was (so goes the story,) to Halleran, a man intimate with the treadmill, and Mr. Talbot's butler, that Mr. Talbot was indebted for the first know ledge of his dishonour. Within, Vireo days of this, ail hAing proparpd, tho plot exploded, and it was Halleran and Finnerty, who, on the i9;,h of May, 1832, dragged Mrs. Talbot to her bedroom, the screaming the while for her child, who was torn from her, arid for her husband, that she might tell him how she Wds Dolled. But to these ruffians, on her knees, she pleaded in vain, her inticieePee 'VMS the last thing it was desired to establish. Whilst this scene was going on up stairs, Mr, Talbot down below in all the agony of a deeply injured husband, counted out their lumps of sugar, doled out a teaspoonful of tea, screwed them together for Mrs. Talbot's support in apiece of old newspaper, reckoned up his wages with careful . ' precision, and left the house. Scarcely had he done so, when Halleran attempted on Mrs. Talbot the last possible outrage, the only crime not yet consummated Oft the hapless victim. Briefly, Mrs. Talbot was rescued from this monster, by the interference of a woman ser vant. This person remained with Mrs. Talbot all night, not less to protect her from Mr.: Talbot's agents than from herself. For upon Mrs. Talbot the events of that day and night produced the result that might have been expected ; perhaps it was in pity that Heaven made her a raving maniac. _ _ . She was removed to Dublin next day s and for six nights and days following she never slept. The " Ite.re'rend i " and "over-zealous" Mr. Gage says, for five hours, wbcq he saw her, he was unable to get ten minutes' rational or consecutive conversation. But ere She left Mount Talbot, a fresh outrage was perpetrated. Whilst the woman serVant was absent, preparing an untasted breakfast for Mrs. Talbot, Elalleran and Finnerty, who had ,been with Mullan all night and made him drunk, brought him to Mrs. Talbot's room, thrust him in, fastened the doors, and stood sentry outside. The return of Hester Keogh again saved Mrs. Talbot from the protectors her husband had appointed. What can anv man think of this ? Let us hear what Mr. Talbot's opinion was. On his return to Mount Talbot,(l think the following day), Hester It eogh informed him what had happened, (in her own words, what Halleran and Finnerty had done to the lady.) He expressed neither anger nor surprise—he was going to raise Halleran and Finnerty's wages, (and he did), and would do the same with hers ; he seemed as if he wished the woman (I am quoting her evidence) to join that party. Told Mr. Talbot (says Keogh) I would never swear against Mrs. Talbot, for I knew she was a right honest and well conducted woman. I need say no more. Those who choose to investigate this matter, will find how feebly I have stated the horrors I have noticed, and that the ease is one mass of them. Not for the revenues. of the " Church in Ireland"—not for the whole county of Roscommon—would I bear the re sponsibility that weighs on the least guilty in this fearful business.—Yours, &c., C. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT CHM. TENHIM.—FRIDAY, AuGusT 8. THE GROWTH C ‘TTON.—MT. DIIIIOn'S paper, read on Thurs lay, in the statistical section, consisted of a series of prooositions, of which the following is a short resume : —l. That cotton, from the conditions of climate necessary to its culture, cannot be grown in Europe, but that, with the single and not important exception of the factories in the New England States of America, it is an] must long continue to be manufactured almost exclusively in Europe. 2. That the present supply is chiefly raised, and, for the present, must continue to be raised . by slave labour—seeing that while for filly years we have sought over the whole earth for cot ton, we have during that time continued to obtain from the slave states of the American Union a continually increasing proportion of our entire supply. 3. That two-thirds in number at least of the slave population of the United States have been called into existence, and are now directly or indirectly maintained, for the supply of cotton for exporta tion. 4. That of the cotton thus exported three fourths at least in value are raised for and sent to this country alone. And, 5 That of the entire quantity we import, four-fifths at least in value are thus derive I from the Uaited States. Each proposition was supported by tabular accounts ex tracted from the public records of this country and the United States, and the conclusion was expressed thus : "That hence in the present state of the commercial relations of the two countries, the cotton-planters of the United States are interested to the extent of two-tbirds at least of their entire exportable produce in the maintenance of the cotton manufacture of the United Kingdom ; and that reciprocally the cotton manufacturers of• the United Kingdom, and through them the entire population of the kingdom, are interested to the extent of more than four-fifths of the raw material of that manufacture, in the existing arrangements for maintaining the cotton culture of the United States." CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES, Sir,—The public voice should be beard against the borribl.e shedding of blood by the law, of which we have had three exhibitions during the past week, for the case of two at least, Murdock and the woman Brown. More cruel and foul murders were never committed. It seems as if the life or a fellow creature depended on a mere whim or fancy of Sir George Grey. Why will not juries, who never intend that they shall be parties to a delibera'e act of mur der, make certain that they eall not, by return ing verdicts of manslaughter instead of wilful murder. I thought public feeling on the subject of women hanging, and indecent exposure on the gallows, was sufficiently well known to have prevented such a spectacle as that at Dorset— the giving a stupifying draught, and the tying of the petti• coats round the legs by a brutal executioner. What scenes for Christians of this age ! Shame on such laws and the people who, against their feelings, submit to their execu tion. Where is the public lesson when the public spectators. as at Lewes, cry shame and murder on a pseudo act of justice? To quote Sir G. Grey, give this matter a little airing in your widely read journal.—Yours, &c , Liverpool, August 11, 1856, JUST. CB. NEW PROCESS OF STEREOTYPING.—An altogether new and very simple method of stereotyping has just been dis covered and patented by Mr. Hogg, publisher, of this city (Edinburgh), and we have had an opportunity of seeing it in operation. Mr. Hogg's process consists of a mixture of variJus ingredients, finely pulverised, and mixed up to the consistency of putty. In this state the substance is spread with a knife on a piece of wrapping paper, and then passed under an accurately adjusted straight edge, by which means a surface as smooth and equal as a sheet of paper is obtained. The material for the matrix being thus formed, it is laid on the types, the composition, in a soft state, being next the face. An impression is then taken by the common printing press; but the pressure required is so slight, that Mr. Hogg uses an ordinary copying press for the purpose. The matrix, affixed to the face of the types, is then laid on a gently heated hot plate for about twenty minutes, after which it is ready for being cast from. The advantages over any of the processes now in use are very considerable. From the im impression being taken as in the ordinary mode of printing, a perfhctly level surface on the face of the stereotype plate is attained. There is not the slightest shrinking or twisting of the matrix as in casting from stucco. No more damage is done to the types than by puling a proof at the hand press ; what printers will understand as low spaces and leads are preferred, there being•no filling up of the types with the material i of which the matrix is made, and the types are returned as clean as they leave the hands of the compositor, no brushing or washing out being ne cessary. "picking" printericking' of the plat es i s ' in the wear of Littlerequired,of whatwhile i s t understoodho saving a to s the types is very great. This will at once be apparent to those acq uainted with stereotyping, either from th e s t ucco or paper process. In stucco, in all low portions of the form of types must be filled up, and the face of the type brushed oat, while what remains of the stucco must either be cleaned by the stereotyper, or what is generally the practice, picked the compositor as he best can. By the out by ra per" process great damage is d,ne to the types by the pulp being beaten into them, and from the metal requiring to be used at a comparatively low heat, the plates are softer. The process we have been describing permits of the metal being used at any temperature.—Seottish Press. theY might hwie such interview iere natural udder In the autumn of 1843, it appeared that the plaintiff fancied the defendant wail rfA jury we atten tions to another woman , and he thought the vvoni4 be of opinion, when they ; heard what his conduct had been, Chit these suPpicions were probably too well founded. She upbraided him with his conduct, and the consequence was, that the courtship was for a tiine broken defendant, however, would not let her rest, and ifter—he believed in Docember=b met her Ise tOld gr. Sale that he was wretched. quite , at the difference between than, and begged the to intercede and bring them together again. The consequence was that they met again at. Mr. Sale's house, and after much persuasidn the plaintiff,was again prevailed upon to receive his addresses. He should read to the jury the very short Amur). lie unhappy „ • correspondence, which would leave no doubt of what the defendant's avowed intentions were. He made his own tnotliPr belipre that he was about to marry the_ young *ciitiati,. and 'heti the juek Heard that the - ,mother eta pressed a particular desire to have her as a datigh'er;:itil law, it would probably appear to them a proof of the nature of the courtship, and at the same time a pretty strong proof.that the mother had a high estimate of her charabtier In .April he had another long interview with her, when he laid particular stress upon the Pact of their being about to marry, when he urged her to be faithful td hint, although it would appear that at the time he was unfaithful to ker. , There could lip no doubt that at the time lice was,payirig his addresses to ancither ferttale, for on the let of. December he Married her, arid at the tithe df the marriage she was very far advanced in pregnancy, Therecould, therefore, be no doubt that for a considerable time he had been acting with the basest duplicity to th 3 plaintiff. • - Mr. Sergeant Wilkins then read a number al letters of defendant to plaintiff, all of a very commonplace matter-of-fact character, but all addressing her as " dear love,"' and Making frequent and hopeful allu sion to their approaching Union. Ile concluded by stating' that it would be proved that the plaintiff's health had aeVerely stiffened froth the shodk site ,had received. Mr: Simpson appeared fat , the defendant. Henry Sale was the first witness examined.: Ile deposed that he', knew, plaintiff and defendant when both were liVing at Middleham. befendant frequently told him he had taken a fancy to Sarah . ,Nattrass; and ,that she had accepted him as her lover. The letters tirdchteed iii eddrt are all in the writing of defendant. After the Bth July,' 1852, both parties were frequently at his honse. Plaintiff used to visit defendant's mother. The defendant had a likeness of plaintiff hanging up in his room. Remembers the plaintiff going to a situation at Miss Medcalf's, at Richmond. The defendant sent his love to plaintiff there through the witness. Defendant frequently came to Richmond, and saw plaintiff at witness's house. The plaintiff once expressed a wish to leave her situation, and defendant; in the presence of witness, his wife, and brother-in-law, told her to remain there until Martinmas, and he would then marry h r. She agreed to that. S erne a n n t ltyatsokoekd witness place e t t o w s e e e n n d p f l n a r i nt iff plaintiffs anti i dl n ieffr o ee r nr d de e na r nee t t h .s a i t ibb t g ie ftle y nu rn de ight make up the difference. Witness did so, and when she came, defendant. asked her to make Ne afeatl defendant r e a d s s to away m all make k e from toldt up e the uo her mind, and let them be married as soon as possible. They appeared then to become quite reconciled, and defendant thanked witness forsghah.raa i having h the quarrel. The plaintiff subsequently left her sit ua ti on same ee s went e s n he ne v t et o rn,n L n Ilh i o t ttl.e.bnorr matteru him she might be. Remembers the marriage of the defen dant, and observed since that event, the health of the plaintiff seemed to have considerably suffered. Defendant does a very large business as a butcher, and has some freehold property beside. Mary Barcroft deposed that she had seen several letters which the plaintiff received while at Itetford, from the defendant. Witness, who was a hoesernald in that place, answered the letters for the" plaintiff. When the news of defendant's marriage came, the plaintiff became very poorly, arid her health appeared since to have permanently suffered. John Tennant depoied that defendant had some property in Yorkshire, worth in all about £35 a year. To Mr. Simpson: Does not know whether there are any legacies to be paid out of that property. Perhaps the defendant has not that property clear—he has his father's brothers and sisters to look to. His Lordship :..Then you conclude a man cannot have property without all his uncles and aunts Qhgrirtn. :t Malin} tPr_l Mr_ Slore.onnt Wilirine • recapitulated the'evidence, and called upon the jury to award the,plaintiff such damages as her injured health and marred prospects entitled her to claim. Mr. Simpson then addressed the jury for the defence, ridiculing the idea of a breach of promise of marriage between a 'disappointed housemaid and a broken-hearted butcher, in a country town. He did not dispute the fact that there hadbeen originally a promise, but contended that it had been subsequently broken off. He remarked that it was most unfair of the learned sergeant who con- ducted the case to have introduced the suggestion, which he did not attempt to prove, that the woman whom the defendant married was at the time he married her far znancy, advanced in r _ His Lordship: [ think so, too. Mr. Simpson called upon the jury not to be biassed by so unwarrantable and unproved an assertion. He denied that t this was a case in which there was any feature resetnblithz heartle , ,s desertion, and under all the circum- stances, and considering the very moderate means of the defendant, he urged that the plaintiff was only entitled to receive very limited damages. Ilia lordship briefly summed up, and the jury, after'a few minutes' considera tion, returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with £5O damages. BRENNAN v. HOWARD.—This was an action which was tried at the last assizes in Liverpool, and a nonsuit entered. A. point was then reserved for the court above, and a new trial ordered. Mr. Ovens opened the proceedings arid Mr. Atherton stated the case. The plaintiff was a manu facturer at Manchester, and the defendant a berthing clerk of Messrs. Grimshaw, passenger brokers, of Liver poid. The plaintiff alleged that he agreed with defendant, on the introduction of a person named Devine, to get some hampers conveyed to Now York, for doiag which he was to be paid £7 each when advices' were received by the plaintiff that the goods had arrived and been delivered to his agent in New York. The first two hampers never reached, and when the third arrived, it was opened by the agent in New York, and found not to contain more than half the goods. The contents of the hampers were pack ages of silk, which appearpd to have been made up in that form for the purpose of evading the customs' duty in New York. The action was brought to recover the value of the goods, which were not delivered. Mr. Edmund James, Q.C., and Mr. Brett appeared for the defendant. The defence was, that the defendant only undertook to have the goods put on board the vessel, and did not enter into any undertaking for their safe delivery—that he offered to give the hampers to the mate of the vessel, who was to have .e 5 for his trouble in taking care of them. The jury found for the defendant. The court adjourned at a quarter past six o'clock. SINGULAR RESCUE OF A FEMALE FROM DEATH One day last week (says the Dover Chroniele)'the coast guardman on watch at Shakespeare's Cliff perceived a woman in a recumbent position a little way down the cliff, a short distance from him. He immediately ran to the station, and the chief boatman, Alfred Clarke. and his men hastened to the spot. The woman was about thirty feet down the cliff, and apparently asleep, although in the meat perilous posi tion. With the promptitude peculiar to sailors, Clarke had the rope fastened around him and descended, but with some anxiety lest the noise made Should suddenly awaken her, as he perceived that the least motion on her part would have precipitated her upon the rocks below. On taking hol tof her he had great difficulty in arousing her, and when this s accomplished she struggled hard to free herself from is thon4h she desired to fall. In consequence of Hog Ciarlza found he could not get her up alone, r man therefore descended, and all three were then pulled up. Oa reaching the summit the woman exclaimed,." I don't thank you at all. I wished to die, but not to throw myself off ; and befeie I went to sleep I prayed that I might roll over before I awaked ! " It appears that she had" taken laudanum, but not sufficient to destroy . life, although it stupefied her ; but it . is marvellous how She could have rlQpt in such a position; her hip was resting on a ledge not six inc'at . s wide, her legs hung down, and her body reclined on th e l e d ge w i t h h er h ea d againsCthe cliff. The Door creature was taken to 'the Dover Female Home, BB soon as she had been sufficiently. revived. Administration of John Sadleir's property has been granted to Mr. Anthony Norris, of Bedford-row. Dablin, in trust for the creditors, with the consent of the Crown, to whom it had been estreatf d. GOING A STEP BEYOND FORBES MACKENZIE.—A corres pondent of the Northern Ensign complains bitterly that, by an order of the authorities, a favourite wildic well in Thurso is carefully locked up every Saturday night, and kept so till Monday m orn i ng, and that on Sunday a drink of water cannot be had. The following changes of quarters of re., , riments are, we believe, about to take place : —The 4th, 33rd, 38th, 77th, and 95th regiments, from Aldersbott, and the 93th, from Sheffield, will proceed to Ireland, to form the divisions at te Currag-h and Dublin. The 18th Royal Irish go from Dublin t o the Omagh ; the 16th depot proceed to Limerick ; the 58th depot to Waterford; the 59th and 88th depots to Athl one. I t i s su pp ose d t h at th e 91st regiment at the Piraeus will shortly go to Australia. THE TALBOT DIVORCE CASE TO THE EDITOR OF TAB NORTIIERN TIMES Sir,—Every one familiar with the infamous " Talbot Divorce Case" will thank you heartily for your article upon It, and as heartily agree in your conclusion as to Mrs. Talbot's innocence. That this case, with all its horrible details, should be known through the length and breadth of the land is necessary for the sake of that Justice whose name is insulted by the decision of the Law Lords, and it is now all that the best friend of Mrs. Talbot, or the worst enemy of her deetroyer, could desire. Allow me then to supply, for the benefit of those whose attention has been attracted by your article of the 6th inst, a few of the most prominent features. The general ease is that Mr. Talbot accuses his wife, in whose spotless purity he was a most perfect believer up to a certain day in 1852, or having for four years previously at his own country residence, himself rarely, if ever, absent for a day, carried on a shameless, incessant, and almost public intercourse Wlth his own groom. And three thins must be remembered, first was both t at Mr. Talbo nster and mistress in his own hou 'ted their it -that th tress's position, were being constantly changed-4nd that Malian, the groom, is proved to 11 tve laboured a long portida of' the four years .inner a severe and nauseous disease. I shall not stop to criticise the varioos "competent false "by whom the " adultery " was prJval. Wit- nnsses, sees successively and in shawa abandoned and replaced as this case dragl ad its length along, and witnesses, with out exception, who deposed to acts said to have occurred years previous to their examination on the subject, and as uld be a most volumino stant revision fion the changes in taken in its preparations id, that even if the sur- I to relieve him of much of his other business matter then droppi A letter was read from Mr. J. S. Mansfield eparation, could not ant-surveyor was pro- ', requesting stipend with a view to its lucre idered, and referr ;cently published Parliamentary crease which had taken place in return for proof of the grea Alderman Cooper ted that they should consider tether it would not be better to have two stipendiary rnagie- .5 referred to A number of applications referred to the health comTnitte POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY, (lIRTORE MR. J. H. SMITH.) ROBBERY AT PBE3COT.—Bridget Cassidy, was charged with stealing £2O, and a quantity of wearing apparel, from Mathew M'Dermot, from a lodging house at Prescot. The offence having been committed in the counts', the prisoner was transmitted to Prescot, to be dealt with there by the magistrates. TUB SHOP LIFTING CASE.—Anne Shanghnesey and Jane Nuttall, who were remanded on a charge of shop lifting at Mr. Rogers's, St. James's-place, were brought up, and the evidence being perfected, the prisoners were sent for trial. EXTRAORDINARY CASE—"NEW LAMPS FOR 0LD.”...„, The story in the Arabian Nights, about " New Lamps for Old," has been outdone in rea lit y , b y a woman namfid Jane day, SY`AO was charged with having robbed her father, William Guy, a man nearly 80 years of age, of £63 in gold. The prisoner was in custody of detectis'e officer Laycoek, and from his statement, a n d th e .. evidence evidence given to support it. it appeared th a t th e old man formerly resided in the house. 11, Bridport-street, and that alyiut eighteen months ago he went to reside with his daughter, who is a married woman, (the h stand's name i; Guy,) and apparently about 40 Ett the time he went to reside with her had 43 severeiL! TS of age Is in a leather hag, which he kept in a box in his room, wider double lock. He is the owner of some houses in Preston-street, and he used to send the prisoner to collect the rents, and when he got a pound in silver, he used to get a sovereign for it, and add that to the hag, and in this way the amount increased to £63. He determined, on Toes lay, to lodge the money in the: hank, and with this view he proceeded to Mr. Clegg's public•howe in Ilyrom_street, who was in the habit of changing silver for him, and asked that gentleman to go with him to the hank. On turning out the contents of the bag, Mr. Clegg found to his surprise, and the horror of the old man, that the sovereigns were not sovereigns at nll, but " real Californian" coins, worth on the whole about sixpence. roe police were then informed of the transfer of the prop-qty, and the ingenuity of Laycock discovered in tiio possessitin of the prisoner, a key that unlocked the box of the old man, and it was then strongly suspected that she was the manipulator on the occasion. Mr. Black appeared for the prisoner, and made an able defence, and in the course of the enquiry; he had some good sovereigns mixed with the spnriond coin, and handed to the prosecutor; but he could riot select the good from the bad pieces. Mr. Bluck con tended that there was no evidence to cf!minate the prisoner, and he argued that any one else might be guilty—perhaps in the change of the silver the old ma: was deceived, as he could not tell a good from a bad His Worship did not think the evidenco sufficient, and ordered the prisoner to be dis- sovereign charged. A " BR; FEED !"—A young fellow, named Francis M'Cullocl), was charged by Mrs Griffin, a lady residitist in Ashton-street, under the following circumstances. A few mornings since the lady Cline down as usual o and prepared to get ready the morning's repast, but oh' going to the safe she found her bread, cheese, meat, and other articles of food gone. About a fortnight before that, the safe was stripped of a quantity of like good things. On the last morning in question, about five o'clock, a police officer saw two boys—the prisoner being one of them—going down Islington, with a very suspicious looking bag on his back. He asked some questions, when the boys ran away, the prisoner dropping the bag. On examination,tbe contents proted to be the eatables—and very good these were—that had been stolen from the safe of Mrs. Grifin. The prisoner was secured, hut the other boy got away. The prisoner was sent to jail for one month ( with hard labour, and theca is every chance that his fare on the " mill " will not be of 'that delicate sort, which he purloined front Ashton•street. ItonnEßY paom THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL.—Eleove and Mary Walker were brought up by detective officer Eaton, on a charge of having stolen a quantity of knives and forks, from Mr. Whiteman's, Brunswick Hotel, Claytolv square. The male prisoner was stopped in Byrom.. street, when offering some of the articles for sale, and he said the female prisoner had given them to him for carrying a parcel. He was discharged, and the woman was remanded. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) Curtiots CASE OF AsSMILT. —An elderly man, of re spectable appearance, named Francis Willby, vial charged by his wife Elizabeth yvith having assaulted her, Mr. Pemberton was for the complainant. The gation into the case lasted upwards of anhour, during 'which the defendant exhibited a considerable amount ot oratory, much legal ingenuity, pathetic pleading, and natural ability. Without going through the length¢ details of the ca , e, the short facts were these anpeared, that for forty years the defendant had been manager of the Grand Junction Canal, and that he had some property in Northamptonshire, but that in consequence of law proceedings he cannot (according to his own statement), enjoy it until next January, when his youngest son comes of age. Over thirteen months • ago:he became acquainfed with his present wife, and about eight months since they wore married. It would appear that, very soon after the wedd:::'(F, the parties disagreed, and a series of bickerings followed- They had been in Northamptonshire, in London, and ether places, and some time last week they came to Liverpool, and Mrs. Willby went to stop at her sister's, a Mrs. Hollisy, who keeps a public-house in Mill-street. On Tuesday, the defendant went there, and the alleged assault was committed. The assault was proved by the complainant, her sister, and a carman, who saw it, although the defendant ver y s t rong l y proteste d t h at he did not touch his wife. Ultimately, Mr. Mansfield ordered the defendant to enter into his own recognizance in a sum of £lO nro to keep the p eace , an d cautioned him not to molest his ife again, which he promi se d no t to do. A ssAULTs. —Bridget Bird and Rose M'Cormick were fined £lO for having committed a violent assault. on Catherine Connor, in Banastre-street ; and Hugh Jones was fined £2 for an assault on his wife. Andrew Nugent, a resident of Henry Edward-street, was fined £lO for a violent assault on his wife. (BEFORE MESSRS. SMITH AND DICKSON Loss or Two FRIENDS.—Michael Gleeson summoned Pat Nugent for an assault. Mr. Block appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Campbell for the defendant: It appeared that on Sunday night week the complainant was out with his family in a trap, and when he returned to his residence in Sherwood-street, a brother of the defendant, as it was alleged. annoyed Mr. Gleeson, who eneavoured to persuade him to go away, when the defen dant ran at him, struck him a violent blow in the mouth, which knocked out one of his teeth, and broke another. For the defence, it was urged that the complainant was about to beat the defendant's brother, when be interfered to prevent it. The defendant was fined 5s and costs for the assaults. ESCAPE FROM OXFORD GAOL On Monday morning, between three and four o'clock, one of the University police, on passing the north side of the gaol, in Gloucester-green, Oxford, observed something in the shape of a ladder, made of strips of a blanket, hanging down the wall. He roused the governor and turnkey, who on examining the cells in the top range, three stories high, on the east side of the prison, found that a convict named Priest, under sentence of six years' penal servitude, Mai made his escape. The window through which he escaped, consists of a small pane of glass on the one half, and a slide•shutter on the other, the latter when pushed aside exhibiting several iron bars to admit air. One of these bars, an inch square in thickness, had been cut completely in two by some sharp instrument, thus leaving an aperture for escape of only 101 inches by 74 inches. On the outside of this window is a wooden contrivance, called a louvre light, placed there to obstruct any view from the i nter i or of the cell. Priest had torn his bed-rug into strips, and tied it together with thin strips of his check shirt, and having male a good stout thick line, secured one end of it to th e iron bars of the window; he then managed to squeez e hi m . self through the small aperture on to the l ouvre light, which h dhi e effi l etig e o t tyova ernd danger. Having th e rope in his hand, over; and this must have be en attended with great himself down a depth of about 35 feet into the day-yard, which he crossed, getti ng over the pailin s from ten to twelve . feet in height, into the garden. g He then made his. way un a stone staircase to a art of the prison near the chapel, where were kept the long handles of a Turk' s h ea d , or broom for sweeping ceil ings. Equipped with these, his next effort was to scale the boundary wall of th e gao l , an d th i s must have puzz l e d him, in consequence of the great height of the wall. ED first tried w h at h e could do in an apple tree, and this wan riot sufficiently high to en a bl e hi m t o t throw his rope-ladder ov3r the top of the wall. He then went to a distant part of chi h wnoi i ignst effectingdi cellre a t hrs. udt escape,. n the garden, and finding a tub, plaood it near wall,. and s ag having provided himself with a bag, made of his shirt and blanket, and half filled with stone!, he was enabled by the aid of the long broom handles to raise the bag . of stones and , the rope ladder to the top of . the wall. Having secured the bag of stones on t h e outside of the wall, he must have ascended by means of the ladder. When (,n the top of the wall the bag of stones and ladder were reversed, and he let stockings on, as the remainder of his clothes, himself down into Gloucester-green. escaped with only a c . e n p d tton of his shirt, which he tore up to assist were found in his eel'. The bar in Pries!, it has since transpired, bad obteined from another two by means of a steel spring, which The spring belonged to a truss which Badcock wore, and he Badcock, expected Priest to assist him t') escape also, and was much disappointed at his not doing so, bat Badeock's cell was too near the governot's and turnkey's rooms to permit it. No tidings have been beard of Priest. Jog 111 rni 7 o f na• of aftq h o' 3 r e' ril bit :. ra 0.