Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

AME RICA. LANCASHIRE WINTER ASSIZES. November, feloniously wounded Hannah Neile M'Grearly and also with assaulting her daughter, Margaret Harrocks, with intent to do them grievous bodily harm. This offence took place in a brothel in Norman-street, in this town, when a regular row ensued between the prisoner and others, and some of the friends and acquaintances of the prosecutors, in the course of which the younger female was dragged into the street, and grossly ill-used, when the mother went to her rescue, and found the prisoner beating and kicking her. In the course of the affray the latter was seen to use a knife, with which he wounded each of the females. For the defence, it vas urged that the pri soner was not present on the occasion at all, and the whole tale wa3 concocted by the prosecutrix. The prisoner was acquitted. TUBSDAY. BEFORE MR. JUSTICE WIGHTMAN. CHARGE CF HORsE STEALING.-- Patrick Curtis, aged 20, described as a horse dealer, was indicted for having, OD the 14th of September late, stolen a gelding, the property of John Neville. In this essa the prosecutor was a far mer, living in Ireland, but trades between that island and this country in horses, and the prisoner, as the prosecutor alleged, was his servant, but the latter claimed to be a partner in that business. However, in the month of Sep tember last, the latter attended at Ormskirk Fair, for the purpose of selling horses, and sold all but one, a grey gelding, upwards of seven years of ago, slighly lame, having his wind touched, and a "rover," for which the prosecutor said he had given £lO, and would have sold it, if ho could, for £2O, which was the one in question. The horse was brought back to Liverpool, and placed in the stable of a public-house. Up to this time the prisoner and the prosecutor had apparently been acting in concert with respect to the horses. In the after noon the prisoner took the horse from the stable, and nothing further was heard of the matter until a few days after, when the prosecutor asked the prisoner what he had done with the horse. His reply was '• I have sold it, and lost the money." The prosecutor then said, " Well, but you will let me have the money," but as neither hone nor money was forthcoming, the prosecutor gave him into custody on a charge of horse stealing, when the prisoner's aniwer to the charge e as, "The horse is as much mine as it is yours." Af t e r th e p rosecutor b een exam i ne d , hi s Lordsip directed an acquittal, as it was clear there was an authority given, and afterwards acknowledged, for the prisoner to sell the horse. CHARGE OF CHILD MURDER.—Bridget Larkin, a middle aged, tidy looking female, stood indicted with having, on the 12th of November last, murdered her new-born male child, at Blackburn. She was also indicted for having concealed the birth of the same child. Thri evidence in this case went to prove, that on the day in question three little boys were playing by the side of a house near Blackburn. They saw something floating away, and think ing it was a great prize, they fished it out of the brook, and took it to a quarry, to see its contents, when, to their surprise, they found in it the body of a ma'e child. They immediately conveyed it to the police authorities, who took steps to find out its parent, and from the clothes in which it was wrapped, and a piece of iron that had been placed in the bundle, it was discovered that the prisoner was the parent of the child, and upon her being apprehended, she admitted the fact of having been delivered of the child, but denied that she had been the cause of its death, although she stated that after she had fr.und out that the father of the child would not marry her, she had crawled from her house, and had placed the body where it was found. he medical person who had been entrusted with making a pose niert,ni examination of the body, gave it as his opinitn that the child had been born alive, and that it had lived for eight or nine hours. He also spoke to certain marks on the child's neck, and froth all that he had seen, and the medical tests that he had applied, he believed that the child had died from strangulation. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, who had been instructed by his Lordship to defend the prisoner, then addressed the jury on her behalf, and in thing so appealed to their sympathy for the woman, who through the villiany of some scoundrel who had compassed her ruin and then had refused to marry her, and had thus brought her to the present painful position in which she was placed. Ho then argued that although the child might have been born alive, still it might have died from ex haustion, in consequence of her having no assistance in her time of trouble, and if so that wool: not be murder. His Lordshij in summing up Ihe evidence said, the prisoner was chargal with the wilful murder of the child, and if they were satisfied beyond all reasonable doubt, that that'child had met with is death at the hands of the priserien there could be no doubt but that the offence would be fully proved. In this case, there were points in which there were no doubts. There was no doubt of the child being born, there was no doubt but that the child was dead; therefore, the only question that they would have to decide was, how did it come by its death? Having reviewed the evidence with great minuteness, he said that if they believed that the death of the child was caused by the prisoner's, wilful acts, they would find a verdict of wilful murder ; but if, on the other hand, they had a reasonable doubt on the subject, and believed that the child had died front exhaustion, then they would find a verdict of guilty of concealeig the birth of the child. The jury, after a brief consultation, returned a verdict of guilty of the minor offence, and his Lordship sentenced the pr:soner to two years' imprisonment. GAROTTE ROBBERY AT WIGAN.—Owen Lenegan was charged with having, on the 9de of Octeber, feloniously assaulted and robbed B tty Eccles of ten shillings. The prosecutrix was the wife of a person who gets a living by selling tripe in the market-place at Wigan. They live in Mitigate, which is some little dis tance from the market. On the night of the rubbery, Betty Eccles and her daughter were proceeding home, after the market was closed, the former carrying in her hand a bowl, containing about 10a. in copper money. They had not proceeded far along Millgate, when they observed two men following them, and immediately after the prisoner seized the'prcsecutrix, by placing his arm under her chin, and with his other hand took the money out of the bowl, and put it into the cap, which was held by the other man. She held the prisoner for some time, and called for the police, but he tore himself away from her for a moment, but she caught him again, and held him until the policeman arrived, when they gave him into custody. The prisoner, with the other man, had previously been seen loitering about the stall. For the defence it was contended that the evidence for the prosecution was all a mistake, that the prisoner was a respectable man, but had on that night been found in close contiguity with the prosecutrix in a helpless state of drunkenness, and that the prosecutrix and her daughter were altogether mistaken as to his identity. Two colliers were called to prove that defence, as were also several witnesses to character. The jury retired for a short time, and them acquitted the prisoner. ETABBING AT SuTToN.—George Gerard, who had been admitted out on bail; and was most respectably attired, surrendered to take his trial on a charge of having, on the 12th of August last, stabbed and wounded George Gibson, with intent to do him so me gr i evous bodily rm. On the day in question, William Gibson, the prosecutors brother had a dispute with the prisoner at a public-house called " The Clock Face," in the township, and near the railway station, and, on hearing the quarrel, the prosecutor went up to the prisoner and challenged him to fight. An encounter took place between the two, and soon after, or just as they were about to have another rally, the prosecutor complained of being faint, and putting his hand to his breast found that he was bleeding, having previously felt something sharp strike him. He called out that he had been stabbed, and it was then found that ho had received four stabs tinder the left arm, but not of a severe character. The jury, after a brief absence from the Court, returned a verdict of " Unlawfully Wounding," with a recommendation to mercy. Sentence deferred. ATTEMPING To Suoor.—John Skibberriug, having been admitted out on bail, surrendered , o take his trial, on a charge of having feloniously shot at William Pratt, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. In this case the prosecutor and the prisoner were factory hands, employed at Preston, and in con sequence of their employer's havin g given a holiday with a view that they sho u ld v i s i t the great Manchester exhibition, they were not engaged at their respective mills on the 26th of August last, the day on which the alleged offence was committed, On that day the proaecutor, with several other operatives, instead of going to the Exhi bition, went and hired a boat to take a cruise on the river Ribble. The prisoner and nine others did the same, and the two boats were moored near each other. On the morn ing of the day, however, it was discovered that the prisoner and his party had taken the boat which the prosecutor had engaged, which was considered to be the better of the two, and had left their own half filled with water. The prosecutor and his party, however, set to work and got the boat in proper order, and proceeded up the river, when, to their surprise, they found the pri soner's party aground on a bank, in a shallow place in the river. The prosecutor called out to the other party, and said, " What made you take that boat ? " to which the prisoner replied, " What made you fill our boat with water ? " and then the prisoner rejoined, " I will shoot them, by God," and then took a deliberate aim at the brat with a gun, from which he fired the contents, and t he shots took effect upon the breast of the prosecutor, while some fell into the boat. In the ciurse of the day the pei saner was given into custody on the above charge, when he expressed his regret for what had occurred. For the defence, it was urged that the firing of the gun was only a joke, and dohe as a lark to frighten the others ; and several witnesses were celled to prove that was the fact. The jury, without the slightest hesitation, acquitted the prisoner, his Lordship observing that it was, no doubt, a very foolish act, but still it wee quite clear that no harm was intended. BURGLARY.—James M'Donald, aged 35, stood indicted for having, on the 15th of November, burglariously entered the dwelling -house of Hannah Pafford, of Ince, in Mackerfield, with intent to commit a felony. In this case the prisoner was a small specimen of the genuine Yankee, and stated that he got into the house where he was found by a mistake, taking it for a barn. The prisoner was acquitted. MORE WOUNDING AT Ltvaaroore—Robert Henry, aged 35, a grinder, was indicted for having, on the 21st of ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. The serow seam-ship City of Washington arrived in th , 3 Mersey - yesterday morning from New York, with 225 pa;:,s!!ngers, 12 500 dolle,rs in specie, and dates from New York to the 26th ulf. These adviees are cue. day later than those by the Arabia. The steamer, Vanderbilt, had arrived out with the news of the suspension of the Bank Charter Act. The New York Journal of Commerce says, the event had been anticipated, but, nevertheless, it Was received with a sense of relief; nd, although there much - 1; - ixiety to know the details of tha terrible was sruggl which precled the action of the British Government, the buoyancy of feeling had been general in all departments of trade. The Stock market, on the 25th, opened with more firmness under the news, closing, however, somewhat irregularly. After this trial the Court adjourned until this day a' nine rielock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-YESTERDAY. LIVERPOOL. BEFORE MR. MAYIiFIELD. STREET ROBBERY.—A young woman named Mary Withers (not known to the police), was charged by a person named Thomas Jackman, with having stolen his watch, value £7, a chain, and other property. The com plainant said, on Friday night, ho was going through Be'ry-street when he met the prisonee, who induced him to give her some wine, and afrer they parted he missed his property. He met her again the previous night and gave her into custody. The prisoner denied having ever seen the man before. She was remanded in order to look after the watch. ALLEGED THEFT BY A SE qvAN 7 .—Tns POLICE AND " PRIVATA hmane—A well-dressed female, named Cetherine Jones, late a servant in the louse of Miss Hill. 58; Everton-road, was brought up by Officers Scaife and Thompson, on a charge of having stolen a quantity of groceries, soap, dripping, and six pair of boots. Mr. Dag, ge's was for the prisoner. From the evidence of Miss Hill, it appeared that the prisoner and another servant were under notice to leave on Saturday lest. Previous to their leaving she examined the place and found a quantity of groceries, soap, and other things concealed in a basket, which the prisoner had removed to the coal vault, for the purpose of taking away. She then found that six pair of boots were gone. In reply to Mr. Daggers, the lady said she could not say the prisoner took the boots; she had no right to take the other things, as she could not claim them as perquisites. Mr. Daggers submitted that the case of felony, so far as the boots went, must fail, as there was no proof whatever that the prisoner bad taken them ; and as to the other things, there were no proof that the prisoner had removed them for a felonious purpose. The fellow abeyant of the prisoner was produced, and said she saw the prisoner pack up the articles for the purnose of taking them away. Mr. Mansfield: And you did not tell your mistress ? Witness : No, sir. Mr. Mansfield : You are hardly any better than the prisoner, to know your mistress was robbed and not to tell her of it. I would advise Miss Hill to discharge you. Officer Scaife : She was to have left on Saturday,* along with the prisoner. I beg leave to remark in this case, that Mr. Bates, who keeps a private inquiry office in Sweeting-street, was applied to in the first instance, and he rent up a man that was drunk, who acted very improperly, and tried to blenborzle the people about the house, and then endeavoured to persuade Miss Hill not to come to the court, as, he said, she would be exposed, and only laughed at for proceeding with such a paltry case. Mr. Daggers. What has that to do with this case ? You have no right to import it into the case at all. Scaife : Yes, it is right to tell his Worship, as neither Mr. Bites nor his man are police-officers, and they have no right to interfere with police duty. Mr. Mansfield: I will remand the prisoner till to-morrow, and let inquiry be made about the boots. [ln reference to the statement made about Mr. Bates, it is only right to sey that it was made behind his back, but being so made in open court by an officer, we, in the discharge of a public duty ; are compelled to publish it ; at the same time, no doubt Mr. Bi• es will be fully able to explain the affair, as his respectability is unques tionable.] FORGING A NAME.----A very tall and rather well-dressed man, who gave the name of John Smith, but who refused to tell where he lived or what he was, was charged with having forged the name of a Captain Allen, to a document for 10s. Mr. James Gill'sen, the cash-keeper at Messrs. Fern e, Brotners & Co., Water-street, said the prisoner called at the office and presented a bill for £1 10s, porportin,e to be signed by Captain John Allen, of the ship Clifton Ball, and was for having procured a crew for the vessel. The witness knew the hand-writing of Captain Allen, and also his Christian name, which is James, and not John. The name he knew to be a forgery, and on asking the prisoner some questions he at once discovered the whole aff tat to be an attempt to obtain money under f else pretences. The prisoner refused to say anything. He was committed for trial. A VALOUROUS CAPTAlN.—Captain Wilson, James Bell (his mate), and William and Thomas Fisher (two of his sailors)—the ship they belonged to was not named—were brought up by police-officers 491 and 654, charm ' ed with having assaulted Mrs. Wainwright, the keeper of a public house in Nova Scotia, and with having broken 6s worth of glass in the house From the evidence of the lady and the police, it appeared that the prisoners went to the house the previous night and wanted drink. With the exception of the captain, they were all drunk, and she refused to supply them with any more, when they created a die turbmce, and she went round the counter to put them our, when the captain knocked her down, whilst one of the Fishers broke the glass. The captain was fined £5, and Fisher 6s for the glass, and the other two prisoners were fired 5s each for being drank. Toe fines were paid. John Ross and Isaac Jennings, two half-coloueed men, stewards on board a ship called the Phenols, were rent for trial for having stolen a quantity of rum, wine, tea, and other articles from the vessel. They were stopped at the gate of the Princes dock, by officer Banon, No. 7, who got the property in their possession, William Hodson was sent for trial for having obtained money and goods from Mr. Stumbles, of Argyle-street, and Mr. Jeffreys of Price's-street, by falsely representing hieoself as the mate of a ship. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—James Thompson, of 14, Court Eldon-street, John Sutton, of Berriegton-street, and George Stewart, of Hotham-street, were charged under the follow ing circumstances. Mr. Cobb appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Black defended the prisoner Stewart, who was reeresented as keeping a stall for " medicine" (?) at the corner of Roe-street, near St. John's market, Ii appeared from the opening statement of Mr. Cobb, and the evidence of one or two witnesses whom he called to sustain the case, that the prisoner Thompson was in the employment of Foster, Frazne and Co., of D ike-street, and who were engard in a large commission trade, and importers of foreign goof's, and that on taking stock lately a large quantity of goods, consisting of shirts, purses, and a varietv of other things ire their line, were missed. On search being merle, a cotsiderable quantity of these things were found at the lodgings of the prisoner Stewart, and also with Thompson, who hid sold them to Stewart; some things were also found with Sutton. On these grounds Mr. Cobb asked for a remand, which was granted for a week. Jack Hick's, a well known character, was charged with having assaulted Daniel M'Glcary, who keeps an oyster shop and shooing saloon in Marry -street. Mr. Black defen der!. The complainant was going hinne with his wife, at three o'clock in the morning, when the prisoner assaulted him. He was fined XI and coats. The Cotton market improved a quarter cent per pound. Flour advanced ten cents per barrel ; and Wheat was in more general demand. The steam-Aiip Tennessee Led arrived at New Orleans with dates from Vera Cruz to the 21st ult., and from the City of Mexico to the 19th. The country was in the most distracted condition, and anoill'er - general revolution was impending. Ne,go ciations were pending between the revolutionists and General Santa Anna, whom, undoubtedly, they intend for President. Of the passengers by the Tennessee there are twenty-three political exiles, and among these are ex-President Salas, Jose Washington, Colonel Powers and William Moran, editor of the Extraordinary, who was im prisoned for publications against the Governor of Zacatecas. Ccmonfort's fall wis considered cer tain, end it was thought doubtful whether his life would be spared if he remained in the country. The following is a summary of the condition of the New York Markets : The foreign news reeeived ~ by telezraph, and brought by the steam-ship Vanderbilt, imparted more confidence ta holders of cotton yesterday, who asked from he to is advance en previous rates, which buyers were not disposed to give. and more inclined to await the receipt of the stennier's private letters. The sales were under 125 bales, in late, on a basis of full ie advance. The closing of the canals, and the foreign news being bettor than was expected, had the effect of improving the market for breadstuff:. The receipts by the North river and canals, for twenty-four hours prior to yesterday morning, were as follows :—Flour, 21,000 brie; wheat, 65,106 bushels ; corn, 4,000 de.; barley, 3,108 do. By the Erie Railroad —Flour, 5 500 brls; wheat, 340 sack. The transactions in flour were to a fair extent, with a good local and _Eastern demand ; the market closed at 5 cents advance, and in same caws 10 cents per barrel was claimed, especiary on good shipping grades, which were not plenty. Wheat was firmer and more active; among the sales were 10,000 bushels of good Canada white at 1 dol 30c for city milling; sales were also male of Milwankie club, Chicago spring, red Indians, with South ern red and white. Western mixed coin advanced to 84c to 85c, with light sales. Pork was drill at ID dols to 19 dole 25a for old iness, and at 18 dols 76e for new ditto, and at 16 . doll 50c for pritn_% Sigers were pia, and sales were unimportant. Freights were quiet, and rates to English ports unsettled and nomin,d; to Bremea, me.e.surernent goods were taken et 22s per tun. LIST OF CABIN PASSENGERS per Steam-ship City of Washington--Mr. H. Rose, Miss Clarke, Miss Geohigan, Mrs. Owen, Mr. Samuel Noyes, Mr. D. M. Drysdale, Mr. Samuel Elias, Mr. W. H. Huskisson, Rev. D. Senez, Mr. E. Crenieux, Mr. D. Gill, Mrs. Williams, Mr A. G Mr. L. Frank, Mr John Taylor, Mr. Christopher Hope, Mr. No't, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Spratt, Mr. J. Elliott. Mr. G. C. Croak, and Mr. J. Gilkinson. BLACKBURN, LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE, AND EAST LANCASHIRE COMPANIES. Three extraordinary general meetings of railway share helders were held at Manchester on Monday afternoon, for the purpose of sine ioning or otherwise a provisional agreement for the purchase or amalgamation of the under taking of the Blackburn Only iny with those of the Lancashire and Yorks'aire and the East Lancashire Com panies, and the result was, in each case, a unanimous approval. THE BOMBAY, BARODA, AND CENTRAL INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY. The fourth hal!'-yearly meeting of this company was held on Monday at the offices of the company, No. 10, Liverpoul-street, 0/(1 Broad-street. Colonel French pre sided. Having briefly opened the proceedings, the Secretary read a report, which stated that the directors of the E tst India Company had conceded their sanction for the immediate construction of the extensive line from Surat to Bombay open the terms of the original contract. 03e million of capital will be requirA to ba raised for the section to Bombay. Notwithstanding th e di stur b ances i n India, the woke of the company have been carried on uninterruptedly, and eight-tenths of the permanent way materials have been either furnished or contracted f: r. The repot-, in. other respects, was very favourable to the future prospects of the company. Lieut.-Colonel Kennedy, who addressed the shareholders, urged the necessity of pressing forward the works, and said they expected to open 200 miles of railway a year. The report was ultimately adopted, and the LuetinEr separated. TURNING OF THE FIRST SOD OF THE MID-SUSSEX RAILWAY. On Monday, this interesting event took place. The railway, when completed, will open up the disirict between llorshem and Petworth, including the town of itchenfield, Billinghurst, and those adjacen', which have not hitherto had the advantages of a direct communication with the metropolis. Yesterday morning, the directors and friends of ;he enterprise, and several of the local gentry, as well as Mr. Hawkins, the traffic manager of the Lon don, Brighton, and South-Coast Line, proceeded to Pulboreneb, a short distance from Petworth, where, in the presence of a large assemblage, the first sod was turned in a field called Glebe Land, adjoining the church. The live passes through the places above-mentiened on its way to Petworth, a distance of about 18 miles; and with the exceptitn of one heavy cutting, the whole of the works will be exceedingly light, and it is understood will be completed for £9,000 per mile. In the absence of the Earl of March, sI.P., who was prevented aterding by another engagement, Captain Barthelot performed the attendant ceremonies, which, howeve-, from the state of the weather, wera necessarily brief, in the presence of a ' numerous ass; mblage. Subsequently, the company dined togethEr at the Stag's Head, at Horsham, several of the directors of the Brighton line being present. Mr. Jamrs Garrard, chairman of the company, presided ; speeches were mode by the chairman, by Mr. Mitford, Captain Barthelot, Mr. L. Schuster a ed Admiral Lewes ;after which the party returned by a special train to town, highly gratified with the result of the proceedings of the day. BEFORE MESSRS. H. EARLE, AND W. E.tttLE. George Murphy, a sailor, on board a ship called the " Laconia," summoned Jane Robinson, who keeps a beer house in Clayton-square, for detaining a dagnarreotype box, and a Gereva witch. Mr. Cobb appeared far the complainant, and said he tvotid call on a gentleman who appeared for the defendant, to give an explanation of Ida conduct. The complainant, he said, had consuLed an attorney, named Mr. Parker, who was now presen', as to the rfcavery of the property, and paid several sums of money, and waited f4 - ‘r some time, but Mr. Parker did not do anything ; but now that it came on fur hearing, he appeared for the defendant, beirg in possession of the whole of the case. In reply to the bench, Mr. Cobb said he was bringing up Mr. Parker to account for his conduct. In the first place Mr. Parker was employed by the complainant, and took 14s or 155, for which he did nothing. Mr. Parker said the complainant daserte I him, and went to other persons about it, and he had a right to he annoyed and to complain rather than the present man. Mr.i T arybei - git : The charge against you is that you have gone to the other side, after you were employed by the, complainant, and that is not professional. Mr. Cab]) called the complainant, who-said he formerly lodged with the defendant, and paid her mere than £7 heycial what was due to her. Re consulted Mr. Parker. and gave him half a guinea, and subsequently 5s fid, and he said he had taken the case in hand. After some discus sion, the case was dismissed, on tha ground that the complaint should have been brought within s a months after the original transaction. OUR DEAR FRIENDS IN ST PETERSBURCIR.—The fol lowing advertisement appeared in one of the St. PeterF burgh papers :—" To be sold, portraits of Nena Sahib, the Indian Chief, the slayer of the English, at 15 copecks each. The proceeds for the relief of the sufferers in the Crimea " SE imEN rx WonEnorsEs —A return has just been issued showing the number of seamen, at the present date, who are inmates of the several poor-law unions or workhouses in England, and also of those who are in receipt of our .door relief from the same, together with the weekly cost of their inaintenc,nce. It appears"that the total nu eber of seamen in EuglAn 1 who are in the workhouses is 577, at an average weekly cost of 3e. 61d. ; while the number of seamen receiving out-door relief is 851. o.ExjtAn CANROBBRT.—Canrobert has written to a lady now in Paris, widow of an English general killed in the Crimes, a letter full of the deepest admiration of the behaviour of the British trocps in India. "N o one who has seen the skill and volcur displayed by British officers can have any drub s of the issue," says the mar.lisl ; " bat even we are astonished at the speed with which these immense results have been accomplisled."—Cou r t Journal. It is said that Mr John Dent, the late member ft. Knave shore', will be brought forward by tho Liberals,as the successor of Earl Mulgrave. MArtio's PERSECUTOR —The English lady, whose 'er secutions of Mario attracted so much attention in :Faris last year—whose box at the Italien was made with a?anel to draw before her whenever Mario left the stage—and who followed that blessed tenor from clime to cline--liaa just died from the effects of burns incurred, sole short time since, by her dress catching fire, just as 00 was on he point of starting for the Opera, to hear M.rio once more in the "Barbiere."—Court Journal. A HAWK KILLED BY A HEN.—One day last week, a hawk. whilst flying over the farmyard of Mr. Nelson, of Dial Nome, Rufford, espied a hen and a number of chickens following her, upon which it instantly descended, with the intention, no doubt, of stealing one or more of the hen's offipring ; but scarcely had the kite alighted, before it was attacked by the hen, and instead of stealing a chicken, the bird of prey itself was almost immediately laid lifeless on the ground, without the chickens receiving any injury. Exclnal,ely for CLOI HITG BOYS from Six to Twenty Years LEIYIb & COMPANY. nanelaga-streo SOT'S CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE AT LEWIS and COMPANY'S, Raniagh-street. At LEWIS & OMPANY'S, Ranelagh-suet. BOYS Are CLOTHED from tho Ages of Six to Inlay Years. THE IN ORTHERN: E ,TIME S.-LIVERPOOL, WEDNES DAY, DECEMBER 9, 1857 COUNTY COURT. MFORB J. K. BLAIR, ESQ., JUDGE. the whole of the correspondence, to the end of 1857 at least, and which could easily be made to embrace the reports of our consuls at Ilavannah and the Brszilisn ports to that date, should not 133 in the hands of members quite early in March or even Arad The papers we have been • cornmentir g on were 7,sued for the use of Parliament In October, when Parliament hid none a shooting, or on a contineutA tour.— Telegraph. THE ELLESMERE ROBBERY. INSOLVEN re, Final orders was granted in the cases of Joseph Sim mends, Frederick Hickman, Edward Davy„ and John Evans_ Mr. Gzay supported each of these insolvents. Henry Aarons received a final order unopposed. Thomas Harrison was supported by Mr. Roby, and opposed by a creditor in person. The case was adjourned to the 15th of January. Robinson Burnett was supported by Mr. Deighton, instructed by Mr. Chilton, and opposed by Mr. Temple, instructed by Mr. Tyndall. The opposition was grounded on the charge that the insolvent had paid certain pressing creditors to the amount of £2OO, and also that he had vexatiously and frivolously defended an action His Honour ordered the insolvents discharge from custody at the end of three months from the date of the vesting order. Robert Adamson, lately carrying t n business as a saddler, in Dale-street, was supported by Mr. Grocott, and opposed by Mr. Grace. It was stated that no adver tisements had been issued announcing that the insolvent was to come up that day. Mr. Gr tcott contended that the duty of advertising and issuing special notices should be done by the messenger of the court, who was in point of fact, the High Bailiff. Mr. Grocott said, he did not mean to throw any imputation where none was deserved, but at the same time he did not wi h to incur any imputation himself. He had been in the habit of giving in the schedules, and trusting that the stops which should follow would be taken in due course by the officers cf the court. At the time of lodging the documents he did not pay all the fees, but was allowed credit for a short time, the bills being usually presented every week, and he believed they were all regularly paid, In the present case, after he had lodged the schedule he was frequently in the High Bailiff's office, but never received any notice that the former practice was to be changed. Under these circumstances he contended that if.any fault existed, it lay with the High Bailiff. Mr. Grace stated, that he had brought half a dozen witnetses under subpeena. His Honour adjourned the case until the sth of January, reserving the decision of the question of costs until that day, James Thomason was supported by Mr. Chilton, and opposed by Mr. Roby, on the ground that he had been engaged in bringing a vexatious action. His Honour directed the discharge of the insolvent in three months from the date of his vesting order. JUDGMENTS. His Honour delivered judgment in the following cases: PARRY V. M'Evov.—ln this case there must bo a verdict for the plaintiff The defendant sold plaintiff an article at a certain price, to which he (the defendant) had no title, it being an article stolen from a third party, who subse quently claimei it from the plaintiff The previous sale to the defendant was not such a sale as would change the property in the goods, not being a sale in market overt, within the legal definition of such a sale, aloe it becomes, therefore, the ordinary case of the sal, of a chattel with en implied warranty of the title, and the taking possession of such chattel by the real owner. Is such a case there is a failure of consideration ; and tle person to whom the chattel was so sold can, on the fella() of his warranty, recover the purchase money back. It s, no doubt, a great misfortune to the innocent party ono sold it, but he may have his remedy against the peron aho employed the auctioneer to sell, if he can find line out ; if he cannot, he must abide by the loss. Honaoctee v. lawane.—This was entirely a quetion of account. On a minute investigation of the accents between the parties, it seems to me that the °tens recount of the plaintiff, correctly added up, amoutts to £22 4.t 9d. From that, however, is to be deduced the sum of £3 6s 6d, admitted to have been paid, and the sum of 3s, the last item, for loaves, which I thbk was paid at the time, the total deduction amounting to £3 9s 61. Deducting that amount from the £22 4s 9cl leaves £lB 15e 3d. In taking this account I allow to theplain tiff the first item of £1 sa, and the four items not included in the first bill delivered, amounting to £4 4s 63, the omission of which I think is satisfactorily accounted for. On the other hand, the defendant would be entitled to a set off of £l5 135 Bd, which, if no other action had been brought, would leave a balance in favour of the plaintiff of £3 is 7d ; but as with respect of £3 lts 4d of that set off a Judgment has been already recovered, the judgment for the plaintiff would be for £6 1l 11d, each party retaining his judgment; but to preveit any wrong to either party I direct that of the sum ineourt in the first action of Reward v. Horrocks, the sum of £3 12s 4d therein recovered to be paid to the paintiff in this action and set oil against the present verdie, and that execution issue only for the balance of £3 is 7d, which would be the balance in favour of the preseir plaintiff if no such action had been brought. WALLACE v. BARTMANN.—According to Co evidence, the sailor, Charles Smith, put his name on tb back of the note, in Mr Bartmann'e presence, and hared it over to the plaintiff, and Mr. Baztmann, the defe dant and the signer of the note, received the money hone the captain to pay it. The only reason alleged for let paying it is that Smith did not receive the amount fee the plaintiff, but I have the oath of the plaintiff and hi son that he did, corroborated by the fact of their being inposseseion of the note. On the other heed, I have no legs evidence that he did not receive it. His statements on oard the ship are not evidence, and it is very unlikely the if his complaints were true he would have waited nail that time to make them. Verdict fur the plaintiff. LINDLIY V. JONES.—It seer.lB to me that in this case it is not made out that so far as the original contract is concerned it was made by Hutchinon only as agent for the defendant Jones. I have, it is true, certai❑ alleged admissions by Jones to Mr. Aitchson, but Mr. Aitche son's memory as to the conversation .n which these admis sions are alleged to Nava been tade is obviously very imperfect ; and the evidence of Mr. Jones and 1111 r. Hutchinson, and the p-obabilities f the case, are against the supposition that Jones had mos to do with the house than is a credi'or—advancing Loney and holding h; papers as a security. If this be st his subsequent under taking to pay Hutchinson's debt, ven if made out, would only be an engagement to pay th debt of a third party, and would not be binding except a writing The cases of " Cooper v, Parker," and " Lytbv. Alt," have no bearing on the case in this viow of it. Inhese cases it was a ques tion whether there was a consideation for a modification of the original contract between the original parties; but in the case now in question, tb defendant would not be liable, unless for a new consideation, a new contract alto gether was substituted for the 01, exonerating Hutchinson from his liability. I have no eidence of such a contract. Verdict for the defendant, withut costs. KYLE V COBIL—I am not saisfied that in this case there was a taking for the halt-year r for any specific time. I think it very likely that expocations were held out to the plaintiff that the defendant wuld be a permanent tenant ; but the expression of such expctations would not e •nstitute a contract, and I am not satis,ed there was anything more. I know how liable to error tle memory is as to the details of a conversation, and I do nt impute to either party any intention to state anythingbut what they believe to be true; but I think such expctations were held out to the plaintiff, but short of a bargain for any specific time. Under these circumstancesthore will be a verdict for the defendant. THE FOURTH 01' THE 3ONTII.—We are hippy to say that in commercial circle Ethe " Fourth " passed off well in Belfast. All bills wee paid in the different banking establishments ; in fact, even in prosperous times there has seldom been a bill-4 on which there was more promp titude it payments.—B ( fase News Letter. POLOR INSTRUCT' .re.—We recommend the instructions issued to the Liverpuip , dice to the careful consideration of our constabulary :nd their superiors. The intention or sprit of the law •egulating the vintners' trade is to precent gross inmordity, midnight debauches, or desecra tier of the Sebbath, beyond this, the police are not in day bound to wahh the trade. It is to be feared that t!ey have in many we 3 tnforced a penal law, to lengths rhich the framers never contemplated they should go, land that our local magistrates are but too ready to sup port them in what the vintn:r . complain of as " persecu tion." For examge, very respectable and well-conducted publicans have been repeatedly fined for giving refresh ment to country farmers who had arrived at their louses with b tter or e;rn, and taken up their lodgings there at two or three ocleck in the morning. The law never contemplated that this should be an offence —Cork Re porter. NOrICE TO ADVERTISERS. DERSONS seeking Employment, or Servants, A , ..sistants,Clerks, Apartments, or Lodgings, can best bring their wants sneer the No , ice of the Public, by Advertising in the NORTHERN TIRES, which is the most efficient medium of publicity i o this district. Tie cash price for this special class of advertisements is reduced to TEPEE PENCE for TWENTY WORDS. Boys' CLOTHING MADE WITH GREAT TA3TE AT ! &XIS sad .11 KAN Y'S, Ranelagh-street. THE SL&VE TRADE. Yesterday was the opening day of the first Dec. court The following arrangement of the business was made Tuesday (yesterday), judgment summonses and insolven cies ; Wednesday (this day), 90 cases at half-past ten, and 60 at twelve o'clock ; Thursday, 10th, 30 cases of £lO and upwards ; Friday, 11th, 90 mos at half-past ten, and 150 at twelve ; Tuesday, 15th, 90 cases at half pact ten, and 60 at twelve ; Wednesday, 16th, 90 cases at half-past ten, and 61 at twelve; Thursday, 17th, 30 cases of £lO and upwards, at ten; Friday, 18th, adjourned cases. SUJIMONSIIS.—SevoraI judgment summonses were heard, and orders for committal made, but no case it volved any details of importance. The two blue books on the slave trade, annually pre sented to Parliament, have been issued. Apart from the special interest attaching to them as records of what has been done from the Ist of April. 1856, to the 31st of March, 1857, towards suppressing a traffic the proposed resumption of which has lately occupied no small share of public atten tion, they suggest considerations of some importance. It may be useful to premise that the corresponSenc3 included under class A embraces the reports cf the Commissioners of the Mixed Commission and the Vice-Admiralty Courts. and of the naval officers engaged its the operations of the cruising squadron. Class Bis c , mposel of the despatches of the British ministers and agents in foreign countries, and of communications with foreign ministers in England. It will taus be seen that the diplomatic machinery employed for this purpose is threefold. We have lust the regularly appointed ambassadors or consuls ; secondly, the judges and arbitrators, who constitute the Mixed Commission Courts ; and thirdly, the Vice-Admiralty Courts; and it is not a little perplexing to the uninitiated to comprehend the precise functions of each. To solve this problem we will first address ourselves. The systematic efforts of Great Britain for the suppression of the slave trade, date from 1815, when, at the Congress of Vienna, the extinction of the traffic in slaves was iecorporated as a principle of the future policy of the European Powers. Since that period treaties for this special object have been concluded with the whole of them, as well as with the United States and the Governments of South America ; and conventions have been added to give force to those entered into with Spain and Portugal. In virtue to these we have a Mixed Commission Court at Havannah, with an English judge and a Spanish judge, and an English commissioner and a Spanish commissioner of arbitration, in all four officials, who, in the event of a difference of opinion, draw lots which shall decide the ease in dispute. At Sierra Leone sit the commissioners of the British and Netherlands, British and Spanish, British and Argentine, British and Uruguayan, British and Bolivian, and British and Chilian mixed Courts. That of the Cape of. Good Hope may be regarded as a court of conven ience, before which the cases of vessels captured to the cest of the Cape are brought into obvious preference to taking them to the one at Havannah. The seat of the British and Portuguese mixed courts is Lando. There used to be others at the Cape de Verds and Jamaica, but they were abolished in 1851, in accordance with an underatanding to that effect at a conference held at Lisbon on the 18th of September in that year. The office of the commissioners in these courts is confined to an adjudication of vessels taken on the high seas by the cruisers of the contracting powers, specially provided with instructions and authority for that purpose. The Vice-Admiralty courts, which may be regarded as the police courts of the high seas, have only a limited jurisdiction. It exteuds, by virtue of certain acts of Parliament, to vessels sailing under the Brazilian, or under no particular flag, or under that of any power not under treaty with great Britain to abolish the slave trade, and which may he captured by her M , j-sty's cruisers on any part of the high se,s, on suspicion of being engaged therein. They are established at Sierra Leone and St. Helena. We believe we are within the mark when we state that this complicated machinery, and the cruising system on which it is founded, cost this country one mil lion sterling annually, irrespecive of the sacrifice of life from the effect of the African climate. The practical question sugges`ed by these facts is this . What do we get for our money ? Is the return commensurate with so enormous an expenditure ? Let us see. Since 1817, when Spain agreed, by treaty, to abolish the slave trade, ' and to establish mixed commission courts, and received £400,000 for doing so, she has annually imported into Cuba from fifteen thousand to twenty thou sand Africans, In other words, she has added from 600,000 to 800,000 slaves to the population' of that island, so that were Spain to fulfil her t-eaty obligations with Great Britain, end liberate ail the s ayes that have been surreptitiously introduced into Cuba since she contracted them, slavery in that island would be at once abolished. This large number, which dues not represent the actual drafts of Africans from their country have been conveyed to Cuba, be it remembered, in spite of the cruisers ; and, in bis very list report to the Earl of Clarendon, we find Mr. Commissary Crawford stating that " the slave trade continues to be carried on not only extensively, but almost with impunity." Ho sets down the number known to have been landed in 1856, at 7.304 ; but no reliance can be placed upon these figure=, it being notorious that Her Majesty's Commissioner is purposely misled, and possesses not the means of obtaining correct information on this material point. And what has the mixed court of Havannah done ? Since its establish ment, in 1835, the total number of cases adjudicated by it to the close of December, 1857, has amounted to only 24 : 12 of which occurred in 1835 and 1836. On one of these occasions the English and the Spanish arbitrators tossed, heads or tails, which should decide. Tails won, and the Spanish official discharged the slaver and her crew, The Captain-Generalship of Cuba is a post of emolument, which the Spanish Government confers as a special reward upon men who, like Concha, have served it in a strait. The Commissary-Judgeship of the Mixed Commission Court at Havannah is a snug sinecure, and the noble lord at the head of her Majesty's Government once found it convenient to confer it on a gentleman who, awkwardly enough, was returned for Tiverton, and who, having worthily discharged his nominal duties at Havannah for a certain number of years, is now a pensioner of the Govern ment on a retired allowance. The fact is suggestive. In deed, if a reason were wanted for mooting the expediency of abolishing a Court so useless, we could cite none more forcible than the following, extracted from Mr. C raw fon'a's last annual report, published in the blue books under notice. He says :—`• Many years have elapsed since any slaver having slaves on board has been captured and brought into this port (Havannah), and all the time the slave trade has been carried on to a " considerable extent." Teenty thousand nrgroes landed annually are, in effect, something considerable in the way of slave-trading. The mixed Commission Court at the Cape of Good Hope appears to enjoy an equal im munity from labour. From 1843 to the present time, only one case has required the attention of the gentlemen in office there, and that occurred in 1851. We have a similar return for the one at Loando, for we find that from the Ist of January, 1844, to the present time, only twelve cases had come before m it, in five of which the vessels seized were reeto-ed. As the mixed courts at the Cape de Verds and Jamaica have been abolished, we need not dwell on their ineffieiency, save by way of com pleting oar record. From 1843 to 1851 only one case came under their notice, so that they probably abolished themselves for sheer want of occupation. In one instance alone do we find evidence of adequate work done. It is in that of the Mixed Commission Court of Sierra Leone. Since its establishment in June, 1819, the total number of cases adjudicated, to the close of Decem ber, 1845, amounted to 531, of which 503 were cases of condemnation, and 28 were either withdrawals, dismissals, or restoration,. During that period 64,615 slaves were emancipated by the Court, of whom the large number of 56,935 have been registered as British subjects. Since 1845, however, to the present, time, only one case has occurred, so that evert this Court has subsided into inertia, like the others. Now we do most seriously submit, that the foregoing facts establish a strong prima facie case in favour of a revision of the system which called these courts into existence, and which is maintained at to enormous a cost to the nation. The returns of the various Vice-Adrairaly Courts exhibit very dissimilar features, as might be expected frren their constitution and the nature of their funcions. Slavers do not usually sail under any colours. The reason is obvious, for aa, under our treaties with certain powers, our cruisers may exercise the right of search, or, in the absence of such right, may overhaul any suspicious looking craft, the slavers prefer not to hoist a flag at all, except your regular American, who lets go the stars and stripes and defies capture. It follows that the majority of seizures take place close to the African coast; that they are chiefly captured and condemned on suspicion of being engaged in the slave trade, and hence era found to possess neither colours nor papers to fix their nationaliy. The Sierra Leone Court is necessarily the one that has most to do. Front 1846 to 1850, 248 cases had been adjudicated. In 1851, only twelve occurred. Since then the total number of casts has not exceeded that figure. This diminuticn, we would remark, dates from the very year when the Brazilian slave-trade ceased, previously to which the importatioes into the several ports of Brazil averaged from 45,000 to 50,000 annually, and in one year-1844-45 —even reached 70,000. Now, during all this time, the cruiser system, with its expensive machines of Mixed Courts, was in f u ll activity; but in 1851 th e Brazilian authorities past a stop to the trade, and, as a corresponding result, the cases before the Vice-Admiralty Court of Sierra Lone, dropped to something like three per annum, including these of canoes seized is the Sleerbro waters. These facts teach us that the nation is expending a million pounds sterling every year, with little practical result ; and it may be asked how it is that no member rises in his piaci: in the House to bring this grave question of useless expenditure under notice ? The truth is that the estimates are voted away in the most scandalously off-hand manner, and there is not, at present, any means of checking the expenditure incurred under the various heads which this system— Cerberus-like—is made to present. Again, the slave-trade papers are never forthcoming until Parliament has broken up, or is quite near doing so, and members have not sufficient opportunity of enquiry into the facts of the case. The consequence is that, ;n the session of 1858, they will have only slave-trade information from the Ist of April, 1856, to the 31st of March, 1857. It will come like mustard after dinner. There is, however, no reason why • • At LEWIS & COMPANY'S, Ranelagh-street. BOYS are CLOTIUD from the Ages of Six to TweVy Years. The history of Lady Ellesmere's jewels is one of t he strangest upon rec or d, even i n the prolific annals of Lot don crime. Fielding, when at work upon the biograPl of Jonathan Wild t h e great, m i ght have hit upon a dista nt counterpart to this rom ant i c i nc id ent i n the chon i c l e s of the hulks, but even his copious imagination would ba c i : failed him had he attempted to sketch the more delicate details and finer shades of such a picture. The robbe_ : .o of the Royal nursery plate was a mere commonplace affair by the side of such a transaction as this. The abstraction. of the gold dust upon the South Eastern was no doubt planned with wonderful ingenuity, followed up with re' rnarkable perseverance, and effected with signal audicitl i ; but it was alt oget h er wantin in the rich comic vein wili c peculiarly distinguishes the achievement of which We ar e now treating. There is no insuperable difficulty, to is/ "J sure, in the remee e l o f a b ox from the top of a ca b three London thieves alio are on the look out for anything that may turn up to their edventage. This box however,' was the property o f a lady - 4 high rank, an d contained jewelry and d r es ses th e va l ue of Which ' is probably under' stated at £15,000. The fellows who has made this enor mous coup were so e n ti re ly i gnorant o f t h e eeeent of their own good fortune th a t th e y m i stoo k the diamo nds paste and the dresses fo r th ea t r i ca l propert i es, and acc ord ' ingly disposed f o r a f ew s hilli ngs o f w h at h ad cist sons° thousands of pounds. They appear to have had pretty much the same idea of the real nature of their booty as a mob of South Sea savages or a gang of drunken sailors might besupposed to have had under similar circumstances . The behaviour of Clown and Pantaloon in a Christma t , pantomime, when thei r thievish efforts have been crowne d with success, probably presents the nearest known counter part to the proceedings of Messrs. Whitty, Saint, and Attwell when they were unpacking the results of their ltitle expedition. We w ere ena bl e d in our i mpress i on o f Saturday to lay a correct version of the store before nee readers as sketched by the master hand of one of th e partners in the theft. If we recur to the transaction to-dal it is not in the vain hope of rivalling the graphic discrir tion of a writer who might have extorted the applause of Defoe himself, but simply in the discharge of a usual duty. The robbery of Lady Ellesmere's jewels le one of the mast s'riking incidents of the day, and we are bound to call attention t o it, now that the m y st ery na't , received its solution. It is, however. but bare justice to the eminent writer in question—Mr. William Attwell—to state, that he has related the progress of the transaction in a spirit which sets all competition at defiance. It is not only the manner in which he marshals hls incidents whic h commands our admiration, but he rich racy English in which his narrative is embalmed is far beyond the reach of any ordinary taleteller. This gentleman has for some tint! past resided in seclusion at Springfield Gaol, in the county of Essex, and it is from this plac e o f t emporary ret i reme nt that he dates the narrative which we are now about brief() to recapitulate. On the 22nd of January of last year Mr' Attwell, in company with hie two friends, Messrs. Saint and Whitty, set out upon a little excursion from London' bridge tattle West end, to see if anything could be don e in the line of their peculiar prcfassion. When in the neighbourhood of Grosvenor-square they saw a carriage drawn by two horses, and immediately preceding it two cabs. On one of these was placed a large black port- • raanteau, with a smellier one by its side. Mr. Whitty hereupon remarked " There go Port St. Peters," which expression being interpreted, means " trunks." The friends were instantly ti ed with a noble ardour. " May Ibe lagged," exclaimed Mr. Whitty, full of noble enthusiasm, " but I'll have the big one " They accordingly gave chase, ands when the carriage and the two cabs parted company, .5 4 1 r. Whitty jumped up behind the vehicle which was the object of their especial pursuit, laid hold of the rail with the one hand and with the other dragged the big portmanteau og into the road. It was so heavy that, we are told, Whitty, being then somewhat out of condition, fell with it. The horse in the cab—so violent was the jerk-- reared up, but the driver was not g• turns bled," in other words, had not taken alarm' The three friends endured some moments of intense anxiety as they watched to see if the two "cheers, or cabs, proceeded quietly on their way. They did so, and it was only diecavered at the railway terminus that LanY Ellersmere's jewel-box, or rather jewel-trunk, had apps' _ rently melted into empty ai r . Up on t h e consterna tion,7 the guardian valet, and of the cab Ma n, an d o f the ir whose property had thus mysteriously disappeared; ° her maid, when the disapp earance b ecame known, We h ave no space to dwell. P ro b a bl y t h e l ast supposit i on that occured to any one was t h a t so h eavy a b ox b a d been a. quietly lifted from th e t o p o f th e ca b i n the face o f the passers-by who were there, and of the police who show,'" have been there. This part o f th e story we must leave w the imaginations of our readers ; nor can we dwell at any length upon the ingenious manner in which the trunk was conveyed to the shop of ono Mr. Edward Jackson, an oil and colourman in Leonard• street, Shoreditch and deposited under his counte r , as t h oug h i t h ad been forwarded W him in the regular course of business. The confederated soon assembled in Mr. Jackson's back parlour. They consisted of the three friends, Messrs. Whitty, Attwell, and Stint already named, and of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson. To give an idea of what followed it will be proper to mention what was the real nature and what the value of the property which was soon to bs tossed from hand to hand in the little back parlour of the Shoreditch oilehop • We take at random from the detailed account. a pearl necklace, a diamond necklace, an emerald and diamond necklace, a pair cf diamond earrings, a pair of emerald and diamond earrings, a large pair of diamond branches, a small pair of diamond branches, an emerald and diamond bracelet, and so on throughout. Besides the jewelry there were lace dresses, China shawls, velvet cloaks, Indian scarfs, and other articles such as might naturally be supposed to form part of the wardrobe of Lady Ellesmere when. on her way to Windsor Castle. The back parlour , then, in Leonard-street, Shoreditch, soon presented the appearance of Aladdin's Cave ; but, like so many i g noran t Aladdins, the confederat e s c once i ve d t h at t h e j ewels Were only PO • many bits of coloured glass or stone. X' Attwell, indeed, appears to have had some dim sus' picion of the reality, f a ., as h e too k up a diamo nd coronet, he ex c l a i me d, " Wil y , t h em things .4', sparks !" meanin g di amon d s ; b ut th e b etter op inion among the party was, th a t th e fi re o f t ' .e splendid jewe ls was a mere sham. Mrs. Jackson, who might be supposed to be better i n f orme d t h an her male companions as W such feminine mysteries, gave it as asu gestion That the lady who owned th e art i c l es must be a 'kind Of fashionable woman." But it was necessary to proceed to business, that is, to divide the spoil, and to convert it into money. Whi t t y so ld a di amond b utterfly which bad fallen to his share for 2s. to Mrs. Jackson, and also a lace shawl at the Fame figure. The real value of the article was about £5O. Other smaller portions of the property were disposed of at similar prices, and in the same way' Whitty, among his sh are o f t h e spo il , o b ta i ned a pa ir e' Lady Ellesmere's stays and linen, which " were all given by him to a lady name d ' Polly Gentleman " The more serious discussion, however, was as 'to the value of the great bulk of the spoil. Jackson believed the jewels to be worth about £4o [he should have said £14,0001; the others were completely-in the dark upon the subject They finally resolved to go and consult a man named Sam Britton, who seems to have been considered by them ass kind of authority upon such subjects, as to the dresses' To his hou se th e y were con d ucted b y a gentleman named " California ;" but, unfor unately, Mr. B r it ton was not 0 home, and it was not until a later p J.ioci of the e vening that they were able to commence their negociation. The asked 4:15 for Lady Ellesmere's wardrobe, but Mr- Britton steadily refused to give so exorbitant a sum, fla finally closed with them for £3. The jewels were dise:‘, of for sums of the like amount, with the exception, perber to of the emera',d and diamond necklace, which, according ha Jackson's acc, - ;unt, was sold to a j a w fo r £3OO. Wh e n t a reward for the appreh ens i on o f t h e t hi eves was o ffe a y the conf e d erates seem to h ave taken alarm, and W t,t' illa articles of great val ue were th rown away, l est they oh° ad lead to th e i r d etect i on . Th e emerald drop and diare ° o f bow were thrown away in Spitalfields, and a pair 1. diamond earrings were fl ung i nto a fi e ld near Whitedieriid The gold articles wer e i n a grea t part me l te d down, t altogether it is to be feared that there is but little Cher ie that Lady Ellesmere will recover any portion of y property. We are no t, h owever , at th e en d o f t h e incl air 'A tha yet, for Whitty and Saint, two of the c hi e f actors ire robbery, are still " w ant e d " O n t h e w h o l e, i t mayw el ' h be questioned if for many years p as t so strange a awilo as it c e been brought under the no ti ce o f t h e L on don 2 2n0. magistrate as the fate of Lady Ell esmere ' s jewels. ----1' CHAPLAINCY TO THE LANCASTER LUNATIC ASY"1l•~ The Rev. T C. Onion, chaplain to the Birmingham Lunatic Asylum, has been elec43d, by a majority of the votes of th• visitin justices, to the chaplaincy of the Lancaster Asylum, that office having been rendered vacant by LT; death of the Rev. F. B Danby. Originally the number applicants was 96, but of these 90 had been raie,c t i eu ates , unsuitable, leaving silt for the selection of the m 5 819 4- The salary is £290 a year. BOBS? CI 0 rHING MADE WITH GREAT TASTE, at MOO S COMPANY'S, Ranelagli-bt:o3t' ~rE 4Nud G,„ 4, it, At 4 Mr; til t , 1, eo kt, I,,ti